"The British Master is too polite. I'll find someone to notify you of this matter, and I'll come to your door. Why bother to go there in person?"
A deep smile appeared on Zhang Mao's face.
If you go when notified, I will kick the second boy Cheng Guogong out with a kick
"Come in"
Zhang Mao greeted behind him A sound.
A boy of eleven or twelve and a half years old appeared at the door.
"My grandson's name is Zhang Lun. Grandson, why don't you come and thank Mr. Zhang Zhouzhang for treating your father?" Zhang Mao said to the boy.
The young man took a few steps forward, knelt down and bowed to the ground, "Zhang Lun thanked Mr. Zhang for his kindness in treating his father."
Zhang Zhou and Zhu Feng looked at each other. They don’t seem to understand what kind of medicine Zhang Mao Hulu sells.
Even Zhu Feng was thinking about it.
Thank you for saving your son. Instead of giving him a gift, you are really stingy, Mr. Zhang, by asking your grandson to kowtow.
"Wrong." Zhang Zhou said, "The British Duke, the one who treated your son was Zhu Zhijie, the second son of the Duke of Chengguo. When have you ever had any merit for me?"
Zhang Mao smiled and said, "Zhang Lun, get up and bow to your brother Zhu to thank you."
"Yes"
Zhang Lun got up and hugged Zhu Feng, without saying a polite word. explain.
Zhang Zhou looked at Zhang Lun, a bright and handsome boy. He was only half a head shorter than his grandfather when he was still in adolescence. He would definitely be tall, handsome and have a bright future.
But he is also a little snob.
Like ancestors, like grandchildren.
However, it also made Zhang Zhou realize that the children of the Duke's family are very competitive. There are probably only so many military positions, and they are all fighting overtly and secretly, and no one wants to obey anyone.
"Bingkuan, my eldest grandson, has always been good at both civil and military arts. However, he is good at martial arts. He has hired famous teachers in literature, but his progress is slow. Alas, I have never heard that Bingkuan is from Jiangnan. Jieyuan is a man of outstanding talent, and I specifically want him to come and become your disciple," Zhang Mao said sincerely.
Zhang Zhou'er has a sharp eye and can see through everything at a glance.
This is because he knows that he is now deeply favored by the emperor, so he uses different methods to get his grandson to come closer to him. In this way, Zhang Lun may be able to gain the emperor's favor.
The methods of this group of powerful people to curry favor with others are more surprising than the last.
"My Lord, please forgive me. Although I am from Jiangnan, I have limited knowledge and skills, and I am really powerless to teach apprentices." Zhang Zhou declined.
Zhang Mao smiled and said, "I have heard that your Majesty has sent you many errands. Is the Qingning Palace repaired well? I need my help."
Zhang Zhou thought to himself, I should Say you need it or say you don’t need it
No matter how good Yang Peng is, at least he dares to make a promise with his chest beat, but you just make empty promises with a flick of your lips, whoever believes you will be stupid
Zhu Feng said, "Brother Zhang, he still has to prepare for the National Examination."
"It doesn't matter, just put your name on it first. You can wait until Bingkuan passes the Jinshi exam before accepting this disciple. Haha. "Zhang MaoThen he waved his hand, and someone from the British government came in carrying something behind him.
A box plus some cloth, the cloth is not silk, just ordinary fine cloth, plus the tea and other things contained in the box, the total can be twenty or thirty taels of silver, which is good.
No better than not knowing.
Zhang Zhouxin said that he is not even as good as the second son of the Zhu family whom you look down upon.
"Grandson, you should learn from Mr. Zhang. By the way, Mr. Zhang, if you have any good cure for canine disease, just leave it to my grandson. I still have matters to attend to in the Governor's Mansion. , I’ll take my leave first. See you next time, nephew.”
Zhang Maoming knew that Zhu Feng didn’t want to talk to him, but he still talked to Zhu Feng.
When leaving, Zhang Lun and two subordinates were specially left behind, meaning that Zhang Lun could go back after he obtained the "True Scripture" from Zhang Zhou.
The meaning of philistinism is beyond words.
Zhang Mao left.
There were three people left in the yard, which was very embarrassing.
Even Zhang Lun felt that he did not appear at the right occasion, because neither of the two people in front of him knew what to say to him.
Zhang Zhou knew very well that it was a great honor for Zhang Mao to take the initiative.
No matter how favored he is, there is still a fundamental gap between him and the Duke of Ming Dynasty.
"There is nothing I can do about your father's illness, I'm sorry." Zhang Zhou said, "Come, let's see you off."
Jia Laoshui, who was recruited earlier, came over to see Zhang Lun out. < /p>
Hearing that Zhang Lun would also be punished by Old Man Zhang, Zhu Feng felt a little more balanced. Everyone said that the British police and military were strict. Maybe he paid more attention to corporal punishment education, and it was for my own good to kick me
"Yes." Zhang Lun was always just an eleven or twelve-year-old boy, and he nodded sincerely, "Sometimes he wouldn't let me in, sometimes he would beat me with a military stick, and sometimes he would punish me by not allowing me to eat, and I wouldn't even be allowed to attend the church. "Do this to me."
