Among the officials who had just entered the lobby, the leader was a middle-aged official dressed in a second grade, and accompanied by several attachés, walked into the hall of the post station.

When the official saw Zhang Huangyan and his deeds sitting there, his steps suddenly sped up a lot. walked straight to Zhang Huangyan's side, bent down and said to Zhang Huangyan, who was reading the newspaper.

"Sima, do you still recognize Xia Guan?"

The future person looked at it seriously, and Zhang Huangyan immediately said with some surprise.

"Aren't you King Muyang under King Lu? How did you get here?"

Because Zhang Huangyan also served the king of Lu, he naturally recognized his guests. The reason why he was surprised was that he didn't expect to see the old people here.

"Shangshu has a good memory, and the next official is Wang Bochuan."

Wang Bochuan said with a humble smile.

"Xiaguan has entered the Huai Wang curtain two years ago, and today is on the order of the king, especially to come here to welcome you, Xiaguan has been waiting here for five days."

This is because the sailing time on the sea is uncertain, so in the past few days, Wang Muyang has been waiting for Zhang Huangyan here. As a result, I waited for five days, but today I entered the city because of something. Almost didn't delay the big thing.

Fortunately, they ate and dined in the inn. I missed some time, or I'm afraid I would have missed it. If that's the case, the king will definitely blame it then.

"Sit, sit!"

Zhang Huangyan stretched out his hand and pointed to the sofa cushion opposite, which was indeed very comfortable to sit on, especially when it was cold. Then he laughed.

"King Huai's courtesies are too much, sending you here to pick me up, delaying you for many days, there is really no need for this."

Wang Bochuan hurriedly replied.

"The king is so out of order because of his special admiration for you. For others, he is not all like this. ”

This sentence was said very decently, not only protecting the king, but also elevating Zhang Huangyan. What's more important is to give the outside world a feeling of a corporal of courtesy. This is exactly what you need to do as a subordinate, and his words made Zhang Huangyan quite useful, he put down the newspaper in his hand and said.

"Let's hurry into the city, don't let King Huai be a long-term marquis."

However, he did not put the newspaper in his hand on the table, but took the newspaper directly, after all, this is the newspaper that Shen Yangsheng has just printed. After a few days at sea, Zhang needed some information from the newspapers.

Many times, people will unconsciously develop some habits. Just like reading a newspaper, whenever they arrive at a station, they always ask if there is a new newspaper. In the past, they never thought that one day they would be inseparable from newspapers. You don't open the newspaper for those latest news, and in many cases, the newspaper has become an integral part of their lives. It's just that they don't realize it.

When he pushed the door out of the post station, the cold wind made Zhang Huangyan's shoulders tremble, and he saw that the carriage had been parked outside the door, and around the carriage, several cavalrymen were surrounded by them, although they had a layer of snow on their bodies, they were still sitting on their horses without moving.

Along the way, what is the biggest touch to Zhang Huangyan?

I'm afraid it's these loyal soldiers, not to mention anything else, it's these cavalry escorts along the way, no matter how biting the cold wind outside, they will always dutifully guard the carriage, and they look even more ignorant of the biting cold wind.

Like an iron man!

No, not iron man, but iron discipline. Thinking of Zhu Mingzhong's description once upon a time, Zhang Huangyan nodded silently. If this man was a soldier under his command, maybe he would have walked over and said to him, "Brother has worked hard", but this is a loyal army, and he can't go beyond it.

In fact, for a long time, Zhang Huangyan has admired the most famous place, and I am afraid that it is the best at military training, compared to military training. In his eyes, there are some deficiencies in his governance.

When he sighed at the well-trained soldiers of the loyal and righteous army, Zhang Huangyan got into the carriage, which had a heater in the carriage and a thick warm carriage, so that the carriage could not feel the cold outside the carriage at all, and the carriage left the post station under the escort of the cavalry.

About an hour later, the convoy entered the city of Shenyang, and looked at the appearance of the city, and saw that many places in the city were still empty, and even if there were some houses, it could be seen at a glance that they had just been built.

It was only at this time that Zhang Huangyan really believed that what the newspaper said about "razing Shenyang to the ground" was not a lie, and the convoy that walked through the streets and alleys for a while, and the carriage stopped, and then a soldier with the car said softly through the door.

"Zhang Shangshu, the king is here."

After about three breaths, the car door opened from the outside, and Zhang Huangyan bent down and was just about to get out of the car door, when he saw a large number of people pressed by the black pressure in front of the tall door. As soon as he stepped out of the car door with his front feet, he heard a loud but calm voice next to him.

