The First Gongsheng of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 343
Ning Tong first politely asked these female customers to leave.

When sending these people out, she saw that the two hired nurses had disappeared at the door, so she knew that it was probably Zhang Zhou's masterpiece.

Ning Tong asked the maid to put up the door panel and hang up the door plate to stop doing business, and at the same time invited Zhang Zhou to her inner courtyard.

In the matter of getting in touch with Zhang Zhou, she didn't seem too shy, and she didn't seem to care about other people's comments on her about women's morals. As a person who can get along with An Bianhou, she is probably also a strange flower in the circle of ladies in the capital. up.

Others are afraid that after the two families reconcile and separate, the other side will flourish, and sharing adversity cannot share prosperity.

And she... has to wait for Zhu Fengfei to become prosperous before mentioning divorce... A newly promoted Marquis of Anbian is not a proper wife, and she ran out to sell rouge and gouache... From the perspective of people of this era, it is incomprehensible This kind of duress.

"What did you do to Sister Chen?" Ning Tong asked Zhang Zhou after inviting him to her room in the backyard, staring at Zhang Zhou.

Zhang Zhou secretly smiled.

This woman thought that she came to the door just like Zhu Feng to seek anger.

Ning Tong thought that the initiative was on her side.

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "She is running coal mines and iron mines, and the annual profit is about 2 taels of silver, whether it's more or less."

"You... occupied her?" Ning Tong looked at Zhang Zhou with the eyes of a bully.

"Of course, if you don't occupy her, how can you let her do business?" Zhang Zhoudao, "You have to understand it this way. I think your thinking is very good, but the problem is that after she gets what she wants, she also abandons you. Like my shoes, don’t you really regret it now?”

Ning Tong stared at Zhang Zhou, and said, "Sister Chen must be coerced by you. You have interests, so how could you easily distribute them to her? Don't think I don't know, she owes a lot of foreign debts now, and she has not been able to do so until now." Not returned."

Zhang Zhoudao: "What's the point of talking about that? I'm here to discuss another business with you. I plan to use your place as an inn and send someone to live with you."

Ning Tong asked, "Who?"

Not to mention objections, probably Ning Tong also knew that since Zhang Zhou was willing to come to the door, it must be not an easy matter, and it seemed that she had no reason to refuse.

In the past, she couldn't even want to see Zhang Zhou, but now that Zhang Zhou came here on his own initiative and said that he would send someone to live with her, doesn't that mean...he has the capital to trap Zhang Zhou?

"Woman." Zhang Zhou said, "A woman who is pregnant, you don't have to worry about food and clothing, and someone even does the cooking. She will leave after staying for a while. You will know her when she leaves. identity, but you can’t know it while she’s living there.”

Ning Tong said with a narrow expression: "As you are, do you still need to send a foreign house to me?"

Zhang Zhoudao: "You don't care if she is my foreign house or not. I will bring her here for you. You can see her well. It will benefit you and not harm you. There is nothing wrong with it... You know, I am also very embarrassed." .”

Ning Tong seems to be very dull in people's way of life, but his head is very shrewd in some aspects.

From Zhang Zhou's hint, she seemed to feel that the woman Zhang Zhou mentioned was the residence of a "big man", but no matter how she thought about it, she probably wouldn't think of the emperor.

The key point... In the impression of ordinary people, the emperor can take any woman he wants, which is more convenient than Zhang Zhou's concubine. In her eyes, Zhang Zhou can take a concubine to his own yard. Does the emperor care about those red tapes?
"It belongs to Zhu Feng?" Ning Tong called her ex-husband by his name.

Zhang Zhou curled his lips and said: "It's fine if it belongs to him. Mrs. Cheng Guotai is urging him to get married and have children every day, and you have become a joke of Cheng Guo's government. If it belongs to Zhu Zhijie, I will raise him." The women and children who are outside are sent to you to torture their couples, and I am number one."

Ning Tong said: "You can raise people anywhere outside. With your status, is it difficult to get a mansion?"

Zhang Zhou smiled and said: "What I want is your identity as a woman, or the identity of the former wife of An Bianhou. It will be very beneficial to you in the future to be more polite when you come here later."

"Then can I talk to her?" Ning Tong asked.

