"Is there any other news," Zhang Fan continued to ask Wang Meng and Liang Chao.

"The others are gone," Liang Chao replied, "Our people wrote to say that the guards were too strict, especially for those of them who had just entered, they didn't have any news for three months, just because the people who were guarding them inside were too strict, and they couldn't find a chance at all, let alone send a letter back, and even people couldn't get out, and now, I don't know if the other party is lax, or the test for newcomers is only three months, in short, Now that no one was looking at them anymore, they hurriedly found an opportunity to send the letter back, for fear of being discovered, so the news was transmitted in a hurry, only a few sentences in a hurry, and they did not write much.

"Second, even now, those people really haven't done anything, although it is said that there are rumors everywhere to slander the imperial court, and they also erect Wei Yinbao's banner back then, obviously to recruit people, but listen to our people, over the years, they have not done much, the most is like a green forest of robberies, they have also dealt with the government, but not many times, most of them are because they can't find opportunities, or they are not well-informed,"

"Hmm......" Hearing Liang Chao say this, Zhang Fan pondered, it seems that the organization established by Na Daniel Zhang and Wang Xin, although the time is not short, the strength is quite large, but their intelligence work is too thin.

But I think about it, in China's feudal society, the gap between the government and the people is quite large, and it is normal that there is no intersection, and now it is considered a peaceful and prosperous era, and it is almost impossible to develop by inciting the people or taking advantage of the chaos at this time.

Besides, since the incident of Wei Yinbao's rebellion in the southwest, the imperial court has also attached great importance to it, and it is no longer like in the past, ignoring local officials and allowing them to oppress the local people, so that the local people no longer follow Daniel Zhang and Wang Xin as they did back then.

Therefore, if Daniel Zhang and Wang Xin want to succeed, in addition to relying on the fact that they are from Wei Yinbao's old department to recruit people, they also have to pick some easy things to slowly strengthen themselves, so that they can have a station with the imperial court in the future.

Of course, these are all wishful thinking on the part of their people.

However, in short, they really haven't had anything to do recently, so the people sent by Zhang Fan can be said to be pressed for time and haven't said everything; Or maybe they just don't have anything to say.

"In that case," Zhang Fan instructed, "send someone to keep an eye on the southwest side for me, and if there is any movement, it will be transmitted back immediately, and if there is any urgent matter, if it is too late to send the news back, let them decide for themselves what to do."

"Also, since it's inconvenient for our people to contact us, let's wait, and if they have any requests, our people in the southwest will also have full support,"

"I understand," Wang Meng and Liang Chao said in unison.

"Well," Zhang Fan nodded and said, "Also, you go and see, if there is anything that can be deliberately reported by them, but this kind of thing must be prepared for me, it doesn't matter if you throw some money or something to them, but it's best not to let too many people get hurt,"

"Your Excellency, please rest assured," Wang Meng said, "We Jinyiwei have done a lot of this kind of thing, and the lowly position will let them pay attention,"

"Well, that's fine," Zhang Fan said this, finally breathing a sigh of relief.

Things in the southwest have finally had a beginning now, although nothing is clear, but it is a good start, how it will develop in the future depends on the direction of the situation and the operation of Zhang Fan's side.

However, Daniel Zhang and Wang Xin's slow style made Zhang Fan understand that this matter may have consumption, so for the time being, he is not too anxious, besides, even if he wants to be anxious now, there is no place to go hard, for the time being, it can only be like this.

And today, it is impossible for Zhang Fan to spare time to read, as soon as he left, Liang Chao turned back and told Zhang Fan that Zhu Yijun let him enter the palace.

In this regard, Zhang Fan was a little puzzled, if it was when Zhu Yijun was still the prince, it was indeed possible for people to call him into the palace at any time, but now that Zhu Yijun has become the emperor, although he still trusts Zhang Fan so much, and his daily life is even more boring, but in the rest of his weekdays, the number of summons to Zhang Fan has decreased sharply.

Regarding this, Zhang Fan understood in his heart that it was because Feng Bao was now by Zhu Yijun's side in order to consolidate his position, which made Zhu Yijun feel even more unfree, and at the same time, he couldn't do anything to kill his boredom.

Today, Zhu Yijun will summon Zhang Fan, in Zhang Fan's opinion, either Feng Bao is not by his side because of something, and Zhu Yijun is too boring, so it will be like this; Either that, or because of some business.

