In front of the palace next to the Wenhua Palace.

Zhu Youzhi personally brought Zhang Zhou over to visit, and by the way, Zhu Youzhu also called Li Rong over to inform him about the possibility of a major earthquake in Shaanxi, and asked him to inform Shaanxi.

"Bingkuan, this is for you."

In front of Zhang Zhou, Zhu Youzhu didn't need to hide it at all, "After you return to Beijing, rest for a few days, come here every day on an errand, and I will summon you at any time if I have something." If you have time to go over and keep an eye on the prince's schoolwork, he will definitely delay a lot of schoolwork when he goes out, and I can't mention it at any time, so I'll leave it to you. ”

Have parents handed over their children's homework to the homeroom teacher?

Zhang Zhou thought that he had to run to check Zhu Houzhao's class situation every time, which was really no different from the head teacher.

But Zhang Zhou has been engaged in the education industry for two lifetimes, which is not too new to him.

"Also, I'm going to let you meet someone."

Zhu Youzhu seems to be playing a dumb riddle.

Zhang Zhou was pondering, did he see Ning Tong who was treating Zhu Houxuan in the palace? Or do you want to see Concubine Xian's mother and son? Or when I went to see the Empress Dowager Zhou.

But not far away, a little girl jumped and ran over, and in the snow, this girl wrapped in a ball of flesh looked particularly smart, just like a ray of sunshine reflected in the snow, where there would be this brilliance.

Zhang Zhou has seen Zhu Xiurong a few times, after all, it is not once or twice that he has eaten with Zhu Youji's family, but when he sees Zhu Xiurong again, he will still feel the innocence revealed by this girl.

"Here we are."

When Zhu Youzhu saw his daughter coming, his face was also filled with the unique love of being a father, which was completely different from when he saw Zhu Houzhao.

Zhang Zhou thought about it, when he saw Zhang Jun, it was almost the same, but when he saw his daughter Suisui, he would feel a tenderness in his heart.

"The son of the emperor greets his father."

Zhu Xiurong's voice was very crisp, giving Zhu Youzhi a salute, and his cheeks were red and fluttering because of the snow weather, which made him even more squeamish.

Zhu Youzhu said: "This is Mr. Zhang, come and give a gift." ”

"Student Xiurong, I've seen Mr. Zhang." Zhu Xiurong seems to have known that he was going to apprentice for a long time, so he didn't feel awkward at all when he gave Zhang Zhou a salute.

Zhang Zhou returned the salute: "The minister has seen Her Royal Highness the princess." ”

"Bingkuan, you don't have to be polite, I originally wanted to invite a female gentleman back for her, but it was really difficult to choose, so I thought of letting you mention her more while teaching the prince." Zhu Youzhu said with kind eyebrows on his face, "She has grown up, and it was you who saved her life so that she could stand here." She is very naughty now, the inner courtyard of the deep palace can no longer lock her up, even when I go to court, I will run out to watch, and in the future, I will give her some space so that she can come to the listening office. ”

Zhang Zhouxin said.

It's really more popular than people.

Zhu Houzhao came out of the Wenhua Palace, and his father knew about it, and he had to be punished.

Now Zhu Xiurong can run around the palace casually...... The difference in treatment between this son and daughter is really extraordinary.

Zhang Zhoudao: "The little princess is still young, and the minister is afraid that the princess's reputation will be ruined. ”

In this era, feudal etiquette still has to be circumvented, and it is inappropriate to invite a male gentleman back to a girl, not to mention letting the little princess run around in the palace casually.

In case someone attacks him and says that he Zhang Zhou has bad intentions against the little princess, or has any disrespectful behavior, then he can't even wash it when he jumps into the Yellow River.

Zhu Youzhu smiled and said, "Bingkuan, you are too worried, it is because she is young that I want her to see more things, and she told me that she wants to learn medical skills...... You can point her out, and if she wants to learn anything later, you can also mention it, and when she gets some inspiration from you, she can learn on her own when she returns. As for female filial piety, you don't have to worry about it, someone in the palace will teach you. ”

is nominally a teacher and student, but in fact, what Zhang Zhou teaches is "miscellaneous".

Or those basic things, there is no need for him, a "learned Confucian", to worry about at all, besides, can he Zhang Zhou really teach the content of "The Book of Female Filial Piety"? Did he comprehend that thing deeply?

"Sir, I will study hard." Zhu Xiurong knew that he was about to have a very "powerful" gentleman, so he looked very happy and looked at Zhang Zhou with expectation.

There was a lot of curiosity in his eyes.

