Text Volume Chapter 891 Three Fires: Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.
Zhu Si summoned Zhang Bangqi, who had just entered the Hanlin Academy as an attendant.
Zhu Si was still very polite to Zhang Bangqi, saying some words of encouragement, and did not talk about government affairs. After all, it was difficult for Hanlin imperial ministers to ask about court affairs. In addition, Zhang Bangqi had just returned to the imperial court as an official and needed to get used to it first.
This time Zhu Si summoned Zhang Bangqi more to show that he valued Zhang Bangqi and to let people clearly see his attitude.
After the summons was over, Zhu Si originally wanted to keep Zhang Bangqi in the palace for dinner, but he refused, so Zhu Si sent Zhang Zuo to escort Zhang Bangqi out of the palace.
On the way out of the palace, Zhang Bangqi was very polite to Zhang Zuo. After all, the power and responsibilities of the internal minister are no joke. Most of the time, these are the top bosses who can represent the emperor. They have great decision-making and autonomy in approving edicts. ***.
Zhang Zuo came up and called both Tang Yin and Zhu Hao sir, which gave Zhang Bangqi some clues.
Since you respect literati so much, why don't you call me "Zhang Hanlin" instead of "Zhang Hanlin"?
Zhang Bangqi agreed.
Zhang Zuoze was very happy and said:
After hearing this compliment, Zhang Bangqi couldn't help but think of his own doubts and asked:
A simple question stopped Zhang Zuo.
I'll just use you. After all, you have a deep connection with Prince Xing's Mansion. Why are you always asking questions like this? To put it bluntly, isn't it Zhu Hao who has always been with the Emperor?
There are some things that Zhang Zuo understands but cannot say directly, not only to prevent leaks about Zhu Hao, but also to avoid embarrassing Zhang Bangqi.
You are a well-known scholar and you were Zhu Hao's examiner when he was an examiner. Now you rely on Zhu Hao to recommend you. Is it very honorable to say that?
Zhang Zuodao:
Zhang Bangqi understood immediately upon hearing this that this was nepotism.
An ordinary person would definitely not be happy, but Zhang Bangqi was the kind of magnanimous official. Ever since he received the imperial decree and came to Beijing to serve as a Hanlin scholar, he knew that it was through his relationship with Prince Xing that he would be valued by the emperor, and his future prospects would be Wuliang, so now he won't be pretentious.
But Zhang Bangqi still asked:
Another tough question.
Zhang Zuo is not in a hurry this time. Since Zhang Bangqi asked this, it means that he is likely to help the emperor on certain matters in the future. This is a behavior that should not be stopped.
Zhang Zuo showed a secretive smile:
Not just for one thing, but you must stand firmly on the emperor's side in everything from now on.
This way, the emperor's promotion of you will not be in vain.
Zhang Bangqi understood it immediately. He came to the Hanlin Academy just to make enemies of many people in the Hanlin Academy. Then his job was not easy to do. If no one in the Hanlin Academy helped me, wouldn’t it be me who had to fight against all the scholars in the world? An enemy?
But thinking about it again, it seems that there is a helper, Tang Yin, who was appointed to the Hanlin Academy as a reviewer, but has not yet performed his duties.
But do we really want to count on Tang Yin?
What a joke! Tang Yin was originally a scholar. Even if he was the emperor's teacher, how much say did he have in the Hanlin Academy?
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Then Zhang Bangqi thought of another question and asked bluntly:
Another one.
Zhang Zuo found that Zhang Bangqi could always find problems that went straight to the core, and sometimes it was really difficult to deal with them.
Zhang Zuo smiled and shook his head:
Zhang Bangqi nodded,
Zhang Zuo was startled again, and then realized why Zhang Bangqi asked this.
Zhu Hao's position is even more embarrassing. He has always been considered to be close to the orthodox civil servants, that is, the Yang Tinghe faction, and Zhu Hao is Sun Jiao's son-in-law. Now that Sun Jiao has a prominent position among the civil servants in the DPRK, Zhang Bangqi wants to know, what relationship between him and Zhu Can Hao and Hao get along normally? Do we need to hide anything?
Zhang Zuo smiled and said:
Zhang Bangqi nodded to express his understanding.
I'm also thinking about it in my mind.
This kid Zhu Hao can do it. While maintaining a good relationship with the new emperor, he can also gain a good reputation with Yang Tinghe and other civil servants. He has both sides. The emperor has not lost his trust in him, and Yang Tinghe's faction also regards him as one of their own... This How is it done?
If it were me, if I stood on the emperor's side in the Hanlin Academy, wouldn't I offend everyone in the Hanlin Academy?
After Zhang Bangqi agreed, he followed Zhang Zuo out of the palace and asked no more questions on the way.
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Zhang Zuo saw off Zhang Bangqi and returned to the Qianqing Palace. He found Zhu Si sulking over a copy of Dongchang's secret report.
Zhang Zuo walked up, not daring to say a word, and stretched out his hand to pour tea for Zhu Si.
Only then did Zhu Si notice Zhang Zuo's return and asked casually:
Zhang Zuo didn't dare to hide it.
Zhu Sidao:
As soon as Zhang Zuo said it, he even told the truth in his own answer.
Zhu Si stood up and said:
Zhang Zuo responded quickly.
Seeing that the emperor did not blame him for telling some secrets, Zhang Zuo was relieved.
Zhang Zuo has always been so cautious.
Zhu Si pointed to the secret note on the table that made him angry and said:
Zhang Zuo quickly walked over and packed up the secret memorial, not daring to open it and read it.
Zhu Sidao:
Zhang Zuo thought to himself, why does it sound so awkward?
Adoptive uncle?
It's obviously you who adopted someone else's name, okay?
Zhang Zuo said hurriedly:
Until now, Zhang Zuo still doesn’t know how the Zhang brothers provoked Zhu Si, or whether they did something evil, but it is expected to be the same, either robbing people’s property, or leading people into fights, even killing or injuring people. Everything in life can be accomplished.
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Zhang Zuo left the palace without stopping.
At the same time he
Huang Jin was called.
Although he hasn't read the secret report yet, Zhang Zuo also knows what happened from Huang Jin's narration.
Zhang Zuo felt incredible after hearing this.
Are the two Zhang brothers brainless?
Or are you so short of money that you even dare to resell ordnance? The key is that after it is sold out, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry dare not report it, but you have to rely on the Dongchang to report to the emperor. Those civil servants claim to be the Qingliu of the Ming Dynasty. When the Zhang brothers do evil, they choose to turn a blind eye?
Isn’t that too much of a double standard?
Huang Jindao:
Zhang Zuo shook his head and smiled bitterly. It turned out that reselling arms was just one aspect of the recent misdeeds of the Zhang brothers. It was probably the worst offender and the crime was huge. Other ordinary fights and seizure of people's fields were probably not uncommon.
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Zhang Zuo's worries are unnecessary.
When he met Zhu Hao, and when Zhu Hao read the secret report, the feedback he received was far beyond Zhang Zuo's expectations.
Zhu Hao said.
Zhang Zuo was confused for a moment.
Is this called awakening?
Zhu Hao said:
When Zhang Zuo heard this, he probably understood.
The so-called three things to do when a new official takes office is that although the emperor was considered pro-government before, it was not until Yang Tinghe retired that he truly began to take back the power in the court.
After all, four of the six previous ones were under the control of Yang Tinghe, and the emperor could not fully control the other two, and the income of the inner treasury was all restricted by Yang Tinghe. Whatever Zhu Si wanted to do, he had to make money on his own.
When the emperor takes charge of the government, he also needs to set three fires first.