Xue Guoyun did not go directly to meet the emperor's envoys, but recorded all the conversations this time, presented them to Song Enming, the secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and gave his own suggestion, that is, Japan is currently very vigilant, and if it moves too much, it will cause them to be vigilant.

Song Enming immediately handed the conversation record to Ning Yu, and Ning Yu just smiled lightly after reading this thing, in fact, these contents were not unexpected by him.

"Let's let it go for now, even if I also contact the emperor's envoys, I am not in a hurry now."

Ning Yu lightly opened a book of excerpts submitted by the Jiangsu Political Envoy, and while speaking, he drew a circle on the notebook, and then wrote three words on it, "I know."

Song Enming was a little strange, "Your Majesty, it is obvious that there is no sincerity on the shogun's side this time, why don't we knock on the mountain and shake the tiger?" ”

"You have to pay attention to the timing of the earthquake and the tiger, and now is not the time, the power of the emperor and the shogunate are too disparity, and there is no way to pose any threat....... Rushing to the end now will only force the shogunate to take risks. ”

Ning Yu shook his head slightly, he knew what kind of life the Emperor Nakagomon lived, since he succeeded to the throne at the age of eight, he has been under the strict monitoring of the shogunate, and the most excessive thing is that in the next ten years, the shogunate sent him an imported piano, which implied that he would abdicate, and this emperor of Nakagomon was also more obedient, and passed the throne to his fifteen-year-old eldest son in the second year.

To say something unpleasant, on the surface, those envoys are people arranged by Emperor Zhongyumen, but who they are loyal to, even Ning Yu is not easy to say, if you want to say that there are no people from the shogunate around the emperor, he doesn't believe it.

Song Enming sighed softly, "Yes, Your Majesty." So what about Annan's side? ”

"Annan, I still have to think about it, let's settle them down first, take them around the city of Nanjing, and see the prosperity of my Celestial Empire."

Ning Yu put down the imperial pen in his hand, but his eyes looked at the far north, these countries combined, after all, it was not as pleasant as wrestling with the Yongzheng Emperor.

...........

In fact, unlike what Ning Yu thinks now, Yongzheng has really panicked since he fainted last time, and his whole mood has become more impatient and hot, and he is angry with the ministers at every turn.

In the Palace of Nourishing the Heart, at this time, Emperor Yongzheng had already thrown down a piece of music in front of him, and the white flowers looked quite dazzling, and behind the music and folds, he also brushed the ministers who knelt down on the ground.

"Narsu, tell me where you spent the salary of the Eight Banners New Army that I allocated to you? Why are people suing you for corruption? ”

Yongzheng's face turned red, and he glared at Narsu who was kneeling on the ground, but he was eager to slash this person with a knife.

Nalsu, the king of Pingjun, had to kneel on the ground, sticking his face to the cold floor, his face showing a trace of guilt, but his mouth kept saying the words "slave knows his guilt", it was obvious that he had admitted his corruption.

"Hmph, guilty? Since you are guilty, then I will not keep you anymore - come here, remove the king of Pingjun from Narsu, and go to prison for the crime of greed, and his family property will be confiscated! ”

"Your Majesty, the slave is guilty......."

Narsu is in his thirties, but he looks like he is forty or fifty years old, which is all due to the hard work of the army over the years, especially the training of the New Army of the Eight Banners in the past two years, and he has worked so hard that his hair has turned gray by half.

Looking at Narsu who was dragged down, a trace of unbearability flashed on Yongzheng's face, he knew how hard Narsu was for the Eight Banners New Army, not to mention withstanding the pressure inside the Eight Banners, just with tens of thousands of new troops, it was enough to tire an iron-clad man.

But why should he be corrupt? Didn't I give him enough?

Why doesn't he want to think about it? In order to run the Eight Banners New Army, how have I lived in the palace in the past few years? Not to mention how much the harem concubines spent, it was that he Yongzheng himself was not diligent and thrifty one day, and even the newly purchased dragon robe was reduced by a few bodies.

"Please also ask the emperor to calm his anger...... Narsu was just confused for a while after all, but the Eight Banners New Army couldn't be led without one! ”

Xu Yuanmeng finally stood up, he still didn't agree with Yongzheng's approach in his heart, now is the time to employ people, how can he waste his hands and feet for a little silver? In this way, how can the New Army of the Eight Banners still train?

Yongzheng snorted coldly, "Could it be that I can't find a usable talent in the Qing Dynasty?" Could it be that my Eight Banners men are all a bunch of waste? ”

The ministers couldn't help but be dumbfounded when they heard this, and this master didn't have an accurate understanding of the Eight Banners at all.......

