Back to Daming to be a genius

Chapter 46

(PS: The second update has been delivered, newcomers and new books please ask for tickets and collections. Another: wolf meat is nourishing, I am already very fat, and I can start killing.)
"The epitaph of the Zhang family in Linqing, the treasure of the king, the word Dezhi, a native of Linqing, Shandong, the 51st grandson of Zhang Zifang of the Han Dynasty, a scholarly family. When the king is in Japan, he often regrets that his family has a lot of wealth, but he can't be restrained by the ancestors' precepts." , did not have any fame, but ended up unhappy. Male, Laocai (Old Cai), out of filial piety, donated a thousand pieces of gold, and built Linqing Academy, but hoped that the king's knowledge would be popular in his hometown, and his name would be passed on to future generations. Sun, good at ancient times, is also extremely filial, In order to fulfill the long-cherished wish of the king, I went to the exam after the training, and went to the high school to explore the flowers. I still felt the last wish of the king, so I ordered the pen. The inscription said: Do you have any regrets? You have no regrets. "

I have to admit that although Zou Yuanbiao has some common faults of being well-known among literati, his articles are really good, and they can be regarded as brilliant pens. Do filial piety, follow the last wish of Young Master Zhang's grandfather and cultivate it, for the sake of Young Master Zhang's grandfather in this life, to be well-known in the village and benefit future generations - of course, this is also because Young Master Zhang himself dressed up his ancestors, if Young Master Zhang dared to tell Zou Yuanbiao that he The reason why the father of his life built the academy was because the former young master Zhang smashed the gate of the academy in a fight, so Zou Yuanbiao would rather defy the imperial decree, kill his head and ransack his home, and would never insult his brush and ink!But no matter what, when an epitaph eulogizing the ancestors of Young Master Zhang was written, both Young Master Zhang and Zou Yuanbiao were very happy. Gaps have laid a solid foundation for the completion of the ultimate goal.

"Mr. Nangao...." Holding the epitaph that he had finally obtained, Young Master Zhang was so excited that he burst into tears, and then saluted Zou Yuanbiao: "Mr. Nangao, please be respected by the late student."

"No." Zou Yuanbiao waved his hand, and ordered in a pleasant manner: "De Qi, show Tan Hua Lang a seat." Zou Deqi agreed, and was about to move the chair, but Young Master Zhang stopped him: "Brother Zou, there is one more thing to do lately."

"What's the matter?" Zou Yuanbiao asked.Young Master Zhang took out an oiled paper bag from his bosom, and explained: "Mr. Nangao, you bestowed a gift of calligraphy to make the long-cherished wish of Wansheng father and son come true. Wansheng has nothing to repay. This is Wansheng's kindness, Mr. Nangao Never..."

"Zhang Haogu, what do you want to do?" Before the young master Zhang finished speaking, Zou Yuanbiao's silver beard was raised, and he shouted angrily: "Don't tell me you still want this old man to beat you out."

"Mr. Nangao, don't get me wrong." Young Master Zhang hurriedly opened the oil-paper bag, took out the contents, and explained: "What Xiaosheng is going to present to Mr. Nangao is definitely not the dirty and filthy Kongfang thing, but a book Book."

If it is said that what Young Master Zhang took out was a stack of banknotes, then it goes without saying that Zou Yuanbiao would definitely beat Young Master Zhang out with his crutches; If it is a rare product in the world, then although Zou Yuanbiao will not kick Young Master Zhang out of the house, he will definitely not give Young Master Zhang a little bit of good looks and a good voice.But after Young Master Zhang took out the thread-bound book that was still exuding the fragrance of ink, Zou Yuanbiao couldn't help standing up with his bamboo stick in his hand, staring at the brand new book in despair, trembling his lips, and murmured: "Zou Nangao's Poetry Collection ? Is this the old man’s collection of poems?”

"That's right, this is Mr. Nangao's collection of poems." Young Master Zhang nodded, holding the collection of poems in his hand and replied respectfully: "To tell you the truth, Mr. Nangao's poems included in this collection of poems are written by late students and an imperial concubine. It was compiled by a friend of mine with painstaking efforts, and Wansheng hired a master craftsman to carve the woodblock overnight, and printed it overnight and prepared to present it to Mr. Nangao, so that Mr. Nangao can pass it on from generation to generation. This is a sample, Mr. Nangao, please have a look and check Negligence, if Mr. Nan Gao is satisfied, Wan Sheng will immediately let the craftsmen print a large number of them and spread them all over the world."

After finishing speaking, Young Master Zhang raised the "Zou Nangao Poetry Collection" with both hands above his head, and held it in front of Zou Yuanbiao.The bamboo stick in Zou Yuanbiao's hand fell to the ground with a bang, and it took a lot of effort to raise his hands. He tremblingly took the thick book of poems from Young Master Zhang, flipped through it carefully, looked at it, Zou Yuanbiao's muddy old man Unknowingly, two lines of tears flowed out of my eyes, and I choked up and murmured: "This is the old man's poetry collection, this is the old man's poetry collection, I never thought that the old man would still see his own poetry collection come out in his lifetime..."

