The First Gongsheng of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 329 Newlyweds
With Lu Wan as the commander in chief, the news of Duoyan Sanwei's preparations for the battle was quickly spread to the towns on the nine sides by way of decree.

Xuanfu, Datong, and Piantouguan, as the towns in the northwest close to the capital, were also known in about two days.

Datong.

After Wang Shouren got the court's decree, he immediately called Wang Xi, the general soldier, and conveyed to him the emperor's idea of ​​using troops in Liaodong, and planned to send troops to coordinate.

"Wang Zhongcheng, look at this battle. Is there anything else going on in Datong? The last general wants to ask, should we still send troops to conduct patrols, and then send Ye Bushou to go into the grassland for more than three hundred miles to investigate the movement of the Tatar march?"

Wang Xi knew that Wang Shouren paid great attention to obtaining information.

Now the Tatar soldiers and horses are operating on Ningxia West Road, and the imperial court is going to send troops to Liaodong. Datong is the area between the two. If you want to complete the information acquisition, it is best to investigate the main action route of the Tatars.

Wang Shouren said: "It is impossible for the main force of the little Tatar prince to jump from Liaodong to Ningxia West Road in a short period of time."

Wang Xi was surprised: "Doesn't that mean that the main force of the Tatars is still in Liaodong? Then...then..."

For Wang Xi, judging the battle situation was not his specialty, but when he grasped some meaning in Wang Shouren's words, he became nervous.

"Are you worried that the new governor of Liaodong is not up to the task of dispatching troops, and he doesn't even dare to fight the main force of the little prince of Tatar?" Wang Shouren didn't have any unreasonable thoughts.

Wang Xi said: "The general doesn't dare. The general just thinks that Governor Lu has no experience in leading troops in the past."

Wang Shouren shook his head and said: "It doesn't matter whether you have experience or not. As long as he can implement the intentions of the emperor and Xueshi Zhang, he doesn't have to worry about the Tatars fighting Ming Dynasty head-on because of this. But using Marquis Shouning as the commander... this step Chess, I don't understand it. Maybe it's His Majesty's insistence."

Obviously Wang Shouren looked down on Zhang Heling.

Zhang Heling was appointed as the deputy chief soldier in Xuanfu before, and later Zhang Heling was appointed chief soldier of Liaodong Town, which clearly shows that the emperor is nepotism.

Wang Xi said: "The little Tatar prince is a ruthless man, and he has often harassed Datong and other places in the past. If his main force is still there, if he can attack within [-] soldiers and horses in a single attack from the Liaodong of the Ming Dynasty, it may be difficult to achieve any results, and it may even..."

Wang Shouren looked up at Wang Xi and said, "What we need to observe now is not the movements of the Chahar and other tribes, but the movements of the Mongolian right-wing tribes such as the Yongxiebu tribe. The Ming Dynasty will start a head-to-head decisive battle. At this time, it is the best time to send troops to take the eastern grassland... If I were Zhang Xueshi, I would choose the same way."

"So it is, so it is..."

When Wang Xi heard this, he felt relieved.

It turns out that "heroes see the same thing" is because I am not heroic enough, so I can't understand the intentions of other high-ranking generals.

But then Wang Shouren added: "I still reserve my opinion on the matter of using Marquis Shouning. Prepare for battle at any time."

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The Northwest has been preparing for the war, without Wang Shouren's orders, and the deployment of soldiers and horses in Datong Town is also very frequent.

After all, after the autumn grain is put into storage and before the cold winter comes, it is often the time when the Tatars invade most often. After the military station completes the harvest task, the daily training will increase, and at the same time, more energy will be devoted to dealing with the Tatar invasion. matter.

Head off.

It was relatively easy for Wang Qiong and Zhu Feng to discuss Zhang Zhou's intentions.

"...Zhijie, the fortress that has been closed recently has basically been rebuilt. I have already seen it, and there is nothing serious. According to Zhang Zhitai's instructions before leaving, you will return to the capital before the end of the year, and you are finally here. You can live in peace for a few days.”

Wang Qiong had no opinion on Zhu Feng's return to the capital, and even supported it slightly.

With Zhu Feng at the Piantouguan, Wang Qiong even felt that his majesty and limelight as a governor were often robbed by Zhu Feng.

Zhu Feng was the commander-in-chief of the Ming Dynasty and a martial artist, but because he was admired by two celebrities, Wang Yue and Zhang Zhou, and a second-generation Xun who ate and waited to die, he became a hot figure in the Northwest of the Ming Dynasty.

