Chapter 299: Swearing but not exposing shortcomings
Author: Silent
Chapter 299: Swearing but not exposing shortcomings
The troops were withdrawn from the fire sieve, and the emperor also issued an order to reward the three armies. Although the details have not been implemented yet, it seems that everyone in the army can breathe a sigh of relief.
Wang Shouren went to Datong to take up the post of governor of Datong, and the celebration banquet in Yang Hekou was served first.
Originally, Zhang Zhou wanted to stop him, saying that the war would continue without mentioning any celebrations. However, Zhu Hui came to see Zhang Zhou in person, saying that it was not conducive to the cultivation of the morale of the army, and he was afraid that Huo Si would take advantage of the Xuan Mansion's lack of troops to harass him.
Hui, the commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu, also wanted to lead his troops back.
The implication.
It was both a celebration drink and a farewell drink, so Zhang Zhou let them go.
After all, these soldiers were not the kind who knew how to be restrained. They also wanted to build up morale, and Zhang Zhou did not want to give people the impression of being a rigid and cruel official.
Zhang Zhou also went to the banquet in person, but he came out of the wine vat without having a few drinks. He had just walked out a few steps when Zhang Heling ran all the way to catch up.
"Mr. Zhang?"
Zhang Zhou saw Zhang Heling's wretched face and wanted to say hello.
Although the Zhang brothers are quite good in appearance, their arrogance, domineering and cunning are unconsciously displayed on their faces because of their daily behavior and demeanor.
Deserve a beating.
"Marquis Shouning, what are you going to do if you don't drink inside?" Zhang Zhou continued to walk forward without deliberately waiting for Zhang Heling.
Zhang Heling said: "I heard from Lao Zhu that Mr. Zhang doesn't plan to go back to Xuanfu with us? As the general secretary of Xuanda, it is necessary to go back to Xuanfu, and there are many people doing business in Xuanfu, and grain merchants from all over the place will
Let's go over and see if we can... develop together?"
Are you still prosperous at this time?
"How much money is enough to get military merit?" Zhang Zhou asked.
"Military merit is good, but what if you become a prince? Others don't understand. I think Mr. Zhang should understand that we are so close to His Majesty. Even if we are just an ordinary person, others will nod and bow when they see him. But even if he is
Don’t the princes, and even the kings outside, still want to act based on our faces?”
Zhang Heling felt quite proud when he said this.
Zhang Zhou seems to know why the Zhang brothers are so arrogant and domineering. He thinks that with the emperor as his backer, they can have nothing to fear.
The truth is this, but have you never thought that flowers will never bloom for a hundred days? Even the emperor will die one day.
After your eldest nephew ascended the throne, the status of you two brothers has actually begun to decline. When your brother-in-law and eldest nephew both belch... won't your good days come to an end?
Zhang Zhoudao: "To convince people with power will only make them afraid, not respected. The world will change sooner or later. I would like to advise Hou Ning, it is better to accumulate more virtue and convince others with virtue."
"Accumulating virtue?" Zhang Heling frowned upon hearing this, "Mr. Zhang, do you mean that I have no virtue?"
"Marquis Shouning, have you done enough of the immoral things you did in the past?" Zhang Zhou said unceremoniously.
"you!"
Zhang Heling originally wanted to discuss business matters with Zhang Zhou, but before he could even say a few words, Zhang Zhou sprayed him on the face. The feeling... was like eating a stomach full of earthworms. His stomach was not full, but instead
I was choked by Zhang Zhou's words and my stomach twisted.
Zhang Zhouzhou said with a calm face: "We are all our own people, please speak more frankly, don't be offended."
"Hmph." Zhang Heling hummed twice.
If someone else had said this, he would have let that person know the consequences of saying this, but if Zhang Zhou had said it... he was really a bit ungrateful.
"Mr. Zhang, you don't expose your shortcomings when you scold others. You say I'm immoral, but you're no better, right? Those who offended you, such as Li Guang, all died violently. Who is better than the other?" Zhang Heling was certainly not angry, but he
It can't happen either.
Zhang Zhou nodded and said: "You are right, we are all the same, but we must also act with propriety. If you provoke a group of ordinary people, the court officials will treat you as a traitor and demean you to death. But what if?
You change your target and target the civil servants of the imperial court. If they get angry and scold you, you can still walk confidently without worrying about being poked in the back."
"What?"
Zhang Heling didn't have enough brains.
Zhang Zhoudao: "What I mean is, if you want to make money, you go and earn money from big businessmen. Just like me, have you ever seen anyone I exploit?"
"Well?"
