Bi Ziyan gave him a strange look, but quickly understood.
Although the Minister of War in front of us is in charge of the military, he is ultimately a civil official.
In fact, they looked down on military generals.
Not to mention former pirates like Zheng Yiguan.
Bi Ziyan suddenly smiled and asked, "In that case, you should go to His Majesty and persuade him not to see Zheng Yiguan."
Upon hearing this, the Minister of War's expression turned awkward again.
"Well... haha, I have something to do, so I'll take my leave first."
As the Minister of War's figure gradually disappeared, Bi Ziyan finally couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"This guy may look down on Zheng Yiguan, but he's even more afraid of the emperor and wouldn't dare to contradict His Majesty!"
He shook his head slightly: "The emperor's authority has been established."
Two months later, Zhou Yanru and Li Ruolian led their army back to the capital.
Zhou Yanru, in particular, was already burning with excitement.
"His Majesty must know that I dealt with the gentry in Jiangnan this time. I have completely severed ties with the past."
"Although I am still outranked by Qian Qianyi, my entry into the cabinet should be a natural progression!"
His thinking wasn't just wishful thinking.
Just before they entered the capital, Zhu Youjian had already buried his beloved elder brother in the Deling Mausoleum.
As soon as the funeral ended, Zhu Youjian reshuffled the court officials.
He sent veteran officials such as Shi Fenglai and Zhang Ruitu home to retire.
Those veteran officials, having witnessed the fate of the Donglin Party, were still filled with lingering fear.
So as soon as the emperor gave the order, they hurriedly resigned.
As a result, many positions in the court became vacant, and the cabinet was completely empty.
Therefore, Zhou Yanru's thoughts are not too outrageous.
As for Li Ruolian beside him, her expression was rather solemn.
"During the two months we traveled from south to north, we didn't encounter a single rain shower along the way."
"It looks like this year will be another disastrous year."
"Alas, our Great Ming Dynasty has truly suffered many disasters."
Seeing that Li Ruolian's expression was not good, Zheng Chenggong asked:
"General Li, what's wrong with you?"
After hesitating for a moment, Li Ruolian finally expressed her concerns to him.
"Xiao Zheng, it hasn't rained for days, I'm afraid something bad is about to happen!"
But Zheng Chenggong didn't seem to care at all.
"It's alright. I'll tell Master Gao when I get to the palace."
Upon hearing this, Li Ruolian frowned slightly.
He thought to himself, "Master Gao is indeed a capable man, but the heavens not sending rain is a natural disaster."
"What can he do? He can't possibly have the power to control the weather, can he?"
After Zheng Chenggong returned to the palace, he first went to pay his respects to Zhu Youjian.
After meeting the emperor, they went to Taiye Pond.
As soon as he saw Gao Qingyun, he pounced on her.
"Sir, I've missed you so much!"
Gao Qingyun's face twitched: "You kid, you've been gone for so long and you didn't even think to call me."
"They're probably already having a blast!"
"So, after you came back, that's what you told me, right?"
The other students chimed in, "The teacher is right, this kid is definitely lying."
Zheng Chenggong stomped his foot in anger and made a face at the other students.
Then he said seriously, "Sir, I'm not lying, I really miss you."
"I...I didn't call you, mainly because my family won't let me use my phone."
Having followed Gao Qingyun for so long, he has learned quite a bit about the situation in the future.
This lie just came out of his mouth.
Gao Qingyun couldn't tell whether what he said was true or false, so he didn't investigate further.
He simply said casually, "Okay, you pass."
Zheng Chenggong breathed a sigh of relief, and then remembered what had happened not long ago.
"Sir, when I went out for a while, I noticed that it didn't seem to be raining at all."
"What do you think is going on here?"
Gao Qingyun said nonchalantly, "If it doesn't rain, it doesn't rain. The weather has been strange these past two years anyway."
"But don't worry, if a drought really occurs, we can just use artificial rainmaking."
While speaking, Gao Qingyun also summoned the system panel and glanced at the weather forecast displayed on it.
"Yeah, it's been sunny all the time lately. You're telling the truth, kid."
Zheng Chenggong's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly asked, "Artificial rain? Sir, you never talked about this in your classes."
Gao Qingyun shook her head in annoyance.
"This is knowledge from chemistry class. When you get to high school, someone will naturally explain it to you!"
Taking advantage of his young age, Zheng Chenggong deliberately acted coquettishly and said, "Hmph, sir, you say that again!"
"I want to hear the story of artificial rain!"
Gao Qingyun sighed helplessly, covering his head and saying, "This isn't a story, it's all knowledge..."
"Fine, all the reputation I've accumulated as your teacher has been spent on you!"
After he finished speaking, he stood up, pushed away the eunuchs and female students who came to help him, and went back to his room.
Not long after, he came out carrying several strange-looking objects.
"Where's Little Li? Come and help!"
Gao Qingyun called Li Zicheng over.
"Didn't I give Xiao Zhu a cannon last time? Find some time and have Xiao Zhu bring the cannon over so we can fire these things into the sky."
"Then Xiao Zheng will know what artificial rainmaking is all about!"
What he gave to Li Zicheng was, of course, artillery shells for artificial rainmaking.
After Gao Qingyun entered the house, he searched through the system store for a while before finding the rain-making shells.
Fortunately, his reputation has increased significantly during this time, otherwise he wouldn't be able to afford these things.
A glint of light flashed in Li Zicheng's eyes.
"Don't worry, sir, I understand."
At the same time, he turned around and exchanged glances with the other students, and saw through their thoughts: "The teacher really does have some supernatural abilities, he can always pull out some strange things!"
When Gao Qingyun returned to the room, the other students gathered around, staring at the cannonball in Li Zicheng's arms.
"This thing can bring rain?"
"After launching this thing, will it summon some kind of powerful tiger spirit or something?"
"That's not right. This isn't Chechi Kingdom, so where would you find a Tiger Power Immortal?"
"Hehe, even if there really is some great immortal, he's just someone who runs errands for Mr. Gao."
Seeing that their conversation was becoming increasingly nonsensical, Li Zicheng shook his head helplessly.
"You guys..."
"Forget it, I'm too lazy to talk to you anymore."
"I will go and present this to His Majesty immediately."
He turned and left with the cannonball in his arms, and soon arrived at the Imperial Study.
But the eunuch at the door stopped him.
"Oh, it's Lord Li?"
Although the eunuch stopped him, his tone was quite warm.
Even though Li Zicheng didn't actually hold any official position, he was still addressed as "Sir".
"Lord Li, His Majesty is currently summoning Zheng Yiguan. It would be best if you did not go in now."
Li Zicheng didn't force his way in, but instead smiled and said, "Oh? This Zheng Yiguan, could he be Little Zheng's father?"
"Then I'd like to see what he looks like."
After he finished speaking, he stood at the door of the Imperial Study and peeked inside.
"Hmm, Zheng Yiguan's appearance is not bad."
Just as this thought flashed through his mind, he heard Zheng Yiguan's voice coming from the Imperial Study.
"Your Majesty, are you planning to raid the Jurchen rear by sea?"
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