Chapter 546 Self-deprecation

After Li Zhang returned to Beijing, he immediately entered the palace to meet Zhu Youtang.

When Zhu Youtang heard Li Zhang's story about the whole thing, he looked a little unhappy and said, "That means that the following impeachment is not groundless. After all, Jin Yiwei has gathered people who should not belong to them." Wealth, lining his own pockets, it seems that Mou Bin, the commander, is going to come to an end."

Si Li and several eunuchs are here.

When he heard the emperor say this, Xiao Jing was also surprised by how easily the new admiral, the eunuch of Dongchang, shirked his responsibility.

Li Zhang seemed to be afraid of getting into trouble, so he actually "sold" Mu Bin first.

Li Zhang said, "I have persuaded Commander Mou and asked for details, but I don't seem to know much about it. Some things are easy at the beginning but cannot be dealt with in the middle, and it is even worse in the end." The end."

Zhu Youtang was also a little annoyed and said, "As you said, I made the wrong arrangement from the beginning."

This way of shirk

Xiao Jing was also wondering, why did Li Zhang blame the emperor?

He shouldn't have helped Cai Guogong settle local affairs, which made it difficult for Jin Yiwei to do his job

"Then what did you do when you went there?" Zhu Youtang glared at Li Zhang and asked as if he was angry.

Li Zhang said respectfully, "Before the slave arrived, Liu Yu, the governor of Ji Town, had sent someone to deliver a message to Cai Guogong. Although Cai Guogong did not explicitly accept it, things have turned around. The slave made his own decision and let Mou take command. He took out some money and blocked the mouths of those who were working below, and then mentioned the matter to Cai Guogong, but Cai Guogong did not express his position on the spot." "Humph" Zhu Youtang. The anger on his face seemed to be lingering, "You are quite good at buying people's hearts. That money is not even mine, so why should you make the decision to take care of the people below?"

Li Zhang knelt down and said with fear. "It was my negligence, but the situation was urgent at the time. Cai Guogong also stated that he did not want to harm the enthusiasm of the people working in Jinyiwei, so I made the decision without authorization. Please forgive me."

"Okay"

Zhu Youtang was angry, but he didn't seem angry to a certain extent. He said coldly, "I understand that you have just arrived and don't understand some of the rules, so I won't care about it this time. If this happens again in the future, Don't blame me for punishing you for making your own decisions."

At this point, Xiao Jing and others were a little confused again.

What is wrong with the emperor?

It sounds like Li Zhang made a big mistake. Why did the emperor not punish Li Zhang but just verbally criticized him?

Li Zhang said, "Your servant, Duke Cai Guo, is walking in one step. It is estimated that you will be able to enter the city before the city gate closes at sunset today."

"Oh," Zhu Youtang sighed, "I have a long time." I haven’t seen Bingkuan before. I thought he would come back early and watch a show or have a meal with me. Since he came back late, I asked him to go back and rest for a day, and then arrange for him to come after the morning meeting tomorrow. Come see me."

Li Zhang said, "I will send the message."

"OK. Zhu Youtang said, "Tomorrow morning, I will also ask Mou Bin to go to court. I also want to hear what those who are involved in impeaching him have to say." This court has to be divided into several factions, and they quarrel all day long, all doing things for the court, which really makes me worried. ”

After saying that, Zhu Youtang sent several people back, and Zhu Youtang himself went back to accompany his wife and children.

Except for Li Zhang, Si Li The other guards were walking on the way back to the check-in room.

Wei Bin said, "This Li Zhang is quite strange. He does not act reliably. He makes decisions privately and yet dares to take the initiative to challenge him in front of His Majesty." I don't know how to write the word "death". ”

Chen Kuan nodded and said, “Why do you think he did it so recklessly? Your Majesty forgives him. Could it be that he felt that he was just summoned and was too embarrassed to just slap him down?”

The emperor always wanted to save face.

It was the emperor's sudden idea to let an unknown Li Zhang be the chief eunuch. If the leader of the East Factory is picked up, it would be a slap in the face.

"Huh"

Xiao Jing snorted, "You guys are fooled by lard." Heart. The man named Li is so cunning. If you don’t point it out, you won’t really be paralyzed by him.”

“Ah” Chen Kuan and Wei Bin were both confused now.

Li Zhang's performance in the court just now can be described as "disaster". It cannot be called a fledgling, but simply acting recklessly, as if he knows nothing about the rules of the officialdom.

"You don't want to either. "I think, with his caution in the palace for so many years, he doesn't know what to say and what not to say," Xiao Jing said coldly.

The three of them are still moving forward, but they don't seem to be aware of it. Affecting this conversation.

Chen Kuan said, "Does this mean that he is deliberately trying to retreat early?"

