Not full three years, but soon.

When he left Beijing and went south, Zhang Fujing was a new science and technology scholar in his forties. When he returned to the capital, he was already the right deputy envoy of Zhengsanpin, who had the experience of governor.

The speed of the promotion of the new officials of the Jiajing Dynasty is unparalleled.

It was now June, and the officials of the Ministry and the Metropolitan Procuratorate who came to greet him, as well as Zhang Fujing's classmates and friends, looked at him with eyes as hot as the weather.

When he comes back this time, what will the emperor do with him?

Seven counselors left Beijing, among which Wu Tingju went to take office as the governor of Guangdong, and many people originally thought that Zhang Fujing would return to Beijing to become a counselor, but now the counselors have been completed.

And Zhang Fujing was also very puzzled.

At the beginning, Prince Liang pointed out to him His Majesty's plan for Liangguang, and Zhang Fujing always thought that he would stay in Guangdong for a long time. It is necessary not only to make the new law in Guangdong effective, but also to complete the major event of recovering the toe in the future before returning to the DPRK.

But now he has returned to Beijing ahead of schedule, and Gui Cao has also been transferred to Sichuan as an envoy.

Zhang Fujing naturally does not think that His Majesty is giving a signal to give up or adjust the new law, which can only show that the situation facing the new law is very grim.

When you call yourself back to Beijing, you must have a bigger task.

After entering the city, he didn't care about going to rest first, Zhang Fujing directly asked His Majesty to see him.

This is not only because he came all the way to the dust, and he immediately asked for a report, which was very impressive, but also because he didn't want to delay his future.

He is fifty years old.

Zhang Fujing is only a short distance away from the counselor and the cabinet minister, and if he is promoted according to his age and seniority, his chances are slim.

All his opportunities were given by the emperor and by the new law.

At the noon gate, Zhang Zuo personally waited for him.

"Father-in-law Zhang, I haven't congratulated you on being in charge yet."

"Zhang Dutai is out of sight."

Zhang Fujing was stunned for a moment when he heard the title of Dutai, and then understood in his heart.

Except for Shandong, where is there no governor?

He took a deep breath, suppressing the excitement in his heart.

The governor has the title of imperial envoy or squire of the right vice-capital, while the governor or the general system generally adds the title of imperial history or secretary of the right capital.

Although he has not yet been able to become a counselor, this time he has reached the level of Shangshu of Zheng Erpin.

"Thank you, Grandpa Zhang!" Zhang Fujing saluted Zhang Zuo seriously.

Zhang Zuo returned the salute with a smile: "Our family is not deliberately leaking Chinese, but since this life has been decided early, it will not be changed." When Zhang Dutai enters the palace, it is nothing more than His Majesty and your counselors want to seize the initiative. ”

"Oh?" Zhang Fujing followed Zhang Zuo forward while looking at the Forbidden City that he had not seen for a long time.

The changes are relatively large. This is not to say the buildings around the temple, but the people in it. Obviously, there are now more officials who are busy in and out of the Wenhua Palace, the Wuying Palace, the Wenlou, the Wulou and the surrounding corridors.

Before Zhang Fujing left Beijing in the sixteenth year of Zhengde, there were only many officials in the court meeting within this noon gate. At ordinary times, it is nothing more than the cabinet ministers on duty in Wenyuan Pavilion, and the Zhongshu Sheren and some officials of the General Political Envoy Department will run away for business.

But now, there are many scarlet robes, green robes, and even green robes.

Zhang Zuo listened to Zhang Fujing's upward tone "oh", thinking in his heart that he was worthy of being a character who had already patrolled the side and had the blood of the third-grade dignitaries on his hands, and he still had a natural superior tone.

Although he took over the helm of the celebrant supervisor, the emperor's focus on using the ministers had already shifted, and Zhang Zuo was worried that he would be reprimanded again, so the strangeness in his heart was suppressed.

"Zhang Dutai didn't know that since the impeachment of Li Xiang on the fifteenth day of the first month, there have been changes in the five military camps, and then Sichuan has rebelled. Under questioning, there are many people involved in the government and the opposition. Each province has a governor, a counselor to leave Beijing, and a Beijing camp to select a front, and there is a decree to the officials of the southern direct subordination, but there are still people who are obsessed with it. From this point of view, Zhang Dutai's order was kept secret, which shows His Majesty's foresight. ”

"Obsessed? I returned to Beijing from Guangdong, and I didn't know what had happened along the way. If Grandpa Zhang can tell me, please don't hesitate to give advice. Zhang Fujing saluted him again.

