open sea

Chapter 624
"You said you are not asking for trouble? What is written on the warrant?"

On the fourth day after Jing Haibo returned to the Beiyang Military Mansion, Chen Ju's fleet returned from North Asia and docked at the port in the morning. In the afternoon, Xu Jue followed from Beijing to Tianjin, and followed the eunuch to send him the emperor's warrant.

Chen Mu put the letter into his sleeve helplessly, raised his hand and shook his head and said, "Why didn't you make an order?"

"After you left, the palace was full of turmoil. The emperor clamored to watch the boat. He was scolded by the empress dowager and knelt for half a night. The empress dowager was so anxious that she said it was all right. The emperor is not allowed to make an order recently."

Wherever Xu Jue went, he had a crab-like posture. Even in the Yamen of the Beiyang Military Mansion, he didn't look good when he sat on a chair. Daddy, His Majesty can't make an order, so he can only write a letter and ask me to deliver it."

"Godfather said, don't worry about what's written on it, just don't do it, the handbook is useless, fake, it's all fake."

"Fake? Really can't do it!"

Chen Mu breathed heavily, his hands on the table fought with each other, and after a while he said: "The emperor asked me to take four big ships along the canal to Tongzhou. The captain is about as wide as the narrowest part of the Wei River. Can't move at all."

"Don't worry about it, I have a solution, brother is not just here to give me a handbook, right?"

"As long as you have a way, my brother can't care about this little thing now, anyway, you can make the emperor happy." Xu Jue shook his head irritably one after another, and said with a serious expression: "Where can it be my turn to go to this matter? Jiangling."

"Zhang Ge's old father fell ill. The old man is seventy-four this year. Godfather sent me to visit... This is not a good time." Chen Mu has never seen Xu Jue so worried, with a round face and facial features crowded When he got to one place, he straightened his eyes and said: "If the days are limited, the court will be in chaos!"

If you have a serious illness in your 70s, who can keep him?
Xu Jue's erratic eyes suddenly glanced at Chen Mu, and said: "It's really not possible, you give the imperial court a manuscript, take my brother with me when you go abroad, and send you a thousand brocade clothes, let's go to Dadongyang in style!"

It took Chen Mu a long time to realize that the relationship between Xu Jue's words was due to his filial piety.

If Zhang Juzheng's father passed away, he would have to go back to his hometown to keep his filial piety. After three years, no one would reserve the position of Chief Assistant to Shen Zhongnian. Seeing Xu Jue's posture, Feng Bao also panicked—there is no one in power today. Don't offend others. Once the court reshuffles the cards, Zhang Juzheng will return to his hometown to observe his filial piety. Whether he can become an official after three years is another matter, let alone the chief assistant.

And Feng Bao and Xu Jue followed closely behind.

Chen Mu didn't answer. He lowered his eyes and pinched his fingers to calculate. At present, the relationship between the six ministries and the cabinet assistants is not bad, and he turned around and felt that he was too involved in the drama.

Zhang Juzheng has been the chief assistant for ten years honestly, and he remembers it quite clearly.

Then Chen Mu raised his eyes and smiled at Xu Jue: "Don't panic, brother, it's up to you if you want to go abroad, but at this juncture you go abroad, if there is nothing serious about Zhang Ge, do you still plan to come back? "

Xu Jue froze for a moment, waved his hands and said, "I just said that, how can I really leave at this time, but you don't panic at all?"

"Although you didn't offend anyone, everyone in the court knows that you have done practical things. The examination method has been implemented, but Qingzhang Tianmu has only set up four provinces, and the household bank has just started, and the outdoor seal is still pending. The elder Ge is now If you want to leave, do you think these things can be done in the future?"

Chen Mu nodded logically and said, "That's why Mr. Ge can't leave."

The calmness of this kind of irrelevant matter made Xu Jue hold back the remaining words in his mouth, and he turned his palms in front of him twice before he answered: "Then, then you don't plan to do something?"

"The fate of the old man, whether the old man is filial, and the reaction of the courtiers, these three things, which brother Xu thinks Chen can do? I will do it!"

Seeing that Xu Jue was silent, Chen Mu slightly raised his finger and pointed at the Nanzhili fruit from the canal on the table, saying: "Eat oranges."

Fatty Xu blinked, took a tangerine in his hand and peeled it slowly, closed his upper and lower lips after a while, and said: "After a while, I'm afraid there will be things that you can do alone."

"Let's talk about borrowing guns or cannons or borrowing boats?"

While talking, Chen Mu also peeled a tangerine. He peeled it without distractions much faster than Fatty Xu. He put two petals of tangerine in his mouth. Seeing that Xu Jue was stunned by his straightforward reply, he raised his eyes and said, "Mr. Don't ask for money, the Queen Mother just fined me three months' salary, and my Dongyang Military Mansion has not yet opened, so I am also poor right now."

Xu Jue had only peeled half of the orange in his hand, slowly put it back on the table, rubbed his hands together and said, "You are not the only one who can handle guns and ships. We have everything made by Xuanfu and Nanyang in the arsenal, including chariots and horses." Water transportation to the Dudu’s Mansion is also easy to handle, and your sea boats can’t get into the canal... I won’t tell you now, I beg you, brother, you have to remember, but I agreed.”

Hey, this fat man doesn't talk about anything!
"Don't, if you don't talk about it, how will I know if I can do it?"

Xu Jue waved his hand, his eyes were almost gone, and he said: "In case something happens, you don't want Ge Lao to be bullied, your Beiyang foundation is not stable, if the sky changes, it will be abolished soon... ..."

Chen Mu raised his palm, "It's useless to say that, of course I don't want Ge Lao to be bullied, but you have to let me know if you can do it or not."

"Okay, it's enough to have your words, it can be done, it can definitely be done! It's just a matter of time, I can't tell you first, wait for me to send a letter."

Fatty Xu seemed to have finished what he wanted to do, he lifted his ass and left, took a few steps and came back to stuff the peeled tangerines on the table into his mouth, then turned his head and said to Chen Mu: "Yes, Your Majesty is in the palace You have been clamoring for several days to see the ship, how are you going to do this?"

Speaking of this, Chen Mu felt a headache. He rolled his eyes and rubbed his face, raised his hand to press his temple and said, "First find a craftsman with good craftsmanship to make a few boats a few feet long, which are exactly the same. Make something and send it to the palace first." Let the emperor take a look and hold the emperor back."

"The warships of the Eastern Fleet have sailed tens of thousands of miles. It will take several years to obtain silver mines for the imperial court and the influence of the Ming Dynasty in Europe. That is a major event. Before the Beiyang Army goes out, there must be oaths. The whole army is loyal to the emperor. Your Majesty, The Empress Dowager, the Elder Ge, and the Dugong will all be there, so no one can blame the Emperor for being playful."

The most important thing is that no one will say that they are not.

"That's good, Your Majesty always keeps saying that the emperor wants to firmly control the military power himself. As you said, you should have an oath meeting before you go to sea. Even if you don't let him see the ship, he will miss you for several years—but be careful. , if you teach the current emperor to be like Wu Zong, future generations will scold you for 500 years."

Chen Mu smiled, but he thought about it.

500 years, let alone 500 years without a change of dynasty, even if today's Ming Dynasty wants to last another 200 years, it is far from enough to teach a Wuzong.

It is not expected to teach someone like Zhu Yuanzhang, at least you have to teach Emperor Chengzu.

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)