Zhu Houzhao gave his old father a current policy, which discussed the development of the First World War in Ningxia.

Changed the usual let him memorize the notes of the four books, he complained all kinds of bitterness, but he didn't feel tired at all when he wrote this thing, he couldn't stop when he picked up the pen, and even the speaker of the East Palace didn't know what he was doing below, it was I who taught me, you ***, don't interfere with each other.

Before it got dark, the current affairs fell into Zhu Youji's hands, and Zhu Youzhu felt very puzzled when he held it in his hand.

"Did the prince really write it?" When Zhu Youzhu asked this question, he didn't think it was necessary.

He recognized his son's handwriting very clearly, and his son's performance did not have those things, almost all of them were flat and straightforward, and there were not even various honorific titles, which made people like Zhu Youji, who were used to following the rules, want to beat people when they saw it.

Li Rong said: "Yes, Your Majesty, it was played by the crown prince, and it did not go through the cabinet."

Zhu Youzhu frowned and said, "Don't take this thing out and be embarrassed. Look what is written here...... On what basis did he think that it was impossible for the Tatars to cross the Yellow River? I haven't been on the battlefield, I haven't even held a bow and arrow, so I think I can govern the country and the army?"

"This ......"

Of course, Li Rong wanted to help the prince with a few words, but at this time he didn't know what to say.

"Your Majesty, now the people in the court and China are talking about it, saying that the Tatars are going to cross the Yellow River, after the past, the fields and people around Ningxia Zhongtun will be wantonly plundered, as far as the slaves know, Yang Yiqing, the governor of Ningxia, made proper arrangements before sending troops, but now it is approaching the summer harvest season, and the summer grain in the north has not yet been put into storage, even if the people and cattle can withdraw to the city fortress, I am afraid that the crops will ......."

Li Rong expressed embarrassment and concern.

No one mentioned it before, but now that some people have seriously analyzed the intentions of the Tatars, the purpose of crossing the Yellow River by the Tatars is also obvious, and Li Rong is talking about the facts.

Zhu Youzhu said: "The Tatars did not send troops into the Hetao, but chose to enter the Kou from Huamachi, the purpose is obvious, why are they not for plundering? If they really want to resist the main force of the country's soldiers and horses, they should fight with real swords and guns, but if you look at these battles, which one of them is determined to fight a decisive battle? If it's a real battle, will it take so many people to capture it at once?"

Li Rong said, "Then how can we prevent the Tatars from crossing the river north?"

"Huh." Zhu Youji's smile looked very indifferent, "No, the prince has said that the Tatars crossing the river are self-defeating, so the Tatars must not be able to go north?"

Li Rong also smiled bitterly.

He said in his heart, Your Majesty, even if you think your son's words are unreliable, let's not use his words to choke people.

Zhu Youzhu pondered for a moment and said, "Bingkuan didn't make such a conclusion like the crown prince, right?"

Li Rong said, "No. Cai Guogong's meaning was that the Tatars went north to cross the river, which was also an expedient measure, because they were found out by the Ningxia border army when they entered the Kou before, and the people on the south bank of the Yellow River had already taken precautions.

Zhu Youzhu nodded and said, "In that case, in fact, the Tatars went north to cross the river, and it was only a temporary idea, as long as the soldiers of the border army could fight bravely, it would not be easy for them to cross the river and plunder. Let's wait for the results of the battle."

"Yes." Li Rong nodded.

finally coped with the matter of the prince's play.

"Take it." Zhu Youzhu suddenly stretched out his hand to greet Li Rong.

Li Rong walked over, and Zhu Youzhu handed him the song, and he was still very puzzled and didn't understand what the emperor was going to do.

"Show Bingkuan, look at the good disciples he taught, he usually doesn't practice learning, and ponders these things every day, when I am as old as him, I am afraid that there will be any deviations in learning, and what about him?" Zhu Youzhu was still a little angry between his words.

Li Rong is also pondering, is the emperor planning to be angry with Mr. Zhang Zhou?

Who knew that Zhu Youzhu changed his words and said, "It's okay to say it right, I always say something out of tune. Let Bingkuan usually teach him this, but to be moderate, to govern the country still has to be knowledgeable and open-minded, if Bingkuan can teach some heavenly conditions or something, I will not stop it...... That's it...... Let Bingkuan take care of it himself."

