The First Gongsheng of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 271
On Zhang Zhou's way out of the palace, Zhang Heling followed behind with a smile, no longer the contempt and arrogance of the past, and could be said to be very flattering to Zhang Zhou.

"Shou Ninghou, I'm not used to you talking to me like this."

Zhang Zhou almost wanted to say, get back on your feet and talk to me in the domineering tone you used to, so that I can feel at ease when I cheat you.

If you turn your face like this, I'm too embarrassed to cheat you.

Zhang Heling said: "Mr. Zhang, you are too polite, I am just talking as usual, as long as you can support me more in the future... we want to go to Xuanfu together?"

"Well." Zhang Zhou said the relevant things in front of Queen Zhang before, "Your Majesty has prepared to transfer the first-stage students of our martial arts hall to the Xuanfu. Before we set off cannons around the capital, all of you Learned, the next step is to transfer tens of thousands of soldiers from the Nine Sides, go to learn together, let's go out of the pass if there is nothing to do, hunt and fire a cannon, if the Tartars dare to come, they will directly bombard them back!"

"Interesting, interesting." As soon as Zhang Heling heard it, he felt that this was very suitable for him.

You can earn credit, and it sounds so relaxed, as if there is no danger to your life.

Zhang Zhou said: "Aren't you afraid of hard work?"

"Don't be afraid, even my second brother can fight against him, what is there to be afraid of? Mr. Zhang, if you want to go to war, do you think you can give me an official position like a general officer? I also want to make some military achievements." Zhang Heling begged again with a pleading face.

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "It's rare that you, Marquis of Shouning, have the heart to be loyal to the emperor and serve the country. How can I not satisfy you? At that time, I will definitely give you a position that is both stable and capable of making meritorious service. It is best to be the first in the army. Return triumphantly, and let the government and the public know your ability."

"Haha... good, good!"

Zhang Heling looked excited, as if he already felt that tomorrow the credit would come to him.

Seeing Zhang Heling's dancing appearance, Zhang Zhou secretly frowned.

Does this guy have no self-awareness at all?
It's easy, it's not dangerous, and it makes you do great things... I don't even believe this kind of nonsense, why do you believe it so easily?

"Do you believe it?" Zhang Zhou is really a real person, and he intends to consult the feelings of the deceived.

It's like selling Zhang Heling, and you have to ask Zhang Heling how he feels after being sold.

Zhang Heling said with a smile: "Of course I believe it. What kind of birdman is Zhu Zhijie? He can do it, why can't I? Besides, Zhu Zhijie didn't go with Mr. Zhang, he just listened to Mr. Zhang's advice, if this Marquis has a chance Fighting together in front of my husband... my mother and sister said so."

"Ha ha."

Zhang Zhou wanted to say.

Sure enough, the pampered child in the family is easily deceived by the female elders in the family.

"Okay, okay, Marquis Shouning, let's make contributions together." Zhang Zhou smiled.

"Definitely, definitely." Zhang Heling also agreed.

The two seemed to have never been so closely related, as if they were comrades in the same trench.

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Ministry of War Yamen.

On behalf of the cabinet, Li Dongyang came to discuss with Ma Wensheng about the dispatch of troops from the Xuanfu. It was also because the emperor had sent Dai Yi to the cabinet to inform Zhang Zhou of his plans to train troops in the Xuanfu.

Li Dongyang also wanted to ask Ma Wensheng's opinion on this matter.

"Zhang Bingkuan actually said that he was going to perform cannonball? Use battle instead of training?" Ma Wensheng also frowned when he heard the news.

No matter how you look at it, Zhang Zhou doesn't seem to be serious about sending troops. Since he wants to send troops to the grassland, the [-] troops Zhang Zhou mentioned is far from enough. On the contrary, Zhang Zhou's people are in the Xuanfu, but they are near the northwest of Daming. The granary is easy to be rattled by Zhang Zhou.

Li Dongyang said: "The cabinet doesn't really understand what he means. It is reasonable to say that the matter of sending troops should be strictly kept secret in advance, but at present, it seems that he intends to publicize this matter. His real intention is to fight with the Tatars. People fight to the death on the grassland?"

Ma Wensheng thought for a while, then shook his head.

"The old man has been in the army for many years, and he has never seen such a way of using troops. However, the tactics he used and the way of managing the army in the previous two battles in Pianguan and Ningyuan are unprecedented."

What Ma Wensheng meant was that although I don't know what he's going to do, it looks like he's doing it pretty well.

Li Dongyang asked: "Your Majesty's original intention was to give ten days to let the Ministry of War and the court plan together, so let's not plan now and let him do whatever he wants?"

