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Volume Three: Under the Balcony Chapter 483: Weeds

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    There were very few eunuchs in the North Palace of the Chu Palace. After the Jianwen family moved into the palace, the Ministry of Internal Affairs was unwilling to use more eunuchs left by the King of Chu. In addition, the Huguang royal family had not yet openly recruited eunuchs, which resulted in an extremely large number of women and eunuchs in the inner palace.  Very few conditions.

    One fine morning, Zhang Ning went to the Zhongzheng Hall to "say hello" to Emperor Jianwen. The accompanying guards were a group of women.  The cavalry team led by Fairy Peach Blossom is composed of women selected by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.  This group of people originated from Yao Ji's hobby of horse racing for a period of time. She thought that female riders looked good on horseback. On a whim, she chose a horse team organized by the horse team, which was like an honor guard. The team was the Peach Blossom Fairy.  I walked along the Palace Avenue and occasionally appeared on the streets of Wuchang.

    Although they are a group of women, they are dressed in green and red narrow riding uniforms and equipped with brand-new and bright swords, but they are also heroic and energetic, which is different from the emerald sleeves and red skirts of the maids in the palace.

    The cavalry came from the central axis extending from north to south, destroying the peaceful and peaceful atmosphere in the palace.  There was an old eunuch cleaning fallen leaves on the roadside, and he couldn't help but stop and watch.  Three or four palace maids carrying baskets and lanterns passed by in the corridor next to a palace with delicate steps, and they all looked sideways.

    Zhang Ning was wearing a yellow brocade robe and was also riding a horse, but there was a person leading the horse in front and he was walking slowly.

    He had considered visiting Emperor Jianwen with Zheng Qia. Zheng Qia was an old minister of Jianwen and could take the opportunity to propose wooing Yunnan Musheng.  But Yao Ji thought it would be more appropriate to just say hello, and then let Zheng Qia go alone to convey the news about Yunnan. Zhang Ning thought it was a good idea Maybe Zheng Qia had already disclosed this matter to Emperor Jianwen, and both of them knew their intentions.

    The guards stopped outside the Zhongzheng Hall. Zhang Ning followed the rules and consciously took off his sword, and then asked the palace attendants from Nangong to take him in to see the emperor.  The person responsible for welcoming them was a strange eunuch who was a bit fat.

    The biggest eunuch in Jianwen was named Cao. It is said that Emperor Jianwen had shared the joys and sorrows with Emperor Jianwen for many years. Unfortunately, the eunuch named Cao was involved in the case of Queen Ma and was executed as a victim.  Anyone who misses the past will feel uncomfortable if someone they are too familiar with suffers a disaster, right?  Maybe Jianwen was also sad about Eunuch Cao's death I haven't seen the new eunuch Zhang Ning, but he has the same figure as Eunuch Cao, he is wide and fat.  Maybe Jianwen prefers fat eunuchs with a gentlemanly demeanor?

    Surrounded by people from front to back, Zhang Ning came to a warm pavilion where Jianwen was.  As soon as he entered the door, he kowtowed and shouted: "My son, I wish that my father is well."

    Emperor Jianwen on the chair in the middle seemed to be wearing an ordinary Taoist robe. Out of politeness, Zhang Ning did not raise his head and look directly at him, but only glanced at him from the corner of his eye.  Soon I heard Jianwen's very kind voice: "The king of Xiang abides by the filial piety of his subjects. I am very relieved. I wish you peace."

    Zhang Ning said "Thank you, father, for your kindness", then got up from the ground and stood aside respectfully.  Jianwen ordered someone to sit down again, but Zhang Ning said he didn't dare to sit down.

    Zhu Yunwen asked some more casual questions, most of which were meaningless polite words, and Zhang Ning also answered them seriously.  He remembered that this kind of question and answer was like an eight-legged essay, with a fixed pattern and etiquette. However, he did not find a civil servant who knew etiquette to learn how to recite it beforehand, so he had to follow the meaning and deal with it roughly.  But even if it is a clich¨¦, such a back-and-forth conversation seems to express a kind of care. No wonder people need to communicate with each other, and even very shallow communication is useful.

    At this time, the fat eunuch brought tea. Zhang Ning still knew the rules after living in the Ming Dynasty for so many years, so he took the initiative to serve Jian Wencha.  Because he is a junior, he doesn't have to drink, and he feels relieved To be honest, he really doesn't dare to try the food here easily.

    According to theoretical speculation, Jianwen should not have harmed him. His death would be of no benefit to anyone.  However, the accumulation of many old and new barriers made Zhang Ning very wary, and he did not dare to truly trust the people in Nangong.  At the moment when he breathed a sigh of relief, he suddenly realized how pale the so-called "father-son" relationship between him and Jianwen was.

    Sometimes he also feels that Zhu Yunwen is "kind" to him, because he can inherit the bloodline of Taizu from here. This is a kind of inheritance But why does he feel so alienated and alienated from strangers?  Almost no difference?  From the inside, as a descendant, he has no sense of identity with his parents here, but he can trust Yao Ji very much Maybe it was Yao Ji's existence that destroyed the only connection between them?

