Zhu Houzhao seems to have deeply understood the "essence" of Zhang Zhou's life.

Immediately, a group of eunuchs who followed Zhu Houzhao to face the saint came to their senses, feeling that this Cai Guogong was using the set of influencing the emperor to bring the prince of the Ming Dynasty into the ditch, which was to push the contradiction between the monarch and the minister in an irreconcilable direction?

Then you Zhang Bingkuan is really his heart can be punished.

What good is the opposition between the monarch and the minister for you?

Aren't you yourself an ordinary civil servant, why do you dig a pit for yourself and your colleagues?

"Mr. Zhang, do you think it's better for Tang Yin to go to Liaodong or Yang Yiqing? If the Jurchens are beaten down, can they all be destroyed? I don't think it's necessary to settle them in the southwest or southeast, just drive them north and keep them away from the territory of the Ming Dynasty, you see how this idea ......is."

Zhu Houzhao seems to have finally found someone who agrees with his military views, and he finally had the opportunity to seek advice from Zhang Zhou.

For a young man like him, he is also eager to express and prove himself, and expressing it to others obviously cannot satisfy the vanity in his heart.

But it's different to talk to Zhang Zhou about this, who made Zhang Zhou a godlike existence in Daming?

If he can get Zhang Zhou's approval, he will be happy for a few days, and he will be more confident to ponder those strange things again, and he will never tire of it.

Zhang Zhou left after a brief exchange with Zhu Youji.

Zhu Youzhi seems to be recuperating from illness, more recuperating from "heartache", because Zhu Youzhu is tired of government affairs, and now he wants to be lazy more, and finally has a chance to take a leave of absence.

In this way, find a reason for your son to come out to exercise, and you can hide behind to hide and relax.

As for his condition, it is just a pretense, at least in Zhang Zhou's opinion, this time Zhu Youzhu is just suffering from an ordinary wind chill, except for some fatigue in his body, and then he has a little headache and brain fever, which is not a big problem.

After Zhang Zhou and Zhu Houzhao left.

Xiao Jing still stayed in the Qianqing Palace, and even personally helped Zhu Youzhu bring lunch.

"Is there something wrong?" Zhu Youzhu glanced sideways at Xiao Jing.

Xiao Jing said: "Your Majesty, about the matter of the prince in the Wenhua Palace, the slave maid thinks that it is still necessary to talk to you in detail."

Zhu Youzhu had already picked up the chopsticks, but when he heard the words, he put them down and said, "Say it."

Xiao Jing immediately told Zhu Youzhu about the contradictions and conflicts between the prince and Liu Jian and other Wenchen, and Xiao Jing's meaning was actually to remind the emperor that this little prince was a fledgling and didn't understand anything, but he started a confrontation with Wenchen, which was not a good sign.

He didn't even lead to Zhang Zhou, he also knew that the emperor had incomparable trust in Zhang Zhou, and he was only hinting that the Wenchen present was very keen on regulating the prince's behavior.

probably also wanted to remind the emperor that in fact, Liu Jian and other ministers were also well-intentioned, and the prince's personality was a little anxious.

After listening to this, Zhu Youzhu nodded and said, "I don't think there's anything wrong with this."

Xiao Jing was a little surprised.

When he became an emperor, he actually felt that his son was in opposition with the minister, which was appropriate? Won't this prince lose the hearts of the people after that? How will we govern the country then?

Zhu Youzhu picked up the chopsticks again, and said quietly: "Do you think it would be good if the crown prince, like me, has always been tolerant and humble to the courtiers in the court, and even trusted the court's affairs in everything, and his opinions have always been dismissed?"

"That's not what the slave meant." Xiao Jing heard it.

This emperor is "learning from the pain", probably because he felt that the first eleven years of his reign as emperor were in vain, and it was not until the appearance of Zhang Zhou that he rediscovered himself.

So he reflected on the root of the pain of being the emperor, that is, he had always been too kind to the ministers, so that anyone in the court and the central government could step on his head, and almost all the affairs of the court and the central government came from the dictates of the cabinet.

So, Zhu Youzhu felt that it was not possible and had to change.

My own generation can't completely tear up his face with the minister, but

The prince's side is different, the character can be shaped when he just comes out, so that when he becomes the emperor, he even puts his own ministers on the opposite side of his heart.

Xiao Jingxin said, Zhang Bingkuan, you hurt people a lot.

