The court meeting ended with extreme emotion in the hearts of the ministers.

Liu Jian stood there, stunned for a long time, and he didn't even notice it when Dai Yi walked over.

"Elder Liu Ge, do you have something?"

Dai Yi asked in an understated tone.

Liu Jian didn't put his hand into his pocket in the end, and he didn't mention the letter of the invitation to postpone the review of the "Daming Huidian".

Liu Jian said: "What His Majesty asked me to do yesterday is basically already in sight, can I play with Your Majesty?" ”

"Yes." Dai Yi smiled, "It's okay at any time, as long as there is no misunderstanding." Then our family will go and pass it on to you to see if it is convenient for Your Majesty to meet. ”

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Inside the Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Youzhu met with Zhang Zhou, Liu Jian, Wang Wei, Xie Qian, and Li Dongyang, and did not summon Liang Chu to meet them.

Zhu Youzhu said: "Bingkuan told me before that this "Huidian" was completed by him with reference to the current revision progress of Hanyuan, plus his additions and changes that he almost forgot to sleep and eat, and there must be many unknown places, and the Hanlin Academy needs to complete the final revision and publish, but I don't know how long it will take for the Hanlin Academy to survey the school? ”

The conundrum was thrown to the cabinet trio.

In this kind of question, Wang Wei will not answer.

Okay, if you have a black cauldron, your cabinet will carry it yourself, I'm just an errand runner, and you won't let me be on top at this time, right?

Liu Jian did not answer.

Xie Qian said, "I have to ask Master Wang." ”

Only then did Wang Wei know that he was naïve.

Politics is not just what it is, there is always a lot of "expediency", or it is called involuntary.

Wang Wei didn't know whether to say that it was better to say ten days and eight days, or two or three months, or simply publish it without refinement.

Zhang Zhou took over the conversation and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this book will take about half a year to be handed over to the Hanlin Academy to do the final editing, and the minister is just doing his part, and the rest is ...... It's all up to Master Wang. ”

Half?

This deadline made Liu Jian and others very comfortable to listen to.

But thinking that the purpose of extending the proofreading time was to limit Zhang Zhou's credit, but now Zhang Zhou took the initiative to extend the deadline, the meaning is different.

This also seems to be Zhang Zhou's "high wind and bright festival", but it is their cabinet ministers who have a small belly and chicken intestines.

"Half a year, will it be too long?" Zhu Youzhu seems to be not very happy with this time limit.

Zhu Youzhi is still very concerned about the writing and biography of the Hongzhi period, and the meritorious things in the field of cultural governance, and the repair of such large-scale classics in any era is enough to brag, and the emperor also wants to become a Ming Jun who has been passed down through the ages, if there is no link in repairing books, the reputation of Ming Jun will be greatly reduced.

Liu Jian took the initiative to take responsibility this time and said: "Back to Your Majesty, one or two months, it should be about the same." ”

"Okay." Zhu Youzhu said, "Then the time limit is one and a half months, and the revision of this book must be completed, and if there are major mistakes, the time limit can be extended, otherwise...... It must be submitted on time. This matter can also be made public in the court. ”

"Yes."

Liu Jian took the order, and at the same time he knew that things were definitely not that simple.

The deadline has been extended, and the rest of the estimate should be to negotiate the conditions, which is the so-called negotiation.

Liu Jian thought of the previous negotiation when he contributed to Zhang Zhouding's contribution to Liaodong, and he had a headache, the last merit was still a bit "nothing to do with themselves" for their cabinet, whether Zhang Zhoufeng Marquis or continued to stay in the Hanlin Academy, it was not a threat to them, but this time the book was repaired, but it really touched the cheese of their cabinet.

"The three pavilion elders will go back first and continue to read those books, I have something I want to talk to Bingkuan, and I will send someone over when I get back."

Liu Jian and the others immediately understood that the emperor still had to follow the rules of the last time and talk to the eunuchs of the celebrant to talk to them.

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Liu Jian and the three of them returned to the cabinet room silently, Wang Wei had already gone back to the Hanlin Courtyard first, and there was a lecture from the East Palace that morning, and Wang Wei could not delay his errand.

After they sat down, they looked up at each other, and there was no need to say anything superfluous.

In general.

The emperor gave them a choice, either accept it, and everyone sat down to discuss the issue of signature, your interests were a little sacrificed, and there was still a lot of harmony.

Either I don't accept it, and I forcibly find someone to proofread and print it, then I will tear my face.

said to Liu Jian, there was still no good choice.

