Chapter 494: Hidden Crisis

The next day, according to Jiang Lang's own plan, he planned to leave the capital today and rush back to the harbor. However, in the morning, he received a secret letter of 800 miles. When he opened it, he realized that during the time he left, the Komu army began to attack the powerful merchant ships again. The Ming navy did not dispatch according to his own wishes, but was just a daily patrol. In this case, the merchant ships could only dock on the edge of the under construction harbor, waiting for the escort of the Ming navy.

With this information, Jiang Lang walked back and forth for a while, then he put it away properly and said to Sun Yuanbiao next to him: "Prepare the car, I plan to go into the palace to meet the emperor!"

Sun Yuanbiao immediately agreed and ordered people to prepare the carriage.

After getting on the car, he arrived outside the palace without much time. After getting off the car, Jiang Lang walked straight to the gate of the imperial city, and Sun Yuanbiao stepped forward at this time and said to the guard: "Please inform me, my elders want to see the emperor!"

This palace naturally has the rules of the palace. Without the emperor's summons, there is no token for free entering and leaving the palace. Even Jiang Lang has to wait honestly, and Jiang Lang doesn't care about this waiting time. In front of this emperor, it's better to be more regular.

When he saw that Jiang Lang was about to see the emperor, the guard dared not refuse. He quickly ordered people to go to the palace to ask for the holy wishes. Soon, a small eunuch hurriedly walked out of the palace and walked to Jiang Lang. After saluting, he said respectfully: "Mr. Wang, the emperor ordered you to see the emperor."

Jiang Lang nodded, took two steps, suddenly remembered something in his heart, and asked, "Is there anyone else around the emperor?"

"If you want to go back to the emperor, only Master Qian is by his side! No one else is there!"

The little eunuch immediately answered Jiang Lang’s question.

Jiang Lang was relieved and walked forward, while the little eunuch hurriedly caught up with him a few steps and led the way in front.

Under the leadership of the little eunuch, Tang Hao quickly arrived at the Imperial Garden along the road in the palace. The current Imperial Garden is full of flowers, and the entire garden is filled with a faint fragrance. The sound of the faint piano floating throughout the entire Imperial Garden.

In the pavilion in the courtyard, Emperor Jingtai was leaning on the chair with his half-closed eyes and shaking his head slightly. His finger was slightly hitting the table with his body. Behind him, two palace maids were gently fanning the wind with huge Luo fans. After all, the weather is still relatively hot now.

He stepped forward and knelt on the ground. Jiang Lang said loudly: "I, please see the emperor!"

Emperor Jingtai opened his eyes and smiled, saying, "It's Wang Aiqing, let's be calm, come here, give him a seat!"

Jiang Lang then stood up and said, "I'd better stand!"

Emperor Jingtai waved his hand and said, "I told you to sit down, just sit down and accompany me to listen to the song!"

Then, a stool was placed next to Emperor Jingtai. After Jiang Lang sat on it, he could see the woman opposite him. He saw that the woman looked only ten years old and had a good appearance. His ten fingers were gently plucking the strings, and the pleasant sound of the piano suddenly flowed out from under her slender fingers.

After the song ended, the woman stopped and waited for Emperor Jingtai to speak.

Emperor Jingtai looked very happy, laughed and asked, "Wang Aiqing, how is this woman's piano skills?"

Jiang Lang smiled slightly and bowed, "Your Majesty, the so-called song can only be found in heaven, and it is rare to hear it in the world. I think it is appropriate to use this sentence to describe this girl's piano sound!"

Emperor Jingtai laughed, turned his head and said to the girl: "Miss Cailian, this Wang Aiqing is rare to praise others. Thank you sir!"

The woman, who was called Cailian, stood up at this time, bowed and said, "The little woman Cailian thanked Lord Wang for her praise. She has long admired the adults. Now I have been lucky enough to see Lord Wang here."

"oh?"

Jingtaidi immediately became interested and asked curiously: "Miss Cailian has also heard of Wang Aiqing?"

Cailian smiled sweetly, with a pair of beautiful eyes, and said, "Who else in the world doesn't know the name of Lord Wang. Changing military service, practicing farming laws, and imposing commercial laws has brought practical things to many ordinary people. Many of them have set up a sign of immortality for adults at home. I hope God will bless you with peace, health and longevity. It is said that if there were no adults, there would be no life now!"

