Ningyuan.
The emperor's decree was conveyed to the city in the form of an order from the Ministry of War. Although military merit rewards would continue, as the "secondary meritorious" recipient of this battle, Zhu Feng's promotion to Anbianhou detonated the situation in the city in a short period of time. public opinion.
In the past, everyone, regardless of whether they had any objections to Zhu Feng, went to curry favor with him. Even the guarding eunuch Ren Liang and Qian Ying, who succeeded Zhu Feng as the chief military officer, all went to curry favor with him, wishing they could say that Zhu Feng was the god of war from heaven who descended to earth.
Zhu Feng was very calm about this.
It would be strange to not get credit for following Zhang Zhou, and Young Master Zhu’s ambition has never been to win a title. He just wants to return to the capital and live a happy and happy life. He is still a "family man", and of course what he cares about is Home is different from others. To put it bluntly...he doesn't have any ambitions. He added the useless talent by mistake and changed it to the God of War talent. When he returns to the capital, he feels that he can return to his previous carefree life. model.
That's what he wants.
After another celebration banquet in the evening, Zhu Feng returned to his temporary residence. After receiving the transfer order, Zhu Feng would set off back to the capital the next day. He had already completed the handover of military affairs with Qian Ying.
"Zhijie, haven't you slept yet?"
A shameless person followed Zhu Feng here without even saying hello. He didn't regard himself as an outsider at all.
It's Chen Rui.
Zhu Feng frowned and looked at Old Chen, and asked: "Uncle Ping Jiang, didn't His Majesty transfer you to Yansui to replace my father as the chief military officer? Why haven't you left yet?"
"You haven't set off yet?" Chen Rui said with a smile, "Before we leave, we always have to catch up on old times, right? We fought together and won military honors together. I'm not jealous of the title of Marquis of Qian'an. I know that I was promoted to Marquis. Something like that, there will be another chance in the future..."
Zhu Fengxin said, are you saying you are not jealous? I think you almost have envy, jealousy, and hatred written all over your face, right?
Chen Rui came uninvited and didn't ask him to find a place to sit.
"Zhijie, I heard that the Ministry of War proposed to open a martial arts hall. I heard that it has even been named. It's called Yanwu Hall, with Zhang Bingkuan as the chief lecturer. Is that why you went back to assist him in this matter?" Chen Rui said before leaving. Of course he had his purpose in coming to see Zhu Feng.
Zhu Feng had no intention of forming a party, so he naturally didn't think about the special meaning behind it. He nodded and said: "Maybe."
Chen Rui smiled and said: "That must be it. This is a good job. From now on, all the generals in the army who the court wants to focus on training will go to Yanwu Hall for further studies. By then, not all generals in the world will be yours." Are you a disciple?"
Zhu Feng frowned, now he had seen through these soldiers.
Everyone likes to please people, and they are more concerned about any troubles in the court than the ministers in the court.
"Uncle Pingjiang, even if this is true, those generals are all disciples of Brother Zhang. What do they have to do with me? Moreover, His Majesty did not tell me to cooperate with me. He only said that he would transfer me back to the capital for other purposes. I I have no desire to compete with you for fame and fortune, and I have no intention of taking power and making things difficult for anyone, so please don’t make things difficult for me anymore.”
Zhu Feng wanted to say, I want to sleep now.
I woke up and returned to the capital happily... to get divorced.
Chen Rui originally thought that he would talk to Zhu Feng, and even if he didn't go to the Yanwu Hall first, he would at least let the people he was close to go to, so as to explore the situation in advance, say hello, and let Zhu Feng take care of him.
result……
He is also thinking now, is this Zhu Zhijie a loser who cannot be helped? Or is it that he is a secretive Sima Zhongda, deliberately pretending to be a bear?
"Do you have anything else to do?" Zhu Feng was about to issue an eviction order.
Chen Rui looked embarrassed and said: "Zhijie, I will leave for Yansui early tomorrow morning. There are some things we can't talk about in advance?"
"Hey, what are you two talking about? Why don't you call me if you have something good to do?"
Here Chen Rui is annoying Zhu Feng, and another person comes who gives Chen Rui a headache, that is Zhang Yanling, who is about to go with him to Yansui to lead the army.
Chen Rui frowned and said, "Uncle Jianchang, what are you doing here?"
"Hey, the door is not closed. Why should I come in and take a look? Don't mix things up in private. My uncle is also a hero after all. His Majesty even praised me when he issued the decree this time. What, why don't you want to take me with you? One? Tell me!"
Zhang Yanling is now smart in learning.
Wherever you are, just keep an eye on the person in charge first, so that you won't miss any good things.