"Simple communication, such as what to eat, what to drink, what's the weather today, or how you feel, you can ask, but if it involves family affairs or background, don't ask at all." Zhang Zhou said with a smile, "Ms. Ning, not me If you insist on giving you a problem, you don't have the drive to face it, and if something goes wrong, you won't have any good fruit to eat!"

"Since this person is so important, why did you keep me here? I...I don't agree."

Ning Tong showed the attitude of dealing with business.

He didn't object before because he wanted to trap Zhang Zhou, but now he objected more because he wanted to bargain with Zhang Zhou.

Zhang Zhou looked at Ning Tong with disapproving eyes, and said with emotion: "You haven't made much progress since you left Duke Cheng's mansion. You were taken advantage of when you made friends, and calculated by others when you did business. Now I'll give you a chance to prove yourself. How about you?" Pushing three blocks and four blocks, you deserve to be reduced to where you are now."

Ning Tong is called a hate.

Zhang Zhou was teaching her in the tone of a high-ranking person. That feeling... drove her crazy.

Little self-esteem was bruised all over his body, and he almost burst into flames, pushing Zhang Zhou to the ground and beating him violently.

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Ning Tong brought them in.

Ning Tong has been silently looking at Xiao Lian.

"Miss Xiaolian, Ning Tong." Zhang Zhou introduced the two parties with a smile, "This Miss Ning is not simple. She used to be the wife of Marquis An Bian, but she divorced and now runs this Hangfen shop by herself. Ning Miss, why don't you take Miss Xiaolian to her room?"

Xiaolian is obviously very knowledgeable.

She came from a humble background, and when she saw that the other party was of noble birth, a typical official girl with a strong background, she naturally wanted to salute Ning Tong.

This made Ning Tong feel that Zhang Zhou was scaring himself earlier.

If it was really the foreign residence of some nobleman, why would he be so polite to himself, a former marquise?

After going to the backyard and arranging the rooms, the two servant girls, Ping An and Ji Xiang, whom Zhang Zhou had found from home also arrived.

"They are in charge of moving things in the backyard. They are very diligent in chopping firewood and lighting the fire." Zhang Zhou explained to Ning Tong and Xiao Lian together.

Ning Tong seemed to be dissatisfied with so many people coming to the family.

Zhang Zhou then asked Ping An to hand over the wooden box that he brought over, and then handed it over to Ning Tong: "The reward for you, I will open it in private. I don't want them to have even the slightest change here."

Ning Tong was impatient, she opened the wooden box slightly, and after seeing the contents inside, she seemed relieved again.

For a woman who has to live alone and go out in public to earn a living, money is her personal possessions.

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Zhang Zhou arranged everything and was about to leave.

"Are you busy? Why can't you sit down and talk?" Ning Tong and Zhang Zhou asked eagerly when they arrived at the shop.

Zhang Zhou looked back at her.

For some reason, Zhang Zhou felt that it seemed that Ning Tong, whose face was smeared like a monkey's butt before, was more simple and could catch his eyes.

After thinking about it carefully, it probably represents a woman who is busy with her career, and it can be regarded as a rare quality in women in this era.

Zhang Zhoudao: "I didn't lie to you. Your sister from the Chen family is working with me now. I have taken over her property, but not the one who has taken over her. I have a beautiful wife and concubine. There is no need to find an extinct girl, right?"

"Then how is she... now?" Ning Tong seemed to feel that her heart had been wronged, but she still wanted to know whether the daughter of the Chen family had betrayed her, or had no choice but to leave her.

Zhang Zhou was also unwilling to hit Ning Tong's self-esteem.

"She's making money to pay off her debts. If she didn't find you, she wouldn't owe so much foreign debt. You hurt her, but you also helped her indirectly...I need to run a mine now, and someone must come out as a cover, She was born as a merchant, so she is very suitable to help me, but you... are not suitable. You also know why." Zhang Zhou said.

Ning Tong's face was puffed up like a frog, and said: "Because I was born as an official!"

Zhang Zhoudao: "So you are suitable for running this kind of shop, and even help me do things that others can't do. Take good care of the girl Xiaolian inside. After taking care of it, you can keep in touch with me in the future. There is."

"What is a meal ticket?" Ning Tong frowned.

