After Zhu Youtang's health improved, his pursuits were different from before.
In addition to getting the necessary health, he also wants to get the quality of life. There is a future that I can’t bear. Just let me enjoy life in the past few years. After fifteen years of turmoil, I will die. willing.
Zhang Zhou did not have the nerve to tell him, Your Majesty, according to history, your body only has four and a half years left to live. Of course, I am here. If you have pneumonia or something, I can help you. Treatment, but who knows if your destiny is just for these four years. If God really wants to take you away, I can't stop you.
As for the "prescription" for conditioning, Zhang Zhou also knew that he should take some "strong medicine".
But if you want a person's body to improve physically, it is still nothing more than paying attention to diet and exercising regularly. Precisely these two are not easy for Zhu Youtang to achieve. Tang has a meek temperament and is picky about food. In addition, he is too sick to exercise and even go out for a walk.
This gave Zhang Zhou a headache.
Zhang Zhou stayed at Shangting to study his prescription.
Originally, this was a place where important affairs of the imperial court were handled, but now it seems to have become the office of the Royal Palace Pharmacy. Just when he was bored and yawning with his head down, Zhu Houzhao jumped up and appeared in front of him.
"Sir."
Zhu Houzhao grinned, looking a little proud.
Zhang Zhoudao "sneaked out"
"No, my father said that as long as I study diligently, I can come over. He also said that if there are any major military affairs discussed here in the future, I will You can also come and observe. Today I have finished all the homework assigned by the lecturer before coming here." Zhu Houzhao said, "It's getting late." Zhang Zhou looked at the sky and saw that it was indeed dark. It's almost sunset.
However, the days are short in winter, and the listening office has just been established, and even the rules for commuting to and from get off work have not been set. Zhang Zhou is also wondering whether to make the listening office a three-day operation in the future. The yamen where the fish hang out in the net for two days.
But since he wants to challenge the cabinet, or the emperor's ideal yamen to replace the cabinet, he cannot be too slack.
"Is there any big event in the northwest?" Zhu Houzhao continued to ask with an excited face, "I heard that the Tatars are fighting among themselves again, and they are fighting fiercely. Is there a mantis catching the cicada or the oriole in Ming Dynasty? Will Xin Xin Bo send troops later? Or send troops from three sides to push the defense line of the Hetao area to the north. I think it will be good."
Zhang Zhou said, "It is the end of the year, and the Ming Dynasty will not send troops unless necessary. "
"What's the point?"
Zhu Houzhao sat on the chair next to him, but the chair was exactly where Zhu Youtang had sat when he came here before. He crossed his legs and said, "I learned a lot during this trip to Jiangnan. Let's go to the northwest together next time. Please make arrangements. We can wipe out the Tatars in one go and our father will be impressed."
The young man is quite ambitious.
But it’s still a bit tender.
Zhang Zhou didn’t want to pay attention to Zhu Houzhao arguing beside him, but Liu JinliHe said loudly at the door, "Your Highness, the Central Palace sent someone to tell you to come over."
"I didn't see that I was talking to Mr. Zhang about court affairs. I leaned on it." Zhu Houzhao looked impatient. .
Even when he returned to the capital, Zhu Houzhao liked to pester Zhang Zhou, naturally not for learning, but because there was something in Zhang Zhou that he longed for and was curious about.
Zhang Zhou said, "It's getting late, and it's time for me to go back. I'll talk about it later when I have time."
"You won't come tomorrow." Zhu Houzhao seemed to understand Zhang Zhou very well. .
If you say "coming day", you may not know which day we will meet.
Zhang Zhou curled his lips and said, "There is only a prototype in the Shangting Department, and the staff has not been fully staffed yet. I have to have errands to do before I come. Besides, it is approaching the end of the year, and how can the imperial court have so many military aircraft?" Should I handle the big things or do I need to worry more about the matters within the Ministry of War?"
Zhu Houzhao said, "What's the point of being the Minister of the Ministry of War? It's better to be in charge of the listening post. You must tell me if there are any big things in the future." , I'm right next to you. Look at how close we are, and I want to help you. Look at how pure my intentions are. I'm not here to play with Mr. Zhang. You must believe me."
Zhang Zhou finally figured it out, and it was really convenient for Zhu Houzhao to set up the listening area next to Wenhua Hall.
