Chapter 386: Put him to death

When the hail fell, Zhang Zhou was already packing his things at home and preparing to return to Nanjing.

It was agreed with Zhu Youtang that he would be exempted from his official position before he could. The title of Duke of Lai was not taken casually. With the title in hand, returning to Nanjing would be considered a homecoming in glory.

"Are you in such a hurry to leave? The family always feels that there are too many people." Jiang Pingyu cleaned up for a long time and felt that things were different from when she came to the capital.

She came here in a low-key manner. Now her family has a big business. Zhang Zhou did not say whether she would go to Nanjing to stay for a few days and come back, or whether she would live there permanently. She was reluctant to leave these two big houses in the capital. .

Zhang Zhou smiled and said, "Go back and take a look. If there are too many people at home and it is inconvenient to take them away, then stay first."

Han Qing was standing at the window looking outside. He muttered, "It's so good that the hail is falling."

"The hail is falling well." Zhang Zhou hugged Han Qing from behind and said with a smile, "Without this hail, I wouldn't be able to return to Nanjing." Let’s take a look. I’ll go over there and find out if there’s any magic elixir. Maybe I’ll become an immortal.”

Jiang Pingyu asked, “I’m just kidding, right?”

Zhang Zhou said, "Of course I'm joking, but as far as I know, there are many inaccessible places overseas, and there is no communication with the Ming Dynasty. Who knows if there is any strange fairy grass that can make people live longer? Hurry up and pack it up tomorrow." We will set off in the afternoon, and I won’t have to go to court tomorrow morning.”

It was still busy here, and the maid came in safely and announced, “Master, there are guests outside, and they say they are your old friends. This is a greeting. ."

"I didn't say that I wouldn't see anyone."

When Zhang Zhou took a look at it, he couldn't help but smile.

Now Liu Gui has returned to the capital with him and continues to serve as his disciple. He seems to be very good at selecting guests and passing the news. The person who came here is Chen Rui, the uncle of Pingjiang.

"Invite people in and greet them with good tea. After a while, I went over and saw that the hailstones didn't kill anyone. I was surprised."

In the Laiguo Duke's mansion.

Zhang Zhou met Chen Rui in his hall. At this time, Chen Rui looked helpless, as if he had experienced hardships and nine deaths.

"Uncle Ping Jiang, what are you"

"Don't mention it."

Chen Rui said helplessly, "In the past two years, I have been traveling here and there. He made great achievements, but he capsized in Ningxia."

Zhang Zhou laughed and said, "The rivers in Ningxia can carry boats."

Chen Rui said, "It's really not a place for me to stay. I arrived there last year." This spring, the little Tartar prince has repeatedly invaded the country, and I am sorry.”

This last heavy sigh also told Zhang Zhou how miserable he was.

This also explains the truth that Chen Liangjiu is not just afraid of fire. The reason why he was said to be afraid of fire in the past is because he has little chance to fight Dayan Khan Batumengk head-on. After a few rounds of fighting, others will know that you, Chen Rui, are just an idiot.

The nobles of the Ming Dynasty are all like that. No one needs to laugh at anyone.If the Tatar invaders stay in the fortress and cannot leave, that is the best choice.

Even with artillery, there is still no strategy to defeat the enemy in battle outside the city.

The Tatars are not targets. They stand there for you to hit. In fact, this made Zhang Zhou feel that Qin Hong, the chariot maniac, was quite important before. Only mobile forts can achieve the battlefield. flexibility.

Zhang Zhou said, "Uncle Ping Jiang has just returned to Beijing these two days."

"Yes, I will follow you." Chen Rui looked regretful.

When Zhang Zhou returned to Beijing, the crowds were unprecedentedly crowded. However, even though he returned to Beijing at about the same time, he could only come back with his tail between his legs. Not to mention being greeted by others, he was still afraid of being I know, because I'm afraid of being embarrassed.

As a general, only when you can win on the battlefield can you hold your head high and your chest high.

Zhang Zhou sighed, "The hail stopped outside. You should know what this hail means to me."

"I heard about it." Chen Rui said, "The officials in the court are ignorant. To criticize a contemporary hero like Duke Yu Lai, Your Majesty is not a foolish king, so he will naturally not give up on a powerful person like Mr. Zhang."

"I don't dare take the title of sir," Zhang Zhou said.

"You can bear it, you can bear it." Chen Rui looked at Zhang Zhou eagerly.