Zhang Zhou shrugged: "It's equivalent to a golden rice bowl."

In Zhang Zhou's view, if Ning Tong can become best friends with the emperor's future concubine, and even be able to enter and leave the palace in the future, it will be no problem to make her rouge and gouache business bigger and stronger. The political resources that are not available to her are irreplaceable for a woman who wants to be independent in society.

Hinting at this point, Zhang Zhou thought, it's up to you, a stupid woman, to figure it out by yourself.

While wanting to be a woman in the new era, but at the same time having little social experience, she is probably the kind of girl whose heart is higher than the sky and whose fate is thinner than paper.

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Inside the palace.

Zhang Zhou reported his "achievements" to Zhu Youtang.

When Zhu Youtang knew that his "beloved concubine" had a new residence, his heart seemed to fly there again... This made Zhang Zhou wonder whether Zhu Youtang was not thinking about his concubine, But Ning Tong?

"Bingkuan, it's not too late, I will take you to see the queen today."

Zhu Youtang seemed impatient to complete the feat of accepting a concubine.

Zhang Zhoudao: "Your Majesty, things have to be done step by step. If you want the empress to believe in a certain destiny, you must first create an impression on her. How can it be done overnight?"

"Oh?"

Zhu Youtang's eyes lit up.

Suddenly, the once strict wife, the best husband in Ming Dynasty, became very interested in how to fool his wife with his friends.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me for being rude. Now I have to teach Your Majesty how to speak." Zhang Zhou said.

"Quickly, tell me. I will do as you said."

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Duan Jingdian.

After eating lunch, Zhu Houzhao was depressed, but was told that Zhang Zhou was here.

He only raised a little interest... because Zhang Zhou hasn't brought him anything interesting recently, and every time he comes, he just teaches him according to the established process, and what he teaches is the content of the Four Books and Five Classics.

"Mr. Zhang, can we talk about something different today?" Zhu Houzhao didn't even get up to greet him, but just sat there, looking drowsily at Zhang Zhou.

Zhang Zhou said: "Congratulations, prince, you are a teacher."

"What?" Zhu Houzhao stared.

Zhang Zhou also sat down on the chair next to him, sighed and said, "I have basically taught all the things I can teach, and I have to wait a few years for you to teach the things I can't teach, so our teacher-student relationship can also be good." It's over."

"you you……"

Zhu Houzhao said angrily, "What nonsense are you talking about? Even if I have learned all the classics and meanings, but there are so many contents in the classics and history collections, how dare you finish teaching them? Besides, isn't learning to review the old to learn the new?"

Zhang Zhouxin said, do you still know that you can learn the new by reviewing the past?
As far as your material is concerned... it is a bad thing for anyone to be your husband, so you just say that those who are your husband will be left alone?

"Prince, you can leave those knowledge to the other lecturers in the Eastern Palace. What I can teach is no different from them, so you don't have to bother me in the future."

"But what they teach, I don't like to listen to it."

"Your Majesty said that the prince can't devote himself to learning, so he will teach behind closed doors."

"Zhang Bingkuan, do you know how rude you are? You can't teach yourself, so you want to instigate the confinement of the emperor?" Zhu Houzhao was furious.

But there was nothing he could do to Zhang Zhou.

"I don't care about that. The task of the minister is to teach the prince some necessary knowledge. Now it is basically completed. In the future, there is another important thing for the minister to complete, which is to calm down the grassland. In the future, it is impossible to calm down and teach the prince. .”

When Zhang Zhou said this, Zhu Houzhao's previous negative emotions were swept away.

Zhu Houzhao's buttocks were still on his chair, but he dragged the chair to lean against Zhang Zhou, and asked, "Then can we plan together?"

"No way!" Zhang Zhou said.

"you!"

Zhu Houzhao found that it was not easy to communicate with Zhang this ship normally today.

Zhang Zhoudao: "Prince, it's like this. You are still young, and you can't make decisions about big things. If I progress quickly, the grassland will be pacified in three to five years, then the prince can only..."

"Enough!" Zhu Houzhao said angrily, "Mr. Zhang! Just tell me, what exactly do you want me to do so that you can... not flatten the grassland within three to five years?"

