Chapter five hundred and forty seventh: alarming the court and the opposition
Chapter 547: Alarming Chaoye
The next morning, the slogans he practiced woke Chen Aozhen up. When he put on his clothes, he saw that today's navy was very different from the past, and he couldn't help but smile.
The navy can't train anything for the time being. The current training is mainly to cultivate military discipline and loyalty. After all, this trip is dealing with the officials and businessmen in Quanzhou. If they don't have a trustworthy force, they have to train these people like dogs, otherwise it will be useless.
He was idle and stared in the tent, and someone came in there to report: "Sir... there are letters from Quanzhou."
"Letters? What letters?"
"It was sent by the sea merchant Cui Jian, who said he would submit it to the commander..."
Chen Ao couldn't help but smile: "It was too late for him to send this letter, and the daylily was cold."
There are some commanders here, but they cut off their heads and are still hanging on the school ground. Cui Jian sent the letter at this time, and the navy at the gate didn't say anything, but directly took the letter. He changed his hands and came to Chen Ao to please him and act like a good person. Chen Ao admired his cleverness and energy alone. He was rare and he should use it well in the future.
"May I have your name?"
Seeing Lord Shen ask his name, the navy really jumped out. There is really something about climbing up the top in the world. Isn’t the imperial envoy like this? He has to be promoted to a marquis of Yu. If he becomes rich in the future, he will be the head and commander... If he is the commander, wouldn’t he be able to sleep in the camp with his wives every day?
Thinking of this, the navy couldn't help but straighten his chest: "Sir, I'm humble. I'm Chen Xier."
Chen Ao applauded: "Okay, what a smart Chen Xier, with a very good name and a very funny feeling. She will definitely make great achievements in the future."
Chen Xier said happily: "How can you afford to be humble?"
Chen Ao Zhengrong said, "You can afford it. You have made great contributions this time. Since you are so good at guarding the gate, the important relationship between guarding the gate will fall on you. I will give this imperial envoy a stare for eight hours a day and do it well. In the future, you will become an excellent sector."
Chen Xier's Adam's apple rolled a little, but it turned out that she was still guarding the gate, so she had to pretend that she had not heard it. She didn't even say flattery, but just presented the letter and asked Chen Ao to read it.
Chen Ao opened the letter, glanced briefly, and then sneered: "I was worried that I could not find the evidence of your crime, but you came to the trap." After that, he immediately asked Chen Xier to bring paper and pen, draft a memorial, put it in a box, and put the letter in it, and said to Chen Xier: "Send it out immediately, use 800 miles to speed up, and tell the post that it must be delivered to the capital within five days."
When Chen Xier held the box and said goodbye, Chen Ao beat him up and ran to the water village to see the sea view, thinking to himself that the court must have had trouble again. Since Fujian Road, Chen Ao's every move here has become a verbal tool for the game between Bian Jing. This kind of thing is inevitable and there is no way. Which of the colleagues in Bian Jing is not a human spirit? When he was still there, it was nothing. But now, when something happens, he must jump out like a chicken blood, and show his face. Otherwise, wouldn't the book for this life be in vain?
Chen Ao's guess was not wrong. In the eyes of the court, any move, as long as someone is willing, can make a big deal. Quanzhou Port was attacked. For just one thing, it was not the court who first got the news, but the Shushu Cui.
Spring is blooming in Bianjing, and flowers bloom, which is surprisingly beautiful and refined, making people forget the coldness of the cold winter. The Cui family is surrounded by a series of ministers’ residences, front halls, back gardens, courtyards, and archways. The buds in buds sway slightly in the wind, bringing out a faint fragrance, which makes people feel in their hearts and hearts when they smell it.
It was noon at this time, and the sun was not hot. The peddlers on the street rushed home for dinner. The smoke from several neighborhoods in the distance rushed to the sky, and occasionally some scent of vegetables would float out.
A chief officer took a letter and quickly walked over the ritual gates and archways, walked through a corridor, coughed, and shouted outside a small hall: "Master, the letter from Quanzhou is here." Without waiting for the people inside to respond, the chief officer rushed in. The small hall was not decorated luxuriously, with a simple and simple atmosphere. Cui Zhi had a calm face and was drinking tea with an old man in purple clothes and said calmly: "Is it a letter written by his brother or Yan'er?"
The head of the lord stood aside with his waist and said, "It's the letter from the young master."
Cui Zhihe nodded, put down the teacup, and reached out and said, "Take it and see it."
The old man in the guest seat did not have the same demeanor as Cui Zhi as Mount Tai collapsed before his face. He raised his eyebrows and asked with a slightly excited voice: "What, what is the news..." The words afterwards deliberately lowered a little: "Is the surname Shen dead?"
After reading the letter, Cui Zhi slowly put it down and said, "No."
"Ah..." The old man was startled at first, then shook his head and said, "The man surnamed Shen is really protected by the emperor. Even this can survive the disaster."
