: Not surprised by favor or humiliation

Author: Silent

: Not surprised by favor or humiliation

The most famous people who have been granted the title of Duke of Lai since ancient times are undoubtedly Du Ruhui and Kou Zhun. Both of them are examples of literary and military talents.

Dai Yi and others understood that this reflected the emperor's expectations for Zhang Zhou, which was to make Zhang Zhou a general and prime minister and help the Ming Dynasty to rejuvenate.

When Zhu Youtang went to see Empress Dowager Zhou and his wife to inform his relatives about the matter, Dai Yi and others did not accompany him.

The four eunuchs in charge of rituals were followed by several young eunuchs in the study room of the eunuchs in charge of rituals, and the four of them walked closely.

"I'm afraid it won't be easy for Your Majesty to make Mr. Zhang the Duke of the country, right?"

Wei Bin followed behind and asked.

Wei Bin had some opinions on Zhang Zhou's previous affairs in Liaodong, but with the end of the Battle of Liaodong, his direct descendant, Ren Liang, the eunuch who guarded Liaodong, was not punished, and even Zhang Yu, the censor of the capital, was only punished. Forget it, he is just more concerned about how Zhang Zhou's rise will affect his interests.

After all, Wei Bin mostly had contacts with the guarding eunuchs from various places.

Dai Yidao said: "With my current achievements, what if I give him a Duke?"

Xiao Jing also raised questions: "It's just that Mr. Zhang didn't go into battle in person, because he was afraid that the civil servants would gossip."

Dai Yi suddenly stopped. The eunuchs around him were stunned and stopped too, wondering what kind of medicine Dai Yi was selling in his gourd.

"You guys just sit back and worry about it. How will your Majesty reward Mr. Zhang? Your Majesty has his own arrangements. This time, you didn't even summon the ministers, people from the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Rites, and you still haven't explained the problem? Your Majesty may have felt that, I will tell the superior tomorrow about this matter, and even if there is opposition, it will not cause any problems. Just wait!"

Dai Yi is now more angry that he has been doubted and challenged.

Given his old age, he seems to be less favored by the emperor.

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Inside Kunning Palace.

Zhu Youtang was explaining to his wife that Zhang Zhou had fought a hearty victory for the Ming Dynasty in front of his son, or in his eyes full of urgency.

Neither Queen Zhang nor Zhu Houzhao seemed to care whether Zhang Zhou personally participated in the war. In their eyes, Wang Shouren and Ma Yi, who actually led the troops, were transparent and meaningless.

Of course, mother and son also have different priorities.

Queen Zhang asked: "Your Majesty, where is Heling? Has he gone too?"

"I didn't go to Weining Hai, but I followed Bingkuan to Mao'erzhuang to welcome the soldiers who unexpectedly attacked Weining Hai back to the pass. They are still retreating south. The once arrogant Huo Si now doesn't even dare to lead troops close. I believe that now It has been withdrawn to the pass, but the news has not yet been sent back to the capital." Zhu Youtang smiled and said, "As the deputy commander-in-chief, Heling can be regarded as a meritorious minister, and I will reward him well."

"That's good."

When Queen Zhang heard this, she also had a smile on her face.

She didn't care whether the northwest was victorious or not. As a "women's family", she was more concerned about what the Zhang family could gain from this matter.

Zhu Houzhao asked eagerly: "Why didn't Bingkuan lead his troops to fight against the fire screen, and instead retreated to the pass? He didn't want to extinguish the fire screen in one go?"

Zhu Youtang glanced at his son and said, "Bingkuan is what you should call him?"

"Father, why do you still care about the title at this time? Just know that you are talking about Mr. Zhang." Zhu Houzhao looked annoyed.

You didn’t answer the key question, but you actually care about what I call Zhang Zhou?

Don't you always call him "Bingkuan"?

Zhu Youtang said: "The way of using troops does not depend on the gains and losses of one moment and one place on the battlefield, but on the overall consideration. Now the grassland situation is turbulent. It is a time of internal division and cannibalism. The Ming Dynasty's intention for this war has been If the situation is reached, there is absolutely no need to start fighting again. We can just clean up the mess after the situation on the grassland becomes clear."

"Hey, if you don't go into battle yourself and let others do it, if you don't work and just wait to clean up the mess, I'll have to wait for him to trample the grassland every day."

Zhu Houzhao murmured in a low voice, but he was a little dissatisfied.

"What did you say?" Zhu Youtang couldn't help but get angry when he saw that his son now likes to act like a woman and brought his little calculations to light.

"It's okay. My son is saying that Mr. Zhang is very powerful and I will rely on him to level the grassland in the future." Zhu Houzhao curled his lips, somewhat dissatisfied.

It's such a fun thing to go to the grassland to fight, but you won't take me with you?

You even went there and didn't even write me a letter? You asked me to guard "Wangfu Cliff"?

Zhu Youtang said: "I also plan to confer Bingkuan as the Duke of Lai State. I will mention it to the court tomorrow, but it may have to wait until the results of the war come out. I still have to tell the imperial grandmother about this news, so I won't have dinner here. Come on, show off!"

"His Majesty……"

"Queen, please rest more. I have been busy with state affairs recently. After a few days of leisure, I will come to spend more time with you."

