Ming Dynasty: At the beginning, the house was ransacked and the ancestral temple was burned down.

Chapter 137: Currying favor with the teacher? ! Take the initiative to send troops to Japan! ? 【Please subscribe】

"What? You can even lose this?"

Zhu Yijun was also surprised. The dignified Jinyiwei couldn't even keep up with the thirteen-year-old Zhang Chonghui, and was beaten again and again with broken fruits and vegetables? ? ?
"Your Majesty! This slave is guilty of death! Please punish me!" Chen Ju just knelt with his forehead on the ground to beg for punishment without giving any explanation.

Because he knows that if things go wrong, the explanation will only be useless "quibbles" to the Lord. Not only will it have no value at all, it will even anger the Lord.

In fact, Chen Ju could have just covered up this "embarrassing" and "dereliction of duty" matter secretly without reporting it to His Majesty the Emperor.

Who makes Chen Ju a loyal servant? His Majesty the Emperor is so loyal that he dare not hide anything from him.

"What a waste!" Zhu Yijun's eyes were heavy: "Are the Jin Yiwei such a waste now? I think back then, when I was training in the inner court, I didn't even... That's all..."

After all, Zhu Yijun never mentioned it again. Back then, he insisted on training eunuchs in the inner court against all opinions.

In other words, it may be that the current Emperor Wanli is unwilling to face the self that was as full of ambition as the rising sun...

"If you lose him, just lose him. Just find out whose house he came from." Zhu Yijun didn't seem to care much about this matter, but instead asked:
"Didn't you just say there are two things? What is the other thing?"

"Good life, don't be angry, don't be angry, Chonghui is still a child, just treat me as a favor to Gu? Let him stay for a meal, okay?"

"A very strange language?" Before Chen Ju could finish speaking, Zhu Yijun rushed to ask: "Is it Korean? Or Japanese?"

Chen Ju was also shocked: "Your Majesty...how do you know that boy is learning Japanese..."

In addition, let the Ryukyu Kingdom continue to collect accurate information about the Japanese invasion of the Ming Dynasty! "

"Return to the Emperor." Chen Ju hurriedly replied: "I remember that in August, the Ministry of War ordered the Liaodong Commandery to move to North Korea. After North Korea received the report, they quickly defended themselves and did not lead the Japanese. Xu was at that time There are so many things going on, Eunuch Zhang Cheng forgot to report this matter to you."

"I remember that in July, the Crown Prince of Ryukyu said in his message that North Korea had the intention of leading the Japanese into our Ming Dynasty! I remember that I handed this matter to the Ministry of War to investigate! It has been more than two months, why is there no news?"

It seems that he is closing his eyes to rest, and it seems that he is making a decision.

Unexpectedly, the meal was interrupted by Zhang Chonghui, who showed up uninvited.

"My slave obeys the order." Chen Ju responded hurriedly.

The slave thought this statement was nonsense. How could a thirteen-year-old know about military affairs?
In addition, I was afraid that he would use another trick, so I made my own decision without telling the emperor, and asked the emperor to punish you..."

The meaning of these words is obvious: "Get ready to go first!"

"That's all, I'm sorry North Korea and the others don't dare." Zhu Yijun said lightly and slowly closed his eyes.

Chen Ju thought for a while and replied: "Back to the emperor, according to the report below, Zhang Chonghui has been learning a very strange language from a servant of the Zhao family for the past ten days. It is..."

'Zhao Nanxing''s question stopped Guo Zhengyu and Zou Yuanbiao who were chattering away not long ago.

Guo Zhengyu wanted to kick Zhang Chonghui out directly, but Gu Xiancheng kept speaking for him.

Guo Zhengyu didn't know how to describe it. When Zou Yuanbiao saw this, he also advised him: "Indeed, Uncle Shi, it's better not to get entangled with this kid. Just follow your fate and let him go as soon as possible."

At this moment, everyone present was stunned...

"Army? Country? Major event?" Zhu Yijun also frowned. After thinking for a while, he seemed to have discovered something and asked hurriedly:
"He hasn't been out for more than ten days. What has he been doing?"

He also shouted to his slave in front of everyone, he said... He has important military matters to meet with you...

