The twenty-second of the twelfth lunar month.
On this day, Zhu Youtang left the palace in casual clothes and was going to see his "beloved concubine". After all, this woman was more than four months pregnant, and Zhu Youtang could be considered a person who "valued love and justice." man.
There were very few people accompanying him, but because Wu Hao, the Qin Tian Supervisor, was already in the court, he asked the emperor to accept the concubine as God's will. Although the emperor did not directly agree to the matter, but also because the news gradually The leak started mainly because Xu Qiong and Shen Lu had already started to activate their connections, and the news spread like wildfire.
There are already many ministers who know that the emperor has a woman.
But it is limited to high-level officials in the DPRK and those who are closely related to the royal family.
For example, Zhu Feng, whom Zhang Zhou called to accompany him that day, had almost no idea about it.
"That is"
Zhu Feng originally thought that Zhang Zhou was just taking him to meet his "ex-wife". Unexpectedly, when he got there, he found a familiar-looking figure entering the yard. , he is still a little unclear.
Zhang Zhou said, "Follow me and don't talk nonsense."
"Yes."
Zhu Feng walked behind Zhang Zhou like a follower.
Entering the shop, Ning Tong was still looking at the people who had just entered. As the owner of the yard, she didn't even say hello when Zhu Youtang came in.
"You"
Ning Tong, like Zhu Feng, can only speak half of the words.
Zhang Zhou said, "Why, didn't you recognize him? He is the Marquis of Anbian, and I am Zhang Bingkuan."
Ning Tong came over and asked, "I just went in."
< p>Another half-assed question.Zhang Zhou said, "Have you not seen the theater before?"
Not only Ning Tong, but also Zhu Feng thought about who was going in.
Zhang Zhou walked in front, leading the former husband and wife to the inner courtyard. Zhu Feng still muttered a little guiltyly, "Brother Zhang, why don't we go out and wait for the driver?"
Zhang Zhou said, "We are here to relax with our friends."
"Oh."
Zhu Feng responded like an aggrieved doormat.
Ning Tong originally thought Zhu Feng was unmanly, but when she saw this scene, she even looked at her ex-husband with disdain.
Zhu Youtang went in to be gentle with Xiaolian.
Zhang Zhou did not enter, but waited in the yard.
Zhu Feng was afraid that there would be some bad noise coming from inside, but only Zhang Zhou knew how much Zhu Youtang cherished his unborn child. At this time, palace rules prohibited the emperor from having sex with his concubine.
So it can only be a farewell and some verbal conversation.
Until Zhu Youtang came out, he saw three people standing at the door and came over with a smile.
Zhu Feng quickly saluted and said, "Your Majesty, your Majesty, Zhu Feng."
This made Ning Tong very embarrassed. She quickly lowered her head and did not dare to look at anyone present. .
Zhu Youtang smiled and said, "I knowFestival, I am going out incognito today, there is no need to stick to etiquette. I heard that you have laid a lot of groundwork for this yard, and I will remember it. "
"Ah"
Zhu Feng was dumbfounded and didn't understand what it meant.
Zhang Zhou smiled and said helpfully, "That's it. This courtyard is It was added by Marquis Anbian, and he paid great attention to the internal and external repairs. ”
Zhu Feng then understood that Zhang Zhou was taking credit for him.
Zhu Feng wanted to say, I don’t even know what happened here, nor did I know that Tong’er was here. What credit can I get for keeping someone else occupied?
Ning Tong was a little dissatisfied with Zhang Zhou's behavior of turning his elbow on Zhu Feng, but she did not dare to make any speech on this occasion. < /p>
"Okay, I'll go back first. Zhu Youtang said with a comforting look on his face, "I won't go out of the city with Bingkuan today. I'm a little tired." ”
“Congratulations to Your Majesty. "
Zhang Zhou held his hand.
Zhu Youtang then smiled and nodded to Zhu Feng and Ning Tong, and led the people to the front yard.
I went to Ningtong courtyard with the emperor, but nothing strange happened.
Afterwards, Zhang Zhou called Zhu Feng to the artillery workshop outside the city to meet with Zhu in the name of inspection. Feng said something.
“Zhijie, you behaved very badly just now. "Zhang Zhou took Zhu Feng to wander around the workshop, "You should know that His Majesty attaches great importance to the inheritance of blood. In the future, your establishment of contact with this imperial concubine and prince will also have a great impact on the status of your Duke Chengguo. help.
Zhu Feng said, "Brother Zhang, I have already left the country to live in another house by myself. I don't want to interfere too much with the affairs of the Chengguo Duke's house." "
Zhang Zhou smiled and said, "Sooner or later I will need you again. ”
“Why”
Zhu Feng doesn’t understand, but Zhang Zhou won’t explain.
