On the way out of the palace, Zhang Heling followed behind with a smile, no longer contemptuous and arrogant in the past, and was very flattering to Zhang Zhouke.

"Shou Ninghou, I don't feel comfortable with you talking to me like this."

Zhang Zhou almost wanted to say, you recover, talk to me in the same domineering tone as before, so that I can pit you with peace of mind.

You turned this face, I'm embarrassed to cheat.

Zhang Heling said: "Mr. Zhang, you are too polite, I just talk as usual, as long as you can help me a little more in the future...... We're going to Xuanfu together, right? ”

"Hmm." Zhang Zhou had said something related in front of Empress Zhang before, "Your Majesty has prepared to transfer the first phase of our Yanwutang students to Xuanfu together." Before, we were firing artillery around the capital, you have all learned, the next step is to transfer thousands of soldiers from the nine sides, follow along with the past, let's go out of the customs if it's okay, hunt and release a cannon, and the Tartars will bombard back directly if they dare to come! ”

"Interesting, interesting." Zhang Heling felt that this was very suitable for him when he heard it.

It can earn credit, and it sounds so relaxed, as if there is no danger to life.

Zhang Zhoudao: "Don't be afraid of hard work, right?" ”

"Don't be afraid, even my second brother can resist him, what am I afraid of? Mr. Zhang, if you want to go to war, do you think you want to give me an official position like a chief military officer? I also want to mix up military merits. Zhang Heling pleaded with a pleading face.

Zhang Zhou smiled: "It's rare that Shou Ninghou has the heart to serve the country loyally, how can I not be satisfied with you?" At that time, you will definitely be given a position that is not only stable, but also capable of meritorious service, preferably the first meritorious service in the army, and return triumphantly with the scenery, so that the government and the opposition will know your ability. ”

"Haha...... Good, good! ”

Zhang Heling looked excited, as if he already felt that the credit would come to him tomorrow.

Zhang Zhou saw Zhang Heling's almost dancing appearance, and he was secretly frowning in his heart.

Is this thing not self-aware at all?

It's easy and dangerous, and it makes you merit...... I don't believe this kind of nonsense myself, but you can easily believe it?

"You believe it?" Zhang Zhou is really a real person, and he also intends to ask the feelings of the deceived person.

It's as if Zhang Heling was sold, and he had to ask Zhang Heling how he felt after being sold.

Zhang Heling said with a smile: "Of course I believe it, what kind of birdman is Zhu Zhijie?" He can do it, why can't I? Besides, Zhu Zhijie didn't go with Mr. Zhang, he just listened to Mr. Zhang's advice, if Ben Hou had the opportunity to fight together in front of Mr. ...... That's what my mother and sister said. ”

"Huh."

Zhang Zhou wanted to say.

Sure enough, the spoiled children in the family are easily deceived by the female elders in the family.

"Okay, good, Shou Ninghou, let's make contributions together." Zhang Zhou smiled.

"Definitely, definitely." Zhang Heling should also respond.

The two of them never seemed to be so close, as if they were comrades in the same trench.

……

……

The Yamen of the Ministry of War.

On behalf of the cabinet, Li Dongyang came to Ma Wensheng to discuss the matter of sending troops to Xuanfu, also because the emperor sent Dai Yi to the cabinet to inform Zhang Zhou of his preparation to train troops in Xuanfu.

Li Dongyang also wanted to ask Ma Wensheng's opinion on this matter.

"Zhang Bingkuan actually said that he was going to act? Combat training? When Ma Wensheng heard the news, he was also frowning.

No matter how you look at it, Zhang Zhou doesn't seem to be the kind of serious way to send troops, even if he wants to send troops to the grassland, the 10,000 soldiers and horses mentioned by Zhang Zhou are far from enough, but Zhang Zhou's people are in Xuanfu, but they are the granaries near the northwest of the Ming Dynasty, and they are easy to be Zhang Zhouhuo.

Li Dongyang said: "The cabinet department doesn't quite understand what he means, and it stands to reason that the matter of sending troops should be kept strictly confidential in advance, but at present, it seems that he intends to publicize this matter." His real intention was really to fight the Tatars to the death on the steppe? ”

Ma Wensheng thought about it and shook his head.

"The old man has been in the army for many years, and he has never seen such a way of using troops, but the strategies and ways he used to govern the army in the two battles of Biguan and Ningyuan have never been seen in ancient times."

What Ma Wensheng means is that although I don't know what he wants to do, it looks like he's pretty good.

Li Dongyang asked: "Your Majesty's original intention was to give ten days to let the military department and the imperial court plan together, but now I won't plan and let him come nonsense?" ”

Ma Wensheng immediately heard that now the cabinet knew that it was not easy to oppose this matter, and was ready to let the military department be the vanguard.