Zhu Youzhu said: "The prince is too anxious, this point needs to be changed, sometimes I don't know how to restrain myself, I have to talk to others about the length of a while, it seems to be a little impatient, but in fact, he is also young and vigorous. I also came from a young man, I can understand."

I'll go.

Xiao Jing was thinking again, your young man, there is such a thing as "vigorous"? When you were the prince, you were all a man with your tail between your legs, and you didn't see any great courage after becoming the emperor.

It seems that your current courage is all given by Zhang Bingkuan, right?

"Then Your Majesty, how should the matter of Liaodong be decided?" Xiao Jing said in a tone of inquiry.

Zhu Youzhu ate two bites of food, and didn't seem to be in a hurry to answer this question, and after he settled down a little, he seemed to suddenly remember that Xiao Jing was still waiting for his instructions next to him, and almost ignored the people who were close by.

"Oh, Liaodong? According to Bingkuan's meaning, who did he say to let go?" Zhu Youzhu said.

Xiao Jing said: "The slave seems to think that Cai Guogong wants Tang Yin to go to Liaodong to govern the army and do Jurchen things."

Zhu Youzhu shook his head and said: "Wrong, he also advocated letting Yang Yiqing go, and said that this is an all-round drill for Yang Yiqing, what is needed in the first battle of Ningxia is courage and obeying orders, and when you go to Liaodong, you fight with the Jurchens, the terrain is more complicated, and the situation is more special. That's it."

Xiao Jing suddenly felt that something was wrong.

With his understanding of this matter, it seemed that there was a discrepancy with what the emperor said, and he immediately realized that the emperor's words were not the first time he had said to the eunuchs around him.

When he realized this, he knew that Li Rong had already known about the joints and deliberately didn't tell him about it.

Xiao Jingdeng sometimes felt a sense of shame that he was betrayed by the people around him.

"Tang Yin is also about to return to Beijing to report on his work." Zhu Youzhu said, "When he comes back this time, he also wants to get shipbuilding money and grain from the imperial court, what to do, and let Bingkuan pay more attention, I have been very busy recently." Since I have let the crown prince take charge of the government, I must fully trust it, and if there is anything that is not easy to decide, I will ask Bingkuan as well."

The crown prince plus Zhang Bingkuan is equal to the emperor?

This made Xiao Jing feel even more dangerous.

But he hurriedly saluted and withdrew, only to find that his back was already soaked.

It's not because I'm nervous, it's scary.

It is likely that he will be replaced by Li Rong, and with Li Rong's age, it is obvious that he will not be able to be a few years worse in the DPRK.

"Your Majesty should have a candidate who is willing to be the celebrant of ceremonies, it seems ...... That is Zhang Yong, who had military merits before and had a close relationship with Zhang Bingkuan, otherwise why would His Majesty let him go to Wenhua Hall to listen to politics?"

Xiao Jing's self-endangered mood is spreading.

When he returned to the duty room of the celebrant and saw Wei Bin, Wei Bin had just finished a batch of Zhu batches, and was still waiting for Xiao Jing to come back and use the seal.

Xiao Jing waved his hand and motioned for Wei Bin to come to his side.

"Do you know that Your Majesty is late, who is too heavy?" Xiao Jing asked.

Wei Bin asked curiously, "What does this mean? Could it be that you want to find someone to give Cai Guogong ......?"

didn't finish speaking, but it means that Zhang Bingkuan was replaced?

Judging from Wei Bin's evasive look, he seems to be very worried about Xiao Jing's question, this is a dangerous signal, let's not do this.

Xiao Jing said: "According to our family's expectations, in a few months, not only will there be new faces in the cabinet, but even new people will enter the celebrant prison. Do you think Zhang Yong has been too flamboyant recently?"

Wei Bin nodded and said, "This person has always been very flamboyant, especially after a few victories, as if he regarded himself as a military ruler, but he didn't have much contact with us, in the end, he didn't come out of the celebrant study, and His Majesty should not use him to enter the celebrant eunuch."

"Anything is possible." Xiao Jing looked at Wei Bin eagerly and said, "Who do you think has a close relationship with Cai Guogong? If Cai Guogong wants to be in the ceremony

Find someone credible in prison, who do you think?"

Wei Bin's face was ugly now.

Because he could hear that Xiao Jing was treating Zhang Zhou as an opponent on the surface.

It is easy to understand that a military secretary wants to find an accomplice in the celebrant supervisor, if it is said that a military secretary cultivates his own power in the celebrant supervisor...... Grandpa Xiao, do you have any misunderstanding about this?

