Although Zhang Zhou did not explicitly say that Yang Tinghe would abide by the system in his hometown, it was no different from saying it directly.

"You mean, Jiefu will get sick in Shuzhong? Or is there a change in the family? ”

Wang Wei frowned.

This is like cursing others, Zhang Zhou, as a literati of the Ming Dynasty, can he directly talk to the emperor like this?

The emperor would listen too?

Zhang Zhoudao: "It's not a secret, I mentioned to Your Majesty before, Yang Shi said that there may be family changes, Your Majesty rules the world with benevolence and filial piety, and then proposed to let Yang Shi talk about the two brothers to return to their hometowns and provinces, if everything is as I expected, I am afraid that it is...... The incident has happened, Yang Shi said that it is impossible to go out of the mountain again in a short period of time if he stays in Shuzhong. ”

"What happened?" After thinking about it, Wang Wei still asked.

If someone else said this, he didn't even have the possibility of inquiry, such a bizarre and nonsense statement, and he openly said that he didn't want to get along with Yang Ting and Yu Chaotang in the future? Or does Zhang Zhou not care about his own discussion?

Zhang Zhou sighed: "As I expected, or his mother was so sick that she ...... Alas! Mr. Wang, do you have to say it directly? ”

Wang Wei thought about it for a moment, and finally shook his head.

This time, Zhang Zhou's words were more direct, and he clearly told that it was Yang Tinghe's mother who was going to die.

"Bingkuan, if it is really as you say, if this is the case, Jiefu will definitely thank His Majesty for his good intentions when he returns to Shuzhong, but if not...... If the news spreads again, I'm afraid it will make you ...... Alas! ”

Wang Wei was also speechless in the face of such a strange "student".

I have never seen Zhang Zhou like this, and he actually predicted in advance that someone else's old mother who was thousands of miles away might change and let the family go back to save their relatives, but on the way to save their relatives, they also made the "Daming Huidian", which was clearly placed by Yang Tinghe.

Zhang Zhoudao: "Bachelor Wang doesn't have to hide it, if you want to return to the three elders of the cabinet, just say it bluntly." If it has been done, why hide it? ”

Wang Wei looked at Zhang Zhou and didn't say anything more.

Emotionally, he is still willing to help Zhang Zhou cover up, but now even Zhang Zhou himself doesn't seem to care at all, and he Wang Wei is a little unable to do things.

……

……

Inside Hallym Temple.

Xie Qian, who was waiting for news in the afternoon, did not see Wang Wei who was returning in a hurry until before dark.

After Wang Wei said about the process of meeting Zhang Zhou, Xie Qian got up angrily and said, "What is this? Myths to confuse the public? And for personal gain? ”

Xie Qian didn't know how to evaluate Zhang Zhou.

If it is a fallacy to confuse the public, it seems that only Yang Tinghe and one person have been affected, I originally thought that Zhang Zhou was to help Wang Wei ascend the throne, but now it seems that Wang Wei and Zhang Zhou are not in the same group at all, only in the name of a nominal teacher and student.

But now Zhang Zhou seems to have gotten real "private interests" because of the "Daming Huidian".

Wang Wei asked rhetorically: "If the husband is here, how much help will it play in the compilation of the "Huidian"?" ”

"Huh?"

Xie Qian was also stunned.

Xie Qian was originally very annoyed, he was probably the same as Liu Jian and the others, and he was sure that Zhang Zhou transferred Yang Tinghe away in order to facilitate the compilation of the "Daming Huidian".

But Wang Wei, as a bystander, clearly reminded him.

Even if Yang Tinghe stays in Beijing, there will not be much difference in progress in revising the "Daming Huidian", but it may make Yang Tinghe and Hanlin Academy discredited.

Now it can be said that look, it's because Yang Tinghe has returned to his hometown and saved his relatives, and the progress has been delayed, otherwise we must have repaired faster than Zhang Zhou's kid......

Lie to the ghost, after the ghost story comes out, everyone can be at ease, and the facts are another matter.

"Then Yu Qiao, does the cabinet still have to submit this performance?" Wang Wei asked.

Now even Wang Wei is vaguely inclined to believe Zhang Zhou's words, maybe Zhang Zhou really has no malicious intent.

Xie Qian said: "Jizhi, even if Bingkuan is a tribute student elected in Jiangnan, you shouldn't trust him." ”

At this time, Xie Qian wanted to remind Wang Wei, you must be clear when you stand in line, you can't be a grass on the wall, while doing big things with us, but at the same time, you want to believe Zhang Zhou's nonsense in your heart.

If you are determined, you should not ask whether you want to submit the performance.

