Time returned to the scene of the decree, and the officials were kneeling on the steps of the eunuchs, listening to the news like a thunderbolt from the sky. Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Wang Bai with sympathy or pity.

Gonggong Chen looked at this political envoy who had resolutely lost power, his eyes also showed a look of disdain unabashedly, and he said arrogantly: "Lord Wang, take the order!" ”

"No, it has to be fake, it has to be fake! The Holy One wants me to buy ambergris, and only I can help him buy ambergris, and he can't give up mine! Wang Bai's head buzzed, and when he came back to his senses, he shook his head again and again, refusing to choose this cruel fact.

Gonggong Chen's face immediately turned cold, stared at him and shouted loudly: "Bold, you are going to resist the decree!" As soon as the words fell, several guards behind him immediately showed murderous intentions and looked at Wang Bai viciously.

Wang Bai looked at Gonggong Chen, who had an evil face, and at this time he also found that he was out of shape, so he could only stand up tremblingly, took the holy decree with both hands, and thanked him with tears: "Weichen took the decree, thank you Lord Longen, long live the emperor, long live, long live!" ”

The officials were also in a depressed mood, especially the officials who were attached to Wang Bai, who were undoubtedly greatly affected this time. Although he will not lose his official position and go home, his power will undoubtedly be weakened, and it will even be difficult to be promoted.

It's just that when someone gets up from the ground, they don't care about the consequences. He took advantage of Wang Bai's hand holding the holy decree in a daze, and immediately turned around quickly and secretly walked back into the hall.

When Wang Bai packed up his mood and walked into the hall, he saw that these officials greeted him and left.

Wang Bai naturally wouldn't stop him, he just walked to the table, but he couldn't help but roar: "A group of villains! A bunch of villains! ”

However, I saw that the impeachment recital, which had been scrambling for its name before, was now painted black as if it had fallen into an inkpool. There was no one else on it except his own.

The world of officialdom is hot and cold, and that's probably it.

When he was in the limelight before, they all vied with him to impeach that kid and support him to kill the monkey that made an example of Wang Fang. But now that he has lost power, no one dares to offend Wang Fang again, even if he knows that this move will offend him.

Like a hurricane, the news quickly spread throughout the entire Guangdong officialdom, which was no less than a deep-sea bomb.

Wang Bai lost the emperor's favor due to the power of the government, and his post as a sea patrol was stripped away, along with the errand of purchasing ambergris, which made it clear that he was no longer in charge.

Now, although Wang Bai still retains the position of political envoy, he is simply a phoenix with plucked hair, and he has long been different from his previous power.

There are no impermeable walls, and everyone soon learns an astonishing truth.

The person who was mixing with Wang Bai behind his back was not the conjectured Liangguang Governor Wang Fang, nor the envoy Ding Yizhong, but Lin Haoran, the prefect of Leizhou, who was known as "Lin Leigong".

It's just that everyone thought that Lin Haoran would rise to the top and take over Wang Bai's good errand to help Shengshang purchase ambergris, so as to become a big man in the whole of Guangdong, but the result surprised everyone.

Lin Haoran also received the holy decree that day, but it was not a job appointment, but to let Lin Haoran write to himself.

It is no secret that Lin Haoran burned down the ancestral houses of the people during the Spring Festival, especially Wang Bai once wanted to take advantage of this incident to make trouble, and everyone knew about it.

"It's all young and vigorous, why do you make such a low-level mistake?"

Many people immediately felt a burst of regret, feeling that Lin Haoran was really self-destructing his future.

If there was no such scandal, Lin Haoran would have relied on the errand of procuring ambergris for the saint, and the prefects of the three divisions and yamen would also respect him for three points. But now, I'm afraid it's going to fail.

Xiangshan, Haojing.

The smoke of gunfire has long since dissipated, and the scene of prosperity has been restored, even more prosperous than before. Boxes of cargo passed through the deck of the dock and were loaded onto a large ship moored.

Throughout the world, the production process of the Ming Dynasty is in a leading position in many fields, especially textiles, porcelain and metallurgy, which are beyond the reach of other countries.

Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Fujian imposed a strict ban on the sea, which only fattened Guangdong, which was embracing the outside world. There are all kinds of goods here, which are really everything, which can meet all the needs of these foreign businessmen.

"Let's go!"

A huge procession came, surrounded by several sedan chairs, and the officials in front drove the people or businessmen who were in the way.

Everyone retreated, and at the same time paid attention to the official sedan chair. The official sedan chair stopped in front, and a young official wearing a four-grade official robe walked out, causing everyone to envy for a while.

"Who's that?"

