Wang Yue is an endorsement for Zhang Zhou.

He also couldn't understand Zhang Zhou's purpose in doing this.

You are a scholar, honestly take the imperial examination, even if you don't get into the jinshi, don't you look back and rely on the emperor's trust to live?

Zhu Youzhu didn't think so much, Zhang Zhou provided another good thing to the imperial court, and he hurriedly instructed Xiao Jing to take over the matter from Dongchang.

"Before the Tatar Kobian in the coming year, don't leak the news, if there is anything, let Dongchang tell you. Directly to me. ”

What Zhu Youzhu meant was that this matter only required a few celebrant supervisors, as well as Zhang Zhou and Wang Yue to participate in it, and there was no need to communicate with the Governor's Mansion and the Ministry of War.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Wang Yue naturally felt that it was very meaningful to tie up Zhang Zhou.

Otherwise, with a soldier left squire, he must prepare for a big war through normal means...... I'm afraid that in the next life, civil officials will not agree.

……

……

After leaving the palace.

Wang Yue couldn't help but ask Zhang Zhoudao: "Mr. Zhang, why do you bother so much? In fact, if you don't give that divine gunpowder, the old decay has the ability to block the incoming enemy. ”

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "Wang Shilang, what about doing things, I will do it if it is beneficial to the court, I haven't considered personal gains and losses for the time being." Besides, Your Majesty's rewards and punishments are clear, and there is no need to cherish yourself. ”

"Sir is really for the country and the people."

Wang Yue couldn't help but tout again.

Sycophants.

Zhang Zhou thought to himself, your old king is so slippery, it is difficult to associate you with the invincible general on the battlefield.

Don't just talk about others, the good and evil sides of Ling Lao Wang are also very contradictory.

Don't you have any points in your heart?

Zhang Zhou said goodbye to Wang Yue and was about to get into the carriage, when Zhu Fengxing rushed over and said, "Mr. Zhang......"

"Speak seriously!"

"Yes, Brother Zhang, I went to see my father and mentioned to my father about joining the army." Zhu Feng smiled and said, "My father is very supportive of this, especially when he knows that I am going to the northwest with Elder Wang, he said that I have been lucky for eight lifetimes." ”

Zhang Zhou frowned.

This father really doesn't have much culture, is this a praise for his son or a belittlement of his son?

"You have a long enough mouth, and many things are still confidential, who told you to say it?" Zhang Zhoudao.

Zhu Feng said with a smile: "It's okay, my father will definitely not say it to the outside world, by the way, I also mentioned your magical firearm......"

Zhang Zhou gave him another roll of the eyes.

Does this kid particularly like to brag right now?

Zhu Feng's personality is good or good, he can talk to people, but the bad is also a little bad, but he doesn't seem to be able to hide things.

This kid has to be beaten.

"Don't leak this matter again, otherwise don't think about going to the northwest!"

Zhang Zhou said in an almost threatening tone.

"Okay. Listen to Brother Zhang. Zhu Feng said, "By the way, my father still wants to invite you over, saying that he has never had time to treat you well." ”

Zhang Zhoudao: "No, I've been too busy preparing for the exam recently, and there are so many things to do outside of the exam, so I don't have time." ”

"Uchiko's ......"

Zhang Zhou immediately thought of Ning Tong's resentful appearance.

"Your inner son, it's not my inner son, be nice to her,!"

Don't want to ask yourself for "Golden Vase Plum" again, Zhang Zhou finally wants to name the book, otherwise Zhang Zhou always feels that those strange names will bring a lot of social problems.

It seems that the ban on this book in the Ming and Qing dynasties is still reasonable.

……

……

The seventh day of the lunar month.

At noon, the atmosphere was a little strange.

Many ministers seemed to want to remind the emperor that the deadline had come and that it was time to talk about the previous "gossip to confuse the public".

Zhu Youzhu didn't seem to remember such a thing.

Until the end of the court meeting, Zhou Jing, the head of the household, came out and said: "Your Majesty, in the past few years, there have been many Taoist priests spreading rumors among the people, and there are people who are involved in royal affairs, and I also ask Your Majesty to issue an order to strictly investigate the place to prevent the spread of rumors. ”

Zhou Jing did not directly address Zhang Zhou's rumors about the earthquake.

But what he said was more serious, because he mentioned a thorn in Zhu Youji's heart, that is, there have always been rumors among the people that he Zhu Youzhu was not born to Emperor Chenghua.

The starting point of this rumor is that when Wan Guifei favored the Sixth Palace alone, she always wanted to abolish Zhu Youji, the uncontrolled prince, and even before Wan Guifei died, she had made relevant efforts, plus Zhu Youzhu himself had many unknown and untrue records in his birth date and experience at the age of five years before.

Whether Zhu Youzhu was known to Emperor Chenghua as soon as he was born, whether he was fostered and refused to disclose it to the public, or whether he was only known by Emperor Chenghua after the age of five, this matter is still debated.

The issue of the emperor's bloodline has always been the most important thing for the imperial court, and it is impossible for the emperor to condone the spread of such rumors.

But Zhu Youzhu was unusually this time, and he seemed very easy-going and said: "Rumors stop at the wise, and the more I try to block them, it is often counterproductive, can I block people's mouths and control people's hearts?" ”

Many ministers have opinions on this.

That being said, rumors stop at the wise, but how many wise men are there in this world? Many things are not three people becoming tigers, and everyone is the same?

Zhu Youzhu said: "You don't mention it, I also know that today is the seventh day of the first lunar month, but even if there is a ground movement now, will it take two days to reach the capital?" But they only say today, but they do not say when it will be today, so can't you wait two days to speak? Next topic. ”

The emperor didn't want to talk about gossipes to confuse the public, and the ministers also knew each other and diverged from the topic.

