Zhang Zhou came out of the Gongyuan.

As soon as the reading of the file was completed, before the seal was opened, Zhu Youzhi here couldn't wait to send someone to invite Zhang Zhou to the palace to discuss matters, and the preparations before the release of the list could be presided over by Yang Tinghe, and Zhang Zhou would immediately change back to his identity as a pillar of the Ming Dynasty.

"Grandpa, the case of Yongping Mansion has basically been concluded, according to your meaning, those who can be pardoned will be pardoned, and several large families have been convicted, four families were initially convicted, and three families were added later, making a total of seven. The rest is just a matter of confiscation of property, and the case can basically be decided. ”

Sun Shangqi was responsible for coming over to catch the car, and he was also responsible for completing the docking.

Zhang Zhou said: "It's good. ”

Sun Shangqi was originally very nervous, afraid that Zhang Zhou would investigate this matter, after all, Jinyiwei was not rigorous enough in doing things, and it was easy to be honest.

But Zhang Zhou is surprisingly easy to speak.

"Then there is the Xiang family, who was convicted, and it was the first offender, and the main offender was beheaded, and the people in the family were sent to Ningxia and other places, but they seem to want to help you call for local mining and other things through some connections, looking for relationships, you see ......"

Sun Shangqi is not like Mu Bin and Guo Ang.

As the commander of the Jinyi Guard, Mu Bin usually looks loyal, but in fact, he is not false at all in major matters, and he will definitely not be soft when it comes to killing everything.

This is the foundation for great things.

And Sun Shangqi is a lower-class person who climbed up, he has seen through the suffering of the people, has his own inner weakness for unfair things, and does not have the ruthlessness to kill the opponent to the point of not leaving a piece of armor when doing big things.

Zhang Zhoudao: "They are all convicted, what do you expect them to do?" If Xiang gets rid of his crimes, should Zhao's sins be exonerated? Everything is judged by Ao Binggong, as for who will assist in the mining in Yongping Mansion in the future, is it so important? The mine is being opened by the imperial court, as long as they don't affect it and don't make trouble, what do they call for? ”

"Yes."

Sun Shangqi honestly received it.

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "Sun Qianhu, in fact, as soon as I came out, I heard that the woman who came out of the Huang family has been jumping up and down recently, don't you think that I will rely on her to take care of the affairs of Yongping Mansion in the future, right?" ”

Sun Shangqi thought of Caihuang's aggressive appearance, and he wanted to laugh too, and finally couldn't help but smile and said: "Grandpa, you can also see that that woman is ruthless, but she is not suitable for achieving great things." The lowly office also sees it that way. ”

Zhang Zhoudao: "Who said no." What kind of relatives, I can't fight with my eight poles, there is nothing to climb, just find an opportunity to ease the conflict with the locality. What kind of kinship relationship is just a beginning, and you don't have to take it too seriously. The woman, I was gone. ”

"Yes."

Sun Shangqi was relieved when he heard this.

He was very afraid that there would be a family in Yongping Mansion that could be very close to Zhang Zhou, and it would be difficult to guarantee that these families would not use Zhang Zhou's power to counterattack and count the local persecution of Jinyiwei in this matter.

Now that Zhang Zhou has expressed his attitude, he will still rely on them Jinyiwei, and Sun Shangqi will be relieved.

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Inside the Qianqing Palace.

Zhang Zhou came to meet Zhu Youji, Zhu Youzhu was also very happy, he didn't do anything first, and directly asked people to prepare the imperial meal, which meant that he wanted to have two cups with Zhang Zhou.

"Bingkuan, I heard that the matter of marking the papers has been almost done, so I will hurry up and let you come back, the war on the frontier is indispensable to you. Especially when the autumn harvest is about to come, the weather is cold, and the Tatars are having a hard time, so they will come to disturb the border, and you need to coordinate the war everywhere. ”

When Zhu Youzhu first sent someone to ask Zhang Zhou to come out, he seemed to be so urgent.

But when Zhang Zhou arrived at the palace, he realized that Zhu Youzhu was actually making a big fuss.

More because Zhu Youzhu can't see Zhang Zhou, and he is a little bottomless about the affairs of the DPRK and China, which is the trust between the monarch and the minister.

"Bingkuan, how about the inner curtain? In this township test, can suitable talents be selected? Zhu Youzhu asked.

Zhang Zhoudao: "When the minister came out of the tribute court, he had just begun to open the seal, Xie Yuan's volume had been decided, the article and talent were very high, and the minister also knew the name, called Xie Pi, who was the second son of Xie Ge's hometown. ”

"Haha? Is it? When Zhu Youzhu heard this, he burst out laughing.