Except for Guo Zhengyu and Zou Yuanbiao who expressed confusion, among the remaining two guests, Shen Li remained silent, while the other man finally couldn't hold back his questions and said:

The key is... why should North Korea contact these vassal states? Let me contact my younger brother? Will the rest of the boys listen?
Chen Ju didn't understand what the emperor's purpose was, and he didn't dare to ask, so he just accepted the order.

"Who is a thirteen-year-old child as scheming as him? He is not a child at all! He...he..."

……

Chen Ju's "crime" has been paid. This loyal servant who is dedicated to his master is quietly waiting for the punishment to come. Although his original intention is indeed for the sake of his emperor, after all, his emperor has been tortured for a long time. Didn't sleep well.

"I almost forgot to tell you." Gu Xiancheng said and put his arm around Zhang Chonghui's shoulders. The two brothers said kindly, "Brother Chonghui and I hit it off right away. He is now my best friend."

"Wait! It's not enough!" Emperor Wanli's eyes were heavy, but there was a hint of cunning that was not easy to detect. He added:
"Pass the message, in the name of our Ming Dynasty suzerainty! Ask North Korea to contact Siam, Ryukyu and other vassal states of our Ming Dynasty! Let them prepare for a preemptive strike and take the initiative to send troops to Japan!"

When he opened his eyes again, the emperor's eyes were full of solemnity, and he immediately ordered in a deep voice:
"Pass my decree and ask the Ministry of War to quickly notify the southeastern coastal areas to strengthen coastal defense to prevent Japanese pirates from invading!

Zhu Yijun's eyes became more and more clear, and then he asked about another thing and said:

"What's going on? I've only been away from officialdom for a few years. Why can't I understand what you guys are saying? What has this kid done? Why are you so jealous of him?"

After a while, Emperor Wanli suddenly opened his eyes!

Gu Xiancheng was trying to comfort Guo Zhengyu like a child, and his attitude was too good to be true.

On this day of "universal celebration" for the establishment of the crown prince, Guo Zhengyu also set up a banquet in his house and invited three or five friends to have a drink together.

For a moment, the atmosphere was silent.

"Replying to your Majesty, I dare to hide something from you. In fact, Zhang Chonghui was outside Ciqing Palace in the afternoon, not just wandering back and forth.

Guo Mansion.

As for my Ming Dynasty... don't be in a hurry! How could there be a fight where the eldest brother was the one taking action? Naturally, the younger brother has to go first!
When he heard the words "take the initiative to send troops to Japan", Chen Ju was stunned...

"Uncle! Can't you see it yet?" Guo Zhengyu pointed at Zhang Chonghui as if looking at evil spirits, and excitedly explained to Gu Xiancheng:

Chen Ju breathed a long sigh of relief and quickly no longer dared to hide anything:

It was Guo Zhengyu who was the first to speak: "Uncle Gu, did I hear you correctly? Are you being a confidant with a baby who is about the same age as your son?"

Zou Yuanbiao also looked puzzled and asked: "Uncle Shi, do you miss your son from your hometown too much?"

Gu Xiancheng looked calm and said nothing. As for what was going on in his mind, only he knew.

No one answered Zhao Nanxing's question. The irritable man felt even more anxious for a moment, so he had to focus on the oldest and most stable Shen Li.

However, Shen Li seemed to have something on his mind and did not speak.

Several people were silent, but Zhang Chonghui, who had started the argument, seemed to be staying out of the incident. Not only did he not leave shamelessly, he even sat down directly on the seat that originally belonged to Gu Xiancheng without noticing anything.

"Hey, are you still in the mood to drink and eat meat?" Looking at a table of delicacies, Zhang Chonghui smiled meaningfully:

"It seems that the emperor's decree has not been issued yet?"

Upon hearing the word 'will', several people except Gu Xiancheng became confused and looked at Zhang Chonghui.

"What are you talking about? What's your purpose?" Guo Zhengyu asked hurriedly.

"Ask your uncle about the time." After Zhang Chonghui said this, he raised his hand, picked up the chopsticks, and started eating and drinking by himself without any ceremony.

Several people had no intention of scolding Gu Zhang Chonghui for his 'rude' behavior, because they saw Gu Xiancheng lowering his head. It was obvious that Gu Xiancheng was hiding something.

"Uncle Shi, what's going on?" Zhao Nanxing became even more puzzled: "Why do I get more and more confused the more I listen to it?"

