Chapter 893 Brothers have high hopes

Before people could recover from the first heated debate in Hongwen Pavilion, the second Hongwen Pavilion sutra feast began in the middle of the month, which happened to be the third day after Wangri. In this way, the twice-monthly sutra feast began.

Feasts and synodic dates can be staggered. Although there are

Many stubborn and well-educated Confucian scholars are quite dissatisfied with turning the lecture venue into a place for debate. However, those bachelors of the Hanlin Academy and Zuo Chunfang who are usually proud of giving lectures to the emperor are now focusing on the other side.

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No matter how good one is in knowledge, it is not as good as showing off one's abilities in such a large-scale and practical framework. There is no guarantee that the emperor will favor him and join the cabinet in one fell swoop. I think back then, no matter Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong, etc.

Whether it was Du Zhen who was able to join the cabinet, how could he really rely on his qualifications? This was the only opportunity that could overcome the hurdle of qualifications, so no one was willing to miss it.

These people strive to get ahead, and the bosses have to pay attention to such a system that will affect the emperor's political opinions. However, Zhang Yue did not attend the second Sutra Banquet in Hongwen Pavilion because he is very busy at the moment. This time, we will discuss the last one

Three unresolved issues, tell the truth

It was not certain that any fresh ideas would come out of the discussion, so he sent two of the department's officers to watch the fun, while the rest were all kept by him, including those who had just been appointed to the Ministry of War through nominations.

Xu Kuo, the right servant, went to discuss the matter together.

In addition to the necessary affairs of the Ministry of War, how should the military household system be reformed step by step, how should the martial law be integrated into it, how should the interests of nobles and hereditary officers be infringed upon as little as possible, and how should the interests of these people be placed elsewhere?

, these are all problems that need to be solved. In addition, how should the two arms manufacturing supervision departments, namely the Ordnance Bureau and the Military War Bureau, be organized?

Together, how to convince the Ministry of Industry and Internal Affairs to keep the same pace with the two departments? Also, Wanshijie just sent back an urgent document from Nuergandu Division. In addition to the routine report, it also stated the return date.

, but more importantly, it is bitterly cold there, and the garrison's weapons often have small-scale frictions with the locals, resulting in serious losses, and I am afraid they will have to replace their weapons again.

Nuer Gandusi needed to change weapons because of the war, but what about other guards in the world? Now that peace has been long, will the weapons hidden in the warehouse become rusty and unusable like those in the War Bureau?

Therefore, although the Ministry of War has filled up the manpower, and Zhang Yue has a cheerful old man like Xu Kuo to share the pressure, he is still very busy, very busy. The only good thing is that there are others to share the responsibility for staying at the Yamen. He sleeps in the Yamen many times

Much less. This day

During the day, he listened to the results of the heated debate at Hongwen Pavilion and learned that Hu Hui finally gave in on the issue of official salaries. After returning home in the evening, he smiled and hugged his son in a circle, and arrived at Du Wan

While there, I learned that several letters had arrived from Nanjing.

Although there are Du Wan and Hu Bo at home to help deal with the letters, and most of the replies are written by Du Wan, for important people, Zhang Yue will still read the letters personally and then dictate the main ideas to Du Wan. This time is no exception. Now.

Du Wan is pregnant

She was inconvenient and because of Zhang Yue's instructions, she often called Jing Guan to her and watched people write while dictating. After a month, the little girl's writing skills were much better than before. After writing the letter, she asked

There are also more problems.

At this moment, Zhang Yue looked at Zhao Wan's letter and suddenly asked without looking back: "Mei Wan, according to the time, when he wrote this letter, my letter should not have been delivered, right?"

"It probably hasn't been delivered. It's more than a thousand miles from Nanjing to Beijing, so it's not that fast." Seeing Zhang Yue reading the letter, Du Wan put down the nourishing soup that Sun had repeatedly told him to eat, and asked again

, "I read Zhao Shangshu's

The meaning is that he wants to seek the position of minister. Let’s not talk about the Ministry of War for now, but the candidates for the Ministry of Justice have not yet been decided. Although the Ministry of Husband has let Hu Shangshu also be in charge, there is actually no minister. It is reasonable for him to be unable to sit in Nanjing.

