The ministers in the court, in the face of the emperor's arrangements one by one, could not come out to interject.

Regarding Chen Rui and Zhang Yanling being transferred to Yansui, it is nothing to most ministers, no matter how bad the situation in Yansui is, Chen Rui will be worse than Zhu Fu if he goes to be the chief military officer?

It's a big deal that Zhu Fu finished being a shrinking turtle, and Chen Rui continued to shrink, and everyone could hold it in the turtle shell for longer than anyone else.

But this will Zhu Feng is on the cusp, vaguely becoming a famous general second only to Wang Yue on the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Youzhi and Zhang Tuesday endorse it...... Actually transferred back to the capital to live idle? Could it be that he knew that this kid's ability was not very long-lasting, and his original form was soon revealed, or he shrank like his father, so he fell back early so as not to be embarrassed?

The court meeting ended.

Then came the Council of the Inner Court.

However, this time, Zhu Youzhu did not call Zhang Zhoulai, but only asked the three members of the cabinet to add Ma Wensheng, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and the content of the discussion was only to consider whether it was appropriate for Chen Rui to replace Zhu Fu.

Xie Qian came out and commented: "The two of you...... Each has its own strengths, right? ”

Zhu Youzhu said: "But their shortcomings are also more obvious, aren't they?" ”

Xie Qian arched his hand and did not pick up.

Your Majesty has to say that, so why do you come to ask us? We didn't directly refute this matter in court, even if it was polite.

"Then if you don't go with Pingjiangbo, who is more appropriate? Why didn't a few families make recommendations? ”

Zhu Youji was not enlightened before, but now he is like an enlightened king, discussing with several people in the inner court.

Liu Jian looked at Li Dongyang next to him, meaning you come.

Li Dongyang said: "Your Majesty, the current situation in the border has stabilized, if the Marquis of Anbian goes to guard and transfers the Marquis of Weining to the three sides, then Xuanda will be safe from the three sides." ”

"Oh, Zhu Feng, is he okay?"

Zhu Youzhu asked with a cautious look on his face.

In the past, when Zhu Feng was mentioned, the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee had a big opinion, thinking that this kid was just a vase, and Zhu Feng was a rookie, so they all felt that he would definitely embarrass Daming.

But with Zhu Feng's good performance in the two battles of Biguan and Liaodong, and even when he was in Liaodong, he took the lead in personally lighting artillery and leading troops to pursue, plus Lian Ren Liang and other leading snakes had to slap this "young famous general", and now even the ministers of the DPRK and China have to look at Zhu Feng with admiration.

But in the eyes of the emperor......

When I was optimistic about him, you were not optimistic, but now when you are optimistic about him, I think he is just a vase!

Let him guard a side pass that has not even been repaired? Are you sure you're not cheating on him?

Liu Jian said: "Maybe it can be used." ”

"Forget it." Zhu Youzhu directly denied this proposal, "I also said before that the Marquis of Anbian will be used after returning to Beijing, if the border towns of the Ming Dynasty always count on young people, how can they be well versed in the way of seniority in the Ming officialdom?" ”

"Your Majesty?"

Xie Qian came out and questioned.

Your Majesty, how do you sound sarcastic about us?

What's wrong with our seniority? This is the experience summed up by our predecessors since ancient times, and scholars have the ability to use us in this tone.

Ma Wensheng was relatively upright and asked, "Then I don't know what to do with transferring An Bianhou back to Beijing?" Jingying? Or is it a transfer to a place? ”

The sentence "another appointment" could not relieve the doubts of the few bigwigs present, and with their more serious thoughts, they naturally wanted to know what the emperor wanted to use this limelight boy for.

"Jingying is not suitable for him, and Nanjing and other places are not suitable either. He has only been honed now, but in fact, he relies more on the guidance of others in the use of soldiers, and even so, it also allows him to come back and learn more from others, I have discussed with people before, and it is necessary to set up a school to train military generals in the left side of the capital division. I plan to let the Hanlin attendant say that Zhang Zhou is in charge of this matter. ”

"Your Majesty!"

This time, the four ministers spoke out almost simultaneously, presumably all of them were going to oppose it.

Everything, Zhang Zhou?

Cultivating military generals? Do you want Zhang Zhou to teach them?

The question is, the Ming Dynasty already has the Governor's Mansion as a specialized military institution, what should be the name of this so-called military academy?

