Outside Qingning Palace.
Eunuch Jiang Lu came out and told Yongkang that she did not have to come to pay her respects and asked her to go back.
"I just want to see the imperial grandmother and leave." Yongkang seemed to want to meet the old lady.
Jiang Lu said with a bitter but polite smile, "Your Royal Highness, the Empress Dowager is in poor health recently and needs to rest and not be disturbed by outsiders. She will know your thoughts. , you’d better go back first. Don’t let these slaves make things difficult for you.”
Yongkang sighed.
Based on her past personality, she refused to let in and shouted directly outside to let the old lady know that she was outside.
But now she also knows some rules. Since she is not allowed in, it must be because the old lady does not want to see her. If she breaks in, she will be unhappy for herself.
"Then say hello to the Imperial Grandmother for me. Farewell."
Yongkang left.
When Jiang Lu entered the inner hall, he saw Empress Dowager Zhou sitting there glumly.
"Let's go" Queen Mother Zhou put down the twisted Buddhist beads.
Jiang Lu said, "Yes, Her Royal Highness the eldest princess has gone back first, and asked the slave to pay her respects to you."
"Who doesn't know that she is so popular now that she can be a good girl if she can get it cheap?" This is the Cui family who comes to the Ai family to show off their power. She, a married royal daughter, doesn’t even know where to turn her elbows.” Of course, Empress Dowager Zhou was unhappy.
Why is it your unrepentant prince-in-law who gets the credit, and not our children of the Zhou family?
Jiang Lu heard the complaint in the old lady’s mouth and said tentatively, “Mrs. Empress Dowager, do you think you should remind Duke Cai Guo?”
In Jiang Lu’s view, maybe the old lady was blaming Zhang Zhou for not giving the Zhou family a chance.
The Empress Dowager Zhou said, "Who do you think the Ai family is, who will disregard the justice of the court for some personal gain? If the Ai family finds someone to tell someone, and it reaches the ears of the emperor, what will he think about the Zhou family?" What they look like and whether they have talents are not something the Ai family can decide."
"Yes, yes." Jiang Lu said, wondering in his heart.
You are unhappy, but you don’t want to argue with Zhang Zhou
You are both stingy and open-minded. You old lady is very conflicted.
Just when Jiang Lu didn’t understand what this old woman meant, Queen Mother Zhou asked again, “The children of the Zhou family are in the Yanwu Hall recently, are their lives going well?”
Jiang Lu He seemed to understand as soon as he heard it, and said hurriedly, "The Yanwu Hall is closed in winter, so some of them didn't go to class. It's been quite cold these days, but there are many children from the Qingyun Marquis and Chang Ning uncle's families who are in the Yanwu Hall." The internal service is no longer a student, but a teacher, especially now that I heard that there is a juvenile class, and the children of the Zhou family are also in it."
"That's good."
The Empress Dowager Zhou's face seemed to gradually become satisfied, and she nodded, "You are proud for a moment, not for a long time. No matter how great your achievement is now, isn't it just those three melons and two dates? Today he will kill a hundred, and tomorrow he will kidnap one."Dozens of people have come back, and their contribution can be greater than that of Pingchuan."
Jiang Lu completely understood now.
The Empress Dowager Zhou planned to "slowly flow," and come back to take the big Yes, letting the children of the Zhou family contribute to the victory of the grassland is more tangible than the current temporary victory.
The Empress Dowager Zhou said, "Also keep an eye on the Ai family. These are the ones who don't live up to expectations." I'm used to being arrogant, but I haven't heard of them causing trouble in the capital recently. If such unscrupulous things happen again, the Ai family will not condone them and punish them how they want."
"The Empress Dowager, you Overthinking. "Jiang Lu actually understands.
What the old lady is talking about is the two relatives of the Zhou family who often have conflicts with the Zhang family. Not to mention bullying and domination, even fights with weapons and deaths and injuries occur from time to time. .
But it seems that after Zhang Zhou came, the Zhou family and the Zhang family were not so keen on competing for the interests of their relatives.
The three-acre area in the capital. It seems that the interests of the land are no longer the most important thing to them, and they instead compete for the interests of the Governor's Mansion, or they are competing to work for Zhang Zhou in order to obtain higher interests.
The Queen Mother Zhou. He sneered, "How many pounds they have, others don't know. Don't the Ai family know that they just want to reach the sky in one step, and don't think about what they can do for the court? No matter how dishonest they are, they will be directly sent to the bitter and cold place in the northwest to train for a few years. Now they have the ability in the court." Kuan Zai, even if he is sent to the northwest, it is not a hard job, and others are still rushing to go. "
Jiang Lu said, "I'm afraid you guys won't be able to bear the hardship. ”
“If you can’t stand the hard work, then don’t complain. That girl asked Aijia to go to Yongkang. Didn’t she always complain before? In the end, it was Mao Ren who had perseverance and was both a relative of the emperor. This consort Aijia I am so envious. No wonder Bingkuan would give him a chance. Just look at his perseverance in working hard. Is that something ordinary people can compare to? When Mao Ren comes back, let the girl from Yongkang come to say hello. Then the couple will come together. The Aijia would rather see Mao Ren than Yongkang’s duplicitous face."
