When I encounter a fleet, I encounter pirates. If I don’t want to run the boat in the Sanjiang system, I will almost always be a pirate. I understand the tricks at sea very well.

When the pirates came up, they dressed up as something else, but everyone was full of keen eyes. How could they be deceived by this? They immediately prepared to take action with their swords and cannons.

Seeing the rigorous defense here, the other party did not dare to force it. Both sides passed by each other on the sea and stared at each other on the side of the ship. Everyone had been on the sea for so long, and the injustice had been doing business in Tianjin Wei for many years. Those who knew each other a little, were recognized as the injustice ship.

Chen Wu left Tianjin Wei. Although he did not understand the public announcement, he knew everything he should know at sea. Everyone was too careful. Seeing this, why didn’t he understand what was going on?

Zhang Shiqiang, Sun Dahai and his team immediately became nervous. On the one hand, they sent someone to inform the fleets everywhere, and on the other hand, they hurriedly informed Wang Tong. This really brought up money again. The sea was not peaceful, and the insurance bank still had to prepare enough money, otherwise there would be compensation, and the response would not be timely.

"It's really shameless to be honest!"

With a cunning like Wang Tong, he couldn't help but sneer and said, but, after all, there was a malicious attempt, so it would be possible to rely on the past. Moreover, the maritime power of Wang Tong's system is currently focused on the Nanyang side and cannot draw hands to deal with him. Temporary peace must be maintained.

"Now, go find Tangshan and let him pass the message to Shen Yuan. I will just say this here. If only one of the ships registered at sea or the insurance bank has been Shen Yuan, I will not do any business. I will gather the sea masters and destroy them first. If you feel that you are not afraid, come and try it."

This is a warning and an ultimatum. Wang Tong's words are released. How to do it depends on how to make a choice. In the face of Wang Tong's complete maritime advantage, this choice is not difficult to make.

Although Tangshan is already an official figure, his location is different and is closely related to the sea. Although Chen Wu disappeared, when he said it, it will always come to the other party's ears. This attempt to robbery on the sea was forgotten in the following time. It was not that the sea was so peaceful, but that he had never heard of Chen Wu doing something illegal.

They seemed to have accepted their fate, but they just ran from Tianjin Wei to Japan with peace of mind, and from the previous routes they controlled, which was extremely calm.

Most of the other cases were done by some outlaws or Japanese pirates, and the consequences were all very miserable, so there is no need to say more about this."

As August came, the Liao Duke's Mansion was busy with Mid-Autumn Festival. At this time, the postal postage route from the capital to Songjiang Mansion had been built and the staff and horses were in place. All merchants and powerful men along the way had devoted great enthusiasm to this matter, and regarded him as an opportunity to please Wang Tong and his own wealth.

On the fifth day of August, the first important news came from the post road. Zhang Cheng, the eunuch in the former Sili Supervisor, died of illness in Tianjin Wei...

People with high positions and power will always age very quickly if they leave power. This is like this. Zhang Jing is like this. Zhang Cheng is like this.

After leaving the inner court center that can determine the world, these people all died quickly. Zhang Cheng himself said that Feng Qingyun was calm, but the vague loss in his heart was impossible to avoid.

Zhang Cheng, who had just passed his seventies, had already lived a long life in this era. He was in good health in the middle of July, but one night he caught a cold and his body collapsed quickly. Even the imperial doctor sent by the capital received the order, Zhang Cheng took his last breath.

Before leaving, Cai Nan, Li Hutou, and two distant nephews accompanied him in front of his bed. It was considered that there were juniors who died. The letter didn't say much, and only mentioned that Zhang Cheng was dying, his face was full of smiles.

Wang Tong and the people around him are more or less related to Zhang Cheng. Wang Tong's status today is Zhang Cheng's support and help. For Wang Tong, who has no father or mother, Zhang Cheng is also one of his elders in a certain sense.

Wang Xia, who has always been very lively, didn't know what happened. He just felt that the mansion suddenly became very quiet. This sudden difference made the child very excited and fresh. It was only after he ran to Wang Tong's study that the atmosphere was a bit wrong. The father, who used to smile when he saw him, had a strange expression on his face today.

Wang Xia had never seen such an expression before. She couldn't express her joy and anger, but she was very calm. Wang Xia, who was originally grinning, felt very depressed and wanted to run out.

