Xu Guangzuo's words just now were actually a test. He wanted to know whether Zhang Yanling wanted to express his own merit or attribute the credit to his relatives. Now, the two princes have received satisfactory answers. Zhang Yanling's words are exactly what they want to see.
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"Congratulations to Duke Dingguo for getting a good son-in-law. He is young and can do great things. What is even more rare is that he is not arrogant or impetuous, and does not raise his tail. It is extremely rare. Given time, it is beyond your reach. My family can
It is our honor to have such talents. I didn’t expect that Xu Guangzuo also has a good vision. You are a great son-in-law." Zhang Mao chuckled, with a hint of sourness in his words.
In Zhang Mao's view, the marriage between Duke Dingguo and the Zhang family was a deal made by Xu Guangzuo for the sake of the Xu family's status. What he wanted was entirely Zhang Yanling's status. But now, Zhang Mao doesn't think so.
I saw it. The performance of Zhang Yanling, the Marquis of Jianchang, is impressive. He is smart and resourceful. He has done such a big thing with rules and methods, calmly and without chaos. He is not greedy for merit and not arrogant. That is really extraordinary. Xu Guangzuo is real
I found a treasure.
Xu Guangzuo laughed heartily. Indeed, if he was still in a stage of speculation and doubt about Zhang Yanling's methods and abilities before and was not completely sure. Through this incident, Xu Guangzuo was completely satisfied with Zhang Yanling.
It is a pity that his daughter cannot see this. He must warn her to change her attitude towards Zhang Yanling and hold on to him firmly. The future of this person is difficult to estimate.
"Yanling, Wanyi actually wanted to come and see you. However, I saw the chaos in the city and the cold weather, so I didn't let her come." Xu Guangzuo whispered in Zhang Yanling's ear.
Zhang Yanling said with a smile: "That's natural. It's good that she has this intention. There is no need to come and suffer. Now the city and outside are in a mess, which is very inconvenient. My father-in-law thanked her for me."
Xu Guangzuo laughed, and Zhang Yanling also laughed. Both of them understood each other tacitly. Zhang Yanling thought to herself: It's strange that I believe you. Your precious daughter is so contemptuous of me. How could she come to see me? I don't either.
It's rare for her to come.
Zhang Yanling led the two princes and everyone on a symbolic walk around the resettlement camp. Everyone saw the scale of the camp and the orderly resettlement of the victims, and they were amazed from the bottom of their hearts. Anyone with a little common sense was amazed.
Everyone knows that this matter is not easy. It is already amazing to be able to comfort the victims and resettle them. However, Zhang Yanling did better than a simple resettlement. There are even doctors here to treat the victims. The victims in the camp are in a calm and stable mood, without any
Any sorrow and dissatisfaction is enough to show the effectiveness of comfort.
The honorable nobles have brought a large number of condolences, including bedding, clothes, straw mats, food, drink, and cooking, and more than a dozen large carts. It’s not that the nobles don’t have supplies at home, they just refuse to take them out. Take them now
Coming out to offer condolences is just the icing on the cake, but the more the merrier is for the people.
After lingering for a while, the two princes and everyone were ready to leave. Zhang Yanling walked to the suspension bridge at the city gate. Everyone was getting on their carriages and horses, and when they were noisily leaving their hands and leaving, they suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves inside the city gate, as fast as a rain shower.
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Everyone looked around in surprise and saw hundreds of majestic cavalrymen wearing red armor and holding gorgeous pumpkin hammers, long swords, red tassel spears and other items galloping from the city.
Zhang Mao and Xu Guangzuo looked at each other the moment they saw these soldiers, with astonishment in their eyes. Their hearts were like mirrors.
"The Emperor is here!"
These cavalry are the bodyguards of the Han generals who accompany the emperor. Only the bodyguards of the Han generals are worthy of wearing such gorgeous armor, holding such exaggerated and luxurious weapons, and have such a mighty and majestic aura.
Zhang Mao and Xu Guangzuo were surprised and happy. They looked at Zhang Yanling and found that Zhang Yanling did not look surprised at all. They immediately understood in their hearts.
Even if they don't come today, Zhang Yanling won't worry about his credit being stolen by someone outside the court, because he has already brought the emperor's chariot to inspect this place in person. This is equivalent to hammering nails into the wooden board, and the relief credit will be fully confirmed.
It's a done deal, no one can make waves.
"This kid is awesome! His calculations are really terrifying." These words flashed through Zhang Mao and Xu Guangzuo's minds at the same time.
It was Emperor Hongzhi's cavalry who came. Originally, Emperor Hongzhi had no plan to inspect, but he couldn't stand Empress Zhang's persuasion. Empress Zhang didn't actually persuade her. Empress Zhang only said that she was worried about the situation of the victims inside and outside the city, and wanted to
We should go to the victims in person to provide relief and condolences to the victims.