    Zhang Ning took advantage of the emptiness of his words to quietly look up at Zhu Yunwen, only to find that he was looking at him condescendingly.  An indescribable feeling came to my heart again.  Maybe Zhu Yunwen is also examining such a son and wondering why there is no sense of closeness?

    Zhang Ning felt that the effect of greetings and goodwill this time might be very poor, but it was better than nothing.  No matter what age people are, even if there is an ideological generation gap, some things are universal: it is difficult to treat others with your heart.Fake.  Even if Zhang Ning has thousands of words and a eloquent tongue, if Zhang Ning does not have loyalty and filial piety from the heart, Zhu Yunwen may not be able to develop love for his son.

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    Even so, only two days later, there was a reply from Zheng Qia.  Emperor Jianwen was willing to write a personal letter to Mu Sheng to help Wuchang win over Yunnan.

    The cabinet has also compiled and reported the copper mine information in Huguang and Jiangxi. These are old files previously stored in the Chief Secretary and can be used as a reference. For more accurate mineral production, we have to wait for re-reports from various places.

    Zhang Ning planned to take the things to the study room in the inner attic and give them to Xu Wenjun for safekeeping so that he could ask her for them when he needed them.  After Lao Xu died, Zhang Ning felt that Wenjun was helpless, so he took her as his second concubine, but she actually did the work of a secretary; whether it was private or official matters, there was no one more reliable and easy to relate to than Xu Wenjun.  .

    He walked very slowly, processing things in his mind as he walked.  It requires 130,000 kilograms of copper material. If two kilograms are equivalent to one point and two kilograms, that is 78 tons of copper. He believes that raw materials of this magnitude can be extracted through local mines.  If Yunnan cannot supply high-quality copper materials, the worst thing is to spend more time waiting for the copper to be smelted locally. The quality is said to have some problems, but there is no way to solve it; of course, it would be better if things in Yunnan can go smoothly.

    Thinking of this, he felt a lot more relaxed, and the original naval plan could go ahead no matter what.

    When he entered the study, Xu Wenjun was not there. He remembered that she was here today.  After a while, I saw two people walking out of the room. One was Xu Wenjun, and the other was Zhao Erniang.  Both of them wore lapel robes and had their hair tied up in buns, pretending to be men.

    Zhao Erniang hurriedly stepped forward and said: "I, I'm here to see Wenjun to ask the prince to punish me." She looked a little nervous, probably because she was not allowed to come to the government office privately.

    Zhang Ning hadn¡¯t thought of this woman for a long time. When he suddenly saw her, he was stunned and hurriedly made a hand to support her: "That's all."

    At this time, he could not help but think of the past. Zhao Erniang was once a tool of Lao Xu. She encountered an accident while doing business and suffered great harmfor Zhang Ning's sake.  He felt a little guilty in his heart, but he was not used to showing his emotions now, so he ignored Zhao Erniang for the time being.

    Soon he was attracted by the map on the wall and walked over to check the location of the copper mine described in the material.  The largest mining area in the controlled area is Daye.  I quickly measured the distance from Daye to Jiujiang with a ruler and estimated the distance by referring to the scale.  It seems that after the copper ore is mined, it can only be refined on site, and then slowly transported to the Jiujiang dock by mules and horses.

    He almost forgot all the people and things around him for a while, his eyes were very focused.  While I was thinking about something, I ran my fingers along Daye to Jiujiang, and then followed the lines of the Yangtze River with my eyes to look at Nanjing on the right.  At this moment, his fingers became very gentle, as if he was touching not a piece of paper, but the beautiful body of a beautiful woman, and his eyes became affectionate, but there seemed to be a little coldness in them. The coldness probably came from ambition.  ?

    Zhao Erniang on the side looked at him with unfamiliar eyes. Is this the man who patiently comforted her with the story of weeds?  He said that if a seed falls into a barren rock crevice with only a little soil and moisture, it can still sprout and take root, showing its own life.

    At that time, she was deeply moved by such tenderness.  But those illusory and distant warmth are so ungraspable, while those real losses and pain experienced will remain forever.

    Zhao Erniang felt that she should not come here today. As a woman, she has lost her usefulness as a woman. What use does she have in front of an ambitious prince?

    Unexpectedly, at this moment, Zhang Ning suddenly said without looking back: "Er Niang, from now on, you and Wen Jun can come here together. I am always busy and rarely see you. When I come here, I can often see you."  Let¡¯s meet.¡±

    Zhao Erniang raised her head in surprise, not knowing what to say.  She looked over and saw only a back figure, but could not see his eyes.

    At this time, Zhang Ning turned around and looked at her seriously: "There are many people around me now, and they are all very important people; but I will not forget who was there when there were only a few people around me, and I felt very sad in my heart.  Understand who you really should cherish.¡±

    People in ancient times were probably not good at expressing friendship in this way. Zhao Erniang blushed and avoided his gaze uncomfortably. Even Xu Wenjun pretended to complain: "Why did the prince suddenly say these things today? It's true." Her voice sounded a little bit.  Strange.

    Whether it's Xu Wenjun or Zhao Erniang, they probably don't have such a broad mind to think about the reasons for Zhang Ning's behavior. Maybe they just think that they don't belong to any force, they are his followers from the beginning, and they can be trusted to the greatest extent.  This book??is of great value.
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