The First Gongsheng of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 237 Employee Welfare Conference
"Go back and live in the courtyard. Everything will be decided after Zhijie comes back. Don't have any thoughts. It's best not to go out and don't cause trouble."

Zhu Hu suddenly became very polite to Ning Tong.

Zhu Lin couldn't understand this kind of politeness.

Ning Tong gritted her teeth and said, "I am no longer from Duke Cheng's mansion, I don't want to live here."

Zhu Hu said: "Don't push yourself too hard."

Ning Tong thought about it, and finally endured it.

It is rare that Mrs. Cheng Guotai is not so critical of her, and her attitude towards her leaving Cheng Guogong's mansion seems to have softened, and it is meaningless to continue to fight.

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After Ning Tong left the back hall.

Zhu Lin said: "Grandmother, you don't think that because she is someone Zhang Bingkuan likes, that's why..."

"You don't look like a big brother anymore!" Zhu Hushi taught the eldest grandson a lesson, and he was not polite at all, "Just take good care of your wife, and don't worry about the second wife."

Zhu Lin actually understood it too.

Now Zhu Hu feels that Ning Tong's "backer" is Zhang Zhou. To put it bluntly, maybe Ning Tong's "mistress" is Zhang Zhou, so Zhu Hu doesn't dare to provoke her, so his attitude changed.

Zhu Hu said: "We must not talk about this matter to the outside world at all, just say that I, Cheng Guogong's family, look down on this girl and want to marry a famous lady back. This is our Cheng Guogong's own business, no outsider will ask... It’s just that I can’t get through Cheng Guogong’s mansion.”

"Ha ha."

Zhu Lin was laughing.

Don't think your grandson thinks that titles are the same as riding a rocket, but what material does he have...does he really think that everyone else is a fool?

"What are you laughing at?" Zhu Hu stared at the eldest grandson again.

Zhu Lin said: "Grandmother, if you want Zhang Bingkuan to appreciate you, you should send him out now, preferably...in the past."

Zhu Hu said angrily: "There will be a lot of guests visiting Cheng Guogong's mansion recently, so please take care! I will also preside over the ancestor worship!"

Zhu Lin originally wanted to say, even if you are the grandson of me, you are not qualified to preside over the ancestor worship.

But looking at this posture...Zhu Lin knew that Yin and Yang were in full swing in Duke Cheng's mansion now, so how could he have the right to intervene?

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Enter Zhang Zhou's residence.

At this time, an "employee welfare meeting" is going on.

As for Zhang Zhou's most "capable" cadres, one is Zhang's employee No. 001 Liu Gui, and Zhang Zhou hired No. 002 Jia Laoshui in the capital. If there is no accident, the two will be rewarded by Zhang Zhou. There are actually vacancies for hundreds of Jinyiwei households.

In fact, Zhang Zhou also has plans to keep these positions. Recently, he has worked hard to have a son and let his son inherit it.

But the emperor also made it clear that these positions are mainly given to those who protect him, and the position of Jinyiwei Qianhu is reserved for Sun Shangqi. It can be regarded that Zhang Zhou has not broken the trust between the monarch and his ministers. As for the hundred households... that is not him. Give it to whoever you want?

If Zhang Ye and Zhang Ping don't come to make trouble, Zhang Zhou may still think about it. At worst, he will cheat the brothers again. The blood relationship between the brothers of the Ming clan is still very close, which can be said to be "broken bones." Tendon", of course this is the opinion of ordinary people... The Zhang family is so ugly, Zhang Ye and his son are basically out of the game as Jinyiwei.

"Mr. Ende, a humble job is unforgettable."

When Zhang Zhou returned home, Sun Shangqi had met Mou Bin, the commander of Jinyiwei, and knew that Zhang Zhou recommended him to be a thousand households of Jinyiwei.

In Jinyiwei's business, the inside is very well rolled up, and Sun Shangqi knows very well that if Zhang Zhou doesn't appreciate him in this life, let alone Qianhu, even if he is the deputy of Jinyiwei Qianhu, he will have no chance in this life.

So when he came to Zhang's mansion to thank Zhang Zhou, he always knelt and talked.

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "Sun Qianhu is being polite, using you is not only the intention of His Majesty, but also the intention of Eunuch Dai and Eunuch Xiao, as well as Commander Mou... They are all very optimistic about you, but you may not have other fat jobs , and continue to work on my side, don't complain."

"How dare you be in a lowly position. In this life, take your husband's words first." Sun Shangqi wanted to show his loyalty when he came up.

