The First Gongsheng of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 405 I Believe in Uncle Xinjian Even More

Hu Feng, who was greedy for money, was "invited" out by the yamen of Jiangning County, and under the eyes of everyone, he politely invited the county yamen to go to the yamen.

Hu Feng obviously didn't understand the situation.

Upstairs, they just competed with the scholars from other places to come first, and they pushed and shoved each other for the sake of a room. I don’t know how the unlucky one fell down the stairs. Although it was not life-threatening, the crime of hurting others was unavoidable.

"Master Zhang, is this... your arrangement?"

Yang Peng, who stood at the opposite door and watched all this, asked Zhang Zhou cautiously.

Zhang Zhou smiled and shook his head: "Eunuch Yang, this is probably because the plan cannot keep up with the rapid changes as the saying goes, and these accidents are most likely to happen during the prince's security work."

"Yes." Yang Peng always felt that something was wrong.

"I'm going back to worship the ancestral hall. Eunuch Yang has other errands, so I won't bother you any more." Zhang Zhou said, you can go.

Yang Peng volunteered and said: "It's a great honor to accompany Master Zhang to visit the ancestral hall. I hope Master Zhang will give you a chance. Besides, there are matters related to military affairs in the Northwest. I would like to ask your Majesty for your opinion."

"For Your Majesty? Then we have to go together. Talk on the road."

Zhang Zhou made a gesture of invitation with a smile, and the two of them could not go through the front door, but could only come out through the back door of Mipu. Instead of taking a carriage, they walked directly to the Zhang family's mansion, which was Zhangye's mansion.

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"Master Zhang, according to the information we have so far, the new governor of Ningxia, Yang Yiqing, and Marquis An Bian have all arrived in Ningxia in these two days."

"According to His Majesty's instructions, after the two of them arrive, they will start to deal with the little Tatar prince's troops. The number of troops that Ningxia can dispatch from each road is no more than [-], but Tatars have at least [-] to [-] soldiers and horses. How do you think this battle will be fought?"

Yang Peng looked at Zhang Zhou eagerly.

It is said that he is asking for Zhu Youtang, and more because he wants to claim credit for himself. If he obtained the tactics of defeating the enemy and winning from Zhang Zhou, then Yang Peng's position as the admiral of the East Factory will be secure, and he may even fulfill his wish and enter the supervisor of ceremonies directly.

Zhang Zhou said flatly, "If it were me, I wouldn't be able to fight."

"Ah?" Yang Peng was very surprised by Zhang Zhou's answer.

"It's not that I evade or don't want to work hard for this. It's really because the strength gap between the enemy and us is too great, or because the people from all walks of life in Ningxia Town are going to rush out. This will destroy the city of Ningxia, and repair these forts later... The loss is even greater. Therefore, in my opinion, it is better to wait for the Tatars to withdraw."

Zhang Zhou seemed to be analyzing it carefully.

But Yang Peng felt that Zhang Zhou did not tell the truth. After all, what the emperor pursued was to take the initiative to attack, and the emperor's order was hard to disobey. If Zhang Zhou went to the northwest, you would not carry out the emperor's order?
But he thought about it again, probably only Zhang Zhou is qualified to resist the emperor's order.

After resisting, instead of punishing, the emperor would say that he resisted well, had courage, and was a model benevolent minister...

Yang Peng said: "But when Governor Yang arrives in Ningxia, this battle must be fought."

"Oh, then push the cannon carriage out and deal with it casually. At least the Tatars dare not touch the cannon carriage formation head-on, right? Just go out and walk around. If the Tatars retreat wisely, then His Majesty's intention should be almost achieved."

Zhang Zhou looked very relaxed, as if this was so logical.

Yang Peng said helplessly, "Unless the Tatars have robbed Ningxia, they will leave, otherwise..."

Zhang Zhou said: "It's still an old problem."

"I would like to hear the details." Yang Peng turned his ears to the side, for fear of missing the key point of the matter.

Zhang Zhou said with emotion: "The Nine Sides of the Ming Dynasty is equivalent to nine pots, and the lid is not enough. Can I just replace it?"

Yang Peng said: "You are in touch with the will of heaven, you can even summon the thunder from the sky, call the wind and rain, and the Tatars will flee if they know you are in person."

"Really?" Zhang Zhou said, "I have this ability, why didn't I know? Eunuch Yang, did you misunderstand me? If you think that I am famous in Pinglu, then Marquis Anbian probably also has this ability? Maybe the Tatars will retreat without a fight when they know that Marquis Anbian is coming to Ningxia in person?"

"Disaster."

Yang Peng's evaluation was straightforward.