Not long after, the emperor really sent someone to come, but this time the difference from the last time was that the celebrant only came Dai Yi, the eunuch of the palm print, but Zhang Zhou, the initiator of the incident, also came in person.

"I've seen three elders below." Zhang Zhou looked very polite, as if he didn't notice that Xie Qian was rolling his eyes at him.

"Please." Liu Jian said.

But this is like saying it to Dai Yi.

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The cabinet was on duty, and Dai Yi let his subordinates withdraw, so that there was only Zhang Zhou, an "outsider" in the palace.

Dai Yi said: "Your Majesty's intention is to fix the work of the "Huidian", Your Majesty wants to use Zhang Shijiao as an assistant to guide the re-proofing of this "Huidian", and the relevant research part, involving the classics, is also up to him to guide and divide responsibilities, after all, it is already the Hanlin Shi, Your Majesty's "Huidian" has deep expectations, and the three elders should be fine, right?" ”

From Liu Jian's point of view, this is also what they can expect.

Since you people can't find fault with this "Huidian", then you should use Zhang Zhou as the executive chief editor to complete the refinement of the "Huidian" and publish it accordingly.

Even if it is to find faults, in the future, it will be Zhang Zhou who will find his own faults, or call it revision, so that the credit will fall firmly on Zhang Zhou.

Liu Jian said: "Yes! ”

"Hmm." Dai Yi was very satisfied with Liu Jian's answer, and said with a smile, "We don't know who the people in the Hanlin Academy will do things, so it would be better for Mr. Zhang to dispatch the manpower at that time." However, from the perspective of the courtiers, it is still compiled by the three elders, and the three should be fine, right? ”

Liu Jian shook his head and said, "The old man is ashamed. ”

Just say, since the emperor trusts Zhang Zhou so much, he just let him be the editor-in-chief, why do you want us to be named?

Dai Yi said with a smile: "As a minister in the same hall, why is it so meticulous? After the book is completed, His Majesty's rewards for the elders of the Pavilion and the ministers in the Hanlin Academy will not be less, but even on Mr. Zhang's side, he may have to go further. Tomorrow, His Majesty wants to say in the court, on the day the book is completed, he will be promoted to a bachelor's degree, I don't know what the three of them think? ”

That's the point.

The three of them were thinking in their hearts, the emperor was going around and around, but in fact, didn't he just want to promote Zhang Zhou's official again?

Xie Qian said: "Yang Jiefu has been a scholar for 14 years, and he has been in the court for more than 20 years, and now he is still just a waiter, so he will want Zhang Bingkuan to enter the court for less than a year, and his rank is less than three years, and he will enter the bachelor's degree, will it mess up the regulations of the Hanlin Academy's evaluation?" ”

"Huh."

Zhang Zhou sat next to him, and then smiled so brightly.

Xie Qian looked at Zhang Zhou a little unpleasantly, but he still asked patiently: "Bingkuan, do you also think that you should be promoted to a bachelor's degree?" ”

Zhang Zhou smiled: "Your Majesty is rewarding meritorious deeds, isn't it?" There is no intention of fighting for merit, but if there is no reward for merit, it will probably be even worse for the destruction of the charter. ”

Xie Qian said angrily: "You should enter the Governor's Mansion!" ”

The implication is that it is not only like arguing with Zhang Zhou, but also like arguing.

Zhang Zhou shrugged: "If I enter the Governor's Mansion, the "Huidian" will not be completed, and both parties will be happy, but Your Majesty is afraid that he will be disappointed." ”

"Hey!"

Xie Qian glanced at Zhang Zhou.

Don't look at his usual public attitude, he has such a big opinion of Zhang Zhou, but if you want to say that he has any "hatred" for Zhang Zhou, it won't be enough.

Did Zhang Zhou do anything that made him feel very angry?

Since Zhang Zhou entered the court, he didn't deliberately target him Xie Yuqiao, he thanked Yuqiao for being unforgiving, but one thing is good, that is, he is reasonable, and he will not hold grudges if he quarrels.

Dai Yi saw that there was basically no smell of gunpowder at the scene, or that the focus of the battle was not on this table at all, and the three members of the cabinet also knew that it was useless to target Zhang Zhou here, and all decisions were made by the emperor.

Dai Yi said with a smile: "What Mr. Zhang said is true, Your Majesty has high hopes for the matter of the "Huidian". Therefore, Your Majesty also has to strictly study this book, Your Majesty wants to return to the Hanlin Academy in the past, Cheng Minzheng, a bachelor of Hanlin Academy, to assist in a private capacity, I don't know what the opinions of several pavilion elders can be? ”

Zhang Zhousheng's bachelor's degree was only raised by Xie Qian, and then the three cabinet members also naturally followed Dai Yi's words and focused on Cheng Minzheng.

