Chongzhen is not only suspicious and self-serving, but he also has a problem, that is, his ears are soft and he is easily deceived.

It seems absurd that he is jealous of a great hero like Zhang Bin because of Wen Tiren's words, but in fact, for him, it is not absurd at all, and in history, he has done even more absurd things.

For example, from the eleventh year of Chongzhen to the twelfth year of Chongzhen, Jiannu invaded, and Lu Xiangsheng was defeated by the eunuch remnant Xue Guoguan, the eunuch Gao Qiqian and the powerful minister Yang Sichang.

At that time, he even listened to the slander of Xue Guoguan, Gao Qiqian and Yang Sichang, and did not allow Sun Chuanting to enter the capital to meet him, and he sent people to Hong Chengchou to comfort him, and ordered him to enter the palace for an audience, acting so biased and absurd, he made Sun Chuanting angry, and then Sun Chuanting retired due to illness, he actually listened to the slander again, arrested Sun Chuanting and locked him up for four years, until the thieves were out of control, he released Sun Chuanting and let him go to fight with Li Zicheng!

Perhaps, he thinks that he can do whatever he wants when he becomes emperor, or perhaps, he thinks that he is smart enough to play with ministers with heavy armies.

At this time, he thought that he was very witty to strip the military power in Zhang Bin's hands and avoid a "Dong Zhuo Rebellion", and then, he only needed Zhang Bin to strip the authority of the military department in his hand, and then give him some sweetness, and let him continue to teach the prince.

He felt that Zhang Bin was a treasure knife, when he encountered the enemy, he pulled it out and swung it, and the enemy fell, and when there was no enemy, it was better to put it in the scabbard, so as not to hurt himself.

As soon as the early dynasty ended, he couldn't wait to order someone to summon Zhang Bin to the imperial study, ready to put the knife into the sheath.

Fortunately, Zhang Bin has another purpose at this time, that is, to teach the prince, if he doesn't have this use, he is really likely to be like Sun Chuanting in history, he will lock people up when it is useless, and when it is time to use it, he will release it and let people go desperately!

Zhang Bin was really annoyed at this time, but he was not so annoyed that he wanted to kill Chongzhen, because he knew that in this situation, killing Chongzhen would only make the situation worse.

Many people think that in ancient times, rebelling and becoming the emperor was as simple as drinking porridge, but in fact, how could it be so simple.

Like this, there are hundreds of thousands of royal relatives in the Ming Dynasty, what is the point of killing a Chongzhen, there will definitely be ministers who support other royal clansmen.

And the most qualified to inherit the unification is the bastard and bastard of Fuwang Zhu Changxun, because Fuwang Zhu Changxun is Chongzhen's own uncle, if that guy becomes the emperor, the consequences are unimaginable.

Of course, he can also choose to pinch the prince in his hand and coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, however, this is also an unreliable idea, the Ming Dynasty is not the Han Dynasty, and if you want to play the trick of coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, it is almost equivalent to dreaming, like the Tile Thorn Taishi also wanted to play like this first, he thought that by pinching Yingzong's hand, he could play with the Ming Dynasty in the palm of his hand, and as a result, people directly supported Daizong, and he didn't pee on him at all!

Therefore, in this situation, even if you know that Chongzhen is a fool, you have to endure it.

This forbearance is not doing nothing, but anyone who can achieve great things, no matter what difficulties they face, can come up with a solution, and in the face of such a fool as Chongzhen, Zhang Bin also has a way.

Isn't Chongzhen confused, others can fool him, and so can he himself.

You like to be fooled, right, then I'll fool you and let you follow my baton, this is Zhang Bin's solution!

This pair of monarchs and ministers, one is suspicious, but still wants to make good use of others; One is to make up your mind and be ready to fool people, and when you meet, you are still quite harmonious.

Chongzhen has always maintained a mysterious smile, Zhang Bin has also maintained a respectful appearance, after the monarch and ministers saw the salute, Chongzhen pretended to be happy and said: "Shuangquan, you can be regarded as back, during this time, Hong'er has been talking to you, and wants you to teach him to read and write." ”

Doesn't this mean that I want to let go of all my real power and continue to teach the prince, okay.