Zhang Zhou smiled, Chen Rui was a good example of a cowardly minister. Once he suffered a defeat on the front line, he would think about activating his contacts to find another good job for himself, or find a way to make a profit. Military merit or something.

This old face of fawning and ingratiation is no longer needed.

"Uncle Ping Jiang, actually, I know what you mean even if you don't say it. Do you want me to help you obtain military honors, or seek a position in the capital? Sorry, I will do it tomorrow." I have to leave my post and go back to Nanjing to have a wedding, so I can’t help you. I’m sorry.” Zhang Zhou was still laughing.

"Why do you want to go back to Nanjing?" Chen Rui was shocked.

Zhang Zhou said, "With this hailstorm, shouldn't I avoid suspicion?"

Chen Rui said hurriedly, "You don't have to. You haven't been to the northwest recently. I don't know how the northwest soldiers treat you." You are respected to such an extent that even the Tatars, knowing your prestige, don't dare to attack you. Look at what the Tatars like to attack now. Yansui, Ningxia and Pianguan and Datong all know about it. This is your territory, even the Tatars dare not go there."

"Haha, do I still have this prestige?" Zhang Zhou replied with a smile.

Chen Rui sighed, "How can I say that the Ming Dynasty is indispensable for you and those ministers? They also don't go to the border and don't know the sufferings at the border. It's hard for the soldiers to take a breather this year. In the past, the Tatars were forced to The situation is tight. In the past, they couldn't even get out of the city gate. Now at least wherever the artillery is pushed, the Tatars dare not invade the city gate because they are also afraid of bombardment." Zhang Zhou said, "But God's will is hard to come by. "It's against the law."

"God's will is bullshit." Chen Rui seemed to admire Zhang Zhoudao, "Sir, if you have any inconvenience, let the general explain the situation for you. You should not leave, even if it is inappropriate."Sir, with the title of Duke of Lai, you can go anywhere in the northwest."

Zhang Zhou thought to himself, I finally gave myself a chance to return to Nanjing, in order to avoid the coming capital. Earthquake, you still want to find a way to keep me here

Fortunately, I told the person above me everything and discussed it all, otherwise you guys would have done something bad for me. < /p>

“No need. I will leave tomorrow. The mountains are long and the rivers are far away. When I have the chance to return to the capital, we can say goodbye again.

Zhang Zhou stood up, as if to see off the guests, and reminded him by the way, "By the way, Uncle Ping Jiang, my daughter-in-law still lives in the house you gave me, and I have never come to visit you." Pass. The house and the people will be returned to you. I heard that you still want to marry Zhijie, right? I think that's good, so I'll act as a matchmaker for them. "

"Don't. "When Chen Rui heard this, he hurriedly said, "My little girl."

He was about to praise her for being "like a flower and a jade", but when he thought about it, Zhang Zhou was not a fool. He had never seen his daughter before. I should have heard about it a long time ago, and besides, I am still a widow, so I can’t even praise it.

Zhang Zhou said, “Uncle Ping Jiang, if you stay here again, you may have to pay more attention to me tomorrow when the ministers attend the impeachment meeting. You are alone. I'm the one at the center of the storm, so don't cause trouble for yourself. "

"This"

Chen Rui felt aggrieved.

In the end, he was almost dragged out of the door by Zhang Zhousheng.

The next morning at court

The ministers were all excited, almost all talking about the hailstorm last night, as if the suffering of the people in the capital was beyond their consideration, and as if God had finally done what they thought. I wish for once.

As the biggest contributor to this incident, the Qintian Supervisor Zheng Wu Hao did not appear at the scene.

It seemed that he had completed his mission and retired.

Zhang Zhou, who was the central figure in the incident, was not there at the beginning of the meeting.

Zhu Youtang did not wait for the minister to say anything, and directly pointed to Xiao Jing who was standing aside. Xiao Jing came out with a calm look and said, "Lai Guogong Zhang Zhou has requested an order to return to his hometown to visit his relatives. Your Majesty has given your permission." . "

"Your Majesty. ”

Tu Yu came out.

Yesterday Tu Yu was still guessing why Zhang Zhou had deduced that there was a hailstorm.

He even went to wait for Xie Qian.

Now he doesn’t care. No matter what Zhang Zhou’s intentions were, if this hailstorm happened while Zhang Zhou was still in court, the blame must go to the emperor’s favored Zhang Zhou.

"Tu Qing's family, are you in trouble?" Zhu Youtang said.

