The First Gongsheng of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 105 Old Liu's Last Strength
Zhang Zhou also wanted to shoot Liu Jin to death with a stick.

However, the conditions have not been met.

Besides, Zhang Zhou also knows that Liu Jin's power of attorney is just a microcosm of Zhu Houzhao's misconduct during the Zhengde period. Even if there is no Liu Jin, there may be Gu Dayong and Zhang Yong, and the Eight Tigers can still make trouble if there is one less. Jiang Bin, Xu Tai and others.

The key is not to solve a person's problem, but to solve Zhu Houzhao's stubborn character.

"Go and tell your father, won't your father beat me?"

Although Zhu Houzhao also resented Zhu Youtang's "unreasonable", but if he was really asked to take responsibility himself, he was a little scared.

Zhang Zhoudao: "What Your Majesty wants to see is your progress. Even if you say you have done something wrong, as long as you can learn from it, His Majesty will be pleased when he scolds you. And this is what you have to experience when you grow up. "

Zhu Houzhao stared at Zhang Zhou: "I found out that you are very bad, which is different from what others said. If it were another gentleman, they would all advise me to behave in a good manner, but you... are you not afraid that the emperor will punish you? "

Zhang Zhou spread his hands.

It means that you have to be punished as long as you come.

"Why can I see you all day now, do you enter the palace when you are free?"

Zhu Houzhao didn't say he would agree, but judging from his tone, Zhang Zhou's suggestion was taken into consideration.

You can't go to Zhu Youtang immediately to argue with reason, it will make Zhu Youtang feel that your son is resisting, and you have to wait until Zhu Youtang's anger subsides.

Zhang Zhou stood up and said, "Prince, I'm just here to tell you what's wrong with you. This is His Majesty's order. Your fault is that you're too noisy. What's wrong with you? Do you think anyone can accept you?" Those clothes? Do what suits your identity."

"What do you mean?"

"It means that if you play sand table games, His Majesty will not blame you, but will praise you, and even play with you. But if you play Cuju, His Majesty will at most watch from the side, or call you over A few words to complain about you...but if you put on those clothes and throw them around in the Wenhua Palace...you will see it..."

Zhu Houzhao thought about it for a while, and then his little head came to understand: "You mean, if the things I play are what my father thinks I can learn, he won't blame me?"

"Yes." Zhang Zhou nodded.

Zhu Houzhao said impatiently: "You have so many things to play with in this palace all day long! The palace is very boring, just such a group of people... Occasionally you and those lecturers will come, it is easy for you to find a fun game ? I still have to think about what my father thinks?"

Zhang Zhoudao: "This is all I have to say, whether you can listen to it or not depends on the prince himself."

Zhang Zhou will leave after speaking.

Zhu Houzhao hurriedly said: "Don't go, I know that you have the ability, you can teach me things, and you can also find people to play with for me. I admit my mistake, don't be angry, come and play with me later... I know, never Not only is Father not angry with the gameplay you brought out here, he will even praise me...hehehe..."

Zhu Houzhao said later, with a smile on his face.

He still knows how to assess the situation and how capable Zhang Zhou is.

He eats according to his ability, he can teach him to read strictly, and he can also play some novel and not illegal games with him. If he is offended, Zhang Zhou will not come again, and the one who suffers must be himself.

Zhang Zhou shook his head: "I'm just a recruiter, and I can't be a lecturer in the East Palace. If the prince wants more ministers to come, I will first let my ministers pass the Jinshi examination."

"When will the exam be?"

"Next spring, in February."

"That's coming soon, then I wish you a Jinshi, and you will come every day in the future! But it's agreed, don't think about it..."

"Ah."

"By the way, I got more than 6000 taels of silver from my uncle and second uncle, but now there are only 5000 taels left, do you want it? I will give you 1000 taels, take it back for exam preparation, and open a bookstore together palace investment."

Zhu Houzhao also knows how to buy people's hearts.

Before he got the silver, he thought that the silver was a good thing, but after he got it, he realized that it could neither be brought into the palace nor spent, it was a burden at all.

So he was very generous and wanted to give Zhang Zhou a little bit, which means that you laymen like it, so I will give it to you, as long as you take money to do things.

Zhang Zhoudao: "You will not be rewarded for meritorious service, and the minister is not short of money. Prince remember, I will go to His Majesty to talk about this matter in two days. You should restrain yourself in these two days."

Zhu Houzhao glanced at Zhou Zhou: "Okay, there's so much nonsense. I know what to do!"

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In the supervisor's room of the Huanyi Bureau, Liu Jin was lying on the dilapidated couch.

There was no one who brought tea or water, and no one even came to ask questions. The window paper was torn, and the cold wind blew in. Liu Jin felt cold, and wanted to reach out to grab the quilt to cover herself, but found that her hands were frozen up.

"Are they all dead? Come in with a brazier!"

Liu Jin yelled, but no one responded.