Chen Rui was about to go to Yansui with him. How could he miss it when he came to see Zhu Feng?
Chen Rui said with a dark old face: "We, the Marquis of Anbian, will soon return to Beijing to serve as a lecturer at the Yanwu Hall. We will share our experience in the Liaodong battle with all the generals in the world. In the future, we can say that it will be a great success." I'm the best candidate to become the Prime Minister. I'm here to learn some experience from him in advance. What's wrong? I'm going to Yansui with a few new cannons this time, so I can't learn from him?"
"Study? Haha. I think you have other plans, right? My surname is Chen. I heard that you want to marry your daughter. I have already told you that I don't mind that your daughter has been married before. If you send it to my house, I will give it to you. Take good care of it, and we will be a litter from now on."
Zhang Yanling also learned how to make political marriages. Of course, what he said...
To Chen Rui's ears, that was vulgar.
Chen Rui said: "My little girl is not blessed enough to marry a hero like An Bian Hou."
"Haha, where's the liar? You gave your daughter to Zhang Bingkuan, are you embarrassed to get it back? Are you a hero? If you want to be a hero, it should be Zhang Bingkuan. Didn't he give you the credit today? Zhu Zhijie ……hehe."
Now Zhang Yanling looks down on Zhu Feng.
It's not that he really thinks Zhu Feng is incompetent, but he thinks... If there is an opportunity to stand on the top of the city, light a cannon, lead the troops and rush out, and get the first chance to be promoted to a marquis, why doesn't my brother-in-law let me be the one? This commander-in-chief?
How is Zhu Feng better than me?
He rides faster than me?
Originally, even Chen Rui thought that Zhu Feng almost saved Zhang Yanling's life on the battlefield, and Zhang Yanling should know how to "repay gratitude", but the result was... Zhang Yanling not only did not remember the kindness, but seemed to repay the favor with the enemy.
This also made Chen Rui realize that he should not help people like his relatives. They are not even as good as himself when it comes to fighting a serious war.
Chen Rui smiled and said: "Knowing the truth, I have no intention of embarrassing you. Maybe I will go to your school for further study when I come back from Yansui. I will give you some tips then. Let's go!"
Chen Rui didn't want to talk too much to Zhu Feng in the presence of Zhang Yanling, lest he be imitated by Zhang Yanling.
Zhang Yanling saw that Chen Rui was about to leave and hurriedly followed him out. After leaving the door, he heard a "bang" from behind.
Zhu Feng closed the door firmly and even locked the bolt.
"This Zhu Zhijie...has his tail raised." Chen Rui stroked his beard and said with a smile.
Zhang Yanling said: "Old Chen, let's not talk about others, let's discuss the matter of accepting your daughter?"
Chen Rui shook his head and looked arrogant: "It's too high to reach!"
In the past, he might have been "unaffordable", but now Chen Rui can "ignore him".
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Zhu Feng returned to the capital on April 12th.
Zhang Zhou didn't go to greet him that day, because Zhang Zhou didn't even know that this kid was coming back that day. Zhang Zhou's recent affairs... He was very leisurely. He didn't even go to the palace very much. His favorite thing to do every day was to go home and practice gymnastics... Group gymnastics.
And he goes home regardless of day or night, whenever he has free time.
He had just been to Li Guang's house that day to arrange the renovations. He was going to bring the women at home over in the next two days to see the layout of the new house. Sun Shangqi came in and informed him that Chen Rui would return first. In the capital, he was ordered to come to him to inquire about Yansui's troops.
"Does His Majesty have such an order?"
Zhang Zhou didn't have much friendship with Chen Rui at first. Chen Rui came to him under the guise of seeking advice from him, obviously expecting that he would meet him even if he didn't want to.
Ever since.
Zhang Zhou received guests for the first time in his new mansion, and specifically asked Sun Shangqi and others to stay and listen to what Chen Rui had to say.
"I've met Mr. Zhang."
When Chen Rui saw Zhang Zhou, he was always polite.
This look almost made Zhang Zhou think he had met Lao Wang. It turned out that Lao Chen was no less willing to give in to the powerful.
Zhang Zhou smiled and said, "I have met Uncle Ping Jiang."
Chen Rui looked around and said in surprise: "This is an immortal residence. Only immortals descended from heaven are qualified to live in such a heavenly residence shrouded in fairy mist. Mr. Zhang is simply..."
"That's enough." Zhang Zhou didn't think Chen Rui's compliment was of any value.
He doesn't like to hear such flattery.
Because he knows that once these people flatter him, they must have something to ask for.
It is a typical example of not going to the Three Treasures Palace for anything.
Chen Rui smiled ashamedly and said, "Mr. Zhang, have you ever been to the yard I gave you before? Are you dissatisfied with the repairs?"
