Chapter 787: Shocked

As Zhang Yue expected, after Mu Sheng rushed back that night, he immediately contacted Luchuan Si's head about the matter. Sure enough, two days later, Mangshi sent another urgent report, leading the imperial court Luchuan Pingbur military and people to comfort the official position of Si Renfa brazenly sent troops, captured Nandian, Mangshi and Lujiang in one fell swoop, Mengyang, Mengding and Wandian and other places were in a hurry. In this case, Mrs. Cheng originally thought that this was the best excuse to leave her son Mu Bin, but Mu Sheng shook her head, while asking people to prepare an official document to report to the court, and privately asked Zhang You to help the counselor, while preparing to enter the army with her third brother Mu Ang, and on the other hand, asking Mu Bin to pack up and go on the road with Zhang Yue.

Because Zhang Youyan said that he didn't know how long he would stay in Yunnan, and his eldest son Zhang Chao was beside him, he tried his best to persuade Zhang Zhuo and Zhang Yue to go back together, so Zhang Zhuo thought twice and agreed. Worried about the situation in Guangzhou, he went back to Guangzhou first, preparing to go to Beijing with his wife and daughter-in-law, while Zhang Yue set off with Mu Bin.

When the group set off, the whole of Yunnan had already entered a state of imminent war. Since Mu Sheng was originally in charge of the general army, and Mu Ang was in charge of the Yunnan Metropolitan Division, the two sides naturally began to rapidly mobilize military horses, and tens of thousands of troops had already gathered in the southwest direction, and the Mu Wangfu and Cuihai Villas in Kunming had also been completely under martial law. In order to strictly prevent someone from being unfavorable to Mu Bin, Mu Wangfu mobilized two hundred personal soldiers to accompany him, and escorted Zhang Yue and Mu Bin out of Guizhou all the way, and finally turned back.

The post road from Yunnan to Beijing from Yunnan, through Guizhou, Huguang, Henan to Beizhili, along the way through many Fuzhou counties, where more than 10,000 miles. Due to Mu Bin's insistence, the second batch of female dependents and bulky luggage of all colors set off, so they galloped lightly from the fast horse, naturally went extremely fast, and arrived at Chenzhou Mansion a month later.

At this time, it was already the middle of April, the weather was getting hotter, and the dust raised by the horses' hooves on the official road tossed everyone to the point of being dusty. As soon as a group of more than 30 people entered the city, they immediately chartered a large inn to rest. Seeing that a personal entourage was about to go to the prefect's yamen with a post to inform him, Mu Bin immediately stopped him and said: "Don't be too troublesome, you will set off tomorrow, and if you alarm people, you will be sent to it, isn't this causing trouble?" Send a few people to the city to find out what's going on these days! ”

Since he said that Luchuan Sishi was right, and then proved this stubble, Zhang Yue has never made any suggestions on the situation in Yunnan. After all, Mu has been in Yunnan for a long time, and it is annoying for him, an outsider, to point fingers, not to mention that he only knows a little about the situation in Yunnan. On the contrary, he walked with Mu Sheng along the way, whenever he stopped to rest, he would take the opportunity to learn some about the situation in Yunnan, and he knew a little more about Mu Sheng's previous marriage of Fang Shuixin to Zhang You.

Luchuan Sishi is the strongest No. 1 Tusi in the southwest of Yunnan Province bordering Burma, and has always rebelled, and because of this, the Lujiang River in Nandian Mangshi, which is next to it, is the best buffer zone, and only these three places are loyal to the imperial court to make the southwest stable. Presumably, Mu Sheng broke the vein of the old toast and supported the short-lived new toast, and it was precisely for this reason. Of course, among them, the benefits that the Mu family has obtained are probably not a few, after all, behind the righteousness, selfish desires must always be satisfied.

"Metaverse?"

He was contemplating when he heard a voice in his ear, and then he was shocked, and when he saw Mu Bin smiling and handed over a towel, he hurriedly took it, because he smiled and said, "I'm distracted again." I just remembered that when I was leaving, it was the threshold of the Guangdong Township Examination, but now it is that the palace examination has been completed, and I don't know what talents have been produced in this department. ”

"What kind of talent can compare to you?" Mu Bin wiped his face by himself, threw the towel to the little guy on the side, sat down and took a sip of tea, then looked up and said, "Besides, a good article doesn't mean that the career is good." How many of those people who were with you at the beginning are still in the state and county magistrates, how many are still struggling in the Hanlin Academy, and how many are still going back and forth in the six departments? Even many of our scholars in Yunnan have spread a saying, saying that being an official is like Zhang Yuanjie. ”

"Brother Wen Hui, don't put gold on my face, my family knows my own affairs, I just have the first chance."

is also a high hat, but Zhang Yue has to admit that Mu Bin's words are indeed very beautiful, and what he said is also true, just looking at Chen Yong is his predecessor in the field, and now he is still only the head of the department can understand, these two words have always been the most difficult to say. It's just that his family background was the best help for him to be promoted step by step, but now it has become a faint obstacle.

