"Master is going to the northwest? Why so suddenly? ”

When Zhang Zhou's inner courtyard knew the news that he was going to Xuanfu, there was a feeling of reluctance to part.

Zhang Zhou knew that the woman in his own house didn't even know where the Xuanfu was, but in the hearts of the people of the Ming Dynasty, it was already a barren land when he went west from Jingshi to Juyongguan.

Zhang Zhou smiled and comforted: "I'm not going to fight, I'm going to make money." Mingshan came with me. ”

Wang Mingshan stood there, but her face was slightly red.

This reaction made Zhang Zhou unexpected.

Jiang Pingyu said: "Master, I'm afraid Mingshan can't go with you, she is pregnant, I'm afraid it's ......."

"Huh?"

Zhang Zhou didn't expect this.

After inquiring about Wang Mingshan in detail, from her Tianqi to her diet and daily life, Zhang Zhou found that he may have really ignored the woman in the back house recently.

"Didn't the lord consult the disease? Wouldn't it be okay to diagnose my sister? Han Qing was still puzzled.

Isn't it rumored that his master is a miracle doctor in the world? There are also many people who use various methods to send worship posts to the house, saying that they want to invite Zhang Zhou to treat the disease, but Zhang Zhou can't even diagnose whether a woman can get pregnant?

Zhang Zhoudao: "You are my immortal? Although I know that the slippery pulse is a happy pulse, but it is a pity...... I don't know this business, it's best to look and ask questions. Mingshan, this is a good thing, you don't have to be cramped, stay in the capital and take care of the baby. ”

Zhang Zhou was in a happy mood.

If you want to say that you have been here for ten months, if you can cultivate well from the beginning, it is now the harvest season.

As a result, it has only just been sown until now......

It's not on Jiang Pingyu and Han Qing's side, but Wang Mingshan.

Zhang Zhou thought to himself, it seems that he is usually keen on practicing gymnastics, and he can still gain something.

"Haha." Zhang Zhouzhi was complacent.

Jiang Pingyu asked, "Didn't the master marry that Miss Lin family before?" The matter ...... How? ”

Between Zhang Zhou and Lin Yi, the marriage is already being promoted, and the next thing is to discuss the time to welcome his relatives, but since he is going to the northwest to reorganize the army, conduct artillery and open mines, this matter will naturally be delayed.

Anyway, he already has a marriage contract with Lin Yi, the boiled duck can't fly, and now the "Daming Huidian" has not been completed, recently Zhu Youzhu just plans to transfer Lin Han to be the right attendant of the ministry, Lin Han's official position has not been determined, and the marriage can just wait.

"There's no rush. After I come back, I can't delay marrying a wife and taking a concubine. ”

Zhang Zhou suddenly felt that in fact, it was not bad to stay in the capital and live a petty bourgeois life.

The three women in the inner house looked at each other, and they didn't think that Zhang Zhou had the ambition to make a career on the battlefield.

Jiang Pingyu asked: "The master has just entered the court, why did he go to the northwest and ask you to go in person?" ”

Zhang Zhoudao: "That's not because I'm capable? Don't worry, I'm going to go, I'm going to come back......"

Wang Mingshan's eyes eagerly looked at Zhang Zhou's face, Jiang Pingyu retracted his gaze, as for Han Qing...... His eyes were already looking down unconsciously.

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Zhang Zhou was going to Xuanfu to govern the army, and he was led by the official messenger of the right attendant of the Ministry of War, and many nobles came to visit that day, but unfortunately none of their prayers were sent inside.

Zhang Zhou also made it clear that before he set out on the expedition, he would not accept anyone's private visits, and at the same time, he would not accept any gifts and invitations.

Who will go to the northwest with the army is the emperor's arrangement, even if he is the general system of Xuanda, he only obeys orders and has no power to choose on his own initiative.

Zhang Zhou left Beijing at noon the next day, and Zhu Youzhu also said that he would personally go to Deshengmen to make a trip for Zhang Zhou.

Even if someone would arrange for him to go on the expedition, he still couldn't be idle for the past two days.

The women of the family always need to "settle down", and besides that...... The women in the palace also need him to "settle down".

In the afternoon of the same day, he was invited to the palace by Xiao Jing, and Xiao Jing only roughly explained that it was the Empress Dowager Zhou who called him over, saying that there was some mystery to discuss with him...... It wasn't clear enough, but Zhang Zhou knew that he was taking a concubine for Zhu Youzhu again, probably the Empress Dowager Zhou was afraid that Zhang Zhou would go to Xuanfu, either Zhang Zhouren had a burp, or she had already burped when Zhang Zhou came back.

The two people involved in the planning seemed to have to negotiate things before Zhang Zhou set out on the expedition.

