Wanli has finished his work and has been tired all day. He has a bad appetite and has to accompany his ministers to drink and eat. This is actually quite tiring for an elderly man with indigestion.

In fact, many ministers in the court were old and weak, which was related to Wanli not attending court and unwilling to change ministers. At the end of the Wanli Dynasty, many elderly ministers from the cabinet had written letters to ask their teachers to go home for retirement, but were rejected by Wanli. Those sick old men had to continue to work in a sick manner, so many ministers in the Wanli Dynasty died in office.

On the one hand, the old minister wanted to retreat but couldn't. On the other hand, some newcomers couldn't wait to get up but had no chance. It was an exception to be able to get reused by newcomers like Gao Shixin, just because he made too much contribution.

After entering the Ganqing Palace, only Emperor Wanli sat inside, standing next to him, and Concubine Zheng was not there either.

"I bow to the emperor!"

"I bow to your Majesty!"

"The grandson bows to the emperor!"

The three of them walked into the hall and knelt down to salute Wanli at the same time.

"Everyone is calm!" said Wanli.

The three of them stood up, and Wanli asked someone to give him a seat to Gao Shixin and the little carpenter, but he did not give him a seat to Jiu Qiansui. After all, he was a slave in the palace, and even Lu Shu was not qualified to take a seat, let alone Jiu Qiansui?

After thanking Gao Shixin forgave his gratitude, he sat a little on the edge of the stool and didn't dare to sit upright.

Wanli first glanced at his grandson with a smile, then turned his head and looked at Gao Shixin with a smile: "Gao Qing, I believe you know too, what's wrong with me summoning you back to Beijing this time?"

"Your Majesty, I already know." Gao Shixin quickly stood up and saluted.

Wanli is an emperor who likes to make money himself. He will value anyone who can make money for him. So after listening to the slander of his grandson and Eunuch Wei, he made up his mind to recruit the gang of pirates in the south.

"Very good!" Wanli nodded, "This time you go south, you are doing your secret, try not to reveal your whereabouts. I will give you the jade plaque of the Jinyiwei and the silver command arrow. When necessary, the silver command arrow can mobilize any civil and military officials below the fifth rank! If anyone fails to follow, you can be dismissed on the spot and arrested on the imperial prison!"

If you take out the jade plaque of the Jinyiwei, you can already scare the civil servants from anywhere. With the silver arrows, those local officials who have no moral integrity will probably kowtow when they see it. However, Gao Shixin also knew that the Donglin Party in Jiangnan did not take this trick. The Jinyiwei who went down from the north was really hard to move forward when they arrived at the territory of the Donglin Party! Even if there were jade plaques from the imperial court, the local officials in Jiangnan would let you go to the government to honestly lead the way to pass.

There is no way, when you meet the upright Donglin Party, you will not be able to use any imperial edict or a sword. Don’t say that seeing an imperial edict is like seeing the emperor. They dare to scold them in front of the emperor, and they can also strongly express their desire to have a super friendly relationship with the women in the emperor’s family. The emperor dare not kill them.

Besides, Fujian and Guangdong are not the territory of the Donglin Party, but these places are high and far away. The officials here are basically local emperors. Officials who go to the local government can avoid the emperor, but they must work closely with local gentry. If they offend local gentry, they may not even survive a single episode and can get a lunch box.

Therefore, the Jinyiwei jade plaque and the imperial silver arrow can only scare some officials in the north in the north. When you arrive in the south, who can bird you with you? Instead of bringing these things that are easy to reveal your identity as a burden, it is better to go empty-handed.

But he couldn't refute the emperor's face, so Gao Shixin knelt down honestly, took over the jade plaque of the Jinyiwei and the silver arrows given to Wanli, and kowtowed to thank him: "Thank you for your grace!"

Wanli looked at Gao Shixin with a smile again: "Gaoqing, you have gone to the south. If you have anything to report to the court, you can use the jade token to find the local Jinyiwei. They will naturally send your report to the capital in a hurry with 600 miles."

Gao Shixin was actually very clear in his heart. He didn't know whether the local Jinyiwei would help him. As long as he didn't betray himself, he just wanted to stop betraying himself. After all, the local Jinyiwei was a powerful dragon and could not defeat the local snake. Many people were unwilling to join the local officials and gentry at the beginning, but over time, they could only accept gifts from local gentry and gentry. If they didn't do this, they might even lose their lives. It would be better to have a harmonious and harmonious gift for everyone.

