Ping An Biography

There are holidays for Chinese New Year, but the long journey from the capital to Nanjing is too late to go home. Zhang Ning spent the New Year in the capital.A year later, a matchmaker was entrusted to formally propose a marriage in Yang's mansion, and the two parties exchanged gifts. After getting Yang Shiqi's consent, Zhang Ning gave some other property as a gift, and the marriage contract between the two was officially finalized after several exchanges.This matter is no longer a secret in the official circles of the capital, no matter how big an official is, it is human nature to marry a daughter.

In April, letters from the elders of the family also arrived in the capital, expressing their support for the marriage. Of course, this was just a formality. Zhang Jiujin and the others had no reason to disagree with the marriage between his nephew and the court ministers.The Ming Dynasty paid more attention to faith. Once a marriage contract was concluded, there was basically no possibility of going back on it, unless something unpredictable happened; just like Zhang Ning's last marriage contract, he was said by the doctor that he was about to hang up, so the Wang family had a reason to break the contract.

Hugging Yang Shiqi's thigh, Zhang Ning's official career will only become smoother, but soon a small incident cast a shadow over his heart.

One day, an old acquaintance visitor came to the house, none other than Wang Zhen.When Wang Zhen met, he took out 20 taels of votes, saying that it was to repay the debt.

It was only then that Zhang Ning remembered that he had indeed lent money to Wang Zhen. It was all at the end of the year before last. If he hadn't mentioned it suddenly, he would have forgotten it.And I remember that it seemed to be ten taels. At that time, Wang Zhen decided to self-eunuch and enter the palace. He asked for five taels to borrow, but because of the limit of the denomination of the bank note, he simply borrowed ten taels; look.

He declined and said: "The money is not much, brother Wang still remembers what to do, forget it."

But Wang Zhen said seriously: "As the saying goes, it's not difficult to borrow and pay back. Brother Ping'an first collected the bank note and we can talk about other things. Originally, our family had heard that Brother Ping'an had come to Beijing, but we didn't have a chance to come out a while ago." Palace, it’s a bit late to come out now, but I can finally pay it back, and don’t refuse to pay an extra ten taels as interest, no, I dare not visit the house in palace clothes.”

Seeing that he spoke sincerely, Zhang Ning didn't bother to push back and forth, and accepted it readily.I just heard that Wang Zhen called himself "our family", and he was already a father-in-law, so he sized him up curiously. He saw that Wang Zhen was dressed in a gray cloth robe and was very low-key. The few sparse beards are completely clean now, other than that there is not much change, the left eye is big, the right eye is small, and the face with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks may not be the same in his life, but it seems to be a little whiter than before, the food in the palace Well done.

"Brother Wang is now a prominent figure? Which yamen do you work in?" Zhang Ning asked casually.

Wang Zhendao: "If you can't talk about a high job, just follow my godfather, Wang Gonggong, and it will be fine!"

Zhang Ning said in his heart: "Who is the prince, how do I know who it is? You are also surnamed Wang."

Wang Zhen rubbed his head, and finally found a way to speak: "The emperor called him Wang Gouer."

Zhang Ning suddenly realized that Wang Gou'er knew that there was a very senior eunuch in the palace, and Emperor Yongle seemed to be a favored eunuch, so he was qualified to intervene in imperial cases.The name Wang Gou'er is indeed a bit indecent, no wonder Wang Zhen is embarrassed to say the name directly.

Wang Zhen sighed: "The godfather is a nobleman of our family, and he is so kind to our family. At the beginning, our family was too old to enter the palace, and we would live on the streets in the capital. If we didn't meet the godfather, I don't know why It’s good to do it. Godfather heard that our family’s surname is also Wang, so he adopted him as his son, and then we lived well.”

"It's easier to have people at the top." Zhang Ning echoed.

Wang Zhen sighed for a long time, and said solemnly: "By the way, there is something else I want to tell you. Our family is on duty in the palace, and brother Ping'an is a foreign minister. It is not easy to find a chance to meet each other on weekdays. I just want to tell you today. Let you have a number in your heart."

"What's the matter?" Zhang Ning asked.Seeing that Wang Zhen was mysterious, he immediately thought that it might be something about the emperor's poor health, and he occasionally heard people talking about it in private these days.

Unexpectedly, Wang Zhen shook his head and said, "Did you offend someone?"

"No!" Zhang Ning said in amazement.

Wang Zhen lowered his voice and said, "That's strange. Why did Zhang He want to punish you behind your back? A few days ago, Zhang He, the head of the household department, made a report, saying that there is a problem with your origin by name, not in Shangyuan County, Nanzhili. After the Zhang family, it was adopted by the Zhang family. In Nanjing, Brother Pingan and our family have been neighbors for so many years. Our family has never heard of this. How did Zhang He know? He must not dare to do such a thing. Talking nonsense without evidence must have put a lot of effort into it, who would go to such lengths if it was not intentional against you! He said that Brother Pingan is an adopted son, but he intentionally or unintentionally mentioned your birth age in the memorial ;Privately, our family did the math, brother Pingan is 23 years old this year, and there was a big event 23 years ago...the capital was in Nanjing at that time, if someone is watching this matter, brother Pingan has a mouth and he can't tell! "

Zhang Ning's face changed when he heard this, and he felt a "thud" in his heart. Wang Zhen was not completely alarmist.Regarding his life experience, he had long realized that it might be a weakness of his own, but there was nothing he could do about it. How could such a doomed thing be remedied?Just try not to let people know, it will be a trouble if it is revealed; the only way to clear the relationship is to find the biological parents to prove their innocence, the problem is where can I find it?Unless Zhang Ning's biological parents took the initiative to find each other to recognize each other, there was nothing they could do.

