After being granted the title of Marquis, Han Du knew that no matter how great his achievements were, Lao Zhu would never grant him the title of Duke again. His own prince, Lao Zhu, must be left to Zhu Biao to seal.
At this time, Han Du wanted to lie down directly.
Seeing Zhu Biao looking at him with a speechless expression, Han Du laughed twice and reluctantly explained: "You have to give other navy officers a chance, right?"
Zhu Biao smiled helplessly, reluctantly accepted Han Du's statement, and did not mention it again.
As the naval fleet approached the old port, the governor of the old port Wang Yuanji and the envoy of the old port Shi Jinqing stood on the port hand in hand, waiting for the arrival of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
The flagship slowly sailed into the port. As soon as the planks were put up, Zhu Biao's guards got off the ship first and stood guard on both sides of the road.
Han Du stood next to Zhu Biao, bowed slightly and asked: "Your Highness, should we disembark now, or?"
Zhu Biao stood on the bow of the ship, with no intention of moving. Instead, he looked sideways at Han Du and said with a smile: "I heard that the governor of the old port is your disciple?"
Han Du knew that Zhu Biao was referring to Wang Yuanji, grinned and replied modestly: "What a great disciple, I just taught him physics and chemistry. The Four Books and Five Classics he learned to pass the Jinshi exam were taught by Fang Xiaoru. Besides, I just taught him the Four Books and Five Classics." A deputy judge of the academy cannot be considered his master no matter how he counts. If we really want to talk about a disciple, he should be the emperor's disciple, because the judge of the academy is the emperor."
Zhu Biao's eyes widened when he heard this, and he asked quickly: "Are you telling the truth? My father is actually the judge of the academy?"
Seeing Han Du smiling and nodding slightly.
Zhu Biao suddenly smiled freely, which was unexpected but also reasonable. He shook his head and said with a smile: "If you didn't tell me, I would never have thought that my father is actually the judge of the academy."
"No wonder you, the person who established the academy, can only be a deputy judge... No wonder when rumors of fraud in the examination room spread, my father did not directly issue an order to arrest people, but gave you time. , let you find evidence to defend yourself." Zhu Biao sighed deeply.
As the saying goes: There is no better son than a father! In turn, Zhu Biao, the son, knew his father much better than ordinary people. When the fraud scandal first broke out, Zhu Biao felt that his father's reaction was a bit strange. However, his father's actions were also to protect the students taking the scientific examination and did not kill innocent people indiscriminately, so Zhu Biao was happy to see the results and did not interfere.
"Then why didn't you stop Wang Yuanji in the first place? Let him come to this old port to be the governor?" After one wave of unrest came up, another doubt suddenly appeared in Zhu Biao's mind.
Han Du smiled and asked: "Your Highness, do you think it is not good to be the governor?"
Zhu Biao shook his head slightly and said: "Don't pretend to know anything in front of me. I don't believe it. You can't see that my father has high hopes for Wang Yuanji. If he stays in the capital, he will stay with his father." Around you, sooner or later, you will rise to great heights. Isn't it a pity to come to this overseas country?"
"I don't think so." Han Du said calmly.
Zhu Biao was greatly surprised by Han Du's reaction. Why did everyone in the world know that accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger, but there were still countless people rushing to the front to accompany him? That's because being in front of the emperor is the fastest shortcut to a person's success, bar none!
Ordinary scholars are not even qualified to serve as officials, but how can Zhan Hui, who was born as a scholar, directly become a second-rank official minister in just three or four years? Isn't it just because he fell into the emperor's eyes and was always by his side?
Seeing the confusion on Zhu Biao's face, Han Du explained patiently: "Although Wang Yuanji's family background is not very good, he has never suffered much since he started studying. It can be said that he is like a flower growing in a house. He has experienced ups and downs. He has never grown up in poverty, and he is naive without being hit. If he had stayed in the capital, even if the wind and water flowed smoothly, he would be like a flower in the house. Once he was moved to the courtyard, It was shattered into pieces and withered by a storm.”
"On the contrary, I think it will be better for him if he comes to this old port. If nothing else, it can at least give him experience in governing a party and increase his horizons and knowledge. The benefits to his future are immeasurable. of."
Zhu Biao fell silent immediately after hearing this. After a moment, he raised his head and asked, "Are you using Wang Yuanji's excuse to admonish Gu?"
"No, how could it be?" Han Du was stunned for a moment, and suddenly felt that what he just said seemed to mean something.
He quickly shook his head and said: "Your Highness is overthinking. I am really talking about Wang Yuanji based on the matter. Your Highness has been carefully taught by the Emperor for many years and has been supervising the country's governance. He has already had the demeanor of a prince. How can I evaluate him?"
"Really?" Zhu Biao glanced at Han Du with a meaningful smile, "But why do you think that what you said is also Gu's problem?"
"Um..." Han Du smiled awkwardly, not expecting Zhu Biao to respond.
I had no choice but to explain forcefully: "I am talking nonsense, Your Highness just wants to listen to it."
Zhu Biao did not continue to argue with Han Du. He turned around and saw the three pirates hanging on the mast in front.
