Chapter 69: The First in the World
"I said Lao Zhao, why don't you just invite these horses back to your house to make offerings." One of the guards teased him.
"It's much more comfortable here than my hot kang head."
The old horseman Zhao muttered, and then saw that the horse did not have any injuries, so he was relieved.
Besides, I didn't think these horsemen were ridiculous, on the contrary, I admired their professionalism, and the people of the Imperial Horse Supervisor specially raised horses for the emperor, and they regarded the horses as their relatives.
Horses are expensive and delicate, and feeding these horses is more laborious and expensive than feeding children, and if you need feed and various expenses, you may really feel pain.
"Master Zhao, how were these imperial horses selected, and where did they come from?" Besides, he asked.
Lao Zhao's eyes glared: "What's the use of telling you?" You don't understand it. ”
Besides, if you touch your nose, you didn't expect to touch a nail here.
"My lord, don't ask him, he doesn't know if you ask him. Lao Zhao only knows his wife and children when he goes home, and he only recognizes these horses when he goes home. Where does he know how to choose a horse or something? "A guard.
"Little monkey cub, don't provoke me, it's useless to provoke me." Lao Zhao said and walked away.
Besides, shaking his head and smiling bitterly, these people who came out of the palace were all nostrils to the sky, and they looked down on people outside the palace at all, maybe in his eyes, he was just a noble child, and he was lucky enough to get the favor of the emperor, and he was suddenly rich and noble, and he was not enough to worry about.
However, it is indeed a good idea to let them breed the horses, otherwise such a good horse may be ruined in their own hands.
Besides, he walked over and touched the head of the brown horse he was riding today, and then waved his hand in a dashing manner to say goodbye, and walked out of the stable with the pungent smell of horse dung.
Coincidentally, when he walked out, he happened to meet Liu Shouyou coming home from work.
Liu Shouyou looked at him steadily, and said slowly: "My lord, I rode a horse today, and I didn't fall much, in fact, it is quite comfortable to be killed by a horse, and I can also get a martyr." ”
Besides, he didn't come up in one breath, and he almost suffocated to death.
"This crow's beak hit my hand, I have to kill him."
When he returned home, he took off his riding clothes and dropped his hat on the ground.
"What's the matter, who are you going to kill?" Xiao Nier was inexplicable.
"Liu Shou has this fuck off, and he persuades me to commit suicide when we meet every day."
"Why is this man like this, we didn't offend him." Xiao Nier wondered.
"If you don't compete with him, he may have been sent by the emperor to squeeze you." Zhou Ding became enlightened.
"Then why did the emperor do this?" Xiao Nier picked up the hat that had fallen to the ground and hung up his riding outfit again.
"Who knows what this bastard thinks, Lord Zhang also said that this guy is the son of a famous minister, I think he is more of a bastard than a passerby." And roared.
"He did it on purpose, don't fall for him." Zhou Ding became enlightened.
"But why?" Xiao Nier still asked, she really didn't understand.
Besides, he didn't understand, he sat on the chair angrily, thinking in his heart, one day the emperor really forced him to be in a hurry, even if he ran away, he had to slaughter Liu Shouyou first.
"I think that's the case, the emperor may be afraid that you will be too smooth sailing, and you will not be motivated, so he will arrange for him to set up a stumbling block for you, and it will be nothing to stimulate and stimulate you, so that you will have more momentum to rush forward." Zhou Ding became enlightened.
Besides, when I heard him say this, I felt that there was some truth, and my heart was a lot less angry.
"Big brother, how are you running today?" Besides, he asked.
"It's not a big problem, and the people who plan in five days should be able to get there." Zhou Ding became enlightened.
"What is a big problem, there can't be any problems." Besides, shouting.
"You see you've only been an official for a few days, and you're full of officialdom. I say it's not a big problem, it's no problem, don't you often say that? Zhou Dingcheng countered.
"yes, I'm driven crazy by them."
Besides, he took a big sip of the tea that Xiao Nier had just served, and said with a breath.
"Where is Senior Murong?" He asked again.
"The seniors haven't come back yet, so she should be even more fine." Zhou Ding became enlightened.
"This is related to the success or failure of the matter, and we must not expect people selected by the people, and the backbone must be people selected by us." Besides, he said in a resolute tone.
Marquis Wu speculated that the opening of the sea ban would allow the emperor to send him to protect the port, but he didn't dare to say it, first, this matter is now just an analysis, not a conclusion, and second, if this matter is said, people who are keen on rebellion within the Qinwang faction may cause trouble.
He didn't know the ultimate goal of their rebellion, but he knew that an organization like the Qinwang faction, which had a large number of cultists and new believers at the bottom, would really be able to overthrow the imperial court and cause great turmoil once it rebelled. If that happens, the people will be miserable and their lives will be ruined.
Moreover, such a thing must not be allowed to happen, and it is under his banner.
After eating, Murong Yanran hadn't come back yet, and went out to ask the guards about posting recruitment posts.
The guards reported to him, basically the streets and alleys did not fall, the nearby counties and towns arranged for the local government to post them, and no one dared to slack off on the things arranged by Jinyiwei.
"My lord, why are we recruiting so many people, don't we only have an establishment of more than 5,000 people?" One of the guards asked.
"This time, we have to choose the best of the best, and choose one out of ten." Besides.
"Aren't we going to investigate the case and arrest someone or something, so we can use such a selection?" Another guard asked.
