The next day, the morning session ended in a friendly atmosphere between the emperor and his ministers. Although more than a dozen ministers, including three cabinet ministers, resigned due to the Qingning Palace disaster, the emperor took the initiative to take responsibility for the fire and punished the ministers present. comforted.
Even Tu Yu, who had made the emperor very unhappy before, the emperor also praised him.
“That’s not quite right.”
On the way to the cabinet check-in room, Xie Qian expressed his doubts to Liu Jian and Li Dongyang.
Li Dongyang said, "Yu Qiao said that His Majesty did not mention the matter of building the palace."
"Yes." Xie Qian thought about it carefully and looked at Liu Jianjian again, " Could it be that if His Majesty doesn't fix it, it should be discussed at court today?"
Liu Jian kept walking and said, "We haven't even agreed on the position of the general manager of Ningyan, Gansu and Shaanxi, it's just a replacement. Would Your Majesty be so worried about his relatives using wood and stone?"
"Yes."
Xie Qian nodded in agreement.
At the court that day, he said that he wanted to discuss the issue of who would succeed Wang Yue. As a result, the emperor canceled the establishment of the tripartite system on the grounds that the current situation in the northwest was stable.
In the Ming Dynasty, the position of the Trilateral General System was not established permanently until the fourth year of Jiajing. After Wang Yue's death in the eleventh year of Hongzhi, it was not until the fourteenth year of Hongzhi that the Tatars invaded Shaanxi and Gansu again. The emperor only appointed Qin Hong as the trilateral general system. In the intervening years, the trilateral general system was empty.
However, the Ming Dynasty has permanent governors for key passes in the northwest, and the most popular candidates to succeed Wang Yue as the trilateral system this time are the four governors around the three sides.
They are Zhou Jilin, the governor of Gansu, Wang Song, the governor of Yansui, Xiong Chong, the governor of Shaanxi, and Wang Xun, the governor of Ningxia.
Li Dongyang said, "I heard that a lecturer has recently been added to the East Palace. He is from Beiyong's Gong family. He may enter the palace on days when the Sutra Banquet and Day Lectures are not held."
< p>Liu Jian asked, "Where did you hear it?"Li Dongyang shook his head and said he couldn't say, but both Liu Jian and Xie Qian knew that Li Dongyang's reputation among scholars was unmatched, not even Cheng Minzheng Standing aside, Li Dongyang also has many spies in the Hanlin Academy. It is easy to know about official affairs in the East Palace.
"Is that Zhang Zhou, the leader of Jiangnan Jieyuan?" Xie Qian asked.
"Probably." Li Dongyang seemed unsure.
Liu Jiandao "asked Liu Shiheng and said that Wang Jizhi saw the article named Zhang Gongsheng in the inner curtain and insisted on promoting him to Jieyuan. However, this person never visited him after arriving in the capital. , The palace gate often comes in. Your Majesty also has too much trust in him. Let Jizhi try to send someone to talk about it so that he can prepare for the exam with peace of mind."
For civil servants, it is absolutely the best. There is no room for dissidents who can advise the emperor.
The knowledge of eunuchs is always limited, but it would be undesirable for someone like Zhang Zhou who came from an orthodox imperial examination to gain the emperor's trust but escape the control of the civil servant system.
Of course, we cannot directly exclude them with ruthless actions. We need to gather them together first, and this task is alsoIt will fall on Wang Hao, the master who took the Zhangzhou Provincial Examination.
Zhang Zhou has been coming to the palace a lot recently, and Xiao Jing came to visit him personally on this day. After some hints, he asked Zhu Houzhao not to tell anything about what happened that day.
"Which thing?"
After entering the palace, Zhang Zhou pretended to be confused and asked Xiao Jing.
Xiao Jing also learned to be wise, "Mr. Zhang, what happened that day was about leaving the palace with His Majesty and being at odds with the Young Master. Which one is worth talking about?"
Zhang Zhou said, "Gonggong Xiao's words "It makes sense."
