Chapter 61: Zhang's Father and Son

Although Zhang Jinjie already had the idea of winning over the Liang Wang family in his heart, he did not show a trace of his face, and still regarded Wujin as a junior, as a friend of his son, and guided him step by step as a person who came over.

"The deputy governor of the Chuzhou Navy has always been recommended by Uncle Shen, and it has been this practice for five years, and the deputy governor has been changed three times, all of which are recommended by Uncle Shen, this time I don't know why the emperor didn't let Uncle Shen recommend it, the entire Chuzhou Navy has a total of more than 24,000 people, five military offices, two of them in Donghai County, two in Jiangning Mansion, one in Yuhang County, and the five naval governors were originally set up to resist the Fusang Wokou, but since the phoenix will appear on the southeast coast, the Fusang Wako have not violated my Daning Dynasty for nearly twenty years, Now the main task of the Chuzhou Navy Army is to fight against the Phoenix Society. ”

Wu Jin listened to Zhang Jinjie's every word very carefully, he knew that Zhang Jinjie would not say some private words to him as if he was in his heart, but Zhang Jinjie's words would definitely reveal some crucial information and hint at him.

When Zhang Jinjie mentioned the Phoenix Society, Wu Jin's heart jumped, and he suddenly understood what Zhang Jinjie meant, did the emperor also know that he would have a relationship with Phoenix? So let him deal with the Phoenix Society, but he felt that this reason was a bit unreliable, if the emperor really knew that he would have a relationship with the Phoenix and gave him the Chuzhou Water Army, wouldn't he be helping the Phoenix Society instead?

With this question in his heart, Wu Jin asked with a smile: "What Xiangguo said just now that the title and the official must match, but my grandfather is the king of Lanling County, and he turned out to be the envoy of the Helong Festival, which is not compatible!" ”

"The virtuous nephew doesn't know, the king of Lanling County was changed ten years ago after the old prince retired from the Helong Jiedu envoy, the original title of the old prince was the heir Liang Wang, and he served as the Helong Jiedu envoy completely matched, it is precisely because he is not in Helong to lead the troops, so he changed the title, like your Donghai County's Don't drive Huangfu Qu, he was originally Liang County's don't drive, that is he Linying County Duke, and later served as Donghai County's don't drive, and was renamed Chuyang County Duke, this is for the job to match, this is a convention, and there has never been an exception."

"Is that the junior making an exception for the first time?"

Zhang Jinjie smiled and shook his head, "It's too early to say, if a year later, the virtuous nephew is still in Chuzhou, then I will admit that it is indeed an exception for the virtuous nephew." ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Jinjie's meaning is very clear, sending him to Chuzhou to serve as the deputy governor of the navy may be just a transition, and there will be changes in no more than a year at the latest.

Wu Jin hurriedly got up and gave a deep salute, "Thank you Xiangguo for teaching the juniors, since Xiangguo is unwell, I won't bother Xiangguo." ”

......... After Zhang Rong sent Wujin away, he returned to his father's study, and he knew that his father had something to say to him.

"Sit down!"

Zhang Jinjie asked his son to sit down, perhaps because he was unwell, his face showed a trace of tiredness, Zhang Rong felt his father's tiredness, and hurriedly said, "Father, rest first!" In the evening the child consulted his father again. ”

"I'm fine, you sit down first!"

Zhang Rong didn't dare to say more, and then his father sat down, Zhang Jinjie closed his eyes for a while, and then slowly asked his son: "For my father, I will ask you first, next, is your own wish to stay in the capital or continue to be released?" ”

Zhang Rong smiled awkwardly, "Father, the child hasn't thought about it yet?" ”

"You probably didn't think about it, did you?"

Zhang Jinjie sneered, "I'm your father, don't you have anything to say to me?" ”

Zhang Rong's face turned red, and he hurriedly got up and said, "Don't dare!" ”

"Then you'll be honest, what do you think?"

"Yes!"

In fact, Zhang Rong also wanted to find an opportunity to talk to his father, but he couldn't find a suitable opportunity.

"Father, in fact, the child doesn't care whether to stay in Beijing or go out, what the child cares about is the specific position, whether it can be conducive to my political achievements, if the capital is favorable, I will stay in Beijing, if it is beneficial to the outside, I will be released."

"What if both are good?" Zhang Jinjie interjected and asked.

"If both are beneficial, I think it's better to let them out, after all, there are too many elbows in the capital."

In fact, what Zhang Rong wants to say is that there are too many high-ranking officials in the capital, it is difficult to serve, he is a county commander, and he has entered Beijing at the most, this is not what he wants, he wants to serve in one step, if that is the case, then he must serve as a state official for a few more years.

Zhang Jin nodded, he could understand what his son meant, he smiled and said: "Your next appointment, I thought about it for you two months ago, one is the staff of the Ministry of War, and the other is the head of Xingyang County, which one are you willing to choose?" ”

Zhang Rong frowned, if it was the history of Xingyang County, he might still be able to consider it, but it was just a long history, this was equivalent to only half a level, and he didn't want to do it.

"If these two choices are made, the child is still willing to stay in Beijing."

"This was my father's idea two hours ago, but now my mind has changed, change the history of Xingyang County Magistrate to Jiangning Mansion Shaoyin, will you think about it again?"