"How did I offend that guy!" Zhang Ning was a little out of choice.

Because Zhang He was somewhat unhappy with Zhang He last year, Zhang Ning checked this person in private, his hometown is Lintong, and he had nothing to do with him in the previous eight lifetimes; the only relationship was that he became Lu Zhen's son-in-law, and then he only came into contact with him on some occasions .There is no conflict of interest, no old grievances, Zhang Ning just didn't understand why that guy wanted to fight against him.

"Brother Pingan, don't be in a hurry." Wang Zhen hurriedly persuaded, "This matter should not be a big problem for the time being. The emperor is not interested in this memorial at all, and the ministers didn't ask much. will sink."

After a while, Wang Zhen said again: "There is one more thing, the godfather asked our family to ask casually. It seems that Mr. Ping'an worked under Hu Ying before?"

Zhang Ning thought that Wang Gou'er knew what Hu Ying had done, and he had nothing to hide, so he nodded.

Wang Zhen said: "Before the late emperor passed away, Hu Ying was in a hurry to meet the saint. Do you know if he has something urgent?"

"I really haven't heard of this." Zhang Ning said, "I was in Nanjing at the time. But I intercepted a secret letter from the rebellious party before and handed it over to Hu Ying."

Wang Zhendao: "Eunuch Wang has also seen that letter, so he didn't ask about this. Later, Hu Ying sent people out to handle errands, and it seemed that there was some progress. It was too late when I wanted to see the late emperor."

Zhang Ning shook his head to express his ignorance.At this moment, Wang Zhen bowed his body, looked left and right, and said in a low voice, "Brother Pingan and Hu Ying are not close friends. If you have the opportunity to ask him, the prince would like to know what kind of medicine is in it. If you can help me with this , In the future, there is no reason for Wang Gonggong to stand idly by; Zhang He's attempt to harm you is just a waste of time, let's find a chance to say a few words in the palace, and he will have to leave immediately."

"Oh... let me try." Zhang Ning responded casually.He thought to himself: If I collude with you, won't I become an eunuch and kill myself from civil officials and scholar-bureaucrats?At this time, the power of eunuchs is not considered a climate, and it is not comparable to that in the late Ming Dynasty, but the reputation of the entire Ming Dynasty's civil officials and eunuchs will definitely not be good after collusion, there is no suspense.

He thought for a while and said implicitly: "Brother Wang is a close minister, and I am a foreign minister... But we used to be neighbors, so I will do my best for such a small matter."

The two chatted for a while, and Wang Zhen was about to leave, but Zhang Ning didn't keep him much.After seeing off the person, he looked at the banknotes on the table, and his impression of Wang Zhen changed somewhat: This person is definitely not a good person, but he is not ambiguous about his grievances, just like his words for Wang Gouer. Loyalty seems to be very sincere indeed; when people treat him badly, he will burn people's houses down, and there is no record of repaying kindness to him.

This kind of person is actually relatively easy to deal with. The most difficult thing to deal with is Zhang He, who is polite and polite to you on the surface, but offends him without knowing where to go, and then stabs him in the back.

Zhang Ning hurried into the house and found a locked box from the bottom of the box. Inside were bank notes, used guides and some important items, including things left by his biological mother when he was abandoned.It used to be kept by the adoptive mother, and it was handed over to Zhang Ning before she passed away.

The swaddling clothes and other things at that time were not preserved, and now there are only two old things left: a piece of old paper with the birth date and name written on it, the beautiful handwriting should come from a woman's hand, most likely it was the birth mother's own handwriting, who can write this handwriting The woman in question probably did not come from a poor family; there is also half a jade pendant, which is a small Avalokitesvara carved from white jade, only half of it.

Guessing from these two things, maybe Zhang Ning's life experience was really problematic before, and even he himself doubted it now.

The mother who can write and the jade with good quality are not like ordinary people.Since the family is not poor, why should a baby boy be abandoned?Zhang Ning thought to himself, I'm afraid it's because of the loss of reputation, such as unmarried first childbirth, or some kind of emergency.Could it be that he is really a descendant of a certain courtier of the Jianwen Dynasty?

If this matter is verified, the consequences will be very serious, regardless of whether it is the Yongle Dynasty, the Hongxi Dynasty or the future prince Zhu Zhanji, if the "political | political | background" is not clean, you will be dismissed from office and let you live Regardless of the charges, he spent decades in prison... Emperor Jianwen had a son who unfortunately did not run away at the time. His name was Zhu Wengui. He was only two years old when he was caught. The name is guarding the mausoleum for Emperor Gao, and it has been 23 years; and there is no sign of being released, even if Emperor Hongxi ascended the throne, he did not intend to release him. what kind.