The weekly period begins to report the annual settlement.

“…… After the autumn grain tax was levied from all over the country and entered Taicang one after another, the detailed figures are being summarized and reported, and it is estimated that it will be settled in a few days! ”

……

……

After the court meeting.

Zhu Youzhi was a little depressed, for him, he was also very anxious these days, and he was also waiting for news.

Dai Yi seemed to understand what the emperor was thinking, and on the way to the East Palace, Dai Yi explained it to the emperor......

"Your Majesty, there seems to be a stone in the slave's heart recently, which has never fallen to the ground, but she said that the earth will not happen? If it really happens, it will be a miracle, and I am afraid that no one in the DPRK will doubt Mr. Zhang's ability to measure the heavenly machine in the Xuankong......"

Zhu Youzhu glanced sideways at Dai Yi.

You're really thinking about it.

Zhu Youzhu said: "The ground moves this kind of thing, it's not accurate." ”

Dai Yi understood as soon as he heard it.

Even the emperor is not very confident in this, if this is not for the emperor's new "Bingkuan" said, it is estimated that the emperor will not say it in the court.

Could it be that those ministers who knew that those who had calculated earthquakes in advance since ancient times were liars, and the emperor was lonely and unaware of them?

However, it is good to have a precedent for predicting in advance.

The point is that there is not a single successful case in the various official historical records.

As he spoke.

The group has arrived at the Mandarin Palace.

At this time, there was no one watching outside the Wenhua Palace, Zhu Youzhu thought to himself, it seems that his own education has worked.

Enter the Mandarin Palace.

The speaker of the day had not yet entered the palace, and Zhu Houzhao was still scratching something on the paper.

Zhu Youzhu frowned when he saw it.

I just thought that this kid wouldn't send someone to keep an eye on him, but now it looks ...... Still pretending.

Based on the father's understanding of his son, is his son the one who loves to learn?

"Prince!"

After Zhu Youzhu walked in, he said coldly.

Zhu Houzhao was yawning, and when he saw his father coming, he closed his open mouth and walked over and said, "Father is here." ”

"You didn't sleep well?" Zhu Youzhu frowned.

Zhu Houzhao said: "Yes, I couldn't sleep last night." ”

Zhu Youzhu glanced at his son, and then picked up what his son pretended to write, it doesn't matter if you don't look at it, look at it...... It's really posturing.

None of the crooked things on the paper are serious words, not even strokes.

What about ghost drawings?

"What is this?" Zhu Youzhu said coldly, "Let you study, are you deliberately messing with me?" Say! Did you send someone out to investigate? ”

Zhu Houzhao was scolded inexplicably, and said with a confused face: "No, father, this is the mathematics taught to me by Zhang Zhou and Zhang Qing's family, that is, arithmetic, he said that as a prince, in addition to understanding the Four Books and Five Classics, he should also have an understanding of arithmetic or something, otherwise it is easy to be deceived by others." Only by knowing the affairs of the world and having real skills can he assist his father and emperor to govern the Ming Dynasty well. ”

"Hmm."

When Zhu Youzhu heard it, this was quite pleasant at first glance.

The level of the stinky boy's big truth is getting better and better day by day, and it seems that this kid also knows what I like to hear!

When you become a prince, you should learn a little more skills......

Zhu Youzhu said with a straight face: "You want to use righteousness to make me not punish you, right?" Is this arithmetic? ”

Zhu Houzhao said: "Why not, look at this, it's one, this is two...... This circle is zero, and in arithmetic, there is nothing, and if it is a circle of one and a circle, it is ten......"

The Arabic numerals were taught by Zhang Zhou during the ten days when he accompanied Zhu Houzhao in retreat.

Xiong Child's learning ability is first-class, but he simply taught the basic rules, and after a few days, Zhu Houzhao has been able to complete the basic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division operations.

Arabic numerals are indeed very simple, and in terms of arithmetic, compared with the "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic" that is now popular, it is really much simpler, compared to the difficulty of multiplication and division in the abacus, and the calculus on paper is also more convenient.

It is precisely because it is easy to master arithmetic in these years, which makes the account room also a very popular profession.

Zhu Youzhu frowned and listened to his son, and asked after a while, "This is what Bingkuan taught you?" ”

"yes." Zhu Houzhao said.

Zhu Youzhu said: "When was it taught?" ”

Zhu Houzhao replied directly: "It's just those days when I get along with him day and night, and he taught his sons." Originally, Erchen didn't want to learn it, but he casually mentioned a few numbers, for example, there were thirty-five warehouses, and each warehouse had fifteen stone grains, so how many stone grains were there. He used this to calculate, and it was quickly calculated, and Erchen thought it was funny, so he wrote it down. ”

"Fun?" Zhu Youzhu frowned, the first time he heard that his son thought it was fun to learn knowledge, he asked, "Then what are you doing?" ”

"Well...... this"

Zhu Houzhao was still talking eloquently just now, but was asked what he was counting.

He refused to speak.

Because he was calculating how much "net worth" he still had, Zhu Houzhao also knew how to take care of his private money, and finally extorted 6,500 taels of silver from his uncle, but now he only has less than 4,000 taels left, and he doesn't know how his silver is spent, of course, he has to calculate it carefully.

Just counting...... Daddy is here.

bragged in front of his father, he was a top trick, and he really let him tell the reason......

He knew that he couldn't confess it to his father.

I can only pretend to be dumb.

(End of chapter)