Xiao Jing saw that Wei Bin didn't want to answer this question so positively, so he also said bluntly: "If our family retreats, who will be in charge of the celebrant and supervisor?"

"Grandpa Li?" Wei Bin said this in an inquiring tone.

Xiao Jing said: "Our family originally trusted the two of you very much, but Your Majesty asked Li Rong to come back, obviously to break the original pattern, and now among the several eunuchs in the East Palace, who do you think can be retracted?" If anything is true in the future...... Or with the fact that the crown prince is facing the court and the country, the weight of the words of a few chamberlains in the East Palace is different from the past."

Wei Bin nodded and said, "You mean, it's time to plan for the future?"

"That's probably it." Xiao Jing said.

Wei Bin said: "The East Palace is just a person who serves the prince, and there are many people who are close to the prince, most of them are old people from the past in Kunning Palace, and their eyesight is good, but there are not many people who are knowledgeable and knowledgeable. If you want to rein in, you must have a certain amount of resentment with them, but Liu Jin, who was punished before and almost died, does not have a good relationship with the rest of the people."

Xiao Jing frowned and said, "Liu Jin is very good at greeting, and he seems to be deeply appreciated by Cai Guogong."

Wei Bin smiled: "Do you think that a person who has offended Cai Guogong and was almost killed by Cai Guogong can trust each other? It's just a superficial harmony, isn't it?"

Others don't know the joints, and the eunuchs are well-informed, so they naturally know that Liu Jin was very wary of Zhang Zhou at first, and even engaged in some small means, and was finally pressed down by Zhang Zhou and raised it again.

After Liu Jin "drowned and escaped", he was respectful to Zhang Zhoubi, but the trust between the two must have been greatly reduced.

"Then you go and test his tone, with his current status, he is lacking in wanting to be a celebrant eunuch, but if you want to be a royal horse eunuch, you can give him activities." Xiao Jing also seems to have a good impression of Liu Jin.

Only those who have a grudge against Zhang Zhou and now have a certain amount of power can be convenient for him to win over.

Like Gao Feng and Qiu Ju, although they are also the eunuchs of the East Palace, Xiao Jing feels that there is no need to win them over, if they easily throw an olive branch, it is easy to do bad things.

Wei Bin nodded and said, "Do you have any other orders?"

"The things that will be played by the military department, if they can be postponed, they should be postponed, and they should not be too deliberate and obvious, they must be involved in matters such as ticket planning, and if they can be brought to the court, they must not be resolved privately." Xiao Jing began to teach and receive privately.

Wei Bin said, "If His Majesty knows......

Xiao Jing got up and said, "We people, we didn't make trouble for Cai Guogong, everything was just done according to the rules, if we met His Majesty to ask, we still had to go to the military department to Cai Guogong." If you still want to get the permission of the Admiral East Factory, just listen to our family, and the management will be guaranteed within the year, so that you can get what you want."

Wei Bin's goal in life has never been to be the master of ceremonies, he wants to be the director of the East Factory.

Because Wei Bin's connections are mainly in the military aspect, Wei Bin wants to use this as a breakthrough, of course, Wei Bin also knew that there were too many people in front of him, and he was still young, so there was no need to think about being the master of ceremonies before he was fifty years old, but he got the control of the East Factory, which could make his value and status expand rapidly.

In front of the Donghua Gate of the Imperial Palace.

Yongkang wanted to enter the palace to intercede with his imperial brother, or to complain, but without any accident, he was rejected again this time.

It was Li Rong who came to receive Princess Yongkang, and it can be regarded as Yongkang's special status, but ordinary people can't change people like Li Rong to come over to connect with her in person.

"Your Royal Highness the eldest princess, don't force it, Your Majesty has already decided, and it will be in vain for you to object."

Li Rong didn't speak so politely, "Your Majesty has been recuperating recently, Chaozhong

As for matters related to military and political affairs, His Majesty has given carte blanche to Cai Guogong, and you have come to ask Your Majesty, it is better to say a few more soft words to Cai Guogong."

Yongkang's face turned pale, but he didn't speak.

In the past, with her character, she would have scolded Li Rong a long time ago, or scolded Zhang Zhou in person.

But now she seems to see that her sister is not as good as her cronies, and she has suffered so many losses, she has finally grown wise, and she knows that it is not good for her to fight on the surface.

