Chapter 695 Zhang Yan was confronted by a weak woman

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In Bohai Bay, the north wind is constantly whistling, blowing waves on the sea. The big ship with full sails rushed through the waves and sailed quickly in the direction of Dengzhou City. Because the speed is very fast, the rear of the stern leaves a long white wave ripple, which cannot be dissipated by Chinese every day.

This is the fleet that departed from Tianjin Wei, and the ships carried were Zhang Yan, the Empress of Yi'an, and others. On all sides of the big ship, there were brocade guards with knives, looking solemn. Due to the smooth wind and water, the northwest wind was very strong, and the fleet set off from Tianjin Wei in the morning and arrived near Dengzhou City in the afternoon.

Ji Yu came to Zhang Yan's room in a friendly manner, glanced inadvertently inside, and said with a smile: "Senior sister, Dengzhou City is about to arrive." ”

"Hongu knows."

Zhang Yan's voice came calmly from inside.

Ji Yuqing has always called Zhang Yan in a personal relationship, but Zhang Yan insisted on responding in a businesslike manner, which shows the state of both parties. On the Hu Benjun side, he did not recognize Zhang Yan's status as the queen, and only recognized her as Ji Yuqing's senior sister. Her arrival is a private identity, not the identity of Empress Yi'an of the Ming Empire. As for Zhang Yan, of course, she insisted on her identity as Queen Yi'an, and asked Zhang Zhun to maintain her respect for herself. Her respect for herself is her respect for the imperial court.

A moment later, Zhang Yan, accompanied by the palace maid, came out of the cabin. She was wearing a long dress lined with white and blue lines, and the blue lines were skillfully woven into the shape of a long ivy, which was verdant. The sleeves are woven from several layers of light yarn, embroidered with a picture of a flying bird, which is delicate and luxurious. There is only a simple bun on the head, which is simple and generous in neatness. In this way, on the whole, it can also cover up a little weakness and show some of the majesty of the imperial concubine.

Zhang Yan is actually still very young, if the Emperor of the Apocalypse lived to this day, she would only be thirty-one years old, and she would be two years younger than the Emperor of the Apocalypse. However, at a young age, she has been a widow for several years. Chongzhen has been a widow for as many years as she has been on the throne. Fortunately, in the royal family, becoming a widow is almost commonplace. Almost every woman who marries into the royal family must be mentally prepared to become a widow.

"Senior sister, where is junior sister?"

Ji Yuqing asked with a smile.

"She's not feeling well, so she won't come out."

Zhang Yan replied expressionlessly.

"It turns out that my junior sister is sick, there is a female doctor by Zhang Zhun's side, and her medical skills are very good, please ask her to show my junior sister when the time comes."

Ji Yuqing said with concern.

"I have a heart. The Royal Doctor will take care of it. ”

Zhang Yan said lukewarmly.

"Then, senior sister, I'll go first."

Ji Yuqing smiled slightly and turned to leave.

Zhang Yan looked at her back, her beautiful eyebrows, and quietly frowned together.

Turning his arm out, it's really troublesome, I really can't imagine that my junior sister actually got involved with Zhang Zhun. The contradiction between the two junior sisters, she, as a senior sister, has no way to reconcile. Alas, look at this situation, it's really messy, you can't even manage your own people, and you still want to manage others?

"Zhang Zhun ......"

Zhang Yan suddenly thought of this name.

This name made Zhang Yan very uncomfortable. No matter how kind she is to the people around her, no matter how patriotic she is and how she loves the people, after all, she has her own position. What she wants to maintain is, of course, the rule of the imperial court. Zhang Zhun's purpose was to overthrow the rule of the imperial court, that is, to overthrow the rule of their Zhu family. In terms of nature, he is the same as Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and others. In other words, Zhang Zhun is her mortal enemy, not her family.

However, the people in Jingshi have a different view of Zhang Zhun. This made Zhang Yan feel very entangled, and there was a trace of fear. Why? Because Zhang Zhun can kill the Tartars. Now the people in the entire Beijing division know that the Tiger Ben army is very powerful in killing the Tartars, but the army of the imperial court has been beaten to the ground by the Tartars. The two are contrasted, one is the sky and the other is the earth, and the people's hearts are almost on Zhang Zhun's side.