It’s like if there is any big event in the future, you can inform Zhu Houzhao so that this bastard knows it immediately and even participates in the planning of the matter. Zhu Houzhao’s opinion does not seem to be worthwhile, but the important thing is participation. .
Zhu Houzhao is about to enter puberty, and children at this time also have a strong desire to express themselves and want to prove themselves, especially for a Ming Dynasty prince like Zhu Houzhao, whose personality determines that this kid will never settle down.
Two days later.
Zhang Zhou went up and down as usual, and the Shangting Department and the Ministry of War did not relax. However, after the court meeting early that morning, Xie Qian thought he was stopped on his way to Shangting Department. .
“Mr. If necessary, we should also avoid such private meetings.
>"Yes." Zhang Zhou nodded.
Because this had nothing to do with his honor, the matter was not made public, but there is no airtight wall in this world.
Xie Qian frowned and said, "Why are you doing this? No one wants to turn you back to the alchemist and the minister, but you yourself are obsessed with it. What do you think?"
Zhang Zhoudao "I can calculate it, no matter whether it can be fulfilled or not, I mentioned it to His Majesty. If it can save the life of a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, I think it is necessary. I am a soft-hearted person and cannot bear to see other people's families destroyed."
"You"
Xie Qian sounded uncomfortable.
You can’t see me goodbyeI like to see people being destroyed and people being destroyed, right?
"In the cold winter months, you have done so many things. If the people who are not afraid of God's punishment listen to you, they won't even be able to live in a place with a roof to cover their heads." , the biting cold wind, combined with illness and sleepiness, have you not worried about the impact on people's livelihood?" Xie Qian asked sternly.
Zhang Zhou curiously said, "The earth will shake, the houses will collapse, and there will be many casualties. Everyone will have a weighing scale in their minds, right? Besides, even if the government advocates it, the people still have a choice." They have the right to choose not to move out, but to stay in the house and I will do my duty. Whether they listen or not is up to them, just like I said there will be an earthquake in the capital, Mr. Xie Ge, do you want to hear it or not."
Xie Qian is usually good at quarreling with others, but when he met Zhang Zhou, he immediately felt powerless.
When he quarrels with others, he always insists on rules and etiquette, but Zhang Zhou is different. Zhang Zhou doesn't seem to care at all about elders and juniors.
Say whatever comes to mind and talk nonsense. Even the royal family can entertain and ridicule, not to mention their group of ministers, who can use ridiculing words freely.
Zhang Zhou said, “Mr. When Meng Chun comes next year, let’s listen to the report from the northwest and see if the earthquake has come. Then you can talk to me.”
Xie Qian could see that it was not easy to change Zhang Zhou’s “behavioral logic”. Realistic.
The original idea of the cabinet was that since they could not defeat Zhang Zhou and could not join Zhang Zhou, they would guide Zhang Zhou in the direction of a "good minister". To put it bluntly, they would bring Zhang Zhou into their midst. considered the “right path”.
But Zhang Zhou would talk about God's will every now and then. This could be the behavior of ordinary civil servants
Xie Qian thought to himself, I am so kind-hearted that I am treated like a donkey liver and lungs. Why is this kid so stupid? If you don't enter, you have never thought that your so-called providence will one day not be fulfilled. Or are you planning to follow this road of sycophancy for the rest of your life, and it will end in darkness
Xie Qian saw Zhang Zhou and went back to the cabinet to check the room with some anger.
Liu Jian and Li Dongyang walked over and asked, "How did you say that?"
Xie Qian said, "I am stubborn and can't be persuaded. It seems that we will never work together in the future." "
Li Dongyang frowned and said, "Anyone who can hit the mark once or twice about the earthquake is a god. How did he calculate and be so sure every time he was in trouble? ”
Xie Qian said, “Can he hit the target every time? Within the four seas, there are so many earthquakes reported every year, why is it not necessarily possible that he can miss them every time?”
The three of them took their seats.
Li Dongyang said, "Except for the earthquakes he deliberately mentioned, or those related to God's will or disasters, most of the earthquakes in the past two years have not caused any substantial damage to humans and animals. But what he said will happen in Shaanxi next year There was an earthquake, but he seemed to be serious about it, mentioning the damage to people and animals, and even the collapse of houses. This is to say that he was thereHe chooses something intentionally and lets him decide for himself whether it can be said or not. "
Xie Qian frowned and said, "What you mean, Binzhi, is that everything was within his expectations."
