However, although Wei Huo was very angry with Zhang Yanfang, he did not dare to reveal it when he met with Zhang Yanfang because of this: Zhang Yanfang's letter could determine the emperor's opinion. What if he had to read one of his own? ?
Therefore, when Wei Huo met with Zhang Yanfang, his attitude was very calm. He was neither too flattering nor domineering. He just reflected on himself: "Zhang Tiju, I was reckless at the beginning. What your Majesty did was beyond my imagination.
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"It seems that I will have to discuss this matter with you, Zhang Tiju, in the future."
Zhang Yanfang, who didn't know that Wei Huo guessed that he had fallen into a secret trap, felt very strange about Wei Huo's attitude and what he said: "You weren't of this temper before? Why didn't His Majesty take any action with him just because of one thing?"
Are you talking like this with the same approach?'
However, Zhang Yanfang is still involved in the officialdom, and he is not very familiar with Wei Huo. Naturally, we cannot ask him why his attitude has changed so much. He just said: "In this case, let's follow His Majesty's will."
"Now these pirates are locked up in my prison in Shanghu County, but in the future they will have to serve their crimes in the navy. Wei is in charge of the affairs. I have not had much dealings with the Jinshan Guards. Wei is in command of the affairs of you.
After all, he is also a military commander, and he and Jinshanwei were in Songjiang Mansion in the past, so we must still have friendship. It is better for you and me to go to the prison. Qingzhuang will be under the custody of Mr. Wei for the time being, and will be handed over to Commander Zhang when he returns from the capital.
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"I will place the remaining women and children in Shanghu County." They still knew that Zhang Xiaodong was going to the capital, although they didn't know why Yunxi asked him to go to the capital.
Although Zhang Yanfang only asked Wei Huo to transfer these former pirates to Zhang Xiaodong out of convenience and did not consider any deeper matters, Wei Huo was very happy because this meant that Zhang Yanfang did not want to take all the credit, but
I am willing to share some of my profits with others.
Zhang Yanfang ordered several leaders of Li Jiqian and others to be brought out to the lobby. He sat in the place of the county magistrate, and added chairs for Wei Huo and Han Guang next to him, waiting to bring Li Jiqian and others out.
Li Jiqian has been living in the prison for several days. He actually feels that the environment in the prison is not bad. Except for the lack of sunlight, the other conditions are not too bad.
What he was most worried about these days was his sister and wife. As the leader of the pirates, he was held in solitary confinement and had no idea what was going on with the others. What's more, men and women were held separately, so it was even more impossible for him to know.
Already.
He was lying in prison at this time, thinking to himself: 'I probably can't escape the word death, it's just the difference between beheading or being executed. I just don't know what will happen to these brothers.'
'It's just my nosy and random guessing, otherwise I wouldn't be like this...'
While he was thinking about it, a guard suddenly opened his cell door and said to him, "Li Jiqian, sir, I want to see you." He didn't say anything else.
Li Jiqian stood up slowly. Because he was the most serious criminal and good at martial arts, his hands and feet were shackled. He had not been allowed to eat enough in the past few days, and he had no strength in his hands, so he wanted to
It's not easy to stand up either.
The officer at the door was impatient and walked in, dragged him up, and took him to the lobby.
When he arrived at the lobby, Li Jiqian glanced around and saw three officials from the Ming Dynasty that he had met before: Zhang Yanfang was promoted by the Shanghai Ship Bureau, Wei Huo, who commanded the minister and served as Qianhu in the middle office, and Qianhu in the rear office.
Han Guang.
After a while, the other pirate leaders were brought to the lobby. Li Jiqian thought: 'Are we going to be executed now? We shouldn't be? Even if we are sentenced to death, there is no reason to kill people in the first month.'
While he was thinking wildly, he heard Zhang Yanfang say from above: "..., originally this was a heinous crime and should be put to death. But by the grace of God, not only is he willing to spare your life, but he is also willing to allow you to make meritorious deeds for your crime."
"By the grace of God, you will serve in the Jinshan Guards. You must know His Majesty's kindness and make meritorious service in the future..."
Li Jiqian didn't hear what Zhang Yanfang said after that, but he only knew that he didn't have to die. Not only did he not have to die, he could continue his activities at sea instead of being exiled to the mountains and forests.
Zhang Yanfang has spent more than 30 years at sea and has a lot of affection for the sea. Although he is probably being used under surveillance, he is still at sea!
Zhang Yanfang knelt down and thanked him, and then Zhang Yanfang continued to talk about the specific treatment of them. The family members were all resettled in Shanghu County, etc. Finally, Zhang Yanfang said: "There are still some of you overseas who have not come to Shanghu County? Now you can put the others
Everyone has been recruited."
"According to His Majesty's decree, the surrender of those pirates who have not been caught can be regarded as voluntary surrender, and they can join the Ming Dynasty in an upright and upright manner. They will not be guilty or meritorious like you."
The little leader Hua Xiong said: "Who knows if you are deceiving us, waiting until we call all our overseas brothers here, and then you will turn your back and deny them."
