North of the city, outside the Desheng Gate.

Early in the morning, the altar was arranged, and the three thousand soldiers of the Beijing camp had completed the formation under the dispatch of Zhu Hui, the Duke of Baoguo, and at the same time, the ten sub-cannons who were going to go to the Xuanfu with Zhang Zhou were also neatly lined up.

Zhang Mao and other ministers came early to watch the ceremony, and only Li Dongyang and a few middle- and lower-level officials from the six ministries were present on the civilian side, and the emperor said that he was going to come in person to perform for Zhang Zhouyang, but until it was close to noon, the emperor was still noon.

Just when others thought that the emperor was plotting something big with Zhang Zhou again, it was Zhang Zhou who appeared at the scene in a three-grade civil official uniform.

Everyone greeted Zhang Zhou, even if many people looked down on Zhang Zhou, but Zhang Zhou was now the nominal right attendant of the military department, and this soaring speed made the people present envious.

The emperor did not come.

The ceremony of sacrificing to the heavens before the expedition did not start, Zhang Zhou first went to the side with Li Dongyang, it seemed that Li Dongyang wanted to tell Zhang Zhou a few words on behalf of the civil official, but Li Dongyang wanted to know more about the progress of his son's treatment.

“…… Hard. Zhang Zhou's assessment is simple and straightforward.

Li Dongyang said: "Then you shouldn't prescribe medicine at will." ”

Zhang Zhou said: "Elder Li Ge won't think I'm messing around, right?" The drugs I mentioned are really effective, but most people don't dare to use them. I know what Li Ge Lao thinks in his heart, I can let Ling Lang live a peaceful life for a few years, and then give you a grandson, there is no big luxury, right? ”

This was too direct and a bit hurtful, Li Dongyang ignored him.

Zhang Zhou's smiling appearance no longer looks like a doctor, but more like a philosopher who talks to people: "I am a doctor, or Your Majesty asked me to play the role of a doctor, then my task is to cure the patient's disease, and things other than treatment are not within my consideration." ”

The implication is that you can't cure it, anyway, my son's flower willow disease was not brought to him by me.

I know that it is a matter of dying early and dying late, your son died because of illness, can you still rely on me?

Li Dongyang said: "I even think that you know that the disease is difficult to treat, so you will prescribe such a prescription." ”

"Oh? It turned out that in Li Ge's mind, it was so unbearable. ”

Zhang Zhou's eyes showed disappointment.

Li Dongyang's meaning he understood, when he found that Li Zhaoxian's illness could not be cured at all, he would give fierce medicine, which not only preserved his reputation as a miracle doctor in front of the emperor, but also allowed the Li family to retreat, and Zhang Zhou himself had nothing to lose......

"Huh." Zhang Zhou smiled, and his eyes fell on Zhang Mao, who was smiling with Zhu Hui in the distance, "I thought that Elder Li Ge would be different from others, but it turned out that in this kind of thing, in fact, there is no essential difference between Elder Li Ge and the British Prince." ”

Li Dongyang never thought that he would be sarcastically beaten by Zhang Zhou again.

He said in his heart, this is also the reason why I am not rare to deal with you.

Talking always with a gun and a stick, it is polite to say that you owe a beating, and it can be said that you don't understand the rules, as if you don't plan to get along with us seriously.

But Li Dongyang is eager in the end, and after thinking about Zhang Zhou's words a little, he still found some ways.

Is Zhang Zhou really the kind of quack doctor who "treats the disease well and does not take the disease as a merit"?

If Zhang Zhou is really so irresponsible, why should he think about treating the little princess when he is in Nanjing? Didn't Zhang Zhou know what the consequences would be if he had made a deviation in treating the princess at the beginning?

If Da Ming had a more powerful figure than Zhang Zhou in the matter of curing incurable diseases, he, Li Dongyang, would not have agreed to let his son go for treatment in front of Dai Yi yesterday.

Li Dongyang didn't know how to continue the conversation, and when Luan arrived in the distance, the topic could not be carried out.

Because it is impossible for Zhang Zhou to have leisure to negotiate with Li Dongyang after that, it is equivalent to throwing the problem to Li Dongyang himself......

In the end, he believes in Zhang Zhou, and he wants to try those fierce drugs for his son, maybe he can pull his son's life back; Or let my son's illness worsen day by day, and continue to use those treatments that are not effective......

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Zhu Youzhu arrived, and the next thing was for Zhang Zhou to go to the altar to worship the heavens in front of the monarchs and soldiers and soldiers.

In the past, this was just a matter of going out of the situation, and not ordinary stupid people would not believe that this kind of sacrifice was innocently useful.

