Chapter 264: I am professional at painting cakes

"Qin Qing's family, my wish for the northwest is to have fortresses stretching for thousands of miles and fertile soil all over the land. The mountains, rivers and rivers in the northwest should all be within the territory of the Ming Dynasty. Although they cannot reach Haiyan and Heqing, at least they must be The people live and work in peace and contentment"

Zhu Youtang expressed his idea with emotion.

I didn’t raise the issue of troops, but the so-called "thousands of miles of continuous fortresses" is not the same as telling Qin Hong that I hope you will include the Hetao area into the territory of the Ming Dynasty

This is about speaking skills.

If in the court, the emperor faced a traditional civil servant with resentment and talked about sending troops to the northwest and not returning Loulan until it was destroyed, it would be strange for Qin Hong to listen.

But it’s different now.

Zhu Youtang first showed Qin Hong his specific strategy. He even built tanks for you, and then catered to your preferences. Didn’t Bingkuan say that you like to build fortresses? Then let’s make some ideas with you. The entire northwest fortress stretches for thousands of miles. Let me talk to you about how the villagers live and work in peace and contentment

Are you excited?

Qin Hong indeed changed his previous indifferent attitude and looked very excited. , knelt down and accepted the order and said, "I will do my best, veteran."

Ma Wensheng and Liu Jian looked at each other.

They all saw the surprise and fear in each other's eyes.

Qin Shiying was subdued just by being divided by two by the emperor

This

Why is it so confusing

Qin Hong said, "How can an old minister be slack on military affairs? An old minister goes to Pianguan without stopping to arrange military affairs." "My loyal and courageous veteran, I will entrust you with important matters in the northwest in the future," Zhu Youtang said, "Let Bingkuan accompany you out of the palace, and there are a few others who may want to go to the side pass with you, each of them." I have some errands to do. As for the artillery carriages and artillery matters, it is better for you to discuss them privately."

"Yes"

Qin Hong looked at Zhang Zhou with some admiration. and approval.

He even stopped paying attention to the looks cast by Ma Wensheng and Liu Jian, as if he no longer took them seriously.

The inner court meeting ended.

After they went back, Zhang Zhou and Xiao Jing were responsible for accompanying Qin Hong out of the palace. On the way, they discussed the use of troops in the northwest and the construction of artillery carriages.

As for Ma Wensheng and Liu Jian, they took another path, led by Chen Kuan.

"Oh, how can I say that Bingkuan is indispensable? I originally thought that this Qin Shiying was an old stubborn and would not listen to anything I told him. Who would have thought that with just a few words, he would be convinced? Haha."

After Zhu Youtang dismissed these ministers, he looked very proud in front of Dai Yi.Out of joy.

The emperor is most afraid that the servants in the northwest will not listen to him.

Not everyone is as obedient to the emperor and Jin Cheng as Wang Yue is, and not everyone is as powerful as Wang Yue to intimidate the heroes.

Dai Yi asked tentatively, "Is it possible that Mr. Qin, who made the platform, was just pretending?"

As a person close to the emperor, Dai Yi could not let the emperor Even if his heart is empty, he will say some unpleasant things. This is to show his loyalty.

Zhu Youtang smiled and said, "I have discussed this with Bingkuan before. What Bingkuan means is that although Qin Shiying is a civil servant, there is no place for him in the court. He will either be in charge of military affairs in the northwest or He returned to his hometown to take care of his old age, and his previous achievements were not enough to shock the world. How could he easily miss such an opportunity to make contributions?"

"Ah" Dai Yi said with a puzzled look, " Then he still doesn’t”

He didn’t tell the whole story. What he meant was that since Qin Shiying had the ambition to make great achievements, he still talked nonsense in the court about the “Five Strategies to Defend the Enemy” and how he wanted to calm the people and court him. How could there be any enterprising spirit?

Zhu Youtang said, "I may have been too harsh on him regarding the matter of Marquis Anyuan. How could he not have the slightest grudge in his heart? I just want to be honest with him." Only sincerity can bring you sincerity. What's more, Bingkuan is right. Qin Shiying is very concerned about building earthen castles and making cars, so he might as well use this as a way to break the situation. Now look at it. Come and use the right strategy."

Only then did Dai Yi know that Zhang Zhou was not using some methods to test, but had already identified Qin Hong's weakness and prescribed the right medicine.

