The affairs of the army in Wenzhou are going very smoothly. Zhang Wen has promoted many people, of course, he can't be completely talented, in addition to looking at talent, the most important thing is to look at two points: first, of course, he is a trustworthy confidant, such as Shen Jing, Huang Renzhi and other people who have been with him for a long time; The second is those who have no background and background, because after such people are reused, they will be more loyal to Zhang Wen.

Zhang Wen has to do a lot of things every day, and for those people in Hangzhou who almost lost their lives, Zhang Wen didn't move a single one, and even had to protect Qian Yiqian's safety. It's not that Zhang Wen doesn't hold grudges, but there are other ways to clean them up, such as the culprit Ye Feng, when his grandfather Ye Xianggao was implicated by him and the Ye family's reputation was discredited, Ye Feng didn't necessarily feel very happy, right?

Thinking of Ye Xianggao's involvement, in fact, Zhang Wen was not very happy. After all, in Zhang Wen's heart, Ye Xianggao is a loyal minister for the country and the people...... Maybe Ye Xianggao is indeed such a person, Zhang Wen didn't dare to conclude.

Zhang Wen often thinks about one thing, that is, when Wei Zhongxian knows about Zhejiang's birth, what storms will arise in the court and officialdom.

According to Zhang Wen's speculation, with Qian Yiqian as a witness, Wei Zhongxian will definitely not let go of this opportunity to crack down on the Donglin Party. It can be said that this time, the Donglin Party will shed its skin if it does not die, and the cabinet ministers and local officials below the first assistant level have been implicated in many people, and after a blow, the ruling position of the Donglin Party has basically been completely shaken.

As for the other eunuch party members involved in this matter, such as the celebrant eunuch Wang Tiqian, the secretary of the military department Cui Chengxiu and others, Wei Zhongxian should not punish them openly, so he will give the Donglin party official the handle. Wei Zhongxian would punish these people in private, because they ate inside and out, and concealed Wei Zhongxian's collusion with political opponents to embezzle money.

Located in the school field in the north of Wenzhou City, Zhang Wen rode on a horse, watching the army training while thinking about the things in the court.

Zhang Ying sent a letter to Jingshi, and had returned last month, and was by Zhang Wen's side at this time. It stands to reason that after so long, the imperial court should also send someone down.

The school field was very lively, people came and went, advancing and retreating, and from time to time there was the sound of "bang bang ......" bird wheel shooting, which was the infantry practicing shooting.

For recruits, long-range firearms are better than bows and arrows, not only because the range and lethality of firearms are higher than those of bows and arrows, but more importantly, firearms can be trained for a few months to pull them on the battlefield.

"My lord......" Zhang Zhao saw Zhang Wen and rode over, Ye Qingcheng, who was in the cavalry camp, heard Zhang Zhao's shout, and also rode over and accompanied Zhang Wen on his inspection.

Zhang Wen pointed to the people on the school field and said to the generals: "Everyone is doing a good job, what do you need, just tell me, I will solve it for you." ”

Zhang Zhao patted his head and said: "Just thinking of one thing, my lord, the workmanship of this batch of firearms we use is too poor, different sizes, it is easy to break, and it is difficult to repair if it is broken...... The last general thinks that it will be much better if we want to build a manufacturing bureau and use our people to supervise the casting of firearms. ”

Zhang Wen nodded and said, "Wait a month, and Mr. Huang and I will give you a budget for military expenses." ”

Military expenses are becoming more and more tense now, and Zhang Wen is under a lot of pressure in his heart, but he is relaxed on his face, and he is not willing to let the generals worry about the silver.

Zhang Wen smiled and turned his head to look to the west, on the school field to the west, the cavalry battalion was training horses to split in front of one scarecrow after another. It has been training for several months, and the knights are all in a stable position.

Zhang Wen turned back to Ye Qingcheng and said, "General Ye, on the battlefield, is there a more practical marksmanship and knife technique?" ”

Ye Qingcheng was a young man with a length of eight feet and a face like a knife, and he said calmly: "Marksmanship or stabbing or stabbing ...... The knife technique is heavy, wide open and closed, what kind of weapon, what kind of use. When using weapons in actual combat, the tricks should be concise, and the emphasis should be on effectiveness and lethality. ”

Zhang Wen looked back at Zhang Ying, and said with a smile: "Ying'er is also a person who practices martial arts, but martial arts is what General Ye said?" ”

"General Ye practiced martial arts, used heavy weapons, and used them on the battlefield; The concubine is not practicing martial arts, but only skills...... It only needs to be fast and accurate, and there are no tricks to speak of. ”

Zhang Wen touched the sword on his waist, the sword that turned out to be called "Rouge Tears", he pulled out the scabbard, looked at the sun, and said: "Such a good sword, but I can't use it, it's really a waste." "Let's look back at the few generals around me.