Marquis An Bian was very capable and his reputation spread far and wide, but as the admiral of Dongchang, if he didn't even know his true level, then Yang Peng wouldn't have to mess with him.

In his opinion, no matter how capable Zhu Feng is, without Zhang Zhou's backing, he is nothing.

Zhang Zhoudao: "We are in Nanjing, and we are thinking about the progress of the war in Ningxia. Is it a bit beyond our reach? Today I have to visit the ancestral hall and go back to see the members of the Zhang family. I am in a very bad mood. Eunuch Yang should let me be quiet for a while."

"Don't disturb the little ones, please first."

Yang Peng first let Zhang Zhou go ahead, and he followed from afar.

The Dongchang Fanzi who was brought beside him, who was also Yang Peng's confidant, hurried forward and asked, "Grandpa Chang, does Lai Guogong have a plan?"

Yang Peng recalled the conversation just now.

Zhang Zhou seemed to have said everything, but basically he didn't have any constructive opinions. It was equivalent to saying that Zhang Zhou just had a few words with him and asked him to follow behind as a follower.

"No, don't mention it!" Yang Peng was also very depressed.

"Did the Duke of Lai send you an errand? His Majesty seems to have an important errand for the Duke of Lai..."

"No! Shut your mouth and follow along!"

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Zhang House.

When Zhang Zhou came here again, he suddenly felt emotional...Looking at the lintel of the Zhang family, he felt as if he had been separated from another world. He wondered if he should find another tung oil can to hold him in his arms, and rush in again?
"Second master, are you back?"

When the servants of Zhang's mansion saw Zhang Zhou, it was no different from seeing his own father.

The door opened, and a group of people greeted them, and they kowtowed to greet each other.

This also made Zhang Zhou very uncomfortable. When he came last time, he was still on edge and refused to give an inch.

"Tell your wife, I'll come to worship the ancestral hall, and I'll leave after the worship... Does the person who built the ancestral hall have a grudge against me? Isn't it built on the side of the mansion? Who is this ancestral hall built for?"

Zhang Zhou was a little dissatisfied.

In order to show his "filial piety", he had to come to Zhang's mansion for a walk, which made him very upset.

Immediately the Zhang family became lively.

Not only inside the Zhang family, but also in the neighborhood, as well as the seven aunts and eight aunts of the Zhang family, all those who are related to each other gather here.

When Zhang Zhou stepped into the gate of the Zhang family, his own sister-in-law... the big-armed Zhang Xu came to meet her, her aura was just like the unreasonable sister-in-law in Zhang Zhou's impression... no different.

"Second, who let you in?"

Mrs. Zhang Xu was not polite when she saw Zhang Zhou. It seemed that she was the only one in the entire Zhang family who could keep her heart.

Zhang Zhou smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, I'm not here to greet you, I'm here to worship the ancestral hall, and I'll leave after the worship."

Zhang Xu said coldly: "The incense of the ancestral hall is inherited by the eldest son and grandson. Why do you need to come? Even if you want to come, you should ask your brother and nephew for instructions. Only those who get them... Where are your brother and nephew?"

Just about to "reason" with Zhang Zhou.

Only then did Zhang Xu realize that it seemed that her husband and son hadn't come back with this second uncle.

Zhang Zhou wrote lightly: "Oh, elder brother and elder nephew are still fighting sandbags in Liaoyang."

"What did you say?"

Zhang Xu's eyes were wide open, like a dominatrix, and then she took out a stick from behind, as if she was going to fight Zhang Zhou desperately.

The retinues behind Zhang Zhou had originally come back to "beautiful", after all, they returned home in good clothes, and went to worship the ancestral hall at his brother's house. Even if the relationship was not good before, it's time to ease the conflict now, right?

Who would have thought... This woman doesn't play her cards according to the routine, but actually wants to hit someone with a stick?

"Madam, don't be impulsive." Yang Peng looked at this posture, and he rushed the fastest.

Dongchang Changgong personally stepped forward to block people.

Jin Yiwei and the others behind him also rushed forward, and some even drew their knives out of their wits.

Zhang Xu sternly said: "Eldest sister-in-law is the mother, even if he is now a prosperous, don't you care about the most basic filial piety? You a group of old men, do you still want to do something to me, a woman and a child?"

"This……"

When Yang Peng thought about it, he was right.

Zhang Zhou came back to show his filial piety. If he did something to his sister-in-law, wouldn't that mean giving Zhang Zhou a bad name?
Zhang's parents and the owner of the house are not there, and the second room of the Zhang family brought people back to bully the orphans and widows... This reputation spread...

hiss.

Yang Peng suddenly felt that something was wrong, why was he kidnapped by human morality?

Zhang Zhou was laughing as he watched from the side.

He almost gave this sister-in-law a thumbs up.

