People in Hongwu, from heavenly master to emperor master

Chapter 195 The Friendship Boat Capsized, Miss Xu, Don’t Hurt Me
"Your Majesty's breeding should be different from Lord Yang's imagination. He asked people to breed horses and donkeys, saying that he wanted to breed some mules!"

Mules are widely used as livestock, and they were gradually developed by Daming.

At present, not many people recognize its service value.

Li Shanchang only thought that Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to match some mules for fun. Although Yang Xian was born in the north, he didn't know much about this matter.

The two of them only regarded it as an interesting matter, and used it as a talk to bring the relationship between the two closer.

Yang Xian laughed with him, and Li Shanchang could show kindness to him, so he naturally wished for it.

Zhu Yuanzhang's placement in Zhongshu Province was to monitor Li Shanchang to some extent.

The Huaixi Group is Zhu Yuanzhang's most reliable and most trusted old brother, but as the emperor, his position is naturally at odds with Li Shanchang who controls the prime minister.

So the emperor trusted Li Shanchang, but also feared Li Shanchang.

Yang Xian's own position is to make a small report to the emperor, but usually in Zhongshu Province, he also favors Li Shanchang, at least he hasn't had time to turn his face.

Now, Liu Ji is the one he fears and hates the most. Temporarily forming an alliance with Li Shanchang will help him improve his status.

Yang Xian greeted Li Shanchang's words and said:
"I've read in ancient books that this mule and horse were the playthings of nobles in the Spring and Autumn Period. Although their status has declined in the previous dynasty, they are still auspicious beasts!

Your Majesty has become the emperor, and it is common to have some small hobbies!I don't mention this matter, Xiwu would like to thank you for explaining to me here, if you need me in the future, please feel free to say..."

Li Shanchang waved his hand and said:

"I plead with the emperor not for the sake of my lord, but for state affairs. The right chancellor of the Zhongshu Province is originally Xu Da's. General Xu, you know, he has been on the front line. In fact, the entire Zhongshu Province is busy with this old man... …

But the country is actually busy. Although His Majesty has appointed the Metropolitan Government to be in charge of the military, in fact, the Zhongshu Province even has to get involved in the military affairs ahead!
The old man is handy in managing the logistics of military affairs, but there are also many things in the court!
If there is no one to share with me, I am afraid that I will die of exhaustion!
So the emperor promoted Mr. Yang, and I was the first to rejoice! "

Yang Xian smiled awkwardly. If he hadn't been in the Ministry of Education, he would really have believed Li Shanchang's "heartfelt words". .

It's just that he doesn't have the capacity to accommodate others, even in Zhongshu Province.

If he goes against his will, Li Shanchang is very good at retaliation.

Yang Xian is in Zhongshu Province. Although his political spectrum belongs to the Eastern Zhejiang faction, he still tries his best to please Li Shanchang.

"I can be wrongly loved by His Majesty, maybe it was recommended by Lord Li. Don't gossip, in the future, Yang Xian will do whatever Lord Li says..."

"It's easy to say, but in fact, the two of us are doing it for the good of the country!

The left and right ministers also work for His Majesty, Master Yang is not as good as this, in the future, we will work together and divide the work..."

Yang Xian nodded, and followed Li Shanchang's proposal like a follower.

Li Shanchang said:

"Look at the mating of mules and horses, Taibo Temple is in charge. I feel that since His Majesty attaches great importance to this matter, I will leave it to Lord Yang to handle it. Maybe your relationship with His Majesty will also be resolved because of this matter." Okay and make up for it?"

Yang Xian felt reasonable and nodded in agreement!
Li Shanchang continued:

"Other government affairs, I see it this way, Mr. Yang is in charge of the affairs of the Taibo Temple, why not just take care of the affairs of the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Punishment, and each of us will divide the six departments into three?"

Yang Xian couldn't laugh anymore, he could see the purpose of Li Shanchang's coming here today, this is not to take the initiative to share power with him, but to warn him not to get involved in his own power.