The reason is very simple, the Zhang family is too prominent.

Mu Bin followed his father to conquer Luchuan and conquer Fuzhou when he was young, and he was strictly cultivated as an heir since he was a child, so although he had bad habits, his vision and ambition were not trivial. Seeing Zhang Yue's humility, he simply sat down next to Zhang Yue and asked solemnly: "Yuanjie, although you and I have not been friends for a long time, our two families are also world friends." When I return to Beijing this time, I have to say something to you. Although you are following the path of a civil official, after all, you are noble, and many people will definitely regard you as an outlier. And most of the nobles are now the second and third generations, although they hold important positions in the army, but their power is not as good as before, in the long run, the DPRK and China must be the monopoly of civilian officials, and there is no place for nobles to stand up, in the end, even if the emperor believes you, it will not be able to withstand the pressure of other parties. ”

Zhang Yue knew very well in his heart that Mu Bin's words were not alarmist. It can be seen from the gradual rise of the eunuch power that Zhu Zhanji has intentionally or unintentionally raised another group of people to fight against the civilian officials. If this continues, the nobles will become decorations, and the situation of eunuchs and civil officials will continue for hundreds of years. Since Zhu Zhanji in the Ming Dynasty, only Yingzong has been obsessed with military strategy for a while since he was a child, and he was captured in the battle of Tumubao.

thought it through, but Zhang Yue just smiled faintly and said, "Brother Wenhui has a long-term vision. ”

Seeing that Zhang Yue was just making an understatement, Mu Bin couldn't help but be a little anxious, but thinking about it, it was originally a taboo to talk about it, once this kind of thing was raised, it would be possible to cook Xiaoxian slowly in the future, so he diverted the topic at the moment and just chatted. At dinner time, several Mu relatives who were out to inquire about the news finally came back and reported the news they knew one by one.

As Zhang Yue expected, the ranking of the palace examination had already been passed around a few days ago, and a total of one hundred and one Jinshi were obtained. Although the number of people in the north and south is now set in a strict proportion, Guangdong still has ten people in one fell swoop, of which four are in the second class and six are in the third class. Although it is not surprising that most of the first three people are from Jiangbei and Jiangnan, they can be regarded as quite good results. The most rare thing is that there are two Jinshi from Qiongzhou Mansion, that is, Hainan.

It was Su Yong, the eldest son of Su Ming, the general of the Mu family, who reported the palace test, although Mu Bin did not give additional instructions, but he had an extra heart because of his father's instructions before leaving, so he preemptively said this. Seeing Zhang Yue's face showing relief, Mu Bin also nodded at himself, so he retreated to the side contentedly, waiting for others to come forward and say something. However, everyone replied to the big and small news they had inquired one by one, and when it came to the last one, the thin young man spit out an earth-shattering news.

"The eldest young master, Master Zhang, the little one went to the local car and horse shop to talk to people, and happened to meet a group of people who had just come from Guangdong. According to them, when they came out, because the Guangdong Inspector Yu Qian wrote a book and said something, please remove the lieutenant officials and lieutenants of the admiral from all over the country, dismiss the inner study hall, and restore the old system of Taizu, the emperor was furious and asked Jinyiwei to escort people back to Beijing! ”

Although Zhang Yue had already received the information when he left Jiaoluan, he only said that the reaction of the court after he arrived in Beijing, and did not mention the measures, so when he heard the news at this time, he immediately asked: "When the Jinyi guard escorted people, what was the reaction of the Guangdong side?" ”

It is said that it is because Lord Yu personally went to the field to ask for help when he was planting double cropping rice and triple cropping rice, and rectified a number of officials, plus he overturned the unjust case in the name of patrolling, and often went to the countryside in person when the government levy and enlisted, so the people think that he is a rare good official, and some people have sent Wanmin umbrellas, and there are many people who send Cheng Yi. It's strange to say, in the past, the Jinyi guards were fierce and vicious, but the Jinyi guards escorted this time were kind, but they dispersed the people and didn't use the whip and knife. ”

In these years, Jin Yiwei didn't move the whip and knife to be considered kind!

