Chapter 200: The Price of Hope
The Ming Dynasty has been established for more than 50 years, and for the courtiers, it is easy for the three princes and three divisions to get the title, but it is difficult to get the title, and it is even more difficult to get the title of the world, and it is even more difficult to get a hereditary duke. However, all this Zhang Fu is not lacking, the top dukedom, the top saint, the top meritorious service, to say that the only regret is that he is over forty years old but still has no heirs. This time, Mrs. Wang gave birth to a daughter, and although he was happy in front of people, he couldn't help but sigh secretly.
However, seeing the appearance in the court now, he had to sigh that it was also a trouble to have too many sons, especially for the Son of Heaven. The crown prince is in Nanjing, the king of Zhao is in Beijing, and the king of Han is in Le'an, and the three princes of this mother are just like a triangle, nailed to the map of the Ming Dynasty. The prince who has always been cautious is just that, the king of Han sent a letter to the British government on the third day, and the king of Zhao often sent the princess to visit Mrs. Wang, so that the eyes of those civil officials were nailed to him all the time.
Since returning from the fourth expedition three years ago, he has not served in the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, but has only been called by the emperor from time to time to plan important military affairs. However, recently, this occasional call has become a daily call, and even Yang Rongjian and others can't accompany him for a long time, but he hasn't really planned anything big. In the evening of this day, he returned home again in a snowstorm, took off his half-wet cloak and sat cross-legged on the kang, and after a long sigh, he found that he could not use any strength from head to toe.
"Old!" "I'm not joking, sir. If you say old, what should you say about those scholars and scholars in the court? β
Xiyu commanded a few little girls to put a few dishes and bowls on the kang table, because of a smile: "It's a big snow outside, the old man has worked hard for a day, and he must have no appetite for riding back in the snow all the way, but he has to use some pads." This is the fried bean sprouts with leek and yellow that have just been harvested in the greenhouse, this is the shredded radish mixed with sesame oil, this is the cucumber that has been prepared in the sauce earlier, and the cornmeal dumplings and the spicy sauce I boiled myself, plus this steaming oil tea. It's all light and tasty. β
Zhang Fu originally didn't have any appetite at all, but when he saw that the kang table was full of vegetarian food, he couldn't help laughing: "You will be tempted, if you bring a table of fat duck sauce venison at this time." I'm afraid I don't even want to look at it. Give me a bowl of this oil tea, and I really don't have an appetite for the rest, so you can take it and see how Madame is doing. β
Xi Yu hurriedly took a bowl of oil tea from the soup can, and then added crushed loose seeds, kohlrabi cut into small pieces, mashed peanuts, pepper and salt, chopped green onions, and red oil, and then handed it to Zhang Fu. Seeing that she drank it one bite at a time, she explained, "Madame, I went to the small kitchen in the afternoon to see it, and arranged for dinner to be sent early." The lady is still sitting on the mattress, but she can't be so light as the master. That's right. At noon, a letter was delivered, and Steward Rong had already sent it to the master's study. β
"Believe in the letter, the most annoying thing right now is a letter!"
blurted out a complaint, Zhang Fu put down the bowl angrily, only to feel a faint pain in his head again. Seeing that Xiyu didn't dare to speak, he asked excitedly: "Where did this messenger come from, and did you have any words?" β
"It's a letter from Nanjing. I heard that Steward Rong said that it was sent by Yang Shiqi. β
Yang Shiqi? Zhang Fu was stunned at this time. He and Yang Shiqi couldn't fight together, not to mention that the current one was so cautious that he almost didn't reveal any flaws. Assisting the prince is conscientious, how could he think of writing to him. Aren't you afraid of being known by Jinyiwei? He frowned and pondered, but suddenly another girl's voice sounded outside.
"Master, someone outside asks to see him, saying that he is Lord Yang Rongyang, a Hanlin scholar."
If it is said that the letter from Yang Shiqi is already a strange talk, at this time Yang Rong came to the door, Zhang Fu felt even more uneasy. Even if Zhang Yue is a student of Du Zhen, he has never had a private relationship with Du Zhen, let alone Yang Shiqi Yang Rong as a cabinet minister. Yang Shiqi sent a letter, and Yang Rong visited in person, what are these two going to do?
