Chapter One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty: Zhu Zhanji’s Curiosity
The navy reported to the General Affairs Department. Seeing that it was Zhu Di's grandson who was coming, the General Affairs Department did not dare to neglect and immediately sent the certificate to the cabinet.
"Sir, there is an urgent report here. Please take a look at it." The cabinet official came to Wang Yuanji with a folder.
Wang Yuanji glanced at his subordinate, put down the brush in his hand slowly, reached out to take it and opened it.
The next moment, Wang Yuanji suddenly lost consciousness and couldn't help but said "Zhu Zhanji"
Then he came back to his senses and saw that the subordinate officer was still standing in front of him. He closed the fold slightly and waved to him, "I know, you can go down."
"I am resigning."
After the subordinate officer left, Wang Yuanji opened the folder again and read it carefully from beginning to end.
Although the emergency report described the situation of Zhu Zhanji's fleet in detail, it did not mention the purpose of Zhu Zhanji's visit to Ming Dynasty.
Wang Yuanji frowned slightly. He didn't know whether it was the navy's negligence or Zhu Zhanji's failure to express his purpose.
Thinking of Zhu Di's rebellion and the late emperor's attitude towards Zhu Di, Wang Yuanji shook his head in his heart. He had no interest in knowing these royal secrets.
Besides, I still don’t know what the emperor’s attitude towards Xinming is now. Wang Yuanji sighed slightly and decided to report to the emperor immediately.
Zhu Yunye was feeding the fish in the imperial garden. He was not his model worker grandfather who would spend all day and night reviewing memorials.
The current cabinet is very powerful. There are not many memorials that require Zhu Yunye's personal approval, and there is still plenty of time for leisurely fish farming.
The eunuch hunched over and trotted all the way from the end of the corridor to Zhu Yunye. He was afraid of disturbing the emperor's interest in feeding the fish, so he stood aside and waited quietly.
Zhu Yunye continued to feed the fish. After throwing down all the bait in his hand, he clapped his hands and asked, "What's wrong?"
He noticed the eunuch when he came, but he was in the mood and ignored him.
"Your Majesty,
Wang Shoufu asks for an audience."
"Wang Yuanji is here?" Zhu Yunye turned around suddenly, raised his finger and pointed at the eunuch, complaining, "Why didn't you report it just now? If you delayed an important event, can you afford it?"
Zhu Yunye may not pay attention to others, but if Wang Yuanji comes to him, there must be something important.
The eunuch hurriedly bowed and explained, "I see that there is no eagerness on the face of the king's chief minister, and I also see that the emperor is in high spirits. The emperor has been working hard for many days. I, this slave, just like the emperor, take a moment to relax. Please punish me."
The eunuch looked heartbroken and slowly knelt down on the ground.
Zhu Yunye just got angry subconsciously and didn't think about whether to punish the eunuch. Now seeing the eunuch's appearance, the dissatisfaction he felt just now dissipated immediately.
He waved his hands and said, "Stop pretending to be pitiful in front of me, get out of here."
"Thank you, Your Majesty. I really want you to take care of your dragon body." After the eunuch finished speaking, he got up.
Zhu Yunye waved his hands repeatedly, "Okay, okay, I know what you mean. Come with me to see Wang Yuanji first, it will be bad if it delays important events."
"yes."
Royal study room.
There was a cup of steaming tribute tea on the table, but Wang Yuanji didn't touch it and kept standing aside.
When Zhu Yunye walked to the door, he suddenly thought and waved his hand to stop the eunuch who was about to shout, and suddenly appeared at the door of the palace without any sound.
At a glance, he saw Wang Yuanji putting his hands in front of his belly, standing in the hall with his eyes closed and concentrating. Zhu Yunye suddenly showed a satisfied look and said loudly, "Wang Aiqing, what are you standing for? Sit down!"
After saying that,
He put on his sleeves and put his hands behind his back, strode to the upper position and sat down.
Wang Yuanji was really resting his mind just now. When he heard the emperor's voice, he came back to his senses, opened his eyes, bowed and bowed, "I pay my respects to the emperor."
Zhu Yunye sat on the chair, took a sip from the teacup in both hands, and said with a smile, "Wang Aiqing came to see me today, what can I do?"
"There is one thing that I, the humble minister, cannot do well, so I would like to ask the Emperor to decide." With that said, Wang Yuanji took out the urgent report from his sleeve robe.
Hearing that something important was really important, Zhu Yunye quickly put down the tea cup and signaled with a stern expression to the eunuch to quickly bring the urgent report.
After receiving the urgent report from the eunuch, Zhu Yunye frowned, "An urgent report from the Navy?"
The Ming Dynasty Navy has been invincible for many years, what else can happen that warrants an urgent report from the Navy? Zhu Yunye vaguely remembered that the last time he received an urgent report from the Navy was several years ago.
I didn't have time to think too much, so I opened it and looked at it carefully.
The next moment, Zhu Yunye couldn't help but said in surprise, "Fourth uncle sent Zhu Zhanji back?"
In his impression, Zhu Zhanji was still that chest-high child.
"Your Majesty, since King Yan went to America, he has never had formal contact with the Ming Dynasty. Now he suddenly sent someone back, and he is still the legitimate grandson."
After listening to Wang Yuanji's words, Zhu Yunye couldn't help but frown slightly and asked subconsciously, "Why does Aiqing think the fourth uncle sent Zhu Zhanji back?"
Wang Yuanji slowly shook his head and said, "There is too little information, and even the ministers don't know about it. However, there has been no contact between the two parties for so many years, and now they suddenly send someone back, it should be a big deal."
"So, we still have to wait until Zhu Zhanji comes to Beijing to know everything?" Zhu Yunye smiled faintly and closed the emergency report. "Then let's order him to come as soon as possible.
Well, I also want to see what he looks like when he grows up."
"yes."
The fleet arrived at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and Zhu Zhanji ordered the fleet to sail into the Yangtze River.
However, Yin Yong interrupted and said, "Your Highness, the Emperor has an edict and hopes that His Highness can enter the capital as soon as possible."
Zhu Zhanji was also very interested in the emperor's uncle whom he had met when he was a child. He quickly said, "I want to do it too, but no matter how anxious I am, why don't I have to slowly swim upstream from the Yangtze River?"
Yin Yong suddenly smiled very proudly, "Your Highness is unaware that the fastest way back to Beijing now is not by taking the Yangtze River waterway."
"Oh? Do you want to ride a fast horse?" If you don't go by water, you can only go by land. This is what Zhu Zhanji can think of.
Although riding a horse is tiring, if the emperor's uncle sees this, then Zhu Zhanji doesn't care.
Yin Yong waved his hand quickly, "No, no, no, we can take the train back to Beijing, which is much faster than riding a horse, and we can also take a break."
"Faster than riding a horse? Rest?" Zhu Zhanji frowned and asked with confusion, "What is a train?"
"It's just a train." Yin Yong was familiar with trains and thought he could easily explain it to His Highness. But when he opened his mouth, he suddenly didn't know how to describe it to His Highness.
"A train is just a series of long carriages, and then the coal is burned, and then the train starts running, faster than a horse."
Zhu Zhanji was very confused when he heard this. He wanted to ask Yin Yong, "Do you know what you are talking about?"
Yin Yong also reacted. His explanation was feeble and he immediately laughed awkwardly.
He said directly, "Your Highness will know after you go and have a look."
"Okay, let's go and see what this train is." Zhu Zhanji also wanted to know curiously.