"By the way," Tianqi asked, "Has that Zhang Han entered the palace?" ”

A royal sign bowed down and replied: "I have entered the palace, and I will wait to see you at the Wenhua Gate." ”

"Give him food." Tianqi said lightly: "Give him half of the chowder, give him half a duck, and give him some silver silk rolls, he is a martial minister, and the amount of food should be large, but he is a scholarly family, and this amount should be about the same." ”

"Yes, Emperor."

The imperial sign hurriedly agreed, and after he packed the food box, Tianqi took a silver silk roll by himself, and served it with chowder, and when the imperial sign walked to the door of the palace, he heard Tianqi praise: "The queen's craftsmanship is really getting better and better." ”

Only then did the imperial brand know that today's chowder was made by the queen herself, and when he rushed to Zhang Han and others, after Zhang Han thanked him, he deliberately said about it.

Zhang Han pretended to be moved and said: "The grace of heaven is vast, and the minister is extremely grateful. ”

After another half an hour, Zhang Han had already finished eating, and the apocalypse was still not summoned, and the accompanying Feng Yu was anxious, pulling a sign in front of the emperor and asking, "Why is it so long today?" ”

The man sneered: "These nerds, pulling the emperor to talk about the Eastern Han Dynasty's party goods, the more they talk, the more energetic they become, the emperor was still enduring it before, and he was already angry just now." ”

"How?"

"The emperor said, this dynasty's family law is like this, more than 200 years of ancestral law, I haven't seen how the eunuchs are, just like civil officials, there are good and bad, good ones are used, and they are also favored, and the bad ones are taken, or killed or released, just like the civil and military officials, they have never been too arrogant. If you compare the Eastern Han Dynasty, are there any eunuchs in this dynasty who dare to poison the emperor? Are there any eunuchs who dare to advocate for the abolition? ”

Feng Yu, who accompanied Zhang Han, danced with his eyebrows and praised loudly: "What the emperor said is so good." ”

At this time, a group of civil officials in blue official robes happened to come out of the Wenhua Palace, and everyone was whispering something, and the closer they walked, they could find that their faces were unhappy and their expressions were very ugly.

No one can hear clearly what these civil officials are saying, but it is obvious that they have hit a lot of nails, there may be people from the Donglin Party in it, or the scene of the lecture in the Wenhua Hall today is the prelude to the counterattack of the Donglin Party, but the attitude of the Emperor of the Apocalypse has been very clear, and he will definitely support Wei Zhongxian to the end, the faces of these civil officials are either a little annoyed, or angry, they are walking fast, and they do not have the calmness of the Hanlin officials, nor the pride of being given a banquet after the lecture in the Wenhua Palace, everyone is angry, After a while, they went out from Wenhua Gate, some went directly to Huiji Gate, and some people went in the direction of the cabinet.

"Okay, Tianchengwei commands Zhang Han, and the emperor will see you!"

The imperial sign that had just delivered the meal hurriedly ran over, looked Zhang Han up and down a few times, and said to the officials of the Ministry of Rites who came in with him: "Have you taught him etiquette?" ”

The official replied, "They are all very skilled." ”

"Okay, let's go in, the emperor is waiting!"

Everyone quickly got up and went inside together, everyone looked very nervous.

At this time, even Zhang Han felt a trace of the power of the emperor, fortunately, he was still in control, and there was no panic in his heart, but he passed the words he had thought of in advance again in his heart, and after feeling that there was nothing wrong or missing, he was accompanied by these eunuchs and officials of the Ministry of Rites, passed through the Wenhua Gate, and walked all the way to the direction of the palace.

Step under the eaves of the hall, the door of the palace between the nine openings is wide open, you can vaguely see the golden platform and the plaque hanging high, the pillars in the hall are hung with couplets, Zhang Han has seen a lot when he visited in later generations, but it is estimated that they have been replaced in the Qing season.

After entering the hall, standing on the smooth gold brick ground, Zhang Han took a few steps forward, he knew the appropriate distance during the previous drill, and after stopping his steps, he bowed, kowtowed, roll call, and after the whole set of etiquette was done, he heard a slightly immature voice on the golden platform not far away: "Command up!" ”

"Thank you."

Zhang Han thanked him again, and then stood up.

When he got up, he naturally raised his head and saw the entire golden platform and the Emperor of the Apocalypse sitting upright.

The Son of Heaven was wearing a purple dragon robe with four dragons, a black winged crown, the face of a sixteen or seventeen-year-old young man, the childishness of the young man was still obvious, there was no beard on his face, his complexion was very white, and he had a melon seed face, and the emperor's eyes were also looking at Zhang Han, and when he saw Zhang Han's gaze, Tianqi had a smile on his face.

Zhang Han hurriedly lowered his head slightly, and his eyes could see both sides of the Jintai, on the left was the Shangguan of the Jinyi Guard, on the right was the general of the Han Dynasty, and behind the emperor there was a row of sturdy eunuchs holding copper whisks, which was the last line of defense around the Son of Heaven.

If it is to summon the governor and the important ministers, it is also possible to stand a row of Hanlin officials next to the Han generals, and in the case of the Great Imperial Meeting, the Hanlin officials were cabinet scholars before, and the Jinyi Weitang Shangguan was on the side of the nobles, and only from the order of standing beside the Son of Heaven, I also know the general operation of this empire.

