The First Gongsheng of Ming Dynasty

into the night.

In the room of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, Chen Kuan and Wei Bin were still reviewing memorials. They stayed up until very late.

Wei Bin said: "Would you like to call the man named Yang here? Didn't he enter the palace before?"

Chen Kuan said with an indifferent expression: "He has not yet met the Holy Spirit, and His Majesty has not entrusted him with the errand of holding the pen, so why bother himself?"

Wei Bin thought for a moment and said, "Isn't it just a matter of time?"

In Wei Bin's view, the emperor has appointed Yang Peng as the eunuch Bingbi, the Supervisor of Ceremonies. It is only a matter of time before the Supervisor of Ceremonies comes to share the power. There is no way to stop him. If he is brought here earlier, it may be possible to alleviate the situation. It is his own burden. After all, the emperor has been very lazy in government affairs recently, and there is not enough manpower in the ceremonial prison.

Chen Kuandao: "If you feel that there are not enough people, just transfer a few people from the study room to help you make suggestions. But don't expect Yang Peng... If you mention the case in Taiyuan Hospital to him today, you won't let him handle it. It’s a personal offense, but he still resists and seems to not want to cooperate.”

"Who?" Wei Bin was also a little confused, because in his opinion, the case of the Imperial Hospital was really not worth mentioning. "Then before Li Zhang left Beijing, didn't he say that he had finished all the backlog of things? Why? And...what's missing?"

"It's a case ordered by the Queen. The Queen has not thought about it recently, or she has not asked our family to ask about it. If the Queen mentions it in person, how should we respond?"

Chen Kuan was a little angry.

Wei Bin said: "If the case is really ordered by the Queen, letting Yang handle it will probably give him a chance to continue to be in power."

"He has already reached this position, how can he get there?" Chen Kuan was a little unhappy and frowned, "Let him take our seat?"

"That's not what I meant. Eunuch Chen, please don't misunderstand me. I'm just afraid to give him a chance to make meritorious deeds." Wei Bin changed his words.

"The case behind it is very complicated. It involves the inner palace dispute between the queen and the wise concubine. It's better that we don't get involved in the game. Even a cautious person like Li Zhang has left such cases unsolved. You know this How big is the involvement behind it? Yang Peng...he can't grasp the depth of this pool of water." Chen Kuan was still a little conceited when he said this.

It seemed that he understood the whole thing, but deliberately did not remind Yang Peng.

Wei Bin said: "Then if you have a chance, you must give him a push, otherwise..."

"Our family knows." Chen Kuan sneered, "He is now a magpie's nest and has taken the seat that should belong to you, but don't worry, Yang Peng is not as ruthless as Li Zhang, and he can't do anything. Determination, this kind of person likes to cling to fate, and soon his position will be yours."

Wei Bin quickly stood up and saluted: "Then I need you to be more careful, Eunuch Chen. I am in the ceremonial prison. I want to live in peace and do more things. I'm afraid I won't have that chance."

"There will be." Chen Kuan said disdainfully, "Let's see if you can do things."

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Empress Zhang has indeed not cared about Ning Tong's case recently, which is also related to the emperor's recent illness.

Zhu Youtang was ill and his body was not as strong as before. He neither went to Kunning Palace to see the queen, nor did he see the virtuous concubine. In other words, the competition between the two women in the palace created a situation where there was nothing to fight over. The game is still in relative harmony.

Also with the recent departure of the Zhang brothers from the capital, Queen Zhang is concerned about the future of her two younger brothers.

Since there is no direct conflict with Zhang Zhou, Empress Zhang is not worried about Zhang Zhou hiring people to recruit Xian Concubine. In addition, Xian Concubine has indeed been too low-key recently and has not competed with her as the queen, so that she herself has become lax. .

Brothers Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling set out from the capital to the port and walked for seven days.

When they arrived, the first wave of fleets had already landed in Liaodong, and they only brought a few hundred soldiers from the Beijing camp with them, as if they were on vacation. Zhu Feng went out of the city to greet them.

"Boy from the Zhu family? Didn't you go to fight? Why are you still here?"

Zhang Heling felt very friendly when he saw Zhu Feng.

Because in his opinion, Zhu Feng was also uneducated and gained some social status through his family background, and then quickly became a pillar of the Ming Dynasty through Zhang Zhou's support.

This is also the purpose of Zhang Heling's trip, which is to replicate Zhu Feng's secret of success.

Zhu Feng came forward and even helped Zhang Yanling, who was a little drunk, to dismount. After he helped him stabilize, he said: "Brother Zhang has something to do, so he asked me to come out to greet you in advance. You two arrived a little late, and the army has already set off for the battle." , I’m afraid… we have to wait.”

