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Chapter 557: Prosperity Strategies
After Zhang Jin reached an agreement with Ding Baiying, the two sides stopped attacking each other.

Ding Baiying ordered his soldiers to kill the shopkeeper, waiter, and cook of Jinling Tower, while Zhang Jin ordered the entire Jinling Tower to be set on fire by controlling the flames.

"In this way, there will be no evidence left." Ding Baiying looked at the Jinling Tower engulfed by raging fire, turned and walked away, "If you want to see Duke Ming, come with me."

Zhang Jin grabbed the reluctant Guo Zhen and followed her. The other dead soldiers had already dispersed. There were few pedestrians on the road, and everyone was in a hurry, and no one noticed the three of them.

Even though he was walking on the street like this, he encountered patrolling guards and Jinyiwei several times on the way, Guo Zhen didn't dare to ask for help. After all, after seeing Zhang Jin's extraordinary means, he didn't feel that relying solely on these soldiers on the street Wei can do anything.

What's more, there is Ding Baiying in front of him, I am afraid that the moment I yell "Help", my throat will be blocked by the other party!

Therefore, the three of them went all the way to a secluded mansion in the southwest corner of the capital, facing the river, and there were no people living around. It is easy to panic when it is quiet at night, not to mention that it is the Ghost Festival tonight.

Zhang Jin looked left and right for a while, and found that it was the place where Shen Lian and Zhu Youjian met in the film, and it was really hidden enough.

Ding Baiying left for a while, then returned to the room and said to them: "I have arranged for someone to notify Duke Ming, you just wait here."

"Master Laudin is here." Zhang Jin smiled and nodded, then found an empty chair and sat down.

Guo Zhen came to him with a worried face: "Aren't you afraid of their tricks? What if we arrange people to besiege us?"

"Don't worry, no matter what method they use, I can save your life." Zhang Jin didn't care, and comforted him casually.

"That's good, that's good." After hearing what he said, Guo Zhen couldn't say anything more, after all, he didn't make the decision himself.

Ding Baiying didn't come back after leaving, but he sent someone to bring them tea and cakes, in case they would get hungry.

Guo Zhen was startled and terrified all night. He hadn't eaten much. Although he didn't have much appetite at this time, he couldn't stop Wu Zang Temple from screaming, but he didn't dare to eat the tea and cakes at will, so he could only watch helplessly.

Seeing his appearance, Zhang Jin could not help laughing and said: "Eunuch Guo, eat when you are hungry, will you be full if you keep staring at it?"

Guo Zhen pointed at the tea and pastries, and said worriedly, "What if Ding Baiying poisons us here and wants to kill us?"

"It's all here, I don't think Master Ding is so despicable and dirty." Zhang Jin smelled the tea and pastries, identified the components of the smell, and said after confirming that it was safe, "No poison, you can eat with confidence."

"Really?" Guo Zhen looked at him dubiously.

"Don't believe me? Forget it, anyway, I'm not the one who is hungry." Zhang Jinman said indifferently.

"It's not that I don't believe you, it's just that I'm not so hungry suddenly." Guo Zhen hesitated again and again, but in the end he didn't reach out for refreshments.

Seeing his appearance, Zhang Jin sneered in his heart.If it was Zhou Miaotong or Miaoxuan who were two beauties, he might try these refreshments himself to show his safety.But Guo Zhen is a big eunuch, so he doesn't bother to care about it, he likes to eat or not.

Guo Zhen saw that the atmosphere was a bit awkward, so he had nothing to say: "When did you explain that the father will come back?"

"I don't care, just wait. The one who should come will come back sooner or later." Zhang Jin closed his eyes and rested after finishing speaking.

Instead of chatting with the eunuch Guo Zhen, it is better to replay interesting movies and TV series in the memory treasure house in my mind.

Guo Zhen said a few more words, trying to bring up the topic between the two, but seeing that Zhang Jin kept his eyes closed, he had no choice but to shut up embarrassingly.

At this time, in another room in the same yard.

Xinwang Zhu Youjian was sitting on the couch, blowing the hot tea he had just brewed in his hand, and looked up at Ding Baiying below: "How is Guo Zhen and the others?"

Ding Baiying reported: "I just sent someone to take a sneak look at it, and there was no movement, neither the tea nor the cakes had been touched."

"Where's Zhang Jin? What's he doing?"

"No, he's still sitting on the chair and dozing with his eyes closed as before."

Hearing this, Zhu Youjian couldn't help laughing: "He can hold his breath, it's really impressive after three days of farewell!"

Lu Wenzhao on the side couldn't help but said again: "Your Highness, this person is so calm, he must have come prepared, I suggest sending a team to destroy them directly, it is not suitable to use firearms here, but a strong bow and crossbow Enough to shoot them into hedgehogs."