"Father, please be careful." Zou Deqi saw that Zou Yuanbiao's body was staggering, fearing that his old father would be too excited and fall and be injured, so he hurried up to support Zou Yuanbiao.Unexpectedly, Zou Yuanbiao pushed Zou Deqi away, and knelt down to Young Master Zhang with a plop, so frightened that Young Master Zhang, who had already stood up, quickly knelt down again, and exclaimed, "Mr. Nangao, what are you doing? What do you want?" Do you die and live too late?"

"Tanhualang, I have to thank you." Zou Yuanbiao burst into tears, and said with tears running down his face, "To tell the truth, Tanhualang said, this old man is already seventy-five years old this year, and one foot has already stepped into the coffin. Before he died, the greatest wish of the old man was to compile the poems and articles he had made in his life into volumes and print them as books for future generations. But you know the situation in the old man’s house. What do you use to carve woodblocks? To print books? The old man always thought that this For the rest of my life, I am afraid that I will never see my poetry collection, so I can only let the future generations fulfill my wish on behalf of the old man, but I never thought that Tanhualang...Tanhualang, you..." At this point, Zou Yuanbiao was already sobbing, but desperately asked Master Zhang kowtow.

"Tanhua Gong, thank you for fulfilling my father's long-cherished wish, please accept Zou Deqi's respect." Zou Deqi also knelt down on his knees with tears streaming down his face, and kowtowed to Master Zhang.Young Master Zhang was so frightened that he hurriedly returned the salute, and said repeatedly: "Mr. Nan Gao, brother De Qi, please, this is what a late student should do, this is what a late student should do."

Anyway, Young Master Zhang finally persuaded Zou Yuanbiao and his son, because it was getting late, Zou Yuanbiao, who was very excited, proposed to keep Young Master Zhang for dinner, and Young Master Zhang, who had ulterior motives, naturally couldn't ask for it, so he agreed.At the moment Zou Deqi ordered his wife to cook, and brought teacups with his own hands, offering tea to Young Master Zhang, while Zou Yuanbiao chatted with Young Master Zhang, while lovingly flipping through his collection of poems, whispering a few words from time to time, wiping the corners of his eyes.After a long time, Zou Yuanbiao accidentally discovered that there was a book in the oil-paper bag that Young Master Zhang had put on the table just now, so he picked it up and took a look, only to find that the title of the book was——"Liaodong Biography"!
"Zhang Tanhua, what is this book?" Zou Yuanbiao asked while holding up the book.Young Master Zhang was waiting for this sentence, and quickly replied: "Return to Mr. Nan Gao, this book was bought casually by Wansheng when he was at the Book Printing Bureau. The war in Liaodong is urgent now, and Wansheng wants to learn more about the situation in Liaodong through this book. He If there is a errand in the day, the late student will not have no answers and be at a loss what to do."

"Oh, that's how it is. Tanhualang's dedication to serving the country is really not bad." Zou Yuanbiao nodded and said approvingly: "Among the officials of the Ming Dynasty, everyone fears Liaodong like a tiger, and anyone who takes an official position in Liaodong will regard it as a mountain of swords and a sea of ​​fire. What's more, I would rather resign than take up the post in Liaodong. Alas, you are the only one, Zhang Tanhua, who keeps talking about the war in Liaodong."

"What Mr. Zou said is very true. Since the 36th year of Wanli, none of the successive governors of Liaodong has been able to die well." Young Master Zhang sighed: "It's just like Mr. Xiong Tingbi, who served as the envoy of Liaodong Economics twice. He was sent to death row twice, with such a role model, why can't Ming officials treat Liaodong like a tiger?" Speaking of this, Young Master Zhang asked casually, "By the way, Mr. Zou, I heard that Wansheng is here a few days ago. God, there are just a few officials in the imperial court clamoring to have Xiong Tingbi ransacked and beheaded immediately, I wonder if there is such a thing?"

"This matter is mainly caused by Yang Yuan and Feng Sanyuan." Zou Yuanbiao admitted with a nod.Young Master Zhang couldn't wait to ask: "Then Master Zou, you are the presiding judge of Xiong Tingbi's trial in the third court, what's your opinion on this?"

"I haven't decided yet. I plan to see the situation first." Zou Yuanbiao replied casually.Young Master Zhang said very angrily: "Master Zou, I think you should not keep silent on this case, but should stand up to set things right and play the role of the mainstay, and firmly oppose the immediate execution of Xiong Tingbi!"