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"In comparison, he is not as sharp as Li Qingshu. The emperor is no better than others. If he really wants to employ people, he will never leave them in Nanjing for three or four years. He will have recalled them to Beijing to revive. For example, Hu Shangshu. If he

After receiving my letter, you should be able to calm down. You know, someone from the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate has just accused him of neglect. Jin Shangshu has been a veteran for many years, and he had to retire from office because of this crime, let alone him?"

"Then when you reply to this letter, you should be more vague. You just said last time that depending on the emperor's intention, the Ministry of Punishment may not send someone immediately. The Ministry of Households is complicated, and Huang Shangshu is old, so it may not necessarily be the real administration department.

Even your Ministry of War has no chancellor."

Although Du Wan did not go on, Zhang Yue knew that this was really what happened. In the more than 20 years of Yongle, there were almost no major changes in the ministers of the six departments, and now there are so many gaps.

Everyone was vying to be the first, and Yang Shiqi persuaded him to be more cautious than in vain. Looking at Guo Jing's trembling look, the emperor was afraid that he would be less willing to grant permission easily.

"Let's do it like this." Zhang Yue nodded, and then added, "Zhao Shangshu is a bit impatient, so you should ask Jing Guan to write the letter and mark it on the letter. Also, you are not in good health, and

We have to take care of the poems outside, so why not choose two more reliable girls to teach at home, and let Amber share more of the responsibility these days. Let Jing Yatou and Qiu Hen take care of the housework, so as not to worry."

The couple had a tacit understanding, and after discussing and deciding on these things, they went to rest as before. Thinking that it would snow heavily when they came back in the evening, Zhu Zhanji had already decided to avoid the rain and snow on the grounds of caring for the ministers.

, Zhang Yue thought that Zhang Qi would leave for Liaodong Dusi tomorrow, and he asked for leave again to send him off.

It was justifiable for him to get up late. When he closed his eyes, he was still thinking that he would be able to get a good night's sleep. However, it was only after midnight in the morning, and the biological clock that he had long been accustomed to took effect automatically. He tossed and turned and could no longer fall asleep. Before he could wait for him,

After Amber said a few words, he heard a sudden cry.

"Is Si'er crying?"

Hu Hue also quickly sat up with support, put on some clothes, got out of bed, pulled on her shoes, and was about to go out. When she came to the door, she turned around and glanced at Zhang Yue, then smiled and said: "I'm still young, so of course I love to cry. I'll go."

Just take a look."

"If you stop crying, bring the child over and let me take a look."

Naturally, these words came true quickly, and not long after, Zhang Yue had a baby in his hands. He had hugged his son and his daughter, so he was naturally very familiar with the activities of coaxing children. After a while, he saw his little daughter.

With a grin, Bento smiled, and couldn't help but lightly tap his plump lips. After playing for a while, he became tired, and he closed his lips not long after Amber took the child away.

I didn't know how long it took before I felt someone pushing me hard.

"Dad, if you don't leave, you won't be able to see your second uncle off!"

Zhang Yue reluctantly opened his eyes, and then squinted his eyes again. Through the thick Korean paper, he felt that it was already broad daylight, and the person standing next to the bed turned out to be Sansan.

Then he sat up and rubbed the sun on both sides of his body vigorously.

Then he stretched out and then remembered how his daughter broke in. After asking with a straight face, he realized that he was fast asleep and the girl couldn't wake up no matter how she screamed. It turned out to be Jing Guan.

He volunteered to come in and call someone, but Sansan beat him to it.

Now that he got up, someone soon came to help him wash himself. When he went out, Zhang Yue not only saw the whole yard in white, but also saw Jing Guan blinking at him. He immediately glared at his son angrily. He walked out all the way.

, he learned that yesterday

Zhang Qi has already come to his home to say goodbye to his parents, so the elders will not go to see him off today. At this time, Zhang Zhuo went out to do errands.

He started to scream a lot, so he was allowed to have a good night's sleep.

After breakfast, Zhang Yue put on clothes to avoid the snow and hurried out. Now it is February, winter has passed, but the weather has suddenly become cold. There are many rumors among the people that it is late spring cold, and children in every family are afraid of it.

Because of his bad temper, he rarely goes out on weekdays. Zhang Qi has told relatives and friends in the past few days

Farewell, and declined the offer of farewell to younger brothers and nephews, so those who went to see off today were all of the same generation. Zhang Yue originally wanted to take a car to avoid the wind, but Zhang Qi insisted on riding a horse. He couldn't resist his second brother, so he had to ride with Zhang Jiu.

