Xie Qian did not directly express his opinion in front of Zhang Mao to let Chen Xi come back, but he obviously had already had this idea and was ready to put it into practice.

At this time, Zhu Houzhao had no intention of leaving in Xuzhou City. After hiding for three days, she started to go out for fun. However, her temperament suddenly became perverted. She took a large number of guards across the market like a villain, and even led people straight into the gentry's house. Although she did not directly rob women or move things, her actions made the well-known figures in the local area miserable.

Because the emperor's identity was not revealed, many families of aristocratic families rose up to resist, but because the number of servants could not compete with the guards led by Zhu Houzhao, Zhu Houzhao led people into the house during several conflicts, so he went to the government to file a complaint. Unfortunately, officials knew that it was the emperor's actions, so they could only turn a blind eye and ignore it.

In this matter, Tang Yin, Su Tong and Zheng Qian, who were thrown aside by the emperor, had no choice but to do anything. Although they were willing to dissuade them, they didn't know where to start, because Zhang Yuan, the chief of the Sili Supervisor, had been fueling the fire.

Zhang Yuan knew that the emperor was in a bad mood now, and the previous arrangements for the welcome of the local government were not in line with Zhu Houzhao's wishes, so he came up with an idea to let Zhu Houzhao play the role of the "evil young man" and live a bad habit, and intentionally make things difficult for local officials and gentry.

In the early years, Zhu Houzhao had done the act of forcing the girl in the capital. Although times have changed, he was familiar with doing such things and did not feel any excessive at all.

Zhu Houzhao played for two days and did not do anything out of the ordinary, but asked Xuzhou officials and gentry to guard against thieves to strengthen access control as long as they had a little bit of assets. The doors were closed in broad daylight, trying their best to strengthen the guards and send slaves to the streets to inquire about the news. Once they heard that someone was leading someone to the market, they would prepare early and hide the valuable things and women at home.

On the third morning, Zhu Houzhao came out and did not enter the door of any family, and was a little bored.

At noon, he was having dinner at a restaurant. Zhang Yuan came to report to Zhu Houzhao, not to court, but to tell Zhu Houzhao who were under alert in the city.

Zhu Houzhao said: "You said that after I made such a fuss in the past two days, everyone in Xuzhou should be in danger, right?"

Zhang Yuan was stunned by Zhu Houzhao's words. He didn't expect that Zhu Houzhao would have such "self-knowledge". He quickly said: "Your Majesty understands the people's sentiments, goes deep into the people's homes, and enjoys the people. Why do they want everyone to be in danger?"

Zhu Houzhao narrowed her eyes and looked deep: "Didn't you ask me knowingly? Are I understanding the people's sentiments? It's not like you who flattered me like this... I just wanted to create something in the city and have some fun... I'm really bored..."

Zhang Yuan didn't know how to answer Zhu Houzhao for a moment, for fear that the emperor would blame him for saying the wrong thing.

It turned out that the emperor knew that what he did was not a good deed, so it was not so easy to continue fooling him.

Zhu Houzhao said again: "I won't go to those families in the afternoon, but instead go to the government to visit... Well, I went to the prefecture government office to beat drums and complained about the injustice, saying that there were thieves in the city these two days."

Zhang Yuan widened his eyes and said, "Your Majesty, what is this... what happened?"

Zhu Houzhao smiled and said, "Just treat it as a thief and call it to catch it! I am not a thief, it's just for fun... Don't these officials in the city like to arrange for me? I will let them suffer a little. See wherever I go in the future, who dares to do whatever local officials dare to do whatever they want... If they don't let me live a good life, I will not let them calm down."

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Zhu Houzhao did what he said. After lunch, he went to the yamen to report the case. The person who reported it was actually himself. This kind of thing was unheard of by local officials in Xuzhou.

The magistrate of Xuzhou was afraid of meeting Zhu Houzhao, so he simply claimed that he was sick and sent a tutor to meet him. On the surface, he pretended not to know each other. When facing the emperor's complaints of avenging the emperor, he looked like he attached importance to it. After all, it was involved in the political achievements of officials, so he did not dare to be careless at all.

