After Zhu Youji's health improved, his pursuit was different from before.

In addition to the necessary health, he also wants to obtain the quality of life, and there is a big future, so let me enjoy life in the past few years, and I am willing to die after fifteen years of turmoil.

Zhang Zhou was embarrassed to tell him, Your Majesty, according to history, your body has only four and a half years left to live, of course I am here, if you have pneumonia or something, I can help you treat it, but who knows if your destiny is more than four years? If God really wants to take you away, I can't stop you.

Regarding the "prescription" of conditioning, Zhang Zhou also knew that he should order some "fierce medicine".

But if you want a person's body to get better physically, it is still nothing more than paying attention to diet and exercising diligently, which are not easy for Zhu Youzhi to cash, because Zhu Youzhi is gentle and picky eater, and he is sick and does not want to exercise...... It's a hassle to even go out for a walk.

This gave Zhang Zhou a headache.

Zhang Zhou stayed in the listening office to study his recipe.

Originally, this was a place to deal with the affairs of the imperial court, but now it seems to have become the office of the imperial pharmacy of the palace, and when he lowered his head and yawned and was bored, Zhu Houzhao appeared in front of him bouncing.

"Sir."

Zhu Houzhao grinned, looking a little proud.

Zhang Zhoudao: "Sneaking out? ”

"No, my father said that as long as I study diligently, I can come over, and said that if there are any major military aircraft discussions here in the future, I can also come over to observe, and today I can finish all the homework assigned by the lecturer before coming over." Zhu Houzhao said, "It's not early." ”

Zhang Zhou looked at the sky, and sure enough, it was almost sunset.

However, in winter, the days are short, and the listening office has just been set up, and even the rules for commuting to and from work have not yet been set.

But since he wants to argue with the cabinet, or the emperor's ideal to replace the cabinet, he can't be too slack.

"Is there anything big in the Northwest?" Zhu Houzhao continued to ask with an excited face, "I heard that the Tartars are fighting in the house again, and the fight is inextricable, is our Ming Dynasty coming to catch cicadas and yellow finches?" Is Xinbo sending troops? Or send troops from three sides and push the defense line of the Hetao to the north, which I think is very good. ”

Zhang Zhoudao: "It's the New Year, and if it's not necessary, the Ming Dynasty will not send troops." ”

"What's the point of that?"

Zhu Houzhao sat down on the chair next to him, but the chair was the place where Zhu Youzhu had sat when he came here before, and he crossed Erlang's legs and said, "I went to Jiangnan this time, I learned a lot, next time we will go to the northwest together, right?" Let's make arrangements, we can destroy the Tartars at once! When the time comes, my father will be impressed. ”

The young man is quite ambitious.

But it's still a little tender.

Zhang Zhou didn't want to pay attention to Zhu Houzhao arguing beside him, but it was Liu Jin who stood at the door and said loudly: "Your Highness, the Middle Palace sent someone to spread the word, saying that it was for you to come over." ”

"Didn't you see that I was talking to Mr. Zhang about the affairs of the imperial court? Leaning on the side. Zhu Houzhao looked impatient.

Even when he returned to the capital, Zhu Houzhao also liked to pester Zhang Zhou, naturally not for studying, but for Zhang Zhou to have what he longed for and was curious about.

Zhang Zhoudao: "It's not too early, I'm also going back, and I'll talk about it when I have time." ”

"You're not coming tomorrow?" Zhu Houzhao seems to know Zhang Zhou's appearance very well.

When you say "coming day", you may see you on that day.

Zhang Zhou pouted and said: "There is only a prototype in the listening office, and the personnel have not yet been allocated, so I have to have an errand to do." Besides, this is approaching the end of the year, how can the imperial court have so many major military aircraft for me to deal with? It's still the affairs of the military department, and I need to worry more about it. ”

Zhu Houzhao said: "What does it mean to be a secretary of the military department? Or is it better to lead the listening office, you must tell me if there is any big thing in the future, I am right next to me, do you see how close we are? I also want to contribute to you, do you see how pure my intentions are? I'm not here to play! Mr. Zhang, you must believe me! ”

……

……

Zhang Zhou could see that it was really convenient for Zhu Houzhao to set up the listening office next to the Wenhua Palace.

It's really like if there is any big event in the future, you can tell Zhu Houzhao, so that this bastard boy will know it for the first time, and even participate in the planning of things...... Zhu Houzhao's opinion does not seem to be adequate, but the emphasis is on participation.

