The sound of firecrackers bids farewell to the old year and welcomes the new year with joy.

Chongzhen's six-year festival passed in a jubilation, but the people of the capital are still elated, from the end of Wanli, more than ten years, the whole Ming has been shrouded in clouds, now, the Ming finally ushered in the dawn, ushered in a turnaround, the people of the capital naturally want to celebrate.

Although Zhang Bin was a little blindsided by the absurd behavior of Chongzhen and Wen Tiren, the faint monarch and traitorous ministers, he was not affected by them in the mood of the New Year.

As for the question of Chongzhen and Wen Tiren, he directly shielded it in his mind, these things can be thought about after the New Year, and there is no benefit to being entangled in this except for affecting the mood, because no matter how entangled you are, Chongzhen is still the emperor, Wen Tiren is still the head of the cabinet, unless a coup d'état is launched during the New Year, otherwise this fact can't change this reality no matter how much you think about it!

Zhang Bin hasn't thought about rebelling, and he hasn't been bored to do any coup, because Daming really can't afford to mess up now, once it gets messy, it's either cheaper than Huang Taiji or cheaper Li Zicheng.

If you want to make it perish, let it go crazy first, Zhang Bin is ready to learn from the ancients, first Taoguang and recuperate for a period of time, let Wen Tiren go crazy, get carried away, expose his feet, and then clean him up in one fell swoop.

The same is true in history, Wen Tiren became more and more crazy in the end, he was even so crazy that he wanted to clean up Chongzhen's companion Cao Huachun, and then Chongzhen woke up, Chongzhen asked Cao Huachun to check, and sure enough, the entire court was full of Wen Tiren's henchmen, and Wen Tiren almost covered the sky with one hand!

Zhang Bin just wants to wait for such an opportunity, an opportunity to completely wake up Chongzhen, otherwise, it is really difficult to clean up Wen Tiren, at this time, it is basically impossible for Chongzhen to completely see Wen Tiren's true face.

As for Chongzhen, he hasn't come up with a proper way yet, so he can only take one step at a time.

After the Lantern Festival, the festive atmosphere in the capital finally faded away, and the officials returned to the court one after another, ready to start work.

On the 22nd day of the first month, the Lantern Festival holiday expired, and the hard-working Chongzhen convened all the officials in Beijing as usual to convene the first early court of the new year.

At three o'clock, Zhang Bin woke up in the call of the maid in the room, although it was still late at night, but it was the next day, much stronger than when he lived in Chongxing Temple.

The mansion is close to the imperial city, and there is no need to worry about being late at all.

He washed up unhurriedly, put on his court clothes, and then greeted Zhang Cha, went out of the mansion, and walked slowly towards the left Chang'an Gate.

At this time, it was the darkest time before dawn, the sky was as dark as heavy ink, only the torches on the wall of the imperial city illuminated the West Chang'an Street was vague, and he could roughly see a little bit of the road, Zhang Bin walked slowly on the side of the street with his hands behind his back, anyway, the left Chang'an Gate was only more than a hundred steps away from the gate of his mansion, the time was still early, and he was not in a hurry.

At this time, he noticed that there were not many officials like him who were so stupid to park the carriage directly outside the Zuo Chang'an Gate, and many officials got off the car about a hundred steps away from the Zuo Chang'an Gate and walked towards the Zuo Chang'an Gate on foot, while the carriage they were riding continued to move forward in the direction of the yamen of the various ministries outside the Chengtian Gate.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Bin couldn't help but shake his head self-deprecatingly, he already understood at this time, this is the correct way to use the carriage in the early dynasty of the Beijing official, because most of the yamen of the various ministries are on the street outside the Chengtianmen, and when they get off the street near the Chang'an Gate on the left and right, it is right to let the carriage wait outside the yamen, if they are all like him before, park the carriage outside the left Chang'an Gate, then the entire Chang'an Street must be blocked!

No one paid attention to him in the dim night, almost all the officials lowered their heads slightly, and walked quickly in the direction of the left Chang'an Gate.

There are still more than 20 steps away from the left Chang'an Gate, and the long queue of civil and military officials can already be seen in front, Zhang Bin waved his hand directly, asking Zhang Cha to return home, and he himself slowly came to the back of the line, honestly lined up, ready to enter the imperial city.

It stands to reason that he is such a young member of the Zhengerpin Imperial Court who should be the object of the civil and military officials, but since his position as the governor of Fuguang was removed, the attitude of the civil and military officials towards him has become lukewarm, whether he knows or not, all the way into Zuo Chang'an Gate, and when he walked outside the noon gate, no one greeted him, and most of the courtiers thought that this young man was afraid that he was going to be finished.

Zhang Bin stood among hundreds of people and felt a sense of loneliness, these people are too realistic!

Just when he was sighing alone, someone not far away greeted him: "Lord Zhang, Lord Zhang, this way." ”

This voice is a little familiar, but it is definitely not Bi Ziyan, because Bi Ziyan has not come at this time, who is so bold that he is not afraid of Wen Tiren's revenge and accosting himself?