However, since everyone has already found the door, Zhang Fu naturally can't turn people away. Although he really didn't want to move the nest, there was no reason to meet guests in the inner courtyard, so he could only ask Xiyu to find another half-worn dry cloak, put on tang clogs and brave the snow to go to the small flower hall in the front yard to meet guests. When he arrived at the ground, he took off his cloak and clogs under the porch, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw Yang Rong coming forward and bowing deeply, smiling and saluting.
In the past, Yang Rong had the most important demeanor, but at this moment, the cyan cloak was mostly wet with snow, but he didn't realize it at all. As soon as he sat down, he went straight to the point and said: "If it weren't for the last resort, I wouldn't have taken the liberty of visiting on a snowy night, because some things can't be delayed anymore." The British public day accompanies the car, and should know about Shandong. Now Shandong's prosecutors, deputy envoys, and servants have all been locked up and taken into Beijing, and the criminal names of Shandong Province are unexpectedly unattended. This is not counting, the Qingzhou prefect has not been decided for a long time, there are many natural disasters on this snowy day, and if it drags on any longer, I am afraid that there will be a big mess. β
In the past few days, although Zhang Fu has been driving every day, the emperor of the place where he has suffered from wind paralysis does not talk about state affairs with him, most of them are reminiscing about the years of Jin Ge Iron Horse in the past, and Zhang Yue only said that he was ordered to investigate the case when he wrote the letter, so he still just knew that the positions that the emperors had consulted him were still vacant. Although he was a military attachΓ©, he could also imagine the scene of the dragons in Qingzhou Mansion without a leader, and his face gradually changed.
"This matter is under the management of the Ministry of Officials, why did Master Yang come to me?"
"Jian Shangshu has selected three groups of people before and after, the first batch of emperors said that their qualifications were not enough, the second batch of emperors disliked too old, and the third group of emperors said that they were ...... Not on the right track! In short, the emperor seems to be quite disappointed with the civil officials in Shandong this time, and ......"
Speaking of which, Yang Rong no longer knows what to say. Today's emperor relied on the battle of Jingyan to take the country, and then Zhu Fang, filial piety, ten clans, Huang Zicheng, Qi Tai, etc., killed countless people, as a result, in the early years, those civil officials in addition to him and Yang Shiqi, Jianyi, Xia Yuanji, and so on. Almost all of them are either convicted or hidden, and there are very few people like Du Zhen who are willing to go out of the mountains in the end. Although several batches of imperial examinations have also taken a lot of civil officials, but often need to select officials from among the prisoners, and even promote the cloth clothes, at this time Shandong suddenly vacated so many high-grade official positions, the officials are already difficult enough, where can the emperor pick and choose?
Even if Yang Rong didn't pierce the layer of window paper, Zhang Yue understood it in his heart. Zhu Di has always been kind to Wuchen, even if it is a big crime, it is just a derogatory, and there are not a few who have reinstated it. But for civil officials, it is often a killing word. In addition, there are many literati who have Emperor Jianwen in their hearts, and they may not be talented if they are willing to be talented, and those who are talented may not be willing to be talented, which is actually a difficult problem.
Seeing that Zhang Fu's heart was moved. Yang Rong couldn't help but feel a little relieved. In normal times, as long as he tried his best, he could always convince Zhu Di, but now that Zhu Di is sick, he can't even see anyone, so he can only hit Zhang Fu with his idea. Although he had prepared for the worst in his heart. But I still hope that Zhang Fu can advise at this critical moment
"Master Yang, don't worry, I will definitely mention this matter tomorrow when I face the Holy Land."
Knowing that Zhang Fu was a man of his word, Yang Rong was relieved when he was on the board, and hurriedly stood up and took a deep look. That's done. But he knew that he would be suspected if he stayed more, so he hurriedly left immediately. And Zhang Fu personally sent people to the door of the flower hall, and after Ling Rongshan sent them to the gate on his behalf, he didn't even have time to put on his cloak, so he hurriedly came to the study.
