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Chapter 249 President Lin Han: Liu Daxia, come with me! Zhu Fu encounters obstacles in Jinan!
Late at night, Jinling, Lin Han’s residence.

After being coldly treated by Zhu Houzhao, Liu Daxia once again found Li Dongyang, ready to learn from Lin Han.

However, after adding more tea several times, Lin Han still showed no sign of coming back.

"Butler, your master hasn't come back yet?"

Holding back the urge to pee, Liu Daxia asked again, but Liu Haiyuan had already dozed off.

"Sir, the master can't say for sure...he's been busy lately."

The butler answered honestly.

"Is he really that busy? Could it be..." Liu Daxia couldn't help but glance at Li Dongyang.

"Binzhi, is Fengxian really that busy?"

Liu Daxia naturally didn't believe it. As an official of this level, he had seen the work pace of Liu Jian and other cabinet ministers.

Even if there is something extremely urgent, I will not work overtime every day.

"It is indeed that busy... Mr. Liu, you have also seen these days that there is no curfew in Jinling, and those people outside do not rest at night..."

"Jinling has undergone such a transformation in just two months, which is inseparable from their hard work day and night."

Li Dongyang gave proof again.

"But Fengxian is different from others..."

Liu Daxia thought of those construction sites where workers worked all night long. This scene was truly rare.

Because he also learned that those people who worked overtime at night could get double their pay.

This kind of financial resources is indeed rare.

"Nothing is different..."

Li Dongyang shook his head and said profoundly: "We are all working for His Majesty. A new emperor chooses new ministers. Fengxian and his men are no longer the same as we were back then."

Today is not what it used to be.

Liu Daxia stopped talking again.

Fortunately, at this time, the butler who had left appeared again, as well as Lin Han.

"Sir, the president is back."

"Old Minister, I'm sorry, I'm busy with court affairs and have kept you waiting for a long time!"

Lin Han immediately walked over quickly. Liu Daxia kicked his son quickly, and he and Li Dongyang stood up on their own initiative.

"President, don't dare!"

"I don't have anything important to do."

Liu Daxia naturally understood the rules of officialdom. Although he had a lot of experience, he still had to be tactful when facing the now unfamiliar vice president.

Naturally, it was just a round of greetings.

"I wonder what Mr. Liu wants from me?"

After a round of greetings, Lin Han got straight to the point.

"Fengxian, this is what happened. Didn't the old minister come to see His Majesty today? He wanted to do his best for His Majesty, but His Majesty asked Old Liu to come to you..."

Li Dongyang, the middleman, briefly explained his purpose to Liu Daxia.

"Yes, President, the Ming Dynasty is in a turbulent time right now. Every citizen has a share of responsibility for the fate of the country. My son..."

Liu Daxia also smiled apologetically and quickly explained his purpose.

"Does the old minister still want to be reinstated?"

Lin Han understood immediately, and looking at Liu Daxia who was nervous and tentative, he said it directly.

Uh……

Liu Daxia choked, and a light shone in his cloudy eyes.

"But, can I? President..."

He swallowed hard. With such a lucrative position in Jinling now, his desire for power was naturally not extinguished.

"No!" Lin Han shook his head.

"Ah——" Liu Daxia didn't expect to be slapped in the face so quickly.

"No way, President, my father is the former Minister of War after all... The Ming Dynasty is in turmoil right now, and the Minister of War Chen Qing is not in Nanjing..." Liu Haiyuan was anxious.

Liu Daxia also frowned, wondering if Lin Han was making a joke of him.

These youngsters...are they so impolite?

"President, this is..."

He suppressed his discomfort a little and wanted to find out the situation. According to the unspoken rules of the officialdom, he didn't even need to run for office, as Li Dongyang and others would plead for him.

"The situation is simple..."

Lin Han gently picked up the tea and said calmly: "Your Majesty will no longer use any northern officials. President Zheng is investigating a case in the capital. Before the case is clear, we dare not use any northern officials. Mr. Liu, you have to understand this. After all, Liu Jian and his rebellion was too bad. No one knows how many people are involved..."

What you mean is that I am suspected of rebellion?

Liu Daxia was silent.

Is this Lin Han's knock, or does it have other meanings?

"But His Majesty asked me to look more carefully today and ask you more advice..." He still wanted to get everything clear at once.

"Your Majesty is naturally not such a stingy person. We all know what kind of person Old Liu is. But, Old Liu, there is really no place for you in Jinling at the moment."

Lin Han looked directly at Li Dongyang: "Actually, Mr. Liu, you don't have to be reinstated, and you don't necessarily need my help. The Speaker's parliament is also quite short of people. If Mr. Liu wants to be reinstated, the Speaker can decide for himself."

He kicked the ball to Li Dongyang again.

"It's not impossible for you to live with me in your old age." Li Dongyang smiled.

Now he clearly understood the function of their parliament, which was to serve as the pension department. How could Liu Daxia be willing to do that?

"President, don't talk about this. I'm not thinking about myself, but... my son is not very capable now, I'm thinking about him... President, can you show me a clear way forward for my son?"

Having said that, Liu Daxia naturally knew what Lin Han and the entire Jinling officialdom meant.