Ma Wensheng could tell right away that now the cabinet knew that it would not be easy to oppose this matter, and was going to let the Ministry of War be the vanguard.

"If it is just to deploy [-] soldiers and horses, and move the focus of defense in the northwest of Daming to Xuanfu in the name of performing artillery, it is not impossible!" Ma Wensheng said, "From the current situation, it is a partial pass with a defective city gate. , and there is no worry of Tatar invasion for the time being, Xuanfu Chen Bing can also make the capital stable. I can't think of a reason to oppose it."

Ma Wensheng doesn't care whether Zhang Zhou is doing the right thing or not. He will not take the initiative to object if Zhang Zhou has not encountered any setbacks in the army.

Just as the reason why the cabinet is not good at opposing now.

Zhang Zhou is victorious, and whoever sings the opposite tune and finds loopholes will not make this person or this group of people very powerful, but will be seen by the emperor as a clown.

Ma Wensheng asked: "How many people in the Beijing camp are you planning to mobilize?"

"Three thousand."

Li Dongyang didn't hide it either.

Earlier, Dai Yi informed the cabinet in the past, and what he said was very detailed.

There is a ratio of how many people are transferred from each place on the Nine Sides. It doesn't mean that any town that wants to get a few more people will have a chance.

Even the cabinet knows that if the towns on the nine borders choose to transfer their troops to Xuanfu for exercises, the towns must transfer them out of proportion. Don't want to have a class breakthrough?

Going to the Xuanfu to practice soldiers, and to practice artillery with Zhang Zhou, no matter how you look at it, it is an opportunity to get the moon first, just like the first batch of students in the Yanwu Hall, those nobles who are all eye-catching are not all snatched. Going to be a student?

Li Dongyang said: "If there is no objection from the Ministry of War, or if it comes to court tomorrow, His Majesty will arrange it. At that time... it will be difficult to object."

Ma Wensheng asked: "Earlier, Mr. Liu Ge said that it might be a good choice to let Zhang Bingkuan go to the Northwest. Didn't he tell you?"

Li Dongyang frowned.

Seeing that the "Da Ming Hui Dian" was about to be completed, according to the agreement between the emperor and his ministers, Zhang Zhou would be promoted to a bachelor's degree soon. It was actually a good thing for Zhang Zhou to lead the army in the northwest at this juncture.

Ma Wensheng sighed: "It depends on what kind of official position His Majesty gives him. Now that I think about it, it is better to go with him as a minister of the Governor's Mansion than to stay in Hanyuan or Six Departments..."

Li Dongyang continued to remain silent.

No matter how you say it now, Zhang Zhou still has the military rank of "Governor of the Governor's Mansion of the Rear Army", as well as the civilian rank of "Military Ministry of Military Affairs and Clearing Officials". At that time, the official position of the governor of the government will be nothing more than adding a right-handed capital censor directly to the official position of the doctor like Wang Qiong, but it seems that the emperor is not limited to letting Zhang Zhou be the governor of the Xuanfu.

The governor of Xuanfu in Ming Dynasty was more responsible for managing military pay in the past.

The emperor may want Zhang Zhou to be the trilateral leader, or to declare the general leader.

It depends on how the emperor coordinates the relationship between Zhang Zhou and Qin Hong.

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The following day, Zhang Zhou did not go to the Fengtian Hall.

At the court, Zhu Youtang directly announced Zhang Zhou's proposal of performing cannons in the Xuanfu in public.

When Zhu Youtang explained that this time he was only going to the battlefield to practice troops, he pulled out of the pass with [-] cannons and came back after firing the cannons.

Zhang Zhou's proposal...couldn't be called bold, it seemed to them that it was a powerful and unconstrained style.

Zhang Mao came out and said, "With the power of Shenwei's long-distance artillery and heavy artillery, the Tatar tribes must not dare to approach easily when they are not sure that the target is their own side. This is to prevent them from becoming the target of the new Ming artillery. Hundreds of miles around the mansion, not even the Tatar herdsmen can be seen!"

"Hahaha……"

Wu Xun present was overjoyed.

The civil servants were ashamed.

The court was once again a scene of civil servants and Wu Xun confronting each other. Wu Xun suddenly felt that his back was stiff because Daming was going to take the initiative to attack, and with the two hundred cannons that were cast first, Daming Wu Xun could regain his glory .

Zhu Youtang said: "My dear family, there are some things that I don't want to hide. In fact, Zhang Qing's family has another purpose in performing artillery in Xuanfu, which is to take advantage of the momentum of the artillery to destroy the iron ore mine in the northeast of Zhangjiakou Castle. , took it down, and used it to mine iron ore, and cast cannons on the spot."

