The First Gongsheng of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 382 Open the bow without turning back the arrow
Wu Hao felt in his heart that he had been greatly humiliated, but he not only refused to accept it.

Not for the emperor's order.

Just because, who let me calculate the astrology and the fortune of Ming Dynasty, it is really incomparable with the Duke of Lai in front of me?

I didn't come to discuss with you what I asked you to do. It's useless to talk too much, just follow the orders in a sloppy manner.

Wu Hao was about to send Zhang Zhou away, but he still didn't forget to ask: "Duke Lai, I really want to ask for advice."

Zhang Zhoudao: "Wu Jianzheng is right, but it's okay to say."

Wu Hao wondered: "You see that you can see the opportunity in advance every time, whether it is climate change, or the situation of the enemy at the border, or natural disasters and man-made disasters... Let me ask you, what do you rely on to calculate it? Liuren? Astrology? Divination? I don’t want to steal a teacher to learn art, but I just want to determine the scope of my future specialization.”

"Hehe." Zhang Zhou was laughing.

This question is easy to ask but hard to answer.

Could it be telling Wu Hao that you also travel through time, and your soul travels through hundreds of years, for example, if you are stuffed into the Three Kingdoms and the prosperous Tang Dynasty, and through your understanding of historical materials, you can also become a prophet at that time?
"Based on feeling." Zhang Zhou said.

"Feeling...feeling?" Wu Hao was taken aback, "Did you also rely on feeling for this hail disaster?"

Zhang Zhou sighed: "Speaking of which, I have the ability. Once something happens in the future, I will feel something in my heart, and then I can't help thinking about it. Finally, I can calculate a rough result in my heart."

Wu Hao thought to himself, this is teasing me.

But thinking about it again, the matter of metaphysics is not easy to explain. Based on his contact with Zhang Zhou, he didn't realize that Zhang Zhou didn't have much research on astrology, calendars, etc., or Zhang Zhou's attainments in metaphysics. , is it relying on the induction between heaven and man?
"Taught." Wu Hao looked a little disappointed.

Zhang Zhou knew it was a blow to someone.

If it is calculated by manpower, it is possible to learn no matter how complicated the calculation formula is.

But if it is all based on the induction between heaven and man... then it probably means that you have no day, and you are not qualified to communicate with God, then stop working hard in this life and strive for a good reincarnation in the next life.

Zhang Zhou felt that he was worthy of Wu Hao. Traveling through this kind of thing...is no different from the telepathy between heaven and man. If you don't know it, you really don't know it.

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"Hailstorm, hailstorm..."

When Wu Hao sent Zhang Zhou out the door, he was still muttering.

It seems that Wu Hao is still very concerned about the impending hail disaster, but what makes him even more troubled is figuring out how Zhang Zhou calculated it.

Zhang Zhou relied on his excellent historical knowledge.

"Xiaozong Shilu" has detailed records:

"July Wuzi, the capital rains and hails."

"Ren Shen, there is an earthquake in the capital."

"Xin Chou, Wei Chun said to Zhong Weichun from the military department that the recent earthquake, rain and hail are still in order, and the captives are especially worrying about the border. I beg Ma Wensheng, the Minister of the Ministry of War, to plan carefully and not to be restrained. The accountant of the Ministry of Finance and payment, Right now, Zhengdong’s urgent task is urgent, and Shang Shu Zhong is sick, and Li Mengyang, the servant, is very tired, so I beg you not to choose a talented person to fill his position, the superior should do it, and Ming Zhong and others will be ignored.”

"Jiachen, there is an earthquake in Gwangju, Henan."

"Jiyou, according to the Ministry of Rites, there have been star changes, earthquakes, rain and hail in the capital recently, and there have been many catastrophes in the four directions in the past one or two years. I beg the towns and patrols in places where there are disasters to be strict with the province. Any inconveniences will be reported. In Ningxia, Gansu, Xuanfu, Datong, and Liaodong, the borders are particularly important. Please order to guard carefully to prevent any danger, and order the civil and military officials of the two capitals to repair the province together, so as to return to God. I especially hope that the emperor will be sympathetic to Li Yuanyi to cultivate real virtues and not replace them. In the early years of government, use the picture of perfection and eternity, and accept it."

"Nanjing garrison Wei Guogong Xu Yu resigned due to a disaster. Shang said that the minister of the Qing Dynasty had stayed and served for a few years. Fang Long appointed him, and he sincerely agreed to resign."

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This series of events is based on a "disaster".

