The First Gongsheng of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 402

The concert is over.

Tang Yin, Xu Jing, and Cheng Minzheng in the private room had different expressions. They didn't think the song moved them much... As Ming politicians or those who are about to enter politics, it is difficult for them to be interested in things other than politics.

This is because the people in the theater said that this is the woman brought by Zhang Zhou, and Tang Yin and Xu Jing knew the reason behind it.

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "Cheng Shilang, these are the women I brought back from North Korea. Would you like to comment on the songs they sang?"

"Uh... at the end of the sky, at the corner of the earth, half a friend is gone, a ladle of turbid wine to enjoy the rest of the night, don't dream cold tonight." Cheng Minzheng is obviously not interested in the tune, only a little interested in the lyrics, "This is just like the words of the sages, 'Eat a sack, drink a ladle, in a back alley, people are overwhelmed with worries, and they will never change their joy'. Lai Guogong is a great talent, but he doesn't know what tune it is? I seem to have heard half of "Ruan Lang Gui" from it, but not entirely. "

"Ha ha."

Zhang Zhou was laughing.

Bookworms are bookworms, let Cheng Minzheng listen to a tune, and even come up with so many rhymes, but they don't know that the words are just added and changed to match the tune, and they didn't deliberately put on the tune, and they don't fit in the same way.

Tang Yin asked curiously: "Duke Lai brought them back just to... sing a tune?"

This made Tang Yin very depressed.

At that time, he was working hard in Hanyang City, the capital of North Korea, and finally completed the coup. Zhang Zhou’s instruction was to let him find a little girl. He thought it was related to the fate of the country. Who knew that after bringing it back, Zhang Zhouzhen asked her to sing. He even wrote lyrics and composed the music himself. Tang Yin felt the deep malice from his senior brother.

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "I wrote it by myself, and I wrote it casually. Let's treat it as a new tune. I am like this. I don't miss official duties, life, entertainment, and making money. I don't have to be so rigid in life."

Cheng Minzheng cupped his hands and sighed: "Mr. Lai's aspirations are lofty, and I admire him."

Tang Yin and Xu Jing stared at Cheng Minzheng at the same time.

If you want to say that you are shameless, you, Old Cheng, don't give up too much. An old scholar who has been famous in the academic world for decades, actually praises the stinky feet of a young man so much. How dare you blow your beard and stare at us?

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After all, Cheng Minzheng was still in charge of the Nanjing Imperial Academy for the time being, and he came out to see Zhang Zhou purely as a deserter.

Then Zhang Wednesday and the others escorted him out of the room and watched him go downstairs.

Back in the private room, Tang Yin said: "Senior brother said that if you want to make a name for the prince, the most fearful thing is that Xiao Xiao will harm him secretly. Once the prince appears in public, and the protection is not effective... I want to say that in the past, during the prince's thousand autumn festival, there were people who went to celebrate the prince's birthday, and someone knew the prince."

Zhang Zhou said: "Is Bohu afraid that the emperor's relatives will harm the prince?"

Tang Yin said with a look of hesitation: "No slack."

"Of course I know that I can't slack off, but if you don't let the crown prince have fun in Jiangnan, he will definitely look for opportunities to run out after he returns," Zhang Zhou said.

Tang Yin frowned and said: "Let him have fun, next time...doesn't he want to come?"

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "This requires us to grasp a degree, not only to make the prince happy, but also to make His Majesty feel satisfied with the prince's fame, and to make the prince no longer fond of Jiangnan... we must work hard."

Both, and, and...

Tang Yin felt overwhelmed when he heard Zhang Zhou's plan, how could it be so easy to take care of the crown prince submissively?

Xu Jing was full of anticipation and said: "Master Zhang, you must have a comprehensive plan. As long as you tell the prince that the dragon does not go to the south of the Yangtze River twice, there will be a catastrophe. I believe that the prince will never think about coming to Jiangnan again."

"Ok?"

Tang Yin glanced at Xu Jing, and thought, can it be like this?

Coax and scare?
Zhang Zhou patted Tang Yin on the shoulder and didn't say much, but in fact everything was already in the air.

Look at Xu Jing, just because he wants to do things for me wholeheartedly, even his head is smarter than yours. You Tang Yin is afraid that you are about to fall into the book bag now. You only care about the so-called filial piety and etiquette, but forget that you can't rule the prince of Ming Dynasty with normal means.