"Zhang Dutai was single-handedly promoted by His Majesty, and now if it weren't for another important task, it would be enough to participate in the national policy, and our family would never see it." Zhang Zuo was polite for a moment and then said, "This time, you are also very difficult. ”

After that, he quickly talked about some recent developments on the way to the Heart Cultivation Palace.

Before all the recitals are presented to the emperor's imperial study, they will go through the celebrant of ceremonies.

What Zhang Zuo told Zhang Fujing was that since more than a month, he had been sent to the capital mainly from the provinces of Nanzhili, Huguangjiang, and Jiangxi.

It is mainly the follow-up caused by two events, one is that after the Liao King attacked the seal, the Liao Wangfu, Jingzhou Mansion and Huguang Patrol entered the capital. One is to impeach the King of Liao for being unscrupulous and unscrupulous, and the other is for the King of Liao himself to beg for favor.

The other case is related to Nanjing, before Meng Chun and others were arrested, the Nanjing Household Department went to Beijing to report to the household department according to the routine, and at the same time sent official documents to the southern Zhili prefectures and the three provinces of Huguang, Jiangxi, and Zhejiang. After that, officials everywhere showed enthusiasm for the new law, and so many old accounts turned out were all unfair things such as the unfair enslavement showdown in various places, and now the people who have borne more in the past do not follow, and the people who have paid less in the past are unwilling to share it equally.

This is not to block the new law, but to make some preparations in advance, clarify the fallacies, and "mobilize" the place.

Zhang Fujing understood: "Do things according to the rules, the law does not blame the public, and there is a lack of people to patrol the constitution?" ”

“…… The governor said yes. Zhang Zuo couldn't immediately comprehend the full meaning of this sentence, but Zhang Zuo still recognized that characters like Zhang Fujing were more capable than himself.

Under the pressure of Zhu Houxi, Zhang Fujing's feelings were not profound, but Yang Tinghe and others clearly felt the difference in the prestige of the eunuchs of the Zhengde and Jiajing dynasties.

Without the emperor's favor, Zhang Zuo, the master of ceremonies, became both modest and cautious.

As they spoke, the two of them had already arrived in front of the Heart Cultivation Palace.

Zhang Fujing looked at the door that was not too big, but sighed in his heart: Now this is the real center of the Ming Dynasty.

Concerts from all over the Ming Dynasty were presented here, and decisions that decided many major events in the Ming Dynasty were issued from here.

The emperor's daily life is also here, and the Qianqing Palace is more only used to hold some ceremonies or banquets with a larger number of participants.

"Your Majesty, Zhang Fujing has arrived." Zhang Zuo now said goodbye outside the imperial study.

"Come in."

Zhang Fujing heard the emperor's voice again, and only felt that it was a little thicker than it was nearly three years ago.

He first bowed outside the imperial study, choked up and said loudly: "Minister Zhang Fujing knocks to see Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty!" Banzai! Hooray! ”

You can't say that he is too willing to slap the dragon's ass, and he will definitely knock on the emperor again when he meets the emperor.

But he can soar into the sky like this, which is indeed an opportunity given by the emperor.

In Zhang Fujing's mind, everything originated from the trial theory of the temple, from the courage of asking for a gift from the emperor, and from the understanding of the intention of the Son of Heaven who was only fifteen at the time.

After that, there was a direct way for him to talk about the strategy of enriching the country, to be promoted to the imperial study to walk, and to go south to Guangdong.

"Get up, you know your heart."

Zhu Houxi's voice sounded in front of him with a smile, Zhang Fujing straightened up, and saw that the emperor was already standing in the door.

He had grown taller again, and now his body was stronger and more imposing. Not only that, but he also began to grow a beard, which naturally looked a lot more stable.

Zhang Fujing's eyes were indeed moist: "The minister is afraid, and His Majesty is ......"

Zhu Houxi, who cooperated with his performance, stretched out his hand and held his arm: "Mao Gong has worked hard and made great achievements, and I remember it all in my heart." It's hot, come in and have some refreshing drinks. ”

The emperor is trustworthy, the courtiers are loyal and capable, and Zhang Fujing is an example of the emperor of the new dynasty.

Gu Dingchen, the current chief of the imperial study, does not have to be the official of daily lectures and daily lectures, and the one who serves as the two companion bachelors is now Lang Zhong from the six middle schools and five products.

The threshold of the imperial study room is getting higher and higher, and the two of them can only look at Zhang Fujing with envy when they look at this scene, envying the opportunities he once had.

