In the pavilion by the lake, Emperor Longqing watched Qian Yuan twitch in front of him speechlessly. A hole in the table was dug, and an iron plate was embedded in it. Below was a carbon furnace with flames.

Qian Yuan’s guess was right, at least Emperor Longqing was ignorant at this time.

The changes in the Chaozhou situation, Xu Jie and Gao Gong were naturally not to mention the two initiators, Li Mo and Sui Yuan could see clearly. Even Wu Shan, Lu Ben and others could guess more or less, but the young Emperor Longqing...

He can't blame him. He has been trapped in the royal palace for so many years and has never been involved in the government affairs. The connections in the royal palace are very chaotic, which has led to Emperor Longqing's vision... It's really not very good.

Although he also showed some methods at the beginning of his ascension, in general, his mind was too shallow and his methods seemed a little immature... He has not yet seen the alliance relationship between Xu Jie and Gao Gong.

Of course, on the surface, Gao Gong gained a lot. In addition to his in-law Guo Zhong being transferred to the prefect of Shaoxing, several disciples were also promoted, and even another in-law and brother-in-law Liu Xun was promoted from the prefect of Dezhou to the deputy envoy of the Censorate of Huguang.

On Xu Jie's side, except for the left censor Zhang Yongming, who was promoted by the court, only Wang Bengu served as the inspector of Zhejiang... But the former censor Pang Shangpeng was also a subordinate of Xu Jie in name.

What Emperor Longqing is now worried about is that Qian Yuan, who was careless in front of him, discussed with Chen Hong how to eat meat... After all, he once made a vague promise that the director of Suiyuan was temporarily in charge during the start-up of Southeast Tong's business.

Compared with Emperor Jiajing, Emperor Longqing only rigidly exercises the principle of checks and balances of power, and does not adjust with the times.

When he first ascended the throne, Emperor Longqing chose to keep Xu Jie and balance Li Mo, hoping that Gao Gong could quickly gather his forces into the cabinet to take over the power.

So Gao Gong chose to join forces with Li Mo, the fundamental reason was that Xu Jie wanted to consolidate his position by liquidating the strict party.

But unfortunately, the contribution of Yan Party to the subsequent liquidation... was stolen by Emperor Longqing himself, and Gao Gong did not get much benefit.

Only then did Gao Gong choose to join forces with Xu Jie to gather his followers as soon as possible... Emperor Longqing did not see such changes.

He only saw that Master Gao kept promoting his disciples and followers, which Emperor Longqing himself was willing to see.

There is no way. This person is only 23 years old this year. In his previous life, he just graduated from college for a year. He asked him to compete with the elite figures selected by hundreds of millions of people through various cruel means... It's too difficult for him, and he is not a time traveler.

"Your Majesty?" Qian Yuan reminded Emperor Longqing who was in a daze, "It's almost done."

Emperor Longqing came to his senses, "Where is the meat?"

"Gentleman stays away from the kitchen, let Eunuch Chen prepare it before bringing it up." Qian Yuan took out the box from the small box next to it, which contained a maroon sauce. "It's a pity that the north Zhili... I can't collect deer even if I don't have much money, so I have to go a little further north."

"So I'll come to the West Garden to catch Qiufeng?" Emperor Longqing laughed and scolded: "Don't think I don't know. The two deer you took away are still raised in the backyard!"

"Brother Wen's mouth!" Qian Yuan laughed and said, "Actually, he is greedy."

Emperor Longqing came up to smell the sauce in the box and said casually: "Zhancai, Southeast..."

It happened that Chen Hong came over with a plate, "Your Majesty, the meat is coming."

"It just so happened that the pot was hot." Qian Yuan personally spread the thinly cut venison on the iron plate and kept flipping it back and forth with a clip.

Chen Hong took two steps forward, "Longquan..."

"Dongdong... Your Majesty needs to try it first." Qian Yuan picked up the chopsticks and picked up the meat, rolled it in the sauce, "Uh, it's extremely tender, even more veal... It's a pity. You should marinate it with large ingredients, old wine, ginger and garlic..."

Emperor Longqing couldn't help laughing so hard that his body was trembling, "This way, Zhan can be called everyone."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Long's kindness." Qian Yuan smacked his lips and pointed out Chen Hong to continue barbecuing, and said, "It's a pity that there is no place to look for deer in the capital except Xiyuan. There is a place to look for deer in the north... and let the guards go and ask."