"Your Majesty, with Mr. Zhang here, the northwest is really safe and peaceful." At this time, Dai Yi only needed to flatter him.

Zhu Youtang stood up and had already taken steps. Hearing this, he said with some emotion, "I want to use him to take charge of military affairs in Yansui, Ningxia, Guyuan and other places, but unfortunately he still does not have enough prestige. I can't do without Wang Weining and Qin Shiying. There are many capable ministers in the court. It's a pity that there is only one Bingkuan. It's a shame."

Dai Yidao said, "If it weren't for Mr. Zhang, he would accept Tang Yin as his junior brother."

Zhu Youtang smiled and said, "Bingkuan said that he would transfer Tang Yin to the northwest, but he is not good at learning. If he can be used in a big way, let's try it first. I also hope that Bingkuan can cultivate more." A capable person will come out."

"Mr. Zhang is devoted to the imperial court. It is admirable and admirable." Dai Yi flattered Zhang Zhou again.

"Haha."

Zhu Youtang smiled and walked to Kunning Palace. He probably had no intention to deal with court affairs today.

Liu Jian returned to the cabinet to check the room.

Li Dongyang has already returned first.

"Binzhi, why didn't you go to Qianqing Palace?" Liu Jian came over and asked.

Li Dongyang had followed Ma Wensheng and Liu Jian to Qianqing Palace, but he was called away by the Royal Horse Supervisor on the way, as if they had something to discuss.

Li Dongyang said, "Your Majesty is going to send Wang Shouren and Tang Yin to the northwest. One is to take care of Wang Shichang's funeral, and the other is saying...In the past, I served as the tutor of Qin Shiying, and then I was asked to discuss the details of Wang Shichang's funeral with the Ministry of Rites. Is there anything going on in the Qianqing Palace?"

The tasks of the civil servants are also different.

When they mentioned what Qin Hong saw. Seeing the contrast between the front and back of the chariot drawings, Xie Qian broke the brush in his hand angrily.

"What is Qin Shiying going to do? He kept saying that he wanted to protect the land and the people, and he was called just once." Wang Shichang's backbone can't be straightened up." Xie Qian's evaluation of Qin Hong was also very unkind.

In the eyes of traditional civil servants like them, surrendering to the emperor and recent sycophants is tantamount to betraying and becoming a lowly person. .

This is why Wang Yue has always been criticized for his ability.

Similarly, Zhang Zhou is still not worthy of the traditional civil servants.

Civil officials follow rules, moderation, and everything is done step by step. Anyone who violates the rules will be treated as an alien.

This is also true. The rules of officialdom in China for thousands of years

Even if Wang Yue and Zhang Zhou abide by the rules, they will still be criticized as long as they have outstanding achievements. This is "shooting the first bird". As long as you violate the principle of "moderate" and become the leader, you will be criticized in various ways. Recently, Cheng Minzheng suffered from this.

So Zhang Zhou knew from the beginning that he would not care about himself. No matter how you treat the civil servants, he is the one being criticized anyway, so why bother trying to make peace with the civil officials?

There is no need.

Liu Jian sighed, " Perhaps he admired building cars and forts very much, so he had such a change in attitude. "

Li Dongyang shook his head and said, "I don't think so." "

"Oh Binzhi, what do you think?" Liu Jian actually analyzed it correctly, but he also felt that his analysis was too superficial and that things often cannot be so simple.

So he wanted to hear Li Dongyang's opinion.

Li Dongyang said, "Your Majesty will first judge the prince's military strategy. It is clear that he has the intention of letting him guide the prince and assist the crown prince. Then they tell each other with chariots, etc., to show their trust, or to make the emperor and his ministers clear up their previous suspicions. ”

“Haha. Xie Qian smiled disdainfully, "How old is Qin Shiying? Does he think he will have the opportunity to return to the court to advise the prince in the future? Or does he think he can survive a few years when he becomes the master of the East Palace and assist the new master when he has the opportunity in the future?"

"Yu Qiao"

Liu Jian scolded him with a straight face.

You Xie Qian are really unobtrusive, how dare you say this casually. Nonsense

"Cough" Xie Qian coughed, perhaps because of the contrast in Qin Hong's attitude, which made him completely angry.

Previously, he was teasing in front of those civil servants and military officials, making those military officials feel ashamed, but now Qin Shiying used "arrogant at first and respectful at the end" to let him know what it means to turn against someone rather than turn over a book. Still fast.