There was no Zhang Zhou in history, and the officials mentioned these catastrophic incidents, which were mainly associated with military affairs in the Northwest, but if Zhang Zhou was there...it would be lively.

The minister will definitely say, look, Your Majesty, the heavens are warning us, we should obey the heavens' arrangement, and quickly get Zhang Bingkuan down.

This is not a pre-emptive attack by Zhang Zhou, it is more like a preparation for some attacks that he is about to encounter... Only by first solving the matter of the disaster that he associates with him, and then there will be no disasters in Daming in the future, and others will not Forcibly associate with him.

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Zhang Zhou had just returned home in a carriage.

When he was thinking about how to reunite with his wife and children tonight, there was a carriage parked at the door, and the person walking down from it was Yang Peng.

"Master Zhang." Yang Peng walked over, making a posture of bowing his head and accepting orders.

Zhang Zhoudao: "Eunuch Yang, have you been waiting here for a long time? Is there something wrong, you want to talk about it today?"

Yang Peng said nervously: "It has been found out that tomorrow morning at the court, there may be a speaker who wants to use your matter to testify for impeachment, so I will say hello to you in advance."

"Your Majesty asked you to come?" Zhang Zhou asked.

"I mentioned it to His Majesty before, and His Majesty said that I will inform you in advance and let you make preparations first. I haven't reported this to Your Majesty yet." Yang Peng spoke earnestly.

Zhang Zhou glanced at Yang Peng, and probably understood that now Yang Peng knew that he was only superficial, but it was clear that this was a flash in the pan. Once Zhang Zhou fell, he, Yang Peng, would immediately hand over the authority of the admiral Dongchang, and Xiao Jing, Wei Bin and Chen Kuan seemed to be unable to tolerate him.

"Go in and talk." Zhang Zhou said.

"No need." Yang Peng said, "Our family has to go back and report this matter to His Majesty."

Zhang Zhou asked: "Do you know who is there? Didn't you let me prepare? I should always know who is there."

Yang Pengben stretched his hands into his arms, and heard the words: "To be honest, you should not ask who is there, but who is not... It's like this, many civil servants and martial arts in the court are coerced, very It is not allowed to impeach you. There are only a few leaders, but it seems that other than the one from the Ministry of Rites in the six Shangshu, everyone has joint names. It is not good for your situation."

Zhang Zhou sighed: "Why are these people in such a hurry? I still want to give them an opportunity. They don't even wait for God's will, they are going to come and impeach me right away? Alas! , isn't he fragrant?"

"what?"

Yang Peng was not used to Zhang Zhou's way of speaking.

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "Eunuch Yang, hurry up and report to His Majesty. I'm okay here. I'm already prepared to be targeted in the court. By the way, how many people in the court and the opposition will not be impeached? It's just a habit. alright."

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Zhang Zhou returned home.

For Zhang Zhou, it was a beautiful night of "father's kindness and son's filial piety" and "husband and wife love and unity as a family".

But for those who want to participate in the impeachment of Zhang Zhou, tonight is extraordinary. This is the last night before the war, and it involves the structure of the Ming court in the next few years, or even the next ten years.

For them... Once tomorrow's incident fails, it will mean that Zhang Zhou's rise will no longer be curbed. Officials, it is even more difficult to check and balance Zhang Zhou.

Be sure to succeed once without leaving future troubles.

The mansion of British Duke Zhang Mao was receiving a special guest at this time, and it was Wu Hao who had just met Zhang Zhou before.

The purpose of Wu Hao's coming to see Zhang Mao is to clarify what Zhang Zhou mentioned, that the capital will be hit by hailstorm in a few days, and he must follow the instructions not to say that it was mentioned by Zhang Zhou, but by Qin Tianjian himself. Figured it out.

"What did you say? There is rain and hail in the capital? This...is your calculation?" Zhang Mao also had a look of disbelief when facing such a confident weather forecaster Wu Hao.

Don't say that I, Zhang Mao, don't believe it. No one in the ruling and opposition parties thinks that you, Wu Hao, have the ability to directly calculate what will happen in a few days.

Whether it will be sunny or cloudy tomorrow, or whether it will rain or not, is still a question.

You can actually predict the hail disaster accurately?

Wu Hao said: "That's how things are. The reason I came down to look for Mr. Ying is because... If I tell others about such things, they may not be credible."

"Then why did you come to tell old man Yu again?" Zhang Mao frowned, "If you are not sure, you can mention it to His Majesty, or if you are afraid that you will not be able to accurately fulfill it, His Majesty will blame you for being incompetent and like to deliberately imitate Zhang Yu. boy?"