Although Zhang Heling didn't like hearing such words, he would still prick up his ears when Zhang Zhou talked about making money.
"Do you know how I make money?" Zhang Zhou asked.
"I know, you opened a mine, and my brother-in-law asked you to open it on your own. You also smelted iron and worked on those glazed things... You are quite powerful." Zhang Heling originally looked down on Zhang Zhou, but now he also envies Zhang Zhou for making money.
Way.
It's true that you can make a lot of money without using those methods of fighting and killing.
Zhang Zhoudao: "Recently, I want to open a mine around Datong Town, but I lack some partners. Do you want to do it?"
"Let's do it." Zhang Heling said happily, "Where are we going to grab a few mines? You speak, and I will find someone to do it. I know you want to maintain your image of an upright official. Don't worry, I will help you with those shameful things.
You solve it."
Zhang Heling is still very "high-minded".
In order to make money, he would do whatever it takes. He probably felt that if Zhang Zhou wanted to open a mine, it would be better to grab the mine, so he planned to help Zhang Zhou become a thug, snatch other people's mines back, and run it himself. In his opinion, it was the most direct and
The simplest way.
Zhang Zhou said: "That's not necessary. I'll open the mine myself. Due to Feng Shui, I can open it wherever I want."
"It's amazing. How can there be any mine?" Zhang Heling's eyes widened when he heard this.
There were many things about Zhang Zhou that he was dissatisfied with, but one thing he was convinced of was that Zhang Zhou could reasonably use the "knowledge" he had learned to make a fortune.
Of course he had never seen those so-called heavenly masters go out to mine before. He thought about it. If he knew Feng Shui and could find mines, he could indeed make a huge profit. If others didn't do this... then he could only say that this person
The Feng Shui theory is all lies.
Zhang Zhou pointed at his feet.
"Here?" Zhang Heling was stunned, "You don't want me to dig out Yanghe's mouth, do you?"
"No, what I mean is that Datong is full of mines, but you will encounter some minor troubles when it comes to mining. Oh, if you wait for me to help you find the mine, can you find someone? And open the mine.
Get up, share the dividends, and pay taxes to His Majesty, taxes to the army..."
"Okay, okay, you can tell me how much you want, and I can open the mine."
When Zhang Heling heard this, he thought it was a huge profit.
Even if you collect taxes from me, I will be nothing. How much money can I spend on finding someone to mine?
"Okay, then Shouning Hou, you don't have to go back to Xuan Mansion with Bao Guo Gong for the time being, but you can stay in Datong and help me mine, okay?" Zhang Zhou asked.
"Look at what you said, Mr. Zhang, who are we following? We say we are on errands, but we actually made our fortune in the northwest. Who told us to have the emperor's grace in our hands? Where can we go?" Zhang Heling looked excited.
Originally, he was going back to Xuanfu to do some bullying and domination to make a fortune.
But when he heard that he could make a fortune from mining, he was certainly more enthusiastic.
"Go back and have a drink. I will explain it to you later." Zhang Zhou smiled brightly and did not explain too much to Zhang Heling.
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Zhang Zhou returned to his residence and then called Tang Yin.
Tang Yin wanted to stay with him for the time being and help him mine. At the same time, Zhang Zhou also informed Tang Yin about letting Zhang Heling come out as a cover for mining.
"What if he doesn't pay taxes when the mine is opened? Also, these relatives and ministers are Ming dynasty moths, and I'm afraid they will cause a lot of trouble. What Zhang Zetai did... is incomprehensible."
Tang Yin probably understood that Zhang Zhou didn't want to be on the front line of mining and always needed someone to act as a shield. Zhang Heling was very suitable.
But Tang Yin felt that using the Zhang brothers would definitely do more harm than good.
Zhang Zhou smiled and said: "Bohu, do you know what it means to bully the weak and fear the strong?"
"Who?" Tang Yin asked.
"The local government, the local gentry, and the people, do you think this is a place like Xishan where the emperor is at the feet? When it comes to mining, you can start the mine in just one sentence? Do you know how many coal mines are opened by the gentry around Datong?"
Zhang Zhou reminded Tang Yin that Datong was far away from the capital.
If you don't use unreasonable people like Zhang Heling as a cover, if you just open a mine, the local gentry and people will definitely make trouble, and they will do something to "compete with the people for profit", and the censor will argue with you every day.
Write to participate in the impeachment.
This is especially true when your coal mine has a larger output than others and is envied by others.
Zhang Zhoudao: "I chose a place outside the pass to open an iron mine. No one has ever opened an iron mine in that place. But if we open a coal mine in Datong, it is equivalent to grabbing food from the tiger's mouth..."