Working with such a person, even Wang Qiong would feel very stressful.

So the best...is to send Zhu Feng back to the capital as soon as possible, wherever he likes to go.

Although Wang Qiong also knew that Zhu Feng had no ambitions, and treated him very respectfully, never saying that he violated any of his military orders.

Zhu Feng said: "Fortunately, if you let me go back to Beijing earlier, I'm afraid His Majesty will send me to Liaodong."

Wang Qiong said with a smile: "Are you really so against the use of soldiers on the battlefield? I asked you to go to Weininghai earlier, and you seemed to be against it after you came back. If you really feel that you can't do it, you can also ask to play and adjust yourself. go back."

"It still doesn't work." Zhu Feng said with some regret, "My father is in Ningxia. In fact, I can still go if I send people from other places to help. It's just... I'm afraid of getting tired."

direct.

Wang Qiong felt that this kid, Zhu Feng, was just being chased away.

"The use of troops in Liaodong should be the last battle of the year. I don't know what the situation will be in the coming year, but from what I can see, the little Tatar prince's ambition to dominate the grassland has been revealed. If he succeeds, it will be considered that Daming does not take the initiative to send troops in the future. Border wars will also increase more and more." Wang Qiong said with emotion, "The Yanwutang needs you to go back as an instructor, and Zhang Zhitai also said that you will be the chief instructor after you go back."

"I...I can't do it." When Zhu Feng heard that he had to teach new students on a daily basis after returning to the capital, he immediately resisted again.

Wang Qiong said: "If you don't go, who else is more qualified for this job? You should prepare for it in the next few days."

Zhu Feng asked curiously: "Liaodong wants to use troops, will there be no war?"

Wang Qiong shook his head: "No, I heard that the situation in Ningxia is not very tense, but there may be a big war in Liaodong. How about it... we can only wait for the result. In the past, we may analyze the situation before the war and draw some conclusions , but now...you can only know everything after the results appear. The changes in the way of using troops in the border town of Ming Dynasty are too great!"

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After Lu Wan received the court's transfer order, he sent troops to the north on October [-], the day Zhang Zhou and Lin Yi got married.

It was less than two days before and after I learned the news.

It can be said that the dispatch of troops was very hasty, a bit of a hasty response to the battle.

The recruitment of soldiers and horses is also from south to north, all the way... When Lu Wan's vanguard troops sent troops from Ningyuan, the number of troops was less than [-], and they would accumulate troops along the way. It looks like [-], of which the number of cavalry is only [-], and the rest are basically infantry assisting chariots and artillery. The general soldiers will be equipped with firecrackers, but they are all ordinary matchlock guns.

Among them, there will be about [-] flint guns, which Zhang Zhou assisted Liaodong to build before, and they will be carried when Lu Wan sends troops.

In terms of artillery, there are a total of 640 guns. In addition to about 130 guns stationed in each city, and [-] heavy guns built by each city, there are more than [-] long-range guns that will be used for this purpose. Fan sent troops.

Without any cover, they sent troops with great fanfare, as if they were afraid that the Tatars would not know that Ming was planning to send troops in Liaodong.

As for the name... none of the Liaodong Army knew exactly whether they were going to fight the main force of the Tatars or the three guards of Duoyan.

After all, Duoyan Sanwei had previously proposed to submit to Daming in name just like Huozhai's Mengguolejin tribe, with Daming as the suzerain state, and at the same time, using Daming to grant them pastures and land, and later paying tribute to Daming, to act as a vassal state obligation.

Only the main civil and military ministers in the DPRK, as well as the guarding levels of the towns, and a few people such as Lu Wan, Zhang Yong, Zhang Heling, etc., know that the main purpose of this battle is to completely incorporate the three guards of Duoyan... It is good to fight down, but if you can't fight down, if you fight with the Tatars, you will send about [-] infantry from Liaodong, forming an effect of [-] soldiers and horses, and confront the little Tatar prince Batu Mengke head-on.

The [-] soldiers and horses who sent troops first, besides the task of destroying the three guards of Duoyan, are also equivalent to the vanguard.

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On October [-]th, Zhang Zhou got married.

Because it was an imperial gift marriage, Zhang Zhou's wedding ceremony was no less important than marrying a wife. He picked up Lin Yi from Lin Han's mansion in Jingxin Imperial Gift and got into the carriage. He rode on the horse, and many people came out to watch along the way. .

