Chapter 11 The Prime Minister's Bearing

Zhu Tianlin went to the recital a few days ago, and built a playbook to appease Zhang Xianzhong, although this playbook was left by Emperor Longwu and not released, but it had already been turned around in the cabinet in advance, because the content was too sensitive, and the news had been leaked.

For a while, it was like stabbing a hornet's nest, and all kinds of accusations came overwhelmingly.

Immature! Arrogant! Play for the gallery! Ill-intentioned! Who is Zhang Xianzhong? He not only burned the ancestral tomb of the Emperor of the Zhu family, but also was a capricious person, pretending to surrender when he lost the battle, and tearing the flag to rebel at the first opportunity, and the Chongzhen Dynasty once suffered a big loss.

What's more, Zhang Xianzhong is now the emperor, and he openly wants to replace the Ming Dynasty, which is completely different from ordinary anti-thieves, this is the fundamental contradiction between life and death, and there is absolutely no room for bargaining.

Zhu Tianlin is a hidden needle, after handing over this notebook, he is ready to meet the storm, but under the turbulence of the crowd, he does not back down, no matter what the occasion, he always insists on his own point of view.

Zhu Tianlin was passing by the entrance of the military department today, and was stopped by a group of middle- and low-ranking officials, who opened fire on him and besieged him, and quarreled.

One mouth to dozens of mouths, Zhu Tianlin is obviously inferior, but quarreling with this kind of thing, as long as one party does not admit defeat, it is difficult for the other party to win, Zhu Tianlin spoke a soft Suzhou dialect, and explained his reasons in a soft and slow voice, and those low-grade officials couldn't refute him for a while.

He didn't admit his mistake! Most of these low-grade officials are young and vigorous, and their words are becoming more and more rude.

Zhu Tianlin, as the young Zhan Shi of the Zhan Mansion, is a civil official of the fourth grade, which is higher than the rank of these young officials, but the Zhan Mansion is in charge of the affairs of the prince's East Palace, and the prince is still in infancy, so the Zhan Mansion is an idle yamen. Noble and powerless, these low-grade products are not afraid of him.

"Daoist Zhu, you still dare to be hard-mouthed!"

A person suddenly let out a strange scream, which immediately caused a round of laughter, Zhu Tianlin's parents are ordinary farmers, because they are too poor for him to study, Zhu Tianlin used to be a little Taoist priest for several years in order to study when he was a child, and these officials made fun of him.

The corners of Zhu Tianlin's mouth twitched, and he held back his breath and said, "Zi said: There is no class in teaching. The student comes from a farming family. But he is also the son of a saint......"

He was just halfway through his sentence when someone screamed again.

"Shen Jiazi, go home and kneel at the head of the bed, be careful of your lady's power!"

As soon as the ground was cleared, Zhu Tianlin's face turned red. His eyes swept through the crowd like electricity, almost spewing fire. The surrounding officials frowned. was overwhelmed, and some people didn't know what was going on, and immediately some companions enthusiastically explained to him that Zhu Tianlin was born as a son-in-law.

Because the family was too poor, Zhu Tianlin went to a family surnamed Shen to be a son-in-law, changed his name to Shen Tianying, and later won the lift. Only then did "please copy the original surname and change the name to Tianlin". In the feudal era, a son-in-law was equivalent to eating soft rice, and his status was similar to that of a slave. And he is regarded as a shameless person who forgets his ancestors, and is looked down upon by everyone.

It was like being hit by a death point, Zhu Tianlin, who was calm, finally lost his temper, opened his mouth, his face was red, and at this time, suddenly a person rushed in, pointing at everyone and reprimanding angrily.

"How unbearable you are! However, the theory is that it actually attacks people's hidden diseases......"

The person who spoke was Zhang Jiayu, he and Zhu Tianlin were just nodding friends, but they were upright by nature, they couldn't rub sand in their eyes, and they couldn't stand it from the side, so they rushed in and hugged each other.

"Ha, isn't this Zhang Jiayu! I heard that you recruited tens of thousands of thieves, didn't you scare Lingzun Lingtang, right? "There are people in that group of civil servants who expose their shortcomings.

When Li Zicheng broke through Beijing, he captured Zhang Jiayu, Zhang Jiayu did not surrender at first, Li Zicheng threatened to kill his parents, and Zhang Jiayu knelt down and surrendered...... This was nothing, but Zhang Jiayu is a native of Dongguan, Guangdong Province, and his parents are in his hometown in Dongguan, Li Zicheng can't kill him if he wants to, so Zhang Jiayu surrendered to the peasant army, which was widely circulated in officialdom as a joke, saying that he was greedy for life and afraid of death and hypocritical, which made Zhang Jiayu infamous.

"I, I ......" Zhang Jiayu was like a fish in his throat, he didn't know how to justify, he thought that he was going to change the dynasty, he just wanted to surrender the peasant army and assist the new dynasty, but this kind of thing must not be said now.

With a bang, the scene became even more chaotic, and the civil officials were triumphant, humiliating Zhu Tianlin and Zhang Jiayu in every way, and some were arrogant and even moved their hands and feet, pushing and shoving. The topic of the debate is no longer important, as long as you stink as a person, everything you say will naturally be wrong, and these civil officials are the best at this.

"Enough! What does it look like to be banging around, don't you have to handle official business? Let's get out of the way......"

There was a sudden majestic rebuke from outside the crowd, and when everyone looked back, it turned out to be Wen'an, the squire of the military department. The squire of the military department is a member of the third grade, and he is a senior official, and he belongs to the senior leaders, most of these officials are from the military department, Wen An was angry, and immediately suppressed the scene.

