Meeting the next day.
Zhang Zhou appeared in the court because the cabinet had known about Wang Shouren's memorial in advance. Therefore, from the perspective of traditional civil servants, Zhang Zhou's intention to go to court this time was obvious, which was to obtain money and food for Wang Shouren to repair the city.
After Zhu Youtang personally mentioned Wang Shouren's memorial.
Before Zhang Zhou could say anything, Liu Jian came out and said, "Your Majesty, it is an expedient measure that the governor of the military affairs of Xuanda and other departments should also serve as governor of Datong. Now that the military affairs of Datong have been stabilized, Another governor of Datong should be appointed to take charge of important local military affairs."
The cabinet acted first.
What this means is that since Wang Shouren pointed out that he was working very hard in the position of Xuanda General System, don't force him, and he didn't mean to remove him from his position, but to find an "assistant" for him.
Zhu Youtang looked at Zhang Zhou and said, "Bingkuan, what do you think?"
Judging from the words, the emperor actually agreed with Liu Jian's statement. After all, no matter how powerful Wang Shouren was, he had only been an official in the court for less than two years, how could he be so comprehensive? Therefore, Liu Jian's proposal was not aimless, or he was deliberately suppressing Wang Shouren.
But as the emperor, he was now inclined to basically listen to Zhang Zhou on military matters, so he would seriously ask Zhang Zhou's opinion.
Zhang Zhou said: "Your Majesty, I agree with what Mr. Liu Ge said. It's just that on the issue of who to send... I think that only veterans with the qualifications to bring peace to the people should go."
Not only do I agree with you, Liu Jian, but I also proposed to you that you should choose a veteran with qualifications, which means that I will not argue with you.
Zhu Youtang said: "Bingkuan, do you have any good candidates?"
Zhang Zhou smiled and looked at Liu Jian and said, "It's better to listen to Mr. Liu Ge's opinion."
Not to mention Liu Jian's inner murmur, even the ministers around him didn't understand why Zhang Zhou was so "easy to talk" today?
Liu Jian didn't care what Zhang Zhou's intentions were, but insisted on his own opinion: "Your Majesty, I recommend Liu Yu, the inspector of Shandong."
From the perspective of Liu Jian's recommendation, he did not go beyond his duties. The emperor asked him to recommend it, and in terms of the candidate for governor of Datong, his choice seemed to Zhang Zhou...very normal, because historically Liu Jian was the governor of Datong. When a vacancy came up, it was indeed Liu Yu who was recommended.
Of course, the time does not match, but one thing is that Liu Yu did very well in terms of political achievements on the ground.
However, this person... will cling to Liu Jin in the future, and he will only do honorable things. He is not the kind of person who works diligently to achieve political achievements, but an official who can cover up his mistakes.
Zhu Youtang asked: "Bingkuan, what do you think?"
It was obviously the person recommended by Liu Jian, but the emperor still insisted on asking Zhang Zhou what he meant. The implication is that if the border governor you recommended does not have Zhang Zhou's approval, it would be in vain. I really thought that you would recommend it. Can it be decided by you?
Zhang Zhou said: "Your Majesty, I don't know much about Liu Yu, the Inspector-General of Shandong, so I can't judge him. But since he is the person recommended by Liu Ge, he must be capable in governing. I can't refute him."
Liu Jian said seriously: "If Mr. Cai Guo thinks this candidate is not suitable, just say so."
Zhang Zhou smiled and shook his head and said: "I have only been in the court for a short time, and very few people know about it. As for who to use and who not to use, it still depends on the recommendation of respected colleagues such as Mr. Liu Ge. How dare I overstep my bounds?"
Even though Liu Jian had expected that Zhang Zhou was "showing weakness" today, he still couldn't resist.
Because he really couldn't understand Zhang Zhou's purpose of doing this.
"Liu Yu." Zhu Youtang said, "Let me think about it again."
Speaking of this, Zhu Youtang gave Zhang Zhou a special look.
Probably because Zhang Zhou felt it was inconvenient to object in court, he could go back and discuss it with Zhang Zhou in private. If Zhang Zhou objected and recommended someone else, it would still be fine.
This reflects Zhu Youtang's "protection" for Zhang Zhou.
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Regarding the governor of Datong, it seems that Liu Yu has been tentatively decided, because not many officials are familiar with Liu Yu, and Liu Jian squeezed the governor of Datong from Zhang Zhou's "teeth". Traditionally, Wen Chen seems to be full of expectations for Liu Yu.
Li Rongdao: "Your Majesty, Xuanfu Governor Ma Zhongxi has submitted several petitions to resign. Now that Xuanfu's military pay affairs are not properly managed, the Ministry of Revenue has asked your Majesty to send someone to Xuanfu again to take care of the Xuanfu treasury."
According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty border town, Xuanfu mainly exists as the base camp of the northwest granary.