Wang Wei sighed: "After seeing Bingkuan, I feel that his attitude is sincere, and it is not like he is untargeted, and after thinking about it afterwards, it is difficult to think of any malice in his actions." It's just for the "Huidian", but it can also be explained that he doesn't want Jiefu to get involved. ”

Seeing that Xie Qian couldn't be persuaded to move, he shook his head and said, "Don't worry too much about this matter, the cabinet will have some opinions." Tomorrow, you won't have to say anything on behalf of Han Yuan. ”

……

……

After Xie Qian went back, he went to Liu Jian and Li Dongyang to discuss countermeasures.

Even at night, the cabinet room was still brightly lit, and the three of them were studying the things that were being played and the countermeasures to be taken in the court.

“…… Not only can the people in the court know that Zhang Bingkuan has repaired the "Huidian", but also let His Majesty agree to recall the Jiefu, so as not to arouse the suspicion of the courtiers. Binzhi, I'm afraid this requires more planning on your part. ”

Xie Qian is actually a little powerless about this.

He didn't seem to agree with Wang Wei's words, but Wang Wei's words still planted the seeds of doubt in his heart.

He thought rationally, even if Yang Tinghe was called back, how much help could it be to things?

Or it is better to make peace with Cheng Minzheng and let Cheng Minzheng help repair the book, in terms of the professionalism of the "Canon", Cheng Minzheng is far above Yang Tinghe.

Li Dongyang didn't seem to be very sure about this, and sighed: "Let's take a step and see a step." ”

……

……

That night, in a certain guest room of the Jianghuai Commercial Hall in the city, it was crowded.

The daughter of the Chen family is discussing with her mother-in-law, shopkeeper and others about the major event of bidding for the construction of the Yaotou Guancheng.

“…… The imperial court in the construction of the city, is the use of the border army soldiers and requisitioned soldiers, and do not need to recruit people from outside, as long as the goods are transferred to the past, the Ministry of Industry released before, the wood and stone provided by the Beijing division is all to go to the Beijing warehouse, will be docked with the household department, the Governor's Office is responsible for procurement and transportation, during the coordination of the soldiers of the Beijing camp, there are many people active in the British government, want to bid for this bid through the British public competition......"

The daughter of the Chen family listened to the report of her subordinates, and she was only thinking about one thing in her heart.

That is, whether the Chen family's family business can afford such a big business.

In the end, she came out to make a summary.

"Ladies and gentlemen, my Chen family is in Jianghuai, it started by making salt, and later the salt led to the change, and the Jingshi Xungui occupied a serious nest, even if the ordinary businessmen were salt-induced, they could not support the official salt from the salt field, forcing us to change the number of business paths, Nanjing's magnates are deep-rooted, and they have been solidified for hundreds of years and have no way to start, so they can only find a way out from Beijing."

The Chen family girl explained that the current difficulties of their Chen family began with the reform of grain development in China and France, and then to the oppression of people in Jiangnan for doing business.

The development of the north is not determined by her personal subjective will.

One of his shopkeepers, surnamed Huang, asked, "There are more powerful people here in Jingshi, how can there be a bigger way out here?" ”

The daughter of the Chen family said: "The powerful are also divided into three, six, nine and so on, even if they are princes, they are also separated from each other, and now we are looking for a good opportunity to win this business." If you earn it, you can gain a firm foothold in Jingshi from now on, and even if you lose, you won't lose much. Most of you are old fellows who have been trading official salt with my Chen family for many years, and whether you advance and retreat together this time is up to you. ”

"Young owner, if there is really a good thing, it won't be our turn, right?"

"yes."

"Besides, what are you capable of undertaking such a big business, at least 100,000 taels of silver must be mobilized, even if the net worth of our people is added, it is not enough."

The people below still have doubts.

Some people also directly proposed: "Isn't it good to drink soup behind those powerful people as before?" Why do you want to rush to the front? If you want to eat meat, you have to be a tiger, and we are just small characters. Young proprietors should think twice. ”

"Yes, yes, yes......"

The daughter of the Chen family said: "Don't you believe in my connections in the officialdom of the Chen family?" My Chen family has been doing business in Nanjing for many years, and has dealings with the Chengguo Mansion, Yingtianfu and other yamen. There is a contract of sale and purchase of Hui merchants as a guide, and the purchase of wood and stone is only a matter of one sentence. ”

No one spoke in the room.

"The opportunity is in front of you, if you want to participate in it, you will stay, if you don't want to, you will part ways, and it has nothing to do with my Chen family!"

Chen's attitude is very resolute.