But now that Zhang Zhou is on the field in person, the effect is different, and even the soldiers below are full of expectations, because everyone knows how awesome Zhang Zhou is in the matter of reaching the will of heaven.

"Hexagram is Kun, go up, get a triumphant victory!"

Zhang Zhou seemed to complete the divination, and when he heard what Zhang Zhou announced in public, Zhu Youzhu was laughing when he heard it.

Because Zhang Zhou told him before that he was not good at this, a person told him before divination that this hexagram was to fool people, but Zhang Zhou still had his order to talk about it here, Zhu Youzhi of course thought it was very interesting.

Whether it is useful or not, but the soldiers believe it.

When he saw that the soldiers in the audience were cheering, Zhu Youzhi himself seemed to suddenly have a sudden mood jump, because he saw that the so-called providence was just a rhetoric used by the priests to calm people's hearts or achieve a certain goal.

This is what Zhang Zhou taught him.

In the past, he Zhu Youzhu was the most superstitious person.

"Zhang Qing's house."

Zhu Youzhu stepped forward and personally awarded Zhang Zhou's official scepters, scepters and other things, which was just a situation, and also represented the emperor's highest trust in Zhang Zhou's expedition.

Zhang Zhou took everything and handed it to Sun Shangqi on the side.

Zhu Youzhu seemed to face an old friend who was about to go on the expedition, patted Zhang Zhou's shoulder and said: "Be careful in everything, don't be reluctant, but don't fall into the prestige of the Ming soldiers, this battle is over, when you return to Beijing, I will pick up the wind and wash the dust for you!" ”

"Remember Your Majesty's teachings."

"Oh! Oh! ”

The soldiers in the audience were still cheering.

Zhu Youzhu just watched Zhang Zhou walk down the altar, and the brocade guard led the horse to Zhang Zhou.

Originally, with Zhu Youji's meaning, he also wanted to set off a few cannons in public to boost the morale of the army and the people, but after all, outside the Desheng Gate is the terminal of Daming waterway transportation, and there are relatively many houses here, plus Zhang Zhou did not prepare empty ammunition temporarily, so there is no need to make such a move.

After Zhang Zhou got on the horse, a group of 3,000 people, followed by more than 1,000 craftsmen who were driving carriages and other accompanying troops, embarked on the road to Xuanfu together.

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"Bingkuan, looking at your posture, it really looks like you're going to move."

Zhang Mao was responsible for sending Zhang Zhou on behalf of the Son of Heaven, and when he walked to the outskirts of the city, he was about to arrive at Shili Pavilion, Zhang Mao rode on a horse, and smiled at Zhang Zhou.

At this time, Zhang Zhou was followed by several people who were also riding horses.

It's all slow.

In addition to Zhang Mao's grandson Zhang Lun, there is also Lin Ting, the future brother-in-law who was temporarily transferred by Zhang Zhou.

After the new science and technology jinshi was given the post of director of the sixth department, even if Lin Ting was appointed earlier, Zhang Zhou did not break the rules and had to promote the people around him.

In other words, Zhang Zhou felt that it was enough for him to take a rocket on the promotion alone.

Zhang Zhou smiled: "Zhang Laoyan smiled, I went to Xuanfu, I can bring not many cannons and firearms, and after I arrive, I have to raise my own cannons and other things...... How about bringing more people? ”

Zhang Mao laughed.

I'm thinking in my heart, you kid talks a lot, ask you a sentence and you reply to me ten sentences!

"But Bingkuan, I see that you seem to be very thin in terms of employing people, why didn't you ask Your Majesty to send more court officials to accompany you? Or you should also invite some guests, if you have something to do, the old man can help you. ”

Zhang Mao is very enthusiastic.

What he means is that even if people can't drag their families with them, they can bring at least three or five staff, and if they encounter any big things, they will be discussed by the people around them in advance, and you, as the coach, only need to choose the essence of the staff's opinions, and you don't have to do everything yourself.

And you're good, all you can bring is my grandson and your future brother-in-law, no matter how you look at it, it's very shabby.

Zhang Zhoudao: "I don't have any silver recently, so I gave it to Your Majesty and folded money for the courtiers." ”

"Uh......"

Zhang Mao remembered when he heard this.

Is Zhang Zhou short of money?

If he is short of money, he also takes out the silver to bribe the minister and get the emperor to agree to him to open a mine?

"Employing people, not more, but fine, and when I set a strategy, the methods and methods I use are fundamentally different from others, and it is difficult for me to listen to the opinions of others." Zhang Zhou took out a picture that he was still a "corporal Lixian", but his ability was too big, and the opinions of others were all shit.