After entering the palace and in the Qianqing Palace, Feng Bao was really not there, but after Zhang Fan saw Zhu Yijun, he found out that Zhu Yijun let him enter the palace this time, but what he did was business.

What is the official business, Zhang Juzheng entered the palace today to meet the Empress Dowager Li and Zhu Yijun, and asked to reopen the feast.

After all, as the king of a country, in addition to having a heart of benevolence for the world, he also needs to understand things, not to mention, Zhu Yijun is still a little young now, which is also a necessary means.

Speaking of which, why is it called reopening, the practice of the feast has existed since the Han Dynasty, after more than a thousand years, this practice has also penetrated into the successive dynasties, and the subsequent dynasties, this practice has never been abolished, and it is more and more institutionalized.

Especially in the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty attaches great importance to the scriptures, the Ming Dynasty, the practice of the banquet has always been, since Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, it began, but at the beginning, there was no time to stipulate, and there was no place to prescribe, some casual, it's just that the elder brother emperor at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, most of them were diligent and studious, although the scriptures at that time were not institutionalized, but for the sage of the sage, it was no big problem, and there was no name for the word "scripture feast", the effect was completely significant.

Until Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen succeeded to the throne at the age of nine, because of his young age, the ministers were afraid that they could not be self-disciplined, so at that time, the three Yangs of the government, Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong, and Yang Pu, asked for a sutra feast, and since then, the Ming Dynasty has a system of "sutra feast".

At the beginning, the system was very simple, on the 2nd, 12th, and 22nd of each month, there were three lectures per month, and the emperor came to the Wenhua Hall to listen, and if there was cold and hot weather, it would be temporarily exempted.

Later, the system of sutra feasts became more detailed, and in addition to the lectures on the prescribed days every month, there was also a small lecture every day, called a small sutra feast, and there was a big lecture every ten years, and the scene was even more magnificent, and all the learned people who could rank in the middle of the court had to be present.

The intention of such frequent lectures is very obvious, that is, to make the emperor's lectures uninterrupted, so that it can be effective for a long time.

This sutra feast can be said to be the most important way for feudal emperors to receive education in the way of governing the country.

But why did Zhang Juzheng want to play sparsely this time and ask for a reopening.

It turned out that this scripture feast was abolished in the Ming Dynasty for a long time.

At the beginning, Zhengde was really diligent and studious, but Emperor Zhengde was the most playful emperor in the history of the Ming Dynasty.

And until Zhengde died, because he had no heirs, Zhu Houcong succeeded to the throne as Emperor Jiajing of Ming Shizong, Jiajing because of this reason for getting the throne, so he has been worried that someone will usurp his throne, even his own son is not at ease, and after Jiajing ascended the throne, he always felt that the following ministers were not satisfied with him.

Therefore, Emperor Jiajing's whole life can be regarded as a "struggle" with his ministers, and in the end, he also won, no matter who agrees with him or not, at least he knows that only he, Zhu Houcong, is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty and the emperor.

However, Emperor Jiajing, who was busy doing these things, still had a sutra banquet in the early stage, and in the later stage, Jiajing, who locked himself in the deep palace and was obsessed with alchemy, how could he listen to this.

After Zhu Zaiyuan ascended the throne as Emperor Longqing of Ming Muzong, Longqing's character, the kind of psychology and even physiological changes that were suppressed by Emperor Jiajing, and Zhu Zaiyuan was too lazy.

In addition, since the beginning of the Jiajing Dynasty, there has been a constant struggle in the cabinet of the Ming court, and no minister has ever mentioned the matter of reopening the feast.

Now, the ten-year-old Zhu Yijun has ascended the throne and succeeded to the throne, and all the conditions for Zhu Yijun's dynasty have been met.

The emperor is young and needs the education of a wise man to be able to govern the government in the future.

The internal stability of the imperial court, which lasted for decades, has now been calmed down with the gloomy departure of Gao Gong, although now, Feng Bao and Zhang Juzheng are in charge of the government, Feng Bao is a eunuch, even if he is talented, the temperament of some eunuchs on his body is still unchanged, and Zhang Juzheng has now become less arrogant than before.

However, these two people were able to govern the country well, so that's it.

The reopening of the feast is naturally a major event, and it is also a very important happy event.

However, Zhang Fan can see that Zhang Juzheng's request to reopen the feast has ulterior motives.