Seeing that Zhang Wen couldn't put it down, the generals said one after another: "The last general will make the gun easy." "The last general doesn't know how to swordsmanship."

Zhang Wen smiled and said, "Who said that Lao Tzu was going to send you?" Who knows swordsmanship, teach me to be an envoy, I will lead troops to fight in the future, and I will not be able to achieve any martial arts? ”

Ye Qingcheng arched his hand and said: "When the last general was studying, he practiced swordsmanship, but he was not very clever, if the adult did not dislike it, the last general could tell the adult the trick of using the sword." ”

Zhang Wen put the sword back in the scabbard and said, "Cheng, every evening when the team returns to the camp, you will teach me how to use the sword." ”

At this moment, a woman in black came galloping on horseback, ran to Zhang Wen, jumped off the horse, and arched her hand: "Boss, someone is from above." ”

Zhang Wenxin was overjoyed, and finally waited for the news, and hurriedly said: "Ask Cao An to bring it to the back hall to entertain the students, and I will arrive later." After that, he said to the generals: "I have something to deal with, and you will each lead the troops to train and do your job." ”

"The last general will obey."

Zhang Wen then hurried back to Wenzhou City and went straight to the governor's office. Entering the instrument door, it is the lobby of the point general and the office, and entering from the warm pavilion of the lobby, it is the courtyard of the back hall. Zhang Wen walked to the door of the living room on the north side, and saw a person sitting and drinking tea inside.

The man had a round face, white and fat, a double chin, and no beard, who was Liu Chao, not the eunuch? Liu Chao has some friendship with Zhang Wen, and he is a confidant of the Hakka family. Unexpectedly, Liu Chao rushed to Zhejiang in person, which shows the importance that the palace attaches to this matter.

Zhang Wen smiled and arched his hand: "Father-in-law Liu is here, and there is a loss of welcome, and there is a loss of welcome." Xiaguan went to the school just now, when did Gonggong Liu arrive in Zhejiang? Xia Guan didn't know any news. ”

Liu Chao stood up, returned the salute, and said with a smile: "Master Zhang, don't come unharmed." When our family comes back, it is inconvenient to reveal the whereabouts of our identity, and Lord Zhang knows it. ”

The two looked at each other and laughed for a while, and a slave came up to add tea, Zhang Wen simply asked her to leave the teapot behind, and instructed Xuanyue that no one should approach.

Liu Chao looked back left and right and said, "Now you are in this business, but it is lively, it is convenient to talk here, right?" ”

Zhang Wen nodded: "The errands are all in the yamen and front yard next to it, and there are no idle people waiting to come here." ”

Liu Chao suppressed his smile and put down the teacup, "Qian Yiqian is still alive now?" ”

"Well, the lower official has ordered someone to strictly guard him to ensure his safety, and asked Qian Yiqian to write two confessions himself. One refers to the fact that the Donglin Party members colluded with the party to disrupt the party, manipulate power and sell official positions to make a lot of money, which is evidence for dealing with the Donglin Party; The other is the list of participants, which includes some people from our side, and this confession can only be shown to Gonggong Wei. With this preparation, even if Qian Yiqian is accidentally killed, we have evidence and be prepared. ”

Liu Chao smiled, looked very happy, and said: "Lord Zhang really lived up to Grandpa Wei's expectations, and this time he made a great contribution in front of Grandpa Wei. We brought Jinyiwei's brother here, Duke Wei ordered, listen to Lord Zhang, Lord Zhang said that whoever should be arrested, we will arrest whomever he wants. ”

"What about the brothers of the Jinyiwei? The lower official asked someone to prepare a banquet, and he would not return home if he was not drunk tonight. Zhang Wen was in a good mood.

This time, Zhejiang officialdom is definitely going to be reshuffled, and there are many fewer people who are not convinced, so do you still need to worry about military spending? Zhang Wen even thought about taking over the "West Lake Chess Hall" together.

