Chapter 622: Without you, where would they be today?

Li Zhang hurriedly summoned Zhang Zhou.

Wei Bin looked at Li Zhang’s back and felt angry. He deliberately muttered in front of Chen Kuan, “He will never look back until he hits the south wall.”

Chen Kuandao said, "Why are we two in the south wall?"

"That's not what he meant. It's because he really doesn't know how to advance or retreat. He thinks that taking charge of the East Factory can cover the sky with one hand, but he forgets that within the palace confinement, what should he do? Who makes the decision?"

Wei Bin was actually reminding Chen Kuan that as the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, you should not be too weak.

Although Li Zhang’s status was above you and me before, you are now in charge of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, and how can our faction of Supervisor of Ceremonies be less powerful than Li Zhang, who rose up from the same family as Li Rong?

To put it bluntly, Li Zhang's foundation in the court was not as solid as Chen Kuan and Wei Bin.

Chen Kuan didn't seem to want to pay attention to this kind of thing. He waved his hand and said, "I can't wait to see what the good news is about now."

Chen Kuan When he and Wei Bin arrived at Xinuang Pavilion, they just waited.

Zhu Youtang held the battle report and looked at the candlelight. He became more and more happy as he read it, but he seemed to be having fun and did not calm down for a long time.

Chen Kuan looked very considerate and bowed and said, "Your Majesty, it's getting late and the good news has arrived. It's better to wait until tomorrow to take a closer look. It's better to take advantage of it now so that your Majesty can sleep peacefully."

"Haha."

Zhu Youtang was in a good mood and didn't care about others at all. He said with a proud look on his face, "I still need to sleep at this time, can I still sleep?" No worries, but even if it is just a dream, I will wake up with a smile. Zhijie and Mao Ren, they are not favored by others. They can actually find the Tatar's lair so accurately and brave the wind and snow to fight like this. This hearty victory really brought honor to the soldiers of the country."

Chen Kuanpei smiled and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, Anbian Hou and Jingshan Bo have always been brave and resourceful, and they are also Cai Guogong. Good point."

"Well, you are right about this. They are all well-trained by Bingkuan, otherwise they would be able to achieve it based on what they have learned before and their knowledge. Such great achievements? Even if they are capable, they need Bole to detect them. Otherwise, why do people say that thousand-mile horses often exist but Bole does not?"

Zhu Youtang was excited and said: Zhang Zhou's praises are also full of praise.

Chen Kuan was clearly worried that Zhang Zhou would completely get on top of them, but he still had to keep catering to the emperor's wishes.

"Isn't it here yet?" Zhu Youtang became anxious.

Chen Kuan also looked towards the door of the palace and said, "Not so fast. Your Majesty, please rest first."

"That's right. Why am I acting like a young boy like this?" If you are anxious, put on my shoes quickly. I have to go out. I will take a good look at the battle report when I get back. I will come up with more details in the next two days."

Zhang Zhou didn't sleep at all.

As soon as I returned to Beijing, I had to sleep in Wenhua Palace. The palace was very big, but it was obviously not a good place to sleep, because Wenhua Palace, as a normal office hall, did not haveInstall heating.

In fact, Zhu Youtang originally planned to let Zhang Zhou sleep in the side hall of Xinuang Pavilion, but not even Queen Zhang and Concubine Xian were qualified to sleep in that place. What would it be like for him to sleep there

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It was still freezing outside, and he ran to the Wenhua Hall to prepare a few more braziers, but it was of no use. Anyway, thinking of being able to go home early the next morning, his wife and children were all excited by the heat of the kang. Zhou felt that it was nothing to suffer a night in the palace, so he casually asked someone to bring a book over. He read it for a while, and then began to write and draw.

This can also give people the impression that he is very diligent. He still has to show it externally in the palace, even if he is pretending, he must pretend at the right time.

In this case, Li Zhang came to inform Zhang Zhou that Daning had achieved a great victory.

"Have the good news been accurately reported?"

In fact, Zhang Zhou didn't think Cui Yuan and Zhu Feng were very capable, but they had one good thing, that is, they were diligent and down-to-earth. .

Let them lead the troops into the grassland, and they really led the troops. When they encountered the enemy, others might have to consider the pros and cons, but the two of them still retained their innocence, knowing clearly that in the ice and snow, they The fierce fighting on the grassland was very detrimental to the Ming soldiers who went on long expeditions, but they still dared to go out and bring back the good news that the emperor wanted.