Zhu Houzhao is about to enter puberty, and the child at this time also has a strong desire to express himself and wants to prove himself, especially a Ming prince like Zhu Houzhao, whose personality determines that this kid will definitely not be able to separate.

Two days after that.

Zhang Zhou normally went up and down, and the listening office and the military department did not relax, but after the court discussion early this morning, Xie Qian stopped him on the way to the upper listening office.

"Elder Xie Ge, is it a different way?"

Zhang Zhou smiled and looked at the side of the cabinet room, which probably means, we are not in the same yamen, I have no need to report things to you, and we should also avoid this kind of private meeting.

Xie Qian said: "I heard that you secretly told Your Majesty that there would be ground movements in Shaanxi and other places, and you also instructed the local government to prepare first?" Or even let people move out of their houses? ”

"Yes." Zhang Zhou nodded.

Because it was not a matter of his honor, the matter was not publicized to the public, but there is no impermeable wall in this world.

Xie Qian frowned and said, "Why do you have to be like this? Now no one wants to send you to Fang Shi, but you yourself are obsessed with it, what do you think? ”

Zhang Zhoudao: "I can calculate it, whether it can be fulfilled or not, I mentioned it to Your Majesty, if it can save the life of a person in the Ming Dynasty, I think it is also necessary, I am soft-hearted, and I can't see other people's families ruined." ”

"You ......"

Xie Qian didn't sound right.

You can't see other people's families ruined, I like to watch other people's families die, right?

"Cold Winter Layue, you have done so many things, and you are not afraid of being damned? If the people listen to you, they can't even live in a place with tiles to cover their heads, and the cold wind is biting and sick, how much impact will it have on people's livelihood? Haven't you been worried? Xie Qian asked sharply.

Zhang Zhou said curiously: "The ground shakes the mountains, the houses collapse, and there are not a few casualties. Besides, even if the government advocates it, the people have the right to choose, and they can choose not to move out, but to stay in the house...... I do what I do, and it's their ...... whether they listen or not It's like I said that the Jingshi will move, Xie Ge, do you like to listen to it. ”

Xie Qian is usually good at arguing with people, but when he met Zhang Zhou, he felt very powerless.

He argues with others, always paying attention to rules and etiquette, but Zhang Zhou is different, what is the elder and younger, Zhang Zhou doesn't seem to care at all.

Thinking of what to say, saying bald lips, even the royal family can be entertained and sarcastic, let alone their group of ministers, and the ridiculous words come even more as soon as they open their mouths.

Zhang Zhou said: "Elder Xie Ge, the place where the earth movement happened is not in Beijing, far away from the capital, and it can't be tossed on your head, and you don't have to worry about it, or you look at it...... In the spring of Meng next year, let's listen to the report from the northwest, see if the ground is moving, you will talk to me again? ”

Xie Qian can see that it is unrealistic to change Zhang Zhou's "behavioral logic".

Originally, the cabinet's idea, since it was impossible to defeat Zhang Zhou, and it was impossible to join Zhang Zhou, then Zhang Zhou was guided in the direction of a "good minister who governs the world", and to put it bluntly, it was to bring Zhang Zhou into what they thought was the "right path".

But Zhang Zhou talks about the will of heaven every once in a while, can this be done by ordinary civil servants?

Xie Qian thought to himself, I am really kind to be treated as a donkey's liver and lungs, why can't this kid get oil and salt? Haven't you thought that these so-called providence of yours will also have a day when it cannot be fulfilled? Or do you plan to spend your whole life on this road of approach, one road to the darkest?

……

……

Xie Qian saw Zhang Zhou, and with some annoyance, he returned to the cabinet duty.

Liu Jian and Li Dongyang walked over and asked, "What did you say?" ”

Xie Qian said: "If you are obsessed, you can't persuade you, it seems that you will really not conspire with each other in the future." ”

Li Dongyang frowned and said: "The things that move the earth, those who can say once or twice are all gods, how did he calculate this?" Can you make every hit? Can you be so sure in trouble? ”

Xie Qian said: "Can he hit every time?" Within the four seas, so many ground movements are reported every year, why can't he not miss it every time? ”

The three of them were seated separately.