Zhang Zhou said, "That's because your grandfather has high expectations for you. The eldest grandson of the Duke's family will have a heavy burden on his shoulders in the future. If you go back and tell your grandfather, tell me again." I opened a recipe and asked your father to try a different recipe. You are tired of eating the same thing all the time."
"Recipe" Zhang Lun obviously couldn't keep up with Zhang Zhou's ideas.
Zhu Feng had some objections and pulled Zhang Zhou aside, "Brother Zhang, you still don't care if the Zhang family treats you like this?"
Zhang Zhou said, "Look up and see you, lower your head. Let's talk." The gift was so heavy, why don’t I just write a recipe?"
"Huh?" Zhu Feng seemed heartless, but he remembered Zhang Mao’s revenge.
"Zhang Lun, I'll write down the recipe and you can take it back to your family."
"Okay"
Zhang Lun was about to go in with Zhang Zhou Zhu Feng glared coldly at the house. Zhang Lun seemed to be afraid that Zhu Feng would force him, so he had to stand obediently in the yard.
"Half-grown children, what about it?"
"Forget it if he kicked me, he still wants to arrange his grandson next to you, why are you trying to take credit?"
Zhang Zhou then said, "So that's what you think. "Looking at Zhu Feng with his eyes.
Not long after Zhu Feng followed him, he changed from a playboy to a capable person in the eyes of the emperor. When Zhang Mao saw that this was profitable, of course he rushed to send people to him.
Once this example is started, it is estimated that other nobles will follow suit
There are thousands of capable ministers in the Ming Dynasty, but the ministers who have the emperor's trust are the Ge Laobuting, and those people are also He would not easily accept a disciple, and being a student of Ge Laobu Tang would not make him a profit as quickly as being a student of him.
Emotional Old Man Zhang is in the business of selling rare goods
Zhang Zhou's stingy nature is similar to Zhang Mao, and he immediately figured out all the tricks of Old Man Zhang.
Zhu Feng said, "Brother Zhang, write him the recipe and also write a reply to Miss Lin Er"
"Write anything"
"Anything will do , let me have an explanation."
"Okay, I'll tell her that I'm worried about the safety of the Ming Dynasty, and I can't sleep at night worrying about the important affairs of the court. The flow doesn’t stop, I wish I could be on the gold list as soon as possible to share the worries of the world."
"Can I write something else?"
"Can I write whether you are interested in her?"
"No, Brother Zhang, you should write whatever you want. I won't read it. I just want an explanation."
Zhang Zhou found that if he wanted to become a monk in the palace, he had to deal with things outside the palace first. Bad thing.
He wrote a reply to Lin Yi. Che Zhulun talked about it and said that it was not nutritious at all. Zhu Feng cherished the letter when he got it. Those who didn’t know it really thought that Zhu Feng was relying on his letter to make a fortune. Girl.
Zhang Lun also successfully got the "prescription" he wanted, and went home to meet Zhang Mao.
Zhang Zhou himself had to work overnight and select suitable materials from tens of thousands of pieces of glass in three days to assemble the telescope.
These lenses are also produced to specified specifications, but without ready-made technology, flat glass cannot be made, let alone concave lenses and convex lenses. Great care has been taken when firing, but the defective rate is close to Ninety-nine percent.
On the afternoon of the deadline, Zhang Zhou still delivered twenty telescopes to the palace as promised.
Zhu Youtang personally received Zhang Zhou and was delighted after seeing the finished product.
"Bingkuan, for your hard work, I have prepared some rewards for you to send to your house."
Hearing that there were gifts from the emperor, Zhang Zhou's spirits were high. Get up.
The rewards for working for Zhu Youtang are quite large.
"Your Majesty, I am preparing to prepare for the exam carefully. Can I arrange to see the prince?" Since Zhang Zhou received the reward, he should do some business.
Go and give private lessons to the prince.
Zhu Youtang asked, "How many more days will you rest?"
"No need"
"Well, I will send you to the East Palace." , books or whatever you need,Whether it is from the palace collection or the Hanlin Academy, I will have someone give you a bibliography, and you can just make a list."
Zhang Zhouxin said, indeed it is not for nothing to serve as a companion to your son.< /p>
This treatment is awesome.
It’s awesome.
Of all the candidates, who is treated like me, not to mention preparing for the exam in the palace? If he fails the imperial examination again, he won't be able to see Mr. Jiangdong.
Zhang Yiyi left.
Zhu Youtang was still playing with the telescopes, not for inspection, but just for fun. Fun.
Adult men also have fun.
It’s just that Zhu Youtang pretends to be very good in front of outsiders. Since he was a child, no one has given him a chance to play. His personality has been criticized. Depressed.
"Your Majesty, are these things to be sent to the northwest immediately?" Dai Yi asked.
