The fire screen withdrew the troops, and the emperor also ordered to reward the three armies, although the details have not yet been implemented, but the army seems to have been able to breathe a sigh of relief.

Wang Shouren went to Datong to take up the post of governor of Datong, and the celebration banquet in Yanghe's mouth was put on the table first.

Originally, Zhang Zhou wanted to stop it, which meant that the war was endless, not to mention any celebrations, but Zhu Hui came to Zhang Zhou in person, which meant that it was not conducive to the cultivation of morale in the army, and then he was afraid that the fire screen would take advantage of the emptiness of the Xuanfu army to attack and disturb, and Zhu Hui, the general soldier of the Xuanfu, would also lead the troops back.

Implication.

It is not only a celebration wine, but also a candied wine, and Zhang Zhou also went with them.

After all, the temperament of these soldiers is not the kind of person who knows how to be restrained, and they also have to accumulate morale, and Zhang Zhou doesn't want to give people the impression of a stereotypical and cool official.

Zhang Zhou also went to the banquet in person, but he didn't drink a few glasses of this wine jar before he came out, and just a few steps after he walked out, Zhang Heling trotted all the way to catch up.

"Mr. Zhang?"

When Zhang Zhou saw Zhang Heling's obscene face, he wanted to say hello to him.

Although the Zhang brothers are not bad in appearance, because of their usual behavior, they react to their expressions, and their own arrogance and treachery are unconsciously presented on their faces, which is born from their hearts...... The appearance is very poor.

"Shou Ninghou, don't drink in it, what are you going to do?" Zhang Zhou continued to walk forward, without deliberately waiting for Zhang Heling.

Zhang Heling said: "I heard Lao Zhu say that Mr. Zhang doesn't plan to go back to Xuanfu with us?" As the general system of Xuanda, it is appropriate to return to Xuanfu, and there are many people doing business in Xuanfu, and grain merchants from all over the country will go over, let's see if it is ...... Developed together? ”

At this time, it is still developed with you?

"How much silver, do you have military merits?" Zhang Zhou asked.

"Military merit is good, but what if you become a national prince? Others don't understand, I think Mr. Zhang should understand, we are so close to His Majesty, even if we are just an ordinary person, others have to nod when they see it, but even if it is the prince of the country, or even those kings outside, don't they still have to look at our faces and act? ”

Zhang Heling was more proud when he said this.

Zhang Zhou seems to know why the Zhang brothers are so arrogant, this is because they feel that with the emperor as a backer behind them, they can be unscrupulous.

The truth is such a truth, but you haven't thought about the flowers without a hundred days? The emperor also died one day.

By the time your eldest nephew ascended the throne, the status of your brothers had actually begun to decline, and by the time your brother-in-law and eldest nephew had their burps...... Isn't your good life coming to an end?

Zhang Zhoudao: "Convincing people with power is just to make people afraid, not respectful, and the world will change sooner or later." I would like to advise Shou Ninghou that it is better to accumulate more virtue and convince people with virtue. ”

"Accumulate virtue?" When Zhang Heling heard this, he frowned and said, "Listen to what Mr. Zhang means, do you mean that I am not virtuous?" ”

"Shou Ninghou, have you done less of those immoral things before?" Zhang Zhou said unceremoniously.

"You!"

Zhang Heling wanted to discuss business with Zhang Zhou, but before he could say a word, he was sprayed in the face by Zhang Zhou, and that feeling was ...... It's like eating a belly of earthworms, but his stomach is not full, but he is choked by Zhang Zhou's words.

Zhang Zhou said with a calm face: "We are all our own people, let's be straightforward, don't be surprised." ”

"Hmph." Zhang Heling snorted lightly.

If someone else said this, he could let that person know the fate of saying this, but if Zhang Zhou said it...... It's a bit of a temper.

"Mr. Zhang, scolding people doesn't expose shortcomings, you say that I lack morality, but you are not much better, right? offended you, such as Li Guang's house, they all died directly, who is better than whom? Of course, Zhang Heling was not angry in his heart, but he couldn't have a seizure.

Zhang Zhou nodded and said: "You're right, we're all the same, but you also have to be measured in doing things, you are making trouble with a group of flat-headed people, and the officials in the court treat you as a traitor and demean you to death." But if you change your target and target those civil officials in the imperial court, they will be angry and scold you, and you can still be confident that you don't have to worry about being poked in the back wherever you go. ”

"What?"

Zhang Heling's head is not enough.

Zhang Zhoudao: "What I mean, if you want to make money, you go to make big businessmen and open up a source of wealth." Just like me, who have you seen me exploit? ”

"Huh?"

