"You don't have to be afraid of him. You are my people, and he won't mess with you if nothing happens. Don't worry. As for Zhang Yanling, haha, is he the uncle? Is he the marquis? It's really a bit bluffing. But I can Don't be afraid of him. Isn't it because the emperor favors the queen that the Zhang family is what it is today? But, I heard that the emperor...has a new love, hehe." Shen Liang said in a low voice.
"Ah? Are you serious?" everyone asked in shock.
"Shut your mouth. Not many people know about this. I'm afraid you know it earlier than the scholars and ministers of the Central and Central University. I went to see Mr. Mou this afternoon, and he told me personally. Mr. Mou is with the emperor every day, and knows the emperor's every move better than anyone else. The emperor has recently become obsessed with a woman in the palace, and has been staying with her for several days in a row. Even the queen does not know about this. What does this mean? It means that the good days of the Zhang family will not last long. The emperor has only doted on the queen for so many years, and now he is suddenly obsessed with other women. He must be tired of the queen. Soon the queen will fall out of favor, and the Zhang family will Brothers will no longer be able to rely on the emperor's protection to do whatever they want. Do you understand? If a trouble breaks out, the emperor will not help him. So, don't worry. The Zhang family is about to lose power, and we won't say what to do with him. , just force him to get out of here in despair." Shen Liang whispered with a proud face.
Although the hundreds of households were surprised, they were also secretly happy. As Shen Liang said, Zhang Yanling had nothing to fear. His patron fell out of favor, and the emperor ignored him. He was just an imperial relative who fell out of favor, so there was nothing to worry about. By then, in terms of backing, the disgraced queen may not be as good as Lord Mou who follows the emperor every day.
"That's great, that's great. It's worth a bowl of wine. It turns out that this guy is just pretending to be fat and scaring us. It turns out that he will lose power soon." Qian Baihu said with a disgusted laugh.
"Do it, do it." Everyone finished a bowl.
Shen Liang said: "Remember it all, follow me well, I will not treat him badly. If anyone plays tricks with me and is double-dealing, I will not forgive him."
"Don't worry, Shen Qianhu. If anyone disobeys Shen Qianhu's orders, I, Liang Chun, will be the first to kill that son of a bitch." Liang Chun shouted.
"Damn it, Liang Chun, what nonsense are you talking about? I think you, Liang Chun, are unreliable." A member of the Jin Yiwei Baihu cursed.
"What did you say? You are slandering me. I will chop you up." Liang Chun jumped up.
Shen Liang slapped the table and cursed: "Are you crazy for drinking too much? Shut up, everyone. Listen carefully. If anyone exposes what I said tonight, I will kill his whole family. Please do more work and stop talking." I see actual actions, not verbal expressions. Do you understand?"
"I understand this humble position!" The hundreds of households no longer dared to say anything and nodded in unison.
"Okay. Let's stop drinking. If you drink too much, you won't be able to have a good time tonight. I'll treat you tonight and walk around Cuiping Tower. I've covered all the expenses. It's just a little bit. I won't be able to get up and go to the Yamen tomorrow. I won't accept it. .That Zhang Yanling is new here these days, give him a face and don’t get caught by this guy. Do you understand?" Shen Liang shouted.
Several households from hundreds of families were very happy. It was a great benefit to be able to follow Shen Qianhu to Cuiping Tower tonight to have some fun. They were already burning up after eating dog meat, so now they could have a big fight.
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For the past few days, Zhang Yanling had been doing nothing in the yamen. He walked from east to west, from room to room with a smile on his face, chatting and joking with his subordinates cordially, looking approachable.
The rest of the time, he sat in the public room and looked through the archives, familiarizing himself with the resumes of some important figures in the Jinyiwei Yamen. Of course, Zhang Yanling understood that the resumes he read were not necessarily true, but at least he could get a rough idea. Get a rough idea.
