Zhang Zhou saw Ning Tong again this time and found that this woman was much more "honest".

Probably because I have been beaten too much in a patriarchal society, I realized that it is not easy to fight my way out of this patriarchal society, and if I want to achieve the independence that other women do not have, I need to be attached to someone with a strong background...... This person is obviously Zhang Zhou, who can bring her fame and fortune.

Just by relying on Zhang Zhou's status as a nominal female disciple, she can enter and exit the palace gate freely, and even suppress the group of bigwigs in the Tai Hospital.

This feeling of gaining supremacy of power...... also began to let Ning Tong understand the rules of the game, and began to play according to the rules of the game in the patriarchal society.

Night.

Zhang Zhou listened to the play in the theater.

There are no ladies at home, and it's not interesting to go back, so it's better to pass the time in the theater, and he still has guests to meet.

Standing on the side is Xiao Changjin, who is thousands of miles away from home with a wine jug, when Zhang Zhou finishes drinking a glass of wine, she will fill the wine very respectfully, as for her "aunt" Zhang Lushui, she is singing on the stage below, and there is only one "guest" Zhang Zhou that day, which is considered an internal performance.

"Master Zhang."

The first person to come to see Zhang Zhou was Yang Peng, who had just stepped down from the post of commander of the East Factory.

Yang Peng was still a little lost, no matter how high his status was in the Imperial Horse Prison, he still couldn't compare with the "Dongchang Gong", but he knew that because he didn't have the identity of the celebrant and eunuch, it was unrealistic to want to keep supervising the Dongchang.

"Father-in-law Ning's side, the little one has already been there."

The "Father-in-law Ning" that Yang Peng said is Ning Jin, the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor's palm seal, this person is powerful in the palace, and he used to be Yang Peng's "nobleman", but now Yang Peng is going to replace Ning Jin, so Yang Peng still doesn't seem very confident, who knows if Ning Jin will secretly send someone to do him?

Zhang Zhou pointed to the seat next to him, and Yang Peng sat down.

Xiao Changjin came over and poured Yang Peng a glass of wine.

"Gonggong Yang, you will be at the helm of the Imperial Horse Supervisor in the future, if we meet again, it will not be very convenient." Zhang Zhoudao.

Yang Peng lowered his head and did not answer.

Zhang Zhou, as the secretary of the military department, was responsible for mastering the military aircraft of the Ming Dynasty among the ministers, while Yang Peng, as the eunuch of the palm seal of the imperial horse supervisor, belonged to the person in power in the middle officials.

If the two are forcibly linked, it is tantamount to the internal and external collusion criticized by Wenchen.

Zhang Zhoudao: "If you have any concerns, just say it." ”

Yang Peng said tentatively: "I heard that Zhang Yong's father-in-law will return to Beijing soon, but I don't know ...... him."

Yang Peng is now the first to become the master of the imperial horse eunuch, the first thing to consider is to eliminate potential competitors, and Ning Jin, a eunuch who relies only on qualifications and experience, as well as the emperor's trust, is not a worry in Yang Peng's opinion, he is more concerned about Zhang Yong, the eunuch who has turned purple on the nine-sided battlefield in the past few years.

Zhang Zhoudao: "His qualifications are still a little worse, it depends on how His Majesty appoints him." It's hard to say. ”

"Yes, yes." Yang Peng said, "In the future, Master Zhang, if you have any instructions, just send someone to inform you, and the villain will definitely do his best." ”

Zhang Zhou shook his head with a smile and said, "Gonggong Yang, you are now a figure that the Imperial Horse Supervisor says, I don't dare to transfer you casually." You have just taken over recently, and it is estimated that many people are still not convinced by you, and you will not have the heart to listen to my orders......"

As he was talking, Zhang Lushui downstairs began to sing again.

The singing voice was tactful, Zhang Zhou sounded good, and then said to Yang Peng with a smile: "If it's okay, Yang Gonggong, please." ”

Yang Peng got up, saluted respectfully and retired.

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Yang Peng left here, and the person who had been eavesdropping next door came over, it was Ning Jin, who had just stepped down as the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Supervisor's Palm Seal, but was assigned another errand.

Ning Jin's status in the palace is extraordinary, he has won the trust of the emperor since he was in Chenghua, and he can go all the way, which can be regarded as an unstoppable torrent in the palace, just because he had nothing to do with Zhang Zhou before...... After all, the Imperial Horse Prison is responsible for the palace guards, as well as the dispatch of the Beijing camp and other places, and it is not like the celebrant who will frequently communicate with Wenchen in his duties.

"Cai Guogong."

Ning Jin also looked very respectful in front of Zhang Zhou.

This can be regarded as the process of Zhu Youzhu letting Zhang Zhou and the palace system be thoroughly familiarized.

