But these days, not only ordinary people believe this, but also the monarchs and ministers. The imperial court also has a special organization to study the heavenly aspects. Why do you think Zhang Zhou's words are the unfounded words of the alchemists?

What Zhang Zhou meant was that the Qin Tian Jian's predictions were inaccurate nine times out of ten, but he still reported them every time he guessed them. But I hit the target ten times out of ten. Just because my predictions were so accurate that you civil servants felt the pressure, they didn't let me do it. Did you say that?

Does this still make sense?

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The scene seemed very embarrassing.

The civil servants were humiliated by Zhang Zhou, mainly because unlike Li Guang, Zhang Zhou relied on alchemy and nonsense to get to the position, while Zhang Zhou relied on his true ability.

And their suppression of Zhang Zhou was not due to Zhang Zhou's misbehavior. Many people were motivated by jealousy. To put it mildly, it was because Zhang Zhou broke the rules of making speeches in the court, but ultimately, it was not because Zhang Zhou destroyed the civil servants.

The only trustworthy position in the emperor's heart?

Zhang Zhou said: "The Ningyuan land has a long, narrow and special terrain. Even if it is said that the next step may be the focus of Di Yi's invasion, it actually doesn't matter. They will come anyway because they set up an ambush there to fight with them.

It’s still quite difficult. Unless you stock up on heavy troops, this will leave the rest of the deployed troops and horses in a situation of insufficient defense.”

Xie Qian no longer wanted to continue arguing with Zhang Zhou, so he retreated to the court of ministers.

All civil servants were surprised.

The debate has not concluded yet. Didn't you Xie Qian argue very well just now? You still had the upper hand, why did you back down now?

Only Xie Qian himself knew that the moral high ground was actually firmly controlled by Zhang Zhou, and what he said would be of little significance.

Just what Zhang Zhou said, whether something should be reported or ignored, made Xie Qian feel that Zhang Zhou was actually right in essence. What was wrong might be that Zhang Zhou was too awesome and too difficult for civil servants to come to the stage. Anyway, this kid had already passed the exam.

The number one scholar has joined us. When the emperor has great trust in him, fighting with him will not bring good results.

Unless Zhang Zhou’s prophecy was wrong during the Liaodong War, or something happened in the future that caused Zhang Zhou to lose the emperor’s trust...

Xie Qian was also very good at assessing the situation. When he saw that the wind was going in the wrong direction, he was not ambiguous at all when it was time to make a fuss.

When Li Dongyang saw that Xie Qian had withdrawn first, he knew that he had to take action on his own.

Previously, Xie Qian belonged to the "emotional school", but now it is his turn to be the "rational school".

To change my thinking, it’s time to discuss the pros and cons with you.

Previously it was a matter of indiscriminate bombing, but now it is a matter of fighting for space.

Li Dongyang said: "Zhang Jinshi, since you mentioned Ningyuan, should you explain the strategy of this battle and how to defeat the enemy? If your prediction is accurate, then Di Yi's purpose is to rob

To plunder, the border people should be mobilized in the city fortress, and superior forces should be gathered when the enemy invades. Why is it that only Ningyuan has troops and horses mobilized?"

Now let’s talk about whether your tactics are correct or not.

Before discussing.

At least we can figure out your tactical intentions first, and then we can find faults to attack you. We can even let the emperor know the pros and cons and make adjustments to Ningyuan's tactics according to the opinions of our civil servants.

Zhang Zhou smiled and said: "Does Mr. Li Ge believe that the soldiers and horses of Duoyan's three guards will really attack Ningyuan?"

These words are a refutation of Li Dongyang.

Don’t you civil servants not believe my prophecies? If you don’t believe it, then you still don’t care what tactics I use in Ningyuan?

In fact, you just want to say that I am only responsible for telling the emperor where there may be wars, and the specific arrangements for tactics are decided by you civil servants. Is this what you mean? What a pity, I have no objection to your participation, but who will let you?

Your Majesty, you listen to me now, but don’t believe yours?

Who made the suggestion and who made the arrangements? You don’t believe it, so what nonsense are you planning?

