Daming: From the end of Hongwu

236 Chapter 234 - The First Snow
The servants near the main hall of Zhen's mansion had been cleared away long ago, only the figures of Zhen Wu and the third child were swaying in the lights.

Ma Yi took his gaze away from the shadows of Zhen Wu and the two, and stayed loyally nearby, concentrating on not letting anyone approach him.

He didn't care what the brothers Zhen Wu said.

He only knew that since he came to the Zhen family, the life and future of him and his descendants were all tied to the Zhen family, and he would not let anyone harm the interests of the Zhen family.

In Ma Yi's eyes, Zhen Wu, the head of the family, is talented and can lead the Zhen family to prosperity, so as long as the Zhen family does not fall, his Ma family's children will not be hungry for a lifetime if they follow the Zhen family.

This alone is much better than many people in the world, not to mention that the two brothers are also highly valued. Not only is the elder brother Ma Ren appointed by the uncle to be the housekeeper of the outer mansion, but he is often by the uncle's side, and he is trusted by the uncle.

In the main hall, after taking a sip of tea, Zhen Wu looked at the thinking third child. Over the years, Zhen Wu's education for the third child, besides instilling some principles of life in the third child, the most important thing is to cultivate The third child's ability to think independently.

He often gives the third child some ominous information, and asks the third child to learn useful key factors from that information.

Because in Zhen Wu's view, a person must learn the ability to clear the fog and explore the essence of facts through the surface. If the causal relationship of something is solved, it is just a mistake, and the next time will not be so lucky, and it will be over sooner or later.

The youngest thought about it until now, and finally his eyes were fixed, and he asked in disbelief, "Brother, could something happen to King Yan?"

When Zhen Wu heard what the third child said, he was somewhat satisfied with the third child. It seems that his training for the third child over the years has achieved certain results.

"I'm not sure, just make some arrangements in advance, just in case. After all, our family's honor and disgrace are all tied to Yan Wang's mansion. There is no harm in making more preparations, but you don't want to tell others about these things, even if it is you. Daughter-in-law can't do it either, you know?"

The third child nodded and said, "Brother, I'm not a child, I know this."

Zhen Wu smiled, then looked at the third child, and said with some relief: "Okay, elder brother also understands, and will not treat you like a child in the future."

After finishing speaking, Zhen Wu couldn't help laughing again. Who would have thought that the reckless young man would have such a steady look now.

"Okay, it's getting late, let's go back and rest earlier."

The third child still wanted to chat with Zhen Wu for a while, and asked in detail, but just as he opened his mouth, he saw Zhen Wu wave his hand in distaste. The third child knew his elder brother's temperament, so he had no choice but to shut his mouth , he got up and said in a muffled voice: "Then I will go back first, and the eldest brother will rest earlier."

Zhen Wu hummed, and stopped talking to the third child.

Only then did the third child turn his head and leave the main hall. On the way, the wind was a little bit chilly, but the third child was only thinking about things in his heart, so he didn't feel the wind was cool. He was still thinking about what Zhen Wu told him just now. Things, the situation in Beiping is really about to change drastically, but if this is the case, then my eldest brother... as the son-in-law of King Yan, how can my eldest brother not be affected?

Although the eldest brother has not said anything to him in recent years, he also knows that there are some people who are difficult to deal with, not to mention that his family has suddenly become rich, so why is there no one who is jealous.

It's okay if there is no accident at home, but if something happens, who knows what kind of people will jump out and provoke.

Thinking of this, the third child stopped in shock, his hands that had been relaxed all the time clenched into fists in vain, as if he had exerted all his strength.

The third child gritted his teeth and thought fiercely, "If that time really comes, if anyone bullies the eldest brother and sister-in-law, I, Zhen Yong, will definitely chop off his dog's head with a knife."

The eldest brother has been running the family for so many years, and his eldest son Zhen is no longer a chicken under the wings of an old hen.

Can always hurt.

A reckless boy, with age and maturity, even if he becomes more stable, he still has some recklessness deep in his heart.

Soon.

