Zhu Youzhu walked on the way back to the Qianqing Palace, walking like a fly, and his face looked complacent.

Dai Yi next to him actually didn't understand too much, why did the things discussed in the court today seem to have not been accomplished, but the emperor would be so happy?

"See? Whenever I didn't mention Wang Yue's promotion, they would stand on the side of opposing me giving Wang Yue the marquis, but when I proposed to let the Imperial History of the Left Capital and the Shangshu of the Military Department take charge of the trilateral military affairs, and also mentioned that he would be used again after returning to the court, their attitude immediately changed. Who doesn't look out for immediate gains? ”

Zhu Youzhu said with a smile.

Dai Yi asked: "Then is Your Majesty trying to add an official to Wang Shilang, or is it to be promoted to a knight?" ”

"Of course, it is to let him be promoted to the title, this is Wang Yue's own choice, I just fulfill him. Bingkuan's proposal to me is very good. ”

Zhu Youzhu said this, Dai Yi finally understood, it turned out that this was Zhang Zhou's suggestion.

Last night's candlestick conversation was not in vain.

Because Dai Yi was not there for the whole process yesterday, he didn't know when this paragraph was discussed.

Dai Yi was also pondering, this Gongsheng really dared to suggest that he should use the civil service position of Wang Yue to blackmail the civil officials into giving in to the matter of his knighthood, this kind of proposal even the celebrant did not dare to mention casually, and he dared.

He himself will be a civil servant in the future, no worries?

"In the past, I told Bingkuan to let him go to the apse of the Qianqing Palace, and let him listen to what he talked about in the front, and I will also propose to write down the credit for him! Go ahead. ”

Before arriving at the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youzhi also specially asked Dai Yi to call Zhang Zhousheng.

It simply means that Zhang Zhou wants to "hang the curtain and listen to politics".

Even Dai Yi was thinking, what kind of treatment is this?

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Inside the Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Youzhu sat on the chair behind the desk, and below stood Zhang Mao, Liu Jian, Xie Qian, and Ma Wensheng.

Only Dai Yi and Chen Kuan stood on either side of the emperor.

In fact, Xiao Jing was also listening, but he was standing next to Zhang Zhou in the apse.

The so-called apse is behind the high seats, plaques, and screens in the bright room, in fact, as long as Zhang Zhou coughs inside, people outside can hear it.

Zhu Youzhu came up and made it clear that he wanted Zhu Fu, the Duke of Chengguo, to go to Yansui to be the chief military officer, which was something he had said in the court before.

Zhang Mao naturally has no opinion.

In the inner court, even Ma Wensheng, Liu Jian and Xie Qian did not object.

Who to send or not to go?

Since the emperor believes in Zhu Fu so much now, let Zhu Fu go, anyway, the little prince of Tatar, that is, Dayan Khan Batu Munk, is estimated to have run away now, no matter who goes, he will be a vase.

Then the emperor seemed to be serious and said: "Regarding the merits of the mighty heavenly gunpowder, several Qing families have seen the good news, and they should have counted it in their hearts, right?" ”

The four people, including Zhang Mao, all heard that the emperor deliberately wanted to mention Zhang Zhou's merits.

Xie Qian said: "Your Majesty, the mighty heavenly gunpowder has made great contributions in this battle, but its power is so great and there is a lot of destruction, if you want to use it in the future, it will inevitably be shackled in terms of the occasion in which it is used, and Di Yi must be prepared after this battle." ”

It's still the same old routine.

First affirm what the emperor meant, and then express your personal thoughts.

It's to hold first and then step on.

The new gunpowder is powerful, isn't it? We admit it! But the problem is that this new gunpowder is easy to damage itself, and it is better to say that this is the fault of Wang Yue, it is better to say that this is the fault of the person who invented the new gunpowder!

The rationale for this ...... How adequate?

Zhang Zhou was already laughing when he heard this in the back.

You Kankan's Xie Qian, really sharp-toothed, good things were also said by him so unbearable, Zhang Zhouxin said, if I have to ask you at the scene, then gunpowder is not used by people? Blow it up wherever you want it to? It will also grow legs and go out and blow up on its own?

Because we are afraid of innovation and bring about some changes, we must stick to the old ways, which will become a rotten mentality.

What does the rotten talk about?

Talk about moderation, talk about the ancestral system, and talk about immutability.

No wonder no matter how capable you are, the emperor is also wary of you, and when you have an opinion, you can't completely adopt you, because you group of people just want the emperor and Daming to be in a state of self-containment.

Zhu Youji's tone was also calm, and he asked, "How should the merits of the mighty heavenly gunpowder be formulated?" ”

Don't ask Zhang Zhou, just ask what credit this gunpowder has.

Xie Qian's heart was very clear, knowing that the emperor was fighting for Zhang Zhou, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

Zhang Mao walked out and said, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that with the effect of mighty heavenly gunpowder, he can take the first credit in this battle. ”

As soon as these words came out, Ma Wensheng and several people took a breath.

Old man Zhang wants to play something different today, listening to this, he wants to step on Wang Yue and lift Zhang Zhou!

If gunpowder is said to be the first merit, then Wang Yue is just accompanying the meritorious service, then Wang Yue's merit is low, and the title he got is not high, so it will not affect the status of the British princess?

"The first merit is exaggerated." Even if Zhu Youzhu brags about Zhou's, he still knows it in his heart, "No matter how powerful the heavenly gunpowder is, it also uses people, it depends on how people dispatch it, Wang Yue has a good plan in this battle and can achieve a great victory, and the army is unanimously respected." At this time, I just want to show you how effective gunpowder is in this battle, and what it can do to the Tatars in the future. ”

Zhu Youzhu did not rush to fight for Zhang Zhou.