"That may be the case. "Li Dongyang said, "His origin has not been investigated clearly until now. We know very little about his past. We can't even find out his teaching and schooling status before he passed the exam. He seems to have fallen from the sky. If he There really is something magical about him. His Majesty believes in Taoism so much. Don’t you think everything is just a coincidence?”
Whatever the emperor believes in, Zhang Zhou will feed him.
And as soon as Give him a correct answer and make the emperor be obsessed with all kinds of things, and then Zhang Zhou will do whatever he says.
Zhang Zhou is as if God has noticed the emperor's temper and sent him to the human world specifically to treat the emperor. , and used this to lead the Ming Dynasty as a "puppet", saying that Zhang Zhou was the spokesperson of God and was led by God.
Because Xie Qian did not speak. He could tell that Li Dongyang was not lying. He was at a great disadvantage compared to Zhang Zhou as a traditional civil servant.
Liu Jiandao said, "The implication is that we should find someone like Zhang Bingkuan who can understand God's will." Can understand the holy will"
Li Dongyang took out a memorial, put it in front of the two of them and said, "Zhengyi Master Zhang Tianshi has requested an order to come to Beijing, and he will arrive in the next year. "
Needless to say.
The general meaning is that to treat "alchemists" like Zhang Zhou, we should find a more powerful "alchemist", so let Longhu Zhang Tianshi and his family are going to fight against Zhang Zhou.
Those who believe in Taoism regard Zhang Tianshi and his family as the orthodox ones. After Zhang Zhou rises, the Zhang family will definitely think that their orthodox status has been challenged. Fighting, let the emperor tell who is more powerful. Even if Zhang Zhou wins, Zhang Zhou will offend Taoist orthodoxy, and then Zhang Zhou will be in a situation of being attacked from both sides
Liu Jian sighed, "Bin Zhi Ah, is this for court affairs, or is it just a matter of time?"
"Did I say anything?" What Li Dongyang meant was that Zhang Tianshi, who was in the same group, was going to Beijing for worship. I just came in advance. Let me inform you.
Why do you think I have ulterior motives?
Liu Jian and Xie Qian naturally know what he means. If you tell us in advance, it is probably to keep us on the right side. On the other side, they secretly supported them and at least tried to undermine Zhang Bingkuan behind his back.
Xie Qian laughed and said, "There are people inside and outside the capital who have long called Zhang Bingkuan the Celestial Master. I don't know what will happen from now on." , in the end, when it comes to the Heavenly Master, is it exclusive to Zhang Bingkuan? Even though I am a member of the Zhang family, I will definitely not stand idly by and watch when such a boy who appears out of nowhere takes advantage of Taoism. . "
The Taoist priests have too many tricks, and we traditional civil servants cannot defeat them.
Then find a Taoist priest.
No matter how awesome you Zhang Bingkuan is, it depends on how you do it. Fighting against the people of Longhushan Zhengyi, they have a great cause and a wide range of followers. No matter how awesome you are, you still have to fight.Surrender to the situation
Zhang Zhou had long known about Zheng Yiyi's coming to Beijing.
I didn’t take it seriously.
Because Zhu Youtang had made it clear in advance that Taoist affairs did not involve the dispute between orthodoxy. As Cai Guogong, Zhang Zhou did not bother to fight for the reputation of Taoist orthodoxy. If you don’t dare to argue with Zhang Zhou, that’s a big problem. You know that Zhang Zhou now has the emperor’s trust, but you still want to argue. That’s not asking for trouble.
Zhang Zhou’s family members haven’t come back. Still can only be a "monk".
In the evening, I still went to the theater, listening to the rehearsals outside, and looking at various official documents from the Ministry of War in my private room.
He was also worried.
Because he did not climb up from the bottom step by step, but jumped directly to a high position, it also brought him a bad "habit", that is, he does not like to deal with things when things happen, and always wants to solve the problem. , in the final analysis, the bureaucratic thinking is not so heavy, so that all kinds of troublesome things on the documents are very difficult to communicate and handle.
Official affairs are suitable for "procrastination" and "shirking the blame", but not for "making decisions when situations arise".