Although Zhang Heling doesn't like to listen to this kind of talk, when Zhang Zhou talks about making money, he still up his ears.

"You know what I make money on, right?" Zhang Zhou asked.

"You know, you open a mine, and your brother-in-law asked you to open it on your own, and you also smelt iron and engage in those glass things...... You're amazing. Zhang Heling originally looked down on Zhang Zhou, but now he is also envious of Zhang Zhou's way of making money.

It's really that you don't need those ways of fighting and killing, and you can make a lot of money.

Zhang Zhoudao: "Recently, I still want to open a mine around Datong Town, but I lack a little partner. Do you want to do it? ”

"it." Zhang Heling blossomed, "Where to grab a few mines?" If you speak, I'll find someone. I know you want to maintain your image as a clean official, don't worry, I'll help you solve those bad things that don't see people. ”

Zhang Heling is still very "up-to-the-road".

In order to make money, it can be said that unscrupulous means, probably he thinks that Zhang Zhou wants to open a mine, it is better to rob the mine, so he is ready to help Zhang Zhou to be a thug, snatch other people's mines back, and run them himself, in his opinion, is the most direct and easiest way.

Zhang Zhoudao: "It's not necessary, I open my own mine, feng shui, where I want to open it." ”

"It's amazing, how can there be a mine?" Zhang Heling's eyes widened when he heard this.

Zhang Zhou has a lot of things he dislikes, but there is one thing he has to be convinced, that is, Zhang Zhou can use the "knowledge" he has learned reasonably to make a fortune.

Of course, he hadn't seen those so-called heavenly masters run out to open mines before, and he pondered for a moment, if he knew feng shui and knew how to find mines, he could indeed make a million profits, if others didn't do it...... That can only say that this person's feng shui is all a lie.

Zhang Zhou pointed to his feet.

"Here?" Zhang Heling was speechless, "You don't want me to dig up Yang Hekou, do you?" ”

"No, I mean, this Datong territory is full of mines, but even in terms of mining, there will be some minor troubles. Heck, if I help you find the mine, you can find someone, right? And the opening of the mines, the dividends, and the taxes to Your Majesty, and the taxes to be paid to the army......"

"Okay, okay, you can talk as much as you want, and the mine will be opened for me."

When Zhang Heling heard it, this was simply a million profits.

Even if you tax me, then I am a white wolf with empty gloves, how much silver can I spend to find someone to open a mine?

"Okay, then Shou Ninghou, you don't have to go back to Xuanfu with Baoguo Gong for the time being, just stay in Datong and help me open the mine together, okay?" Zhang Zhou asked.

"Look at what you said, Mr. Zhang, who are we with? said that he came out on an errand, but we actually made a fortune in the northwest, who let us have the emperor's grace in our hands? Where to open? Zhang Heling looked excited.

Originally, it was to make a fortune by going back to Xuanfu to engage in some bullying and dominating the market.

But when he heard that he could make a fortune by opening a mine, of course he was more enthusiastic.

"Go back and drink, and I'll tell you when I get back." Zhang Zhou smiled and didn't explain too much to Zhang Heling.

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……

Zhang Zhou returned to his residence, and then called Tang Yin as well.

Tang Yin wanted to stay by his side for the time being and help him open the mine together, and at the same time, Zhang Zhou also informed Tang Yin about letting Zhang Heling come out as a cover for opening the mine.

"What if he doesn't pay taxes when he starts a mine? Also, these relatives and ministers are moths of the Ming Dynasty, and they are afraid that they will provoke a lot of things, so Zhang Zhitai does this...... It's incomprehensible. ”

Tang Yin probably understood that Zhang Zhou didn't want to rush to the front line of mining, and someone always needed to come out as a shield, and Zhang Heling was very suitable.

But Tang Yin felt that using the Zhang brothers would definitely do more harm than good.

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "Bohu, do you know what it means to bully the soft and fear the hard?" ”

"Who?" Tang Yin asked.

"The local government, as well as the local gentry and people, do you think this is a place like Xishan at the foot of the Son of Heaven? When it comes to opening a mine, can you open a mine in one sentence? Do you know how many coal mines were opened by the gentry around Datong? ”

Zhang Zhou reminded Tang Yin that Datong had stayed away from Jingshi.

If you don't use an unreasonable person like Zhang Heling as a pretense in front, if you open a mine casually, the local gentry and the common people will definitely make trouble, and there will be something to "compete with the people".

This is especially true when your coal mine produces more than others.

Zhang Zhoudao: "When I open an iron mine, I choose a place outside the pass, and no one has ever opened an iron mine in that place. But to say that opening a coal mine in Datong is tantamount to grabbing food from the tiger's mouth......"

