"The old man has a long journey, and he also has to go home to rest, long live the lord Ming said that he will set up a banquet in the palace to catch the wind for the old man."

"The minister is frightened, and the minister has thanked His Majesty for the banquet."

Outside the city of Beijing, hundreds of officials gathered, and the eunuch Zhang Hong, the eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch, greeted Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the dynasty, this kind of scenery, the Ming generation is really rare.

After a series of etiquette, Zhang Hong was also a little casual, although Zhang Juzheng was powerful in the outer court, he was always polite to the eunuchs in the inner court.

"There are Gangneung specialties here, and my father-in-law is not shabby."

The high-grade eunuchs and ministers of the court and the central government on the side have already gathered, and Zhang Juzheng did not shy away from letting his subordinates bring a plate over, and it is a taboo for foreign ministers to make friends with the inner court.

However, this taboo exists in name only, everyone is doing it, Zhang Juzheng's move seems to be above board, but no one can say anything behind his back.

"Zhang Ge is polite, our family is just old and suffered!"

If this white jade child's pillow is shabby, I'm afraid there is nothing rich in the world, Zhang Hongmei accepted it with a smile, and said to Zhang Juzheng:

"Elder Zhang Ge, let's go back to the palace to resume our lives, you go home and rest, and enter the palace tomorrow!"

Zhang Juzheng bowed his hand, and as soon as Zhang Hong left, several scholars from the cabinet came over, and several Shangshu and imperial envoys who did not enter the cabinet were squeezed outside.

Watching these top people in the world greet themselves and show their flattery in various ways, Zhang Juzheng feels that it is very ordinary, which is a matter of course.

"Government affairs are important, there are still many things to talk about in the Ming Dynasty, you go back first, the official is also a little tired."

This is the eviction order, the smiles on everyone's faces are undiminished, and they are all concerned for a few words before saying goodbye, Zhang Juzheng got into the carriage with the support of Chang Youqi.

As soon as the carriage entered the city, someone from outside reported it:

"Jinyi Wei has commanded Liu Shou, and Lord Liu is here."

Zhang Juzheng didn't say anything in the carriage, but leaned towards the window on the side, Liu Shouyou had already leaned over the horse, and said to the window with curtains:

"Elder Ge, the news of these two days has not reached you quickly, but there is no major matter, my subordinates have made it clear to you that the Qingke under Lord Shen's door has been driven out, and the news from the people in their mansion is that the Qingke is in collusion with a female musician in the mansion."

Zhang Juzheng, who was in the carriage, frowned, and said dissatisfiedly:

"What is said of these things, but what matters is said"

"Ge Lao, Lord Shen and his wife are very affectionate, and several female musicians are said to have worshiped him as their father-in-law in private, and the reputation of this Qingke is also excellent, if there is really something to do, wouldn't it be better to marry him." The commander of the Jinyi guards followed up to explain a few more words, and Zhang Juzheng patted the wall of the carriage with his hand, and said in a cold voice:

"It's useless to have chicken feathers, say something else!"

"It's his subordinate Meng Lang, yesterday His Majesty mentioned this matter of gold and silver at the court meeting, and his subordinates also went to Gonggong Feng's side to probe the wind, this matter seems to be His Majesty's own idea."

Zhang Juzheng just said "um" inside, and Liu Shouyou didn't know whether his news was right or wrong, so he was apprehensive for a while, and said:

"On the Tianjin Acropolis, the soldiers on the other side of the Dao Panda and the staff general Li Dameng and the Qing army and Zhigao jointly impeached the Jinyi pro-army Qianhu Wang Tong for wanton behavior in Tianjin, harassing the people, expropriating and extorting money, indiscriminately killing innocents and other crimes, it is said that the people from the Household Department of Transport, and the father-in-law sent by the palace to Tianjin to supervise grain, also handed over a newspaper to their respective officials."

After saying this, Zhang Juzheng fell silent, Liu Shouyou rode a horse outside the carriage and followed for a while, and finally couldn't help but whisper:

"Pavilion Elder, the officials of the Department of Science and Technology have all moved, and now it is a few adults from the Metropolitan Procuratorate who are pressing there, and it is estimated that in the past few days, this Wang Tong is under the jurisdiction of his subordinates after all, and he must be involved in his subordinates, and when the time comes, he will ask the Pavilion Elder to take care of it."

"Got it."

Zhang Juzheng lightly agreed in the carriage, and when the carriage arrived at the door, the Jinyi guards commanded Liu Shouyou to have nothing to report, so he whispered outside:

"Ge Lao has been tired all the way, let's rest, and my subordinates will come back tomorrow."

"Keep it, there are many academies in various provinces, arrange for your subordinates to check it, check the number, and do it before the Mid-Autumn Festival."

When Liu Shouyou was about to leave, Zhang Juzheng said something in the back, although Liu Shouyou didn't know why Zhang Juzheng wanted to investigate, but the order that was arranged was still accepted.

Zhang Juzheng stepped down from the carriage, and the people left behind in the house naturally came out to greet him, which was another lively event.

Along the way, it was either an official ship or a sedan chair, Zhang Juzheng naturally didn't talk about any fatigue, and after returning home, he went straight to the study, and naturally there were people who were waiting for him to send the paperwork to him.

