In the study room of the Governor's Mansion in Shanghai New City, Zhou Zhong sat behind the desk with a pensive look on his face, tapping his fingers unconsciously on the table. In front of him, the white-haired Jiao Fang held a letter in her hand, her face covered with

An incredible expression, and at the same time there was a bit of joy in his eyes.

"Mr. Governor, this letter from His Majesty the Emperor comes just in time. It can just solve the problem of the Governor looking for an excuse to disclose his identity. And judging from the meaning of your Majesty's letter, it seems that he was bewitched by Jiang Bin and wanted to go

Xuanfu patrols the border

, It’s just that as your Majesty, you really can’t leave the capital lightly, and now that your Majesty has summoned the Governor-General to Beijing, it is very likely that after revealing the identity of the Governor-General, he asked the Governor-General to supervise the country on your behalf!” After a while, Jiao Fang then

He said with excitement.

Regarding Jiao Fang's guess, Zhou Zhong, who was in deep thought, also nodded. He had originally decided to give up his current position as governor and go to Beijing. However, he did not expect that just when he was debating this matter, he suddenly received a message from Zhengde.

The content of the letter was that Zhengde was asking Zhou Chong for his opinion and asked him if he was willing to reveal his identity and go to the capital.

Zhengde did not clearly state the reason for Zhong's trip to the capital in his letter. He just kept mentioning the situation in the Xuan Mansion. With Zhou Zhong and Jiao Fang's knowledge, they naturally knew that this was Zhengde hinting to Zhou Chong that he wanted to go to Xuan.

Although the government was changing, there was no shortage of someone with sufficient status to guard the capital, so Zhengde thought of summoning Zhou Chong to the capital.

This letter from Zhengde was simply too timely for Zhou Chong. However, it was precisely because it was so timely that when Zhou Zhong first received the letter, he couldn’t believe it for a while. He even thought that it was Zhengde’s attempt to test him.

Himself? However, Zhou Zhong thought about Zhengde's temperament and quickly rejected this idea. After all, with Zhengde's character who never cared about imperial power, it was impossible to play such a scheme against Zhou Zhong.

Thinking of this, Zhou Zhong also raised his head and said to Jiao Fang: "Mr. Jiao Ge, if the emperor reveals my identity and asks me to supervise the country on his behalf, and then goes to the Xuan Mansion, will the ministers of the DPRK object?"

"I will definitely object!" Jiao Fang replied without thinking, "Your Majesty is in the world. It is impossible for the ministers of the DPRK to agree to your Majesty's adventure in Xuan Mansion, but everyone knows your Majesty's temperament, as long as it is determined by him

If there is an idea, then it is useless for anyone to object. Even if the courtiers insist on stopping it, he may secretly leave the capital and go to Xuanfu, so

If Your Majesty had revealed the identity of the Governor before going to Xuan Mansion, and then asked you to supervise the country on His Majesty’s behalf, then the opposition in the capital would have been much smaller. After all, the Governor is Your Majesty’s only biological brother. Your Majesty has no heirs.

It doesn’t sound good. Even if His Majesty encounters an accident in Xuan Mansion, the throne of Ming Dynasty will not be shaken by this!"

Hearing Jiao Fang's analysis, Zhou Zhong couldn't help but nodded. When Zhengde in history went to Xuanfu for the first time, he did run away secretly. Several ministers didn't stop him, and Zhengde stayed there as soon as he lived in Xuanfu.

Within a few months, he even proclaimed himself the "Zhen Guo Gong", built a Zhen Guo Gong Mansion in Xuanfu, and affectionately called it his home.

Thinking of the ridiculous righteousness in history, Zhou Zhong couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly. Having such an emperor was not a good thing for the people of the Ming Dynasty, but for Zhou Zhong, having such an inconspicuous brother as the emperor was not a good thing.

But it's a good thing, at least he won't be suspected because of some casual things.

Thinking of this, Zhou Zhong's mood suddenly brightened, and he smiled and said to Jiao Fang: "Mr. Ge, with the emperor's temper, when Zhou comes to Beijing this time, it is very likely that he will ask me to supervise the country on his behalf as you guessed, but it's just that

Zhou, please deal with the Governor

The government affairs of the government are quite good, but when it comes to military and national affairs, they know nothing about it, not to mention the situation in the officialdom in Beijing. Therefore, Zhou hopes that Mr. Jiao Ge can come to Beijing with me. I don’t know that Mr. Ge

What do you think?"

Hearing that Zhou Zhong asked him to come to Beijing with him, Jiao Fang was also very happy. What he was waiting for was Zhou Zhong's words. After all, no matter how outstanding he was in the Sihai Governor's Mansion, he was still just a local official and could not do anything.

Compared with the ministers in the capital, if Zhou Zhong now comes to the capital to supervise the country, then he will have a chance to make a comeback, and he may even join the cabinet again.

"Thank you for the advice, Governor-General. I will follow the Governor-General's lead in the future!" Jiao Fang said with excitement.

"Good! If I can get help from Mr. Jiao Ge in the future, Zhou will be more confident about his trip to Beijing!" Zhou Zhong was also very happy. After all, with the help of someone like Jiao Fang who has been in the court for decades,

He was equivalent to having a powerful assistant in the capital, at least when dealing with those in the court, he had a strong backing.

The reason why Zhengde wrote to Zhou Zhong instead of issuing an imperial edict was mainly because he did not want to force his younger brother to do things, so he asked Zhou Zhong in a letter if he was willing to go to the capital. Zhou Zhong discussed with Jiao Fang and immediately came over.

