Ning Tong reported to Zhang Zhou in detail what she had been doing recently.
Zhu Feng glanced at him from time to time. When he heard Ning Tong talking about a person's condition, he asked, "Which noble person in the palace is it?"
"It's Li Princess." Ning Tong said.
Concubine Li, also known as Concubine Zhang Li of Xianzong, did not give birth to a son for Xianzong, but gave birth to Princess Deqing. Princess Deqing was a famous "virtuous princess" in the Ming Dynasty. In the ninth year of Hongzhi, she married Lin Yue, a Confucian scholar. "The princess was also virtuous, and she served as a civil servant. Yue died in the thirteenth year of Zhengde, and she died as a widow in the thirty-first year."
Historical Zhang Li The concubine died of illness in the first month of the fourteenth year of Hongzhi and was buried in February. For this reason, Zhu Youtang even missed the day to express his condolences.
"Can the disease be cured?" Zhu Feng asked from the side.
Ning Tong had a puzzled look on her face, "The condition of Princess Li is unstable, her body occasionally feels severe pain, and the medicine is ineffective. She often suffers but misses the late emperor. It is not easy to cure."
Zhu Feng said, "Then you should ask Brother Zhang to treat the disease."
"There is no way." Zhang Zhou said, "I can't cure every disease. Besides, the female relatives in the palace, It's not convenient for me to go to the hospital for treatment."
Zhu Feng asked curiously, "Why is it convenient for people from Tai Hospital to go to the hospital for treatment?"
Zhang Zhou wanted to say, he really thought that I was the one to treat the disease. Disease, just go and see, smell and ask about it. There are many ways to treat it. Besides, I am not a doctor. I don’t know how to treat so many diseases. Don’t think that I know everything, okay?
Ning Tong said "In recent days, the eldest princess of Deqing came to the palace to pay a visit, and she also proposed to His Majesty that she would like to take Concubine Zhang Li to live outside the palace."
Zhang Zhou shook his head and said, "This is not something you, a doctor, should be concerned about. Besides, how can it be so convenient for a married princess to not let people from the Imperial Hospital go?"
"I went to see her but there was nothing I could do." Ning Tong seemed eager to prove herself.
If Zhang Lifei's illness can be cured, she will have enough confidence to challenge the people at Tai Hospital.
Zhang Zhoudao said, "It depends on human effort. Don't force yourself, and don't use your competitive spirit to treat diseases. Leave the medical records behind. After I read them, I will send them to you later."
"Yes." Ning Tong respectfully put something in her hand in front of Zhang Zhou, saluted and then left.
Wait until Ning Tong leaves.
Zhu Feng looked at Ning Tong’s back and said, “She seems to be different from before.”
Zhang Zhou said, “I regret it and want to marry her back.”
Zhu Feng’s expression changed. Hong said, "Brother Zhang, stop making fun of me."
This look made Zhang Zhou feel strange. Zhu Feng could blush because of a woman.
"Brother Zhang, what a shame." Help her, she has just started working for the palace. If you don't help her, she will be helpless in the court," Zhu Feng said, "I wanted to help her before, but she didn't need it, and I really didn't. There is nothing I can do to help her."
Zhang Zhou said, "She is sick, so she will be left to her own devices.Regarding personnel matters, I will try my best. "
Zhu Feng sat down and said with emotion, "I still envy you, Brother Zhang. You can achieve results no matter what you do and win the respect of others. Even a proud and arrogant woman like Tong'er, In the end, I can be convinced in front of you, Brother Zhang, but I can't. Even my father often says that I don’t look like a man. ”
Zhang Zhou glanced at him.
I thought, maybe he has pushed Zhu Feng a little too hard recently, and now he is starting to feel sorry for himself.
Zhang Zhou said, "Your Majesty wants to fight again in the northwest after the beginning of spring. He will gather 50,000 to 60,000 troops from all over the nine sides and send troops. Will you go?"
"No"
Zhu Feng answered simply, "Then you won't let me go."
Zhang Zhou said, "Forget it if you don't want to go. This war is more about demonstrating the national prestige of the Ming Dynasty, not about achieving any results, so The generals who have previously performed meritorious service on the grassland will basically not be used, but some old achievements from the court will be used. "
Zhu Feng asked confusedly, "What do you mean?"
Zhang Zhou shook his head and said, "You should study more about the imperial court. Don't you think that with your experience in the past two years? , Bo'an and myself, led the troops and made great achievements on the battlefield, overwhelming the old ministers in the DPRK. Do you want to give them a chance to lead the troops into the grassland, in order to show your Majesty's respect for the old ministers? The minister's respect. Of course, you may be an exception. "
Zhu Feng seemed to understand something, nodded and said, "Yes, my father is Duke Cheng, and I can be regarded as an old honor."
