Wang Shouren led his troops to march forward on the grassland.

The news of the Beijing division is very lagging behind, and as for Nanjing City, it is even more impossible to learn about Wang Shouren's "glorious achievements" at the first time.

But it doesn't seem to matter anymore, because after Zhang Zhou completed the task of making Zhu Houzhao famous, there was another important task next, that is, to beat the Zong Domain, he asked Yang Peng to send people to Nanchang several times, but Yang Peng was nervous, because he felt that Zhang Zhou was going to take Ning Fan.

The grievances between the Ming royal family and the Ning Fan have been going on for a long time, and the ministers of the court and the central government are not unaware of Emperor Taizong's "bad treatment" to the first Ning King Zhu Quan, otherwise they would not have found an excuse to deprive King Ning of his guards.

In fact, it was to prevent the Ning Fan from rebelling.

Yang Peng went to Zhang Zhou's mansion alone that day, explained what he knew to Zhang Zhou, and expressed his concern about the operation on Ning Fan.

"King Xiao Ning has just ascended the throne, and now it is only a year old, if you want to get rid of the Ning Domain, I am afraid that it will make the clans everywhere feel in danger. And there must be a reason to start. "Yang Peng obviously supports Zhang Zhou's decision in such matters, but it just shows that you Zhang Zhou don't be too conceited, Zongfan is not something you can handle if you want to.

Especially for a big sect like Ning Fan, if you make a fuss, people can clean you up.

Zhang Zhou smiled: "When did I say that I want to get rid of Ning Fan?" Or do you want to make a move against Ning Fan? ”

"What about you?"

Yang Peng didn't understand.

You don't want to target Ning Fan, why do you always send people to Jiangxi and go to Nanchang? The posture is still to check the appearance of the sect room.

Zhang Zhoudao: "If you want to check the sect room, you must have evidence, even if I really came to check the sect room by order, it can't be Ning Fan." In fact, I told you clearly, it was King Zhongling. ”

"King Zhongling?" Yang Peng's eyes widened, a little subverting his outlook on life.

King Zhongling is also a side branch of Ning Domain, the contemporary King of Zhongling is named Zhu Jicong, this person is the son of King Ning Jing, Chenghua eight years to get the knight, in history to "loyal to the country" famous.

The so-called "loyal to the country" is not that he is really loyal to the country, but that he kept asking the emperor, saying that he was going to the frontier to lead troops to kill the enemy, and constantly recommended himself, and even trained private soldiers to cast weapons in the palace, but was sued by Ma Wensheng, the secretary of the Ministry of War.

“…… The ministers foolishly thought that the edict would raise the materials, and the clan would not be with them. The last skill of the bow and horse is not suitable for the king. Today, King Zhongling recommended himself for no reason, and he is suspected of being a subordinate or having a different picture. The court should be close to each other, and it should be done as soon as possible. Begging to send people to the king of Ning to strictly admonish the king of Zhongling, so that the study is close to the Confucian students, and the Dongping and Hejian of the Han Dynasty are used as the law, and the country is resting. If there is any disappointment, it is advisable to keep it a secret so that you will not regret it......"

Ma Wensheng means that you King Zhongling has nothing to do, and you have a "different plan", please let King Ning discipline this side branch of King Zhongling well, get closer to the scholars, and don't always think about "serving the country with loyalty".

Then in the eighteenth year of Hongzhi, because of the report of Zhang Peihuan, the concubine of Zhu Chenze's son, Zhu Jincon, said that after Zhu Jincone failed to recommend himself last time, he drank at home and killed people who did not obey, and then the concubine ran out and reported that Zhu Jincone made weapons privately at home......

In order to beat the Ning Domain, Zhu Youzhi removed Zhu from his title and sent him to Fengyang Mansion to see the imperial tomb, which can be regarded as removing a hidden danger of rebellion for Zhu Houzhao before he died.

When Zhang Zhou came to Nanjing, it was impossible to directly attack King Ning.

Even if he knows very well, Zhu Chenhao's ambition is much greater than that of his uncle.

When Zhu Chenhao just got the title, he asked the emperor to go to Beijing: "King Ning is grateful for the title of begging, and he will stop at the book." ”

It means that as soon as he was sealed, he asked for Yique, that is, to go to the capital to thank him, but was vetoed by the emperor.

The Ning Wang faction has always spared no effort in grabbing prestige, connections, and resources.

But the problem is that now Zhu Chenhao has just become the king of Ning, even if he has ambitions, he is not qualified to argue with the court, and it is unrealistic to find evidence of his "rebellion".

