Chapter 1,34 The Criminal Minister

Although Jiang Lang played a side ball, Emperor Jingtai was obviously not very satisfied with this. He pondered for a while and said, "I think you still have to think carefully at this time. Although Ding Zicai is definitely a talented person, I know this very well, but even so, we still have to avoid suspicion. After all, this matter is not that simple!"

Jiang Lang also knew that Emperor Jingtai was considering this way for caution, but if he had such a good talent on the side, it would be a loss for the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, Jiang Lang had already said Ding Zicai before, and it took so much time to convince him. It was impossible to cancel it again now! ~

So he shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, I think this matter is very inappropriate!"

“Why?”

Emperor Jingtai asked strangely!

Jiang Lang immediately said: "In the eyes of ordinary people, Ding Zicai is indeed the cause of his accident two years ago, but we also know that he is innocent. We should cherish such talents. It would be a pity to put him there, and it would be a waste!"

"I understand that you cherish talents!"

Emperor Jingtai sighed helplessly and added: "But if he wants him to join, I am worried that this envoy might be messed up!"

Jiang Lang shook his head again and said, "Your Majesty, it's not that I went against your wishes, but that I just wanted to make this mission successful, so that Ding Zicai came out of the mountain. Of course, there are my ideas in it!"

"Then tell me!"

Emperor Jingtai continued, and he also knew that Jiang Lang was not a person who could give up so easily. If he didn't have enough reasons, or if he didn't have enough reasons to convince him, he wouldn't give up so easily. Since he had his own reasons, then listen carefully to it yourself!

Jiang Lang also knew that if he didn't really convince Emperor Jingtai today, he would have no way to let Ding Zicai join the ranks of missions. If Ding Zi did not join, the mission might have been messed up. He gritted his teeth and said, "Emperor, then I will say bluntly. The big reason why I asked Ding Zicai to assist Ouyang Chengxu on the mission is that he valued that he did not have any official position now!"

"No one has any official position?"

Emperor Jingtai couldn't help but wonder, and his mind couldn't help but start thinking about the reason why Jiang Lang was talking about!

Jiang Lang looked at Emperor Jingtai and thought, and he was not continuing to talk about it now. As an emperor, he should be very clear about these things!

Emperor Jingtai pondered for a moment before saying, "I roughly understand what you mean. It is because he does not have any official position. In this way, he will try his best to assist Ouyang Chengxu. I believe you may have made a promise. If this mission is successful, he will restore his official position!!"

Emperor Jingtai was indeed good, and soon guessed Jiang Lang's intention. Jiang Lang immediately said: "Yes, the emperor, the intention of this official minister. Ouyang Chengxu is young and is now in the fourth rank official position. It is obvious that many adults in the court are dissatisfied with him. No matter what their people are willing, some of them should be very reluctant to see him succeed in this mission, but for the court, this mission must be successful, and there must be no mistakes.

Moreover, I am not allowed to make any mistakes, but this time I am on the mission, it is absolutely impossible to send Ouyang Chengxu alone. There must be other adults accompanying me. However, it is hard to say whether there are some people with ulterior motives among the ministers accompanying me. Moreover, Ouyang Chengxu is too young. For these adults who have been living in the officialdom for so many years, he can be fooled around. Even hunting dogs are just a fledgling cottage. How can they fight against a group of old foxes!"

"Ahem...ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

Emperor Jingtai couldn't help but cough, and planned to say Jiang Lang, saying, "Wang Aiqing, everyone is an official in the same dynasty. It seems a bit inappropriate to say that those adults!"

Jiang Lang actually compared those adults to old foxes. Emperor Jingtai couldn't help but feel secretly happy, but as he said, many of these ministers were indeed old foxes, so Ouyang Chengxu naturally couldn't handle them!

Jiang Lang also realized his incompetence and said immediately: "Your Majesty, I have said nothing!"

Emperor Jingtai nodded slightly and said, "Let's continue!"

Jiang Lang continued: "If Ouyang Chengxu cannot complete this mission, it will actually be a huge loss to the court. He has proved this before. The weapons that our army has begun to eliminate are treasures in the eyes of others. If we can exchange these treasures for silver, our pressure will be reduced a lot. Moreover, William's country is very unstable now. If these weapons arrive, I guess the war will break out. If this war breaks out, then they will need more weapons. For us, this is a business opportunity. If these business opportunities are lost due to some intrigue, then we will lose ourselves. On the other hand, Ouyang Chengxu must guarantee the first right to speak during his mission.

This right cannot be emptied. Once it is emptied, he will be speechless for many key issues. The most important point is the price! The higher the price, the more beneficial it is for us. What I am worried about is Ouyang Chengxu's rights. Then the other ministers privately contacted those foreign ministers to reduce the price of weapons. At that time, the far and far away, the court would not be able to control them. And once the contract is settled, we can only ship the goods to others according to the contract, and the losses will be ourselves. So in order to ensure that this situation will not happen during this mission, in addition to the openly I will send people from the East Factory to accompany them, secretly I will also send personal guards to them. If necessary, take necessary measures to ensure that everything is foolproof!"