Wei Huo said: "Asshole! This is His Majesty's imperial edict! How could His Majesty go back on his word?"
Li Jiqian also saw the imperial edict at this time, so he waved his hand to stop Hua Xiong's next words. Hua Xiong was born overseas and didn't know much about the situation in the Central Plains, but did Li Jiqian know that the emperor would not take back what was officially issued by the imperial edict?
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Anyway, he would not go back on such a trivial matter. To the emperor, the lives of dozens or hundreds of pirates were just a trivial matter, and it was not worth the loss of the emperor's reputation. Li Jiqian still remembered that his father was there when he was a child.
When I told him about Zhang Shicheng, he was just a warlord separatist. Now that the Ming Dynasty has unified the Central Plains, he will not go back on his word.
Later, the little minions below were also brought out to talk about this matter. Of course, the little minions were very happy. They didn’t have to die or be exiled. How could they not be happy? Many of these little minions were actually related to Zhang Shicheng.
It doesn't matter much, and it's not like Li Jiqian and others who would be a little melancholy, they are all happy.
The family members were also guarded by the officers and came out to announce the incident. Li Jiqian and other family members asked for permission to talk to their family members. Of course, Zhang Yanfang agreed, but he also took strict precautions.
Li Jiqian couldn't care about anything else, and immediately rushed over to find his sister Li Shaer and his wife. He first said to his sister: "How are you in prison? Have the people in the prison bullied you?"
Li Shaer didn't look very good, but she was in good spirits. She said, "I live with my sister-in-law in prison, and no one bullies us. I heard that this Zhang Yanfang is an official of Qingming.
I also pay close attention to the prisoners.”
Li Jiqian did not pay attention to her subsequent praise of Zhang Yanfang. He was relieved to hear that his sister was fine. He then said a few words to his wife and was separated by the guards.
Then Zhang Yanfang ordered the women and children to be placed in the government houses in the city, and handed over the young and strong to Wei Huo. Wei Huo ordered his soldiers from thousands of households to take them away. Zhang Xiaodong, who was waiting to return from the capital, took them away.
They took these people away; Zhang Xiaodong was also responsible for recruiting and surrendering the remnants of this pirate group who were still overseas.
On the ninth day of the first lunar month, Zhang Xiaodong arrived in the capital, and after registering with the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, he asked the guards at the palace gate to send a message to enter the palace to see Yun Xi. However, the guards guarding the outermost gate of the imperial city could not see Yun Xi.
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Not only can they not see Yunxi, they can't even see the eunuchs guarding the harem. The guards at the outermost gate who look at the gate must first find Yunxi's close guards, such as Yang Feng or Song Liang. Then these close guards
Go find the eunuch guarding the gate between the imperial city and the palace city and report it.
These eunuchs guarding the gate between the imperial city and the palace city then find the eunuchs of Qianqing Palace or Yunxi's close eunuchs. The eunuchs of Qianqing Palace or Yunxi's close eunuchs then inform Yunxi. Only then can Yunxi know this.
After that, he gave an order to allow the people he wanted to meet to come in.
The procedures along the way are extremely complicated, and the traditional Chinese palaces are very large, and ordinary people cannot get the privilege of riding horses and sedans in the palace, so it usually takes half a day to enter the palace to meet the saint.
Therefore, it was a great courtesy that Yunxi gave some ministers the status of Zhongshusheren, because with the status of Zhongshusheren, they could enter and leave the imperial city without notification, and they could go directly to Qianqing Gate to let the eunuch guarding the gate.
Notification is much more convenient and trouble-free.
Yunxi was also playing with his children today, but today he was accompanying Wen Yao. When he heard the eunuch's announcement, he hurriedly sent an order for Zhang Xiaodong to come in, and he also wanted to go to Qianqing Palace.
Of course she was not happy to hold Qin. She and her son finally had a chance to be alone with Yunxi in the first month of the year. How could she be willing to let Yunxi go? At least she had to keep Yunxi for a while. Yunxi also considered Zhang Xiaodong
It's a long way from Chengtianmen, and I couldn't reach Qianqing Palace in a while, so I stayed for a while before leaving.
Yunxi came to the Qianqing Palace, but Zhang Xiaodong had not arrived yet. Yunxi then dug out "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" to read it. Although the plot of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" adapted by Luo Guanzhong was basically based on "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but
The quality is guaranteed to be that of the first edition. Yunxi read it with gusto because it was a new story.
Yunxi was watching with great interest, when suddenly Wang Xi whispered beside him: "Your Majesty, Commander Zhang is here, should you let him in?"
Yunxi put down "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and said, "Let Zhang Xiaodong come in quickly." He also tidied his clothes to give a solemn feeling to people he didn't see often.
Zhang Xiaodong followed Wang Xi in and immediately knelt down to salute Yunxi.
Because it was in private, Yunxi waited for him to kowtow before saying, "Let's get married without any ceremony."
Zhang Xiaodong stood up, but still stood respectfully, with his head lowered.