The emperor endorsed Zhang Zhou, and Zhang Zhou seemed to be more imposing.

Zhang Zhou looked at Xie Qian with a smile and said, "Elder Xie Ge, do you still have any questions?" Say it all together, and know everything below. ”

Don't pick others, focus on Xie Qian, Zhang Zhou's move seems to be telling Xie Qian, I know that you are the most eloquent one in the Ming Dynasty, don't ask others to come out to debate with me today, so as not to leave a bad impression on Your Majesty, then let's solo, don't you dare to take it, right?

Zhang Zhou's move was also considered.

If you really want to talk to the Confucians, they all come out to question him, and it is very troublesome just to deal with everyone's personality and opinions.

It's better to face one of the strongest directly.

This avoids having a bad relationship with a group of people to the greatest extent, anyway, Xie Qian usually likes to talk nonsense with people, if you are not as good as others in court debate, with the character of Xie Lao'er, even if you blow your beard and stare at it for a while, you will not hold a grudge against me as a young man, right?

Just pick a good-tempered Xie Qian to match the line.

Xie Qian was naturally happy to have a good discussion with Zhang Zhou, and he said: "Zhang Jinshi, since you also admit that the mighty heavenly gunpowder is from your hand, then the destruction of the fortress in the border can't have nothing to do with you, right?" Even if it is not at your behest, it should have a lot to do with you. ”

"Yes!"

The civil officials seemed to have suddenly found the crux of the issue from Xie Qian's guidance.

Zhang Bingkuan, who invented the new gunpowder, is not responsible, who will bear it? Without your gunpowder, Wang Weining would not have the ability even if he had this heart.

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "Elder Xie Ge, you also know that Fang Shi likes alchemy, and he also likes to study gunpowder. ”

"Hmm."

Xie Qian nodded.

You kid admit that you're a alchemist, and you admit that you like to do all that weird and tricky stuff? Then you just admit defeat and are ready to admit guilt and accept punishment?

Zhang Zhoudao: "It is said that the invention of Chinese gunpowder was developed from the Tang Dynasty before and after, by the alchemy monks when controlling the furnace fire, so if there are Tatars today with the help of gunpowder to capture my Ming fortress, do we still have to dig the inventor's grave for him, and then crush his bones and ashes to show punishment?" ”

"Huh?!"

Not to mention the civil officials present, even Wu Xun's side was in an uproar.

Zhang Zhou's way of discussing can be said to be "unique", and in the court debate, there is really no person like Zhang Zhou who dares to speak and make analogies.

"You!"

Xie Qian was speechless for a while.

Even Xie Qian felt that this kid didn't have any worries when he spoke?

Zhang Zhou continued to talk eloquently: "Thinking about it, no matter who made a certain thing, who invented and researched it, as for what has been done with this thing, it should be the credit or fault of the person who used it...... Xie Ge don't interrupt me first, I also understand very clearly, I don't want to steal the credit of the partial head pass, it is his Wang Weining's own, I never wanted to take credit. ”

Xie Qian almost wanted to say.

The emperor has given you the credit for inventing the mighty heavenly gunpowder, and you actually said that the mighty heavenly gunpowder explosion has nothing to do with you?

Zhang Zhou directly blocked his mouth.

I don't want that credit.

I invented nitroglycerin to help you break the enemy, just because Wang Weining blew up the city, do you still plan to settle accounts after the autumn? Since you have to worry about what kind of credit the inventor should bear in it, then I will say directly, I don't want to take responsibility or take the credit.

Xie Qian, don't mention how annoyed he is.

With his sharp teeth, it was difficult to find opponents in the past to debate with others in the court.

Today's strong one made him dumb for a while, the nest fire in his heart, and the competitive spirit came together, Xie Qiandeng was like a fighting, and he was more energetic than Zhang Zhou.

Xie Qian said menacingly: "I don't fight with you for the partial, I won't win that game, the majesty of the Ming Dynasty has come out, and no one denies that you have the ability to predict in advance." But what happened to Liaodong? Why do you want to use Zhu Feng, Zhang Yanling, and Chen Rui to lead the troops? And not dominated by the imperial history of the capital, but actually led the troops with martial arts and the chief military officer was temporarily recruited, not to be a local general, how to win with foreign military officers? ”

Zhang Zhou knew when he heard it that now the civil officials were assigning the responsibility for appointing Zhu Feng, Zhang Yanling, and Chen Rui to him.

This blames the emperor for making his own decisions.

It's not good to use anyone, you have to use Zhu Zhijie...... Is that a tough master? As for Zhang Yanling, it is even more nonsense.