Zhang Zhouren's qualifications in the officialdom are also insufficient, which requires him to gain experience in political performance, especially in managing the affairs of the Ministry of War, and the respect of others.
This in turn forced Zhang Zhou to have to deal with the matters at hand, and many things required communication with people from the six ministries of the DPRK and Central Government, especially the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Ji Zhong, who seemed to be a "rising star". But after all, he was promoted by traditional civil servants. Wang Qiong alone could not do a good job in connecting the household department.
"In the spring of next year, thirty heavy cannons will be cast in Datong and Yansui, and another 240 long-range cannons"
"Four thousand flint muskets, not counting ammunition"
"Fifty thousand square meters of stone will be used to build the city in Yansui, and the salt and silver required will be 120,000 taels."
Zhang Zhouguang is calculating the amount of land that will be used in the spring next year. The number of war materials that need to be prepared has actually reached 400,000 taels, and compared with the Ming Dynasty's fiscal revenue, these expenses are a bit large. After all, the Ming Dynasty has been living in tight conditions in the northwest for the past few years.
The Ming Dynasty also wanted to attack with all its troops, marching into the grasslands with hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses to win a great victory.
However, the conditions do not allow it.
The soldiers in the northwest seem to be military households, reserved for fighting, but most of the time they are completing tasks such as building fortresses, farming, and transporting grain. Their actual training time is very short, even if they are given a large number of Ordnance supplies, without suitable instructors, they don't know how to use.
The original intention of establishing the Yanwu Hall was to first teach the generals how to use new firearms and change the mentality of the Ming Dynasty's frontier soldiers from cold weapons to hot weapons.
But the Yanwu Hall itself also needs funds allocated by the court to ensure its operation.
"The budget of the Yanwu Hall is 160,000 taels"
It means that in the coming year, just a Yanwu Hall will account for such a large amount of expenses for the Ming Dynasty.Zhang Zhou didn't know what the money was used for.
Xiuyan Wutang’s building and school building
Or is it that it is used for public expenses to cast cannons and so on. It does not require money from Yanwutang, and it is all from the capital. Even if the soldiers in the battalion are in charge of food, they can't spend so much money.
But when he saw the budget expenditure for each item below, Zhang Zhou felt that the 160,000 taels of silver was still a bit stretched.
"If you're not a family member, you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are." Zhang Zhou closed all the official documents in front of him.
Xiao Jang Jin on the side was very sensible and hurried over to pour wine for Zhang Zhou.
But before Zhang Zhou could pick up the wine glass and take a sip, his guest arrived, Ning Tong.
Ning Tong came here to "apprentice" with Zhang Zhou, because they wanted to open a medicine shop together. Ning Tong felt that this was an opportunity in her life. Maybe in the future, Ning Tong would be the first goddess doctor in the Ming Dynasty. So when I came to Zhang Zhou's place, I was also in a state of excitement, showing off the attitude of a strong career woman.
But behind her, there was a woman, the daughter of the Chen family.
"This is the plan written by Cai Guogong by his concubine. It is located in Chongwenmen, not far from the palace. There will be dedicated personnel to take care of it in the future. As the shopkeeper, I can go out for consultation at any time. , In addition, the purchase will be led by Jiangnan medicinal material merchants, and the medicinal materials from all places will be selected by the best, as well as the annual rent, the cost of medication, etc."
Ning Tong became a big boss for the first time. Shopkeeper, list everything on paper.
After Zhang Zhou read it, he threw the plan aside and said coldly, "No, next one."
Ning Tong was stunned when she heard it.
I have been busy for a long time, but you rejected it with a bad word
The Chen family daughter came over and handed an account book to Zhang Zhoudao, "Last year, the revenue of Datong Coal Mine was three times the silver price." One hundred and sixty thousand taels, excluding military expenses, transportation expenses, etc., the net profit is 174,657 taels." "Yes." Zhang Zhou nodded.
Ning Tong listened.
There is also such a good thing
I work hard in the medicinal material business, but I can’t earn more than 1,800 taels in a year. If you open a coal mine, you can earn 1,800 taels in a year. The net profit is more than 170,000 taels
Then what kind of medicinal materials business should I engage in?
"Cai Guogong, may I ask, is your coal mine still lacking someone to take care of it?" Ning Tong also asked bluntly. Please remember to bookmark, the latest and fastest website is free to read without anti-theft