, when a group of people arrived at Deshengmen, they saw Tianci and a few followers coming to greet them.

Zhang Yue quickly rode up to meet him, and Zhang Qi was the first to ask, "Why didn't you go to school? Didn't I tell my aunt yesterday that you didn't have to go to school in such a cold weather?"

Tianci smiled and saluted several cousins, and then explained: "Mom said, I am the younger brother. Since my second brother is going to such a far place this time, I can't help but not understand this. Schooling matters

I asked for leave from my husband and school yesterday, and Guan Jing also knew about it, but he didn't tell you?"

This bastard is quite good at hiding things!

Secretly cursing the bold boy of his, Zhang Yue took another look at Tianci's attire. He saw that in addition to his usual coat, he was also wrapped in a thick cloak, and his legs were complete with knee pads and boots.

He looks strong, but on the contrary

Zhang Jiu, who was standing next to him, looked sturdier and said nothing. Sure enough, just as he was thinking about this idea, Zhang Jiu sneezed hard, and then took some thin paper to wake up his nose one by one. Finally, he finished his work.

Then he smiled awkwardly at everyone.

Zhang Chao took a total of more than a dozen people with him on this trip. Considering that the road to Liaodong is far away, they are all strong and powerful Ding family generals, and there is no female dependents. The cages of the mule carts are mostly filled with warm clothes, etc. The preparations are extremely simple. They are sent to Deshengmen.

At the post road a few miles away, Zhang Qi stopped him and continued to see him off.

The younger brothers smiled and said: "Let's just stop here. It's not like sending brothers farther away will show their affection. I've asked about the situation in Liaodong. It's just a bit colder, but the rest is nothing."

By the way, Third Brother, do you, the chief officer of the Ministry of War, have anything else to give you?"

"What are you saying? Are you being mean to me? Didn't you go to the Ministry of War to go through the customs and take office?" Zhang Yue saw Zhang Qi jump off the horse to stretch his legs and feet, also jumped off the horse, and went to help Zhang Ji off the horse.

, only then

Together with Tianci, he stepped forward and said, "Liaodong is very peaceful now. There were Japanese pirates in the past. Now Japan is at odds with the north and the south. Logically, Japan would not dare to invade, but there is no guarantee that some people will go crazy because of poverty. However, when you arrive in Liaodong

All

After Si, you need to pay attention to the situation in the north. To the north of Liaodong, there are Duoyan Sanwei and Jurchen. Although they are still respectful now, they may not always be so in the future. Also, you might as well go to Jinzhou Wei to check. That side is close to the sea.

I don’t know if it can dock sea-going ships. If so, we can strengthen the sea transport in the future and attract businessmen. Once a canal is dredged, both sides of the canal will become rich immediately. The same will be true if the sea transport is managed well."

Since Zhang Yue said this, Zhang Qi naturally kept it in his heart and teased Zhang Yue for always thinking about those important things and knowing how to squeeze his brothers. He has always been a generous person, so he stood and said a few more words,

After patting Zhang Jiu and Tianci, he jumped on the horse and finally waved his hand.

Seeing a group of people roaring away on horseback, Zhang Yue couldn't help but let out a breath, and the air was suddenly filled with a faint white mist. At this time, Zhang Jiu, who had been frozen stiff just now, finally came to his senses and jumped hard

After stomping his feet a few times, he came over and said, "Third brother, is the Jinzhou Guard really that important?"

"It's not that the Jinzhou Guard is important, but that although the road to Liaodong is not far, if the rations and so on are transported by land, the transportation costs along the way will be extremely considerable, so there have never been many troops stationed in Liaodong. It's Nuer Gandusi, Gu

Looking northeast, it is said that there are various nearby tribes in Jisu, but in real terms, how many soldiers are there? And most of them are working in the fields."

Zhang Jiu could understand some of these words, but Tianci could only stare. He studied the Four Books and the Five Classics in school, and studied the Historical Records and Warring States Policy with Liang Zang. Zhang Fu also explained the art of war at home from time to time, but these principles

But this was the first time he heard it. Zhang Yue saw that he was listening carefully next to him, so he simply pulled him over.

"So, the imperial court has always sent people to inspect Nurgandusi, and they always go by sea boat from Tianjin. Tianjin is originally an important place on the Cao River. If the sea is opened at the same time, this sea route will be open from the southeast to the northeast. Sea boat
To be continued...