Chapter 163: The Cat Changes to the Prince

The so-called performance report is generally just a formality, but Master Zhang did a good job in Jimen. He won a small victory and made a good start. The relationship between the military and civilians, which was criticized by the censors, has also improved. At least there was no major scandal such as raping the women of the people and the robbery of the government and the army. The achievements of the border defense are also obvious to everyone - nonsense, the Tatar army that suddenly attacked was beaten away by Master Zhang.

Who dares to say that Master Zhang was abandoning his troops? In addition, the land in Beijing was tight, and most of the imperial officials' property and houses were outside the city. Master Zhang guarded Xifengkou to protect their property. Therefore, not only Emperor Xizong of Ming was very satisfied with Master Zhang's work, but also had a lot of praise among all civil and military officials. After the last report, Master Zhang added a false title of the Right Censor, and could receive an additional salary of twenty-six stones of Lumi every month.

"It's okay? Then let's go to the court." He announced the reward to Mr. Zhang and handled several government affairs. Recently, Emperor Xizong of Ming was in good health and couldn't wait to announce the go to the court. He pointed at Mr. Zhang and ordered: "Zhang Aiqing, you and Zhongxian come to the palace with me. I have some questions about the Jimen Great Wall. Well, by the way, I will listen to your opinions if the military equipment of the Jiugu Guards of Jimen is suitable."

"Our emperor is really diligent in national affairs." Hearing what Emperor Xizong said, many young officials who had just entered the court were very surprised. Only then did they realize that their emperor was still so concerned about national affairs and military affairs. However, what these officials didn't know was that after Master Zhang respectfully followed Emperor Xizong of Ming and Wei Zhongxian to leave the Golden Palace, Emperor Xizong of Ming immediately asked Master Zhang impatiently: "Zhang Aiqing, I have made the real thing for the tricycle drawing you presented to me last time. I have been bored these days. Do you have any fun things?"

"Return to Your Majesty, I have handed over a sketch of a hydraulic spinning machine to my father, Eunuch Wei, and ask my father to submit it to the emperor." Master Zhang replied in a low voice. Emperor Xizong of Ming was overjoyed. When he went to see Wei Zhongxian again, Wei Zhongxian had already taken out a drawing from his arms with a smile and held it to Emperor Xizong of Ming in both hands, explaining: "The emperor forgives his crimes. I am late this morning, so I didn't have time to present it to the emperor before the morning court."

"Okay, it's true that Zhongxian and his son are the most loyal to me." Ming Xizong was ecstatic and snatched the drawings from Wei Zhongxian and took the lead in running to Jingren Palace. Wei Zhongxian looked at the cheerful Xizong of Ming Dynasty with loving affection, and took the opportunity to whisper to Master Zhang: "Monkey, this morning, I discussed it with your father and your godmother. Although your godmother did not agree immediately, he was already a little moved. After you leave the palace, you can go to see Zhang Weixian and ask Zhang Weixian to tell the queen, and ask her to put some effort into your godmother, and if it should be blood, it will be released. Also, our family has three conditions."

"Please tell me, please tell me, your child, please remember it with your heart." Master Zhang replied in a low voice. Wei Zhongxian nodded and whispered: "First, she must hand over the right to manage the concubines in the harem, and she must not interfere with your godmother's handling of concubines in the harem; second, after her child is born, if it is a boy, the wet nurse must be appointed by your godmother, and the big companion must be appointed by our family; third, she must advise the emperor to let your niece and our granddaughter enter the palace to be a concubine, and also be named a concubine. As long as she agrees to these three conditions, our family will try her best to persuade your mother to give birth to the child and ensure her safety."

Master Zhang remembered it carefully and agreed in a low voice. After arriving at Jingren Palace, Emperor Xizong of Ming first asked Master Zhang about some questions about the sketch of the hydraulic spinning machine, and then immediately devoted himself to the great craftsman invention work. Wei Zhongxian took the opportunity to propose that Master Zhang was busy with official duties and asked Master Zhang to leave the palace to handle official duties. Emperor Xizong of Ming did not think too much and nodded immediately to agree. As for the time when Master Zhang returned to Jimen to take office, Emperor Xizong of Ming did not even mention it.

After leaving the palace hurriedly, Master Zhang immediately led Zhang Shitou and other personal soldiers to the British Duke's Mansion to ask for advice. Unexpectedly, he was taken to the back hall of the Duke's Mansion by his servants and saw that Duke Cheng Zhu Chunchen and Taikangbo Zhang Guoji were both there. It was obvious that these hard-core royalists were conspiring to deal with Wei Zhongxian again. Seeing that Master Zhang came in, Zhang Weixian immediately guessed the purpose of the trip and quickly stood up and asked, "How is it? What does Wei Zhongxian mean now?" Master Zhang did not answer, but just looked around. Zhang Weixian understood and hurriedly said, "Don't worry, Duke Cheng and Taikangbo are not outsiders, so it's okay to say anything."