"How can the people's mouth be the tiger's mouth?" Tang Yin naturally considered the issue from the perspective of a Confucian who loved the people.
Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "I'm not talking about the people. The people of the Ming Dynasty make a living by farming. They don't care whether the government opens mines, but they are afraid that the local gentry and powerful people will make trouble in the name of the people. They can't beat or scold, and they are so-called
The mainstay of local stability is the real invisible 'tiger'."
"this……"
Tang Yin suddenly felt that he had been taught another lesson.
Zhang Zhou smiled and said: "As a civil servant like me, I still have to worry about antagonizing the local gentry, but Hou Ning is not afraid. Of course, I will not let him cause any big trouble...
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"As for what you said about Bohu, you are afraid that he will do things alone after making money. You don't have to worry. I can share some of the money with him. Do you think I really let him take charge of the mining? Can he stay for a long time?
In Datong? Or without me, where can he find the coal mine? How to mine coal efficiently, how to ensure the long-term operation of the coal mine... Haha, which of these can he accomplish alone?"
Tang Yin was surprised and said: "Then he is not... Zhang Zhitai's chess piece?"
Zhang Zhou said: "If I don't use him as a chess piece, how can I let him manipulate us? He was capable of this in the past, but now, we have to see how the situation is."
"Yep."
Tang Yin understood immediately.
In the past, Zhang Heling was protected by the emperor, and he was a person that the court could not afford to offend. But now, the person who really cannot be offended is Zhang Zhoucai, and even the Zhang family brothers have to step aside.
"He will do the dirty work. I will only be responsible for the planning. I will take the lion's share of the profits. If there is a bad reputation, he will take care of it. I run the northwest for the imperial court. What's wrong with that?"
Zhang Zhou spread his hands.
The general meaning is that I am a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty, and I am not in charge of everything for personal gain. Let me ask you, Mr. Tang, am I great?
Tang Yin thought about it for a while.
Mining is indeed a waste of money, but the problem is... you have to be able to find the mine, otherwise just searching for and mining the mine will be a huge labor cost. This is why all dynasties wanted to use the mine to maintain the court's finances, but they couldn't.
Reasons for maintenance.
Firstly, it is easy to be controlled by the powerful, and the court cannot even get a fraction of it. Secondly, there are issues related to the quality of the mine and the efficiency of mining.
Now all this is being gradually solved by Zhang Zhou.
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Yansui.
It took a few days for the battle report about the Battle of Weininghai to reach Yansui.
The day after the news came, Pingjiang Bo Chen Rui drank heavily every day. While drinking his hot wine, he felt sorry for himself. He also thought about sending troops to the grassland to have a decisive battle with Dayan Khan, but that day Qin Hong called him
Go over and inform him that Dayan Khan's troops have withdrawn from Hetao.
"...A lot of cavalry were sent out to investigate the area around Yao'erdusi, but there was no sign of Tatar activity. It seems that they were relying on the residual power of the battle at Weininghai."
Qin Hong was very happy about this.
When it comes to running the northwest, Zhang Zhou thinks he is already very good, but Qin Hong thinks he is even more powerful.
You, Zhang Bingkuan, are the only ones who know how to play business? I, Lao Qin, let you know what it means to be an expert in business. If I build a city, it will definitely last for hundreds or thousands of miles. If I want to open a farm, it will definitely be
Thousands of miles of fertile wilderness, if you don’t believe it, let’s try it!
Therefore, Qin Hong was not very interested in sending troops or anything like that. He could build tanks, but that was also his hobby.
He can be regarded as a traditional scholar, and all he wants is to let the soldiers and civilians in the northwest live and work in peace and contentment.
When Zhang Zhou created the external environment with a battle at Weininghai, then he should show off his strengths and show the soldiers and civilians in the northwest what it means to be an "operational maniac".
Zhang Yanling, who was standing next to him, asked: "What does Qin's plan to build a platform mean? We won't fight anymore?"
Not only Zhang Yanling, but also Chen Rui and other generals, as well as local civil servants, military officials, etc. also wanted to know what Qin Hong wanted to do.
Qin Hong said: "The Tatars have withdrawn hundreds of miles, and there are no Tatar cavalry in the Hetao area. If we want to fight, do we have to send troops for more than a thousand miles? This is not the purpose of my coming to the three sides."
Hearing this, most of the generals present felt relieved.
After all, most of the people who came to the meeting were people who had long-term roots in Yansui. They didn't originally have much desire to gain military glory, but there were successive successes in Xuanda and Liaodong, and they were supposed to be the front line against the Tatars.