After saying this, Cailian suddenly remembered something, covered her mouth with a slender hand, then bowed and said apologetically: "Your Majesty, the grass-roots are speechless!"

When Emperor Jingtai heard this, he felt a little uncomfortable. He strongly supported the reform. Now the people did not remember him, but instead remembered his ministers. This was undoubtedly a big blow to Emperor Jingtai. However, when he saw Cailian looking pitiful, he could not speak to her even if he had anger in his heart. So he smiled and said, "Don't care, okay, you go down too, Lord Wang and I have important matters to discuss!"

Cailian then left the pavilion with two palace maids.

Jiang Lang felt a little bit about the changes in Emperor Jingtai. Looking at Cailian's slim back, Jiang Lang felt a feeling that this woman was sowing discord. He seemed to deliberately say those words to stimulate Emperor Jingtai. As for this intention, it was Sima Zhao's heart known to everyone. After pondering for a moment, he asked: "Prince, where does this Cailian come from?"

Emperor Jingtai showed a look of surprise, and then smiled and said, "You said picking lotus, she is a talented woman specially selected by Eunuch Qian in Jiangnan. She is not only proficient in both chess, calligraphy and painting, but also playing the piano is even more amazing. As you said, this song can only be found in heaven, but how many times can you hear it in the world."

"It's Eunuch Qian again!"

Jiang Lang couldn't help but mutter in his heart, although it was understandable that this inner supervisor chose a few beautiful ladies for the emperor and the concubine entered the palace, Cailian said just now with a hint of provocation. He couldn't help but be wary of this, and the messenger who sent him a message might be robbed and killed halfway through. He had frequent contact with several thousand households in the East Factory. Obviously, there must be something tricky about it. The most likely thing is to take advantage of his absence to disintegrate his strength and make Emperor Jingtai disgusted with him first. You must know that the master is a taboo. In addition, it is to control the East Factory. He originally left the capital to avoid this situation. Now it seems that even if he is not here, he will make these jump more vigorously.

"Wang Aiqing, what are you thinking?"

Emperor Jingtai heard a little inquiring voice.

Jiang Lang came to his senses and immediately said, "Please forgive me for your sins. I was lost just now!"

Emperor Jingtai smiled and then asked, "Then what happened to you come to me today?"

Jiang Lang said immediately: "Your Ma Heima, the envoy of Watshu, Pierma, came to my palace last night. Because we are still allies with Watshu, I met him and he asked us not to take in Watshu herders. I have harshly refused this!"

Emperor Jingtai nodded and said, "This Pier Ma Heima has also asked to see me, and I hope so, but I have also rejected it. He asked to see you, probably because he hoped to convince you and let you convince me again. It's a pity..."

Speaking of this, Emperor Jingtai shook his head, smiled, and said, "He doesn't know that you are the most in favor of vigorously absorbing those herders at this time. To convince you, it is no less difficult than to convince me!"

Jiang Lang smiled slightly and said, "The emperor said, the other one is about Gao Qiang! After we first attacked the island of the Komu Army, the original large-scale attack of the Komu Army turned into sporadic attacks, and the target was also high-strength merchant ships. In this case, the remaining high-strength fleet formed an escort fleet, but was attacked by the Komu Army and wiped out the entire army. In other words, Gao Qiang no longer has the extra escort force to protect these merchant ships. Now most of the merchant ships that intend to transport goods to sea are concentrated near our fleet. I hope our fleet will provide protection!"

After saying that, Jiang Lang handed over the information he received and asked: "Master, what do you think we should do now?"

After taking the information and looking carefully, he said, "Can our ability escort these merchant ships?"

Jiang Lang nodded and said, "Yes, the maximum number of warships of the Komu Army that are fighting with us is only 100. It is not as advanced as we are. There should be no problem if we want to protect them. However, the biggest problem is that the supply is a considerable expense for escorts. So I think whether to collect taxes on the goods on these merchant ships at a certain proportion and then use them as military expenses."

Emperor Jingtai pondered for a moment, put down the information in his hand, and said, "I think this method is feasible. Let's do it. Lord Yu is not here today. Wait until I discuss with him. We are making plans, what!"
Chapter completed!