"Why?" Zou Yuanbiao asked curiously.Young Master Zhang said even more angrily: "Master Zou, think about it, you were the one who personally tried and convicted the case of Xiong Tingbi - now Yang Yuan and Feng Sanyuan have intervened. What does this mean? Although Yang Yuan and Feng Sanyuan demanded that Xiong Tingbi be executed immediately, do they think that your trial was unfair and your conviction was too light? So they want to turn this case over and correct your mistakes? "

Zou Yuanbiao had no expression on his face, and he hummed after a long while: "The case that this old man decides is worthy of the court of heaven and earth, and the common people of Li people! They want to reverse the case again, so we must first pass the test of this old man before we talk about it!"

"Thank God, this test is finally over." Young Master Zhang heaved a sigh of relief, but Young Master Zhang did not dare to relax at all—Zou Yuanbiao ate more salt than Young Master Zhang ate. Has Zou Yuanbiao seen through Young Master Zhang's aggressive tactics? , Young Master Zhang himself has no idea.So Young Master Zhang rolled his eyes, and immediately said: "In Wansheng's opinion, Xiong Tingbi really deserves to die—in the battle of Guangning that year, although Wang Huazhen lost Guangning, he also lost 14 elites from Liaodong, but in Xiong Tingbi's hands There are still [-] Ming soldiers, if they are organized well, they might be able to recapture Guangning and smash the [-] army of Jiannu..."

"Fifty thousand, there were 14 soldiers in Jiannu's army at that time." Zou Yuanbiao corrected.Young Master Zhang hurriedly changed his words, "Thank you, Mr. Nan Gao, for pointing me out. Wansheng made a mistake. It was [-] Jiannu——Jiannu's [-] army, although they just captured Guangning City, they also wiped out Wang Huazhen's [-] elite troops. Zhengsheng, but if Xiong Tingbi sends out the [-] troops in his hands, it may not be impossible for the weak to defeat the strong and outnumbered! But as for Xiong Tingbi, after handing over the [-] troops to Wang Huazhen Palace, he led the Liaodong people to withdraw Shanhaiguan, missed this good opportunity to turn defeat into victory, causing the entire territory of Liaodong to fall into the hands of slaves—Mr. Nangao condemned him and Wang Huazhen to death, and he did not wrong him at all!"

Zou Yuanbiao was speechless, and it took a long time before he whispered: "Wang Huazhen is more responsible for the loss of Liaodong, but Xiong Tingbi is also to blame. When the old man was convicted, he also listed Wang Huazhen before Xiong Tingbi." Young Master Zhang immediately interjected: "That's right, that's why people like Yang Yuan and Feng Sanyuan have sinister intentions and deliberately designed to kill Xiong Tingbi, who is less guilty of the crime, but not Wang Huazhen. At that time, the Xiong Tingbi case will be determined by you, Mr. Nan Gao. It is recorded in history books It's clear and obvious, but Xiong Tingbi, who was less guilty of the crime, was first executed by ransacking his home, and this is recorded in the history books, how will future generations evaluate you, Mr. Nangao?"

The muscles on Zou Yuanbiao's skinny face twitched a few times, and he said through gritted teeth, "Tanhualang's words are very true. I can't just sit idly by on this matter! Hey, it's just a dream to make this old man bear eternal infamy!"

…………

After eating rough tea and light meals in Zou Yuanbiao, Young Master Zhang held the old man Zou Nangao's calligraphy, walked out of the sheepskin alley after a stroll, found the servant Zhang Shitou and the small shop at the entrance of the alley and asked, only then did he know that Liu Ruozai and Yu Huang had returned to the guild hall to change clothes and rest Now, Young Master Zhang was very moved, and said: "The rare brothers, Shitou, Xiaopuzi, you have to respect them as I do in the future, there must be no mistake! By the way, where are Xiong Hu and Lu Wanling?"

"Miss Xiong took Xiu'er to find a place to boil ginger syrup for you." Zhang Shitou replied: "As for Mr. Lu, he said that the cold rain in the capital is too poisonous, and you will definitely catch a cold after being drenched for so long. I am afraid that the ginger syrup is not enough, so he went to the raw medicine shop, and prepared to grab some medicinal herbs for you, young master, to make a medicinal soup for you to wash your feet at night, and then personally massage the soles of your feet with his family's unique technique."

"Cut! He's not a beautiful woman. It's best to let Xiong Hu do the foot massage." Young Master Zhang snorted disdainfully, and then said with a big face: "Besides, Master, my body is so strong, what a shower... " Before he finished speaking, Young Master Zhang suddenly felt his world spinning, and he fell limply.

"Master, what's the matter with you?" Zhang Shitou had sharp eyes and quick hands, he supported Young Master Zhang, and then went to touch Young Master Zhang's forehead to check. His forehead was hot as fire.