Zhang Zhoudao: "The minister can only say that he will do his best. ”

Zhu Youzhu patted Zhang Zhou's shoulder and said with a smile: "How you want to teach, how you want to teach, in fact, what I want to say is that this kid has many similarities with the prince, and he can't sit still." But she is a girl, so she looks very delicate and cute, not like a prince...... When I saw it, I wanted to beat it up. ”

Zhang Zhouxin said that he really felt the same way.

is also a child, and is also naughty, but even a daughter can get more tolerant treatment than a son.

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……

Inside the listening area, the preparation is very complete.

After Zhang Zhou and Zhu Youzhu entered inside, even Zhu Xiurong ran in.

Zhu Xiurong asked: "Father, will your sons take classes here in the future?" Where does the son sit? ”

Zhu Youzhu said: "This is the place where the listening office is on an errand, your guest house is not here, I will ask someone to prepare a place for you in the Wenhua Palace, when you want to attend classes, you will attend classes with your imperial brother, and occasionally you can also go to the lecture of the lecturer of the East Palace." ”

"Oh."

Zhu Xiurong still doesn't understand so many rules.

She only thinks about being a normal "female student" now, and she naturally doesn't know how much "torture" her imperial brother Zhu Houzhao has experienced in order to attend classes in the past few years.

For Zhu Xiurong, being a student is still something worth looking forward to.

Maybe after she has been in class for a while, as a child, she will realize how exciting it is to be able to play as she wants.

"Bingkuan, speaking of the East Palace speaker, I recently want to promote Wang Wei's Wang Qing family into the cabinet, what do you think?" Zhu Youzhu sat on the throne prepared for him, and said to Zhang Zhou in a homely manner.

Zhang Zhou said: "It's not good for ministers to discuss this matter casually. ”

Zhu Youzhu said: "I will talk to you precisely because I think you should participate in the discussion...... Maochun, you step back first and let me talk to Bingkuan. ”

"Yes."

Li Rong also felt that it might be a little inappropriate for him to hear such a confidential thing on the sidelines.

After he got the emperor's order, he hurriedly withdrew from the palace.

But Zhu Xiurong on the side didn't leave, still sitting on a stool, listening carefully to the conversation between his father and his teacher.

Zhang Zhoudao: "Your Majesty, as the ministers see, it is not appropriate to increase the cabinet ministers now. ”

"Why?" Zhu Youzhu asked.

"The three elders are highly respected, and with their presiding, the major affairs of the DPRK and China can basically be properly handled, and the ministers are at most to advise His Majesty on military affairs, and even the daily court discussions, as seen by the ministers, may have some disputes with their colleagues in the DPRK and China due to some conceptual disagreements." Zhang Zhoudao.

Zhu Youzhu said: "If there is a dispute, one more person in the cabinet will help you speak, isn't it?" ”

Zhang Zhoudao: "Your Majesty, the minister really doesn't want to spoil the stability of the court. This will not help to calm the grasslands in the future. ”

In other words, what's the point of fighting around?

Now that I have been fighting for a long time, the minister's impeachment of me has stopped, and I am also "justifiable" as the secretary of the Ministry of War, so the whole court will perform their duties, and there is really no need to fight for the sake of fighting, as for adding a cabinet minister, outsiders will know that it is against the cabinet, and His Majesty is also to help me, and then the three cabinet members will put more energy on targeting me.

Zhu Youzhu sighed: "Actually, recently, the three pavilion elders have resigned many times, and I have also considered it as appropriate, and plan to replace one or two of them. But for some reason, I felt that the three of them were indispensable, so I wanted to add one. ”

Zhang Zhouxin said, you really don't feel wrong.

It is precisely because of the iron triangle of the cabinet Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian that has been of great help to you in the middle and late stages of your administration, making you feel that they are all indispensable, so that the pattern of this iron triangle will continue until your son ascends the throne.

And it won't make you feel like the three of them, who can be replaced, because of me.

This also shows that Liu Jian and the three of them did play an irreplaceable role in the Hongzhi period, helping you stabilize the dynasty.

But it is precisely because they are so stable that they have caused the shackles of the court pattern, so that after your son ascended the throne, a battle between the eunuch and the Wenchen broke the stable pattern that you had worked so hard to manage...... It's not about sticking to the rules all the time, it's about choosing to change when the time is right.

Not now.

Zhang Zhoudao: "Your Majesty, now that the minister is the secretary of the Ministry of War, he wants to focus more on military and political affairs. ”

"Hmm." Zhu Youzhu nodded, "It's rare that you don't fight, but I feel that you are still too isolated in the court." Cheng Minzheng can actually enter the cabinet, but he is easy to be criticized...... Always feel like he owes something to the shortcomings. ”

Zhu Youzhu wanted to use Cheng Minzheng, but after last year's problem, Zhu Youzhu actually lost confidence in Cheng Minzheng.