Could you tell him that your eldest brother will still have no son in the future? It's you who will inherit this title
With the butterfly effect, everything is not absolute.
Zhang Zhou said, "Is there any news about your father?"
Zhu Feng said with a smile. He said with a comforting look, "My father is almost arriving in the capital. It is said that he should arrive before the year, in a few days. Grandma misses her very much, and even suggested that she would like to go back to Nanjing for a walk."
Zhang Zhou wanted to say, silly boy, your grandma wanted to tell me through you that your father should return to Nanjing to serve as a guard. Why are you so stupid?
"Do you know the military situation in Liaodong?" Zhang Zhou asked.
Zhu Feng asked curiously, "It means on the north bank of Huangshui in the grassland. The battle is said to be very brutal, but it’s fine if I don’t go. "
As they were talking, the two of them had arrived in front of the fixed fort. An acquaintance was standing there. It was Lin Ting, one of Zhang Zhou's brothers-in-law.
When Lin Ting saw him, he was Two outstanding martial artists from the Ming Dynasty came over and hurried forward to salute, while the rest of the cannon-making staff also left first.
"Brother Lin, I just want to talk to you. "Zhang Zhou seemed to ignore Zhu Feng and invited Lin Ting to the pavilion aside.
Lin Ting said, "There is a stove inside, and I would like to invite Mr. Lai Guo to come in and talk."
"Yes."
The three of them then entered the house.
Because Zhu Feng was thin, and probably because southerners were afraid of the cold, she had long wanted to enter the house. When she entered the house with a stove, Zhu Feng's nose was all red.
It also shows that this kid is not adapted to the northern weather.
The three of them sat down.
Someone served hot tea. Lin Ting, as a scholarly family, was relatively proficient in tea ceremony. In addition, his status was lower, so he personally served tea to Zhang Zhou and Zhu Feng.
Zhang Zhou said, "I plan to go to Yongping Mansion recently, and Brother Lin will go there to help open the iron mine. Brother Lin is capable of the job."
Lin Ting said with emotion, "But just obey the orders. ”
Actually, Lin Ting doesn’t really want to go.
Just like Tang Yin, he followed Zhang Zhou and was doing hard work.
In this era, officials have the lowest demand for performance appraisals. Instead, they pay more attention to matters such as etiquette and education, pay attention to integrity and reputation, and also care about reputation in the literary world and public opinion, especially Beijing officials.
Even the Jingcha and the Grand Timekeepers are evaluated based on their qualifications and years of evaluation in ritual and music education.
So, for someone like Zhang Zhou to do practical work, it would be better to hang out in Chaozhong Yamen for a few more years. This is also related to the different mentality of different people.
For example, Wang Shouren does not like the rigid and rigid principles of officialdom.
Zhang Zhou smiled and said, "When we get to Yongping Mansion, we have decided on the mining matter. I also want to ask you two to go to Liaodong with me. What do you think?"
Zhu Feng Upon hearing this, he first expressed his confusion: "Brother Zhang, are you going to Liaodong to determine the merits of the previous battle?"
Zhang Zhou did not answer, but looked at Lin Ting.
Lin Tingdao said, "As the head of the Ministry of Industry, I should mostly deal with matters around the capital. I have no errands to go to Liaodong."
This also means, you give me I have to go on an errand, so let’s go together.
Otherwise, if you want to take me with you on your own behalf, let’s not discuss it.
Zhang Zhou didn’t mind. In his opinion, Zhu Feng, Lin Ting and Tang Yin had something in common, that is, they all wanted to live a relatively stable life. They wanted to be officials, and they also wanted to be officials in the traditional sense. Officials at the top do not like to make rash advances.
The ideals that change the times and the principles of serving the country and the people are too vague for them. What they hope for is smooth progress without wind and waves.
But Zhang Zhou needs help.
Without Tang Yin, Lin Ting, and Zhu Feng, does he expect Wang Shouren to lead the charge for him every time?
With those people who tried their best to fawn over him, he didn't feel that Can help you achieve great things.
It is also because his position in the court is too embarrassing. He is both a civil servant and a military officer. There is too much resistance to him from the civil servants, and also because he is ranked according to the qualifications of scholars.According to the rules of the senior generation, Zhang Zhou is also a junior, which will cause a top-heavy problem.
Obviously he has great status, great power, and has done many things, but others do not respect him very much, and even regard him as an outlier who breaks the traditional civil service system.
"Two of you, let's be honest. The Ming Dynasty is about to use troops in Liaodong, and the battle is in Jianzhou. I want to fight in person in this battle." Zhang Zhou said.
Lin Ting nodded, probably understanding that this was another military mission for Zhang Zhou.