Zhang Zhoudao: "This is wrong. We are all doing things for His Majesty. You are directly under the orders of the Commander of Jinyiwei, or the Duke of Dongchangchang. I am not qualified to dispatch you. At most, follow up and follow up, and more Take good care of yourself."

"A humble job will never give up!"

Sun Shangqi changed his statement.

Zhang Zhou nodded.

If you say that you will die forever, it seems to be reasonable.

It's just words, so there's no need to worry about that much.

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Zhang Zhou sent someone to tell Jia Laoshui and Liu Gui to wait in the yard.

And he took the good news of his "promotion" to his backyard and told his women.

"Master, what kind of official is this?" Jiang Pingyu found it difficult to learn something.

I just figured out the difference between Jinyiwei Qianhu and ordinary Qianhu, and I just learned what Jiluguan is all about, and now I have to learn from the post-military governor’s mansion and the governor’s Tongzhi... Didn’t I agree to work as a history museum in the Imperial Academy in the future? of it?Isn't that a book repair job?
Zhang Zhou looked at Wang Mingshan at the side and said: "The governor of the governor's mansion is the governor of Tongzhi, but from the official position of the first rank, generally speaking, only the princes and uncles can take this position, but I am a vacant position, which is equivalent to sending a salary, and it can still be passed on in the future. Yes, this position... may be inherited by the boss."

Jiang Pingyu's eyes were apricot and said: "Isn't Xiaojun a Jinyiwei Qianhu?"

"That's all in the past tense. His Majesty bestowed on me a post, which is the commander of Jin Yiwei. This post is of the fourth rank, and I will leave it to Qing'er, your child."

"Me? Servant... No way."

Han Qing was also a little confused.

I'm not a regular wife, not even a regular wife in name, and I don't have any background, so why do I want to be a fourth-rank Jinyiwei commander?

And I don't have a son.

The daughter should not be able to inherit this position, right?
"Work hard, Qinger." Zhang Zhou said with a smile.

Han Qing's face turned red.

Zhang Zhou looked at the side again, which looked like a blank sheet of paper... Of course, the blank sheet was scribbled and scribbled by him as a scholar, and it is not so white now. She cultivated it.

"As for Mingshan, I'll give you the position of Deputy Qianhu of Jinyiwei." Zhang Zhou said, "Da Ming has never had a female Jinyiwei, and you may be the first."

Wang Mingshan thought for a while, then shook her head, completely unable to understand.

Jiang Pingyu said: "Is it also a Jilu officer?"

"No, this is a real job, and the meaning of this job is to protect my security. Usually, Mingshan will follow me. Let her wear a flying fish suit and carry an embroidered spring knife. No one else will recognize her. Whether it's a man or a woman, when Ming Shan has a son, this position will be given to you..."

Before Zhang Zhou rewarded the employees, he first rewarded the three women in his backyard.

The main room gets a Tongzhi, the governor of the military governor's mansion from the first rank, the second room gets a Jin Yiwei who is a fourth rank to direct the affairs, and the third room gets a real shortage of Jin Yiwei's deputy Qianhu.

Although many things are only idealized, but Zhang Zhou's current status is extraordinary, as long as he raises it, even the emperor will cooperate, let alone Xiao Jing and Mou Bin.

"Master, the little ones outside have gathered, waiting for you to lecture!" Liu Gui's voice came from outside.

Zhang Zhou said: "Wait."

Zhang Zhou also wanted to get acquainted with his third wife during the day, and if he was rewarded with a position, he should get something back, right?

Liu Gui is just looking for trouble.

However, some positions have not been obtained directly after all, so Zhang Zhou is not in a hurry to ask for "interest".

"I'll deal with you later." Zhang Zhou smiled and went out.

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Zhang Zhou's backyard was full of excitement.

Because not only has an official position, but also a large number of rewards, that posture... Especially Han Qing is the most excited, she is not from a good background, and she values ​​things outside her body the most, while Wang Mingshan has no idea about gold, silver and jewelry. As for Jiang Ping Yu is more concerned with taking care of Zhang's property.

But it was only limited to the part that Zhang Zhou gave her.

There are a lot of invisible assets around Zhang Zhou, which cannot be calculated, and it is impossible for Zhang Zhou to let Jiang Pingyu be his housekeeper.

"master!"

There are more than a dozen nurses standing in the yard.

Except for one named Chang Si, who came from Nanjing with Liu Gui, the rest were all recruited locally in the capital. Many of them had not been here for a long time, and they were just guarding the home, not including Zhang Zhou. There are many craftsmen hired in the workshop.