Only Chen Rui, who has experience in leading troops, has a bad reputation in the army because of his bad reputation recently.

Your Majesty, the minister knows that you have drifted recently, but can we discuss something well?

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "Xie Ge's old words are reasonable, why don't we replace these three people now, and then temporarily replace one of the capitals to prepare for war?" ”

"You!" This time Xie Qian was angry.

Zhu Youzhu came forward to say peacefully: "Zhang Qingjia, don't be rude to Xie Gelao, if you have something to say, in fact, ......"

Zhu Youzhu saw that this matter was not easy to explain, and it was indeed his own decision to use Zhu Feng, Zhang Yanling and Chen Rui, he felt that it was necessary to explain, this matter had little to do with Zhang Zhou, Zhang Zhou just provided the idea of using troops in Liaodong, and he, the emperor, insisted on using these three people.

Zhang Zhoudao: "Your Majesty, the minister believes that the use of troops in Liaodong should judge the situation, and if these three people are capable, they should be treated equally." Success or failure should be judged by results, rather than being denied in advance. ”

The voice fell, and the scene was very quiet.

The civil officials seem to be waiting for Xie Qian to continue to make trouble.

Wu Xun felt very aggrieved, it was like this in the past, whether to use people or not, it all depends on your civil officials to decide, it is rare that the emperor has an exceptional move to employ people this time, even if we don't look down on Zhu Feng, Zhang Yanling and Chen Rui, just from the emperor's idea of improving this aspect, we adopt the opinions of other families and do not listen to all your civil officials, we are very supportive.

Xie Qian also regained some momentum at this time, and asked: "What do you mean is to guarantee the results of the three of them, and with the merits and demerits of the three of them in Liaodong, it is closely related to you?" ”

"Enough!"

Zhu Youzhu couldn't listen to it, and directly interrupted Xie Qian's words and said, "Elder Xie Ge, I have already told you very clearly about the employment of people. That's my own decision to use who not to use, to use An Bianbo as the chief military officer, and he can also implement the strategy of Zhang Qing's family, if you have to question this matter with people, you should ask me directly! ”

Xie Qian was pushed back after a while.

In fact, there are some things, not to be said by the emperor, those ministers with foresight should also analyze that the use of Zhu Feng, Zhang Yanling and Chen Rui should not come from Zhang Zhou's proposal.

Zhu Feng is young and vigorous and not suitable to be a coach at all, not to mention Zhang Yanling, he and Zhang Zhou are potential opponents of the emperor's close ministers, as for Chen Rui, Zhang Zhou has helped Wang Yue achieve Northwest Merit, Chen Rui hates Wang Yue and naturally hates Zhang Zhou, why does Zhang Zhou need to recommend a Chen Rui who has prejudices against himself?

But Zhang Zhouken took responsibility for the emperor, which still made those ministers realize that Zhang Zhou was not as unresponsible as they thought.

If the emperor hadn't come out to explain the situation, Zhang Zhou would have directly stated on the scene that the merits and demerits of these three people shared the glory and disgrace with him, and they could advance and retreat together.

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "Your Majesty, could it be that as a result of the battle in Liaodong, can the minister still escape?" ”

"You ......"

Zhu Youzhu was silent for a while.

The civil servants suddenly became excited.

Oh, yes.

If it was changed to Zhang Zhou, before Zhang Zhou set foot in the court today, if Liaodong set up an ambush in Ningyuan and was defeated, Zhang Zhou could also say that this matter had nothing to do with him, he just provided a strategy, and it was Zhu Feng and others who were defeated due to their improper use of troops......

But now it is difficult for Zhang Zhou to clear the relationship.

Zhang Zhou didn't want to get on the same boat with Zhu Feng and the others, and the civil officials would forcibly tie Zhang Zhou to this boat.

Zhang Zhou said in a calm tone: "Elder Xie Ge, I should have hoped that Di Yi would appear in the place I predicted, that is, outside Ningyuan City, and then use An Bianbo and others to lead the troops to break the enemy, in order to calm the hearts of the army in Liaodong." Should I pray now that they don't come? ”

Xie Qian turned his head to the side: "What you think has nothing to do with the old man." ”

Zhang Zhoudao: "Then I have to ask Xie Ge Lao, if I can deduce that Di Yi may indeed appear somewhere at some time in the future, and harass my border people, and even plunder my border people's people and livestock, then Xie Ge Lao might as well give me an opinion, should I play this matter, or turn a deaf ear?" ”

The civil officials present were all firm in their opinions, and they would fight Zhang Zhou to the end.

But after listening to Zhang Zhou's words, the private discussion started again.