"Zhang Shangshu, I have worked hard all the way, this clan is waiting for Zhang Shangshu to come to Shenyang!"

It was Zhu Mingzhong who was next to the car, and he was really surprised to learn that Zhang Huangyan came to Shenyang to visit, he didn't expect Zhang Huangyan to come to Shenyang, but he thought that he had been included in the court, and then he was relieved, perhaps, he was going to come to the door to explain one or two.

Although Zhu Mingzhong was quite dissatisfied with Zhang Huangfang's letter, in order to show that he was not dissatisfied, Zhu Mingzhong deliberately welcomed him with an extremely formal and grand scene.

He was followed by the officials of the Huai Palace, large and small, as well as the senior military attachés of the Loyal and Righteous Army now in Shenyang. They were all wearing a big dress, while Zhu Mingzhong was wearing a black vassal robe, smiling, and all of them looked radiant. The civil and military officials behind him were also in good spirits. Especially those military attachés, all wearing military uniforms and swords at their waists, standing tall and tall in the rear, and their heroic spirit is fully revealed.

Seeing the civil and military officials behind Zhu Mingzhong, and then looking at his young face, Zhang Huangyan sighed in his heart.

"Zhang is far from being such a person! Daming's hope may be in him. ”

At the same time, he also made up his mind in his heart, he knew that Da Ming's hope was in this person, and in the same way, this person might also take away Da Ming's hope.

Zhang Huangyan took a deep breath and said to Zhu Mingzhong with a smile.

"King, you are too polite, and your officials can treat you like this!"

He may be a scholar, but Zhu Mingzhong is a vassal king, and the identities of the two are naturally superior.

Zhu Mingzhong bowed in front of him and returned the salute.

"Sima is polite, Sima can come to Shenyang today, it is really the luck of the king, but also the luck of the whole city of Shenyang, if it is not because most of the people in this Shenyang city are now soldiers, I am afraid, there will be people to meet Sima, in order to see the style of the division."

Zhang Huangyan laughed.

"If so, it is the sin of the lower officials!"

After that, at the invitation of Zhu Mingzhong, the two walked towards the gate together, but although it seemed to be one, Zhang Huangyan still took the initiative to give up half a step to let Zhu Mingzhong walk in front. He has always adhered to the courtesy of the monarch and the ministers, Zhu Mingzhong is the vassal king, and he must abide by the etiquette of the upper and lower levels.

After a short rest, Zhu Mingzhong invited Zhang Huangyan to sit down and wash his dust. Because it was already past dinner, Zhang Huangyan had already eaten when he was on the road, so he said.

"When Fang was at the post station, Xia Guan had already eaten, so he didn't have to eat lunch anymore."

Although he knew that he had already eaten in the post station, Zhu Mingzhong still insisted.

"In order to be able to wash the dust for Sima, today's lunch has been postponed for three hours, presumably the ministers in the palace will already be hungry, please Sima Mo excuse himself."

Hearing Zhu Mingzhong say this, Zhang Huangyan was immediately shocked.

"Why should it be! Everyone is hungry for Xiaguan, how can this make Xiaguan feel at ease?"

Zhang Huangyan really didn't expect that Zhu Mingzhong would greet him with such pomp, which made his heart more and more uncomfortable. Accompanied by Zhu Mingzhong, Zhang Huangyan and his party came to the flower hall where he was walking. Although it is a cold day outside, it is warm as spring here, and a variety of mountain delicacies unique to the Northeast are listed on more than a dozen round tables, and the tempting aroma fills the entire flower hall and wafts into everyone's nose.

After everyone sat down, Zhu Mingzhong took the lead, and then the governor of the Northeast, Fang Yizhi, and then Qian Lei and others toasted Zhang Huangyan in turn, and they picked the best words one by one, and constantly complimented them, looking directly at Zhang Huangyan as the current Zhang Chen Fangdu, whether it was Zhang Liang, Chen Ping, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, these high hats were rarely worn by Zhang Huangyan, and now he was even a little fluttering when wearing a high hat, and in addition to fluttering, he also felt a kind of alienation.

Ay......

It seems that some things can't be overcome!

With a long sigh in his heart, Zhang Huangfang was afraid that he would lose his temper after drinking, so he licked it slightly every time he toasted. Zhu Mingzhong and Fang Yizhi sat on both sides of him, and for those unique mountain delicacies and beautiful leaves in the Kanto region, Zhang Huangyan just picked a light taste.

