Chapter 665: Guozhang sent to the door

Zhang Zhun said suspiciously: "It's from the imperial court again?" ”

Lu Yidian said affirmatively: "He claims to be called Tian Hongyu."

Zhang Zhun became more and more suspicious, and his eyes slowly became gloomy.

Is there something wrong with the imperial court? At the same time, there were three different people in a row! The last one is still the one in the harem! Tian Hongyu, Tian Guifei's father, does he have a dime connection with him? Do you want to be a matchmaker for yourself? Are you kidding? I'm an out-and-out thief!

For Tian Hongyu, Zhang Zhun knew the name of this person. Because Chen Yuanyuan, who was well-known in later generations, was brought into Beijing by Tian Hongyu from Suzhou and sent to the palace, ready to help Tian Guifei consolidate her favor. As a result, Chongzhen, who was already anxious, was not interested in women, so he sent Chen Yuanyuan out of the palace, and still went back to Tianfu to live and became a singer.

As a result, when Wu Sangui went out of Zhenshanhaiguan, he met Chen Yuanyuan in Tianfu, and was attracted by her beauty, so he accepted her as a concubine, which led to many incidents later. If there was no Tian Hongyu, and if Tian Hongyu had not brought Chen Yuanyuan to Beijing, perhaps, the development trajectory of this history would have undergone a little change.

Zhang Zhun really didn't think that Tian Hongyu would come to him in person. There is absolutely no reason for this. Tian Hongyu is Chongzhen's father-in-law, and it is impossible not to know the hostile relationship between himself and the imperial court. His dealings with himself are tantamount to dealings with traitors. Having dealings with traitors is what Chongzhen hates the most. Moreover, he did not send someone, but came in person.

This guy's brain, I don't know how it grows. If Chongzhen knew, he would have to reprimand him well. No matter how favored Tian Guifei is, it is impossible to keep him. Of course, it is also possible that he accepted Chongzhen's meaning and came to test Zhang Zhun. That's another story.

"Ask him to come in."

Zhang Zhun said calmly.

Lu Yidian came out and quickly brought Tian Hongyu in.

Treacherous!

A real adulterer!

This is Zhang Zhun's first evaluation of Tian Hongyu.

Tian Hongyu is about fifty years old, his body is thin and small, his eyes are very smart, and he knows at a glance that he is a villain who knows how to drill camp. In fact, among Chongzhen's three national masters, this person is indeed the premier drill camp talent. When it comes to accumulating family property, the other two princes are not as good as him. He turned out to be a small businessman in Suzhou, because his daughter was selected as a show girl, so the tide rose. In the elite circle of Jingshi, this person can be regarded as a little famous.

"Lord Du Du is above, Tian is polite."

Tian Hongyu's courtesy is quite thoughtful, and there is nothing rude.

This is also his cleverness, and when it is not necessary, it will definitely not be offensive. Therefore, many powerful people in Jingshi, although they feel that this person is from a humble background and is good at drilling, they can't get too much of his handle. Compared with the repeated ugliness of another abbot, Zhou Kui, Tian Hongyu is much smarter.

Zhou Quinai was the father of Empress Zhou. Queen Zhou is a very good woman, but her father doesn't know what to do, he doesn't know how to advance or retreat, and he is stupid. Almost every time Zhou Kui does something, he has to leave a lot of hand tails, let people grab the handle, and then impeach him fiercely. In front of Chongzhen, Empress Zhou has always been less favored than Concubine Tian, which has a lot to do with her father's stupidity.

On the contrary, Tian Hongyu is much more beautiful than Zhou Kui. This person is worthy of being a small businessman who does business, and before doing things, he always thinks about everything thoroughly, and basically there will be no major mistakes. Therefore, even if you do something annoying, others can't catch the handle, so naturally you can't be impeached. Compared with the two, Chongzhen naturally felt that Tian Hongyu was much more capable of doing things than Zhou Kui.

"Lord Tian came from afar, I don't know what advice I have?"

Zhang Zhun said quietly.

Tian Hongyu has several titles, one is a guerrilla general, and the other is a commander of the Jinyi Guard. Of course, since it is a title, it has no real power, and only takes a dry salary. Otherwise, with him commanding the Jinyi Guard, Empress Zhou's status will be in jeopardy. This is absolutely not allowed, and other lords and magnates will not agree.

According to the regulations of the Ming Dynasty, queens are generally from the people, like Zhang Yan, who was born in a rich and noble family, but there are very few. Chongzhen's three concubines are all from ordinary families among the people. Empress Zhou was born in Suzhou, and her father was Zhou Kui. Tian Guifei is from Yangzhou, and her father Tian Hongyu is there. Yuan Guifei was from Jinling Mansion, and her father Yuan Kewang.

