Apocalypse said, "Since there is no objection, I will talk about it tomorrow, and now I have to talk about the second thing, which is that everyone must understand what not to do. ”

Seeing everyone looking at themselves, Tianqi said: "It doesn't matter if you don't know what to do, you will be scolded at most twice." But if you do something you shouldn't do, you will be in big trouble, and you will lose your official position or lose your life, everyone must know. ”

Seeing that everyone was listening, Apocalypse continued: "This time, in order to prevent accidents, I issued a secret decree to let the British Duke lead the troops to wait outside the palace, why didn't I let a few princes lead the troops but chose the British Duke?" Because logically speaking, several princes are all royals and are qualified to be emperors, so I have to guard against it. ”

Hearing what Tianqi said, several princes hurriedly stepped forward and said that they would never dare to have such an idea, and Tianqi said: "A few princes don't need to distinguish between them, I didn't suspect you, but I just said that there was such a possibility." Song Taizu didn't have that kind of idea back then, and when his subordinates gave him a yellow robe, he didn't resolutely refuse. Therefore, the people in the royal family must resolutely draw a clear line with the people who lead the troops, and hope that several uncles and the king will understand. ”

King Xin, King Rui, King Hui, and King Gui said in unison, "Remember, ministers. ”

Tianqi nodded and said: "The same goes for others, the eunuchs and concubines in the palace are not allowed to contact the ministers in private, and the ministers of the court and the central government are not allowed to communicate privately with the chamberlains and border generals, so as not to cause misunderstandings, and it is good for everyone." ”

Hearing Tianqi say this, Gu Bingqian, Cui Chengxiu, Zhou Yingqiu and others sweated more, Tianqi glanced at them and said: "I don't care what you did before, from now on, if the ministers of the court and the central government make friends with eunuchs in private, I will give him a clean body and let him enter the palace and open up contacts; I can't control the eunuch's private friendship with the courtiers, but I know that Taizu has a way to manage it, so I let him go to see Taizu! ”

Hearing the apocalypse say this, the ministers, including Tan Jing and other eunuchs, bowed down and responded: "The ministers obey the order." ”

Gu Bingqian, Cui Chengxiu, Zhou Yingqiu and others were immediately relieved, and they all wiped the sweat on their faces with their sleeves, as if they were amnesty.

Tianqi nodded with satisfaction and said: "This is the best, this time the British public service is indispensable, but this time I don't reward you, I heard that you have two sons, one likes to make friends and the other likes to read, so I will reward them, I don't know how their respective temperaments are?" ”

Zhang Weiying couldn't help but be stunned when he heard Tianqi say this, thought about it and said: "Emperor Xie, the minister likes to make friends and play, and the minister has repeatedly persuaded him; Although the child is quiet, he also reads books and dances, but he doesn't like to make friends. ”

Tianqi said: "If you need silver money for making friends, you will be rewarded with five hundred taels of silver for your eldest son, and if your second son doesn't like to make friends, I won't reward you for money, you go home and see what to reward him." ”

Zhang Weiying said: "Emperor Xie, the ministers obey the order." ”

Tianqi said: "Then let's disperse, tomorrow Prime Minister Wang will be the first day of the council, and the opening of ordinary shops will be celebrated, and everyone should also go to the Wenhua Hall with me to congratulate, and we will discuss what everyone should do." Wang Tiqian went to the west school to see how those people were standing, and came back to report and let them all go back to rest. ”

In the evening, the British public Zhang Weiying was sitting in his study in the house to ponder, because the weather was getting hotter, so the people opened the flower windows, and the wind blowing along the flower windows also carried the water vapor in the pond in the courtyard and the fragrance of flowers in the garden, which made Zhang Weiying's tightly locked brows slightly stretched. At this time, the waiting concubine came over and gently put on a lamp and whispered that Mrs. was coming, Zhang Weiying found that it was a little dark, and seemed to have made up his mind, he stood up and said to the lady who had just come in: "Madame is here, please take a seat, I have something to tell you." ”

Mrs. Zhang is the first lady of the emperor's title, and she gave birth to two sons to Zhang Weiying, and when she saw her husband say this, she asked: "Is there anything difficult about the master who locked himself up here after eating?" ”

Zhang Weiying said: "I'm old, and I often think about who should inherit this title, and today I thought for a long time and decided to let the second child inherit my title after my death, I don't know what Mrs. thinks?" ”