Wang Tong shook his head, the child was carefree and didn't know what he was doing. He stepped forward and picked up Wang Xia, and said in a deep voice:

"Xiaoxia, you must learn martial arts well and don't waste your future. Because of the help of so many people, our Wang family has today. Don't waste it!"

Wang Xia didn't quite understand what Wang Tong said, but he knew that he just needed to nod and agreed. Wang Tong also knew that his son was still young, so he just smiled, walked out of the door with the child in his arms, and turned around in the yard." "",

I don’t know when it started. Emperor Wanli went to court every other day, and the court officials couldn’t say anything. He even secretly thought that this was not a bad thing. If the emperor was not there, it was more convenient for the cabinet to handle the government affairs of the world. But now it is not as good as before. Although they can manage many places, there are more important places in the world than before. There are ports, colonization and pioneering, overseas trade, and the imperial guard system. The internal security system that the cabinet could have influenced was now arrested in the palace.

These things are almost the new product of the world, or have been there before, but now they have changed their nature, and the land tax is shrinking day by day, and these things have brought a lot of wealth and goods.

Only with money and soldiers can you have power. Emerging things are booming. The more wealth the royal family and the inner court expands, the more power it becomes, and it is also invisibly squeezing the existence of cabinet ministers.

What makes people even more helpless is that the scholars and literati also have to participate in the cultivation and participate in overseas trade to do business at ports as much as possible. However, they are relatively conservative and are often too late to enter, so they can only obey and accept the status of those rich merchants, nobles, and military leaders first.

If it is a normal industry, it is easy for civil officials to reach out. No matter how rampant the businessmen are, can they still be better than the yamen and cannot be cleaned up? Now this emerging official is not so easy to reach out. The Huwei Army, the Imperial Army and the Inner Guard are not something they can compete with.

Zheng Mou, who had coups in the capital several times, ended up with the imperial guards entering the capital, inciting, and threatening. The outcome was extremely miserable, which was enough to teach people a lesson.

Because of this situation, Emperor Wanli took over the power of the government. He did not need to participate in court meetings and arbitrate the court as before, so he had time to rest. In other words, Emperor Wanli himself was tired of the government affairs and wanted to have fun.

The relationship between Zhang Cheng and Emperor Wanli was extraordinary. There was no father and son in the Tian family. Emperor Longqing and Empress Dowager Cisheng Li did not have much love for him. They were by his side and took care of his daily life. Zhang Cheng was teaching Zhang Cheng. As he grew up, he learned culture and stopped government affairs. These were also taught by Zhang Cheng. In fact, Emperor Wanli didn’t understand anything, or complained, or something, he also told Zhang Cheng.

Compared with Emperor Longqing and Empress Dowager Li, between Zhang Cheng and Emperor Wanli, the friendship between parents and children is probably deeper.

The news that Zhang Cheng was seriously ill came to the capital. Emperor Wanli immediately assigned the best imperial physicians from the Imperial Hospital to rush to Tianjin. However, the illness fell like a mountain. The Imperial Inspector tested out a few precious medicinal materials from outside the pass. The Imperial Doctors had just left the capital and the news of their death spread here.

After hearing this, Emperor Wanli handled government affairs and ordered Zou Yi to arrange the funeral of Zhang Cheng. What specifications should be in the palace? You must not owe it just because Zhang Cheng is not in the palace. Emperor Wanli has always been very calm, but there is no expression on his face.

As usual, he had meals in the Qianqing Palace in the evening, and there were grains of rice on the corner of his mouth. Although the emperor was the emperor, he might not pay attention to this. Empress Zheng also habitually wiped Emperor Wanli. Emperor Wanli continued to eat, and the chopsticks moved twice. The eunuchs, palace maids and Empress Zheng who were serving in the room and the Queen Zheng were shocked to see Emperor Wanli crying.

Seeing everyone's expressions, Emperor Wanli stretched out his son to wipe it, as if he didn't notice that he was crying. After wiping it, he picked up his bowl and continued to eat, but the tears did not stop. Wanli put down his bowl and covered his face with his hands. Empress Zheng looked at the house with her eyes. The eunuchs and palace maids bowed and retreated.

