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Chapter 404: The First Year of Hongzhi
In the first month of the 23rd year of Shenghua, the Great Court Meeting.

The Eunuch Huai En, who was in charge of the official seal, officially announced the new emperor Jianyuan Hongzhi in front of the officials, and the era of Shenghua finally became the history of the book at this moment, and everyone's memories.

Hongzhi's reign name will surely spread throughout the north and south of the river in a short time.

The vassal states that got the news in advance have already sent their respective missions. It is expected that at another court meeting on the [-]th of the first month, the envoys of various countries will present their respective congratulatory gifts to the new emperor.At that time, Mengguo will once again show its supreme majesty as the kingdom of heaven!
But Emperor Hongzhi was not very concerned about these matters of face, because he was waiting for his teacher, Liu Jian, Xie Qian, and Li Dongyang, who had entered the cabinet and became cabinet ministers, to write a letter and ask for it. As for what he said...

"Your Majesty has something to tell me!"

Here we go, play according to the script!

Emperor Hongzhi, who was 17 years old, pretended to ask Liu, Xie, and Li, "What is the important thing for the three teachers?"

"Your Majesty, Mencius said: The most important thing for a filial son is to respect relatives. The reality of benevolence is to serve relatives..."

I saw Liu, Xie, and Li cooperating seamlessly, and you uttered a piece of grand text promoting filial piety eloquently and neatly.At first, the other ministers thought that the three of them were going to let Emperor Hongzhi continue to be courteous, benevolent and filial, but they didn't know that the three of them stopped talking, and began to count in detail that Shenghua was still hiding in the Nei'an Letang back then. , the difficult past of his mother Concubine Ji Shu.

And the thoughts of Emperor Hongzhi were also brought into the memory of a long time ago by the three teachers, and then the ministers saw that Emperor Shenghua laughed from the beginning with tears, and then wept loudly.At the end of the crying, he even fainted for a while, but fortunately, the Empress Dowager, who had watched Hongzhi grow up, came forward and stopped the emperor from crying.

"Wynn!"

Neixiang respectfully bowed to the Empress Dowager, and replied: "The servant is here."

"According to Ai's family, shouldn't we also bring back the emperor's biological mother?"

The three of Liu, Xie and Li saw that the queen mother had already appeared on the stage to show off her acting skills. Naturally, the three of them could not lag behind, so the three of them immediately knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, please issue an imperial decree to welcome the imperial concubine Ji Shu back to the court!"

The other adults still looked dumbfounded!what happened?what's the situation?Shouldn't the emperor's biological mother have died in the fire ten years ago?Why did you suddenly welcome back to court?
However, now that they can no longer think about it so much, the ministers who are still in a state of confusion can only choose to kneel down and pray together with the three old foxes who have not communicated with them at all before: "I beg your Majesty to issue an imperial decree." Congratulations to Empress Dowager Ji Shu for her return to court!"

When Hongzhi saw the scene, he also wiped the tears from his face, sobbed and asked Shang Ming, the admiral of the East Factory, "Dudu Shang, mother, she..."

"Return to Your Majesty!" Shang Ming walked out immediately, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, she has been living in Dongying for these years, and now she is living in Nagoya Port under the leadership of Dongying Daimyo Oda Nobunaga!"

"Did mother suffer all these years?"

Shang Dugong shook his head, and replied decisively: "Pampered and honored, I have not suffered the slightest grievance!" After answering, Shang Dugong also acted like a good boy by the way, and asked the emperor: "Your Majesty, this slave has been lying to His Majesty for so many years. die?"

"Hahaha, Dudu Shang, you really know how to joke, so what if you don't hide it from me, it's a great credit to save my mother!" After finishing speaking, Emperor Hongzhi stepped down from the dragon chair, lifted Shang Ming from the ground, and said : "Eunuch Shang, I have to trouble you again this time, please take someone to Dongying to bring back my mother!"

"Hey, my lord, what are you saying to us slaves? Your majesty can entrust such an important mission to the slaves. That is the blessing that the slaves have cultivated for three lives!"

Three days after the Great Court Meeting, the masters of Dongchang and Jinyiwei, headed by Shang Ming, embarked on a journey to Tianjinwei.But after arriving at the Tianjin Wharf, this group of people were completely regarded as fools!

It's still winter, and the Dagu section of the Haihe River is still frozen with nearly three feet of solid ice, so take a fart boat...

Therefore, the group had to turn to Jiaodong, because when they got there, the sea ice had melted, and they happened to take a boat to Dongying.