When Zhang Zhou arrived at Qingning Palace, he found that in addition to Zhu Youzhu was also here, even Empress Zhang, Zhu Houzhao and Zhu Xiurong were also there.

"Bingkuan, come quickly, let the mourning family take a good look."

When the Empress Dowager Zhou saw Zhang Zhou enter the palace gate, it was called a passion, which almost made Zhang Zhou think that she was also surnamed Zhu.

Zhang Zhou walked over to salute, and the Empress Dowager Zhou smiled and said to Zhu Youzhu and his wife: "The mourning family has passed the age of antiquity. Bingkuan is the pillar of the Ming Dynasty, if the mourning family is not there in the future, what troubles do you have the emperor, just ask him. ”

Sounds like he admires Zhang Zhou.

I just told Zhang Zhouming that in the future, the emperor's concubine will have another son, and it will be handed over to you.

Zhang Zhou thought to himself, are you an old lady still afraid of death?

Rest assured, you still have to live, and your grandson has not lived longer than you, only a year apart.

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The old Zhu family gathered together, sitting there drinking tea and chatting, while Zhang Zhou seemed to be an outsider, sitting next to him and listening.

"The mourning family knows that Bingkuan is going to Xuanfu, but there are always many things in his heart that he can't rest assured, and this mourning family wants to take advantage of him to help the mourning family and give some divination before he leaves."

Empress Dowager Zhou speaks and does things directly.

Zhang Zhou knew that in the entire palace, it was none other than the Empress Dowager Zhou who dared to make trouble for the emperor and empress so directly.

But people have the confidence.

Who made Zhu Youji's father so conscientious and filial to her, and people raised their grandsons to adulthood, and more importantly, they can grasp the "soft underbelly" in the heart of the current emperor?

Zhang Zhou found that these powerful women in the palace were all using the weaknesses in Zhu Youji's character.

Zhu Youzhu said: "Imperial grandmother, although Bingkuan can sometimes calculate the lifespan of a person, but when the deadline is approaching, if you just start a hexagram on the ground, because of the change of many things, it cannot be accurate." ”

Zhu Youzhu thought that the Empress Dowager Zhou was afraid that she was dying, and wanted Zhang Zhou to calculate how many years she had to live.

But I didn't know that the drunkard of the Empress Dowager Zhou did not mean to drink.

Hearing the emperor's words, Empress Zhang couldn't help but glance at Zhang Zhou, probably because she was also interested in Zhang Zhou's "Heavenly Will", if Zhang Zhou could calculate so many things...... Wouldn't it be okay to ask Zhang Zhou about anything in the future?

What else is infertility treated? Just ask if you can give birth or not, and it's over?

Empress Dowager Zhou smiled: "Emperor, you are wrong, the mourning family doesn't care too much about longevity or anything. Everyone has to know the destiny of heaven, if because Bingkuan gives the mourning family a calculation, the mourning family can live for two more years, the mourning family will not be so against the sky, the mourning family everything is just for the national fortune of the Ming Dynasty, the mourning family wants Bingkuan to calculate, in the future, whether your descendants are prosperous, whether you can spread branches and leaves in the future. ”

"National Fortune ......" Zhu Youzhu sighed and glanced at Zhang Zhou.

The same request, Zhu Youzhu had already mentioned it to Zhang Zhou.

The answer Zhang Zhou gave at that time was that many things could not be calculated, and the longer the time, the more unreliable the results would be.

In this regard, Zhang Zhou did not fool Zhu Youji, after all, the changes in humanistic things under the butterfly effect are all traceable.

But something...... Even if you don't have to count, Zhang Zhou knows.

If Zhu Youzhi continues not to accept concubines, then there is a chance that Queen Zhang will not give him any more children, and Zhu Youzhi will only have one heir, Zhu Houzhao...... Zhu Houzhao will have countless women around him in the future, whether he indulges in lust and spoils his body, or he is infertile in the first place, anyway, the possibility that Zhu Houzhao wants to have a son...... It will not be higher than 20%.

The result...... The old Zhu family is in the line of filial piety, and there is a high probability that it will still be broken.

Empress Dowager Zhou looked at Zhang Zhou with a smile and said, "Bingkuan, can this be counted?" ”

Zhang Zhouwei said: "Everything in this world can be calculated, whether it is accurate or not is another matter, and the minister also mentioned to His Majesty that the farther away from the present in the future, the more changeable, the more difficult it is to understand in advance." ”

"Oh, it's okay, the mourning family wants to hear your calculation of Your Majesty's heir, even if it is not good, the mourning family is willing to hear it."

Empress Dowager Zhou was very persistent.

This insistence can actually be seen by everyone, does Empress Dowager Zhou want the "truth"?