In Zhu Youji's opinion, this is a very interesting thing, Xie Qian usually fights Zhang Zhou in the court, but now Zhang Zhou has become the lord of Xie Qian's son, and when Xie Pi sees Zhang Zhou, he will respectfully call Mr., which makes Xie Lao'er's old face nowhere to rest.

Zhu Youzhu said: "I heard that the children of Li Ge's hometown are also among the candidates for this Shuntianfu Township Examination, is there any news about him?" ”

Zhang Zhou shook his head with a smile and said, "I don't know if I was hit." ”

"It's interesting if you get it. In the spring of the next year, you will preside over it again, and when the time comes...... Ha ha. ”

Zhu Youzhu was talking, and here Li Zhang came in and told him that lunch had been prepared.

"Go and call the prince over, take his article by the way, Bingkuan, help me take a closer look at it, and see how the prince's article is. I also knew that he was far from being a lifter, but I also wanted to know what he was writing. ”

"Yes."

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Lunch begins.

Zhu Youzhu didn't wait for his son to come, so he talked about the war in the northwest while having dinner with Zhang Zhou.

"The area around Weininghai is also peaceful, and the Tartars have now been divided into two factions, as far as I know, the little Tatar prince Batu Munk is now under attack, and it is also related to the discord between the people who sent troops to the right wing of Mongolia before."

Zhu Youzhu said, "But now the Mongolian right wing, except for the fire sieve, the rest of the departments still have no intention of submitting to the Ming Dynasty." They are still wrestling with Batumunk. According to the cable newspaper, Batu Munch has sent envoys to various ministries several times this year to make peace, and they mean to unite with the outside world, that is, to unite to find trouble with the DPRK. ”

Zhang Zhoudao: "Your Majesty, as far as the minister can see, there is already a crack, and it will be difficult to repair it." Now the hearts of the people in all the tribes of the steppe can no longer be united, and even if Batu Munch tries to make up for it, it is in vain. ”

Zhu Youzhu said with a smile: "This also depends on the strength of our army, if the frontier soldiers can't even take care of their own acres and threes of land like before, what concerns will the Tatars have?" They should merge and annex, they should talk about peace and make peace, but in the end they will still threaten the frontier of the Ming Dynasty. ”

"Your Majesty has praised it." Zhang Zhou looked very humble.

"Bingkuan, it just so happens that I still have some official business of the Ministry of War here, which involves border passes, you can bring them with you when you go back, help you with them, and summarize them for me. There are some things that I can't make up my mind about, and now I want to know which way the Tatars will take if they dare to invade the country, and I want to teach them a little more lesson. Only when they can't live anymore and think about how to take refuge in the Ming Dynasty, instead of looting, I feel that they have played a role in knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger. ”

Zhu Youzhu said, and asked Li Zhang to carry two boxes of music for Zhang Zhou.

Only then did Zhang Zhou know that when he was presiding over the township examination in the Gongyuan, Zhu Youzhi basically did not deal with the official affairs of the military.

It's not that Zhu Youzhu doesn't have confidence, but he has more confidence in him Zhang Zhou, and he would rather lack than abuse, and he must wait for him Zhang Zhou to come out and let him deal with it.

"There's no hurry."

Zhu Youzhu said with a smile, "Let's eat first, the prince will come in a while, and you don't have to give him a good face." The prince has also been a little uncontrollable recently, and I am thinking about how to discipline him. Bingkuan, I want you to bother more. ”

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When Zhu Houzhao arrived at the Qianqing Palace, Zhang Zhou and Zhu Youzhi had already finished eating.

Zhu Houzhao didn't eat lunch, so he stood next to him with his exam papers, waiting for Zhang Zhou to read them for him.

Zhang Zhou looked at Zhu Houzhao's paper like an examiner, and said nothing.

Zhu Houzhao finally couldn't help but ask, "Sir, is it okay?" ”

"Bingkuan, you can tell the truth." Zhu Youzhu said.

Zhang Zhoudao: "There is no deviation in the prince's understanding of the scriptures, but there is still something to improve in the article. ”

"Huh."

Zhu Houzhao listened to it and felt that it was not a good evaluation.

"Did you hear that? When you go back, study hard! What kind of bullshit are you writing? So many gentlemen teach you alone, do you know how blessed you are? Only after learning can I govern the country and secure the world in the future, otherwise how can I rest assured that the world will be handed over to you? ”

Zhu Youzhu reprimanded his son.

Zhu Houzhao flattened his mouth and said, "Got it." ”

"Go back!"

Zhu Youzhu said sharply.

Only then did Zhu Houzhao take the eunuchs of the East Palace and go back to the East Palace together.

Waiting for the others to leave, Zhu Youzhu said: "Bingkuan, what do you think of the prince's article?" ”

Zhang Zhoudao: "Back to Your Majesty, the prince's article seems to be decent, but in fact, there are still many bright spots, even if such an article is taken to the examination room of the township examination, it is considered good." It's just that in the edict and the current policy, the prince still can't understand the meaning of the text. ”

"Bingkuan, are you saying that the prince has already written well in the four books and five scriptures?"

