Does the emperor mean to let him experience more? Wang Zhen asked tentatively.

"It's a good thing that people are loyal and capable," Zhu Qizhen said, "I am not blind, I can see it." It's his, I will give it to him, and as for when and how to give it, I have the final say. He himself is worried about it, and he should be his errand well. ”

"Yes, the old slave understands." Wang Zhen lowered his head and said.

"And ......" Zhu Qizhen glanced up at him and said, "I have heard that his wife is also very capable, but she can't be too ostentatious. The mansion of the Marquis of Taiping is good, large and spacious, but not everyone can live in it. There are many people in the capital, and I suddenly saw someone living in such a big mansion out of thin air, how can others talk about it! ”

"What the emperor said is," Wang Zhen hurriedly said, "After the old slave goes back, he will immediately mention him according to the emperor's wishes." ”

"Well," Zhu Qizhen bowed slightly, "Although I let people pick up the sign that eunuchs are not allowed to interfere in politics, you must not get too close to the ministers, and it is okay to cultivate some forces in private, but you must not do too much, understand?" ”

"Yes, yes," a cold sweat broke out on Wang Zhen's forehead, "The old slave is a waste man with a broken root, and he can only stay in the palace in this life, but he knows that he is loyal to the emperor, and the people he recommends are also loyal to the emperor, and the old slave mentioned them early in the morning." ”

"Does Mr. Wang's loyalty still need to be confessed to me?" The corners of Zhu Qizhen's mouth carried a hint of banter, "The more I trust you and reuse you, the more eyes the court will stare at you, which can be seen from the fact that there are more and more excerpts about you, what do those people say about you, I believe you don't know anything in your heart, right?" ”

"No matter what those foreign ministers say about the old slave, the old slave just wants to be able to handle the things that the emperor handed over to the old slave." His face relaxed.

"Very good," Zhu Qizhen glanced at the stacked folds on the table as usual, and said in a slow tone: "It's strange to say, these folds are all written in praise of Mr. Wang, but none of them are bad for you." ”

"Old slave...... The old slave was ashamed. Although Wang Zhen said this, his face was slightly colorful.

"It seems that Mr. Wang is not surprised at all!" Zhu Qizhen said leisurely: "I hope that there will be some scolding music in it, so it is more normal." ”

"Your Majesty ......" Wang Zhen's heartstrings tightened again, and he looked at Zhu Qizhen nervously, and his legs and stomach began to cramp again.

Looking at his frightened look, Zhu Qizhen smiled faintly and lowered his voice: "There are too many backlogs in the master of ceremonies, and I was worried that Mr. Wang would not be able to keep busy, so I privately asked people to take some, and I took a random one from it to look at it, tsk...... Guess what's written on it? ”

"Old slave...... The old slave ...... "Wang Zhenya began to fight, and wanted to kneel again, but the emperor held his elbow and failed to kneel.

"I won't talk about the person who wrote the recital, the content above ......" Zhu Qizhen smiled meaningfully, slightly lengthened his voice and said: "Laughing and scolding, it is a grand view, Mr. Wang, you are compared to the ten permanent servants in the late Han Dynasty, and the enemy of the Tang Dynasty is ......."

"Your Majesty—" Wang Zhen was shocked, and the flesh on his face trembled, "This is all the villain's rumors and slander, the old slave is sincere to His Majesty, and he will never dare to be disrespectful." ”

"I know," Zhu Qizhen stroked his back and said slowly: "Those are all powerful eunuchs who were in full swing, and they still hold military power in their hands...... "I know" stared at him and said, "As far as I know, Mr. Wang doesn't have so much power, right?" ”

"The emperor ......" Wang Zhen said with a sad face: "The old slave is a slave who waits for the emperor, the emperor pities the old slave, let the old slave follow the emperor to share the worries, if the old slave is not used, the emperor can relegate the old slave to the southern capital to guard the mausoleum for the grandfather." ”

Zhu Qizhen laughed, "Mr. Wang, don't take the words on the excerpt to your heart, you are the most trusted person around me, many people are staring at you, some of them will praise you, and some people will platter you." ”

"Emperor Shengming, Emperor Shengming......" Wang Zhen's tears were about to flow out, he never expected that just filling in a few good words for Yang Muyun would be exchanged for a beating from the young emperor. secretly said in his heart that this little emperor is growing up day by day, and his power is getting stronger and stronger, and it is becoming more and more difficult to coax.

