The First Gongsheng of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 99
Inside the Qianqing Palace, Dai Yi was summarizing the content of the day's memorial.

"...The binoculars made by Mr. Zhang have been sent to Xuanfu, Datong, Piantou, etc. The soldiers have used them and reported that they are more effective in judging the enemy's situation. Wang Yue, the assistant minister, went up to express his gratitude, and also expressed that he would apply for a few more to Ningxia, Yansui and other places."

Zhu Youtang said: "Use it so soon?"

Dai Yi said: "Yes, Your Majesty, after receiving your imperial decree, I rushed to send 21 telescopes to the border. However, it has recently been said that the limelight of the Northwest Tatars has passed. Maybe they also knew that Wang Junmen arrived at the Xuanfu, so they dared not Offending the border again. It was the battle at Helan Mountain, which was too exhausting."

"Ugh!"

Zhu Youtang sighed, and seemed to regret the battle of Helan Mountain, "The scale is huge, but the result is not satisfactory."

This means that the thunder is loud and the rain is little. If you can kill hundreds of Tartars, you can really be happy, just kill 42 Tartars... Isn't the number too shabby?
Dai Yi sighed: "It's a pity that Wang Junmen can't stay in the northwest for too long, otherwise, it will definitely be like the Red Salt Pond and Weining Sea, which will show our Ming army's prestige. But now the Northwest Tatars also heard about Wang Junmen. fearful because of his name. The whole army is united."

The reason why Zhu Youtang reactivated Wang Yue was that during the Chenghua period, Wang Yue repeatedly created the strategic miracles of the Ming Dynasty after the Tumu Fort.

Wang Yue was conferred the title of Uncle Weining at that time, but unfortunately he was deprived of titles and officials in the last years of Chenghua, which ended in a dismal end.

Originally, the monarch and ministers were single-minded, and they could help Wang Yue to make up for what he lost... But you just killed 40 people, how can I reward you?

If killing dozens of people can be re-titled, wouldn't there be more killings in the Northwest in the future?

"Let's stop with the telescope." Zhu Youtang said, "I promised Bingkuan not to bother him too much before the exam. Every time I ask him to enter the palace, he has already been distracted. If he takes the exam Wouldn't it be impossible to fulfill my wish if I don't win the Jinshi?"

"Yes."

Dai Yi could tell that the emperor was now focused on giving Zhang Zhou a reasonable reason to become an official, instead of letting Zhang Zhou start his career as an official from Juren.

The stability of the frontier is not important to this matter.

"As for Wang Yue, let him stay in the Xuan Mansion for a while. If there is really no movement from Tatar, let him go back to Beijing. The burden of the left servant of the Ministry of War is also very heavy. Someone always needs to take care of the affairs of the Ministry."

Zhu Youtang made arrangements for Wang Yue's future itinerary.

Dai Yi asked: "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager sent another person to ask Mr. Zhang to go to Renshou Palace to talk to her."

Zhu Youtang sighed: "I am well aware of the imperial grandmother's wish to let me have more children, so why make things difficult for Bingkuan? Let Bingkuan go later, but it also shows that Bingkuan will enter the palace as little as possible in the future. If you fail the Jinshi exam, who will I use then?"

Dai Yi thought to himself, Zhang Zhouzhong's failure to be a Jinshi will have any effect on whether His Majesty will use him or not?

It's nothing more than a question of whether it's justified or not. Even if you are a Jinshi, if you change someone else, you can't just enter the palace to accept the special errands assigned by the emperor.

"Then the old slave will go and make arrangements later..."

……

……

In the main courtyard of the Zhang Family Mansion.

Not surprisingly, Jiang Dezhong drank too much again.

When Jiang Pingyu heard the news and came out to take a look, Jiang Dezhong was already sitting on the ground chatting with his son-in-law.

"...Let me tell you, I've never been drunk. I've drank countless drinks in my life, and I've always drank one tank after another. No one can match that drinking capacity! Do you understand? It's the Jiuxian Li Bai who has come, and he has to bow his head and admit defeat... Huh? Where is my purse? Who saw my purse..."

Looking for a purse, but groping back and forth on the ground.

Jiang Pingyu asked anxiously, "Why is dad like this?"

Zhang Zhou looked at the bottomless wine jar in front of Jiang Dezhong on the table, and said, "A jar of wine is almost enough for him to drink."

"This...not much." Jiang Pingyu was very surprised.

She is probably aware of her father's drinking capacity, usually he can drink a large jar, but now this small jar of wine can make him so drunk that he can't find Bei?

Zhang Zhou took a look at the wine jar. It probably doesn't weigh more than four catties, which is about the same as the capacity of a two-liter Coke bottle. It weighs a lot, no problem at all.

The key is……

This damn is Yujiu, Jiang Dezhong looks down on Yujiu, but the degree is there.

Anyone who drinks three catties of Laobaigan with more than 50 degrees will not be able to find the north.