"You don't have to say it yet, listen to me!" Zhu Youzhu seemed very stubborn, and continued, "I want to open a military academy, not to show that Bingkuan is stronger than anyone, but he knows more about the mighty heavenly gunpowder and the mighty cannon, and in the future, the border army of the Ming Dynasty will rely more on these two things, which is almost subversive for the tactics of the Ming border army. ”

No way.

The four ministers originally had 10,000 firm reasons in their stomachs, and they could deny the emperor's use of Zhang Zhoulai as a military general academy lecturer, but after listening to the emperor's words, even those who were stubborn as they felt that they were about to be convinced.

Dai Yi on the side also helped: "A few old ministers, you should be the people who know the most about marching and fighting in the Ming Dynasty, about the use of troops in the past few years or even decades in the Ming Dynasty, you are more or less involved in decision-making, but how many of you understand the power of the mighty heavenly gunpowder and the Shenwei cannon, and there are applicable occasions?" ”

This time, the three members of the cabinet looked at Ma Wensheng together.

It's a bit biased to say that the four of us are military strategists, but you Ma Wensheng has been involved in military and political matters since the Jingtai period, so these shouldn't be difficult for you, right?

If you don't understand the mighty heavenly gunpowder, then do you understand the black powder? Shenwei Yuan Cannon doesn't quite understand, but ordinary artillery should always be clear, right? Tell Your Majesty about it, and let Your Majesty know that our Wenchen is not the only one who can come out and pretend to be forced.

Ma Wensheng was under the expectations of everyone, but he just arched his hand and said: "The old minister seconded it." ”

Liu Jian couldn't help but close his eyes.

This surrendered too quickly.

Why don't you struggle a bit?

Zhu Youzhi was very satisfied with Ma Wensheng's attitude, even you, the secretary of the military department, thought that the army of the Ming Dynasty was inexperienced in using these two new weapons of mass destruction, so I let Zhang Zhou be the lecturer, is this unreasonable?

The policy hurdles have been removed.

"Three elders, you don't have any opinions, right?" Zhu Youzhu looked at the cabinet of three again.

Liu Jian said: "The old minister also seconded the proposal. ”

At this time, they all call themselves "old ministers", which roughly means that we are old people, and we don't understand the things of young people very well, and we are not very willing to learn, Your Majesty, just watch and toss.

"Well, in the past two days, the Ministry of War has proposed the establishment of a military academy, as for the specific naming, I will decide at my discretion, this academy does not involve the current military department or any yamen of the Governor's Office, only I am responsible for one person, and I will appoint personnel to do the things of lectures and demonstrations, and one will be dispatched from the Beijing camp to cooperate with the use of artillery, but this position is not permanent."

"Regardless of the lecturers and generals in the school, they do not judge the level of their positions in the army, nor do they have the authority to actually transfer troops and send generals. Let's learn from the guard commanders and direct leaders of the guards around Beijing! ”

The emperor said that he would add such a school.

Zhang Zhou was not given any official position, nor did he say that Zhang Zhou had any special authority as the chief lecturer, but he only transferred a few soldiers from the Beijing camp to cooperate with the demonstration of artillery, which was regarded as a start-up.

This is also relatively polite to Wenchen.

But the three cabinet members, as well as Ma Wensheng, were obviously not happy.

……

……

The matter is settled.

The four of them walked out of the Qianqing Palace, and the four of them probably regretted coming to the Qianqing Palace, and were asked for a power back by the emperor in person, although they still don't know what impact this power will have on the political and military circles of the Ming Dynasty in the future.

"Brother Negative Tu, why didn't you object to this matter before?"

As soon as he came out, it was only the little eunuch who led the way, and he was still walking in front, so Xie Qian was blunt.

Ma Wensheng didn't say anything.

Xie Qian continued to ask: "You mean, you are not proficient in artillery and gunpowder?" ”

"Yu Qiao, don't ask!" Li Dongyang interrupted Xie Qian's words.

Of course, Xie Qian was a little unwilling.

Why did the emperor let the three of us come with you, Marven?

If the three of us are at the decision-making level, then you Ma Wensheng is at the executive level, if there are still people who are qualified to rob the chief instructor with Zhang Zhou, it must be your Ma Yingtu, and your Ma Yingtu is not even struggling, and you are a rebel to the civilian camp, right?

Liu Jian said: "At this time, it is true that there are many mistakes, Your Majesty wants Bingkuan as a lecturer, so that the generals of the Ming Army can understand the power of the new artillery, and I think it is also right." ”

Xie Qian questioned: "Could it be that the generals in the Ming army have to be his protégé of Zhang Bingkuan?" ”

That's the problem.

