Chapter 157 I only listen to him

On February 14th, the second session of the examination ended as scheduled.

When Zhang Zhou came out of Gongyuan, he heard a lot of rumors about vend questions. The candidates were very dissatisfied with the intensity of this exam. Under this dissatisfaction, many rumors would naturally breed.

Zhang Zhou felt that Cheng Minzheng’s question was a bit excessive.

In the second examination of the practical essay, there were so many biased questions. I used all my usual insights into the officialdom to answer the questions in the examination.

One of the questions was to give A family with four generations living under one roof, sixteen members, fifteen widows and children, "shows an example" of chastity, and the consequences are horrific.

Zhang Zhou had a headache just looking at it.

The imperial edict is the work that Hanlin bachelors have to do. Ordinary Hanlin scholars have very little contact with them. Cheng Minzheng, your usual profession, is what you are good at. You just let a group of people who usually read the Four Books and Five Classics connect to officialdom. For a scholar who has no experience in practice, you would probably find it very difficult to do such an errand.

This will become the test questions for the general examination

Obviously you, Lao Cheng, have not thought through the psychology of the candidates. The more difficult and biased the questions, the easier it is to get involved in some inexplicable things. Rumor has it that you probably only think that you have a high reputation among scholars, but you think that no one knows that you are not in the same line with the mainstream civil service system of the dynasty

Zhang Zhou also sighed with emotion.

Cheng Minzheng is using the National Examination as a stage for him to demonstrate his intellectual accomplishment.

The performance is so immersive that most people can’t hold it back.

It was not far from the Tribute Courtyard, and Zhang Zhou was not surprised. He was invited by Xiao Jing to get into the carriage and they went to the palace together.

"Mr. Zhang, big things have happened in the past two days. There is a war in the northwest."

Xiao Jing seemed very cautious and wanted to ask Zhang Zhou for his opinion on this war, but then he thought Zhang Zhou was going to meet the saint, so it would be inappropriate to inquire in advance.

Xiao Jing briefly told Zhang Zhou about the situation in the northwest.

Many secrets that even the ministers did not know were revealed directly to Zhang Zhou. This was so that Zhang Zhou would not be unable to answer the question due to ignorance of the situation in the northwest when faced with the Holy Call.

Zhang Zhou said, "Everything is as expected. The Tatars appeared in the ambush at the right time. This is exactly what we wanted."

Xiao Jing sighed, "That's what I said, But what should we do if we lose?"

Zhang Zhou smiled and said, "Eunuch Xiao, your worries seem to be unnecessary. Wang Weining has been in the army for half his life. You said that he would usually be allowed to fight in encounters. The outcome may be unpredictable. , if he is not 90% sure about this kind of war, would he dare to mess around?"

"Ninety percent" Xiao Jing heard this and seemed not satisfied with this probability.

"Don't worry, even if there is only 10% left, Wang Weining will definitely cause the Tatars to suffer more losses than I, Da Ming. He has racked his brains to obtain the title. This battle can be said to be With all his strength, he is willing to set up this pocket formation and give up the advantageous situation of the city pass, just to achieve unparalleled achievements."

This is what Zhang Zhou said. , I was actually cursing secretly in my heart..

You, Old Man Wang, are really seeking your own death.

Can't we just fight well?

Lay some explosives outside the city and blow them up. Why can't we kill one or two hundred people and then send the cavalry out to chase them and get one or two more? Hundreds of Tatar heads.

These three hundred or so battle results, coupled with the previous victory at Helan Mountain, why can't you get back Weiningbo?

In the end, you were better off, treating the Piantou Pass as a living tomb. Aren't you afraid of blowing up all the passes? If you turn around, the civil servants will brag and glare at you. Even if you win, they will give you an impeachment, saying that you can't live a good life.

And you have the strategy of abandoning the passes and then fighting back. , If you don't care about your future, you won't be afraid of accidents

"After listening to Mr. Zhang's words, our family is relieved. It seems that we can look forward to good news."

Xiao Jing listened. Zhang Zhou's words made him feel very at ease.

Zhang Zhou is also thinking in his heart, this is treating me as a guiding light. Now you just think that what I say can be fulfilled, which is why you respect me so much. But the most difficult thing in the world to guess is Regarding human affairs, Wang Weining has already entered the grave at this time in history. Everything he does now is beyond the knowledge of the time traveler.

Who dares to guarantee it

The Imperial Palace, Qianqing Palace.

Zhang Zhou sat on the seat prepared for him. He just roughly told the emperor what he had said to Xiao Jing before, only adding some strategic thoughts. < /p>

Zhang Zhou’s words made Zhu Youtang nod one after another.

Dai Yi on the side asked, "Mr. Zhang, since there are bombings inside the city gate, why don't you stay outside the city waiting to pick up fish that have slipped through the net?"

Zhang Zhou said, "This involves When it comes to the determination of military merit in the northwest, if the Tatar soldiers died in pieces with no heads left but piles of rotten meat, would the imperial court give him actual credit?

" Haha."

Zhu Youtang looked relaxed now, and couldn't help laughing when he heard this, "This is not a rough statement. The purpose of Wang Weining's battle in the northwest is for his Earlship of Weining. If It all relied on Bingkuan's gunpowder to blow up the enemy. Let alone a civil servant in the court, even I couldn't give him a detailed military reward. He must have wanted to do something. Leading troops to kill."

"That's it."

Dai Yi then showed his humility by saying, "I'm not as thoughtful as Your Majesty and Mr. Zhang." He looked like he was standing aside just laughing.

Seeing the emperor's smile, these eunuchs were actually relieved.

