At noon, the autumn sun is shining, the scenery of Shisha Sea is bright, the autumn water is clear, the clear waves are rippling, there are officials and gentry on the lake to play in boats, the scene seems to be no different from the spring, but look carefully, the leaves of the weeping willows on the shore are slightly withered, and there is no green and stretch in the spring and summer season; Listen carefully, the sound of cicadas one after another has become weak and decrepit, and if there is another night of autumn rain, these autumn cicadas will disappear; Sniff it, and the exuberant smell of everything in the wind has been replaced by the full-ripe flavor characteristic of autumn; And the most touching thing is: the maple leaves on the Banzai Mountain outside the Xuanwu Gate have begun to turn red, and the Banzai Mountain is the highest place around the Imperial City.

This is the autumn of the forty-fifth year of Wanli, the eve of the post-Jin invasion of the Ming Dynasty, the autumn scene is as in previous years, the song and dance are still leveling, Zhang Yuan rode by car on the shore of the Shisha Sea, and the small waiter Gao Qiqian sat on the side of the carriage with some restraint, peeking at this Mr. Zhang, Mr. Zhang was thoughtful, but he didn't ask Gonggong Zhong what was the urgency of the invitation?

After passing the water pavilion of the Fire God Temple, it was Eunuch Zhong's outer residence, and Zhang Yuan suddenly asked: "Xiao Gao, has Gonggong Zhong already arrived first?" ”

Gao Qi looked at the diving probe and replied: "I didn't see the sedan chair of the guest grandmother, it shouldn't have arrived yet, please wait a while, Mr. Zhang, Gonggong Zhong will be out of the palace soon." ”

Zhang Yuan got out of the carriage in front of Eunuch Zhong's outer house, and ordered Laifu and Wang Da Hammer to move in the gifts given to Eunuch Zhong, these gifts were brought back from North Korea, in addition to ginseng, mink skin, jade, and precious stones, Eunuch Zhong was a literate eunuch, so Zhang Yuan also prepared a lot of Korean paper, Jeju fans, Busan bronzes and so on.

After sitting in the foyer for a while, Zhong Benhua and Ke Yinyue hurriedly arrived, and Zhang Yuan saw that the two of them were already eating in pairs. got up and saluted: "Grandpa Zhong, Mama Ke." Zhang Yuan's courtesy. ”

Eunuch Zhong and Ke Yinyue hurriedly returned the salute. Ke Yinyue said: "Gonggong Zhong will talk to Mr. Zhang about business first, and the little woman will talk to Mr. Zhang later." With that, his eyes turned on Zhang Yuan's face and he walked out of the hall.

Eunuch Zhong asked all the maids in the hall to go out, and said: "Mr. Zhang, the elders of the Fang Pavilion don't want you to be the official of the East Palace Day again, and today there is a piece of music - the original thing is like this, and my brother knew that Mr. Zhang had returned to Beijing early yesterday morning. I want to see Mr. Zhang, Mr. Zhang is a foreign minister, can not enter the palace for no reason, so the miscellaneous family asked the Chitose Lord to say that the summer has passed and can re-go out of the cabinet to listen to the lecture, Chitose Lord ordered the Zhan Mansion to choose a day to speak, Mr. Zhang sent an envoy to North Korea, but the post of the East Palace speaker is still retained, this time the re-lecture, Mr. Zhang, Mr. Sun, and Mr. Ma are all listed as the East Palace Day speaker, but there are two performances early this morning sent to the celebrant supervisor. The first is that Han Jun, the imperial historian of Henan Province, impeached Mr. Zhang for plotting rebellion in North Korea, lacking virtue and inaction, which damaged the prestige of the Ming Dynasty. It is also a sinner of etiquette; The second is that Shen Yu, the waiter of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, recommended Wen Tiren, the palm seal official of the Nanjing Hanlin Academy, as the official of the East Palace.

Speaking of this, Eunuch Zhong shut his mouth and looked at Zhang Yuan with a frown, to see how Zhang Yuan reacted, Henan Provincial Imperial History Han Jun's recital was extremely sharp and sharp, many Donglin officials in this year's Beijing Cha were deposed under Han Jun's impeachment, at this time the knife and pen turned to Zhang Yuan, aggressive, and Shen Yu recommended Wen Tiren in a timely manner, singing and harmonizing, obviously to squeeze Zhang Yuan out of the East Palace Day speaker, Fang Congzhe intends to clearly support Wen Tiren as the speaker, Zhang Yuan is not in a good situation, if Zhang Yuan can not keep the post of East Palace speaker, It was also a heavy blow to Eunuch Zhong, so Eunuch Zhong was more anxious than Zhang Yuan.