But not everyone is as careful as Zhu Jinjun's father and son, just like Zhu Jinjun, who privately made weapons at home, as long as Zhang Zhou caught a typical example, he can use it as a negative teaching material, so as to check the clans on both sides of the Yangtze River, investigate whether they have privately made weapons, and then extend this to block the hands of the clans from using power for personal gain.

"Gonggong Yang, King Zhongling didn't look at it before, but he was still a martial artist, you should have heard of it, he usually doesn't practice learning, he often uses the art of war to strategize, and he talks about border politics in vain."

"So I suspect that he is secretly making weapons in the house, and there is a possibility of training private soldiers. From this point of view, he may have a heart of disobedience. ”

Zhang Zhou's tone was very relaxed, as if Zhu Jincone could be pinched and played casually.

Yang Peng seemed to be relieved when he knew that Zhang Zhou was not going to target Zhu Chenhao, the king of Ning, but only Zhu Chenhao's uncle, but he still said with a cautious face: "This kind of thing, if you want to investigate it thoroughly, I'm afraid it's not easy." ”

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "If you want to investigate, you naturally have to have human and physical evidence, and empty words are not advisable." I heard that there are also people in the Zhongling Mansion who do business in the city of Nanjing...... People who do business in Jiangnan say that the people of several clans in the Jiangjiang and Ningning clans do not follow the rules in business, and often take advantage of the tricks, and the businessmen and the people also have a lot of complaints. ”

"Who spoke? Can evidence be found? Yang Peng's eyes widened.

He was thinking, do you even know the situation of businessmen in Nanjing?

Zhang Zhoudao: "No, my old Taishan surnamed Jiang Mingde Zhong, he took care of business in Nanjing, every time he told me about such things, he was like a few treasures, and because his wine often traded with the Zongfan Palace, so he knew the reason behind it." ”

Yang Peng swallowed.

Zhang Zhou has a father-in-law who is a businessman, and he knows this, Yang Peng and Jiang Dezhong do not have much contact.

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "If you want to make weapons privately, you must purchase raw materials, that is, iron, find the royal ships that travel between Jiangxi and Nanjing, detain people, and interrogate them well." Then send someone to search the Zhongling Palace...... I guess I can't be wrong in my inference, right? ”

Yang Peng was stunned.

Is your own reasoning wrong, you actually ask me?

Immediately, Yang Peng understood something, and he said: "Even if Master Zhang, your inference is wrong, the little one can make him right." ”

"Tell the evidence." Zhang Zhou smiled.

It seems that Yang Peng is still very set in framing this matter.

This is different from Xiao Jing and Mu Bin, Yang Peng seems to be better in doing things by unscrupulous means.

"Yes, yes." Yang Peng nodded hurriedly and said, "It's an imperial mission, how can you not talk about evidence?" Some evidence, if you look carefully, there is still some evidence. ”

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After Yang Peng specifically knew Zhang Zhou's intentions, his enthusiasm for doing things also improved a lot.

It is too easy to use a little-known King Zhongling as cannon fodder, in Yang Peng's opinion...... Even if he may offend the people of King Ning's faction, as a factory official of Dongchang, he is still afraid of this?

After Zhu Houzhao completed the literary meeting, he was full of ambition and should also put his return to Beijing on the agenda.

But what is more important is to let the emperor know about Zhu Houzhao's "excellent performance" in Nanjing.

With the appearance of Zhu Houzhao in Nanjing as the crown prince, it was not surprising that the news had reached Beijing in just five days, and it was not surprising that the ministers of the DPRK and China knew about it...... The government and the opposition were in an uproar.

The crown prince of the Ming Dynasty was actually "abducted" to Nanjing by Zhang Zhou?

No wonder the prince never appeared on the feast day before, and even the teaching of the lecture class in the East Palace was suspended, and he said that he was sick, so he was following Zhang Bingkuan to fool around?

After the minister found out, he naturally wanted to use this as a topic to attack Zhang Zhou, and abduct the prince out of Beijing, which is not a small crime...... In the eyes of many ministers, this is also Zhang Zhou's overturned boat in the gutter.

It was also at the court meeting on September 17.

Zhu Youzhu took the initiative to provoke this topic after the court discussion began, of course, his focus was not on Zhang Zhou, but on his son's performance in Nanjing.

“…… Ladies and gentlemen, I went to Nanjing as the crown prince to settle the people, and along the way to comfort the drought in the Central Plains and the floods in various parts of the Yangtze River, and at the same time let him have more experience. Unexpectedly, the prince was in the city of Nanjing, composing three poems. Read his poem to everyone present. ”

Zhu Youzhu looked very proud.

His son is only ten years old, and he is still ten years old, and he can compose poems.

There are three songs at once, and each one sounds so awesome.

