At the end of the autumn of the fifth year of Longqing, Guangdong sent three copies of the report to the imperial court within two months, causing an uproar in the government and the opposition.

At the beginning of the report, Bai Yuanjie, the commander of the Nanyang Guard, intercepted the Atlantic Yi entrenched in Luzon under his command with the intention of attacking the Ming Dynasty, and the original letter was sent to the imperial court. The second assistant Yin Shidan sent a letter to the Siyi Pavilion for translation, and the Fan Yi of the Siyi Pavilion did not understand the Western language, so he gave up.

The second report came from Yin Zhengmao, the governor of Liangguang, and it was just an ordinary war statement. The letter said that in the waters south of the chicken coop, when Nanyangwei and the Guangdong Navy were jointly inspecting the sea with the old fortune-making boats, they were ambushed by the Japanese invaders, and the two sides were in a stalemate and pursued each other for two days, and finally the officers and troops won but lost a lot of ships.

No one takes this report seriously, Shoufu Gao Gong has ordered the ship to be rectified, and the new ships can be armed with sailors in a year and a half, and the name of the navy is changed to the meaning of Zhenshuo General Chen Mu.

This ship was obtained from Zeng Yiyi when General Zhenshuo was in charge of the South Seas!

But the third report is different.

Yin Zhengmao, also from the governor of Liangguang, reprimanded the Beijing officials for neglecting their administration, impeached the officials in charge, and asked him why the Fanyi letter sent to the imperial court by Liangguang was not translated and did not ask, and played the overseas barbarian fleet to attack Haojing, but was repelled by the fort, wandering between the Shangchuan and Xiachuan islands, he was reorganizing the generals and wanted to fight a big battle with Fanyi!

At this time, the imperial court paid attention to the affairs of Guangdong, dismissed a few small officials of the Siyi Pavilion, and instructed the rest to translate quickly, only to get the answer that they did not understand the Atlantic Yifan, and finally the emperor selected people from the Jinyi guards who had been to Luzon, but no one had the ability to read and write.

Turning over and over, they can only think of one person in the north.

Xuanfu.

In the front yard of the Zhenshuo General's Mansion, Chen Mu wore a round collar and a large group of lions scarlet and wore a scarlet head, and took the governor Wu Dui to visit the vegetable field. In the green and oily ground, Chen Ye was red with a smile on the corner of his mouth, flipped through the notes in his hand, raised his head and said to Wu Dui: "My righteous son said that it won't grow long when it's cold, saying that it will be half a year long, and there should be ten days left after calculating the days, but since it is not long, let's dig it out." ”

When the words fell, Chen Mu didn't move, and Wu Dui didn't move. Long Junxiong, who was standing on the side, looked left and right, pursed his lips and lowered his head to dig the soil, and after a while, he picked up two bunches of sweet potatoes.

Stained with soil, very big, Chen Mu carried the branches and vines for Wu Dui to see, and said with a smile: "It's really not small, it's not easy for this thing to cross the ocean, Xiyi will check the cargo and search the person when he leaves the port, Dan'er in order to bring it, the vines are bundled in the hemp rope and stained with soil before they are brought back from Luzon, the yield is ten times that of rice and wheat, and this branch can be planted when it warms up next spring." ”

"This acre of land, Governor Wu will take it, and next spring, the more land outside the Great Wall will be planted within the range of the Great Wall's artillery. Zhangjiakou will be planted in the year after tomorrow, and the Great Wall will be filled up in the year after tomorrow! ”

Wu Dui's eyes were very surprised, who would have thought that Chen Mu vigorously asked the governor Wang Chonggu to agree with me to demarcate the realm for the purpose of farming, but before he could reply, Long Junxiong pointed to the rider who was planning on the official road not far away and said, "Governor, general, a horse is coming." ”

"Where is General Zhenshuo, there is a letter in the palace, come and receive the order!"

The rider turned over and dismounted in front of the gate of General Zhenshuo's mansion, and gave the order without taking a breath. The person who came was not very old, and he was not small, holding the holy decree in his hand, and his sharp voice made the patrol sergeant in front of the general's mansion bow down.

