After leaving Nangong, everyone roughly walked out of the sight of the palace gate guards and stopped at the corner.
Afterwards, Ren Li bowed his hands to Zhang Shi, Zhu Yi and others and said.
"Several of you, when the seal is released after the new year, I'm afraid there will be a court meeting. I'm afraid we need to find an opportunity to discuss the specific regulations."
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and said.
"It just so happens that I have prepared a banquet in my mansion. I wonder if you can come to my mansion to talk about it?"
After the words fell, several others were still hesitating, and Zhang Xian on the side spoke.
"It is necessary to discuss, but today, on the first day of the lunar month, we are gathered together in the same palace, and we may not attract anyone's attention. Besides, Ren Hou is right to think about it. The opening of the seal after the year will be a court meeting, and time is tight. Therefore, we might as well act separately. , first visit each government and get information."
"How about we discuss specific measures after we have a clear idea of the specific attitudes of each government?"
At this time, Zhu Yi also followed suit.
"Yes, what the Second Master said is reasonable. Since we need to discuss it, we naturally need to know the attitudes of each government in order to make a targeted decision."
Then, Prince Consort Jiao Jing also spoke.
"When the imperial court opens the seal, there are many matters to be dealt with. The emperor only said that the imperial meeting will be held after the year, but did not specify the specific date. For such important court affairs, all yamen must be notified at least two or three days in advance to prepare."
"After all, there are still a few days left. There is no need to rush today. How about we get together at my residence in three days?"
Ren Li hit a soft nail and felt a little resentful.
However, seeing that no one else had any objections, he had no choice but to nod.
Afterwards, several people went their separate ways. Ren Li's mansion was the farthest away, so he left first, while the others fell behind him.
After Ren Li's carriage had gone away, Jiao Jing, Zhang Xi and Zhu Yi were still standing where they were.
There were scattered snowflakes in the sky, which turned into snow when they fell on my shoulders.
After a moment, Jiao Jing turned around and got into the carriage.
However, when the carriage was leaving, the curtain next to it suddenly opened, Jiao Jing said.
"I wonder if the second master and the young master have some free time tonight, can they come over to have a chat?"
Zhang Min didn't hesitate much, but when he was about to speak, Zhu Yi on the side took the lead and said.
"The Prince Consort invites me, of course. It just so happens that I will take my little brother Zhu Ji to visit the British Duke's Mansion later. If the Prince Consort is interested, the Second Master and I will prepare a banquet at the British Prince's Mansion tonight at 8:00. Prince Consort, how are you?"
Jiao Jing obviously didn't expect that it would be Zhu Yi who spoke.
Frowning slightly, his eyes wandered over Zhang Min and Zhu Yi for a moment, and finally, he nodded slightly.
The carriage swayed forward, Zhang Xi looked at Zhu Yi, and when he was about to speak, Zhu Yi interrupted him again and said.
"Second Master, there are many people here, can you please come and talk to me?"
"Uh, okay."
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British Government House, in the study.
The fire was warm, they changed into soft robes, and ordered people to bring tea and snacks. Zhang Xi and Zhu Yi sat opposite each other, waiting for the other party to speak.
Compared with the deceased Zhang Fu, Zhang Fu is indeed not scheming, but growing up in a noble family like the British Duke, he will naturally not be without wealth.
On this New Year's Day, Zhu Yi came to the British government residence in a hurry, and she separated from other people to meet alone. She must have something important to say.
Nine times out of ten, it is related to the military camp!
As expected, Zhu Yi got straight to the point and said.
"Shibo, you and I are now well-connected, so my nephew can speak his mind. Just now the Supreme Emperor said that he wants to prevent the imperial court from passing the resolution to reorganize the military settlements. My nephew feels that this is not possible!"
The tea cup that Zhang Xi brought to his mouth stopped.
Putting down the tea cup in his hand, he frowned slightly, looked at the young man in front of him, and asked.
"Why?"
It is the consensus of several noble families to prevent the emperor from reorganizing the army.
In fact, after the Supreme Emperor returned to the court, Ningyuan Hou Renli mentioned this matter. Later, with the frequent actions of the Ministry of War, all the great nobles also became vigilant about this matter.
During these days, the Ministry of War was busy preparing to rectify the regulations of the military camp, and Ren Li was not idle either.
As the first nobleman to discover that Yu Qian was investigating military camps, Ren Li had already begun to visit various noblemen close to him in the days after returning to Beijing, hoping to get support and stop this matter.
The British government is naturally the first to bear the brunt.
As the former leader of a noble family, the British government's interests in the military camp were not small.
Although the Zhang family's achievements came from Annan, their power on the border was not very strong.
However, as one of the few remaining public palaces in the imperial court, many generals spontaneously defected to the British government because of their status in the court.
At the same time, many generals trained by the British government were sent to guard the borders.
This led to the fact that although no one in the British government had actually operated on the border, the number of military camps occupied was very few among the many ministers.
Therefore, Zhang Mi agreed to Ren Li's proposal without much thought on this matter.
Because this is in the interest of most noble families.
He did expect that Zhu Yi's visit to him was related to the military camp, but he did not expect that Zhu Yi would oppose this matter so clearly.
Facing Zhang Shi's unclear gaze, Zhu Yi didn't panic, and just said a word lightly, he said.
"Because it can't be done!"
Previously, Yang Jie came to visit in person, and his words really moved Zhu Yi's heart. However, when he calmed down afterwards, he found that this matter was not easy to handle.
The biggest difficulty is how to convince Zhang Shi.
Overthrowing the Ningyuan Houfu and raising up the Chengguo Dukefu. The two dukedoms united and regained power. It seemed very good, but the key point was ignored.
This was at the expense of the overall interests of the nobles in exchange for the status of the Chengguo Duke and the British Duke.
This is not just a question of giving up a Ningyuan Marquis Mansion.
That day at Duke Chengguo's Mansion, Yang Jie made it very clear that the reason why Duke Chengguo's title had been stuck was because everyone in the imperial court was still brooding over the failure of the Battle of Yao'erling.
If you want to get your title back, you have to either wait for time to pass and people will gradually forget about it, or you can only offer enough benefits to make people take the initiative to forget about it.
At this moment, what is worthy of restoring the position of Duke is naturally to allow the smooth implementation of the military camp reorganization.
So in essence, Ren Li is just a symbol. Once he is defeated, what follows is the compromise of other nobles on the military camp.
This is the hardest thing to solve!
Needless to say, the first person Zhu Yi had to convince was Zhang Shi in front of him.
The atmosphere in the study was a little stagnant. After hearing Zhu Yi's words, Zhang Min's eyes flashed, and he didn't know what he was thinking in his heart.
After a moment, he sat up straight and spoke softly.
"Young Master, please explain to me, what does it mean...can't do it?"
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