Zhu Houzhao did not forcefully say that he must see the governor. He was proud and first regarded himself as the victim, and then criticized his actions two days ago. Then he shouted loudly: "You told Liu Zhizhou that if the case was not solved earlier and the suspect would be captured in one net, the city would never be able to live a peaceful life, and the people would not live well. Even if you officials were inaction... Look, in such a short time, the market would be much more desolate and the people's livelihood would not be easy!"

“Yes, yes!”

The Tongzhi of Xuzhou was named He, a Jinshi in the sixth year of Hongzhi. Chen Xi passed the Jinshi twelve years later, but his official positions were very different. At this time, He Tongzhi basically did not dare to do anything except bowing there.

Seeing that the other party did not respond, Zhang Yuan said in a sarcastic tone: "Have you heard what my son said? If you want to guard the emperor, you need to understand that people's livelihood is not easy. Remember to send more yamen to patrol the streets. If you encounter trouble, you will arrest everyone, but don't arrest the wrong person... My son takes people to the streets not to cause trouble, but to maintain order in the city."

"I know! I know!" He Tongzhi replied step by step, his head lower and lower, and his forehead was almost opposite to his knees. This situation made Zhu Houzhao feel restless and waved his hand and said, "But I don't know if this Xuzhou place is doing the right thing. Go back and see the situation... I'm leaving!"

After saying that, Zhu Houzhao led a group of people out of the prefecture yard, scaring dozens of officials from the top and bottom inside to the end.

After Zhu Houzhao left, He Tongzhi hurried in to find his magistrate to discuss countermeasures.

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Zhu Houzhao was messing around, Tang Yin, Su Tong and others saw it, and were anxious.

What purpose Zhu Houzhao was going to achieve, even Tang Yin, who had always claimed to be resourceful, couldn't understand. In desperation, he could only write a letter to Chen Xi to tell him about the situation here.

Originally, Tang Yin wanted to keep a distance from Chen Xi, but after Zhang Yong and Xiao Tuozi showed kindness to him one after another and expressed the intention of forming an alliance, Tang Yin finally realized that his status was not about how much favored the king, but about the fact that his backer was Chen Xi.

If the emperor had any special circumstances but did not say hello to Chen Xi, it would be like he would break his own way.

Tang Yin was still busy writing letters, and Su Tong had sent someone to send the letter to Xincheng.

However, both of them knew that even if Chen Xi saw the letter and replied in time, it would take as long as five or six days for the message to be repeated. It is hard to say what happened in the middle, and we must respond first.

Su Tong had no idea and could only come to ask Tang Yin for advice.

Although Tang Yin did not understand the emperor's intention, he showed a posture of mastering everything in front of Su Tong.

Tang Yin said: "Your Majesty's move seems nonsense, but it also has deep meaning. You should not ask more questions... If Your Majesty has given instructions, please do as you wish."

Su Tong was confused when he heard this and said, "How is Mr. Tang going to deal with it? Did Your Majesty explain to you?"

Tang Yin shook his head and said, "Your Majesty has been traveling by himself these days and has never asked me to accompany you. However, this situation should not last for a few days, and there will be a result later... You should go back earlier."

Seeing that Tang Yin showed indifference to keeping others thousands of miles away, Su Tong could only say goodbye in a hurry.

Tang Yin was full of doubts and couldn't understand what Zhu Houzhao had to do. At present, there were indeed a lot of chaos in Xuzhou City. As a "staffman" in front of the emperor, Tang Yin was powerless and embarrassed.

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Originally, Tang Yin thought that the news would take at least two or three days to reach Chen Xi's ears.

But in fact, the next day when Zhu Houzhao led people to cause trouble in Xuzhou City, Chen Xi already knew the cause and effect of the matter... This is due to the improvement of the intelligence system under Chen Xi. If the Fei Ge delivers a letter, it takes only two or three pigeon relays to complete the information transmission within a thousand miles.