Sun Shangqi stood aside with four Jinyi guards.

In order to show that this "reward" has a sense of ritual, the four Jinyiwei each carried some official uniforms and sabers.

Of course, the guards of the Zhang family don't know what flying fish uniforms are, and they can't see the difference between the red flying fish official uniform Sun Shangqi is wearing now. .

Zhang Zhoudao: "As for me, I have done meritorious service outside and got a little official position, which can be given to the people around me. Those who contribute a lot to me and gain my trust will naturally benefit. For example, these two official uniforms are Jinyi Weibai What can be worn by households, the former Sun Baihu is now a thousand households. Sun Qianhu, tell them, what is the rank of Jinyiwei Baihu?"

Sun Shangqi said: "It's the sixth grade."

"Okay, I will directly give you the official position of the sixth grade. There are two places today. The first one...is the one who has been with me the longest... Liu Gui!" Zhang Zhou said.

Although Liu Gui had heard about this incident on the way back, when the good luck happened to him, he was almost so excited that he jumped up.

Zhang Zhoudao: "Little Guizi... You have an official title, and this name will not suit you in the future, so let's call you Liu Gui."

Liu Gui said excitedly, "Master, you can call him whatever you want. The little one has no objection."

Zhang Zhou shook his head and said, "It doesn't matter that you are doing well as a sect now, but you have to learn a lot of things if you are going to be promoted to the position of Jinyiwei Baihu. See? Sun Qianhu and the others are your role models."

"Yes, yes. The young ones must study hard."

Liu Gui took over his official uniform.

Flying to the top overnight, that feeling...don't mention how exciting it is.

When the people around were full of envy, Zhang Zhou quickly announced the second place: "The second one is Jia Laoshui, who has worked diligently in the past few months!"

"I?"

Jia Laoshui obviously didn't expect that there was something wrong with him.

"Brother Shui, you are really developed!"

Compared with Liu Gui who came from Nanjing, most people in the house regarded him as a different kind of person, but Jia Laoshui's status in Zhang's house was extraordinary. Don't think that Jia Laoshui is a bit simple and honest, because of his Simple and honest, it also makes him very straightforward, and he will never do anything to deceive others. In addition, he has won Zhang Zhou's trust, so he is naturally respected by his subordinates in Zhang's mansion.

"In the city, I also found a place for you to live in, brought your mother and younger sister to the city, and told your mother that your sister's dowry will be settled in the future!"

Zhang Zhou had cashed in the empty promise he had given Liu Gui and Jia Laoshui.

Don't think it sounded nonsense at the time, but as long as you sincerely follow him to work, he will not treat you badly.

This is to develop one's own lineage. The point is not how capable it is, but whether it is loyal or not.

"Master, I...I can't do it." Jia Laoshui was different from Liu Gui, he declined.

Sun Shangqi walked over and said, "Jia Baihu, we will all be colleagues in the future, take care of us. No one can do it. If someone endangers Mr. Zhang's personal safety and rushes at him regardless of his life, then that's fine!"

"This……"

Jia Laoshui is a very straight person.

If you ask others if you can die for Zhang Zhouxiao, they will say yes without even thinking about it.

It really happened...in other words!
But Jia Laoshui was hesitant, for Zhang Zhou to directly throw his life away, didn't he need to think about it before answering?
But Zhang Zhou felt that if someone really wanted to kill him and could serve as a shield for him, apart from Wang Mingshan who was all about him, probably only Jia Laoshui could do it, because this person valued friendship and had a straight head. There are not so many fancy intestines.

"Okay, people in Zhang's mansion, one counts as one, and one person gets a reward of two taels of silver, and each of Jin Yiwei's side gives five taels of silver. Go back and settle down!"

Zhang Zhou is no longer stingy in rewarding silver, mainly because he is rich now.

Buy people's hearts.

Well worth the money.

He was stingy back then, more because he didn't have one, and he needed to plan for the future.

When he has money, he doesn't have to worry about food and clothing, and he doesn't even lack for fame and fortune, why do he still care about the money?

"As for other official positions, it depends on whether you can do things well in the future. If you do well, you will have them, and if you can't do them well, you won't... There are still a few lackeys who have entered Jinyiwei as errands. They all perform well and show their energy !"

Zhang Zhou seemed to be a lecturer, beating a group of people who had just entered Zhang's mansion and didn't even know what they were doing in Zhang's mansion.

"Serve the master!"

I don't know who yelled.

Then a group of people shouted.

Zhang Zhou suddenly felt that he was a little bit evil... But for the sake of being able to embrace him when he went out, and also to be able to restrain this group of people, even evil would do anything.