"If you just allocate 10,000 soldiers and horses, in the name of artillery, move the focus of defense in the northwest of the Ming Dynasty to Xuanfu, it's not impossible!" Ma Wensheng said, "Now that the situation seems to be a partial pass with a defect in the city pass, there is no worry about the Tatar invasion for the time being, and the Xuanfu Chen soldiers can also make Gyeonggi stable." I can't think of a reason to oppose it. ”

Ma Wensheng now doesn't care whether Zhang Zhou did the right thing or not, and he will not take the initiative to oppose it if Zhang Zhou has not suffered any setbacks in the army.

Just as the Cabinet is now not good at objecting.

Zhang Zhou's victory, whoever sings against the side and looks for loopholes will not seem that this person or this group of people is very awesome, but will be seen by the emperor as a clown.

Ma Wensheng asked: "How many people are going to be mobilized in Beijing?" ”

"Three thousand."

Li Dongyang didn't hide it.

Previously, Dai Yi informed the cabinet in the past, and what he said was very detailed.

There is a proportion of how many people are transferred from each place in each part of the nine sides, and it does not mean that any town will have a chance if it wants to have a few more people.

Even the cabinet knew that if the towns on the nine sides were to choose to transfer their men and horses to the Xuanfu exercise, the towns would have to be transferred in excess of the proportion, not for anything else...... It's just that now the artillery is blown to the gods, who doesn't want to have a class breakthrough among the soldiers of the Ming border army?

Going to Xuanfu to drill the army, following Zhang Zhou to perform the cannon, no matter how you look at it, it is an opportunity to get the moon first near the water, just like the first batch of students of the Yanwutang before, those nobles are above the top, aren't they all rushing to be students?

Li Dongyang said: "If there is no opposition from the military department, or tomorrow, Your Majesty will arrange it, and the time will ...... It's hard to object. ”

Ma Wensheng asked: "Elder Liu Ge said before that letting Zhang Bingkuan go to the northwest may also be a good choice, but he didn't tell you?" ”

Li Dongyang frowned.

Seeing that the "Daming Huidian" is about to be written, according to the agreement of the monarch and ministers, Zhang Zhou will be promoted to a bachelor soon, and this is actually a good thing for Zhang Zhou to go to the northwest to lead the troops.

Ma Wensheng sighed: "It depends on what kind of official position His Majesty gives him." Now that I think about it, it is better to go as a minister of the Governor's Mansion than to stay in Hanyuan or the Six Ministries......"

Li Dongyang continued to be silent.

Zhang Zhou now has the military rank of "Governor of the Houjun Governor's Mansion Tongzhi", as well as the civilian official title of "Langzhong, the Qing Officials of the Military Arsenal", if Zhang Zhou is allowed to go to Xuanfu to govern the army, at least he will be given the official position of governor of Xuanfu in Zhang Zhou, and then it will be nothing more than like Wang Qiong, directly adding a right to the official position of Langzhong, but it seems that the emperor is not limited to letting Zhang Zhou be the governor of Xuanfu.

The governor of Xuanfu in the Ming Dynasty was more responsible for managing military salaries in the past.

The emperor may have wanted Zhang Zhou to be the trilateral general, or the Xuanda general.

It depends on how the emperor coordinates the relationship between Zhang Zhou and Qin Hong.

……

……

The next day, Zhang Zhou did not go to the Heavenly Palace.

Zhu Youzhu was in the court and directly announced in public what Zhang Zhou proposed to perform in Xuanfu.

When Zhu Youzhu explained that this time he was just going to the battlefield to conduct military exercises, and that he had nothing to do with 200 artillery pieces, and that he would come back after the artillery was released, and that he would train in battle, the group of officials at the scene also looked at each other.

Zhang Zhou's proposal...... It can't be called bold, it seems to them to be simply wild.

Zhang Mao walked out and said: "With the power of Shenwei long-range artillery and heavy artillery, the Tatar tribes will not dare to approach easily when they are not sure that the target is their own side, so they will prevent them from becoming the target of the new Ming cannon." At that time, I am afraid that hundreds of miles around Xuanfu will not even be able to see the Tatar herdsmen! ”

"Hahaha......"

The Wu Xun present was overjoyed.

The civil servants, on the other hand, were disgraced.

The court has become a scene of confrontation between Wenchen and Wuxun, Wuxun suddenly felt that his waist was stiff, because the Ming Dynasty was going to take the initiative to attack, and relying on the 200 artillery pieces cast first, the Ming Wuxun could regain his strength.