Why are they all from Jiangnan? The main reason was that Jiangnan at that time had a stable political situation, and there were more solid families who had the ability to cultivate their children. The women in the south of the Yangtze River are also smart, knowledgeable and courteous, gentle and graceful, and obedient, and it is easier to pass the audition when they are auditioned. The selection of concubines in the Ming Dynasty has dozens of procedures, which are much more powerful than the current super and whatever.

Under such strict selection requirements, it is difficult for those who are a little worse to have the last laugh. The women who came out in the end were all quite good. It seems that Tian Guifei has a good tutor and is good at music and rhythm. The twenty-four groups of Fang spectrum that were handed down in later generations were depicted by Tian Guifei. Queen Zhou and Yuan Guifei are basically talented women, but they are not as eye-catching as Tian Guifei.

After Tian Hong met the ceremony, he said: "I was entrusted by someone to ask Lord Governor for something. ”

Zhang Zhun said strangely: "Entrusted by someone? ”

Among Chongzhen's three national zhangs, Tian Hongyu knows how to see the wind and steer the rudder, and his mouth is the most slippery. Zhang Zhun can basically conclude that what Tian Hongyu said about being entrusted by others is mostly an empty word. This old boy is famous in history for knowing how to drill camps, and there may not be a single sentence in ten sentences that is true. What is entrusted by others, it is true that he can't sit still.

It's also interesting. Chongzhen's three fathers-in-law have very distinctive personalities. Tian Hongyu likes to meddle in everything, but people can't grasp the handle and don't leave their hands. Zhou Kui is a miser, calling poor all day long, but he is stupid in doing things, and has repeatedly caused many scandals, which makes Queen Zhou often blush for her father. Yuan Kewang is a nerd and basically doesn't care about things outside.

Sure enough, Tian Hongyu said slowly: "That...... Salt works in North Naoli ......"

Zhang Zhun smiled knowingly, and his face looked unfathomable.

It turned out to be for the salt field of Beizhili! I have known for a long time that you people must have unclean hands and feet in Beizhili. It would be strange if there was no share of such a large piece of fat pork in the salt farm. However, you can endure until now to come to me, which is quite good!

In fact, Tian Hongyu did come for the salt works of Beizhili. Originally, these salt farms in Beizhili were one of the important sources of Beijing's powerful families, and Tian Hongyu also had a rich income in them. Now, the salt works in Beizhili are blocked by the Huben Army and Navy, and Zhang Zhun and Yang Ruifeng are interfering again, resulting in basically being in a semi-paralyzed state, and their income is naturally gone.

Touching people's money bags, that is the root of people's lives, the powerful people in the court, of course, hate Zhang Zhun very much. They couldn't wait to immediately send a large army to chop Zhang Zhun to pieces. However, this approach has proven to be unrealistic. It is very difficult to solve Zhang Zhun by force. Therefore, hatred is hatred, and things still have to be resolved.

On the one hand, the magnates of the Beijing division desperately instigated the imperial court to send troops to deal with Zhang Zhun, and on the other hand, they wanted to send someone to get in touch with Zhang Zhun to see if there were any other workarounds. The salt works in Beizhili involve too many powerful people's money bags, and it doesn't matter whether Zhang Zhun is a thief or not. As long as the benefits of the salt works can be recovered.

Tian Hongyu is good at drilling, keen on accumulating money, and has never been afraid of losing face or anything. He used to be an ordinary family, with no foundation, and a thin foundation, unlike other powerful families, who had no income from private salt for the time being, and could support them for a while. The income of the salt farm in Beizhili has been cut off for a few months, and Tian Hongyu feels a little unbearable. It just so happened that other powerful people wanted to send someone to discuss this matter secretly with Zhang Zhun, but as a result, he volunteered to find Zhang Zhun in person.

At the beginning, the Tiger Ben Army was dispatched to attack the salt works in Beizhili, which was to let the Tiger Ben Army monopolize all the salt business. Don't say that Tian Hongyu came, even if Chongzhen came in person, this matter was not discussed. Therefore, Zhang Zhun shook his head directly and said: "The salt field in Beizhili, it is impossible to recover, and now the army is in chaos, and it is not safe everywhere." The salt produced in Shandong is enough, why should Beizhili continue to toss? ”

Tian Hongyu was a little dissatisfied. This look of dissatisfaction was clearly revealed. Zhang Zhun is so faceless, obviously he doesn't take Tian Guifei and the emperor in his eyes. In the palace, although Tian Guifei is not the queen, she is actually similar to the queen. Chongzhen's favorite person is actually not Queen Zhou, but Tian Guifei. Other powerful people more or less want to sell him Tian Hongyu a small face.