It's not so much a negotiation.

It is better to say that this is a condition for the emperor to unilaterally open with the cabinet, in fact, Liu Jian and the others also know that they only need to listen and see how many "benefits" the emperor needs, so that the credit for the revision of the "Daming Huidian" can be changed from the credit of Zhang Zhouren to the credit of the entire Hanlin Academy headed by Zhang Zhou.

"Yes!" Liu Jian is an official again.

Cheng Minzheng came back to help repair the book, and it didn't sound like a problem.

Dai Yidao: "After the book was completed, His Majesty wanted to reinstate himself as a bachelor of Cheng, but he did not stay in Beijing, and transferred to Nanjing Hanlin Academy to take charge of the affairs of the Academy, and transferred Zhang Yuanzhen, a bachelor of the Southern Chamberlain who was originally in charge of the affairs of the Nanjing Hanlin Academy, to Beijing for use. What do the three elders think? ”

Liu Jian didn't answer directly this time.

Cheng Minzheng has only been out of office for a few days?

Do you want to be reinstated?

Is this Zhang Zhou secretly helping Cheng Minzheng? Cheng Minzheng and Zhang Zhou were involved in the case at the same time, is it necessary for Zhang Zhou to help Cheng Minzheng so unsuspectingly?

Or is this what the emperor meant, but just with the help of Zhang Zhou's book, the emperor wants to help Cheng Minzheng make a comeback?

"Three." Dai Yi saw that the three members of the cabinet were reluctant to accept this, so he couldn't help but continue to persuade him, "Master Cheng was an official in the court before, and it can be said that he was conscientious and conscientious, and he never did anything contrary to the norm. And when he was transferred to Nanjing, His Majesty also fully considered his 'negligence' and 'not avoiding suspicion', which was also to punish him. ”

"With his work in repairing books, let him make his merits confess, why should the three pavilion elders still have to suffer?"

Liu Jian looked at Li Dongyang and Xie Qian, and found that neither of them had the desire to express their opinions on this, so he nodded and said, "It's okay!" ”

When Dai Yi heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "The rest, even those who participated in the revision of the "Huidian" in the Hanlin Academy, will be promoted to the next level with the success of the book. The details of the book revision will be decided by the court tomorrow, and the three pavilion elders will not have any opinions this time, right? ”

Dai Yi was quite polite.

Whenever he said something, whether it was beneficial to traditional civil servants such as the Cabinet, he would ask carefully.

This is also convenient for him to go back and repeat to the emperor one by one.

"Hmm." This time, Liu Jian just nodded in agreement.

Dai Yi said with a smile: "Then our family will return to Your Majesty, and you might as well let Mr. Zhang tell the three pavilion elders about the details of the book repair." This is also His Majesty's order, the three elders, Mr. Zhang, let's go back first. ”

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Dai Yi got his satisfactory answer and went back to the emperor to pay back.

But Zhang Zhou was left behind.

Seeing Dai Yi away, Liu Jian and the others did not show a very unkind look to Zhang Zhou, but looked Zhang Zhou up and down with a suspicious, unfamiliar and emotional look.

Liu Jian said: "Bingkuan, it has been nearly two months since I entered the court, how is it?" ”

Zhang Zhou is also an official of the Hanlin Academy, and they are in the same vein as Liu Jian, Liu Jian is still the marking officer of Zhang Zhoudian's exam, no matter what the two sides say, there is a difference in identity and status, how can Liu Jian show the demeanor of a teacher, and Zhang Zhou can't make him feel that he has a small belly.

Zhang Zhou arched his hand and said: "Go back to Liu Ge Lao, stay in the Hanlin Courtyard for a short time, walk between the East Palace and the artillery field outside the city, and after returning home, I will think more about the revision of the "Huidian", and I dare not slack off. ”

Xie Qian smiled: "You are quite capable, you have only been in Beijing for more than half a year, and you can do so many things, and others are afraid that they will not be able to do so much." ”

Zhang Zhoudao: "Xie Ge Lao Yan smiled, just because he had learned some techniques that were worthy of Xuankong before, and if he had calculated it, he would mention it to His Majesty, and it was also for the stability of the court. ”

"Hmm." Liu Jian nodded.