Zhu Houxi cordially beckoned Zhang Fujing to drink some chilled cold drinks, and asked him if Guangdong was hotter, and listened to him tell him about the specific process of cutting off Wang Ziyan at that time, and then joked: "I actually use Huguang dragon and tiger fierce medicine as a metaphor, and this courage is greater than that of Wang Ziyan." ”

Zhang Fujing smiled embarrassedly: "The minister knows His Majesty's mind, so he dares to do this." It's just that they are cunning, and the ministers can only make this decision, pretending to be in the same stream, thinking that if they can find out more clues, they will not let Guangdong mess up for a long time. Unexpectedly, His Majesty planned a strategy, and the minister's words were not as good as the account books that His Majesty ordered Gonggong Wei to send to Guangdong. Shame on you! Although the minister did not dare to slack off in Guangdong, after hearing about His Majesty's practical learning, he really regretted that he could not meet His Majesty often in Beijing and ask for a lot of benefits. ”

The smile on Zhu Houxi's face did not change: "So, do you want to stay in Beijing?" What if I send you to another place? ”

Zhang Fujing nodded: "The minister naturally wants to stay in Beijing and always accompany His Majesty, but His Majesty promoted the minister to the end of Weimo, and the minister naturally bowed to his best and died." Your Majesty has an order, and the minister will never give up! ”

Although he already knew that he would go to Shandong, he still had to say this.

Who doesn't want to be a great minister? Zhang Fujing does not hide his wishes.

He came back from "killing" in Guangdong, so he should naturally have momentum.

But Zhang Fujing will not be ambiguous about the attitude of the statement.

Zhu Houxi nodded: "Since I know that I still want to send you to a place, with Mao Gong's intelligence, I know where and what my position is, right?" ”

Zhang Fujing made a gesture and pondered for a moment, and then asked, "Your Majesty wants the minister to go to supervise Shanxi?" ”

"Exactly." Zhu Houxi's eyes sharpened, "Mao Gong thinks, what should I do after going to Shandong?" ”

Zhang Fujing naturally knew that His Majesty already had a discipline, but now that he asked, he no longer just regarded him as a quick knife.

In the past three years in Guangdong, Zhang Fujing's ability has been recognized by the emperor? That's what he thought in his heart, so he thought about it for a while.

This time, it's really thinking.

The emperor was testing him.

If you only accept orders, then when you arrive in Shandong, it will take time to make a report, and you will inevitably be inaccurate in handling many things. But if he can accurately comprehend the emperor's meaning, then with his intelligence and experience, he will naturally be able to grasp this kind of proportion.

He is the hero of the new law in Guangdong, and let him go to the governor of Shandong, in the current situation, it is naturally for the new law.

And the biggest difficulty of the new law at present is nothing more than what Zhang Zuo said before, "it is also difficult for you to participate in the policy".

For the lords and vassal kings, and even for some possible rebellions, there are already responses to the governor's place and the selection of the capital camp.

But what His Majesty wants is for the Ming Dynasty to operate normally after all.

There are so many more official posts in Guangdong, and Zhang Fujing, who is in charge of affairs in Guangdong, knows best. The real purpose of increasing the number of officials is not only to divide the gentry in Guangdong and win over the hearts and minds of the people, but the biggest purpose of the Guangdong government office after the restructuring is to improve the efficiency of handling official business.

Outside of Guangdong, the provinces still have few officials, many officials, and all things are assigned. Nowadays, on the contrary, all localities have forcibly taken out many old accounts to deal with them actively, and there will be so many things that make the officials "miserable", and it also involves many people who do not know what is going on and are easily agitated.

Wasn't the emperor's determination to introduce the new law evident enough? Isn't the handling of the Five Military Camps and the Sichuan rebellion case, and the arrest and questioning of so many high-ranking officials tough enough?

The reason why these people dare to do this is because there are indeed a lot of people involved this time, and they are all local officials who deal directly with the people, and they are all under the banner of supporting the new law.

The law is not to blame the public, but they are indeed "supporting the new law," at most they are "eager," and they have enthusiastically made some preparations five years before Jiajing, and it is not really a matter of implementing the new law in various places in advance.

This is the old fritters collectively tacitly giving the court a problem.

If they are collectively handled again this time, not to mention how many people will be promoted to replace local affairs for the time being, will there be thousands of grassroots officials in Daming. One point alone is tricky: in the future, the provinces will need brave and enterprising people to implement the new law, but this time they are being punished for supporting the new law, and those who come up in the future will naturally be conservative and cautious.

Zhang Fujing thought for a long time and then said: "When the minister goes to Shandong, Your Majesty should give the minister special favor, so that the world can once again show His Majesty's determination to change the law and become stronger." After the minister went to Shandong, he supervised the Xianyan Shenggong Mansion for many years! Since the end of last year, the minister has been pleased to hear about His Majesty's practical learning, and he has also gained something in the past six months. Since the minister wants to supervise Shandong, there should be a sparse performance to His Majesty's imperial review. ”

"Oh?"

