Zhu Hongsan knew the virtues of these scholars and officials in the Ming Dynasty. When he saw the emperor, he wanted to go up and scold him. He would give face if he saw that his vassal king didn't beat him.

In order to establish a good relationship with the bureaucrats and literati, Zhu Hongsan was not angry for the first time, but explained with a smile: "I came to practice with my guards and did not fire live ammunition. How could I say that there is an attack?"

Li Zhi said: "What happened to the death of a house in the city that was damaged?"

Zhu Hongsan said: "Maybe he did something unethical, and the divine thunder from heaven killed him."

Li Zhiche and Zhu Hongsan were so rude that he was rude that he was ruthless, and then asked: "Since the rebellion of King Zhengde Ning, the court ordered that the vassal kings strictly prohibited the vassal king from having escorts. The three guards in the past have been revoked. What's wrong with the escorts of King Chu?"

Seeing Li Zhi being aggressive, Zhu Hongsan was also a little unhappy and his tone became a little cold. He said, "This guard was personally allowed by His Majesty in Nanjing. The north is corrupt. What are you going to help these stinky old ninths to make the country look like? So Your Majesty is preparing to follow Taizu and equip me with 30,000 three guards."

Zhu Hongsan's words, "The Slutty Old Nine", completely offended Li Zhi, and even Ma Shaoguang next to him was a little unhappy. He also had the reputation of being a Juren.

Li Zhi was furious and cursed: "King of the Unconscious, wait, I will write to Your Majesty now. I will also consider your crime of twenty miles away from the city."

Zhu Hongsan was furious and cursed: "You hang-necked scholar, what's your business? Come on, drive these two guys out for me."

After Zhu Hongsan said that, he ignored Li Zhi, who scolded him, asked Wang Jinbao to take people to drive them out.

Zhu Hongsan continued to watch the drill until the afternoon. Zhu Hongsan was very satisfied and ordered the troops to rest. Zhu Hongsan saw that there was nothing wrong anyway, so he led Zhu Hongyi and a few guards to go into the city to take a look. After all, this is Shenzhen in later generations, so it would be a loss if he didn't come to see it.

Zhu Hongsan led people into Xin'an County in a swagger. The county was not big, with only two gates in the north and south, and there were about 10,000 people in the city.

Zhu Hongsan left and found that the county magistrate was still a capable official. Zhu Hongsan couldn't help but think about loving talents. He had too few subordinates now. Zhu Hongsan was going to go to the county government to see Peng Ershu.

When he arrived at the county yamen, the magistrate Peng had already received the news that he would take all the officials of all the county yamen to go out to welcome the King of Chu.

Zhu Hongsan was very happy to see that County Magistrate Peng was different from that Li Zhi.

The magistrate Peng welcomed Zhu Hongsan to the second hall and asked Zhu Hongsan to sit in the main seat, and then stood up with the magistrate himself.

Zhu Hongsan nodded and said, "Mr. Peng is very different from that powder keg, Li Zhi."

Peng Ershu smiled and said, "Mr. Li has such a straightforward temper. He is actually very capable. In recent years, he has done a lot of things in Nantou Water Village, clearing out surrounding pirates and patrolling the coastal defense. If his temper was not in the way, he would have been promoted long ago."

Unexpectedly, Li Zhi is still a character, so I went to see it when I have time.

Zhu Hongsan asked: "Where is Magistrate Peng from?"

The magistrate of Peng County said: "The Xiaguan was from Dengzhou, Henan Province, and was a Jinshi in Chongzhen for the tenth year. (Peng Ershu was a Jinshi in Chongzhen for the thirteenth year. The story needs to be, three years in advance)"

Zhu Hongsan said, "Oh, then you and Ma Mingyuan should be in the same year."

County Magistrate Peng smiled embarrassedly and said, "Where, Zhongming is the first in the second place, and I am the second-place 210 in the third place, which is too far away."

Zhu Hongsan cursed in his heart: "It turns out that he is from the same Jinshi. Isn't this washing my concubine's feet?" But he said: "Mr. Peng, don't be sad. You should know that there are only 300 Jinshi every three years, and Mr. Peng is also among the people."

Zhu Hongsan continued, "Don't you know if Lord Peng and Ma Mingyuan are in contact?"

The magistrate Peng said: "Zhongming resigned at that time. I heard that he had returned to his hometown in Huguang. I don't know how it is now."

Zhu Hongsan smiled and said, "Haha, Lord Peng, do you know what my relationship with Ma Mingyuan? He is my princess' second brother, and now he serves as the chief secretary of the King of Chu in my mansion."

