The First Gongsheng of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 458
The court meeting the next day.

Zhang Zhou appeared in the court hall, because the cabinet had known about Wang Shouren's memorial in advance, so from the perspective of traditional civil servants, Zhang Zhou's intention to go to court this time was obvious, which was to fight for Wang Shouren's money and food for Datong Xiucheng.

After Zhu Youtang personally mentioned Wang Shouren's performance.

Before Zhang Zhou could say anything, Liu Jian came out and said, "Your Majesty, it is an expedient measure for the governor of the military affairs of Xuanda and other departments to concurrently serve as the governor of Datong. Now that Datong's military affairs have stabilized, Another governor of Datong should be sent to take charge of the important affairs of the local military aircraft."

The cabinet goes first.

It means that since Wang Shouren mentioned that he has worked very hard in the position of Xuanda General System, then don't force him, and he is not saying that he will be dismissed from his position, but find an "assistant" for him.

Zhu Youtang looked at Zhang Zhou and said, "Bingkuan, what do you think?"

It can be seen from the words that the emperor actually agrees with Liu Jian's statement. After all, no matter how awesome Wang Shouren is, he has been an official in the court for less than two years, how can he be so comprehensive?So Liu Jian's proposal was not aimless, or deliberately suppressing Wang Shouren.

But as the emperor, he has now tended to basically listen to Zhang Zhou on military affairs, so he will seriously ask Zhang Zhou's opinion.

Zhang Zhoudao: "Your Majesty, I agree with Elder Liu Ge's statement. It's just about who to send... I think that it should be an old minister who has the experience of local security."

Not only do I agree with you, Liu Jian, but I also propose to you to choose a senior official, which means that I will not compete with you.

Zhu Youtang said: "Bingkuan, do you have any good candidates?"

Zhang Zhou looked at Liu Jian with a smile and said, "Let's listen to Liu Ge's opinion."

Not to mention Liu Jian was muttering in his heart, even the ministers around him didn't figure it out, Zhang Zhou is so "easy to talk" today?

Liu Jian didn't care what Zhang Zhou's intentions were, and insisted on his own opinion: "Return to Your Majesty, I recommend Liu Yu as the inspector of Shandong."

From the point of view of Liu Jian's recommendation, he did not exceed his duties. The emperor asked him to recommend him, and in the selection of the governor of Datong, his choice seemed to Zhang Zhou... very normal, because historically Liu Jian was the governor of Datong. When there is a vacancy, Liu Yu is indeed recommended.

Of course, the time does not match, but there is one thing, that is, Liu Yu has done a very good job on the ground.

But this person... in the future, he will cling to Liu Jin, and he will only do decent things, not the kind of diligent and diligent official, but an official who can cover up his mistakes.

Zhu Youtang asked, "What do you think of Bingkuan?"

He was obviously recommended by Liu Jian, but the emperor was still obsessed with asking Zhang Zhou what he meant. The implication is that the frontier governor you recommended would be useless without Zhang Zhou's approval. I really thought you were recommended. Can it be up to you to decide?
Zhang Zhoudao: "Your Majesty, I don't know much about Liu Yu, the procurator of Shandong, so I don't like to judge. But since he is the person recommended by Mr. Liu Ge, he must have the ability to govern the side, and it is inconvenient for me to refute."

Liu Jian said seriously: "If Cai Guogong thinks this candidate is not suitable, you can speak up."

Zhang Zhou shook his head with a smile and said, "I have only been in the court for a short time, and few people know about it. As for who to use or not, it still depends on the recommendation of respected colleagues such as Mr. Liu Ge. How dare I presume?"

Even though Liu Jian had expected that Zhang Zhou was "showing weakness" today, he was still a little overwhelmed.

Because he really didn't understand Zhang Zhou's purpose in doing so.

"Liu Yu." Zhu Youtang said, "Let me decide."

Having said that, Zhu Youtang took a special look at Zhang Zhou.

Probably because Zhang Zhou was inconvenient to object in the court, so he went back to discuss with Zhang Zhou in private, and if Zhang Zhou objected again at that time, it was still okay to recommend someone else.

This reflects Zhu Youtang's "protection" of Zhang Zhou.

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Regarding the governor of Datong, it seems that Liu Yu is tentatively scheduled, because not many officials are familiar with Liu Yu, and Liu Jian squeezed out a governor of Datong from Zhang Zhou's "teeth". Wenchen seems to be full of expectations for Liu Yu.

Li Rongdao: "Your Majesty, Ma Zhongxi, the Governor of the Xuan Mansion, has repeatedly submitted his resignation. Now that the matter of military pay in the Xuan Mansion is not handled properly, the Household Department has asked His Majesty to send someone to the Xuan Mansion to take care of the affairs of the Xuan Mansion's treasury."

According to the rules of Daming Border Town, Xuan Mansion mainly exists as the headquarters of the granary in the Northwest.

In the tenth year of Hongzhi, when there was a major problem with the military pay of the Xuanfu, Liu Daxia, who was the left servant of the household department and the censor of Qiandu, took charge of the military pay as the governor of the Xuanfu, and ordered the local military pay of the Xuanfu within one year. Improvements were made, but Liu Daxia retreated bravely and chose to return to his hometown.

