Zhang Zhou met Ning Tong this time and found that this woman was much more "honest".
Probably because I have been beaten too much in a patriarchal society, I realized that it is not easy to break out of this patriarchal society. If I want to gain the independence that other women do not have, I need to Attached to a person with a strong background, this person is obviously Zhang Zhou who can bring her fame and fortune.
Just by virtue of Zhang Zhou's identity as a female disciple, he was able to enter and leave the palace freely, and even suppressed the big bosses at the Taiyuan Hospital.
This feeling of supreme power also began to make Ning Tong understand the rules of the game, and began to play according to the rules of the patriarchal society.
That night.
Zhang Zhou was listening to a play in the theater.
There are no women at home, and it would be boring to go back. He might as well pass the time in the theater, and he still has guests to meet.
Beside her stood Xiao Jang Jin, who was thousands of miles away from home, holding a wine pot. When Zhang Zhou finished drinking a glass of wine, she would fill it up respectfully. As for her "aunt" Zhang Lushui , was singing a song on the stage below, and there was only one "guest" that day, Zhang Zhou, so it was considered an internal performance.
"Master Zhang."
The first person to see Zhang Zhou was Yang Peng, who had just resigned from the post of admiral of Dongchang.
Yang Peng was still a little disappointed. No matter how high his status in the Royal Horse Prison was, he still couldn't compare with the "Dongchang Changgong", but he knew that because he did not have the status of a ceremonial eunuch, It is unrealistic to want to supervise Dongchang all the time.
"Eunuch Ning, I have already gone to see him."
The "Eunuch Ning" Yang Peng refers to is Ning Jin, the eunuch in charge of the imperial horse supervisor. He was extremely powerful in the palace and was once Yang Peng's "elite", but now Yang Peng wants to replace Ning Jin, so Yang Peng still doesn't seem confident. Who knows if Ning Jin will secretly send someone to kill him?
Zhang Zhou pointed to the seat next to him, and Yang Peng sat down.
Xiao Zhangjin came over and poured a glass of wine for Yang Peng.
"Eunuch Yang, you will be the helmsman of the Royal Horse Prison from now on. It will be inconvenient for us to meet again." Zhang Zhou said.
Yang Peng lowered his head and did not answer.
As the Minister of the Ministry of War, Zhang Zhou was responsible for controlling the military affairs of the Ming Dynasty among the civil servants, while Yang Peng later served as the eunuch in charge of the Royal Horse Supervisor and was the person in power among the Zhongguan.
If the two were to be forcibly linked together, it would be tantamount to the internal and external collusion criticized by civil servants.
Zhang Zhou said, "If you have any concerns, just say it."
Yang Peng tentatively said, "I heard that Eunuch Zhang Yong will return to Beijing soon, but I don't know about him."
Now that Yang Peng has become the head of the imperial eunuch for the first time, the first thing he must consider is to eliminate potential competitors. In Yang Peng’s view, Ning Jin, a eunuch who relies solely on qualifications and experience, as well as the emperor’s trust, It was nothing to worry about. What he cared about more was Zhang Yong, the guarding eunuch who had become very popular on the Jiubian battlefield in the past few years.
Zhang Zhou said, “His qualificationsCalendar, there is still some difference, it depends on how your Majesty appoints him. Hard to say. "
"Yes, yes. Yang Peng said, "Master Zhang, if you have any orders from now on, just send someone to inform me. I will do my best."
Zhang Zhou smiled and shook his head and said, "Eunuch Yang, you are now a very important person as the Royal Horse Supervisor. I don't dare to transfer you casually." You just took over recently, and I guess many people are still dissatisfied with you, and you have no intention of obeying my orders." As he was talking, Zhang Lushui started singing again downstairs.
The song was melodious, and Zhang Zhou sounded pretty good. Then he smiled and said to Yang Peng, "If nothing happens, please do it, Eunuch Yang." ”
Yang Peng stood up, bowed respectfully and then left.
Yang Peng left, and a person who had been eavesdropping next door came over. It was the censor who had just resigned. Eunuch, but Ning Jin was assigned another errand.
Ning Jin's status in the palace was extraordinary. He had won the emperor's trust since Chenghua, and he was considered a leader in the palace. There is an unstoppable torrent, just because there is no intersection with Zhang Zhou before. After all, the Royal Horse Supervisor is responsible for the palace guards and the dispatch of the Beijing Camp and other places. It is not like the Li Supervisor who frequently has conflicts with civil servants on their duties. Produce communication
"Cai Guogong. ”
Ning Jin also appeared to be very respectful in front of Zhang Zhou.
This was the process by which Zhu Youtang made Zhang Zhou thoroughly familiar with the court system.
Zhu Youtang's trust in Zhongguan has also begun to weaken, and Zhu Youtang needs Zhang Zhou to understand and understand the operation of the entire palace system and inject vitality into it.