Maybe Empress Dowager Zhou felt that what Zhang Zhou said would definitely meet her expectations, so no matter what the result was, what Zhang Zhou said was what she wanted.

Zhang Zhou looked at Zhu Youzhu and his wife and said, "Your Majesty, can the minister ......?"

Zhu Youzhu didn't answer, and first said to Dai Yi on the side: "Send the prince and the princess back." ”

"Don't, father, my sons want to hear about it. Erchen also wants to have younger brothers and sisters, Erchen ......"

Zhu Houzhao was about to take out some of the child's temper, shouting to stay and listen, and when he saw Zhang Zhou's sharp eyes, he suddenly realized that he might spoil the dishes if he stayed, so he kept silent.

"Father, mother, mother, ......" Zhu Xiurong looked very aggrieved.

Empress Zhang asked, "Your Majesty, should the concubines also retire first?" ”

From this remark, Empress Zhang revealed that she also wanted to know the results of Zhang Zhou's estimation of this matter, but she seemed to be very knowledgeable and did not plan to stay as an observer.

Zhu Youzhu said: "Let the children go back first, and the queen will stay and listen together." ”

Zhu Youzhu said, and gave Zhang Zhou a "firm" look, as if he was saying to Zhang Zhou, Bingkuan, since I left the queen, you know what to say, right?

Zhang Zhou thought to himself.

I'm in the wolf's den, and the old lady is ready to put pressure on me to find a way to make the emperor take a concubine, and the emperor wants to appease the queen......

Does it really matter?

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Divination tools were prepared for Zhang Zhou on the spot.

But Zhang Zhou didn't plan to use it, but looked at the people standing around him.

"Stand down, and never come within twenty paces of the temple. Something will come in to you. Zhu Youzhu gave an order to the eunuchs and palace maids.

Immediately, under the dispatch of Xiao Jing and Jiang Lu, all the people around Qingning Palace left the area that might form a "partition wall with ears".

The fact that the emperor was not prepared to let others know how many heirs he had was was normal in the eyes of the court attendants.

In fact, Xiao Jing and the others also felt that the emperor and the Empress Dowager Zhou asked Zhang Zhou to calculate, not simply because they wanted to fool people with the will of heaven, but also because they felt that Zhang Zhou really had the ability to deduce.

If Zhang Zhouzhen didn't have the strength to reach the will of heaven, who would believe what he said?

In the Qingning Palace, only after the Empress Dowager Zhou, Zhu Youji, Empress Zhang and Zhang Siren.

Zhang Zhou was still sitting there, and he didn't mean to get up and calculate.

Empress Dowager Zhou said: "Bingkuan, you can start." ”

"Yes, Bingkuan, don't be stubborn, how to calculate, you can calculate." Zhu Youzhi also had a little more expectation on his face.

In the past, he wanted Zhang Zhou to calculate the fortunes of the country, Zhang Zhou always perfunctory him, and he didn't have any temper, just because what Zhang Zhou did could meet the requirements of his governance, and he didn't dare to expect Zhang Zhou to understand and change everything.

Now the Empress Dowager Zhou is also indirectly helping him, making Zhang Zhou a "big", and Zhu Youzhi also wants to know how many children he has in his providence, or how far his vein can develop.

Zhang Zhoudao: "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager, and the Empress, since the minister is here to calculate, then what the minister said next, I hope you don't blame it." ”

"Bingkuan, have you calculated?" Empress Dowager Zhou asked.

"Yes." Zhang Zhoudao, "The ministers measure the heavens, never rely on the evolution of the stars, or help the hexagrams, the so-called Kanyu Xuankong is just a trick, and it is not accurate." The method used by the ministers is to connect with the will of heaven in their hearts, not to be changed by human beings......"

Zhu Youzhu smiled: "So, your method can't be taught to others?" ”

Zhang Zhou said with embarrassment: "Your Majesty, it's a digression." ”

"Oh, you go ahead and talk about yours." Zhu Youzhu said, "No matter how you calculate, talk about the result." ”

Zhang Zhoudao: "The minister calculates with the will of heaven, and His Majesty's vein is ...... The foliage is not flourishing. ”

"You...... What are you talking about? Empress Zhang came out first to interrupt Zhang Zhou.

Empress Dowager Zhou said with a straight face: "Listen to Bingkuan." ”

Zhang Zhou was silent for a while.

As if to say, Your Majesty, you should first block the mouths of the people around you, otherwise I won't be able to continue.

Only then did Zhu Youzhu come out and say: "My heirs are not prosperous, in fact, since I have always insisted on marrying only the queen, it has been decided. These years are the peak of my Spring and Autumn Period, and there are no many children born, Bingkuan is actually not wrong. ”

Empress Zhang originally felt that Zhang Zhou's words were very inappropriate and aimed at her.