"I've made arrangements for you. The officials, gentry and wealthy households of Yingtian Mansion will come to the city recently, and you can also send people to Suzhou and other places to lobby. Jiangnan is also your own territory, right? It's easy to find a few people to help you and hire a few assistants." Zhang Zhou reminded.

Tang Yin said: "The financial resources are limited, and the monthly salary is too little."

Xu Jing said with a smile: "Bohu don't have to worry too much about the cost."

Tang Yin glared at Xu Jing again, as if to say, you have the money to solve my shipbuilding problem, lest I go out and run around!What's the point of just hiring someone for me?
Zhang Zhou shook his head helplessly and sighed.

This pair of living treasures... a bit like mud can't support the wall.

Zhang Zhou was also thinking, at the beginning, he thought you, Tang Bohu, would be able to make a big difference after going through the Duobi City and North Korea, right?Now he is famous, but it seems that he is still a little far away from becoming a master.

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The capital, the imperial palace, and the Qianqing palace.

Zhu Youtang was listening to the report of Mu Bin, the commander of Jinyiwei. Mu Bin did not accompany Yang Peng to the south, and he basically reported to the emperor directly about the prison and intelligence system in the capital.

"...Yang Yiqing, Minister of the Taichang Temple in Nanjing, set off to go north immediately after receiving the transfer order. He went straight from Henan to Ningxia. He did not stop all the way, and did not meet with the route of Lai Guogong going south." Mu Bin's tone was very cautious, as far as possible without any subjective opinions.

"Ah."

After Zhu Youtang finished listening, he just nodded slightly, his expression calm.

Xiao Jing said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the battle situation in Ningxia is not too tense these two days, but there are rumors from Gansu and other places that there are signs of Tatar cavalry activities. Marquis An Bian and the Ningxia governor, going all the way to the northwest should be able to stop the Tatars' ambition."

"I asked them to send troops on their own initiative, not to defend the city gate." Zhu Youtang said with a serious face, "Although Yang Yiqing was not recommended by Bingkuan, why did he know that he was half a day late, and then he was able to see Duke Lai to discuss the situation in the northwest and get some instructions, but insisted on going north on the grounds of official business. Does he have such arrogance that he thinks he can win this battle?"

The smile on Xiao Jing's face froze.

Sure enough, the emperor was still dissatisfied with the people recommended by the traditional civil servants.

He thought to himself, thinking that His Majesty wanted to balance the situation in the northwest and prevent Zhang Bingkuan's people from intervening in trilateral affairs, but His Majesty only trusted Zhang Bingkuan in his heart. It seemed that His Majesty wanted Yang Yiqing to become a member of the Zhang Party, and changed the way to allow Zhang Bingkuan to integrate into the trilateral government affairs.

But it seems... the surname Yang didn't understand His Majesty's deep meaning.

Mou Bin lowered his head, he knew that he didn't need to answer this question, the emperor's question was more like embarrassing Yang Yiqing for turning a blind eye to Zhang Zhou.

Xiao Jing asked for instructions: "Your Majesty, should you quickly ask Duke Lai to write a military strategy in Ningxia and spread it to Ningxia quickly?"

"Humph!"

Zhu Youtang snorted coldly, "Give me a tip, and the effect will be the same as face-to-face instruction? Since Yang Yiqing has no intention of obeying Bingkuan's advice, can he do it if you give him a tip? Or do some people in the court think that the Tatar cavalry is just paper? Do you think that Bingkuan can often use surprise troops to win, so can theirs?"

Xiao Jing could hear that the emperor had clearly distinguished "our people" from "their people" in his words, and he began to understand that the emperor had no intention of balancing the court situation at all.

The person promoted by Zhang Zhou was not allowed to take charge of the government of one side because he had not found an opportunity, or the emperor did not want to intensify the conflict between the monarch and his ministers at once.

Xiao Jing said: "Your Majesty, I think the Ministry of War will give him a strategy."

"Give him a strategy to shrink his head? Tell him my will, let Yang Yiqing and Zhijie arrive in Ningxia, and within five days, they will mobilize troops to take the initiative to attack, and the food, grass and supplies will be mobilized by Yulin Wei and others. If you delay the time so that you can't confront the main force of the little Tatar prince, I will punish you for delaying the military aircraft!"

The emperor was furious.

You, Yang Yiqing, don't intend to listen to Zhang Zhou. If you are so conceited, then you should show your abilities.

As long as you can quickly dispatch troops according to my intention, take the initiative to fight the Tatars, and if the result of the battle is still as I wish, then it is up to you to do what you want.

otherwise……

You're being ignorant.