"what?"

This time not only Wenchen was in an uproar, but even Wu Xun didn't expect it.

Going to fire empty cannons is actually to cast more cannons?
Zeng Jian, the left servant of the Ministry of Industry, came out and said, "Your Majesty, I have never heard of an iron mine near Zhangjiakou."

Zhu Youtang said in a bad mood: "Bingkuan knows astronomy from the top and geography from the bottom. He said that there are iron mines over there. Is it for grandstanding?"

When the emperor said this, the scene immediately exploded.

Many ministers were filled with righteous indignation, thinking that the emperor was favoring traitors and listening to slander.

On the other hand, Wu Xun commented in astonishment, this servant Zhang is indeed an unusual character, and he used the cannon to rob the iron mine?The emperor gave him the right to mine iron ore, and he was able to use his power for personal gain so blatantly, and even told the emperor to know, and the emperor would inform the ministers...

How else can people realize the majors they have learned?
If at any time we can also come to know astronomy and geomantic omen, and directly find out where the mineral veins are, wouldn't that mean...developed?

"Quiet!" Zhu Youtang sternly said.

Only then did the civil servants at the scene stop their private discussion.

Zhu Youtang said: "Bingkuan is determined to build cannons for the imperial court and improve firearms, so as to establish Daming's position in the Northwest. He raised the three defenses of Bauhinia, Daoma, and Juyong Nei, and based on the Xuanfu, he could send troops to the grassland at any time. I wonder if you have any objections?"

The faces of the civil servants were ashen.

Sure enough, he wanted to promote Zhang Zhou to be a civil servant who governed the army in the Northwest, and it was fine to give him the position of Xuanda General System, and even handed over the three inner gates to Zhang Zhou.

In doing so, the emperor was simply "appointing traitors".

Zhang Maodao: "Although Zhang Zhou has never set foot in the northwest and has no experience in leading troops, with his way of governing the army, the Ming Dynasty has won victories one after another. Even Wei Ninghou and other unborn frontier generals praised him. Your Majesty, It can be said that it is the millennium foundation of the Northwest of Ming Dynasty. Veteran ministers seconded."

so disgusting!
The ministers present almost wanted to rush out and scold Zhang Mao.

You old man Zhang is now frightened, knowing that Zhang Zhou is going to the Northwest as a civil servant, and he will not be able to threaten your status as a martial artist for the time being, so you simply ignore it and stand blindly on the emperor's side, even bragging about the emperor Rainbow fart.

Want a face?
Zhu Youtang seemed to have known for a long time that his proposal would be supported by Wu Xun, so he asked Liu Jian beside him, "Old Liu Ge, what do you think?"

Liu Jianmo said that he didn't want to object now, even if he wanted to...he couldn't object.

Wang Yue hung up, saying that transferring Qin Hong to the Northwest would stabilize people's hearts, but could it really work?
No matter how awesome Qin Hong was, he was several ranks behind Wang Yue, and in the Northwest Army, it was generally believed that Zhang Zhou was several ranks higher than Wang Yue.

Has anyone ever seen a coach who can win thousands of miles away, and even know where the enemy is attacking in advance, and who can pinch and count?
No matter how awesome Wang Yue was, he was just a human being, and Zhang Zhou was closer to... a half-immortal.

Liu Jian said: "Your Majesty, I don't know that Qin Hong who has just been transferred to Biguan..."

"I am planning to use his headquarters to control the military affairs of Yansui and other departments, and let him go to Yansui and other places south of Hetao to take precautions, in case the Tatars take the opportunity to do it in the three sides and other places when Bingkuan is preparing to send troops. Nuisance." Zhu Youtang said.

When the emperor mentioned this proposal, even those picky civil servants felt that the emperor's idea was simply ahead of his time.

In the past, the biggest problem in the Northwest's suppression of the trap was the inconsistency of the various parties?

Now it's all right, Zhang Zhou, a master gunner in the east, is in charge of deterrence, and Qin Hong, an engineering madman in the west, is in charge of defense... This combination of young and old is simply complementary, and it can be said to complement each other.

Liu Jian asked again: "I don't know what position Zhang Zhou will go to?"

Zhu Youtang said: "I don't want to promote him to a high position prematurely. My idea is that his previous official positions and subordinates remain unchanged. He will temporarily be the right servant of the Ministry of War and the right deputy. , if he has meritorious service in his trip to the northwest, I will reward him according to his discretion, if not, after returning to the capital, everything will return to his original position. No promotion, no demotion."

Temporary transfer, even if an official position is added, after Zhang Zhou comes back, the added official position will be dismissed.

