The emperor sent eunuchs to a place, which was different from sending a minister to a place.

When the minister goes to the locality, he is the Qincha, although the Qincha has the right to act cheaply and cut first and then play. But Qin Cha is still a civil official in the end, as long as he is a civil official, he has to rely on interpersonal connections in the officialdom, and his actions have limitations, and he will not do things that are too out of line.

But it's not the same when eunuchs go to places.

Except for the emperor, the eunuchs don't sell anyone's accounts, so there is no bottom line in their actions.

When he first supervised the construction of the Luwang Domain, it was in Huguang, and at that time, he was sent to the Ministry of Works.

And now that King Lu is in the domain, he has changed it to Henan, and sent eunuchs to supervise it, so there is a bit of room for negotiation.

This time, there was Ma Yu, the young eunuch of the internal official and supervisor, who had followed the Empress Dowager Li for many years and was loyal, and could be described as the Empress Dowager's confidant.

In addition, it is Gao Huai, the supervisor of the direct palace, Gao Huai was originally a steward of the Qianqing Palace, but after leaving Beijing, the emperor promoted him to the supervisor of the direct palace, and he was the deputy envoy of this trip.

In addition to these two people, there is also Shi Xiao Shengguang, the left chief of the Lu Wangfu, and a Ganlu Wangfu servant.

As for the officials, they sent the Ministry of Rites to give Vientiane Spring in the matter.

These people come from different ways, sitting in the same boat, and they are also full of scheming.

Ma Yu and Gao Huai are both eunuchs in the palace logically speaking, and they should be close, but the two are not close. Because one of them is the queen mother's person, and the other is the emperor's person.

Ma Yu's age, qualifications, and official position are all above Gao Huai, so it is natural that this trip is the right one. What's more, he is the queen mother's henchman.

But since Zhang Siwei, Shen Shixing, and Yu Youding, three cabinet scholars, knocked on the palace and forced the queen mother to return to power, the emperor has monopolized power. Gao Huai has served the Son of Heaven for many years, and he will definitely have a great future in the future.

But as a senior eunuch in the palace, Ma Yu was quite unhappy with Gao Huai's backwards, in fact, he was even more unhappy for the Queen Mother in his heart, in terms of filial piety, even if you are the Son of Heaven, you must also honor the Queen Mother.

Therefore, after leaving the palace, Ma Yuyan will be called the queen mother, but he will rarely mention the son of heaven.

Gao Huai listened and didn't argue with him.

In addition to being loyal to the Queen Mother, Ma Yu also has his own little abacus, so it is easy to go out of the palace, and he will not have the idea of returning empty-handed. He also had the dispatch to buy for King Lu, so he planned to make a fortune. When he left Beijing, he recruited a righteous son and served as an entourage.

Who are these righteous sons?

They are all scoundrels in the capital, literati who can't go down and take refuge in eunuchs, and there are more than 100 people on the ship, and they plan to go to Henan to fight the autumn breeze.

As for the two officials, it stands to reason that they are both civil servants, and everyone should be easy to speak, but they are different.

The Ministry of Rites has given Vientiane Spring in the matter, and the position is not more than the seventh grade, but the people are officials. At present, the power of Yantai is so great, and when he is ordered to go out of Beijing on business, he should not put ordinary officials in his eyes. Not to mention palace officials like Xiao Shengguang.

There is only the emperor in Vientiane Chun's eyes, so he is extremely flattering to the Son of Heaven along the way.

And Xiao Shengguang is a royal official, and his rank is the fifth grade, but the royal officials are generally ambitious officials, and they are not willing to fill the position. But Xiao Shengguang is the palace official of King Lu, the first prince in the world, and this time he was ordered to go south, so he wanted to plan for his future master.

Vientiane Chun couldn't look down on him, so he had to take refuge in Ma Yu.

Ma Yu was ordered by the Empress Dowager to come to Henan to seize the property for King Lu as much as possible, so he became a team with Xiao Shengguang.

So in the end, this ship became Gao Huai, Vientiane Chun on the side, Ma Yu, Xiao Shengguang on the side, the two civil officials were very undisciplined and took refuge in the eunuchs.

The boat followed the Yellow River and finally arrived at Kaifeng.