In the government affairs of the Prime Minister of Zhongshu Province, the power of the left and right prime ministers is theoretically the same.

But Li Shanchang now draws the border of Chu River and Han Dynasty, ostensibly a compromise with Yang Xian's separation of powers, but what is he giving himself?
The Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Etiquette, and the Ministry of Punishment, these yamen cannot be said to be bad, but compared with the Ministry of Officials in charge of personnel power, the Ministry of War is currently the focus of the court, plus a Ministry of Households to manage money and food.

Li Shanchang is like hiding all the good things for himself, and handing over the leftovers to himself?
Yang Xian's heart was filled with anger for no reason, this was simply deceiving too much.

The little gratitude he had left in his heart for Li Shanchang disappeared?

Why?
They are all prime ministers appointed by the emperor, so why should this old guy take all the benefits?

But seeing Li Shanchang laughing and talking about Yan Yan, Yang Xian calmed down. In the current situation, he has angered the emperor, and he can no longer offend Li Shanchang.

Li Shanchang also saw through this point, so he came to talk to him about the separation of powers. If he didn't agree, it is estimated that this old guy will report to His Majesty later.

I can't stand Li Shanchang's torture, so I can only endure it at this time.

Yang Xian forced a smile and said:
"Li Xiang is an elder, so what do you say?
I still have a lot to learn from you in the future! "

Li Shanchang was very satisfied with Yang Xian's attitude, the two chatted for a while, and he stood up to say goodbye and leave.

Yang Xian personally sent Li Shanchang out of the house, and when he came back, he closed the door and was furious instantly:
"Old man, I am the prime minister personally selected by the emperor, so you want to make me empty?
Just bear the truth for a few days, and when I gain a firm foothold, I will not have anything to do with you! "

The friendship between Yang Xian and Li Shanchang did not last even an hour.

After confirming that Zhu Yuanzhang let him come out, Yang Xian couldn't wait to put on his official uniform and go out. He didn't go to the palace immediately, but went to Taipu Temple.

Since Li Shanchang said that the emperor has been obsessed with breeding horses recently, he naturally wants to intervene.

Taipu Siqing knew that Yang Xian was coming, so he hurried out to greet him.

After Yang Xian explained these matters, although he didn't understand Zhu Yuanzhang's meaning, Taibu Siqing said that he would do it immediately.

After asking all the details, Yang Xian entered the palace to see the emperor.

After getting permission, he went all the way to the Imperial Study Room, entered and knelt down in front of the emperor.

Zhu Yuanzhang bowed his head to review the memorial, but did not speak.

Yang Xian felt a little embarrassed, so he took the initiative to report what he had done.

Zhu Yuanzhang listened, but didn't respond for a long time. When Yang Xian was so embarrassed that he was about to deduct the Forbidden City, Lao Zhu said:
"Do more practical things!"

"I will remember your Majesty's instruction!"

The emperor was finally willing to talk to himself, and Yang Xian was so excited.

Zhu Yuanzhang raised his head and began to ask about the mating of donkeys and horses.

Yang Xian secretly rejoiced that he went to Taipu Temple to do work, and finally his painstaking efforts were not in vain.

He answered fluently, and Lao Zhu's cold face gradually softened.

"It's okay, it's not in vain for Li Shanchang to intercede with me, let you come out in advance..."

Hearing this, Yang Xian hurriedly said:

"Li Xiang is dedicated to the people, and I will never forget the teachings of Li Xiang and His Majesty!"

Old Zhu let out an oh, very interested:

"You mean, Li Shanchang also advised you?"

Yang Xian hurriedly recounted Li Shanchang's words, but at the end he said:
"The matter of Taibo Temple was also instructed by Li Xiang, and Li Xiang and I have already divided the work, and we will work together in the future!"

He also "let nature take its course" and told about Li Shanchang's unauthorized division of labor, but the emperor was unmoved.

Yang Xian was very disappointed. At first he thought Zhu Yuanzhang would vent his anger on him. Based on his understanding of the emperor, Lao Zhu was very sensitive to the unauthorized separation of power by his courtiers.