Zhu Youtang nodded, "Together with the previous one, twenty-one, send fast horses to various border towns quickly, but we have to make an agreement with the person who conveys the post. This thing is easy to break and cannot fall to the ground." . "
"Yes. Dai Yi took out another memorial and said, "Your Majesty, here is a list of recommendations for promotion to bachelor's degree. It will be discussed in court tomorrow. Would you like to take a look?"
"Oh"
Zhu Youtang picked up the memorial and read the list of recommendations above.
Yang Tinghe, Wang Hua, Liu Ji, Wang Hao, Jiang Lan, Zhang Bin, Wu Wei and others were on the list. /p>
"Are these the only ones?" Zhu Youtang asked.
Dai Yidao "Someone also suggested that Zhang Yuanzhen, a lecturer in the Nanjing Nanguan, be transferred to the North Branch.
Zhu Youtang shook his head and said, "No, just Wang Jizhi." ”
Dai Yi was startled.
I am just giving you a list so that you can have an idea. As a result, you directly decided to let Wang Hao be promoted to the bachelor’s degree. Wouldn’t it be too hasty? A little bit more
Zhu Youtang said, "Wang Hao may have some shortcomings in his ability to govern, but when he gave lectures in the East Palace, his talents and learning were very good, and he was able to lead the lectures at the banquet." In addition, he also selected talents for me at the Jiangnan Medical Examination Center. Isn't the selection of talents a reflection of his ability? ”
Dai Yi understood.
Now anyone who is close to Zhang Zhou can benefit, and Wang Hao was promoted because of this.
Others were trying their best to flatter Master Zuo in the hope of being taken care of by the officialdom, but now it was the other way around.
Zhu Youtang had dinner with his wife. , and then naturally wanted to put it into practice.
"Queen, you don't know, I have taken Bingkuan's medicine and I feel refreshed these days, and I can even eat more. However, I really can't drink the goat's milk that Bingkuan asked me to drink. ”
In Daming, there were no dairy cows, and those who drank milk also drank goat milk.
But goat milk still tasted a bit strange, and Zhu Youtang was weak and could not adapt to it at all. Drink this stuff, so you can only drink a little at a time, even if there are condiments in it, it won't help.
Queen Zhang frowned.
She seemed to feel a little weird, because her husband mentioned Zhang Zhou more and more recently.
"Your Majesty, you seem to be different from before."
"Really?" Zhu Youtang was curious, "What's different?"
Queen Zhang After thinking for a while, he shook his head and said, "I can't tell, but it seems that I have talked more."
Zhu Youtang was stunned for a moment, and after thinking about it, it seemed that it was true as his wife said, that he was not as afraid of meeting him as before. Stranger, because if you chat with Zhang Zhou too much, you will be brought into the rhythm of Zhang Zhou's words, which is a state of being carefree and unrestrained.
"Queen, let's not talk about this for now and rest early."
Zhu Youtang was about to go over and pull the queen towards the phoenix couch.
Empress Zhang said, "It's still early. I haven't seen the prince in the past two days. I miss him a little. Your Majesty, why not let him come out to visit from time to time. It shouldn't affect his studies."
"No"
This time Zhu Youtang's attitude was very firm, "I will not change the things I have decided easily. This is responsible for the prince. Queen, you don't need to plead for him anymore."
Queen Zhang felt even more puzzled.
Because no matter what she said in the past, even if her husband didn’t want to agree, he would always use a negotiating tone to get her to give up. How often have I ever seen her husband act decisively like this now?
“I still I sent Bingkuan to teach him day and night. Bingkuan's ability is enough to teach him well. As long as he finishes studying the Four Books and passes the examination, he should be ready in about a month. With Bingkuan here, I don't even need to take the exam myself. Him."
Zhu Youtang had calculated Zhu Houzhao's study progress.
This time I plan to confine my son in confinement for a month.
Empress Zhang was already in a bad mood, and she lost her temper when she heard this. "Your Majesty, now you mention that Zhang Bingkuan for everything. What kind of medicine did he give you? Your Majesty, shouldn't you pay attention to your family? That Zhang Bingkuan" So what?"
The wife is jealous.
Zhu Youtang thought for a while and wondered, "Bingkuan is dedicated to the Ming Dynasty, and he also wants me and you to be able to flourish the royal family as early as possible. Why does the Queen have any objections to him?"
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"I don't care, I want your majesty to promise not to see him less in the future."
Empress Zhang also knew that she couldn't go too far, and it was unrealistic to directly block the emperor from seeing Zhang Zhou. of.
Zhu Youtang said "No"
"Your Majesty"
"Don't say that Bingkuan did nothing wrong. Even if he did something wrong, he should judge it impartially." , I can’t understand how a person who wholeheartedly serves me and you could do this. I have some things to do today, so I won’t stay at Kunning Palace.”
“Your Majesty”
Queen Zhang simply thought she had heard wrong.
She has always chased Zhu Youtang away, but this time it was Zhu Youtang who took the initiative to show her off
"Sign up and do the Qing Palace"
Zhu Youtang didn't just say it, he actually left.
"Empress, the deer blood wine prepared earlier"
"Go out, I don't want to see anyone today"
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