While Zhu Youtang was comforting his wife, he seemed to be like a husband who always went out to ghost on the pretext that he was busy with work, so he left his wife and children behind and left first on the pretext of seeing his grandmother.

Queen Zhang was naturally a little dissatisfied.

Because she spent less and less time with the emperor recently, Zhu Youtang often "stayed out at night". She didn't even know where her husband was, and couldn't even investigate.

She seems to be the Lord of the Sixth Palace, but she is still a little inferior to Concubine Wan Gui and others, because she has no one in Dongchang and Jinyiwei. The so-called queen can only maintain authority over the palace people. In the past, she had to do She relies on the Zhang brothers for everything, and now her two brothers are both in the northwest, one in Yansui and the other in Datong.

Now it is difficult for her to find someone to check her husband's whereabouts.

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Beyond the head-turning barrier.

Zhu Feng personally led his troops out of the fortress and arrived at Tumaochuan, a tributary of the Yellow River, as agreed. He did not cross the river, but after finding that he did not encounter any enemy, he gradually withdrew his troops to the city gate outside Pianguan Town.

After he returned to Shuiquan Yingbao, he met Wang Qiong who had brought troops over, and learned from Wang Qiong the results of the battles at Weininghai and Tushan.

"Brother Zhang...is really capable of taking on the important task of defense in the northwest."

Zhu Feng did not feel disappointed, but felt very relieved.

With Zhang Zhou here, I can finally think about how to live a happy life after returning to the capital or Nanjing.

Wang Qiong asked: "Don't you feel regretful that Zhang Zhitai didn't use you in this battle? With such merit, if it were you, I believe you would be able to achieve such results."

"No." Zhu Feng said, "I don't have the strategizing skills of the king, nor the courage of the commander. If I lead troops to attack Weininghai, after a small victory, I want to return to the Ming Dynasty Pass. I will never escort so many prisoners and livestock. In terms of talent, I am not as good as them."

Wang Qiong smiled bitterly and shook his head.

I have never seen anyone belittle oneself, and I have never seen anyone belittle oneself like this.

You obtained the title of Marquis of Anbyun through military merit, but you actually think that you are incapable of fighting a seemingly logical surprise attack?

This war is obviously more difficult to plan than to use troops. It takes Zhang Zhou's courage and the solid military morale brought by Zhang Zhou's prayers for rain in Xuanfu to be qualified to talk about a surprise attack. On the contrary, the surprise attack does not seem to be very difficult...

This is probably the same as the coach being the soul of a team.

You can still play a game well without playing.

But you, Zhu Zhijie, belittled yourself and thought you were incompetent...Wang Qiong thought to himself, no wonder Zhang Bingkuan didn't use you to lead the troops to attack Weininghai. It really makes sense.

But why not let me go?

Compared with Zhu Feng's open-mindedness, Wang Qiong cannot tolerate flattery or humiliation. Just as Zhang Zhou used his reasons, Wang Qiong is capable and good at flattering, but he also has the disadvantages that such a person should have, which is...

Narrow-minded.

Wang Yue is also very capable, but he also has many tricks to squeeze out his colleagues.

Is it possible that he, Wang Qiong, can compare himself to a saint and remain indifferent to such huge achievements as the second surprise attack on Weininghai?

"Zhang Zhitai hired Wang Bo'an, I didn't understand this." Wang Qiong commented on the matter in front of Zhu Feng, "Using a man who has never set foot on the battlefield, who made one mistake and lost everything, he is

Are you gambling, or do you really know how to know people?"

Zhu Feng seemed indifferent and said: "Isn't Bo'an also in the Yanwu Hall? He probably just feels that he can take advantage of others."

Zhu Feng was not satisfied with Zhang Zhou's use of Wang Shouren.

"Then Zhijie, how much do you know about Bo'an's abilities? Do you think he can achieve great things?" Wang Qiong asked back.

"this……"

How can Zhu Feng answer such a question?

He wanted to say that I was just hanging around in the Yanwu Hall and had little contact with those people, let alone who was capable and who was a coward.

Aren’t you, Wang Qiong, also from Yanwu Hall? Don’t you know Wang Bo’an well?

Historically, it was Wang Qiong who recommended Wang Shouren, but this was based on the premise that identity and status were completely unequal. As a teacher and senior, Wang Qiong was willing to recommend Wang Shouren.

But in history, Wang Qiong and Peng Yue would still fight to the death for military power in the northwest, criticizing each other and even avenging private revenge...

The Wang Shouren in front of him was not recommended by Wang Qiong, but after this battle, Wang Shouren has obviously become a figure who can be almost equal to Wang Qiong. How can Wang Qiong still treat Wang Shouren with the mentality of supporting his juniors?

"Wang Zhongcheng, should we send troops to assist Datong Town? The next step is to attack Datong, right?" Zhu Feng was still enthusiastic.

A surprise attack on Weininghai is too dangerous, so I won't do it.

But if troops are sent to Datong Town to assist Brother Zhang in garrisoning Datong, I have nothing to fear.

Wang Qiong said: "No, the situation in Pianguan is more dangerous than that in Datong Town. With Zhang Zhitai here, Datong Town can ensure peace of mind, and I think... Huo Si has lost the qualification to compete for supremacy on the grassland. If he still wants to preserve his

With the strength of the tribe, the only way is to judge the situation and submit to the Ming Dynasty."

"No...it can't be right?"
To be continued...