Chen Mu and Wu Dui glanced at each other in the vegetable field, it was the eunuch who came and took the holy decree, and the matter was not trivial.

"Your Majesty General Xuanchen will enter Beijing, and quickly bring those who are proficient in the overseas Fanyi language and can be translated into Beijing to face the saint!"

It was not the court documents that came, it was the emperor who privately summoned him to Beijing, and Chen Mu accepted the will without hesitation. He knew the previous two handicaps sent from Guangdong, and it was needless to say why the emperor asked him to bring an interpreter to Beijing at this moment.

The little eunuch who sent someone to settle down to convey the news summoned Zhao Shizhen, handed him a note, and said: "Chang Ji, you copy the method of planting sweet potatoes to Governor Wu, and send someone to find Guan Zunban from the Ordnance Bureau." ”

"What is this?"

Wu Dui didn't understand what Chen Mu meant, and listened to this arrangement, as if Chen Mu wouldn't stay in Xuanfu for too long.

"I said it earlier, let's not strike first." Chen Mu shrugged his shoulders and chuckled at Wu Dui, and said, "Sooner or later, someone will come to the door!" ”

It is certain to knock on the door, and who knocks on whose door is a problem.

After explaining all the matters, Chen Mu took a few people with him, and ran all the way to the Beijing Division, but he didn't have time to go back to the mansion to change his official robe.

Walking to the Xihua Gate, the internal officials brought Chen Mu and the translator into the palace under the palace gate, and naturally Chen Shuai was indispensable to carry the messy utensils, and they went to no other place, but the Wenyuan Pavilion of the Royal Library.

In Chen Mu's heart, there is another name for this place - Cabinet Office.

In the palace of the palace, there is a library building in the east of Wenyuan Pavilion, and there are three small rooms in the west of the hard mountain without a positive ridge, Gao Gong waved his hand and said: "The letters are all over there, let them translate, Chen Shuai will follow me into the cabinet, and Your Majesty will arrive in a while." ”

At the head of Chen Mu, there was a holy edict hanging in front of the cabinet: confidential land, all officials and miscellaneous people, etc., are not allowed to trespass, and violators will not be punished.

Although the arrangement was urgent, Gao Gong didn't look anxious, and after entering the cabinet, there was no one left and right, so he said to Chen Mu: "What you said has come true." ”

Chen Mu asked knowingly, "What is the elder talking about?" ”

"What else can it be, Xiyi invaded Guangdong, Your Majesty summoned you to ask about the military affairs in Guangdong, Wu Shilang is not here, and no one in the court knows better than you." Gao Gong said and nodded, raised his palm to stop Chen Mu, who continued to walk forward, and said, "But the old man doesn't care about this...... You are talking about the Southern Expedition. ”

Expedition to the South!

When Chen Mu heard these two words, he immediately listened solemnly, and saw Gao Gong ask softly: "If the imperial court really orders Chen Shuai to march south, this is definitely not a battle for the country, so Chen Shuai needs to explain that tens of thousands of troops need to be recruited, hundreds of ships need to be built, and silver and grain are moved." What are the odds of winning? ”

Old Man Gao is a cautious eye, not only in his appointment of officials or temperament, but also in his strong vindictive mentality when the country he governs is invaded.

Chen Mu understood what Gao Ge Lao meant, and the key was to make him understand that this was not the meaning of the battle of the country.

The imperial court finally negotiated peace with the northern captives, and no one wanted to be dragged into another quagmire.

Chen Mu patted the cylinder hanging on his back, and the backpack, and smiled at Gao Gong: "Don't worry, if you talk about the matter of overseas Xiyi, there are some preparations in the future, and the council will make it clear one by one, and the problem of the elder will be solved, this is definitely not a battle for the country." ”

At this moment, there was a procession of footsteps outside Wenyuan Pavilion, and the eunuch sang: "Your Majesty has arrived!" ”

The cabinet of people came out of the middle road to salute, Emperor Longqing walked in vain, looked left and right to find Chen Mu, his eyebrows were slightly soothed, and said: "Chen Qing is here, quickly follow me into the pavilion, where is this Shangchuan Island!" ”