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The news of the victory in Liaodong spread throughout the capital within a day.

Except for many people who went to Cheng Guogong's mansion and tried to curry favor with Cheng Guogong's mansion... Of course, this group of people belonged to people with lagging information channels and no distinction between priorities and secondary ones.

Of course, there are some people who know that it is useless to go to Zhang Zhouna to curry favor with Zhang Zhou. The Jin Yiwei alone will keep people away from the gate of the mansion. Also went.

But Zhang Zhou himself did not stay at home.

He took the initiative to "give gifts" to people.

The place he went to was the mansion that Jiang Dezhong had just bought in the capital. The place was small and remote, but he spent nearly 2000 taels of silver on Jiang Dezhong, which made Jiang Dezhong very distressed. But in order to be able to take root in the capital, he also worked hard.

"My son-in-law, why are you here? The old man is still preparing to visit you. I heard that the great victory in Liaodong is also due to your contribution?"

Jiang Dezhong was naturally surprised to see Zhang Zhou.

Zhang Zhou usually ignored him, but today he came to the door on his own initiative?Could it be... to trick me?

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "Oh, it's nothing. Your Majesty just rewarded a post of commander-in-chief in the military governor's mansion, so he was awarded the first rank. He also gave a Jinyiwei commander the post of fourth rank. In addition, he asked me to assign a few I am also worried about real positions such as Deputy Qianhu, Baihu, and General Banner."

"what?"

Jiang Dezhong's jaw almost dropped from shock.

He was also thinking, you kid didn't come to show off in front of me, did you?

"Don't you like to drink the fine wine given by the emperor? The fine wine from the imperial wine room last time, this time I brought you four jars, and I also gave you some silk and satin material, all of which are brocade... Well, it's interesting for me to be a son-in-law Right?" Zhang Zhou laughed.

Jiang Dezhong smiled wryly.

You sent these before, of course it was interesting.

But now you have also made it clear that you have the power to be assigned by the official position, and you only give me wine and cloth. Are you trying to kill me in a hurry?
"My son-in-law, look at the old man... he is getting older, isn't he..."

Jiang Dezhong had no choice but to hint to his son-in-law.

You don't need things, even give it to you, but don't you give me an official position?
Zhang Zhou pretended to be puzzled and said: "Lao Taishan is old and frail now, does he want to go back to Nanjing to take care of his old age?"

"No, no, my son-in-law, don't you think I don't want one, your uncle... even a dog, doesn't he want one too?"

was talking.

When Jiang Shantong heard that his brother-in-law was coming, he also ran out to see the situation, and then he heard what his father said.

He still doesn't understand.

What did father say?

I want a... what?son?I do have a son.

"Hey, isn't this uncle? Hello, your father is looking for an official position with me. I know that I still have the positions of Jinyiwei Baihu and Zongqi, so I can assign them..." Zhang Zhou laughed.

Jiang Dezhong was embarrassed.

You know everything about feelings, you deliberately tricked me here to see me make a fool of myself?

Comrade Jiang Shan said: "Zhang Jinshi...has the meritorious service in Liaodong been commended?"

Zhang Zhoudao: "That's not true. I guess it will be almost tomorrow. My official position will be determined tomorrow, but some of the official titles bestowed by His Majesty have already been given today."

The implication is, don’t worry that what I mentioned, such as Jinyiwei Baihu, Zongqi, etc., are empty promises, and others cannot take away what has already been obtained.

Jiang Shantong knew that he didn't have much contact with Zhang Zhou, and he didn't help Zhang Zhou when he was in trouble before, so he naturally didn't expect Zhang Zhou to help him.

Jiang Dezhong said with a straight face: "My son-in-law, you have all of them, so should you give me one?"

"No." Zhang Zhou rebuffed very simply, "Father-in-law, I am a businessman. What you give me is what you take away from me. I know you want to say that you have helped me before...but Your motives are not pure. After you came to the capital, you still cheated me in the British government, and you are cleared."

"If you still want to take something away from me, you have to do what I say, otherwise you can only stick to your business. You can make money, but it will be difficult to get honor and salary."

Jiang Dezhong said: "What do you want?"

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "A chief banner officer of Jinyiwei, in exchange for the power of the head of your family. If you follow me after a year, then my uncle can be a member of Jinyiwei."

"It's a deal." Jiang Dezhong agreed without thinking.

"father!"

Jiang Shantong felt, father, did you agree too happily?Our family's inheritance rights... just give it to your son-in-law?
(End of this chapter)