Zhu Houxi remembered that Zhang Fujing was a fierce man who had beaten the Kong family, but he didn't remember how he operated it.

Now, has Zhang Fujing really thought about how to reform Confucianism and open up the world for practical learning in the past six months after he came into contact with practical learning?

Zhu Houxi's voice was the tone of the superior again, and Zhang Fujing also replied confidently: "Your Majesty said that the people of today are better than the ancients, and although the ministers are ashamed, they are also encouraged!" The corporal of the world should have such a sharp spirit, and Confucianism has not always been a blindly guarded and self-explanatory learning. At this time, everyone is arrogant, and they dare not be called the sages of Dayue, and they talk about the Six Classics in their studies and affairs. The source of all kinds of chaos is that Confucius is too respectful and rude! ”

"How to refute?" Zhu Houxi fast-forwarded directly to the point where someone would jump out and express his objections.

Zhang Fujing smiled a little badly: "Attack the shield of the son with the spear of the son." Your Majesty is clear, and the ministers will naturally make the Confucian scholars in the world speechless. What the minister is worried about is that after the success, if the Yan Shenggong Mansion forgets the teachings of the ancestors for many years, what step should the minister do? ”

Zhu Houxi saw that he sold Guanzi first, and knew that he had already planned. Even when he didn't know that he would be the governor of Shandong, he was afraid that he had already thought about how to carry forward the practice in the future. Otherwise, why does Guangdong dare to be bold enough to add practical learning to the township test now?

Zhang Fujing wanted to go to Shandong with such a background, and also brought his reputation in Guangdong for almost killing the important people of Guangxi and Guangzhou.

"Intended!"

Zhu Houxi gave an order, and the two companions who had heard the conversation between the monarch and the minister trembled in their hearts.

As the children of Confucianism, are they now discussing how to deceive their teachers and destroy their ancestors?

But it is not new that there are many lawlessness in the Yansheng Mansion, isn't Kong Hongxu, the father of the current Yansheng Gong Kong Wenshao, who was taken away from the title of Yansheng Duke and succeeded by his younger brother because he was too promiscuous and too bastard?

Zhang Fujing only asked what step was done, so what is the emperor's will now?

"Zhang Fujing has made meritorious contributions to the governor of Guangdong and the trial of the new law, and ordered the governor of Shandong to supervise the military affairs and the governor of the army, and to serve as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites and the right capital of the Imperial History of the Imperial Palace, plus the prince and the young master of the prince, the right Chunfang University scholar, and the python, and the first son of Yin to enter the Huangming University."

To their surprise, it was just a promotion, albeit a playful one.

The ministers on the governor's side are often given the title of secretary of the Ministry of War, but Zhang Fujing added the title of secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

It is regular to serve as the imperial history of the right capital, but the young master of the crown prince is ...... You must know that since the birth of the emperor's concubine, this is the first courtier to be added to the title of the third prince and three orphans. Although after Yongle, the three princes and three orphans have nothing to do with the prince's counseling, but who knows what His Majesty thinks now?

Don't you see, is there still a right Chunfang university scholar behind you? If he becomes a prince in the future, will he become a scholar of Zuo Chunfang, and really become the "prince teacher" who is in charge of the prince's invitations, notes, and lectures?

In addition, he gave a python suit, although it was only a walking python instead of a sitting python, which was also doubly honorable. One more point...... The service of the Holy Father, that is, the python.

The grade of Yan Shenggong is only the second grade.

Now that Zhang Fujing goes to Shandong, the noodles will be frighteningly shiny, and there is no place on the face of Yan Shenggong Kong Wenshaoming that can shake in front of Zhang Fujing.

Zhang Fujing thanked him excitedly, and then only listened to the emperor's encouragement: "Mao Gong's experience of practical learning, you can go to Zhejiang." But if you hear it, you will understand. ”

“…… The minister should learn more from Yan Weizhong. ”

Zhang Fujing's body trembled, knowing that the answer to his question was hidden in this sentence.

Where do we go?

In the past, when Meng Yuan was there, the descendants of Confucius first had three sects, and then there were more than 100 years of parallel sects in the north and south, and they were also removed from the title of Yansheng Gong.

Isn't this descendant of Nanzong in Quzhou, Zhejiang?

Now the Yansheng Mansion in Qufu can not exist.

Zhang Fujing knew what the price he was about to pay for receiving so many "special favors": it was not enough to strip away some of Confucius's halo, but also to connect with the specific affairs of the new law outside of the current practice.

When he goes to Shandong, he still wants to kill people! Kill the descendants of the Holy Master!

(End of chapter)