After finally coming to power, how could he easily hand over power to the northern officialdom?

He could only settle for the second best and try to arrange a path for his son first.

"Yes, Uncle Lin... Please take good care of my nephew! Ever since some good things appeared in Nanjing and the entire Ming Dynasty has been in chaos, our Maritime Customs has been in decline..."

Due to the impact of Jinling products and the interference of war, it would be very difficult for Liu Haiyuan and his team to restart their maritime trade business.

This is also the reason why they had to lower their heads and come to Jinling to find a way out.

"Well... Mr. Liu, some people say... during the Chenghua period, you seemed to have taken the sea chart from the eunuch Sanbao?"

Lin Han did not respond directly, but changed the topic and stared at Liu Daxia meaningfully.

Liu Daxia's face changed, and he immediately denied it: "Mr. President, who told you this? I didn't do that! How could I possibly take the sea chart from Eunuch Sanbao? This is pure fiction!"

He denied three times at once.

Liu Haiyuan's expression also changed suddenly.

"Haha... Mr. Liu, I'm just talking."

Lin Han took another sip of tea and didn't say anything else.

He has already given advice. If Liu Daxia doesn't accept it, then don't blame him.

The scene fell into an awkward situation. Li Dongyang coughed at the right time and said, "Fengxian, what about the sea chart of Eunuch Sanbao? Could it be that His Majesty still wants to sail to the West in this situation?"

"Your Majesty has decided to go to the West, and we must go there! However, what is troubling Your Majesty right now is that we have searched all over Jinling for information about Eunuch Sanbao's voyage to the West, but we can't find any. If anyone can provide these sea charts, or even go to the West for Your Majesty, Your Majesty will be very pleased! And..."

"Chairman, you have seen recently that there are too many materials in Jinling. Simple water transport and land transport can no longer keep up with the needs of Jinling's development. If we can open up sea transport, it will be equivalent to revitalizing the entire coastal areas of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong at once..."

Lin Handuo revealed some things, which were naturally not aimless.

"Fengxian, are you saying that Your Majesty intends to open up sea transportation and set up a sea transportation envoy?"

Li Dongyang also came to his senses and realized that these words were also directed at Liu Daxia and the others.

"Yes! Sea transportation is much more convenient..." Lin Han nodded.

"President, what is this charter of the Marine Envoy?"

Liu Daxia really took the bait, and Liu Haiyuan was also jealous.

"Specifically, just refer to the canal transportation... I've been worrying about this recently..." Lin Han said.

"President, if I say, if... we can provide the sea transportation that Your Majesty needs, then... can Haiyuan be used by Your Majesty?" Liu Daxia pondered for a long time and suddenly said.

"Your Majesty actually doesn't care who controls shipping..."

"Specifically, it should be dispatched for me!"

Lin Han also spoke frankly.

Even though they are harmonious in the Presidential Palace, but... seeing Li Shan and his team taking on one important task after another, he can only cooperate with the dispatch personnel.

There are also people like Huang Bao, Liu Zhong, etc., who have intentionally or unintentionally used the opportunities given to Your Majesty to build up their own wings.

He actually had a sense of crisis, so he naturally had to plan a team for himself. Liu Daxia came to him, so this might be an opportunity for him.

There is no way. It's because his foundation is too shallow. If he wants to build his own wings, he can only occupy the magpie's nest.

Especially now that he has learned about Zhu Houzhao's grand ambitions, he understands even more clearly that if he wants to stay close to Zhu Houzhao, he must follow Zhu Houzhao's footsteps in all aspects.

At the same time, His Majesty the Emperor's pace is too fast.

He didn't want to go through any twists and turns, he just wanted to form his own team directly and clearly!

"For you, President..."

There was no need to explain in detail; Liu Daxia and Li Dongyang immediately understood what Lin Han meant.

Li Dongyang stopped talking.

This matter depends on what Liu Daxia and others decide.

……

"Mr. Ma! The imperial team has arrived!"

In Luoyang, Ma Wensheng also faced challenges.

"Are you sure it's the imperial team?"

Ma Wensheng perked up after hearing this: "Is this another messy team?"

"It is definitely true! The general leading the team is Zhu Feng, the son of Duke Chengguo!"

"Someone from the capital! Hurry! The imperial team has finally arrived!"

Ma Wensheng did not dare to stay and went out directly. Soon he met Zhu Feng at the gate of Luoyang City.

"Young Marquis, I have been waiting for you to come!"

Seeing that Zhu Feng easily led 3,000 cavalrymen, Ma Wensheng's heart finally settled down.

"Minister Ma, why are you here?" Zhu Feng was curious.

"Things are complicated, let's talk about it later! Young Marquis, are you here with news from the cabinet? The current situation in the Ming Dynasty..."

Ma Wensheng immediately asked the question that had been bothering him for more than a month.

"News from the cabinet? What news could there be from the cabinet? Could it be that Yang Ting and the others have fled to your side, Minister Ma?"

Zhu Feng's eyes lit up instead.

"Yang Tinghe, escape?"

Ma Wensheng’s brain is not enough.