In order to mend the rift between the two, Zhang Huangyan talked to Zhu Mingzhong as much as possible this time, in anticipation of repairing the relationship between the two.

"King, now that the court will return to the court in a few days, when will you enter Beijing?"

As soon as Zhang Huangyan's words fell, Zhu Mingzhong's heart immediately became vigilant, could this be his intention?

"Don't hide it, this domain has already handed over an excerpt to the emperor, asking for this domain to be kept in Liaodong."

Zhu Mingzhong put down his chopsticks and straightened his waist, his demeanor was extremely serious.

"You don't want to enter Beijing?"

Zhang Huangyan looked at Zhu Mingzhong and asked.

"It's not that I don't want to. But because this northeast is related to my Ming dynasty's national fortunes, and according to the ancestral system, foreign vassals are not allowed to enter the court, if this domain can stabilize the northeast and pacify the grassland, in this way, the people of the world can live in peace for hundreds of years, and this domain is also full of wishes. ”

"My lord, the lower official advises you."

Zhang Huangyan put down the chopsticks in his hand, looked at Zhu Mingzhong and said.

"Now that the country is initially decided, it is the time to employ people, the court relies on you a lot, and the king's talent in governing is not comparable to others, as for the ancestral system, this is not the past, how can you blindly use the ancestral system to system. The center commands the world, and if you do a good job, your contribution to the country will be far better than that of the locality. ”

Now Zhu Mingzhong, who has basically seen through Zhang Huang's words, has a helpless wry smile in his heart.

Does he really not understand, or does he pretend not to know?

At this time, what else is there to talk about "the center commands the world"!

If he abandons the domain and enters the cabinet and enters the center, it is tantamount to throwing himself into a net. When the time comes, Zhu Youlang will still kill if he wants to. Didn't he let his false name get carried away, and he didn't even see this?

Thinking of this, Zhu Mingzhong decided to test it.

"Cangshui, you were transferred from Nanchang to Jingshi, it can be said that you are expected by the people and returned to the government and the opposition. After entering the cabinet, of course, he commanded the world with the center, and his contribution to the country was far greater than that of Jiangxi Province. This domain can't be compared with you, not to mention anything else, if this domain enters Beijing, I'm afraid it's better to be at ease in the northeast. ”

Zhu Mingzhong deliberately accentuated the word "comfortable", which was actually to remind Zhang Huangyan that he was safer in the Northeast. There's no need to wade through other muddy waters.

Zhang Huangyan didn't hear the meaning of his words.

"The king usually does things, he has always dared to take responsibility, and he is quite confident, why is he afraid once he asks you to enter the pivotal wall? Now that the country is in an eventful time, it is the time for my generation to share worries and work for the country. I think that at the beginning, if it wasn't for the king's efforts to turn the tide and fall into the general, how could there be today's Ming Zhongxing? The king is a loyal minister at the time of salvation, and he can be the same as the Ming Dynasty in the future, why can't he take state affairs as the priority and his own family as the light today. Fortunately, you and I entered the cabinet together, and we can discuss things together! ”

State affairs are important, and one's own family is light!

What a word!

Are you telling me that I must put national affairs first, take myself lightly, do my duty for national affairs, and be loyal to him Zhu Youlang, even if he wants to kill me, you have to give him his head?

Zhu Mingzhong doesn't believe in this kind of language, he can spare his life for the world, but that is for the Han people in the world not to be slaves of foreign races, not for him Zhu Youlang alone, and it is impossible to put his life on the line for the so-called "loyalty to the king".

Someone else might do it, but he would never do it.

Looking at Zhang Huangyan, for some reason, Zhu Mingzhong was not angry, but a feeling of pity arose: Zhang Cangshui, Zhang Cangshui, there are still a few people in the four seas who think like you today, even in the imperial court, how many people have such thoughts like you?

However, Zhu Mingzhong also saw from these two sentences that Zhang Huangyan was a person. He was a very stocky man. Zhang Huangyan can be like this, he must be a person who is both roundabout and practical. When dealing with this kind of person, you don't have to worry about him being double-faced and framed. After entering the cabinet in the future, he will have to rely on him to block the wind and rain for himself.

At least, when Zhu Youlang wanted to kill Gu's head, someone stood up and said a few words. But what's the point of someone speaking for themselves? When Zhao Gou wanted to kill Yue Fei, didn't someone avenge him? What has changed?

Taking a deep breath, Zhu Mingzhong looked at Zhang Huangyan and shook his head.

"Although it is the intention of this domain to be loyal to the affairs of the country, there are a few mortals who are willing to enter the Storm Pavilion!"