"Senior brother, you forgot what I said that Zhang Jin can control fire, if he..."

"Junior sister, do you take it seriously?" Lu Wenzhao interrupted Ding Baiying, and saluted Zhu Youjian, "Your Highness, just wait for your order, and I will definitely take Guo Zhen and Zhang Jin down in one fell swoop. Let the secret out!"

Zhu Youjian took a sip of the cold tea, put down the cup, and said slowly, "No, I'll go see them now."

"Your Highness, absolutely not!" Lu Wenzhao hurriedly dissuaded, "Beware of fraud!"

Zhu Youjian smiled and said: "Isn't Master Lu and Master Ding here? I believe you will be able to protect me well."

After speaking, he ignored Lu Wenzhao who was about to speak, and said to Ding Baiying, "Master Ding, lead the way."

"Your Highness, this way please." Ding Baiying glanced at her senior brother before turning around and walking towards the door.

Lu Wenzhao shook his head secretly, and followed.

squeak--

The door was pushed open, and Guo Zhen, who had been bored all this time, turned his head and looked towards the door. When he saw Ding Baiying and the young man who came in behind her, he widened his eyes and got up subconsciously to greet him: "His Royal Highness Xin !"

"Eunuch Guo." Zhu Youjian nodded, and his eyes quickly fell on Zhang Jin who was still sitting quietly.

Guo Zhen followed his gaze and turned his head to look, and hurriedly stepped over to push Zhang Jin: "Master Baihu, wake up, His Royal Highness Xin Wang is here, why don't you hurry up and greet him!"

Zhang Jin heard the footsteps outside the door before Zhu Youjian entered. The main reason why he did this was to establish an unusual personality for himself and pave the way for the subsequent conversation.

Now that Guo Zhen woke him up, he opened his eyes and stood up to salute Zhu Youjian: "His Royal Highness Xin Wang!"

Zhu Youjian smiled faintly, waved his hands, walked to the seat in front of him and sat down, looked at Zhang Jin with great interest and said, "Zhang Jin, the son of Bachelor Zhang, you were my schoolmate when I was young. I didn't expect to see you for a few years. You actually became a hundred households of Jinyiwei, why don't you continue to study and get fame?"

Zhang Jin said casually: "If you can't keep reading, then don't read. Besides, fame is of no use to the country or yourself."

"Who says fame is useless? You can become an official and serve the imperial court if you obtain fame." Zhu Youjian said.

"That was before. Now that the country is about to perish, what's the use of being an official?" Zhang Jin said disapprovingly.

"Bold! How dare you say such rebellious words!" Lu Wenzhao shouted loudly, "Your Highness, this person must have ulterior motives, why don't you let the villain arrest him and interrogate him in the Imperial Prison, and he will definitely be able to find out his conspiracy! "

"Master Lu, please don't get excited." Zhu Youjian reassured, "Zhang Jin, why do you say that the country is about to perish? If you can tell me a reason that convinces me, I can spare you once."

Listening to this conversation, Guo Zhen felt even more uneasy. He didn't expect that Zhang Baihu looked like a normal person, but acted and talked like a lunatic. This is sending himself to death!

Zhang Jin looked calm. The purpose of his utterance was to elicit Zhu Youjian's question, so that he could follow the topic to what he wanted to say.

He took two steps forward to the brazier, took out the "Treasure Ship Supervision Minutes" from his arms and threw it to Zhu Youjian, and then said: "Your Highness also knows the current situation of the Ming Dynasty, otherwise he would not Do things like this."

Zhu Youjian flipped through the booklet, smiled and didn't answer.

Zhang Jin didn't expect him to answer, but continued to talk, based on the information collected and organized in the real world recorded in the memory palace in his mind, and briefly explained the problems of the end of Ming Dynasty.

The predicament of the late Ming Dynasty has been studied many times by later generations, and the situation has become very clear, mainly due to the following reasons.

First of all, the vassal kings and bureaucrats in various places are greedy, the people are impoverished, and the government is short of money. The most important point is the serious problem of land annexation. The scarcity caused a long-term drought across the country, a significant reduction in grain harvests, and a large-scale famine broke out, leading to peasant uprisings.

Secondly, the Jurchen tribes in the Northeast rose up and peeked into the pass.The Ming Dynasty's several counterattacks all ended in failure, which consumed the human, financial and material resources that the court had gathered with great difficulty; while the pirates and pirates in the southeast coast repeatedly invaded, and they were endlessly suppressed and destroyed, which made the court tired of coping.

