Chen Xi escorted the Folangian Almeida and others to leave Quanzhou, and Zhang Lian's heart was relieved, and he had a little more anticipation...

As long as Chen Xi returns to the court to give his credit, he will definitely be promoted.

It was just that Zhang Lian was a little nervous, but Chen Xi did not accept his bribe. It was hard to say whether Chen Xi would speak for him.

To be on the safe side, Zhang Lian wrote a memorial in addition to submitting the battle with the Ferlang warships in the Port of Tsutong.

This memorial was not directly submitted to the emperor, but was sent to the court officials in the capital who were closely related to him by private messages, and asked him to act according to the opportunity.

This memorial was written by Chen Xi, the envoy of Qin, who was arbitrarily in the local area, angering the envoy of Folangji, and failed to reach a peace talk. Folangji people launched an attack on the bombardment of the Tuotong Port. Chen Xi led people to fight with Folangji people without the approval of the prefect's government. If the local government had not rescued in time, Chen Xi would not only die, but also cause the lives of Quanzhou to suffer.

Despite this, the Folangji people still fled, plundered coastal villages and massacred local people.

Zhang Lian deliberately reversed the order of the slaughter of the village and the invasion of the slaughter of the Tsutong Port. It seemed that Chen Xi did not understand negotiation skills and angered the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter of the slaughter

"Fight with me, you guy is a little tender!"

Zhang Lian asked someone to send the memorial to the capital, and he felt much more at ease.

It would be fine if you know the appearance, but we will share the same contribution. If you don’t know the appearance, I will let you know that Prince Ma has three eyes.

Zhang Lian put the matter of the Folang Ji envoy aside, and even more troublesome things happened in the counties under Quanzhou... The people of Quanzhou had many conflicts with the county governments because of resisting grain. Zhang Lian issued an order to the county magistrates of each county, that whoever dared to cause trouble would be arrested and punished.

This trick did work at the beginning. How dare they fight against the court for a group of hungry people who can't even eat enough?

But Zhang Lian underestimated people's instinct to survive. When people really can't survive and are desperate, the king's law becomes a decoration, and high-pressure intimidation will not play any role.

The hungry people had made trouble once when the autumn grain was put into storage in the 12th year of Hongzhi. Although it subsided, it was because the people had some food in their hands. After winter and spring famine came, the people even ate all the wild vegetables in the wilderness and were still unable to make ends meet. They could only get up and make noise...

This trouble will be difficult to end. There have been accidents in Dehua, Yongchun, Anxi, Tong'an and other counties in Quanzhou. The officials of the county government alone can no longer stop the hungry people. Many landlords' manors have been captured, and the counties and towns under Quanzhou have been closed one after another to prevent disaster victims from taking the opportunity to capture the granary in the county.

"Master, what do you think? The imperial envoy just passed through our mansion to Tingzhou. If he found something and reported to the court, this would be a bad thing."

Zhang Lian said angrily: "What kind of storm can he have with a sixth rank? Didn't someone else cause trouble to the court before? How about now? Is it not easy for me to be here? I have someone in the court, who can do what I can do to me?"

Zhang Lian thought that even if the court pursued the grain resistance case, it would at most cause a small stain on his political achievements. What he had to do was to wipe out the small stain as much as possible.

As long as he doesn't make a big mess, he has enough confidence to be safe.

But things are getting worse. At present, two disaster victims in Quanzhou have formed a climate, from the initial riots to civil unrest. After these people plundered gentry and merchants, they had some weapons and equipment, and their morale was greatly boosted, and they were about to attack the county town. Zhang Lian did not dare to spread the matter. As long as the garrison dispatched troops to suppress civil unrest, the matter would be unable to be suppressed.

Just when he felt anxious, the people under him intercepted the letter Yu Niang wrote to Chenxi, Tingzhou Prefecture.

Only then did Zhang Lian learn that among the entourages who came to Quanzhou Prefecture with Chen Xi, there was someone who stayed in Quanzhou Prefecture City, as if they were pursuing something.