"Isn't it good to build an elite division?" Besides, he asked rhetorically.
"Of course it's good, of course it's good." The guards didn't dare to speak.
Besides, after thinking about it, I went back to put on the crown belt and took a few guards to Zhang Juzheng's mansion.
When I walked to the gate of Zhangfu, I saw that the people waiting to be summoned filled the entire street, one row was a sedan chair, and the other row was a horse and carriage.
"Isn't this Lord Guo, you also came to ask to see Lord Zhang?" A provincial official saw the situation and came up to say hello.
"I don't have to ask to see you, just go in and see you." Besides, he walked forward with a smile.
"Is this the Lady of the Situation?"
"It's him, the Jiangnan genius who was directly commanded by the emperor to command the Jinyi Guard."
"No wonder you don't have to queue up, you can go in directly to see the adults, it turns out to be a Beijing official, or a big official."
"It's not for this reason, they turned out to be Lord Zhang's staff."
"Oh, that's the case, Lord Zhang is worthy of being a figure who reaches the sky, and his staff can be directly promoted to commander."
The people who asked to see were talking about it, and the heart of asking to see Zhang Juzheng became more eager, thinking that the official was brought by Zhang Juzheng.
Besides, it is ridiculous that these provincial officials are really not well-informed.
He didn't see Zhang Juzheng immediately after he entered, Zhang Juzheng was receiving an envoy from another province, and only after waiting for a cup of tea did a servant come to inform him to go to see the adult.
"Your Excellency is really busy today, I won't disturb you." Besides, he laughed.
"I can't help it, I'll have to face this when I come back. But there are also benefits, and there are some situations that can be obtained from their mouths, which are not available on paper. How's your doing, or is it a big deal? Zhang Juzheng said with a smile.
"It's the same, but it's okay, if it's a lot of traffic every day, I can't stand it."
"It's good to get used to it, no one is born to be like this, and I like to read behind closed doors and enjoy a quiet night, but unfortunately I can't do it." Zhang Juzheng sighed.
"When I came back today, I saw your recruitment post, and it was everywhere, and there were quite a few onlookers. But why do you have to recruit like this, you can select personnel from the Imperial Forest Army and the Beijing Army, so it saves a lot of trouble. Zhang Juzheng said strangely.
"Let's follow the tradition of Jinyiwei, their low-level personnel are all recruited by the people." Besides.
"It's good to follow the locals." Zhang Juzheng's words are deep and subtle.
"My lord, I came here today just to verify one thing, did the emperor decide to open the sea ban?" Besides, he is sitting on the road.
"How do you know? Oh, it looks like you're well-informed. Two days ago, the emperor had just found me and Gao Xiang to discuss secretly, and no one knew about it yet. Did Gao Xiang tell you? Zhang Juzheng was very surprised, and he was also slightly worried that Gao Xiang would make the first move.
"No, it was the emperor's decree to inquire about the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and I guessed it." Besides.
"They were just ordered to make a plan to exterminate the Japanese along the coast, how did you guess that?" Zhang Juzheng said with a smile.
"This is also easy, the emperor asked me to build a new brocade guard, and there are all kinds of harsh requirements, clearly intentionally arranging me to be a nail in the court along the coast to protect the open port from the invasion of the Japanese invaders. That's why I guessed. Besides, he said.
"This is not necessarily, tomorrow the emperor will issue a secret decree to Tan Lun, the governor of Fujian, and ask for his opinion, now let Qi Shuai train the troops also have this preparation, and may not use you. If you are sent to the coast of Fujian, 5,000 people will be enough to do anything. Zhang Juzheng didn't think so.
"Better not, or you'll put me to death." Besides.
"But be prepared. This time, the emperor's arrangements for you are beyond the norm, neither consulting with anyone, nor avoiding the cabinet and the six ministries, and directly issuing an order, which shows that the emperor has this idea. Zhang Juzheng thought of the emperor's direct promotion of the situation, and he was not sure.
"You are business as usual, do whatever you have to do, even if you take 10,000 steps back, as you said, I will not let you fall into the point of fighting alone." Zhang Juzheng gave him another relief.
"Thank you, sir. By the way, what is the current situation in the court? Besides, he asked.
"You didn't read the newspaper?"
Besides, shaking his head, he is so busy now that he doesn't have the heart to understand the disputes in the court, so he hasn't read the newspaper.
"Now the momentum of the impeachment of the officials is even stronger, and the hoarse voice is trying his best to ask the emperor to punish you Ming Zhengcanon to comfort the soul of Taizu, today many officials of the six ministries, and two squires have also written to impeach you, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate also has five imperial historians jointly impeaching you. You don't have to worry about this, they didn't come for you, but they smelled the smell of the emperor wanting to open the sea ban, so they lost their minds and attacked violently. ”
"The emperor won't kill me to thank the world, right?" Besides, he said.
"No, the emperor appreciates you very much, and your letter is very timely, which is equivalent to giving the emperor a reason to discuss the opening of the sea ban. In front of Gao Xiang and me, the emperor said that you are the first person of insight in the world, and even we are compared. Zhang Juzheng clapped his hands and laughed.
Besides, with a wry smile, he was praised by the emperor Chrysostom, and it was a very high evaluation, so it was worth it! But he wasn't excited at all, but he was thinking in his heart: Is there anyone who treats the world's first person of insight like this? Do you want to put it to death and then hurry up? However, who people are, their mouths are the sky.