In fact, I was also talking to Zhang Mao.

Old man Zhang, why are you talking so much nonsense? Can I reach Providence, and still need to listen to the opinions of that group of people? And your opinion, in fact, is the same as shit.

Zhang Zhou pointed to Lin Ting, who was holding the reins of the horse and deliberately kept a certain distance from Zhang Zhou and Zhang Mao, and said: "It's not that I have to use relatives, but because I have no one to use, and there is still a gap between me and people who know me, let alone those ministers who are strangers?" ”

Lin Ting originally felt that it was inconvenient for him to listen to the conversation between Zhang Zhou and Zhang Mao, so he deliberately distanced himself.

Hearing this, he felt even more embarrassed.

Is his deliberate move to avoid being felt by his future brother-in-law that he doesn't have enough trust?

This...... Which one?

Who am I going to reason with?

Zhang Mao said with a smile: "The old man has lived for most of his life, he has seen so many civil ministers and military generals, and he has a deep understanding of the character of people in the world, but he has never seen you so unruly by nature, but he can think about His Majesty and the Ming Dynasty everywhere, the old man is an eye-opener." ”

Zhang Zhou squinted and looked at Zhang Mao with a smile.

As if to say, this opens your eyes?

There will be more places to open your eyes in the future, let's see.

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Zhang Zhou set out on an expedition, and his plan was to go to Xishan first, agree on the transportation of coal to Xuanfu in advance, and then transfer a group of craftsmen, so as to pass through Juyong Pass and go all the way to Xuanfu.

Along the way, you should also guard against the Tatars suddenly taking a detour to kill, after all, the soldiers and horses under his command are not fast, and they are both artillery and craftsmen, as Zhang Mao said, no matter how you look at it, it looks like a move, not like going to war.

If you want to use your troops carefully, you must maintain speed on the march, and Zhang Zhou's marching method can exhaust people to death if he can walk eighty miles a day.

After Zhang Zhou set off, the court's criticism about Zhang Zhou suddenly increased.

Zhu Youzhu also didn't expect that when Zhang Zhou was in the capital, even if someone talked about Zhang Zhou's fact that he was both a Taoist priest and a scholar, it did not form a climate, but Zhang Zhou left, and the impeachment of Zhang Zhou was like snowflakes, and in a day or two, the desk in front of Zhu Youzhi was piled up.

“…… Your Majesty, basically everything you can find is here, and there may be more one after another. ”

Dai Yi and the rest of the celebrant stood on the side, looking at the king with cautious expressions.

Zhu Youzhu picked up a copy casually, and after reading it, he threw it directly on the ground, and said with a mocking tone: "I didn't expect that even if Bingkuan went to Xuanfu to govern the army and committed their taboo, but no one mentioned it before Bingkuan left, but after he left, he was so persistent, is it saying that I used Bingkuan wrongly, or did I believe in them wrong?" ”

This question is obviously not something that the celebrants can answer.

Of course, Zhang Zhou hasn't fallen into the well yet, but they may vaguely feel that Zhang Zhou is already hanging around the well.

"Look at this, it is said that it is the rule of the army with Fang Shi, which has always been the beginning of the disaster of the country and the people, and compare it with the allusion that Song Qinzong favored Guo Jing and overthrew most of China during the Jingkang Change, am I so mediocre?"

Zhu Youzhi finally raised a trace of anger.

But to Dai Yi and others, the emperor said this more like mocking those ministers who didn't know each other.

Wei Bin stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, Mr. Zhang has made a lot of contributions to the Ming Dynasty, how can it be treacherous?" ”

"Hmph." Zhu Youzhu snorted lightly, "The so-called treacherous evil is not determined by people? Since ancient times, many loyal ministers can be said to be traitors, and traitors are respected, and there are differences in emphasis between monarchs and ministers in terms of employing people to govern affairs, they prefer to use the wisdom of the people, rather than the power of one person, they will not care what the result is, they will only chatter about the process. ”

The four eunuchs couldn't help but look at each other.

Xin said that the emperor didn't comment on his ministers like this before he met Zhang Zhou, and now it's less than a year, and the emperor seems to have recognized the essence of that group of civil officials, and he has already drawn a clear relationship.

"In the future, there will be any recitals involving Bingkuan, whether it is praise or depreciation, all of them will be left in China, and I don't want to read them personally. Bingkuan taught me the same thing, no matter how bizarre and tortuous the process is, seeing the result is more important than looking at anything, I just wait for him to make achievements in Xuanfu, and then throw these recitals to the court, and let the people who play them pick up the recitals back, and then come back to me after reviewing! ”

After Zhu Youzhu finished speaking, he got up as if he was leaving.

