Xu Xun soon realized what it felt like to be called cousin by the little emperor. Even if his appearance was a thousand miles away, even Zhang Zong said that he was such a serious royal relative, but he secretly called the little emperor cousin like a show off.
No problem, it was simply wishful thinking to ask Zhu Houzhao to call him cousin in person. So, when the ship docked in Tianjin early in the morning and was about to set off, Zhu Houzhao hurried to board the ship with a few entourages.
When the stuttering cousin shouted, Zhang Yong and Gu Dayong almost felt that there was something wrong with their ears, and then all four eyes stared at Xu Xun.
I learned that the first three boats were the cousin of Xu Xun's wife, who wanted to take a smooth sailing trip back to Nanjing. I saw the young man with pimples on his face from a distance on the bow of the boat, and also vaguely heard about the person.
Stuttering, no one, no matter Liu Jin, Ma Yongcheng, Wei Bin or Luoxiang, thought of the little emperor's head. This was considered a clear path.
But before setting off, a group of people suddenly came to the shore. It was the emperor from the capital who sent an urgent order to Xu Xun. Even though Liu Jin wanted to hear what was going on, she saw that the people came straight to Xu Xun's road.
Ship, he could only put aside his suspicion and curse in his heart.
When Xu Xun saw the person coming clearly, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. After Huitong solemnly saluted Xu Xun, Gu Dayong and Zhang Yong respectively, his eyes turned around and saw nothing but a pimple beside Xu Xun's side window.
There was no one else in the room except the young man and Abao whom he recognized, so he presented something with both hands and said: "Hou Pingbei, under the orders of the Queen Mother and Queen Yi, I humbly send you a handwritten letter to Marquis Pingbei. Please read.
I'll give you a reply immediately, so I can take it back directly."
Just seeing that the Queen Mother and the Empress actually summoned him to Qionghua Island to talk. He had already vaguely guessed that the little emperor had left the capital with Xu Xun and others. If that was really the case. Now and then
Where is the little ancestor?
Hearing that it was his mother and daughter-in-law who had sent the letter together, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but shrink his head and tried his best to prevent Hui Tong from seeing him. However, when the letter arrived in Xu Xun's hands, Gu Dayong attracted Hui Tong's attention for him.
At that moment, he had to walk quickly to Xu Xun's side. He stood on tiptoes and read the entire content at a glance. Then he couldn't help but grin.
Empress Dowager Zhang's letter was not meant for Xu Xun to read at all, but was written directly to him. She scolded him and told him to pack up and return to Beijing. Only in the end did she reluctantly say that even if he went, he would not play with it.
It's been too long, leave early and come back early, and so on. But Zhou Qiniang's letter was more simple and direct, saying don't disappoint people, don't let others take advantage of it, which made him curl his lips involuntarily, thinking of the past that Zhou Qiniang liked to teach him a lesson when nothing happened.
Come. When he saw Huitong showing signs of turning around, he hurriedly retreated to the porthole and looked outside as if he was guilty. He pretended to be looking at the scenery seriously.
After Xu Xun read the letter, he noticed that Zhu Houzhao had returned to his original position, so he took the letter to the table beside him, and after instructing Abao to polish the ink, he carefully thought about it and began to reply. He apologized for the little emperor Zhu Houzhao.
Of course, it was unavoidable. In addition, there were the military support along the way, as well as Chen Lu and Wei Guogong Xu Yan who were coordinating in Nanjing, as well as guard Zheng Qiang and former guard Fu Rong. As for those who had just been driven away by him and Liu Jin through insidious tricks.
Qiu Ju left without even mentioning it. Finally, he remembered that Empress Dowager Zhang and Zhou Qiniang mentioned in the letter that they had invited Xiao Jing to come back. Having already laid out this move, he breathed a sigh of relief. It was inevitable that he would add another one.
Two sentences.
"Eunuch Xiao is old and there is a shortage of ceremonial supervisors. You can choose the best in the inner study hall to recruit ceremonial supervisors. Today I am out, and I hope that the Second Saint will strictly enforce the ban to prevent people with ulterior motives from leaking the news."
As long as the Supervisor of Ceremonies is replaced by a new group of people, and Liu Jin's accomplices in the palace cannot communicate smoothly with Liu Yu, Cao Yuan and others outside, it will be difficult for these people to take advantage of this to cause trouble, and Zhang Cai will be able to take advantage of it.
Of course, smart people like Qian Ning might not be able to hide it for too long, he just made a time difference!…
Huitong hurriedly returned with Xu Xun's letter and followed the ship from Tianjin. Zhu Houzhao, who was still sweating for fear that Empress Dowager Zhang would forcefully drag him back, finally breathed a sigh of relief. Of course, Huitong did not
He was recognized, which was undoubtedly a greater encouragement to him. Only Xu Xun knew what kind of risks this trip had, and it was at least a basin of cold water poured on the little emperor's head.
"Zhong Hui is not familiar with you after all, and besides being distracted by Lao Gu's words, he might not have noticed anything otherwise. But for Lao Liu and the others to pass that hurdle, it will probably be harder than climbing to the sky. I can't say ugly words.
Let’s talk about it first, if you betray me then, you may really have to go home.”
Zhu Houzhao had experienced this way of talking with Zhou Qiniang once before, but now it sounded cordial, but Xu Xun almost didn't say clearly that he would definitely not be able to hide it from Liu Jin, and the little emperor suddenly felt a little annoyed.
It's better to ask the general to provoke him. On the next journey to Linqing, he stayed in the cabin and never came out. Until the evening when the ship docked in Linqing, he heard that Du Jin, the governor of Shandong and other places, came to pay homage to Xu.
Xun, he just showed up.