Zhang Yanling is adapting to his new role, and at the same time he is also carefully observing the ecology of the entire yamen. Many things can be seen in the subtleties. For example, he saw Shen Liang with his health office more than once. Several people from hundreds of households came and went and whispered. Obviously, they were Shen Liang's inner circle. After comparing the resume data, it can be seen that those people are basically people promoted by Shen Liang in recent years. This kind of people The comparison is very useful.
Zhang Yin, who was originally very interested in him, has observed in the past few days that he actually has a similar relationship with Shen Liang. Zhang Yin prefers to sit in the public room, sleep and drink tea, looking indifferent. He actually has two hundred households under him What he did before and after he ran away. It can be seen from this that these two hundred households must be people Zhang Yin trusts.
In fact, some things can be made a lot of progress as long as you are willing to put effort into it. However, it is not easy to figure out the whole situation in a short time. People in this yamen seem to be on guard against themselves, and they talk about some things casually, thinking I asked some questions, but these people refused to answer. If you really want to have a deep understanding, I am afraid you need someone willing to talk to you.
On the morning of the 11th day of the first lunar month, when Zhang Yanling came to the Yamen, she immediately walked into the public room. There was a man sitting on his chair. He smelled of alcohol, his hair was messy, and his clothes were wrinkled. The guy was leaning against the chair. He was fast asleep in his chair, with his feet still raised on his desk, kicking a stack of files everywhere.
Zhao Yuancheng stepped forward to scold him and wake him up. After hearing the news, the cleaning boy from the outhouse came in and asked in shock: "Isn't this Chen Baihu? When did he come in?"
"Chen Baihu? You mean, he is Chen Shiyi from Baihu of my personal guard?" Zhang Yanling said in astonishment.
The handyman nodded and said: "Isn't it him or who? Oh, Chen Baihu must have come back from leave and didn't know that this was the new governor's office, so he walked in casually. Don't be upset, sir. I'll wake him up." "
Zhang Yanling was stunned and speechless. When he came, the doors and windows were intact, and the servants were outside, but no one knew they were coming in. He also didn’t know how Chen Baihu came in. When he saw the servants going to wake Chen Shiyi up, Zhang Yanling waved his hand. Stopped him.
"Let him sleep. Look at him like this. He drank a lot and is very tired. Since he sleeps so sweetly, there is no need to disturb him. Yuan Cheng, take my cloak and put it on him." Zhang Yanling ordered.
Although Zhao Yuancheng was puzzled, he did as he was told.
Zhang Yanling moved a stool and sat under the window, drinking tea while holding a drawing and looking at it carefully. Yesterday, Xu Youtang was finally able to make the trip. After arriving at the mansion in the morning, Axiu followed Zhang Yanling's instructions and arranged for her to be alone in a place to the west of the second entrance. Give her a quiet place alone in the courtyard to study firearms.
When Zhang Yanling returned from the Yamen in the evening, she happened to meet Xu Youtang who was about to leave, and did not say a few words. Xu Youtang said that she felt that there were some discrepancies in some of the drawings provided by Zhang Yanling, and marked some points that she found puzzling, and asked him to take a look. Look. So today, Zhang Yanling brought those drawings to the Yamen to have a look.
Xu Youtang had indeed marked some places on those drawings with fine charcoal pens, and made some small changes with fine pens. Looking at these, Zhang Yanling was suddenly moved in her heart. In fact, she didn't have any hope for Xu Youtang, but
Just give it a try. But Miss Xu seems to be extremely serious, and it can be seen that it is really not nonsense.
All the components and drawings of improved firearms that I had drawn before were based on the substandard smelting technology. After learning that Xu Gao had actually overcome the difficulty of firearm manufacturing strength, some of the previous drawing ideas really needed to be improved.
There are no changes. Xu Youtang pointed out this issue. This shows his professionalism. Moreover, there are several changes in the structure of parts that seem more reasonable.
Zhang Yanling felt that she could no longer treat this matter as insignificant. Xu Youtang did have some abilities, and she was studying hard. She must fully cooperate with her. She needed serious support and assistance, both in attitude and material.