Zhu Youzhu said: "Ladies and gentlemen, there are some things that I don't want to hide, in fact, Zhang Qing's family has another purpose in Xuanfu's artillery exercise, that is, with the help of the artillery exercise, the iron ore mine in the northeast of Zhangjiakou Fort will be taken, and the iron ore will be mined and cast on the spot. ”

"Huh?"

Not only was Wenchen in an uproar, but even Wuxun didn't expect it.

To open empty cannons, actually to cast more cannons?

Zeng Jian, the left attendant of the Ministry of Works, came out and said: "Your Majesty, I have never heard of an iron mine near Zhangjiakou. ”

Zhu Youzhu said angrily: "Bingkuan knows astronomy and geography, he said that there is an iron mine over there, is it for grandstanding?" ”

was said by the emperor, and the scene was directly fried.

Many ministers were indignant, thinking that the emperor was pampering traitors and listening to slander.

And Wu Xun was talking in surprise, this Zhang Shi said that he was really an ordinary character, and he went to rob the iron mine by acting a cannon? The emperor gave him the right to mine iron ore, and he could use his power for personal gain so blatantly, and he also told the emperor to know, and the emperor would inform the minister......

How else can people monetize their majors?

If only when we could also know the astronomy and the feng shui and directly find out where the ore veins are, wouldn't that be ...... Developed?

"Quiet!" Zhu Youzhu said sharply.

Only then did the civil officials at the scene stop discussing in private.

Zhu Youzhu said: "Bingkuan is bent on casting cannons for the imperial court and improving firearms, so as to establish the position of the Ming Dynasty in the northwest, and I am ready to use it as the general system of military affairs in Xuanfu, Datong, Biguan and other places, and by the way, let him take the defense of the three passes of Bauhinia, Reverse Horse, and Juyong, and send troops to the grassland at any time based on Xuanfu." I don't know what objections you have? ”

The faces of the civil servants are like ashes.

Sure enough, he wanted to promote Zhang Zhou to be the minister of the Northwest Army, and he would give the position of Xuanda General System, and even hand over the three inner passes to Zhang Zhou.

In doing so, the emperor is simply "appointing traitors".

Zhang Mao said: "Although Zhang Zhou has never set foot in the northwest and has never had the experience of leading troops, but with his way of governing the army, the Ming Dynasty has achieved triumph one after another, and even the unborn border generals such as the Marquis of Weining have praised it. The old minister seconded the proposal. ”

Disgusting!

The ministers present almost wanted to rush out and scold Zhang Mao.

You old man Zhang is now nervous, knowing that Zhang Zhou is going to the northwest as a civil servant, and he can't threaten your martial arts status for the time being, so he simply ignores the fact that he blindly stands on the emperor's side, and even blows the emperor's rainbow fart there.

Do you want face?

Zhu Youzhu seemed to have known that his proposal would be supported by Wu Xun, and asked Liu Jian on the side: "Elder Liu Ge, what do you think?" ”

Liu Jianmo said that he didn't want to oppose it now, even if he wanted to oppose it...... I can't oppose it.

Wang Yue hung up, saying that transferring Qin Hong to the northwest could stabilize people's hearts, but could it really be?

No matter how awesome Qin Hong is, he is several ranks worse than Wang Yue, and in the Northwest Army, it is generally believed that Zhang Zhou is several ranks higher than Wang Yue.

Has anyone ever seen a commander who can win a decisive victory thousands of miles away, and even know in advance where the enemy is attacking from, and can pinch and calculate?

No matter how awesome Wang Yue is, it is just a person, and Zhang Zhou is closer to ...... Half Immortal.

Liu Jian said: "Your Majesty, I don't know Qin Hong, who has just been transferred to the remote pass......"

"I am going to use his general command of Yansui and other military affairs, and let him go to Yansui and other places south of the Hetao to take precautions, in case Bingkuan is preparing to send troops, and the Tatars take the opportunity to make a nuisance on the three sides and other places." Zhu Youzhu said.

When the emperor said this proposal, even those picky ministers felt that the emperor's idea was simply ahead of its time.

In the past, the biggest problem in the northwest was the inconsistency of coordination between all parties.

Now, Zhang Zhou, an artillery master in the east, is in charge of deterrence, and Qin Hong, an engineering maniac in the west, is in charge of defense...... This combination of young and old is simply complementary to each other, which can be said to complement each other.

Liu Jian asked again: "I don't know what position Zhang Zhou will go to?" ”

Zhu Youzhu said: "I don't want to promote him to a high position too early, my thoughts, his previous official position, subordinates are still unchanged, temporarily with the right squire of the military department and the right deputy capital of the imperial history, Prime Minister Xuanda and other military affairs, if he has a meritorious trip to the northwest, I will be rewarded as appropriate, otherwise, after returning to Beijing, everything will return to the original position." No up, no down. ”

Temporary transfer, even if the official position is added, after Zhang Zhou comes back, he will also give the additional official position.

