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Chapter 236 The old master's lesson is too Zhang Cang.Your majesty's benevolence is no less than that of Emperor Wen of Han
Because of the good news brought by Shen Shuren, Chongzhen was in a good mood that night, so he no longer punished himself by pretending to be diligent, but went back to the harem refreshed and rested, very justified.

Although [-]% to [-]% of Chongzhen's diligence is true, there are still [-]% to [-]% because of his poor performance in governance, so he has to use diligence to numb himself and give himself a psychological hint.

It's like a poor student who has already done poorly in the exam. If he doesn't study hard and stay up all night, his conscience will feel bad, and he will feel that he is a scum.

But also because of this, when he suddenly got a high score in the test one day and felt that he became a top student, of course he should reward himself well, play when he wants to play, and sleep when he wants to sleep!
Since the death of Concubine Tian Gui, Chongzhen had spent the past one and a half months in grief and abstinence. Now that there is good news, he must take the opportunity to vent.

After returning to the bedroom, Empress Zhou originally wanted to serve him to sleep peacefully, but Chongzhen suddenly came to him.

Empress Zhou was both ashamed and happy, but she could only persuade her in the tone of a worthy empress: "Your Majesty has been working hard on state affairs for days, and the most important thing is to maintain the body of the dragon. The ministers and concubines don't want to be happy..."

"If you want to serve me, I will serve you well. It's rare for me to want it, so don't disappoint me!" Chong Zhen only reprimanded him with a straight face, and let Queen Zhou half push and half say nothing.

In the early morning of the next day, Chongzhen was naturally overworked and got up late. Fortunately, it was not a day for the court meeting, so it was no big deal.

But Empress Zhou relied on waking up first, reminiscing about the harvest of last night, and suddenly had a plan in mind.After getting dressed neatly, he invited Wang Cheng'en for an excuse, brewed up an excuse, and said politely:
"In the future, there will be good news and happy news from Shen Shuren in the foreign court. Before conveying it to His Majesty, I will also inform this Palace—don't worry, this Palace does not want to interfere in politics, but only cares about His Majesty's mood..."

Of course, Wang Chengen also knew that this kind of thing did not violate the ancestral system, and the empress did not intend to dictate the government affairs, she just knew about it.

What's more, Concubine Tian Gui died just over a month ago. Because Concubine Tian Gui was favored before, Wang Chengen had to flatter the concubines in the harem, and now he needed to show his favor to the queen.

So he comprehended and whispered: "Your Majesty, there is no need to explain, in fact... Concubine Tian Gui once inquired about Governor Shen's good news and good news in Japan, and let the old servant have news about Governor Shen, and the prophet will say..."

Queen Zhou's heart shuddered, and she bit her teeth involuntarily.

That vixen!It turned out that she had learned this trick a long time ago!She has known for a long time that any news from Shen Shuren must be good news, and the emperor will definitely be in a happy mood that night, and then...

It turned out that this was already an open secret in Chongzhen's harem.For all the concubines of Chongzhen, who would not want to appear by the emperor's side when the emperor received the good news from Shenfutai, and become the object of the emperor's pleasure.

Empress Zhou couldn't help regretting in her heart: "This Shen Shuren is too young and ignorant, will he be an official? He has made so many contributions and done so many things for Daming, so why can't he learn how to brag in front of His Majesty? time?
If it is a great achievement, it should be divided into three or five reports, once for the recovery of Changde, once for the recovery of Changsha, and once again for the recovery of Hengzhou... That would make His Majesty happy three times, which is a pity.

In the future, pay more attention to the news of Shen Shuren, as long as there is something good, mention it in His Majesty's ear more, and make His Majesty more happy. "

For her own benefit, Empress Zhou unconsciously thought of helping Shen Shuren to speak more good words in the future. This is also a win-win situation. After all, who doesn't want the emperor to be in a good mood.

Empress Zhou didn't know that the opportunity she fantasized about would come soon.

And Chongzhen got up late in the morning because of the carnival all night, neglected government affairs, and felt a little guilty. Fortunately, there was no court meeting that day.

He knew his mistake and corrected it. After two days, he didn't get close to women again, and he went to bed early at night. When there was a formal court meeting, he got up early in the morning.

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On the sixth day of September, early in the morning.

On the day of the official court meeting, the Manchu court was civil and military in Beijing, so of course they dared not neglect it.All get up early in the morning, and at the latest will not be later than the first hour of Mao.

Zhou Yanru, Minister of the Ministry of Officials and chief assistant of the cabinet, was no exception. He was served by the maid in advance, dressed neatly, and was ready to go out and board the car.

