Daming Yinghua

Chapter 250 I Want Zhang Mingshi

When the carriage was driving on Chongwenmen Street again, Liu Shimin pulled open the curtain with a "huh", letting the dry and cool evening wind in Guiyue blow into the carriage.

"Ali, hurry up." Liu Shimin told the servants.

"Yes."

Ali responded and pulled the rein several times.

"Slow down." Liu Shimin's voice sounded behind him again.

Ali continued to do so, but felt puzzled.

Unlike many big ladies in the palace who like to ride in soft sedan chairs, when Liu Shimin goes out, he either rides a horse by himself or asks Ali to drive the car.In the past, the owner always thought the car was going too slowly, but today...

After Liu Shimin felt that his breathing became easier, he leaned tiredly against the car window, looking out at the scenery along the road.

In front is Zhengyangmen Street.

Inside the city wall on the left hand side are Liubu, Honglu Temple and other office offices, as well as the Hanlin Academy.

At this time, there are still many small officials from various ministries and many clerks who work in the Imperial Academy, coming out of Zhengyangmen.

The setting sun in the west, like a master painter, coated the figures of these imperial scribes with a layer of golden light.

Also showing warm colors, there are ordinary pedestrians and livestock.

What is more vivid than the moving people and animals is the smoke rising from both sides of the street.

Some come from restaurants and restaurants, and some come from houses deep in the alleys.

When those cooking smokes rise up against the setting sun, they are also golden, like bright fireworks, going straight to the sky, which is more romantic and psychedelic than the scenery on the human avenue.

The car continued westward, and the gate of Jinyiwei was clearly in sight.

In this peaceful and peaceful evening, surrounded by the smoke from several alleys around, the boundary of Jinyiwei seems to be a bit less aggressive.

But when a few errands galloped out from Beizhen Fusi on fast horses, Liu Shimin involuntarily shrank back.

It seemed that in an instant, the cooking smoke in front of him turned into billowing wolf smoke, and Jin Yiwei Tiqi suddenly transformed into the figure of the Liaoyang frontier army.

Among them was his own father.

Liu Shimin closed his eyes.

"Master, we are home."

After half a stick of incense, the servant Ali was calling Liu Shimin.

Then came another sentence: "Huh, Mrs. Zheng?"

Liu Shimin pulled himself out of the net woven by wandering thoughts, rubbed his face with both palms, and stepped out of the car.

Zheng Haizhu came up to salute.

"Why is it at this hour?" Liu Shimin asked.

He could see Zheng Haizhu's eyes reflecting the afterglow of the setting sun, and a faint strange color flashed across them.

Liu Shimin was stunned, and he soon realized that his utterance had a strange joy that he had never felt before.

Of course, it has nothing to do with any charming feelings, he just seems to be a traveler who is walking alone on a dangerous path on the edge of a cliff, and suddenly sees his companion appearing from the maze and walking towards him.

Liu Shimin covered up the unusualness of this moment with a sentence that revealed the strictness of his predecessors: "Girl, are you here to inquire about the Wenhua Palace with the old man?"

Zheng Haizhu followed Liu Shimin into the house, bluntly saying: "Master Zuo went to the capital to inspect the harvest again. I was in a hurry, so I went to Yang's mansion to ask. It would be cheaper to come to my father-in-law."

Liu Shimin teased with a slight smile: "When you came to me to introduce Luo Sigong that day, you didn't mention anything about wanting to enter the Wenhua Palace. What's the matter, can't hold your breath now?"

Zheng Haizhu still had a frank look of not wanting to hide his scheming: "Because the late emperor had not yet made great progress at that time, and the internal and external courts were at a critical time, I saw my father-in-law sitting quietly at home, so it was difficult to ask whether my father-in-law was still close to the prince. , so I didn’t dare to entrust my father-in-law to run this matter. It happened that Mr. Zuo was taking care of him, so I talked to the other side. As for the present, the younger generation is really anxious to find out the progress.”

Liu Shimin nodded kindly, ordered his servants to bring the dinner, and then led Zheng Haizhu into the small flower hall to sit down.

"It's settled," Liu Shimin said without hesitation, "Wang Gonggong and Long Live Lord mentioned the meaning of the first emperor's will to sweep the caves of Jiannu Liting. Long Live also remembered the Fushun victory report clearly when he was in the East Palace. Buy your firearms over there, and use them in coastal defense, so when the prince said it, Long Live Lord didn't feel any discomfort, and even mentioned that when I was young, I was taught by a palace lady, the emperor's teacher It may not be a woman. Besides, Dong Gong used to be the master of Long Live Lord, and when Long Live Lord summoned Dong Gong the day before yesterday, he also gave you a good word."