In addition to some contradictory positions, Zhang Zhou did not do anything that everyone was angry about, and Liu Jian couldn't find Zhang Zhou's flaws in terms of Zhang Zhou's behavior or morality.

Li Dongyang asked: "Has Your Majesty mentioned to you how to mention the "Huidian" tomorrow?" ”

Zhang Zhou pondered.

In comparison, this scheming scholar Li is more likely to ask, and it can be regarded as more pragmatic.

"Your Majesty's intention may be to directly mention that the revision of the "Huidian" is nearing the end, and then arrange for people to revise it, as for the merits of Yang Shi before, Your Majesty will also affirm it, and as for whether it will mention the role in it, I don't know if I will mention it."

Zhang Zhou also wanted to remind them.

Don't ask me everything, I'm not a roundworm in the emperor's stomach, it's impossible to know everything.

Xie Qian smiled and asked, "Then tell me, how did you repair this book?" Others have worked hard, dozens of people have not made great progress, and you have repaired it in three or five months? Or did you plan to revise the book before you came to Beijing? ”

Zhang Zhou was surprised: "Isn't it through the progress of the Hanlin Academy's book revision, plus some personal opinions?" But there is no meaning of stealing credit. ”

"Alright." Xie Qian glanced at Zhang Zhoubai and said with a smile, "Just talk to the ministers of the DPRK and China, why do you have to act in front of us?" Who is helping you with this book? ”

Zhang Zhoudao: "If you want to help, it may be...... Cheng Bachelor helped the most, and there was also the Guozi Jian Lin Sacrifice Wine Gang for details, and His Majesty also intended to complete this book...... And then there'...... As mentioned below, it is necessary to understand some of the mysteries that can be used as the basis for the revision of the books that have already been completed in the future...... Therefore, I dare not take credit for it. ”

"Huh? The book of the future? Do you have an eye in the sky? Xie Qian smiled, obviously he didn't believe Zhang Zhou's nonsense.

Zhang Zhou felt very wronged.

I've never been so honest with you, and I've told you that I can know what your future book will look like, not in a few years, of course, but after a few revisions in a few decades.

It is obviously unrealistic for you to get to that level now.

"What happened to Yang Jiefu?" Li Dongyang asked, "Jizhi said, did you talk to Your Majesty?" ”

Zhang Zhoudao: "I have only seen Yang Shi talk once, and I think that he may have relatives who are going to die, this matter is mostly decided by His Majesty, and the decision of the two brothers to return to their hometown and province is also made by His Majesty, and he did not suggest so." As for why His Majesty made such a decision, I don't know below. ”

Zhang Zhou seems to regard himself as a "good student" who knows everything.

Help Liu Jian and them spy on the emperor's scheming.

I didn't deliberately avoid anything when answering questions.

But between his words, Zhang Zhou deliberately made a momentum of "I am not targeting you, but His Majesty is deliberately targeting you", which can be regarded as a wake-up call for Liu Jian and them.

It is very good for civil officials to be in power, but the result is easy to backfire, filial piety and benevolence can be at your mercy, and when Emperor Zhengde ascends the throne in the future, even if it is just a stinky boy who has not dried up, he will still be inspired to resist because of the pressure given by civil officials.

It's better to lower your posture and not put pressure on the emperor, in fact, not to make trouble for the Ming Dynasty.

"The three pavilion elders, what can be detected in Yang Shi alone is mostly based on some people's sophistication, or the news they have learned before."

"Your Majesty also asked about this, and I also made it clear that the lifespan of ordinary people cannot be calculated through heaven, human factors account for the majority, and most things are not determined by heaven."

Zhang Zhou seems to want to put himself in the position of an ordinary literati.

It's also telling the facts.

The butterfly effect he produced is already big enough, and those who should have died may not have died until now, and those who were not dead may have been buried in the loess, and they don't necessarily need him to touch or change them directly......

The change of humanities is the easiest to show the increase of geometric multiples, although Yang Tinghe's mother is in Shu, Zhang Zhou is not sure whether he has affected the old lady's lifespan.

As for when Zhu Youzhu died, or did he pull Wang Yue back from the death line......

History has changed, and Zhang Zhou understands that even if this time and space develops according to the timeline, even if he can live for a few hundred years, he will not be able to see his own birth in this time and space hundreds of years later.

This is already a parallel world, and there is no Zhang Zhou in the future, only a new timeline brought by him as a traveler.

"Bingkuan, hard work, is also a benevolent act." Li Dongyang finally seemed to persuade Zhang Zhou as a teacher.

(End of chapter)