When Zhu Youzhu heard this, he couldn't help but take his son's article again and read it carefully.

I used to think that my son couldn't write bullshit, but after Zhang Zhou's evaluation, when Zhu Youzhu picked it up and read it again, he suddenly felt that he had a different understanding.

The son's article only looks childish in terms of font, but it doesn't seem to be bad in terms of style and meaning.

"Your Majesty's understanding of the prince's understanding of leniency and etiquette is obviously a style of generosity and benevolence, with the benevolence advocated in Confucianism, plus the grammar used by the prince in the transition of the scriptures and righteousness, which are also used in normal articles, although they still seem immature, but these can be improved as long as they are systematically guided."

"With this development, in a few years, the prince will really take the township exam, and he may be able to pass."

Zhu Youzhi originally had no confidence in his son at all, but now he is full of confidence.

"Okay, I suddenly feel that the prince's article is okay, or maybe I'm used to reading the articles written by the Hanlin bachelor before, at least they are all Jinshi's articles, and the requirements for the prince are a little too high, but looking at the prince's studies, in fact, he has made a lot of progress."

No matter how much Zhu Houzhao boasted that he had studied well, he was not as good as Zhang Zhou, who was a gentleman, and praised him in front of his father.

Zhu Houzhao suddenly changed from a bear child to a good baby.

Li Zhang smiled beside him: "Your Majesty, it's still because of the prince's genius. It's root good. ”

"Really?" Zhu Youzhu smiled, put the article down and said, "That should be said to be a good teacher taught by Mr." Not only Bingkuan, but also those lecturers of the Hanlin Academy, teach him every day, if he can't learn at all, then what do I spend so much effort on? ”

Zhang Zhouxin said, Your Majesty, do you still know that you are a famous teacher and a high apprentice?

A group of people surround a prince, if the prince is not taught well, either the prince is a stupid two hundred and five, or this group of lecturers are messing around.

In fact, not only is the official conscientious, but even the prince is a smart baby, even if Zhu Houzhao, the bear child's mind is not all focused on schoolwork, but it is not an exaggeration to say that this is a champion talent.

It's just that my mind is in the wrong place.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that when you look back, you can tell him clearly in front of the prince, let him know that he has made progress in his schoolwork, and give him some confidence." Zhang Zhou proposed.

Zhu Youzhu said: "My original meaning was to criticize him and make him think that there is a big gap. ”

The difference between encouraging education and suppressing education.

Zhang Zhoudao: "Back to Your Majesty, if the prince always thinks that he can't make progress in his schoolwork and lacks confidence, then he may not be able to put more attention on his schoolwork in the future." It's better to tell the truth. ”

"It's okay, I'll listen to you."

Zhu Youzhu got up.

Maybe it's because I think my son's article is well written, and when I become a father, I suddenly feel good, I want to laugh but I want to endure it, and I can't hold it back.

So much so that when the emperor was in front of his courtiers, he couldn't cry or laugh, and he couldn't get up and down.

"Bingkuan, maybe you will be very busy these days, and I don't want to bother you too much. If you have time, you can come to the palace, and you don't have to go to the court to talk about anything. We are here to talk, and there is nothing to avoid in private. ”

"Yanwutang has recently recruited another group of people to enter, and the exam should also be conducted. A group of people from this school were sent to the border towns to deal with the Tatar invasion in the autumn and winter of this year. ”

"There is also the daily drill of the Beijing camp, I have already greeted the Governor's Mansion, and the British Duke has sent someone to complete the procurement of ordnance, so you should also pay attention. I'm not very relieved about the British duke, this old stubborn, I've been slacking off lately, you hold on. ”

"You also have to worry about the affairs of the military department. The iron ore was reported, saying that a large number of mines had been mined, and there were ...... It's a matter of you sending a ship out to sea. ”

"Recently, a cable report came back, saying that the ship had docked, and what it brought back has not been reported yet. If there are good things, even fairy grass, and the rations you said can feed the people of the Ming Dynasty...... Take the trouble to check it out. ”

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Zhu Youzhu didn't finish talking.

Zhang Zhou also discovered.

Zhu Youzhu is actually too introverted and doesn't like to communicate with the minister, and when he meets a true friend, he really pulls out his heart.

As the emperor, Zhang Zhou can be said to have no reservations.

"Bingkuan, your official position has not been touched for a long time. Recently, I have let Cheng Minzheng enter the cabinet, whether he is doing well or not, you pay more attention to it, you also know that the cabinet will have a problem with him. ”

"After the New Year, I will give you another official and a knight, you and I will join forces, and we will do a good job of border politics and strive for further ......" (end of this chapter)