Liu Chaodao: "Don't be busy, Lord Zhang, Jinyiwei's brother is not in Wenzhou, let's go to Hangzhou tomorrow, you say who to arrest, just hand it over to our family." ”

Zhang Wen readily agreed without thinking. The sun is setting in the west, and we will have to leave at least early tomorrow morning. Zhang Wen accompanied Liu Chao to finish eating, drank a meal, and then called someone to wait for Liu Chao.

After placing Liu Chao, Zhang Wen walked to the door of Xingyuan, took a deep breath, and somehow, he looked at the gradually darkening sky, and felt a little dazed. Probably because of the long hours of hard work, the reason why the spirit is not very good. I have to get some rest tonight, Zhang Wen thought to himself.

When Zhang Wen was taking a casual walk in Yimen, a sergeant came to him, who was the personal soldier of General Ye Qingcheng, and the personal soldier said: General Ye was originally going to come to accompany the adult to practice swords, but just now the adult had something to do, and General Ye did not come. Zhang Wen waved his hand and sent the sergeant away. After a while, another slave came to Zhang Wen, who was Liu Yinglian's close attendant, saying that Liu Yinglian wanted to see Zhang Wen. Zhang Wen thought that there was nothing to do today, so he went to the place where Liu Yinglian lived with the slave maid, and there happened to be someone to chat.

Liu Yinglian lives in an inn next to Xingyuan, before Zhang Wen has decided to let her go, so he didn't care about her anymore, and even Zhang Wen didn't know where she was, at this time when he saw her personal maid, Zhang Wen knew that Liu Yinglian was still in Wenzhou. This maid Zhang Wen has seen it, often by Liu Yinglian's side, but Zhang Wen has long forgotten what the name is, probably Xiaolian or Xiaocui.

Zhang Wen walked into Liu Yinglian's room and saw a table of wine and food in the room, so Zhang Wen said, "I just got down from the banquet, but I can't eat it." ”

Liu Ying bent his legs and asked Zhang to greet him.

"I didn't expect you to be still in Wenzhou." Zhang Wen coughed and sat down in his chair.

With such a sentence, Liu Yinglian's expression suddenly dimmed, and he said quietly: "The prosperous place in the south of the Yangtze River, but I don't know where it is for me, I don't want to go back to those Fengyue places...... I fell into the Qinglou at the age of thirteen, and with my young beauty, I became popular for a while, and even many big names rushed to pursue me. But I know in my heart that just like the pipa girl in Bai Juyi's poems, as the red face grows old, everything is a passing cloud. Later, I was taken by Master Qian, he treated me very well, I thought I had found a home, but ......"

Zhang Wen's heart was a little gloomy after hearing this, in Zhang Wen's eyes, in fact, Liu Yinglian is not bad, sometimes she is very kind, she is a woman, and even a little worried about the country and the people. Zhang Wenxin said: If there is no herself, maybe Liu Yinglian can really rely on Qian Yiqian to live. Qian Yiqian is a good person and a bad person, none of this matter because there are not many bad people in this world.

"I'm sorry." In the end, Zhang Wen could only say this sentence.

Liu Yinglian shook her head, picked up a glass of wine and drank it, her eyes were a little moist, and her voice was a little choked: "It's none of Lord Zhang's business, I didn't expect Qian Yiqian to be such a person, only blame me for my bad life." ”

She looks very fragile, it is hard to imagine that this woman who has the appearance of a country and a city, and many princes and grandchildren can't even touch the skirt of their skirts, is so fragile at this time.

Liu Yinglian drank another glass of wine and reached for the flask. Zhang Wen hurriedly stretched out his hand and pressed the wine jug, and said, "Borrow wine to eliminate sorrow and worry, pay attention to your body." ”

"...... you" Liu Yinglian raised her head and looked into Zhang Wen's eyes, her eyes were full of courage, and then dimmed again, "Can you treat me as a friend?" ”

"Friend......" Zhang asked a little dazed, as if he first heard that there is such a relationship as friends in this world, "Well, friends, we are friends...... Miss Liu doesn't need to be like this, you really can't go to Miss Shen, last time you saved her life, Miss Shen will arrange it for you to ensure that you don't have to worry about food and clothing for the rest of your life. ”

Liu Yinglian smiled, but her eyes were full of tears, she shook her head and said, "I have a lot of silver, of course people like me are not short of silver...... I'm missing ......"