Zhang Jiayu was still in a daze, Zhu Tianlin pulled his sleeve, bowed to Wen An, turned around and hurried away. Seeing that the two of them had run away, the officials had no choice but to disperse......

Zhu Tianlin and Zhang Jiayu went out of the six yamen, and the family took the mount, and the two got on the horse and rode side by side, chatting while walking. One is a child of a poor peasant family who has a personal experience of the suffering of the people, and the other is benevolent and righteous, and is very sympathetic to the peasants.

Speaking of Zhu Tianlin's recital, the opinions of the two people are also roughly the same, the strength of the Ming Dynasty alone cannot fight against the Manchu Qing, and they must join forces with the Great Western Army, as for how Zhang Xianzhong dealt with it, it was a specific technical problem.

"This matter is very important, I don't know how the emperor will approve it." Zhu Tianlin was worried.

"Don't worry, when the loyal camp was appeased, there were chickens and dogs jumping in the court, as if the sky was falling, and in the end, it was not the emperor's dictatorship, Huguang had today's situation." Zhang Jiayu's temper is relatively straight, and if he is not used to it, he will say it. He is in the Ministry of War, and he belongs to the speech officer, which is also his professional habit, and he often hits a large area as soon as he opens his mouth, so there are many people who are offended in the court, and he can hardly get along.

"If the officials unanimously oppose it, the emperor is afraid that he will not be able to resist it. Alas, you and I are humble and can't help much. Although Zhu Tianlin handed over the notebook, he didn't dare to hold out too much hope. But at the moment, the shape is so critical, and he can't wait to immediately ally with the Great Western Army.

"Actually...... There's someone who can help. Zhang Jiayu said in a deep voice.

"Oh! Who is it? Zhu Tianlin hurriedly asked.

"Admiral Caojiang, Wang Kefan." Before Zhang Jiayu's words fell, Zhu Tianlin's eyes lit up.

"Ha, let's go together, I'm looking for him."

"What's going on?"

"Does Chen Zhaoan know? The newly appointed Xin'an County Commander, he is my hometown, and he mentioned Wang Kefan to me several times...... "Zhu Tianlin and Chen Zhaoan are both from Suzhou, and in the officialdom, fellow villagers are also an important link......

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Wang Kefan is meeting guests, and the guest is Ma Jixiang.

Ma Jixiang was born in Guangdong officialdom, originally a subordinate of Ding Kuichu, because of the pacification of the rebellion of King Jingjiang, he was trusted by Emperor Longwu, and was promoted to the governor of Jinyiwei, and recently under the arrangement of Emperor Longwu, he made preparations for the reconstruction of Jinyiwei.

What annoys Ma Jixiang is that he is only the second-in-command in the preparatory team, and there is also a governor on it, and if this development continues, he will definitely be the second-in-command of Jinyiwei in the future, and he will not be the governor of Jinyiwei.

Rather for the head of the chicken, not for the cow, Ma Jixiang carefully laid out a bureau, ready to get rid of the governor Tongzhi, but everything is ready, only the east wind is owed, which requires a small cooperation from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Ma Jixiang did not dare to go directly to Fu Guan, so he asked Wang Kefan for the head.

He half-concealed his tone, Wang Kefan immediately guessed the reason, and he didn't break it at the moment, but just agreed with a smile.

"Since Brother Ma has spoken, the younger brother will definitely get this matter done, but the younger brother also has something to ask for." Wang Kefan has been paying attention to Ma Jixiang and has the heart to have a good relationship with him.

This person is a famous minister in the history of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and his work is invincible in the world, and he has won the trust of Emperor Longwu. In front of Emperor Longwu, there were some things that Wang Kefan couldn't say, but in the case of Ma Jixiang, the effect would be much better.

"Oh, what's the matter?" This is a condition to be raised, and Ma Jixiang has already been mentally prepared.

"I'm about to lead my troops to Huguang to fight with Kong Youde, and I want to ask those three hundred furlong soldiers to help in the battle, can Brother Ma help me?"

"This ......, okay, I will definitely speak in front of His Majesty and transfer the three hundred franc soldiers to Huguang." Ma Jixiang agreed after a little hesitation, and the three hundred Portuguese soldiers were sent to help in the war, and it was only natural to go to the battlefield to kill the Tartars, and they were sent to Huguang to get their place.

The two of them took what they needed and hit it off, and at this time, suddenly a personal soldier came in to report that Zhu Tianlin, Zhang Jiayu and Chen Zhaoan came to visit together.

As soon as the matter was done, Ma Jixiang got up to say goodbye, Wang Kefan went out to see him off, and met Zhu Tianlin and others. Seeing Wang Kefan and Ma Jixiang coming and going, Zhu Tianlin and others had different perceptions.

The main reason is that Ma Jixiang's reputation is too bad, seeing this famous sycophant, Zhang Jiayu was obviously a little disgusted, and his demeanor and expression were brought out, standing aside and watching coldly.

Chen Zhaoan has joined Wang Kefan's faction, of course, he will not embarrass Wang Kefan, and he will greet Ma Jixiang in a proper manner, and then retreat aside.

Zhu Tianlin was the most active, chatting with Ma Jixiang with a smile, and as a civil official of the fourth grade, this gave Ma Jixiang and Wang Kefan enough face.

Wang Kefan nodded secretly, Zhu Tianlin deserves to be the famous face of the Yongli Dynasty, maneuvering between Li Chengdong, Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo, and the Wu Party and Chu Party, supporting the crisis alone, keeping the broken ship of Yongli for several more years, and his political ability and bearing are higher than ordinary people. (To be continued......)