Guards from Jinyiwei and Wucheng Bingmasi will come out to help maintain order, and they will not go all the way to Zhang Zhou's "old house" in Qingmingfang, but directly welcome his relatives to the new mansion on the Shicha Seashore in the northwest corner of the imperial city.

There will also be a banquet prepared to greet the ministers who came to congratulate the court.

A line is very lively.

When Zhang Zhou greeted him at the door of his house, firecrackers blared, and Jin Yiwei had long been listed on both sides, because not only to protect Zhang Zhou's safety, but also the emperor would come in person, but he didn't say hello in advance when he would come. Both Jin Yiwei and Jin Yiwei are doing some necessary security protection.

Inside the house.

There are not many top ministers from the DPRK and China.

In the Shangshu, only Xu Qiong, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, came. In addition to the Tongzheng Shizuo, Tongzheng and Shen Lu, both of them were related to the royal family. Give the emperor face.

Among the visitors from the Hanlin Academy, even Zhang Zhou's teacher Wang Jia didn't come, but Wang Hua came in person.

Wang Hua didn't want to join in the fun, but Wang Shouren got the title because of Zhang Zhou. Although the title was officially conferred and he had to wait for Wang Shouren to leave office and return to Beijing, the two families had a personal relationship. If he deliberately avoids coming, he will be said to be pretending on purpose.

In addition to Wang Hua, there are editors Liu Chun and editor Sun Xu of the Imperial Academy.

Sun Xu was a Jinshi of the same year as Zhang Zhou, and Lun Wenxu was also a Jinshi of Zhang Zhou's year, but they did not come to participate.

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The wedding banquet this time is equivalent to a team drill in the court.

Those who looked down on Zhang Zhou had no intention of coming, nor would they think about the consequences of not coming. As for those who looked up to Zhang Zhou...there was no reason to avoid it.

Probably only Wang Hua belonged to the kind who came again when he shouldn't have come... It was also Wang Hua who knew that he had become a "special existence" in the court because of his son.

Relatively speaking, there are still quite a lot of officials from the six departments of the civil service center. There are more than ten people from the Zhonglangzhong, Yuanwailang, and the chief of the Ministry of War, plus the rest of the officials in Beijing... Among the people who came this time, geographically There are also many officials from Jiangnan, but there are few local officials in Yuyao, Zhejiang... There are many factions in the DPRK and China, and the principle of "non-party but not establishment" is generally maintained.

It roughly means... Only those who may form a party with Zhang Zhou in the future and need to form a party with Zhang Zhou will come today.

Otherwise, those people who already have parties will not come.

More people came from Wu Xun... British Duke Zhang Mao did not come in person, but his son Zhang Rui and grandson Zhang Lun were present. Wang Yue's son, the current Weining Marquis Wang Chunze, also came in person. The main father and son did not come, but Zhu Lin, the eldest son of Zhu Fu, was impressively on the list. No matter what kind of marquis or uncle came, whether he came in person or as his son, it was very lively.

There is no process of worshiping concubines, the bride is sent directly to the inner courtyard, and Zhang Zhou stays to greet the guests present.

Zhu Youtang did not come. Among the guests present, Zhang Zhou was in charge of greeting the civil officials present; Zhang Lun, Zhou Ying and Zhou Tang were in charge of greeting Wu Xun; Tang Yin and Xu Jing were in charge of greeting Juren and Gongsheng from Jiangnan.

Among the people present... none of them were related to Zhang Zhou. Originally, Jiang Dezhong and his son wanted to attend, but Zhang Zhou refused because it was "inconvenient".
Even if you old man Jiang doesn't mind, I, Zhang, still mind if others say that I don't understand the rules.

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The feast begins.

Before the three rounds of wine had passed, and before Zhang Zhou and Xu Qiong had chatted a few words, there was news that Yu Jia had come in person.

Zhang Zhou, the civil servants present, and Wu Xun had to be greeted at the door in person.

But Zhu Youtang was dressed in normal clothes and came straight in from the door. The Jin Yiwei, who was responsible for maintaining order in the arena, only came in a little earlier than Zhu Youtang.

"Bingkuan, everyone...don't be too polite."

As Zhu Youtang said, he went straight to meet Zhang Zhou.

In fact, Zhang Zhou just showed that he wanted to surrender, and he didn't say how polite he was.

Those middle- and lower-level officials around who had no chance to meet the Holy Spirit, as well as the gentry who came, fell to their knees.