"What do you mean?" Zhang Yanling was not happy when he heard this, and said with wide eyes, "My title as Marquis of Jianchang and the title of my boss, Grand Duke of Chang, depended on this battle, and they actually ran away early?"

"Why are you so crazy?" Zhang Heling reprimanded, "Second brother, you are so shameless. Is this your attitude when talking to the Zhu family brothers? Zhu family brothers, don't mind, my second brother is just so unobtrusive, no Don’t listen to his nonsense about getting promoted to a higher position.”

Zhu Feng looked at the two people in front of him as if he was sizing up monsters.

He said to himself, I don't care whether you really want to be promoted or not, does that have anything to do with me? Even if the emperor likes to give you promotions, I wouldn't envy you. Why don't I have a good sister in my family?

"Where is Mr. Zhang now? We two brothers are going to see him! We need to explain something clearly to him. By the way, this time we are ordered to quell the Jurchen banditry, so we cannot neglect it." Zhang Heling looked very enthusiastic. appearance.

The look on his face seemed to give him away.

Tell Zhu Feng clearly that we are actually here to gain military merit and then obtain a title.

Zhu Feng said: "This... may need to wait a little longer. If I find an opportunity, I will tell Brother Zhang and find someone to report it. But he has been very busy recently, and even I haven't seen him for a few days."

Zhang Yanling said dissatisfied: "Didn't you say that he asked you to come to greet us?"

"It's true, he just sent someone to pass the message." Zhu Feng said helplessly, "Brother Zhang is a little dissatisfied with me because I didn't go to Liaodong. I have nothing to do in the city now, and I really want to find something to do. "

"Haha." Zhang Heling said with a smile, "You have nothing to do. You just happened to take us around and introduce us to the scene here. In the capital, I heard people say that this place has become prosperous and lively out of thin air. I just want to come and take a look today. . By the way, our brothers have been here before.”

"Really?" Zhu Feng was doubtful.

"Isn't that right? Our brothers are here to contribute to the Ming Dynasty. It is our duty to do what we can do. Brother Zhu will take us to where we live first, and we will talk along the way."

Zhang Heling was unusually polite to Zhu Feng, which made Zhu Feng somewhat uncomfortable.

After all, the Zhang brothers were once models of honor, something that he, the second young master in Chengguo's palace, could not reach. Now, he would feel very awkward when people gave him face.

As if he didn't deserve this kind of treatment. …

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The Zhang brothers said they wanted to see Zhu Feng's sights in the city, and they also said they wanted to contribute to the city. But when they arrived at the hotel where they were staying, they plunged in, saying they were tired, saying they would go back to see it later, and then excused themselves to rest. , drove Zhu Feng away first.

"Brother, are you crazy? Why are you so nice to that kid? Is he worthy?" After Zhang Yanling sat down, she probably woke up from the wine and yelled at Zhang Heling.

Zhang Heling sat down, wiped his face with a wet cloth, and said with a proud look on his face: "We all know what kind of guy he is, and he can make a name for himself in the army. Are you still afraid that our brother can't do it? Giving him a little favor is also for Zhang Bingkuan's sake. In terms of face, haven’t you heard him calling Brother Zhang so affectionate?”

"Hmph." Zhang Yanling hummed, "Should you shave your head and pick a man?"

Zhang Heling said: "You don't care about him. And you have such a mouth, don't show it to others wherever you go! Don't you think about it, can you tell others what your brother-in-law said to us? You let the surname What does Zhu Na think? For his meritorious service in Liaodong this time, he didn’t say anything about being promoted to a prince. On the contrary, our brother-in-law made it clear that as long as we don’t make any mistakes during this trip, even if we have no merit, we can be promoted when we return. of."

Zhang Yanling frowned and said, "Is that what my brother-in-law said?"

"Are you drunk? When you go out, you hold a bottle of wine all day long. I find that your drinking capacity has increased recently! Your brain is also starting to fail! No wonder my mother and sister said that it's time to fix you up." Zhang Heling said With a look of disdain, he threw the wet cloth to the attendants aside, then waved his hands to shoo them away.

Zhang Yanling said: "Zhang, please stop scaring me! I don't believe my mother and sister would say that."

"Ha, it's as if no one's surname is Zhang! Having said that, it would be great if Zhang Bingkuan was also our old Zhang's family. It's a pity that his Zhang is not ours, otherwise...that's it. Now that we're here, we have to take care of ourselves. Let’s take a look at the scene here.” Zhang Heling looked eager.

Zhang Yanling said disdainfully: "Didn't you say that you are tired and want to rest? Why, you can control the mouth of the doorkeeper, but you can't control anything else?"

