Zhang Zhou followed Xiao Jing out of the palace.

Xiao Jing was already instructing how to react after seeing Pingjiangbo Chen Rui, such as putting up a fight, not giving Chen Rui a good face, setting up a horse for him, and so on......

Zhang Zhou was also thinking.

The last time he was ordered to ask for a bribe, it was just a shadow, but he took the imperial decree in advance and ran to Wang Yue and Zhu Feng's house, this time he directly told him that he would accept it casually, and he didn't need to hand it over if he received it, and the more the merrier.

Sounds good.

But Zhang Zhou is also wondering, could this be the emperor digging a hole for himself?

"Mr. Zhang, did you hear that?"

Xiao Jing saw that Zhang Zhou didn't respond for a long time, so he couldn't help but ask.

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "I understand, it's probably to let Ping Jiangbo know who is in charge and who is second." ”

"yes, that's what it means." Xiao Jing smiled.

It didn't matter to him to ask for a bribe this time, but Chen Rui would definitely give him some benefits, and he was happy to give Chen Rui "guidance".

Then Xiao Jing reminded again: "Uncle Pingjiang, you don't have to be polite, his family has a big business, and it will be enough to dig it out from him for a long time." His Majesty's meaning is not to let him have more blood, he doesn't know the pain. ”

"Really? No consequences, right? Zhang Zhou asked with a smile.

Xiao Jing was surprised: "Your Majesty's order, how can there be consequences?" You can take whatever you want, and others will never know about it. ”

Zhang Zhou thought to himself, I don't know now, the emperor is quite happy, and thinks that he is asking others to help him with rewards, and the love can still be recorded on himself, which belongs to "borrowing flowers to offer Buddha".

But this was during the honeymoon period of the monarch and ministers, in case the emperor had an opinion on him Zhang Zhou and felt that he was not good at anything, and now the gift he received became his talisman.

Li Guang is a typical example.

"Receiving money sounds good, but it's too public, and it's easy to be criticized, so there's no new gift? I heard that these nobles like to raise some singers and dancers in the south of the Yangtze River or something, so can't you send some of this? ”

Zhang Zhou immediately began to be more picky about the types of gifts and the way to give gifts.

"Huh?"

Xiao Jing was stunned.

This demand ...... Sure enough, unlike us who are eunuchs, it seems that this Zhang Banxian doesn't need money.

Then you usually pick the door so much?

Xiao Jing seemed to understand that Zhang Zhou didn't want to accept gifts, he thought about it, nodded and said: "If you use the singer and the dancing girl as gifts, it can only be regarded as a private gift, not a bribe. ”

Zhang Zhou shook his head and waved his hand: "If you don't do anything about receiving gifts, then I can't accept it." ”

"Haha." Xiao Jing said with a smile, "It's just to give him a channel, so that he can have a chance to get your guidance, and if he goes to Liaodong, he has the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, and this matter can be done." He'll be happy to send it to you. ”

"Really?"

Zhang Zhou thought to himself, is there anything else that you are particularly willing to give as a gift?

Think everyone is Wang Weining?

That product is quite fond of stammering people, and it is a gift to go bankrupt, which is simply a model of sacrificing oneself to illuminate others.

Xiao Jing continued to smile: "Ping Jiangbo's life has not been easy recently, after he returned to the capital, others called him 'Chen Erbai'. ”

"Chen Erbai? Isn't it aged sake? Zhang Zhou asked with a smile.

It may be that someone deliberately rectified Chen Rui, anyway, this reputation has spread in the capital recently, and now everyone knows that Chen Rui likes to drink cold wine because he is afraid of fire.

Xiao Jing said: "This time in the side pass, Wei Ninghou let him run, he led the troops to run out for 200 miles in one day and one night, and then ran 200 miles back in one day and one night...... Since then, Chen Erbai has also become his nickname. ”

"This ...... That should be called Chen Sibai. Zhang Zhou sighed.

"Haha, it's all the same, it's all the same, but now they all think that he can run fast with his troops, but instead of going to fight with the Tartars, he leads his troops to escape. He himself said that he was going to rush to Yansui to resist the little Tatar prince, if he hadn't been biased in this matter, maybe others would still believe it, but who would believe it now? ”

Xiao Jing was also laughing at Chen Rui.

Zhang Zhou asked, "Just because of his bad reputation, His Majesty helped him?" ”

Xiao Jing put away his contempt, leaned over to Zhang Zhou's side and said: "Actually, he asked to come to our house through the relationship of Jinyiwei, and our family reported to His Majesty with the help of the results of the Dongchang 'sitting note' visit. ”

Chen Rui, as a martial artist who was dismissed from the northwest due to events, must have been "taken care of" by the East Factory after returning to the capital.

Only then did Zhang Zhou understand that it was Xiao Jing who was threading the needle for Chen Rui.

This shows that Chen Rui has given Xiao Jing benefits in advance.

……

……

Zhang Zhou and Xiao Jing walked out of the palace gate and didn't wait for the carriage.

A foul smell came from his face, Zhang Zhou covered his nose and said, "What's the matter?" ”

Xiao Jing sighed: "Mr. Zhang, don't you know that the canals in the city have been blocked recently? Also since last year, the drought in the north has been severe, and after the beginning of spring this year, there has not been even a single rain or snow, and even the water in Xiya has been drying up recently, and the situation in all parts of the city is not good, especially where there is a canal near the palace. ”

"Oh."

Zhang Zhou nodded.

