An Bangyan suddenly counterattacked, Governor Wang Sanshan was trapped and died, and the situation in the southwest took a sharp turn.

She Chongming also led his army to flee to Shuixi, and the rebels were in a state of uncontrollable situation. What should we do?

This issue should have been a matter of anxiety in the Ming Dynasty. However, the eunuch party and Qingliu are fighting to the death in the court. Moreover, the focus of their struggle is Liaodong, and they don’t want to care about the southwest!

Neither the eunuchs nor the Qingliu were willing to come to the muddy waters in the southwest. They all wanted to promote Sichuan Governor Zhu Xieyuan to be the governor of Sichuan Gui, and let Zhu Xieyuan fight with An Bangyan and She Chongming.

The problem is that a shrewd official like Zhu Xieyuan is not going to be trapped.

He is in Sichuan, can he not know the situation in the southwest?

The court neither gave money nor food, and even the source of troops was dispatched randomly in the southwest. It would be strange if we could deal with the rebels!

He simply died of so much that he was so sad.

Sorry, the elders in the family passed away and the subordinates had to return to their hometown to observe the system.

It was originally delayed for a while because of the rebellion of She Chongming. Now She Chongming has fled far away, Sichuan has been stable, and the officials can no longer delay it.

To observe the system means to keep filial piety, which means to keep filial piety at home for twenty-seven months after the death of parents or grandparents.

During this period, candidates are not allowed to take the imperial examination, filial sons and grandchildren are not allowed to enter into marriage contracts, husband and wife must live in separate houses, no celebrations are allowed, and incumbent officials must leave their posts and return home.

Adhering to the system is a basic etiquette and morality in this era. If an official dared not resign and returned to his hometown to observe the system when his elders died, he would definitely be impeached and died.

At the beginning of Wanli, the chief assistant Zhang Juzheng was almost impeached because he did not return home to observe the system.

The eunuch party and Qingliu had nothing to say about this reason, so they had to let Zhu Xieyuan resign and return home.

Zhu Xieyuan is gone, who will go to the southwest to take on the major responsibilities?

Soon, the court transferred the orders and sent them to Yunyang, and promoted the governor of Cai Fuyi to the right assistant minister of the Ministry of War, governor of Guizhou, Yunnan, and Huguang, and also governor of Guizhou.

This means let Cai Fuyi clean up the mess in the southwest!

Cai Fuyi is different from Zhu Xieyuan. Although both of them are clerks, Zhu Xieyuan still knows how to judge the situation and knows that things cannot be done, he can still use excuses to escape. Waiting for the opportunity, Cai Fuyi is a little honest.

In his own words, serve the country with loyalty, take on national affairs with integrity, and hold the country's argument with justice.

Both the eunuchs and Qingliu knew that he would not avoid and would not care about internal strife in the court, so he directly let him go.

Sure enough, Cai Fuyi did not hesitate at all after receiving the transfer order, and immediately sent someone to say goodbye to Zhu Qizhuo and prepared to set off.

Unexpectedly, on that day, he came to Yunyang Wharf and was about to take a boat to Wuchang Prefecture, Huguang Dushi went south to fight against the rebels, but Zhao Zhengdao invited him into a newly built tent next to the wharf.

It turned out that Zhu Qizhu, the prince of Zhejiang and Sichuan, knew that he was going to the southwest and came to see him off.

Although this prince is a little crazy, he is indeed a good person. If it weren't for the help of someone in recent years, he wouldn't know how to deal with so many refugees.

As soon as Cai Fu made a fortune, he couldn't help but bow to Zhu Qizhua who had stood up to greet him and said, "Prince, why are you here? You are really a tyrant? I have been so grateful to you for your care in the past few years."

Zhu Qizhe shook his head slightly, pulled him to the table in the tent, sat down opposite him, then picked up the wine glass in front of him, and said solemnly: "Mr. Cai is about to go to the southwest. I am quite reluctant to leave. I specially prepared a small wine to see you off. Master Cai, I wish you a good journey."

After saying that, he raised his glass and then dried up the wine in the glass.

Cai Fuyi was so moved that after thanking him repeatedly, he drank the wine in his glass in one go.