After taking out Yang Shiqi's letter and reading it at a glance, Zhang Fu couldn't help but smile wryly. Humanity is that the cabinet often coincides, and now it seems to be true. This is Yang Shiqi, who is assisting the crown prince of the state in Nanjing City. In fact, he also wrote a letter for the sake of Shandong. The latter also asked about Zhang Yue's recent situation in this letter, obviously. The twists and turns sent to Nanjing would not care about an insignificant Anqiu Zhi County, so Yang Shiqi didn't know that Zhang Yue had already taken a hot potato.
As he was groaning, he couldn't help but see what was pressed under the paperweight next to him. When I looked away, I saw that there were still a few letters there. Thinking of his previous complaints in front of Xiyu, he had to sit down on the Taishi chair, helplessly opened the envelope and looked at it, and when he saw the familiar rough handwriting of Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han, his brows wrinkled into a big pimple.
Recommend the Shandong Inspectorate and the Qingzhou Prefect? Just kidding, if he wanted to recommend, he would have recommended his cousin Zhang Xin a long time ago, how could he wait until today! At the beginning, if Zhang Xin hadn't had a slightly closer relationship with Zhu Gaoxu, the king of the Han Dynasty, how could he have worked Jinyiwei in a small case of corruption by his subordinates? And he worked hard to find out from it, but Zhang Xin still couldn't help but belittle him?
He casually threw the letter into the charcoal brazier and burned it, and suddenly remembered that Zhang Chao and Zhang Qi's brothers had already entered the army, and they had a small future after steady and steady work, which was more secure than Zhang Yue outside, but he was a little helpless. With him, the prince of the country, in front of him, he really can't say what Zhang Yue's future will be. If that is his son......
Shaking his head, he drove this unrealistic idea out of his mind, picked up another letter, and was quite surprised to see that it was Zhang Zhuo's signature. When he opened it and looked at its contents, his face was cloudy. Because Zhang Zuo mentioned in the letter that he used a staff member from Hainan, and said that this person said that the family of Qi Guogongqiu lived very unsatisfactorily in Hainan in the past.
It's been almost ten years, and Zhang Fu thought he had completely forgotten about it, but he didn't expect that just an introduction could evoke so many memories. When the country was first decided, he was just a letter to Amber, and because of Qiu Fu Zhu Neng's persuasion, he was able to seal the new city marquis. However, Zhu Neng was ill and died in the army, Qiu Fu's northern expedition was defeated and killed, and now the heroes of Jingnan are the same as him, and only Zhu Yong, the duke of Chengguo, is left. He still remembers Zhu Di's unparalleled anger when the news of Qiu Fu's defeat came, and it was precisely because of this that when Zhu Di moved his anger to Qiu's family afterwards, he and other military ministers did not dare to advise.
Because Qiu Fu's defeat is a shame for all Fengtianjing's martial ministers! And in the end, it was the emperor himself who saved the shame of this defeat! The Qiu family was originally prosperous and wealthy because of a Qiu Fu, and the defeat of this Qiu Fu naturally implicated the clansmen, if he Zhang Fu made a mistake in the original recruitment, there would also be no name of Zhang Jiadi in the Ming family!
It's like Zhang Yue now, the price of everyone's expectations, I'm afraid he himself can't think of it for the time being.
PS: Writing here, I have some feelings. It has always been common to see a certain meritorious man of the feudal dynasty who suffered a defeat, and then took the title and asked for the guilt and even implicated the family, at first there was some sighing, but then I couldn't help but think that the so-called great crime of humiliating the country and land was not mentioned for the time being, because of the mistake of the commander and let countless soldiers lose their lives, and the general still can't bear this responsibility even if he dies. Although the sinful family members are the anger of the monarch, these family members have enjoyed the glory and wealth that others cannot achieve in the past, and it is understandable to bear the responsibility.
I can't help but think of when I read the Twelve Kingdoms, which mentioned that a monarch was unscrupulous and the people crusaded, and as the leader, Yuexi moved to anger Princess Sun Zhao to enjoy all the wealth but did not fulfill the responsibility of the princess. At first, I thought this kind of anger was a bit harsh, but now that I think about it, the word responsibility is really worth pondering.
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