At the beginning, Shi Kefa volunteered to go to Huangxian County to bring back the head of the Tartar and exhibit it in Beijing, so as to calm the panic of the people in Beijing and relieve the pressure on the imperial court. At that time, Zhang Yan was not very in favor of it. Obviously, doing so will only make more people know how powerful Zhang Zhun is and the incompetence of the imperial court. When Zhang Zhun's light completely overshadows the imperial court, dangerous things will continue to happen.

It's a pity that she is a woman, and she must not interfere in political affairs. Chongzhen is actually a very self-righteous person, he respects himself because he has never interfered in government affairs, and he has never formed a party with the ministers of the court, and he has fought with Wei Zhongxian's eunuch party for so many years. If he interfered in political affairs, Chongzhen would definitely be disgusted with himself, so knowing that this matter was inappropriate, Zhang Yan did not dare to say it publicly.

Sure enough, when Shi Kefa escorted the heads of thousands of Tartars into the Jingshi, the Jingshi immediately boiled. The names of Zhang Zhun and Hu Benjun began to be known by the Beijing Division, and even by everyone in the world. For such a big thing, even if the imperial court wants to transfer flowers and trees, steal dragons and phoenixes, it is completely impossible. In the end, this incident caused the reputation of Zhang Zhun and Hu Benjun.

Having said that, the army of the imperial court is indeed too incompetent. As the imperial sister-in-law, sometimes even Zhang Yan can't help but ask, how does Chongzhen manage the army? Why is it that the army of the imperial court is a piece of in front of the Tartars, and they have been defeated in successive battles, but the tiger army is a dragon and a tiger leaping in front of the Tartars, and they have won consecutive battles.

I think that back then, when the eunuchs were in power, the battle against the Tartars did not fail so badly. It stands to reason that after Chongzhen killed the eunuch party, the situation in the DPRK and China should be completely new and vibrant, why is it not as good as the previous eunuch party? The Tartars have been invaded three times in a row, which is simply appalling. What's wrong with this?

Because the gap between the combat effectiveness of the Tiger Ben Army and the imperial court army was too great, even Zhang Yan felt very surprised. Last time, Shi Kefa escorted the head of the Tartar to Beijing, and she also went to inspect it herself, and she was sure that it was the head of the Tartar. She had to believe that Zhang Zhun's ability to kill Tartars was indeed very strong. However, why does this Zhang Zhun have such ability?

Putting aside the hostile position, Zhang Yan is still very interested in Zhang Zhun. For this reason, she also specially collected Zhang Zhun's relevant information, and then conducted careful analysis and research. As a result, the more she analyzed, the more she studied, the more she felt that Zhang Zhun was a weirdo at all. No one else could infer any valuable information from his sources except himself.

According to the information collected by Dongchang and Jinyiwei, seven years before Chongzhen, Zhang Zhun was a stupid military household, the whole family was not hungry when he was fed alone, and he was also a stunned person in his usual behavior, and his brain was obviously not very good, and sometimes he couldn't even remember his name. However, after seven years of Chongzhen, Zhang Zhun began to become powerful.

After the Lantern Festival in the seventh year of Chongzhen, Zhang Zhun almost single-handedly provoked all the incidents in Fushan. He killed all those who opposed him. Based on Fushan City, Zhang Zhun continued to expand his power around. Eventually, there is what we are today. It can be said that the Tiger Ben Army was completely started from scratch by Zhang Zhun and pulled up by himself.

Zhang Yan wanted to know that at the beginning of Chongzhen's seventh year, who did Zhang Zhun meet, what happened, and how did he suddenly become enlightened? Have you become so capable? Could it really be that it seems that the gods and monsters have met the gods? If Zhang Zhun really met the immortals, does it mean that he has been favored by God and has become the new son of heaven?

"Don't think about it anymore......"

Zhang Yan hurriedly shook her head, trying to stop her terrible thoughts.

If the imperial court is really abandoned by heaven, this is definitely a fatal thing.

"Niangniang"

The palace maid beside Zhang Yan suddenly whispered.

This palace maid's name is Chu Bingyan, and she is her junior sister's disciple, and she can also be said to be her junior nephew.

"Huh?"

Zhang Yan came back to her senses and looked in the direction Chu Bingyan pointed.

It turned out that twelve huge white battleships had come from the southeast. After these white warships came up head-on, they quickly turned around, and then escorted the sides of the big ship, and sailed in the direction of Dengzhou City.