They seemed to understand why Zhang Zhou was so imposing today, and even why the emperor trusted Zhang Zhou so much.

Because what Zhang Zhou did was only the duty that a courtier should do, that is, to tell the emperor what he knew, and the emperor sent someone to complete the rest of the arrangements, which had little to do with Zhang Zhou, and Zhang Zhou did not let the border army enter the steppe to fight with the Tatars to the end.

To find fault with Zhang Zhou, where is the fault?

Zhang Zhoudao: "If you think that I am the words of the monks, don't forget, the Ming Dynasty has the Qin Heavenly Prison, and the responsibility of the Qin Heavenly Prison lies in my summary, which lies in observing the time, the Qin Heavenly Prison can observe the celestial phase, and if there is a disaster, it will also be reported to Your Majesty in time." ”

"And I'm just with the mentality of an ordinary subject, I will check what I have checked, and I will go up to heaven to deal with it, as for whether I can honor it...... So far, it seems that there is no deviation, which means that my report is at least more accurate than that of Qin Tianjian. ”

Xie Qian glanced at Zhang Zhou coldly, not knowing what to do.

In the eyes of later generations, talking about ghosts and gods is very outrageous, and even the sword is off-edge.

But in these years, not only ordinary people believe this, but even the monarchs and ministers actually believe it, and the imperial court also has a special institution to study the heavenly phase, why should it be said that Zhang Zhou's words are Fang Shi's unwarranted words?

What Zhang Zhou means is that Qin Tianjian has predicted nine times out of ten times, and he still plays it every time he speculates, and I hit ten out of ten, just because my prediction is too accurate and makes you civil officials feel pressure, so I won't let me say it, right?

Is there any truth to this?

……

……

The scene looked awkward.

The civil official was very faceless by Zhang Zhou, mainly because Zhang Zhou was not like Li Guang, who relied on alchemy and nonsense to get to the top, while Zhang Zhou relied on real skills.

And their suppression of Zhang Zhou is not due to Zhang Zhou's misdeeds, many people are still out of jealousy, saying that the good thing is that Zhang Zhou broke the rules of the court's speech, but the root cause is not because Zhang Zhou destroyed the only trustworthy position of Wenchen in the emperor's heart?

Zhang Zhou said: "The land of Ningyuan, the terrain is long and narrow, even if it is said that the focus of the next step may be here, in fact, it is nothing, they should come or will come, because it is still very difficult to set up an ambush to fight with it in that place." Unless there is a heavy accumulation of troops, this will cause the rest of the troops to be drawn to be unprepared. ”

Xie Qian no longer wanted to continue arguing with Zhang Zhou, so he retreated to the minister's class.

The civil servants were surprised.

The argument hasn't come to a conclusion yet, didn't you fight very well just now? There is still a vague time to gain the upper hand, why did you retreat at this time?

Only Xie Qian himself knows that in fact, the moral high ground has been firmly controlled by Zhang Zhou, and it doesn't make much sense for him to say anything.

It is because of what Zhang Zhou said, whether something should be played or ignored, so that Xie Qian feels that in fact, Zhang Zhou is essentially right, and what is wrong may be that Zhang Zhou is too awesome, and it is too much for civil officials to come to power, anyway, this kid has already won the top prize in the examination and joined us, and in the case of the emperor's extreme trust in him, fighting with him will not have a good result.

Unless there is a battle in Liaodong, Zhang Zhou's prediction is wrong, or something happens in the future, so that Zhang Zhou loses the emperor's trust......

Xie Qian is also very good at judging the situation, and when he sees that the wind is not in the right direction, he is not ambiguous at all.

Li Dongyang saw that Xie Qian had withdrawn first, and he understood that he had to go out on his own.

Previously, Xie Qian belonged to the "emotional faction", and now it is his turn to appear as a "rational faction".

To think differently, it's time to talk to you about the gains and losses.

It used to be indiscriminately bombed, but now it's a land of size.

Li Dongyang said: "Zhang Jinshi, since you mentioned Ning Yuan, should you explain what the strategy of this battle is and how to break the enemy?" If your prediction is accurate, then Di Yi's purpose is to plunder, and he should transfer the border people in the city fortress to gather superior forces when the enemy comes, why is there only one place in Ningyuan that has troops and horses mobilized? ”

Now it's up to you to say whether your tactics are right or not.

Before the argument.

At least first set out your tactical intentions, and then we can find fault to attack you, and even let the emperor know the benefits and losses, and adjust Ning Yuan's tactics according to the opinions of our civil officials.