The magistrate Peng County is really worthless for Ma Mingyuan. You should know that Ma Mingyuan ranked fourth in the country. If he stayed in Beijing, he would definitely enter the Hanlin Academy and would have hope of entering the cabinet in the future. Unexpectedly, he would become a relative of the royal family when he returned home.

But I dare to say this in front of Zhu Hongsan. County Magistrate Peng laughed and said, "Okay, if you have time, go to the royal palace to visit Brother Zhongming."

Zhu Hongsan nodded and said, "I have just been walking around the city, but I didn't expect that Lord Peng is still a capable official. The small Xin'an County allows Lord Peng to manage it in an orderly manner."

Peng Ershu smiled bitterly and said, "What's the use of governance? The lower-ranking official is only a top three, and it's still the one behind. It's just like that, and it's hard to make progress."

Zhu Hongsan shook his head and said, "Mr. Peng, don't be discouraged. What if I help you?"

Peng Ershu was stunned. He knew that the vassal king strictly prohibited from participating in local affairs. What did the King of Chu mean to say that he wanted to help him?

Zhu Hongsan looked at Peng Ershu in a daze and said, "I dare not say anything else, will you go to the prefect of Lianzhou?"

Although Lianzhou is considered a remote mountainous area in Guangdong, you should know that it is also a magistrate in remote areas and a fourth-rank official. Peng Ershu is now only a seventh-rank magistrate in the lower county, and he is still a level 6 away from a fourth-rank magistrate.

Peng Ershu reacted for a long time and said, "Why is the prince helping me like this?"

Zhu Hongsan smiled and said, "I like Lord Peng, who knows that there is something to do. I have business in northern Vietnam, but Vietnam is too far from Dongguan, so I hope Lord Peng will go to Lianzhou Prefecture to take care of Yi2."

Peng Ershu lowered his head and fought in his heart for a long time, and said, "Prince, you know that I have been deeply favored by the emperor. I will not do anything that violates the law and discipline. What business does the King of Chu have in Vietnam?"

Zhu Hongsan smiled and said, "Don't worry, Lord Peng, it's all legal business. Lord Peng knows that the price of coal in Guangzhou has tripled now. I heard that there is a lot of coal in a place called Hongji in northern Vietnam. I want to send my guards to snatch it, and I won't make a fortune by then."

Peng Ershu was relieved when he heard Zhu Hongsan say this. He knew that Guangzhou's coal had risen sharply in the past six months. He didn't expect that the King of Chu wanted to make such a fortune. Peng Ershu didn't think much about it, because in the Ming Dynasty, the royal family and vassal kings all took over, and there were basically no one like Zhu Hongsan who wanted to do business well and make money.

In addition, Zhu Hongsan was going to grab Vietnamese coal mines. In the hearts of the literati and officials of the Ming Dynasty believed that "there is no one who is not my race, his heart will be different." People who are not Han people are not considered human beings, and no one will care about the death.

Peng Ershu said, "Since you are in this way, you will have to ask the King of Chu to worry." You can be promoted to level six without taking out a tael of silver by yourself. You can only give Zhu Hongsan a convenience to you when you go to Lianzhou. Why not do it? If Peng Ershu knew what Zhu Hongsan would do in Vietnam in the future, he would not go to Lianzhou if he beat him to death.

Seeing another intellectual involved in the trap, Zhu Hongsan was very happy and said, "Okay, Lord Peng will wait for good news in Xin'an, and there will be news in one month at most."

The purpose had been achieved, so Zhu Hongsan didn't sit for long and got up to say goodbye.

Peng Ershu sent Zhu Hongsan out of the county government. In fact, he did not give much hope for Zhu Hongsan's promise. After all, it was too difficult for a vassal king to interfere in local affairs. He just agreed to Zhu Hongsan and was perfunctory. If it was better, he would not lose anything if he could not do it.

Zhu Hongsan left the county government office, thought for a while and said, "Let's go to Nantou Water Village to have a look."

The group left the south gate of Xin'an County and rushed to Nantou Shuizhai.

The water village is five miles south of the county town. This place is called Nantou. Nantou is the collective name of Nanshan and Shatou. This place has been a major coastal defense area since the Song Dynasty. It has always been a key coastal defense focus in Guangdong. Guangdong's sea patrol route is also built in Nantou Water Village.

Standing on the Nanshan Mountain, Zhu Hongsan looked at the Nantou Water Village below. It was well organized. There were more than 20 large ships and countless small boats on the pier. It seemed that Li Zhi still had two brushes.

Zhu Hongsan looked around and saw that there was Lingdingyang outside the Nantou Peninsula. That is, Lingdingyang, which was written by Wen Tianxiang, who wrote the famous line "In ancient times, no one will die, but will leave the history of the ages."
Chapter completed!