Zhang Yue smiled and groaned in his heart. However, although Zhu Zhanji is not the moody Yongle Emperor Zhu Di, if you think that the virtuous son will not be guilty of being angry for a moment, it is a matter of course. If no one responds to this matter, Yu Qian is afraid that he will have to bear the charge of arguing about palace affairs and grandstanding; If someone responds, I'm afraid they will also be suspicious. It can be said that this is a difficult dilemma to solve.

"It's just a stunned guy, how can Yuan Jie still care about him?" Mu Bin had heard of the commotion in Beijing before, but he never took it to heart, and he was a little surprised to see Zhang Yue's attitude at this time, but he quickly came to his senses, "No wonder, that is the imperial history of Guangdong Patrol, I should have worked with you." However, this person is really not having a good time at this level, this kind of thing in the palace, all the elders in the central hall did not say a word, and he said it. Although it is said that it is some eunuchs, after all, he is the closest to the emperor, and in this way, he has offended all such a group of people, even if he survives this time, I am afraid that the official road in the future will not be easy! ”

"Anyway, it's commendable."

After spitting out this sentence, Zhang Yue shut up and never talked about it again, and after having dinner with Mu Bin, he just asked for some advice on the military situation in Yunnan and Guizhou, etc., until he rested alone, and he fell into deep thought. In today's court, in addition to the cabinet, the officials and the Metropolitan Procuratorate are the most expensive, and officials from other provinces are most afraid of offending these two yamen. During the Yongle period, although the grade of the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate was low, whether it was outside for the inspection of the imperial history or in Beijing for the supervision of the imperial history, it was not allowed to let the high-ranking officials at all, and it only sank after Liu Guan was demoted. However, now it is the iron-faced Gu Zuo who has taken over, and I heard that he appreciates Yu Qian very much, and he should do his best to protect him this time.

His friendship with Yu Qian is not very deep, and it would be hypocritical to think about what to protect the word. Since that iron-clad man launched such a blow without hesitation, if he can't take this opportunity to get rid of the hidden danger, this is really sorry for his thunderous blow!

From Chenzhou Mansion through Yongdingwei, Zhijiang, Jingzhou Mansion, after Xiangyang Mansion is the Nanyang Mansion on the border of Henan. Since Gu's burial, Zhang Yue has not returned to Kaifeng, Henan for a long time, and he has not been to other places in Henan. Therefore, when he first arrived in Nanyang Mansion, listening to the somewhat familiar Henan accent, he couldn't help but feel a little cordial and curious, and after arriving at the inn, he said hello to Mu Bin, and simply took people around the city while it was not dark.

Nanyang Mansion is a famous city, if the most famous person, undoubtedly Zhuge Kongming in the Three Kingdoms period, although it is the later generations on the fate of Kong Ming The issue of quoting scriptures and classics disputes, but now these Nanyang people are all thinking that they are Kong Ming's hometowns. There are wine shops with Kong Mingju signboards on the street, unknown fruits with Kong Ming fruit brands on the stalls, Kong Ming scarves and goose feather fans in ready-to-wear shops and cloakshops. After a long circle, he came to the back door of the Nanyang Mansion.

Now that the time has passed, the officials of the government have dispersed, but the food stalls and merchants selling all kinds of needles and threads in front of the back door are still there. Although there is a wall across the back of the government and the officials' houses, no one has come to drive them away, and there are even many men who look like small officials are bargaining there to buy things, and it is quite lively. There were also a few children in the middle of the road who were playing and making them even more cheerful.

Zhang Yue looked at a little girl kicking the shuttlecock with a clear eye, and was thinking it was interesting, when he suddenly heard a loud shouting from outside the alley, followed by a small official rushing over in three steps and two steps, and shouted loudly at the door of the official's house: "Brother Wang, it's not good, someone outside is hurting people, it doesn't look like it's local!" ”

As soon as the words fell, someone from inside hurriedly came out, but they were wearing only a cardigan with their chests exposed, and they were shaking a big fan in their hands. After asking a few words in a low voice, he said angrily: "We don't have anything to rush here, don't go off the road here!" Damn, fortunately I didn't cause any deaths, otherwise how would I go back to Fuzun? You take a few people over to see how the injury is, if it's not serious, let them keep quiet, and when you go back, Fuzun will naturally place them, and if it's serious, you will talk when you come back. Send a few more people to find out what's going on...... Damn, it's a goddamn ...... every year."

didn't listen to his scolding, Zhang Yue immediately led someone out of the alley quietly from the direction from which the errand came. Sure enough, following the direction of the noise on the street, he found the land, and he saw that the ground was full of messes, the stalls and so on on both sides of the ground were trampled by the horses' hooves, and several wounded people were lying on the side covered in blood and groaning, and he did not know whether the injuries were light or severe.