Zhang Heling said: "You are so damn good at pretending to be arrogant here. I don't know what you are? Are you more panicked than me? Let's go on a night tour of the new city tonight and bring more people with us. I don't believe it." This place is so prosperous, how can it be worse than the capital city in terms of things? I heard that many female members of the guilty family have been sent here, and I can't even get what I want this time. It’s turned upside down here.”

"Exactly!" Zhang Yanling curled her lips, "In front of that boy named Zhu, I thought you had changed your gender, but who knew you were still acting like a bird! Just go, who is afraid of whom? The mountains are high here and the emperor is far away. It's not enough to rob a few good families and come back. No one cares! But don’t use your own banner to prevent the news from spreading to your brother-in-law.”

Zhang Heling said with a sly smile: "What do you mean? I know what's going on. If I see something good, I'll just grab it. Don't you believe it can fly out of my hand? We'll see!"

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The Zhang brothers entered the port. In their own eyes, it was like a weasel entering the henhouse and becoming the leader of the henhouse.

As for Zhang Zhou, the "rooster leader", they will not take it lightly, and in their opinion, Zhang Zhou can be manipulated. Anyway, if you have anything to do, just ask your sister and brother-in-law. No matter how awesome Zhang Zhou is, he can still take care of it. Can't you blame it on our brothers?

But Zhang Zhou was already prepared for their arrival.

The hotel arranged for them was close to the south of the city. There were many construction sites for new residences there, and there had just been a general relocation there, so there were very few family members.

When the Zhang brothers went out at night, they discovered that the night in the south of the city was very desolate, as if there was no nightlife at all.

That night.

Zhang Zhou met with Zhu Feng, who told him the details of welcoming the Zhang brothers during the day.

"Brother Zhang, I think they are quite sincere this time, and they probably want to make contributions as soon as possible." Zhu Feng said.

Zhang Zhou didn't reply.

Not long after, Sun Shangqi came in and said: "Master, I just learned the news that the two uncles went out with people. They seemed to want to cause trouble."

Zhang Zhou said: "It's okay to cause trouble, but I'm afraid they will do something illegal and disorderly."

Zhu Feng frowned and said: "They are here under the emperor's order, so they shouldn't dare... right? They are still in the army, will they disturb the people in the city?"

Zhang Zhou asked with a smile: "Zhijie, in your impression, do they have anything to fear?"

"Of course, I'm afraid of Your Majesty." When Zhu Feng said this, he felt a little unconfident.

Zhang Zhou said: "As far as I know, they will also cause chaos in the palace. Do you think they will take this place seriously? Or in their eyes, will they be afraid of the law, or me?"

"This...probably not." Zhu Feng also noticed the crux of the problem.

Zhang Zhou told Sun Shangqi: "Send someone to keep an eye on them. Once they mess up, they will take action with my order. I also told them that your Majesty's order to me is to watch them and ensure that they do something good before they can do anything." Don't mess around and ruin your reputation. If they disobey His Majesty's will, I will have no choice but to send them back to the capital and hand them over to Your Majesty and the Queen."

Sun Shangqi asked: "Master, would it be bad to say this...?"

Zhang Zhou smiled and said: "Are you afraid that they have a rebellious mentality? Or are you afraid that His Majesty and the Queen will blame you? Just pass on what I say. I will have tea with Marquis Anbian again. If anything happens later, you can handle it yourself. It's time When training you, don’t forget that you are now in command of the Imperial Guard.”

"Yes." Sun Shangqi felt tremendous pressure.

Jinyiwei's command was true, but if he had to confront the Zhang brothers head-on, that would be no different than seeking death.

But now Zhang Zhou actually trusted him with the matter?
After they left, Zhu Feng said: "If Sun Qianshi can't handle it, I'll go and they will give me face."

Zhang Zhou said: "When they mess around, no one will give them face. It's better to keep everything official. You wait here for the gong to start, I have something to do over there."

"what's up?"

When Zhu Feng saw Zhang Zhou getting up to leave the private room in the theater, he couldn't help but get up and ask.

Zhang Zhou said: "Keep watching you. What do you care about me? If you don't want to watch, you can go back and rest at any time. The two Zhang family members have been in the city in the past few days, which will be very troublesome. You'd better ignore it to avoid getting involved. You become the Duke of the country."

"Oh." Zhu Feng was doubtful.

Just when he wanted to mention his "Tong'er" to Zhang Zhou again, Zhang Zhou had already left.

Zhu Feng was left standing there in embarrassment, scratching his head, not knowing whether to continue to sit down and watch, or to leave directly. (End of chapter)