"Actually, when I entered the palace, I just wanted to say a few soft words to Your Majesty, so that Your Majesty could make peace on your behalf, and I didn't want to have a conflict with Cai Guogong. I drank with him before, and I also wanted to use it to relieve my suspicions, who would have thought that he was just getting me drunk."

Yongkang's tone was already very gentle.

Although she thinks she is mild, she still has the unruliness of being a member of the royal family.

Li Rong said, "Are you drunk? His Highness seems to have misunderstood. Cai Guogong is a kind person, except for those who are hostile to him...... Of course, these people are jealous of his favor before the saint, or think that he is promoted too quickly, but we all know that Cai Guogong has the ability, and the merits he has obtained in the past two years can explain the problem. Cai Guogong is a person who eats soft and does not eat hard, if he can have a good relationship with him, in the future, when the Ming Dynasty goes to the grassland, Cui Juma must be the commander of the first army, and if he encounters the royal driver's personal expedition, he can also be the pawn of the horse in front of the emperor."

"What?"

Yongkang frowned.

You Li Rong really will wear a high hat for Zhang Bingkuan, what the hell is the royal driving expedition?

"Your Royal Highness the eldest princess, do you have to let the slave and maid speak too plainly? Do you see that the DPRK and China are now against Cai Guogong, which one has good fruits to eat? How about the ministers? What about Shangshu Shirou? Our family has just copied the Baoguo Mansion in the past two days, what do you think the Baoguo Mansion has done badly? Don't you understand the reason behind this?"

Li Rong can also be regarded as a bitter woman.

Yongkang said: "You mean that anyone who doesn't talk to Zhang Bingkuan will be expelled from the court?"

"The slave didn't say so, everything has to be understood by yourself, Your Highness, as for how to establish a good relationship with Cai Guogong, it depends on your means. You are so wise, the slave maid said something to you to dig into your heart, and make a good relationship between you and Cai Guogong, isn't it also a reflection of your ability? Who cares if it's a hypocrisy or a hypocrisy?"

Li Rong just didn't want to get into trouble anymore.

You come once, I'll clean up the mess for you, why do you have to toss me?

I'll give you a look at you, so that you can concentrate on studying how to have a good relationship with Zhang Bingkuan, so as not to make trouble for me in the future.

"You can't send money and wine, so what else? He can't get this kind of oil and salt...... He doesn't ask for bribes, but I don't have anything to give." Yongkang Road.

Li Rong smiled and said, "Men, there is always something good. Think about Lin Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, and think about the former Marquis of Weining...... The slave can only say this, you can experience it for yourself. Quit."

Yongkang was a little annoyed at first, and on the way back, he was pondering Li Rong's words.

When she got home, she seemed to have figured it out completely, this is a hint, let me give Zhang Bingkuan a woman.

"Your Highness."

Yongkang's nurse waited in the front yard early.

After Yongkang entered the door, he said, "Find a few more handsome girls to come over, let me choose."

The nurse asked, "Does the princess remember to give Cai Guogong a gift?"

When it came to this, Yongkang was embarrassed to admit it.

"If you want to find it, you will find it." Yongkang said impatiently.

"Yes." After the nurse received the order.

Just as he was about to go to the backyard, he suddenly thought of something, and said to Yongkang: "The young lady of the horse family came to deliver some local souvenirs, and I am waiting to greet the princess."

Cui Yuan's sister came to send things to Yongkang on behalf of the Cui family, but in fact, the more important purpose was to ask Cui Yuan when he would come back.

The Cui family also heard about Cui Yuan's military exploits, and naturally wanted Cui Yuan to return to the capital as soon as possible, but the Cui family did not have such a deep court background as Yongkang, and they could face the saint and drink with Zhang Zhou

By Yongkang.

Cui Yuan was only in his twenties, and one of his younger sisters was already married to Zhang Yanling, and there were still sisters to be married in the family......

To be married......

Yongkang suddenly thought of something, his face showed a bit of friendly kindness, his eyes completed a crescent, and said, "Tell her, I'll go see her." By the way, tell her about her brother...... Or you can get her a matchmaker."

The nurse said, "Isn't she already ...... If you promise someone, you will get married next year?"

In Daming, girls who are already fourteen or fifteen years old generally have a marriage contract in advance, and Cui Yuan, the younger sister of the horse family, will naturally marry earlier.

Yongkang said, "What do you think I'm going to do? Just go talk to her! It can't hurt her!"