He gestured towards them and asked casually: "What are you going to do with them?"
When Han Du saw that Zhu Biao was no longer chasing after him, he immediately took a breath and said quickly: "Extort confessions through torture and let them tell everything they know."
After Zhu Biao heard this, he didn't say anything. He turned to Han Du and said, "Let's go, it's time for us to go down, so as not to keep them waiting."
"Your Highness, please!" Han Du smiled and stretched out his hand to signal Zhu Biao to go first.
Zhu Biao walked in front without hesitation and stepped off the boat step by step.
Seeing Zhu Biao come down, Wang Yuanji and Shi Jinqing both paid homage: "My lord, I would like to pay my respects to His Highness the Crown Prince. His Highness is a thousand years old."
"No courtesy." Zhu Biao smiled and waved.
Both Wang Yuanji and Shi Jinqing met Zhu Biao in person. Wang Yuanji met Zhu Biao more than once in the Hanlin Academy, while Shi Jinqing met him when he went to Beijing to pay an audience with the emperor.
Wang Yuanji straightened up, saw Han Du behind Zhu Biao, and quickly bowed slightly to signal.
Han Du gave him a reassuring look.
Wang Yuanji then turned back to focus on the prince, bowed and said: "Your Highness has come all the way. I am late to welcome you, so please forgive me. I have prepared a small amount of wine to wash away the wind and dust for Your Highness. Please move on." .”
Zhu Biao smiled and waved his hand to stop Wang Yuanji, and said: "No hurry, I have come all the way. Although I have seen many prosperous ports in Nanyang, this is the first time I have seen such a strange Gu as the old port. I want to take a good look while walking." have a look."
As the governor of Old Port, Wang Yuanji certainly did not want Zhu Biao to move around. This is not to say that he has any dirty secrets here. But as Zhu Biao was the prince, this old port was a mixed bag of fish and dragons, including Ming merchants, common people, Shi family, natives, Westerners, slaves, etc.
Wang Yuanji was worried about the prince's safety. If there was an accident, he would never atone for his sin.
Shi Jinqing stood and looked at Wang Yuanji with a concerned look. His thoughts were the same as Wang Yuanji's, and he only hoped that Wang Yuanji could persuade His Royal Highness.
But in the face of the prince's request, no matter how brave Wang Yuanji was, he did not dare to say "no". He quickly bowed and said: "I obey!"
Afterwards, Wang Yuanji looked at Shi Jinqing with a bitter look on his face.
Shi Jinqing immediately understood what Wang Yuanji meant, and quickly ordered the people around him to ensure the safety of His Royal Highness no matter what.
Compared to Wang Yuanji and Shi Jinqing's nervousness, Han Du seemed a little relaxed. When Zhu Biao went to sea this time, Lao Zhu gave him two thousand personal troops. With these pro-military guards armed to the teeth, even if Wang Yuanji and Shi Jinqing did nothing, no one could hurt Zhu Biao at all.
Zhu Biao walked in front, and Wang Yuanji and Shi Jinqing lined up on Zhu Biao's left and right, and they blocked Zhu Biao's figure intentionally or unintentionally.
Han Du and Tang Ding followed behind and slowly walked towards the harbor.
Zhu Biao walked slowly, looking to the left and right. I see all kinds of people. Their hair can be curly or straight, yellow or brown, and their eyes can be yellow or blue. The differences in facial features, body shape and clothing were even greater, making Zhu Biao stare at them intently.
"How many Westerners are there in this old port? And why do these people look so different?" Zhu Biao asked with curiosity and sigh.
Wang Yuanji heard this and quickly replied: "Back to your highness, although these people are called Westerners by the Ming Dynasty, according to themselves, they are from different kingdoms, and some of them are even hostile to each other."
"Oh? There is more than one kingdom in the West?" Zhu Biao asked curiously.
Wang Yuanji bowed and replied: "Yes, I heard that there are many Western kingdoms, dozens or hundreds. It is an extremely vast land."
Zhu Biao looked back at Han Du and sighed: "Sure enough, I don't know how big the world is until I go abroad. I didn't expect that the Western land is so vast."
Han Du took a step forward with a smile and said: "Don't worry, Your Highness, the kingdom over there in the West is completely different from what we are talking about. I heard that one city over there dares to call itself a duke, and three cities dare to call itself a kingdom. So. , It seems that there are many kingdoms over there in the West, but they are all just a piece of scattered sand."
"Three, three cities are a kingdom?" Zhu Biao was stunned. How big are three cities? Dare to claim the throne? If this were the case in the Ming Dynasty, whoever dared to claim the title of king with three cities would not be ridiculed to death by the people of the world?
After Lao Zhu started his army, he occupied almost one-third of the world in just a few years. Even so, Zhu Sheng's advice to Lao Zhu was to "build walls high, accumulate grain widely, and be king slowly." The final facts proved that Zhu Sheng's advice to Lao Zhu was right. Zhang Shicheng, Chen Youliang, Fang Guozhen and others who had proclaimed themselves kings and emperors were all lost in the long river of history. Only Lao Zhu, who had always insisted not to call himself king, had the last laugh.
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