Zhang Rong's eyes lit up, if it was the Shaoyin of Jiangning Mansion, it would be completely different, the Shaoyin of Jiangning Mansion was equivalent to the history of Zhongzhou Thorn in the rank, and the important surname of Jiangning Mansion was self-evident, serving as Shaoyin of Jiangning Mansion was undoubtedly the most ideal career path after he completed his tenure as the commander of Weiyang County.

"Father, the child is willing to be the young Yin of Jiangning Mansion."

Zhang Jinjie laughed, his son's choice was expected by him, and he said again: "Do you know why your father wants you to go to Jiangning Mansion to be Shaoyin?" ”

Zhang Rong pondered for a moment and said, "Is it related to Huangfu Wujin becoming the deputy governor of the navy?" ”

"Yes, you are smarter than your father imagined, and you can actually see your father's intentions, I really decided to let you go to Jiangning Mansion because of this emperor's lack of Jin."

"But ....." Zhang Rong wanted to say something, but he couldn't say it.

Zhang Jinjie glanced at him and said lightly: "You think your father's decision is a little hasty, right?" ”

"Don't dare!"

Zhang Rong lowered his head, in fact, he thought that his father was a little hasty, so he changed his mind when he saw Wujin, this should not be his father's style.

Zhang Jinjie said slowly: "Letting you go to Jiangning Mansion is actually the earliest decision, it is the emperor's intention, and it is to take care of your father, but considering that Jiangning Mansion is Uncle Shen's territory, I don't really want you to go to Jiangning Mansion, and I don't know that you have a good relationship with the grandson of the king of Lanling County, since I know it now, it may not be a good thing to let you go to Jiangning Mansion, so it is normal for me to change my mind." ”

"Father wants to make friends with the Liang Wang family?"

Zhang Jin nodded, "To be precise, I want to form an alliance with King Liang." ”

He got up and walked a few steps in the room, and said: "It seems that there are only two strong forces in my Daning court, the King of Chu and the East Palace, but in fact, there are still many small and medium-sized forces, such as the King of Qi, the King of Zhao, the King of Liang, and my Xiangguo system, all kinds of forces are intricate, only the strong can obtain the greatest benefits, my Xiangguo system can only be regarded as a small and medium-sized faction, if I can form an alliance with the Liangwang family, then my weakest military resources will be enhanced, and the weakest court resources of the Liangwang family can also be increased, which is a win-win result, So I want you to do it for your father. ”

"But betting on Huangfu Wujin, he is too young, is he too high-minded?"

Zhang Jinjie smiled slightly, "This is the situation that you can't see clearly, if you say that you are young and young, the King of Chu is still younger, why is the King of Chu family so powerful?" The key is not the age of Huangfu Wujin, but his position, if I am not mistaken, he will definitely take over from Zhang Chongjun's Helong Jiedu envoy in the future to ensure the control of the Liang Dynasty over the Western Liang Army. ”

"Then why not Huangfu Zhuo or his son?"

Zhang Jinjie shook his head, "If Huangfu Zhuo can serve as the envoy of the Helong Festival, there will be no chance for Zhang Chongjun, as for Huangfu Zhuo's son, it is a dou who can't be supported, and even his father has no chance, let alone him, you have to remember that Huangfu Wujin is the Duke of Liangguo, this is by no means a decision taken for granted by the emperor." ”

"Then why didn't the emperor let him go to Xiliang, but let him go to Chuzhou? and also took away the Chuzhou naval army of the Chu royal family. ”

Zhang Rong asked suspiciously: "Could it really be that the emperor wants to provoke the contradiction between the Chu royal family and the Liang royal family?" ”

Zhang Jinjie sighed, "The emperor's mind is not something I can measure, but I can also guess one or two, provoking the contradiction between the Liang and Chu families is certainly one thing, but more importantly, on the other hand, I think it should still be related to the Western Liang Army, maybe the emperor doesn't understand this Huangfu Wujin, so he let him go to Chuzhou, and observe it for a year or two, these are my guesses, but one thing is certain, whether the Liang Wang family can keep the Western Liang Army is on the body of this Huangfu Wujin." ”

........ Coming out of Xiangguo Mansion, Wu Jin went back directly to the Lanling County Palace, and after talking to Zhang's father and son, he was no longer as confused as in the morning. Especially Zhang Jinjie's conversation, it seems that he is talking about some ordinary rules, but if you can figure out the meaning behind his words, you will understand that in fact, he has already told himself many answers, such as the competition with Uncle Shen Guo for the Chuzhou water army, such as the convention of matching the title, and for example, the emperor may transfer himself to Helong within a year or two, etc., in fact, it has been analyzed very thoroughly.

Wu Jin thought about it before and after, he also felt that Zhang Jinjie's analysis was very correct, at least one thing was clear, he took away the Chuzhou Water Army, and Uncle Shen Guo would never give up.

I still have to talk to Huangfujiang again, listen to his opinion, maybe he can see it more thoroughly.

Wu Jin took a carriage and soon returned to Guiyifang, he just got off the carriage, but saw Huang Fujiang accompanied two eunuch-like people out of the house, Huang Fujiang saw him, and hurriedly said: "Wu Jin, I am looking for you everywhere, you follow me into the palace, the Queen Mother summons you." ”

(To be continued)