At this time, on the wharf, there were already officers and soldiers lining up and officials coming out to greet them.

Immediately, someone sent a message to Ma Yu: "Godfather, Henan Governor Yang Yikui, Zuobu Political Envoy Gong Daqi, Inspector Yang Yigui, Kaifeng Governor Gu Mingji, and Inspector Zeng Qianheng are all listed on the shore. Except for Dong Ruhan, the former right-hand political envoy, who was transferred to Guangdong because he was implicated in the river construction fraud case, all the important officials of the provincial government arrived. ”

When Ma Yu heard that the governor of a province was also going to greet him, he couldn't help but have a smile on his face, but he said to Gao Huai, Xiao Shengguang and others: "Governor, the political envoy is going to greet him, which is a bit unaffordable for our family." ”

Gao Huai said with a smile: "Ma Gonggong's reputation spreads far and wide in Henan, and Henan officials respect him, so there is nothing he can't afford." ”

Ma Yu smiled when he heard this: "Where, where, their officials respect the Queen Mother." ”

Xiao Shengguang said with a smile: "In Henan, when officials respect their father-in-law, they respect the queen mother." ”

In the cabin, only Vientiane Chun did not speak, stroking his beard reservedly.

Ma Yu glanced at Vientiane Chun and said, "Then let's get off the boat." ”

Xiao Shengguang hurriedly said: "Father-in-law is not in a hurry, the sun is still early, it is better to let them wait." ”

Ma Yu heard that what he wanted, and immediately said, "It's okay." ”

After waiting for a while, Ma Yu and the others landed on the shore, but they saw that the officials were waiting with a gloomy face.

Ma Yu said with a smile: "I just had a foot attack on the boat, and I couldn't get off the boat at half-sound, so I made you wait for a long time." ”

Governor Yang Yikui was silent, and Gong Daqi smiled and said: "It's really hard for my father-in-law to run for the emperor's life, and it's okay for me to wait for a while." ”

Ma Yu glanced at the officials, and said, "Thank you Uncle Fang for your understanding, even if everyone has arrived, let's announce the decree!" ”

So Ma Yu spread out Huang Aya and took out the holy decree, and Yang Yikui knelt down to greet the officials.

But listening to Ma Yu's recitation, he sent an edict to Henan officials, and my brother King Lu was out of the house for more than a year, and it was advisable to respect the ancestral system. In accordance with the precept of Our Lady, the feudal mansion is to be appropriated, and the property of the domain is allocated, and the matters of the joint operation are handed over to the local government, and the three divisions are to be heard.

The officials were given thanks.

Yang Yikui received the holy decree and said: "Several envoys have worked hard all the way, first to the post station to stay and rest, pre-build the feudal mansion, and allocate the matter of the feudal property, and then ask for advice after I wait for a discussion." ”

Ma Yu nodded and said, "The specific matter is up to you to discuss." ”

After speaking, everyone went to the post station.

And Yang Yikui and other officials returned to the governor's yamen.

The officials who were waiting at the dock just now remembered the arrogance of Fang Cai, Ma Yu and others, and they were angry in their hearts.

At this moment, the county order of the first county and Xiangfu County came to the hall.

Gu Ming, the prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture, asked, "Didn't you entertain the envoys at the post station?" Why are you here? ”

The county magistrate of Xiangfu County said with a sad face: "The lower officials ask for the government, and Zhongcheng is the master of the lower officials." ”

Yang Yikui saw that his expression was strange and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Xiangfu County ordered: "As soon as the envoy arrived at the post station, he was picky, and he was dissatisfied with the reception of the lower officials. Xia Guan thought about the overall situation, and tolerated it again and again, but he didn't know that the envoy sent someone to ask Xia Guan for 3,000 taels of silver, saying that it was for King Lu to buy. ”

When the officials heard this, they were almost furious.

This eunuch is too shameless, he just stayed at the post station, and before he could stay, he began to blackmail the place. You are so eager to collect money that there is no second home.

Dai Guangqi, a political participant in Hebei Province, trembled with anger and said loudly: "Zhongcheng, the envoy is so arrogant, he doesn't take our officials in Henan Province in the slightest, since this is the case, what else do we discuss?" ”

All the officials shouted together: "No discussion, no discussion." ”