"Just look at the north and ignore the south?" Emperor Longqing interrupted intentionally or unintentionally, picked up the chopsticks and ate a piece of venison. After pondering for a moment, he ordered, "Chen Ban, Wansui Mountain is quite empty."

Chen Hong, who was standing beside him, was confused, Qian Yuan reminded with a smile: "Your Majesty said that Wansui Mountain is empty. Eunuch Chen may wait for the beginning of spring to send some deer into the West Garden?"

"Oh..." Chen Hong's mouth moved, and after thinking for a while, he moved back and retreated outside the pavilion.

Qian Yuan glanced at Chen Hong, took the wooden clip and continued to barbecue, and said casually: "Your Majesty, don't worry, others volunteered. This is a good thing... I am willing to continue to hang out in Zhan Shi's Mansion."

"Wen Chang mentioned it a few days ago. In Zhan Cai's own words, he would wake up naturally when he sleeps?" Emperor Longqing laughed and scolded: "What a god's day!"

Qian Yuan continued to interrupt and said with a smile: "I will go back and ask the Ministry of Works when the three halls will be completed..."

"Um?"

"You can just put it outside before that, or go to Nanjing." Qian Yuan put a piece of venison into the plate opposite and smiled: "I can't stand it and get up in the middle of the night and go to the morning court with the stars and the moon."

Emperor Longqing rolled his eyes no matter how good his temper was, and felt an indescribable sense of comfort in his heart. Qian Yuan had never entered the West Garden since Master Gao caused trouble, but today's visit is as good as before.

"If Your Majesty has his or her decree, I will naturally have no choice." Qian Yuan said sincerely: "The opening of a sea ban on trade is an unprecedented move by this dynasty. I personally took risks and was trembling with fear. Zhongxuan Gong was so proud that he would take it with all his strength. In fact, I... am very grateful."

"I'm so grateful?" Emperor Longqing's mouth was wide open, at least he could stuff a goose egg in it.

Qian Yuan picked up a piece of venison and stuffed it into his mouth. After chewing it a few times, he explained: "Your Majesty has trusted you. Suiyuan is in charge of Southeast Business. Sun Wenhe, Zhao Dahe, Lu Zizhi, and Sun Shuxiao set up cities to trade everywhere. How many people hate it... Such a large piece of fat meat made Suiyuan full of money, which made countless people jealous."

"I originally thought that with His Majesty, Suiyuan would hold on for a few more years, and at least set rules... Mr. Zhongxuan is willing to take over, but I am really grateful."

Emperor Longqing thought for a while and asked: "Will the exchange of prefects in Shaoxing and Taizhou have any impact on the tax and silver income of Zhenhai and Ninghai?"

"It's not easy to say." Qian Yuan ate while roasting, "regardless of Shaoxing and Ninghai belonging to Taizhou, it depends on whether the Taizhou prefect Fang Fengshi would be willing to Xiao Gui and Cao follow him."

After a pause, Qian Yuan glanced at the thoughtful Emperor Longqing and smiled: "In fact, the prefect of Ningbo Jingchuan should be transferred. He was a master of Neo-Confucianism. He has made contributions to the country over the years and has a clean and honest attitude. He should be transferred to the court."

Although Emperor Longqing was not smart, he was not stupid either. Of course, Qian Yuan had no intention of hiding his attempts to test.

"Tang Jingchuan made contributions to the state, but the two places of Ningbo Prefecture and Zhenhai Prefecture are the top priority and cannot be transferred for the time being."

To put it nicely, Emperor Longqing acted cautiously. After all, Shaoxing and Taizhou all took office, so I don’t know what will happen, and taxes and silver are indispensable in the court.

To put it bluntly, Emperor Longqing also wanted to use the technique of checks and balances in the southeast. This was because he allowed Gao Gong to intervene in the southeast, and it was also because Tang Shunzhi and Sun Ying were left behind.

In the eyes of Emperor Longqing, the situation in Zhejiang Province was like the situation in the court. Xu Jie and his party held three wise figures: the governor of Zhejiang, the governor of Zhejiang, and the general of Zhejiang. Gao Gong won the two most important prefectures of Ningshaotai, and Suyuan hurried in Ningbo and struggled to support it.
Chapter completed!