In the tenth year of Hongzhi, when a major problem arose in the Xuanfu military pay, Liu Daxia, who was the left minister of the Ministry of Revenue and the censor of Qiandu, took charge of the military pay affairs as the governor of the Xuanfu, and within one year ordered the local military pay of the Xuanfu Improved, but Liu Daxia quit and chose to retire and return home.
Because of Ma Zhongxi's mediocre ability, even if he has a so-called loyal and patriotic heart, loyalty and incorruptibility cannot be eaten, nor can he be upright. In addition, after the Northwest's reform of the grain and salt introduction system, the situation of military supplies and grass has deteriorated. At this time, Ma Zhongxi's ability is obviously not enough to overcome such a big problem.
Zhu Youtang looked up at the ministers present and said, "What do you think about the Xuanfu treasury matter?"
This time, before Liu Jian came forward to recommend anyone, Zhang Zhou came out and said: "Your Majesty, the matter of military pay in the Xuanfu granary involves the stability of the towns in the northwest. If it is not managed properly, it will only cause unrest among the officers and soldiers. , so I would like to request that Liu Daxia, the former left minister of the Ministry of Revenue, be re-enabled to return to the court to manage the military affairs of the Xuanfu."
As soon as these words came out.
Many ministers present were even more puzzled.
Although Liu Daxia has never been a minister, there are many people who are familiar with him. Although this person is not a stone in the pit, he is not someone who can be "bought" by Zhang Zhou's recommendation.
Zhang Zhou took the initiative to recommend someone who was obviously impossible to win over, but still made the recommendation before Liu Jian and others, which was obviously a bit unreasonable.
Zhu Youtang nodded and said: "I have seen the ability of the Liu Qing family, but I don't know how his physical condition is recently. If there is no serious problem, it is time for him to come out again. Order..."
Before discussing with the ministers, Zhu Youtang was already preparing to send someone to invite Liu Daxia to come out.
In fact, Zhu Youtang also admired Liu Daxia very much. The emperor would still notice who was capable and who was not, both in the government and in the public.
"Dear ministers, do you have any opinions?" When Zhu Youtang realized that he had only listened to Zhang Zhou's one-sided words and could not help but make a decision, he thought that there were so many ministers, so he pretended to be Pretend to ask the minister for his opinion.
Liu Jian didn't answer this time.
The relationship between Liu Jian and Liu Daxia... was not that deep.
On the contrary, Ma Wensheng... and Liu Daxia can be said to be close friends like "high mountains and flowing water".
Ma Wensheng came out and said: "Your Majesty, I second my opinion."
Ma Wensheng had been working on Liu Daxia's return to the court for a long time. However, due to the rise of Zhang Zhou, the emperor basically only listened to Zhang Zhou alone regarding military affairs in the northwest, making Liu Daxia's road to recovery extremely bumpy.
But now that Zhang Zhou took the initiative to ask Liu Daxia to replace Ma Zhongxi as governor of Xuanfu, everything seemed so easy.
Even if Ma Wensheng knew that he could not represent the opinions of the mainstream civil servants by coming out to "second the proposal", his reputation as the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel would still be given to him by the ministers. For the sake of his old friend, he had nothing to shy away from.
really.
After Ma Wensheng came out to speak, the three cabinet members first chose to back down, which was equivalent to putting the pressure to oppose this matter on the other officials.
However, Zhang Zhou and Ma Wensheng endorsed Liu Daxia, and no matter how much others said, it would be in vain.
Zhu Youtang said: "Let's give the order."
This time it was not as troublesome as Liu Yu becoming the governor of Datong. The emperor made the decision directly in the court.
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After the court meeting, Zhu Youtang, not surprisingly, summoned Zhang Zhou to the inner court to talk.
In addition to Liu Jian, those summoned at the same time were Ma Wensheng and Zhu Hui. Because Zhu Hui himself was already a member of the Shangting Department, this also made Zhang Mao, a former member of the Shangting Department, feel very unhappy.
After the summons from the inner court, Zhu Youtang immediately issued an order.
In addition to Liu Yu officially becoming the governor of Datong, Li Wei, the uncle of Xiangcheng, was also transferred to Liaodong to cooperate with Chen Rui, the uncle of Jiang, to pacify the Jurchens of Liaodong.
In addition, Zhang Jun succeeded Li Wei as the commander-in-chief of Datong, and Zhuang Jian was appointed governor of the Xuanfu...
In addition to Wang Qiong, the governor of Pianguan who was transferred back to Beijing... The imperial court changed the governor and chief military officer of Xuanda area in just two months. Ma Zhongxi was originally waiting to be transferred to the side. Governor Guan, or transferred to other places in Jiubian... He was also temporarily recruited back to the court, and was temporarily assigned the position of Right Minister of the Ministry of Punishment.