Zhu Youji's trust in the Zhongguan also began to be discounted, and Zhu Youzhu needed Zhang Zhou to clearly understand the operation of the entire palace system and inject vitality into it.

After Zhang Zhou invited Ning Jin to sit down, although Ning Jin was respectful, he was not as low as Yang Peng, obviously Ning Jin had seen too many powerful ministers, and he didn't feel that he necessarily needed to succumb to Zhang Zhou in order to be promoted in status.

"When will Gonggong Ning leave?" Zhang Zhou beckoned, and the little wine boy Changjin came over to pour wine again.

She looked confused, she didn't think it was a big burden, and she was even listening to Zhang Lushui's tunes with her ears pricked up, wanting to learn those tunes as soon as possible.

Xiao Changjin is also a serious and studious female student.

Ning Jin said: "I went to worship the holy car early in the morning after tomorrow, and set off to the west, all the way to Datong. ”

After Ning Jin stepped down as the eunuch of the imperial horse eunuch, he seemed to be unofficial and light, but in fact, he was appointed as the "Xuanda Town Guarding Eunuch", and he assisted Wang Shouren in guarding the military affairs of Xuanda on the front line.

There are also examples to follow when the imperial horse eunuch was transferred to the northwest town to guard the eunuchs, just like Wang Zhi, who was in power for a while, also took this path, many eunuchs seem to be beautiful, but because it is difficult to obtain military merits, they also need to gain experience and promotion from military affairs.

Ning Jin belongs to the "science class" route, he used to be more "in politics", and he did not have the opportunity to actually experience in military affairs.

This time it seems that he was replaced by Yang Peng, but he got the opportunity to obtain military merits, if he can be on the front line of Xuanda and assist Wang Shouren to achieve military merits, then when he returns to the capital, his status will be far higher and more stable than now......

The relationship between him and Zhang Zhou is not hostile, or even "using each other".

Zhang Zhou needed Ning Jin's prestige among the eunuchs to help him stabilize people's hearts and pave the way for Yang Peng to take over the Imperial Horse Eunuch, while Ning Jin himself needed Zhang Zhou's prestige to help him gain military merits.

You must know that not everyone is qualified to mix with Wang Shouren, and now Wang Shouren is Zhang Zhou's "talker" in the towns of the nine borders, and everyone thinks that if they follow Wang Shouren around, the credit will fall on their heads.

"Your Majesty has been worried about the unsatisfactory entry of the fire sieve into the grassland, and the fire sieve has sent back six letters in the past half a month, asking the Ming to send troops to cooperate, according to the content of the last two letters asking for help, he seems to have fallen into the siege of the little prince of Tatar."

Zhang Zhou said with a smile.

Ning Jin said: "Cai Guogong's intention is to use the soldiers of the northwest to help the fire sieve?" ”

Zhang Zhou asked, "What is Father-in-law Ning's opinion?" ”

"Old body......" Ning Jin said cautiously, "I don't dare to talk about such a big thing casually." ”

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "It always depends on the situation, for us, a dog bites a mouthful of hair is the best result." The fire sieve was extinguished by the little Tatar prince, it is the general trend, his tribe has long lost its previous sharpness, if they all count on the artillery of the Ming Dynasty and the fire gun to assist in the battle, then what do you use his fire sieve? Da Ming himself went to war, why use him? ”

Ning Jin said: "That's just sitting back and ignoring? ”

Zhang Zhou shook his head with a smile and said: "It depends on the decisions of the trilateral Qin General System and Xuanda Xinjian Bo and others. ”

Ning Jin felt strange in her heart.

He was thinking, in the past two years, weren't the strategies of the nine sides planned and implemented by you?

Or is it that the rank of the fire screen is not enough, so you handed over this important decision to rush to the fire screen to the generals of the northwest border town?

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "It's also for Father-in-law Ning here, and when you return, you and I will drink and talk here." ”

"Thank you Cai Guogong for mentioning it." Ning Jin didn't feel that he had received any effective guidance from Zhang Zhou.

But there is one thing......

It seems that Zhang Zhou already has the strength to coordinate these eunuchs, and it seems natural to deal with them.

He originally wanted to evaluate Yang Peng in front of Zhang Zhou, but he thought that now he and Yang Peng had become a direct competitor...... Maybe Zhang Zhou, the "superior", just wants to see him fight with Yang Peng?

What Yang Peng said, deliberately let him hear it, and then encourage him again, and let him go to Datong to do a good job......

This is the method of a typical power-grabbing person.

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Ning Jin left.

The third person who came to visit was still a eunuch, and it was Chen Kuan, the eunuch of the celebrant and the pen.