Xiao Jing immediately walked out and read out Zhu Houzhao's three poems in public with a smile.

In fact, most of the ministers present have heard of these three poems, and some have heard some rumors, some say that it was written by Cheng Minzheng, and some say that it was written by a ten-year-old young man named "Zhu Shou", and now the emperor took the initiative to say that the young man is the prince...... It seems that everything has been relieved.

Regardless of whether the poem was really written by the prince or ghostwritten.

Even the emperor said so, and Cheng Minzheng didn't fight for it, so it looked ...... This poem was not written by Zhu Houzhao, but also by him.

After Xiao Jing finished reading, he went back.

Zhu Youzhu sighed: "The words are very flat, but the implication is reasonable, I just want him to read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles, and his trip to the south can be regarded as an increase in knowledge and knowledge, and it also makes me feel relieved." Mr. Wang, what do you think of the prince's poems? ”

The emperor felt that it was not appropriate for him to brag, and that someone needed to follow suit.

Ask Liu Jian directly if they can't, they are likely to pick thorns, so go directly to ask Wang Wei, the head of the Hanlin Academy.

Anyway, Wang Wei is also his son's husband, and the faction is not completely a traditional faction, and he is still Zhang Zhou's teacher, I am still very optimistic.

Wang Wei came out and said: "The poems are simple and unpretentious, but they show the piety and perseverance of the poet's heart. ”

"Wow......"

There was a lot of discussion at the scene.

I think Wang Wei is a bit "exaggerated", it's good, you are ashamed of yourself, you have to add a "comparable to a masterpiece of the Tang Dynasty", what does it mean? The prince memorized 300 Tang poems and memorized them out of the doorway, and wrote three poems himself, so that he would be a model for the world's readers in the future?

But Wang Wei also said it tactfully.

I only admire the poet, not that I admire the prince.

What the bear child is like, the ministers may not know, but Your Majesty should know, even Your Majesty you don't know, don't I, a gentleman, know?

I don't believe a poem written by the prince.

Three songs?

Zhu Youzhu said: "I actually doubt in my heart, where did the prince get his experience to write such a poem? However, it is expected that he has been cultivated and guided by Bachelor Wang and others, and he has always been refined in his studies, and I also see it in my eyes. The East Palace lecturer has made great contributions...... By the way, there is also Bingkuan ......"

Here it comes.

The ministers present thought to themselves, the emperor talked around for a long time, and still returned to the topic of "Bing Kuan" that he was keen on.

"Bingkuan was a bachelor in the Hanlin Academy before, but after he was transferred to Nanjing as the secretary of the military department, the errand of the Hanlin Academy was never returned to him, and I meant to promote him to a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, and take charge of the affairs of the Nanjing Hanlin Academy."

Zhu Youzhu was also unceremonious.

When Zhang Zhou was given an official knighthood, Zhu Youzhu was like a generous peddler, and he said that he would give away the famous official position that others cherished, and he often bought one and got two free.

Liu Jian walked out and asked, "Your Majesty, I don't know what the prince's poetry has to do with Lai Guogong?" ”

Zhu Youzhu said: "Or it is not related. But the prince's growth along the way, I see it in my eyes...... And the prince in the Nanjing Literary Conference, with the heart of the people of other schools of competition, won the respect of the scholars, he also proposed to worship Bingkuan as a teacher, from then on to carry forward Bingkuan's mind. I have sent the will back to Nanjing. ”

My son wants to worship his friend as a gentleman, and I can't hope for it.

Bingkuan has been asked to teach the prince before, and now it is considered a formal apprenticeship, and after worshipping the teacher, he can also let his son establish a reputation in the literary world...... Such a good thing, I have earned it for nothing.

Li Dongyang said: "The controversy over science and mind involves dissent between traditional and emerging concepts, and if the prince rashly advocates one side, I am afraid that it will be useless for the scholars to educate them. I also ask Your Majesty to retract the order. ”

Just let the prince worship Zhang Bingkuan as a gentleman, so what are our group of people?

Strictly speaking, the group of bigwigs in the East Palace can be regarded as the prince's teacher, but the prince now only admits that he is Zhang Zhou's student?

Our previous lectures, isn't it in vain?

Zhu Youzhu looked impatient and said: "I don't want to interfere in the so-called dispute between the mind and the science, and this does not involve the Ming Imperial Examination. If it is only because the prince admires the study of the heart, I want to stop it, which is tantamount to telling the world that the imperial court has the intention of regulating orthodoxy. On the contrary, it is left to the prince to choose for himself, and I feel that it is more conducive to education. ”

When the ministers present listened, especially those staunch old scholars of science, they were all angry.

What kind of fallacy is this?