"Actually, it's not a bad thing to listen to some contrary words," Zhu Qizhen looked at him and said slowly: "At least you can correct yourself from time to time and remind yourself to make fewer mistakes...... Didn't Mr. Wang teach me since I was a child, 'Good medicine is good for disease, and good words are good for deeds'? ”

"The old slave is ashamed, ashamed," Wang Zhenyun said: "The emperor is heroic, and the old slave is ashamed of his previous teachings with the emperor." ”

"Actually, I miss the time when I was in the East Palace very much," Zhu Qizhen's eyes had a hint of longing, "At that time, Mr. and I had nothing to talk about, unlike now, Mr. doesn't talk to me about many things......

"But the old slave's loyalty to the emperor has not changed," Wang Zhen said with a sincere face: "Of course, the pieces withheld by the old slave attack the old slave, but in fact, why not arrange the emperor?" The emperor wanted to revive the prestige of the Ming army, but they said that the emperor was reckless......"

Zhu Qizhen waved his hand and didn't let him continue, "Mr. Wang is tired, go down and rest!" ”

"Yes." Wang Zhen knelt down apprehensively, kowtowed, and slowly retreated.

Zhu Qizhen sighed lightly, sat back in front of the dragon case, picked up the previous fold and looked at it slowly......

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"Have you been guarding the camp gates?" Early in the morning of the second day, when Yang Muyun followed Yu Qian out of the camp gate, he saw that Zhou Mengnan's carriage was still parked there, and the beautiful woman stood outside and waited for her, and asked in surprise.

"The princess is still here, how can the concubine go back alone?" Zhou Mengnan smiled when she saw him, and she didn't see any compromise in her expression after staying in the wild all night, on the contrary, she was extremely energetic, and asked Yang Muyun with bright eyes: "Where are you going to go first after Xianggong enters Beijing?" ”

Yang Muyun glanced at a carriage that was traveling, and Yu Qian was sitting on it, and he didn't notice Yang Muyun's answer to his wife.

"I'll send Lord Yu back to the military headquarters first," Yang Muyun thought for a while and said: "Go to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies again, after all, I am still a member of the military guard of the Mansion, and it is still necessary to go to see Shangguan and return to the army." ”

"Will you come with me to see the prince?" Zhou Mengnan lowered his voice when he said this, "The prince has been running for the affairs of the prime minister, and for the sake of his future career, the prince should also go to visit him." ”

"You asked me to ask for a eunuch?" Yang Muyun frowned.

Zhou Mengnan saw the unhappiness on his face, and said with a slight smile: "The prince is the number one celebrity around the emperor, and there is nothing that can be done if he is asked to do it." ”

Yang Muyun didn't speak, his face sank.

"Xianggong ......" Zhou Mengnan sighed lightly, "I know the character of your scholars, and you don't want to ask for an internal official for the sake of officialdom, but have you ever thought about it, if you want to realize your ambitions, you can't stick to a person's high level, rather than that, it's better to learn from Mr. Jingjie, simply pick chrysanthemums under the east fence, and see Nanshan leisurely." ”

"I understand the kindness of the lady," Yang Muyun finally opened his mouth, "I can't let people poke their backbones and say that they rely on a eunuch to seek officials." ”

"Xianggong is wrong to think like this," Zhou Mengnan said softly: "This official position is all sent by the emperor, how can it be said that the prince is seeking it for you?" Now that the emperor has appointed internal officials in many major matters, how can the prime minister bypass them if he wants to be an official and make a career? ”

Yang Muyun was silent.

"Xianggong ......" Zhou Mengnan said earnestly: "You came to Beijing to serve alone, one has no illustrious family background, and the other has no strong backer, Cheng Guogong has been offended by you, if you still want to continue to walk peacefully in the officialdom of the capital, you can only worship under the prince's door......"

Yang Muyun suddenly raised his head and looked at her with a very strange look, "If this is the case, then I will resign from all official positions and return to my hometown to become a teacher." Saying that, he whipped his horse and chased towards Yu Qian's carriage, no matter how Zhou Mengnan called him behind his back, he ignored it.

......

"What? Did you quarrel with her? Lin Meier saw that Yang Muyun's face was unhappy, and asked in a low voice.

Yang Muyun took a long breath, "Actually, it's not easy for her.