"Sir, you said... this imperial envoy is also chasing the grain resistance case in the first year, right?" Master Ma Facebook proposed the assumption that annoyed Zhang Lian.

Zhang Lian said coldly: "After this case was submitted to the court, the court issued an order to commend it. How could he send someone to investigate it? Even if he came to investigate, he would not send a sixth-rank Hanlin official who had been an official for only one year. However, Liu Shangshu of the Ministry of Revenue is famous for being difficult to deal with, and now he doesn't even accept the filial piety we sent. He sincerely wants to complain to local officials such as us."

"Sir, is there someone from the Ministry of Revenue around the imperial envoy?"

"I have to be careful. But it doesn't matter. This letter has nothing to do. Hum... I'll send the letter to the imperial envoy as it is. I want to see how he deals with it!"

Zhang Lian felt that God was helping him to intercept the letter, so that he could test whether Chen Xi was responsible for other responsibilities.

The letters were sent out one after another, and Chen Xi received one letter when he was in Tingzhou Prefecture and Taohua Village.

Chen Xi wrote a reply, and as soon as the letter arrived at Quanzhou, it was intercepted and sent to Zhang Lian with whip.

"... Three slices of ginger are sent to water and swallowed. They have elixirs from the West. When you hear it, you can have the effect of bringing back the dead. I hope you can ask for it from the medicine shop. Do not use it with cumin, which is harmful!"

The content of the letter is very plain. Except for Chen Xi asking about the sick man's condition, these few sentences seem to have a deep meaning in it.

But Zhang Lian thought about it for a long time but couldn't understand what these few words were saying.

They are all terminally ill, and the prescription they prescribe is ginger tablets?

Furthermore, the elixirs tributed by the West may be able to save lives, but since they are tributes, they should not go to the Forbidden City to ask the emperor for medicine, so how could they ask for it at the medicine shop?

In addition, this pill actually conflicts with fennel. What's the point?

"Sir, I think the imperial envoy must have noticed something. He said something in this letter. You must not send it out, otherwise..."

Zhang Lian said angrily: "Or what will happen?"

Master Ma's face did not dare to answer casually.

In fact, it is self-evident. Since you can't understand Chen Xi's words, it means that there is a profound meaning. It may be that a very powerful idea was made to make Zhang Lian unable to take it.

Although Zhang Lian did not want to admit it, he was indeed a little worried. He detained Chen Xi's letter and studied it for two days, but still couldn't find any clues.

Zhang Lian was in vain.

The main purpose of Chen Xi's writing this letter was to do something perfunctory to Yu Niang... He had already figured out what would happen if the letter came to Zhang Lian's hands. I didn't even know what I was writing, let alone worry that others would understand.

"It's better to send the letter. Now that people are under our surveillance, I don't believe that I can play any tricks!"

Zhang Lian was somewhat conceited. He believed that even if the people sent by the court made any moves, he would not threaten him, because the whereabouts of the people secretly investigated by the Ministry of Revenue were completely under his control. As long as there were any rash actions, he would die a sudden death and he would not allow anyone to expose the matter.

"Chen Xi, Chen Xi, I wanted to share the credit with you and show mercy to your subordinates, but now it seems that I have to use some means to you. No one who opposes me will have a good ending!"

Chen Xi contacted the person who came to investigate him, which annoyed Zhang Lian. He immediately sent a letter to the capital, caught up with the previous private message, and directly submitted it to Emperor Hongzhi.

At the same time, in order to avoid the long nights and dreams, Zhang Lian sent people to assassinate the staff suspected of being sent by the Ministry of Revenue to ensure that news of local chaos in Quanzhou will not be leaked.

On March 26, Zhang Lian received news that Chen Xi returned to Tingzhou Prefecture City from Ninghua, and set off the next day, heading from Ganjiang River in Jiangxi to Nanjing, and then from Nanjing to Beijing via the Grand Canal.