In the end, there was serious party struggle within the imperial court, corruption was rampant, and chaos reigned supreme.The struggle between the Eunuch Party and the Donglin Party almost paralyzed half of the imperial court.A capable person who does not form a party and does not seek selfishness encounters too many constraints and cannot do practical things at all.The civil official group not only fought against the eunuchs, but even violated the imperial power.

It can be said that these topics lasted for more than three days and three nights, but Zhang Jin didn't intend to talk about them in detail. Firstly, he didn't have enough time to prepare, and he didn't remember so many key contents.Secondly, if the content is too detailed, it will arouse Zhu Youjian's suspicion, because it is difficult for him, a prince, to understand these things, how can a small Jinyiwei family know everything clearly! ?

"His Royal Highness, you must know what I said just now. Such a situation will not only change, but within 20 years, our Ming Dynasty will be completely finished." Zhang Jin finally concluded.

What he said made everyone present thoughtful, and they all fell into deep thought.

And Zhu Youjian pondered for a long time, and finally heaved a sigh of relief, and looked at Zhang Jin differently: "Did you come up with this statement yourself, or did someone teach you behind it?"

"My father said it." Zhang Jin pulled the man out to cover his back. Anyway, he was dead, and the other party couldn't find out.

Zhu Youjian nodded suddenly and said with emotion: "It turned out that it was Zhang Xueshi who said it. No wonder, I said that with your age and knowledge, how could you have such a profound analysis. It's a pity that Zhang Xueshi died of illness early, otherwise he would definitely treat me well." The court has something to do."

Speaking of this, he suddenly asked, "Zhang Jin, did your father Zhang Xueshi ever talk about how to solve the problems inside and outside the Ming court?"

Zhang Jin nodded and said: "Yes, my father once wrote a policy for revitalizing the Ming Dynasty, which not only explained the shortcomings and problems of our dynasty, but also deduced the future direction of the Ming Dynasty based on intelligence information, as well as what we want to revitalize the Ming Dynasty. changes that must be made.”

"Oh? Can you still find this brilliant strategy?" Zhu Youjian asked hastily.

"My dad burned it after he finished writing it."

"Burn it! Why is this?" The expectation on Zhu Youjian's face suddenly turned into astonishment.

Zhang Jin said: "Because my father said that this bright strategy is just an ideal move, but it is impossible to achieve at all. Many of the changes mentioned in it can only be done by a wise king with great courage and skill. But even if there is a wise man Jun's hard work depends on whether God gives Daming a chance, if God doesn't give him a chance, everything will be in vain."

Zhu Youjian remained silent, and shook his head after a long while and said: "It's a pity, it's a pity! I can't be lucky enough to see Zhang Xueshi's bright strategy with my own eyes, otherwise I want to try the method above to see if I am right. Will this sage and wise gentleman be able to turn the tide and revive Daming!"

There was silence in the room save for his sighs.

Suddenly, Zhang Jin said, "Your Highness really want to see it?"

Zhu Youjian quickly looked at him: "Of course I do, you have a solution? Didn't the Xingming policy actually burnt down!"

"Of course not. Xing Mingce has indeed been burned, but I read the content before it was burned. Although I dare not say that all of them have been rewritten, there are seven or eight out of ten. If your highness really wants to see it, I can rewrite it. " Zhang Jin said.

"Hurry up! Write it out! I really want to see what great advice Zhang Xueshi has in his pocket!" Zhu Youjian was pleasantly surprised.

Zhang Jin said: "It's no problem for Your Highness to ask me to write it out, but I hope His Highness can promise me three things."

Zhu Youjian restrained his smile, and his face returned to its original level, as flat as a lake: "Oh? What three things, let's talk about them."

Zhang Jin was not polite, and said: "The first thing is to spare Eunuch Guo's life. I know that they are all loopholes for His Highness, but although it is human nature to hide all the birds, it is detrimental to virtue. I'm afraid it will affect the fate of the Ming Dynasty."

Binding this matter with Germany's fortune, not only made Zhu Youjian scruples, but also passed a step down for the other party.

The reason why he must save Guo Zhen is actually to indirectly save Lu Wenzhao and others from the protagonist group.
Zhu Youjian didn't answer immediately, but asked, "What about the other two things?"

Zhang Jin said again: "The second thing, I hope His Highness can give me Miss Beizhai, and at the same time help me pardon Zhou Miaotong, the female singer of Jiaofang Si Nuanxiang Pavilion, from slavery and regain her freedom."

As soon as these words came out, the eyes of the other four became a little strange.

Guo Zhen showed a look of astonishment, he didn't expect such an important opportunity to be used in his children's personal relationship.

Lu Wenzhao, on the other hand, had an expression of knowing that everyone is a man, and suddenly felt that this Baihu was still too young, and what a good opportunity was wasted.

Ding Baiying, on the other hand, looked on coldly with a look of disdain.

(End of this chapter)