"Hey, are you trying to sabotage His Majesty's plan?" Zhang Zhou frowned.

Zhu Houzhao was so angry that he almost wanted to say, you don't want me to kill the king and father, do you?So I will be the emperor?Then you can help me pacify the grassland and establish a legacy that will last forever?

Zhang Zhoudao: "Prince, if I am in Beijing in the future, I can only come here once a month, and the meeting will not exceed half an hour. I can't teach lectures, and I just come to chat with you about life ideals."

Zhu Houzhao: "..."

"It's basically impossible for you to leave the palace to see me. His Majesty knows that you have the idea of ​​escaping from the palace gate, and will send more people to guard it in the future. Don't even think about it! You are so fit, so easy to recognize."

"..." Zhu Houzhao remained speechless.

Zhang Zhoudao: "However, I have taken on a new job. After you are twelve or thirteen years old, I may teach you some knowledge on horseback. This is His Majesty's special permission. It is too early to say."

Zhu Houzhao angrily said, "Are you here to say goodbye today?"

"I didn't say goodbye. I'll come back after I've said it all. Even if I only go to Qianqing Palace in the future, I won't see you when I look up. Prince, don't say it as if we are going to say goodbye forever." Zhang Zhouzhou looked indifferent.

Gao Feng, who was standing by the side, couldn't listen anymore, and hurriedly asked: "Then sir, today is the last class, so you can tell me more."

Zhang Zhou said: "Forget it, the grassland has won another battle, the Huangshui victory, the news has just reached the capital, and now there is a lot of excitement, I don't have so much time to spend teaching the prince the Four Books and Five Classics."

"Ah? Great victory? What great victory? Did you win the battle again? You...why didn't you say it earlier?"

Zhu Houzhao felt that he had missed a hundred million.

Zhang Zhou spread his hands and said: "Prince, you are still too young, unfortunately, you can't help me, and you can't fight side by side with me. Moreover, the prince's knowledge is not very good, this knowledge is the most critical element of leveling the grassland , just tell you about the art of war, but you don’t know allusions or history, how can I tell you? How can I discuss it with you?”

"You...you..." No matter how stupid Zhu Houzhao was at this time, he actually realized that Zhang Zhou was persuading him to learn in disguise.

It probably means that if you don't learn, I won't play with you.

Expect me to teach you in the future?
I'm sorry, someone in this Zhang is so awesome now, no matter where you fight and win, you don't need to teach you a prince to get any honor. Isn't it better to hang out with your majesty than with your brat?In the future, if you don't learn well, we will be strangers.

Who said that you, a brat, should study hard, only come to see each other every day, and look at your face every time, this is the way?

The Donggong lecturer can't beat you, can't scold you, and even suffers from your anger.

But someone in this Zhang doesn't need to be angry.

snort!
Dissatisfied?

Hold back for me!
Gao Feng hurriedly followed the words and asked: "Then if the crown prince's knowledge is advanced and can keep up with Mr. Zhang's military strategy, will you teach the crown prince again?"

"It depends on your mood." Zhang Zhou said, "A child of this age is nothing more than a brat in my family who is beaten all day long but can't be corrected. The prince wants to study hard? Can he still keep up with me in the art of war?" Rhythm? Forget it!"

"Zhang Bingkuan, don't think that I don't know that you are using aggressive tactics!" Zhu Houzhao continued to panic.

Zhang Zhou said disdainfully: "You can learn it or not, it depends on your mood. If you can't learn it well, what does it matter to me? If Ming's rule of the country is only based on bragging, then it doesn't matter if there is a prince in the future."

"Too much deceit!" Zhu Houzhao bared his teeth and claws.

Zhang Zhou suddenly got up, and he was already walking out: "By the way, prince, let me inform you again. I may have some errands recently, just to calculate the fate of Ming Dynasty. There are too many things in the past, so I won't come. Do it yourself."

"It's best not to see each other in this life! Who cares about you?" Zhu Houzhao angrily refused to look at Zhang Zhou, let alone see him off.

Zhang Zhou nodded and said, "That's good. The next time we meet, don't let the prince be an adult. We will meet again in Shanshui. I hope we will have the opportunity to sit down and discuss the way of governing the country together in the future."

(End of this chapter)