Although Wang Shouren was still in charge of Xuanda, his subordinates had undergone a major change of blood.
This was also very confusing to the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty's frontier army.
Everything is obviously going well, but now it is the twelfth lunar month of winter, and everything should be stable now. Why is the court so drastic and ruthless in replacing candidates?
When Zhang Zhou went to Yanwu Hall that day, Zhu Feng also knew about the major changes in personnel in Xuanda.
Zhu Feng was different from others. When he learned that nothing happened to him, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's okay."
The implication is that 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, you are more than enough to serve as a general military officer anywhere. In many cases, you can even take orders in times of crisis. Just like this time, His Majesty sent Ping Jiangbo to Liaodong to intimidate the slaves. In fact, it might 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 to challenge Uncle Jiang. But if he comes to me recently, just say you have never seen me."
"hehe."
Zhang Zhou is laughing.
Chen Rui, the uncle of Pingjiang, has recently fallen in love with Zhu Feng.
Because Chen Rui knew that he was in poor health or that his end was approaching, he really wanted to find an in-law or something for Uncle Ping Jiang. In addition, he had long ago proposed to Zhu Feng that he should marry the daughter of someone he had met once. Be the wife of Anbianhou to Zhu Feng.
In addition, Zhu Feng... has a somewhat eccentric personality, and often doesn't know how to refuse.
An old fox like Chen Rui seemed to be convinced of Zhu Feng. Every time she mentioned it in front of him, it was almost to the point of discussing marriage.
Zhang Zhou said: "Is it for marriage? You should mention it to your grandmother and your royal family. 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: "Previously Pingjiang Bo clearly gave his daughter to Brother Zhang, why didn't Brother Zhang accept it?"
"You blame me?" Zhang Zhou was still laughing.
Zhu Feng lowered his head.
Of course he knew that Zhang Zhou was to blame.
"But you know your integrity. There is actually nothing wrong with Uncle Ping Jiang's daughter. Everyone knows your situation, so who do you marry?" Zhang Zhou continued to encourage.
Is it "not marrying whoever you marry"?
In fact, it is "a disaster that is not a disaster to anyone"!
It's not that Zhang Zhouxian has nothing to do, it's because Zhang Zhou knows that the mother of Zhu Feng's future heir, Zhu Xizhong, is named Chen.
Although history does not clearly say which family this girl came from, it is "destined to be married". Maybe Zhu Feng and Chen Rui, the widowed daughter, are destined to be together, and they will see each other in the future, and even bring Zhu Feng into the family. Has the "right path" opened up branches and leaves for Lao Zhu's family?
Zhu Feng said: "Brother Zhang, don't make fun of me. I...I haven't thought about my marriage yet."
"What else are you thinking about when your parents order a matchmaker? 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 as soon as possible so that your family can rest assured and no one will take advantage of it again. Isn’t it nice to make irresponsible remarks about one thing?”
Zhu Feng said perfunctorily: "Then let me think about it later."
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Zhu Feng said that he would not marry again, but when Ning Tong came to Zhang Zhou in the afternoon to talk about opening a medicine store, 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. He probably just regarded Ning Tong as a friend. But for a person like Zhu Feng, it was rare for him to have a friend of the opposite sex who knew and understood him, and even considered him a "family". It is not easy.
Ning Tong didn't even bother to look at Zhu Feng.
The married life of those years... To Ning Tong, it was no different from a nightmare.
"Cai Guogong, I have sorted out several of the prescriptions you mentioned, and found that there are many medicinal materials that are rarely seen on the market." Ning Tong said, "Maybe there are some. I have simply heard of their names. Some of them have never even heard of their names... Are you really sure that these medicinal materials are used to prepare medicines? It is said that in the palace, the inspection of medicinal materials of unknown origin is very strict. In terms of toxicity alone, the inspection of new drugs is It will take more than half a year..."
Ning Tong seems to be a half-baked "miracle doctor".
It was also because she had been in and out of the palace a lot recently, and she would see the noble ladies in the palace for medical treatment and so on. With the support of Zhang Zhou's disciple, everyone in the palace would give him face, and even Queen Zhang did not deliberately make things difficult for her. she.
Although Zhang Zhou also knew that it was impossible for Queen Zhang not to be wary of this love rival's best friend, or even a potential love rival.
Zhang Zhou smiled and said: "I will make up for the medicines that are not available. In more than ten days, a batch of medicinal materials from Nanyang will be sent to the capital. Some of them will be cultivated in the imperial palace around the capital. It has been cultivated in the south. If you want to learn medicine from me, just remember to do what I say. As for the opinions of others, you don't have to care at all."
"Um."
When Ning Tong heard this, she probably thought Zhang Zhou was talking about Zhu Feng.
He also took a look at Zhu Feng.
Zhu Feng quickly looked away, as if "other people's opinions" had nothing to do with him.
(End of chapter)