As she said that, Empress Dowager Zhou stood up and grabbed the Buddhist beads on the table.
< p>This means going in to meditate.But Jiang Lu is thinking, is it still useful to worship the Buddha even if he is angry?
People in the mortal world always want to escape from the mortal world. , you are the one who is telling the truth
Channing Bo Mansion
The Queen Mother Zhou’s decree was directly put into the hands of Zhou Shou and Zhou Yu, except for a scolding. In addition, he taught them to "behave well", which made the second eldest brother Zhou Yu very unhappy.
"What does this mean, sister? It sounds like we are coming out of prison. What will happen in the future?" I can’t survive. Could it be that the Empress Dowager knew about the forced land purchase earlier?"
Zhou Yu was a little nervous.
Zhou Shou held two walnuts in his hand and heard this He stared at his younger brother with wide eyes and said, "You told me, brother, if nothing happens, it must be like this. Otherwise, why would my sister give me an edict?"
"Hey"Yeah"
Zhou Yu sat down and looked very annoyed, "It's not a forced purchase or sale. They are afraid of our status as relatives and are willing to give us a low price. Besides, the people who come forward are not from the family. People, if this is known, it will be difficult to get anything from now on. We spent real money and silver. If this were the case before, it wouldn’t matter if we didn’t give money. "
Zhou Shou waved his hand and asked the maids and others standing next to him to exit.
Then he said sharply, "You still don't open your eyes. You just made trouble with the two boys from the Zhang family before. The two of them are crazy and do things without considering the consequences. You have been in Beijing for many years and you don’t even have the slightest sense of propriety."
"Brother, more than half of the land is in the name of your Marquis Mansion. Why do you blame me? "Zhou Yu was very dissatisfied.
Zhou Shou said, "Don't worry about this. Even if the land is returned, others will still say that we are bullying others. Now as long as we don't do it worse, even if the person in the palace knows about it, he will just turn a blind eye. With one eye closed, what else do you want?"
"Humph"
Zhou Yu was still angry.
Zhou Shou sighed, "The Empress Dowager He kept telling us to take good care of our family business. We were only thinking about the future of the Zhou family. Even if the children of our family were working in the Governor's Mansion, they would not be recognized. In this way, go back and send your son to the northwest for two years of training. "
"Ah"
Zhou Yu was shocked, and then blew his beard and glared, "Why isn't he my eldest nephew?"
"The eldest son and grandson should still stay. If you are in the capital, you have to support me if you have anything to do. You are not the head of Ningbo Mansion, but you are just a vassal of the Zhou family. Don't be confused about priorities. If you have gained merit through experience in the northwest, it will bring glory to your face. It is very difficult to be promoted to Duke in the Marquis Mansion, but you still have a slight chance of being promoted to Marquis. ”
Zhou Shou is following the guidance.
Your family will do the hard work. The good thing is that our Zhou family brothers can be one.
Zhou Yu said The leader said, "I won't even think about it unless my eldest nephew also goes."
"Whether I want to go or not, I will tell the Empress Dowager and your Majesty when the time comes."
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"Brother, you are not following the rules. "The big one bullies the small ones."
"I'm just bullying you. Why do you think you are a younger brother? You must have the awareness to be a younger brother. You two are already old bones. You can still run around for a few years. You can teach your children." No, I'm here to help you teach our sister. She may not be able to live for a few years. If we don't wait for the future now, it will be too late. Then those two boys from the old Zhang family will sit on our brothers' heads and shit, and you will too. But they can't."
Xi Nuan Pavilion.
On this day, Zhang Zhou was ordered to enter the palace again, nominally to discuss matters with the emperor, but in fact he was also there to discuss matters with Zhu Youtang. Conditioning the body, and also discussing some things that cannot be discussed in court, are secrets between monarchs and ministers that cannot be told to outsiders.
"Bingkuan, look at this"
Zhu You. Zang took out a memorial written by Zhang Maoshang to impeach Ma Yi.Ma Yi disobeyed orders and led his troops out of the customs without authorization. He also failed to complete the procedures for deploying troops, and did not provide enough food and fodder for his troops and horses in a timely manner. The 6,000 troops under Ma Yi's command ate Zhang Mao's rations.
