The Reborn Duke of Ming Dynasty

"Teacher," looking at Zhang Juzheng, Zhang Fan could only smile wryly, and said, "If I hadn't sent Liang Chaoyue to Beijing the day before yesterday, it would have been okay to do so. If I let go at that time, Feng Bao wouldn't have I don't know that I'm also involved in it, but now, no matter how stupid Feng Bao is, he can see that there is me in it, and if he withdraws now, not only will things change, but Feng Bao will definitely be upset with me, instead of not dealing with both ends , it’s better to just leave it like this, at least let one side get better.”

"Alas..." After hearing Zhang Fan's words, Zhang Juzheng let out a long sigh. He fully understood what Zhang Fan said. The matter had already developed to this point, and it was meaningless to stop now. Zhang Juzheng The reason why he sighed helplessly was precisely because he understood this truth.

"However, the students feel that the teacher doesn't need to be so worried," Zhang Fan said, "Maybe things are not as troublesome as the teacher thinks."

"How do you say that?" Hearing Zhang Fan's words, Zhang Juzheng was still a little overwhelmed at the beginning, and the matter was already like this. Although Zhang Fan and Feng Bao hadn't reached the point where they would tear their skins apart and start fighting with each other, according to It will be a matter of time before the current momentum continues, and Zhang Juzheng seems to have foreseen it.

"Although the students and Feng Bao are now having a lot of trouble over this matter, it's not yet time to start a war," Zhang Fan said. The relaxed look on his face is indeed convincing, but It is impossible to guess what he is thinking in his heart, "In the final analysis, this incident is just a matter of students destroying Feng Bao, and to bring down a Zhang Siwei, for Feng Bao, The comfort in the state of mind is probably greater than the actual benefits, and it will never hinder Feng Bao's status in the court. After all, although Zhang Siwei has nothing to do this time, when the news spreads, everyone will I see, what kind of dangerous situation Zhang Siwei has been in, and the others are not fools, so how could they not understand.

"Those who will not deal with Feng Bao will immediately think that Zhang Siwei was able to get out of trouble this time because of my help, and I helped Zhang Siwei maybe not because of the sake of the court, maybe because of my relationship with him. Zhang Siwei's uncle, Mr. Wang Chonggu, may be old. In this way, these people may only become more and more afraid of Feng Bao, but they will not want to fight Feng Bao more. In this way, although the court seems to have changed It’s even more depressing than it is now, but when everyone thinks so, I’m afraid it will be much more stable.”

"You..." Regarding Zhang Fan's words, Zhang Juzheng did not blindly refute, but after serious consideration, he said, "What you said is indeed true. If so, the situation may really be as you said ,"

"Besides, the students feel that things are not just like this," Zhang Fan added, "I'm afraid Feng Bao and the students will not only not get awkward because of this matter, but if he has something to do in the future but can't do it alone If not, I’m afraid I’ll have to ask the students for help.”

This time, Zhang Juzheng didn't say anything after hearing Zhang Fan's words, but even if he didn't speak, Zhang Juzheng still agreed with Zhang Fan in his heart. Why, after all, since Zhang Fan entered the official career, because of Xu Jie's The reason, almost ruined the hope of standing in the court, but later, he went to Jinyiwei and did something. However, at that time, Zhang Fan, who had just entered the official career not long ago, met Feng Baoxiang. In fact, when Zhang Fan first met Feng Bao, he was still in Qi Jiguang's camp in Datong Mansion, Shanxi.

But it doesn't matter, all in all, Zhang Fan and Feng Bao's first meeting was very good, and after Zhang Fan took charge of Jinyiwei, his relationship with Feng Bao did not decrease because of Jinyiwei and Dongchang, but was ambiguous very.

Moreover, although Feng Bao is an eunuch, he is knowledgeable and knowledgeable, and he has made a difference. Regarding the government, although he is only an eunuch, he also has some unique insights.

Therefore, Zhang Fan and Feng Bao are very friendly

And later on, Zhang Fan also helped Feng Bao a lot. The most worthy of Feng Bao's memory, of course, was Zhang Fan's trip to the south of the Yangtze River. That time, Feng Bao put an end to the long-standing situation that although he had seniority, he had always been subordinated to others. He was promoted to the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, and became the real eunuch, the second one in the Ming Dynasty who could be called the "big eunuch". figure.

Although it is inevitable for Feng Bao to be able to sit in this position even without Zhang Fan's help, all he needs is for him to wait a little longer patiently, but the so-called time seems to be too short for people. It's really important, Zhang Fan saved Feng Bao several years of time, how could Feng Bao not thank Zhang Fan.

