On the third day of the second month of the year of Yiyou, today is the day I left Nanjing. Last night, I summoned my confidant ministers to discuss and discuss everything until midnight.

On the surface, there were two young concubines who were in charge of the state. In terms of government affairs, Wang Duo and Zhang Kai were taken over by Zhu Youlang's military affairs department. In terms of military affairs, I chose to appoint Gao Di as the temporary supreme military commander. Jin Shenghuan, as his deputy, helped Gao Di to take charge of the training of the army. The reason why the army arranged this way was because I felt that Gao Di's loyalty to me was incomparable to others, and Gao Di's military command ability was still lacking. This time I left Nanjing and wanted to see what he could bring the troops out. Of course, I also announced that the military mobilization of more than 5,000 people must be dispatched by Zhang Kai and Wang Duo and Gao Di, so that there was no need to worry about Gao Di doing something bad when he was young.

Because I was a private visit, I only brought 50 guards including Ji Xian and Brother Liang, and there were also several eunuchs and palace maids to serve Chen Fei. The route was also planned long ago. The first stop was Yangzhou, a prosperous city in the world. Then I walked down the river to the Yangtze River Delta to check the construction of the port and the progress of the small workshop in steelmaking. Then I entered Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang through Hangzhou Bay, and finally went north to Suzhou to visit Chen Fei's family. It was very urgent to see the schedule.

After boarding the boat, Zhuang Mengdie sighed, "Emperor, Concubine Jing is not allowed to leave her residence, is this...?" Zhuang Mengdie listened to Emperor Hongguang's instructions to Bai Jing not to leave her residence. She didn't understand why Emperor Hongguang was so mean to Bai Jing, but sometimes she was very concerned about it.

"Don't call me after leaving Nanjing... I'm the emperor, my pseudonym Cui Jie, I can call me a master or husband, but I don't care about Concubine Jing's affairs. My arrangements will naturally have my intention." After I said that, I ordered Ji Xian to drive the boat, and a boat carried less than a hundred people to Yangzhou.

If I am already very satisfied with the prosperity of Nanjing, then the grand scenery of Yangzhou can only surprise me. The ancient poem says that it is 100,000 yuan, and riding a crane to Yangzhou is not an exaggeration at all. This time I understand the people's sentiment. To put it bluntly, it is just to feel the lives of the people. Yangzhou gave me the impression that people cannot starve to death. This situation is rare in this era. In a word, Yangzhou is a way to achieve peace. I know that there are the contributions of opening up. Of course, Wuda, who is left here now, is doing well. These are all confirmed by the news that Ji Xian and others have heard.

There is another small thing I have to figure out when I arrived in Yangzhou, that is, whether there is the brothel in which Wei Xiaobao was born - Lichunyuan. When I learned that there was such a romantic place, I couldn't wait to take a look, but I quickly returned home disappointed. The Lichunyuan could not be compared with the Lichunyuan described in the Deer and the Cauldron. It was just three broken houses with one door, and naturally there was no Xiaobao's mother Wei Chunhua.

I lived in Yangzhou for two days. Before leaving, I only took Ji Xian to meet Wu Dayou. I wanted to explain to Wu Dayou what I felt was insufficient in the past two days.

Wu Dayou never dreamed that Emperor Hongguang would come so quickly. He was hugging his concubine for fun and heard the notice and hurriedly sorted out his appearance to pick him up. Wang Duo wrote it clearly in his letter to him. Although he was not clear, Wu Dayou was not stupid. He knew that Emperor Hongguang would definitely come to Yangzhou, so he heard from the servant that Emperor Hongguang must be coming to Ji Xian!

I asked Wu Da, who had attended the ceremony, to rise, "I have been walking around the past two days and have taken a look. Wu Aiqing's political achievements are pretty good, and of course there are also shortcomings. I have written some suggestions, so you can take a look later."

Wu Da You took the envelope handed over by Ji Xian and nodded, saying, "Your Majesty, although Yangzhou's taxes are reduced, the market trade is very prosperous, and the daily taxes are very considerable. Wei Chen plans to use this money to strengthen the city defense in Yangzhou. Although the Yangzhou city wall is piled with fire bricks, the outer city is a pile of earth...!" Wu Da You himself is a general, so he naturally needs to pay more attention to the city defense, and some of his suggestions are also very useful.

After hearing what Wu Dayou said, I nodded in agreement. In history, Yangzhou was a city that was massacred by the Qing Dynasty. Although I don’t think that the Qing Dynasty will capture Yangzhou one day in the future, I can be prepared for any eventuality. No one can tell the future. It is necessary to prepare for the worst.

Wu Da reported some important matters in Yangzhou and remembered something, "Your Majesty, half a month ago, a few barbarians came to Yangzhou to beg for alms to build a church. I saw that these barbarian monks were not as traitorous as good people. They did some crimes. I wanted to catch them and question them, but I never thought that they had heard in advance that a leader named Nan Huairen slipped away. The remaining three were locked in the Yangzhou prison by Weichen...!"

"Bang!" I slapped the armrest of the chair hard. Nan Huairen, this name is so familiar. Isn't it just that he helped Kangxi build cannons with Chau Ruowang! In the end, he bombed Wei Xiaobao and Wei Jue's house. Such an extremely important person slipped away from my hands because of Wu Da's mistake. It was really an irreparable loss. Moreover, from the historical development, Nan Huairen is extremely likely to surrender to the Qing Dynasty like Chau Ruowang. "Ji Xian, pass on my will and strive to pursue this barbarian named Nan Huairen, and he will die and die. Wu Aiqing, you have ruined my major affairs! Bring those barbarians."

After interrogating the other three barbarians, I realized what they did. In the words of later generations, they were all second-rate men except Nan Huairen. They couldn't make it in Europe and thought of going to the East to make gold. Nan Huairen did study in several famous universities in Europe and received good aristocratic education. When I thought of this, I severely scolded Wu Dayou. Now I only hope to chase Nan Huairen or kill him to avoid being used by the Qing Dynasty. What I worry most now is that Nan Huairen has left the estuary of the Yangtze River and went north to Beijing and Tianjin along the coast. Nan Huairen and Nan Huairen, can't he be used by me?

Did Wu Da expect that Emperor Hongguang lost his temper for such a trivial matter? Is that foreign monk Nan Huairen really important? It’s not too late to make up for the sheep. Wu Da asked to go and chase Nan Huairen himself and naturally got the answer from Emperor Hongguang. Emperor Hongguang stayed in Yangzhou for seven days in order to wait for news about Nan Huairen, and finally left Yangzhou without gain. However, before leaving, he gave an order to Yin Shixun, hoping that the heaven and earth would give him a satisfactory result.
Chapter completed!