Guangzhou, the establishment of the embassy of the Yamen.

Zhao Qianru was sitting behind the public case and looking at the official documents from all over the country, Lin Yinzi and Lin Yanhong sisters were also helping on the side, when Yang Yan was not in Guangzhou, all affairs were handled by her instead of Yang Yan. Gu Xueping sat at the door of the house, teasing the tiger.

At this time, Yue Shan came in from outside the door and said, "Princess, Miss Meng is waiting outside to see the princess." ”

Zhao Qianru put down the pen in her hand and said, "You go and invite her in." ”

Not long after, Meng Lanjun followed Yue Shan into the house, and when she saw Zhao Qianru, Meng Lanjun immediately knelt on the ground and said: "Thank you princess for your success, I killed Cheng Yuanzhou with the scriptures, and avenged the whole family. said, and kowtowed to Zhao Qianru again and again.

Zhao Qianru hurriedly got up and helped her up and said: "Miss Meng doesn't have to be like this, it is still the court's negligence, so that people like Cheng Yuanzhou have the air to occupy the camp and harm the place." The horse is the envoy of Guangdong, and it is also his duty to do so. However, the last time Meng proposed to Miss Meng, did Hou Shu mention it again? ”

Meng Junlan stood up and said, "I was about to tell the princess, and then Meng Heng mentioned it twice, but I put it off for the time being, but a few of my leaders were probably bought by Meng Heng, and now they are trying to persuade me to agree." ”

Zhao Qianru nodded and said, "So that's the case?" Then he was silent.

Meng Junlan said with some distress: "I don't hide it from the princess, since my brother died, although I took his place, some old brothers are not convinced by me, plus we were originally separated from Meng Heng, so now some old brothers still want to go back, so I am also very embarrassed now." \\ Now every time I come out to see the princess, I have to avoid these old brothers, but Mr. Lu and their father and daughter are my most trusted people, and I can ask them to pass on any news. ”

Zhao Qianru smiled slightly: "Then Miss Meng might as well agree to Meng Heng's proposal after she goes back." ”

Meng Junlan was stunned and looked at Zhao Qianru a little stunned. Zhao Qianru smiled slyly and said: "I just asked you to agree to Meng Heng's proposal first, it will take a few months from agreeing to the marriage to getting married, and these months are naturally enough." As long as Miss Meng agrees to the marriage, those old brothers of yours will no longer embarrass you, and Meng Heng will not think about dealing with you, but will help you a little, right? ”

Meng Lanjun suddenly realized and said, "I understand, thank you princess for mentioning the wine." ”

Zhao Qianru nodded and said, "Then be it, tell us as soon as possible." ”

Meng Lanjun saluted Zhao Qianru again and retreated.

Not long after Meng Lanjun left, Lai Wenzheng came to see Zhao Qianru, since Yang Yan conquered Hainan, he also brought Lai Wenzheng to Guangzhou, and now he is also a member of the staff of the Ministry of Preparation, Yang Yan went to Dali, left Lai Wenzheng in Guangzhou, and helped Zhao Qianru deal with the matter of dealing with pirates.

Zhao Qianru said: "Mr. Lai, is there any news about the fleet under the control of Zheng Li?" After more than 20 days, why hasn't the fleet under the command of Li come back yet, and if their fleet doesn't come back, the next step cannot be arranged. ”

Lai Wenzheng said: "Princess, I came to see the princess precisely for this matter, now that the fleet under the control of Li has not returned, the princess can send a letter to Meng Heng in the name of the concubine, persuading him to return to the imperial court, and can promise to Meng Heng high-ranking officials in the letter, many benefits." ”

Zhao Qianru was slightly stunned and said, "Write a letter? ”

Lai Wenzheng said: "Yes, and it should be sent to Meng Heng's business name solemnly, and let them forward it to Meng Heng." ”

Zhao Qianru immediately understood, in fact, it didn't matter what the content of the letter Lai Wenzheng was talking about, because Meng Heng had been a thief for 20 years, and he was also an old traitor, and he would never make the decision to return to the Great Song Dynasty because of this letter, on the contrary, the higher the official Geng promised Meng Heng in the letter, the more favorable the conditions, the more Meng Heng's suspicions would be aroused, and whether this was a trap for him deliberately. And Guan Jian is in the form of sending a letter, what will Xu Hai think if he knows that the government intends to recruit An Meng Heng and promise him very generous conditions. Xu Hai will think that this is a trap, or is it really possible for Meng Heng to accept the government's recruitment.

Zhao Qianru knew that although the three pirates had lived in Guangnan for many years, their strength was still much worse than that of Manichaeism, and they were never able to fight head-on with the power of the government. In fact, if you just want to pacify the pirates, the difficulty is not greater than that of pacifying Manichaeism, but if you want to pacify the pirates at the same time, but also to maintain the stability of Guangzhou, it is not an easy thing, just rely on force to conquer it is absolutely not possible, you must take advantage of the contradictions between the three pirates, provoke their infighting, wait until they consume each other to a certain extent, and then profit from it.

It's just how to provoke their infighting, for the time being, Zhao Qianru has no good way. And this proposition put forward by Lai Wenzheng is a way to pick out the intensification of the contradiction between Meng Heng and Xu Hai, whether it succeeds or not, it can be tried. Even if it doesn't have any effect, to the government, it's just a letter, and there is no loss.

Therefore, Zhao Qianru nodded and said, "Mr. Lai, then I will bother you to phrase this letter, and give it to me after it is written." ”

Lai Wenzheng nodded and said: Retreat.

At this time, Yue Ke came in from outside and said, "Princess, the fleet under the command of Li has returned, and in three or five days, the fleet will arrive ashore." ”

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The sound of the gong of "sonorous, sonorous, sonorous, sonorous......" lifted the people, flashed to both sides, made way for the officials and soldiers, and attracted countless passers-by to watch and discuss.

This group of Song troops stopped in front of the shop of Meng Ji Firm. The guys and shopkeepers in the business were nervous for a while. Although almost all the people in Guangzhou know that Meng Ji is a branch of Meng Heng, one of the three major seas in the South China Sea, the "Forbidden Sea Yama" Meng Heng is located in Guangzhou, but the people in the government have always avoided direct contact with them, and the shopkeeper and associates of Meng Ji are usually very low-key and never provoke the government, and the two sides have always maintained such a tacit understanding.

Not long ago, Cheng Yuanzhou, a Zhizhou who had a good relationship with Meng Heng, was dismissed and investigated, and the people in the business were a little nervous.