When Yunliu informed Chen Xi about this, she was very anxious. After all, Chen Xi had expressed concern about the emperor's nonsense before, and was afraid of any accidents on Zhu Houzhao's way back to Beijing... Yunliu, like Tang Yin, could not understand the emperor's intentions.

Chen Xi thought something big was going on at first, but he realized that Zhu Houzhao was not as interested in fishing as in history. He went to the big river to raft the net alone, so he let go of his worries and waved his hand indifferently: "Your Majesty has been somewhat focused in the past two years. Although he has trespassed into a house, he has never heard of him as abducting his daughter and taking away other people's wealth, which means that he still has a bottom line in his actions."

Yun Liu said anxiously: "But sir, Your Majesty has entered and exited several families in a day. I heard that he was hitting people and smashing things, which made the people of Xuzhou dare not speak out."

Chen Xidao: "He wants to force himself to enter the civilian households, and when he encounters obstacles, he will naturally have conflicts. In addition, the guards around him are all martial arts masters recruited from the world, so he will definitely beat those guards in the courtyard... In fact, if he reveals his identity, wherever he can't go? Wherever he goes, he will definitely kneel down to greet him. After all, His Majesty just treats this as a fun thing, not really committing crimes..."

"Sir, how should we deal with this matter?" Yun Liu asked curiously after calming down.

Chen Xi shook his head slightly: "Your Majesty's move cannot be seen at the moment, but it seems to be related to the inappropriate way of greeting the emperor prepared by Xuzhou. Your Majesty stayed in the door a few days ago and now turned into a 'Clean Street Tiger', which is just a way for Your Majesty to intimidate local officials."

"Yunliu, in fact, you don't have to take matters too seriously. Local governments cannot sit idly by and watch. They will definitely deal with the aftermath... Don't worry, no big thing will happen."

Yun Liu said: "Your Majesty has not returned to Beijing yet, and there are too many unstable factors in the court. If Your Majesty has been making acts that disrupt people's livelihood in Xuzhou, I am afraid that the criticism in the court will intensify..."

Chen Xi frowned and said, "What are you worried about these things? Now, except for someone who plots to rebel, no one can threaten His Majesty's stable throne. Even the Empress Dowager has no power to do this... Your Majesty is just smearing his reputation at most. How do you let me be a minister in another place do?"

Yun Liu thought about it and immediately realized that Chen Xi was beyond the reach of this fact.

That is, even if Chen Xi could do anything, he could only submit a message to advise him, but the emperor did not listen to his ministers' opinions at all. He was rebellious and he might not be too irresistible if others didn't advise him.

Chen Xi said again: "Let's talk about it in a few days... This matter should be spread to the capital within one or two days. The big guys in the capital cannot ignore it. This time I am afraid that Your Majesty will have his own ideas, and no one wants to see the final result."

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As Chen Xi said, two days after the incident, Xie Qian, the chief assistant of the cabinet in the capital, also learned about the situation.

Originally, Xie Qian was worried about whether to summon Chen Xi back to Beijing. After hearing Zhu Houzhao's turmoil in Xuzhou City, he did not have as good patience as Chen Xi, nor did he think whether the emperor had other plans. He just felt that the little emperor started to do something wrong again. He immediately wrote a memorial of persuasion and brought the ministers in the court to jointly sign, preparing to send it to Xuzhou to persuade the emperor directly.

But at the critical moment, Xie Qian's actions were stopped by Empress Dowager Zhang.

The person sent by Empress Dowager Zhang was Gao Feng.

Although Gao Feng has nominally resigned as eunuch of Silijian, he is the only one who stays in Silijian at the moment. Before one of Zhang Yong, Li Xing or Xiao Taozi returns to take over his position, he has to stay at his post for the time being.

Gao Feng came to Xie Qian's courtyard anxiously. The first sentence he met was: "Gei Master Xie, you must pretend that you have never heard of anything happening in Xuzhou... This is the order of the Empress Dowager."