Sounds reasonable.

However, what the emperor said, "If you have meritorious service, you will be rewarded as appropriate" will make the ministers feel that if Zhang Zhou really makes some achievements in the northwest, he may not be just a vain post. Shangshu.

Being able to be the right servant of the Ministry of War in the first year of entering the dynasty, even if it's just a vain job, sounds... very scary.

Many people are looking at Ma Wensheng, Liu Jian and others, expecting them to come out and oppose.

After all, from the perspective of the Ming Dynasty's officialdom, no matter what achievements Zhang Zhou made, he should not have been in the court for just three months, and he should be qualified to lead the military department with the rank of right servant to the Northwest General Military Affairs.

But none of Liu Jian and others came out to object, and even the six ministers were silent, as if they all felt... Zhang Zhou is not an ordinary civil servant, so he can't demand the official rules of ordinary civil servants... just like before. No civil servant can "know astronomy from the top and geography from the bottom", and can directly predict the fate of the country with such accuracy.

Li Guang knows martial arts, and the gods can't stop him.

It doesn't matter if he knows martial arts, he is actually the number one scholar... and the relationship with the emperor and the prince is so close...

"Since you and your family have no objection, it is not too late. In these two days, I will let Bingkuan go to Xuanfu. In addition to the [-] people from the Beijing camp, the artillery casting and craftsmen will also be moved to Xuanfu. The land of the government, the mining affairs are also coordinated by the Ministry of Industry and others..."

The emperor almost said.

The imperial court used manpower and material resources to help Bingkuan open the mine. After the mine was opened, [-]% of the output would be returned to Zhang Zhou himself.

Only [-]% is left...to pay us wages.

Xu Guandao, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry: "Your Majesty, if the imperial court dispatches manpower to cooperate in mining, should the mines and kilns be owned by the imperial court?"

Zhu Youtang became angry when he heard it, and asked sharply: "Are you trying to discredit my words? Or do you think that it is only natural for Bingkuan to pay for the court?"

Xu Guan was choked speechless, so he could only retreat back to the east class in despair.

Zhu Youtang said: "Apart from Baoguogong, there are also Shouninghou and others who accompanied Zhang Zhou to the Xuanfu. As for the dispatch of any generals from the Dudufu's mansion, I will draw up an order as appropriate, and all the ministers will return to the mansion. Waiting for dispatch. Don't delay when you start, so as not to miss the important event!"

"According to the order!"

Wu Xun became restless.

Although in name, it is still relying on the former students of the first batch of Yanwu Hall to follow Zhang Zhoutong, but other ministers will also be dispatched.

It seems that the emperor has high hopes for this expedition. Whoever follows Zhang Zhou will probably leave a mark in the history of the Ming army. Who doesn't want to follow to make contributions?

The martial arts of the Ming Dynasty seem to have never worked together as much as they do today, rushing to fight...even the ministers who were born in foreign relatives in the governor's mansion are the same...

Wen Chen was thinking.

This world is really magical enough.

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The court meeting ended, and the imperial edict was also sent out of the palace.

Both the ruling and opposition parties were in an uproar.

There were also many discussions among the subjects. In the streets and alleys of the capital, after learning that the imperial court was going to send Zhang Zhou with [-] troops to the Xuanfu to prepare for the war against the Tartars, and in particular, they would go out with great fanfare to show cannons and complete activities such as offering sacrifices to heaven. What did they think? What's more...Da Ming is finally going to be awesome!

Everyone seems to be proud of being a Ming subject.

However, in the edict, it did not say that Zhang Zhou went to the northwest to open mines. The main reason was that the emperor was thinking about Zhang Zhou's reputation.

If the common people feel that Zhang Zhou is going to "compete with the people for profit", it will be bad, as long as the minister knows it well.

Zhang Zhou received the imperial decree from Dai Yi in his own residence.

He also changed his identity and became the head of Xuanda of Ming Dynasty, and he was the right servant of the Ministry of War in vain.

"Mr. Zhang, congratulations." Xiao Jing smiled and cupped his hands, only to send some gifts to Zhang Zhou, to curry favor with Zhang Zhou.

Zhang Zhou sighed: "The greater the official position, the greater the responsibility. I didn't go to the Northwest just for fun. If there is no fault, it is a merit, but if I have no merit, it is a fault."

"No...not that exaggerated." Xiao Jing smiled wryly.

He wants to say, even if you go to the northwest, even if you walk around, your Majesty wants to give you credit, but can't you find it?
Go with peace of mind, regardless of your merits or demerits, you will definitely be promoted to a higher rank when you come back.

(End of this chapter)