These white battleships are all flying the flag of the Tiger Army, and they are obviously under the command of Zhang Zhun. Even if Zhang Yan doesn't understand military affairs, he can see that these warships are much stronger than the imperial court's own warships. Twelve white battleships appeared beside him, and immediately put heavy pressure on himself.

In other words, is there still a sailor in the imperial court? It seems that there is. The imperial court has not canceled the establishment of the Dengzhou Naval Division and the Tianjin Naval Division, it may be that they have forgotten it, or it may be that someone wants to continue to eat empty quotas and does not want to cancel the establishment of the Naval Division. But do these two divisions still have battleships? Zhang Yan believes that there should be no more.

In other words, the current imperial court does not have its own warships at all. Well, it doesn't seem right, Zheng Zhilong in Jiangnan seems to have accepted the appeasement of the imperial court...... It's just that Zheng Zhilong's nature, even if it is a little different from Zhang Zhun, will not be too far apart.

When Zhang Yan saw Ji Yuqing coming, she frowned and asked, "What is this?" ”

Ji Yuqing said intentionally or unintentionally: "This is the latest saber ship in service in the Tiger Ben Navy, equipped with thirty-two cannons, with a range of more than five miles. ”

Zhang Yan had no concept of specific data, but she had a problem with finding faults, and said coldly when she heard the words: "Why don't they appear in Tianjin Wei?" ”

Ji Yuqing said casually: "It is said that I just came back from Ganghwa Island, North Korea, probably because I heard that the queen mother arrived, so I took the initiative to come to greet her." As for the specific arrangements, I don't know very well, we have been in Tianjin Wei for too long, and many plans have changed. ”

Hearing the word North Korea, Zhang Yan felt that her heart was lightly stabbed again. Jang Joon actually mixed with the North Koreans? He was just a small governor, what right did he have to deal with the Koreans? The damned North Koreans actually gave up the imperial court and mixed up with Zhang Zhun, obviously preparing to go along with Zhang Zhun. Are their expectations of Zhang Zhun still above the Ming court?

The last few words of Ji Yuqing just now also made Zhang Yan feel very uncomfortable. Ji Yuqing was clearly sarcastic about her, staying in Tianjin Wei for too long, which made many things change. Secretly, he was obviously warning her Zhang Yan not to continue to play any tricks. Otherwise, in the end, it will definitely be you who loses more than you lose. Zhang Yan was warned by her like this, and she was naturally very unhappy in her heart, so she didn't speak.

Ji Yuqing ignored Zhang Yan's feelings, and continued to say intentionally or unintentionally: "The matter of the Great White Fleet seems to have been arranged by Zhang Zhun, and he has already agreed with the North Korean side that after a while, Empress Yi'an of the Ming Kingdom will visit North Korea, and ask them to be ready to greet them." ”

Zhang Yan frowned slightly.

Visiting North Korea?

Zhang Zhun's arrangement?

She subconsciously wanted to refuse, feeling that there must be Zhang Zhun's conspiracy in this. But, after a while, she changed her mind again. She believes that she represents the Ming court, and since she went to North Korea, she represents the Ming court, not Zhang Zhun himself. Perhaps, he can also pull North Korea back into the arms of the Ming court. At the worst, I also have to warn the North Koreans not to continue to mix with Zhang Zhun.

"Hongu will consider it"

Zhang Yan replied quietly.

Ji Yuqing smiled slightly and didn't say anything more.

After a few moments, the fleet began to slow down, and a large number of sails were lowered in an orderly manner. The Great White Fleet on both sides also took their leave, and quickly disappeared to the southeast. The home port of the Great White Fleet was in Weihaiwei Harbor, and after completing the task of demonstration, it naturally left quickly. After a while, carrying Zhang Yan's fleet, they slowly sailed into the port of Dengzhou City.

is different from the crowd of people that Zhang Yan hoped to see, on the pier of Dengzhou City, there were only twenty or thirty sparse figures. At first glance, it feels a bit desolate. Vaguely, Zhang Yan could identify that the leader was Zhang Shenyan. Zhang Yan knew Zhang Shenyan, and when the eunuchs were rampant, Zhang Shenyan was one of the targets of the eunuchs. Fortunately, Zhang Shenyan finally avoided a catastrophe, but he was deprived of his official position, and his life was not in danger.

There is no doubt that in Zhang Yan's view, this Zhang Shenyan is honest and has a strong ability to handle government affairs, and if it can be reused, it will definitely play a great role. It's a pity that the current Zhang Shenyan has taken refuge in the Tiger Ben Army. In other words, the current Zhang Shenyan is no stranger to the imperial court.