Mrs. Zhang said: "Since the lord has arranged it like this, there must be a reason for you, but you need a convincing reason not to set up the eldest son, and don't let the boss cause trouble." ”

Zhang Weiying said: "Since Mrs. has no opinion, I will personally tell the boss." Then he turned to the butler outside the door and said, "Go and call the eldest prince and tell him to hurry." ”

After a while, Zhang Weiying's eldest son, Zhang Jing'an, came in, he was about forty years old, with good facial features, very similar to Zhang Weiying, usually like to make friends, especially those who are not willing to do so for a while, and he is quite famous in Beijing. Maybe I heard the news, and the voice of greeting my parents sounded a little unnatural. Zhang Weiying sighed and said: "

Today, the emperor rewarded you with 500 taels of silver to thank you for your father's merits, do you know? ”

Zhang Jingan replied: "I heard about this, and I also heard that the emperor is different from before. ”

Zhang Weiying frowned and said: "The emperor is not something we can discuss casually, but it was the emperor's words that prompted me to decide to pass on the title to your brother instead of you." ”

Seeing that Zhang Jing'an was silent, Zhang Weiying said: "Ancestor Zhang Yu has made great contributions with Cheng Zu Jing to have the glory of the Zhang family for so many generations, but how many princes have been there since Taizu to now?" Do you know why those people are guilty of losers? ”

Zhang Jing'an was standing aside with his head down, but then he raised his head and asked, "Please make it clear to my father." ”

Zhang Weiying said: "Because they have forgotten their duties, we are military generals, not civil officials, we only need to let the emperor use it smoothly and at ease, rather than needing any good strategies to govern the country and help consolidate their position." How to make the emperor use it easily and at ease? On the one hand, it is necessary to learn more how to lead troops to fight so that the emperor can use it easily, and on the other hand, it is necessary to make fewer friends, so that the emperor can rest assured. ”

Zhang Jingan said: "My son doesn't dare to commit taboos, and most of the people he usually makes friends with are ordinary people, and the officials of the court and the palace never provoke them." ”

Zhang Weiying sighed and said: "There are no natural officials, they are all from ordinary people, if some of your friends are developed, will the emperor still trust you?" Only when people like us are lonely ministers, can the emperor trust them, and the emperor's trust is the secret of the Zhang family's longevity. ”

Zhang Jingan was silent for a while and said: "The son understands, the father is thinking about the future of the Zhang family, and the son is ashamed that he did not listen to his father's teachings. ”

Looking at the night outside the window, which was completely dark, Zhang Weiying said: "The emperor knows that you like to make friends, and rewarded you with five hundred taels, and it should also mean this to let me reward something for your brother." The palms of my hands and the backs of my hands are full of meat, and I don't owe you to my father, and you will get seventy percent of the family property after I die. ”

At this time, in a small single room in Dali Temple Prison, Wei Zhongxian was drinking a little wine, there were not many drinks and dishes on the table but they were all exquisite. Wei Zhongxian took a sip of wine, then looked at Wang Tiqian with slanted eyes and said:

"Our family has always been very accurate in looking at people, but I didn't see that Lao Wang, you still have this hand, today I asked you to take people to the Qianqing Palace, but you brought people to the West School."

Wang Tiqian laughed dryly and said, "Look at what you said, didn't my old Wang rely on you today?" You blame me for today's incident, how dare I not listen to the holy decree written by the queen to my emperor? You went to court with the emperor again, and I can't inform you. Besides, what can you do with the garbage that will faint half of you for half a day standing in the West School Yard? Can you still rebel? Zhang Weiying's thousands of people are not far from the palace. ”

Wei Zhongxian sighed and said, "You're right, what do you mean by coming to see me now?" I heard that the house has been copied, what else does the emperor want? ”

Wang Tiqian said: "Money is something outside the body, and the emperor's trust is the most important thing." ”

Wei Zhongxian said: "The emperor has locked me up, will I still miss the old love?" ”

Wang Tiqian said: "I don't think the emperor misses the old love, the old love is like old socks, if it is good, it will be dirty to lose it." Mrs. Fengsheng and the emperor have an older relationship than you, right? I pulled it out and buried it with her son and brother, and now it's probably being filled in. ”

Wei Zhongxian hurriedly asked, "Then how will the emperor deal with me?" ”

Wang Tiqian said: "I guess the emperor saw that you were useful, so he asked you to eat the wine that was rewarded to you and follow me into the palace to see him." ”

Wei Zhongxian said suspiciously: "I'm still useful?" I don't even see how useful I am. ”