After Emperor Wanli covered his face, he did not cry, but his shoulders kept shaking. Empress Zheng was also at a loss and didn't know what to do. It was not long, but Empress Zheng felt that it was a long time. Emperor Wanli took his hand off his face, his eyes were red and his tears were obvious. He obviously had cried, but his expression had become very calm. Seeing Empress Zheng's surprised expression, Emperor Wanli lowered his head and picked up a handkerchief and wiped it on his face, and spoke, his voice becoming a little hoarse.

"Parent Zhang left six times

In August of the 18th year of Wanli, the Jinyiwei quickly left the capital and went to Songjiang Prefecture. The imperial edict ordered the Duke of Liao to go to Tianjin to organize funerals on behalf of the emperor, worship Zhang Cheng, and comfort the loyal and righteous ministers.

This news is not a secret, but for Zhang Cheng, it is extremely grief. For a idle eunuch who is not strictly in the inner court, the emperor will arrange for important officials to come and worship after his death. No one has received such honor since the Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of Taizu.

For Wang Tong, the emperor's arrangement once again proved his status. Whether Wang Tong, who went to Songjiang, lost his power, was the best statement this time.

But the civil officials were not happy. In their hearts, if Emperor Wanli wanted to arrange for someone to worship, he would have to choose a civil official. Wouldn't the cabinet and the six ministries have enough roles? Of course, if Emperor Wanli really chose a civil official, the selected person would definitely make a big fuss and think it was a humiliation. I read the books of sages, the imperial examinations, and the central important officials, how could I go to worship a eunuch? But whether to go or not is another matter.

Maybe I thought this matter was not a big deal, but a censor actually reported that the emperor sent someone to worship, and that it was also sent by military generals and nobles to worship, which was not in accordance with the etiquette...

The memorial of this censor was actually sent to Emperor Wanli. Emperor Wanli immediately dropped the memorial. In this matter, no matter how inclined toward the scholar-official officials, the internal officials had a clear position. They immediately picked out a few unnecessary problems in their words and sentences, and then used a court stick.

It is said that after being beaten by the court stick, his value doubled and he immediately became a famous scholar. This time he didn't have such good luck. This censor was beaten to death by the court stick outside the Daming Gate. Outside the Daming Gate, it was a must-pass way for the court to go up and down, and it was a place that can be seen in every yamen. The censor was beaten to death and everyone was shocked.

In early September, Wang Tong rushed from Songjiang Prefecture to Tianjin Wei. Wang Tong returned to Tianjin Wei. The significance was really extraordinary. The entire ground of Tianjin Wei was sensational. Qualified merchants wanted to come and pay homage. Of course, it was not necessary to say that the local officials were the ones. However, this time is not a good time to pay homage. The Duke of Liao had a serious business this time. But the Songjiang Prefecture and Luzon were also like a sea of ​​gold and silver. It is estimated that this prospect may have to pass through Tianjin Wei. Everyone has money. They are familiar with Wang Tong. It is convenient. It is really impossible not to be moved.

I couldn't disturb you, and I had to go to meet you. As a result, the confidants and chiefs of each household followed me and were waiting for Wang Tong's residence to finish the work.

At the beginning, the Tianjin Jinyiwei was shocked and thought there was something else to do. He gathered the Inspection Department and the Sanjiang System Guards to investigate, and then it was a false alarm.

Ma Sanbiao rushed from the capital, Zou Yixing came, Xue Zhanye, a thousand households in the East Factory, also came. Zhao Jinliang had just arrived in Shaanxi now, but there was no way. The imperial guards, Li Hutou, and Han Gang, who were stationed around the Tianjin Guard, also arrived.

Zou Yi is his adopted son and Cai Nan is his Yisun. They are considered Zhang Cheng's relatives and are responsible for receiving guests from all walks of life. Of course, everyone is inevitably responsible for giving money and efforts.

Sanjiang Trading Company agreed almost everything, whether it was the cost of utensils or the labor...

Wang Tong lived in his original house. Cai Nan came to visit at night. After a few greetings, they found nothing to say. Sitting under the lamp, Zhang Cheng was a very important existence for them. He suddenly passed away, which made them very uncomfortable and didn't know what to say.

After a while, Cai Nan bowed and said in a hoarse voice:
Chapter completed!