Emperor Jingtai couldn't help but be surprised and said, "It seems that you have made up your mind to go on this mission!"

"yes!"

Jiang Lang said without hesitation!

Emperor Jingtai now understands Jiang Lang’s mood, but in fact he is the same. Ouyang Chengxu used his actions to prove how valuable the eliminated weapons of the Ming Dynasty were.

"Then you should continue to talk about the reason for enabling Ding Zicai!"

Emperor Jingtai asked again, now he wanted to know if Jiang Lang’s thoughts were the same as his!

Jiang Lang immediately continued: "To make Ouyang Chengxu complete this task smoothly, someone must assist him, or help him, and let him grow up. However, looking at the current adults in the court, there are a few who will concentrate on helping him. So at this time, I chose Ding Zicai, who has no official position now and is also very experienced in this area. Of course, as the emperor said, I promised him that if he can succeed in this mission, he will be restored to his post!"

"Official reinstatement?"

Emperor Jingtai Chen murmured and said, "If he could help Ouyang Chengxu succeed in this mission, this would not be an excessive requirement. And if he and Ouyang Chengxu were asked to go with him in the future, it would be better for them to go on an mission!"

Seeing that Emperor Jingtai understood what he meant, Jiang Lang nodded and said, "Your Majesty, this is exactly what I thought in my heart. If we can take this opportunity to make their group grow up and become a team dedicated to our Ming Dynasty in the future, it would be a good thing!"

Emperor Jingtai nodded and said, "Well, what you said is right. I am somewhat looking forward to this!"

"Then the emperor agreed"

Jiang Lang asked immediately, Emperor Jingtai seemed a little relieved now!

Emperor Jingtai smiled, stood up, and said, "I naturally let go. I said this. Let's go and accompany me out for a walk?"

Jiang Lang felt relieved, so of course he followed Emperor Jingtai and asked, "Emperor, don't know where you plan to go now?"

Emperor Jingtai thought for a while and then said, "Go and see Ding Zicai. If this happens, I think he should do his best?"

Jiang Lang couldn't help but be surprised and said, "Your Majesty, if you want to see Ding Zicai, you can just come to the palace and you don't have to see him in person!"

Emperor Jingtai shook his head and smiled, "I want to go out for a walk, I'm also irritable after staying in the palace for a long time. If you go out, you can get some breath. Come and prepare a car!"

Emperor Jingtai actually wanted to go out to meet Ding Zicai himself. In Jiang Lang's eyes, it actually looked very good, and there was no intention to stop him at the moment. So he left the palace with Emperor Jingtai. Emperor Jingtai also changed into an ordinary dress, but this made it difficult for Jiang Lang to go home. He had no way to take a detour. He could only wear his own official uniform. Fortunately, the carriage went straight to Ding Zicai's home. If he walked on the street like this, it would be really silly!

Not long after, the carriage stood up at Ding Zicai's door. Jiang Lang fell down and jumped out of the carriage. He stepped forward and patted the door of Ding Zicai's house, and shouted: "Mr. Ding!"

Now Ding Zi has no official position, so it is inappropriate to call him Lord Ding, and it is not appropriate to call him Brother Ding. Because he is Ouyang Chengxu's teacher, he calls him Mr. Ding!

"So this is Ding Zicai's home!"

Emperor Jingtai looked at it and looked a little dilapidated with the door naked. He said immediately: "It seems that it should be repaired properly!"

Jiang Lang turned his head and said, "Your Majesty, it's not necessary yet. It's not too late to repair it after they come back from successfully completing the task. Just treat it as a reward!"

Emperor Jingtai nodded, this is also a solution!

The door opened at this time. A woman poked her head out and saw Jiang Lang's official uniform first. She quickly opened the door and said in surprise: "Sir, I don't know what you are doing?"

This was obviously a little panicked, and Jiang Lang smiled and said, "You are Mr. Ding. I came here to specially place Mr. Ding. Don't you know he is at home?"

"At home, at home, two, please come inside!"

Mrs. Ding quickly made way and shouted loudly: "My husband, someone is looking for you!"

Ding Zicai was in the room and heard this and walked out. Seeing that Jiang Lang was coming, he smiled and said, "Mr. Wang, why are you here?"

Jiang Lang took two steps forward and said, "Mr. Ding, it's not just me who is here, but the emperor is here too!"

Ding Zicai's face changed and he suddenly noticed Emperor Jingtai next to Jianglang. Although he had never seen Emperor Jingtai before, how could Jianglang lie to him? Then the person in front of him was the emperor. He immediately pulled his wife, knelt on the ground, shouting long live! And he never thought that Emperor Jingtai would come to his house in person.

