Chapter 694: Finally Reversed! Verbal swords

King Han is reversed!

Whether it is for the court or the people, such a news immediately calmed down after it caused an uproar at the beginning. This is not very shocking news, since the crown prince was canonized during the Yongle period, the Han King Zhu Gaoxu has never broken the meaning of jumping up and down to seize the position of the prince, even if he was demoted to Le'an in the end, he still made some trouble from time to time, reminding the world that there is still such a person who is eyeing the throne. However, for many courtiers, after learning about this, they were naturally shocked and angry, and then worried and sleepless all night, but also a little relieved.

Everyone in the world knows that this master is going to rebel, but now he is finally reversed, and he always has that thought! Besides, the British Duke personally tied the blue and offered it to the royal court, which undoubtedly showed the position of the nobles, and they could finally feel a little more at ease.

Zhu Gaoxu, the king of the Han Dynasty, was brave in the past and championed the three armies, but no matter how brave he was, he was one person, even if he added the Tiance guards and the Shandong Qingzhuang who were collected, he had already set up five armies like Zhu Di at the beginning, and there was still nothing to be afraid of. I'm afraid that I'm afraid that the nobles in charge of the Manchu Dynasty and the King of Han will be connected together, and at that time, all the Jingwei and Jingying camps will defect, which is the most worrying situation. At present, this hidden worry naturally does not exist, in addition to Zhang Fu tied up a piece of green and sent it to the emperor, Liu Sheng, the Marquis of Anyuan, also asked for war with a clear banner, these are two first-class brave generals.

Although he was almost in danger on the way back, after Zhu Zhanji ascended the throne, he still followed his father's old practice to reward the Han and Zhao feudatories - after all, the Son of Heaven can't let people grasp the slightest handle. Not only that, when the king of Han wrote a book to talk about state affairs, he also deliberately sent ministers to the court to choose those who could implement it, which can be said to have given face to this unruly and ambitious uncle. Now that he heard that Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han, had rebelled, he didn't say anything on his face, and he was really relieved in his heart, and immediately ordered the ministers to discuss it.

Since this matter not only involved the great rebellion, but also important aspects such as military affairs and the affairs of the vassal king, there were seventy or eighty people present at the court meeting this time. Except for civilian officers above the fourth rank, almost none of the nobles and top military attachés of the Governor's Office of the Fifth Army were left behind. However, Zhang Fu, who had only made an unexpected move the night before, was silent and dumb at this time, and the others were even more difficult to speak, only a few nobles such as Ningyang Hou Chen Mao could barely open their mouths. But most of the time, only the voices of civil servants can be heard.

"After the Han King raised his army, he seized all the livestock and horses in neighboring states and counties, and echoed with the neighboring guards, so it seems that not to mention Qingzhou Mansion, even Jinan Mansion is difficult to protect! The top priority is to send the generals out immediately, and we must not let them become bigger! ”

"Jinan Mansion? The king of Han is ambitious since the Yongle years, always in Nanjing refused to move the nest, the country of Yunnan did not go, Qingzhou was also reluctant, and finally Emperor Taizong was furious, so he had to go to Le'an, if he raised troops, it is very likely that he would wave his troops south to Nanjing, and seek the power of a war in the south! Therefore, it is the top priority to strengthen the garrison of Nanjing! ”

"The guards along the coast of Shandong often fought with the guards, and they were no more lightly armed than those in the interior. If the King of Han is allowed to get those elite soldiers, it will be a matter of time before Shandong Tong Province falls. Now it is time to send elite soldiers and strong generals to appease Xiaoyu as soon as possible, so as not to bewitch the officers and soldiers, and the situation will be out of control at that time! ”

At this time, the people who were in dispute were Li Qing, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Lu Zhen, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Wu Zhong, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry. The three of them are all old ministers who are over the age of sixties, but now they are full of energy, and there is a faint posture of no one else. Zhang Yue, who was standing in the two deputy capitals of the Imperial Palace, listened to the quarrel for most of the hour, his ears were a little buzzing, and seeing that Yang Shiqi and the other ministers did not speak, he couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart.

Now it is no longer the time when the ministers of the Yongle Dynasty pre-aircraft but have no grade. Among the ministers, Yang Shiqi hung the title of secretary and young master of the military department, from the first grade; Huang Huai is the title of the household department and the title of Shaobao, from the first product; Yang Rong is the title of the Ministry of Industry and the young master of the prince, and he is the second product; Jin Youzi is the title of the Ministry of Rites and the crown prince Shaobao, and he is the second product; Du Zhen is the title of the criminal department and the prince Shaobao, and he is the second product. In terms of grade favor, the five people have been completely on par with the six Shangshu, and they don't speak, Jian Yi Xia Yuanji, who is the head of the Wenchen with seniority, is obviously still considering, and the nobles have also collectively become dumb, what are these three people fighting for?

