Quanzhou, in the era when Li Zhang lived, this city was far from comparable to first-tier cities like Guangzhou and Shanghai. However, few people know that Quanzhou has maintained a world record, that is, it once dominated the "world's largest port" for four hundred years, as famous as the Alexandria Port in Egypt, and is also the only starting point for certification on the slightest road at sea. The Song Dynasty was the most glorious period in Quanzhou.

Compared with Guangzhou and Mingzhou, Quanzhou actually developed later in its real development. It was mainly because of the Five Dynasties that King Shenzhi of Fujian attached great importance to maritime trade, thus expanding the urban scope of Quanzhou and making Quanzhou the second largest port after Guangzhou. Ships from all over the world also arrived in Quanzhou to moor, and the grand occasion of "people from ten prefectures in the city" appeared in Quanzhou.

Li Zhang naturally longed for Quanzhou, a big harbor, and even wanted to see it. However, what attracted him was not the grand maritime trade event in Quanzhou. After all, in comparison, Guangzhou is the largest port of the Song Dynasty. The reason why Li Zhang wanted to go to Quanzhou was actually because of another thing, but this fact is inconvenient to tell others clearly.

Dong Qing's experience gave Li Zhang a good excuse, so early the next morning, Li Zhang took Dong Qing out and the carriage came straight to the gate of the imperial city. However, this time Li Zhang did not rush to enter the palace, but asked the carriage to stop in front of the imperial city gate.

The Dengwen Drum Courtyard, the Dengwen Drum that was used to make the people avenge, still stood there. Speaking of which, Li Zhang and the Dengwen Drum Courtyard were really destined to be together. The first time was that he personally beat the Dengwen Drum to save Lu Wu, and the second time was that Qingzhi beat the Dengwen Drum for him, which also prompted the couple to finally get together.

Looking at the familiar Dengwengu in front of him, Li Zhang couldn't help but feel a little moved. Qingzhi and he already had a pair of children. Lu Wu was old. He resigned from his post two years ago and was at home to retire. He played chess and drinks with Lao Dao and others every day. Recently, he was pestered by An Ran to let him teach martial arts. The old man smiled every day, but his spirit was much better than before.

At this moment, Li Zhang stepped towards Dengwengu, and the eunuchs guarding Dengwengu also knew him. After all, among the royal relatives of the Song Dynasty, the only one of the Dingbei Marquis in front of him had beaten Dengwengu, and even his wife had beaten him. Therefore, when the eunuchs guarding came to Dengwengu, they couldn't help but feel weak in their legs when they saw Li Zhang coming to Dengwengugu, they were afraid that Li Zhang would beat the drum again.

"I will meet the Dingbei Hou!" The eunuch in charge of Dengwen Guyuan also received a report and immediately ran out. Seeing Li Zhang saluting very respectfully, the eunuch Li Zhang actually knew him. He seemed to be named Xu Shu. He used to be a little eunuch by Yan Shilang, and he didn't know when he was assigned to this place.

"Your name is Xu Shu, when did you come to Dengwen Drum Courtyard?" Li Zhang looked at the other party and asked casually.

Xu Shu didn't expect that Li Zhang would remember his name, and immediately replied with a happy expression: "Qihou, Yan Du knew that he was quite attentive to do things, so he rewarded me with a shortage last year and asked me to come to Wen Guyuan to be on duty!"

Li Zhang nodded when he heard this. Yan Shilang was the eunuch Zhao Zhen trusted the most. He was appointed as the introvert. When he just captured Yan Yun some time ago, he was sent to Yan Yun as a military supervisor, mainly to monitor Liu Ping. However, later Liu Ping returned to Beijing, and Yan Shilang also returned to Beijing with him to serve. After receiving the reward, he was still serving Zhao Zhen.

Xu Shu also wanted to ask why Li Zhang came to Dengwen Guyuan, but the identities of the two were very different. The eunuchs in the palace were called royal slaves, while Li Zhang was Zhao Zhen's cousin and belonged to the royal relatives. Therefore, these eunuchs were not afraid of other officials, but they were most afraid of royal relatives like Li Zhang who were powerful and very close to the royal family.