Zheng Haizhu relaxed her eyebrows when she heard the words, showing the relief of the stone falling to the ground, and then a little bit of joy.

"Eunuch Liu," Zheng Haizhu looked at Liu Shimin eagerly, "Why do you think I am more anxious than attacking the city? Because I heard about the long live amnesty these days, I am anxious to lend the emperor's eldest son a reason to teach firearms." , Dig a person out of the imperial prison."

"Who?"

"Zhang Mingshi, the general from Yunnan who was imprisoned in the Imperial Prison."

Liu Shimin was really unfamiliar with this name, he squinted his eyes, a little dazed.

Zheng Haizhu explained: "After getting acquainted with the two sons of the Zhang family in Shanyin in the past, Mr. Yan Ke saw that I was obsessed with firearms and told me that they had a general named Zhang Mingshi in Shaoxing who guarded Yunnan and put down the Miao tribe when they rebelled. , was impeached by the censor for delaying the military plane, killing good men and taking meritorious service, and was convicted and imprisoned."

The Zhang Mingshi mentioned by Zheng Haizhu was a brave general who was selected on the Wujin Scholars list more than 20 years ago.

In history, the Ming army fought against the Houjin army. After the disastrous defeat in Sarhu, the imperial court used Xiong Tingbi who was at home. Liaodong trained troops and ran a firearms battalion.Zhang Mingshi lived up to his trust and used the two-hundred-jin cannon for actual combat.

But in this time and space, there is no Battle of Salhu, and Zhang Mingshi is still in prison before Xiong Tingbi returns.

Zheng Haizhu originally thought that Zhang Mingshi was being imprisoned in the Ministry of Punishment, but the day before yesterday when he went to the home of Liu Qiao, the governor of Beizhen Fusi, to ask Mr. Liu about his health, he asked about Zhang Mingshi.

Liu Qiao, who had dismissed her disdain for her, informed frankly that Zhang Mingshi scolded his mother every day in the Ministry of Criminal Justice and had been transferred to Beizhen Fusi for detention. However, Luo Sigong always respected the frontier general and did not embarrass Zhang Mingshi.

Zheng Haizhu was overjoyed, guessing that Zhu Changluo's new king would be enthroned, amnesty is a prescribed action, and Yang Zuo and Yang Zuo are speech officials and censors, so it is not difficult to say a few words to Zhang Mingshi, an old general who is not involved in party disputes. Will not get in the way.

She, Zheng Haizhu, wants to replace Xiong Tingbi and get Zhang Mingshi out.

Liu Shimin took a sip of the vegetable soup served by his servants, thought for a while, and said to Zheng Haizhu who was eating steamed buns stuffed with sheep: "Girl, you went to get Zhang Mingshi just to discuss firearms and compile teaching plans?"

"This is the first step." Zheng Haizhu swallowed the steamed buns and said decisively, "He is a general who has committed crimes. It is not appropriate to enter the Wenhua Palace. I will let my old friend Lu Xiang come to Beijing to assist me and Xu Gong to teach the eldest son of the emperor. But the professor For a while, I will look at the opportunity to speak well for Zhang Mingshi and Sun Yuanhua in front of the eldest son of the emperor. It would be the best if the Long Live Lord gradually favors them, entrusts them with important tasks, and sends them to Liaodong. It doesn't matter, I will respectfully invite Zhang Mingshi to go south and practice for my Chongming battalion."

When Zheng Haizhu said this, he paused for a moment, and stared at Liu Shimin with more solemn and determined eyes.

"Eunuch Liu, Nurhachi's troubles are worse than all the quarrels in my Ming Dynasty, all the nuisances from foreign barbarians, and all the religious disasters and civil uprisings in the east, west, north, south, and north. We must use thunderous means to confront each other as soon as possible!"

Liu Shimin met Zheng Haizhu's gaze, but he didn't know how to respond.

When he was at a loss, he murmured like a puppet: "Is the Tartar more powerful than the red-haired Minhai?"

How did Zheng Haizhu know that Liu Shimin's words were not interrogative sentences, she just sneered sadly, her thoughts seemed to travel back and forth in the three hundred years from now on.

"Eunuch Liu, the later Jin Tartars' harm to Shenzhou will really rank ahead of those foreign monkeys."

Liu Shimin looked away, bowed his head and said in a deep voice: "Okay, I hope that my Ming emperor and ministers can understand."

(End of this chapter)