The third child then came to his own yard. As soon as he entered the house, Shi Nuan came up to him and helped him remove his coat. Shi Nuan put the coat aside and asked the servants to prepare footwashing water while asking casually.

"What is the uncle looking for you, why did he ask you at this hour."

"Oh, nothing."

The third child made an excuse casually and said, "I just asked about my recent situation in the army. During the day, my elder brother is busy and can't take care of me. He only thinks of nagging me when he has free time."

He learned from Zhen Wu that outside affairs never worry his family members.

"What do you mean by nagging? I really care about you." Shi Nuan turned around and gave the third child a bad look.

The third child grinned, but didn't care, walked over, sat down beside Shi Nuan, stretched out his hand to hold Shi Nuan's delicate and soft little hand to play with.

But the third child became interested in playing.

"Sister-in-law is also pregnant now, do you think we should work harder?"

Shi Nuan was a little shy and moved, but she still withdrew her hand, put her hands on her hips and said, "What are you thinking about? Don't think about it, wait... wait for a while to rest."

"You've already said that, what are you waiting for, rest now." After finishing speaking, the third child hurriedly picked up Shi Nuan by the waist, and walked towards the bed.

"Don't make trouble, you haven't washed your feet yet."

"I won't wash it today."

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On the other side, Zhen Wu went back to his room and didn't see Xiao Liu, so he casually asked Zhu Yuying, "Has Xiao Liu gone back?"

"Well, I just left for a while." Zhu Yuying said with a smile all over her face.

Zhen Wu cleaned his hands, went to sit beside Zhu Yuying, and asked curiously, "Why are you so happy, but what did Xiao Liu tell you?"

When Zhu Yuying heard Zhen Wu mention it, she couldn't help laughing again, and then she chatted with Zhen Wu about the content of Xiao Liu's chat with her just now, saying that Xiao Liu asked her to complain, and Xiao Qi begged for being a good boy from her mother. Several times, she was the one to ask for the money, but the mother never gave it to her.

Zhen Wu was also happy when he heard this: "This little seven monkeys are so smart, they don't have enough money to spend, and they even sent their ideas to their mother. Hey, I have to talk to my mother later, I can't give this kid too much." I spend as much money as I give, and I don’t know where he spends it alone.”

Unexpectedly, after saying this, Zhu Yuying shook her head and said, "Don't talk to your mother. These days, my mother is very boring. I am too heavy to accompany my mother all the time. My younger siblings also have to work hard in the back house. Little six and little seven are so playful that they can't take time off, so mother uses some change to hang the two little guys over to play with mother often, it's not a lot of money, don't make mother think too much."

Zhen Wu suddenly froze.

Over the past few days, Zhang Yuqing has been neglected if he is not paying attention.

In the past, when Zhang Yuqing was bored, he could go to chat with some old neighbors, but as his family's status became higher and higher, Zhang Yuqing gradually felt a sense of distance from those old neighbors. to chat with.

But those old neighbors are still more and more cautious and cautious, and they often have a utilitarian mind to please Zhang Yuqing, wanting Zhang Yuqing to let Zhen Wu take care of their husband and son, gradually Zhang Yuqing also feels boring, so contact Also less and less.

In this way, Zhang Yuqing's circle of activities has obviously shrunk, and most of the time Zhang Yuqing is only active in her yard.

The sky is long and the sun is far away, and Zhang Yuqing usually has nothing to do, so how can he not be bored.

Zhen Wu blamed himself a little, and sighed, Zhu Yuying seemed to know what Zhen Wu was thinking, and said comfortingly: "Don't worry, husband, after the child is born, let's ask the mother to take care of the child. If the mother has new thoughts, she will take care of her." I won't feel bored anymore, and I happen to be lazy too."

Zhu Yuying smiled sweetly at Zhen Wu.

Zhen Wu felt slightly relieved, so he also smiled, not wanting to let negative emotions affect Zhu Yuying.

Afterwards, the two chatted for a while, and did not fall asleep until late at night.