Asking Zhang Zhou to teach these people how to use artillery will not be disgusting to civilian officials, and will even support it.

But if the emperor wants to set up a special class and let Zhang Zhoulai be the teacher of this class, then this matter seems to have deteriorated.

Zhang Zhouyue has changed from a teacher to a gentleman, maybe Xungui will take care of his identity and will not be Mr. Zhang Zhouwei, but what about those ordinary guards and commanders, commanders, thousands of households and the like?

These people originally liked to tie up with the powerful people in the court, especially people like Zhang Zhou who were favored in front of the emperor.

But now that Zhang Zhou is their teacher, wouldn't they be able to worship Zhang Zhou justifiably and form a friend party from then on?

"Yu Qiao, you're worried about it early, what didn't happen, why bother so much?" Ma Wensheng looked back at Xie Qian and persuaded him.

He's kind of explaining himself.

Even you Xie Qian seem to know that those generals and Zhang Zhouxue used firearms and gunpowder for nothing, and you only care about the formation of friends, so you will wait for the formation of a trend before mentioning it? Now you let me contradict when Your Majesty has great trust and respect for Zhang Zhou, do you think it will not only make Your Majesty more alienated from our Wenchen, but also have a side effect?

Liu Jian also patted Xie Qian's shoulder, meaning don't say anything.

Li Dongyang said: "Since Your Majesty handed over the proposal to set up a school to the Ministry of War, I also ask Ma Butang for more consideration, and it will definitely weaken Zhang Zhou's authority as the division commander." That's it. ”

"Hmm."

Ma Wensheng nodded.

Although you can be perfunctory with Li Dongyang, it is not good to be perfunctory with the emperor.

Even if Zhang Zhou is not given the title of "Mr.", those martial artists who go to study will also treat Zhang Zhou as "Mr.", Daming is such a realistic place, don't blame other martial artists for clinging to the powerful, isn't it because Daming Wuxun has no status after Tumubao? If you don't talk to Zhang Zhou, will you continue to be oppressed by your civil officials?

……

……

The four ministers left the Qianqing Palace, and the emperor also went to the inner garden of the palace.

And Dai Yi and the other four eunuchs also have to go back to the duty room of the celebrant eunuch, they still have a lot of notes to be reviewed, because of the victory in Liaodong in the past two days, the emperor has delayed a lot of things, and they need to be dealt with urgently.

“…… After this incident, I am afraid that this Mr. Zhang will become Mr. Zhang in the army, is it good or bad? ”

Chen Kuan followed the three of them and asked.

Dai Yi didn't stop walking, and said coldly: "Don't worry about it, don't ask." ”

Wei Bin said: "In this way, the four old ministers actually didn't object? ”

Even Dai Yi himself didn't understand this.

Is it bad to object? Still don't want to object?

Xiao Jing said with a smile on the side: "From someone's point of view, it seems that there is no consensus among these four, some of them want to oppose it, but some want to compromise, and they may even vaguely support it." ”

Dai Yi glanced at him: "You see a lot?" It's okay to oppose compromise, who will support it? ”

Xiao Jing just smiled and didn't answer much.

Dai Yi said: "You have to remember that now Mr. Zhang, as His Majesty's most trusted person, has made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty, no matter what His Majesty wants to reward him, it is not inappropriate, and a lot of tongue will not end well." What about even the elders and the ministers? Could it be that if you oppose Your Majesty's use of people, Your Majesty will be able to listen to it? You finally know what Your Majesty talked to Mr. Zhang about yesterday when we were away, right? ”

The other three suddenly seemed to come over suddenly.

It was impossible for those foreign ministers to know when the emperor had met Zhang Zhou and what he had talked about.

Only the four of them were the celebrants, the eunuchs, who were usually very close to the emperor, and even when the emperor was handling official business, one or several of them must be waiting by him and knew the content of the conversation.

If the emperor came up with the idea of opening a military academy, whether Zhang Zhou took the initiative or the emperor put forward a general idea, at least this matter needs to be discussed and decided, then it can only be discussed by Zhang Zhou and the emperor when they went to negotiate with the three members of the cabinet before.

"This Mr. Zhang's wisdom is not simple, if you think that he is just doing this for the sake of forming friends, I am afraid that he will be able to make a bad move, if those four don't even see this, then they may not be as good as us!"

Dai Yi put forward another bold idea.

