"In terms of his status in the army, he is no worse than his husband, even if he has a bad record of corruption and perverting the law, His Majesty will not move him."

"Your Majesty wants to remove him, there must be a suitable reason, and you ......

When Li Zhang said this, he looked at Mrs. Baoguo with a smile.

Mrs. Baoguo's face twisted and said, "Father-in-law, do you want to ruin the reputation of the concubine?"

Obviously, Mrs. Baoguo understood what Li Zhang meant.

Send you to the British government, so that everyone in the world knows that the surname Zhang has bad intentions towards you, and others will think that Zhang Mao is a good guy, and he has no scruples about his colleagues, and he is the kind of person who will fall into the well.

"Does Madame have any choice?" Li Zhang looked like he was winning.

Mrs. Baoguo said, "It is true that the concubine body has no choice, but it is just this notoriety that can ...... Did you accomplish the great things you said father-in-law?"

"Naturally, it won't work."

Li Zhang said, "But first there was corruption and perversion of the law, and then there was stealing his *** daughter, and then after all that adding oil and vinegar, he couldn't have a good reputation." is that now Daming does not need him alone, who in the army does not look up to Cai Guogong? At such times, some people will come out to slander him, and the ugly things he has done in the past will also be exposed.

When there are any more people in the court and the central government, there will be people who will impeach him, and His Majesty may give him a chance.

If he is not diligent in the world, and if he is not able to advance militarily, why does Your Majesty need to keep him in his present position? At that time, even if he is just allowed to return to his hometown to live in his old age, it will be regarded as a gift to him. There are so many lords and ministers in the Ming Dynasty, but there are only a few important errands, so you can't always occupy the pit, right?"

Li Zhang smiled.

Mrs. Baoguo looked very embarrassed.

Her reputation as a woman was about to be used as a means of attacking Zhang Mao, which made her a little unacceptable.

"Of course, Madame, your children will receive some kind treatment, and they will be sent to Yongping Mansion just like you. Cai Guogong is no better than these people in the court, even if you become his slave and maid and do things for him, he will not treat you badly." Li Zhang mentioned Zhang Zhou, with a bit of admiration in his words.

Mrs. Baoguo said, "They...... Where are we now?"

Li Zhang said, "I will send them over, and you should still be able to see them in the future, and even get along day and night." That's a kindness to you!"

Mrs. Baoguo gritted her teeth and said, "The British Duke has been loyal and good for generations, just because Cai Guogong is gaining momentum, His Majesty does not care about the face of the old courtier?"

"Hehe, madam, what you mean by this is to feel that it is not worth it for the British duke, shouldn't our family go to that courtyard today and take you out? Is that what you want?"

A sneer suddenly rose on Li Zhang's face.

Mrs. Baoguo continued to grit her teeth, but said no more.

Li Zhang sneered: "Our family also knows that you think that the fate of the honored husband is also caused by the rise of Cai Guogong, but have you ever thought that he Baoguo Gong has no achievements in the territory, and he always wants to falsely report his military exploits, how can Your Majesty tolerate such a person?" Before the change, it was indeed fine, but His Majesty didn't want to slap himself in the face. But I'm afraid that people are more than others."

Mrs. Baoguo continued to be silent.

"We are willing to tell you, and we are not afraid of you saying it, you are a criminal woman, who cares what you think? Now the opportunity is in front of you, if you still want to use this body to do something for the Zhu family, then bear it honestly! But it doesn't matter if you come out or not, even if you kill yourself in shame...... Hehe! Maybe it's better than you live."

When Mrs. Baoguo heard this, she was obviously startled.

She changed her previous expression and hurriedly begged, "Father-in-law, when did the concubine say that she didn't cooperate with you? There is no choice for concubines. I hope you ......."

At this time, she may also realize that those who can be the public of Dongchang must be ruthless.

The former Dongchang factory fathers, Xiao Jing and Li Rong are more generous in the outside world, while Yang Peng is more inclined to accumulate wealth and gather power, and when he comes to Li Zhang, he is like a smiling tiger, if he wants to kill someone, he can kill with a smile.

This viciousness is incomparable to the previous ones.

"Madame is ready to go to Yongping Mansion with peace of mind, you don't have to worry about family affairs, and when you arrive at Yongping Mansion, you will enjoy the family fun of your children and grandchildren around your knees!"

Li Zhang didn't seem to bother to say anything to this woman, continued to smile like an old fox, and got up to leave.

Mrs. Baoguo was about to ask a few more questions, but was stopped by the two mothers-in-law who came in later.

This will also make her understand that her fate has long been involuntary.

Zhang Zhou's house.

Zhang Mao waited for more than half an hour before seeing that Zhang Zhou was late, and Zhang Zhou seemed to have come in from outside the door.