Xiao Jing said angrily, "If he is cautious in doing things, , everything can be done comprehensively, so we don’t have to worry too much, because he is just a mediocre person, or in other words, no matter who he is, he will be the same. ”

“Yeah. "Chen Kuan and Wei Bin both nodded.

The two of them have always lacked qualifications. They don't see some things as clearly as Xiao Jing.

Xiao Jing continued, "The more he This is the case, the more it shows that he intends to show weakness in front of people like us, and to show that he is still inexperienced and incompetent in front of His Majesty. If he changes to other urgent tasks, it will be exposing his own shortcomings. But with his current position, he has this "Flaws are still called flaws"

Wei Bin said angrily, "Why didn't we think of this? He is just working for His Majesty and Cai Guogong. No matter how high your Majesty's ability can be, he can't be better than Li Rong." So what, on the contrary, the current situation may be more pleasing to His Majesty.

Xiao Jing said, "Not only that, he even pretended to be a grandson in front of us. The less capable he is, the more negligent and insensitive we will be to him. But he has done everything he should do, There is nothing missing, you can say that his job this time was not beautiful enough."

Now Chen Kuan and Wei Bin were speechless.

"In the afternoon, Mr. Cai Guo is about to return to Beijing. I have been speculating that His Majesty wants to do something big but has not done it. But don't think this is a precursor to what His Majesty is going to do. If you still want to live in peace, Be honest these two days, it's best to treat yourself as if you don't exist, and don't let His Majesty pay attention, otherwise you may not even be able to save your life." Xiao Jing was warning the two of them, but he seemed to be running away. Generally, go to the value room.

The two people behind also hurriedly caught up.

It seemed like there was a pressure that made the three of them breathless, but they couldn't tell what it was.

Zhang Zhouyi traveled and returned to Beijing half an hour earlier than expected.

When he came back, it was still early in the day. Zhang Zhou was not even in a hurry to go home. Instead, he went back to the Ministry of War to deal with some of the military affairs on hand, which were all related to the dispatch of troops from various border towns. .

Each town sent troops to patrol, which lasted for more than a month. Except for the Duoyan Guard paying tribute to Jizhou Town, which was a big gain, the other roads, including the road where Wang Shouren sent troops to Weininghai, also There was no gain at all. It can be said that the Tatars chose to be a turtle with their heads down this summer when the water plants were abundant.

"Brother Zhang, I don't want to go back home. If there is nothing else, I will find a place to stay first and enter the palace together tomorrow."

Zhu Feng is afraid that his family will give him to him directly. He had arranged the important matter of getting married, and this time he came back and planned to escape.

Zhang Zhou ignored him.

The two said goodbye at the gate of the Ministry of War.

As soon as Zhu Feng, Zhu Daqi and others left, Zhang Zhou was about to get on the carriage, but he saw Li Zhang, Mu Bin and others appearing in front of the Yamen of the Ministry of War.

"Mr. Cai Guogong." Li Zhang came over and saluted.

Zhang Zhou asked, "Are you going to enter the palace under the imperial edict?"

Li Zhang said, "No, not really. His Majesty said that you have been tired all the way, so you should go back home to rest tomorrow." You can enter the palace early in the morning, and you don't have to come too early. Even if you come a little later, I think the officials in the court will understand."

"Thank you very much for your consideration." Zhang Zhou smiled.

Looking at Mou Bin, his expression was not very good. Firstly, it was because he was on the road without rest. Secondly, because of the matter in Yongping Mansion, Mou Bin became the scapegoat.

After Li Rong's death, it can be said that Mou Bin must bear the responsibility for everything.

"Then early tomorrow morning, we will wait at the gate of the palace for Duke Cai to arrive." Li Zhang was still respectful.

Zhang Zhou was thinking that this man, who looked extremely cautious, was just here to inform about this matter

"Here comes someone."

Li Zhang immediately greeted him, "Send the expenses for Li Rong's funeral to Eunuch Li immediately. Please forgive me, Mr. Cai Guo. Eunuch Li's funeral has been being processed. These days are the days when he will be encased and buried. Our family still has things to do." , I won’t bother you.”

“Yes.”

Zhang Zhou heard it.

Li Zhang deliberately said this in front of him just toIt shows that Li Zhang and Li Rong are of the same mind.

The emperor originally sent people to complete Li Rong's funeral. Li Zhang had already been to Yongping Mansion for nearly ten days. Logically speaking, Li Rong's affairs did not need to be handled by him after he returned to Beijing. It can be explained that Li Zhang's participation in Li Rong's funeral was his initiative and not the emperor's instruction.

Cai Guogong’s Mansion.

Zhang Zhou has not been back for more than a month. When he got home, he suddenly felt tired. He originally told Jiang Pingyu that he would take a shower and change clothes before taking a good rest.

But after returning, he fell down there and slept until late at night.