Wait for Zhang Zhou to invite Ning Jin. After sitting down, Ning Jin was respectful, but not as groveling as Yang Peng. Apparently Ning Jin had seen too many powerful officials, and she didn't feel that she had to be subordinate to Zhang Zhou in order to be promoted in status.
"When will Eunuch Ning leave?" Zhang Zhouyi waved, and the little wine boy Jang Jin came over to pour wine.
She looked confused and didn't think it was a big burden, and she even stood up. Listening to Zhang Lushui's music, I want to learn those tunes as soon as possible.
Xiao Jangjin is also a serious and studious female student.
Ning Jin said, "I went to worship him the day after tomorrow." Holy Master, set off to the west, all the way to Datong. ”
After Ning Jin resigned from the post of Royal Horse Supervisor and Eunuch, he seemed to be without an official position, but in fact he was appointed as the “Xuanda Guarding Eunuch”, and he was asked to assist Wang Shouren in guarding the front line of Xuanda. Military affairs.
There is a precedent for the imperial eunuchs to dispatch eunuchs to guard the northwest. Just like Wang Zhi, who was in power for a while, he also followed this path. Many eunuchs seemed to be prosperous, but because of their It is difficult to obtain military merit, and you also need to gain experience and improvement in military affairs.
Ning Jin is taking the "scientific course" route. In the past, he was more involved in "politics" and had no chance of actual experience in military affairs. .
This time it seems that he was replaced by Yang Peng, but he got the opportunity to obtain military honors. If he can help Wang Shouren obtain military honors on the front line of Xuanda University.If he succeeds, when he returns to the capital, his status will be much higher and more stable than it is now
The relationship between him and Zhang Zhou is not hostile, but even "mutual use".
Zhang Zhou needs Ning Jin’s prestige among the eunuchs to help him stabilize people’s hearts and pave the way for Yang Peng to take over the imperial horse eunuch, while Ning Jin himself needs Zhang Zhou’s prestige to help him obtain military glory. .
You must know that not everyone is qualified to hang out with Wang Shouren. Now Wang Shouren is regarded as Zhang Zhou’s "talker" in various towns in Jiubian. Everyone feels that following Wang Shouren is a credit. It just fell on the head.
"Your Majesty has recently been worried about the failure of Huo Si's troops to enter the grassland. Huo Si has sent letters back six times in the past half month, requesting the Ming Dynasty to send troops to coordinate. According to the last two letters asking for help, Content, he seems to have been trapped by the little Tartar prince."
Zhang Zhou said with a smile.
Ning Jin said, "Cai Guogong's intention is to use the troops from the northwest to help the fire sieve."
Zhang Zhou asked, "What are your opinions, Eunuch Ning?"
"I" Ning Jin looked very cautious and said, "I dare not discuss such a big matter casually."
Zhang Zhou smiled and said, "It always depends on the situation. For us, dog bites dog." Mao is the best result. It is the general trend that Huo Si is destroyed by the little Tatar prince. His tribe has long lost its previous vigor. If they all rely on the Ming Dynasty's artillery and firecrackers to assist in the battle, then use his Huo Si. Why did Daming go to fight on his own, why use him?"
Ning Jin said, "That would be to sit back and ignore it."
Zhang Zhou smiled and shook his head and said, "It depends on the three sides of the Qin Dynasty." The commander-in-chief, Xuan Da Xinbo and others have made a decision, and it will all depend on the situation."
Ning Jin felt strange.
He was thinking, in the past two years, weren’t all the strategies in the Nine Borders planned and implemented by you?
Or is it because Huo Si’s rank is not enough, so you just This important decision of rushing to rescue the fire sieve was left to the generals of the northwest border town
Zhang Zhou smiled and said, "This is a farewell ceremony for you, Eunuch Ning. When you return, you and I will meet again." Let's have a good time."
"Thank you, Mr. Cai Guo, for the advice." Ning Jin didn't feel like he got any useful advice from Zhang Zhou.
But there is one thing
It seems that Zhang Zhou already has the ability to control these eunuchs, and it seems natural to deal with them.
He originally wanted to evaluate Yang Peng in front of Zhang Zhou, but he thought that now he and Yang Peng had become a direct competition. Maybe Zhang Zhou, the "superior", just wanted to see him fight with Yang Peng.
What Yang Peng said, he deliberately let him hear it, and then encouraged him later and asked him to go to Datong to do his job well
This is the method of a typical person who wields power.
Ning Jin left.
The third person who came to visit was still a eunuch, Chen Kuan, the eunuch Bingbi, the eunuch who was responsible for the ceremony.
