Chapter 123: Stewardship by Order

When Zhang Hui rode back with his entourage, he saw that the entire Qingshui Hutong was already full of strong men like nails, and he was suddenly shocked. He himself is the commander of the Divine Guard, and he used to drive with him often, so of course he knows that this must be the Son of Heaven's Guard. As soon as he thought that when he went out to visit his old relationship, the emperor actually came to visit the sick in a small service, and he immediately regretted his intestines, and hurriedly dismounted and hurriedly ran inside.

However, since he was there in person, he could not enter the door casually as he used to, and the search inside and outside was carried out several times. When he hurried to the inner courtyard, what he saw was the scene of Jinyiwei being executed with a cane. Seeing his son wailing and moaning under the big stick, at that moment, he only felt his brain explode.

Immediately after, Zhang Hui saw Zhu Di standing on the steps clearly. Swept away by that knife-like gaze, he almost felt that all his wishful thinking had been seen through at a glance, and his heart was even more uneasy. It was clearly the hottest day, but he felt chills on his back and shivering under his feet. It was easy to suppress the urge to tremble in his legs and stomach, and he walked forward quickly and kowtowed to the ground, but he didn't notice Zhu Zhanji, let alone Zhang Yue next to Zhu Zhanji.

"The minister didn't know that the emperor was coming, so he delayed until now to rush back, and asked the emperor to forgive him."

"Forgiveness?" The corners of Zhu Di's mouth raised slightly, and he said with a sneering face, "When you said to the prince that you came to Beijing to visit the British prince, but after you arrived in Beijing, you spent much more time running out all day than staying at home!" I don't understand, you don't care about your seriously ill brother, the son you raised can't teach, you have time to socialize with those martial ministers! It is said that I will cut shares and serve relatives, and I also wonder if the brothers and nephews of the British Duke have this filial piety, who knows that you don't even have the heart to show others! ”

Zhang Hui could already hear cold sweat on his head and back, and Zhang Bin's moaning sound behind him kept coming. He became more and more frightened, but all he could do was to kowtow without a crown and plead guilty again and again, but he didn't know what his son had done wrong, and he would actually make the emperor so angry that he would be punished with a rod, and it seemed that there were definitely more than ten rods and twenty rods.

At this time, Zhu Di's words became more and more harsh: "Since you have no intention of taking care of your eldest brother, then you don't have to stay in Beijing and wander around, go back to Nanjing to be your commander of the Divine Guard!" I have taught your son a lesson today. If you are still so ignorant, I will have to teach you a good lesson for your dead father! This is the British Mansion that I gave to the British Duke, not a place for such heartless animals to prostitute themselves during the day, and I will take your son with you later! ”

Zhu Zhanji has seen Zhu Di get angry countless times, and he is used to it, but Zhang Yue has seen such a scene for the first time. Seeing that Zhang Hui, who had always been arrogant, only kowtowed and agreed, his forehead was bruised, and Zhang Bin was beaten to death. Rao is that he hated the father and son deeply, and the anger that had been held for a long time gradually disappeared.

After forty canes, Zhang Bin fainted again, and the small clothes under him were already bright red. Zhang Hui's youngest son is still in infancy, and the most favored is this eldest son. Now it was heartbreaking to see him like this, but the harsh reprimand just now had already made him tremble, and he didn't dare to say more at this moment, so he had to tremble and step forward to thank him. After that, he didn't dare to raise his head, so he ordered his followers to help his son out. From beginning to end, he didn't see Zhang Yue behind Zhu Zhanji at all.

When Zhang Hui took Zhang Bin away, Zhang Yuefang found that although Zhang Bin had been beaten with forty rods just now, there was no blood on the ground, only a few mottled spots were faintly visible on the red lacquered wooden stick of the brocade guard, and he was secretly shocked by this neat method.

But. Zhu Di said that he expected that the father and son would want to save face, but they were afraid that they would take a boat back to Nanjing in the starry night.

"Zhang Yue!"

Hearing this voice, Zhang Yue's heart sank, and he hurriedly stepped forward and bowed down: "What does the emperor command?" ”

"I sent Zhang Hui and Zhang Bin. There is only one relative left in front of the British princess. You have to take care of it. Zhu Di frowned at this time, and commanded undoubtedly. Your letter to the Duchess of England is good, and you will do the same. I will move the capital to Beijing in the future, and this mansion will be the British Mansion in the future, and now that there is no owner, you can take care of it. If there are not enough people, I will give a few more slaves and maids, and if there are people up and down who do not obey orders, you will punish and send them away. In short, I hope to see the British Duke recover as soon as possible, and I hope to see a stable British Mansion! ”

Zhang Yue expected this earlier, and immediately agreed at this time: "The student obeys the order!" ”

Zhu Di nodded slightly, and then muttered: "As for the heir ...... the country?"

"Grandpa Huang, Zhang Yue just mentioned that British justice is in its prime, so there is no need to worry about this heir." Zhu Zhanji stepped forward at this time and said with a smile, "Didn't the imperial grandfather also say that the British public fortune is a great fortune, how can this minor illness get this generation of famous generals?" King Wen can still have children in his eighties, and his grandson thinks that as long as the British Duke survives this hurdle, he is afraid that he will not have an heir? ”

Zhu Di turned his head in surprise to glance at Zhu Zhanji, and then at Zhang Yue, and a happy smile appeared on his face, neither the anger that he had just gotten angry about, nor the snarky words that followed, so he didn't talk about it at the moment. Seeing that it was not early, he made an exception this time, and ordered Zhang Yue to return to the palace after two sentences.