Xu was aware of the silence of others, and the three Shangshu gradually stopped arguing and quickly returned to their original ranks. At this time, Jian Yifang, who was appointed to preside over the court meeting with Zhang Fu, discussed with Zhang Fu in a low voice, and then coughed lightly: "The opinion of Li Shangshu, Lu Shangshu, and Wu Shangshu is that the King of Han may attack Jinan Mansion, or Nanjing, and get involved in the coastal guards, and send troops to fight. The matter is very high, so please write your intentions on a piece of paper and have the two Si Naorou sort it out. ”

At first, they had already argued, and then Lu Zhen and the three of them listed several possibilities, and the rest of them looked at me, so they decided to say a few words less, and they each buried their heads in hard work and wrote. Because it was the first time to participate in such an occasion, Zhang Yue originally planned to remain silent, but since Jian Yi said so, he couldn't just write a secondment on a piece of paper. Thinking that Zhu Zhanji must have sent someone to Liujiagang after returning to Beijing, he knew that even if Zhu Gaochu really sent people to the Shandong coastal area to prepare for the Japanese guards, there would not be many people to bring, and Zhu Gaochu would not live long, so he groaned and only wrote a few words on the paper.

Two quarters of an hour later, Jian Yi ordered someone to compile all the notes - in this short period of time, most of the people were long stories short, and many of the Wuchen's side handed over blank papers except for a few such as Zhang Fu. Jian Yi is the head of the civil officials since the Yongle Dynasty, and he is used to seeing this, so he doesn't think it's wrong, and it took more than half an hour to sort things out with the two Si Zhilang.

As a result, most people thought that Zhu Gaoxu would attack Jinan and occupy the entire territory of Shandong; A small number of people believe that Zhu Gaoxu will gather all his forces to capture Nanjing in one fell swoop, because it is the capital of Jinling and can get the name of righteousness. After finishing speaking, he discussed two more sentences with Zhang Fu, and immediately decided to enter the Qianqing Palace to seek revenge.

It was said that Jianyi Zhang Fu presided over the court meeting, but there were also Xia Yuanji, Yang Shiqi and other cabinet ministers and the other four governors of the five prefectures who went to the Qianqing Palace. As soon as these big guys left, the others naturally dispersed. Zhang Yue, who was full of doubts, was walking out, but was stopped by someone. Recognizing that it was Liu Zhong, the former commander of the Shandong Metropolitan Command, he couldn't help laughing: "Liu Shuai has been wandering around for such a while, and now he has finally entered the Governor's Mansion?" ”

"What's the end, I'd rather eat sand outside Kaiping than live in the capital." Liu Zhong muttered angrily, and smiled at Zhang Yuehehe, "What else is your name Liu Shuai, now that you have a good future, if you want to stammer, I should call you Zhang Da Yes!" By the way, you look preoccupied, what did you write on the note just now? ”

If it was someone else who asked, Zhang Yue would be vague as a matter of course, but Liu Zhong helped him in Shandong at the beginning, and he was also a person who knew Liao Ruo's situation in Shandong, so it was inconvenient for him to hide it, so he simply said honestly: "I wrote above, the king of Han is very inward, and the publicity is just to make the Quartet think that he is the master, so they came to vote, but in fact, he is not so capable." Emperor Taizong fought against the Meng Yuan in the north for many years and rarely stopped fighting, but the King of Han had not really been on the battlefield for more than 20 years. If it really starts, he will never be able to use the skills of the three armies at the beginning, so he will not attack easily, I am afraid that he will wait until the imperial court takes a step, and he will follow the next step. ”

"Huh?"

Liu Zhong glanced at Zhang Yue strangely, and then dragged him out. At this time, everyone else was almost gone, and only he and Zhang Yue were left in the huge road, and only then did he speak: "Now many people in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies are speculating who led the troops to the conquest, and secretly regard it as a fatal errand, you dare to say it!" But I've been in Shandong for so many years, but I'm thinking about the same as you, I haven't fought for more than 20 years, and I'm an iron man, and I'm useless! ”

"That's what Liu Shuai also wrote?"

"How can I have the courage of you, but everyone Yiyun said that the King of Han probably wanted to occupy Shandong, and used this as a basis to seize the artifact of Sheji." Liu Zhong replied angrily, and then understood the reason why Zhang Yue asked like this, and he also felt inexplicable in his heart, "Since Jian Shangshu didn't say anything just now, most of them thought that your Tiao Chen was too bold, so he deducted it." cough, don't care so much, just look at the appearance of the three Shangshu today, you can know that there are too many people who want to make this first contribution to this kind of thing! ”

Zhang Yue did not find it strange that civilian and military officials had completely different attitudes. And he knew that no matter whether he had his own suggestions or not, Zhu Zhanji, who had already planned for a long time, would not be fooled by Zhu Gaoxu, so he was not worried, and returned to the Metropolitan Procuratorate after separating from Liu Zhong. Because after Liu Guan left Beijing, Zhu Zhanji condemned the officials of the Taoist Department with the matter of the Suzhou prefect, and the upper and lower levels of the Metropolitan Procuratorate were even more shocked.

