Chapter 607: Shadow Longing, Thousands of Promises

Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of the fifth month of May.

Early in the morning after the court meeting, as usual is to give the civil and military banquet, at the same time more fan and colorful silk threads, if it is close to the minister or noble, then there are often other gifts, each to the grade of the first, but generally on the calamus and color silk only. And in order to drive away poison and avoid evil, from the minister to the inner family have changed into the five poisons Ai Hu tonic clothes, whether it is a house or a yamen, calamus and pots are placed on both sides of the door, and realgar wine and calamus wine have naturally become a must-have for every household outside the zongzi.

Although the Dragon Boat Festival is not a holiday for court officials, if there is no urgent business on this day, you can also take a rest. The Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies was dismissed early in the afternoon for a holiday, and almost all of them left the yamen from the governor in charge to the secretary in charge of the lower heads, and only a few scribes were on duty. Even so, it's just for show, unless it's a Tatar invasion in the north, an invasion of the Japanese in the east, or something going on in Jiaolu, if there is really a business, it's all the work of the military department, and they don't have to worry about it at all.

None of these three situations have yet to be seen, so compared with the Ministry of Households, which is busy with disaster relief, the Ministry of Officials, who are busy remembering merits, and the Ministry of Rites, which is busy sending people to send envoys from various countries back...... The Yamen of the Ministry of War is still a little idle now. Only a few people knew that one of the emperor's eyes was still staring at the outside of the Saiwai, but the Son of Heaven did not continue to talk about the two words of the Northern Expedition, and they could always breathe a sigh of relief. As for the victory in Jiaoluan, it is even more reassuring, and I don't know how many people are calculating the day of the withdrawal.

Du Zhen happened to be on duty this day, so he went back to Hanlin Academy. He served in the Hanlin Academy after he was a junior high school jinshi, and he was called into the court to study for a bachelor in the Hanlin Academy, and now although he is said to be a straight Wenyuan Pavilion, he has been here for many years after all, just because of his cold personality and few friends. Now that he has come back, he is reading the classics in the room, and there are few discussions in the Hanlin Academy.

"They all have the name of our Hanlin Academy, but they can't even see a shadow all day long, and they are back now!"

"Don't talk about Bachelor Du, Bachelor Yang and Bachelor Jin are still the head of the Hanlin Academy, but how many times have you seen people?"

"Instead of complaining, it is better to think about why the emperor simply pulled out Du Yishan! Some of you have been in the Hanlin Academy for more than 20 years, but now you don't rely on your qualifications, but on your ability, so let's save your tongue! It's like me, I'm good at writing and learning, but I don't have the big gully of governing the country through the world, and I'm envious and jealous of what others do! ”

When Du Zhen found what he was looking for and walked out of the house, he happened to hear the sound of discussion under the porch over there, and after going down a few steps, he heard another sound of ridicule. He didn't care what others said, and he didn't care about it originally, but at this time, he couldn't help but glance over there. Seeing that it was a young man in his early thirties who spoke, he could not help but secretly praise himself, and then greeted a colleague who had come in front of him, and walked out slowly.

Today he came back to find a record of the internal fighting in Annan in the early years of Yongle, because he still had doubts about Jin Youzi's mention of the withdrawal of the army. After working with Yang Rongjin Youzi for a long time, he gradually figured out the intentions of those two people - whether it is Jiaolu or Saiwai, it is not the Central Plains itself, and the fatigue of the Central Plains people for the sake of these places is due to a small loss - but if because the Zhang family has successively taken over the military power of Jiaoluan, he will recall Zhang You on the grounds of stability in Jiaoluan, is this too hasty?

Because of something in his heart, when he walked out of the Hanlin Academy, Du Zhen only lowered his head and groaned, and when he went down the steps, his feet were unstable, and he couldn't help but stumble and rush forward, but fortunately, a hand stretched out next to him and held him steadily. At this time, when he came back to his senses, he looked up and recognized that it was Zhang Yue, and he couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

"It's such a coincidence, I actually met you to come to the Hanlin Academy. Why, are you on a business trip, or are you here to consult the classics? ”

Hearing Du Zhen's words, Zhang Yue suddenly smiled bitterly. He is a soldier, what is he doing in Hanlin Academy? It's just that because the Hanlin Academy and the Zhan Mansion are just opposite, he dismounted in front of the Zhan Mansion, and saw his mentor and father-in-law coming out of the door with a heavy heart, so he stepped forward to say hello, who knew that Du Zhen, who had always been steady, would almost stumble.

"Father-in-law, it's Lord Zou Ji, the young Zhan of the Zhan Mansion, who is looking for me to have something, not that I came to the Hanlin Academy on purpose."

"Look at my memory, people are confused before they get old!" Only then did Du Zhen realize that the opposite side was Zhan Shifu, and immediately shook his head. Thinking of the unresolved matter now, he instructed Zhang Yue, "Today is the Dragon Boat Festival, it should be early to disperse in the evening, your mother-in-law has wrapped a lot of zongzi, you come back and bring a few strings back, and let your brothers taste it." I have a few more words for you. Business matters at this time, you go first! ”

Since Du Zhen said so, Zhang Yue naturally nodded, and only after waiting for others to leave did he turn around and enter Zhan Shifu. Thinking that the emperor was not in good health, and that the early dynasty was only performed by the crown prince today, Zhu Di did not appear, and the willow shooting was only symbolically held, and he couldn't help but think about it in his heart. He only vaguely remembered that Zhu Di died on the way back from a northern expedition, and he didn't have much impression of which time, let alone what year it was. However, it is now the twenty-first year of Yongle, and it is expected that it is likely to be the situation of these two years. When he arrived in Shao Zhan's room, he heard a cough coming from inside.