Li Zhang smiled and said, "Sir, don't worry, this time it is certain. It is said that the Tatars are still the main force, but it is because of your clever calculation that Jingshanbo and Anbianhou can defeat them in one fell swoop." , now everyone should understand you. In this kind of weather, sending troops out is actually making the Tatars confused about the route of the Ming Dynasty's expedition. The sending of troops by several groups is actually a deception. ”

"Yes, yes. Those are probably Jingshanbo and Anbianhou. Because they are protected by His Majesty Long Wei, they may have better luck."

Li Zhang said this, but he was thinking in his heart, what are you pretending to do?

If it weren’t for your suggestion, Cui Yuan and Zhu Feng would have achieved such great achievements. In other words, they wouldn’t be where they are today without you

A eldest princess’s consort, a The second son of the Duke of Guo can become the pillar of the Ming Dynasty

You don’t admit it yourself because you are afraid that others will realize that you are only supporting them behind the scenes, and they will be jealous of them, and even think that you are partial. But in fact, it’s good that everyone knows it well.

Zhang Zhou could tell what Li Zhang was thinking by looking at his expression.

Some things may not be explained clearly.

In Xinuan Pavilion.

As soon as Zhang Zhou arrived at the door, Zhu Youtang came to greet him personally. He even took Zhang Zhou's arm and went to the mat. After sitting down, Zhu Youtang couldn't wait to show Zhang Zhou the battle report.

"Bingkuan, you are hiring people, even if I don't accept it."

Zhu Youtang also had emotion on his face,"A few years ago, someone told me that the second son of Duke Chengguo's family, together with my brother-in-law, could achieve such great achievements. I would never believe it. Once or twice, it's okay. It is said that they are lucky, but just looking at their courage and the persistence in their bones every time, I believe that God asked you to tell me that these two are available. ”

Zhang Zhou said, "Your Majesty is ridiculous. It was not all the ministers who recommended the two of them. It was even the Marquis of Anbian who recommended the ministers, and the eldest princess Yongkang personally invited her consort."

"Haha. ."

Zhu Youtang waved his hands and said, "Don't talk about it. Others don't know who mentioned them. Don't I know what their character was before? I just know it. You are a man of God because of your accurate vision and appropriate methods of hiring people. I don’t know why you are so blessed and so favored by God.”

Zhang Zhouxin said, although you are thanking me, why do I hear this? Do you think God is more awesome?

But the problem is that as a king, you should not be down-to-earth and think that personnel matters are determined by Conspiracy and other elements can also attribute everything to God

"Originally, I was worried that someone in the court might object to your mentioning you as the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, but now it seems that there is no need, let alone you Being a minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, even if you join the cabinet and take charge of the Shangting Department and the Cabinet Department, what can you do? After so many years in the Ming Dynasty, I finally saw some hope. Don't I have faith? I still have to listen to those pedantic people who keep telling me. Is this a bad idea?"

Zhu Youtang said, lifting up his pen and saying, "I want to reward you, Zhijie and Maoren, and give them a promotion each."

Chen. Kuan hurriedly reminded, "Your Majesty, you should be careful about the title. Besides, Duke Cai is already"

They are all Dukes, and there is no distinction between first-class and second-class Dukes. If you want to be promoted to a noble title, you can only grant a title to a king with a foreign surname, but with Zhang Zhou's current achievements, it seems that he is not that awesome. Even the founding fathers are only granted the title of Duke, and after death, they are granted the title of county. King's.

Can Zhang Zhou’s contribution be higher than that of the founding fathers?

Zhu Youtang said, “Do you want to tell me that if I continue to confer Bingkuan, the DPRK will People will have all kinds of criticisms, and they will say that I have the wisdom to know people, and I must dare to employ people. If I don't reward my merits, how can I stand in the world?"

"Your Majesty" Zhang Zhou. He hurriedly said, "Everything I did was within my scope of duty, and I had no intention of greed for merit. Besides, this battle was indeed won by the frontline soldiers. In such bad weather, they could still achieve a great victory in the ice and snow. I think They should be rewarded more."

"Bingkuan"

Zhu Youtang seemed a little unhappy again.

I give you a reward at the risk of opposition from the world. Why are you so polite?

But in fact, Zhu Youtang also understands Zhang Zhou’s thoughts. Now Zhang Zhou has If you are a sycophant in the eyes of others, what is the difference between being a Duke or a prince?One person is inferior to ten thousand people, and it doesn't seem to be a good thing to just have a title that makes him incompetent to others and to history.