After running northwest, we have to run to Liaodong.
Zhu Feng said, "Aren't Lu Zhongcheng and the others here?"
Lin Ting thought for a while and analyzed, "Could it be that Lu Zhongcheng and the others were sent by the Duke of Lai to explore the road for Lai?" The Duke personally led the troops to make preparations."
"Brother Lin, you should still call Bingkuan so unconventional," Zhang Zhou smiled.
Lin Ting looked at Zhu Feng. He probably meant that Zhu Feng was also Anbian Hou, an "outsider". If there are outsiders around, I'd better show respect to you, otherwise Others thought I was neither old nor young.
Zhang Zhou smiled and said, "As Brother Lin said, it is natural to be prepared to send troops to establish a state. In fact, the earliest mention of this battle can be mentioned in the King of Korea's petition to the Ming Dynasty to send troops. You should know that the Ming Dynasty once In the third year of Chenghua and the fourteenth year of Chenghua, the Korean army was mobilized twice to cooperate with the Ming Dynasty to conquer and teach the Jianzhou Guards. Both times they achieved good results, but they were not completely destroyed."
Lin Ting asked, "So this time we want to destroy them, but in those border areas, should we move the people to live there or hand them over to other tribes?"
"Of course the Ming Dynasty built the fortress. The border people are being managed there." Zhang Zhou smiled, "In recent years, the Jianzhou Guards have not harassed the border areas of the Ming Dynasty, but they often harassed the border areas of North Korea. They are a typical bully and fear of the strong, but their disobedience is actually true. It has happened a long time ago, and the so-called tribute is just an excuse. This time the Ming Dynasty sent troops to change the order."
Zhu Feng said, "Do you want me to go to this battle?"
Zhang Zhou smiled and said, "If you don't go, how can you show that Ming Dynasty attaches great importance to this war?"
Zhu Feng asked, "But isn't there Shouning Hou in Liaodong as the commander-in-chief? I will replace him."
"You don't need to replace him, and you are not a general of Liaodong. Your task is just to follow me. You are a staff general, and Brother Lin is the nominal coach."
Zhang Zhou took out a folded map from his arms, opened it and presented it in front of the two of them.
"Shenyang sent troops, 50,000 soldiers and horses, divided into two groups. One group was led by Lu Wanqin, the governor of Liaodong, with 30,000 soldiers, leaving Fushun, all the way east, entering Jianzhou Youwei. The other group, soldiers 20,000, Brother Lin, you will lead the troops in name, but I will secretly command and dispatch the troops from Crow Falcon Pass to attack Jianzhou Acropolis."
After Zhang Zhou finished speaking, he looked at the two of them with a smile and said, " You two, what do you think?"
Zhu Feng asked, "It means that I followed you, Brother Zhang, to attack Jianzhou Guard from Crow Falcon Pass."
"Yes" Zhang. Zhoudianhead.
"How to fight this battle with Coco?" Zhu Feng asked a question that sounded childish to Lin Ting.
Zhang Zhou seemed to admire him very much and said with a smile, "You asked a good question. How to fight haha. We must first send troops from North Korea to disrupt from the rear, and order the Jianzhou Guards to send troops to the east to fight with We will fight until they lose."
Zhu Feng asked, "Can North Korea not be able to defeat it?"
"Yes, it should be impossible to defeat them," Zhang Zhou said, "And even if they can defeat it. However, we will not give them this opportunity, because they are not qualified to use troops in Liaodong. Do you mean that the land they captured must be handed over to them?"
"Oh," Zhu Feng, too. The concept of home and country is quite clear.
Zhang Zhou said, "When the Jianzhou Guards have enough time to take care of both sides, we will send out troops again. The two groups must cooperate properly and advance steadily, and we will never engage in a rash battle. When the Jianzhou Guards come, they will fight with them." In the first battle, we retreat without pursuing them. In short, we fight steadily."
Zhang Zhou knew very well that the Jianzhou Jurchens were able to survive and develop in Liaodong for two to three hundred years, and were finally qualified to conquer the Central Plains. Mostly because of their bravery and good fighting skills.
It is not easy to completely eliminate this kind of people on horseback, and the territory they occupy, in the eyes of today's Ming Dynasty, is more of a barbaric land where hair and blood are eaten. What Zhang Zhou meant It is not only necessary to capture their territory, but also to operate it for a long time. From then on, a major hidden danger in the future of the Ming Dynasty will be completely nipped in the bud.
This is why Zhang Zhou wanted to fight in person because the battle was of great significance to the future Ming Dynasty.
"Is it using a cannon?" Zhu Feng continued to ask.