Chen Kuan is considered an old man in the palace and has a high status among the ceremonial supervisors. If it weren’t forThe emperor suddenly re-appointed Li Rong, and he, Chen Kuan, was the chief eunuch Bingbi and was able to supervise the Dongchang. Now Chen Kuan seems a little depressed.
In front of cabinet ministers and officials from Hanyuan, Chen Kuan could still maintain a high status, enough to gain respect from others, but in front of Zhang Zhou, he seemed to lack confidence.
After the ceremony, Chen Kuan sat down.
Another glass of wine and a conversation.
"This is a handwritten edict, please take a look at it, Eunuch Chen." Zhang Zhou said, handing a copy of the emperor's edict to Chen Kuan.
Chen Kuan was more alert. He first took a look at Xiao Jangjin who was standing next to him. He was still curious about how Zhang Zhou wanted to find a little girl standing next to him when he was entertaining guests, but it was Thinking that as long as he didn't talk nonsense, the little girl wouldn't know much.
But when he saw the content of the edict in front of him, he still took a breath and said, "I ordered the eunuch Chen Kuan, the Supervisor of Ceremonies. Together with Zhang Zhou, the Minister of the Ministry of War, I checked and selected the miscellaneous sergeants from the three camps and the various supervisory bureaus." The strong and strong men will make up for the deficiencies in the regiment's camp, and the old and weak in the regiment's camp will be withdrawn and used for other purposes."
Chen Kuandao said, "Your Majesty's intention is"
This thing is equivalent to a blow to the three major battalions. A new and old change.
Many people in the Ming Dynasty's Jingying Camp are old and dim, and many of them are living on empty wages. The training and combat capabilities of the Jingying Camp are also greatly reduced. Under this premise, if the emperor wants to "conquer personally" in the future, he hopes that The results of such a group of soldiers from the Beijing camp who are as crooked as melons and dates can be imagined.
No matter how good the weapons are, they are useless without the generals and soldiers who can take advantage of them.
Zhang Zhou said, "It is imperative to lay off the military households in the capital camp of the Ming Dynasty. After so many years, if we cannot forge ahead with determination, His Majesty's five-year plan to bring peace to Mongolia will probably be difficult to realize." "
Chen Kuan thought to himself, if the words "Five Years of Leveling the Grassland" come from other people's mouths, it is just to fool the king and earn some political capital. You, Zhang Bingkuan, want to make drastic reforms.
You don’t know that reform will touch the interests of many people and bear the backlash
“Eunuch Chen, my plan is this. If the soldiers in the Beijing camp are not qualified for daily training and For combat purposes, they can only perform the tasks of some servants, so it is better to let them return to the work of craftsmen, vacate the seats of the officers in the main camp, and fill them with officers from other places. This does not necessarily need to be recruited from around the capital. It is not a bad idea to dispatch elite troops from all over the northwest."
Some of the plans that Zhang Zhou wanted to implement were very similar to the "Four Outer Armies" implemented by Zhu Houzhao later, that is, the border troops entered the guard.
During the Zhengde period, due to the Liu Liu and Liu Qi uprisings in the Central Plains, the combat capabilities of the Beijing camp were greatly tested. Zhu Houzhao followed the opinions of Qian Ning and others and mobilized troops from the border towns to garrison the capital. From then on, the formation of the The rules made the capital's garrison level much higher in the following decades.
If we only guard the so-called "elites" in the Beijing Camp without making any changes, and want to use the Beijing Camp as the main force to mobilize troops and generals in a few years, Zhang Zhou feels that Pingping Grassland will not be able to do so. JustConfined to fantasy.
Chen Kuandao, "Cai Guogong, there is no precedent for this."
"Is there any precedent?" Zhang Zhou said with a smile, "Actually, I also want to recruit military households around the capital, but this is inconsistent with The national policy of establishing the Ming Dynasty is not in line with the national policy of the Ming Dynasty. Since the establishment of the Beijing camp has not been able to reach full strength in the past few years, and the training of soldiers has not been able to achieve the purpose of defending the capital, why not deploy troops and generals from the elites of the northwest? This is Your Majesty's wish, Eunuch Chen’s mission is to assist the Ministry of War in carrying out elimination and reform. As for the details, the Ministry of War can take care of them.”
Chen Kuan frowned and said, “If this is the case, I’m afraid Cai Guogong will encounter considerable resistance in the future. ."
"Haha." Zhang Zhou said with a smile, "I'm a hard-working person, and I just like to encounter challenges. I feel uncomfortable if I don't find something to do."
After reading the decree, Chen Kuan wanted to push it back, but Zhang Zhou signaled for him to keep it.
"Eunuch Chen, if we want to cooperate fully in the future, please give me some face." Zhang Zhou was still laughing.
Chen Kuan was a little worried. All he could think of was to go back and discuss it with Xiao Jing.