Although his current position as the supervisor of the Clothes Bureau has some status, everyone knows that he was sent here. The people in charge of the Clothes Bureau are all a group of old eunuchs who can't take care of him. Who will take care of him?
Only the laundry girls to help him?
After staying like this until the second day, Liu Jin felt like dying.

The next day.

His wounds were starting to suppurate, sticking to his clothes, but no one came to tidy him up. Just as he was thinking about whether to spend money to hire someone to change his wound medicine, footsteps came from the door, and then Zhang Zhou appeared in his room.

"you……"

When Liu Jin saw Zhang Zhou, he became angry from the heart, because he felt that Zhang Zhou had caused him to fall to this point.

Zhang Zhou said to the human being at the door: "If you can help me, I'll go in and do some work. Please take me out later."

"Good fairy master, please."

Outside is the voice of the eunuch Yang Peng.

Zhang Zhou just walked to the side of the couch and looked at Liu Jin's appearance. Liu Jin was still humming in pain, but after seeing Zhang Zhou, he had to take care of his appearance and pretend to be a good person on purpose.

But what kind of situation he is, anyone with a discerning eye can see it.

Lao Liu's last strength.

"How? Does it feel good?" Zhang Zhou moved a stool over by himself and sat down, as if joking and sarcastic.

Liu Jin said: "Zhang Gongsheng, are you here to see our jokes?"

"Yeah, I'm here to add insult to injury, to see if you're dead, and if you're not dead, I'll give you a bottle of poison." Zhang Zhou said.

"you……"

Liu Jin's face was pale.

He was obviously bluffed by Zhang Zhou, because he also felt yesterday that the emperor was indeed planning to kill him. If the emperor just didn't want to kill him in front of his son, but would find someone to kill him later...

"Liu Jin, do you know where your mistake is?"

Zhang Zhou was very serious and Liu Jin discussed the issue of gains and losses.

Liu Jin was so afraid of death that she was so frightened that she didn't have the heart to talk to Zhang Zhou at all.

"Calm down!" Zhang Zhou said, "No one is going to kill you, I frightened you."

"you……"

The more calm Liu Jin was made, the less calm Liu Jin became.

Devil.

He came up and said he was going to poison me to death, and let me calm down, can I calm down?

"Liu Jin, do you know who the person who wants you to die most in this world is?" Zhang Zhou asked.

Liu Jin glared at the past: "It's you!"

Zhang Zhou shook his head: "That's why your vision is too narrow. I work by His Majesty's side, and I rarely go to the East Palace. Occasionally I visit it just to teach the prince and play around. I don't have any direct interest disputes with your eunuchs in the East Palace." , what does it matter to me whether you die or not?"

Liu Jin was speechless for a moment.

In fact, he himself is clear in his heart. It is not Zhang Zhou who wants him to die the most, but his colleagues in the East Palace.

Colleagues are enemies.

Zhang Zhou's family worked for the emperor, and even got the favor of the empress dowager. He could tell when there would be thunder and fire in the sky.

You, Liu Jin, take yourself too seriously...

Liu Jin felt that it might be her villainous heart.

But it's really not like that.

Zhang Zhouxin said, the person who wants you to die the most in this world is of course me, Zhang.

Although you are just a small person now, no one knows better than me how domineering you will be in the future, and how much trouble you can cause.

Now it's time to discuss with you the issue of superiority and inferiority.

"Liu Jin, what happened this time, your mistake is that you didn't recognize your position clearly. You are just a father-in-law who obeys orders. Even if you can please the young master, no one will take you seriously. Instead, you will think about it. You suppress it. The things I found for you are for you to invite favor in front of the prince, but unfortunately, some things are predestined, and your fate is not good."

Hearing this, Liu Jin looked up at Zhang Zhou.

There was no longer any jealousy in his eyes.

Because he knew that he was not qualified to challenge Zhang Zhou.

He was not qualified in the first place, but now that he has been reduced to such a bear, he is even more unqualified.

Zhang Zhou said: "Want to go back to the East Palace and continue serving the prince?"

Liu Jin didn't know what tone to use to speak, so she tried to lower her voice and said, "Is it still possible?"

Zhang Zhou smiled and said: "To be honest, I met the prince yesterday and told him that the most important thing in life is to be brave enough to take responsibility. I discussed it with him. He will talk to His Majesty in the next two days. You must learn to be responsible, and you will also intercede for you."

"you……"

Liu Jin felt that her world view was about to be subverted.

I treated Zhang Zhou like that, treated Zhang Zhou as an enemy, how would Zhang Zhou help him?

Zhang Zhoudao: "Liu Jin, do you think there is anyone else besides me who will help you now?"

"No... no."

Liu Jin is not a fool either.

Now we are waiting to see his bad luck, who will help him?
"Then from now on..." Zhang Zhou didn't finish his sentence.

But already obvious.