…………

As I said before, our Young Master Zhang has been pampered and spoiled for two lifetimes, and his body is relatively delicate. Although the deliberate tossing and tossing before the palace examination a few days ago did not fall ill, it also fell to the root of the disease. This time, he was exposed to the sun and rained heavily. , Young Master Zhang finally couldn't resist and lay down, and he lay down for a day and a night, talking nonsense with a high fever, and remained unconscious all the time.But Young Master Zhang's illness is not a chronic illness, at least the plan of Yao Zongwen and his group and their behind-the-scenes mastermind was completely destroyed by Young Master Zhang...

The final scene appeared in the early morning of the next day—that is, the morning court on March [-]th in the fifth year of the Great Ming Dynasty. After the morning court began, a group of officials such as Yao Zongwen, Yang Yuan, and Feng Sanyuan couldn't wait to jump out. The Liaodong army is in an emergency situation, and the establishment of slaves is just around the corner. Xiong Tingbi must be executed immediately, in order to respect and emulate you, and at the same time boost the morale of the Liaodong army and people.Ming Xizong naturally had to consult the opinions of other courtiers, but something unexpected happened. He kept clamoring to kill Wei Zhongxian and didn't know if he had taken the wrong medicine. The court judged the punishment for the Autumn Judgment, and if the punishment is increased, it will violate the code and harm the peace of heaven, so the slaves think that it is better to wait until the Autumn Judgment."

"Oh, Zhongxian, you also think that Xiong Tingbi should not be killed immediately." Ming Xizong nodded, and then asked the opinion of the Sanfa Division.Wei Zhongxian muttered in his stomach: "Cui Chengxiu and Yang Liuqi are right, if we kill Xiong Tingbi now, we will have no excuse to continue dragging other Donglin traitors into the water. With Xiong Tingbi's case, several Donglin traitors will be sent to jail."

Wei Zhongxian's words were already unexpected, but then the words of Zou Yuanbiao, the elder of the Donglin Party, made everyone even more dumbfounded—Zou Yuanbiao said loudly: "Report to the emperor, if Xiong Tingbi is to be executed immediately, then the old minister asks the emperor to cut Wang Huazhen first." In Liaodong’s crime, Wang Huazhen was greater than Xiong Tingbi. This point has long been the official opinion of the court. From ancient times to the present, there is a reason to kill the accomplices first and then the principal offender? Now that Xiong Tingbi has decided to be executed in autumn, if additional punishments are imposed, then Wang Huazhen will definitely be punished as well. Increased punishment, so the veteran thinks, either maintain the original sentence and execute Xiong Tingbi until the autumn judgment! Or execute Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen at the same time, and Wang Huazhen must be executed at least halfway! Otherwise, where is the court's discipline? Where is the face?"

Wei Zhongxian, the leader of the Eunuch Party, and Zou Yuanbiao, the veteran of the Donglin Party, both opposed the immediate execution of Xiong Tingbi with one voice. The officials of the Wei Party and the Donglin Party in the Jinluan Palace naturally echoed, agreeing with their boss or teacher's opinion, and those who were bought by Yao Zongwen and his gang Seeing that the situation was not going well, the officials who had joined the party hurriedly defected, either sided with the Wei party, or jumped out to support Zou Yuanbiao by citing scriptures.Only Yao Zongwen, Yang Yuan, and Feng Sanyuan were left with big eyes and small eyes, trembling and helpless.Seeing this situation, Ming Xizong, who had no opinion at all, naturally came out to make a final decision, "Well, since all the lovers are opposed to asking Xiong Tingbi to be executed now, let's wait until the autumn decision. Disperse the court." After that, Ming Xi Zong added in his stomach, "I still have to go to carpentry."

The discussion of the Ming court, which had already been inclined to execute Xiong Tingbi immediately, suddenly turned around, almost unanimously opposing the immediate execution of Xiong Tingbi. Faced with such a result, the most depressing thing was not Xiong Tingbi’s old enemies Yao Zongwen, Yang Yuan and Feng Sanyuan—but Standing behind them is Chen Wenfan who is commanding remotely!After spending a lot of money but not even a single splash, Chen Wenfan, who was furious, immediately thought of the story of Young Master Zhang and Zou Yuanbiao. Chen Wenfan, who was not at all inferior to Young Master Zhang in cunning, was—this must be Zhang Haogu’s doing Damn, in the barbarian court, Zhang Haogu is probably the only person who can get the help of Zou Yuanbiao, the elder of the eunuch party and the Donglin party, besides the barbarian emperor!

"Send the order to investigate Zhang Haogu's whereabouts immediately." Chen Wenfan ordered through gritted teeth: "We have found his whereabouts, and at all costs, kill him—without pardon!"

The old enemy Chen Wenfan issued a kill order. If you want to know how our Young Master Zhang will be, please read the next chapter.

(End of this chapter)