If you really want to talk about it, the talents under the Eight Banners are really in short supply, and without a Narsu, where can you find another talent who knows how to train the new army? You can't just conjure it up from the sky.

Zhang Tingyu couldn't help but stand up, "Your Majesty, the matter of corruption is not an urgent matter related to the life and death of my Qing Dynasty after all, at present, training a truly capable elite of the Eight Banners is the top priority. ”

"Hmph, you Zhang Hengchen is born with a clever mouth? If it weren't for this thief stretching out his claws indiscriminately, why would I be ruthless next time? But if I hadn't done this, no matter how much silver I had, it wouldn't have been enough for them to make! ”

Zhang Tingyu heard this, and he was also a little sad in his heart, of course he knew how hard-won the military expenses of the Eight Banners New Army were at present, after all, with the Qing court losing the south step by step, most of the finance and taxes had already been lost, and almost all the military expenses of the Eight Banners New Army were saved from the mouths of major businessmen and him Yongzheng, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that it was hard-earned money.

Not to mention anything else, just sending people to Shanxi to make money, which lasted for more than half a year, and even caused a storm in the city, so that he got 10 million taels of silver, and this 10 million taels of silver seems to be a lot, and it really has to be thrown to the Eight Banners New Army, that is, it is a matter of a few months.

But at the moment, it's good, the money is not the New Army of the Eight Banners, but it has gone into his own pocket, but it instantly angered Scrooge Yongzheng.

Lao Tzu is reluctant to spend, but you are willing!

Thinking of this, Zhang Tingyu couldn't help but smile bitterly, "Your Majesty, this matter still needs to be discussed in the long run, and please ask the emperor to calm his anger." ”

"Let's check first, and we'll talk about everything after we finish checking."

Yongzheng let out a long sigh, there was really no way, and the current days could only pass little by little.

After Yongzheng's anger subsided, he sent someone to stop Zhang Tingyu and Xu Yuanmeng, obviously there were some other things that needed to be discussed separately.

"Your Majesty, the minions Xu Yuanmeng and Zhang Tingyu ask to see you."

"Get up."

Yongzheng nodded lightly, looked at the two ministers with a complicated expression, and said in a low voice: "Since I fainted last time, some things have been thought out clearly.......

Zhang Tingyu and Xu Yuanmeng hurriedly knelt on the ground, "The emperor's dragon is healthy, it's just a temporary tiredness, as long as the emperor rests more, he will naturally live forever." ”

"Hehe, how can there be people in this world who live forever? The first emperor couldn't live forever, and I couldn't live forever, even if it was that Huangkou child in Nanjing, it was impossible. ”

Yongzheng shook his head, he never believed in this, and the reason why he asked Fang Shi to refine the pill was not the elixir of immortality at all, but a pill like Ji Dan that can increase energy, so that he can work better.

Hearing the meaning of Xiao Suo in Yongzheng's tone, Zhang Tingyu heard a little bit of the taste of Tuogu, but his heart became heavier and heavier at the moment.

"What I want to say is that in the Northern Expedition next year, no matter what, I will take the new army of the Eight Banners to the top, and I don't have too much luxury, no matter what the price is, as long as I can push the Fuhan army back, it's just that, but ........ If we really can't resist it, we have to think about the future retreat in advance. ”

Yongzheng was telling the truth, he looked at the two ministers again, and said earnestly: "The order of reclaiming Manchuria has been implemented a long time ago, but after all, there is a lack of a backbone, I hope that one of the two can assist Prince Heshuobao to go to Shengjing to preside over the overall situation, so as to deal with the future." ”

Prince Heshuobao is also the fourth elder brother Hongli, he was canonized as Prince Heshuobao a year ago, and he has almost announced his position as the prince to the world.

If it weren't for the situation, Hongli would not have been crowned king in such a short period of time, on the surface, it seemed that he was laying the foundation for his succession, but in fact, Yongzheng was worried that he would suddenly die one day, so he had to do it.

Xu Yuanmeng sighed deeply, "Your Majesty, the old slave understands what you mean, I really need Prince Bao to return to Shengjing to preside over the overall situation, and leave a way back for the emperor and all the children of the Eight Banners in the Guannei....... The old minister is willing to go. ”

In fact, it was impossible for Zhang Tingyu to become such a candidate from the beginning, because he was Hanchen, and his qualifications were not enough to dominate the hearts of the people, which was well known to the three people present, so Xu Yuanmeng also took the initiative to speak.