As for the few issues to be discussed in today's court meeting, he also has some ideas in his mind.

Yesterday Chen Xinjia had already got through with him, and Zhou Yanru also knew what was written on Yang Sichang's legacy, and he also knew about Huguang's recent victory in counterattacking Zhang Xianzhong, and the achievements and achievements of various battles.

It is estimated that His Majesty will formally discuss the candidate for the new governor of Huguang and the reward for Shen Shuren.

In addition to this, of course there will be some other issues, but they are not as big as this one.

Zhou Yanru had just tidied things up, when a steward suddenly came in at the door to announce: "Master, there is a visitor outside the door asking to see him, and he took a post from Governor of Anlu, Shen Shuren, and said there was an insider's grievance complaint about the Huguang war."

Zhou Yanru frowned deeply when he heard it at first, almost wanting to reprimand the housekeeper.But after hearing the word Shen Shuren, he still held back, he knew that it must be related to the serious matter to be discussed today.

Moreover, the Shen family was generous, so Zhou Yanru looked at his butler meaningfully, guessing that this guy must have taken a lot of benefits, so he was so eager to help pass the news.

"Serve us in the sedan chair first! Let them follow the sedan chair all the way and talk! It's so early in the morning, and the city gates haven't opened yet, it can't be that they entered the city early in the morning! If they entered the city last night, why not ask to see them at that time! It's also unreliable!"

Zhou Yanru still has to go to court, and he is afraid of delaying things, so of course he will not take the time to sit down alone and talk.

The butler agreed, so let's go out and make arrangements.

A few minutes later, Zhou Yanru calmly went out to get into the sedan chair.When he got to the side of the sedan chair, he saw a few young men wearing hair scarves and plain scholar's robes, standing beside the sedan chair respectfully, holding the bridles.

Zhou Yanru's eyes were blurry due to his age, and it was very dark in the middle of the night, so he couldn't see the other person's face clearly, so he just took it as an ordinary messenger sent by Shen Shuren and didn't take it seriously.

When the other party saw him, he immediately held a folding fan and held a letter on the fan bone, bowed his hands and bowed:

"Fang Ziling, my little girl, met Elder Zhou Ge. Her father was the former governor of Huguang, and was convicted of Zhang Xianzhong's imprisonment in Changsha. However, there are other secrets about the whole story of this battle, and the details have been prepared in this petition letter from my brother.

The little girl has heard for a long time that the name of the old man who is upright and righteous has been spread all over the world, and I implore the old man to hang his mirror high, so that life and death will continue, and the little girl feels great virtue. "

Zhou Yanru froze slightly. Hearing the tactful voice, he turned his head in surprise and looked carefully. Only then did he notice the other party's appearance. It turned out to be a young woman.

Zhou Yanru recalled it for a while, and couldn't help asking: "Are you Fang Kongxuan's daughter? Then your brother is... why didn't he appeal in person? Instead, let a woman like you show up in public? Isn't it against filial piety?"

Fang Ziling replied respectfully: "Exactly, my brother is Fang Yizhi, the prefect of Wuchang, and he originally wanted to resign in person and go to Beijing to avenge his father.

However, Wuchang is an important military center in Huguang. So far, in the autumn of military affairs, Fang Nanping, Zhang Xianzhong, Shen Futai, and Meng Yangge were recruited urgently, and dispatched troops to the north to attack Li Zicheng. Don't dare to abolish the public with private.But it's not that you are greedy for wealth and honor, and you don't want to go to the inn.

Although the little girl has little talent and little learning, she adores the ancient meaning of saving her father.And I heard that the old man's enlightenment is better than Zhang Cang, and the benevolence and virtue of today's master is no less than Chinese.Even if the little girl is clumsy and her words don't convey her meaning, with the old man in charge of the pavilion, she will definitely be able to make things right. "

When Fang Ziling said these words, she also felt a little uncomfortable, but that was all she could do.

The Zhang Cang she mentioned was a prime minister in the early Han Dynasty, who was also known for his quietness and inaction. When Emperor Hanwen proposed to abolish corporal punishment because of the Tiying incident, it was the prime minister Zhang Cang who led the officials to discuss it.

She said that Zhou Yanru's enlightenment was greater than that of Zhang Cang, and she compared Chongzhen to Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty. Wearing such a high hat, and speaking so earnestly, Zhou Yanru was a little embarrassed not to help her decide.

