Jingchen directly admitted Ma Zhuo's identity, and he was indeed his childhood companion. When Zhuo's family was convicted, he was also exiled. Originally, because of Jingchen's pleas, he could be left alone, but he resigned from the prince's office when he thought that the family was full of old and weak women and children and needed his half-eldest son to take care of him. Good intentions, followed to the remote places.
Mu Hanzhang confirmed Ma Zhuo's identity, and his awareness of him immediately increased.
Jingchen's companion was Zhuo Yunji, the eldest son of Zhuo Shangshu. It is rumored that he is extremely smart, and can be recited at a glance. When the Zhuo family was not in an accident, Mr. Mu's family study often mentioned it.
"How can the rumors be so powerful." Jing Chen shook his head helplessly. He was only able to speak and coax his master to be happy, so he praised him a few more words in front of everyone. The Mr. Taixue from Mu's family was taught by Mr. Taixue. Yes, he would naturally exaggerate the words of his teacher.
"That's right, he didn't read it!" Jing Shao echoed. When he was a child, he saw Zhuo Yunji copy the book he was going to recite into his hand, and he was caught once. The guy turned in a handful of candy Beg him not to say it.
Mu Hanzhang smiled clearly, and turned to talk about the recent events in the court: "the eldest prince has asked to return to the court, and the book is still on the way." During this period of time, he managed some affairs for Jingchen, and only then did he know this man's How powerful is it.
Jingchen took a sip of tea and looked at Jingshao: "what do you think?"
Jing Shao frowned, the Nanman rebellion had not yet settled, and Jing Rong's bastard wanted to come back with his tail tucked in between his tails, and this matter would have to fall on him: "He's not ashamed himself, we can't stop it, It's just that the father and emperor in Yunnan and Tibet will not give up... Anyway, I won't go."
"I didn't tell you to go." Jingchen glared at him, then turned to Mu Hanzhang and asked what he meant.
"You can go with someone else." Mu Hanzhang slowly rubbed the rim of the cup, the first prince wanted to come back, and they couldn't stop Zhezi, everything had to depend on the emperor's intentions.
"Who?" Jing Chen thought about it in his heart, but he still had to listen to their opinions.
"It's most suitable to let Uncle Yongchang go, maybe he can be named a marquis." Jing Shao sneered, didn't Mrs. Uncle Yongchang dislike the concubine's title as a marquis, so she asked her husband to go to the battlefield to find a marquis .
A few days later, the eldest prince Jing Rong handed the book to Emperor Hongzheng.
"Trash!" Emperor Hongzheng threw the Zhezi to the ground.
"Your Majesty, Nanman is at a time of arrogance, and suddenly withdrawing his troops may help his arrogance, and it will be even more difficult to deal with in the future." The Minister of War said worriedly.
Since the death of the old prime minister, Emperor Hongzheng has not appointed a prime minister again in these years. He has assigned the position of the prime minister to the six divisions. Those who are led by princes and princes will be assigned to those who have titles, and those who do not have them are directly assigned to Shangshu. , so today's six Shangshu still have a lot of weight.
Sure enough, as soon as Sun Shangshu's remarks came out, many people echoed it.
"Father!" The fourth prince, Jingyu, suddenly came out of the queue, bowing and saying, "My son heard that the eldest brother had a miasma in Yunnan and Tibet, and has been ill for more than a month. Now the weather is getting warmer, and the snakes, worms, rats and ants in Yunnan and Tibet are getting more and more Too much, it is very detrimental to the emperor's body. Now that the emperor is willing to give up the opportunity to make meritorious deeds, his body must be unable to support it!"
The fourth prince said very emotionally, as if he was really in a deep relationship.
Emperor Hongzheng was very satisfied with the fourth prince's performance of caring for his brother, and the sharpness in his eyes softened a little.
Jingchen looked at the fourth prince who was about to burst into tears, and his eyes were slightly heavy. When he was in the south of the Yangtze River, Gu Huaiqing showed him the letters sent by the court. This outburst must be related to the situation in Huainan. I couldn't help but sneer in my heart. When I have good errands, I quickly give up the bad ones. How can there be such a cheap thing in the world
Jing Shao secretly glanced at his own princess, and Mu Hanzhang signaled him not to talk nonsense, so he obediently lowered his head and said nothing.