"How can the mouth of the people be the mouth of a tiger?" Tang Yin naturally considered the problem from the standpoint of Confucianism and love for the people.

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "I'm not talking about the people, the people of the Ming Dynasty make a living from farming, and they don't care whether the government opens mines, but they are afraid that the local gentry and magnates will make trouble in the name of the people." They can't fight or scold, and they are the mainstay of the so-called local stability, and they are the real invisible 'tigers'. ”

"This ......"

Tang Yin suddenly felt that he had been taught another lesson.

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "With a person like me, who was born as a civil official, he still has to have some concerns about the confrontation with the local gentry, but Shou Ninghou is not afraid." Of course, I won't let him make any big trouble......"

"As for what Bohu said, I'm afraid that he will be the only one after making a profit, you don't have to worry, I'll give him some of the money I earned, you really let him preside over the mining business? Will he be able to stay in Datong for a long time? Or will he be able to find out where the coal mine is without me? How to mine coal efficiently, and how to ensure the long-term operation of coal mines...... Hehe, which of these can he do alone? ”

Tang Yin was surprised: "Then isn't he...... Zhang Zhengtai's chess pieces? ”

Zhang Zhoudao: "I don't use him as a pawn, do you want him to take care of us?" In the past, he had the ability to do this, but now, he also needs to see how the situation is. ”

"Yes, yes."

Tang Yin immediately understood.

In the past, Zhang Heling was protected by the emperor, which was an existence that the court could not provoke, but now the person who really can't be provoked is him Zhang Zhoucai, and even the Zhang family brothers have to stand aside.

"He does the dirty work, I am only responsible for planning, I account for the majority of profits, he bears the notoriety, I run the northwest for the imperial court, what's wrong?"

Zhang Zhou spread his hands.

Roughly speaking, I am the loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, and it is not for selfish interests to dominate everything, so I ask you Tang, am I great?

Tang Yin pondered for a moment.

It is true that mining is an empty glove white wolf, but the problem is ...... You also have to be able to find mines, otherwise just prospecting and mining is a big labor cost, which is why all dynasties want to use mines to maintain the imperial court's finances, but they can't maintain it.

First, it is easy to be controlled by the powerful, and the imperial court can't even divide a fraction, and the other is the problem of mine quality and mining efficiency.

Now all this is being solved by Zhang Zhou step by step.

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……

Yansui.

The battle report about the first battle of Weininghai has been transmitted to Yansui for a few days.

One day when the news came, Pingjiang Bo Chen Rui drank heavily every day, feeling sorry for himself while drinking his hot wine, and thought about sending troops to the grassland to have a decisive battle with Dayan Khan, but it was this day that Qin Hong called him over and told him the news that Dayan Khan's troops had withdrawn from the Hetao.

“…… Around the Yuan'er Dusi, many cavalry were sent to investigate, but there was no sign of Tatar activity, and it seemed that it was also relying on the aftermath of the battle of Weininghai. ”

Qin Hong was very happy about this.

When it comes to running the Northwest, Zhang Zhou thinks he is already very good, but Qin Hong feels that he is even better.

Just you, Zhang Bingkuan, will play a set of management? I'm Lao Qin to let you know what it means to be a business expert, I built a city fortress, it is definitely a few hundred miles in a row, I want to open a tuntian, it is definitely a thousand miles of fertile fields, if you don't believe it, let's try!

So Qin Hong doesn't have much interest in sending troops or anything, and it's okay to build chariots, which is also a hobby.

He is also a traditional literati, and what he wants is to let the military and civilians in the northwest live and work in peace and contentment.

When Zhang Zhou used a battle of Weininghai to create an external environment, then he should show his strengths and show the military and civilians in the northwest what it means to be an "operational madman".

Zhang Yanling, who was standing next to him, asked, "What does Qin Zhitai mean?" We're not going to war? ”

Not only Zhang Yanling, but also Chen Rui and a group of military generals, as well as local civil officials, subordinate officials in the army, etc., all wanted to know what Qin Hong wanted to do.

Qin Hong said: "The Tatars have withdrawn for hundreds of miles, and there are no Tatar cavalry in the Hetao, if you want to fight, do you have to send troops for more than a thousand miles?" This is not the purpose of the old man's trilateral visit. ”

Hearing this, most of the generals present were still pleased.

After all, most of the people who came to the meeting were people who had been rooted in Yansui for a long time, and they didn't have much desire to gain military merits, but there were successions of good news in Xuanda and Liaodong, and the three sides that should have been the front line against the Tatars have been quiet...... It will still make people feel a little lost.