"Your Majesty, I also believe that an order should be made immediately to send troops from Jizhou to the north, and to cooperate with Anbian Hou and Jingshanbo to lead the troops to withdraw. There are many Tatar tribes, and they have suffered huge losses this time. If they If the fish is killed and the net is broken, I am afraid that our soldiers of the Ming Dynasty will still encounter some troubles."

"Well, it makes sense, let's issue an order immediately"

Zhu Youtang also made a prompt decision.

I didn’t know the news about Zhu Feng and Cui Yuan before, but now I know, of course I have to do something.

Perhaps the two of them led the troops to retreat and did not need assistance, but now that they have made a contribution, they need to keep this credit first. They cannot let their credit be lost because of the subsequent entanglement with the Tatars. Losing it becomes a situation like "the merits outweigh the faults".

Now the two of them are in love.

Even the Ming Dynasty’s border policy can be tilted towards the two of them.

"Bingkuan, since you have returned to Beijing, you must plan carefully this winter and not make life easy for the Tatars. In this way, after the spring of next year, they will be exhausted and exhausted. When the time comes, I will level it with you in one fell swoop.”

Zhu Youtang still does not forget his previous ideals.

It was also because he felt that his body and bones were getting worse day by day, and he wanted to achieve an almost unconstrained ideal while he was still young and strong.

Zhang Zhou said, "I should be able to plan. However, after winter this year, it will be difficult for all parties to send troops. It depends on how to cause civil strife among the Tatars."

"Yes." Zhu You Zang nodded and said, "You still have the foresight to talk to the three guards of Duoyan about gathering them. They are probably feeling lucky now. If they decide to surrender to the Ming Dynasty after this battle, the Ming Dynasty will also deal with them. Now as long as they can stand on the right side, they can still make amends."

Even Zhang Zhou found out.

The emperor now also regards him as a god. Any decision he makes, whether the emperor or ministers are friendly to him or hostile, will make him think in the direction of divine wisdom.

It's like, once you have the ability, even if you fart, it will be better than others.

The sky is getting brighter.

After the palace door opened, Zhang Zhou yawned and walked out of the palace. The emperor was afraid that Zhang Zhou's carriage would be too bumpy, so he directly arranged a sedan for Zhang Zhou so that he could sleep for a while on the sedan.

Zhang Zhou could feel everything was stable when sitting on the eight-carrying sedan.

All the way to his mansion, someone had already opened the door. The courtyard gate was so wide that even a sedan could be carried in. However, Zhang Zhou didn’t let anyone do this. He still got off the sedan and walked. Enter the courtyard.

The family is already lining up waiting for his return.

But what Zhang Zhou was thinking about right now was just to have a good sleep, and even after arranging for the bed to be arranged, he had no distracting thoughts in his mind, and no one was on the bed yet., he had already closed his eyes to rest, and then became dim, as if everything in the world had nothing to do with him.

While Zhang Zhou was sleeping, the news of the great victory in the northwest reached the inner streets of the capital through the Di newspaper founded by Zhang Zhou at the first time.

It no longer spread through public offices, but directly through private channels. Even many ministers seemed at a loss after learning the news. They all felt that it was impossible. Even if a good news was obtained, it should be from It was conveyed from above, rather than from folk gossip, which can only mean that someone is flattering Zhang Zhou behind his back.

Knowing that Zhang Zhou had returned to Beijing, he spread some unrealistic rumors to make people think that Zhang Zhou was awesome, but later they found out that the rumors were false, and because Zhang Zhou did not personally spread the rumors, This matter has not been traced to Zhang Zhou. Many ignorant people still regard Zhang Zhou as a god. No matter how hard they try to refute the rumors, it is useless.

However, there will still be people who go to the Ministry of War and other Yamen to inquire about the news.

But as the news of the good news spread in the Governor's Mansion, the minister was almost certain that the matter was basically true as it approached noon.

"Your Majesty didn't go to court either."

The cabinet is on duty.

Cheng Minzheng said to his two colleagues, Liu Jian and Li Dongyang, as if joking.

The implication is that when the emperor encounters such a happy event, he should show it off to the court instead of continuing to pretend to be ill as he is now.

Li Dongyang said, "Then there is still room for discussion about this matter."

Cheng Minzheng smiled and said, "Although Zhu Zhijie and Cui Maoren are unknown, they don't dare to take such a big risk." If there is any question about military merit, it is that they have not returned yet, and the future war is uncertain. Even so, they will probably be different from others in the Governor's Mansion." Please remember to bookmark this chapter after it is over, and the latest website. The fastest and free reading without anti-theft