Chapter 893: Brother's High Hopes

Before people have recovered from the first heated debate in Hongbunkaku, the second Hongbunkaku sutra feast in the middle of the month begins, which is the third day after the day of Wang, so that the two monthly sutra feasts and the synodic day can be staggered. Although there are many stubborn scholars who are quite dissatisfied with turning the place of lectures into a place of debate, those scholars of the Hanlin Academy and the Chunfang who are usually proud of lecturing to the Son of Heaven are now on the other side.

No matter how well you do your studies, you can't compare to showing your ability on this kind of big rules and regulations that have been applied by the world, and maybe you can really make the Son of Heaven add up to his blue eyes and enter the cabinet in one fell swoop. I think that at the beginning, whether it was Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong and others, or Du Zhen, the reason why they were able to enter the cabinet, where was the real qualifications? It's the only chance to smooth out the hurdle of seniority, and no one wants to miss it.

These people strive to get ahead, and the bigwigs have to focus on such a system that will affect the emperor's political opinions. However, Zhang Yue did not participate in the second feast of Hongwen Pavilion, because he was very busy at the moment. This is still the three unresolved articles discussed last time, and it may not be known what new ideas can be discussed, so he sent two officers in the ministry to see the excitement, and the rest of the people were all left by him, and Xu Kuo, who had just been appointed as the right attendant of the military department through the court push, to discuss the matter in detail.

In addition to the affairs of the military department that need to be handled, how to reform the military household system step by step, how to integrate the military law into it, how to encroach on the interests of the nobles and hereditary officers as little as possible, and how to let the interests of these people be put elsewhere are all problems that need to be solved. In addition, how should the Ordnance Bureau and the Military War Bureau integrate the two ordnance supervision departments, and how should they persuade the Ministry of Industry and the internal officials to keep pace with their own side in these two departments. Also, Wan Shijie has just sent back an urgent official document from the Nuer Gandu Division, in addition to the routine report, he also said the return date, but more importantly, it is said that it is bitter cold over there, and the garrison weapons often have small-scale friction with the locals, and the wear and tear is serious, and I am afraid that I will have to change weapons again.

Nu'er Gandusi needs to change weapons because of the war, but what about the other guards in the world? Now that the peace has been going on for a long time, will the weapons in those deep warehouses be rusted and unusable like those things in the War Bureau?

Therefore, although the military department has filled in the manpower, and Zhang Yue has a hearty old man like Xu Kuo to share the pressure, he is still very busy, very busy, and the only thing to be thankful for is that the duty is also shared by others, and he sleeps in the yamen a lot less. On this day, during the day, he listened to the results of the heated debate on the side of Hongwen Pavilion, and learned that Hu Hu had finally made concessions on the issue of officials, and after returning home in the evening, he smiled and hugged his son in a circle, and when he arrived at Du Juan, he learned that there were several letters from Nanjing.

Although Du Juan and Amber helped dispose of the letters at home, and most of the replies were ghostwritten by Du Juan, Zhang Yue would still read the letter in person for any important person, and then dictate the general idea to Du Juan, and this time was no exception. Now that Du Juan is pregnant, it is inconvenient, and because of Zhang Yue's orders, she often calls Jingguan to her side, and watches people write while dictating. After a month, the little one's pen power has grown much better than before, and he has asked more questions after writing the letter.

At this time, Zhang Yue looked at Zhao Yan's letter, and suddenly asked without looking back: "Sister Juan, according to the time, when he wrote this letter, it should have been delivered before my letter, right?" ”

"It shouldn't have been delivered, and there are more than 1,000 miles from Nanjing to Beijing, not so fast." Du Juan saw that Zhang Yue was reading the letter, so he put down the nourishing soup in his hand that Sun repeatedly explained that he must eat, and asked, "I think Zhao Shangshu means that he should want to seek the position of Shangshu, and now the military department will not talk about it for the time being, but the candidate for the criminal department has not yet been decided. ”

In comparison, he is not as sharp as Li Qingshang. The emperor is no better than others, if he really wants to use people, he will never leave people in Nanjing for three or four years, and he would have been recalled to Beijing a long time ago, such as Hu Shangshu. If he received my letter, he should be able to calm this thought, you know, someone in the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate has just accused him of neglect. Jin Shangshu has been a veteran for many years, and he has to be gloomy because of this crime, let alone him? ”

"Then be vague when you reply to this letter. You just said last time, depending on the emperor's intentions, the criminal department may not immediately send people, the household department is complicated, and Huang Shangshu is old, so he may not necessarily be in charge of the ministry's affairs. Even you, the military department, don't have a book. ”

Although Du Juan didn't say anything further, Zhang Yue knew that this was really the case. In the more than 20 years of Yongle, there have been almost no major changes in the Shangshu Shilang of the six departments, and now seeing so many gaps, everyone is vying for the lead, Yang Shiqi persuaded rather lack than abuse, and the emperor looked at Guo Jin's trembling appearance, but I am afraid that it will not be easy to allow people.