Li Dongyang said, "If it's better, find an opportunity to talk to Qin Shiying before he leaves for Pianguan."

Li Dongyang felt that since the emperor could come to the inner court meeting to show his goodwill, then We can also imitate Qin Hong's heart and let him act according to the rules of civil servants.

Liu Jian raised his hand and vetoed the proposal. He said, "The civil servants are leading the military affairs to the northwest. If the cabinet ministers meet with him rashly, they will be criticized. If your Majesty is determined to send troops to Hetao, It will not change based on the opinion of one minister. Now it is better to use Qin Shiying as the general manager to announce military affairs than to change others."

In terms of the overall situation, Liu Jian is better than others. Li Dongyang is better.

He is more comprehensive.

The general meaning is that even if we ask Qin Hong to listen to us now and let him only defend at the Piantou Pass without arranging to send troops to Hetao, if the emperor's strategic intention is not achieved, he will be defeated. replace.

It may also be possible to replace Qin Hong with someone who can lead troops to serve as the governor of the three sides, and Qin Hong's power may not be as easy to control as it is now.

"Yes." Li Dongyang understood what Liu Jian meant and nodded in approval.

Xie Qian asked, "What did Zhang Bingkuan do in this matter?"

Liu Jian shook his head, obviously he did not understand what Zhang Zhou did in this matter. What role he played? He just recalled it as much as possible and said, "The prince's military policy may have come from his guidance, and the construction of the chariot was also his idea. As for how to persuade Qin Shiying, I'm afraid I can only ask Qin Shiying himself." ”

Dilemma.

Qin Hong is about to lead his troops on an expedition. To avoid suspicion, the cabinet ministers cannot go to meet him. If they don’t meet, they can’t ask. If they don’t ask, they won’t know Qin Hong’s true inner thoughts.

If you don’t know, you can only guess.

This is what makes them anxious.

Obviously everything was under control before, but Qin Hong "rebelled" as soon as he turned his face. He couldn't even figure out the reason for the rebellion. This was what made the three cabinet ministers most powerless.

Li Dongyang said, "The prince has not yet completed his studies, but he is too obsessed with military affairs. This is not the style of a benevolent king. We might as well use this to report to the officials to remind your majesty to regulate the prince's daily schoolwork, especially Zhang Bingkuan, should not Too much participation in lectures in the East Palace. What does Mr. Liu think?"

"Yeah."

After Li Dongyang's reminder, the three cabinet members seemed to have finally found a "breakthrough."

Since there is no way to change the emperor's use of Qin Hong, and there is no way to change Qin Hong's attitude, then we should start with the impeachment of "Zhang Bingkuan, the bad prince". Even if the emperor cannot lose his respect for Zhang Zhou trust, at least let Zhang Zhou drink a pot of Qingyi's reputation first, so that you can gain more trust in the literary world.The reputation among the ministers is reduced.

We cannot guarantee our right to speak in the court, but at least we must ensure our right to speak among civil servants.

"Yu Qiao, go talk to someone about this." Liu Jiandao, "Don't let others know."

Xie Qian smiled and nodded, "It's easy to say, Zhang Bingkuan has done so many things. The rules are too numerous to describe. There are officials in the court who already hate him deeply. If he hadn’t deliberately suppressed him before, don’t worry, he won’t have an easy time in the future.”

Zhang Zhou. In fact, it had been expected that after Wang Yue's death, the civil servants would definitely attack him, the de facto emperor's first aide, in order to regain control of the military and political affairs in the northwest.

If you can't directly affect the emperor's trust in him, then start with his reputation indirectly.

Three people become a tiger.

If everyone in the court said that Zhang Zhou was a near-sycophant, everyone in the country would not regard him as a near-sycophant.

After all, the public opinion of the Ming Dynasty has always been in the hands of those with pens in their hands. Even the emperor sometimes had to succumb to public opinion. This is why the civil servants of the Hongzhi Dynasty could gradually become the absolute ruling force of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhang Zhou accompanied Qin Hong out of the palace and immediately took him to Wang Gong's factory. He visited the new artillery on site and showed Qin Hong the finished product of the new artillery cart.

Qin Hong was not very interested in artillery, but after seeing the new tank, his eyes were shining.

Wang Shouren walked out with Tang Yin, and the two of them saluted Qin Hong, "I have met Qin Zhongcheng."

"Oh"

Qin Hong raised his head and saw two He didn't know the man, who was around thirty years old.

