Zhang Zhou braved the wind and snow to return to Beijing.
Xiong Xiu, the right minister of the Ministry of War, personally went to greet him outside the city and brought him some latest news, including that Cui Yuan and Zhu Feng had "lost contact" in the grassland, and there had been no contact for many days. Just a few words, it is equivalent to saying that the troops led by the two men have entered a "bad luck" situation.
"Oh."
Zhang Zhou was still very indifferent to this.
Unless there is extremely bad weather, more than 10,000 soldiers and horses will be in a dilemma, but even so, such a large team has enough food, grass and baggage, and it has a strong weapon against the Tatars. Absolute suppression, even a temporary loss of contact does not seem to be fatal bad news.
Xiong Xiu said, "Zhang Butang, I heard that some officials have been secretly planning to impeach you recently. I don't know the details. There is another matter that the southern scholars are secretly discussing. He said that you favor northern scholars in the literary world, and there was a lot of discussion."
Zhang Zhou looked sideways at Xiong Xiu, with a slightly weird smile on his face.
"Shilang Xiong, my reputation among scholars seems to have nothing to do with being an official in the court," Zhang Zhou asked with a smile.
Xiong Xiu said, "Now there are rumors all over the capital that you will preside over the Spring Palace next year. Something happened in the Spring Palace three years ago, and you are aware of it. Now this incident will have some impact on your reputation." It seems inevitable to be criticized."
"Yes." Zhang Zhou nodded.
Xiong Xiu said again, "The British Duke has sent a letter to the capital, informing him that troops are currently stationed on the border of Ningxia. Please ask the court to allocate more money and food to him, otherwise he will withdraw his troops and return to Yansui. Mr. Wang from the three sides The troops of Zhi and Xinjian Bo have been withdrawn to the territory of Ming Dynasty one after another. Only Anbian Hou and Jingshan Bo have no news about this battle."
Zhang Zhou said, "I heard that there are still horses. "Yi's team has not returned from Ningxia yet?"
"Uh, yes."
Xiong Xiu seemed to suddenly remember this, and nodded, "Indeed. That's true, but this group of people is going to pursue the Tatars. There was news that they were heading towards Yansui. The news is not yet certain. I have made a summary of the affairs within the Ministry of War. This is a statement. You will know it after reading it yourself."
"Oh."
Zhang Zhou took the booklet handed over by Xiong Xiu.
Xiong Xiu said, "A lot of things in Beijing have been stopped recently because of the snow. Even the Yanwu Hall has been temporarily closed. Your Majesty has not been to court for many days. If you can enter the palace to see the saint after you come back, , I hope you can inform us of His Majesty's bowing situation, so that we can rest assured."
Zhang Zhou waved his hands and said, "I don't know whether he is a saint or not, and I cannot tell what happens in the palace. Please forgive me, Mr. Xiong.”
“Yes,” Xiong Xiu said, “Furthermore, Mr. Xie Ge is in prison for some matters and is currently discussing with the Ministry of War. I hope you can sign on, Zhang Budang."
Zhang Zhou narrowed his eyes.
PhotoLi said that Zhang Zhou should join forces to ask the emperor to release Xie Qian, so as to show Zhang Zhou's high integrity.
Literati are all about saving face. If he does not come forward, others will think that he is petty, and many people will be alienated from him.
Zhang Zhoudao: "Since I have been sent to prison, I must have committed something. Now that the matter has not been resolved, I have to go to court. No matter why I was not in the capital during this period, I have no idea about Mr. Xie Ge." , Such arrogance is irresponsible to Chao Gang."
Xiong Xiu looked at Zhang Zhou in surprise. He did not expect Zhang Zhou's attitude to be so tough.
Xiong Xiu was surprised and quickly reminded him, "There is no news about Anbian Hou and Jingshan Bo yet."
Zhang Zhouyi understood that this was a reminder to him that you have to follow The civil servants must make peace, otherwise if Cui Yuan and Zhu Fengzhen suffer a big defeat on the grassland, or if their troops and horses suffer extensive casualties, your current attitude will cause trouble for yourself.
You speak for Xie Qian, so that traditional civil servants will not desperately try to impeach you when they come back.
"They are leading troops outside. Do you have any news? What does it have to do with me? Although I am the Minister of the Ministry of War, I cannot do everything myself." Zhang Zhou's tone was very cold.
Xiong Xiu didn't seem to expect that Zhang Zhou would make such a clean decision, as if he was shirking responsibility.
But before the two of them could exchange a few words, someone came from the palace.
This is Li Zhang.
After Chen Kuan was promoted to the position of Chief Eunuch, Li Zhang’s position remained unchanged. This time he made a special trip to help the emperor convey a message.
"Then I'll take my leave first." When Xiong Xiu saw someone from the palace coming, he quickly bowed and said goodbye.
Zhang Zhougong cupped his hands and said goodbye.
When Li Zhang arrived, he naturally took Zhang Zhou into the palace.