The people below had a lot of discussions, although they had a lot of doubts, but after all, they were eating with the Chen family, and most of them were old subordinates who followed the Chen family's female father to work hard in the shopping mall, and they had seen the Chen family as the representative family of Hui merchants and salt merchants, when it was the most glorious.

So when the Chen family's daughter came up with a posture of breaking the kettle, many people still chose to stay.

It seems that he wants to tide over the difficulties with the Chen family.

……

……

"Miss, so far we have scraped together a total of 40,000 taels of silver, and more than 10,000 taels are still mortgaged to the property in Jiangnan, I hope there will be no loss in business."

His mother-in-law is a bookkeeper and can be regarded as the "consultant" of the Chen family.

Under the dim tung oil lamp, the Chen family girl looked at the accounts one by one, and sighed: "If the wood and stone we purchased are not accepted by the imperial court, and no one can swallow such a large batch of materials, we will definitely be sold cheaply." How can there be no losses? ”

"Miss, why are we still purchasing? Can't we wait for the bidding to be confirmed, and the silver from the imperial court arrives, so we can use it to procure? ”

The mother-in-law didn't understand either.

Chen Jianu said: "Impossible, if we don't have enough goods on hand, we don't even have the qualifications to bid, not to mention that the less goods we have, the more difficulties we will receive when we go back to purchase from others." We can't do it with our strength, but if this business is done, we want to do it again in the future...... It's not hard anymore. ”

The mother-in-law nodded and said, "Miss, this is the so-called difficult beginning of everything, right?" ”

"It's not hard anymore!"

The daughter of the Chen family said, "There is the wife who used to be in the second room of the Chengguo Mansion, and the wife of Anbianhou to help, as well as the activities of my father's old friends in the household department and the Ministry of Industry, and ...... That person's great help, even if we give him 50% of the profits, it will be worth it. This time, regardless of the cost, even if there is a small loss, it is acceptable. ”

"That ......"

"I just want others to see that the Chen family is not making a comeback, but creating brilliance again! In the land of jackals in Jingshi, we can still gain a foothold! In a few days, I will bid for it, and I will go and accompany the lady of Anbianhou day and night, and the matter will be left to you!" ”

"Miss, what should I do?"

"Tell me something, but don't say anything to the lady. She shouldn't have been involved! ”

The mother-in-law smiled bitterly.

Shouldn't you get involved? I'm afraid people have already been involved in you, right?

……

……

The next day, at noon, the court was discussed.

The ministers all arrived early, and they were talking in groups.

Zhu Youzhu is relatively benevolent to Wenchen, and the Wenchen of the Ming Dynasty also received the highest respect since the Ming Dynasty during the Hongzhi period, and many of these Wenchen can also feel this courtesy.

Only a few people can sense a big crisis looming.

The person who stirred the tide was naturally Zhang Zhou.

“…… Song Shu stayed with me, and he had already found someone to greet Gonggong Dai, who was the master of ceremonies, and before he left, he would take it from me and present it to His Majesty. ”

The person who said this was Liu Jian.

Liu Jian only called Wang Wei over and explained to him that there was such a thing, but he didn't call Liang Chu, who was half-kept in the dark, to inform him.

The three members of the cabinet have already discussed it.

He proposed that Zhang Zhou's revision of the "Daming Huidian" needed time to proofread and correct, and proposed to recruit Yang Tinghe to return to Beijing, and gave about three months to complete everything...... Liu Jian felt that this was using his power as the "prime minister" to make a final struggle with the emperor.

As he was talking, he saw Zhang Zhou walking very briskly and followed Xiao Jing to the noon gate.

Every time Zhang Zhou entered and exited the palace gate, he was accompanied by at least the level of a celebrant and eunuch, and it seemed that there were still people talking and laughing on the way, even Liu Jian and others did not have this treatment.

The ministers present will take a few more looks.

"I have greeted Bingkuan, and he promised not to bring up the matter of the "Huidian" with His Majesty." Wang Wei said.

Li Dongyang said: "Even if you don't ask for it, just mentioning a few words, it will make us very passive." ”

Wang Wei frowned and looked at Li Dongyang, thinking, are you "living the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain"? Zhang Zhou said it or not, do you actually think that he came to participate in the court meeting just to imply the existence of the emperor's costly "Daming Huidian", and deliberately embarrassed our Hanlin Academy? If he was really so black-bellied, wouldn't he have made this matter public sooner? And come to us with such a tactful way to discuss proofreading?

"Let's get ready for the court." Liu Jian didn't want to care about the purpose of Zhang Zhou's noon door.

Originally, there was no matter of Zhang Zhou, Zhang Zhou should not have come, and even Liu Jian was afraid that Zhang Zhou would "strike first".