But since the emperor didn't respond, he also lost his reason to stay.

Yang Xian left, and the emperor allowed him to leave the palace.

When he left, Lao Zhu chuckled lightly, why couldn't he see Yang Xian's little thought?

But that's okay, he was worried that Li Shanchang and Yang Xian would get too close.

"Mr. Li is still the same Mr. Li, and Yang Xian is also the same Yang Xian!"

Lao Zhu left this sentence, shook his head and smiled, and then continued to review the memorial.

Days passed, and after Zhang Yi and Lao Zhu separated, they continued to be in the field and the Taoist temple.

After the emperor granted his request to play truant, Zhang Yi hadn't gone to Guozi for a long time.

Guozixue was about to move, and Xu Cunren didn't bother to catch him.

After he had explored the farming techniques of this era, he began to recall the knowledge he knew in later generations, combined with his recent experience, and removed some techniques that were not suitable for this era, and Zhang Yi prepared for next year's spring sowing.

But before that, the matter of going to the Ministry of Industry to apply for the transformation of the Taoist temple has to be put on the agenda.

But before he could act, someone came to his door.

Conne!

Zhang Yi hadn't been to Confucian Mansion for a while, even though Kong Kejian also sent word to Zhang Yi, telling him to visit when he had time.

But Zhang Yi came to have his own affairs to be busy, and secondly, since the Confucius family and the emperor formed a certain degree of understanding, the Confucius House has become lively.

Every time Zhang Yi passed by, he could see senior officials from the court visiting the Kong family and his son.

For a while, the Confucian mansion was full of traffic, and he didn't like it very much.

Ever since he offended Yang Xian, it was fun for him to take revenge, but the number of people he offended was unknown.

After the Zhongshan wolf right minister came out, he felt that he should keep a low profile.

However, Kong Na personally came to invite him today, but he could not refuse.

Because this is Kong Kejian and Kong Xixue leaving Yingtian and going back to Qufu.

Mr. Kong needs to fulfill his agreement with the emperor, just like his own father, he wants to use the hearts of the people of the Kong family to help the emperor stabilize the north.

Before leaving, Kong Kejian wanted to entertain Zhang Yi. This was a family banquet, and Zhang Yi could not refuse.

"Since that's the case, then Pindao naturally can't refuse!"

Zhang Yi asked Deng Zhongxiu to help him go to the Ministry of Industry to apply for repairing the Taoist temple, and then got into Kong Na's car.

"What have you been up to lately? I haven't seen you for a long time?"

After getting in the car, Kong Na casually asked Zhang Yi how he was doing.

Zhang Yi pouted and said:

"Don't mention it, some things happened a while ago, and I needed to scrape together some money. I took Chen Ke's job for three to five years, and I had to write books for him to make money!
Also, Xiaodao has to pay back the money owed to your family! "

Conner smiled and said:

"I think you're smart, why did you realize this later? Since my father can lend you so much money, naturally I don't have to worry about your repayment!
In fact, the Kong family does not need you to pay back the money at all, you have helped the Kong family too much! "

"Don't..."

Zhang Yi didn't even think about it, and directly refused Kong Na to continue talking. He didn't want to have too many intersections with the Kong family, especially the Kong family.

To deceive people is to deceive others, and to owe debts is to owe debts.

Repaying debts is justified.

"If you tell me that your father burned the IOU in front of me when he was going to leave today, I will jump in the car and go back now!"

Kong Na's smile suddenly froze on his face, why is this guy so smart?
He just hinted at it a little bit, and he already guessed it.

Seeing him laughing, Zhang Yi knew what Kong Xixue and his son wanted to do?
The two of the Kong family know his value, and they really want to befriend themselves.

Not to mention Zhang Yi's indirect life-saving grace, even if Zhang Yi has allicin in his hands, the Kong family father and son have to befriend themselves.

What's more, Kong Na is still in the capital, and they reckon they want to take care of Kong Na more.

But Zhang Yi doesn't like this approach, because his three views are different from those of the ancients.