But the three sides have always been quiet...it still makes people feel a little disappointed.
"That Zhang Zhitai is now regulating the military affairs in the northwest, I will also be regulated by him in the future." Qin Hong did not hide it.
In his opinion, Zhang Zhou commanded and planned the second surprise attack on Weininghai and defeated Huo Si. Zhang Zhou is qualified to take charge of the northwest military affairs. Anyway, he will rarely meet in the future. Zhang Zhou is in Xuanda University, and he
On the three sides, they are regulated during wartime and do not interfere with each other in dealing with daily military affairs and people's livelihood.
Qin Hong continued: "Zhang Zhitai sent me a letter, saying that in the next few years, 300,000 acres of fertile land will be opened up in the Xuanda land. I believe that we cannot lag behind others. So I am going to write to inform you.
He, the fertile farmland to be opened up on the three sides can only be more than this, and cannot be less than this."
Chen Rui said: "Mr. Qin made Taiwan, should we focus on... using troops first?"
Chen Rui is so anxious.
I was still waiting to win the battle with you and become famous all over the world, but you two, old and young, competed over how much fertile land you should cultivate? Do you still want to make this your top priority in the next few years?
Have you ever considered my position, Chen?
Qin Hong looked at Chen Rui and said with a bit of regret: "Uncle Pingjiang was not in Xuanfu and could not help Zhang Zhitai win this battle. It is a pity."
"..."
Chen Rui thought to himself, expose my shortcomings?!
"But the situation is like this. The Tatars dare not invade. The Ming Dynasty is short of soldiers and food and cannot completely pacify the grassland. So we can only hide our capabilities and bide our time. But don't worry, Uncle Pingjiang. Sooner or later there will be a chance."
Qin Hong also comforted Chen Rui.
Chen Rui was already cursing in his heart.
You've ridiculed me, but now you want to fool me? Does that really make me a fool?
Zhang Yanling smiled and said: "Then can I return to the capital?"
Qin Hong said: "The imperial court has not issued such a decree, and whether there will be a war in the future depends on Zhang Zhitai's arrangements. I no longer have the right to decide whether to send troops. Everyone, please go back."
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Chen Rui returned to the General Military Mansion. When he sat down, there was a stove in front of him, and then he kicked the stove over.
"Old Chen, what are you doing?"
Zhang Yanling ran in and was teasing Chen Rui from afar, "It's so hot in the summer. Even if you drink some hot wine, you won't light the stove all the time. It's easy to lose your breath and lose your breath."
Chen Rui glared at Zhang Yanling.
My heart said that I was not so hot that I could not hold my breath, but I was so angry that I had to hold my breath first.
"You want to fight, and I want to go back to the capital." Zhang Yanling said, "What's so good about the northwest? I can see that even if we have to fight, we will have to rely on Zhang Bingkuan in the future. He is very capable. Following someone like Qin,
It can disgust people to death.”
Chen Rui sat there without saying a word.
Two soldiers came in from outside to help clean up the charcoal basin and charcoal.
Not to mention the personal soldiers, there was a look of disgust on their faces.
Chen Rui said: "What are you doing here?"
"I'm going to make a request to His Majesty to return to the capital right away. I don't want to talk to you, Old Chen... about the marriage we mentioned before... Aren't you not in touch with Zhu Zhijie? From my side..."
Zhang Yanling felt that if she wanted to return to the capital, the transfer order would be waiting for her in a matter of minutes.
He also did not forget to marry Chen Rui.
Chen Rui said: "My little girl is not very lucky. Besides, she has been with Mr. Zhang for a long time."
Zhang Yanling curled her lips and said: "Stop making trouble, no one will care if you give your daughter away, but I don't mind it. We are different from them... Do you think Zhang Bingkuan trusts us? He would rather use a Jinshi of the same year as a Xuanshi
The people in the government are not willing to use you or me, so you should also know what kind of person he is. Let’s discuss it and join forces to deal with him in the future..."
"you?"
Chen Rui frowned and looked at Zhang Yanling, also wondering, what is wrong with this kid today?
You actually want to make an enemy of Zhang Bingkuan?
Who gave you the courage?
Besides, didn’t you admire Zhang Bingkuan before?
Zhang Yanling said: "I can see that after half a year, I have been tortured by him a lot, but I have gained nothing. Let's see how I deal with him when I go back! If he is not in the capital, I will go to His Majesty to complain. Are you sure...
Don’t you need me as your strong support in the court?”
Chen Rui originally looked down on Zhang Yanling, but after hearing these words, he was obviously tempted.