Zhang Zhou returned to Beijing because the emperor missed him, and Zhang Zhou naturally wanted to meet Zhu Youtang as soon as possible when he came back.
"Sir, was that Mr. Xiong just now? Did he tell you anything?" Li Zhang asked tentatively.
Zhang Zhoudao said, "It is fair to say that it is basically official business. He also told me that there are rumors in the capital that I will be the examiner in the spring of next year. He also said that I prefer northern scholars and so on. I am a Jinshi from Nanzhili. I don’t understand what they are saying at all.”
Li Zhang was surprised and said, “He told you this.”
Zhang Zhou laughed. "Actually, I don't understand why he reminded me of this. I can understand it. He seems to be very concerned about my reputation, so he might be thinking about it for me."
"Haha.",
Li Zhang smiled.
You really treat others as a good person.
"Sir, on your way back, did you hear anything about Mr. Xie Ge?" Li Zhang was blunt and raised Xie Qian's question.
Zhang Zhou said, "What a coincidence, I just learned that Mr. Xie Ge is in prison."
He didn't say whether it was Xiong Xiu who said it, he just said that he just learned that In fact, it can be regarded as a hint to LiZhang, you can figure out Xiong Xiu's attitude by yourself, don't expect to blame everything from my mouth.
Li Zhang sighed and said, "Speaking of it, Mr. Xie Ge can be regarded as an ancient man. He didn't say a word in the imperial prison. In the past two days, he has been unable to get enough water. There is a big gap. After His Majesty Zhongai found out, he felt a little distressed. He said that he was a veteran of the court and had done many things for the court and wanted to send him back. Even the queen was there to help him intercede. ”
Zhang Zhou thought to himself. , Xie Qian is not as honest as he seems.
As a leader of civil servants and a cabinet minister, he still has basic means. He talks about being just, but now as the emperor's teacher, he has to go on a hunger strike in prison to make the emperor feel pity. And let his affairs be forgotten.
Back then, Xie Qian persuaded the emperor to postpone the adoption of the concubine, which was considered "kind" to Empress Zhang. Now Empress Zhang will also come forward to speak for Xie Qian.
Zhang Zhou said, "It's a pity that Eunuch Li didn't try to persuade him."
Li Zhang was stunned and asked, "Do you think he is in Dongchang? No. I am following him." It has nothing to do with Dongchang, and His Majesty did not say that he must be punished. He probably just wanted Mr. Xie Ge to suffer some hardships. You are not allowed to speculate on the Holy Will when you are back. I just want to let you know this time. Whatever your opinion is, we don’t dare to interfere.”
It’s another test of words.
Zhang Zhou and Li Zhang walked side by side, looking at the empty streets in the distance, and said, "Old Xie Ge, after all, he knows me well. I can only sit back and ignore him. But I am not interested in him." I don’t know much about Mr. Xie Ge. I just came back, so it’s not appropriate to say something casually.”
To muddy the waters.
Zhang Zhou is also accustomed to this kind of almost meaningless pulling and pulling in official circles.
He seemed to have noticed that when he returned to Beijing this time, many people seemed to be waiting to see his attitude towards Xie Qian. Even Xiong Xiu, who seemed to be unconcerned about the world before, came to suggest that he go. Praying for Xie Qian also shows that everyone knows that now he is extending an olive branch to Xie Qian, which can indeed save Xie Qian's life.
But having said that, does the emperor really want Xie Qian’s old life?
Li Zhang said, “Yes, yes. You don’t know much, you will know later.”
Zhang Zhou glanced at Li Zhang and guessed that the emperor wanted to hand over Xie Qian's case to Zhang Zhou
Didn't the emperor know how much he, Zhang Zhou, had done in this matter? Embarrassing
Zhu Youtang is an emperor who understands the ways of the world. According to Zhang Zhou’s expectation, Zhu Youtang probably won’t mention anything about Xie Qian to him. At certain times, this emperor can also have His responsibility was to help Zhang Zhou solve some unnecessary troubles.
Zhang Zhou returned to Beijing and immediately entered the palace with Li Zhang.
The news reached Li Dongyang’s ears immediately. Li Dongyang wanted to visit Xie’s house. At this time, he did not choose to avoid suspicion, but took the initiative to greet him. This also showed that the senior officials wanted to follow Xie’s house. Move forward and retreat together.
The person who met Zhang Zhou was Xiong Xiu, the right minister of the Ministry of War, and the one who met Li Dongyang to inform him of the newsThe person is Xiong Chong, the left servant.
"Zhang Bingkuan then entered the palace." Li Dongyang didn't care much about Zhang Zhou's ambiguous attitude. He didn't even expect Zhang Zhou to speak for Xie Qian. He only cared about Zhang Zhou's return to Beijing this time. trend.
Xiong Chong said, "I heard it was, but no one followed. You know the people in Dongchang. That Eunuch Li has extraordinary methods of doing things."
Li Dongyang sighed, " To be honest, in recent years, no one has been as angry with my officials as this person."