Zhou Yanru had no choice but to nod, took the letter first, and said to himself: "Fang Kongxuan gave birth to a good daughter, Fang Yizhi is busy helping Shen Shuren with errands, no wonder you can get the invitation from Shen's family. You Follow it first, and wait until the old man reads the letter."

Shen Shuren has a deep cooperation with him. Every year, he will give his family 10,000+ loom business dividends, which is a long-term strategic partner.Coupled with Shen Shuren's status as a real power faction in the local area, Zhou Yanru still received face when he came with Shen's invitation card.

Fang Ziling also ordered to stop, and personally helped Zhou Yanru raise the curtain of the window opening on the side of the sedan chair and hang it on the hook, and then he and the maid got on the saddle and bridle and walked by the window of the sedan chair, in case Zhou Yanru interrogated him at any time.

Zhou Yanru sat down in the sedan chair, took apart the wax seal of Fang Yizhi's letter, moved to the window opened by Fang Ziling, and quickly browsed through the skylight.

The ins and outs of Fang Yizhi's letter are very clear. After all, he is a Jinshi in the two rankings, and his writing style is absolutely the same, and his words are also very sincere.Zhou Yanru quickly understood, and asked again:
"The old man already knows the matter. By the way, when did you enter the city?"

Fang Ziling: "The city we entered before closing the city gate last night."

Zhou Yanru: "Then why didn't you come to the mansion last night to ask for an interview? Now it's so urgent, what if the old man has no time to deal with it?"

Fang Ziling said gratefully: "Last night when I first arrived in the capital, I was unfamiliar with the place of life. When I found the old man's mansion, it was already late at night. I was afraid of disturbing the old man's rest. What's more, the little girl asked for everything, and she was not asking for favoritism. Don't dare to visit late at night to damage the reputation of Ge Lao.

In addition, since the little girl arrived in Beijing last night, she still needs to investigate the situation first to find out whether Yin Xianmin, He Yide and other thieves involved in this grievance have been escorted to Beijing.Otherwise, rushing to see the old man without even knowing the current situation of the witnesses, wouldn't it be a waste of the old man's time. "

Zhou Yanru was taken aback for a moment, then remembered the witnesses mentioned in Fang Yizhi's letter, and quickly asked: "So, you have already found out the itinerary of Yin Xianmin and He Yide?"

Fang Ziling replied: "It has indeed been found out that Yin Xianmin and He Yide, who were escorted by Shen Futai's troops, arrived in Beijing yesterday. However, because they were former generals of the imperial court and have not yet filed a case, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Punishment are still trying to shirk their responsibility. , it has not yet been determined who will accept it, and it is currently being held in the Ministry of War."

After hearing this, Zhou Yanru became more and more satisfied with this little girl.It seems that she is still very agile in handling affairs, she just finished the case and feed it to Shangguan, and just eat it.

Find out everything about this kind of thing, and then find the clerk who reports to the big leader, without delaying the leader's evening rest time, everyone will find it easy to use.

Zhou Yanru has keenly noticed that today's matter is well used, and he can beat and beat the people at the Ministry of Punishment, at least ask Xu Shiqi, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, for his lack of strict control and evasion of responsibility.

The important ministers of the court and the officials of the frontier have unjust cases, and the generals involved in the crimes are sent to the Ministry of War for self-examination because their crimes are not clear and they have not been notified to file a case.If the Ministry of Punishment does things like this, won't the ministries have more and more things to do to protect the calf in the future?

Thinking of this, Zhou Yanru was a little more motivated to help Fang Ziling and Fang Kongxuan get ahead. After all, he could also take this opportunity to make a fuss and rectify the efficiency of other departments.

He asked Fang Ziling some key points, including the whole story of the Changsha and other battles, and Fang Ziling also answered fluently, apparently asking Shen Shuren and Fang Yizhi to do their homework before setting off.

Zhou Yanru couldn't help being amazed when he heard this, it's not uncommon for a boudoir girl from the family of a feudal official to have a literary talent after reading books.
However, she can even explain military and geographical matters clearly without looking at a map, which shows that this woman has read a lot and has a wide range of knowledge.

This is the truth, not to mention the boudoir ladies in the late Ming Dynasty, but also the new women of the 21st century, and many of them have black eyes and no common sense of geography when they are away from the map.

Zhou Yanru silently sorted out the manuscript in his heart, and he had already figured out how to wait for the opportunity to bring up this matter at the court meeting.

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PS: It’s time to change the map again, it’s a little bit stuck, let’s merge a big chapter in the next two days.

Take the time to sort out and enrich the details first.For the sake of insisting on [-] words a day for almost a week recently, everyone forgive me.

(End of this chapter)