How could Zhu Youtang let his beloved wife leave the palace alone? Besides, he was supposed to leave the palace to inspect the disaster, but his schedule was later. He had to wait for the disaster and relief work in the city to stabilize before he could go out to inspect the disaster.
, to express his love for the people. Now this plan has just been advanced. Of course, he did not know that this was the result of Zhang Yanling's discussion with Queen Zhang through his brother Zhang Heling.
Empress Zhang is very shrewd. She certainly knows the significance of the emperor's inspection. It is a decisive action to affirm Zhang Yanling's relief work. Otherwise, some things that happened during the relief work may be used by the outer court to seize the credit of her younger brother's relief work.
The handle. For example, for example, I helped him get 800 tents from the Royal Horse Prison's warehouse. This matter must be investigated seriously. It is the crime of misappropriating military supplies. Zhang Yanling's credit is likely to be written off. Therefore, it must be investigated
Go with the emperor to get the seal stamped.
The emperor was going to inspect the disaster, which caught the officials in the outer court off guard. They soon realized that they could not allow the emperor to go. Liu Jian and others gave many reasons to obstruct it. Moreover, the snow in the city had not been eliminated and the streets were in chaos, making it unfit for a holy day.
He even went so far as to say that the Emperor's Holy Emperor was causing trouble for the relief effort by going there at this moment. But Queen Zhang was determined, and so was Zhu Youtang. The officials in the outer court failed to stop them, so they had to give up.
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"The Emperor has arrived!" A clear and loud shout resounded through the snowy fields outside the city, like a thunder blast over the heads of tens of thousands of military and civilian officials outside the city. Everyone rushed out of the shacks and tents, and came towards the city gate in a dark mass.
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Hundreds of Han generals with conspicuous armor rushed out of the city gate and quickly formed a protective military formation. Behind them, Zhu Youtang and Queen Zhang sitting on the chariot appeared in everyone's sight. Behind the chariot, several people followed.
Ten accompanying officials, three bachelors in the cabinet, and ministers from various ministries were all present, with solemn expressions.
"The Emperor has arrived! Salute!" the shouts started again.
Thousands of people and officials knelt down in panic on the snow to welcome the arrival of the Ming Emperor's chariot.
"Long live the emperor!" People knelt on the cold snow and shouted.
Zhu Youtang's face was serious, and he stretched out his hand to help Queen Zhang out of the car. Wherever he looked, he saw dense crowds of military and civilian officials, and dense resettlement camps in the distance behind them. A smile finally appeared on his face.
"It's cold on the snow. How can we do such a big gift? Just skip it." Zhu Youtang said loudly.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Everyone thanked him in unison and stood up.
Zhu Youtang let go of Queen Zhang's hand and walked slowly to Zhang Yanling, who was standing with his hands down. He looked at the dark people and the densely packed camps in the distance and said slowly: "Jianchang Hou, are these the people affected by the disaster?
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Zhang Yanling bowed and said: "Your Majesty, that's exactly what it is."
Zhu Youtang asked in a deep voice: "How are the people here? How is the relief situation?"
Zhang Yanling bowed and said: "Your Majesty, the people have been resettled and the victims are in stable mood. They have food, drink and shelter. Please rest assured, Your Majesty."
Zhu Youtang nodded and said, "How many people are being accommodated here in total?"
Zhang Yanling said loudly: "For your information, Your Majesty, there are a total of 11,329 people accommodated here."
Zhu Youtang smiled and said: "So accurate?"
Zhang Yanling reached out and took out a roll of names from his sleeves and said: "This is for your Majesty's notice. All the minor ministers were registered in detail when they were taken in. Their names, genders, ages, and places of origin were all registered in detail, so they know everything clearly."
Zhu Youtang was a little surprised. He reached out and took the roll of roster and slowly unfolded it. Everyone's information was densely registered on it. Zhu Youtang even saw the additional information in the remarks column. Zhu Youtang looked at it for a while.
Read it out in a deep voice.
"Zhao Aman, a fifty-two-year-old woman from Xiaohe Town, Tong County, lives in shack No. 19 in District 3. She suffered from cold, cold and fever and needs timely treatment... Qian Dazhuang, a man from Chenjia Village in southern Beijing, is three
Twelve years old, living in tent No. 8 in District 10. My shoes are damaged and my feet are frostbitten. I need shoes and frostbite treatment..."
Everyone listened silently, astonished. Even the people in the outer court had expressions of surprise and admiration on their faces. Zhang Yanling actually did things so carefully, and he really did it with care.
Ji Zhong, the Minister of Household Affairs, lowered his head and cursed in his heart.