Zhang Zhou made an introduction to him.

"Both are bachelor's degree scholars, Wang Shouren and Tang Yin. They have been assisting in artillery exercises in the Yanwu Hall. They also contributed a lot to building chariots." Zhang Zhou said to himself Some of the credit goes to Wang Shouren and Tang Yin.

The main reason is to bring Qin Hong closer to the two of them.

Qin Hong nodded and smiled and said, "You are young and promising."

Xiao Jing on the side reminded, "Wang Jinshi was ordered to go to Pianguan this time to escort the coffin of Marquis Weining back to his hometown. Complete the funeral. As for Tang Jinshi, he is Mr. Zhang's junior brother. He is very good at cannons and chariots, and may be able to help Qin make platforms."

"Oh." p>

Qin Hong nodded.

Obviously he has no objection to what Wang Shouren did.

It was reasonable and reasonable for the imperial court to send someone to attend Wang Yue's funeral. The important point was that Wang Shouren's background was much higher than that of Tang Yin. Qin Hong had no objection to the children of such a noble family.

But Tang Yin

You are from a humble background. You are the son of a merchant and Zhang Zhou’s junior brother

You still want to be my aide and help me. I built chariots and even made suggestions

Who gave you the courage?

Afterwards, Zhang Zhou took Qin Hong alone to see various places in Wang Gong's factory.

When everything is ready, Xiao Jing will leadWhen Qin Hong went to the Governor's Mansion, Qin Hong would be escorted to Pianguan by a thousand cavalry from the capital camp. These troops were also regarded as the "private armed forces" given to Qin Hong by the emperor, and they also served as personal bodyguards when they arrived at Pianguan.

"Senior Brother, I"

After sending Qin Hong out of Wang Gong Factory, Wang Shouren was ready to set off.

On the other hand, Tang Yin looked like "I can't do it, don't let me do it", and wanted to find Zhang Zhou to shirk responsibility.

Zhang Zhou narrowed his eyes and said, "What's wrong, second junior brother, you haven't gone to the northwest yet, so why don't you give up?"

Tang Yin said, "Now that I have just become a Jinshi, my family members are all I haven't settled down yet, and my official position has not yet been decided. At this time, I feel uneasy going to the northwest. It's better"

"Haha"

Zhang Zhou smiled.

Historically, Tang Yin reconciled with his second wife after he failed in the imperial examination in the twelfth year of Hongzhi's reign.

And because of his appearance, Tang Yin directly won the Jinshi this time, and the reconciliation did not happen.

But some conflicts did not arise just because of one day. After Tang Yin took his wife to the capital, many conflicts still occurred due to daily trivial matters, which seriously affected Tang Yin's official career.

"Bohu, it's not my intention that you go to the northwest, but your Majesty's." Zhang Zhou smiled and said, "You represent our sect. With you here, it will be more important to this Qin Dynasty." The assistant minister is also a constraint. Don't look at him being picky about you now, but after arriving in the northwest, he will change his view of you because you are indeed a capable person."

"Uh."

Tang Yin felt that Zhang Zhou was fooling him.

I am a capable person

I didn’t even realize it myself, how did you figure it out?

“You don’t have to worry about your family affairs. Everything has been arranged for you, and I can’t treat you lightly as you serve the master. What do you think I will find a bigger yard for your wife to live in?"

"No. No need."

Tang Yin was shocked.

The relationship between him and his wife is not very good, but he knew that Zhang Zhou encouraged Zhu Feng to reconcile with his wife. Men never want to ask outsiders for help when it comes to household matters.

Zhang Zhou put his hand on Tang Yin's shoulder and gave him a picture: "Look, when you go to the northwest, you don't need any credit, just think of it as earning a resume for yourself, and you won't do anything about it after you come back." You are the head of the Sixth Department, and you may be directly promoted to Yuanwailang. If you feel that being an official in Beijing is not suitable, you will be released to a local government. You do not need to start as a county magistrate or general magistrate. You can choose to participate in political affairs and consult with the Chief Envoy."

Tang Yin said, "I first entered the court, and I have no skills at all. Is this possible?"

Zhang Zhou smiled and said, "You are in my school, you should know what is impossible for me right away." I’m going to be promoted to a bachelor’s degree.”

“Well, then I’ll give it a try.”

Although Tang Yin knew that Zhang Zhou was drawing cakes for him, he felt that this was not the case. Don't miss this opportunity in your own life.

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