As for the official duties of the East Factory, Shang Ming had already thrown it to Cao Shaoqin—oh no, now he has changed his name back to Yuhuatian.Eunuch Yu has now been trained by Wynn and Shangming as the next governor of the East Factory, so now Yuhuatian is not only named in the Supervisor of Rites, but also all the official duties of the East Factory have been thrown to him by Shang Ming up.Shang Ming was happy to lead a team to Dongying for a trip, but he was used to punishing Qianhu Yuhuatian to face complicated official duties, and now Eunuch Yu has the urge to quit the job every day...

I don’t know if Yuhuatian is fake or really bad. After Shang Dugong led the team to Jiaodong, he wrote to them and told them that the Dongbao fleet has never been in Jiaodong because of Wan’s reasons over the years. Open up a route to Japan, and persuade these people to return to Beijing and wait.When the flowers bloom, you can take a boat from Tianjinwei to Dongying.

There was no way, the emperor only issued an order to welcome his biological mother back, but Hongzhi had never been to sea, so he didn't know how many months he would be able to travel to and from Dongying, and it turned out to be such a big joke.But none of the ministers dared to laugh at Emperor Hongzhi, because they didn't understand...

Therefore, by the time this group of people arrived at Dongying Sakai Port by boat, it was already the end of March.

"But why is Sakai Port instead of Nagoya?" Luo Lang, who was assigned by Yuhuatian to guide Shang Ming, asked the crew.

"Because Mr. Kongjo was afraid that you would not be able to bear the rough seas, he specifically asked the younger ones to stop the ship at Sakai Port for three days, and gave you 10 silver dollars to spend as you like!"

Hearing the crew's reply, Luo Lang thought to himself that it was really their lord's style, thinking that when they had just taken refuge, Bao'er gave them a ticket of 1 silver dollars each, and asked them to spend whatever they wanted...

Then, Shang Ming issued an order to divide the 10 yuan bank notes equally!There are a total of more than 40 people in the welcoming team, and each person has been allocated more than 2000 yuan. This is really a windfall!

Four days later, when everyone arrived at Nagoya Port, they saw a huge blood-red ship with a length of 20 feet (66 meters) docked at the pier!It was the first time for anyone to see such a large warship. When Eunuch Shang boarded the pier, he found that Cao Zhengchun, who had not seen him for 10 years, was leading a group of people to carry things to the huge red ship.

Shang Ming didn't put on any official airs, and went straight to Eunuch Cao who was concentrating on directing, and patted him bitterly, which shocked Eunuch Cao immediately.When he turned his head and saw Shang Ming, he asked hesitantly: "Are you... Duke Shang?"

Shang Ming was also filled with emotions. He remembered that when he sent Cao Zhengchun to protect the two ladies, Cao Zhengchun was still a half-grown young man. Now that time has passed, it has been ten years in a blink of an eye, and Cao Zhengchun is almost 30 years old. The majestic man!
Eunuch Shang nodded, patted Eunuch Cao on the shoulder again, and encouraged: "It's been so hard for you all these years!"

Eunuch Cao waved his hands again and again and said, "It's not bitter, it's not bitter! With Brother Bao'er here, how can we live a hard life."

Eunuch Shang thought the same way, regardless of whether these people are spiritually empty or not, at least they can never be poor in material life.It is said that Bao’er carries an ox horn comb for combing hair, which can be worth 700 taels. Although the material of buffalo horn is not worth much, but it is made of filigree, enamel, and jewels. It's worth the money!
By the way, this kid is a majestic sword master of the two countries, why doesn't he have any masculinity at all?
After that, Shang Ming left all his entourage except Luo Lang, Feng Wu, and Huo Chou at the port of Nagoya.And he went down to Baoer's "city" in Nagoya under the leadership of the three of Luo Lang...

"You..." Shang Ming asked Luo Lang as soon as he pointed to Bao'er's house, "That brat has been living in the castle in Dongpu?"

Since the three of Luo Lang met Bao'er, Bao'er had already lived here, and besides, they had a real castle in Kasuga Kingdom, so Luo Lang said bluntly: "When my subordinates met Mr. Lin, Mr. Lin He lives here!"

"This... this is too... too extravagant!"

"What is luxury, already frugal, okay?"

Shang Ming followed the voice and saw a red-haired alluring woman talking to him in Bao'er's voice.Fortunately, Luo Lang and the others knew that Bao'er's appearance had changed a lot. Before Shang Ming said what he shouldn't say, they whispered in his ear and reminded him: "Master Lin's appearance has changed drastically due to some accidents. Governor, please don't say the wrong thing!"

Shang Ming was taken aback for a moment, then gave Luo Lang a look of "we are awake", and then asked, "You...you are...our little treasure?"

"Could it be that Uncle Shang doesn't recognize me anymore?"

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the second

There is a third volume ending
(End of this chapter)