What's more, it is to let a few people present think, with this thing, will the Tatars dare to come to the border in the future?

Take a long-term view.

The work is in the future.

Ma Wensheng seemed to have a different opinion on this, and he said: "Your Majesty, if the gunpowder falls into Di Yi's hands on this day, I am afraid that it will be ...... The harm to my Ming is even worse! ”

Xie Qian also helped: "Yes, Your Majesty, the heavenly gunpowder is shot, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to garrison the fortress here, doesn't it mean that in the future, my Daming Beiguan fortress will be useless?" In the future, if the Tatars extend the war to the land of Gyeonggi, I am afraid that there will be big trouble. ”

Ma Wensheng and Xie Qian sang and harmonized, just to remind the emperor.

Such a powerful thing, the grassland is not very useful, because there is no fortress on the grassland that we need to bomb, but if it falls into the hands of the Tatars, it will be bad, my Ming fortress, won't it be useless for the Tatars in the future?

Sum up......

This mighty heavenly gunpowder, it is better to have it than not.

Zhu Youzhi said with a displeased face: "That is to waste food because of choking?" ”

Ma Wensheng hurriedly said: "The old minister didn't mean this, but reminded Your Majesty that this gunpowder should be able to keep the secret of the preparation." ”

Zhu Youzhu was angry in his heart.

Whenever you say something, you can always find a different angle to attack, as if only everything is in line with your expectations, and now even the invention of a powerful gunpowder can be so unbearable by you.

Are you civil officials all from a good background?

Dai Yi on the side said with a smile: "At this point, please rest assured, the formula of the mighty heavenly gunpowder is rarely known in the court, and the materials are only stored in my Ming Dynasty, and very few are produced on the grassland." ”

Xie Qian said: "So it won't make the Tatars explore the method of concoction?" If one or two craftsmen are captured by him, or bribed ......"

"Xie Ge Lao." Zhu Youzhu really couldn't listen to it anymore, and said coldly, "If you really prevent research and preparation because a weapon is too powerful, then in the future of the Ming Dynasty, I am afraid that you can only rely on bows and crossbows and spears to garrison the frontier, and the Tatars will not study it on their own?" If the Tatars have it, and the Ming Dynasty has nothing, then what should be worried about is the court, I and the Qing family, right? ”

Zhu Youzhu was also puzzled.

We have researched a good thing, and it is better for you to say that the good of such a thing is bad, and then educate me here?

Several people present were silent.

Zhu Youzhu said: "The mighty heavenly gunpowder was used on the battlefield for the first time and exerted an extremely powerful effect, but this thing has a characteristic, that is, it cannot be stored for a long time. To be ready-made. ”

A few people don't quite understand that such a powerful thing can't be stored for a long time? What is the reason?

"In the future, I will let Zhang Zhou and Zhang Qing's family continue to study, and the reliability will be improved a lot, and I will let the people from the Ministry of Industry cooperate with him at that time."

The emperor finally put forward Zhang Zhou's name.

"With the role of heavenly gunpowder in this battle, as well as the deterrent power of guarding the fortress in the future, I originally wanted to give Zhang Zhou a credit, at least a second merit, and even knighthood ......"

"Your Majesty!"

This time it was Liu Jian who came forward.

"Elder Liu Ge, you don't have to say it first, this matter was dismissed by Zhang Qing's family himself."

When the emperor said this, Liu Jian and the others were also surprised.

The emperor found a reasonable excuse to give Zhang Zhou an earl, but Zhang Zhou didn't want it?

Zhu Youzhu said: "His reason, I also accept, that is, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, no one has been knighted in this way, no matter how big or small his merits are, he must follow the ancestral system." ”

Xie Qian couldn't help but laugh when he heard this.

Sure enough, he is a literati, very pedantic, you don't want to give you a title, know the times!

Don't say that you rely on heavenly gunpowder to make meritorious contributions in the northwest, even if you are just a monk, the emperor wants to give you a title, that is a matter of one sentence, not to mention that you have saved the little princess, predicted the fire and earthquake, your ability...... Others can't find fault even if they want to.

"He is a civil minister, and he wants to be an official in the same dynasty with you in the future, this time he has participated in the examination, if he can go to high school, if not...... I had previously completed the selection of tribute as the Eunuch of the Kingdom, and he was on the list as the first place. ”

After speaking, Zhu Youzhu asked Chen Kuan to show the results of the previous selection to Liu Jian and the others.

Zhu Youzhu said: "If he is not selected as a jinshi, he will be selected by tribute and reviewed by the Hanlin Academy, what objections do you have?" ”

A few people have looked at the selection list and it looks ...... It's quite fair and just, there are people from the Hanlin Academy, Cheng Minzheng and Xu Han, as the speakers of the Hanlin Academy and the Guozijian, are all involved, obviously the emperor has made some preparations in order to make Zhang Zhou out.

No one answered.

Zhu Youzhi could only ask alone: "How is Liu Ge's old intentions?" ”

Liu Jian said: "Your Majesty, there seems to be no precedent to be found. ”

Zhu Youzhu asked, "Then can't I set this precedent?" ”

Liu Jian hesitated for a moment, but still arched his hand: "But!" ”

It's not that Liu Jian doesn't want to object this time, it's that he can see that the emperor is too resolute with Zhang Zhou's heart, besides, Zhang Zhou was selected through a reasonable tribute, not to mention whether this selection was prepared for Zhang Zhou alone, at least from the perspective of the organizers, the methods and methods are compliant.

Zhang Zhou met the conditions for not passing the imperial examination to enter the court.

(End of chapter)