Chen Kuan is considered an old man in the palace, and his status in the celebrant eunuch is also very high, if it weren't for the emperor suddenly reinstated Li Rong, he Chen Kuan would be the chief Bingbi eunuch and be able to supervise Dongchang...... The current Chen Kuan is a little depressed.

In front of the cabinet ministers and officials from Hanyuan, Chen Kuan can still maintain a high status, which is enough to be respected by others, but in front of Zhang Zhou, he seems to be lacking in confidence.

After the salute, Chen Kuan sat down.

Another glass of wine, another meal.

"This is a handwritten edict, Gonggong Chen will take a look." Zhang Zhou said, handing a copy of the emperor's edict to Chen Kuan.

Chen Kuan was more alert, he first glanced at Xiao Changjin who was standing next to him, and was still curious about how Zhang Zhou wanted to find a little girl to stand next to him when he was entertaining, but he thought that as long as he didn't talk nonsense, the little girl shouldn't know too much.

But when he saw the content of the edict in front of him, he still took a breath: "...... Ordered the celebrant eunuch Chen Kuan. Zhang Zhou, the secretary of the same military department, selected the able-bodied men of the three battalions and the miscellaneous sergeants of the various supervision bureaus and guards to make up for the shortage of regimental battalions, and the old and weak of the regimental battalions withdrew from other ......"

Chen Kuan said: "What does Your Majesty mean?" ”

This thing is equivalent to a new and old replacement of the three major battalions.

Many people in the Daming Beijing camp are already old and deaf, there are many cases of empty salaries, and the training and combat capabilities of the Beijing camp are also greatly reduced.

Without generals and soldiers who take advantage of it, no matter how good the weapons are, they are in vain.

Zhang Zhoudao: "The military households of the Daming Beijing Battalion, it is imperative to cut the revolution, how many years, if you can't forge ahead, Your Majesty's five-year plan for peace and security, I'm afraid it will be difficult to realize." ”

Chen Kuan thought to himself, five years of flat grassland? If these words come out of other people's mouths, it is just to fool the king and earn a little political capital, and you Zhang Bingkuan are going to make drastic reforms.

Don't you know that reform will touch the interests of many people and will suffer backlash?

"Gonggong Chen, my plan is like this, if the soldiers of the Beijing camp are not competent for daily training and combat purposes, and can only complete some of the deeds of the soldiers, then it is better to let them belong to the affairs of craftsmen, and vacate the seats of the soldiers of the main camp and fill them by the soldiers from other places. It is not necessary to recruit from the vicinity of the Beijing Division, and it is not impossible to send elite troops from all over the northwest. ”

Some of the plans that Zhang Zhou had to implement were very similar to the "Outer Four" that Zhu Houzhao later implemented, that is, the border army entered the guard.

During the Zhengde period, because of the uprising of Liu Liu and Liu Qi in the Central Plains, the combat ability of the Beijing camp was greatly tested, Zhu Houzhao listened to the opinions of Qian Ning and others, transferred troops and horses from the border towns into the capital, and formed rules from then on, which was regarded as a much higher level of the Beijing division in the following decades.

If he only guards the so-called "elites" in the Beijing camp and does not make any changes, and wants to use the Beijing camp as the main force to deploy troops in a few years, Zhang Zhou feels that the flat grassland can only be limited to fantasy.

Chen Kuan said: "Cai Guogong, there is no precedent to follow. ”

"Is there a precedent?" Zhang Zhou said with a smile, "Actually, I also want to recruit military households around the Beijing Division, but this is inconsistent with the national policy of the Ming Dynasty. This is His Majesty's intention, Chen Gonggong's task is to assist the Ministry of War in eliminating and renovating, as for the details, the Ministry of War can undertake it. ”

Chen Kuan frowned and said: "If this is the case, I am afraid that Cai Guogong will encounter a lot of resistance in the future." ”

"Haha." Zhang Zhou said with a smile, "I'm a hard person, so I like to encounter some challenges or something, and I feel uncomfortable if I don't find something to do for myself." ”

Chen Kuan wanted to push it back after reading the will, but Zhang Zhou signaled for him to put it away.

"Father-in-law Chen, we will cooperate in the future, please give me a little face." Zhang Zhou was still laughing.

Chen Kuan was a little worried in his heart, all he could think of was to go back and discuss with Xiao Jing.

But he also knew that Xiao Jing couldn't directly argue with Zhang Zhou in this kind of matter, even if he was the eunuch who was in charge of the seal, there was no essential difference between him and the first assistant of the cabinet...... The rise of Zhang Zhou means that he has become the backbone of the situation, and the previous repeated fights have not brought Zhang Zhou down, and now it is time for Zhang Zhou to harvest power.