Li Dongyang said: "In the past two years, the ground movements, except for those that he deliberately proposed, or those involving the will of heaven and disasters, have not produced any substantial damage to people and animals, but what he said about the ground movements in Shaanxi in the coming year seems to be solemn, mentioning the damage to people and animals, and even the collapse of houses...... That is to say, he is deliberately picking and choosing things for him to decide whether he can say or not. ”

Xie Qian frowned and said, "Binzhi, what do you mean is that everything is expected by him?" ”

"Probably so." Li Dongyang said, "His origin has not been investigated so far, we know very little about his past, and we can't even find out his teaching and study before the middle school, he seems to have fallen from the sky, if he really has any magic in him, Your Majesty believes in Taoism so much, don't you think everything came too coincidentally?" ”

Whatever the emperor believes, Zhang Zhou will pour into the emperor.

And one pour is accurate, so that the emperor is confused, and then Zhang Zhou is what he says.

Zhang Zhou seems to have seen the emperor's temperament and sent him to the world to treat the emperor, and used this to lead the Ming Dynasty astray as a "puppet", so Zhang Zhou is the spokesperson of God and was led by God.

Xie Qian didn't speak.

Because he could hear that Li Dongyang was not lying, he compared it with Zhang Zhou...... The disadvantages of traditional Wenchen are too great.

Liu Jian said: "The implication is that let's find someone who can be like Zhang Bingkuan, who can know the will of heaven and reach the will of the saints?" ”

Li Dongyang took out a copy of the note, put it in front of the two of them and said: "Zhang Tianshi, who is on the same page, has asked to come to Beijing, and it is estimated that he will arrive in the next year." ”

Needless to say.

Roughly speaking, to treat a "Fangshi" like Zhang Zhou, you should find a more awesome "Fangshi", then let Longhushan Zhang Tianshi fight with Zhang Zhou.

People who believe in Taoism in the world regard Zhang Tianshi's family as orthodoxy, and after the rise of Zhang Zhou, the Zhang family will definitely think that their orthodox status is being challenged, and then let the two compete with each other, so that the emperor can tell who is more awesome...... Even if Zhang Zhou wins, Zhang Zhou will offend Taoist orthodoxy, and then Zhang Zhou will fall into a situation where he will be attacked by the enemy?

Liu Jian sighed: "Binzhi, is this for the sake of the court, or is it for the sake of competing for a while?" ”

"Did I say anything?" Li Dongyang's meaning, Zhang Tianshi, who is in the same family, wants to enter Beijing to worship, and I just informed you in advance.

How can you think I have ulterior motives?

Liu Jian and Xie Qian naturally knew what he meant, you told us in advance, probably just to let us stand on the side of Zhengyi and secretly support them? At least dismantle Zhang Bingkuan behind his back?

Xie Qian smiled and said: "Inside and outside this Beijing Division, some people have long called Zhang Bingkuan a Heavenly Master, I really don't know if from now on, when it comes to Heavenly Master, is it his exclusive Zhang Bingkuan?" Let me be a member of the Zhang family, and I will definitely not stand by and watch by such an inexplicable kid who has an advantage in Taoism, and I will definitely not stand by. ”

There are too many Taoist methods, and our traditional Wenchen can't beat them.

Then find a monk.

No matter how awesome you Zhang Bingkuan is, look at how you fight with the people who are in Longhu Mountain, the family has a big business, and there are a wide range of believers, no matter how awesome you are, you have to succumb to the situation......

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Regarding the matter of Zheng Yi's visit to Beijing, Zhang Zhou had known for a long time.

I didn't take it too seriously.

Because Zhu Youzhu made it clear in advance that Taoist affairs do not involve orthodox disputes, and Zhang Zhou, as Cai Guogong now, does not bother to fight for the prestige of Taoist orthodoxy, as for whether the Zhang family dares to compete with Zhang Zhou, that is also a big problem...... Knowing that Zhang Zhou is now deeply trusted by the emperor, he still wants to fight, isn't it boring to be self-deprecating?

Zhang Zhou's family did not come back, and Zhang Zhou could only be a "monk".

At night, I still go to the theater, listening to the rehearsal outside, and at the same time looking at various official documents of the military department in my private room.

He was also worried.

Because he did not climb step by step from the bottom, but jumped directly to a high position, it also brought him a not very good "habit", that is, he does not like to be perfunctory when encountering problems, and always wants to solve problems.

The affairs of officialdom are suitable for "procrastination", suitable for "prevarication", and not suitable for "deciding things in case of trouble".