"The conductor is really young." Apocalypse said again: "Are you twenty years old?" ”

Zhang Han was embarrassed for a while, he had grown a beard recently, and he looked a lot more mature, but to strangers, he was still young, especially when he met the emperor for the first time with an emperor of almost the same age, it was too difficult for people to ignore his age.

When it comes to being within He Yusheng, it may be his prestige and deep-rooted image and the bearing of the superior, it is easy for people to ignore his age.

Zhang Han replied: "The minister was born on the eleventh day of the first month of the thirtieth year of Wanli, and he is just over twenty this year. ”

"You are three years older than me," the Emperor of the Apocalypse said happily, "Actually, you are almost four years old, I was born in November of the thirty-third year, and you are the first month of the thirtieth year." ”

Zhang Han bowed down and replied, "What the emperor said is true. ”

Apocalypse forgot to speak for a while, and in a short time, the atmosphere was a little awkward.

The people present were a little surprised, Zhang Han began to become famous a few years ago, his and Yusheng drove the semicolon all the way to Qianmen Street in Beijing, and then defeated Min Tie, monopolized the supply of pig iron in the Ministry of Industry, and then also ate Zunhua Iron Field...... Such a person, with a net worth of millions and strong strength, is just over twenty years old?

"Qing's ability is really good." After a long time, Tianqi said with emotion.

Zhang Han said: "The emperor praised the ministers for not daring to be, the teenage Jinshi among the court officials is really capable, the minister is like this, by the father and ancestor Yu Yin, when he was in charge, there was already a business house, tens of thousands of taels of share capital, the minister just grasped the business opportunity, this will make the business house bigger, and because of the military merits of the regimental training, he was promoted to a military officer, and the minister's ability is actually very limited." ”

Tianqi smiled slightly, just wanted to speak, and suddenly remembered something, he said, "Did you bring Cong into the palace?" ”

Zhang Han said: "There are two people who entered the palace with the ministers. ”

Tianqi said to a eunuch on the left: "People have brought attachés, and if you don't eat at noon, you will definitely be hungry, you can send a food box over." ”

The Son of Heaven gave the meal handmade by the queen, Zhang Han didn't feel anything, maybe the courtiers in this era would feel that it was a great honor, for Zhang Han, the emperor or the queen was not much different in his eyes, at least in his eyes, these people did not have the bonus of divinity.

It was the performance of the apocalypse at this time that made him feel a strange feeling in his heart.

The current emperor's temperament is kind, and Zhang Han can only think like this.

Due to the appointment of Wei Zhongxian, the reputation of the apocalypse in later generations is very poor, in fact, from the perspective of the insiders, the apocalypse is not only stronger than his brother Chongzhen, but also much stronger than his grandfather Wanli, but unfortunately the day is not a holiday, it is also a kind of historical accident, if the apocalypse does not die, Chongzhen will be a domain, maybe the direction of history is another way.

"The most important thing for the imperial court now is the eastern affairs," there was a stack of folds in front of the imperial case of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, and the emperor picked up a fold with a smile on his face: "Liaodong Jingluo Sun Chengzong reported that the branch of the Qingzhi Commercial Bank has a large amount of grain and ordnance in the thirteen mountains of Guangning, and there is no shortage of food in the mountains for the time being, and 100,000 soldiers and civilians rely on it to live, and the Yusheng branch has made great contributions." ”

After getting praise, Zhang Han bowed down to thank him, Tianqi put the fold on the case, glanced at Zhang Han, and said lightly: "I take care of government affairs, first listen to his words, and then watch his deeds, such as Ning Qiandao Yuan Chonghuan, prelude to Tuntian military training, saying that the slave must surrender, otherwise he will be captured, I asked him in the reply: Xiang Yi is defensive, so he calmly discusses and acts." But what can be done in the future, so that the army and the people will not interfere with each other? What kind of division should be made so that the agricultural war will not be wasted? What kind of drill should be done to make the peasants all soldiers? What should be done to make the camp all farmers? What is the reason for this, enough to limit the horses? How can we guarantee that we will not steal food? All matters are played by the sorrowful area. ”

"As for taking care of the border affairs of the battalion and the army, strengthening the armament, and making the slaves surrender, in my plan, the slaves may not surrender, the surrender is not credible, the battle will be victorious, and the victory cannot be talked about lightly. Do it realistically, move while the time comes, positive, strange, all in it......"

The twists and turns in front of the apocalypse should have been approved by himself, and the emperor read it out casually, although the words were not as ornate as those of the Hanlin officials, but the questions and the final instructions on military affairs were extremely precise.

Zhang Han fell to the ground, feeling extremely shocked in his heart!

Although the emperor in front of him is less than twenty years old, his knowledge of military affairs is far beyond that of ordinary officials at that time, and he is not even below the top ministers.

Regardless of Yuan Chonghuan's actual performance, like Mao Wenlong, who had just opened a town in Dongjiang, it is a fact that he likes to talk big in his compromises. Including such big words as "five years of Pingliao", this is a fact that Yuan Chonghuan himself admits.

This time, Yuan Chonghuan was another big talk, but it was rejected by a row of rhetorical questions from the heavens, and the emperor gave a clear instruction, that is, the civil officials in front were not allowed to believe that Dongyu might surrender, or allow surrender, but to enrich themselves, regard victory as the most important thing, enrich themselves, and move with the camera, which is the so-called Zhengqi combination.

Of course, Zhang Han was inconvenient to answer these questions, and of course the emperor did not discuss the military affairs of Liaozhen with him.