Li Dongyang said: "You just need to tell me the tactics."

Zhang Zhou said: "I'm sorry to give you any information until the war has a result."

Even Li Dongyang knew that Zhang Zhou might have a weird temper, but he never expected that Zhang Zhou would directly tell him, the minister, not to come to Taiwan in front of the emperor and the ministers of civil and military affairs.

He is even thinking, is it really necessary to recruit this kid into the civil service camp? He is determined to go against us emotionally.

If that's the case, then why does he still want to be the top scholar in the imperial examination?

After hearing what Zhang Zhou said, the civil servants were very hostile to Zhang Zhou.

But the situation with Wu Xun was exactly the opposite.

They have a feeling of "finally making it through". It's rare. Fifty years after the Tumu Fort Incident in the Ming Dynasty, there are finally people who can challenge the civil officials in the court and gain the trust of the emperor. It seems that we Wu Xun finally can't If you use the previous fifty years, you will have to live by the breath of civil servants!

Tu Fu, the Minister of Civil Affairs, asked: "Why can't you tell me? Is there something that cannot be told?"

Zhang Zhoudao: "This is Tu Butang, right? What do you mean by secrecy? If it is a tactic not to be told to outsiders to prevent Di Yi from knowing about it, then it is indeed something illicit, but you want to say this It is to harm the Ming Dynasty, I think you are exaggerating a bit."

Zhu Youtang couldn't help but frown when he saw Tu Yu coming out.

Why are you, Tu Yu, joining in the fun here?

Don't you, Tu Yu, know that you are actually half an alien in the eyes of Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and other factions?

Otherwise, why would the censor use you as a target and impeach you repeatedly after what happened to Li Guang? At that time, you were also favored by Zhang Zhou. It was Zhang Zhou who reminded me not to pursue Li Guang’s accounting book. Now you are "repaying kindness with enmity" for your love affairs?

Yuan Shouzhi, the envoy of general affairs, said: "What can't be said? Only by saying it can we distinguish right from wrong. Are you trying to transcend the court by yourself?"

Zhang Zhou said: "If it had been two months ago, if I had mentioned the mighty gunpowder in the court and told you that it had such power, would you have believed it?"

"you……"

Yuan Shouzhi also lost his temper.

He has never seen what the mighty gunpowder is. Now he only heard rumors that it is so evil that it can even blow up city walls. This thing is not something that traditional Confucian officials can understand.

Xie Qian smiled again and said: "Then you mean that there is nothing stronger than the mighty gunpowder you can come up with?"

"Yeah." Zhang Zhou nodded politely.

"Haha." Xie Qian said with a smile, "Then there is such a good thing, why didn't you take it out during the battle at Pianguan?"

Zhang Zhou also said with a look of helplessness: "I just regret that I was just an official at that time. After arriving in the capital, I started to implement some things, and only after His Majesty sent people to cooperate, did progress begin."

"The new killer weapon I mentioned was only started to be manufactured at the beginning of the year. Unfortunately, it was not completed before the Battle of Pianguan, so it was missed. However, it happened to be built at this time, and it was planned to be used in the Battle of Liaodong. This is why I don’t want to tell you clearly, because the tactics used are too bizarre, and even if I tell you, you may not understand and support me.”

Xu Guan, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, came out and said: "Zhang, do you know what you are talking about?"

The civil servants with moderate ideas really couldn't bear to listen.

Isn't your bragging a little too much?

Zhang Zhou shrugged and said, "I'm afraid I have to ask Eunuch Xiao from Dongchang and Eunuch Yingying. They have gone to the experiment with me. I wonder if they can come out and say something?"

The civil servants stared at each other with big eyes and small eyes.

Instead of bragging alone, there are others who brag together?

Zhang Maoze walked out and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, I am really lucky, and it was an eye-opener at that time. Perhaps it is as Zhang Jinshi said, this thing is used in Liaodong now with miraculous effects, and it may also change the future of the Ming Dynasty. The pattern of the war. I admire Zhang Jinshi extremely."
Chapter completed!