As far as she can keep her heart, this sister-in-law is the number one... She has never had any good looks towards Zhang Zhou's little uncle because he passed the exams or Jinshi, or even became the Duke of Lai... It should be robbed or robbed. In the past, it was to rob the family property.

Just when Zhang Xu thought he had grasped Zhang Zhou's "filial piety" and was about to make a big fuss in front of outsiders, a person came out behind Zhang Zhou.

Although she was also dressed in Jin Yiwei's clothes, she had a graceful figure and a knife in her hand...

It was Wang Mingshan who Zhang Zhou specially brought over to support the scene.

"you!"

Seeing Wang Mingshan standing in front of Zhang Zhou with a knife in hand, Zhang Xu's momentum suddenly weakened.

Didn't you say that a group of old men bullied you, a woman?

Then get another girl.

The fight between two women is not bullying you, is it?Even if you have a big shoulder and a round waist, but you only rely on your strength, if you are asked to fight Lian Jiazi now, do you still have a chance of winning?

"Sister-in-law, I'm not an ungrateful person. I've told my elder brother and nephew that as long as they do a good job, I'll find a way to help them find jobs. Thousands of households in the army, hundreds of households, etc., rely on their ability to earn money. I will definitely help them."

Zhang Zhou's words were meant for the members of the Zhang family who came in one after another.

Zhang Xu's face was cloudy, but under the crowd watching, he didn't dare to use a stick to teach Zhang Zhou a lesson in the name of his sister-in-law.

"Where is the newly built ancestral hall? Take me to worship, and leave after the worship." Zhang Zhou smiled and cupped his hands to the people around him, "I made everyone laugh."

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Zhang Xu was very angry.

But Zhang Zhou had no choice but to watch Zhang Zhou lead people to carry out his filial piety performance in the Zhang family mansion.

Zhang Xu's daughter, Zhang Zhou's niece, Zhang An, who is already 11 years old, stood beside her mother, staring at what happened in front of her.

"My niece is so tall? She looks like Lingtang."

Zhang Zhou greeted with a smile.

Zhang An is very similar to her mother, the flesh on her body grows sideways, but Zhang Ping, like his father, has an empty head and is usually like a thin monkey.

Zhang Zhou was also thinking about it, saying that this son is like a mother and his daughter is like a father.

How did it show up in the big house of the Zhang family, on the contrary?

"The ancestral hall has been decorated, Master Zhang, you can go to worship first." Yang Peng went to arrange it in person, and then came to salute Zhang Zhou.

"Ah."

Zhang Zhou smiled and walked towards the ancestral hall.

"Second, bring back your elder brother and nephew, and the two families will have nothing to do with each other in the future!" Zhang Xu suddenly seemed to have become a good wife and mother, remembering Zhang Ye and his son who had been tossed around by her for a few times.

Zhang Zhou shook his head and said, "No."

"You!" Zhang Xu gritted his teeth in hatred.

Zhang Zhoudao: "I said that if I can make my brother and nephew a success, I will definitely make them a success. They also said that they are willing to suffer no matter how hard they are. I believe they all want to establish their own family. Although this house is big, it can't keep a man's heart of advocating freedom."

"What are you talking about... nonsense?" Zhang Xu yelled at Zhang Zhou.

Yang Peng quickly persuaded, "Madam, please be more polite to Duke Lai."

Zhang Xu stared at Yang Peng and said, "What does our Zhang family have to do with you, an old eunuch?"

"What?"

When Yang Peng heard this, he immediately felt that he was hit by [-] critical points.

I am a dignified Dongchang factory owner, so it’s okay to humble yourself in front of Zhang Zhou. You, a street shrew, dare to call me an "old eunuch". You don't know how many eyes Prince Ma has.

Zhang Zhou smiled and said: "Eunuch Yang, forgive me, my sister-in-law is used to being arrogant and domineering at home. If you want to take revenge on her, you can do whatever you want after I leave."

"No... no. It seems that Mrs. Zhang has misunderstood the little one." Yang Peng showed a humble attitude in front of Zhang Zhou.

Zhang Xu had long seen that the eunuch was obedient to Zhang Zhouyan, and she thought it was some insignificant old eunuch. She dared to be so presumptuous and arrogant, and it was also because no one in the Zhang family dared to be an enemy to her.

But she miscalculated Zhang Zhou's political environment, and she didn't know what unpredictable consequences this political environment would bring her... To put it bluntly, the tricks of the market are very effective for ordinary people, especially scholars who like to be reasonable, but not for people in Vanity Fair.

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Zhang Zhou left the Zhang family after worshiping the ancestral hall.