Li Rong was speechless for a while.

Your Majesty......

is obviously teaching his son, and he is also a little confused, probably as a father, he doesn't know which direction to train his son.

I feel that it is not a good thing for my son to be martial, but I also know that my son is stubborn, and now I finally have a relatively serious thing to attract my son's attention, what else can I ask for?

said to teach his son the Four Books and the Five Classics, and teach him a subset of scriptures and histories, can this kid listen?

Therefore, the emperor probably couldn't plan the direction for Mr. Zhang Zhou, and in the end, he let Zhang Zhou teach casually and let himself go.

In the afternoon of the same day, in the Jingshi Chengguo Mansion.

Mrs. Cheng Guo is receiving visitors, it is Princess Yongkang who asked Zhu Feng to reconcile with Zhang Zhou before, and she came in person to let the old lady of the Zhu family see her face and contribute more to this matter.

"The eldest princess will wait a minute, she has sent someone to invite her grandson, who wants to come on the way, and she is almost there."

Zhu Hu didn't expect the eldest princess to come in person, for such a strong eldest princess, she had a hard time.

The two families had a bit of a friendship before, but the key is that the things you entrusted are a bit difficult to do, and our old Zhu family also wants to tie up Zhang Bingkuan, but they don't give too much face.

Do you think Zhang Bingkuan will give us face in the Chengguo Mansion? Don't look at my grandson and Zhang Bingkuan as brothers, but that's just a superficial phenomenon, my son's current Chengguo Gong Zhu Fu saw Zhang Bingkuan, it was the same as a mouse seeing a cat.

It's not an equal status.

Finally.

Zhu Feng returned to the house and came to the inner house to see him in person.

"An Bianhou is really a talent." Yongkang also met Zhu Feng for the first time, and a pair of wonderful eyes looked at Zhu Feng.

She can meet Zhu Feng so unsuspiciously, also because she has also secretly investigated the former "number one general" of the Ming Dynasty, and she also knows that Zhu Feng is different from ordinary men.

Zhu Feng said: "Your Royal Highness the eldest princess, I did go to see Brother Zhang before, and he told me that His Majesty intends to put Cui Juma where he is most needed."

When Yongkang heard this, he happily said, "In this case, then we should be transferred back to Beijing as soon as possible and assigned to a post in the Beijing camp."

"No, no, no." Zhu Feng hurriedly said, "Brother Zhang said that the most suitable position for Cui Fuma is to find him an errand in the northwest border town, so that people can make the best use of their talents."

"Who do you say is a thing?"

When Yongkang heard this, he almost got up from the case.

Zhu Feng didn't expect this woman to turn her face as fast as flipping a book, and she was still stunned for a while.

The woman is indeed a tigress, and the powerful woman is more obvious.

It's scary.

Zhu Hu hurriedly said with a smiling face: "Don't misunderstand, eldest princess, my grandson just relayed Cai Guogong's words, and Cai Guogong didn't have malicious intentions when he thought about it."

"No, grandmother, this is not Brother Zhang's original words, I just roughly paraphrased the meaning, and I don't remember what he said, weird...... Blame me for my gaffe, Your Highness the eldest princess, forgive me." Zhu Feng can't do anything else, he is a good hand in carrying the black pot and admitting mistakes.

is also because Zhu Ergongzi is sincere and will not lie.

Zhu Hu glared at his grandson and said, "Zhijie!"

This is to remind the grandson that in response to the situation, you should stand aside and let the old man come in person.

Yongkang said: "That means that he doesn't give face, and he has to separate our husband and wife, unless we give in and let him resign from his military duties and continue to come back as an idle man with nothing to do? You can't even fulfill your desire to serve your country, can you?"

"Huh?" Zhu Feng looked at the old lady and then at Yongkang, not knowing how to respond.

Zhu Hu asked, "Eldest princess, was there any misunderstanding between you and Cai Guogong before? The old body said that if there is a misunderstanding, it must be made clear."

This is a reminder of Yongkang.

You have a conflict with Zhang Bingkuan, and people make you stumble and wear small shoes, and you can't treat the people who spread the word among us as villains, right?