Even if Zhang Zhou mentioned two sentences to the emperor about speeding up the compilation of the "Daming Huidian", without mentioning any of his own revisions, the cabinet and the Hanlin Academy would completely fall into the point of being passively beaten.

……

……

The court meeting begins.

Zhang Zhou really didn't plan to speak at all that day, because he came to participate in the court meeting entirely because Zhu Youzhu told him that he might have to discuss the signing of the "Daming Huidian" with the cabinet today.

Neither Zhang Zhou nor Zhu Youzhu had any intention of taking this book for themselves.

The emperor also felt that if it was said that this book was compiled by Zhang Zhou alone, then no one in the Hanlin Academy would have to mix it up in the future.

But if you don't take credit for Zhang Zhou's first merit in this matter, and don't achieve the goal according to some of Zhang Zhou's needs, you can easily give the credit to the people of the Hanlin Academy, and Zhu Youzhu will never agree.

To put it bluntly, it's okay to rip it off.

Preserve the reputation of your cabinet ministers, but also seek sufficient political benefits for Zhang Zhou.

This was the purpose of the Emperor.

“…… Ladies and gentlemen, I just received a thank you form. Towards the end of the court discussion, Liu Jian also took the opportunity to touch the solitary face in his arms, and when he was about to hand it over to Dai Yi afterwards, the emperor suddenly spoke.

Everyone present was curious, who would have made any thank-you form?

In the Ming Dynasty, Xie Biao belongs to a special mode of playing, basically does not need to "close the white" to the cabinet, the cabinet is only as an advisory layer, different from the prime minister, does not need everything to go through the cabinet before submitting to the emperor, and the emperor's rewards and punishments do not need to be issued through the cabinet, and the power to refute is not in the cabinet but in the six sections.

No one present knew what this thank you sheet was.

Zhu Youzhi handed the thank you watch to Dai Yi, and raised his hand, meaning to let Dai Yi explain the situation.

Dai Yi sighed: "That's the case, your majesty previously allowed Yang Tinghe, the Hanlin attendant and Zuo Chunfang's left edict, and Yang Tingyi, the younger brother of the new Zhongjinshi, to return to their hometowns and provinces, and gave them to gallop away. Finally, after the two brothers returned to their hometown, they saw their mother Ye Ruren and died after staying together for five days. The Yang family, Yang Chun, together with the sons of Ye Ruren, Tinghe, Tingqian, Tingyu, Tingping, Tingcui, Tingyi, Tingjian, Tingxuan, Tingbin, and Tingshi, together expressed their gratitude......"

Yang Ting and his grandfather Yang Mei, the original Guo family's two sons, Yang Yuan and Yang Zheng, both died young.

Yang Mei married Yang and had no children, married Xiong three times, and gave birth to three sons, Yang Chun, Yang Hui and Yang Zhe.

Yang Chun is a seventeen-year jinshi in Chenghua, the official name is not obvious, and now he is still alive, and he died of illness until the eleventh year of Zhengde in history, Yang Chun can be said to be very capable of life, and the oldest is Yang Tinghe, who is forty years old.

Yang Chun's wife, Ye, and the side room Wang, gave birth to a total of twelve sons, but Wang's two sons, Yang Tingli and Yang Tingzhong, were not qualified to jointly express their gratitude.

None of Yang Ting and the remaining younger brothers died.

As soon as these words came out, the ministers present were all dumbfounded.

The emperor had previously transferred Yang Tinghe and the brothers back to their hometown, and everyone felt that the emperor was deliberately suppressing Yang Tinghe and the traditional civil official faction, and deliberately letting Yang Tinghe give up the position of Hanlin Scholar and hand it over to Wang Wei, but now they realized that the emperor was "painstaking" in doing so, and he was really burdened with the incomprehension of the ministers to fulfill Yang Tinghe's filial piety.

When Dai Yi finished reading out the above table written by Yang Chun and Yang Ting and father and son.

There was silence.

Zhu Youzhu said: "When the bad news came, I was also heartbroken. I didn't get a report from the local government, and I didn't know the news that this Ye Ruren was seriously ill, but someone reminded Yu Zhen to let the courtiers be more filial. I just did this, many people didn't understand Yu I before, and I hope that you will understand that the affairs of the court are important, and you must first cultivate yourself and run your family before you are qualified to govern the country and the world. ”

"Remember, Ministers!"

The ministers present had 10,000 mothers selling batches in their hearts, but they all hurriedly saluted and received their orders.

Even life and death can be predicted in advance, but they actually say that they don't know in advance? Is it that those ministers who have parents still alive at home, don't have to wait for the family to report the funeral in the future, and the emperor should know it when you let you go home?

(End of chapter)