Let the prince be Zhang Zhou's disciple and promote Xinxue, but it is actually to balance the relationship between the two sides? Is this called favoritism?

The prince has joined the side of psychology, so how can science still develop?

Zhu Youzhu said: "Last night, there were several criticisms of Bingkuan, and there were things related to Bingkuan taking the prince out of Beijing, I want to tell you...... Bingkuan didn't know about the prince's southward journey in advance. ”

This is true.

But to the minister's ears, he was shielding Zhang Zhou.

If you don't know anything, how could the prince go to Nanjing at the same time so coincidentally? What kind of cultural meeting did you attend together in Nanjing? This is not clear, everything is Zhang Zhou's ghost behind his back?

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"Is there any war report from Ningxia and Liaodong?"

Zhu Youzhu found that it was not easy to brag to his son in front of the minister.

He didn't get tired of reading such two good poems hundreds of times, and the minister didn't mean to praise them at all, and even Wang Wei only said some high-sounding words.

So at this time, Zhu Youzhu could only divert the topic first.

Xiao Jing said: "Back to Your Majesty, the Tatars of Ningxia West Road are still attacking and harassing, and the Marquis of Anbian personally led the troops and horses to deal with them, but there has been no result yet. However, the supervision of the imperial history has been played, and the preliminary estimate of the losses in various parts of Ningxia this year has been reported, and the losses of the captives have all been ...... Nearly 100 ......"

Implication.

Ningxia's losses are a bit big.

Not counting the injuries of the soldiers, the number of men who were captured alone was nearly 100.

If we add the old and weak women and children, there may be two or three hundred, and if we add the loss of soldiers...... Daming's battle can be said to be a fiasco.

Chai Sheng came out and said: "The ministers impeached the governor of Ningxia, Yang Yiqing, the imperial history of the capital, and Zhu Feng, the chief military officer, and the commander of the army, Zhu Feng, who lost the soldiers and lost the firearms, so that the Tatars did not leave for a long time, and the people and animals were damaged and did not be rescued, and it was difficult to put the autumn grain in Tuntian into storage. The two should be found guilty of the crime by supervising the imperial history and sent to prison for interrogation. ”

No matter how Zhu Youzhu praised Zhu Feng before.

But now it is an indisputable fact that Yang Yiqing and Zhu Feng did not repel the 50,000 soldiers and horses of the little Tatar prince in Ningxia.

On the contrary, the Tatars intensified, and while wreaking havoc in the Ming border pass, they also grabbed a lot of grain, so that the Ming border army almost did not dare to go out of the fortress to fight.

Nominally, Yang Yiqing and Zhu Feng were ordered to lead the troops to take the initiative to attack, but they were already playing a turtle retreat defense halfway through...... It's not that I don't want to go out to fight, but I can't get out, and as soon as the troops are engaged, they will be damaged, and even the heads of the Tatars can't be brought back, and the gains from firing artillery are getting smaller and smaller......

This also seems to mean that Yang Yiqing and Zhu Feng's errands in Ningxia have come to an end.

Zhu Youzhu said: "The change of generals in the battle is too late, it is estimated that in a few days, because there will be a battle report in the north of Xinjian Boyu, the little prince of Tatar may withdraw his troops and return to the east." ”

The emperor's words seemed to be comforting himself.

If you can't beat it, you can expect a tactic that is almost floating clouds to attack the steppe to succeed?

Those provocative ministers were also thinking, could it be that Wang Shouren brought more soldiers and horses than Yang Yiqing and Zhu Feng? Or will the time, place, and conditions that Wang Shouren can occupy be better than Zhu Feng and Yang Yiqing?

If not, then why could Wang Shouren win all the battles and even recruit the main Tatar forces back?

And Zhu Feng and Yang Yiqing can't?

Li Dongyang said: "With the way of sending troops to Xinbo, if you don't transfer it back to the pass, I'm afraid that it will fall into a heavy siege." ”

Li Dongyang is also pragmatic.

He could see it.

Now the withdrawal of the Tatars seems to be the strategic result pursued by the Ming side.

But when the little Tatar prince withdrew, he must have gone to strangle Wang Shouren, who was alone in the depths.

Now Ningxia has only lost 180 people along the way, and you can still falsely report the results when you go back, and you can save a little more...... The face can basically be saved.

But if Wang Shouren was wiped out in the grassland, the overall strategy of the Ming Dynasty would be a complete failure.

Not to mention that there is no need to fight in Liaobei, even everywhere in the border passes of the Ming Dynasty, I am afraid that I will be constantly harassed by the Tatars, and the fangs of the fire sieve will be installed again...... The Tatars will slaughter the Ming Dynasty as a wronged leader.

(End of chapter)