Zhang Zhou glanced at him and said angrily, " You don't know how many old heroes are waiting to laugh at you now, you really want to fight for your reputation. "
Zhu Feng said, "Then who will lead the troops?"
Zhang Zhou said, "Even if the old soldiers lead the troops into the grassland, they must know artillery and new tactics, and they will basically study martial arts." The court selects capable people, and Zhu Hui, the protector of the country, is the first choice. In addition, Miao Kui, the former eunuch guarding Xuanfu, will serve as the military governor. This is only a preliminary plan. Whether and when to send troops will depend on the situation in the court after the beginning of spring. "
" Baoguo Gong is also a capable person. fine. ”
Zhu Feng didn’t have any ambition at first glance.
In Zhang Zhou’s understanding, the so-called “fine” means that as long as you don’t look for me, you can look for someone else. .
In the palace, Zhu Youtang also met with Miao Kui and Li Xing, the eunuchs who had just returned from Baoding Palace.
Kui had many experiences in supervising the army in the northwest, but in the early years of Hongzhi, he gradually fell out of favor due to the power struggle in the palace. This time, the emperor planned to lead the troops into the grassland to show off his power, led by his old ministers. Guowei, these new eunuchs were not suitable for deployment at this time. After recommendation, Miao Kui returned to Zhu Youtang's sight.
As for Li Xing, he had no experience in leading troops, but he was more capable. , I also have a good relationship with Li Rong, so I got the opportunity to be reused at this time.
“That’s all. ”
Zhu Youtang gave some instructions first and thenThat is to say, "The matter of sending troops has not been decided yet. I still have to discuss it with the courtiers. If you have free time recently, you can go to the Yanwu Hall first. If there is anything you want to learn, feel free to learn it first, so as not to be out with the army and learn everything. I don’t know.”
“Yes.”
Miao Kui is looking forward to this.
But after all, Li Xing had little experience in running the army. On the contrary, he felt that helping the royal family manage the imperial village would be lucrative and more practical than going to the northwest to lead troops.
Li Rong smiled and said, "Your Majesty, look, are you going to transfer them to the Royal Horse Prison later?"
Zhu Youtang said, "If they have merit, they will be transferred. If they have no merit, they should stay here." It’s your original position. I’m not demanding anything from you. After all, you’re just accompanying the army to supervise the battle, and fighting on the battlefield has nothing to do with you.”
Li Rong waved his hand, meaning you. The interview has been completed and you can leave.
There was no one to guide Miao Kui and Li Xing, so they just walked out of the palace by themselves.
After all, they are also old people in the palace. Everything in the palace is familiar to them. Along the way, they saw many eunuchs passing by and they all came to salute them. After all, they were like the two of them. It is not easy to be a eunuch with real power.
"Eunuch Miao, what do you think this is? We are in charge of the imperial villages and official fields around Shuntian Mansion. Isn't it very good? It's okay to make meritorious service on this battlefield. If we lose"
< p>"Yeah"Miao Kui glared sideways.
Li Xing said helplessly, "If you follow the omnipotent Cai Guogong to send troops, or Xin Xinbo, it is easy to make achievements, but if you follow others, it is hard to say whether it is a merit or demerit. Just I'm afraid that after we come back, we won't even be able to keep our original job. If we are punished to go to the imperial mausoleum to serve as incense, then that's it."
Miao Kui scolded, "I don't have the ambition. How many people can't get the things they want from you? It has become a burden, but the two of us may not be walking together. If we are really walking together, if you don’t understand something, just ask our family directly.”
Miao Kui also has prestige and confidence in the military. .
Now that I have finally caught the opportunity, I seem to want to fly to the battlefield immediately and get the credit back.
"Eunuch Miao, do you have a relationship with Duke Baoguo?" Li Xing asked.
"Yes." Miao Kui did not shy away from this, "If Baoguo Gong hadn't led the troops this time, Your Majesty might not be able to use our family. If you are worried, you have to take care of everything. Just let our family go."
Li Xing felt a little worried when he heard this.
For eunuchs who oversee the army, I have only heard that others give money to them, and some eunuchs take the initiative to take money out to punish others, right?
But Li Xing understood immediately. .
Miao Kui was asking for a bribe from him.
Miao Kui almost said, just give me the money to buy the trip, and I will show you off and fly.
The news of the Shaanxi earthquake came to the capital like snowflakes at the end of the first year.
Previous disaster relief arrangements by various parties finally achieved results, and Zhu Youtang only praised him in the courtIn addition to Zhang Zhou not being afraid of other people's worldly views, having the courage to make prophecies to the court, and cooperating with local disaster prevention and relief, he also mentioned that he would use two months of preparation time to prepare to send troops to the grassland in mid-to-late March.
"My idea is to send troops from Yansui to circle the East Hetao. If they encounter the Tatar tribe, they will start a war with them, and push northward all the way to the outside of the Hetao, letting the Tatars The Tatar people know the country's determination to guard the Loop."