Zhang Zhou nodded and said, "Now our Ming Dynasty's most powerful weapon is artillery. Taking advantage of their inability to resolve the impact of our sharp artillery, it is the best way to destroy them all at once. Drag it on, It will only bring trouble to the Ming Dynasty. After capturing the Jianzhou Guard, they will also send troops northward. However, because of the special climate in Liaodong, we must take advantage of the warmth of spring to go all the way north."
Lin Ting was a little worried and said, "Such a large-scale military strategy will bring trouble to the northwest dispatch in the coming year. What should we do?"
It means.
You Zhang Zhou put the Ming Dynasty’s main energy in the northeast of the Ming Dynasty, but after all, the defense of the Ming Dynasty’s border areas was mainly in the northwest. In the coming year, the Tatars will continue to invade the south. What should we do?
"Both of them are ministers of the Ming Dynasty." Lin Ting may have realized that there was an ambiguity in his previous words, and quickly took the opportunity to praise the two men in front of him.
Zhang Zhou smiled and said, "If everything goes well and we can capture the territory of Jianzhou Guard, Zhijie and I will not need to complete the rest, or we can just leave one person alone."
Zhu Feng understood as soon as he heard it. If you keep one person, you must keep me.
Zhang Zhou said, "The Marquis of Shouning cannot stay in Liaodong for a long time. It is actually good for you to know the truth and go there. By the way, you know the truth. If this battle can be successfully completed, it will also be of great help to your father's return to Nanjing to serve as the garrison of Nanjing.of. It can be said that your contribution is used to establish the status of the Duke of Chengguo. ”
“What”
When Zhu Feng heard this, he immediately felt Alexander.
I don’t need to worry about my father’s title. As a result, my father’s position is his own. If you don't fight, you have to rely on me as your son to fight
"Isn't that right?" Lin Ting reminded me.
Even if you have the emperor's trust, Nanjing will not be able to win. The position of garrison minister is not something you, Zhang Bingkuan, can give you just by asking.
Zhang Zhou smiled and said, "This is your Majesty's wish. "
Zhu Feng asked, "Is there no good outcome in this battle, my father?"
"Yes, your father needs more experience. After all, your father did not perform well when Ningxia used troops." , His Majesty did not say anything just out of affection. Zhang Zhou said, "Zhijie, you are the hope of Duke Chengguo. If you take this message back to Mrs. Chengguo, she will understand my painstaking efforts." ”
It’s really called “painstaking efforts”.
Because the succession of the Duke of Chengguo from Zhu Fu to his two sons, Zhu Lin and Zhu Feng, is just a title passed down from their ancestors. .
If you want to stand out among the Ming Dynasty ministers, there is really no hope without Zhang Zhou.
If you want to curry favor with the people around the emperor, they have no way, which is terrible.
The only way is Zhang Zhou. If you don’t want to fawn over or do things well, then who will help you, the old Zhu family?
“I’ll do my best. "Zhu Feng had no choice but to accept the order.
Just after a few days of idleness, he was about to enter the pit of fire again.
Zhu Feng felt that his life had been changed. Although he was getting better and better, and others respected him more and more, why couldn't he be happy?
When he went back, he found the old lady "on the sick bed" and brought Zhang Zhou and After recounting everything he said,
Zhu Hu jumped up from the bed, startling Zhu Feng who still wanted to fulfill his filial piety.
"Grandma, you"
Zhu Fengren was still a little confused.
Zhu Hu said, "Grandma, I heard that you have the opportunity to make a great contribution. She was happy in her heart, but she was not physically sick." It can be cured without medicine. "
"Really?" Zhu Feng was a little surprised.
But then he realized that this statement was nonsense.
It's just an opportunity to make a contribution. You If the disease is cured, then I have really made a great contribution, then will you become invulnerable and immortal?
No matter how stupid Zhu Feng is now, he will know that the old lady is pretending to be ill.
Mrs. Zhu Hu said to the old lady beside her, "Help me get down on the bed. ”
Zhu Hu obviously took the trouble to pretend to be sick in front of her children and grandchildren. Now she will finally get what she wants, and there is no need to pretend anymore. Even if her eldest son comes back, she doesn’t have to pay for it.
"My grandson, Duke Lai is right. Our hope for becoming the Duke of Guo depends on you. Otherwise, why don't you count on your elder brother? Lian Rufu."You should also treat Lai Guogong well. He is the boss of my Chengguo Duke's mansion, and he has been kind to you. "
"By the way, you should also send someone to mention that useless little girl, the one named Ning, so that she can pack her dowry as soon as possible and follow her as a girl. She didn't know why she was allowed to leave the house because she didn't know what to do. She didn't have any idea in her heart." Please remember to bookmark it. The latest and fastest website without anti-theft free reading