"Let's do it." Zhang Yue nodded, and then added, "Zhao Shangshu is a little impatient, you still let Jingguan ghostwrite and mark the letter." Also, your body is not good, and you have to manage the poetry outside, so it is better to pick two more stable girls at home to teach, and let Amber share more these days. The housework is left to Jing Yatou and Autumn Scar, so as not to hurt the spirit. ”

The husband and wife had a deep tacit understanding, and after discussing these things, they went to rest as before. When he came back in the evening, it snowed heavily, and Zhu Zhanji had already decided to avoid rain and snow on the grounds of sympathy for the minister, so Zhang Yue thought that tomorrow Zhang Qi would leave to go to the Liaodong Metropolitan Division, and he asked for leave to give him a ride, so that he could get up late in the name of justice. When he closed his eyes, he thought that he could get a rare sleep, but when it was just over in the morning, the biological clock he had long been accustomed to automatically took effect, and he couldn't sleep anymore, and before Amber next to him could say anything, he heard a sudden cry.

"Is Si'er crying?"

Amber also hurriedly sat up, put on a dress, got out of bed, pulled his shoes and was about to go out, only to turn his head and look at Zhang Yue when he came to the door, and then smiled: "It's still young, naturally I love to cry, I'll just go and see." ”

"If you don't cry, bring the baby and I'll see."

This was naturally realized quickly, and it didn't take long for Zhang Yue to have an extra swaddling baby in his hand. He hugged his son and hugged his daughter, and he was naturally very familiar with this kind of child-coaxing behavior, and when he saw his little daughter grinning for a while, he smiled and couldn't help but lightly touch his fleshy lips. After playing around for a while, his tiredness rose instead, and he closed his eyes not long after Amber took the child away, and I don't know how long it took before he felt that someone was pushing him.

"Dad, if you don't leave, you won't be able to send the second uncle!"

Zhang Yue barely opened his eyes at this time, and then narrowed his eyes again, through the thick Korean paper, he felt that the sky was already bright, and it was Sansan standing next to the bed. Sitting up with support, he rubbed both temples vigorously again, and then he stretched, and then remembered how his daughter had broken in. asked with a straight face, he knew that he was sleeping to death, and the girl couldn't wake up no matter how she screamed.

As soon as he got up, someone soon came to serve and freshen up, and as soon as he went out, Zhang Yue not only saw the white expanse of the courtyard, but also saw that Jingguan was blinking at himself, and suddenly glared at his son angrily. All the way out, he learned that Zhang Qi had come to the house yesterday to say goodbye to his parents, so today the elders will not go to see each other, at this time Zhang Zhuo went out to do errands, Sun went to the English Park, early to say goodbye morning, Du Juan and let Amber wake up later, so he let him sleep well.

After breakfast, Zhang Yue put on clothes to avoid the snow and hurriedly went out. Now it's February, the theory has passed the winter, but the weather is suddenly cold, there are many rumors among the people that it is a cold spring, and all the children are afraid of dying the weather, and rarely go out on weekdays. Zhang Qi has said goodbye to his relatives and friends in the past few days, and he refused to send his nephews in his later life, so the people who went to send him today are all from the same generation. Zhang Yue originally wanted to take a car to avoid the wind, but Zhang Qi insisted on riding a horse, he couldn't resist the second brother, so he had to ride a horse with Zhang Zhen, and when the group arrived at Desheng Gate, they saw Tianci and a few entourages coming up.

Zhang Yue hurriedly rode his horse to meet him, and Zhang Qi asked first, "Why didn't you go to school?" Didn't I say to my aunt yesterday, you don't have to send it on such a cold day! ”

Tianci smiled and saluted a few cousins, and then explained: "Mother said, I am a younger brother, and the second brother went to such a far place this time, I can't even understand this truth." I asked my husband and school for leave yesterday about going to school, and Jingguan also knew about it, but he didn't tell you? ”

This bastard boy is quite good at helping to hide it!

Secretly scolded the bold boy in his heart, Zhang Yue looked at the dress of God again. Seeing that he was wrapped in a thick coat on top of his usual coat, he had knee pads and boots on his legs, and his figure looked strong, but he looked stronger than Zhang Zhen on the side, so he didn't say anything. Sure enough, just as he was thinking about this thought, Zhang Zhen sneezed vigorously, and then took the thin paper to wake up his nose one by one, and finally finished his busy work, and then smiled awkwardly at everyone.