When he looked up, he fainted at the wrong point, and it was Wen Zhenmeng who beckoned to him in front of him!

This sense of justice is super strong, and he was naturally impressed by the explosion of the champion Lang, and suddenly saw him greet him, he was really a little uncomfortable.

However, he still walked over with a smile, because he knew that Wen Zhenmeng was the young Zhan Shi of the Zhan Mansion at this time, and he was his subordinate!

As soon as he walked over, Wen Zhenmeng greeted him warmly: "Lord Zhang, you are here, my subordinates heard that Lord Zhang is in charge of Zhan Shifu, but they have been excited for a while, but unfortunately, Lord Zhang has never been to the Yamen to work, and his subordinates are really panicked." ”

Perhaps, in Wen Zhenmeng's view, those who can be nailed by the big traitor Wen Tiren are all their own kind, and they are all the embodiment of justice!

Although Zhang Bin also adheres to justice, he is not like Wen Zhenmeng and them, who are either you die or I die, the so-called chivalrous man is for the country and the people, if they are all compared to chivalrous, Zhang Bin is the real hero, and they are just rangers.

They are used to roaring when they see injustice, and they will go up after shouting and draw their knives, no matter whether they have done it or not, they will do it anyway!

Zhang Bin's habit is to observe carefully on the sidelines, thinking about how to level the road, and finally make a move to wipe out the evil spirits.

They can be said to be fellow travelers, or they can be said to be not fellow travelers, so Zhang Bin only kept a polite smile at Wen Zhenmeng and did not fight with him.

Wen Zhenmeng was extremely enthusiastic, not only took the initiative to greet him, but also introduced him to other officials of the Zhan Mansion, after a few words of greeting, he pulled an old man who was about the same age as him next to him and introduced: "Master Zhang, this is Kong Zhenyun Kong Kaizhong, a real saint, after the forty-seventh year of Wanli, he has not won the second place in the first class of the palace examination, he is talented, and his poetry is particularly outstanding. ”

Kong Zhenyun hurriedly said modestly: "Don't laugh at me, I can compare with you if I only learn this little bit." ”

After being modest, he solemnly arched his hand and said: "Subordinate Kong Zhenyun, see your lord." ”

Zhang Bin nodded with a smile, and talked to him cordially, this Kong Zhenyun is also a more famous loyal minister, in history he was an official to the first assistant of the cabinet, although Chongzhen listened to the slander of the remnants of the eunuch party and deposed him, but he was not at ease at all, and then heard that Jiashen was in trouble, he cried bitterly, went on a hunger strike for several days, and finally heard that Chongzhen was martyred by hanging, he cried for a day, and died when he was carried home!

Such a loyal minister is indeed worthy of respect, and Zhang Bin's kindness to him is real, not pretended.

Zhan Shifu is a big yamen, there are a lot of officials above the fifth grade, including two young Zhan Shi of the fourth grade, the Zuo Chunfang University Scholar of the fifth grade, the Zuo Chunfang Zuo Shuzi, the Right Chunfang University Scholar, the right Chunfang Zuo Shuzi, and the Zuo Chunfang Zuo Yude from the five grades and the right Chunfang Right Yude each one.

The prince's teacher is the future emperor, and these people are likely to be sent to teach the prince, so the main officials of the Zhan Mansion are scary, these people are either the top three or the top three, all of them are from the Hanlin Academy, and they are all big people who are expected to enter the cabinet in the future!

Zhang Bin kept a polite smile at them, without the slightest shelf of a yamen boss, and these nerds suddenly felt that this Lord Zhang was approachable and a rare good chief.

Of course, most of the treacherous ministers usually have a smiling face and look approachable, and every time these nerds will be deceived by them, however, Zhang Bin's approachability is true, and they don't have to worry that Zhang Bin will sell them, on the contrary, Zhang Bin is the kind of person who protects his shortcomings, as long as he is a subordinate he approves, others dare to move, and he will not let it go easily.

There are nearly forty subordinate officials in this Zhan Mansion, Wen Zhenmeng naturally will not introduce Zhang Bin one by one, and when he introduces the left and right Zhongyun of Zhengliupin, he stopped, because it is almost time to reach Yin, and the early dynasty is about to start.

This day's early dynasty is called a long one, because this is the first early dynasty of the new year, at the same time, this year is the year of the great plan and the imperial examination year, this early dynasty not only has to deal with the backlog of affairs during the New Year, but also to arrange the affairs of the grand plan and the imperial examination, so it dragged on for a long time, until about two minutes of the hour to end, and it was more than two hours.

Zhang Bin is legs are about to go numb, but Chongzhen is very interested, because he is ready to eliminate Jiannu, exterminate the anti-thieves, rectify the officialdom, and prosper the Ming Dynasty in this year!

He didn't want to eat one fat man in this bite, but wanted to eat three big fat people!