"What are you missing, since we are friends, as long as I can do it, I will definitely help you." Zhang Wen blurted out, but he regretted it a little as soon as he said it, because he suddenly vaguely understood what she lacked.

It is clear that she is not short of silver, nor is she short of men, she lacks love. Zhang Wen is rich and powerful, and he can give her a lot of things, but this thing can't seem to be given, so Zhang Wen regretted it a little as soon as he opened his mouth.

Liu Ying smiled, took out a handkerchief to wipe her tears, and said, "What I lack, Master Zhang can't give." Okay, let's not talk about these unhappy things, just ...... The concubine is out of shape, please forgive me. ”

Zhang Wen shook his head and smiled: "No, I am honored that you can confide me as a friend." ”

Zhang Wen suddenly felt close to Liu Yinglian, and the experiences of the two may be very different, but Zhang Wen felt that there was something in common, that is, a lack of sense of belonging. Zhang Wen also lacks a sense of belonging, he doesn't even know what kind of person he should be, to be a eunuch for the rest of his life? That also has to be the eunuch party to be able to gain power for a long time.

At this time, Liu Yinglian had wiped away her tears and said, "By the way, I came to the adult today, because I have something serious to remind the adult." I heard that someone is coming up there? ”

Zhang Wen was a little surprised: "How do you know?" ”

Liu Ying said pitifully: "The concubine has often dealt with people in the officialdom in Zhejiang over the years, so she naturally has some ways. The concubine knows that someone is coming up today, but she hasn't gotten any exact news yet...... The concubine didn't want to find out anything from Lord Zhang's mouth, she just wanted to remind Lord Zhang to be careful of the people above. ”

Zhang asked: "Miss Liu also heard what Qian Yiqian explained last time, you should know that it is Gonggong Wei's people who came above, what should I be careful about?" ”

Liu Yinglian said in a deep voice: "The people involved in this case are not only the Donglin Party, but also the people from the Ministry of War and the Master of Ceremonies, all of whom are from Gonggong Wei...... Let's put it this way, if Gonggong Wei disposes of so many henchmen, who will he rely on below? ”

When Zhang Wen heard this, his heart suddenly felt cold, it was not that he couldn't understand this truth, but he didn't pay attention to this problem. He frowned, stood up, and paced a few steps from side to side.

Liu Yinglian reminded him like this, and Zhang Wen suddenly came to his senses. If Wei Zhongxian wants to clean up the eunuchs involved in the case because of this incident, the power below will be out of balance, and it is likely that some people inside will have too much power and it will be difficult to control...... Zhang Wen immediately thought of himself, he was only in his twenties, he was already the governor of the official residence, and if he won the battle in Fujian in the future, his power would swell, isn't this the possibility of losing control? In fact, Zhang Wen decided to build an army by himself, that is, he wanted to be less controlled and have more security.

When a powerful minister has an army in his hands and power and prestige in the court, let alone Wei Zhongxian, even the emperor is not easy to control such a powerful minister. As long as there is a person with a brain, he is most afraid of such a person.

When Zhang Wen thought of this, he suddenly felt that he was in danger and had to be careful.

Zhang Wen glanced at Liu Yinglian with complicated eyes, and felt that this woman's mind was really not simple. Because of such a thing, not only Zhang Wen didn't expect it, but even his strategists and staff didn't expect it, but this woman thought of it.

"Thank you, Miss Liu, for the reminder." Zhang Wen said very sincerely, "When you say this, I have come to my senses, Cui Chengxiu is called Wei Zhongxian's godfather, and Wang Tiqian is also Wei Zhongxian's sworn friend, although these people have made mistakes, but in Wei Zhongxian's eyes, they must be much more important than their own officials." If Cui Chengxiu and the others don't fall, they know that I am the informant, but they will guard against me in the future. ”

Liu Yinglian nodded and said, "So the concubine can't help but remind the adults to be careful." ”

Zhang Wen sighed and said, "I didn't expect Miss Liu to have such knowledge. ”

Liu Ying smiled and said: "The concubine body has wandered the world for so many years, although the ups and downs of the officialdom are not related to the concubine's body, but the concubine body has also seen a lot. ”

Zhang Wen glanced at Liu Yinglian, and said in a deep voice: "The person who came today wants me to go to Hangzhou with him tomorrow to arrest the officials involved in the case, and there are also many Wei Party members among the officials involved in the case in Hangzhou, it seems that they are going to be arrested together, I don't know what their intentions are." ”