"That Zhang Zhitai is now being transferred to the military affairs of the Northwest, and the old man will also be subject to his temperance in the future." Qin Hong didn't hide it.

In his opinion, Zhang Zhou commanded and planned the second surprise attack on Weininghai, and subdued the fire sieve, Zhang Zhou is qualified to oversee the military affairs of the northwest, anyway, it is rare to meet in the future, Zhang Zhouren is in Xuanda, he is on the three sides, it is nothing more than a temperance during the war, and he does not interfere with each other in dealing with daily military affairs and people's livelihood in peacetime.

Qin Hong continued: "Zhang Zhitai sent a letter to the old man, saying that in the next few years, he would open up 300,000 acres of fertile land in the land of Xuanda, and the old man thought that he could not lag behind others. Therefore, I am going to write to him to inform him that the fertile land to be developed in the trilateral land can only be more than this, not less than this. ”

Chen Rui said: "Qin Lao makes the platform, should we focus on the ...... first?" Soldiers? ”

Chen Rui is in a hurry.

I'm still waiting to win the battle with you and make a name for yourself at home, but you two are competing for how much fertile land you have? Do you want to make this a top priority for the next few years?

Have you considered my position as someone Chen?

Qin Hong looked at Chen Rui with a look of regret and said: "It's a pity that Pingjiang Boren was not in Xuanfu and couldn't help Zhang Zhitai win this battle. ”

“……”

Chen Rui thought to himself, expose my shortcomings?!

"But the situation is like this, the Tatars don't dare to attack, and I can't completely pacify the grassland due to the lack of soldiers and food, so I can only Taoguang and raise the obscurity first, but Pingjiangbo, you don't have to worry, sooner or later there will be a chance."

Qin Hong also comforted Chen Rui with a few words.

Chen Rui was already scolding in his heart.

Just sarcastically forget me, and now you still want to fool me? Really make me a fool?

Zhang Yanling smiled and said, "Then can I go back to the capital?" ”

Qin Hong said: "The imperial court has not issued such an edict, and whether there will be war in the future depends on Zhang Zhengtai's arrangement, and the old man has no right to decide whether to send troops." Everyone, please come back. ”

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……

Chen Rui returned to the General Soldier's Mansion, and after sitting down, there was a stove in front of him, and then he kicked the stove over.

"Lao Chen, what is this doing?"

Zhang Yanling ran in, and he was making fun of Chen Rui from afar, "The heat in the summer is hot, even if you have a sip of hot wine, you won't have a stove at any time, and it's easy to catch your breath and go away." ”

Chen Rui glared at Zhang Yanling angrily.

The heart said that I was not so hot that I was angry, and I was angry with you first.

"You want to fight, I want to go back to the capital." Zhang Yanling said, "What's good in this northwest?" I can also see that even if he wants to fight, he will have to rely on Zhang Bingkuan in the future, he has great ability, and he can disgust people to death with the surname Qin. ”

Chen Rui sat there without saying a word.

Two soldiers came in from outside to help clean up the charcoal basin and charcoal.

The soldiers didn't say anything, and they all had a look of disgust on their faces.

Chen Rui said: "What are you doing here?" ”

"I'm about to ask Your Majesty to go back to Beijing, I don't want to talk to Lao Chen...... The marriage we mentioned earlier...... Didn't you connect with Zhu Zhijie? ...... on my side."

Zhang Yanling felt that if he wanted to propose to return to the capital, he would be able to wait for the appointment in minutes.

He didn't forget to marry Chen Rui.

Chen Rui said: "The little girl is blessed, besides, she has already followed that Zhang Zongxian." ”

Zhang Yanling pouted and said: "Don't make trouble, if you give away your daughter, it's not uncommon for people to give it away, so I don't dislike it." We're different from them...... Do you think Zhang Bingkuan trusts us? He would rather use a Jinshi of the same year and a person from Xuanfu than you and me, and you should know what kind of person he is. Let's discuss and discuss it, and we will join forces to deal with him in the future......"

"You?"

Chen Rui frowned and looked at Zhang Yanling, also wondering, which tendon is wrong with this kid today?

You actually want to be an enemy of Zhang Bingkuan?

Who gave you courage?

Besides, didn't you still respect Zhang Bingkuan before?

Zhang Yanling said: "I can see that in the past six months, I have been tossed by him a lot, but I haven't caught anything, see how I deal with him after I go back!" If he is not in the capital, I will go to His Majesty to complain, are you sure...... Don't need me as your reinforcement? ”

Chen Rui originally looked down on Zhang Yanling, but when he heard this, he was obviously moved.

(End of chapter)