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Qizhu picked up the wine pot and sighed while pouring the wine: "Oh, the cicada is sad, I face the Changting Pavilion late, the sudden rain has just stopped, and the capital tent has no time to drink. I have realized the meaning of the Liu Tuntian lyrics."

Cai Fuyi is inexplicably confused. What's wrong with the little prince? Why did he suddenly become sentimental?

He said a little embarrassedly: "Why is the prince so moved?"

Alas, the wind is slight and the water is cold. You are afraid that you will never return it again, do you know?

Zhu Qizhuo shook his head slightly, then raised his glass and said solemnly: "Mr. Cai, I wish you another cup of wine. I wish you a prosperous official career and a steadily advancement."

Alas, what are you doing well in your career and you are getting better and better?

Cai Fu raised his glass and drank the wine in the glass. Then he sighed slightly: "Prince, you are afraid that no one in the court would clean up the mess in the southwest before he thought of the Xiaguan."

Can I not know?

Zhu Qizhuo shook his head slightly, and then personally received two glasses of wine. He then raised his glass and said, "Mr. Cai, I wish you another cup of wine. I wish you a victory and awesome to the southwest."

All right.

Cai Fu thanked him repeatedly, then raised his glass and drank the wine in the glass.

This farewell is not a banquet. It is a matter of toasting three glasses of wine. If you have to keep drinking, you will not be able to get on the road after drinking it all the time.

After finishing drinking the wine in the glass, Cai Fuyi stood up and bowed and said, "Thank you, the prince, for seeing you off. It's getting late, and it's time for the officials to go on their way. Goodbye."

Alas, this word is so unlucky.

Zhu Qizhu bowed helplessly: "Mr. Cai, I am not convenient for me to show up, so I won't give you more."

Cai Fuyi nodded slightly, bowed and thanked him again, then turned around and walked out of the account.

After a while, when Cai Fu walked away, Ning Choudan, who had been standing aside without saying anything, couldn't help but ask: "Prince, do you think Mr. Cai is in danger?"

Over the years, he has only seen the little prince sending him to someone twice.

Last time, the little prince gave the wine away, and more than 4,000 white-rod soldiers went to Liaodong, but more than 1,000 wounded soldiers came back.

This time, when the little prince said this, Lord Cai was afraid that he would not be able to come back like the three thousand white-rod soldiers.

Zhu Qizhe shook his head slightly and sighed: "Oh, it's a pity that such a good official is. I should advise him to keep guarding Guiyang and wait for the opportunity. Unfortunately, I can't say this, and it's useless to say it. The court will definitely urge him to send troops to quell the rebellion. An Bangyan is not simple, unless he can really gather the strength of the five southwestern provinces and use his troops to fight the attack, otherwise, who is his opponent in the mountains and forests in the west of the water!"

Alas, it is impossible to really gather the power of the five provinces. Ning Choudan certainly knew what kind of virtues those eunuchs in power in the court now were.

He could only sigh helplessly and stop speaking.

The situation is getting more and more chaotic at this time, and it won’t take long to make the world a mess.

Time is endless, so you have to expand your strength quickly.

After Zhu Qizhu bid farewell to Cai Fuyi, he returned to Zhejiang and Sichuan, summoned his confidants, and prepared to start expanding his army.

The next morning, in the lobby of the Lord's Palace, three princesses, Zhao Zhengdao, Bi Maokang, Sun Hongliang and others gathered together again.

Zhu Qidiao first asked his concubine Fan Xinyi and said, "Xinyi, what is the monthly balance of the royal palace now?"

Fan Xinyi said happily: "Since the prince asked everyone to rely on themselves, everyone is full of energy. The output of sweet potatoes, potatoes and rabbit meat has skyrocketed. Apart from the purchase and sales costs, the gross profit has almost reached 800,000 taels per month, and the income from grain. Although most of them are sold to everyone at the purchase price, losing some transportation costs, the remaining half of the gross profit is almost reaching million taels per month. Now, except for the expenses of 40,000 troops and 10,000 secret guards, as well as the expenses of shipbuilding and artillery building, the monthly balance of the royal palace is almost reaching one million taels per month."

Well, it's very good.
Chapter completed!