It didn't take long for someone to report that "Feng Youning came to worship", since the celebrant and the eunuch Zhang Hong corresponded, then the palm print eunuch Feng Bao could not come out, this is a matter of etiquette.

However, Feng Bao sent his nephew Feng Youning to come, which was not rude, and after entering the house and kowtowing, Feng Youning said:

"The matter of increasing the amount of gold and silver, Uncle Jia and Princess Zhang Cheng and Princess Zhang Gong have the same meaning, I thought that I would wait for the old man to come back and then tell His Majesty, I only blew the wind in advance, and the amount of 300,000 taels added is unchanged, who knows that Long Live Lord has his own idea here, and he wants to add one million taels."

Sending someone to explain this matter is actually to express his attitude to Zhang Juzheng, this matter is not the provocation of the eunuchs in the inner court, after all, there are always benefits in the palace when the gold and silver increase.

"The imperial court knew that Li Dameng was not an old relative, so he was placed in Tianjin as a general, otherwise he would not be at ease. ”

Yu Dayou didn't know why, and suddenly said this to Wang Tong, Jizhen has nearly 200,000 soldiers and horses, and Qi Jiguang is a famous general who is proficient in the art of war and good at training, if this central place of grain and grass supply naturally can't be controlled by him, he needs to arrange a person to guard it, but this person can't be arranged by Qi Jiguang.

If Jizhen can completely control Tianjin, it is equivalent to being able to supply grain and grass by itself, then if there is a slight disagreement, I am afraid it will be an uncontrollable situation, which is also the law of conspiracy of large and small.

However, since he is such a character, if Wang Tong wants to fight, the court may not easily move him.

The archer sniped Wang Tong in the alley, and he could guess who was the mastermind afterwards, but he couldn't move him for a while, there were internal and external reasons, Wang Tong understood in his heart, but Yu Dayou was afraid that he wouldn't be able to figure out this joint, so he also nodded.

"When you understand that everything is not fully prepared, this matter will not be spread, and you will only act as if nothing happened."

Wang Tong sat opposite Yu Dayou, got up and thanked him first, and then said his plan in a deep voice, Yu Dayou took a sip of the coarse porcelain tea jar, and said with a smile:

"If you really want to do something, you use your backstage relationships in Jingshi is, why bother to work behind closed doors here, Wang Tong, the old man has been fighting for so many years, in the south and north, the Tartars and the Japanese have all fought, this cannon is a good thing to siege the city, and the side is useless."

"My lord, the workshop is ready, please come and check it out."

Hearing this greeting from outside, Wang Tong got up and clasped his fists, and said as a courtesy:

"Lord Yu, I'm going to test the cannon over there, this recruit training camp doesn't care about the labor of the soldiers, and I ask Lord Yu to help train the soldiers, it's a lot of work."

Yu Dayou waved his hand impatiently and said:

"There is an old man to keep an eye on you, every three battalions of people sweep around, there will be no more puppies coming out to bite people, and it is also a good opportunity for military training."

Wang Tong clenched his fists again, turned around and strode out of the door.

Outside the door of the house, General Tan and the others were waiting there, and after sniping through the alleys, every time Wang Tong entered and left the city, there were more than fifty cavalry guards to escort him.

Three of the Tan family's family are about to die, but Tan Jiang can't see any sad look on his face, but he is much calmer than usual.

Wang Tong walked in front, and General Tan followed, Wang Tong slowed down and said in a low voice:

"When the matter is settled, your three brothers will be buried in a grand manner, and now this news must be suppressed, your brothers will have to endure it, this official owes you."

Hearing Wang Tong say this, Tan Jiang's body was shocked, and he bowed down and replied in a low voice:

"The little ones have been dancing with knives and swords for so many years, and they don't dare to hope for a good death, with the words of the master, they didn't die in vain, they went down to see the boss, and it can also be said that they have lived up to the boss's trust."

Although he said it properly, at the end of the words, Tan Jiang's voice was still a little unclear, Wang Tong stepped forward and continued:

"Each family has a pension of 1,000 taels of silver, and I will raise these three families in the future, the old ones will support the elderly, and the younger ones will want to study and learn martial arts, and they will start a family in the future, and I will cover them here."

People are not afraid of death, what they are worried about is the wives and children and parents who are left behind, Wang said this, Tan Jiang also went to a lot of things, but everyone was depressed.

To the north of the boot camp, the blacksmith's workshop was also a barren beach where no grass could grow, and it was farther away from the canal and the city, and no one said anything from Wang Tong's circle.

Although it is a workshop, it occupies a large area, and the real iron furnace occupies a small area, mainly because the area required for testing artillery is not small.

Three artillery pieces were placed over there, and a simple fort was built with civil engineering below, dozens of soldiers were busy there, but a general of the Tan family was there to demonstrate and teach, and it was also dark under the lights, Wang Tong pondered and went to Qi Jiguang to ask for a firearm to teach, but he didn't expect that someone from the Tan family would also understand it.

The general followed a series of things in the test gun, and it was also blamed that his name did not carry a cannon word, but was called Tan Huo.

Wang Tong frowned and walked to him, everyone dodged and saluted, Wang Tong looked back and forth a few times, turned back and asked a few craftsmen and said:

"This is the cannon?"

"That's it, my lord."

"Isn't there an iron wheel under the artillery? You can run with a horse."

(To be continued)