Because of his mediocre ability, even if Ma Zhongxi has a so-called loyalty and patriotism, loyalty and incorruptibility cannot be eaten, nor can he be upright. In addition, after the reform of grain in the Northwest and the opening of the salt import system, the situation of military supplies and grass is going from bad to worse. Under the sun, Ma Zhongxi's ability is obviously not enough to overcome such a big problem.

Zhu Youtang looked up at the ministers present again and said, "What do you think about the Xuanfu treasury?"

This time, before Liu Jian came forward to recommend Yu, Zhang Zhou came out and said: "Your Majesty, the matter of the Xuanfu's granary and military pay involves the stability of the towns in the northwest. If it is not managed properly, it will only cause turmoil in the army. Therefore, I propose that Liu Daxia, the former left servant of the household department, be reactivated to return to the court to manage the military affairs of the Xuanfu."

As soon as this word comes out.

Many ministers present were even more puzzled.

Although Liu Daxia has never been a minister, there are quite a few people who are familiar with him. Although this person is not a stone in the latrine, he is not someone who can be "bought" by Zhang Zhou's one recommendation.

It is obviously unreasonable for Zhang Zhou to take the initiative to recommend a person who is obviously impossible to win over, and to put forward the recommendation before Liu Jian and others.

Zhu Youtang nodded and said: "I have seen the ability of Liu Qing's family, but I don't know how his recent health is. If there is no serious problem, it is time for him to come out of the mountain again. Order..."

Before discussing with the minister, Zhu Youtang was ready to order someone to invite Liu Daxia to come out of the mountain.

In fact, Zhu Youtang also admired Liu Daxia very much. Whoever is capable and who is not capable in the ruling and opposition parties will still be noticed by the emperor.

"Gentlemen, do you have any opinions?" When Zhu Youtang realized that he couldn't help making a decision after only hearing Zhang Zhou's one-sided words, he thought that there were still so many ministers, so he pretended Pretend to ask the minister's opinion.

Liu Jian didn't answer this time.

Between Liu Jian and Liu Daxia...there is not such a deep friendship.

On the contrary, Ma Wensheng... and Liu Daxia can be said to be "high mountains and flowing water" confidants.

Ma Wensheng came out and said, "Your Majesty, the old minister seconded the proposal."

Ma Wensheng had been working on Liu Daxia's return to the court for a long time. However, because of Zhang Zhou's rise, the emperor basically only listened to Zhang Zhou in the military affairs of the Northwest, which made Liu Daxia's road to recovery extremely bumpy.

But now that Zhang Zhou took the initiative to let Liu Daxia succeed Ma Zhongxi as the governor of Xuanfu, everything seemed so easy.

Even if Ma Wensheng knew that he could not represent the opinions of mainstream civil servants when he came out to "secondary", but the face of his official secretary, the officials still have to give him, and he has nothing to shy away because of his old friends.

really.

After Ma Wensheng came out to speak, the three members of the cabinet first chose to back down, which meant that they put pressure on the rest of the officials to oppose this matter.

However, Zhang Zhou and Ma Wensheng endorsed Liu Daxia, and it would be futile for others to say more.

Zhu Youtang said: "Decree."

This time it was not as troublesome as Liu Yu's going to be the governor of Datong. The emperor made the decision directly in the court.

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After the court meeting, without any surprise, Zhu Youtang summoned Zhang Zhou to the inner court to speak.

At the same time, in addition to Liu Jian, Ma Wensheng and Zhu Hui were also summoned, because Zhu Hui was already a member of the Audit Office, which made Zhang Mao, a former member of the Audit Office, very upset.

After the inner court summoned this time, Zhu Youtang immediately issued an order.

In addition to Liu Yu officially becoming the governor of Datong, he was also transferred to Liaodong, the uncle of Xiangcheng, to cooperate with Bo Pingjiang and Chen Rui to pacify the Liaodong Jurchen.

In addition, Zhang Jun will replace Li Wei as the commander-in-chief of Datong, and then Zhuang Jian will be the governor of the Xuanfu...

In addition, Wang Qiong, the governor of Pianguan who was transferred back to Beijing before... the imperial court has changed the governor and chief military officer of Xuanda in just two months. Ma Zhongxi was still waiting to be transferred to Pianguan. The governor of Guan, or transferred to other places in the Nine Borders... was temporarily called back to the court, and was temporarily assigned the position of the right servant of the Ministry of Punishment.

Although Wang Shouren is still the head of Xuanda, his subordinates have undergone a major change.

This is also very confusing to the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty Frontier Army.

Obviously everything is going well, but now it is the twelfth lunar month of winter, everything should be safe now, why is the imperial court so merciless when it comes to changing candidates?
When Zhang Zhou went to the Martial Arts Hall that day, Zhu Feng also knew about the big changes in Xuanda's personnel.

Zhu Feng cared differently from others. When he learned that there was nothing wrong with him, he breathed a sigh of relief: "It's okay."