Guo Zhengyu and Zou Yuanbiao also surrounded Gu Xiancheng, asking Gu Xiancheng one by one what was going on.

Shen Li still didn't speak. He looked uncomfortable and seemed to have known something for a long time.

"Oh, I thought I could hide it until tomorrow, but I didn't expect that his kid would figure it out so quickly." Gu Xiancheng smiled helplessly and said truthfully:

"That's right, I recommended to the Holy Emperor the person he dislikes the most to join the cabinet. If nothing else, the imperial edict to remove me from office has been placed on the cabinet table waiting for a vote."

"What?" Zhao Nanxing was finally able to interrupt and asked: "Uncle, why are you doing this? You were transferred back to the capital with great difficulty. There is no one in the cabinet at the moment. At this juncture, you are specifically looking for the emperor." What are you doing if you don't want to be an official? "

"That's right." Gu Xiancheng looked at Zhao Nanxing seriously, and said "Mengbai, I don't want to do it anymore."

"Why?" This time it was Zou Yuanbiao's turn to be puzzled: "Uncle Shi, we have wasted so much effort in order to transfer you back to Beijing. Why did you just say you don't want to do it and quit?"

Gu Xiancheng smiled and said: "Erzhan, how boring is it to be an official? I also want to go back to my hometown to give lectures like you. By then, the world will be full of students. Wouldn't it be more beautiful?"

"You're absolutely crazy!" Zou Yuanbiao was angry. He glared at Gu Xiancheng angrily and said unwillingly:
"Aren't we studying just to take the imperial examination and become an official? I have no choice but to go back to my hometown to give lectures! But you, Uncle Gu, can't do that! You, Uncle Gu, are born to be officials!"

Facing Zou Yuanbiao's anger, Gu Xiancheng was not angry at all. Instead, he asked with a smile: "Hahaha! What does it mean to be born to be an official? Zhang Juzheng knows how to be an official, right? Gao Gong, Xu Jie, Yan Song, they are all good at it. Are you an official?"

Zou Yuanbiao knew what Gu Xiancheng meant, but he was still very angry and unwilling to control himself. He loudly accused Gu Xiancheng:
"Uncle Gu, do you know how much effort you have let us down? In order to allow you to return to the capital, in order to transfer you to the Ministry of Personnel, do you know how much effort we put in? Do you know?

Now you are lucky enough to give up your career and go back to teaching? Are you worthy of me? Are you worthy of everyone? Do you know what this is called? You are called a deserter!

If I had known you were so unreliable, I would have done it myself! Why are you going to such trouble to help you? You are a fucking coward! I really fucking want to beat you..."

For a time, Zou Yuanbiao's scolding of Gu Xiancheng's 'best friend' became more and more unpleasant. He was so excited that he even spit his saliva on Gu Xiancheng's face.

But Gu Xiancheng was like a child who had made a mistake, letting the other party abuse him but never said a word.

"Erzhan, what if Uncle Shi has some troubles? Stop scolding him first." Shen Li finally spoke, cautiously advising.

"Why? What difficulties could he have?" Zou Yuanbiao still said angrily: "We worked hard to support him to the top! We even wanted to help him reach the top position of chief minister! But what about him? Is he actually afraid of death?

He is actually afraid of becoming the next Yan Song, Xu Jie, and Zhang Juzheng! He is a coward! He is a coward! He has a terrible pain..."

"Clap!"

The harsh sound of bowl smashing interrupted Zou Yuanbiao's angry curses, followed by an angry shout:

"enough!"

Everyone followed the voice and looked, it was Zhang Chonghui.

"When you quarrel, you quarrel. Why do you keep mentioning my grandfather's name?" Zhang Chonghui became inexplicably angry, as if he was complaining about the injustice on his grandfather's behalf.

Zhang Chonghui's inexplicable roar stunned everyone for a moment. Everyone almost couldn't react. There was actually an 'outsider' here...

Such an "uninvited guest" who comes suddenly, eats, drinks, and throws bowls at the host's house will make everyone angry.

Just when Guo Zhengyu decided to call someone to 'drive Zhang Chonghui out' first, Zhang Chonghui stood up first and cursed first:
"I'm not telling you, how could you bully Uncle Shi like that? He is my confidant! What's more, do you have to be in the court to be an official?"