"Don't you know? He is Lin Leigong, the prefect of Leizhou and the Bosi of Guangdong City, and some people secretly scold him as the king of Lin Yan! ”

……

The people around immediately talked about it, pointing at Lin Haoran over there. This eliminated the bullies and pirates in Leizhou City, and now he has killed the Francophone man, and has made a great name.

As for why it is a four-grade official uniform and no longer a five-grade official uniform?

Since the Leizhou Prefecture has increased its jurisdiction over Wuchuan and Dianbai counties, according to the standard of tax payment, the Leizhou Prefecture should take off the title of "Difu" and rise to the lower government of the upper, middle and lower prefectures.

It's just that this matter has been mysteriously dragged on.

But now, the imperial court suddenly remembered this matter and upgraded the Leizhou Mansion, and the Leizhou Prefect also got a small benefit, and the grade rose from the fifth grade to the fourth grade.

However, for this promotion, Lin Haoran was not happy. Except for the fact that his salary has risen a little, but there is no benefit, his position has not changed in the slightest.

As an official in the Ming Dynasty, he never looked at the level of rank, but the size of his authority. Like Wang Bai's position as a political envoy from the second grade, in fact, it is not as good as his patrol of the fourth grade.

Patrol Haidao seems to have little authority, but because he also has the responsibility of helping Jiajing purchase ambergris, he dares to directly criticize the other second-division bosses, and even dares not to give Wang Fang face.

Like why did Commander Chen, who commanded the envoy of Guangdong, help Lin Haoran this time, although he had Wang Fang's instructions, he still hated Wang Bai, and Wang Baiqiang took away a large amount of military expenses from his previous purchase of ambergris.

To get back to the point, Lin Haoran seems to be promoted this time, but the essence is not much different from not being promoted, he is still the prefect of Leizhou and the director of Guangdong City.

From one of the sedan chairs, a Francophone man came out.

This man was very well-dressed, made of fine silk, with a neatly groomed beard, obviously with a habit of growing beards, and a very tall and thin figure, with a high nose and eyebrow bones, deep eyes, and a reserved smile at the corners of his mouth.

Western aesthetics may be classified as beautiful men, but in the eyes of the Ming people, it is simply a two-fingered face, which is more eye-catching than other Buddha Langji.

"Lord Lin, thank you for your hospitality!" Borino looked polite and saluted towards Lin Haoran.

"Mr. Borino, you don't have to be polite, I will always open my arms to you!" Lin Haoran's appearance was better, and he smiled gracefully and replied.

"Before leaving, I have a little doubt, how do you know that I am not from the same country as Gallenelle?" Borino asked, confused.

"I'll tell you when you get back!" Lin Haoran smiled, and then added: "I'm still the same sentence!" No matter which country it is, as long as there are merchants who do not try to encroach on the territory of our Daming, this official will welcome it! ”

"It's great to have such an enlightened official as you, and we'll see you soon!" Borino said with a smile.

"Goodbye!" Lin Haoran waved his hand and watched the Spaniard leave.

In fact, in the eyes of later generations, it was a very simple thing, but now it seems difficult to understand. Spaniards have the opposite of their Portuguese names, with the Portuguese having the first name and their parents' surnames lasting, while the Spaniards have the opposite.

Even so, when Borino introduced himself, he knew that this was the more powerful Spaniard in the country.

As Borino boarded the ship, the ship slowly left the dock and headed for the sea to the east, destined for Japan.

Lin Haoran took Li Yunhu and the others to watch the merchant ship leave, but his brows were slightly frowned, and there was even a faint loss on his face, and he stood there silent for a long time.

Although he wanted the Ming to control the sea channels and absorb the most lucrative profits of the Ming Dynasty's maritime trade with Japan. But now, he has to admit that Da Ming can only obediently become a supplier of goods to the Francophone people.

In addition to the reasons of navigational technology, it is not appropriate to trade directly with the Japanese from the political level.

According to the information he received, the problem of the Japanese in Jiangsu and Zhejiang had returned, which greatly annoyed the Shengshang. If he pushes the route from Haojing or Leizhou to Japan at this time, he will inevitably give others a pretext and become a sharp weapon for the forbidden sea faction to attack him.

In the same way, he voluntarily abandoned the fat sheep of Japan and set his sights on the South Seas instead.

As for the relationship with the Francophiles, Lin Haoran will put his hostility on the Portuguese royal family, and will not target these ordinary Portuguese merchants and adventurers.

The latter is mainly chasing profits, and does not think about encroaching on territory, and the harm is undoubtedly much less.