In the days that followed, after Zhen Wu transferred the person assigned by the third child to the gate of the city, there was no extra action. On weekdays, he either went to Yanwang Mansion as an errand, or went to the military camp. When he was at home, he mainly took care of Looking at Zhu Yuying, if she has free time, she will go to Zhang Yuqing's yard, chat with Zhang Yuqing, and then educate Xiao Liu and Xiao Qi.

Every day is leisurely but also fulfilling.

Even at a certain moment, Zhen Wu felt that if the days went on like this forever, he would feel satisfied in this life, but the tree wanted to be calm and the wind continued, and it was November in a blink of an eye.

People in Beiping City began to prepare winter items again.

But a decree of the imperial court broke the tranquility of Beiping City.

Zhang Bing, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, served as the Beiping Chief Envoy, Xie Gui, and Zhang Xin were in charge of the Beiping Metropolitan Commander, and the Beiping Chief Envoy and Capital Commander who had made friends with Zhu Di before were all transferred to other places.

The three-division system of the Ming Dynasty, the chief division, the capital division, the inspection division, and the three divisions are not subordinate to each other, and each is responsible to the central government. They belong to the three largest yamen in the entire Beiping area.

In later generations, it would be equivalent to the senior officials of Beiping Province, and the commander of the Beiping Military Region, all replaced by Zhu Yunqi's people.

For Zhu Di whose fiefdom is in Beiping, it is tantamount to a tiger entering his home, and at the moment when King Zhou has just been demoted to a commoner, everyone has to guess whether the court's decree is not a good one .

For a moment, all the generals in Peiping were worried, some were happy, some were waiting to watch the fun, and some were eager to sing loudly.

After Zhang Bing, Xie Gui, and Zhang Xin took office, the whole city of Beiping was thrown into a frenzy. Another secret negotiation, another bribe.

Many civil and military officials among them, after feeling the changing situation of the emperor and the courtiers, began to flirt with Zhang Bing and Xie Gui, and then cheered up in Beiping City as if they had found a backer.

However, in the past, the King Yan's guards, who were so majestic in Beiping, all fell silent at this moment.

This also made some villains jump up and down even more.

Quite annoying.

A few days later, Zhang Bing, Xie Gui, and Zhang Xin gathered in a secret room to discuss matters. Zhang Bing frowned and said annoyedly: "By the way, we have been investigating for so many days, and we haven't found any problems with King Yan. How can we deal with the emperor."

Before they came, the three of them obtained Zhu Yunqi's secret decree, asking the three of them to investigate the dark and illegal things of King Yan, and once they found out, they would speak out and report the truth immediately.

But after they came, they searched and searched, not only did not find anything about King Yan's violation of discipline, but from the information they checked and other people's evaluations, it can be seen that King Yan is really a diligent military officer who enforces the law. The most common problem for vassal kings is that they meddle too much in the army, but this was ordered by Emperor Hongwu before, so how can it be used as evidence of illegality.

In fact, how did they know that before Zhu Di was only thinking of building a good impression in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart, how could he do some things that were obviously out of character.

Xie Gui said at this moment: "If you can't find it now, let's check it slowly. I really don't believe that King Yan has nothing wrong with it."

Zhang Bing frowned and said, "Confused."

Xie Gui was puzzled, looked at Zhang Bing and said, "What's Zhang Buzheng envoy's opinion?"

Zhang Bing went to the door and looked around. After confirming that there was no one left or right, he returned to the house again and said in a deep voice, "Do you think the emperor asked us to come to Peiping to investigate slowly? Everyone knows about King Zhou. Well, after handing it over to Jin Yiwei, in less than five days, King Zhou’s criminal evidence was placed in front of the emperor one by one, and then the emperor asked Cao Guogong to set off with the whole army in the name of preparing for the frontier, but when he arrived in Kaifeng, he immediately covered his ears with lightning speed If the king of Zhou is caught by the trend, who cares if the evidence of the king of Zhou is true or not? It is true that the emperor intends to cut down the feudal clan."

Xie Gui listened, his expression became more and more serious.

On the other hand, Zhang Xin frowned slightly in displeasure. He was not very old, and he had fallen behind in front of Zhang Bing and Xie Gui, so he usually didn't have the part to talk about it, but he didn't care about it.