Zhang Zhou walked with Chen Rui in the front yard, shook his head and said, "I'm not going."
"That door is locked. Only Mr. Zhang can open it." Chen Rui said.
Zhang Zhou was surprised and said: "If I don't go, will the people inside starve to death?"
"Haha, that's not the case." Chen Rui smiled bitterly.
I was thinking in my mind, how come this kid's way of thinking is similar to Zhu Zhijie's? He also spoke in such a tone that he didn't deserve a beating. How dare he talk to His Majesty like this? Or are you trying to bully me on purpose?
Zhang Zhou said: "I should explain something clearly to Uncle Ping Jiang. Eunuch Xiao asked me to accept your gift earlier so that you can lead the troops in Liaodong with peace of mind. Now that the war in Liaodong is over, it is time to return the house to you." You. No reward for no merit."
"How come there is no merit? Thanks to Mr. Zhang's advice, I regained my position as a Yansui officer. This is what I deserve."
Chen Rui could only think that Zhang Zhou thought the gift was too light, or Zhang Zhou didn't regard him as one of his own.
Think about it too.
Zhang Zhou had Wang Weining and Zhu Zhijie as his military collaborators, so why did he use Chen Rui?
Are you, Chen Liangjiu, better at fighting than Wang Weining, or do you think Zhu Zhijie has a deeper friendship with Zhang Zhou? The friendship between each other is just a meal of wine, or did you Chen Liangjiu deliberately want to get Zhang Zhou drunk with wine? Now that the Liaodong incident is over, Zhang Zhou will not care about his so-called gifts, so he will naturally separate the relationship.
Chen Rui said: "Sir, please forgive me. I did something wrong before and did not follow the etiquette. Although the dancer from the Western Regions is good, she is... Haha, I will definitely find something better for you when I go to Yansui this time." Yes, as for the little girl...she is also blessed, you don't have to give her any status, just ask her to..."
Zhang Zhou smiled and said: "Speaking of this, I need to have a good talk with Uncle Ping Jiang. You said that you are also a powerful person in the court, and your daughter is also a famous lady. Why do you want to be a concubine? Even if you have been married before, But after all, isn’t there no barrier now? There are quite a few military generals who want to marry you, so why force others to do so?”
"this……"
Chen Rui frowned.
Is my daughter so disliked by others?
First Zhu Feng didn’t want it, and now he doesn’t even want Zhang Zhou? That means...only Zhang Yanling wants it? The second kid from the Zhang family wants it, but I won’t give it to him!
Even if I give my daughter as a gift, I still have to choose someone. Even if I give it to the second child of the Zhu family, who has a different aesthetic than others, I cannot give it to Zhang Yanling. That would really push my daughter into the fire pit.
"I heard that you still want to marry your daughter to Zhu Zhijie?" Zhang Zhou asked with a smile.
"Ah? This..."
Chen Rui wanted to say, do you know this? Could it be that Zhang Yanling or Zhu Feng said it loudly and made it known? This is bad.
He immediately calmed down: "That's absolutely not the case! How can you take back what you gave away? No matter how rude I am, I will never do such a thing!"
Zhang Zhou smiled and said: "Don't worry, I don't mean to blame you. I actually want to say that if you really mean it, I can help you."
"ah?"
Chen Rui was even more shocked.
What routine?
help me? Help me marry my daughter to Zhu Zhijie? I obviously gave my daughter to you and you just keep it. What are you doing?
its not right.
Don't you, Zhang Bingkuan, know who Zhu Zhijie is? Giving my daughter to him... wouldn't that be the same as giving it to a woman? What's your intention?
Zhang Zhou suddenly thought of something and asked, "When will Anbian Hou come back?"
Sun Shangqi standing next to him shook his head, meaning he didn't know.
When Zhang Zhou looked at Chen Rui, Chen Rui also smiled bitterly and said: "I am not traveling with him."
I don't know what the implication is.
Zhang Zhou said: "Don't worry, Uncle Ping Jiang. I'll talk to him later. As for your dancer, I will decide whether to take it or not after consulting His Majesty. Your house..."
"Mr. Zhang, don't be polite, just take it all."
Chen Rui originally thought it was a shame to give his daughter to Zhang Zhou, and regretted it when he sobered up, but now he feels that it would be a pity if Zhang Zhou didn't accept her.
It kind of means "good steel is used on the blade".
As for this daughter who can still be married, even if she has been married to someone before, if she wants to give it away now, it must be given to the person who is most beneficial to the Chen family.
Zhang Zhou smiled and shook his head: "Uncle Ping Jiang, do you have anything else to ask about the march? Your Majesty has never told me about this."