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Chen Kuan left.

Zhang Lushui sang for half the night, and her solo concert was almost over, and then Zhang Zhou sent someone to call her up and pour wine for Zhang Zhou.

Under such an "opportunity", Zhang Lushui can be said to be extremely charming, and wants to fully grasp the opportunity to immerse Zhang Zhou in her "gentle township".

But just as she was on the offensive, a slightly obscene voice from a strange man came from the door: "...... How did you get to this place? Can't you change to a good place? ”

"Shou Ninghou, forgive me, my grandfather has been waiting inside for a long time." It was Liu Gui's voice.

Then the door opened.

Here, Zhang Lushui also planned to take the initiative to paste it on Zhang Zhou's body, but when she saw the strange man coming in, she realized that today's upside down plan could not be implemented.

As soon as Zhang Heling came in, his eyes lit up at first, and he couldn't take his eyes off Zhang Lushui: "This young lady hasn't seen it, it's from the Teaching Workshop Division?" Interesting...... Ben Hou is Shou Ning Hou is also, this figure is ...... Tsk, it's just right to warm up a quilt in winter. ”

Zhang Lushui had a headache when he heard it.

Although she didn't have much time to come to Daming, she had heard a lot about the "bad deeds" of Shouning Hou and Jianchangbo.

As a smart woman, she knows very well the returns that political investment can bring, if she can climb the big tree of Zhang Zhou, then she will definitely be prosperous in the future, and she can get a lot of political convenience...... But if it is occupied by the Zhang brothers, it will be similar to being arched by a pig, and this kind of person will never think about the drooling soup for her to drink after eating and wiping it clean.

Zhang Lvshui hurriedly stood aside respectfully.

"Sit." Zhang Zhoudao.

Zhang Heling sat down at this time, and Xiao Changjin came over to pour wine.

Zhang Heling said with a smile: "I can see it, this doesn't seem to be a person from the Ming Dynasty, I heard that Lao Cai, you have been to North Korea, and the beauties you brought back to North Korea must be them, right?" ”

Zhang Zhoudao: "I have never set foot in North Korea, and second, I am not Lao Cai...... Shou Ninghou, can we not get close casually? I'm here to find you something. ”

Zhang Heling said: "Why don't you give face?" ”

Zhang Zhou took out a list and said, "The new Yanwu Hall, you will open a class by Shou Ninghou." ”

"What?"

When Zhang Heling heard this, he hurriedly took the list over, but saw that the people listed above were a group of children of the family who were "wine bags and rice bags", and each of them looked so unreliable.

Zhang Zhoudao: "In the future, the Yanwutang will be divided into the Xunchen class, the military general class, and the literary class, as for the first Xunchen class, Shouning Hou will be the head of the sect. ”

Zhang Heling slapped the table and said, "I'm here to learn, not to be a teacher." ”

"Shou Ninghou, you are angry." Liu Gui, who was standing at the door, said with a smile.

"You kid, I don't like you, where did you come from? Believe it or not, Lao Tzu ...... "Zhang Heling wanted to beat someone when he saw others laughing in front of him."

Because it would be disrespectful to him.

Zhang Zhoudao: "This is my doorman, named Liu Gui, don't look at him like a little person, but he has made great contributions on the battlefield, Wei Ninghai cooperated with Xinjian Bo in the first battle, charging into battle." Hanyang City, North Korea set things right, he led the team to attack the Korean royal city, and now he is a thousand households in Jinyi! ”

"What?" When Zhang Heling heard it, this kid next to you looks like a little person, and he actually ...... It's so awesome?

This remark caused a lot of shock to Zhang Heling.

And Zhang Lushui, who was next to him, suddenly put his frightened and surprised gaze on Liu Gui.

Before, Zhang Lushui really hadn't looked at Liu Gui with a straight eye, even if she knew that the coup d'état in North Korea was related to this group of people, but she always felt that the first credit should be Tang Yin.

Now she knows that this little person with a hippie smile is actually a capable person who led the team into the Korean palace, and the position of Jinyi Wei Qianhu is not low......

Zhang Lvshui's eyes were clearly saying...... I think I've found a treasure......

Zhang Zhoudao: "Shou Ninghou has graduated from Yanwutang, if there is anything you don't understand in teaching in the future, Liu Gui will teach you, and you will cooperate more in the future." Liu Gui, come over and get acquainted with Shouning Hou. ”

"Little Liu Gui, I've seen Shou Ninghou." Liu Gui was still smiling.

Zhang Heling said distressedly: "What about the second child? Don't ask for anything else, just one, the eldest and second of our Zhang family ask for reciprocity, and he will also come to assist Ben Hou! ”

Zhang Zhou smiled: "No problem. ”

(End of chapter)