Zhang Bin said respectfully: "Wechen has also been worried about the prince's study during this time, but fortunately, now that the main force of the anti-thieves has been defeated, and Jiannu has fled back to Liaodong, Wechen can finally come back with peace of mind and continue to teach His Royal Highness the prince." ”

This guy is very interesting, Chongzhen couldn't help but say with relief when he heard this: "Well, Shuangquan, this time you have really worked hard, leading the army to fight thousands of miles, and making many meritorious deeds, you should be praised, say, what reward do you want." ”

Don't you want to reward others, just say it, do you ask like this, who dares to ask for a reward in front of your emperor, Zhang Bin was annoyed, he could only follow Chongzhen's meaning and said: "This is what Weichen should do, and I don't dare to ask for any reward." ”

Unexpectedly, Chongzhen insisted: "How can this be done, meritorious service will be rewarded, and guilt will be punished, so let's do it, I will make you the prince and young master as a reward." ”

The prince and young master, from the first product, sounds like a great position, in fact, it is a false title, Hongwu Dynasty and Yongle Dynasty at that time, the three dukes and the three orphans are indeed great officials, but since the Xuande and orthodox years, the three dukes and the three orphans have become virtual titles, mostly for the addition and gift of the ministers of the military and civil affairs, just like the left and right governors in the military position, it is a false title, in fact, there is no soldier under him.

However, no matter how you say it, it is also an official residence, and this consolation prize is not bad, Zhang Bin hurriedly bowed his hand and said: "Thank you for the emperor's grace." ”

Chongzhen smiled and nodded, and then said with concern: "Shuangquan, you have to teach the prince that the affairs of this military department must be taken care of in time, otherwise you will hang the post of secretary of the military department first, and you don't need to take care of the affairs of the military department, I will arrange it for you." Also, the anti-thieves have disappeared at this time, and the governors of the five provinces don't need to be set up for the time being, so I'll give you a waiver first, what do you think? ”

What else, can I say no, this military department is actually nothing to fight for, Chongzhen wants to trust you, you still have no real power, just hang a name, it doesn't matter, Zhang Bin simply bowed his hand again and said: "Thank you for the emperor's grace." ”

This time the meeting of the monarch and the ministers is considered to be a successful end, Chongzhen is to put Zhang Bin in the air again as he wishes, Zhang Bin also pretended to have a well-behaved image, as for fooling this fool, there is no need to be in a hurry, because at this time, Wen Ti Ren and the power are leaning towards the government and the opposition, and the party henchmen are all over the court, and he has not yet thought about starting from there.

Zhang Bin went straight to the Wenhua Hall when he got out of the imperial study, where the little prince Zhu Cihong had already pulled Zheng Chenggong up and down and jumped away, the master finally came back, he could go out of the palace to eat delicious food again, and he could also play happily with Xiao Xiangxiang and Xiao Yangyang, not to mention how happy he was in his heart.

When teachers and students met, it was another joy, and the little prince Zhu Cihong came over in a puff of smoke and threw himself directly into Zhang Bin's arms, and Zhang Bin also kissed him on the little cheek a few times like his own children.

This time Zhang Bin is not pretending, he really likes this smart and clever student, after getting along for so long, he has already treated Zhu Cihong as a child.

The little prince Zhu Cihong is not pretending, he and Zhang Bin are getting closer and closer, sometimes even more than his father Chongzhen, because Chongzhen forgets to sleep and eat whenever he encounters national events, and it is common to see no one for a few days or even dozens of days, which is like Zhang Bin, who accompanies him almost every day, except for this time to lead the troops on the expedition, at other times, the time with him every day is longer than the father, the queen mother, and the imperial aunt combined.

After the teachers and students exchanged parting feelings, Zhang Bin began to take the test for Zhu Cihong's homework, this little prince is really smart, "Three Character Classic" and "Thousand Character Text" He has memorized the melon well, and knows its interpretation well, no matter how Zhang Bin asks, he can answer it fluently.

Zhang Bin was pleased, and before noon, he announced that he would take Zhu Cihong out of the palace to play and eat delicious food as a reward.

Zhu Cihong was naturally happy to dance with his hands, calculating the time, he hadn't seen Xiao Xiangxiang and Xiao Yangyang and other playmates for almost three months, and he really missed it very much.

Zhang Bin seems to be honest and honest in teaching the prince to read, although the official residence is a product, but he never interferes in the affairs of the court, and even in the early dynasty, he didn't say a word, standing there, like a sculpture.

Chongzhen was quite satisfied with this, and Wen Tiren gradually relaxed his vigilance against him, and instead aimed at Huang Chenghao, the left capital of the Imperial Palace, because now the important yamen in the court are not under his control.

The household department is purely a thankless yamen, due to the tight finances of the Ming Dynasty, the household department not only can't make money, but also a busy day, plus the household department Shangshu Cao Jian is not keen on power, he knows that he is in a hurry to control the household department, but this metropolitan procuratorate, in charge of the power of supervising hundreds of officials, not to mention, was originally "his" yamen, so inexplicably robbed by someone, he naturally wanted to take it back.

As a result, the undercurrent began to surge in the capital again, and at night, it was ghostly, just like the Lord of Yama opened a door in the capital.