I help you, and you have to reciprocate. You can't say that I have finished helping you, and you treat me as an enemy later, so I still spend all this time to find anger for myself?

Liu Jin didn't answer for a while.

Zhang Zhoudao: "Up and down the East Palace, even the Imperial Palace, it seems that all the servants know how to judge the situation, and know that His Majesty trusts me now and compliments me in every possible way. But I know very well that I am just the second Li Guang. When I gain power, others Hold me up like a fairy, and when I'm down, you'll come up and step on me a few times."

"You, Liu, are the only ones who dare to go against the trend just because I fought for your position in the crown prince's heart?"

Liu Jin hastily explained: "We... didn't mean that."

Zhang Zhoudao: "No need to explain, you are so proud that you definitely don't want to be inferior to others, but now that you have fallen to this point, I can't help you in vain."

Liu Jin knew how to express his sincerity now, he said: "As long as you are willing to help Master Zhang Xian, the villain is willing to be driven by you for the rest of his life. The life of the villain is yours."

"it is good!"

Zhang Zhou stood up and said coldly, "I will make a note. As long as you are loyal to the prince, do not harm my heart, and listen to my work, then your head will be placed on your neck. If you break this oath, I will Take your head at any time! Do what you say!"

"Thank you Master Zhang Xian, thank you Master Zhang Xian."

Although Liu Jin couldn't get up and kowtow to Zhang Zhou, she lay on the couch and kept bumping her head against the wooden board to show his loyalty to Zhang Zhou.

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Zhang Zhou didn't rush out of the Clothes Collection, but asked Yang Peng to accompany him around the Clothes Collection.

The Huanyi Bureau is mainly composed of convicted female officials.

It is already very cold in November of the lunar calendar, but the female workers are still washing clothes in a large yard, and the older female workers with a little seniority are responsible for drying.

Zhang Zhou seemed to be looking for someone in the crowd.

Yang Peng said: "A certain person heard about this Liu Jin, he dared to deceive the emperor, and even dared to take the crown prince to play, he deserved to die. Why do you need to come to see him, Master Immortal?"

Zhang Zhou thought to himself, not only will I come to see him, but I will also help him return to the East Palace.

Do you think I am happy?
The person who most wants this guy to die without a place to bury him is not me who is familiar with history, but who is it?
But the problem is... this time Liu Jin offended the emperor, not the crown prince.

Zhu Houzhao has the style of a young chivalrous man, and he is the most loyal.

Xiong Zi doesn't have much right to speak in front of his father now, but yesterday's intention to fight for Liu Jin's injustice was obvious. If he looks like this, he is afraid that not only will Liu Jin not be obliterated by history, but he will even "get a blessing in disguise".

A person who is willing to suffer for the crown prince, why do he think that he will be devastated?
Zhang Zhou is very clear about the result of blindly forcing, and it may be counterproductive.

Then it's better to do the opposite, first push Liu Jin down, and then give him some sweetness to lift him up... Let him be grateful.

Don't worry about Liu Jinen's revenge. Before Zhu Houzhao ascended the throne, even if Liu Jin had the crown prince as his backer, he would not be able to shy away. On the contrary, because of this incident, Liu Jin had a bad relationship with the eunuch of the East Palace, and Liu Jin had to rely on Zhang Zhou.

Treat people like Liu Jin.

It is not the best goal to be beaten to death with a stick. After Liu Jin dies, there will be a second Liu Jin.

The best thing is to try to control this person in your hands and treat him as your own kite.

It depends on whether the kite string will break in the future, or when it will break.

"Eunuch Yang, if I want to transfer one or two of the women here, is there a chance?"

Zhang Zhou suddenly asked a question for no reason.

Yang Peng was stunned, wondering: "I'm afraid it's not easy, but if there is someone you know, you can just say it, secretly report it as dead or something, and there is no problem in sending it out."

"Forget it, let's talk about it later."

Zhang Zhou didn't say clearly what was going on.

He looked back at Yang Peng and said with a smile, "How is Qingning Palace doing?"

Yang Peng said with a smile: "It will definitely be completed before the year. The people below are rushing to work day and night. Maybe it can be more than half a month ahead of schedule. Maybe the Empress Dowager can move in before the year."

"Okay, I'll leave it to you!"

Zhang Zhou is about to say goodbye to Yang Peng.

Yang Peng specially transferred the carriage to Zhang Zhou from the Yumajian.

Zhang Zhou said with a smile, "I have my own carriage, so I won't bother Eunuch Yang."

After Zhang Zhou got into his carriage, he was also thinking about it.

I use Yang Peng first, then Liu Jin... Doesn't it mean that I am getting closer to Li Guang?

No.

Hurry up and go back to prepare for the exam, otherwise you will have to be surrounded by this group of eunuchs all day long. I, Zhang, want to be the number one in the exam.

I came to Daming, obviously to experience the imperial examination, my Jieyuan... my future No. [-] scholar!

(End of this chapter)