The implication is, as long as you don't let me go to the northwest again, and continue to let me stay in the capital as a leisurely person, you can do whatever you want.

"Zhijie, aren't you disappointed? With your qualifications, it's more than enough to be a general officer anywhere, and you can even take orders in times of crisis. Just like this time, His Majesty sent Uncle Pingjiang to Liaodong to frighten Jiannu, In fact, it would be better to send you there." Zhang Zhou joked with a smile.

Zhu Feng shook his head and said, "No, I don't have the courage of Uncle Ping Jiang. But if he came to me recently, just say you haven't seen me."

"Ha ha."

Zhang Zhou was laughing.

Uncle Ping Jiang and Chen Rui have recently "laid on" Zhu Feng.

Because Chen Rui knew that he was not in good health, or his time was approaching, so he really wanted to find an in-law for Uncle Ping Jiang's family, and he had proposed to Zhu Feng long ago that he wanted to marry his daughter who had been married once. Be Zhu Feng's Mrs. Anbianhou.

In addition, Zhu Feng... has a bit of a personality, and most of the time he doesn't know how to refuse.

An old fox like Chen Rui seems to have settled for Zhu Feng, and every time he mentioned it in front of him, it was almost to the point of talking about marriage.

Zhang Zhoudao: "Is it for the marriage? You should go to your grandmother and Lingtang to mention that as long as they don't agree, your marriage will not be implemented."

Zhu Feng looked at Zhang Zhou, and said with an aggrieved expression: "Earlier, Bo Ping Jiang clearly gave his daughter to Brother Zhang, why didn't Brother Zhang accept it?"

"Blame me?" Zhang Zhou was still laughing.

Zhu Feng lowered his head.

Of course he knew that Zhang Zhou was no wonder.

"But Zhijie, there is nothing wrong with this daughter of Uncle Ping Jiang. Everyone knows about your situation. Who is it not to marry?" Zhang Zhou continued to encourage.

Is it "not to marry whoever you marry"?

In fact, it is "the scourge is not the scourge"!
It's not that Zhang Zhouxian has nothing to do, it's because Zhang Zhou knows that the mother of Zhu Xizhong, Zhu Feng's future successor, is surnamed Chen.

Although history did not clearly say which family this woman came from, it was "destined by fate" anyway. Maybe Zhu Feng and Chen Rui, the widow's daughter, were destined, and they would see each other in the future, and even brought Zhu Feng into the house. Has "Zhengtu" opened up branches and leaves for Lao Zhu's family?
Zhu Feng said: "Brother Zhang, don't make fun of me, my marriage, I... I haven't thought about it yet."

"It's the order of your parents and the words of the matchmaker. What else are you thinking? It's rare that His Majesty pays attention to your marriage. I don't think you need to be so picky." Zhang Zhou said, "Get married early, so that your family can rest assured, and no one else will take this. Isn't it good to make irresponsible remarks about the matter?"

Zhu Feng said as if perfunctory: "Then let me think about it later."

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Zhu Feng said that he would not continue to marry, but when Ning Tong came to talk to Zhang Zhou about opening a medicine store in the afternoon, Zhu Feng's eyes became a little eager again.

Zhang Zhou also knew.

Zhu Feng probably didn't have any other thoughts about Ning Tong, probably just regarded Ning Tong as a friend, and for a person like Zhu Feng, it is rare to have a friend of the opposite sex who knows and understands him, and even once regarded him as "family". It is also not easy.

Ning Tong didn't even bother to look at Zhu Feng.

Those years of married life... To Ning Tong, it was no different from a nightmare.

"Cai Guogong, I have sorted out the several prescriptions you mentioned, and found that there are many medicinal materials that are rarely seen in the market." Ning Tong said, "Or there are some, just heard of their names, Some of them have never even heard of their names... Are you really sure that you want to use these medicinal materials to make medicine? It is said that in the palace, the inspection of medicinal materials of unknown origin is very heavy. In terms of toxicity alone, the inspection of new drugs is very important. It will take more than half a year..."

Ning Tong seemed to be a half-hearted "miracle doctor".

It's also because she often goes in and out of the palace gates recently, seeing illnesses and other things for the noble ladies in the palace when she has nothing to do, and with the support of Zhang Zhou's disciple status, everyone in the palace will give him face, even Queen Zhang didn't deliberately make things difficult she.

Although Zhang Zhou also knew that it was impossible for Empress Zhang not to be wary of this rival's best friend, or even a potential rival.

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "I will make up all the medicines that I don't have. After more than ten days, a batch of medicinal materials from Nanyang will be sent to the capital, and some will be cultivated in the Huangzhuang official land around the capital. It has been cultivated in the south. If you want to learn medicine from me, just remember to do what I tell you, and you don’t have to care about others’ opinions.”

"Ah."

Hearing this, Ning Tong probably thought that Zhang Zhou was talking about Zhu Feng.

He also took a look at Zhu Feng.

Zhu Feng quickly looked away, as if "the eyes of others" had nothing to do with him.

(End of this chapter)