Jinyi champion

Chapter 397
Early August.

A piece of news from the capital made Zhang Zuo, who was fighting endlessly with Yuan Zonggao, very anxious, and hurried to see the current actual head of the palace, Princess Jiang, who seemed to be the "empress dowager" of the palace.

At this time, Concubine Jiang was completely naked. Even though her husband's death made her very sad, King Xing passed away after several years of pain and suffering. She had already prepared in her heart. After more than a month of adjustment and recuperation, she is now calm. Accept the fact that your husband passed away.

"... Now there are rumors circulating between the government and the opposition that His Majesty wants the son to go to the capital to accept the throne inheritance, and to sacrifice to heaven and earth, which is also in line with the rules of the ancestors... But the problem is that if the son really goes to the capital, I am afraid that many things will happen. No longer under the control of the palace."

In front of a woman whose husband had just died, Zhang Zuo was already extremely restrained in speaking.

He didn't directly explain that perhaps the court deliberately took Zhu Houcong as a hostage.

Concubine Jiang looked sad, her eyes were flushed, and she choked with sobs: "What they failed to achieve on the previous king, but they want to do it to a child, right?"

"This……"

Zhang Zuo didn't know how to respond.

Concubine Jiang's heart was full of hatred. Others didn't know the entanglement between Prince Xing's mansion and the royal family, but Concubine Jiang knew it all too well. After she calmed down, her tone became restrained, and she asked in a deep voice, "Is this news accurate?"

Zhang Zuo said: "It is expected that in less than a month, there will be a letter of approval for whether things are settled or not. Now that His Majesty has left for Jiangnan, we still have to wait for His Majesty's approval before he can go... The chaos of King Ning has not stopped yet... "

Even though there was news in Wuchang Mansion and other places that the Rebellion of King Ning had been quelled, Anlu was still in the inland area of ​​Jiangbei, and the news was not so well-informed. It is still unknown what happened to the Rebellion of King Ning, and rumors are still flying everywhere.

Concubine Jiang wiped her tears with her hand, and said: "If my son is to go to the capital, he will be taken care of by Zhang Fengzheng."

"Your Majesty, it's not that this old slave refuses, it's really... If the imperial court really has the heart...to do such an unkind act, even if this old slave accompanied me on the way to the capital, I could always be by my son's side, but when I get there... I'm afraid... "

Zhang Zuo was very embarrassed.

It doesn't mean that whoever the palace wants to send to take care of the prince will be able to make the trip. Since the royal family intends to let King Xiaoxing enter the capital and be controlled by the court, they will definitely not let people who are close to the prince in the palace accompany him. , will not confine people in a high-walled compound, but these old people in the palace will definitely be strictly restricted, and it will be difficult for them to accompany the prince. Both physical and mental health were dealt a serious blow. From now on, he could only be submissive to the imperial court and dare not go one step further.

Zhang Zuo said: "It's no trouble for Mr. Tang to take care of him."

Even Zhang Zuo could see that the people in the palace who were ranked high in the imperial court basically had no chance to be with Zhu Si all the time, but there was one exception, that was someone who had always been valued in the palace but had not been named in the court. Tang Yin.

Tang Yin is equivalent to a dark move by the Xing Wangfu. Only a very few people know of his existence. As an idle countryman, Tang Yin has a reputation for raising others, so he will not be subject to too many restrictions on going to the capital.

Concubine Jiang frowned and thought for a moment, nodded heavily, and then said: "Let's wait until the matter is settled, Tang Bohu...can he really think about my son?"

If it is usual to ask about strategies, Concubine Jiang still believes in Tang Yin's ability.

But this time her son went far away to the capital and was detained as a hostage. Concubine Jiang naturally felt that the bond between Tang Yin and her son was not deep, so she might not try her best to help her.

Zhang Zuo recommended with a smile: "Mr. Tang has always had a grudge with the imperial court, and he can be single-minded towards his son. Even the late king praised his ability. At the beginning, the late king did not try his best to fight for his official position, but also to prevent the imperial court from making dirty tricks behind him. This is the result of painstaking arrangements of the previous king."

At present, in the palace, Yuan Zonggao, as the chief Tuogu minister, is the only one in power.

Naturally, Zhang Zuo wanted to highly praise his old partner Tang Yin. If the son left Xing Wangfu to go to the capital, only Tang Yin would accompany and take care of him, it would be a fatal blow to the chief of the palace, Shi Si, but Zhang Zuo felt that it was nothing for the son to go to the capital. bad thing.

"Ah."

Princess Jiang nodded slightly, but did not make a final decision.

Obviously, the palace is also waiting for further orders from the court, rather than trusting these "hearsays".

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Wuchang Mansion.

The township examination is approaching, and the Jiangxi rebellion has subsided, and Wuchang City, the provincial capital, is extremely lively.

Many merchants wandering around the south of the Yangtze River, especially on both sides of the river, now dare not go to Jiangxi to do business easily, so they all transport their goods to Wuchang Mansion for sale. Wuchang Mansion has become the area that benefited the most from the Chenhao Rebellion one.

Fortunately, the cloth Zhu Hao brought was sold early.

Su Xigui's side is very busy. There are more goods from the north and the south, so the price will naturally drop, and a lot of the materials he purchases are sent to the northwest. According to what Su Xigui said before, Huang Zan's biggest task now is to ensure the supply of military supplies. The emperor's personal conquest is ready.

On the morning of the fourth day of August, Zhu Hao and Su Xigui met again.