Emperor Hongzheng just kept silent, listening to the ministers arguing with each other. In general, one side felt that Nanman was just a small band of rogues and was not worth spending too much time, while the other side thought that the big picture was for the big prince to escape from the battle and it would hurt his face. Hearing the word "run away", Hongzheng's brows furrowed again.
When the quarrel was almost over, Jingchen came out, slowly picked up the memorial that was thrown under the steps, carefully read the contents above, lightly lifted his hem, and knelt down and said: "Qi, father and emperor, look at the memorial. As mentioned above, the eldest brother's health is really not optimistic, so I implore the father and the emperor to allow the emperor to return to Beijing."
The fourth prince suddenly opened his eyes wide. He was in disbelief at Jingchen's reaction. He quickly thought about the purpose of his actions. Out of the corner of the eye, he glanced at Jingshao, who was staring blankly. At the end of the day, I would recommend another person to plug this gap to prevent Jingshao from being sent to Yunnan and Tibet. There was a sneer on the corner of his lips, how could he let them get their wish
"Reporting to the emperor, it is natural for the eldest prince to return to the capital, but the chaos in the southern barbarians has not yet settled, and we must send someone who is good at using soldiers in command. It is better to fight quickly."
"Yes, Your Majesty, this minister thinks..." Bo Yongchang came out to speak, but the Duke of Beiwei took the lead: "This minister thinks Bo Yongchang is the most suitable."
Yongchangbo's eyes widened immediately, but he didn't expect that Mu Jin, who rarely spoke on weekdays, would suddenly push him out.
"The position of a minister is light, and it is not enough to deter the Nanman." Yongchangbo said hurriedly. Before the expedition last year, the court had argued that it is best to attack the Nanman with the prince.
Hearing this, Emperor Hongzheng remembered that Mrs. Yongchang made a fuss in front of the Empress Dowager, and was immediately a little unhappy, and turned to look at his son who was standing upright and almost merged with Panlongzhu: "Jingshao, you What do you think?"
Mu Hanzhang's heart tightened, and the hand hidden in the purple cloud pattern court dress quietly clenched into a fist. The emperor asked this way, just because he was upset by this matter, and wanted Jing Shao to go to fight quickly.
"My son thinks that Nanman's small bandits are nothing to worry about. It is most suitable for people who have never brought soldiers to practice their skills." Jing Shao's meaning is that Nanman is just a small fight, and if you lose, you will lose something. Send whoever you want to exercise. That is to say, he made it clear that he did not want to go, and letting him go would be a bull's knife.
As soon as this statement came out, the faces of the Fourth Prince's faction changed. The only prince who had never brought soldiers in front of him was Jing Yu, and Yongchangbo was even paler. In order to keep the Fourth Prince, it was most likely to push him out. .
Jing Shao was used to being arrogant in the court, and Emperor Hongzheng only frowned slightly for his straightforward remarks, but did not scold him.
"Uncle Yongchang hasn't brought troops before." Dingnanhou seemed to have suddenly thought of it, and said slowly. Dingnanhou is Jingchen's father-in-law. In order to avoid suspicion, he seldom speaks in the court, but since Beiweihou has spoken today, it is not bad for him.
Afterwards, the court suggested that Yong Changbo should go there, and even a few officials from the Fourth Prince's faction agreed.
Emperor Hongzheng immediately decided on this matter, and Zhu Yongchang went to Yunnan and Tibet three days later, and ordered the eldest prince to return to Beijing.
"Niangniang, you have to stop this matter, Dianzang is so dangerous, it is not something that a man of this age can bear!" Mrs. Yongchang cried in the Fengyi Palace.
"The emperor has already made an order, what can this palace do?" Afterwards, she slapped the table in anger. Her younger brother is really more than a failure. Every time he asks him to do something, it is never successful. It's wrapping itself around.
"Niangniang, he is your brother, you can't ignore it!" Mrs. Yongchang uncle held the handkerchief and cried sobbing.
After all, he was his own brother, and Jing Yu had to rely on the power of his uncle's family to get angry, and then he slowed down, "You let him relax, and go to Yunnan and Tibet to hang out for a while. "Isn't there still General Zhengdong here, let him do nothing, and this palace will find someone to replace him after a while."