If you are incompetent and do not want to listen to other people's advice, this is called ignorance of current affairs, and your end is to be dismissed from your job and accused of crimes.

After asking about the crimes of a few people, if someone goes to the Northwest in the future... Even if the person is recommended by a traditional civil servant, he will follow Zhen and Bingkuan as the leader, instead of thinking about listening to the orders of the Ministry of War and sticking to the character of a traditional civil servant.

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Mu Bin went out of Qianqing Palace with Xiao Jing.

After coming out, Mou Bin asked nervously, "Eunuch Xiao, what does your Majesty mean? You mean... that Yang Zhongcheng committed a taboo before he even arrived in Ningxia?"

In the past, Mou Bin followed Xiao Jing, now that Xiao Jing is promoted, he will naturally listen to Xiao Jing.

Xiao Jing said with a stern face: "You Jinyiwei have settled the matter of the prince? What good does it do you to think about those factional disputes?"

"Yes."

Mu Bin quickly lowered his head and admitted his mistake.

Xiao Jing also seemed to realize that such a lesson to Mou Bin is not a good strategy, at least he still expects Mou Bin to disobey Yang Pengyang, and also expects Mou Bin to follow his orders in the future.

Xiao Jing said in a calm tone: "Now it depends on whether this Yang Zhongcheng can also fight a beautiful attack. The result does not need to be too high. As long as he can force the little Tatar prince back during the attack, he is a great achievement. Those old officials in the court can finally leave a capable minister for the court! But if they can't fight back...then choose someone else."

Mou Bin said: "Next time, I guess it will be the public elector of Lai Kingdom?"

"Hmph, why don't you ask?" Xiao Jing was a little annoyed again.

Finally, I felt that the emperor wanted to maintain the interests of the traditional civil servants, thinking that the emperor wanted to use the court Chinese officials to check and balance Zhang Zhou... Only now did I realize that it was all wishful thinking between myself and the court Chinese officials.

In fact, the emperor's trust in Zhang Zhou was not compromised at all.

The emperor just showed that he wanted to balance, and made a false appearance for those civil servants to see.

In fact, the emperor wished that Zhang Zhou could control all the military affairs on the nine sides!

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Zhang Zhou took Lin Yi out of the theater building, and took a carriage together to the other courtyard where they had lived before.

Lin Yi was a little distracted, as if she was still recalling the tunes sung by two North Korean women on the stage...

Zhang Zhou also knew that Lin Yi seemed to be a very good lady. Women in this era began to marry and have children at the age of sixteen or seventeen, but the innocence in their bones couldn't be stopped. It can only be said that Lin Yi, a "female classmate", usually concealed things too well, and his innocence potential was gradually stimulated by his old driver.

"Yi'er, do you think the lyrics and music written for your husband are not good?" Zhang Zhou asked with a smile.

Lin Yi raised her head, blinked innocently at Zhang Zhou and said, "Then... are they all written by the master?"

Zhang Zhoudao: "Of course I wrote it. If you want to listen to it later, I will call them to the house and sing for you alone."

"No...no need." Lin Yi's voice trembled a little.

The nature of a girl always has the pursuit of beautiful things, and the ideal of chasing stars. Seeing that Zhang Lushui and Xiao Changjin are so popular, and the songs they sing are really moving, Lin Yi of course wants to get to know them.

But in front of Zhang Zhou, she still had to try her best to suppress the desire in her heart.

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "Do you want to write more poems if you don't want to? Your reputation as a talented woman has not been maintained recently. In this way, my husband still has a booklet with a lot of poems on it. You can choose whatever you want. If you choose it, you will say that you wrote it. Let me tell you, my husband has become popular in poetry recently, but I don't want to use it to make a name for myself, so I'll give you the task of becoming famous."

Lin Yi blushed and said: "My concubine has already read the collection of poems written by the master."

"What? Have you read it? Didn't you come up with a song or two to show off?" Zhang Zhou didn't mind at all, as if he was encouraging Lin Yi to commit a crime.

Lin Yi bit her lower lip with her teeth.

This made Zhang Zhou somewhat uncomfortable. He said: "You said you, I have never seen you with such a shy side before, which makes my husband very anxious. Ah Shui, hurry up and go home, sir, I have important things to do."

"Know it."

Jia Laoshui hastened his horse, and now even Jin Yiwei, who was following behind to protect him, had to walk quickly.

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The news of the North Korean woman holding a concert in Nanjing soon spread to the streets and alleys, and everyone knew it. It turned out that the North Korean woman was brought back by Zhang Zhou.

