The First Gongsheng of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 175

Zhang Zhou gave the strategy, but he won't explain what it is, even if Zhang Heling blows his beard and stares, it's useless.

This is equivalent to a hint.

If he came forward to accept the emperor's concubine himself, it would be too unprofessional.

Either the Empress Dowager will come, or Queen Zhang or the Zhang family will come...

To achieve the necessary conditions, Zhang Zhou needs to go through the needles behind the scenes, and afterward, he has to look like he has nothing to do with him.

"Mr. Zhang, what did you tell Marquis Shouning earlier?"

On the way back, Sun Shangqi, who was driving the car, was very concerned about this issue.

This involves how he will deal with business in the future.

Zhang Zhoudao: "It's nothing, let's talk briefly. By the way, return this gift to Your Majesty for me, and let Eunuch Xiao go. Tell Your Majesty, just say what the Queen asked me to do. I can't do it. I can only do it." Return this gift."

"This……"

Sun Shangqi was in a difficult situation.

He was thinking, this gift should be returned to the queen, but what is the meaning of returning it to the emperor?
Zhang Zhou looked very leisurely. In the carriage, he wrapped his arms around Wang Mingshan's waist. Isn't the feeling of those slender tentacles better than that of the girl from Jiaofangsi?

Pity.

Finally had the opportunity to see Da Ming Fengyue, but it seems to have missed it.

"Send it back. I work for His Majesty or the court. What I care about is how many gifts I can do. If I receive rewards for things I can't do, I will feel uneasy. There is a way to steal, let alone a courtier?"

"..."

Sun Shangqi was speechless.

How can this be compared to robbers?
Sun Shangqi was also worried. He originally wanted to learn some strategies for dealing with people from Zhang Zhou, a brilliant man, but he found that he couldn't learn many things. If someone really gave him these things as a gift, he didn't hurry to take them home. ?

I can spit it out... won't it hurt?

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Qianqing Palace, late at night.

Zhu Youtang was still reviewing the memorials, and he hadn't been to Kunning Palace in the past few days. In his mind, he had to wait until the matter of Zhang Yanling came to a conclusion before going.

"His Majesty……"

Xiao Jing appeared in front of him and brought the wooden box that Zhang Zhou had given Sun Shangqi to the emperor intact.

"This is?" Zhu Youtang frowned.

Only then did Xiao Jing talk about the invitation of the Marquis of Shouning to meet Zhang Zhou, and also explained that it was given to Zhang Zhou by Empress Zhang.

Zhu Youtang was a little annoyed and said, "The queen doesn't ask me about Yanling, why should I ask Bingkuan? I gave Bingkuan these, so that Bingkuan will take care of other things when doing things in the future, and don't talk to me if he has big plans. Did you mention it?"

Hearing the emperor's words, Xiao Jing didn't even dare to breathe.

Originally, Xiao Jing didn't really want to understand the reason why Zhang Zhou sent these gifts back, but now he seems to think, is Zhang Zhou deliberately trying to provoke the relationship between the emperor and the empress?
Zhang Zhou probably wouldn't do that, would he?

But the emperor's anger was real.

"Your Majesty, calm down." Dai Yi, who was still reviewing the memorial at the square table not far away, hurried over to persuade him.

Zhu Youtang said: "Bingkuan is able to know the will of God, and he can remind me every time, so that I can be on my guard. He gave me many suggestions that the courtiers and you dare not mention, precisely because he is not limited by the world. Etiquette, if you can be honest with me, I think he is the pillar of Ming Dynasty. But now, the empress wants to turn Bingkuan into a villain who is stalking others, didn't the empress think about the consequences?"

Now Dai Yi and Xiao Jing seemed to understand why the emperor was so angry.

Xiao Jing hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, what Mr. Zhang means is that he loves money but gets it in a proper way, and he will not take things that he can't do anything about."

"He did the right thing." Zhu Youtang said, "If he has thought about things, what is the difference between him and a courtier? In fact, what I am most afraid of is that after he enters the court as an official, he will become moderate and mean in order to agree with his colleagues. Conservative. I don’t want him to be humiliated by the rich and powerful, so tell him that if someone gives him a gift and asks him to do something, he can accept the gift, but he is not allowed to do anything for those people!”

Originally, Dai Yi and Xiao Jing thought that the emperor wanted to tell Zhang Zhou that someone was going to give gifts and ask Zhang Zhou to return them or turn them in.

As a result, they were all surprised when the emperor finished speaking.

Can you do this?

Let Zhang Zhou collect money and do nothing?

"As time goes by, those people will naturally not go to him again! But if he doesn't accept it, the Dongchang will take care of it temporarily." Zhu Youtang probably thought that Zhang Zhou was a good character and would not accept money without reason. All of them can be returned, which is beyond the capacity of ordinary people.

So he added another sentence.

Xiao Jing is smiling wryly.

Why is there still something about Dongchang?

Dai Yi asked: "Your Majesty, these..."

"Put it here, and let the queen take it back after the matter of Yanling is settled! It's not embarrassing enough!"

Zhu Youtang seemed to feel that his wife was outrageous, and she was simply discrediting his husband.

Xiao Jing next to him seemed a bit apprehensive, after all, he was the one who put the needle between the queen and Zhang Zhou, if the emperor found out... then he might have to transfer to another position, or take his job and stay idle.

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Early the next morning.

The court meeting was coming to an end, and when it was time to disperse the court, Zhu Youtang seemed to have thought of something, and said to the ministers present: "My lords, I have opened my mouth. I have recently detained Uncle Jianchang in Beizhen Fusi. But you all know, right?"