However, Zhang Zhun is so tough, Tian Hongyu doesn't have much to do. Zhang Zhun is different from others in that he holds military power. The Tiger Benjun was pulled up by Zhang Zhun himself. The edicts of the imperial court did not work for him at all. Knife in the back? The method is good, but the question is whether it has that strength. If it doesn't work out, it angers Zhang Zhun and ends up ruining his family.

Tian Hongyu rolled his eyes and immediately said, "I don't know what Lord Governor needs?" Or maybe what do the Tiger Ben Army need? Perhaps, I can help? ”

Zhang Zhun said casually: "I need a war horse, can you get it?" ”

Tian Hongyu hesitated for a moment, did not speak, only his little eyes turned around.

Zhang Zhun casually shouted: "Liu Mang! Help me bring Miss Xu here. ”

Miss Xu is Xu Qingluan.

Soon after Liu Mang went, he invited Xu Qingluan.

Zhang Zhun said casually: "Tian Hongyu, she will talk to you about your affairs." ”

Xu Qingluan already vaguely knew what was going on, so he invited Tian Hongyu to the side to negotiate. Zhang Zhun asked her to come forward to contact Tian Hongyu, obviously to engage in reciprocity. You are all from the harem, you talk slowly, I won't talk nonsense with you. At the same time, this is also telling Tian Hongyu that you have to know your identity, and don't think that you have to come to me for any big thing.

Tian Hongyu understood what Zhang Zhun meant, so he had to go sullenly. In fact, Tian Hongyu is also a small big family, except for making a little money, he doesn't understand anything else. If there is any means, there is none. Because Chongzhen watches his harem closely and makes a little oil and water, it doesn't matter, but if you want to do big things, you can't do it. He obviously didn't know enough about Chongzhen, otherwise, he wouldn't have let Chen Yuanyuan run in vain.

Not long after, Xu Qingluan came back and said with a smile: "This Lao Tian is really a money fan, he actually said that he can get a war horse from Taifu Temple." ”

Zhang Zhun's mind moved slightly, and he said with a little suspicion: "Is this serious?" ”

Xu Qingluan smiled and nodded, and said affirmatively: "He said that he is familiar with the people of Taifu Temple, and he can quietly sell the war horses of Taifu Temple to us." It's just that the price is a bit high, and the old boy's price is thirty taels of silver per war horse. Actually, when I look at him, I definitely won't be very familiar with the people of Taifu Temple before. However, as long as there is profit, he may try his best to get a relationship with the people of Taifu Temple, and this war horse may really be able to get it. ”

"As far as I know, the imperial court has set up a large number of stables in Datong, Yatou Pass, Yanmen Pass, Ningwu Pass in Shanxi, as well as Bauhinia Pass, Baoma Pass, Jingcheng Pass and other places in Beizhili, and a large number of war horses are stored in them. Due to the contradiction between the Taifu Temple and the Ministry of War, these war horses have been unwilling to be allocated to the Ministry of War. It seems that the eunuchs of the Taifu Temple are determined to sell the war horses for money. ”

Zhang Zhun pondered for a moment and said decisively: "Okay!" You can arrange for someone to contact him further to see if he can really get his hands on the warhorse. No matter what means he uses, as long as he can get the war horse into our hands. Thirty taels is thirty taels, give it to him. ”

What the Tiger Army needs most now is the war horse. It is very difficult to snatch it from Huang Taiji's hands. If you want it from Wu Sangui, you can only ask for a little, and if you have more, you will definitely have to be exposed. Tian Hongyu was automatically sent to the door. This is a great opportunity. As long as the Tiger Ben Army wants war horses, as for where the war horses come from and what the consequences will be, Zhang Zhun is not worried at all.

Actually, in his heart, Zhang Zhun still has a cold thought. When the Tiger Ben Army enters the Beijing Division in the future, the money that Tian Hongyu and the eunuchs will definitely spit out. If he wants to force others to pay money, he doesn't need to be as excessive, direct, and brutal as Li Zicheng did. He came from the next generation, and he had a way to let them obediently hand over all their money.

"Good!"

Xu Qingluan nodded and agreed.

Zhang Zhun rubbed his hands vigorously, quite excited.

As long as the Tiger Ben Army has a large number of war horses, it can also be rampant and domineering on land.