Jiuxian is also nonsense.

"Ma'am, I can't help it. This wine is very strong. My father-in-law may have reunited with me after a long absence. Let's be happy." Zhang Zhou said.

Jiang Pingyu looked at her husband with curiosity in her eyes, as if she was asking, is there anything wrong with your father after drinking?

Zhang Zhou shook his wine jar and said, "I didn't drink much."

Just as he was talking, the servants of Jiang's family also came in. Seeing his master sitting on the ground having fun, he hurried up to help him.

"Don't help me! I didn't drink too much? I can't cool off here? Tell you, no one can drink me..."

As soon as Jiang Dezhong looked up, he saw Zhang Zhou and his wife, and said nervously, "It's you, what are your names? Don't tell my son-in-law, my son-in-law is the reincarnation of a wine jar, he must have been drunk by wine in his previous life." I've been soaking for a lifetime. The old man is not convinced by anyone... Wow... The old man actually lost to him... twice..."

People are already crying.

Still crying.

Jiang Ping said sincerely, adding one more time.

"Father!" Jiang Pingyu also wanted to go up to help.

Zhang Zhou didn't let Jiang Pingyu go up, who knows what this old drunk can do when he's drunk. Before Zhang Zhou, no one had seen the quality of this guy's wine. Now the old guy doesn't even recognize his daughter and son-in-law. come out.

Zhang Zhou said to Jiang's family: "Help him back, go out and ask someone to come in to help, and bring him the wine, let him go back and taste it slowly. See if you can figure out a recipe for wine making."

"What recipe"

Jiang Pingyu was also confused.

"Oh." Only then did Zhang Zhou remember to explain to his wife, "Your father said that this royal wine is not very good. He plans to go back and study it. Maybe he plans to supply drinks to the palace in the future."

"This... ugh!"

Jiang Pingyu felt both angry and ridiculous when she heard this, and couldn't laugh or cry.

Jiang Dezhong was walked out with the help of two servants of the Jiang family. While walking, he still did not forget to turn around to make an appointment with his son-in-law: "...Who is that, you have a good drinker, next time I will introduce you to my son-in-law. Yes, the work is reliable!"

Zhang Zhou frowned. Hearing this, I'm a eunuch?

Zhang Zhou sent Jiang Dezhong to the door, and there was a carriage coming not far away, which belonged to Cheng Guogong's mansion.

Zhu Feng jumped out of the car, and Zhang Lun also got down like a follower. They were all wondering what was going on at the door of Zhang's house.

"Hey, high-ranking officials and dignitaries, so powerful...Whose family is this?"

"Master, it's time to go!"

In the end, Jiang Dezhong was almost carried by his servants and stuffed into the carriage.

……

……

"Brother Zhang, this is..."

Zhu Feng was also dumbfounded.

what's the situation?Didn't Brother Zhang just come back not long ago?Why did the Jiang family bring out such a product?
Zhang Zhoudao: "My old Taishan came to visit me from Nanjing, so I gave him some imperial wine to taste, that's all."

"Yujiu?" Zhu Feng's lips moved, "Is there any more?"

Zhang Zhou said coldly, "You just came to ask me for a drink?"

"No, isn't that right? You have completed your imperial mission, and many things are still waiting for you to deal with." Zhu Feng laughed.

Zhang Zhou asked curiously, "Is there anything else we can talk about later? When we were at the gate of the palace earlier, didn't we say everything that should be said?"

Zhu Feng was startled, then thought of the conversation at the gate of the palace...

The gate of the palace wants to tell you that you only mentioned to me about having a baby, and you also asked if there is a woman surnamed Chen.

No match.

"That's right. I heard that you have colored glaze over there. Someone wants to ask if they can make a batch and sell it as antique treasures or something." Zhu Feng looked expectant.

It's like panning for gold with sand, or turning a stone into gold.

Ordinary colored glaze products, although not rare in the Ming Dynasty, mostly existed as tributes, especially those of good color, and ordinary people could not see pure white colored glaze.

Zhang Zhou shook his head.

He made colored glaze, neither as a handicraft, nor to make telescopes, nor to make window panes.

The blue ocean market he wants to focus on is myopia glasses and presbyopic glasses.

In Daming, near-sightedness and presbyopia are also stubborn diseases that plague scholars and the elderly. If you can make a batch and sell them...wouldn't it directly enter the high-end market and make yourself a lot of money?
As for being a handicraft... Thanks to you, Second Young Master Zhu, you can figure it out.

Zhang Zhou wanted to say that as a handicraft collection, it might not be worth a lot of money, and it might soon rot on the street.

"Zhijie, there are plenty of colored glazes in the south. If you want to be an antique treasure, you don't even know how to bully the dignitaries in the capital?" Zhang Zhou said, "Well, I'll give you a few finished ones and put them on the bridge of your nose. Yes, you can find someone later to see if anyone is willing to buy them. I call them glasses, which are specially designed for short-sightedness and blurred near-sightedness in the elderly.”