These ghosts are naturally not real ghosts, they are all practitioners in night clothes, and at this time, there are three waves of people in the capital secretly investigating the court officials.

The first wave is naturally Zhang Bin's personal guards, he has installed tens of thousands of personal guards in the capital, and he is usually responsible for collecting intelligence, at this time he is angry, those corrupt officials and corrupt officials in the capital are miserable, I don't know how many people have been checked by him, especially Wen Tiren's henchmen, who are monitored by Zhang Bin's guards when they sleep with women at night!

The other wave is Wen Tiren's cronies, don't look at Wen Tiren's official all the way to civilian officials, and there are a lot of thugs under him, most of these are selected from the military officials cultivated by Zhejiang party officials, there are guards, border soldiers, and even factory guards and Jinyi guards, how many people there are, except for Wen Tiren, no one knows, however, one thing is certain, his cronies are definitely not as many as Zhang Bin's guards.

There is also a wave that originally did not need to wear night clothes, because they were Jinyi Guards, and it was their job to secretly monitor the court officials, but unfortunately Chongzhen had a shadow on the disaster of the eunuchs, and he was afraid that someone would use Jinyi Wei and Dongchang to exclude dissidents, so he did not give Luo Yangxing the power to secretly monitor the court officials, Luo Yangxing had no choice but to do it secretly in secret, this wave of people was the least, because Luo Yangxing was afraid that Chongzhen would know that he was secretly spying on court officials, so, If it wasn't his absolute cronies, he didn't dare to send them out to spy on others, and his absolute cronies were not very many, after all, Jinyiwei was the emperor's private army, and most of them were loyal to the emperor, not to him.

If this night is just Wen Tiren's occasional cronies and Luo Yangxing's secretly sent Jinyi guards, then the probability of "ghosts" hitting "ghosts" is still very small, after all, the capital is so big, one night, a few people or a dozen people wearing night clothes sneaky actions, the possibility of bumping into each other is almost zero, but Zhang Bin's tens of thousands of people took action, and they immediately bumped into ghosts, and they soon found that there were other people in the area they were responsible for wearing night clothes sneaky actions!

Zhang Bin didn't care much at first, because he knew that Luo Yangxing was also secretly spying on other officials, so he just sent someone to say hello to Luo Yangxing, telling him that he had also sent some people to investigate, so that Luo Yangxing would not make a fuss.

However, he soon realized that something was wrong, because Li Dingguo and Bai Wenxuan, who were in charge of the southwest of the capital, accidentally discovered that someone was monitoring Huang Chenghao's mansion.

Huang Chenghao is his underdog, this Luo Yang is clear, what does this guy want to do?

Zhang Bin simply asked Luo Yangxing to call him over and ask him what was going on.

At this time, it is much easier for Luo Yangxing to meet with Zhang Bin, because his mansion is also near the Jinyiwei Yamen, and the residents in this area, except for Jinyiwei, are almost all Zhang Bin's personal guards, he wears a night coat at night, and casually goes to the mansion where Zhang Bin's personal guard lives, naturally someone will take him to see Zhang Bin, and he doesn't have to go to the house to climb over the wall, as long as he is careful not to let outsiders recognize him.

That night, Zhang Bin walked slowly into the back garden alone, and came to a pavilion in the southeast corner, it seemed that he was idle and painful, and came out to admire the moon, but in fact, he made an appointment with Luo Yangxing to meet at this time, but it was not until the moment when Luo Yangxing came over under the leadership of a personal guard.

Zhang Bin couldn't help but say angrily: "Tairu, I still have to go to the morning court, you are grinding, I don't have to sleep." ”

When Luo Yangxing heard this, he hurriedly smiled and said: "Aren't I afraid of being seen by someone with a heart, I deliberately went around and around in a big circle, so I delayed a little time." ”

Zhang Bin shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Okay, I won't talk to you anymore, I'm sleepy." I didn't have anything else to do with you, I just wanted to ask why you sent someone to monitor Huang Chenghao's mansion, you don't know, he is a secret son I laid down. ”

When Luo Yangxing heard this, he was stunned and said, "I didn't send anyone to monitor Huang Chenghao!" ”

When Zhang Bin heard this, he was also dumbfounded: "Oh, what do you mean, those people are not your cronies." ”

Luo Yangxing nodded affirmatively: "Absolutely not, after you greeted me, I haven't sent anyone out for the past few nights, just for fear of embarrassment with your people, if your person is found in the past few days, it is definitely not my cronies." ”

Zhang Bin nodded when he heard this, and said thoughtfully: "Well, in this way, the person who is monitoring Huang Chenghao is definitely not all the way with us, you don't send someone out these days, I want to see who is doing the ghost!" ”