He believes in the principle that ability comes first.

Because he took over his father's position as the commander of the guard in the early years, guarding the border, and fought many wars, big and small.

When Emperor Hongwu was around, he was praised a lot.

Therefore, he couldn't understand the way the two conspired secretly, but he was ordered by Zhu Yunqi to assist Zhang Bing and Xie Gui, and he couldn't play his temper, let go, and could only bear with them.

But accompanying Gui, Zhang Xin's thoughts drifted to other places. He had heard from his father before that his father had gone to Mobei under King Yan. He is charming, so according to his father's relationship, he can be regarded as Zhu Di's subordinate.

Thinking about it, Zhang Xin didn't know when he would be able to see King Yan.

He was thinking on this side, and on the other side, the discussion had reached the most intense point. Xie Gui asked Zhang Bing, "What can the chief minister do?"

"I think we can start from the army, and first weed the grass to see if we can scare the snake out."

Zhang Bing stroked his beard, and with a wise light in his eyes, he said: "Didn't the emperor decree before that the whole family of military households who are in the army will be exempted from the guards of Beiping Yingzhou, and those who are single in the family must be released as civilians? I checked it before, and other guards have implemented it, but the guards of King Yan did not act accordingly, we might as well force King Yan to see if King Yan will clear his guards."

Xie Gui suddenly realized: "If the King of Yan refuses or delays, it means he has something wrong, and the emperor can also ask the King of Yan for this matter."

"good."

Zhang Bing nodded and said: "Even if the King of Yan doesn't take the bait, he is willing to clear away the guards. First, we have reduced the number of soldiers of the King of Yan. Second, the emperor can see our actions. When the time comes, we will take it easy." Gather evidence."

After finishing speaking, Zhang Bing's eyes were fixed, and he said in a deep voice: "We can also target people who are valued by the King of Yan, and directly withdraw from the army to see if the King of Yan will seek personal gain for this, but I don't know if there is such a suitable person. .”

After Zhang Bing finished speaking, he looked at Xie Gui.

Xie Gui fell into deep thought.

Zhang Xin said at this moment: "The Guards of King Yan, we have no right to intervene."

Xie Gui's eyes suddenly brightened at this time, but he first looked at Zhang Xin and said disdainfully: "We have no right to interfere, but the King Yan's guards can't violate the emperor's will, let's help supervise one or two, and King Yan will return Can you pick a mistake and attack us?"

After Xie Gui finished speaking, he ignored Zhang Xin and turned to look at Zhang Bing.

Seeing Xie Gui's expression, Zhang Bing asked expectantly, "Have you thought of a suitable candidate?"

Xie Gui nodded.

"Who?" Zhang Bing asked urgently.

Xie Gui slowly spit out two words: "Zhang Wu!" Then Xie Guicai explained: "Zhang Wu is not only valued by King Yan, but also the brother-in-law of Ma Zhenwu in Yong'an County. Everyone must have heard the name of Ma Zhenwu in Yong'an County these days. Quite a few, even at such an old age, I have to say that I am extraordinary in martial arts, if we take Zhang Wu as an example, we can not only force King Yan, but maybe also force Zhen Wu to stand up for him."

"Zhen Wu is young and vigorous, if he takes the lead and causes trouble, I don't know how King Yan will feel, whether he wants to protect his son-in-law, or wear a hat of rebellion, and more importantly, Zhang Wu is just The only child in the family is just suitable for us to make fun of."

After a little thought in Zhang Xin's eyes, he knew who Zhang Wu was, and he exclaimed: "That Zhang Wu is now a hundred households, how does this make it, isn't this the future of a bad guy?"

Xie Gui showed a sneer and said: "Is it said that the purpose of liberating the army for the people is only limited to soldiers? Besides, if we say that he complies with it, he complies with it. Can the King of Yan still be allowed to do so?"

Zhang Bing laughed and said, "It's the extreme."

Zhang Xin opened his mouth and looked at Zhang Bing and Xie Gui. No one cared about what he said. Zhang Xin finally said nothing. He looked outside uncomfortably. The first snow fell this winter.

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