Zhu Youtang sighed, "It's just that the results haven't come yet, I'm still upset. Bingkuan, if you want to test things without results, you can test them, and now we have the results." It shouldn’t be difficult.”

At this time, several eunuchs were around and they knew that the emperorEven if he knew that Zhang Zhou was still taking the exam and would return to Gongyuan in more than an hour, the purpose of calling Zhang Zhou to the palace was still the same.

Zhang Zhou smiled and said, "Your Majesty, there is nothing I can do. God's will is easy to predict, and this matter of personnel depends on one's own experience. I do not make unreasonable speculations, but I hope your Majesty will forgive you."

"Haha."

Zhu Youtang smiled and said, "You are also honest. In fact, listening to what you said, I also think that there is a high probability that Wang Weining will not be wrong. In fact, you are pretending to test Please comfort me. Even if you don't win in the end, I can't do anything to you. If you insist on being so honest and say that you don't know how to predict the future, you say that there is no one else in the world who dares to predict the future except you. "

Zhang Zhou said, "I will not do anything to deceive the emperor."

Dai Yi smiled and said, "Mr. Zhang, this is not deceiving the emperor. It is just to let your majesty have a good sleep." , Your Majesty has been so talkative in the past two days"

"Talk too much" Zhu Youtang scolded Dai Yi with a straight face, but in fact it was not too harsh.

Dai Yi quickly lowered his head and admitted his mistake, "It was my servant who made a mistake."

Zhang Zhou said, "Your Majesty, why don't you ask me to give you a prescription to soothe your nerves? After your Majesty's dinner, Take casual clothes, I guess when you wake up early tomorrow morning, the battle report from the northwest will come. What do you think?"

"Okay, okay"

Zhu Youtang is interested. He was very tall and stood up to go to His Majesty Dan. Zhang Zhou also quickly stood up to greet him.

Zhu Youtang said, "I have also prepared a banquet in the palace. In addition, the prince has been talking about you before, so I will give you a banquet in the Wenhua Palace and let the prince prepare it together."

The general meaning is that you, Zhang Bingkuan, don’t even think about going home during the exam. After dinner in the palace, I will send someone to take you back to Gongyuan. You can just go directly to take the third exam.

Zhang Zhou felt helpless.

The original plan was good. During the exam, I could go home and reunite with my wife and children.

This is good.

In order to make the emperor and his son happy, he had to sacrifice his personal time.

If you become an official in the future, you will not be busy with official duties every day, but also have to deal with the private affairs of the royal family. You can work, but the training and bonuses must not be less

In the Wenhua Palace.

At this time, Zhu Houzhao was studying the battle situation in the northwest in front of the sand table.

The naughty kid has also been very excited recently. He seems to have a sense of restlessness in his bones. He heard that a war was going on in the northwest, and it was almost a decisive battle. Zhu Houzhao felt that he had learned the art of war and strategy from Zhang Zhou before, why not? It's time to "express"

So I used the ready-made sand table to simulate the template of the battle at Piantou Pass.

"Do you think Wang Weining will directly mobilize 600,000 soldiers and horses to crush the Tatars in Piantou Pass at once?"

Of course Zhu Houzhao's military knowledge It's still a bit shallow. The basis for victory he sticks to is still "defeating the few with more", which is to rely on the superiority of troops to suppress.

besideLiu Jin at the side smiled and said, "I don't know, I don't know. What do you think, Prince?"

"What's the use of asking you, Father? Didn't he say he would bring Zhang Zhou here? He hasn't arrived yet"

After finally having the opportunity to meet Zhang Zhou and discuss the military situation in the northwest, Zhu Houzhao was full of expectations.

It is like a young girl waiting for the groom to come to pick her up.

Liu Jin followed Zhu Houzhao's gaze and knocked on the door, saying, "It should be soon."

Zhu Houzhao had been preparing in the morning, and it was not until the afternoon that he saw Zhang Zhou arrive. .

Since the banquet was to be given, the time should be as close to evening as possible. This actually made Zhang Zhou realize that it was impossible to go home and rest after leaving the palace.

"Prince"

When Zhu Youtang and Zhang Zhou appeared in the Wenhua Palace, Zhu Houzhao had already run over.

Zhu Houzhao stared at Zhang Zhou with greedy eyes.

"Father, Zhang Qing's family is here. Ask him to brief me on the situation in the northwest. I have been simulating it for a day today."

When Zhu Houzhao said this, Not realizing at all that he had inadvertently revealed something.

Zhu Youtang was quite happy at first, but when he heard this, he straightened his face and said, "I didn't study hard today."

"This"

Zhu Houzhao was dumbfounded.

But Zhu Youtang did not embarrass his son.

Then Zhu Houzhao went to the sand table and talked loudly. What he said was still the theory of "600,000 troops encircling Piantou Pass".

Zhu Youtang listened and frowned: "Wang Yue only mobilized less than 5,000 soldiers and horses, mostly cavalry, while the Tatars had more than 10,000 elite soldiers stationed in the city gates. They mobilized troops and horses temporarily, It is impossible to use all the elites, and the defense of the other border areas of the Ming Dynasty cannot be slackened due to this battle."

Zhu Houzhao became excited instantly, "That is to say, Wang Weining's men and horses are not as many as the Tatars. If you dare to give up the city, you must have set up artillery, muskets, and crossbows, dug ditches, and buried horse ropes. All the Tatar evacuation roads have been blocked. It will be difficult for the Tatars to fly, right?"

"Yeah"

Zhu Youtang frowned.

Although his son did not know about the yellow gunpowder, Zhu Houzhao's knowledge of the battle exceeded his expectations as a father.

In summary, Wang Yue's tactics are not the same as what his son said.

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