Zhou Zheng stood in front of the side room window, looked out, and said at the same time: "No one sees it, right?"
Wei Xizhuang knew more about the danger of doing this, and said, "Don't worry, no one."
Zhou Zheng turned around and looked seriously at the man Wei Xizhuang had brought.
He was a middle-aged man with a calm look and gloomy gaze. He seemed to hide some resentment and taciturn. He just looked at Zhou Zheng and kept his head down.
Zhou Zheng meditated on his plan and looked at this humanity: "As long as I want you to do things with caution, there is no danger, you can rest assured."
The man didn't look up, and said, "Even if it's dangerous, please let me know, Li is not afraid of death."
Zhou Zheng looked at him, still unable to trust him, turned his head to look at Wei Xizhuang.
Wei Xizhuang smiled and said, "Lao Li, the person I trust the most, if you have anything, just say it, just like me."
Zhou Zheng listened to Wei Xizhuang’s words, his vigilance was slightly reduced, and he pondered for a moment, and said: "I set off for Shenyang on the eighth day of the day. I want you to go one step ahead of me. You can pretend to be a refugee or a prisoner. The important thing is to enter. Shenyang, hide it and help me secretly inquire about some news and do some things."
Zhou Zheng still said very little. Be cautious. After all, he is just a small supervisory official. If it is revealed and accused, it would be a great disaster!
Li Xiaobin knew that Zhou was the deputy envoy to Jianlu, so he didn't doubt what he said, and said, "The official is obedient."
Wei Xizhuang waited for Li Xiaobin to finish, and said, "They have six people in total. You will bring them all. If you have anything to do with them, you may be able to escape back."
Zhou Zheng had a lot of things to explain to Li Xiaobin, and he also had something to teach him, but Wei Xizhuang was hard to say here, so he nodded and said to Li Xiaobin: "Well, I will give you five thousand taels of silver tomorrow, part of it for your family. Part of it will cover your expenses for doing things, and it will still be here this time tomorrow. I will tell you something in detail... I have to go back."
Zhou Zheng finally asked for a supplement.
Wei Xizhuang rolled his eyes, not knowing that Zhou was about to leave him alone, and he was too lazy to expose him, and said: "Okay, I won't interfere with you, I'm still in trouble."
Zhou Zheng suddenly remembered about the salt class and asked, "What's wrong?"
Wei Xizhuang looked unlucky and said: "I did it the way you did. I thought I could move, but the memo was sent up. There was no movement. I wanted to catch a few people to make trouble. Hou Guoxing suddenly jumped out and killed everyone. Take it away. I'm busy, it's all in vain."
Zhou Zheng's brows moved slightly, but he didn't expect that the force involved in salt was so powerful that Wei Xizhuang would be crushed and unable to move before he could operate much.
Although Wei Xizhuang is smart, he is not meticulous enough. Even if he has a background, he may be played to death if he gets involved too deeply. Zhou Zheng said with a deep voice, "This road does not seem to be easy to walk. You can let it go and wait until I come back. Let’s take a long-term view."
Hou Guoxing is the son of the Ke family, and Wei Xizhuang has no ability to contend.
Wei Xizhuang naturally felt the pressure, but he did not accept Wei Zhongxian's knighthood. He had to give something back to preserve his position in front of Wei Zhongxian-a lot of silver was needed.
Wei Xizhuang looked at Zhou Zheng, with a cold look in his eyes, and said: "Don't worry, I know how to measure. After you leave, I will go to Yingtian and do our business well. Then I will go to Yangzhou. I can't move in the capital, but Who shelters them in Yangzhou? I am dedicated to making money for the nine-thousand-year-old, and the trouble is getting bigger, and the nine-thousand-year-old has to protect me, and see what they can do to me!"
When Zhou Zheng listened, his eyes lit up, and he said, "This method is not bad, but you must be cautious. The salt merchants are powerful and intertwined. Don't burn yourself."
Wei Xizhuang nodded, glanced at Li Xiaobin again, and said, "Let's stop here today, I'll talk about it another day."
There was Li Xiaobin present, and Wei Xizhuang and Zhou Zheng had a lot to say.
Zhou Zheng mumbled and said, "The day before I leave, Liuzhe will bring people to decorate. If you have something to do these few days, come here."
Wei Xizhuang nodded and said, "I see." With that, he glanced at Li Xiaobin again and left quickly.
When Li Xiaobin waited for him to leave, he said, "Master Zhou, leave the office."
Zhou Zhengdao: "All six of you will come tomorrow. I will explain your specific tasks and methods of doing things and contacting you."
"Yes." Li Xiaobin said.
Zhou Zheng watched him leave, with some confidence in his heart, with a little smile on his face, he stood for a while, and wandered around this small building again.
Finally, he walked out of the main entrance, looked up at the small building and the courtyard, and said with longing, "It's still a bit smaller."
Zhou Zheng glanced at the small buildings and yards on both sides. He was satisfied when he saw that there was room for development. He turned his head and kept looking, and said to himself: "What name should I take... Jiujiang Pavilion!"
Jiujiang and Kyushu are rich in meaning and self-evident. In addition, Zhou Zheng's ancestral home is Jiujiang Prefecture, Jiangxi, and this name is very appropriate.
Zhou Zheng was very satisfied with the name and looked at it for a while before turning around and leaving.
Just as Gu Xiancheng did not expect that the Donglin Academy he founded because of the opposition party struggle would become a powerful cronie of Ming Dynasty, Zhou Zheng also did not predict what scale his Jiujiang Pavilion would develop in the future and how much influence it would have on Ming Dynasty. !
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Early the next morning, Zhou Zheng was called into the Ministry of Ritual, and the Ministry of Ritual appointed Huang Weihuai as the envoy of condolences to the old chief Nurhachi, and Zhou Zheng as the deputy envoy, and the other five people were also in place quickly.
The appointment of the Ministry of Rites was very low-key, and only one doctor came forward.
Obviously, the Ming court is trying its best to lower the specifications of this mission, even if the government and the people know it, it still scruples about certain things and dare not let go of it'blatantly'.
The Ministry of Etiquette only confessed a few things, and reiterated that there should be no contact, let alone any outrageous words, except for condolences.
But in the end, he threw a sentence:'measure in scale, decide on the matter', turning the previous words into nonsense.
Huang Weihuai's face was expressionless from beginning to end, and Zhou Zheng didn't even look at each other. The others came from all parts of the six departments, and they were all low-ranking officials below the seventh rank.
The day to leave Beijing is set on the eighth day of the eighth day. It is expected to arrive in Shenyang on the 22nd, and return to Ningyuan on the 31st. "Report to Governor Yuan first.
Zhou Zheng knew the depth of the matter, so he didn't say much, he left the Ministry of Rites, went back to the house to change his clothes, turned a few corners, and came to Jiujiang Pavilion.
Six people from Li Xiaobin were already waiting. Zhou Zheng looked at the six people, and after introducing himself, he began to assign their tasks.
At the same time teach them how to ambush in Shenyang, how to collect needed information, how to develop an intelligence network, how to contact, how to transmit information and so on.
Li Xiaobin is not stupid, this is obviously not something that a supervisory official should do, nor is it a simple'protection'.
But the six people didn't ask much, just listened and responded.
Zhou Zheng held the scales, said for more than an hour, and communicated with them to make sure that there was no problem. Then he handed them the money and asked them to leave immediately and rush to Liaodong. (End of this chapter)