Look at me, I don’t have any official position, and I’m still a concubine! But don’t I know everything about the affairs of the court? Therefore, you don’t have to be in court to be considered an official! "

What Zhang Chonghui said was obviously fallacious. However, this fallacy was so crooked that everyone was speechless.

"Besides," Zhang Chonghui continued: "You have this free time to quarrel, so why not think carefully about where you will stand after Shen Yiguan enters the cabinet!"

"What?" Now, Guo Zhengyu was anxious again: "Shen Yiguan has joined the cabinet?"

"You don't know yet?" Zhang Chonghui said with a smile: "Your teachers have already joined the cabinet, but you, a student, still don't know? You are not a good student at first glance."

"You kid!" What Guo Zhengyu didn't like to hear the most was for others to say that he was Shen Yiguan's student. His face turned black with anger and he raised his fist to hit someone!

Seeing the angry look of Guo Zhengyu gearing up, Zhang Chonghui just said lightly: "You can't beat me."

Regarding the "bad news" that "Shen Yi Guan entered the cabinet", everyone became cold-faced, including Gu Xiancheng.

Zou Yuanbiao was so angry that he hit Gu Xiancheng on the head and said angrily: "It's not your kid who did it!"

"Erzhan, I was wrong." Gu Xiancheng seemed to really know that he was wrong. He admitted his mistake with an aggrieved look: "I didn't expect that things would develop to this point."

Zou Yuanbiao just sneered meaningfully at this 'admission'. He didn't say anything on his face, but he knew it well in his heart:
"You didn't expect it? I'm afraid you kid has already thought about what to do next!"

"Okay, now that something has happened, it's time to find a way to solve it." Zhang Chonghui interrupted, minding his own business:

"There are only two ways now! The first way is to ask the emperor to withdraw Shen Guan's order to join the cabinet! The second way is for you to send someone to the cabinet to check and balance each other!"

As he finished speaking, Zhang Chonghui turned his attention to Shen Li, who was obviously the target who was sent to the pavilion.

"You are speaking lightly. How can we decide the emperor's holy will?" Guo Zhengyu knew what Zhang Chonghui meant. Although he also wanted Hou Shenli to join the cabinet, he knew very well that this was almost impossible.

"Who said we can't decide on the emperor's holy will?" Zhang Chonghui spoke with such arrogance, and his face was even more determined to win.

Everyone was also driven crazy by Zhang Chonghui, and Zou Yuanbiao was so cruel that he laughed out loud and joked:

"As expected of a descendant of Zhang Juzheng who dared to say, "I am not a prime minister, but a photographer"! He even speaks so arrogantly!"

Facing Zou Yuanbiao's ridicule, Zhang Chonghui looked straight at him. With calm eyes, he said coldly: "It seems that the eighty sticks are still missing."

This is just a very common look and a very common joke. Most of the time, no one will care.

However, this is such a sentence. And such a look in Zou Yuanbiao's eyes made him feel hairy all over!

As if his mouth was blocked by this look, Zou Yuanbiao actually silenced himself and did not dare to speak any more!

After realizing that something was not right in the atmosphere, Guo Zhengyu, the owner, broke the silence and asked Zhang Chonghui directly: "What exactly do you want to do?"

"What do I want to do?" Zhang Chonghui withdrew his eyes from Zou Yuanbiao, looked at Shen Li, and said:

"Didn't I tell Shangshu Shen a long time ago? I want to send him to the cabinet, so that he can help my grandfather rehabilitate."

"Idiots are talking about dreams!" Guo Zhengyu rolled his eyes: "If Shen Yiguan really joins the cabinet, we will all have to pack up and leave! How about rehabilitating your grandfather! What a dream!"

"Then don't let him join the cabinet." Zhang Chonghui said calmly.

"Why not let him join the cabinet?" Guo Zhengyu frowned. Although he didn't believe that Zhang Chonghui had such 'supernatural powers', he couldn't help but ask.

After all, Guo Zhengyu really doesn't want teacher Shen Yiguan to join the cabinet, because that means he will be completely finished!

"Simple." Zhang Chonghui seemed to be just solving a 'small problem', and said lightly: "You should gather all your people now and go to Shu to recommend Shen Shangshu to the cabinet."