Therefore, even now, there is such a small conflict between the two, but it still makes people feel harmless. Generally speaking, Zhang Fan's help to Feng Bao is still greater than the trouble he is causing Feng Bao now. .

However, this is not an absolute thing. Another point is that Feng Bao also helped Zhang Fan, and what Feng Bao helped Zhang Fan was not an innocuous thing like the other way around, but a matter of life. matter at stake.

Among other things, I will only mention one thing here. It was also when Zhang Fan was ordered to tour the south of the Yangtze River. At that time, because of the reopening of the sea ban in Ming Dynasty, the endless wealth made people jealous, and countless people flocked into the sea. It also attracted the coveting heart of others. Of course, this coveting heart soon turned into the heart of robbers. Countless Japanese pirates swarmed in, and they no longer went ashore to plunder Daming's villages and towns like in the past, but Attacking merchant ships at sea, of course, now the ships of Ming Dynasty have also begun to escort merchant ships.

It's not really Japanese pirates. After all, everyone knows that only half of them are mobs like Japanese pirates. The point is that the other half are disguised as Japanese pirates, the regular army of the Japanese country.

In the past, the Ming Dynasty also suffered large-scale invasions by Japanese pirates. Although the scene was not as big as this time, it was not much different. This kind of large-scale invasion of the country by others made people angry. Logically speaking, it should be military retaliation against the opponent.

But the Ming court has never done so, for two reasons. First, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the remnants of the Yuan and Mongolian parties who were driven to the north have not been wiped out. They have continuously invaded the borders of the Ming Dynasty for more than a hundred years. There was even a time when the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was kidnapped. The Ming court has been guarding against the north and has no time to look east. Even now, the Ming court has exchanged tribute with Alta, and both sides have calmed down, but the Ming court is not at ease. From the mobilization of the strongest combat power of the Ming Dynasty today, Qi Jiguang's Qi family army went to the north of the capital to guard the frontier. It can be seen how much the Ming court attaches importance to this matter.

The second point is that the Ming court did not take any action against this large-scale invasion of the Japanese pirates in the past. It is not that the Ming court did not do it, but because the Ming court had no reason to do so. The emperors of all dynasties can tell that even the most bastard emperors will definitely not sit idly by when this kind of country is invaded.

However, regarding the matter of Japanese pirates, the Ming court had no choice. For the first time when Japanese pirates came to invade the border of Ming Dynasty, the imperial court raised this issue with the Japanese kingdom. However, the war there has been going on for more than a hundred years, and it is basically in a state of anarchy. , there is a Muromachi shogunate, which is almost an empty shelf. As for the emperor, there is no need to mention it.

But even if you ask those daimyos, they will tell you that those Japanese pirates who invaded daimyos are all defeated people, and those who have already lost their country can't even talk about being responsible for them.

Even if a person without a master invades another country, the original country cannot be blamed. But similarly, if someone wants to retaliate against them, no one will protect them.

It's just that, as for those Japanese pirates, they were originally outlaws who lost the war, and they were supposed to be executed, but now they just let them live for a while.

In short, that is the case.

And that time, Zhang Fan was trapped in the south of the Yangtze River. To be precise, the entire city of Yangzhou was surrounded.

And it was precisely in this critical situation, and it was precisely because of Feng Bao's tactics, that the court put aside its suspicions and immediately sent troops to the south of the Yangtze River to resolve the crisis.

Although it is said that Feng Bao was so enthusiastic about helping Zhang Fan, it was also because Zhang Fan had the account book in his hand that allowed him to sit on the eunuch's position as the supervisor of ceremonies, but facts are facts. , he helped Zhang Fan and saved his life.

Zhang Fan understood this point very well.

In this way, it seemed that the balance between Zhang Fan and Feng Bao had been restored, and no one owed the other. If anything, Zhang Fan still owed Feng Bao a huge favor.

However, it is precisely because of these things that they are not just done. The relationship between the two is considered good now.

Now, except for such a thing, no one knows what changes will happen.

"Teacher, don't worry," Zhang Fan comforted Zhang Juzheng, "Students don't think that Feng Bao will attack the students so soon, and even if he does it right away, the students are not afraid. He won't be able to find a way to bring them down for a while. ,"

Although Zhang Fan spoke confidently, Zhang Juzheng who was listening was very worried, but now he has no other way, all he can do is sigh deeply,