"I'm certainly worried about Duke Cheng and Taikangbo. The person I'm worried about is Feng Quan." Master Zhang said calmly: "Duke Zhang, you are so close to Feng Quan. Although you can take out some information from Feng Quan's mouth, the white-eyed wolf is not a vegetarian. He dares to reveal the information from there to you, and of course he dares to leak your situation to the other side. Also, don't think that Jiu Qiansui really doesn't know what you are doing behind the scenes. To be honest, just last month, I knew what you secretly met twice, let alone Jiu Qiansui! He was just afraid of your title of the highest hereditary duke of the Ming Dynasty, so he pretended not to know."

Although he was not very satisfied with the tone of Mr. Zhang's speech, Zhu Chunchen and Zhang Guoji looked at each other in surprise, and were not sure whether Mr. Zhang's words were true or false. Zhang Weixian said calmly: "Thank you for your advice. We will be more careful in the future, but please rest assured. When you talk to us, I can guarantee the reputation of the Duke of England's Mansion. There was no such thing as before, and there will be no word in the future."

"That's good, two dukes, Taikangbo, although I'm a little arrogant and arrogant, I'm also for your own good, and even more for the good of the Ming Dynasty." Master Zhang changed his tone, first criticized himself, and then said to Zhang Weixian: "Duke Zhang, yesterday's incident was urgent, and I didn't have time to tell you my plans. Since Duke Cheng and Zhang Guozhang are both here today, I will tell you all my plans. As long as you act according to your plan, I guarantee that the queen and the child in her womb are safe and sound. First, last night, I took my own initiative and proposed a deal to Jiu Qiansui on behalf of the queen..."

After finally waiting for Mr. Zhang to finish his deal and Wei Zhongxian's reply, Zhu Chunchen jumped up first, blushed and shouted: "Dream! Wei Yi dreams! None of these three items can be agreed! Don't say that the last two are fantastic, even the first one cannot be agreed. The Empress is the lord of the harem, and the ancestors' family rules are in charge of the harem. How can we hand over the power to manage the harem to a wet nurse?"

"Duke Chengguo, do you think the Queen's orders over the years can be issued by the Kunning Palace?" Master Zhang asked Zhu Chunchen with a sentence. Master Zhang said calmly: "Although I don't know much about the situation in the palace, I also know very well that if the Queen's orders can play a role in the harem, and my godmother will do her power and blessing in the harem? If the Queen can really control the harem, why would her first child be tampered with and caused miscarriage? Jiu Qiansui proposed this condition, but in fact, she just hoped that there would be less opposition and less stumbling in the harem. At least there was no need to worry about the Queen, who was trusted and loved by the emperor, blowing the wind by the pillow. In order to protect the bloodline of the emperor and the queen, what's wrong with making a little concession?"

Zhu Chunchen continued to speak silently. Master Zhang took out a wooden box that had been carried by Zhang Shitou before, put it on the table, revealing a box of pearls and jade stones, pointing to the jewelry and said, "I have already thought about it for the Empress. In order to make my godmother Kebaba make concessions, these things can be rewarded by the Empress to Kebaba, and the powerful confidant palace maids and nannies around Kebaba. They can buy them and help the Empress talk - as for whether the Empress is wronged, you can do whatever it takes. I have done my duty within the ability of a minister of the Ming Dynasty. Even if you don't agree, I have a clear conscience."

In order to protect the child in Zhang Yan's belly, Master Zhang did not care about personal gains and losses, and made efforts and offered suggestions. Even Zhang Weixian, Zhu Chunchen and Zhang Guoji were full of opinions and a little contempt for Master Zhang. Zhang Guoji was a little moved at this moment. Zhang Guoji first said: "Okay, the queen, my father, I tried my best to persuade her to beg for the sake of all, and also asked her to remember your feelings about Tanhualang. However, what I am most worried about is Wei Zhongxian's grand-niece. If the queen lets her enter the palace and become a concubine, or the imperial concubine second only to the queen, will she threaten the position of the queen? Also, if she gave birth to a dragon son for the emperor, then Wei Zhongxian will definitely be the position of the prince again. If Wei Zhongxian succeeds again, then my Ming Dynasty..."

Zhang Guoji did not finish his words, but the implication was very clear. If Wei Zhongxian's niece also gave birth to a son, it would be difficult for Zhang Yan's son to grab the position of the crown prince again. It is not even ruled out that Wei Zhongxian broke his promise and broke his promise in order to clear the obstacles for his great-grandson. However, the eldest son Zhang laughed and said to Zhang Guoji: "Zhang Guozhang, do you think the position of the Empress is really Jiu Qiansui and Kebaba? The emperor favored Jiu Qiansui.

It's true, but the emperor prefers his family. He plays with the Empress and the Empress and has a strong relationship. If Jiu Qiansui and Kebaba are really sure to move the Empress, how could they make this deal with the Empress? Not to mention anything else, you can see that just the King Xin? If it weren't for a strange disaster from heaven, how could the Emperor be willing to attack King Xin? The Emperor is still like this to his brothers who are strange, let alone the wife who has been with each other for many years?"