But when she listened to her husband's words, she instantly felt that what Zhang Zhou said was completely reasonable.

What's more, her fertility alone is comparable to three thousand fandels in six palaces?

Zhu Youzhu asked, "What about the prince?" ”

Zhang Zhoudao: "Your Majesty, the crown prince is young now, and the minister wants to forcibly calculate his future heirs, but I am afraid it will be even more difficult." ”

You may not be able to calculate accurately, you actually asked me to calculate your son?

Let's calculate according to the established rules, okay?

Empress Dowager Zhou frowned and said, "Bingkuan, you are ...... It's very one-sided, now the dragon heir of the Ming Dynasty is thin, and everyone can see it, so it's up to you to calculate? ”

Zhang Zhoudao: "The Empress Dowager forgives me, but the minister's ability is limited. ”

"You ......" Empress Dowager Zhou was very angry and asked you to cooperate with the mourning family to put pressure on the emperor and let the emperor take a concubine, but you actually said that your ability is limited?

Or are you now being bribed by the queen and ready to speak to the queen?

Zhang Zhou continued: "In fact, the minister knows what the government and the opposition are most worried about now, that is, the dragon heir is thin, and what deviations will occur in the future. What many people want to mention is that only when the branches are multiplying can the leaves be lush, so I want His Majesty to have more branches to grow leaves. ”

"Isn't that right?" Although Empress Dowager Zhou felt uncomfortable listening to Zhang Zhou's words, she was a clear-eyed person.

She could see that Zhang Zhou's purpose was the same as her, and it didn't matter what Zhang Zhou said, the focus was on what Zhang Zhou did.

Zhang Zhoudao: "But now that the prince is in good health, although the minister can't calculate the prince's future lifespan, the minister can calculate that in the next twenty years, even if the prince has minor illnesses and disasters, he will be able to survive smoothly." Since the crown prince can grow up healthily, it is actually ...... whether the dragon heir is flourishing now It's man-made, right? ”

When Zhang Zhou said this, the Empress Dowager Zhou was stunned on the spot.

She would never have thought that Zhang Zhou would start by estimating whether the prince's health would be healthy in the next twenty years, and he would actually come back with a truth.

After Empress Zhang heard this, she not only admired Zhang Zhou's gaze, but also admired it.

Empress Zhang asked with a concerned face: "The crown prince will really be able to ...... in the next twenty years Is it safe to grow? ”

Zhang Zhoudao: "The minister can't see that he has a big disaster. Even if there were, the ministers and the imperial doctors in the court should have enough ability to turn him around. ”

"Your Majesty, that's good." Empress Zhang took her husband's arm and looked at her husband with a touched face, as if all this happy life was given to her by her husband.

Just this little bird looks like a human...... Let the Empress Dowager Zhou frown secretly after seeing it.

Sure enough, they are all taking advantage of her grandson's weakness.

Zhu Youzhu smiled and said: "Yes, if the prince can grow up without illness and disaster, I will be comforted, and some things don't have to be so demanding." ”

"Huh." Empress Dowager Zhou said with a smile, "Then Bingkuan, it is better for you to calculate whether the mourning family will be disease-free in the next ten years." ”

"Imperial Grandmother ......"

Zhu Youzhu heard that the old lady was angry, so she raised the bar like this.

"Okay, Bingkuan, have you counted anything else?" Empress Dowager Zhou asked.

Zhang Zhoudao: "There are still some things that can't be done accurately, so it's hard to say clearly." ”

Empress Dowager Zhou originally wanted to lose her temper, but when she heard this, she accepted it with peace of mind.

This is exactly the skill of speaking.

Zhang Zhou said "There are still some things", that is, to tell her that some things should still be told to the emperor alone, then it will work, and now on the grounds that the prince will be safe and healthy in the next twenty years, it will be much easier to fool the queen in the past, and then it will be much easier to talk to the emperor alone.

So don't be impatient, old lady, I have a way to convey the results you want to your majesty.

"Bingkuan, the mourning family has been worried that the prince will have three long and two short on the road of his future life, and Daming may be ...... Bah, bah, it's all the mourning family who can't speak, and now the mourning family is relieved. ”

Empress Dowager Zhou is very knowledgeable.

You don't want to say it, and the mourning family doesn't ask.

I'll leave you to tell the emperor himself.

Zhu Youzhu smiled and said: "Then the emperor's grandmother, grandson will go back with the queen, and tomorrow Bingkuan will go to Xuanfu to go to the prime minister's military affairs, and I still want to talk to him at night." ”

"Okay, let's go." Empress Dowager Zhou smiled.

The scene of harmony and joy in the hall was restored, as if there was no episode before, and there was no suspicion in the family.

(End of chapter)