"Turn back and go in, you should mention your father and your grandfather first, if they do this in front of me, don't blame me for letting them down!"

"understood!"

Kong Na sighed, Zhang Yi's slippery behavior, the Kong family's plan to favor him with thousands of taels of silver was simply a dream.

But that's good too, Kong Na doesn't like the patronizing attitude of his father and grandfather.

Kong Na always felt that Zhang Yi was his friend first, and the benefactor who bestowed favor on the Confucius Mansion second.

Since we are friends, there is no need to be so careful.

The carriage stopped in front of the Confucius Mansion.

The two got out of the car and walked inside.

Kong Na asked where is the master?The servant replied to see the guest.

Zhang Yi didn't like to join in the fun, so he went to the backyard to wait for Kong Kejian very familiarly.

"Didn't you say today is a family feast?"

"Grandpa has already closed the door to thank guests today. It should be a guest that cannot be refused, right?"

Kong Na was familiar with Zhang Yi's temperament and walked with him to the backyard.

The Confucian government inquired, and Kong Xixue, Kong Kejian and his son were looking at a young man in a dragon suit in fear.

Beside the young man, sat a man and a woman. The woman looked like five or six years old, and the man was even younger.

Kong Kejian and Kong Xixue did not dare to underestimate them.

The young man in charge is Zhu Yu, the second son of Zhu Yuanzhang, and the man and woman beside him are the son and daughter of the Xinguo family.

The Kong family father and son had already gone to the palace to bid farewell the day before yesterday, and the emperor agreed to find someone to see him off.

They thought it was the prince, but who knew it was the second son Zhu Xi.

Although this Zhu Xing was not a few years younger than Zhu Biao, he was much worse in bearing and handling of others.

But even so, he was still an existence that the Confucian government could not afford to mess with.

"Today, I came here to send off Yan Shenggong by the order of my father. On the way, I met sister Miaoyun and younger brother Yungong. They played with me since childhood, like brothers and sisters. Yungong said that he had never been to Yanshenggong's mansion. , I will decide to bring him here!"

"Xin Guogong Xu Da, General Xu, my father and son were taken care of by him when they came to Beijing. We were supposed to visit General Xu, but I heard that there are only female relatives at home, so it is not very convenient..."

The two sides are polite, although Zhu Xi is usually unreliable, he is more or less trained in receiving people and things.

Although the Xu family girl is small, she is also knowledgeable and reasonable.

But Xu Yungong was younger, he ate some of the fruit plate from the Confucian Mansion, and suddenly felt a little sick to his stomach.

Xu Miaoyun asked the master, and led her younger brother to find a place to use the toilet under the guidance of the servant.

"Shame, shame, you have lost all the etiquette of the Duke's Mansion!"

The girl from the Xu family scolded Xu Yungong as always, but the servant finally led him to a place where the girl from the Xu family was bored waiting for her younger brother.

Suddenly, someone spoke vaguely and walked by another road.

She recognized one of them immediately.

With that Taoist robe and a familiar voice, the Xu family girl ran over and took a picture of Zhang Yi from behind:
"Zhang Sanfeng!"

"Xu Miaoyun?"

The girl from the Xu family still likes to be called Zhang Yi and Zhang Sanfeng. When Zhang Yi turns around and finds the girl from the Xu family, both of them are very happy.

The girl from the Xu family was rescued by Zhang Yi last time, before she had time to talk to him, Zhang Yi found a reason to come here.

After all, she is a child at heart, patted Zhang Yi and said:
"Why are you here?"

"What about you?"

"I'm here with the elder brother of the Zhu family to visit Duke Yan!"

When Zhang Yi heard it, his mood suddenly seemed to be poured by cold water. His smile turned into a disgusted expression, and he took a step back calmly.

"how?"

The girl from the Xu family immediately felt a significant change in someone.

"Well, it's not good to be seen by people if men and women don't kiss each other. You stand far away..."

Zhang Yi's expression of "You don't want to beat me up" broke the little girl's heart.

(End of this chapter)