This matter may not have been mentioned by Zhang Zhou himself at all, but the emperor felt that it was necessary to cultivate some elite generals who could use artillery and yellow powder, and the emperor wanted to help Zhang Zhou cultivate a few generals who could be used.

As for the emperor doing this, did he have any concerns about Zhang Zhou's possible rebellion......

This will be the "honeymoon period" between the emperor and Zhang Zhou, will the emperor do this kind of worrying thinking?

But as a few "close to himself" around the emperor, the four ceremonial supervisors had to worry about this aspect, now the power of artillery manufacturing is in the hands of Zhang Zhou, even the power to teach the generals in the army, and even the power to accept them as party henchmen, who knows if Zhang Zhou can always abide by his heart?

But here's the problem......

Who is going to mention to the emperor that he wants to guard against Zhang Zhou?

What even the civil officials didn't say, let's talk about it? If Zhang Zhou knows, how will he get along in the future?

said this, the emperor must have turned his face and explained to Zhang Zhou, and even the emperor himself punished the person who proposed, this is their difficulty.

……

……

Zhang Zhou didn't go to the Qianqing Palace, he had to give a lecture to Zhu Houzhao in the morning.

"Sir? What's going on? Did your father tell you about teaching a few more generals? When I mentioned it to my father before, my father said that he would consider it. ”

What made Dai Yi and Liu Jian fail was that this matter was not first proposed by Zhang Zhou or Zhu Youji.

It's Zhu Houzhao.

As for Zhu Houzhao's mention of this matter, no one knows whether there is an element that Zhang Zhou is secretly hinting at.

And Liu Jin, who is next to Zhu Houzhao, is now eager to become Zhang Zhou's student.

When Liu Jin usually handed Zhang Zhou's tea and water, his little eyes were full of admiration.

Zhang Zhoudao: "I don't know. ”

"You don't know?" Zhu Houzhao frowned.

Zhang Zhou sighed: "Prince, you don't seem to know how powerful my artillery is, right?" As for the gunpowder...... Have you seen it with your own eyes? If you propose this to Your Majesty, what will Your Majesty think, won't you think that I want to open a school and cultivate some of my own students to form a party for personal gain? ”

"Uh...... Is it so complicated? ”

Zhu Houzhao pays attention to doing things casually, and his awareness of political thinking is the same as his age, he is still a child.

As for the enthusiasm for the military, it is just a child's playfulness.

Liu Jin said with a smile on the side: "Even if it is not a martial arts school, it is better to open an ordinary school, find a few people to learn from Master Zhang, and we are willing to serve Master Zhang." ”

Zhang Zhou glared at him.

The heart said that you are really a forceful person, and in order to please the prince, you will do everything you can.

"Mr. Zhang, if you don't teach others, you should always teach me, right? I'm smarter than everyone else, and I'm sure I will do when you teach me, and I'm a better learner than they are. ”

Zhu Houzhao made this proposal because he wanted to learn.

Even Zhu Houzhao himself still wants to be a gentleman and teach those people, and the result of being a teacher himself is that those people are his protégés, and he can take a group of his students to step on the grassland in the future...... It's exciting to think about.

Zhang Zhou said: "Okay, as long as Your Majesty asks me to teach, I will teach, otherwise...... Hehe, you get the idea. ”

Zhu Houzhao said with a suffocated face: "If you don't go to ask your father, my father may not let me learn for the rest of my life, if you don't want to teach, forget it, and find a reason to prevaricate me!" I will never learn the Four Books and Five Classics you taught again! ”

"Thank you, it's best to let me leave the East Palace and go back to continue to be my country scatterer, I see that I study artillery at home every day, and it's better than giving you a bear lesson here!"

"Who do you say is the bear child?"

"That's you, what?"

Zhang Zhou's face straightened.

Liu Jin was taken aback, and hurriedly said peacefully: "His Royal Highness the Prince, Master Zhang, you two are dissipated. ”

Zhu Houzhao was very angry at first, and then shook his stinky face: "What does the bear child mean, I don't know, but I know that it must not be a good word, the bear child is the bear child, if you look down on me again, I am also the prince of the Ming Dynasty." Defy? In the future, when you become a courtier, the palace will order you to teach, and if you oppose it, you will ......."

"Your Highness, be careful." Liu Jin reminded.

Meaning, His Royal Highness the Prince, let's not talk too much, in case he is unhappy to split a lightning bolt and kill you, he can still rely on the will of heaven to do this, I am afraid that even your father may not sympathize with you.

Zhu Houzhao snorted lightly: "If you don't teach, let's see!" ”

(End of chapter)