At the same time, this is undoubtedly in the interests of all parties. Borino's tariff revenue alone has been as high as 30,000 taels, and the customs is immediately making money.

It is worth mentioning that Haojing adopts the policy of ten taxes and three taxes, and the Guangdong City Department implements ten taxes and two taxes, while the Guangdong Metropolitan Command Division, which is responsible for Haojing coastal defense, collects ten taxes and one tax.

After explaining some things properly, Lin Haoran did not stay in Haojing, nor did he return to Guangzhou Mansion, but returned directly to his territory, Leizhou City.

The trees want to be quiet, and the wind does not stop!

There are two small islands almost connected to each other on the south side of the mirror, and the character "Tai" on this island presents the breadth and profundity of Chinese characters, which means that it faces water on three sides, the big one is called Taipa Island, and the small one is called Little Taipa Island.

After being expelled from the Macao Peninsula, the Franc Robot fled to Taipa Island, across the sea from the Macau Peninsula.

"Robbers! Bandit! ”

Galenel stood on the deck and cursed, a hideous look on his face. Every time he thought of the captured mirror, and the big black ship and the things on it, he gritted his teeth with hatred.

He knew that the country was a religion of propriety, so the officials were polite and regarded reputation more than money. It's just that he didn't expect that such a scourge would occur in this group of sheep-like officials.

The robbery of their ships and cargo, even the officials of their country, would not dare to do it blatantly, but this young official actually did it, and shamelessly put the blame on the pirates.

Suddenly, he stopped scolding, not that his anger had subsided, but that a small boat was rowing towards him for a long time.

This time it was Lu Guodong, a staff member who came secretly, who was in charge of liaison with the Franco, and when he saw Galenel's expectant eyes, he had to tell the bad news in frustration.

"What? Your master has been dismissed? Galenel's eyes widened. He was still holding out the hope that Wang Bai could help him get everything back, but he never expected that such a result would be after all.

Lu Guodong's brows frowned slightly, and he wanted to correct Wang Bai as his Dongweng, not a master, but in the end he gave up and explained seriously: "My Dongweng was removed from the post of patrolling the sea and is no longer responsible for coastal defense and diplomacy, but he is still a second-grade member of the imperial court, the highest-ranking official in Guangdong!" ”

"Can he help me get the mirror and the boat back? And my son Blanco? "Galenel can't do so much, he just wants to go back to Haojing, at least his ship and his son.

Surprisingly, Lu Guodong also replied confidently: "Yes! ”

Galenel's eyes lit up immediately, but then dimmed a little, but he heard Lu Guodong ask: "My family Dong Weng told you not to be impatient, that kid won't be able to fight for long, and he will be dismissed soon!" However, my lord asks that you and your compatriots not cooperate with him, let alone provide him with ambergris! ”

"You're from Haojing, right? You should know that my people are money-seeing, and I can't control them! Instead of making empty promises, Galenel shook his head honestly.

"At the very least, you can't sell ambergris to him, not a tael!" Lu Guodong emphasized.

"Why is that?" Galenel asked.

Lu Guodong did not hide it, and immediately told the matter as it was, pointing out that ambergris is the key. As long as Lin Haoran can't get enough ambergris to please the saint, what awaits him is the guillotine.

Galenel thought for a moment, although things were a little troublesome, but he knew that it could be done, he could persuade the upper echelons to block ambergris, so he nodded affirmatively: "No problem!" ”。

"Then take your leave, Monsieur Galenel just wait for our good news!" Lu Guodong saluted, and then left confidently.

After Lu Guodong left, Galenel called his younger brother Vitor over.

"Brother, are we going to war?" Vitor walked over, a little excited.

Galenel's good mood vanished, and he said with a calm face: "You stay here secretly with some people, and I'll return first!" ”

"Is that really it?" Vitor frowned, looking unwilling.

Gallenel didn't intend to explain it to the stupid brother, and asked angrily, "Is there a better way?" ”

The Ming only expelled them and regained control of the dock, but they did not cut off the trade channels between the Portuguese and the Ming merchants. Even if he complained to the king, the king would not pay attention to him.

The Portuguese had never thought of occupying this place, and his task was to ensure the smooth passage of the route, and now that there was no real change except for the loss of a ship, how could the king send an army to conquer the Ming Dynasty?

Most importantly, he wants Haojing to become his private property, and it is not in his interests to develop to the point where the two countries are at war. Now, I only hope that Wang Bai can overthrow that kid and regain power.

In the early morning of the next day, the ship that stayed near Taipa Island lifted anchor and sailed in the direction of the South Seas, with Wang Bai's hope of overthrowing Lin Haoran and regaining power.