Cui Zhi glanced at him and said lightly: "Mr. Lu, the pirates have attacked the port. Shen Ao and his men fled overnight. I don't know where they have gone now. However, according to Yan'er's letter, 80% of them should have gone to Xinghua Army. There is no need to worry about Xinghua Army. My brother has already sent a letter to ask the commander to prepare in advance. What can the person surnamed Shen not get the military power of Xinghua Army? Besides, who knows that pirates attack the city is the thing we committed? Even if someone knows that there is no basis and no evidence, who dares to gossip? Until now, we still take the initiative, so there is no need to panic."
This is a pity for Lord Lu, saying: "It's only a matter of killing the one named Shen. Now I can't let go of him."
Cui Zhi smiled and said, "Who is not ours on Fujian Road? Don't worry, the person named Shen stayed there and was just a headless fly. The imperial envoy... the imperial envoy... even if he took the imperial envoy, someone would have to be obedient to it. Besides... I don't plan to let him stay on Fujian Road."
Lord Lu said: "Mr. Cui already has plans."
Cui Zhi said calmly: "The pirate attack on Hong Kong is too big, so it must be discussed by the court. However, for decades, there has never been such a big deal in the ports of our Song Dynasty. Why did Shen, who was surnamed Shen, come out as soon as he arrived at Fujian?"
Lord Lu's eyes lit up and said, "The official understands. Lord Cui means that we bit Shen's surname to death and caused Shang to suffer a miserable life after we arrived in Quanzhou, which aroused the Shang change? His arbitrary behavior caused some merchants to take risks, collude with pirates, and attack Quanzhou?"
Cui Zhi smiled and said, "Basically, that's what it means. As long as everyone speaks, the official family is protecting the surname Shen, and he has to be summoned to appoint him to comfort him."
Lord Lu pondered for a moment: "Which businessmen are just colluding with pirates?"
Cui Zhi said: "It's easy, just write a few of them. Lord Lu, the most important thing is your Censorate, where the Censor General Zeng Wen and Chen's surname are in close contact. At that time, they will definitely want to suppress this matter. You are the Censor and the same as Zeng Wen. At that time, you will have to ask you to come forward and fight Zeng Wen."
Lord Lu laughed and said, "This is easy. If the official is willing to do his best, he will have to deal with him."
Cui Zhi picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea slowly, and continued, "The general meaning is so much. I wanted to have a good tea with Lord Lu, but I came here. Lord Lu, we each have official duties, let's leave today."
This is equivalent to giving an order to expel guests. Lord Lu didn't say anything, stood up and bowed, and said, "Mr. Cui, please say goodbye."
Lord Lu is the chief censor Lu Lin. The imperial censorate was established in the Song Dynasty, and the chief censor and the chief censor. According to his identity, he was naturally more noble. However, the in-depth affairs of the imperial censor were appointed by the chief censor. The power of supervision was not large, but the relationship was not small. The court set up this way, but it actually meant to decentralize power. Therefore, each doctor and chief censor were polite on the surface, but they had to fight for this behind their backs.
Lu Lin left Cui's mansion, got into the sedan chair waiting outside, and said to the porter: "Go to the Censorate."
After a while, when he arrived at the Censorate, Lu Lin went in. Occasionally, he met a few censors who came to salute politely. He greeted them with a smile. When he met a few familiar people, he would have to stop and talk a few words. After entering the yamen hall, he went straight into the ear room on one side. A clerk immediately brought him teacups and said with a smile: "Mr. Lu has used lunch? Why did he come so early?"
Lu Lin just nodded and asked the clerk to go out. He read a few recent newspapers. Before he knew it, the censors who had just eaten the meal also came back to take office. Zeng Wen came just at the right time and saw Lu Lin greeted him. Lu Lin smiled and said to Zeng Wen: "Mr. Zeng said that Yangzhou was flooded. I remember that Mr. Zeng is from Yangzhou. Why? Did you send a letter from the other end of your family to report safety? This matter cannot be delayed. You have to send someone who can trust you to go back and take a look."
Zeng Wen smiled and said, "Shame, I've asked someone to go, Lord Laulu is concerned."
The two looked at each other and smiled. They sat on the two tables on the head seat and stopped talking. Then the clerk and the censor gave the recently collected news. The news came. The two looked at each other. Occasionally there was some news. Lu Lin coughed and told the clerk to pass it to Zeng Wen. After Zeng Wen looked at it, he would turn his head: "Yingchang Prefecture is a prefecture in the capital. The prefect at the foot of the emperor must impeach the illegal prefecture. I will write this matter. I will ask Lord Lu to review it at that time."
Lu Lin stroked his beard and smiled, "What should I say? Just Lord Zeng just want to say this? I will sign a name at that time. Can you still believe Mr. Zeng?"
Zeng Wen laughed and continued to bury his head.
Chapter completed!