But Zhang Mao didn't seem to be annoyed, greeted Zhang Zhou with a smile, and seemed very enthusiastic.

"Bingkuan, I won't be verbose, I'll tell you about the matter, and see if I can help with it, it's the matter of Li Zhang's father-in-law Li coming to my house before, and he also gave people to ...... Take it, do you think there is any misunderstanding in this?"

Zhang Mao's words seem to be a good man.

Zhang Zhou asked curiously, "Are you talking about Mrs. Baoguo?" What does this have to do with me?"

Zhang Mao said, "I heard that it was sent to Yongping Mansion."

"Huh." Zhang Zhou said with a smile, "I don't know where to send it, don't you think I can send the Ming Admiral Dongchang internal officials?" And what good will it do me to do so?"

"This ......"

Zhang Mao thought for a while, as if it was difficult to have a big connection with Zhang Zhou.

Zhang Zhou sighed with emotion: "I want to come to the British Duke is also an old-fashioned and warm-hearted person, and I want to help the family members of my comrades, but the method you use is easy to cause misunderstanding among others."

"Who misunderstood the old man?"

Zhang Maoden came up with a temper.

is also a thief with a weak heart.

Zhang Zhou shrugged his shoulders and said: "People who are familiar with the British Duke know that you are chivalrous, but those who don't know only know that the British Duke only helped the female relatives of the comrades' family, if they think about it crookedly, this matter seems to be really difficult to explain."

Zhang Mao said: "Bingkuan, don't talk nonsense, the old man is purely here to help people, but he has no evil intentions."

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "In this case, then I will ask someone to help you ask, and say hello by the way, and ask them to treat the people in the Baoguo Mansion well, what do you think?"

"You ......"

Zhang Maoden was speechless.

Am I here to help Zhu Hui's family?

But if you insist on it any longer, it will seem that you really have bad intentions.

This makes Zhang Mao a little difficult to ride a tiger.

"Now that the British Duke is here, I have one more thing to tell you, I have read the report of the Governor's Office on the procurement of ordnance in the past two days, and many of the accounts are not clear, and the problems are not small." Zhang Zhou said with a smile.

Zhang Mao was stunned.

I'll tell you Mrs. Baoguo, you actually mention accounts to me?

"Oh, Bingkuan, it's not that you don't know, there is still a big gap between this plan and its implementation, even if the budget doesn't match, it's not the old man's problem alone, is it? This is how the accounts of the Governor's Mansion were written off in the past."

Zhang Mao seemed to be pretending to be confused.

Zhang Zhou smiled: "I just said that the accounts are wrong, but I didn't mention your relationship with this matter, and there is the so-called write-off, which is not my responsibility."

Zhang Mao's face was a little unbearable, and he waved his hand and said: "This matter, if Your Majesty really asks, the old man will answer truthfully, even if the accounts can't be matched one by one, it's a big difference, Bingkuan, you can't use chicken feathers as an arrow."

Obviously, Zhang Mao still wants to rely on the old and sell the old in front of Zhang Zhou.

"Huh." Zhang Zhou just smiled and didn't say anything.

"The old man is asking you now, can you pick people up? The old man just made such a request, isn't it too much?" Zhang Mao also threw off his arms, anyway, the dead pig is not afraid of boiling water, and no one can hold the things I recognize.

Zhang Zhou asked, "Everyone is in the Jinyi Guard, why do you want to ask me for help?"

？ Besides, is there any difference between being placed on your side and being placed on the side?"

Zhang Mao said: "The old man just wants to do his best, you won't even help with this little favor, right?"

Zhang Zhou's tone turned cold and said, "It's not that I don't help, it's that I can't help. Just like when you came to me and said before, let me intercede with Bao Guogong, this is not my business, and I have a certain involvement in the matter, and my every move will be followed by others, so I can only ask you to ask for another wisdom!"

"Hey...... Why are you ...... this? What about stubbornness?"

Zhang Mao was also trembling with anger.

It's clear that things are right in front of you, and they can be done casually, so why can't you do anything?

Zhang Zhou said: "You must pay attention to the procurement of the Governor's Mansion, Your Majesty may ask about it in the next few days, and I am also a kind reminder." In the past, I don't know how the household department wrote off, at least now there is a big problem, the north is constantly using troops, and the finances of the imperial court are also stretched, I hope you can understand."

"Alright, got it! The old man doesn't believe that you can't help, Bingkuan, you should also think about it more, we will all be a family in the future, do you still have to talk to two families?"

Zhang Mao knew that he couldn't offend Zhang Zhou, but he was so angry that he stomped his feet.

When he got up to say goodbye, he even didn't care about Zhang Zhou's face.