In this way, who will dare to pass on the word to you in the future, and no one will want to be with you

Friends.

Yongkang suppressed his anger and said, "There will naturally be misunderstandings, but I don't know who is small-bellied and chicken-gutted, and would mind a little thing so much."

Zhu Hu laughed secretly in his heart, you offended Zhang Bingkuan, don't you apologize, let's go and say that we want to reconcile, you take advantage of the loss and complain about other people's small belly chicken intestines?

Zhu Feng said: "Your Royal Highness the eldest princess, in my opinion, Brother Zhang is generous, he has always been diligent and dedicated to the affairs of the court, and he will not give up a capable minister like Cui Juma because of a trivial matter, and he also mentioned that this will give Cui Juma a better chance to be promoted."

"No need!"

Yongkang exclaimed angrily, "As a concubine, it is enough to do something for the imperial court, and as for the matter of Jin Jue, there is no need to think about it if it is too far away."

Zhu Feng said: "I used to think that I didn't have a chance to be promoted, but it was because I listened to Brother Zhang that I ......."

"Zhijie, that's enough!" Zhu Hu interrupted his grandson's words.

You kid, you can't speak, forget it, and now you're still Versailles, you're sticking a needle to Yongkang, right?

Do you think your title was earned by mere power?

Then you still want our old Zhu family's ancestral tomb to smoke green, and the emperor also gave it to you because of the merits of your father and ancestors, do you think that an ordinary person's concubine also has your treatment?

Yongkang squinted at Zhu Hu and said, "Mrs. Tai, I think you can't help this palace in this matter?"

Zhu Hu said, "Alas! The old body also wants to help, but ...... My son is in Yingtianfu, and now I know him...... Alas! I don't have a lot of skills, so I can only do chores in the Beijing Division, and the old body also hopes that he can find an errand in the Beijing camp as soon as possible, it's difficult."

Help the one in your family to find an errand in Beijing?

Do you think this errand is so cunning?

My grandson is still only in Yanwutang, and the position in Jingying has not been mixed yet, this is the treatment of Zhang Bingkuan's iron buddy, does your husband have this relationship with Zhang Bingkuan?

"Hongu knows, I'm sorry!"

Yongkang seems to be angry with the Zhu family, no longer entangled with this family, and almost walked away.

Although the matter collapsed, Zhu Hu still asked Zhu Feng to personally send Yongkang away.

When Zhu Feng came back, he saw that Zhu Hu's face was very displeased, and he even glared at him and felt that he had caused trouble for the Chengguo Mansion.

"Grandmother, I didn't expect the eldest princess to let us be peacemakers, and she should let her talk to Brother Zhang about her own affairs." Zhu Fengdao.

Zhu Hu glanced at him and said, "If you are a little more aggressive, and you are still leading troops in the northwest, who would dare to look down on us? Now that even the eldest princess who is not in power has come to the mansion to show off her might, don't you really feel that you have done something wrong?"

"I ......"

Zhu Feng's head is not bright, which blames his angle...... It's very special.

Zhu Hu said, "After following Cai Guogong for so long, what have you learned? Or is it as lazy as it was at the beginning, or it is better to let your eldest brother lead the troops, at least your eldest brother is still thinking about this family, and now there are a few people in the government and the opposition who can afford to look down on the Chengguo Mansion?"

"Grandmother, don't be presumptuous, no one looks down on us now." Zhu Feng felt that the old lady didn't understand the situation outside.

Zhu Hu said coldly: "Now this kind of respect, the big deal is just to a national duke, now is no longer the time when the name of a national duke can go sideways, I thought you were the most competitive descendant of my Zhu family, now it seems that ...... You're the least angry."

Zhu Feng was scolded by splitting his head and covering his face, and he was naturally in a bad mood, but with the teaching of filial piety and etiquette that he usually received, this time the old lady was furious, and he couldn't talk back anymore.

"If you really can't do it, I'll tell your father, transfer you to Nanjing, and send you any errand at will. It's better than embarrassing you in Beijing." Zhu Hu said.

Zhu Feng looked over with expectant eyes when he heard this, as if to say, is there such a good thing?

I wanted to go, but no one told me to go.

Nanking?

