Since returning to Beijing in early March, in addition to necessary entertainment, Zhang Fu has closed the door of the mansion and closed the door to guests.

Although on the surface, Zhang Fu's excuse is to fight for years and recuperate, but anyone with a discerning eye knows what the reason is.

Since his return from self-cochine, rumors about his separation of cochin have been rampant, and even the entire capital is known to everyone, and no one knows about it.

If it were another dynasty, the ministers at this time would definitely be in a panic, and if it was in the Song Dynasty, I am afraid that the officials would have committed suicide a long time ago.

But this was the Ming Dynasty, and thirty years ago, there was an example of the same separation.

Although the Qianguo Mansion did not explicitly seal the king and the fief, the Qianguo Duke was in the same vein as Yunnan, which was not much different from the actual king.

Even the Qianguo Mansion is now known as the Muwang Mansion in Yunnan.

So, in this day and age, separating is not a taboo topic.

As long as you don't know the name of the king, you can also get the honor of being crowned king by the court after death.

Zhang Fu knows very well that he has now become a typical person, and a chip has been pushed to the forefront.

Not only the generals, but even the ministers are now full of strength, wanting to push themselves to fight with the emperor.

The division is not just a matter for him Zhang Fu alone, but has become a weapon for the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs to fight for more power space from the emperor.

Zhang Fu didn't know that as the grandson of the royal family and the future emperor, Zhu Zhanji also made a lot of effort in this matter.

In Zhu Zhanji's view, the ultimate dream of dividing the feudal as a minister of civil and military affairs, with this hope ahead, those ministers of civil and military affairs also have an additional direction to strive for, so that after becoming a supreme minister, they will begin to seize power, and party struggle can also make the atmosphere of the court better.

Although Zhang Fu could only avoid suspicion on the surface, he secretly stepped up contacts with all parties.

This opportunity doesn't come often, so if you have to compete, you will fail, and the big deal is to be as low-key as now.

Zhu Di is not Zhu Yuanzhang, he is especially tolerant of heroes.

And if it succeeds, the Zhang family can become a real family.

"Eldest young master, Concubine Jing has sent a message from the palace, and the grandson has persuaded the emperor."

In this family, the only person who can call him the eldest young master is Zhang Yan Zhang Bo, who became the chief steward of the Guogong Mansion when his father was alive.

Uncle Zhang, who is almost seventy years old this year, has served the four generations of the Zhang family, and even the ancestral hall of the Zhang family has left a place for him.

In the past, the news in the palace was transmitted by Concubine Zhaoyi, but today it was transmitted by Concubine Jing. Although he was pleasantly surprised, he also suppressed his excitement and asked, "Why is the news from Xi'er reliable?" ”

"The word is the ripples that accompanied Concubine Jing into the palace, and this girl is still calm. Today, on the birthday of the county lord of Jiaxing, the emperor came to the Wenhua Hall and had a secret conversation with His Royal Highness the Taisun in the East Garden for half an hour before dinner. The news came from Taisun's side, so there should be no mistake. ”

Zhang Fu sighed and asked, "Uncle Zhang, you are well-informed, and you have lived in Beijing for a long time, can you see the intention of the grandson?" As a royal family, what is the purpose of promoting this matter so actively? ”

Uncle Zhang, who was standing at the bottom, still looked like water, unfazed. "The old man has lived for almost seventy, but he has never seen a person like Taisun, which is really hard to evaluate. This person is young and sharp, enjoys the favor of the emperor, and acts in a different way, and there is never a trace to follow. Xie Jin, Hu Guang can be called a rare talent in the world, and Young Master Yao is a pedantic celestial, but these three people can't say anything about this disciple who doesn't worship Confucianism and doesn't like Buddha. ”

Of course, Zhang Fu is no stranger to the grandson, and if he is negligent about this almost certain heir to the empire, it will be a joke. Although the Zhang family is rich and glorious, but that is only in the past, if the Zhang family wants the era to prosper, the relationship with the emperor has always been the most important link for the Zhang family.

After listening to Uncle Zhang's words, he pondered for a while and said: "Enjoy the emperor's favor, but not arrogant, sharp, but not arrogant, three famous teachers teach, but do not blindly follow, obviously there are hills and valleys in the chest." ”

Zhang Bo nodded and said: "At the age of sixteen, he personally beheaded the deserter, and at the age of seventeen, he went into battle to behead the enemy at the head of forty-three." The young army is not like a soldier, more like a miscellaneous child, the northern expedition found a huge copper mountain, now the boiling globe, research institute, machine tools, waterwheels, including his contribution of five million taels of silver, and the establishment of a research institute, but also in the Ministry of Industry when the ministers meet, to agriculture, literature, science, geography, astronomy, medicine, the seven categories of the review of the so-called patent rights have not yet been implemented, but directly enveloped the hearts of the world's craftsmen. Although the so-called law on the protection of personal legal assets seems to be difficult to implement, it has won the hearts of most of the poor people in the world. This grandson has been walking the road that no one has ever walked before. And all his actions seem to have only one purpose, and that is to win people's hearts. ”

Zhang Fu said at this time: "I thought that Taisun's move was more like carrying out a reform of the Ming Dynasty and directly digging out the foundation of Confucianism." ”

Zhang Bo smiled: "I thought so before, but Taisun has no aversion to Confucianism, and now he has prepared a clear path for Confucianism in advance." Since Taisun prefers miscellaneous studies, whether it is agriculture, science, geology, astronomy, medicine, or gewu, it is still more advantageous for Confucian people to learn. As long as Confucian students can put their minds down, then Confucianism can also seize positions in other disciplines. Taisun built a research institute in his own farm, although he was only transferred from the Ministry of Industry, but recently, there have been countless Confucian students who have gone to the door and want to enter the research institute set up by Taisun! ”

Zhang Fuda asked with interest: "What does this research institute do for a living?" ”

Before Uncle Zhang could speak, he heard a rush of footsteps outside, and immediately looked out the door.