Zhang Zhouren's qualifications in officialdom are also insufficient, which requires him to gain experience in political performance, especially in managing the affairs of the military department and the court, as well as the respect of others.

On the contrary, Zhang Zhou had to deal with the matters at hand, and many things needed to be communicated with the people of the six departments of the DPRK and the Central Committee, especially the household department...... At present, the head of the household department seems to be a "rising star", but after all, people are pushed up by traditional ministers, and relying on one Wang Qiong alone is completely unable to do a good job in the docking of the household department.

"In the spring of the next year, in Datong and Yansui, 30 heavy cannons will be cast, and 240 long-range cannons will be cast......"

"4,000 flint guns, ammunition not counting ......"

"500,000 square meters of stone, used to build a city in Yansui, the salt required to fold the color of silver 120,000 ......"

Zhang Zhouguang is calculating the war preparation materials that need to be prepared in the spring of the next year, and the number has actually reached 400,000 taels, and compared with the financial revenue of the Ming Dynasty, these expenses are a bit large, after all, the Ming Dynasty has been living a tight life in the northwest in the past few years.

Da Ming also wanted to attack the whole army, and marched into the grassland with more than 100,000 soldiers and horses to win a big victory.

However, the conditions do not allow it.

The soldiers in the northwest seem to be military households, kept to fight, but most of the time they are completing things such as building fortresses, farming, transporting grain, etc., and their real training time is very short, even if they are given a large number of ordnance materials, they do not know how to use them without suitable instructors.

The original intention of the establishment of the Yanwutang was to teach those generals how to use new firearms, and to change the mentality of the soldiers of the Ming border army from cold weapons to hot weapons.

However, the Yanwutang itself also needs the imperial court to allocate funds to ensure its operation.

“…… The budget of Yanwutang is 160,000 taels ......"

It is equivalent to saying that in the coming year, just a Yanwutang will account for such a large amount of Daming's expenses, and Zhang Zhou doesn't know what this money is used for.

The house of the Shuken Martial Arts Hall? Repair grounds?

Or is it for public spending? The cannon itself does not need to be paid by Yanwutang, and the soldiers of the Beijing camp are all transferred...... Even if it's a meal, it won't cost so much silver.

But when he saw the budget expenditure for each of the following items, Zhang Zhou felt as if the 160,000 taels of silver were still a little stretched.

"If you don't belong home, you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are." Zhang Zhou closed all the official documents in front of him.

Xiao Changjin on the side knew each other very well, and hurriedly came over to pour wine for Zhang Zhou.

But before Zhang Zhou picked up the wine glass and took two sips, his guest arrived, it was Ning Tong.

Ning Tong came to "apprentice" with Zhang Zhou, because he wanted to open a pharmacy together, Ning Tong felt that this was an opportunity in his life, maybe he Ning Tong would be the first goddess doctor of the Ming Dynasty in the future, so when he came to Zhang Zhou, he was also in a hurry, and he took out a little career strong woman posture.

But behind her, there was also a woman, who was the daughter of the Chen family.

"This is the plan written by Cai Guogong let the concubine, the site is located in Chongwenmen, not far from the palace, there will be a special person to take care of it in the future, the concubine body as the shopkeeper, you can go out at any time to consult, in addition, the purchase will be guided by the Jiangnan medicinal herb businessman, the medicinal materials everywhere are selected by the best, as well as the cost of annual rent, and the cost of medication......"

Ning Tong was a big shopkeeper for the first time, and he listed everything on paper.

After Zhang Zhou finished reading it, he threw the plan aside and said coldly: "It's not good, the next one." ”

Ning Tong was stunned when he heard it.

I've been busy for a long time, and you said a bad word, so you denied it?

Chen Jianu walked over and handed Zhang Zhoudao an account book: "Last year, the revenue of Datong Coal Mine was converted into 360,000 taels of silver, and after deducting military expenditures and transportation expenses, the net profit was 174,657 taels. ”

"Hmm. Very good. Zhang Zhou nodded.

Ning Tong listened.

And this kind of good thing?

I have worked hard to do the medicinal herb business, and I can't make a thousand eight hundred taels in a year, and if you open a coal mine, you can make a net profit of more than 170,000 taels a year?

So what kind of medicinal herb business am I still engaged in?

"Cai Guogong, may I ask, your coal mine...... Is there still a shortage of people to take care of it? Ning Tong also asked bluntly.

(End of chapter)