However, when the government was dispersed in the evening, Chen Wu, who had just been promoted to the imperial eunuch and changed his name to Wang Jin, hurried over with two little eunuchs. Because the Imperial Procuratorate was repeatedly applied for by the emperor, and the top and bottom were still in shock, Wang Jin's arrival naturally caused a commotion. Now the left and right deputy capitals in charge of the affairs of the yamen have been waiting for a long time before they learned that Wang Jin went straight to find Zhang Yue, and he was relieved but worried at the same time.

"Lord Xiao Zhang, our family came here by the emperor's order to ask you something." Wang Jin, who has now become the leading figure in the palace, has changed his name, and his tone is still as deferential as ever. He gently pressed a piece of paper on the table in front of Zhang Yue, and asked, "Is this your opinion during the previous court meeting?" ”

After just a glance, Zhang Yue knew that it was the piece of paper he wrote, so he nodded calmly: "Exactly." ”

As soon as Wang Jin heard this, he put the paper back: "Jian Shangshu said to the emperor, because you said that the king of Han will shrink in Le'an, this view is different from everyone else, he doesn't want you to be too conspicuous, so he never said it to people, just presented it to the emperor together, who knows that it coincides with the emperor." However, our family did not come to ask about this matter, but the emperor asked me to ask you, since you proposed the ban on opening the sea, you must be quite familiar with maritime affairs. How many days does it take to get from Liujiagang to Denglai? ”

"Because it is in Liujiagang, it will be delayed for a while, and most of the time it is not just waiting for the strong wind to travel, and the ship will arrive at Lingshanwei, about 15 to 20 days; As for going to Weihaiwei Denglai, at most five or six days. ”

"So the ship should be more than halfway through the voyage by now." Wang Jin let out a long sigh, and then talked about Zhu Zhanji's meeting of the civil and military ministers today, "At that time, there was a dispute between the emperor and the emperor, but Marquis Anyuan took the initiative to ask for help, but the emperor planned to send Marquis Ningyang." The Marquis of Ningyang had already rushed to Beijing to reorganize the army, but just now, because Bachelor Yang strongly advocated the emperor's personal expedition, Xia Shangshu tried his best to second, and even the British Duke and Bachelor Du also supported this proposal, and the emperor made up his mind that he would issue an edict about tomorrow to conquer in person, so the emperor asked our prophet to meet Xiao Zhang. ”

Hearing Wang Jin say this, Zhang Yue couldn't help but look at him in surprise. If you change to another eunuch, you must say that it is your own idea at this time, and you can try your best to sell your favor, where is like this Wang Jin who puts the emperor in front of him in everything, as if he has nothing to do with himself. It's just that, in contrast, he is naturally more willing to deal with such a eunuch, so he hurriedly thanked him.

"At this time, someone should have reported to Le'an that the Marquis of Ningyang had gone on an expedition, and when the new news was released in two days, they were surprised. Master Xiao Zhang also make preparations, the British Duke must follow, and you must definitely follow. Not only that, but even your two brothers may also be among the dispatches, after all, this is also a credit. ”

Zhang Yue himself didn't care much about this credit, but he couldn't help but appreciate the opportunity to Zhang Chao to get up from the sky, even if he didn't actually need it. Sure enough, as soon as he got home that night, a little servant came forward to report that Zhang Chao's Tongzhou Wei and Zhang Qi's Yulinwei were both on the deployment this time. So, he hurriedly went to the courtyard of the two of them first. After greeting each other, Zhang Qi was full of excitement and talked about being on the expedition this time, and his words were full of confidence.

"Second brother, don't take things so easy, the commanders of Tongzhou Wei are all panicking at the moment, and many officers are even explaining the aftermath to their families. King Han is not an ordinary person, and he should not be underestimated. ”

After teaching Zhang Qi a lesson, seeing that his younger brother was still unconvinced, Zhang Chao couldn't help but sigh and pulled Zhang Yue to the outside. After being silent for a long time, he said with difficulty: "Third brother, we don't know if it's a blessing or a curse when we go this time, so this family will be entrusted to you." With you there, we don't have anything to worry about...... Third brother, I only have one thing I want to ask you, she ...... Is she dead? ”

Originally, I thought that Zhang Chao's tone of entrusting the future was really tight, besides, who said that he Zhang Yue would not follow? When he finally stammered and spit out the last sentence, Zhang Yue only felt angry and funny: "When is it, are you still thinking about that Feng Ying?" I don't kill women, but I don't want to keep such a woman to harm you and your family, so I will send people wherever she comes from. She's in Dongfan right now, and I don't know if she's dead or alive. ”

Zhang Chao's face was blue and white when he heard this, and he sighed deeply. The woman was certainly suspicious, but he himself fell into it. The face that was exactly the same as the girl he dreamed of was the biggest knot in his life.