In short, Zhang Mao just found fault and made Wang Shouren's painstaking efforts to mobilize his troops in vain.
Zhang Zhou smiled and said, "The wind is blowing a bit wrong."
Zhu Youtang said disdainfully, "He doesn't understand faces at all. Look at this again."
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After speaking, Zhu Youtang handed over another pile of memorials.
They are all memorials about the inaction of civilian officials who participated in the impeachment of Zhang Mao. Their attacks on Zhang Mao are no less sharp than when they participated in the impeachment of Zhu Hui. It seems that Zhang Mao’s actions are worse than Zhu Hui’s and should be punished more. Severe punishment.
"I never expected that Zhang Mao, an old man who was wise all his life, could not even grasp the right balance between advance and retreat. In the past, the Governor's Mansion and the civil servants had an affair, but now he still wants to have both sides. This You are looking for death."
When Zhu Youtang said this, his expression became a little more ruthless.
Obviously Zhu Youtang had the intention of getting rid of Zhang Mao.
In addition to Zhang Mao not knowing how to do things, he relies on his old skills and pretends to be an old fool in front of the emperor all day long. Now he can't even decide his position. Without getting any credit, he actually stands on the opposite side of the emperor. The emperor will still Choose You Zhang Mao
Zhang Zhoudao "When it comes to the situation of the British Duke in the northwest, it cannot be said that there is much fault. He marched continuously and arrived at the right place at the right time every time. There was no deviation. ."
"Bingkuan, you don't mean to say that someone like you who has no merit but hard work is not worthy of your help."
Zhu Youtang is clearly trying to persuade Zhang Zhou, so he might as well break up with Zhang Mao completely.
Zhang Zhou just smiled and said nothing this time.
Zhu Youtang said, "There is also a memorial written by Wang Shouren here. Take a look."
Zhang Zhou took it and it was a secret memorial written by Wang Shouren, which was submitted directly. For the emperor.
When Zhu Youtang was inspecting Zhang Zhou, he also commented: "Wang Shouren said that he led his troops into the grassland and marched westward, and the Tatars had already known his marching movements, so Retreating all the way to the west, the main Tatar tribes were already around Guanshan. Because of the harsh grassland environment, Wang Shouren did not want to go deep alone to avoid difficulties in withdrawing his troops, so he rushed as far west as possible. "
Zhang Zhou said, "Actually, he did. Do you still have a back-up plan?"
"Yes." Zhu Youtang nodded, "This is the route map of Datong Commander-in-Chief Ma Yi for entering the army. It is based on the summary submitted by Ye Bushou. The troops were not dispatched in time, but Ma Yi was able to keep going west according to the established route. According to Wang Shouren's report, if the Tatars continue to retreat westward, they are likely to collide with the troops led by Ma Yi."
Zhang Zhou took several more memorials and compared the contents with each other to confirm.
As Zhu Youtang said, Wang Shouren and Ma Yi are also cooperating.
Zhu Youtang smiled and said, "Bingkuan, this is all arranged by you, right?"”
Zhang Zhou said, “No, I didn’t think it was that complicated.” His Majesty also explained that the troops sent out before winter this year are only to resist foreign barbarians, not to achieve great benefits. The minister's ability is also limited. "
"There is no need to be modest, Bingkuan. I have actually seen for a long time that these generals in the northwest look to you as their leader. If you hadn't taught them, how could they have such courage? Not only did we drive straight into the grassland, we also braved the cold winter wind and snow, which was never possible in the past. ”
Zhang Zhou thought for a while.
If he gave the northwest generals courage, there is no refutation.
This is how fighting is, you The more you win, the more people will be willing to fight with you.
People will always be willing to side with the strong, but there are still too few opportunities for the weak to show their abilities.
Zhu Youtang said again, "If you compare these, I feel more and more that this old man Zhang Mao is blinded by lard and his brain is not working well. Is he digging a hole for himself? Ma Yidai The troops entering the grassland may help him turn the tide and give him the opportunity to make contributions without even having to do his own work. It is simply a shame for him to impeach others first."
Even the emperor thinks of himself The minister was speechless.
Zhang Zhou also smiled.
Zhang Mao thought he was on the right side, so he turned his head and stood with the civil servant in an attempt to help him. He went to rescue Xie Qian in exchange for Wen Chen's support.
But he didn't know that Wen Chen had no intention of helping Zhang Mao.
Wen Chen was between Zhang Mao and Zhang Zhou. No one had a choice, but to sit on the mountain and watch the fight between the tigers. Wen Chen wanted Zhang Mao to launch a fatal blow to Zhang Zhou when he was in a hurry
Rather than choose to join forces with Zhang Mao to deal with Zhang Zhou. .
What can you do to unite with Zhang Mao?
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