The body is still exhausted.

"Old."

When Zhang Zhou got up, Jiang Pingyu and other girls had already gone to bed. Only Wang Mingshan was still guarding Zhang Zhou like a female saint. Beside the bed.

When Wang Mingshan saw Zhang Zhou getting up, she quickly called the door and asked someone to bring in hot tea.

"There is a note from the palace." Wang Mingshan handed over something.

Zhang Zhou took it over and took a look. It was not a "note from the palace", but an imperial inscription handwritten by the emperor that corresponded to the confession. It probably meant to tell Zhang Zhou what might happen in the future. , let Zhang Zhou do what he did.

Wang Mingshan didn’t know the emperor’s handwriting either, so she just assumed that someone had written something casually and sent it over.

"It's not a big deal. You should go back and rest quickly. Have you seen the child?"

"Yes."

Wang Mingshan used to be so careless. He is just a martial arts fanatic, but after getting married and having children, he has some concerns. In Zhang Zhou's words, no matter how silly and cute a woman is, she still has an innate motherhood.

"I don't need anyone to take care of you here. It's a good idea for you to rest early and take good care of yourself at home these days. Maybe you will have to run around with me in the future."

This kind of companionship is very much needed between people. Sometimes Wang Mingshan doesn’t mean that she has a sense of mission and has to guard her, but maybe Wang Mingshan herself also needs this kind of companionship.

It’s mutual.

This will make Zhang Zhou feel that in fact, the woman around him has the deepest bond with him, but it is Wang Mingshan, who lost her mother since childhood and lacked love.

This kind of attachment is also different from the kind of you and me, but more like it comes from reason and comes from the heart.

Early in the morning.

Before dawn, Zhang Zhou was about to enter the palace. Liu Gui took someone to accompany Zhang Zhou to the palace.

Arrived in front of the palace gate, the ministers were still waiting to enter the palace. Zhang Zhou arrived neither early nor late. After he arrived, the people who were still noisy suddenly fell silent, and their eyes were fixed. Everyone looked over, and it felt like they were looking at an alien.

Zhang Zhou also knew very well that every time he came to the court, he could almost be the protagonist.

No way.

It is also because he has a completely different temperament from ordinary ministers.Different, he also has his own faction in the court, and his faction is considered to be the most prosperous.

After Zhang Zhou arrived, Zhang Mao came over first and greeted with a smile, "Bingkuan is traveling, but speaking of what I have gained, I miss you very much, and my grandchildren at home always miss you." He said he wanted to learn more from his husband."

"Really?" Zhang Zhou said with a smile, "Zhang Lun only learned from me for a few days, I don't want him to be my disciple."

Zhang Maodao said, "Being a teacher for one day will be a teacher for the rest of your life. It is right to let him support Bingkuan in your old age."

"Haha."

Zhang Zhou smiled.

But I was murmuring in my heart, Zhang Lun is only ten years younger than me, why should he be the one who provides me with the care of me until I die? Why didn’t he die first?

Between Zhang Mao and Zhang Zhou After saying hello, all the martial arts officers came over to get close to Zhang Zhou, while the civil servants only paid attention to him at first, and then continued their private discussions.

Although Zhang Zhou couldn't hear clearly what they were talking about, he roughly guessed that they were not discussing issues targeting him, but also discussing issues that ignored him.

In short,

This group of people did not treat him as a minister, and they were thinking of ways to exclude him.

Zhu Feng came very late. Before the ministers entered the palace, Zhu Feng came belatedly, but Mou Bin did not appear in the queue of ministers entering the palace.

Go to Fengtian Hall.

After all the ministers stood still, Mou Bin appeared near the door, but he looked like a guard. He was still wearing the official uniform of a royal guard commander. Beside him were those who had just returned to Beijing with him. Guo Ang, the envoy of Fusi Town in North Town.

"Mr. Xie Ge, I borrowed it."

When entering the palace, Zhang Zhou went with Wu Xun, but after entering the palace gate, Zhang Zhou Choose to be in the class of civil servants.

After all, he is the Minister of the Ministry of War, which is a first-class position among civil servants.

Xie Qian glanced at Zhang Zhou, then stepped aside and gave up his previous position to Zhang Zhou.

Ma Wensheng next to him smiled at Zhang Zhou, but looking at that smile, he seemed to be ready to have a verbal confrontation with him.

Zhang Zhou whispered, "Guys, let me remind you that I have taken care of everything over there. There is no need to argue about it anymore."

Those who heard this said Zhong Zhong was surprised for a moment and looked at Xie Qian.

Xie Qian glanced back, as if to say, why are you listening to what he said

If you want to think about the intentions of the political opponents' words, it is better to take the initiative, what? It is better to be in charge of everything yourself than to be controlled by others.

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