Even though he encountered some unpleasantness in the Zhang family, when he came out, he was warmly received by everyone in the Zhang family except Zhang Xu.

Everyone seems to want to come up and get acquainted.

"Erlang, you are capable. My Dahan also wants to get a military job. Please help me."

"There are four acres of land outside the city. It was taken over by a rogue two years ago, and it hasn't been rented yet... You have to find a way..."

It's all trivial things.

It can be said that it is incompatible with the "pattern" of people like Zhang Zhou who do big things.

"Get out of the way!"

Yang Peng went up to escort the driver himself.

After Zhang Zhou was arranged in the carriage and the group left.

Yang Peng was not in a hurry to leave either.

He glanced back in the direction of the Zhang family's mansion, feeling very ashamed and annoyed. As a "treacherous" villain, once Li Guang's champion and now Zhang Zhou's capable general, how could he ever be pointed at his nose and scolded like this?

"Grandpa, what do you think we can do? Why don't we burn the house down?" Fans began to suggest ideas.

This group of people is also familiar with Yang Peng's character.

Yang Peng gritted his teeth and said, "Grand Lai is definitely not happy with the burning of the mansion, so he chose an inconspicuous shop, or her natal family's house, and burned it for our family! How dare you scold me? This kind of woman won't shed tears even if she doesn't see the coffin!"

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Royal Palace.

In the afternoon of this day, Xiao Jing sent Zhu Youtang a copy of the "March Plan" written by Yang Yiqing on the road when he was about to arrive in Ningxia.

Xiao Jingdao: "This memorandum has been closed to the Ministry of War, or it will be mentioned in the court in the future. If there is something wrong, the slaves can consult the Ministry of War at any time."

In Zhu Youtang's hand.

It was Yang Yiqing's strategy after a few days of calm thinking before arriving at the front line.

Generally speaking, it is based on the various gates of Ningxia, harassing the main force of the Tatars with light cavalry, and then gathering superior forces, and "decisive battle" with artillery carts loaded with artillery, to drive the Tatars out of the grain-producing areas and the residential areas of Ningxia West Road step by step.

"It's superficial."

Zhu Youtang shook his head after reading the presentation, as if he had no interest in those fake plans.

In other words, Zhu Youtang didn't think that Yang Yiqing would have a chance to win on the frontal battlefield with such an advance.

Xiao Jingdao: "On the other three sides, [-] soldiers and horses have been recruited to cooperate with them."

Zhu Youtang smiled softly, and said: "The so-called [-] people are mostly old, weak, sick and disabled. I guess it includes the main force of Huosie's headquarters, right? It reminds me that North Korea will send [-] troops to cooperate with Ming Dynasty... Bingkuan has analyzed the situation for me a long time ago, so I don't need to be perfunctory."

"Yes." Xiao Jing lowered his head.

Xiao Jing didn't believe the fact that [-] troops were dispatched from three sides.

But in order to show Ming's military power, this kind of awesomeness has to be boasted. Maybe the Tatars will believe it after hearing this kind of awesomeness?

It’s not that manpower cannot be mobilized at all, it’s just that it’s “full of calculations”, including the food transporters, plus the civilian men who are usually recruited, and all mobilized forces, even the surrendered cavalry of the Huosi Department... This kind of calculation is meaningless in the face of tough battles.

"Is there any news from Liaodong?" Zhu Youtang asked.

Xiao Jingdao: "There has been no movement in Liaodong recently. On the contrary, Jizhou, the governor Wang Xian, led [-] troops out of the fortress, ordering Duoyan and other tribes to retreat northward. Now all the enemies in Daning and other places have retreated. The East Road of Daming is safe."

"Oh."

Zhu Youtang nodded.

Xiao Jing was also wondering, the emperor asked Jizhou when he asked Jizhou, why did he suddenly go to Liaodong?

"At a later date, Zhou Shangshu from the Household Department will be summoned. I have something to tell him." Zhu Youtang said.

"Your Majesty, I don't know what's the matter?" Xiao Jing said, "I'd like to greet him in advance."

Zhu Youtang said: "The food adjustment, transfer to Liaodong, and the Nuer Gandusi are for the preparation for the winter."

Xiao Jing said: "But there was no shortage of food and grass in Liaodong and other places before."

"There will always be shortages. In addition, let the Taipu Temple cooperate to transfer [-] horses to Liaodong, and [-] troops from the Beijing camp to guard Jizhou." Zhu Youtang said.

"Your Majesty?" Xiao Jing was taken aback.

"Just follow orders. I let the little prince of Tartars wreak havoc in Ningxia without saying anything. Even if he wants to encircle Wei and save Zhao, he can't go out from Pianguan, but from Liaodong! I believe in Uncle Xinjian even more!"

(End of this chapter)