Of course the ministers knew about this, but it was a good thing that Zhang Yanling was imprisoned by the emperor.

Everyone wants to watch the excitement, who will mention it?
Liu Jian said: "Your Majesty, is it because Xiaoxiao plundered people's property in the name of Jianchang Bo?"

"Yes and no."

Zhu Youtang's tone was very straightforward, "In fact, someone told me that God might punish me because of my favor and trust in Zhang's relatives. So I have no choice but to do so."

The ministers present were in an uproar.

Can you do this?

Who mentioned this to the emperor?What an expert!
Knowing that the emperor favors the two Zhang brothers, it is impossible to take the Zhang brothers as a knife, and simply talk about the emperor's most dreaded providence, but if this kind of thing is not done well, it is easy to fold yourself into it.

It’s as if the fire in Qingning Palace was thought to be Li Guang’s fault. It was because the ministers kept mentioning in front of the emperor that Li Guang shouldn’t build the Yuxiu Pavilion, and the Empress Dowager Zhou fanned the flames behind her back…it wasn’t a fire. can be forcibly contacted.

How sure is the person who proposed to the emperor that he can make the emperor feel that something must be related to Zhang Yanling's crimes?
Liu Jian continued to ask: "Your Majesty, I don't know who it is and why?"

"Don't ask me about this." Zhu Youtang didn't say that it was Zhang Zhou's suggestion, and he didn't want to elevate Zhang Zhou to a high position before Zhang Zhou became an official.

But the ministers present, in fact, most of them think of the previous Zhang Gongsheng who can predict almost everything accurately.

Besides him, who else can make the emperor so firm on the issue of the Zhang family?
"As for things, it is very likely that there will be an earthquake in Jianchangwei, Jianchang Mansion, and Jianchang County. Ladies and Gentlemen, I will put my words here. In the past few years, I have indeed been a little arrogant towards Zhang's relatives. , but after all, they are my in-laws and relatives, if it is because of my appointment of them that angered the heavens, then I will make things right in time. That's it! Retire!"

The emperor just put down his words, got up and left without explaining too much.

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When the emperor left, the ministers, without exception, started talking about it.

"Recently, His Majesty's random incidents are so sensational. The earthquake occurred in the place. This is clearly expected by Gongsheng Zhang. He can really spy on the secrets of the sky, and he can control every situation?"

This time it was Yuan Shouzhi, the Tongzheng envoy who spoke.

And Yuan Shouzhi deliberately said this loudly before all the ministers left the Meridian Gate, so that all the ministers present could hear it.

Tu Yu went over and reminded him in a low voice, which probably meant that we should talk on the way out of the palace.

Because Zhang Zhou was targeting Zhang Yanling and Zhang's relatives this time, the ministers did not have as much resistance as the previous few times.

"Old Liu Ge, what do you say?" After leaving the Meridian Gate, a group of people still surrounded Liu Jian and Xie Qian.

This will reflect the disadvantage of Li Dongyang's absence. If Li Dongyang is there, Li Dongyang can come out to set the scene without Liu Jian speaking.

And Xie Qian usually laughed and scolded too much, so that he couldn't stiffen up in front of others.

Liu Jian said: "If there is something wrong, it is not too late to mend the prison for the lost sheep. I just hope that God will not blame the people."

Meaning, if the earthquakes are mild, just a few jolts, that's good for us.

The emperor knew the warning from heaven and punished Zhang Yanling. Even if someone jumped out of the imperial court to give the emperor the alchemist's words, there would be no loss for us.

"Correct!"

This time, Tu Yu came out and spoke, "The people are safe, the court is safe, and we can also feel at ease. Ladies and gentlemen, it's better not to discuss too much, just wait for a few days to see if there is any such thing."

Yuan Shouzhi got out of the crowd again and asked, "How can you keep saying something about the earthquake? It has never been heard of since ancient times."

Liu Jian also shook his head and stopped talking to this group of people.

From a common sense point of view, it is indeed impossible for people to know about the earthquake in advance, and it is impossible for people to say it again and again, but some people dare to predict it, and they can say it every time...Who is this reasonable?
An isolated certificate cannot stand, but is it an isolated certificate now?

Even Liu Jian began to suspect that Zhang Bingkuan really has supernatural powers, right?

This kind of person is not aggressive.

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The path Liu Jian and Xie Qian are going to take is different from these people.

When the two arrived at the cabinet's office, Xie Qian asked with a smile: "If Zhang Bingkuan enters the court, how should we get along with him? Even though his official position is insignificant, he can have a place in the court!"

Xie Qian can also see it now.

The combined influence of the ministers may not be as large as that of Zhang Zhou.

"What do you think, Yu Qiao?"

Liu Jian asked back.

Xie Qian shook his head: "It is Li Guang and not Li Guang, and it is a civil servant and not a civil servant. Serving meritorious service for the court can also be loyal to the monarch and the country, but once you become a close sycophant, it means that you will not be tolerated by the world, and you will not be partial for a while. How can it be possible to be impartial in everything? If it continues like this, or the subjects only think that there is Zhang Zhou, but don’t know that there is an imperial court, we should curb it."

"How to restrain it?" Liu Jian asked another soul torture question.

Xie Qian was taken aback.

From Liu Jian's reaction, he could see that his own intention was to limit it as much as possible.

And Liu Jian, as the chief assistant, probably wanted to "rein in" Zhang Zhou completely, and wanted to strangle Zhang Zhou's official career to death.

(End of this chapter)