Zhang Shijie was asked by his grandfather continuously, and after a while, he respectfully finished the salute before he replied: "My grandson doesn't know very well, since my grandson reported the situation in the Beijing camp according to my grandfather and father's wishes, His Majesty has not summoned my grandson for a long time. The few people who investigated with their grandson at the beginning did not seem to go to Beijing again. ”

Zhang Weixian's eyes showed a look of disappointment, and he simply instructed Zhang Shijie: "Since this is the case, then you go down first, I have something to discuss with your father and brother in private." ”

Zhang Shijie answered, and after waving his hand at his grandfather again, he turned around and prepared to leave the study.

When he stepped out of the threshold with one foot, something flashed through his mind, and he couldn't help but pause.

Although he was not valued by his grandfather, as the son and grandson of the Duke of England, the rise and fall of the Duke of England was closely related to his life.

At this critical moment, he naturally did not dare to hide anything, and let his grandfather make a wrong judgment.

Zhang Shijie retracted the steps he was about to step out of the room, and then retreated into the room and said to Zhang Weixian: "As for whether Your Majesty is continuing to investigate Jingying, Sun Er really doesn't know. However, the grandson has lived with His Majesty in the Xinwang Mansion for a period of time, but he understands His Majesty's character a little, and there are some things that the grandson doesn't know whether to say? ”

Zhang Zhiji was afraid that this son would talk nonsense and annoy his father again, so he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "I don't know if I should say it or not, so don't say it at all." Do you dare to spread the matter of your father casually? Go back and rest, and don't get in the way of your grandfather's business. ”

Zhang Weixian glared at him dissatisfiedly, his son, who had no political judgment, looked at him and lowered his head before he said to Zhang Shijie: "No matter what happens, it doesn't hurt to say it, it's all a family here, and no one will spread it out." ”

Zhang Shijie only hesitated slightly, and then said a small thing he saw in the Xinwang Mansion: "... His Royal Highness King Shin did not practice riding at the beginning, and once asked his grandson how he could learn riding as soon as possible. At that time, the grandson returned to him, and he was closer to the mount and did not change mounts frequently. The grandchildren's family thought that sleeping with the horses for a few nights would make it easier to get the mount approved.

In the next few days, the grandson saw that from feeding the horses to washing the horses, King Xin was no longer protective. A few days later, the king told his grandson that it was impossible to sleep with a horse, which slept standing and would not lie down as long as someone was around.

After 5 days, Shin was able to walk slowly on his horse. After that, the first thing he did when he got up every morning was to make contact with his mount for a while. The grandson thought that the tenacity of King Xin's character was very unattainable. ”

Zhang Weixian listened to his grandson's description, and became more and more determined to the conclusion he had reached after thinking about it for a day.

Zhang Shize looked at his younger brother with slight envy, envying him for having such a close relationship with His Majesty the Emperor.

Zhang Zhiji said with some skepticism: "But since Your Majesty entered the palace, I have never heard of Your Majesty getting close to the stables, and even Your Majesty has not chosen to ride a horse when he has traveled several times?" ”

"Therefore, the king of Yue is brave, and the people are more light. The king of the spirit has a thin waist, and there are many hungry people in the country. Your Majesty doesn't want the chamberlains to know about his hobbies. Zhang Weixian made a judgment on Chongzhen's behavior.

After Zhang Shijie finished telling this story, he said goodbye and left. There were three grandchildren left in the study, Zhang Weixian looked at the closed door, and said to his son and grandson.

"Extremely, tomorrow in the name of my aggravated condition, you will ask Your Majesty to resign and return to your home to serve your illness.

Broad & Bright, you have to restrain your younger brothers, and you don't allow them to go out to make trouble recently, and you are not allowed to walk around with other lords.

As for Shijie, you can tell him to obey His Majesty's orders, and he will no longer have to worry about the relations in the British Mansion. ”

Zhang Zhiji looked at his father with some anxiety, and said, "Father, why are you doing this?" Could it be that the current situation can still be worse, when Wei Zhongxian covered the sky with one hand before?

Even if Wei Zhongxian claimed to be 9,900 years old that day, didn't you treat your father with respect? My father first had the merit of supporting the first emperor, and he had a fixed contribution to His Majesty, would His Majesty still move the British Mansion? ”

Zhang Weixian glanced at his son and grandson, and found that both of them had a rather unconvinced look on their faces, and they were unaware of the cruelty of the current power struggle in the court.

"Of course, Your Majesty will not touch the British Mansion while I am here. Your Majesty's courtesy to me today is to tell the courtiers that he still respects me and has no intention of turning his back on the meritorious ministers.

But what Your Majesty has done these days, don't you know it? Zhang Weixian said in a slow tone, and couldn't help coughing for a while.

Zhang Zhiji thought about it for a long time, but he didn't think that Chongzhen had done those things that made his father suspicious, so he couldn't help but ask, "The child is stupid, please make it clear to my father." ”

Looking at his confused son, Zhang Weixian's heart was irritable for no reason. This British duke has been inherited for seven generations, and has been knighted since the Battle of Jingjing, and has been overwhelmed by the six founding dukes, in addition to being loyal to the Zhu Ming Dynasty, that is, each generation of British dukes has never made a mistake in politics.

