Chapter 285: The Sacred Heart is Unfathomable?

Although most civil officials muttered a little about the emperor's repeated sending of lieutenant officials to the West to waste the national treasury, in the face of an emperor who grasped military and political affairs, most of them hid that trace of dissatisfaction in their hearts and did not dare to show it at all. Even Xia Yuanji, the head of the household department who was in charge of the imperial court's money bag, after calculating the huge expenses of the Western soldiers who were rewarded, could only sigh deeply, lamenting that the treasury of the Three Kingdoms would be empty again and again.

Knowing that Zheng He's fleet had arrived in Nanjing, Zhu Di immediately ordered him to go north, and after he arrived in Beijing, he summoned him in the Liangdian, but in the middle he withdrew all the eunuchs and palace people, and no one knew what this said to the monarch and ministers. Outsiders only knew that the emperor sympathized with Zheng He, who was adrift at sea, and gave him a brocade robe, a hundred ingots of treasure money and a Beijing city mansion, and allowed him to recuperate at home for several months without regard to internal officials and supervisors.

However, on this day, Zheng He, who should be recuperating at home, accompanied Zhu Di to appear in the imperial city where construction was being carried out. He is the old man of Yan Wangfu, seeing that the former Yan Wangfu has now turned into the Daming Palace, his heart is also quite agitated, and when he arrived at the edge of the Taiye Pool, he couldn't help but exclaim: "This seems to have been the West Pool of the Palace?" ”

"You remember!" Zhu Di was in a very good mood at this time, seeing the sparkling waves on the Taiye Pool, he was actually interested in taking a boat, because the accompanying little eunuch said with trepidation that the imperial boat was not yet ready, he waved his hand in annoyance, and then turned to Zheng He and said, "At the beginning, the two boys were playing by the pool, but they all fell into the water. They couldn't swim, so they were all there to plop around, and the people who were waiting for them just happened to chase them away, but you were only sixteen years old and you passed by, and immediately jumped into the water and rescued the two of them. Because you saved Gao Chi first and then Gao Xu, Gao Xue swallowed a few more mouthfuls of water, and then turned around and told me about your complaint, do you remember? ”

At least more than 20 years have passed, but of course Zheng He still remembers this old incident, and even remembers that he was rewarded, but the eunuchs and palace maids around Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaochu were killed by the rod. Now that Zhu Di mentioned it, he couldn't help but think of Zhu Gaoxu's fierce appearance afterwards. Although he has sailed at sea for many years, he has served in the Yanwang Mansion for many years and has stayed in the palace for a long time, so he keenly felt that this could not be easily continued, and he laughed after thinking about it quickly.

"The emperor's memory is really good, but the minister is not now, some things are very forgetful, if you didn't mention it, I almost forgot that there was such a thing in the past. In a flash, more than 20 years have passed, the emperor is rich all over the world, the prince is in good order, and the king of Han is also brave and powerful. Even when the ministers traveled far away on the sea, there were many places in the Western countries that praised the emperor's martial arts. ”

Zhu Di was conceited, and he couldn't help but be refreshed when he heard these words. However, when he thought of Zhu Gaoxu, who was arrogant but ambitious and talented, he couldn't help frowning. He did promise Zhu Gaochu the position of prince at the beginning, but there were too many things to consider after winning the world, and although Zhu Gaochi said that he was fat and big-eared, Zhu Zhanji was young and heroic, so the promise became empty talk. However, he has always connived at Zhu Gaochu and let it go in many things, that is, he cleaned up once the year before last, who knew that Zhu Gaochu was still restless when he put people in Shandong!

Could it be that Zhu Gaoxu is really preparing to learn from his original self?

After turning such a thought in his mind, Zhu Di immediately pressed it down - Zhu Gaochu is brave but unscrupulous, far from his own back then, besides, although everyone says that he has anti-intentions, he may not dare to rebel!

Zhu Di, who had stood for a quarter of an hour and had never moved his steps, turned around and called in a deep voice: "Zheng He, Zhang Qian, you all come forward, I have something to ask you." ”

Hearing this, Zheng and Zhang Qian hurriedly stepped forward a few steps. Facing Zhu Di's solemn face, even with the calm minds of the two, they couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive at this moment, not knowing what the emperor would order next.

"Although I am not old now, and there are countless fierce generals and soldiers under my command, the gathering of troops in Beijing is not very good after all, although the forbidden soldiers are elite, it is not convenient to call them on weekdays. I plan to let the Imperial Horse Superintendent select the young and strong officers and soldiers of the Tianxia Guard, plus the young and strong who fled back from Mengyuan, to train the soldiers and raise horses in the inner court. In this way, the official system of the inner court also needs to be redefined. The two of you have been adrift on the sea all the year round, unlike other lieutenants in the palace, who only know how to plot and plan, and you have ulterior motives in what you say and do, so this matter will be carefully considered by me. ”

The concept of the four grades of internal officials and the four grades of external officials is completely different, Zheng and Zhang Qian are one of the internal officials and eunuchs, and the other is the imperial eunuch, and the grade is even higher than that of Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong, Jin Youzi, and other Wenyuan Pavilion scholars, but they still need to salute the ministers when they meet. Today's eunuchs still follow the old system of the Hongwu Dynasty, and a few positions can make a large group of people do their best, if they don't have a solid foundation, I'm afraid they will also be involved. Now hearing Zhu Di say this, the two of them are even more shocked in addition to being excited.

In this way, the imperial horse eunuch who was originally ranked behind the celebrant supervisor, the internal official supervisor, the imperial eunuch, and the secretary was hot in a blink of an eye, not to mention the temptation of the re-establishment of the inner court official system.