Su Xigui briefly explained the current situation of the imperial court. Huang Zan, as the right servant of the household department, passed the three-year examination at the end of the year, and generally would not stay in the position of household servant.

According to Su Xigui, there are two possibilities. One is to go to Nanjing to serve as Minister of the Ministry of Households, and to arrange the supply of food, grass and materials in the south. Once in this position, it basically means that there will be no possibility of promotion, and he will wait to become an official.

Although the Nanhubu Shangshu has a lot of power, being transferred to Nanjing is equivalent to being assigned. After the Nanhubu Shangshu, there is only the relatively "promotion" route of the Nanlibu Shangshu. It is not so simple to transfer back to the Northern Sixth Department.

The second possibility is the North Six Departments Ping Tuo.

Generally, it is the top priority to be the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War or the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Officials.

After listening to what Su Xigui expressed, Zhu Hao asked, "I don't know what kind Su Dongzhu wants?"

Su Xigui smiled and said, "It's all the same, it's all the same."

Although he said the same thing, Zhu Hao knew that Su Xigui's preference was not to let Huang Zan continue to be the servant of the Sixth Department of the North. Although this was the best result considering the future, from Su Xigui's personal point of view, if Huang Zan was the Minister of the Nanjing Household Department If so... that would be of great help to his business.

Nanhubu Shangshu is equivalent to the housekeeper of most of the southern countries, and Su Xigui's main business is also rooted in various places in the south of the Yangtze River. If this is the case, then Su Xigui is even more at ease.

Zhu Hao said: "Can't you directly serve as the ministry hall in the north?"

Su Xigui had a look of regret on his face: "Even though Mr. Huang has made great achievements in the past two years, and he made great contributions to the Northwest War two years ago, he is still not a senior faction in the court. Now the one in the court... said no. It sounds good, the party is united and the party is against the dissident."

Su Xigui's words of "the party is the same and the dissidents" are obviously not referring to the emperor and Jiang Bin and his like, but Yang Tinghe, the first and assistant minister.

The emperor himself set up a party faction, and Yang Tinghe naturally also formed a faction, but it was nicer in name, for the righteousness of the court and for the sake of scholars, but in fact it was no different from the party.

"Furthermore, there are no dignitaries in the court who have retired now, and Huang Gong is old, so seniority is ranked... I'm afraid we won't be able to wait until that day."

Su Xigui was full of regrets.

Huang Zan is not young now, because he does not belong to any core faction in the court, but he has made meritorious service in the local area and was transferred by the emperor to the capital as the servant of the household department. It was the emperor who valued Huang Zan again, but the powers and responsibilities of promotion, appointment and dismissal of ministers in the court were firmly controlled by the civil servant faction.

Huang Zan probably discussed this matter with Su Xigui in private. When he became the Minister of the Household Department in Nanjing, he had fame, wealth and status. ... the elderly should also have self-respect.

Zhu Hao nodded: "In my opinion, staying in the capital is better than staying in Nanjing. It won't take a few years..."

He deliberately said half of the words, and let Su Xigui figure it out by himself.

Su Xigui's eyes lit up, as if he had heard some clues, but he didn't dare to think deeply about it, and he was obsessed with it. He immediately laughed at himself, shook his head, and said with a smile: "It's not something like this that can be decided by a simple person like me. Destiny."

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Regardless of whether Huang Zan will stay in the capital or go to Nanjing at the end of the year, it seems that at least he will not be required to be an official for the time being.

In fact, Zhu Houzhao valued Huang Zan very much.

But it was precisely because the emperor felt that Huang Zan was capable, and Huang Zan made a lot of contributions in the Northwest War... This made him more and more excluded by the small circle of officials in the court. shame.

In the afternoon of the fifth day.

Zhu Hao visited some famous Confucianists from Anlu in the city. He has moved to Wuchang Prefecture for some time now, but he still maintains the local feeling.

Zhu Hao came out to pay a visit on behalf of Prince Xing's mansion.

When the sun was setting, he met Zhu Wanquan who also came to visit at a mansion of an official and gentry surnamed Hong.

Zhu Wanquan returned to Huguang from the capital to take the provincial examination, because the household registration of the Zhu family has now been changed to Huguang, no matter who is in the Zhu family to participate in the imperial examination, they must return to the household registration and sit on the ground.

The uncle and nephew hadn't seen each other for a long time. After meeting, they naturally wanted to find a place to have a meal and catch up.

"...Fourth Uncle, have the family been okay these two years? Speaking of which, I haven't seen my grandfather and grandmother for a long time, and I really miss them." Zhu Hao said.

Zhu Wanquan sighed: "The Zhu family is in the capital, and the situation is not good."

One sentence sums up the situation of the Zhu family moving to the capital.

It's amazing if it works!

Now the Zhu family is holding Zhu Wanhong as a hostage. Although it will not restrict the activities of your family in the city, but try going out of the city?
Do business?
In a place where every inch of land and gold is precious in the capital, there are many clansmen, and the white gloves of the rich and powerful are everywhere. With the way the Zhu family manages their business, there is a high probability that they will fall into the sand.

There are no big tigers in Anlu, and even a few hozens from the Zhu family can't be called kings, let alone the capital?

"The purpose of coming back this time is to sell the fields and houses in Anlu... Your second uncle is also back and is heading to Anlu." Zhu Wanquan said.

Zhu Hao asked, "Can Butler Liu go with you?"

Zhu Wanquan shook his head: "I returned to my hometown two years ago, and I heard that he died of illness. I don't know the specific circumstances."

(End of this chapter)