The king and his subjects talked a lot more. Wanli asked in detail about the situation in Liaodong. He heard Gao Shixin talk about Xiong Tingbi's construction of Guancheng and the castle was very smooth. Wanli felt relieved.

"Gao Qing doesn't have to worry about Liaodong anymore. With me being overtaken by Xiong Jingluo, no one traitor wants to harm him! Who dares to harm Xiong Jingluo? I want his head!" Wanli said loudly.

"Your Majesty is wise!" Gao Shixin then added, "Your Majesty, if Xiong Jinglu is in Liaodong, the thief slaves will not be able to turn over; if Xiong Jinglu is not in Liaodong, Jiannu will probably turn over soon! Therefore, those who harm Xiong Jinglu should be punished for treason for collusion with the enemy and treason!"

"Good words!" Wanli nodded, "Gao Qing makes sense! If they don't pay some price for those treacherous ministers who only know the party struggles and even do not hesitate to destroy the Great Wall, they will not know the consequences!"

Emperor Wanli was not a coward. For the sake of Concubine Zheng, the prince and the Fu King died. I don’t know how many ministers have died, let alone such important military affairs.

Jiu Qiansui and the little carpenter were listening, and the two of them didn't dare to interrupt casually.

After chatting for a long time, Emperor Wanli felt a little tired, and then said, "Good grandson, Gao Qing, Old Wei, I am tired too, you can go down first!"

After leaving the Qianqing Palace, the little carpenter first brought Gao Shixin and Jiu Qiansui back to Chenghua Palace, called his younger brother and sister, and then ran to Taiye Pool to set off fireworks. After playing for a night, the little carpenter was very energetic and would not be tired no matter how to play. It was not until the two little guys, King Xin and Princess Le'an, couldn't hold on anymore that the little carpenter returned to Chenghua Palace to rest without feeling satisfied.

Gao Shixin said goodbye and returned to his home.

His specific itinerary was to take a canal boat to Hangzhou, and after arriving in Hangzhou, he crossed the Qiantang River, and then found an inn to show his Jinyiwei jade plaque, and he could ride his horse south, and he could transfer to the post station horses continuously along the way. The reason why he did not take the sea route was because the sea traffic in this era was extremely dangerous, and Gao Shixin, who was greedy for life and fear of death, did not want to die inexplicably on the sea.

Since he was acting secretly, when he was about to arrive in Jiangnan, he changed into casual clothes for ordinary people, put the flying fish suit, embroidered spring sword and imperial edict into his bag, and then he did not reveal his identity as much as possible.

The next morning, Gao Shixin was about to leave for Fujian. As soon as he got up in the morning, he saw Zhang Yong coming.

"Brother is going south to Fujian. I don't know how long it will take to come back. Brother, I will come to see you off." Zhang Yong said, handing a bag in his hand to Gao Shixin.

Gao Shixin opened the bag and saw that in addition to silver and Lu Yin, there was a book. He opened the book curiously and saw a set of drawings of the soft Tayce sailboat! From privateers to Garen ships, to Spanish sailboats, and even a fly-slipper ship that was not even available in this era!

"Is this?" asked Gao Shixin.

Zhang Yongdao: "Shibazhi has their own shipyard. After you recruit them, you hope to build our own soft sailboat based on these drawings."

Gao Shixin wore a flying fish suit, a wingless black gauze hat, a gold belt around his waist, a jade sign hanging, and an embroidered spring knife carrying, and walked out of the house with Zhang Yong.

This time when he went south, Gao Shixin did not bring any followers, so he went south alone. With his skills alone, it would be enough. If he brought the followers, he would consider how to protect their safety.

It was almost time to reach Guangqu Gate, Zhang Yong said: "Brother, I will send you here. I'm waiting, and I have to go back as soon as possible!"

"Brother, go back quickly, don't let me wait for a long time!" Gao Shixin bowed his hand to Zhang Yong, then turned around and walked towards Guangqu Gate.

When leaving Guangqu Gate on the east side of the capital, Gao Shixin felt someone behind him with his sixth sense. He looked back at the capital again, but saw a pretty girl standing tall and graceful from behind looking at him. The girl was wearing a green lake dress and looked elegant and delicate. She looked like peach blossom skin like snow, her big eyes were moving, her long black hair was hanging to her waist, and a pair of double maids were combed on her head.
Chapter completed!