Li Zhang did not pay attention to Xu Shu anymore, but walked into Dengwen Drum Courtyard, which made Xu Shu stunned, but he could only keep up carefully. Li Zhang entered Dengwen Drum Courtyard and went straight into a hall. Then he turned around and asked Xu Shu: "Has someone beat Dengwen Drum recently?"

Xu Shu was stunned when he heard Li Zhang's question, because they had always been responsible for things like Dengwengu, and outsiders had no right to ask about it, even Li Zhang was not good at all, but he dared not to answer at this time. After all, Li Zhang was not the one he dared to offend, so he could only say carefully: "Report to the Marquis, there have been several people beating Dengwengu recently, and I have sent someone to report it to you."

When Li Zhang heard this, he sneered, then pointed to Dong Qing who was brought in behind him and said, "Do you know him?"

Xu Shu and others also looked at Dong Qing at this time, but they quickly shook their heads. However, they did not lie. Dong Qing was like a beggar before, but now after washing, it seems like he has changed his own person, so of course they can't recognize him.

"Two months ago, he came to beat Dengwen Gu to seek justice for his family, but you drove him out. You shouldn't forget this matter, right?" Li Zhang sneered at this time. Dengwen Gu Court was the place to sue the emperor, and if someone hadn't interfered with 57 lives, they would never dare to drive away anyone.

Sure enough, as soon as Li Zhang said something, Xu Shu's face changed immediately, but he was very smart, and then he shouted injustice with a bitter face: "Haven's anger, it turns out that you came for that matter, but this Quanzhou person has already found out that something happened. It's just an unexpected fire that caused his family to die tragically. The case in Quanzhou has long been settled, so we will drive him away by going to the Wen Guyuan."

If it were someone else, he might have been swearing by Xu Shu's words, but Li Zhang sneered and said again: "I didn't expect that after seeing you for many days, your courage has become bigger. You dare to lie in front of you. Since you dare not tell the truth, I can only call Yan Shilang and ask him to ask you!"

Li Zhang said and turned around and left, but Xu Shu was so scared that his face changed drastically. Li Zhang disdained to say more to him, but if Yan Shilang came, it would be completely different. If he didn't say anything, Yan Shilang would have some means to pry open his mouth.

Thinking of the torture in the palace, Xu Shu immediately fell to the ground and grabbed Li Zhang's clothes and begged, "Honor of the marquis, I am blinded by lard, but this matter has nothing to do with me. Huang Qiu, the minister of the eunuch, told me that if there were people from Quanzhou to beat the drum, I would drive people out. I dare not offend Huang Qiu, so I can only obey orders!"

"Huang Qiu? It's indeed a big fish!" Li Zhang snorted coldly when he heard this, and immediately kicked Xu Shu away and left Dengwen Drum Courtyard. People like Xu Shu are just small characters in the palace and are not worth wasting time at all, but his life in Dengwen Drum Courtyard is over.

When Li Zhang entered the palace, Dong Qing could not enter the palace, so he could only stay with Li Zhang's coachman, guards and others outside. After Li Zhang entered the palace, he came directly to the Chuigong Hall. Zhao Zhen was discussing political affairs with Lu Yijian and others at this time. Li Zhang did not disturb him, but waited quietly.

Generally speaking, Zhao Zhen will only convene ministers to discuss when encountering some political affairs that are particularly difficult to make choices. Usually, the general government affairs are mostly discussed and decided by the Political Affairs Hall, and then submitted to Zhao Zhen. If Zhao Zhen has no objection, he only needs to directly approve it.

Li Zhang stood beside him and listened for a while, and found that what Zhao Zhen and Lu Yijian and others discussed were all about rectifying the officialdom. Li Zhang also met Han Qi among the ministers. Now Han Qi is qualified to enter the Chuigong Hall to discuss matters, which is also a recognition of his ability.

After finally waiting for the political discussion, Lu Yijian and others also said goodbye to Li Zhang. When they left, Zhao Zhen also rubbed his temples and then smiled at Li Zhang: "Cousin, why are you here so early today? Is there anything wrong?"

Li Zhang usually comes to Zhao Zhen in the afternoon, because Zhao Zhen has to deal with government affairs in the morning and in the morning, so Zhao Zhen says so. Li Zhang also stepped forward and said, "Report to Your Majesty, I really have something to report to you today!"
Chapter completed!