”

"Oh?"

"Maybe you don't know," Yang Muyun glanced at Lin Mei'er and said, "My father-in-law is the richest businessman in Huzhou, and he is very famous in the entire Jiangnan. Meng Nan is her only daughter, and unlike other rich ladies, Meng Nan did not leave her boudoir, but traveled with her father since she was a child. So don't look at her age, her knowledge, courage, and skills are very comparable......"

"That's good!" Lin Meier blinked and said: "You are an official, she paves the way for you, one is rich and the other is expensive, complementing each other." ”

Yang Muyun smiled bitterly, "But she paved the way to Wang Zhen, and I asked for a eunuch to be an official, what does it mean to be an official?" ”

"Your wife didn't do anything wrong," Lin Mei'er said: "Wang Zhen is now the number one celebrity around the emperor, and he ignores many people's begging, and your wife can find this way for you, it's really amazing." ”

"Don't ridicule me," Yang Muyun shook his head, "How can I stoop to a eunuch, it's shameful to say it." ”

"Mu Yun ......" Lin Meier stared at him deeply and said: "I know you feel uncomfortable, but since you have chosen your career, you can't look at some worldly things with a detached vision. ”

"Why do you talk to her the same tone?" Yang Muyun glanced at her, and said in a mocking tone: "It seems that the golden hairpin she gave you is really worth it, you have helped her speak so quickly, you are really short of hands, and you eat people softly......"

"Whatever you say," Lin Mei'er said disapprerovingly: "I say this because I have one thing in common with her, that is, I am looking forward to your good, and it seems undignified to ask Wang Zhen to go there, but it can make your road to the eunuch go better. You are so young, when you encounter a setback, you will be a hermit in the landscape, are you willing? ”

"Then I can't vote for Wang Zhen's eunuch!" Yang Muyun looked at the carriage driving in front of him and said, "I'm following Lord Yu, isn't it good?" ”

"I didn't say anything bad," Lin Meier smiled faintly: "You are a martial artist, he is a civil official, and he is just a temporary intersection, if we meet again in the future, it will be difficult." You may not know that although the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies is nominally under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War, you don't really think that the officers of the Ministry of War can manage those princes and nobles, right? Take Yu Qian to press your top boss Cheng Guogong Zhu Yong, this amount is too light, if it is replaced by Wang Zhen, it will be different, who in the capital can not sell him a few thin noodles? If you vote for Wang Zhenmen, Cheng Guogong will not be difficult for you in the future. ”

Lin Meier's words made Yang Muyun speechless, these days, he has figured out the operation of the entire military attache system. To say that the relationship between the governor's office of the five armies and the local guards is actually far above the military department. All military hereditary officials, liuguan officials, and local officials must be reported to the Governor's Office of the Five Armed Forces, and then transferred by the Governor's Office of the Five Armed Forces to the Ministry of War. After the approval of the Ministry of War, the specific issuance and appointment must also go through the Governor's Office of the Five Armed Forces. That is to say, in the early Ming Dynasty, the military department only had the right to transfer troops, and the Governor's Office of the Five Armies was the central organ that oversaw the internal and external military. This is why military attachés serving abroad come to Kyoto to visit Zhu Yong's Chengguo Mansion.

The officials of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies have always been held by the princes and relatives, and the highest position is the Grand Governor, and the officials who can take up this level are the princes such as Zhang Fu and Zhu Yong, and most of the second-level officials are also honorable relatives, and a small number of them have risen step by step according to their seniority. The nobles with titles in the capital basically entered the governor's mansion and held official positions in it, and they were not as mobile as civil officials, and they basically mixed in it for a lifetime as soon as they entered. They have titles and qualifications, and the orders and orders of the military department are not in their eyes, so if the military department wants to coordinate military affairs with the governor's office of the five armies, they have to ask the emperor for a will, otherwise it will not work. Those Qiu Bacai ignore those scholars who open their mouths and close their mouths!

Later, the Battle of Tumubao broke out, and many military nobles died there, including the two bigwigs of the military, British Gong Zhang Fu and Chengguo Gong Zhu Yong, which also caused the Wuchen group to decline all of a sudden, and the rise of the Wenchen group began to affect the situation. The prestige of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies is no longer prestigious, and it has become an echo worm of the Ministry of War, and it is subject to the Ministry of War everywhere, which is a later story.