Emperor Jingtai smiled and said, "You all get up. I'm so embarrassed today, so I don't have to be too disgusted!"

Ding Zicai then stood up and said, "Your Majesty, please come in there!"

Mrs. Ding hurriedly prepared tea. After Ding Zi was dismissed from office, the source of the economy was cut off, so the original maids in the family were also dismissed. Fortunately, there were only three people in this family, and Mrs. Ding could take care of him.

After entering the house and sitting down, Ding Zicai stood together tremblingly. Emperor Jingtai sat, and he felt that he was also sitting there.

"Sit down, don't be so reserved!"

Emperor Jingtai said with a smile!

Ding Zicai dared to sit down and said immediately: "My minister...the people dare not...!"

Emperor Jingtai also knew that it was a bit difficult for him to sit and let him sit, so he said immediately: "Ding Zicai, do you know why I came to you today?"

When Ding Zicai saw Jiang Lang accompanying him, he couldn't help but wonder if it was the meaning of the adult, but this should be a sacred garment for the emperor. He immediately shook his head and said, "The grass people don't know!"

"Because Lord Wang told me that you, Ding Zi, are a talent!"

Emperor Jingtai said seriously, "He just brought a list of the names of some officials, and then said that these officials were named by you, Ding Zicai. At that time, I asked him if he planned to use Ding Zicai. He immediately said yes, and then told me a lot of reasons to prove that you, Ding Zicai, is indeed a talent, and he has very sufficient reasons to use you, so I plan to come and see if you, Ding Zicai, is a talent worthy of my use!"

Ding Zicai hurriedly thanked: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Emperor Jingtai waved his hand and said, "Don't rush to thank me, I can't afford to use you. Fortunately, I am considering it now, but I heard that you are already Ouyang Chengxu's teacher, and you will assist him in completing this mission."

In fact, Emperor Jingtai had already let go just now. The reason why he said this was that he wanted to see how determined Ding Zicai was. Jiang Lang naturally understood what Emperor Jingtai meant and did not speak at the moment. If Ding Zicai couldn't even pass this level, then he would have misunderstood!

Ding Zicai nodded and said, "Your Majesty, that's exactly what it is!"

"So what problems do you think there are now Ouyang Chengxu?"

Emperor Jingtai asked directly that knowing where other people’s problems lie is also a manifestation of his own ability!

When Ding Zicai saw Emperor Jingtai ask him, he suddenly realized that this should be his plan to test himself. He thought that when he went to those countries, he encountered many such things. Although many people knew the power of the Ming Dynasty, they still like to test whether the Ming Dynasty was as the legendary!

So Ding Zicai immediately calmed down and then said: "In the eyes of Caomin, the main problem of Lord Ouyang is that he is too young, has no experience in serving on missions, and lacks experience in dealing with people in the officialdom. However, I think that Lord Ouyang is now just a piece of jade, and it has to be carved carefully to become a beautiful jade. At the invitation of Lord Wang, I want to be that engraver!"

"There is confidence!"

Emperor Jingtai nodded and then asked, "So do you think you can carve this beautiful jade?"

"The grass-roots can do it!"

Ding Zicai immediately replied without any hesitation!

"What if you can't do it?"

Emperor Jingtai asked again!

"If I can't do it, I'll come to see the emperor with my head!"

Ding Zicai has now said that he is ready to die.

Emperor Jingtai shook his head and said, "I don't want your head, it's useless for me to hold it, but you remember this yourself. Ding Zicai, if you can't help Ouyang Chengxu complete this task, then you will come to see me with your head!"

This is almost like a general going into battle, but for a few people, it is indeed a war. The difference is that on the battlefield, courage and strategy are emphasized, while here is scheming. In fact, to put it bluntly, it is still the same.

"The people follow the order!"

Ding Zicai had no regrets at all. The emperor came to see him as a gangster for this matter. If he could not complete the instructions, he would really not have the face to come back to see others. It would be better to die!

Emperor Jingtai nodded and said, "Okay, you will remember what you said yourself. If you come back successfully, I will also promise you to restore your official position, just likewise, to make a clear head!"

What Emperor Jingtai called Zhaoxue was actually just a fairness of Ding Zicai!

Ding Zicai shook his head and said, "The grass-roots have thanked the emperor, but this is not necessary!"

"What?"

Emperor Jingtai asked strangely, "Don't you want to cleanse up your grievances? Do you just want to live for the rest of your life with those false charges!":

Ding Zicai smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I have already thought it very clearly. What I did back then was that I liked this, so they could rest in peace under the spring. If you are now clear to me, wouldn't it tell the court of the whole world that the emperor was lying at the beginning, and on the other hand, they have rested in peace. I don't want them to be guilty of any crime, so the emperor's heart is recognized by the people!"
Chapter completed!