I've been yearning for that place for a long time, and being an idler when I go back is more comfortable than being a fairy.

Zhu Hu said sharply, "

I picked a few famous ladies for you, and I will marry you recently, if your new wife's stomach doesn't move before the end of the year, see how the old body cleans you up! In the future, you won't even have to be buried in the ancestral grave of the Zhu family......

"Grandmother, I'...... What did I do wrong?" Only then did Zhu Feng realize that the old lady might want to be serious.

I thought it was some kind of clumsy agitation.

"Take care of it yourself!" Zhu Hu walked out violently, and couldn't help but throw down a sentence, "Cai Guogong's side is full of talents, you were very amazing at the beginning, but if even the eldest princess and the horse can follow the wind and water, then who will take you seriously in the future?" Take our Chengguo Mansion seriously?"

Zhu Feng hurriedly caught up and argued, "Brother Zhang has this ability, and I don't dare to compare with Uncle Xinjian."

"Humph!"

Zhu Hu just snorted.

This grandson has no sense of crisis at all.

Although you Zhu Feng is the first generation to rise around Zhang Zhou, but now the second and third generations have come out, and your reputation is above you, and because of your lazy and inactive character, you have begun to be ridiculed as "good shade under the big tree", are you still not alert?

Zhu Feng was about to catch up and say, but his brother Zhu Lin, who had just come back, hurriedly stopped him.

"Big brother, I'm ......" Zhu Feng wanted to explain to Zhu Lin.

"Second brother, are you not growing up or what? Can't you see that Grandmother is angry?" Zhu Lin glanced at his younger brother.

Only then did Zhu Feng give up the idea of explaining, and said to himself: "It was the eldest princess of Yongkang who entrusted us to do something, but it didn't work out, and it's not my fault."

Zhu Lin said: "Second brother, grandmother hates you for not being angry, obviously you have unique conditions than others, Cai Guogong admires you, and His Majesty also thinks you are a talent, but you are like a moth and stay in the capital every day to eat and wait for death!" Do you know how to spread your business out there right now? Say that there is an unclear relationship between you and Cai Guogong...... Alas! I'm too embarrassed to say it! You said that grandmother, after she found out, can she not be angry?"

"What? This...... This is a wronged man!" Zhu Feng was so angry that he almost cried.

It's like a child who has been wronged.

Zhu Lin glanced at him and said, "The more the situation in the northwest changes now, and the more you don't act, the more others will secretly slander and slander you. Grandmother is also for your good, you said that if you didn't rush back to Beijing last year, but stayed in Ningxia, you won't be on the front line in this year's battle, won't the credit be yours?"

"Huh?"

Only then did Zhu Feng know why Zhu Hu minded so much.

More than half a year ago, Yang Yiqing still relied on his Zhu Feng's performance on the battlefield in Ningxia to barely keep his official position.

As a result, in the past few years, Yang Yiqing has made many military exploits in Ningxia, and he Zhu Feng is in a hurry to return to the capital, so he is asked to transfer back, and as a result, he missed this big battle and the opportunity to make meritorious contributions.

Zhu Lin said: "As a lord, you should be in the position, but now someone else is responsible for it, and the credit that should belong to you has become someone else's, what do you think the world will say about you?"

"I ......"

"Others will say that you are cowardly, that you are not responsible, and even think of you as evil. You don't care, but my grandmother cares a lot about it for the sake of the reputation of the Chengguo Mansion! Zhijie, you have to take on the responsibility of this family, and that's all my brother can ask you! Alas!"

Zhu Lin also hated his brother a little.

Obviously, all the hopes of the Chengguo Mansion fell on Zhu Feng, but Zhu Feng was an unmotivated character, so that the Chengguo Mansion, which could have called for wind and rain in the Ming Dynasty, now became the object of ridicule.

It is also Zhu Feng who succeeds, and Zhu Feng who fails.

Night.

Zhang Zhou received Li Rong in his own door, and Li Rong not only came to ask Zhang Zhou about the handling plan of the imperial court's affairs, but also brought the military policy written by Zhu Houzhao during the day.

"Your Majesty's intentions, the crown prince is too enthusiastic about military and political affairs, not a very good thing."

Li Rong summed it up.