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "Does Elder Li Ge believe that the soldiers and horses of Duoyan Sanwei will really attack Ningyuan?" ”

These words are choking Li Dongyang.

Don't you civil servants don't believe in my prophecies? Since you don't believe it, then you still care what tactics I use in Ningyuan?

Actually, you just want to say that I am only responsible for telling the emperor where there may be war, and the specific arrangement of tactics is up to you civil officials, right? It's a pity, I have no objection to your participation in it, but who told His Majesty to listen to me now and not believe you?

Whoever proposed and who arranged it, you don't believe it, and you still arrange a fart?

Li Dongyang said: "You only need to say tactics." ”

Zhang Zhou said: "Until the war has a result, I will not give advice. ”

Rao is Li Dongyang also knew that Zhang Zhou might have a strange temper, but he didn't expect that Zhang Zhou would directly make him, the elder, unable to come to the stage in front of the emperor and the minister of civil and military affairs.

He was even pondering, is it really necessary to recruit this kid into the civilian camp? Feelings, he is determined to go against us.

In that case, why did he still have to be admitted to the top rank among the scholars?

The civil officials listened to Zhang Zhou's words and were very hostile to Zhang Zhou.

But the situation on Wu Xun's side is the opposite.

They have a feeling of "finally boiling out", it is rare, fifty years after the change of the Ming Dynasty Civil Fort, there are finally people in the court who can argue with the civil officials, and can also gain the trust of the Son of Heaven, it seems that our martial arts are finally no longer used in the previous fifty years, to live by the snort of the Wenchen!

Tu Tu, the secretary of the ministry, asked, "Why can't you tell me?" Is there something unspeakable? ”

Zhang Zhoudao: "This is Tu Butang, right?" What do you mean by "unspeakable"? If it is a tactic that should not be said to outsiders, in case it is known to Di Yi, it is indeed an ulterior matter, but if you want to say that this is to endanger the Ming Dynasty, I think you are a bit exaggerated. ”

Zhu Youzhu couldn't help frowning when he saw Tu Tu coming out.

What are you doing here?

Don't you Tu Tu know that in fact, in the eyes of Liu Jian and Li Dongyang and other factions, you are also half an outlier?

Otherwise, why would the Imperial Historian take you as a target and impeach you again and again after what happened to Li Guang before? And at that time, you also received Zhang Zhou's favor, it was Zhang Zhou who reminded me not to pursue the favor in Li Guang's account book, but now you are "taking revenge"?

The general envoy Yuan Shou said straightly: "What can't you say? Only by speaking out can you distinguish right from wrong. Do you want to be alone and above the court? ”

Zhang Zhoudao: "If it was two months ago, if I mentioned the mighty heavenly gunpowder in the court and told you that this thing has such power, would you be credible?" ”

"You ......"

Yuan Shouzhi was also dumbfounded.

He hadn't seen anything like mighty heavenly gunpowder, and now he only heard that it was very evil, and even the city wall could be blown up directly, which was not something that traditional Confucian officials could understand.

Xie Qian smiled again: "Then you mean that the things you can take out are stronger than the mighty heavenly gunpowder?" ”

"Hmm." Zhang Zhou nodded unceremoniously.

"Huh." Xie Qian smiled, "Then there is such a good thing, why didn't you take it out when you were in the First World War of Biguan before?" ”

Zhang Zhou also said helplessly: "I only hate that I was just a person at the time, and after I arrived in Beijing, I began to implement some things, and after His Majesty sent people to cooperate, I began to make progress." ”

"The new killing weapon I mentioned was only prepared and manufactured at the beginning of the year, but unfortunately it was not made before the First World War, and it was missed, but it happened to be made at this time, and it was intended to be used in the First World War in Liaodong. That's why I don't want to talk to you about it, because the tactics used are so bizarre that even if you do, you may not understand and support it. ”

Xu Guan, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, walked out and said, "Zhang, do you know what you are talking about?" ”

Civil officials with the idea of moderation really can't listen to it.

You're a bit too braggadocio, aren't you?

Zhang Zhou shrugged his shoulders and said: "I'm afraid I have to ask Father-in-law Xiao of Dongchang, as well as the British father-in-law, they have gone to the test with me, I wonder if you can come out and say something?" ”

The civil servant stared wide-eyed.

Isn't it a person who brags, and someone who helps to blow it together?

Zhang Mao walked out and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, the old man is really lucky, and it was also an eye-opener at that time. Perhaps, as Zhang Jinshi said, this thing is currently used in Liaodong to have a miraculous effect, or it may also be able to change the pattern of the Ming frontier war in the future. The old man admires Zhang Jinshi very much. ”

(End of chapter)