Zhang Yan couldn't help but sigh a little emotionally, what kind of ability does this Zhang Zhun have to make people like Zhang Shenyan take refuge? There is no doubt that in Zhang Yan's heart, she feels that Zhang Shenyan is a minister who should be reused, but she doesn't know why Chongzhen belittled Zhang Shenyan. In the end, Zhang Shenyan defected to the Tiger Army.

The big ship slowly leaned on the trestle, and the brocade guards on the ship lined up to disembark on alert. Subsequently, the people who greeted Zhang Yan came on the boat. The strange thing is that it was not Zhang Shenyan who came up first, but two young women. Their dress, in Zhang Yan's opinion, is a bit rustic, but they are naturally beautiful, pretty, and slender, but they are also a little eye-catching. Ji Yuqing directly introduced the two of them to Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan quietly estimated in her heart that these two young women had a close relationship with Zhang Zhun. Zhang Zhun is a thief, Yanfu is not shallow, Ji Yuqing was obtained by him, the two women in front of him, if they change into a set of gorgeous clothes that fit, the attraction will be much stronger than now. Since the other party is Zhang Zhun's person, Zhang Yan is about to put on a fight, she deliberately put on a straight face, and asked a little unpleasantly: "Who are you?" ”

The woman in the lake green clothes came to Zhang Yan, saluted in a proper manner, then straightened her waist, raised her head and said, "Little woman Yang Yinghan ......"

Zhang Yan frowned lightly and said slowly: "You are Yang Yinghan?" ”

Ning Lingwei interjected and said: "Yes, she is Yang Yinghan, Zhang Zhun's wife who has not passed the door, my name is Ning Lingwei, I am her good friend, and we are here to pick you up on behalf of Zhang Zhun." ”

Zhang Yan's face involuntarily began to pull down.

She was already very dissatisfied with Zhang Zhun not appearing, only Zhang Shenyan appearing, but she didn't expect that Zhang Zhun actually let two grass women come to greet her. Yang Yinghan's salute is not at all the etiquette of a civilian woman to the queen's mother, and a thousand blessings are all the rage. What is this? Do you think of yourself as an ordinary woman?

Zhang Yan tried to control her emotions, and said with an awe-inspiring expression: "Why didn't Zhang Zhun come to pick up the car?" Could it be that no one told him the news of the arrival of this palace? ”

Yang Yinghan said respectfully: "I'm sorry, Sister Zhang Yan, Brother Yulin, he is busy with military affairs and can't spare himself for the time being." If he's free, he'll be there right away. ”

These words were taught by Ning Lingwei, and on the surface, there really can't be faulty. However, Zhang Yan's side was already angry and annoyed. Definitely, not only did you not salute according to the rules of meeting the queen's mother, but also called Sister Zhang Yan on your own initiative, Who is your sister? The queen is your sister?

However, Zhang Yan has no way to care, because Yang Yinghan doesn't seem to be very out of line when she calls it like this, even if someone else really says the wrong thing, as the queen's mother, she has to let it go. Could it be that you ordered the Jinyi Guard to fork her out immediately and punish her? I'm afraid that even if Zhang Yan dares to give an order, the surrounding Jinyi guards will not dare to act.

Using force on Zhang Zhun's land, is it trying to kill himself? Killing Tartars in the Tiger Ben Army is the same as killing chickens, killing a few of them in brocade clothes, isn't it easy, like pinching a few ants to death? Perhaps, the Tiger Army is now waiting for Zhang Yan to turn his face first, and then kill people. Idiots know that Zhang Yan's arrival, on the side of the Tiger Benjun, is not very welcome.

Zhang Yan said coldly: "According to the palace, does Zhang Zhun not want to see the palace?" ”

Yang Yinghan raised her eyebrows and said sharply: "Then according to the meaning of the queen's mother, for the arrival of the queen's mother, don't even care about the tartar?" For the arrival of the queen's mother, all military affairs have to be put down? No wonder Wu Sangui didn't dare to set off from Tianjin Wei to save Sun Chengzong, it turned out that it was all for the queen's mother."

Zhang Yan was suddenly suffocated, her face was blue and white for a while, and she was very embarrassed.

She didn't expect that the weak woman in front of her would dare to directly contradict herself

[It's the end of the month, ask for a few monthly passes......]