Xiao Jing smiled and said: "There is no need to be too polite! Your Majesty has an order, get up."

Zhu Youtang and Zhang Zhou almost crossed shoulders and walked to the main table together. Zhu Youtang also unceremoniously sat on the seat prepared for him alone, even Xiao Jing and Mou Bin could only stand behind him .

"Everyone, please sit down." Zhu Youtang said with a smile, "Today I just came out to join in the fun, Bing Kuan got married, it is a marriage bestowed by me...why haven't you seen Lin Shilang?"

Zhang Zhoudao: "Your Majesty, Lin Shilang is still staying at his house today, or there are guests who want to greet him. Do you want to send someone over?"

Zhu Youtang smiled and waved his hands and said: "I won't hang around any longer, so I don't need to invite him. I will see you often in the future. By the way, Bingkuan, I also brought you some gifts to congratulate you on your wedding. They will be brought to you."

Jin Yiwei and Jinwuwei came in carrying a lot of boxes, big and small, and Zhang Zhou didn't know what was inside.

It doesn't matter whether it is expensive or not. The emperor came in person and brought gifts, which seemed very polite.

Up and down the Ming Dynasty, no matter who gets married, the emperor will not come in person... Zhang Zhou is also the only one.

"Drink and drink." Zhu Youtang said, "Don't be disturbed by me at the banquet, I'm just here for the banquet today, just treat it as an ordinary guest!"

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Here comes the emperor.

Regarding the toasting and other matters, it is natural to face the emperor... Zhang Zhou seems to have become a supporting role.

But even if it is a supporting role, others will be envious of Zhang Zhou.

It was no longer Zhang Zhou who presided over the banquet, but Xu Qiong, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites... This reflects the role of Xu Qiong's arrival. With his maturity and prudence, he presided over a folk wedding, but it was still a concubine wedding... ...Even Xu Qiong herself would feel very annoyed and depressed at this point...

I am the Minister of Rites of the Ming Dynasty, and I have become a wedding master of ceremonies?

Zhu Youtang only drank three glasses of wine... and changed it to water in advance according to Zhang Zhou's instructions.

It is also recently that Zhu Youtang is still adjusting his body, and Zhu Youtang himself is indeed... overwhelmed by alcohol.

Let him drink three cups of white wine, and with his weak and small body, it is not certain that something will go wrong.

After three glasses of wine, Zhu Youtang still insisted on asking Xiao Jing to replace him with real wine. He got up and made a toast: "I am grateful for everything Bingkuan has done to the court, including saving the princess and the empress dowager from danger." , he is the hero of Daming, the hope of Daming in the future. I have high expectations for him... Now that he is newly married, besides congratulating him, I also want to say that in the future, you should also cooperate with him sincerely, so It is good to help the country."

"Follow the teachings."

Everyone was about to drink with the emperor.

But I heard that Zhu Youtang had the following text: "I read Bingkuan's handwriting carefully before, and it involves the essence of Confucianism you have comprehended. I think it is really meaningful. I also want to be here today. I hope you can read more. Listen to Bing Kuan's perception of Confucianism, and use it as a model for self-cultivation in the future."

This is something Zhang Zhou, Xu Qiong and others did not expect.

The emperor would actually endorse Zhang Zhou's book at such a time, almost in public.

This is tantamount to saying that Zhang Zhou's official "Xin Xue" will have the emperor as his background.

Zhang Zhou felt that after the details of today's wedding banquet got out, the battle between the traditional Neo-Confucianism and the emerging Mind-School would become fierce, and there would be more traditional scholars who were still hesitating to support Mind-School or Confucianism. Be on the side of psychology.

This is much more convenient than Chen Xianzhang, Zhan Ruoshui, and Wang Shouren in history, who relied on opening a school forum to give lectures to the people to promote the study of mind.

In history it was bottom-up, but now it is almost top-down.

Okay?

Zhang Zhou thought about it, and it wasn't all good. If he didn't follow the mass line, he would be prone to falsehoods and lose touch with low-level academic researchers.

But fortunately, everything has been sorted out, and in terms of research and exploration, many detours have been avoided.

From the perspective of promotion, it is already a full chapter, and I don't care about the details.

"I respect you all." Zhu Youtang took the initiative to drink the wine.

While drinking, the visiting guests were thinking... in this life, they can drink with the emperor and receive a toast from the emperor... they will die without regret.

(End of this chapter)