Xie Qian didn't understand why Empress Dowager Zhang learned about this, and he didn't understand that Empress Dowager Zhang specially sent Gao Feng to persuade him not to report the report.

Although Xie Qian felt that the problem was not simple, he did not dare to ask in person... When Gao Feng was about to withdraw from the court, Xie Qian became more and more cautious about the elderly and experienced eunuchs in the palace.

Gao Feng said: "The Empress Dowager told the two marquises, Marquis of Shouning and Marquis of Jianchang, to go to Xuzhou to welcome the sage, and try not to let His Majesty stay outside for too long. Master Xie Ge just needs to manage the government affairs well."

Xie Qian frowned when he heard this and thought to himself: "The Zhang brothers have not been restored to their title yet... Why is the Empress Dowager's move?"

Gao Feng did not explain too much to Xie Qian and said hurriedly: "Our family has to go to see two marquises, so we won't disturb Mr. Xie... Mr. Xie, please be busy first. Our family will leave."

Xie Qian had a lot to ask, but at this time he seemed very cautious. After giving the gift, he sent Gao Feng out without a single word.

After Gao Feng left, Xie Qian immediately said to his entourage: "Go to the Ministry of Revenue and call Yang Yingning... I will go out to do something and will be back soon."

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Yang Yiqing had no idea what happened. After coming to Xie Qian's courtyard, he was still thinking about submitting a memorial to advise the emperor.

After about an hour, Xie Qian came back in great pain, and Yang Yiqing hurriedly stepped forward to see him.

Xie Qian raised his hand and signaled Yang Yiqing to sit down, then said, "I will give up the matter of the previous joint report."

Yang Yiqing didn't feel any surprise and nodded, "According to the current situation, it is indeed difficult to make a contribution even if you report to persuade Your Majesty."

Xie Qian said: "It's not because of this. Even if it's hard to persuade, he should do his duty as a minister. But now someone has stopped this matter."

"Who?"

Yang Yiqing asked casually.

Xie Qian hesitated for a moment and pointed to the direction of the palace. Even if he didn't say it clearly, Yang Yiqing immediately understood what was going on.

The two looked at each other and tacitly understood.

Xie Qian said: "The two uncles of the Zhang family will leave for Xuzhou tomorrow and persuade His Majesty to return to Beijing... My idea is to find someone to go with you."

Yang Yiqing felt a deep heart and thought to himself: "Geor Xie asked me to come, did you ask me to go?"

Yang Yiqing didn't ask... He was a little timid. When Chen Xi was not in the capital, Xie Qian had too high voice, and Yang Yiqing was not qualified to challenge Xie Qian at all.

Xie Qian said to himself: "The Duke of England wants Yaochen to return to the capital earlier. I am going to report to Your Majesty separately, please transfer me back to the capital."

Yang Yiqing looked serious: "Her Master has decided?"

Before, Xie Qian was very resistant to Chen Xi's return to the capital, and tried every means to stop him. He even made an exception to allocate money and grain to Chen Xi, and insisted on pressing Chen Xi in the south of the Yangtze River to return. But now Xie Qian seemed to be touched by something, and actually offered to transfer Chen Xi to the capital. Is this different from the sun rising from the west?

Due to the serious consequences and the situation in the future in the court, Yang Yiqing had to ask clearly.

Xie Qian sighed: "I originally planned to let Zhihou continue to stay in Jiangnan, which will be of great help to stabilize Jiangnan and the DPRK. However, His Majesty took the Li Lijian on his way back to Beijing. After returning to Beijing, there will definitely be a large-scale personnel change in the DPRK. I know that the old man cannot argue with His Majesty, so I had to let Zhihou come back soon."

Yang Yiqing thought to himself: "I thought Mr. Xie had this bad plan because the relative of Zhang's family interfered in His Majesty's affairs, but he never thought it was related to His Majesty's replacement of Eunuch Gao."
Chapter completed!