"Ah?" Guo Zhengyu felt a little disappointed: "The emperor has to agree!"

"Whether the emperor agrees or not is the emperor's business. Just write it. Don't talk so much nonsense." Zhang Chonghui turned his eyes away as he spoke, as if he was 'stupid' by Guo Zhengyu.

Now, Guo Zhengyu was even more dissatisfied, and pointed out: "Didn't you say that Shen Yiguan should not be allowed to join the cabinet? Why are you talking about letting Zhong Hua join the cabinet? This is not the same thing, right?"

Zhang Chonghui did not answer these questions. Instead, he said inexplicably: "Hurry up, pack up, bring some generous gifts, and come with me to visit Shen Yiguan's home."

"Wait! Visit Shen Yiguan?" Guo Zhengyu's face was filled with disbelief. Are you asking him to visit his most hated enemy?
"Yes." Zhang Chonghui said without any doubt: "Now that the prince has been enthroned, as a Hanlin scholar, you naturally want to curry favor with Shen Yiguan, the teacher who is about to join the cabinet, and beg him to give you a chance to teach the prince."

"Should I ask for Shen Yiguan?" Guo Zhengyu almost laughed in anger: "Let me ask for Shen Yiguan? I, Guo Zhengyu, will never ask for that villain!"

"Then do you still think that Shen Yiguan will not be able to join the cabinet?" Zhang Chonghui asked lightly.

"Of course!" Guo Zhengyu said, "But is there any connection between these things?"

"If you don't want Shen Yiguan to enter the pavilion, then prepare a generous gift and follow me to his home." Zhang Chonghui still said.

"So what's the connection between these?" Guo Zhengyu was still puzzled.

Zhang Chonghui rolled his eyes helplessly: "As stupid as you are, you won't understand if I tell you whether I have contacted you. Just follow me."

It was impossible for Guo Zhengyu not to be angry when being called stupid by a thirteen-year-old child. However, when he was angry, he unconsciously recalled that the last person who called him stupid seemed to be Gu Xiancheng.

This time, Gu Xiancheng, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke, and he advised Guo Zhengyu: "Good luck, go ahead, it might be useful."

Guo Zhengyu shook his head firmly, and just as he was about to argue something, he heard Shen Li also say to him: "Go and have a good life, maybe... it will really work."

Guo Zhengyu was stunned. He looked around the people around him in disbelief. Except for Zhao Nanxing, who had a blank look on his face, everyone else was actually deep in thought. They had obviously 'enlightened' something.

"Co-author, you all know the connection? Is it just me who doesn't know?" Guo Zhengyu asked with some collapse.

"And me." Zhao Nanxing said with a bitter face: "To be honest, I can't even understand what you just said..."

"It's okay. You'll understand when it's over." Gu Xiancheng said.

"Okay, okay! You're all playing riddles with me, right?" Being 'hidden' by a group of people, Guo Zhengyu's stubborn temper completely rose. At the moment, he was too lazy to care about anything else and just said angrily: "I don't care! Whoever you want to go will go. ! At worst, I won’t do this anymore!”

Zhang Chonghui asked aloud: "You really don't want to go?"

"I won't go!" Guo Zhengyu said word by word: "Now that things have happened, you can't even think of trying to persuade me! Anyway, I won't go! If I go, my name will be written backwards from now on!"

……

After a while.

Outside the gate of Guo Mansion.

A carriage stopped here.

"Yu Zhengguo, hurry up and get in the car." Zhang Chonghui urged: "Your Master Shen is old and goes to bed early. If you keep bothering him, it's time for him to go to bed."

Guo Zhengyu: "..."

……

Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Yijun not only knew that Zhang Chonghui came out of Guo Zhengyu's home, but also visited Shen Yiguan's home with Guo Zhengyu.

Zhu Yijun also knew that Guo Zhengyu had only entered Shen's house for a cup of tea, and left angrily.

It seemed that he failed to 'coat up', so Guo Zhengyu became so angry that he cursed his mentor Shen Yiguan directly at the door of Shen's house. His words were so fierce that it was embarrassing.

However, Zhang Chonghui did not leave with Guo Zhengyu. Instead, he stayed at Shen Yiguan's house and seemed to live there.

After receiving this news, Emperor Wanli fell into deep contemplation...

"What does 'he' want to do?"

(End of this chapter)