"Lord Zou."

"Is it Zhang Yuanjie? Come on in. ”

When he opened the bamboo curtain of the Xiangfei concubine and entered the door, Zhang Yue saw that there was Shao Zhan Shi Zou Ji sitting behind the desk. Since Zhan Shifu Zhan Shijian Yi only serves as an official of the East Palace, he usually does not deal with things here, so it has always been this old man who is nearly seventy years old. Zhang Yue stayed here for several months, because he knew that he had taught Zhu Zhanji classics and history, and Du Zhen also mentioned that Zou Ji was a scholar of Jing Chunqiu, so even if it was to respect the old and virtuous, he had always been very respectful to him, but at this time he didn't understand why the other party summoned him.

Since the officials of the East Palace, such as Xu Shanshu and others, were killed one by one, Liang Qian was only spared, Zou Jicheng was panicked day by day, and his health was already very bad, and he has been holding on for the past few years. At this time, he raised his hand to signal that Zhang Yue did not need to be polite, and then picked up a pile of paper on the table and asked, "Yuan Jie, come and see these." ”

stepped forward to take the pile of paper and looked at it, Zhang Yue, who was originally puzzled, was suddenly shocked. On the flattened paper was his handwriting, and there were some alterations in it, which were actually some things he wrote when he had nothing to do in Zhan Shifu. Although he has been an official over the years, Du Zhen often sends him some new official books to read, and after going back and forth, he gradually germinates the idea of sorting out some things. He had already taken back all the manuscripts he had copied, but because these things were not too important, he casually threw them in the paper basket, and who knew that someone had deliberately sorted them out one by one.

"Lord Zou, this is ......"

"Don't be mistaken, I naturally didn't let people watch your actions, it was a scribe in the Zhan Mansion who broke the matter, so I found some such things from his room where the miscellaneous items were piled up. It's not just you, but many colleagues in the Zhan Mansion have piled up their writing and paper there over the years. He said that he wanted to steal some officials' ink treasures for money, and I couldn't verify it, so in order to calm the matter, I ordered someone to expel him from the Zhan Mansion. I've given everyone else's stuff back, it's yours. ”

Knowing that this was the case, Zhang Yue couldn't help but feel incredible, and almost thought that that person was Jinyiwei's insider. Thinking that the people under Yuan Fang's hands would definitely not be so unhelpful, he dispelled this idea, but he was still full of doubts. However, just as he put away the pile of things and was about to thank him, Zou Ji coughed again, and it took a long time before he opened his mouth again.

"I think that when you were absent from the Hanlin Academy, but you made a wonderful essay, I was amazed for a while, but then you just paid attention to current affairs, and no such article was born, even if you wrote something, it was just some notes and essays, and I only thought that your time was just an accident. If I hadn't taken a closer look in the past few days, I would have seen the wrong person. It is also said that Du Yishan was good at poetry in the past, and his writing was also very good, and he only taught you such a disciple after living in seclusion for many years, how could it be ordinary? It's just that a few of these articles are in the same vein as your original Zun Jing Pavilion Records, and the text is certainly good, but it is always in the way of mentioning Lu Xiangshan and Zhu Zi together, and you must not grandstand. ”

With this kind reminder, Zhang Yue immediately disposed of these drafts when he returned to the Yamen of the Ministry of War, and couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart. He naturally knew that the articles that Zou Ji was referring to were Wang Yangming's famous articles that he roughly remembered, but what he wanted to hide was seen by people, which was really a mistake. It's just that Zou Ji is already old, and these drafts have been withdrawn, so he is not too worried. After all, it was too early for him to circulate these things.

It was really early on this day, and when Zhang Yue went to the Arsenal Division to look for Wanshijie, he was stunned to find that someone had long since disappeared. Thinking that Wan Shijie was alone in Beijing, and now he either went to Du's house first, or went to the new house to prepare, so he didn't go to his heart, and hurried out of the yamen immediately. When he got out of the alley after meeting up with the people who came to pick him up from his family, he heard someone calling him in a corner of the street, and after a careful look, he recognized the extremely tall young man, and hurriedly rushed forward with a horse's belly.

The former young Meng Tao is now old and tall, and he looks quite heroic, and he bows deeply when he sees him at this time. It wasn't until Zhang Yue jumped off the horse and helped him up with both hands that he straightened up.

"Third Brother Zhang, thank you for letting the little fifth girl come to remind us brothers. I discussed with the fourth sister and fifth brother for several days, and finally decided to listen to you, today I have gone to the Baoding Hou Mansion to see the second aunt. Thinking of the carefree scene of everyone in the past, Meng Tao couldn't help clenching his fists, and then said solemnly, "I know that you have been taking care of our family all these years, although I shouldn't trouble you again this time, but if my fifth brother and I leave, there will only be one underage brother in the family who is considered a man, and the second uncle is busy with affairs after all......

The brothers of the Meng family were willing to listen to themselves, Zhang Yue naturally breathed a sigh of relief, and nodded without thinking about it: "You brothers are at ease to make meritorious contributions in front of the army, and I will naturally take care of what can be taken care of here, just rest assured." ”

After receiving such a promise, Meng Tao only felt that the only trace of worry was gone, so he bowed deeply to the ground again. He is no longer small, and when it is time to take on the responsibility of the family, whether the Meng family, which has fallen to the bottom, can turn over, depends on himself, even the Baoding Marquis Mansion can't help much. This is a manly man's business, and there is no room for the slightest retreat!

Since Zhang Yue agreed, it is a daughter, what else does he have to worry about?