After entering the East Palace, the daily lecture was over. After lunch, Zhu Houzhao was playing with his sandbox in the back hall of Wenhua Hall, but he was no longer practicing troops, but holding a hand. Zhang Zhou arranged a row of pottery sculptures made for him, and he wrote, directed and acted a group of pottery sculptures fighting.
"Zhang Qing's family, you are here, let me wait for a while. Come on, let's have a game, the rules remain unchanged."
Zhu Houzhao would probably play with the eunuchs around him, but this thing was very addictive at the beginning. For an irregular child like Zhu Houzhao, he would get tired of playing with good things.
He wanted Zhang Zhou to play a game with him, not for entertainment, but because he wanted to win Zhang Zhou because of his desire to win.
That’s why it was specifically proposed that the rules remain unchanged.
Zhang Zhou said, "I am not here to have fun with the prince today."
"You don't want to give me a lecture again, do you? I have studied all morning today. I am exhausted." My father said that in the afternoon of the lecture, you only need to review the past and learn the new."
Zhu Houzhao was a little impatient.
It's okay for Zhang Zhou to use fun things to force him to study once, but he can't use this trick more than once, otherwise the naughty child will be disgusted.
Zhang Zhou looked back at Xiao Jing. Xiao Jing smiled bitterly and saluted, "Your Highness, I have resigned."
"What are you doing here if you don't go here?" Zhu Houzhao said. patient.
Originally Xiao Jing wanted to hear Zhang Zhou’s advice to Zhu Houzhao, but it seemed that Zhang Zhou didn’t want him to listen in, so he could only leave in embarrassment.
After Xiao Jing left, Zhang Zhou opened the wooden box he brought with him, and there were two bamboo tube-like things inside.
"What is this?"
Zhu Houzhao picked up one of the bamboo tubes and weighed it in his hand, "Is it a bamboo tube?"
"This is a kaleidoscope." Zhang Zhou said and pointed to another one, "That is what I said, a telescope that can see things in the distance."
"I don't believe it"
Zhu Houzhao I am still more interested in the telescope, but I don’t know how to use it after holding it in my hand.
Zhang Zhou smiled and pointed, "Put it in front of you, and then look at the distance like this."
"Wow"
Zhu Houzhao just looked at After taking a look at the door, he exclaimed, "I saw it, it's really like this."
Next to him, Liu Jin and other regular servants of the East Palace looked very curious.
Just listen to what Zhang Zhou said, you can see far away with this thing in your hand, how far can you see?The prince said he saw it, but where did he see it? Can he see the scene thousands of miles away?
"Fun, fun"
Zhu Houzhao put down the telescope and picked it up again Kaleidoscope "How to play this."
Zhang Zhou gave some pointers and asked Zhu Houzhao to twist the kaleidoscope a few times. Zhu Houzhao saw different colorful lights again.
"The effect will be better if you face the candlelight. Try not to face the sun, which may hurt your eyes." Zhang Zhou said, "There are also a few glass balls here for the prince to play with."
As he spoke, Zhang Zhou took out a few glass balls from the bottom of the wooden box, which were derivatives of glass firing.
Gu Dayong on the side came up and asked, "Is this a tribute?"
Zhang Zhou said, "No, a few gadgets, worthless."
"Zhang Jieyuan , If this thing of yours is not worth much, if you put it on the market, it is estimated that dignitaries will flock to it." Gu Dayong seemed to be very interested in collectibles and so on.
Eunuchs’ hobbies are often linked to money.
He was very fond of the glass ball given by Zhang Zhou.
Zhang Zhou smiled and did not answer.
At this time, Zhu Houzhao had already taken his telescope to the door and looked around.
When Zhang Zhou entered the palace this time, he had no teaching tasks, but he had the responsibility to teach Zhu Houzhao how to behave. Simply put, he taught Zhu Houzhao what to say and what not to say.
We must assess the situation.
Zhu Houzhao took a telescope and looked at it for a while, and then sat side by side with Zhang Zhou on the steps in front of the Wenhua Hall. If anyone passed by from a distance, Zhu Houzhao would take a look with the telescope and smile very much. Obscene.