Zhang Yuan listened quietly, looked as usual, and said: "I went to the Ministry of Rites to restore my life when I returned to Beijing the day before yesterday, and handed over the note of this envoy to He Shilang, hasn't the Ministry of Rites reported to the emperor yet?" ”

Eunuch Zhong said: "Gonggong Li of the celebrant did not mention your recital. ”

The reason why the East Palace learned the inside story of Han Jun and Shen Yu so quickly, whenever Li En revealed the news to Wang An, Wang An had a good impression of Zhang Yuan, so he asked Eunuch Zhong to report to Zhang Yuan in advance.

Zhang Yuan pondered for a moment and asked, "How many days does the emperor review the transcript?" ”

Eunuch Zhong said: "Long live the dragon body is not as good as in the past, now it is a three-day review of the concert, and it is a more important chapter, and generally the irrelevant ones are approved by the celebrant on behalf of the celebrant supervisor." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "Presumably, the Ministry of Rites deliberately delayed and did not submit my recital, so I went to see Wu Ge Lao and asked Wu Ge Lao to send a Chinese scholar to the Ministry of Rites to ask." ”

Eunuch Zhong said: "Elder Wu Ge is on duty in the cabinet, and he won't leave the palace until evening, so he will go to see Elder Wu Ge from the miscellaneous family." ”

Zhang Yuan bowed and said, "Thank you, father-in-law." ”

Eunuch Zhong said: "The miscellaneous family is going here, Mr. Zhang will wait a while, and the guest grandmother has something to ask." ”

Eunuch Zhong took his godson Xiao Gao and hurriedly returned to the palace, where Ke Yinyue turned out and blessed Zhang Yuan, his narrow and charming eyes stared at him, and said softly: "Mr. Zhang has lost a lot of weight, and it is really hard to run around in the summer." There was a lot of affection in the words.

Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "Thank you for your concern." I thought: "This old woman Yehe is always young, and she looks like a double ten beauty." He added: "It's just a matter of running around and getting tired, and the most helpless thing is that I will be anxious as soon as I return to Beijing." ”

Ke Yinyue comforted: "Don't worry, Mr. Zhang, as long as my brother recognizes you as a speaker, then no one can exclude you." ”

Zhang Yuan smiled, thinking that Ke Yinyue was a woman after all, and said that Zhu Youxiao was just an uncanonized emperor's eldest grandson, even the crown prince Zhu Guangluo did not have the right to decide the candidates for the East Palace Day, even the Wanli Emperor could not, many people thought that the emperor could make a decision to say one or the other, what monarch wanted the minister to die and the minister had to die, in fact, in the late Ming Dynasty, the imperial power was greatly restricted, and the ministers could use the ancestral system and the law to argue, the dispute over the national capital of the Wanli Dynasty is a clear proof, the Wanli Emperor is very able to persist, and he has persisted for twenty years, but the ministers were proud of the court staff one after another, after all, the Wanli Emperor was also a rational emperor, so he would not be mad and wanton to kill and poke, and finally give in, and the battle for the country ended with the victory of the foreign ministers, so the emperor did not do whatever he wanted-

Ke Yinyue gently lifted the palace skirt, sat down on the chair beside Zhang Yuan, and asked, "Mr. Zhang and the little woman tell me about my brother Keguang first, where did he go?" ”

The day before yesterday, Gao Qiqian came to see Zhang Yuan, Zhang Yuan asked Gao Qiqian to tell Ke Yinyue, saying that Ke Guang would not return to Beijing until a few days later, and Ke Yinyue's true identity was shocking, and Zhang Yuan wanted to keep this secret for Ke Yinyue.

At that moment, Zhang Yuan roughly said that Keguang first went with him to make an envoy, and Ke Yinyue heard that Keguang first shot a Jianzhou cavalry outside the mountain pass, and was very happy, and her eyebrows flew and danced: "Great, good killing, kill all those Jianzhou thieves, and capture Tong Nu'er alive." He added: "So the Ming Dynasty is about to start a war against Jianzhou, right?" Danfeng's eyes were clear and long, and the long eyebrows that flew obliquely into the temples moved, looking extremely excited, Ke Yinyue thought that as long as the Ming Dynasty used force against Jianzhou, then Nurhachi would be defeated, at least he would not be able to attack Ye Hebu again, and then Ye He could wait for the opportunity to invade Jianzhou and dominate Haixi.