There were two eunuchs in the East Factory, Xiao Jing and Li Rong, both of whom were " "Honest and honest", as a spy chief but being polite to civil servants will give the civil servants an impression that "the Dongchang is nothing more than that", and if Li Zhang is just a little more normal, he will be labeled as an "evil official" by Li Dongyang and others "The name.
"It is now confirmed that Wang Boan and Wang Dehua led the troops and achieved nothing on the grassland. At present, there are only one group of troops on the east and west sides. There is no news yet. It is said that they were all Zhang Budang Li Ge, the direct descendant of Ma Yi, should also know that Ma Yi had misdeeds in the past, and it was only because of Zhang Butang's protection that he was able to be where he is today."
Even if Xiong Chong no longer wants to be on the same team as Zhang Zhou. , and also knew that Zhang Zhou was now his boss and someone who could be related to his official career.
So even in front of Li Dongyang, Xiong Chong did not deliberately speak ill of Zhang Zhou.
When it comes to Ma Yi, it seems that it is just a matter of fact.
Li Dongyang said, "That's just right. Zhang Bingkuan thinks that everything can be as he expected, and he doesn't know that God has its own judgment. How can he be allowed to act recklessly again and again? This battle is a lesson for him."
Xiong Chong said, "It is too early to call it a defeat."
"Nothing is done. People and money have been wasted all over the northwest, and there has been no progress so far. Isn't it the dereliction of duty on the part of the planners?" If your soldiers don’t be ruthless, then if anything happens to the Ministry of War in the future, don’t look for these people. No one is willing to do anything that is an eyesore.”
Li Dongyang just took the stance of “cutting off seats” and let Xiong Chong knows.
You can either eliminate Zhang Zhou on behalf of the Ministry of War, boycott him, and let the emperor know that your Ministry of War actually cannot tolerate Zhang Zhou.
Either in the future, your Ministry of War will be a yamen besides the six ministries of the Central Government. Don’t expect the traditional civil servants to give you any assistance. If your Ministry of War has the ability to stand on its own, then you don’t need to beg me. What happens in the future? Just solve it yourself.
After Xiong Chong thought about it, he seemed confused, "Let's go back and discuss this matter."
"What did I say?" Li Dongyang even said with a bit of coyness.
"No." Xiong Chong said hurriedly, "Mr. Li Ge, you just said that if someone neglects his duty in this battle, we will go back and investigate."
Said After that, Xiong Chong is leaving.
"Wait a minute."
Li Dongyang immediately stopped Xiong Chong.
Xiong Chong said, "What would Mr. Li Ge have to say?"
Li Dongyang hesitated and then said, "It really doesn't work.Let me focus on the military affairs in the south. The affairs of Guangdong and Guangxi, as well as Jianghuai, Nanjing, and Zhejiang, it is not impossible to ask your majesty to make some changes. It is not impossible for Zhang Bingkuan to go to the south and become the minister of the Nanjing Ministry of War. He has laid such a big plan in the south, and it is reasonable for him to take charge of it. ”
Li Dongyang also seemed to know that it was inappropriate to try to get the emperor to give up Zhang Zhou completely.
Only by letting Zhang Zhou gradually stay away from the emperor, when the emperor no longer relies on Zhang Zhou Only when Zhou was here did the ministers next to him have a chance to regain the emperor's trust.
"This" Xiong Chong obviously didn't want to help Li Dongyang plan.
"Recently, the one from Longhu Mountain. Tianshi Zhang is about to arrive in Beijing. You should also know his identity and abilities. There can only be one Celestial Master in this world. Let Taoists solve Taoist matters on their own. If a Taoist priest can remain in the position of Minister of the Ministry of War for a long time, even if the north is not held accountable for war disasters, then the dynasty will Wouldn't the hall become a place overrun by snakes and rats? If this happens, the Ministry of War will naturally be controlled by you. You should know what I mean. ”
I’m not using you in vain. If you can help accomplish this, I will give you the position of Minister of the Ministry of War.
Xiong Chong obviously doesn’t think this is a good suggestion.< /p>
Hot potato
I am currently serving as the Minister of War, which is already a high-risk occupation. If you ask me to serve as Minister of the Ministry of War, it does not mean that you are putting me on the fire
I really think the bigger the official, the better
"It's getting cold today. If the Ministry of War has anything to offer, or if there is any shortage of officials in Beijing, just let me know. Li Dongyang said, "These people will help whatever they can." In the past few years of Zhang Bingkuan's reign, the courtiers have been silent and have not had a good life. If he could go to the south and stay for a few years and come back later, and he could be his minister normally, we would have resigned long ago. River water is not considered an enemy. What do you think?"
Xiong Chong said helplessly, "I understand, I just feel that there are some things that I can't do, so I have to let you express your attitude. Then I am still willing to be driven by Mr. Li Ge. "
After saying that, Li Dongyang sent Xiong Chong away.
When they walked away, Li Dongyang looked at his back, but he seemed to be saying viciously, "He is a man who follows the wind." "Please remember to bookmark, the latest and fastest website without anti-theft and free reading