"What?"

Zhu Feng was very confused.

I'm here to talk to you about antique treasures, you talk to me about glasses?

Zhang Zhou turned around and walked back while speaking: "Come back tomorrow, and I will give it to you. I still have something to do here, let's see if you..."

"Don't... I still have a letter here, it's that Miss Lin..."

Zhang Zhou was also very curious. Zhu Feng seemed to be very interested in being a "matchmaker", and Miss Lin even became a "pen pal" with him. After writing one letter, he asked him to reply, and then the second letter came again. Come.

This time, it won't be to educate him with great principles again, right?

This kind of young lady has no values ​​at all, and is completely living in the worldview shaped by others.

"Zhijie, do you know what eyesight is? I've been a monk in the palace for so many days, do you think it's easy for me? Go for a walk... Take Zhang Lun with you, and when you have time, I'll treat you to a drink, a royal wine!"

While chasing people away, Zhang Zhou walked into his yard, and didn't invite anyone in after entering the door.

Then the door closed with a bang.

"Oh!" Zhu Feng sighed there.

Zhang Lun was dumbfounded. One of us is the eldest grandson of the British government, and the other is the second son of the Chengguo government. We were shut out just like that... You Zhu Feng have no temper at all?

Zhu Feng looked at Zhang Lun at the side, pointed to the gate of the Zhang family and said, "He's just like that, I'm talking about your husband."

Zhang Lun emphasized very solemnly: "He is not my husband yet."

"Humph!"

Zhu Feng said disdainfully, "If you want to worship him, he may not be willing to accept it. What do you think he is doing these days? He teaches the prince in the palace alone, the kind of day and night. Why do you let me treat you as your old man?" You come to worship him? Not only is he extremely knowledgeable, but he is also well versed in heavenly secrets and secret methods, and he is connected with the immortal family and ghosts and gods."

Zhang Lun: "..."

Zhu Feng said: "It's a pity that I am too old to worship him as a teacher, otherwise this good opportunity will definitely not happen to you. If you listen to me, be more diligent when doing things for me, and I will help you achieve good things."

Zhang Lun shook his head: "Let's forget it. I just thank Mr. Zhang for treating my father."

"Yes, yes, you have to learn from him about curing diseases, maybe you will become a generation of genius doctors..."

Zhang Lun felt even more awkward after hearing this.

You are the second son of Cheng Guogong's family, and you don't have the right to inherit the title, but I do. Why should I become a miracle doctor?Wouldn't it be over if you went?

……

……

In the city, Cheng Min's government residence.

Tang Yin was invited to visit this day, and it was Cheng Minzheng who took the initiative to ask Tang Yin to come.

This time, Cheng Minzheng was entrusted by his old friend Shen Zhou. Shen Zhou wanted Cheng Minzheng to enlighten Tang Yin, so that Tang Yin could cultivate his heart and mind, and prepare for the exam.

"...Bohu, I heard that you are always writing poems and paintings outside recently, making a high-profile publicity. Why don't you study hard and try to pass the Jinshi examination in the next year, and you will be in the court class from then on? Not only are you good at poetry and painting, but also in articles and essays. You have the talent of the number one scholar, so you shouldn't be distracted at such a time!"

Cheng Minzheng has met Tang Yin once, although he also thinks Tang Yin is very wild and unruly, but he admires Tang Yin's talent and learning very much.

Cheng Minzheng knows what to do.

Tang Yin took second place in the Jiangnan Township Examination, not because of his lack of talent, but because Zhang Zhoujian took the lead and won.

Tang Yindao: "Scholars, if you have fetters in your mind but are powerless, why force yourself?"

"From your point of view, you have to study as you like?" Cheng Minzheng frowned, "I don't support your relationship with Xu Heng's father. Although he is talented, he is different from you. You should set higher ambitions than him. You shouldn't be so unruly with him. Shi Tian approached me recently and told me that you have always been worried about the fact that you fell behind Zhang Bingkuan in the Jiangnan Township Examination, and that you insisted on comparing yourself with him. But Zhang Bingkuan refused meet you."

Tang Yin almost gritted his teeth and said, "You are a person who is just trying to catch fame."

"This person dares to stand out and be known to the world, but he can also hide himself before the test. He knows what is the most urgent thing. Have you ever thought that even if you see him and compare him, you will be able to see him later. If you are not as good as him in the test, what does it mean to you?"

Of course Cheng Minzheng couldn't tell Tang Yin that Zhang Zhou's identity was far from being a Juren or Gongsheng.

You Tang Yin is really incomparable, and you are not qualified to compare.

The only thing you can do is to get a Jinshi.

Being famous is not important to you, what is important is that you are responsible for your own life.

"Bohu, I have seen so many talents in my life. I have never seen someone with a higher literary talent than you. Don't waste your life because of a momentary enthusiasm!"

(End of this chapter)