Zhu Youtang probably meant that this was just a routine patrol.
If this were the case, the minister would not say anything, but Zhu Youtang had proposed from the beginning that at least 40,000 soldiers would be mobilized for this troop dispatch, and they would have to be recruited from all over the northwest. It made the minister feel that the emperor was taking Ming Dynasty's money and throwing it into the water.
If the Tatars take the opportunity to counterattack, I am afraid that the border areas will be overwhelmed, and troops and horses will be deployed everywhere, making defenses lax."
The traditional civil servants of the Ming Dynasty were very cautious at this time. Utilitarian.
Why do you want to take the initiative to attack the border guards?
Previously, Wang Shouren led troops to attack thousands of miles from northern Liaoning. It can be said that it was because Batu Meng was raging in Ningxia. Force the Tatars to withdraw their troops by attacking in the east and attacking in the west.
Now we have to directly mobilize 40,000 to 50,000 troops to the Loop and know that most of the Tatars will not take the initiative to fight. This will only waste people and money, and the civil servants cannot see any actual value.
Zhu Youtang asked, "Isn't the prestige of our dynasty important?"
What ministers want when fighting is results, while what the emperor wants when fighting is face.
Besides, I want to balance the relationship between the new nobles and the old nobles, and create a platform for them to communicate. Why do you group of civil servants like to oppose everything?
"Furthermore, I don't ask for great achievements in this battle. I just want to ensure the power of the Ming Dynasty in the Northern Xinjiang and Western Regions. If it continues as before, those places will only pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty in the name of vassal states, but they will continue to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty." The people are not the people of the Ming Dynasty, so I want to show the way of kingship and bring all these places under the rule of the Ming Dynasty."
Zhu Youtang and the ministers showed his ambition.
As soon as such bold words came out, Xie Qian, an eloquent person, could only stand back.
Zhu Youtang looked around at the people present, but did not see Zhang Zhou there. He was still a little disappointed in his heart.
In his opinion, Zhang Zhou should be asked to come out at this meeting and explain to these ministers what is a three-year plan to bring peace to the world in five years, and then what is meant by the rule of the king in the world? Zhibin, I am not a royal minister, passing on the pride in my heart to you.
"My preliminary plan is for Zhu Hui, the protector of the country, to cooperate with Xu Jin, the governor of Shanxi Town, to lead the troops together. The specific details may be adjusted again."
When Zhu Youtang said this, he was a little speechless.
No one is touting or even approving of it. It’s like I’m performing a one-man show.
The minister’s way of putting pressure on him is to pretend that we didn’t hear what you said, let you talk to yourself, and then ask you if you are embarrassed
" As for the Ministry of War, they are not personally involved in this battle. However, the Ministry of War is fully responsible for the early deployment and formulation of strategies. This battle is also related to who can enter the Shangting Department. I hope to select more capable people to take charge of military affairs. You can cooperate with me."
The minister probably understood.
Let Baoguo Gong Zhu Hui be admitted to the Shangting Department, which is not a free lunch.
Next, Zhu Hui will fulfill his responsibilities as a martial artist and personally lead the troops into the grassland as the "Minister of Shangting". The censor accompanying the army is likely to be Xu Jin, and some One of the two ministers of the Ministry of War, Xiong Chong and Xiong Xiu, may be sent to coordinate, while Miao Kui will be used as the eunuch to supervise the army.
After the meeting.
The minister seemed to have immediately forgotten about the Shaanxi earthquake. It did not cause any big losses anyway. Of course, we must reasonably ignore Zhang Bingkuan's contribution.
"Mr. Liu Ge, what do you think your Majesty means? Why don't you use Zhang Bingkuan or Wang Bo'an to lead the troops, but say you want to lead the troops out of the country with Baoguo Gong? Is it just a pretense or does your Majesty have something else? "Arrangements"
In the past, those who came forward to express opinions or even question were mostly officials at the ministerial level.
But now among the six ministers, Lin Han and Wang Shi are both wise and protective, while Ma Wensheng likes to pretend to be confused. Zhong Zhong also became honest after experiencing several "beatings". Zhang Zhou himself is the Minister of the Ministry of War
As a result, only Xu Guan, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, who has been saying he wants to retreat but has not yet done so, is left.
But it was not him who spoke out this time.
It is an official who admonishes Taiwan.
That is to say, the officials of the Sixth Section, like the Qingliu of the Ming Dynasty, only the Taijian officials are struggling to support them.
Faced with such a question, Liu Jian did not answer directly, or in other words, his level was not high enough and he did not need to answer it personally.
Li Dongyang came forward and said, "Your Majesty's intention is unclear. Since he said he was going to send troops, just take it as his true intention and don't make any assumptions. If your Majesty really wants to send out all-out troops to the grassland, do you still need to hide it?"
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