Even if Zhu Youzhu can't come up with a plan, he has to think about what is good when he is a slave.

It's not that he wants to make trouble for Zhang Zhou, it's more about finding a balance between the monarch and the minister, and it's easier to reach a consensus on teaching Zhu Houzhao.

Zhang Zhou smiled: "I think what the prince analyzed is very good."

Li Rong was surprised: "Sir, you didn't say that before, you said that the purpose of the Tatars going north was to cross the river and plunder Yu Ming, and you also said that this battle was very dangerous and required the full cooperation of the governor of Ningxia and others......

Zhang Zhou smiled but did not say a word.

With Li Rong's shrewdness, it seemed to be a sudden realization.

"Oops!" Li Rong slapped his thigh with self-hatred.

The difference in Zhang Zhou's rhetoric is fundamentally a contrast between diplomatic rhetoric and reality.

Zhang Zhou couldn't tell the emperor before the war started, we have a high probability of winning this battle, right?

Or Zhang Zhou, like Zhu Houzhao, felt that the chances of winning this battle were indeed not small, and he didn't even think that it was a good idea for the Tatars to cross the Yellow River to plunder around Ningxia, but Zhang Zhou would not say so at first.

"Sir, let's ask you, the border soldiers are inferior in numbers, and after the Tatars cross the river, they are obviously unstoppable." Li Rong said a little helplessly.

Zhang Zhou said: "Let's put it this way, as long as the people around Ningxia are prepared and retreat to the fortress, with the current morale and strategic goals of the Tatars, what they can grab is really limited."

"Where's the grain?" Li Rong said, "It's about to be the season for the summer grain harvest."

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "In the past, when the Tatars came to plunder at this time, the defenders in the city would sigh and give them half a month or even a month to harvest grain. But dare to ask whether this war will give the Tatars the conditions to harvest the grain and take it with them?"

"That...... That's unlikely." Li Rong said, "Even if the local defenders in Ningxia are unable to hinder it, Baoguo Gong, Ping Jiangbo and the rest of the men and horses will all come to kill them."

Zhang Zhou said: "That's why I think that it is not a wise choice for the Tatars to cross the river to the north. Maybe it's just because the Tatars have been defeated in successive battles, and they have no choice, and they need to give an explanation to both the top and the bottom, who let the little Tatar prince personally lead the troops this time? The little prince also needs to save face."

"Hehe, that's what I said."

Li Rong also seems to have been persuaded by Zhang Zhou.

As he was talking, the voice of Mu Bin, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, came from the door: "Grandpa, Grandpa Li."

"Is there something wrong?" Li Rong turned around and asked.

Mu Bin walked in and glanced at Zhang Zhou first, with his cautious look, it was obvious that he had something important to say to Li Rong, but it just happened that Zhang Zhou was beside him.

It's a bit more delicate.

It stands to reason that there is no need for him Mu Bin to report things to Zhang Zhou, after all, Zhang Zhou is not his boss, but with the current status of Zhang Zhou, if you Mu Bin have something to say to Li Rong and avoid Zhang Zhou...... Then you Mu Bin don't have to mix in the DPRK and China in the future.

Zhang Zhou smiled: "Is there something that I need to avoid?"

Li Rong hurriedly said, "I don't have this intention, Commander Mu, don't you have anything to say?"

Mu Bin hurriedly said: "I just learned the news, the battle report from the northwest came, the Tatars forcibly crossed the Yellow River four days ago, but they were blocked by Cui Fuma on the opposite bank with more than 700 soldiers, killing more than 2,000 enemies, so that the Tatars had to be defeated along the south bank in the direction of Guansai."

"Huh?"

Li Rong immediately said in surprise, "It's really good to win, and it's good news. What a miracle you are, sir."

Zhang Zhou shook his head and said, "No, I don't think the prince has predicted it well, the prince has analyzed everything."

"yes."

Only then did Li Rong remember that he was still discussing whether the prince was unreliable.

Even Zhu Youzhu felt that the prince was talking about it, but he felt it again in an instant...... The prince seems to be very awesome, and he can even expect this kind of ending.

"Grandpa Li, let's ...... then"

"Let's hurry back to the palace

Tomorrow morning, you must go to the palace, we are waiting for you!"