The First Gongsheng of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 112 Toward the pinnacle of life
A little beauty who is as beautiful as a flower and a jade with good skills is stuffed by Wang Yue as a follower.

Zhang Zhou felt very strange.

After entering the barracks, Zhang Zhou was very polite and asked the girl who seemed to be called Wang Mingshan to go aside, and he wanted to talk to Wang Yue alone.

"Wang Shilang, what are you doing?"

Zhang Zhou wants to ask, you brought a granddaughter here, and let her kneel down for me, and let her be my personal bodyguard. I don't know how to deal with being so enthusiastic.

Zhang Zhou probably also saw some signs.

If he was just a close minister of the emperor, Wang Yue would flatter him.

What's more, Wang Yue now needs him to figure out when the Tatars will go out in full force, so as to get the chance to regain military merit and title, and he is even more courteous to him.

Zhang Zhou didn't even know if this girl was Wang Yue's own granddaughter, or grandniece, granddaughter... It was recorded in history that Wang Yue once gave a favored singer by his side to Qianhu under him, Make those thousands of households loyal to him.

In the past, he didn't give women to the powerful because his two backers, Wang Zhi and Li Guang, were both eunuchs.

Now change to Zhang Zhou who is not a eunuch...

With Wang Yue's personality, Zhang Zhou wouldn't think it strange even if he really gave Zhang Zhou a little granddaughter.

Wang Yue said with a smile: "This old granddaughter, Mr. Zhang still has eyes for her?"

In one sentence, it is almost a clear statement.

Zhang Zhou looked at the girl who was standing not far away and looked around, and said with a smile, "I can see it, but I'm afraid I won't dare to look into it."

Who doesn't know that you, Wang Yue, have ulterior motives?

If you don't get paid for nothing, if you give me benefits, you will naturally want to get what you want from me. It's not certain who will lose at that time.

Wang Yue said sternly: "This is the third daughter of the second son of the old man. I am of Wang's blood. She has always admired heroes. If the husband really admires him, let her follow him on the saddle, and no one else will do anything to her." gossip."

You say no gossip, no gossip?
Zhang Zhou thought to himself.

Or how can you say that your old Wang is an "expert" in gift giving?
Knowing that the rumors are tight now, and no one dares to accept the gift of family wealth, you find another way and give your own granddaughter as a gift to others... You are really... Doing anything for the prosperity of the family.

"I'm not a hero." Zhang Zhou smiled.

Wang Yue began to put a high hat on him.

Wang Yuedao: "Mr. Zhang can predict things like a god, save Daming from danger, and even save the life of an old man. How can he not be a hero? My little granddaughter lost her mother since she was a child. Being able to follow Mr. Lucky..."

After all, they are all talking about "bribery".

"Wang Shilang, be careful, Miss Wang is from a famous family, and she will definitely have a good home in the future."

Zhang Zhou smiled and didn't want to talk about this issue with Wang Yue anymore.

Giving a woman is also a bribe, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that your bribery method is to let me, Zhang, bind you more deeply.

It's better to send money directly.

Wang Yue hurriedly followed Zhang Zhou's footsteps and said, "Sir, you only need to reveal when the Tatars will come, and leave the rest to the old man. Don't worry about anything, sir. Even if you fail to agree, this girl can follow you." , it was also cultivated in her previous life..."

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Zhang Zhou didn't stay in the barracks for too long.

He just made an appointment with Wang Yue to meet again, and he didn't say what he would do next time.

After Zhang Zhou returned to the city, he went directly to Zhu Feng.

Inquired about what Zhu Feng said earlier that his father wanted to transfer him to the Dudu's Mansion.

"...What my father meant was that being a Jinyi guard would not be able to do great things even if I was a member of a thousand households. My father wanted me to be a guard commander. After a few years of experience, I might be promoted to a guard commander, deputy commander-in-chief, etc. Whatever happens in the future, the Zhu family will still rely on me."

Although Zhu Feng himself has no intention of inheriting Cheng Guogong, or earning a new title to come back.

But his dad obviously had a longer view.

Being a Jin Yiwei commander and doing thousands of things, no matter how glorious it is, it is just dawdling, and it is far from being a second title for the old Zhu family.

If you want a title, you have to go to the battlefield.

Zhang Zhoudao: "If you are asked to follow Wang Shilang to fight a battle in the northwest, would you dare?"

"Why don't you dare?" Of course Zhu Feng looked arrogant, but then he said a little apprehensively, "Will Wang Shilang accept someone like me? Brother Zhang, you don't know how high Wang Weining's prestige is in the army. Even my father would not dare to raise his head when he saw him. Anyone who ordered him would carry out the military order. Even if the Duke violated the military order, he would be punished if he should be beaten. If he missed the opportunity to fight, he would be punished on the spot. of."

Wang Yue's reputation in the army is currently unmatched.

This is also why the Northwest of Ming Dynasty was in danger, and the imperial court wanted to recommend candidates for the governors of the three sides, and it would fall on Wang Yue, who had been deprived of his title.

Even in the past so many years, after Wang Yue came out of the mountain, he can still walk sideways in the northwest.

Wang Yue is not as easy-going as he usually appears... In other words, Wang Yue is only so easy-going when he sees Zhang Zhou, and he is a god-like existence in the army.

Zhang Zhou smiled and said, "What if I introduce you?"

"Ah? Is this...wouldn't this be... not very good?" Zhu Feng said, "I'm afraid that someone like me, who has no experience in the battlefield, has never even touched a soldier talisman, and I will be hindered when I go, and I heard that Wang Weining doesn't like this kind of entrustment very much, he only uses the generals he thinks are suitable in the army."