Wu Hao had a bitter look on his face.

It's better to be sarcastic, old man Zhang. When I talked to Zhang Bingkuan, even if he thought I was not capable, at least he didn't say so.

Wu Hao said according to the previously negotiated words: "Isn't this the case of impeachment involving the Duke of Lai recently? Is there no reason for the ruling and opposition parties? I wanted to see Tu Butang, but I felt that I would be disturbed by such things. He may be inconvenient. And it is basically difficult to be accepted."

Zhang Maodao: "Others don't believe me, so I must believe you?"

Wu Hao asked: "I'm just doing my best."

Zhang Mao looked worried.

Psychologically, he didn't want to fight against Zhang Zhou.

It is rare that under the leadership of Zhang Zhou, Wu Xun has already become supportive. Pressing Zhang Zhou down at this time will only result in the crowding out of the civil servants... Even if the civil servants came to discuss with him before, they said they would allow each other to be equal Mutual aid, but Zhang Mao knew that it was impossible for civil servants to give up power in governing the country.

But if he didn't fight against Zhang Zhou, the emerging nobles represented by Zhang Zhou would replace him from the British lineage.

Zhang Zhou doesn't need to do it himself, just Zhu Feng and Wang Shouren are enough to give him a headache.

It is also because Zhang Mao is very sensitive to the future when he is old. He also knows that his children and grandchildren are still unable to take the lead, and he does not think that Zhang Zhou has helped Zhang Rui and Zhang Lun and his son much...

cure?

In the face of political right and wrong, old man Zhang never thinks about such "small favors and small favors".

"Okay, you go back, remember this matter must not be mentioned to outsiders." Zhang Mao instructed.

"Why is this?"

Wu Hao thought to himself, you old man Zhang, are you trying to hide this matter?

Then the move of His Majesty and Zhang Bingkuan was sabotaged by you old man Zhang?
In the face of the emperor's order and your British order, of course I choose the former.

Zhang Maodao: "Once you can't fulfill it, do you know what the consequences will be? The Zhang family boy has been attacked by people recently, saying that he deceived the public, and the old man thinks you are almost the same."

"I..." This really touched Wu Hao's heart.

Wu Hao would naturally ponder, what Zhang Zhou said before was sincere, but who knows if he is fooling me?
Maybe he just wanted to fabricate a non-existent hail disaster, and asked me to find someone to report the incident, but in the end it never happened again... Zhang Bingkuan took the opportunity to tell others that it was the civil servants who criticized him for no reason, and even criticized him for what he did. What about "bewitching words to confuse the crowd" or "bewitching words to confuse the crowd"?

You civil servants attack me with non-existent disasters, and you are also deceiving the public with lies. How can you attack me?

"Walk around, act as if you've never been to the old man's house." Zhang Mao wanted to let go.

Wu Hao gritted his teeth and said, "Grandpa Zhang, if you don't mention this matter tomorrow, then you will have to mention it."

"What?" Zhang Mao was surprised.

You, Wu Hao, are getting tough too.

You actually calculated a hail disaster by calculation, and you plan to play it in person in the future?It's impressive.

"As a subject, if you are aware of a disaster or do not report it, it is a dereliction of duty. As a subordinate, the Qintian Supervisor, it is within the scope of his duty to report the astronomical anomaly. Let me tell you, it is only because it involves the investigation of Lai. If you don’t take the Duke’s impeachment matter to heart, then I can only request to report to His Majesty in person tomorrow.”

Wu Hao actually didn't want to do this, but now the emperor asked him to do it, so it's different.

Zhang Mao said with a dark face: "Whether you participate in the impeachment of the Zhang family boy, what does it matter to you? It's really a dog picking a mouse... that's fine. You go back, the old man must have an idea."

He didn't say whether he would report this matter in the future, he only said that he would have an idea, and he deliberately used the posture of an old fox to deceive Wu Hao.

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That night.

Liu Jian's mansion.

Tu Yu handed Liu Jian a written memorandum for joint participation and impeachment. At the same time, this memorandum will be sent to the Minister of General Affairs that night, and it will be brought out for public speaking when it comes to the Richao Hall.

"There are a total of 210 four people who signed the joint name. These are civil servants. Most of the ministers in the court participated in it, except for a few obsessed...or timid people."

Tu Yu mentioned these people with resentment in his tone, "In addition, there are 63 ministers and generals in the British public office. The memorial of the suzerains and vassals does not involve joint names, and will be spread to the capital in the next few days. .”