In the same words, the fourth prince also said to Uncle Yongchang, the most important thing at the moment is to replace the eldest prince, although the eldest brother is not really working with him, he is also a helper. Help him look at Jingchen and Jingshao, but his uncle can't help with these things.
After leaving the court, Jing Shao rushed to his princess' side: "I just saw Jing Yu's face turning green."
"Well." Mu Hanzhang responded and continued to walk forward.
Jing Shao jumped in front of him dissatisfied, walking backwards while looking at his face: "Am I quick enough to respond today?"
Mu Hanzhang glanced at him and had been with him for a year. Jingshao still doesn't know what the expression "seeking praise" is. He just stares straight at people, remembering that this person gave him to him on the second day of their wedding. He couldn't help but twitch his lips when he handed his pants.
Because of the good mood of the past year, and Jingshao's daily nourishment with various decoctions, Zhang Jun's face is three-point more beautiful than before. In the bright sunshine of early summer, this smile is really indescribably charming.
Jing Shao was stunned, and reached out to touch it, but suddenly he fell backwards with a hoot and fell into a cart of green vegetables.
"Hahaha..." Mu Hanzhang saw that the vegetable cart was about to make a sound when he planted it, and got up with a vegetable leaf sticking to his head. It was so funny that he couldn't help laughing out loud.
The old man pushing the cart wrinkled his face, but when he saw the two of them wearing court clothes, he didn't dare to say anything, so he could only look at the crushed cart with a distressed expression.
Jing Shao jumped up angrily, a bunch of vegetable leaves fell from his body, and looked angrily at his own princess who was smiling happily.
Seeing that he was angry, Mu Hanzhang gave the old man a few pieces of silver to let him go quickly, then walked over with a smile, took the green cabbage leaves off his head, and adjusted the wrinkled court clothes: "You today He was very heroic in the court, and Bo Yongchang was scared to death."
"That's it!" Hearing this compliment, Jing Shao immediately grinned, not feeling ashamed of what happened just now, and went home happily.
As soon as he walked to the gate of the palace, he met Hao Dadao, whom he had not seen for a long time.
"My lord, military advisor!" Although Hao Dadao was sealed as a general, he didn't need to go to court on weekdays, and he didn't like to give gifts and walk around, so he hadn't seen the two for a while.
"General Hao is really a rare visitor, please come in." Mu Hanzhang smiled. People he knew on the battlefield were always much closer than those he knew in Beijing.
"No," Hao Dadao was a little embarrassed, "It's like this, Jiannei came to Beijing yesterday and prepared meals at home. I would like to invite the prince and the military advisor to have a meal and talk about his feelings."
"Sister Hao has come to Beijing, which is a good thing!" Jing Shao smiled, seeing Hao Dadao's embarrassed look, presumably it was the fat lady who insisted on inviting them to go. I had to bite the bullet and come over in person and wait for them to come back at the door.
"It's not easy for Madam to come to Beijing. We will definitely eat this meal," Mu Hanzhang chuckled. "The general will go back and tell Madam first, and we will go after we have changed our clothes."
Hao Dadao smiled honestly when he heard the words, nodded hurriedly and went back to return to his wife.
Mu Hanzhang had a very good impression of the bold and fat lady, thinking of her love for helping wash tigers, so Duofu quickly prepared a generous gift, changed his uniform with Jing Shao and went to the general's mansion.
The General's Mansion is not far from the Chengwang Mansion. Although it is not as luxurious as the Royal Mansion, it is quite grand and gorgeous compared to the private houses.
As soon as the two entered the door, they heard Mrs. Fatty's angry shouting: "Hurry up, the prince and the princess will be here in a while, make your hands and feet quicker!"
Couldn't help but look at each other and smile, this lady really can't be idle anywhere.
"Sister-in-law, please rest for a while, Wang Ye and the others will be here in a while, why don't you go to the house to get dressed up?" The two followed the lead and walked to the door, and suddenly a clear and pleasant voice came out, and Jing Shao's footsteps couldn't help but stop. , turned his head to look at his own princess, and saw that he was also surprised. He hurriedly took a step and stepped into the threshold.
There was a big pear-flower-wood table in the room, full of various dishes. The fat lady swiftly placed the dishes she cooked with her hands on the table. Hao Dadao was instructed to fetch the Tibetan wine. Sitting at the table, holding a cup of tea, he looked at the two of them with a half-smile.