But Zhang Zhou didn't bother to pay attention to it, so he still let people go out to see off the guests.

After Zhang Mao left, Sun Shangqi also appeared in front of Zhang Zhou.

"Grandpa, I want to come to the British Father-in-law to come for the matter of Mrs. Baoguo, and this matter is the personal appearance of Father-in-law Li, as for the reason, I don't know much about the lowly position, but this matter has been rumored in the Jingshi." Sun Shangqi said.

There are some things, even if Sun Shangqi doesn't really know, he will guess one or two.

This is clearly that someone is making a pitfall.

Zhang Zhou said: "Did he ask for it himself, or did he take the initiative to send it?"

Sun Shangqi said: "Naturally, the British Duke took the initiative to ask for it, and the previous Commander Mu also agreed, but then somehow ...... Father-in-law Li said that it was so unruly, so he personally went to pick up the people, and the lowly post did not go with him at that time, but it is said that the talent had just been sent to the British Father-in-law's other courtyard in the east of the city, and if he went a little later, he was afraid that it would be ......."

Bite one's tongue.

Zhang Zhou smiled, "It's okay to say it directly."

Sun Shangqi said helplessly: "Actually, grandpa, you can also guess that it is because when Baoguo Gong was strong before, that Baoguo Lady had disrespect for the British Duke and the people under his command, this is all a matter of officialdom, but now Baoguo Gong is in trouble."

"Hmm." Zhang Zhou nodded and said, "That person is now sent to Yongping Mansion?"

Sun Shangqi said: "Yesterday people took it out, and it was sent to Yongping Mansion early this morning. Sent over with them, as well as most of the people in the palace except for the Duke of Baoguo."

Zhang Zhou asked, "In other words, except for Baoguo Gong, most of the people in his mansion are sent to Yongping Mansion to serve, right?"

"Yes." Sun Shangqi nodded.

"That's really very exquisite, what happened yesterday is still a secret, and it can be spread today, it seems that this British fair time offended a lot of people, some people want to make a fuss about it." Zhang Zhou smiled.

An outsider can understand that Zhang Mao is in trouble.

But Zhang Zhou, as an insider, actually doesn't know much.

The main thing is that no matter who is behind this matter, he didn't say hello to Zhang Zhou, and it seems that he intends to keep Zhang Zhou out of the matter.

The next day, Zhang Zhou entered the palace at noon, saying that he was going to have lunch with Zhu Youji.

When Zhang Zhou arrived at the Qianqing Palace, he saw Zhu Youzhu standing in front of the desk, on which several eunuchs spread out a pair of large characters, and Zhu Youzhu was tasting the calligraphy on the scroll.

"Bingkuan, it's just in time, come and take a look."

Zhu Youzhu beckoned to Zhang Zhou happily.

Zhang Zhou walked over, but heard Zhu Youzhu say with a smile: "This character is really good, I also let Master Cheng take a look, and he also gave the inscription, but said that it was anyone's calligraphy and painting at the moment, and it was his hand,

The price can be increased tenfold."

Zhang Zhou smiled and said, "When did Your Majesty have such a good Yaxing?"

"Isn't this about cultivating sentiments? Again, as you said, it's good for your body, and I've recently felt that studying calligraphy can bring peace of mind." Zhu Youzhu looked intoxicated, "I called you here to tell you about the overseas ships, those goods have been delivered to the treasury of the inner mansion, and you will follow me after lunch."

Zhang Zhou said: "Your Majesty, I heard that there is a lot of rumor about the British Duke outside."

"Huh."

Zhu Youzhi was still going to pull Zhang Zhou to gossip, but when he heard this, an embarrassed smile appeared on his face, and then he put down the pen.

"Huh?" Zhu Youzhu let out a sound in his throat, and then waved his hand to retire several eunuchs from the imperial prison.

When only he and Zhang Zhou were left in the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Youzhu said, "I originally planned to tell you later, but you are also a smart person, how can you not see it? I just think that Zhang Mao is a bit of an eyesore, he is old, and he is still bullying people, relying on the relationship between his ancestors, and the trust of the emperor in his family, he has always controlled the military and political affairs of the Beijing Division. It's time for him to hand over the camp."

Zhang Zhou said, "Your Majesty, do you want to say all this...... All designed him?"

"I don't need to ask about his bad deeds, just grab a lot of them, the military and politics of this Beijing camp have long been rotten, I wanted to reform before, and I didn't know where to start."

"I think about it, then let's start with the culprit directly, I don't want to give him a chance, isn't he a certain person? If he can clean up the mess in Beijing, then I will still take him seriously, otherwise...... He has to recognize the situation and let go when it's time to let go!"