"Indeed, there is." Chen Rui was afraid that Zhang Zhou would think that he was asking for a meeting rashly and would attract criticism from others, so he quickly took out an official document and said, "This is not here... In the Ministry of War's document, in addition to letting me lead the six divine powers Yuan Pao went to Yansui, and also asked him to bring another batch of artillery shells to the capital, and by the way, he asked the doctor of the Qing Li Division of the Arsenal of the Ministry of Industry...that is, Mr. Zhang, about the use of artillery."
Zhang Zhou took the official document and read it.
That's probably what it means.
But it makes sense to think about it. If Chen Rui and Zhang Yanling were asked to use the artillery in Yansui, but they didn't know the function and effectiveness of the artillery, how could the artillery have a deterrent effect?
Zhang Zhou said: "Oh, that's okay. I'll find some paper and pen to write something for you. You should have seen it on the top of Ningyuan City... The specific firing matters are decided by professional gunners. As the chief military officer, you only need to assess the situation. Just know when to use the cannon!"
"Yes, yes, please rely on Mr. Zhang more."
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Chen Rui saw Zhang Zhou and came out of the yard that was supposed to belong to Li Guang. The muscles on his face could finally relax and he no longer had to fake a smile.
The servant next to Chen Rui said: "Master, why do you need to give this upstart a smile?"
Even his own servants felt that Chen Rui was a bit too humble.
After all, Chen Rui had told them before that Zhang Zhou and Wang Yue wore the same pair of pants, and that they would never make friends in this life.
Now Chen Rui seems not to remember these words at all.
Chen Rui scolded: "I don't want to open my eyes, and I don't want to think about what the situation is now! Isn't it because of me that I have regained my prestige in the army? Isn't it because of him? And... in the future, the Yanwu Hall will be opened, and the military will Everyone from top to bottom has become his protégé, are we, the Chen family, allowed to go against the entire Ming Dynasty’s honorable ministers, so that we, the Chen family, can only have a share in the Ming Dynasty?”
Chen Rui also knows how to assess the situation.
He really looked down on Zhang Zhou before, thinking that Zhang Zhou was just a man who deceived the emperor by pretending to be a god.
But now...after he himself received the favor, he realized that it was really a great skill, and no one in the court could compare with Zhang Zhou.
So what about the old minister, can they replace Zhang Zhouzhi?
At this time, even if he knew that Zhang Zhou was not welcome, he could only bite the bullet and fawn over him. At this time, Chen Rui could only trample on his face.
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After Zhu Feng returned to Beijing, he originally wanted to go directly to see Zhang Zhou.
As a result, people from Chengguo's palace came to pick him up in advance, and explained that it was Zhu Hu, the wife of Chengguo, who asked him to go back to talk first. She also made it clear that it would not delay him from reporting on his work and meeting Zhang Zhou, so Zhu Feng could go first Run home.
"Brother, what do you want grandma to say to me? After the general returns to Beijing, he should go to the Governor's Mansion first."
Zhu Feng is a good boy who obeys the rules.
So he felt that it would be a little bad to go home first.
Zhu Lin turned his head to one side: "Grandma wants to talk to you, but you still resist? Dudu's Mansion? Your father is the left governor of the Dudu's Mansion. He is not in Beijing, and neither His Majesty nor the Ministry of War will ask. Is there anyone who cares about your etiquette? ?Go quickly!”
"oh."
Zhu Lin is actually telling Zhu Feng that you are different from others.
Zhu Feng then went to see Zhu Hu.
When Mrs. Zhu Hu saw her second grandson coming back, she was extremely excited. She waved from afar and said, "Grandson, please show me. You have suffered a lot recently, right? You look a lot thinner..."
Zhu Feng was quite happy to meet Zhu Hu before.
But at that time he was just a flower in the greenhouse.
They are real flowers.
But now he felt that... his grandmother's enthusiasm was a bit artificial, and he didn't want to face such an old lady who looked kind but actually didn't know what she was thinking.
Politics, having to figure out people's hearts, made him very anxious.
"Grandma, my grandson wishes you well." Zhu Feng seemed very filial.
"It's okay, it's okay. Come here and tell grandma about your battle in Pianguan and Ningyuan. Our Zhu family finally has another hero. It's the blessing of our ancestors. Go to the ancestral hall and let our ancestors know."
As Zhu Hu said this, he wanted to take his second grandson to pay homage to his ancestors.
Zhu Feng reminded: "Brother Zhang gave me the good advice."
Blessed by ancestors?
Even Zhu Feng knew that this was nonsense. It would be better to say "Zhang Zhou bless you". Could it be that Zhang Zhou is my ancestor?
(End of chapter)