The melody spread, because it was a new cipa and singing method, and it was brought by Zhang Zhou, the center of public opinion in the academic circle. For a while, many fans of Zhang Zhou's Xinxue began to write poems according to the new cipai.

In a courtyard in Nanjing, Li Zhaoxian and his wife, together with Li Yu and his party, just moved here from the inn.

Li Zhaoxian went out for a run, and brought back "good things" for his sister.

"Ma'am, I have something to discuss with my sister-in-law." Although Li Zhaoxian's wife is also a lady, she doesn't like poetry.

The relationship between husband and wife is also very average, mainly because Li Zhaoxian went out to find flowers and ask Liu, and also got into trouble.

Although the husband and wife respect each other as guests, it is only in terms of etiquette.

"Sister, look quickly, this is the new song. I asked someone to compose it, and you play it on the guqin... If there is something wrong, I will correct it for you." After his wife left, Li Zhaoxian played a kind of "game" with his sister like a big child that only children would be keen on.

Li Yu said: "Brother, have you heard it?"

"No." Li Zhaoxian sighed helplessly, "I can't buy a ticket. There is only one performance a day. Every time there is a huge crowd of people, the outside is very noisy, and I can't hear what is singing inside. But I will hum for you."

Immediately afterwards, Li Zhaoxian sang the recent "popular songs" in Nanjing with a very untuned voice.

Li Yu was listening beside her, even though Li Zhaoxian couldn't sing well, it seemed to open up a new world to her.

"Qupai, can you still sing like this?" Li Yu felt incredible after listening to it.

Li Zhaoxian grinned and said, "I also think it's new. I heard that it's a Korean folk song, but it's just that Duke Lai made up new words. He also brought it back from North Korea... When he was in the capital, no one had heard of it. After he arrived in the south of the Yangtze River, it spread."

Li Yu said: "Isn't the capital shaking?"

"That's right, the Lord of the Lai Kingdom prophesied that there was an earthquake. Maybe he was afraid of being criticized by the world. He thought it had something to do with His Majesty's belief in him, so he left. Now the scholars in Nanjing are also spreading the word. Such an outstanding man who expresses God's will and knows the future like this has never appeared since ancient times. What's more, he has attainments in poetry. This new song card can be said to trigger a trend."

Li Zhaoxian mentioned Zhang Zhou with great admiration in his tone, "Now there are rumors outside that he will personally participate in the Jiangnan Discussion. If he has outstanding talents, he may be accepted as a disciple. I have to work hard for my brother."

"Hee hee." Li Yu covered his mouth with a smile and said, "Don't work hard, big brother. With your knowledge, I'm afraid you will embarrass your father."

"Even you look down on me? Anyway, I have a relationship with Mr. Zhang. Even if I use my father's contacts, I want to join the teacher's school. This is my sincerity. As the saying goes, sincerity is good. Is it better than those people who follow others?" Li Zhaoxian said with a straight face.

Li Yu nodded and said: "That's true, the elder brother is not trying to follow others, but just wants to take the opportunity to make a name for himself?"

Li Zhaoxian frowned and said, "Little sister, if you tear things down again, don't blame Brother Wei for finding someone to send you back to the capital."

"Brother, I was wrong. I don't want to go back. I haven't experienced the fun of Jiangnan. At least let me go after attending this essay meeting." Li Yu said with a pitiful face.

"it is good."

Only then did Li Zhaoxian nod in satisfaction, as if he had a bit of dignity as an older brother, "By the way, I also heard that your lady, Mrs. Lin, has also arrived in Nanjing. Do you want to write to her?"

"No... no need."

When Li Yu mentioned Lin Yi, he felt disappointed that he had let Lin Yi down, and because of his aggressiveness, Lin Yi avoided seeing her from then on.

At any rate, Li Yu is also knowledgeable and interesting. He knows that people don't want to see him, but he still goes to see him with a face, which is like asking for no fun.

"It's a pity that that talented woman hasn't had any famous works published recently. But for ordinary talented women, it is no regret to have such a poem in her life." Li Zhaoxian was full of envy.

After Li Zhaoxian left.

Li Yu took out the poem sent by Jiang Pingyu before, she looked at it for a long time, and suddenly felt a little lost.

"It's me who failed the lady. She has great talent, but she doesn't want to be known. Maybe she just wants to be a husband and a child. This external reputation is nothing to her." Li Yu looked up at Jing Jing outside the window and said, "I don't know when I will have the opportunity to meet her again?"

(End of this chapter)