Zhang Bin heard Chongzhen's bold words, and only smiled bitterly in his heart, as far as your virtue is concerned, you still want to eliminate Jiannu, exterminate the anti-thieves, rectify the officialdom, and prosper the Ming Dynasty, it is really a toad yawning, what a big breath!

After Chongzhen said a lot of trouble, the early dynasty was finally over, Zhang Bin was just about to go to the yamen of Zhan Shifu with Wen Zhenmeng and Kong Zhenyun, but a eunuch suddenly caught up and screamed: "Lord Zhang, the emperor is invited." ”

When Zhang Bin heard this, he could only bow his hand to Wen Zhenmeng and Kong Zhenyun, and then followed the eunuch to the Qianqing Palace.

Chongzhen didn't seem to have woken up from Zhongxing Daming's sweet dream, and when Zhang Bin came in, he still maintained a mysterious smile.

This guy is really confused with confidence, and I don't know where his confidence comes from!

After the monarch and ministers greeted him, Chongzhen asked with great interest: "Shuangquan, how are the preparations, I have already asked people to prepare Ciqinggong and Wenhua Palace, Hong'er will move over today, and you can start teaching him tomorrow." ”

Zhang Bin is still relatively confident in this, after all, he was highly educated in his previous life, and he also taught a few disciples in this life, so it is naturally more than enough to be a teacher for a four or five-year-old little hairy child.

He said confidently: "Back to the emperor, Weichen has been preparing for this time, and he has almost made preparations." ”

Chongzhen nodded with satisfaction and said, "Well, Shuangquan, you can still rest assured, by the way, how are you going to teach Hong'er?" ”

When Zhang Bin heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, this also has to ask, how can he say it clearly for a while.

Chongzhen saw Zhang Bin's stunned appearance, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Shuangquan, it's not that I have a lot of heart, I'm not afraid of your jokes, I haven't read much books with the imperial brother, and I don't know what serious reading should be like, so I'm a little curious." ”

When Zhang Bin heard this, he couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart, the two brothers Tianqi and Chongzhen are really pitiful, their father Guangzong is not very treated by Shenzong, and he is always bullied by Zheng Guifei in the palace, and their two brothers don't even have the normal treatment of princes and grandchildren, Guangzong can't even take care of himself, how can he have time to care about them, so, they haven't studied much since they were children, Chongzhen is better, after Tianqi succeeded to the throne, he also found someone to teach him well, Tianqi is the worst, it is rumored that Tianqi Douda doesn't know a lot of words, A real illiterate!

Thinking of this, Zhang Bin explained in detail: "As a rule, beginners are mainly based on easy-to-understand enlightenment books such as "Three Character Classic", "Thousand Character Text", "Hundred Family Names", etc., and when the words are almost recognized, then teach the Four Books and Five Classics, Weichen is ready to teach the prince to study the "Three Character Classic" and "Thousand Character Text" this year, depending on the prince's learning situation, and then decide at the end of the year whether to continue enlightenment or teach the Four Books and Five Classics next year. ”

When Chongzhen heard this, he nodded as if he didn't understand: "Well, Shuangquan, you take a little more effort, if the prince can have half of your level, I can rest assured that Daming will be handed over to him." ”

This can't be said like this, Zhang Bin hurriedly said modestly: "Weichen is only a shallow learner, and the prince will definitely be ten times stronger than Weichen." ”

When Chongzhen heard this, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Okay, good, if Hong'er can really surpass you, then Daming will be blessed." ”

What are these words, isn't this heart-wrenching, Zhang Bin hurriedly diverted the topic and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen has a reluctant request, and I hope that the emperor will approve it." ”

Chongzhen really asked with interest: "Oh, there are still requirements, what requirements, you say." ”

Zhang Bin learned to teach Mr. Teacher, shook his head and said: "The so-called reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles, sometimes the knowledge has increased, and the knowledge has naturally advanced by leaps and bounds, so Weichen wants to take the prince out of the palace regularly, take a walk, and take a look." In addition, Wechen also has a student, although he is only ten years old this year, he reads quite well, and Wechen wants him to study with the prince, so that the prince will not find it boring. ”

When Chongzhen heard this, he wondered: "It's a good idea to find someone to accompany you, if you go out, isn't it a little unsafe, after all, Hong'er is only five years old." ”

Zhang Bin assured: "The emperor can rest assured, in the past few years, Wechen will not take the prince to other places, at most he will take a walk near Wechen's mansion, take a look, Wechen's mansion is on West Chang'an Street, next to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies and the Jinyi Guard, and there should be no problem in terms of safety." ”

When Chongzhen heard this, he nodded hesitantly and said, "That's it, that's okay, but you have to tell me before you take the prince out of the palace, and I can send some brocade guards to accompany you to protect you." ”

Zhang Bin hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Weichen obeys the order." ”

He took the prince out of the palace not only to take a walk and take a look, but as for the purpose, it was impossible for him to tell Chongzhen!