It would be fine if Master Zhang didn't mention Zhu Youjian. When he mentioned Zhu Youjian, Zhu Chunchen, Zhang Guoji and others were angry, thinking that if it weren't for your little eunuch, could the old eunuch Wei bring down Zhu Youjian? Only Zhang Weixian said calmly: "Tanhualang is reasonable. From the fact that King Xin can see that the emperor attaches great importance to family affection, and the position of the empress is indeed foolproof. But Tanhualang and Zhang Guozhang's most critical question, you have not answered yet - if Wei Zhongxian's niece also gave birth to a prince, what should we do? Wei Zhongxian can do anything to make his great-grandson the crown prince!"

"Duke Zhang, your question should actually be related to another question, right?" Master Zhang replied with a smile: "The second condition proposed by Jiu Qiansui is that the dragon son born by the queen, the wet nurse and the big companion must be designated by him - this is actually to treat the queen's son as a hostage, and when necessary, the queen's son can be removed at any time! And this is the most necessary time, it must be when his niece also gave birth to the dragon son, right?"

"Yes, this is exactly what I worry about the most." Zhang Weixian nodded and said in a deep voice: "Wei Zhongxian asked him to designate a wet nurse and a big companion, which clearly meant that he and Kebaba were replayed. Even if his niece did not give birth to a dragon son for the emperor, the Empress's son successfully became the crown prince, but the crown prince was raised by his men. In the end, we still couldn't touch a hair of his hair."

"Yes, this is a big problem." Zhu Chunchen and Zhang Guoji nodded together, and Zhu Chunchen said: "White Zhongxian controlled the prince, which was equivalent to letting him hold the hostages, attacking and retreating and defending. We can't do anything to him."

"Haha." Master Zhang smiled thornyly and said in a low voice: "Two Dukes, Mr. Zhang, do you think that with his little mind, can you come up with such a clever idea? Do you know who gave this idea to Jiuqiansu?"

"Who is it?" Zhang Weixian, Zhu Chunchen and Zhang Guoji asked in unison. Master Zhang smiled sinisterly and pointed to his nose and said, "I'm not talented, I'm so despicable. I'm here. Although I didn't give this idea to Jiu Qiansui directly, I deliberately reminded him of all the links, so he came up with such an idea."

"What?!" Zhang Weixian, Zhu Chunchen and others were full of eyes and almost rushed up to strangle Master Zhang to death. Master Zhang waved his hand calmly and said, "Don't be anxious, listen to me to finish my words first. Do you know why I would give Jiu Qiansui such an idea?" Speaking of this, Master Zhang lowered his voice and said slowly: "Because I want to protect the emperor's dragon son and continue the blood of the Ming emperor. Only when Jiu Qiansui sees the benefits of controlling the future prince will he do his best to protect the prince, so that this child will not be as good as the first three princes of the emperor, and unfortunately die if he is less than one year old! You can think about it, if I don't give Jiu Qiansui such an idea to use the emperor to command the princes, with his relationship with Kebaba, how could he try every means to stop Kebaba from murdering the emperor's dragon son?"

Zhang Guoji, Zhu Chunchen and others looked at each other again, and were stunned by the deep scheming of Master Zhang's scheming. After a long time, Zhang Guoji stuttered and asked: "Tanhualang, you did this, maybe it's really for my grandson. I thank you first. But you haven't said yet, what if Wei Zhongxian and Kebaba took my grandson hostage as hostage?"

"Since I dare to offer this idea to Jiu Qiansui, of course I am ready to crack this trick." Master Zhang asked calmly: "Duke Zhang, Duke Zhu, Zhang Guozhang, have you ever heard of such an allusion? The raccoon cat changed to the prince!"

"Cat cats change to the prince?! How to change?!" Zhang Weixian and others once again widened their eyes. Master Zhang said calmly: "Zhang Guoba, the Empress is your biological daughter. If she really gives birth to a dragon son, she will definitely take the child to Taikangbo Mansion to visit her parents - what should I do then? I guess I don't need to teach you? As long as you keep the real prince in the capital, I will control the army outside, cooperate with the inside and outside, and are worried that the Ming Dynasty will fall into the hands of outsiders?"

The secret room was silent, so quiet that they could easily hear the sound of each other's heartbeat. After a while, Zhang Weixian knelt down to Master Zhang on both knees and bowed and said, "Thanhualang for his advice. If the blood of the Ming royal family can continue, it will not fall into the hands of others, Tanhualang will be the first to be successful!" Zhu Chunchen and Zhang Guoji woke up and quickly knelt down to Master Zhang together, clasping their fists and saying in unison: "Tanhualang, I have not realized until today that you have endured humiliation and burdened people in the eunuch party, but indeed for the sake of my Ming Dynasty for thousands of years! I hope Tanhualang forgives his crimes when he offended the past!"
Chapter completed!