Zhang Zhou said, "If this thing can be used on the battlefield, Prince, do you think it will have miraculous effects?"
"Yes." Zhu Houzhao put down the telescope and looked at Zhang Zhou in surprise, "Then Have you told your father that our troops can discern opportunities?"
"No, I intend to ask the prince to present this thing and offer advice. What does the prince think?"
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Zhang Zhouxian gave Zhu Houzhao a good opportunity to make meritorious deeds.
Zhu Houzhao shook his head, "Even if I tell him, my father will not believe that I made it. He will definitely ask me where it came from, and I can only say that you made it." ."
Zhang Zhou said, "But if the prince said, this is the thing you begged for, he took it back and played with it for a while, and suddenly he had an idea and thought of using it on the battlefield. The idea to do something for the Ming Dynasty's border army came from you. Do you think His Majesty thinks that the prince has grown up?"
"Well, you still understand what my father is thinking, so I will go now. ”
Zhu Houzhao was so excited that he immediately went to Zhu Youtang to show off the good things he had obtained.
Zhang Zhou reached out and grabbed him.
"What are you doing?"
"Prince, if you want to go, don't rush to go. You are gone. What should I do here? Can't you wait for me to leave?"
"Oh, too."
Zhu Houzhao sat back down again.
Zhang Zhou pointed to the steps above and said, "Sit up a little higher. This is the palace. I am seen to be on an equal footing with the prince. Others may not know what they will do to me."
Zhu Houzhao said, "I'm not as tall as you when I sit up there. It's okay, Zhang Zhou, you are very capable, and others don't dare to say anything about you. I heard from the people below that they are all afraid of you now, saying it's you You can kill people by triggering a thunder, which is more powerful than that Li Guang. Anyone who sees you now is like seeing the god of plague."
Zhang Zhou said, "I don't know how to do that."
"You really don't know how"
There was an eagerness in Zhu Houzhao's eyes.
The general meaning is that you can even build such a fun thing. Can you teach me what it means to strike a thunderbolt?
"I really don't know how." Zhang Zhou was very sure.
“Tch, you know it but you refuse to tell me. I still want to learn some real skills.”
Zhang Zhou was speechless.
Could it be that the ability to control wind and rain is real? But the thoughts in the heads of naughty children may be different from those of adults.
"Prince, I have another purpose here, which is to teach the prince how to behave in the world." Zhang Zhou said.
"What is human sophistication?" Zhu Houzhao didn't understand.
Zhang Zhoudao "To put it simply, if the queen is the prince, what should you say if you see something after leaving the palace with your majesty that day?"
"Say what you have to say." Zhu Houzhao is outspoken. With his status, he does not need to consider what others think. The child's temperament is straightforward and he will not have any worries.
Zhang Zhou smiled and said, "What the prince said is really good. If the prince saw Shouning Hou and Jianchang Bo, what would you say to them?"
"Well, I will scold them. In the palace, If you want to build a palace for the Empress Dowager, you actually use such shabby wood and stone. I want to tell my mother that I want them to look good and then they will obediently bring me good things, right?"
"Yeah"
Zhang Zhou discovered that this kid is also a talent.
He even understands the hints.
"Then they beg you, how should you respond?" Zhang Zhou said.
Zhu Houzhao thought for a while, shook his head and said, "I don't know how to do this, what should I do?"
Zhang Zhou said, "Of course, let them find a place to dispose of their own bad materials, but the prince It can be said that you can give them an idea and let them submit a report on their own. Please use their own materials to build the Zhang family's temple. In addition, apart from the money spent by the court to buy materials and the remaining labor costs, they You have to bear it yourself. When the time comes, the prince will keep the secret for them, won’t he still get some benefits?"
"Pa"
Zhu Houzhao patted his thigh and said happily, " I think so too, and we want to go together."
Zhang Zhou said, "Then, will you tell His Majesty or the Queen about this matter?"
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