Let Cheng Minzheng continue to be the left servant of the Ministry of Officials, obviously wanting to develop Cheng Minzheng to the six books, and did not plan to let him enter the cabinet again, but the previous diligent Wang Wei was appreciated by the emperor faster.

"Bingkuan, in the future, you will have to worry more about the daily court discussion." Zhu Youzhu said with a smile.

Zhang Zhoudao: "Can the minister ask for more personal time?" ”

Zhu Youzhu smiled and said: "I know that you don't want to go to the court every day, so I will give you a certain amount of convenience, and I will allow you to go to the court every other day because you have other official duties." If the rest of the ministers asked, I said that you still have magic weapons and firearms that need to be supervised...... By the way, I would like to hear your opinion on the candidate for the Ministry of Works. ”

The six books have almost changed, but the books of the Ministry of Industry are still Xu Guan.

It is said that Xu Guandang will not last long, but it seems that he will be mixed until the end of the year.

Zhang Zhoudao: "The minister has no opinion. ”

"Alas! You're still too reserved, I want to use more people who can help you, but I don't know who can help, that's my headache. Zhu Youzhu said, "Recently, I want to transfer Lu Wan back from Liaodong, but the new governor of Liaodong has not yet been decided. These are all things that I have been embarrassed about. Bingkuan, in fact, in many things, they think that you decide, but in fact, it is all my own decision. ”

"I don't want to ruin a big deal because of some decisions, it's better to listen to your opinions more, if you have any suitable candidates, you should also recommend them to me at any time."

Zhang Zhou arched his hand and said: "If the minister has a good candidate, he will definitely recommend it to His Majesty." ”

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……

Zhang Zhou also saw that the emperor's expectations for him were a little too deep.

If this is the case, then he feels that there is nothing wrong with being a trilateral general system, or even being a secretary of the Nanjing Military Department.

At least he doesn't have to be a busy man like in Beijing, and he has a lot of time to do his own things when he is in Nanjing.

On the same day, Zhang Zhou had dinner with Zhu Youzhi and did not go to Kunning Palace, but he called Zhu Houzhao over and ate with Zhu Xiurong.

This meal can be regarded as Zhu Youji's official introduction to his children.

After eating, Zhu Youzhu asked Li Rong to send Zhang Zhou out of the palace, and by the way, he also informed him that Li Rong was going to be the eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor and the governor of Dongchang.

“…… Cai Guogong, I hope you will mention more in the future. Li Rong looked very humble in front of Zhang Zhou, among the old eunuchs in the palace, he was more shrewd and capable than Dai Yi, although it seemed that these old eunuchs were very gentle in character, and there was no aggression on the surface.

But Dai Yi and Xiao Jing's defensive and offensive physique, Zhang Zhou has already learned it, and naturally knows that Li Rong is not easy to mess with.

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "It should be Gonggong Li who mentions more." ”

Li Rong said: "I heard that Cai Guogong's family will not be able to return to Beijing in a few days, and now there should be no relatives in the house, if Cai Guogong has no one to accompany him after returning home, you might as well arrange it for you by our family." ”

Zhang Zhou felt strange when he heard it.

My family is not in Beijing, you think I will be bored after I go back, and you actually want to arrange it for me?

What is arranged?

Find me a few women?

Zhang Zhou asked with a smile: "I don't really understand what Gonggong Li meant. ”

Li Rong said: "Your Majesty released a rumor, saying that after Cai Guogong returned to the court, the Yanwutang will officially open the class to teach apprentices, and there is an endless stream of generals from all over the country who have asked for the order to enter the Yanwutang, and many of the lords in Beijing also want to give gifts to Cai Guogong to ensure that they can enter it." They are all dedicated to the court and to make contributions to individuals. ”

Zhang Zhou pondered for a while, Li Rong wanted to replace Yang Peng, be a professional middleman, and bring other people's gifts to him?

"Even if someone wants to give a gift, I can't accept it." Zhang Zhou said, "Even if Your Majesty has the heart to let me cultivate some forces, as a courtier, I can't ignore the rules." ”

Li Rong said with a smile: "Naturally, you need to avoid what is given by ordinary courtiers, but if it is sent by someone in the royal family, you can accept it." ”

Zhang Zhou frowned and said, "Such as? ”

"The eldest princess of Yongkang wants to let her concubine Duwei enter the Yanwu Hall, and proposed to Your Majesty that she wants to send the two palace maids from the palace to you......," Li Rong said, "In addition, there are also feudal lords from all over the country who want to be loyal to the country, and they also have the intention of secretly giving gifts. ”

"Wait."