When Dai Yi and the others heard this, they all called me by in their hearts, and sure enough, Your Majesty now only needs Zhang Bingkuan alone, and the ministers are already dispensable.

Although we are on His Majesty's side, the question is ...... Zhang Bingkuan's rise not only threatens the status of Wenchen, but also makes us very anxious, who the hell is reasoning with?

If Your Majesty really wants to use one person to govern the affairs of the court, then why do you need the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty?

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Eccentricity off.

Qin Hongben came to the Biguan to prepare for a big job, but before he arrived at the Bitou Pass, he heard that Wang Qiong and Zhu Feng "sent troops without authorization" and solved the threat posed by the fire screening department to the Biguan.

When he had just arrived at the Bitou Pass and was about to do something with his heart, a decree was issued, he was no longer the general system of Xuanda, but changed to the trilateral general system, and the administrative office was directly moved to Yansui.

What does this mean......

After the partial pass, it was under the jurisdiction of Zhang Zhou, and he went to the three sides to be responsible for guarding against Dayan Khan's attack on the Daming border pass from the south of the Hetao.

In any case, Qin Hong's adjustment of the trilateral general system, from the focus of the northwest defense, this belongs to "high promotion", Qin Hong has to leave immediately after receiving the order, and he does not even plan to stay in the partial head pass for one more night.

Wang Qiong, Zhu Feng, Liu Jin, Wang Shouren, Tang Yin and others went to see him off.

"Old Qin, why are you in such a hurry to leave? After the handover, it's not too late to leave. Zhu Feng also seemed to be very considerate of Qin Hong's hard work, and said something that sounded a little out of place to the people present.

Except for Zhu Feng, everyone else felt that Qin Hong's hurried trip to Yansui was a responsible performance.

Qin Hong smiled and said: "Zhijie, here is guarding with Dehua, the old man is still very relieved, Yansui and other places are now everywhere, and the imperial court has appointed the old man to go, how can the old man be delayed?" ”

This kind of talk is very formal.

Everyone felt sorry for it.

It's not that they don't look down on Zhang Zhou, but they all want to learn from Qin Hong, especially Wang Shouren, who has just entered the officialdom and has always wanted to make contributions in the northwest...... If they want to learn from Zhang Zhou...... What to learn?

Learn how to shoot guns? Or how to learn from Zhang Zhouxue to understand the will of heaven?

On the contrary, it is an experienced veteran like Qin Hong in the northwest who can be more respected by those traditional Confucian officials, in their opinion, Qin Hong is full of treasures, and that experience alone is enough to learn for half a lifetime.

"Let's all go back." Qin Hong said with a smile, and suddenly his eyes fell on Wang Qiong again, and he greeted, "Dehua, you go with the old man for a while." ”

Wang Qiong knew that Qin Hong knew that he couldn't make any handover with Zhang Zhou, who was in the Xuanfu Mansion...... Or there is nothing to hand over, but before leaving, he still has instructions for Wang Qiong.

Only then did Wang Qiong beckon everyone to go back and perform their duties, and then went to the main gate of Guansai with Qin Hong.

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"Dehua, before the old man came, I never thought that in addition to Wang Shichang in the northwest, there are capable people like you, and your ability to govern the border is even no less than Wang Shichang."

Wang Qiong was flattered.

Qin Hong came up and buckled him with a big high hat.

Hearing this, his heart was fluttering.

Qin Hong said: "The old man also knows that it was Zhang Bingkuan who recommended you in front of His Majesty, which shows that he knows and employs people accurately. ”

"This ......"

What Wang Qiong didn't expect was the second half of Qin Hong's sentence.

He originally thought that a traditional civil servant like Qin Hong should look down on Zhang Zhou, and Qin Hong might also have an opinion on the emperor's sending Zhang Zhou to govern Xuanda's military affairs.

Unexpectedly, on the contrary, Qin Hong admired and admired Zhang Zhou.

Qin Hong sighed: "But the matter of governing the army should follow suit, and should not be done without authorization, even if it can make meritorious deeds, others above the court may not agree." ”

This is to teach him that Wang Qiong was arrogant before.

You won, and the ministers did not recognize your merits.

If the previous results are unfavorable, then you will suffer.

Qin Hong obviously saw through the essence of officialdom, this is sincerely persuading Wang Qiong, no matter how capable you are, you should be leisurely, everything is focused on being able to mix in the Ming Dynasty in the future.

(End of chapter)