He wrote a reply to Zhengde, in which he expressed his willingness to go to the capital. However, once he left, his position as governor would be lost.

The vacancy was not a good thing for Ming Dynasty's overseas layout, so Zhou Zhong recommended Wang Shouren to succeed him as governor. After all, Wang Shouren knew the best about his overseas layout, and he also personally traveled overseas and had a good impression of Zhou

Chong Ye was the most supportive. With Wang Shouren succeeding him as the governor of Sihai, Zhou Chong was also very relieved.

However, the position of the Governor of Sihai is high and powerful, and he has military and political power. In the past, it was because of Zhou Zhong's special status that Zhengde would feel confident letting him serve as Governor. Now that he has been replaced by Wang Shouren, the Governor's powers must be weakened. In this regard, Zhou Zhong

Very clear too

Chu, so when he recommended Wang Shouren to be the governor, he also recommended Zhang Cai to be the inspector and concurrently the Zuobu political envoy. In this way, the power in Zhang Cai's hands was greatly increased, and it could also restrain the power in Wang Shouren's hands so as not to let him

He has all the power.

Zhou Zhong's private message to Zhengde and the memorial recommending Wang Shouren and others were quickly sent to the capital. As a result, Zhengde was overjoyed when he saw it. He immediately agreed to Zhou Zhong's recommendation to Wang Shouren and others, and also sent people to Shanghai to escort Zhou Zhong's family.

Entering the capital, after all, Zhou Zhong is his only brother and the most noble prince of the Ming Dynasty. His identity

If it is to be made public, there should be no less pomp and circumstance. However, if you want to make Zhou Zhong's identity public, he needs to come to the capital and then have Empress Dowager Zhang, Li Dongyang and others testify together, and then reveal Zhou Zhong's identity as Zhu Houwei.

His real name is written into the family tree of the clan. Only in this way can Zhou Zhong truly regain his original identity.

When the escort sent by Zhengde to Zhou Zhong arrived in Shanghai New City, Zhou Zhong had almost arranged the affairs of the Governor's Mansion. In addition, he summoned Wang Shouren and Zhang Cai to the study to talk alone.

Among them, Zhou Zhong still trusted Wang Shouren very much, and his explanation to him was also very simple. It was nothing more than to steadily implement their previous plan, control Nanyang bit by bit, and also guard against the Portuguese entrenched in India. In addition to

In addition, the only country left is the Japanese country. Edo Bay and the Iwami Silver Mine are closely related, and absolutely cannot be lost. Although the Japanese country is in chaos now, no one dares to mess with the Ming Dynasty, but there are thousands of people in everything.

Therefore, Wang Shouren must not be careless.

Wang Shouren also took Zhou Zhong's advice to heart. He was a prudent person and knew Zhou Zhong's maritime layout best, so there were some things that Zhou Zhong didn't even need to give special instructions to. He also knew what to do, but now

Zhou Zhong specifically proposed it to show that Zhou Zhong attached great importance to these matters, so Wang Shouren also nodded in agreement.

After admonishing Wang Shouren, Zhou Zhong called Zhang Cai to the study again. However, unlike Wang Shouren, Zhou Zhong told Zhang Cai his true identity as soon as he came up. This was what Zhou Zhong had told Wang Shouren before.

He never revealed his identity because he knew that no matter what his identity was, Wang Shouren would fulfill his duties conscientiously.

However, Zhang Cai is different from Wang Shouren. Zhang Cai is very utilitarian, and he and Jiao Fang took refuge with Zhou Zhong. Now Zhou Zhong has brought Jiao Fang to the capital. When Zhou Zhong's identity is revealed in the future, this will make Zhang Cai

Cai thought that Zhou Zhong had abandoned her, and she would inevitably have some resentment in her heart. After all, Zhang Cai was originally an unscrupulous villain, but he was extremely talented. There was no one to replace Zhang Cai for the time being, so before Zhou Zhong left,

, it is necessary to tell Zhang Cai his identity and comfort him.

After Zhang Cai heard about Zhou Zhong's identity, he had the same reaction as Jiao Fang. He was surprised and suspicious at first, but when he saw the imperial edict written by Zhengde himself, as well as some letters between Zhou Zhong and Zhengde, he was moved.

Believing Zhou Zhong's identity, he was overjoyed and almost immediately knelt down to express his loyalty to Zhou Zhong.

Zhou Zhong had already expected Zhang Cai's reaction. After all, Zhang Cai was more likely to use Zhou Zhong's power to return to the temple than Jiao Fang, who was already old. In addition, he was not a man of character to begin with.

Therefore, after knowing that Zhou Zhong was actually His Majesty's only younger brother, he immediately decided that he would hug Zhou Zhong's thick legs for the rest of his life.

After Zhang Cai finally regained his composure, Zhou Zhong gave him some instructions. In contrast, Zhou Zhong was even more worried about Zhang Cai, so he gave him the most instructions. For example, he asked Zhang Cai to

Supervise Wang Shouren, but he must not hinder Wang Shouren in official matters. As long as he can assist Wang Shouren in running the Governor's Mansion in an orderly manner, Zhou Chong will naturally find a way to transfer him back to the capital to serve in the future.

Although Zhang Cai was a little dissatisfied with Zhou Zhong for not taking him directly back to the capital, he also knew that the Sihai Governor's Mansion was a very important matter, so he must have capable manpower. Now that Zhou Zhong has left him behind, this shows that Zhou Zhong cares about him.
Chapter completed!