The northern part of the Ming Dynasty began from the eleventh year of Hongzhi, four consecutive years of drought, and the drought was serious, especially in the eleventh year of Hongzhi and the thirteenth year, until the situation of the fifteenth year of Hongzhi did not improve, and there was still a local drought in the next few years.

The abnormal climate is actually a precursor to the coming of the Xiaoice Age, and the current drought is in sharp contrast to the two relatively large floods of the Yellow River in the second and sixth years of Hongzhi.

It was from the eleventh year of Koji that the external troubles in the northern frontiers began to become serious.

To put it bluntly, the tribes on the grassland are also under pressure to survive, so they will continue to raid the border in order to have a chance for the tribe to survive.

With hair, who wants to be bald?

Xiao Jing said: "Recently, the Ministry of Industry and the Shuntian Mansion have made a concert, asking Your Majesty to transfer the servants to dredge the canals in the city, and it would be good if it could rain in a few days." Sir, our family has to go to Pingjiang Bo's Mansion to inform you first, you might as well go back and wait first, then our family should not go together, what to say, you decide. Leave. ”

"Please."

They each got into the carriage, and Zhang Zhou went home.

……

……

Zhang Zhou rode home in a carriage.

Wang Mingshan walked with him, and Wang Mingshan was originally sitting on the opposite side of the carriage, but he beckoned Wang Mingshan to come and sit next to him.

"Huh?"

As soon as Wang Mingshan sat down, Zhang Zhou's big hand went over and grabbed her waist.

For this cute girl with a figure and no brains, she really didn't know what Zhang Zhou was going to do, but she didn't push it away.

There was one thing she knew.

She is already a member of the Zhang family, she should call Zhang Zhou "master", Zhang Zhou took her to see her father and uncle, her elders had to kowtow to Zhang Zhou, and more importantly, ...... She was married, though she didn't know what it was all about.

But recently, Han Qing told her a lot of things, and some things made her face a little hot after hearing it.

For example, now.

She also had some strange feelings in her heart.

"I've been busy lately, so I didn't personally guide you, how much did you learn from Qing'er?" Zhang Zhou asked.

Wang Mingshan shook her head, roughly speaking, I haven't learned much.

I didn't even know what I needed to learn.

"After I get a big Dengke, but I want a little Dengke, do you know what it means?" Zhang Zhou asked again.

Not surprisingly, Wang Mingshan continued to shake her head.

Zhang Zhou thought about it, let this stupid girl learn in advance, it is better to have an indoctrination method, let her practice first, and when the practice is finished, she will naturally understand, otherwise with her head, it seems that she can't understand what happened to her.

This willow waist......

"Sir, it's time to get there." Sun Shangqi was in front of the car and said.

Zhang Zhou suddenly felt that it was not a good thing for his home to be close to the palace gate, this was not even good for him to get acquainted with his confidante, and there were Jiang Pingyu and Han Qing when he returned home, and there were always many inconveniences.

It seems that only in the carriage, where there is nowhere else to go and nothing else to do, is it convenient to enhance the relationship.

……

……

Zhang Zhou returned home.

Let Xia Zhi go to say hello to the people in the inner courtyard and tell them that he has guests to receive, and then let Wang Mingshan sit on his lap and continue to be a stinky and shameless Zhang Daguan.

But it didn't take long for Chen Rui to visit in person.

"Uncle Pingjiang is here, and he is far away." Zhang Zhou didn't know what to say in the face of such a rough old man.

Chen Rui is not young.

In history, Chen Rui died in the thirteenth year of Hongzhi, that is, in the next year, and there is no record of how he died.

However, there is one thing that Zhang Zhou knows, that is, Chen Rui "died with hatred", because in the thirteenth year of Hongzhi, he went to the northwest with Xu Jin, who was then a squire of the military department, to resist the fire screening invasion, but because of his intimidation, he delayed the fighter plane, was dismissed and went home to live, and died not long after.

It is not an exaggeration to say that he died of grief.

Chen Rui clenched his fists, knelt down on one knee and said, "Humble Chen Rui, I've seen Mr. Zhang." ”

"How can Uncle Pingjiang be so polite, get up and get up."

Chen Rui got up with Zhang Zhouxiang's help, but it was a child who came in with him and handed him a small wooden box.

Just when Zhang Zhou thought that there should be some gold, silver and jewelry inside, it was to give it to him, but he saw Chen Rui open the wooden box, and there was actually a portable charcoal stove inside, and an iron wine jug.

"What is this?"

Zhang Zhou looked curiously.

Chen Rui said with a smile: "I don't drink cold wine recently, even if I go out, I have to warm the wine at any time, and occasionally drink a few sips, and I am arrogant." ”

“……”

Zhang Zhou listened to it and wanted to hit someone.

Feelings: You came to me empty-handed, and you still show your political attitude here?

I don't want to accept gifts, but you can't not give them!

Just like you, Xiao Jing actually recommended it for you? You give Xiao Jing a gift, don't you give it to me?

Chen Lao's picking?

Zhang Zhou nodded and said: "Uncle Pingjiang is really a good drinker, he can't do it down, and he will get drunk after a few sips." ”

When Chen Rui heard this, his eyes lit up, as if he had thought of some very special idea.

Zhang Zhou knew that it was definitely not a good idea.

"There is just a batch of good wine here, I want to invite Mr. Zhang to drink it together, come here, go back to the house and send the good wine, the old man wants to get drunk with Mr. Zhang."

(End of chapter)