Yongzheng smiled slightly and nodded, "With the good chief to assist Prince Bao, I can rest assured, and I have already prepared the relevant resources, so I will take Prince Bao to Shengjing from now on." ”

"Yes, the old minister retired."

After Xu Yuanmeng withdrew from the hall, Yongzheng looked at Zhang Tingyu again, but his feelings at this time were different, and he had a little apology on his face, "Hengchen, you can only stay in this pass with you." ”

"This is exactly what the minister wants."

Zhang Tingyu knelt on the ground and said with a glance, without the slightest discouragement.

Yongzheng nodded lightly, "In the future, if I really die unfortunately, the announcement of the edict will need to be done by Hengchen himself." ”

"What? The minions really didn't dare to hear about it......"

Zhang Tingyu was a little stunned, when Kangxi died, he participated in the edict, and now that Yongzheng is not dead, he let himself keep the edict...... The implication is so ominous.

"The edict is related to the future of my Qing Dynasty, and I really don't feel at ease when I hand it over to others..... But only Hengchen, in the matter of the edict of the first emperor, has been tested, I believe you. ”

Yongzheng sighed deeply, and then waved his hand, "That's it, stand down." ”

"Hey, Your Majesty."

............

After Zhang Tingyu withdrew from the court, his heart was in a mess, and he didn't think about where to go, so he got into the carriage and returned to Zhang's mansion, which was the mansion left by his father, Zhang Ying, a university scholar, and now it is also a well-known place in the capital, and Zhang Tingyu has also lived here for 50 years.

After Zhang Tingyu returned to the mansion, he was thinking about his thoughts all the way, but he almost bumped into his second son Zhang Ruowei, who was in a hurry to go out, which made Zhang Tingyu very angry and reprimanded: "The behavior is so frizzy, but what kind of system is it?" ”

Although Zhang Ruowei is very smart, he is only eleven years old now, and he is a little at a loss at the moment, so he has to say: "Daddy, uncle said that he had some new paintings there, and I was in a hurry to go out to see them, so I bumped into Daddy, and asked Daddy for forgiveness." ”

Uncle refers to Zhang Tingyu's youngest brother Zhang Tingyu, who just won the Jinshi last year, and likes paintings on weekdays, but Zhang Ruowei has similar interests in this regard, so he often asks Zhang Ruowei to appreciate his new famous paintings.

Hearing Zhang Ruowei, the anger in Zhang Tingyu's heart decreased a little, but he still said with a straight face: "Hao'er, you should focus on your studies, this painting is just a trail after all, and it is not as good as the Dao of the Sages and Sages." ”

"Yes, Ha'er knows ...... wrong"

Zhang Ruowei's little face wrinkled, after all, he was still young, and he really thought that his father was angry that he was not doing his job, so he was a little uneasy.

Zhang Tingyu seemed to notice this, and immediately sighed and said, "That's it, you can go this time, and you will study after you come back." ”

"Yes, Ai'er will definitely study hard and become famous in the future!" After finishing speaking, Zhang Ruowei happily walked out of the mansion.

After Zhang Tingyu returned to the study, he couldn't help but think of the emperor's words, and his heart was even more irritable, the current situation was so sinister that even a man with a tenacious temperament like Yongzheng was a little pessimistic and frustrated.

However, if that day really comes, what will his Zhang family do?

If it is said that among the Hanchens in the capital, the Zhang family cannot be said to be the top, but it is also the first class, since Zhang Tingyu's father began to be reused, and when he Zhang Tingyu arrived, he faintly became the leader of the Manchu Hanchen.

Characters like this are all registered in Ningchu in the south, and there is also a position in his Zhang family in "Traitor Record", if there is a Northern Expedition in the future, the Zhang family is afraid that there will be no chance to surrender.

Thinking of this, Zhang Tingyu was a little flustered, he didn't know why, and remembered what Yongzheng said to him when he ascended the throne, "When I was in the domain, I didn't want to press with the courtiers, because I didn't know you....... I see that your bearing is dignified, you should be clear by an inch, and your heart is very important. Now I see that you are loyal, respectful and sincere, and you know that you are born by God, and you are taught by the emperor to cultivate a great weapon, and you are also a person who bows to the paving. Thou shalt be reluctant. ”

Regardless of how true or false these words are, but Yongzheng's meaning is also overflowing, even if Ning Chu allows him Zhang Tingyu to take refuge here, how can he be worthy of the kindness of the two emperors Kangxi and Yongzheng?

"That's it, that's it. Left and right are just a death......"

Zhang Tingyu closed his eyes, and finally stopped thinking about it so much. It's just that he is not the only one who has insomnia tonight.