Tu Yu said, "It rained in Beijing, and many people and animals were damaged. Countless farmland and crops have been lost. If such a matter is not investigated deeply, it will be difficult to give an explanation to the people of the world. ”

Zhu Youtang asked, “If there is rain and hail in the capital, it must be blamed on one person, then thisThe person should be me, not anyone in the court."

There is nothing wrong with this.

Heaven will punish the gods, and the emperor should bear the brunt of it, and directly blame the people below The ministers are afraid that there are not enough people to take the blame.

Because there are a lot of hailstorms in various places every year. If the next one needs someone to take the blame, it is not a storm. Drought and flood disasters can be managed

Tu Fu said bravely, "But the Qintian Supervisor had something to say beforehand. Zhang was also in the court that day. Now that the matter has happened, we can't just do the marriage. "

Zhu Youtang said in a calm tone, "How did he seize the title and dismissal, and also send an edict to jail and find someone to torture him and ask him why the sky would bring hail disasters?"

Zhu Youtang said in his heart, you are really right. , this matter was calculated by Bingkuan, otherwise Wu Hao's day lily would be cold.

Xu Qiong came forward and said, "It can't be said that every God's will can be calculated, but it must be calculated." If you can't speculate on God's will to hold people accountable, I'm afraid it will be difficult for others."

"That's enough"

Zhu Youtang raised his hand to interrupt the following argument, "I can change the situation. Although I hold official positions in the Governor's Mansion and the court, I dare to ask you, if after this, another natural disaster occurs in various places, will anyone give me a warning?"

Bai Ang said, "There is Qin Tianjian. , this is within the scope of his responsibilities. "

"Then if there is another natural disaster or man-made disaster, Qin Tian Jian can't calculate it?" Zhu Youtang asked.

Even Bai Ang couldn't answer this time.< /p>

Wu Hao can show off for a moment and calculate the hailstorm in a few days. Everyone knows that this old boy is extraordinary. Next time, expect him to open his mouth like Zhang Zhou. This is not a push. , this is called not understanding the general situation.

As another "key party" in the incident, Zhang Mao came out and said, "Your Majesty, there is no need to ask Duke Lai to go back to his hometown to visit relatives. Let him stay in the capital and help you at any time. Speculating on providence. ”

Zhu Youtang said coldly, “We want to remove him from his post and let him speculate on God’s will. You have such a face, but I don’t."

Zhang Mao said, "You can keep him in Qintian Prison. ”

Zhu Youtang glared at Zhang Mao and said, “So you think that Bingkuan’s ability is limited to being a supervisor in Qintian Prison. This is the meritocracy that I have always admired, right?”

Zhu Youtang looked up at all the ministers present and said with questioning and even murderous intent in his tone. Let me ask you again, if there is another disaster in the world in the future, you will still blame Bingkuan and continue to put pressure on me to punish him."

Tu Shun As if he were a loyal minister, he knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, the alchemist's words cannot be trusted."

Zhu Youtang said, "Even if you think what Bingkuan said before was the alchemist's words, but ask youEveryone, when did he say something wrong and when did he mislead the country?"

Tu Fu said, "The traitorous ministers are in power and the country's foundation is shaken. "

Zhu Youtang asked, "Then Bingkuan is a traitor, and Li Guang is also a traitor. Who are the people who have interacted with Li Guang before and gave gifts to Li Guang? The matter of traitors among traitors will not be over. In two years, you won’t think that I am old and have forgotten things, right?"

Tu Jianben, who was kneeling there, wanted to show his remonstrance, but when he heard this, his body was shocked.

Just because the emperor didn’t investigate Li Guang’s matter, it didn’t mean that the emperor didn’t know about it. Tu Yu was among the people who bribed Li Guang at that time. Being impeached was saved by the emperor.

As soon as the emperor said this, Tu Fu knelt down and looked very embarrassed. Afraid that the emperor would directly throw the account books of the year in his face, he would be in a dilemma.

Zhu Youtang said, "I want you to answer whether there will be any disasters after Bingkuan is dismissed. No one will need to warn him." If there is any disaster, it must be blamed on him."

The emperor almost asked this question in anger.

The ministers present could actually Understood.

Now the emperor is forced by them to "punish" Zhang Zhou, and the way of punishment is to send hail disaster and send Zhang Zhou home, which is obviously not the emperor's wish.