I saw that Zhang Xuan, the third master who was in charge of the affairs of Jinyi Wei, ran in quickly, and when he saw Zhang Fu, he said loudly: "Big brother, great news, Your Majesty actually awarded the lifelong Viscount of Wu'an to Kong Cheng, a five-grade member of the Ministry of Works, this is a mess of the imperial court!" ”

In the Ming Dynasty, there were Wenxun, Wuxun, and Guijue.

Wenxun has ten ranks and forty-two scattered ranks. Anyone who enters the officialdom and becomes an official of the imperial court can obtain a loose rank according to the grade, and the name of the loose rank is associated with the grade. Above the fifth rank is awarded in the form of an edict, and below the sixth rank is awarded in the form of an edict, but there is no money.

Wu Xun and Gui Jue have Yu Lu. And this knight is not directly allocated by the imperial court, but extracted from the joint feudal land, that is, the fief, therefore, there is often a place name as a title before the title, and all officials who are knighted can collect taxes from the place every year as a knight.

In the late Ming Dynasty, because the viscount and baron were too low and not valued, they were later abolished, but they are still retained.

Conferring the knighthood to Wenchen was definitely a decision to subvert the decree, and even Zhang Fu took a long time before asking, "Why was the knighthood conferred?" ”

Zhang Xuan took a breath, and then said: "Today afternoon, Your Majesty summoned more than half of the ministers of civil and military affairs to inspect the cave opened by the grandson in Fangshan. ”

"What is cement?"

"It is rumored that the grandson studied Qin Zhidao from the book of Qin, and occasionally gained something. Burn the stone with fire, grind it into powder, then add water, add sand and dry, you can get a material that is harder than hard stone. It can be used to build roads, build cities, repair river embankments, and build houses. ”

Although Zhang Fu was a little curious about the function of cement, he was thinking more about why the emperor broke the barrier of Wenchen's knighthood this time.

Could it be that the emperor is preparing to divide the civil servants?

In the Ming Dynasty, the literature did not participate in the martial arts, and the martial arts did not care about the literature, which was the rule set by Taizu. That is to say, civilian officials cannot manage the military, and military generals cannot talk about government affairs.

The two are opposite, only Xungui is separated, although there is a side with the civil and military, but it has no effect at all.

Different from the previous dynasties, the Ming Dynasty's duke, marquis, earl and other titles only had titles and food titles, and there were no fiefdoms. And relatives and other people who have been awarded for their grace only give coupons, which is one level lower than Wu Xun.

Now that the emperor has also pulled Wenchen to the noble class, does he want to increase the power of the nobles and relatives and balance the civil and military?

He thought for a while and asked: "After I came back, I learned that Saihazhi, who was originally forced to Beiping by Ji Gang, had returned to Jingshi, and now he has basically mastered Jinyiwei?" ”

Although Zhang Xuan is the commander of Jinyiwei and is the deputy of Jinyiwei in name, his position is a reward for him, and he is given a position of receiving money.

In Jinyiwei, he can't meddle in specific affairs casually. Usually I can't see it, but when something happens, he can't even command a thousand households in a system, and no one will listen to him.

Zhang Xuan nodded and said: "This matter is very strange, Ji Gang is arrogant and narrow-minded, but this year has been the same as before. Now he basically doesn't care about Jinyiwei's yamen affairs, but he has pulled a large number of people alone, and he doesn't know what he is doing. ”

The husband shook his head, his third brother has been clothed and fed since he was a child, and he can't stand suffering, but he is simple-minded, and he only knows how to eat, drink and have fun all day long, and he should not be of great use.

Although he is not an official subordinate of Jinyiwei, he has to go to Jinyiwei every ten years to report, sit on duty for a day, and supervise Jinyiwei's affairs.

And since he knew that Ji Gang had other plans, he didn't know what Ji Gang was doing for more than a year, which was really stupid.

Uncle Zhang said: "Since last year, Ji Gang's behavior has become even more gloomy. Jinyiwei investigated the merchants of Daming Maritime Trade for more than half a year last year, but in the end there was no action, but there were at least thousands of Jinyi Guards, who were arranged to leave Daming, and there was no trace. ”

Zhang Fu thought for a while, "Do you know where these people are?" ”

Zhang Bo shook his head and said: "However, Jin Yiwei is now united with the internal supervisor to hoard goods in Ningbo, and this matter should be related to the grandson." Yu Xian, the current envoy of Ningbo City, was the personal eunuch of the grandson before, so I guess that Jinyi Wei ...... No, Ji Gang, it should be that he took refuge in his grandson. ”

Zhang Fu sighed in surprise: "How could Your Majesty allow this to happen!" ”

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