"Haha! I'm glad I didn't escape to you!"

"I used to think that you, Minister Ma, were in the same group with them..."

Zhu Fu brought the latest news, which shocked Ma Wensheng even more.

"How could he, they possibly rebel... Young Marquis, the news we heard here is that Prince Xing is holding the emperor hostage to control the other princes..."

This kind of news directly caused Ma Wensheng's cerebellar atrophy.

"Haha, they dared to blow up Emperor Taizong's mausoleum, which means they are already plotting a rebellion!"

"Minister Ma, don't count on these traitors!"

"I came here to receive an order from Vice President Zheng, asking you to suppress the civil unrest on the spot and quickly restore order!"

"At the same time, be prepared for the Mongol invasion!"

"I have brought the message. Minister Ma, please hurry up and prepare to quell the rebellion!"

Zhu Feng came and left quickly, and ran towards Chang'an without stopping.

Now that the North and the South are at loggerheads over information, the information brought by ordinary 800-mile express messengers may no longer be useful.

Zheng Ji and his men were in the capital, so naturally they thought of quickly connecting with the teams in various places that were still loyal to the royal family and suppressing various rebellions on the spot first.

Therefore, Zhu Feng had to be sent to bring authoritative information.

Naturally, the soldiers from the nine borders have rushed to Datong again.

"Vice President Zheng Ji...who is this guy?"

"Prime Minister Liu Jian and Minister Xie Qian are rebelling?"

"how is this possible?"

"Could this be directed and performed by Prince Xing himself?"

However, when the news came, the officials around Ma Wensheng were still skeptical and still could not believe that Liu Jian and his gang were plotting a rebellion.

"Whether the news is true or false, the most important thing is to quickly quell the riot!"

"Everyone, stop guessing! Put down the riot!"

"Then...I'm going to the capital!"

Ma Wensheng also made a quick decision that suppressing the rebellion was the most politically correct thing to do at the moment.

"Liu Jian, Xie Qian, how could they possibly rebel..."

Two days later, Wang Shu and Yang Yiqing in Chang'an also received news from Zhu Feng.

"Rebellion or not... it's not important anymore! As long as our Ming Dynasty can regain stability!"

"Young Marquis, thank you for the news. Now, I can finally feel relieved!"

Yang Yiqing didn't dwell on this issue anymore. He just wanted the world to be stable as soon as possible.

"Yes! Governor Yang, the most urgent matter now is... those Mongols! They have occupied Datong and even penetrated deep into the heartland of our Ming Dynasty to wreak havoc... Vice President Zheng meant that we should gather the army to firmly hold the northern defense line and wait for the order of His Majesty before taking action against those Mongols!"

"The north is relying on you!"

The news brought by Zhu Feng made Yang Yiqing's eyes light up.

"Young Marquis, I have a plan here!"

"Now that the Mongols have taken the initiative to move south and occupy our cities..."

"Why don't we take advantage of this opportunity..."

Yang Yiqing quickly judged the situation and had an idea about the Mongols.

"Governor Yang, this matter still needs to wait for His Majesty's order..."

"For now, let's put down the civil unrest in various places first..."

Zhu Feng did not dare to give other orders easily. After delivering the information, he rushed to the next place again.

……

Jinan!

"Damn it! Damn it... What on earth do the officials in Jinan do for a living?"

"How could we allow these rioters to occupy the city!"

Elsewhere, the 30,000 troops of Duke Chengguo Zhu Fu were stuck in a quagmire and were blocked by the city of Jinan ahead.

The 30,000-strong imperial army was unable to do anything about the bandits who occupied the city of Jinan, which made Zhu Fu extremely angry.

"Duke, how about we bypass Jinan?"

"Anyway... our intention is to head straight to the capital!"

The generals under his command suggested helplessly that they just wanted to replenish the logistics and there was no need to fight to the death on a city!
"Why are we going around? The whole of Shandong is in chaos. If we go around Jinan... where will we get supplies? Didn't you see the harm these bandits have done to the people along the way?"

"Fight for another three days! I don't believe these guys can stop us for ten days!"

"And you guys, you've been living in peace for too long, your morale is even worse than that of some bandits..."

"This is simply a shame for the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty!"

"If you can't even kill a few bandits, how can you kill other bandits?"

Zhu Fu's stubborn temper came up. They had been going smoothly all the way, but when they entered Shandong, they were ambushed by some short-sighted bandits.

The key point is that although it was a sneak attack, the soldiers from Jinling were defeated.

All their food and supplies were burned.

Then... I also saw the human tragedy that occurred wherever the bandits passed by.

All kinds of misfortunes happened, which was a slap in Zhu Fu's face.

Before leaving, he swore to Zhu Houzhao that he would complete the mission.

Now... Zhu Fu couldn't swallow this anger, so he started to argue with Jinan.

It is naturally difficult to comfort the soldiers under his command.

"But Lord, our current logistics can only be..."

"Then go to Qufu and ask the Kong family to borrow it!"

Zhu Fu also made up his mind. At present, the only city in Shandong that was still intact despite the rampant bandits was Qufu, which was also close to them!
(End of this chapter)