Last year, when he tipped off the news at a critical moment, Du Jin was not affected by Li Rong's sad retirement. He was given the post of admiral of various bank checkpoints in Shandong and was able to comfortably do his best job outside. Therefore, Xu Xun went to Beijing that year.
The little quarrel he had with him in Linqing had long been regarded as an extraordinary opportunity. Now he boarded the ship to pay homage to Xu Xun with great respect, as if he were his own father. When Zhu Houzhao came in in a hurry
At that moment, he couldn't help but glance at the person.
"Cousin... cousin, I heard that if... there is a... favorable wind now, in... another ten... ten days, we can reach... Xuzhou!"
I remember that Zhu Houzhao couldn't even speak a sentence with an apricot kernel in his mouth, but now he speaks as if he is really stuttering. Not to mention Xu Xun smiled, even Zhang Yong and Gu Dayong couldn't help turning their heads and snickering. And Du
Jin Que didn't even frown at the stuttering sound, especially when he heard someone calling him Xu Xun's cousin. He quickly asked with a smile. When he learned that he was the cousin of Xu Xun's wife, he said with a smile: "No.
Wrong, the Marquis and the father-in-laws have chosen a good time. It is the right time to walk, and the summer taxes have been paid to Beijing. The Cao River is not as congested as before, and it will be frozen again in a few days. It is very cold to take the land route.
I have suffered the most, but the waterway is just right. By the way, I am always under the care of the Marquis. This is the first time I have met Mr. Zhou, so please be sure to accept this meeting gift."
Zhu Houzhao was stunned for a moment, and saw Du Jin stuffing a mutton-fat jade pendant over with a smile. He immediately looked at Xu Xun, with a look of eagerness on his face, like a country bumpkin who had never seen the world. Seeing him like this
With such a look, Xu Xun finally couldn't help but laugh: "Eunuch Du is not an outsider, just keep it in check."
Du Jin, who previously inspected all the Chaoguan Passes along the Cao River, is now the admiral in charge of Jining Linqing and Dezhou Chaoguan Passes in Shandong, so Xu Xun had to ask him carefully about the situation in the south of the Yangtze River. Du Jin faced Xu Xun in front of him
, naturally dare to tell the truth, from the increasing number of common people donating real estate to the royal family, gentry and nobles, to bandits running rampant, many villages are being robbed by bandits, and there are even cases where officials and family members were robbed on the canal, Lin Lin always said
After eating a lot, we didn’t leave until we saw that it was getting late.
As soon as he left, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief, and immediately glanced at Xu Xun proudly. Before anyone had the chance to hit him again, he frowned and said, "They say there was a peaceful and prosperous age, but this is really the first time it has come out."
We know that the world is not that peaceful at all. The trackers on the canal work hard just to have enough food, and tax collection in Jiangnan is a problem, and there are many bandits not only in Jinan, but also in Nanzhili and other Jiangnan areas...
… Let alone the official family members being robbed in Caohe, it is simply unbelievable! No wonder the ancients said that it is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books. You really don’t know anything when you are in the palace!”….
The great figures of later generations are still patrolling around and squatting all day long. Aren't they deceived by their subordinates on certain things? What's more, the emperor is restricted by strict etiquette and can only stay in the palace?
Listening to Zhu Houzhao sometimes lamenting and sometimes indignantly talking about the scenes he had seen in the past few days, Xu Xun wanted to say that this was just the tip of the iceberg, but after thinking about it, he simply said nothing and let the little emperor make more of his own judgment.
It wasn't until the night was getting dark and Zhu Houzhao was already yawning that he asked Abao to take the people to have a rest. When the two young men with completely different identities and circumstances left the cabin, Gu Dayong, who had been silent just now, spoke
I couldn't help but yawned, and then said: "Brother Xu, since you have already arrived at the Emperor's meeting to follow you, is it time to tell us what your next plan is?"
"It's not time to say anything." Xu Xun smiled and shook his finger, then looked at Zhang Yong and said, "Old Zhang, I have to ask you to do something. Last year, Wang Shouren was sent to Guizhou Longchangyi
, you might find an opportunity to admonish the emperor and transfer people back?"
"Huh?" Zhang Yong remembered his friendship with Wang Shouren when he was training the avant-garde of the army in Xiyuan, plus the anger of the vanguard Wang Shouren. Now that he thought about it, it was just a joke, so he nodded indifferently and said, "It's a small matter.
That's all, it's easy to talk about. I'll take a chance to mention it to the emperor later, and I think it's been more than a year, and the emperor no longer cares about it!"
"Then I'll leave it to you."
Xu Xun couldn't help but stretched, and after saying goodbye to the two of them, he walked straight to his bed without waiting for them to leave, and fell on it without even taking off his shoes. He waited until the door came.
To cover up the squeaking sound, he gently counted with his fingers and knew that no matter whether it was in the south or northwest of Jin, there would be a series of battles.
The Yellow River is frozen, and Yang Yiqing is also facing the biggest test he has ever faced. I just hope that even if he is not as good as Wang Yue back then, he can still give full play to the greatest advantage that he has not been able to play in history and overcome the biggest difficulty after returning to the Hetao. As for the
Zhang Zong said that Xu Yanche and Qi Jiliang all said that the three stooges were better than Zhuge Liang. The soldiers and horses he had allocated to them now, whether it was a helping hand or a helping hand, they all did their best. In addition, they had such an inner response.
Since he can defeat Qi Yanming, I expect that others can also improve. As for the beheading tactic... If it were that easy, all the famous generals in ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad, would have died long ago!
"I hope everything goes well and I can be free for a few years... Retiring at the age of twenty will be envied by many people in the future... God knows how many years I have wanted to be a playboy..."
ps: Well, Happy New Year to everyone... (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation.)