Zhang Weixian still believes that his choice is not wrong, it does not involve court fighting, and it is a motto passed down from generation to generation in the British Dynasty.

The British duke was loyal to the Ming Emperor, not to the one who ascended to the throne.

It is precisely because of this attitude of the British government that every Ming emperor has more trust in the British public, believing that they are the last insurance of the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, except for a very few periods, the control of Jingying was in the hands of the British government. Even the emperor's trusted chamberlains such as Liu Jin and Wei Zhongxian were equally taboo about breaking out conflicts with the British duke.

Zhang Weixian believed that with his reluctant support, Jingying was still loyal to the emperor despite its decay. But after this Chongzhen came to power, he didn't seem to be satisfied with this, and intended to make a big move against Jingying.

Zhang Weixian was naturally uncomfortable in his heart, thinking that even Zhang Juzheng had not rectified the Beijing camp that day, and it was too rash for the young emperor who had just come to power to want to move the rules of the Beijing camp.

Moreover, Jingying, as a place for nobles, eunuchs and civil and military officials at all levels to make extra money, has long been intricate and unshakable. Therefore, under the protest of several nobles, he did not allow the generals and subordinates of the British government to assist Chongzhen in the investigation of the Beijing camp, and warned his grandson Zhang Shijie.

Based on Zhang Weixian's past life experience, in the face of his own non-cooperation, Chongzhen probably called himself to reprimand and punish him for a few months, and this matter ended here, and the emperor still needs to balance the political situation in the DPRK and China.

But Chongzhen seemed to be even weaker than Zhang Weixian imagined, not only stopped the investigation of Jingying, but also sent people to greet him several times, which made Zhang Weixian feel quite good about himself.

However, then, Chongzhen quickly balanced the situation and banished Wei Zhongxian from Beijing, which immediately reduced his importance in the court. And Chongzhen's actions in the past few days have made him unable to sit still.

Zhang Weixian cleared his throat and patiently explained to the two: "... His Majesty built a new army and divided the military power of the Beijing camp. As for the rectification of the governor's office of the five armies and the check-in of soldiers' salaries, this is an attempt to buy the military heart of the Beijing camp.

Although the imperial city is guarded by brocade guards, the guards who stay in the palace at night have always been nobles. And now, in the name of rectifying the palace ban, His Majesty has suspended the rules of the lord's night, and has wantonly abolished the guards in the palace. Most of the servants who were born under the Xungui family have been sent to the Beijing camp.

I am a Ming noble, except for the Yongzhen Yunnan of the Duke of Qianguo, the most important task of the other nobles is to guard the two capitals and lead the troops to battle. To this day, the Ming Emperor has the one who can still lead the troops to the battlefield to kill the enemy, which is nothing more than a day of mixing between the two capitals.

I didn't want Your Majesty to rectify the Beijing camp that day, but I was afraid that Your Majesty would be young and impulsive and cause chaos in Beijing. Now it seems that it is better not to stop His Majesty's idea of rectifying the Beijing camp in the first place.

Based on His Majesty's behavior in the court today, this is to think that the two capitals are no longer enough to rely on, and His Majesty plans to even tidy up the nobles. Otherwise, he would not have forced Yang Wuhou and the others to think about it behind closed doors, and ordered the matter of the dismantling of the Beijing camp to be handed over to a small Fujian general army. ”

Regarding his father's explanation, Zhang Zhiji was obviously a little difficult to accept. In his eyes, Chongzhen has always been a kind-hearted teenager, although he has lost his temper a few times in the court, but he is also not right about people.

Moreover, after Chongzhen ascended the throne, he abolished the punishment of torture in the palace, and had a good reputation among the palace people. The fact that he personally tied the cloaks for the sergeants on duty outside the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies made the soldiers of the Beijing camp feel even more nostalgic.

He couldn't believe that what his father said was all intentional by Chongzhen. In his opinion, this is just His Majesty's feelings.

"Is my father worrying too much? From the son's point of view, these things that His Majesty has done are just right things and not people, and it doesn't seem like he wants to target anyone? Zhang Zhiji couldn't help but subconsciously defend Chongzhen.

"Confused, cough..."Seeing that his bitter heart didn't let his son understand, Zhang Weixian couldn't help but be angry, but under a burst of chest tightness, he suddenly coughed violently.

Zhang Zhiji and Zhang Shize immediately stepped forward to knock on their backs and deliver tea, and it took a while for Zhang Weixian to calm down.

Zhang Zhiji suddenly didn't dare to defend Chongzhen anymore, and only listened to his father's reprimand.

“… If it weren't for the plan, how could His Majesty just point the finger at Jingying in everything. There are constant political disputes between the DPRK and China, how could the affairs of the governor's Jingying Rongzheng fall into the hands of a mere Fujian general soldier so smoothly? ”

After Zhang Zhiji, Zhang Shize, father and son promised that they would obey his orders, Zhang Weixian ended the conversation.

The next day, the British government once again spread the news that the British government was seriously ill and began to close its doors. On the same day, Zhu Youzhen went to the Waidong Factory, met with Liu Jingting, the chief writer of the Daming Times, and asked him to personally go to the Mentougou area to collect wind and investigate the living conditions of the local officials and miners.