Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 592 I will support you
With the poisonous sun hanging high in the sky in June, Gao Hongtu, the former chief minister of the cabinet, left Beijing only wearing a bamboo hat and a thin gauze.

No one would have thought that Gao Hongtu, the former chief assistant of the cabinet, would choose to go to the fiefdom, and it was a wild land separated from the entire South China Sea of ​​Ming Dynasty.

There were not many officials who came to send Gao Hongtu off. First, everyone knew that Ma Shiying and Gao Hongtu had been rivals since the reign of Tianqi, so we should not offend the new chief minister because of the sending of the former chief minister. Second, Gao Hongtu’s choice to go to the fief is tantamount to committing suicide. Road, people can no longer see any hope for him.

Even Zhu Cihong didn't come to see his master off, and even lost his temper, saying: "Is it true that I really have no hope of becoming a prince? Otherwise, why did even Master Gao choose to go to the barren land instead of staying?" In the capital!"

Not only Zhu Cihong, but the officials who supported Zhu Cihong also did not understand and even felt angry at Gao Hongtu's voluntary abandonment.

Only Gao Hongtu knew the pain in his heart, and when he saw no one was sweating to see him off under the scorching sun, he wept and said, "It's not that I, Gao Hongtu, don't know that the road ahead is a dead end, but that His Majesty has decided that I, Gao, have formed a party for personal gain." , if you stay in the capital, you will be burned!"

After Gao Hongtu cried, he wobbled away in the bullock cart.

"There is no one who can send Gao Hongtu?"

Standing in the shade of the bamboo grove beside the official road, Zhu Youjian said to Li Ruolian, the Commander of Jin Yiwei, who was on the side with some disappointment.

Li Ruolian was about to speak to comfort Zhu Youjian, but he heard a rush of horseshoes.

Li Ruolian thought it was an assassin attack, and hurriedly drew his sword to protect Zhu Youjian.

But at this time, Li Ruolian saw an official wearing a scarlet robe riding a horse: "Master Hou, wait a moment! Lord Hou, wait a moment!"

Li Ruolian couldn't help being ecstatic when he saw this, and hurriedly shouted to Zhu Youjian: "Your Majesty, someone is here, someone is here to see off Marquis Jinzhou!"

"I see, what are you so happy about? He didn't come to see you off. Take the knife back. Although Jinzhou Hou's family is as rich as an enemy, I want him to spend money to go to Nanyang to establish my first foothold in Ming Dynasty. Could it be that you want to rob his family's property with me?"

Zhu Youjian couldn't help laughing and joking with Li Ruolian.

Zhu Youjian is indeed happy now. He did not come to send Gao Hongtu off to pity Gao Hongtu, nor did he mainly come to give Gao Hongtu guidance. Did any officials realize that Gao Hongtu's going to Nanyang was a very important move for Ming to open up overseas, and they were willing to risk offending Ma Shiying to help Gao Hongtu and tell him why His Majesty gave him a fief in the wild land of Nanyang?

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Gao Hongtu was very happy, he hurriedly ordered his servants to stop the ox cart, got off the ox cart himself, and stood standing beside the road with his hands folded.

The person who came was Li Mingrui, who was also interested in competing for the position of chief assistant of the cabinet, but also missed it.

Li Mingrui has trained in the military camp for many years, and he is very proficient in equestrian skills, so he still jumped off the horse easily: "My official Beizhili Governor Li Mingrui has seen Jin Zhouhou!"

Gao Hongtu didn't expect it to be Li Mingrui. Li Mingrui is an official of the Grand Marshal's Mansion. He holds the military power in Beizhili. He is a close minister of the emperor. This kind of official can only be neutral and not form cliques, otherwise the consequences will be worse than those of his own cabinet system officials. Be serious.

Therefore, Gao Hongtu didn't understand why Li Mingrui dared to take the risk of being jealous to send him off.

What's more, Gao Hongtu knew that he didn't know Li Mingrui very well.

But no matter how you say it, Gao Hongtu is still very moved in his heart. After all, he has walked several miles from the capital, and he doesn't know whether the dignitaries in the capital are too afraid of the heat or they are too timid. In short, no one came to see him off. Now Li Mingrui can Come, at least it can show that I haven't spent so long being friendly with others in the court.

"The chief assistant of the cabinet is just an official position, and it will still come down in ten years at most. You don't have to worry about it. It's not a bad thing to be a Marquis now. After all, Li Guang in the Han Dynasty couldn't even be named a Marquis. Now he is an official. To see you, one is to see you off, after all, I don’t know how many years it will be before I see Marquis Jinzhou again.

Although Jinzhou is far overseas, Lord Hou, you should understand that His Majesty does not want Ming Dynasty to be confined to this territory. It should be said that he does not want the civilization of our Han people to be limited to the four seas. The base has a governor, why can't I, Ming Dynasty, not a hundred years later, the entire Daming sea area will be full of Western Fan bases, and they will surround my Daming one by one.

Therefore, Lord Hou, if you go overseas to Jinzhou to establish the foundation of the Han family, Your Majesty will be very happy to see it. I have a map here as a gift for Lord Hou to accept. It was purchased from the hands of Frangji. Those who came to translate, even added the main activity areas of the Western Fans in Jinzhou area and the number of their troops, as well as the situation of the Zheng family in Nanyang, as discovered by Jin Yiwei. "

Li Mingrui immediately continued to talk about how to establish the foundation of the Han family overseas. Gao Hongtu was also listening carefully. After all, although he was a civil servant, since he decided to go overseas, he could only do his best to do some big things.

The two also ignored that the Ming Emperor Zhu Youjian was already standing behind them.

Suddenly thick clouds hit, and the clouds covered the sun, and a burst of sun and rain came as soon as it was said, and the ticking raindrops hit Zhu Youjian's umbrella.

Gao Hongtu and Li Mingrui raised their heads, only to see His Majesty Zhu Youjian standing in front of them holding an umbrella.

The two were immediately stunned.

"Okay, you two are not polite when you see me, and you are still squatting here whispering, you don't even know it's raining, and you want me, the emperor, to hold an umbrella for you!"

Zhu Youjian spoke up in fright.

Gao Hongtu and Li Mingrui were so frightened that they hurriedly prostrated themselves on the ground: "I dare not, I dare not, I deserve death for waiting for the crime!"

"Don't be damned, let's get down, the ground is wet, kneeling is easy to get sick, let me go sit in your bullock cart, you Gao Hongtu can also pretend to be clean, [-]% of the salt companies in various places in Ming Dynasty belong to your Gao family The person is an agent, and the annual income is no less than one million silver dollars, and he only takes a bullock cart to go out of the city."

Zhu Youjian got into Gao Hongtu's bullock cart as he spoke.

Gao Hongtu smiled embarrassingly and caught up, he was very happy now, he was very excited that Li Mingrui came to see him off, now seeing the Emperor of Ming come up, he was even more weeping with joy, rubbing his old eyes with his old hands, he insisted on stopping for a long time not come down.

"Don't cry, crying is uglier than the old cow in front of you." Zhu Youjian said, "What Li Mingrui said just now is very correct. I am very relieved that you go to Jinzhou. There is no official in Ming Dynasty. I have set foot in it before, how can the Western Fan snatch these lands right in front of my Daming house, and go to Jinzhou to work hard, where you are the biggest, I don’t care about killing people and stealing goods, and no one dares to kill the eight hundred daughters of Yeyu Speaking of you, and even if you encounter a big event, I will support you! Feel free to go boldly!"

(End of this chapter)