But he also knew that Xiao Jing could not challenge Zhang Zhou directly on this matter. Even if he was the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, there was no essential difference between him and the chief minister of the cabinet. The rise of Zhang Zhou , which means that it has become the most important force that controls the situation of the court. Many previous fights have failed to defeat Zhang Zhou. Now it is time for Zhang Zhou to reap power.
Chen Kuan left.
Zhang Lushui sang for half the night, and her solo concert was almost coming to an end. Then Zhang Zhou sent someone to call her up to pour wine for Zhang Zhou.
Under such an "opportunity", Zhang Lushui was extremely charming and wanted to fully seize the opportunity to immerse Zhang Zhou in her "gentle country".
But just when she started her offensive, a strange man's slightly obscene voice came from the door, "Why can't you change to a better place when you come to this damn place?"
"Shou Ning "Hou, please forgive me, my father-in-law has been waiting inside for a long time." It was Liu Gui's voice.
Then the door opened.
Here Zhang Lushui also planned to take the initiative to stick to Zhang Zhou, but when she saw a strange man coming in, she realized that today's plan to cheat could not be carried out.
As soon as Zhang Heling came in, his eyes lit up at first. He looked at Zhang Lushui and couldn't move his eyes away. "I haven't seen this young lady before. She is an interesting person from the Jiaofang Division. I am the Marquis of Shouning. She has a great figure and a big figure." It's just right to warm the bed in winter."
Zhang Lushui had a headache when he heard this.
Although she had not been in the Ming Dynasty for a short time, she had heard a lot about the "misdeeds" of Shouning Hou and Jianchang Bo.
As a smart woman, she is very clear about the returns that political investment can bring. If she can climb the big tree of Zhang Zhou, then she will be prosperous in the future and gain a lot of political power. It's convenient, but if the Zhang brothers take advantage of it, it's almost like being taken advantage of by a pig. Such a person will never think of giving her drooling soup after eating and wiping it clean.
Zhang Lushui quickly stood aside respectfully.
"Sit down." Zhang Zhou said.
Zhang Heling then sat down and Xiao Changjin came over to pour wine.
Zhang Heling smiled and said, "I can tell, this doesn't seem to be from the Ming Dynasty. I heard that Lao Cai, you have been to North Korea and the beauties you brought back to North Korea must be them."
Zhang Zhou said, "I have never set foot in North Korea. Secondly, I am not an old Cai Shouning. Can you please stop getting close to me casually because I have trouble with you."
Zhang Heling said, "Why don't you give me face?"< /p>
Zhang Zhou took out a list and said, "The new Yanwu Hall will be opened by Shouning Hou."
"What"
Zhang Heling 1 Listen, I quickly took the list, but I saw that the people listed above were all a group of children from aristocratic families who were like "little people", and each of them looked so unreliable.
Zhang Zhoudao "From now on, the Yanwu Hall will be divided into the Xunchen Class, the Military General Class, and the Literary Class. As for the first Xunchen Class, Shouning Hou will be the instructor."
Zhang Heling slapped the table and said, "I'm here to learn, not to be a teacher."
"Shouning Hou, please calm down." Liu Gui, who was standing at the door, said with a smile.
"You kid, I don't like you. Where did you come from? Believe it or not?" Zhang Heling wanted to hit others when he saw them laughing in front of him.
Because it would be disrespectful to him.
Zhang Zhou said, "This is my disciple, named Liu Gui. Although he looks like a small person, he has made great contributions on the battlefield. In the battle of Weininghai, he collaborated with Xinjianbo and charged into the battle. North Korea Hanyang City brought order to the chaos, and he led the team to attack the Korean Royal City. Now there are thousands of royal guards."
"What?" When Zhang Heling heard this, the kid next to you looks like a little guy, but he is actually so awesome. Damn it
These words shocked Zhang Heling quite a bit.
Zhang Lushui, who was standing next to him, suddenly cast his horrified and surprised gaze on Liu Gui.
Before, Zhang Lushui had never taken a serious look at Liu Gui. Even though she knew that the coup in North Korea was related to this group of people, she always felt that Tang Yin should be the first to do it.
Now she knows that this little man with a playful smile is actually a capable person who led the team into the Joseon Palace, and the position of Jin Yiwei Qianhu is not low
Zhang Lushui’s eyes are clearly Said I seemed to have found a treasure
Zhang Zhou said, "Shouning Hou has graduated from Yanwu Hall. If you don't understand anything about teaching in the future, Liu Gui will teach you, and you will cooperate more in the future. Liu Gui, Come and get acquainted with Shouning Hou."
"Young Liu Gui, I have met Shouning Hou." Liu Gui was still smiling.
Zhang Heling said distressedly, "The second brother doesn't ask for anything else, just one thing. We, the eldest son of the Zhang family, ask for equality, and he will also come to assist me."
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