When Zhang Zhou heard this, he raised his hand and interrupted, "Gonggong Li, you're not laughing, are you?" I'm a foreign minister, and you let me accept the gift of the feudal lord? I know how to measure things. ”

Li Rong smiled and said, "Who made you Cai Guogong?" Your Majesty is using your hand to test the intentions of those feudal lords. ”

Zhang Zhou understood when he heard it.

The emperor was not worried that he would assist the vassal kings in their rebellion...... First of all, what benefit would he get if he assisted the group in rebellion? Trusted in the utmost detail? Now that the emperor and the crown prince father and son can already give, is it necessary for Zhang Zhou to fight again?

When the emperor was not worried about his dealings with those feudal lords, the emperor wanted to know who was loyal to the imperial family and who had hidden evil intentions.

This is probably the same reason that the kings of all dynasties wanted to cultivate a traitor, so that this traitor could encircle and control the courtiers...... Of course, he, Zhang Zhou, a traitor, does not have the qualities of corruption and perversion of the law, and Zhu Youzhu only takes a fancy to the irreplaceability of his power.

Zhang Zhoudao: "Then how should I test it?" ”

Li Rong reminded: "But whatever the feudal lord offers, you accept it all, and you don't have to refuse their intentions, if anyone really wants to contribute to the war on the Ming Frontier, it is up to them, and they can also ...... if they want to enter the martial arts hall."

Zhang Zhoudao: "But the matter of King Zhongling has set up a very bad negative example. ”

"It is enough to have one King Zhongling, Your Majesty wants to beat, and it is only limited to beating the Ning family, Cai Guogong, you might as well think about it, there are many dissenting vassal lords in this world? Or are there many feudal lords who want to do things for the Ming Dynasty? Li Rongdao.

"That's probably ...... The latter is more. Zhang Zhou replied.

Li Rong said with a smile: "If these feudal lords are really for the imperial court, their descendants are also willing to come to the capital to study, and they still take you as a teacher, do you think...... Why not? ”

In the name of Yanwutang, let the vassal kings and feudal lords send their sons and nephews to the capital as hostages...... So that the emperor can better control the clans and vassals in various places?

Zhang Zhou suddenly felt that Zhu Youji's methods were becoming more and more like a mature emperor.

And through a research martial arts hall, the competition between the various clans and clans can be completed to complete the internal friction......

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At the gate of the palace, before Zhang Zhou could get into the carriage, he saw Ning Tong standing there far away, as if waiting for someone.

But when he saw him, Ning Tong walked over again, looking humble and respectful, giving people the impression that this was a lady, or a demure woman.

Li Rong smiled and said, "Cai Guogong, our family won't bother you." ”

In other words, you are "happy"!

Zhang Zhou glanced back, and when he turned around, Ning Tong was already standing less than two meters away from him.

"The women have seen Cai Guogong." Ning Tong gave Zhang Zhou a gift.

Zhang Zhou said curiously: "I haven't seen you for many days, and you're married?" ”

"Never." Ning Tong said, "Your Majesty is registered in the name of Mrs., so that the women can enter and leave the palace gate at any time, but since they have been married to women, they must refrain from self-denial." Moreover, when the women were swept out of the gate of the Chengguo Mansion, there was already an appointment in advance, and there was nowhere else for the women to rely on except for the gate of the Cai Guogong Mansion. ”

Zhang Zhou frowned and said, "Speak human words." ”

Ning Tong glanced at Zhang Zhou, probably feeling a kind of resentment, "I'm polite to you, you're still so picky".

She said: "The concubine is grateful to Cai Guogong for everything he has done for the concubine. ”

"For example?" Zhang Zhoudao.

Ning Tong said: "For example, for the virtuous concubine Niangniang, as well as for the diagnosis of His Royal Highness the Third Prince, it also allows the concubine to have a skill, and she can have the capital to live in this world." ”

"Oh." Zhang Zhou nodded, "It's nothing, I've always liked to help others." How do you repay? ”

Ning Tong said naturally: "You can serve each other." ”

"Excuse me, change some other ways to repay, such as working for me in the future, I want to open a pharmacy here, lack a shopkeeper, don't pay the salary, do it?"

"Do!"

"That's okay, go back to my house to report, and change your stinky problems, and give me an apprentice as a shopkeeper, I won't give her a good face!"

(End of chapter)