Zhang Yuan said: "When Keguang returned to Yehe first, I asked him to bring a letter to your two brothers, Jintaiji and Buyangu, the letter contains my estimate of the combat strength of the Ming army in Jianzhou and Liaodong, Yehe must cooperate with the Ming army in Liaodong to deal with Jianzhou, if there is the idea of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, it will definitely be wiped out, the strength of the Eight Banners Army in Jianzhou Nurhachi is strong, the Ming army in Liaodong is corrupt, and it will be defeated, and it is difficult to resist if it is not the strength of the whole country. ”

Ke Yinyue was taken aback, where did she know the truth about the Ming Dynasty military and politics in the deep palace, she only thought that the Ming Dynasty was a big country in the Celestial Empire, and the national strength was strong, if she was willing to send troops to deal with Jianzhou, and the enemy Tong Nu'er who killed her father would be captured sooner or later, Ye Hebu could take the opportunity to annex the land of Jianzhou and rise in Haixi, and now she heard Zhang Yuan say that the Ming army in Liaodong was difficult to defeat the Eight Banners Army in Jianzhou, which made her shocked, if the Ming army was defeated, Tong Nu'er would no longer have any scruples, and would inevitably destroy Ye He, and couldn't help but say urgently: "Then how to deal with it, Mr. Zhang?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "This matter is urgent, step by step, the Korean Gwanghaejun, who has a close relationship with Nurhachi, has abdicated, which is beneficial to the Ming Dynasty." ”

Ke Yinyue had glanced at Zhang Yuan before, but then she frowned at her black and slender eyebrows, her brows were not extended, and she asked again: "Mr. Zhang thinks that Tong Nu'er dares to move troops against Daming?" ”

Zhang Yuan said: "In the past two years, natural disasters have been frequent in the Jianzhou area, and only Nurhachi's foreign invasion can alleviate the crisis in Jianzhou. Speaking of this, he shut up, thinking that it was ridiculous for him to discuss military affairs with an emperor's grandson and grandmother, although this grandmother had a special identity, but it was better to say less, and immediately got up and said: "Mama Ke, when I returned from North Korea, I also prepared a light gift for Mama Ke, and I don't know if Mama Ke likes it?" "Walking to the hallway, people brought over the gift box for Ke Yinyue, there were ginseng, jade, as well as Goryeo white cloth, Busan bronze mirror and other items.

Ke Yinyue touched the snow-white Korean silk cloth and said in a low voice: "I really want to use this white silk cloth to cut a long skirt." "Yehe Jurchen is still white, and Jurchen women like white left dresses.

Zhang Yuan's affairs were complicated, and he said to Ke Yinyue: "Grandma Ke, I'll go back first, and Gonggong Zhong will invite Grandma to greet him on his behalf." "Arch your hands and walk down the steps of the hallway.

Ke Yinyue followed, and suddenly asked, "What about Mr. Zhang's Buddhist bead bracelet?" ”

When Zhang Yuan went to North Korea, Keyin Yue ordered Keguang to come first to inform some of the secrets of Jianzhou Nurhachi, and sent a good Dongzhu bracelet -

Zhang Yuan turned around and said, "What, Mama Ke wants that string of beads?" ”

Ke Yinyue said with a smile: "How can this be reasonable, it was given to Mr. Zhang, I just hope that it will not be abandoned easily." ”

Zhang Yuan took the car back to the old alley apartment of Li Ge, the North Korean envoy Yu Yan has been waiting in the foyer, Yu Yan received a cold reception in the Ministry of Rites today, his heart was worried, he came to ask Zhang Yuan for advice, Zhang Yuan clearly told him that the Ming Dynasty will canonize Ayayang Jun as the king of Korea, which is also the interests of the Ming Dynasty.

In the evening, Gao Qi sneaked to spread the word, saying that Gonggong Zhong had met Wu Ge Lao, and Wu Ge Lao sent Zuo Guangdou, a scholar from the Middle School, to the Ministry of Rites to ask Zhang Yuan about the return of the envoy to restore his life, and if the Ministry of Rites dared to delay any longer, let Zhang Yuan and the Korean envoys hand over the performance to the General Administration Department to submit to the cabinet, and there was not only one channel for delivery.

What Zhang Yuan wants is to have the right to speak and express himself.

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I'm sorry for something lately. (To be continued.) )