Zhang Lian felt relieved when he thought Chen Xi had achieved great achievements and returned to the capital happily, but he had to face the jail disaster.

Let you pretend to be noble in front of me, but you are just a fledgling brat, just putting on such a big picture. I really think I am a great person? Bah!

On the ninth day of the fourth month, a yamen runner sent a letter to Zhang Lian, and at the same time he brought a message: "Prince, the commander of Quanzhou Guard asked you to go to his capital in the west of the city, saying that he wanted to ask you why the Guard was not informed by the government office when Folang Jiren attacked Shitong Port before."

"Everything is required to be notified by the magistrate's office? Is this Quanzhou Prefecture governed by the magistrate's office or is it the Quanzhou Guard?" Zhang Lian was arrogant.

The incident of the Folang machine bombarding the Tutong Port has passed, and most of the Folang machine people have become prisoners. Except for the bandit leader who was taken away by Chen Xi, the rest of the people were all detained in the official post.

The people from Quanzhou Guard are competing for credit with themselves!

"Sir, I think you'd better not go. The commander of the Quanzhou King of Guards has always been incompatible with you. If you go there this time, it's probably not pleasing." Master Ma's face suggested to Zhang Lian, "It's better not to worry about it."

Zhang Lian thought for a while and sighed: "The current chaos in the people is approaching. To prevent the changes, it is better not to offend the people in the military. Prepare generous gifts and just go with me. Remember not to offend anything verbally. Do your best to calm things down."

Now Zhang Lian is not afraid of Quanzhou Guards competing for merit with him, but the fear that the military will expose the news of local chaos, and go to heaven to listen.

So he had to give in temporarily. If someone asked him to question him, he would bring the gifts in person. The so-called "to extend his hand and not hit people with a smile" are not too high in social status and have hereditary official positions. He was not thinking about how to get promoted, but how to make a fortune. Military merits and so on are second. The most important thing is to use interests to block their mouths.

Master Ma faced was a little nervous: "But sir, Luojiang Town is not our place..."

“Bad talk!”

Zhang Lian sneered: "Since Luojiang is in Quanzhou Prefecture, how can it not be our place? Could it be that Wang He, a fourth-rank official, be detained and punished me?"

Master Ma's Face was stunned... Quanzhou Guards really didn't have this power. He didn't want Zhang Lian to go, mainly because he was afraid that Zhang Lian would be in the garrison, which would be like he was under the custody.

Unlike the silver given to Chen Xi, the gifts Zhang Lian prepared for Quanzhou Guard Commander were all copper coins and several large boxes.

These big-headed soldiers like copper coins if they don’t like silver. This is a very vulgar thing to Zhang Lian. They don’t care about the white silver, but instead they are copper coins that are heavy and unpractical, and that are touched by peddlers countless times.

In order to show humility, Zhang Lian did not have many people to take out the city to Luojiang Town, Quanzhou Weishu, because after all, he had something to ask for.

When Zhang Lian arrived in Luojiang Town and came to the Quanzhou Guard Office, he suddenly felt a crisis. He stopped thinking about it, but he didn't know where the crisis came from. He shook his head and brought people into the gate of the official office. Before he could enter the lobby, he heard a "bang" behind him and the door was closed.

"What are you doing?" Zhang Lian glared at the officers and soldiers who were facing the enemy.

"Forgive me, Lord Prefect, this is what Commander Wang specifically told me." The people from the garrison stepped forward and laughed.

Zhang Lian sneered, and really thought he was a general who had been through many battles in the battlefield, but just a military official.

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ps: The third update!

This chapter is the first chapter that has been greatly updated for the new leader "andyfans"!

Then the emperor explained what happened today:

When friends are in trouble, the emperor has to go and talk about the peace. The high temperature of 38 degrees is running around for a day. The two chapters sent in the morning and at noon are all worked overtime at 3 or 4 in the morning and written pre-issues!

Time is in a hurry, and there may be mistakes and omissions, so please forgive me!
Chapter completed!