"In addition, the Jinyi Guard is a hundred officials, with great power but no one to supervise it, and it is inevitable that there will be rebels like Ji Gang in the long run. I am going to set up the East Investigation Factory to investigate the Jinyi Guard and hundreds of officials, and the internal officials will be under the command, which is also included in the official system of the inner court. Now that several of the celebrants are old, old and mediocre occupy their positions, it is time for the young and vigorous to take over. Not long after you returned from the West, you had to worry a lot about it, and when you went to sea again the next day, I hoped that the inner court would be sober about it. ”

"The minister respectfully obeys the emperor's holy will."

Zheng and Zhang Qian were both awe-inspiring in their hearts, and hurriedly took two steps back and fell to the ground together. Seeing this situation, the accompanying eunuchs and forbidden soldiers not far away all understood that the emperor must have instructed these two henchmen and eunuchs to do anything, and they all had their own thoughts in their hearts. When Hu returned to the Liangdian from Zhu Di, Zhang Qian and Zheng He retreated, and parted ways without saying a word after going out.

Although he is a eunuch, like Zheng He, Zhang Qian also has a private residence outside the palace, but he spends most of his time in the palace and lives outside very little. He is not like Zheng He, who has a special purpose to take care of himself, and he left the Liang Palace and went straight to the imperial prison. As soon as he entered the door, he saw several eunuchs surrounding Lu Feng and flattering him, and immediately frowned.

Although Lu Feng said that he was triumphant, he still saw Zhang Qian for the first time, and hurriedly left the eunuchs to greet him, let Zhang Qian sit down on the kang in the middle, and hurriedly ordered someone to pour tea. After Zhang Qian picked up the teacup and took a sip, he smiled diligently: "This morning, Bachelor Xiao Yang and Bachelor Jin went to the Liangdian to see each other, and I heard that the emperor took Grandpa Zhang and Grandpa Zheng to the palace before leaving. Everyone said that there were a few bachelors in Wenyuan Pavilion outside, and those in the middle were just relying on their age, and if they really said that they were the most saintly favored by Gonggong Zhang and Gonggong Zheng. ”

Although Zhang Qian has always been cautious and has nothing to do with Zheng He, Lu Feng deliberately put him in front, and it was such a naked flattery, which he was still quite comfortable to listen to. Thinking that this apprentice was only thirty years old and had already risen to the fourth grade, and if he cultivated well in the future, it would be a big help for himself, his face suddenly pale, and he waved his hand and sent away the other eunuchs.

"The emperor is now preparing to redefine the official system of the inner court, you are still young now, there is an opportunity, don't put the smug energy of the spring breeze on your face, the emperor doesn't like frivolous people. By the way, can you heal from your injuries? After all, Lord Zhang saved you once, even if you are back, you should also go to the door to thank you. ”

When Lu Feng heard Zhang Qian's lesson, his heart couldn't help jumping. Carefully examine the past few days since he came back, he is not a little carried away, fortunately he has always been stingy, otherwise he will have to be lavish, this trouble is only afraid to be greater! So, he quickly nodded again and again, and his face showed a look of infinite gratitude.

"Master, don't worry, I remember everything you said. As for that scrape, it's been healed a long time ago, thank you for your concern. I naturally remember this life-saving grace, but Lord Xiao Zhang is a foreign official, if I come to the door specially to let others see it, not only will I find fault with me, but Lord Xiao Zhang will also recruit people to say, so I don't want to go, but I dare not go. ”

"If you want to go, you will go!" Zhang Qian gave an order without doubt, and when he saw Lu Feng stunned there, he lowered his voice and said, "You just came back, and the imperial front has not asked you to be on duty, there are some things you don't understand." All in all, even the emperor knows that he saved you once, what is there to avoid when you go to the door to thank you? If you think it's too eye-catching...... In more than half a month, it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the emperor will reward hundreds of officials as usual. In addition to Zhang You, the governor of the Left Army, Zhang Yue will definitely be given some things. You might as well wait, and I will probably send you to Zhang's Mansion at that time. ”

Although he knew that the Zhang family's honor was not trivial, Lu Feng couldn't help but be taken aback when he heard Zhang Qian's assertion. After settling down, seeing Zhang Qian sitting there eating tea calmly, he couldn't help but think of some of the news he had heard in the past few days when he came back, and immediately bent down and asked in a low voice: "Master, there is something I really don't understand. The emperor treats the lord of Chen Liujun almost like a princess, but the Zongren Mansion has drawn up a list of honor guests three times in a row and has been refuted by the emperor, could it be that the emperor has already seen the person? I heard that Lord Zhang's marriage is undecided......"

Hearing this, Zhang Qian almost choked on the tea he swallowed, put down the teacup and glanced at Lu Feng, he sneered, but sent Lu Feng out without saying a word. When the room was empty and he was alone, he remembered a word written by Zhu Di when he was on a northern tour in the early years of Yongle. Although the painting had been burned a long time ago, he remembered it clearly.

Northern Yuan, vassal king, Cao Yun!

No matter how much you pamper her, Lord Chen Liujun is the daughter of King Zhou after all. Although King Zhou is the brother of Zhu Di's mother, he has been extremely deferential since the early years of Yongle, but after all, he still has more than 9,000 guards in his hands. In addition to King Zhao of Han in the world today, there is still only one royal clan guarding the pro-army, and there is only one King Zhou, which naturally attracts suspicion, and the emperor may not be at ease. Those officials of the Zongren Mansion only did their best to choose the guests of honor for the lord of Chen Liujun, isn't this stupid?