Liu Jian looked at it, pointed and said, "Don't you see Lin Hengda?"

"Yeah." Tu Yu nodded.

In fact, Liu Jian still doesn't quite understand this point, because in Liu Jian's view, if Lin Han can also "destroy his son-in-law righteously", it will improve the justice of this matter.

And based on Liu Jian's previous observations, Lin Han should not be the kind of person who "does not distinguish between right and wrong".

But never thought that Lin Han avoided this matter.

Liu Jian closed the memorial and said: "You should know that if you hand over this item, there will be no turning back!"

Tu Yu said: "It's all in this field, what do you think this full-stringed bow can do without an arrow?"

"En." Liu Jian also understood that there was actually no way out now.

"Mr. Liu Ge, His Majesty has not mentioned the intention of moving your cabinet this year, and even the proposal of adding new cabinet ministers has been rejected by His Majesty. His Majesty is showing his favor with this. You can't back down at a critical moment." !"

Tu Yu's words are to remind Liu Jian that don't let us get excited to participate in the impeachment of Zhang Zhou, and we have almost achieved the unity of the government and the opposition.

As a result, your cabinet retreated first, and there will be looseness in our camp, and Zhang Zhou may even seize the opportunity to counterattack.

"Yes." Liu Jian just nodded in agreement.

But in fact Liu Jian was not happy.

Just like Xie Qian's reaction when he found out about this matter before, they didn't object to Zhang Zhou, but they felt that the joint name of civil servants, Wu Xun and Zong vassal was really too low, and they did it at the risk of losing the emperor's trust. of.

If it is not good, there will be big troubles in the ruling and opposition parties.

What's worse, this matter was not led by a few members of their cabinet from the beginning, and they were also pulled in halfway, which means that this matter is not within their control... How will it develop in the end? Even Liu Jian has no idea about the situation.

The emperor's blind trust in the people around him was manifested from the beginning of Emperor Hongzhi's ascension to the throne. He loved his wife for more than ten years without taking concubines, and then he thoughtlessly cared for his two brothers-in-law, and then he thoughtlessly trusted Li Guang and Zhang Zhou...

The emperor's paranoia was also the reason why Liu Jian felt that this matter was very risky.

Tu Yu said: "I also heard that Eunuch Wei, the supervisor of ceremonies, went to pay a visit to Binzhi in person today. I don't know what they said, but I guess it has something to do with tomorrow's event."

Liu Jian was even more worried when he heard the words.

This time even the internal officials were involved, which made Liu Jian feel that things might get out of hand.

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In the palace, it was already night.

Zhu Youtang was not in the palace, and the supervisors of ceremonies also had their own errands.

Xiao Jing was not on duty at night, Chen Kuan was responsible for writing the imperial pen and Zhu Zhu's criticism at night, while Wei Bin left the palace to look for Li Dongyang.

"Eunuch Chen, the empress is here to invite you." Just as Chen Kuan was very busy, a eunuch came to pass the message at the door.

When Chen Kuan looked up and saw that the person who came was the eunuch who was always serving in Kunning Palace, he was wondering why the queen would come to see me at night?
He didn't dare to neglect, and hurriedly followed the visitor to meet Queen Zhang.

Empress Zhang put her daughter to bed early after dinner, while she sat there reading a book, but what she read was just an ordinary Chinese book, the one written by Zhang Zhou.

"Chen Kuan, I ask you, where did His Majesty go today?" Queen Zhang asked.

Chen Kuan said: "Your servant does not know."

Queen Zhang asked: "Then these two days, what happened in the government and the opposition?"

Chen Kuancheng said in fear, "Your slaves dare not speak nonsense."

Empress Zhang said: "Oh! I have heard about some things. It is said that the ministers of the DPRK and the central clan have joined forces to impeach Bingkuan. These people are really overestimated. Your Majesty's trust in Bingkuan is so deep. , the ruling and opposition parties should be aware of it, do you have to be so stiff?"

Chen Kuan pondered for a while.

Queen what does this mean?
Interfering in affairs of state?

Or come as a lobbyist for the emperor?But if you are a lobbyist, it's still useful to go to Xiao Jing, but what's the use of you to find me?
Empress Zhang said indifferently: "Your Majesty said that my two younger brothers will return to Beijing one after another in the near future, and their errands in the Dudu's Mansion are not easy to arrange, just when someone is overwhelmed, we will make arrangements for them. Chen Kuan, do you want to go one step further and take charge of the East Factory, or even become a ceremonial supervisor? I will give you a chance, and it depends on your choice."

(End of this chapter)