Since the emperor was forced to make such a compromise in order to bring peace to the world, the minister must have something to say

Min Gui, the censor of Zuodu, came out and said, " Your Majesty, if there is another natural disaster, it will definitely be a warning from heaven, and it will definitely be caused by Zhang Zhou. "

"Ah"

When these words came out, Wu Xun, the civil servant present, was also confused.

Good guy.

In your case In Min Gui's mind, regardless of whether Zhang Zhou is in power or not, if there are any natural or man-made disasters in the future, he should just be blamed on him, right?

This is simply opposition for the sake of opposition, and party struggle for the sake of party struggle. Unreasonable.

The emperor had already agreed to dismiss Zhang Zhou and return him to his hometown, but someone still wanted to "put him to death".

Zhu Youtang did not react angrily after hearing this. He smiled, but his smile was a little sad, and he said, "Dear gentlemen, I also find it interesting. If Bingkuan left the capital, the main hall of Fengtian Palace will be trampled tomorrow, and the responsibility will be on him. There was a fire in the Taimiao the day after tomorrow, and it is also Bingkuan's fault for the flood in Jiangnan the day after tomorrow. , is also his fault, haha. Are you saying that even if I kill him and bury him in the soil, if there is any natural or man-made disaster in the future, I will crush him to ashes. But by then, there will still be natural disasters and ashes. I can't even find him, no matter how much I blame him."

This sentence is full of anger, and it is the kind of shame that is not tolerated by kings and ministers.

If it weren't for Zhu Youtang, it would be better If he was angry, he might have exploded on the spot.

Min Gui was determined and knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, please tell me if the alchemist is not available."

"Answer me. Question" Zhu Youtang was angryThen he stood up and said, "Unless I deal with Zhang Bingkuan, you will not blame him for any disasters in the future."

Min Gui gritted his teeth and said, "Kill him"

This time there was a complete uproar between the ruling and opposition parties.

This actually made the ministers of the DPRK realize that many people felt that Zhang Zhou was a mountain with no room for two tigers. If they finally got the opportunity to attack Zhang Zhou, they would have to force Zhang Zhou to death.

Zhu Youtang stood there with a stern look on his face and said, "Then what's the reason?"

"God's will" Min Gui said loudly.

"Okay." Zhu Youtang suddenly looked at Xiao Jing and said, "Yesterday's hailstorm, are there any reports of casualties?"

Xiao Jing said, "Your Majesty, because the advance warning was timely, There were no reports of casualties, but there were quite a lot of crop losses."

At this time, Xiao Jing did not expect Min Gui to be so ruthless, but he vaguely wanted to say something to Min Gui. This means that the damage caused by yesterday's disaster was still huge, and it was also a natural disaster.

Zhu Youtang said, "No one was killed or injured in yesterday's natural disaster, but you asked me to use this to kill Bingkuan who warned me."

"Your Majesty" Zhou Jing, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, hurriedly He came out and said, "The one who warned was Wu Hao."

"Really?"

Zhu Youtang said sternly, "Send Wu Hao to the palace."

When all the ministers present heard this, they suddenly realized something was wrong

Not long after, Wu Hao was carried up by the royal guards. When Wu Hao saw the emperor, he knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, Wu Hao."

Zhu Youtang said, "I ask you, did you predict yesterday's hailstorm?"

"Isn't it Duke Lai?" Wu Hao would be a little desperate now. .

Who am I provoking?

The ministers present were stunned. Of course, a few people also learned the news from Fu Han and Tu Yu in advance.

Zhu Youtang asked, "Then I ask you, why didn't he report it himself and inform you of the matter?"

Wu Hao said, "That day Duke Lai came to visit and said that it was Many people in the court were involved in impeaching him, but he had no intention of arguing and defending, so he wanted to go back to Nanjing and live a quiet life for a few days. He also said that he was going to find a panacea in order to prolong his life. He happened to take this opportunity and he was not willing to take advantage of it at the time, but he said it was His Majesty's order. That's what he said."

"Your Majesty" Liu Jian also came out.

Liu Jian had to step forward now.

Zhu Youtang said coldly, "It was Bingkuan who told me that he didn't want to cause disputes in the court because of those bad things, so I allowed him to return to Nanjing. It was also because I was obsessed with him and thought that he might go back to Nanjing." If you can find a panacea, he can even cure acne. I am also a person with delusions of immortality. Who would have thought that not only would you not appreciate it, but you would also threaten him with danger and want to put him to death? Do you want to be a traitor? "People, send Min Gui to prison" please remember to bookmark it, the latest and fastest website without anti-theft and free reading