Zhang Chao brought a total of more than a dozen people on this trip, and they were all strong and strong generals, and there was no other female dependent, and most of the mule carts were covered with warm clothes, etc., and the preparation was extremely simple. Sent to the post road a few miles outside Desheng Gate, Zhang Qi stopped the younger brothers who wanted to continue to send each other, because he smiled and said: "Let's stop here, my own brother, it's not that the farther you send it, the more you can show your affection." I've inquired about the situation in Liaodong, but it's colder, and the rest is nothing. By the way, third brother, what else do you have to command as the commander of the military department? ”

"What do you say, don't you want to be cold? Didn't you go to the military department to go through the customs and take office? Zhang Yue saw Zhang Qi jump off the horse to move his legs and feet, also jumped off the horse, and went to help Zhang Zhen dismount, which will be a gift from heaven to step forward, and said, "Now Liaodong is very calm, there were still Japanese robbers in the past, and now Japan is not in harmony with the north and the south, it stands to reason that they dare not come to offend, but it is difficult to ensure that some people are poor and crazy." It's just that after you arrive at the Liaodong Capital, you need to pay attention to the situation in the north. To the north of Liaodong, there are Duoyan Sanwei and Jurchen, although they are still obedient now, but they may not always be like this in the future. Also, you might as well go to Jinzhouwei to check it out. There is a sea side over there, and I don't know if I can dock a sea ship, but if I can, I can strengthen the sea transportation in the future, and I can also attract merchants to come over. When a canal is dredged, the banks of the canal are immediately rich, and the same is true if the sea is well managed. ”

Since Zhang Yue said this, Zhang Qi naturally kept it firmly in his heart, and made fun of Zhang Yue for thinking about those big things all the time, and he knew that he was squeezing his brother. He has always been a bold person, stood and said a few words, patted Zhang Zhen and Tianci and jumped on the horse, and finally waved his hand.

Seeing the group riding their horses and roaring away, Zhang Yue couldn't help but exhale, and a faint white mist suddenly filled the air. At this time, Zhang Zhen, who had just been frozen and stiff, finally came back to his senses, jumped twice and stomped a few times, and then came over: "Third brother, is it really so important over there in Jinzhouwei?" ”

"It's not that Jinzhouwei is important, but although the road to Liaodong is not far, if the rations and so on are transported by land, the transportation costs along the way are extremely considerable, so there are not many troops stationed in Liaodong. It's the slave Gandu Division, lonely in the northeast, saying that it is a fetter to the neighboring departments, but really speaking, how many soldiers are there? And most of them are still tuntian. ”

Zhang Zhen can still understand some of these words, but Tianci can only stare at them. He studied the Four Books and Five Classics in the school, and Liang Zhen learned the Historical Records and the Warring States Policy, and Zhang Fu at home also explained some art of war from time to time, but these truths were heard for the first time. And Zhang Yue saw that he was listening carefully next to him, so he simply pulled the person over.

"Therefore, the imperial court has always sent people to inspect the Nuer Gandu Division, and they all took sea ships from Tianjin. Tianjin was originally an important place of the Cao River, and if the sea is opened together, from the southeast to the northeast, this sea route will be opened. Sea ships can not only transport grain, but also all kinds of goods, so that all parts of Liaodong rely on sea supplies, even the Jurchen and Uliangha sides. I was thinking that I was used to using good things and enjoying blessings, and the ability to fight a war had to be gradually put aside. Of course, we also have to guard against the Jurchen ships and go to sea, so the Shenwei ship still has to be built for backup, which is all for later......"

As soon as he came out, Zhang Yue asked Zhang Zhen to prepare the carriage, and at this time, he didn't want to say this in the cold wind in the wind, so the three brothers turned back to the carriage. This carriage is an old object for many years, the pulp on the rosewood carriage is quiet, plus the outside of a series of three layers of felt cotton linoleum, and then brushed with a layer of tung oil, after putting down the thick curtain, the cold wind is all isolated. After warming his frozen hands with the hand stove, Zhang Yue raised his head again and looked at Zhang Zhen and Tianci.

"It's a time of peace and prosperity, and it's also a big turning point. If everything can be done safely, then it is not a luxury to be hungry-free for decades. One of you is in the prime of life, and one of you is already not small, so pay more attention and prepare a lot on weekdays. Especially God-given, the martial arts at a young age have been rewarded by the emperor, and I have enough ability in this regard, I know that you and your nephew have always been good friends, and the two of you have more experience and experience, and there will be times when you will do great things in the future. ”

Tianci only knew that his parents had taught, but what Zhang Yue said was right, so he nodded vigorously. returned to the city with the sound of the car, and seeing that Zhang Yue was about to jump out of the car, he suddenly shouted.

"Third Brother Yue, there is something I don't know whether to say or not...... Third Brother Zhang, I accidentally saw Fang Shanchang talking to someone yesterday, and later I learned that it was Fang Shanchang's eldest brother, saying that he would leave the day after tomorrow. ”