Zhang Zhou smiled and said, "As long as you have the heart, that's fine. I'll go to see him tomorrow and show him something by the way. Come with me if you have time!"

"Oh……"

Zhu Feng responded casually.

Originally, Zhu Fu asked him to go to the Dudu Mansion, but he was not very happy.

With a young man like him, it would be tiring to be a Jinyi guard in the capital, let alone go to the Northwest to "experience".

Now it seems that Zhang Zhou and his father have the same idea, and they want to stuff them into his army. He feels even more as if his hard days are coming, and his future is bleak.

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The fifth day of the twelfth lunar month.

Zhang Zhou took Zhu Feng to meet Wang Yue together.

This time it was Zhang Zhou who took the initiative to invite Wang Yue over to a small workshop in the south of the city, and asked someone to load the things into the carriage.

Wang Yue served in the Ministry of War. With his prestige, he is not only the left servant of the Ministry of War, but also more than enough to be the Minister of the Ministry of War. Moreover, 20 years ago, in the 13th year of Chenghua, Wang Yue had already served as the Minister of the Ministry of War...

However, Wang Yue and the current Shangshu Ma Wensheng had some estrangement during the Chenghua period because of their military ranks.

After Wang Yue returned to the court, he was not valued highly in the Ministry of War. Many affairs should be in charge of him, the left servant, and were handed over to others.

So recently, Wang Yue didn't care about the position of the left servant of the Ministry of War, and even the Minister of the Ministry of War was not his goal. He was focused on another great victory in the Northwest, and pinned his hopes on Zhang Zhou.

For Zhang Zhou, he was almost always on call.

"Mr. Zhang, you asked the old man to come here today, but what's the big deal?"

When Wang Yue saw Zhang Zhou, he fawned on him.

Zhu Feng on the side was stunned.

Is this still Wang Weining, who broke Diyi in Hongyanchi, Weininghai, Yansui and Helan Mountains, made Diyi frightened, and became famous all over the world?
Judging by the way this person fawns over Zhang Zhou, he is probably not as good as an ordinary official, just like a merchant in the market... You, Wang Weining, are still the left servant of the Ministry of War.

Zhang Zhoudao: "Wang Shilang, I have something here, I want you to see how powerful it is, and see if it can be used on the battlefield."

"What?"

Wang Yue was very curious.

You just need to tell me when the Tatars will come out in full force, so that I have the opportunity to dispatch troops to catch their movements, and you don't have to worry about the rest. You see how many mysterious things you have done.

It's a bit of putting the cart before the horse.

Only then did Zhang Zhou introduce Zhu Feng to Wang Yue: "This is Zhu Feng, courtesy name Zhijie, the second son of Duke Cheng. Zhijie, come to see Wang Shilang."

Zhu Feng was excited, as if seeing an idol, and saluted: "Junior see Wang Shilang."

When Wang Yue glanced at Zhu Feng, his eyes had a condescending air, and even some contemptuous disdain.

You don't even look down on Zhu Feng's father, the old man, let alone you, a brat?
Wang Yue didn't even bother to talk to Zhu Feng, because it didn't seem necessary.

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "I plan to let Zhijie go to the northwest to practice with Wang Shilang."

Wang Yue's eyes lit up and said: "The preparations should be carried out in the near future?"

Zhang Zhoudao: "No rush, the earliest will be the middle of the first lunar month. The Tatars will attack in the middle or early February. The direction of attack should be at Piantouguan and other places. If we start preparations right now, we may scare the snake away."

"understand!"

Wang Yue's body was full of blood.

After asking for a long time, Zhang Zhou can be regarded as speaking out what he cares about.

Even in February... For him, Wang Yue, his heart is still enough to calm down.

With my own body, it's okay to survive another two months, as long as it's not three or five years.

Then Wang Yue looked at Zhu Feng with a smile and said: "Young general, very good. If I still have a chance to lead the army in the northwest, you will be by my side, and I will guarantee you a chance to perform in the battle!"

"Thank you, Mr. Wang!"

Zhu Feng was also a little passionate.

According to Zhang Zhou, they can directly ask Wang Yue to be their life mentor and get on Wang Yue's boat.

I think that when I became a Jinyiwei back then, I went to the East Palace to serve as the prince's bodyguard.

Now that he joins the army, he will be Wang Weining's right-hand man.

I, Zhu, am about to reach the pinnacle of my life!
Zhang Zhou said: "Then let's move?"

"Okay, okay." Wang Yue seemed impatient to see what Zhang Zhou had.

Zhang Zhou wants to show Wang Yue.

Nature is the power of nitroglycerin.

It's not that he doesn't want to wait for the future to operate it himself... In fact, the intensity of the battlefield in this era exceeds Zhang Zhou's expectations.

From the armaments to the firearms of the Ming Dynasty, if Zhang Zhou hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't know how luxurious it was.

Only in the defense of Beijing after the Battle of Tumubao, Yu Qian sent people to Tumubao to clean up the battlefield, and the firearms that came back after sorting out included "more than 2 guns, more than 44 guns, and [-] arrows." There are more than [-] pieces of artillery, and they are still abandoned items from cleaning the battlefield.

If you just want to build a few guns, a few cannons, no matter how advanced you are, you don't want to win a crushing victory in this era of cold weapons.

If you want to win, you still have to rely on a knowledgeable general and lead a knowledgeable soldier.

(End of this chapter)