Sounds reasonable.

However, the emperor's "if you have merit, you will be rewarded as appropriate" will make the minister feel that if Zhang Zhouzhen makes some achievements in the northwest, he may not just be a vain right attendant of the military department, and may directly let him be the secretary of the military department.

In the first year of entering the dynasty, he was able to serve as the right attendant of the military department, even if it was just a fictitious position, it sounded ...... It's also terrifying.

Many people are looking at Ma Wensheng, Liu Jian and others, counting on them to come out and oppose them.

After all, from the perspective of the Ming officialdom, no matter what achievements Zhang Zhou made, he should not be qualified to lead the rank of the right attendant of the military department to the military affairs of the northwest general system in just three months.

But none of Liu Jian and the others came out to oppose it, and even the six Shangshu were silent, and they all seemed to feel ...... Zhang Zhou is not an ordinary civil servant, so he can't take the officialdom rules of ordinary civil servants to demand...... It's as if no Wenchen has been able to "know astronomy and geography" before, and he can directly predict the fortune of the country and be so accurate.

Li Guang knows martial arts, and the gods can't stop it.

Whether he knows martial arts or not, he is still a champion...... The relationship with the emperor and the crown prince is so close......

"Since you have no objection, without further ado, I will let Bingkuan leave for Xuanfu in these two days. In addition to the 3,000 Jingying men and horses, they also moved artillery casting and craftsmen to the land of Xuanfu, and the mining affairs were also coordinated by the Ministry of Industry and other ......"

The emperor sent him to say.

The imperial court used manpower and material resources to help Bingkuan open the mine, and after the mine was opened, eighty percent of the output was returned to Zhang Zhou himself.

Only 20% remained...... Keep it and pay us your salary.

Xu Guan, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, said: "Your Majesty, if the imperial court dispatches manpower to cooperate in the mining of mines, should the mining kilns be owned by the imperial court?" ”

Zhu Youzhu became angry when he heard this, and asked sharply: "Do you want me to be untrustworthy?" Or do you think that it is natural for Bingkuan to pay for the court? ”

Xu Guan was choked speechless, and could only retreat to the east class.

Zhu Youzhu said: "Those who accompanied Zhang Zhou to the Xuanfu, in addition to the Duke of Baoguo, there are also Shouning Marquis and others, as for the Governor's Mansion to dispatch any soldiers, I will draw up a will as appropriate, and the lords and ministers will all return to the house to wait for the dispatch." Don't delay when you leave, lest you miss a big event! ”

"Yes!"

Wu Xun was agitated.

Although nominally, it is still the first phase of the Yanwutang students to follow Zhang Zhoutong, but other lords will also be dispatched.

It seems that the emperor has high hopes for this expedition, whoever follows Zhang Zhou is likely to leave a strong mark in the history of the Ming Army, who doesn't want to follow to make contributions together?

The martial arts of the Ming Dynasty seem to have never worked together as much as today, and there is a war to rush to...... Even the lords of the governor's palace who were born with relatives who were on temporary duty and waited for death were the same......

Wen Chen thought to himself.

This world is really magical enough.

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……

The court meeting ended, and the edict also spread outside the palace.

Both the government and the opposition were in an uproar.

There was also a lot of talk among the subjects, and in the streets and alleys of the capital, when they learned that the imperial court was going to send Zhang Zhou to take 10,000 soldiers and horses to Xuanfu to prepare for the Tatar war, especially to make a big show of the cannons and complete the activities such as sacrificing to the sky, what they thought of was ...... Da Ming is finally going to be awesome!

Everyone seems to be proud to be a subject of the Ming Dynasty.

However, in the edict, it was not said that Zhang Zhou went to the northwest to open mines, mainly because the emperor was thinking about Zhang Zhou's reputation.

If the people of the people think that Zhang Zhou is going to "compete with the people", it will not be good, and the minister will know it.

Zhang Zhou was in his own house and received the imperial decree from Dai Yi himself.

He also changed and became the general system of Xuanda of the Ming Dynasty, and he was the right attendant of the military department.

"Mr. Zhang, congratulations." Xiao Jing smiled and bowed his hand, so he sent some gifts to Zhang Zhou and had a good time with Zhang Zhou.

Zhang Zhou sighed: "The bigger the official position, the greater the responsibility, I am not joking in the northwest, people are not meritorious, and I am reactive is faulty." ”

"I didn't ...... It's not that exaggerated. Xiao Jing smiled bitterly.

He wanted to say, even if you go to the northwest and walk around, can Your Majesty still find credit for you?

Go with peace of mind, no matter the merits or demerits, you will definitely be able to be promoted to the rank of knight when you come back.

(End of chapter)