Zhang Yue naturally delivered it to the door in person. The last time he was in front of Yang Shiqi's house, because Zhu Di strictly ordered him not to send him off, he naturally didn't see the car of the Tianzi Weifu patrolling. At this time, he found that there was no luxurious car outside, and Zhu Di, as the emperor, turned over on an unusually magical white horse, and Zhu Zhanji also got on the horse by himself, and he didn't need a guard to step on his feet at all. The accompanying guards were also well-trained to divide into four fronts, fronts, fronts, and lefts, and they gathered around the two and went away at a gallop.

Rong Shan stood next to him and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "It's been so many years, and the emperor is still martial arts, which is the blessing of my Ming Dynasty!" ”

Zhang Yue nodded yes, but thought in his heart, after Zhu Di became the emperor, he had two northern expeditions, and there would be a third time in the future, at least in terms of martial arts, this can be called a hero among the emperors, how could he expect that the Ming Dynasty in later generations would be seized by the small Jurchen? He couldn't help but look back at the depths of the courtyard and sighed deeply - although he drove those two away, he really didn't know whether the British Gong Zhang Fu could survive this hurdle.

Although the Yellow River was still flooded in the summer of that year, the Kaifeng area was not flooded again, and there were many fewer displaced people in the city. Because the triennial township test was held in Kaifeng, the inns of Kaifeng City were crowded with talents from all over Henan. Speaking of the new Henan Xuezheng is a well-known Xiao Shen bachelor, several talents who are good at regular script are all happy.

"Xiao Shen's calligraphy is elegant, and his name is moving, this is compared to the sense of hidden cash stones, he is the main examiner of this subject, Brother Liu is blessed, your handwriting has been practiced hard for more than ten years, and it can be called an iron hook and silver stroke!"

"Where is it, this township test is naturally an article, how can I compare to Brother Bi?"

"Speaking of which, Xiao Shen will be sent to be the Henan Xuezheng, I really can't imagine it!"

"In the future, we will raise the ground in Henan in this township test and say that he is the protégé of Xiao Shen, and there is light on his face!"

Hearing these voices of triumph or pretending to be humble or overjoyed, the two young men at the table on the railing all had gloomy faces. The older man snorted coldly at this time and muttered: "The third brother also said that he would come back to participate in the township examination, but now he went to Beijing, which actually delayed this subject!" I really don't understand, the uncle in the hall doesn't have a younger brother and a nephew, how can it be the third brother! ”

"The second brother, the third brother can't help it, after all, the hall uncle fell ill suddenly. He has helped our family so much, we can't be ungrateful, can we? The young one looked at the bustling scene on the street outside, and couldn't help but think of those days in Nanjing, and then changed the topic with a smile, "I heard that the eldest aunt and eldest sister brought a letter, saying that they had taken care of the family affairs for the eldest brother and the second brother, and when you got married, the third brother must be back!" ”

These brothers are Zhang Qi and Zhang Zhen. Today, the new prefect of Kaifeng arrived, and the two went to Daohe on the order of their grandmother Gu and gave a gift that was not light or heavy, but they were kept talking for a while. When they came out and saw that it was still early, the two of them found a teahouse to sit casually, and seeing that a group of scholars were discussing this township exam, Zhang Qi naturally remembered Zhang Yue. At this time, as soon as Zhang Zhen mentioned the marriage, Zhang Qi suddenly frowned, and he remembered his unlucky big brother coldly.

"If it weren't for the Jin family's treachery, the eldest brother would have been married a long time ago!"

Speaking of this, Zhang Zhen was a little sneering. First, this matter is because his father Zhang Xin was escorted away by Jinyiwei, and secondly, Feng Ningnai, the housewife of the Jin family, is his aunt. For the Jin family to withdraw from the marriage, he saw that his mother was angry with his grandmother, and it was only now that he got better, so he naturally hated the Jin family even more in his heart, and even his two cousins were annoyed.

Zhang Qi is not good at observing words and feelings, and at this time he suddenly remembered another thing, and asked in a low voice: "By the way, Xiaosi, do you remember the tone of your grandmother that day, which seemed to say that she was going to move out of Kaifeng and live in Beijing?" ”

Zhang Zhen raised his eyebrows and groaned for a moment like a little adult, and then said thoughtfully: "I heard the old housekeeper mention that grandmother seems to have this plan. ”

"It's not seeming, it's definitely. Kaifeng is on the edge of the Yellow River, although the water conservancy is convenient, but the Henan area is poor after all. Although our Zhang family has been rooted here for a hundred years, there have been more and more floods over the years, and since my father and second uncle are both officials, the third uncle may be able to be admitted to the Jinshi this time, so it is also appropriate to move the family to Beijing before moving the capital. However, after all, Kaifeng is where the ancestral hall is located, even if it is moved, it will come back to worship the ancestors in the future. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Qi's face suddenly showed a trace of excitement that could not be concealed. The eldest brother has already made contributions on the battlefield, but he is still staying at home, how can he continue like this? He learned such a good martial art, but it wasn't for the sake of enjoying himself at home!