Chen Xi had decided to fight a good battle in the southwest, but the enemy was no longer the local people involved in the rebellion, but the foreigners who violated the border. His military arrangements in the southwest began to move to the border area.

He was no longer planning to fight with the rebels because he knew that it would not make much sense to do so. He asked him to find the rebels, which was time-consuming and labor-intensive, and it was futile. It would be better to wait for the rebels to disappear on their own. The border offensives must be cleaned up. As for whether to lead troops south in the future, it depends on the court's intention.

The court no longer launched large-scale military operations in the northwest. The strategic policy of the late Hongzhi period was military contraction. Against this background, Chen Xi knew that his plan to advance to Jiaozhi would be difficult to gain recognition from the court.

On the eighth day of October, the capital.

Zhu Houzhao had just attended a court meeting in the Ganqing Palace that day. This was one of the many court meetings he had participated in recently. Emperor Hongzhi met with few ministers this time, but the matters discussed were very complicated. The only thing Zhu Houzhao could remember was the war in the southwest, which was also his most concerned thing at the moment.

When he returned to Xiefang Palace, Zhu Houzhao was still a little indignant: "I was so angry that all the veterans regarded me as a child, let alone asking me for my opinion. He treated me as a transparent person, and even spoke specifically to me, just as if my existence was to make it convenient for them to cause trouble!"

Zhang Yuan quickly persuaded: "Your Highness the Crown Prince to calm down. You are not specifically targeting you, they... I believe they are also thinking about the court!"

Zhu Houzhao looked at Zhang Yuan and snorted coldly: "Are they for the court? Eunuch Zhang, you will not be in the same group as them, right?"

Zhang Yuan was so scared that he knelt down and kowtowed: "Your Highness, the prince, I am loyal to you, and my loyalty is clear to the sun and the moon. If your highness doesn't believe it, I can prove it to death!"

"Okay!"

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand impatiently, "You don't feel tooth pain when you say these words. If you want to die, die. What's the use of saying these things in front of me? I like to see people to fulfill their promises, not just talking about them. Many people say they are loyal to me, but secretly put on small shoes for me. Do you think these people deserve to die?"

When Zhang Yuan heard this, Zhu Houzhao was clearly targeting him and said with a wry smile: "I don't have the courage to wear small shoes for your Highness..."

Zhu Houzhao said disdainfully: "You don't have the courage to measure yourself! If you really have the courage, I will chop off your dog's head! Oh, by the way, you go to find my two uncles and say that I have been bored these days and want to go out to the palace for a walk. It is best to go to some new and fun places and prepare some good things for me. If you do this well, I can let you get promoted!"

Zhang Yuan is no longer very sensitive to words like "adding an official position and becoming a title", because Zhu Houzhao always speaks vernacularly and makes many promises for the future, which makes Zhang Yuan feel unreliable.

After all, the crown prince is not an emperor, and his power is extremely limited. He is still young and has no chance to contact the authority of the court. Zhang Yuan helped Zhu Houzhao to do things, and the benefits in front of him are hard to see. At most, he can relieve his flesh and blood. He can't count on anything else.

When Zhang Yuan heard Zhu Houzhao going out of the palace, he said bitterly: "Your Highness, now it is the time when autumn grain is in storage. People in the capital are mixed with fish and dragons. You may be a little dangerous to leave the palace gate... Why not go out after this period of time..."

Zhu Houzhao sneered: "Hmph, Eunuch Zhang, you are becoming more and more dishonest now. You always make excuses to prevent me from leaving the palace. The reasons I find are so far-fetched... Now, why do you say that there are too many people outside who can't go out? Will you say that it will be cold when the weather is cold in a few days? In winter, you will say that it's cold outside, so it's better for me to go out in spring?"

Zhang Yuan's lips twitched, wondering why his fancy eyes were so clearly seen by the prince?

Not to mention, he really planned that way.

Zhu Houzhao shouted sternly: "Go and do it quickly. I will leave the palace in the next two days. It is best to go out while I am resting. It doesn't take long, and it will be enough for an afternoon... If my second uncle does a good job, I will consider appointing him as the king in the future... Just tell him that!"

Zhu Houzhao knew that he could not bring any benefits to win over Zhang Yanling. The Zhang brothers are now just marquises, not even dukes. If they took out the favorable conditions for being crowned king, they might be able to move their two uncles.

In his opinion, rules are of no use at all. No matter how foreign surnames do not become kings, it is purely nonsense to him, and he thinks that there are more kings around him.

It's just a matter of one sentence. He thinks it's very cost-effective to exchange his illusory future for the actual benefits and benefits of the present, otherwise he wouldn't be able to come up with anything to exchange with the Zhang brothers.

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In order to prevent his butt from being hit by the slap, Zhang Yuan could only find someone to take the words out of the palace so that Zhang Yanling could know.

Zhang Yanling was very happy to know the news, so he immediately went to find Zhang Heling and excitedly said the prince's promise to be the king. Zhang Heling scolded him in anger:

"I said to me, second brother, you won't know what the rules of our Ming Dynasty are, right? Even my father is not qualified to be the king. Do you think you and I will have such a chance?"

Zhang Yanling smiled and said, "Brother's words were correct, but the prince will be the one who will take charge of the world in the future. There is no second or third person. He said he would be the king of you and my brothers. It is because the king has no joke. Can he still regret it in the future?"

"Repent? Hum!"

Zhang Heling's tone was not kind, "At that time, he would not have to repent himself. The civil and military officials in the court would never agree, especially those civil officials. Now even His Majesty may not be able to suppress Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and others. With his young age, he will ascend the throne in the future, and there may be another situation of the Three Yangs assisting the government. Do you think the prince had at that time in the court?"

"To put it bluntly, civil officials are in power. Those civil officials do not agree with you and my brothers. No matter what the prince or the emperor says, it will not help us much!"

Zhang Yanling thought about it for a moment. Even if Zhu Houzhao made a huge promise, he could not really help the two brothers. He raised his mouth and felt a little regretful: "Hey, I realized that I was cheated by this brother when I said this. It turned out that this kid was cheated of verbal words?"

"I originally thought this was quite reliable. After all, he was the future emperor and he should always believe the emperor's words. And even if the civil officials objected, the status of you and my brothers was still booming? Others also said that it was impossible for two marquises to be a family, and we and my brothers to achieve it, so we and my brothers would have achieved it?"

Speaking of this, Zhang Yanling suddenly felt that things had a turnaround: "At that time, if there are sisters in the court talking to us, those civil servants may not dare to fight against sisters and the little emperor, right?"

Zhang Heling said: "You are willing to believe that it is your own business. Remember, take the prince out of the palace at a young age. If someone knows, how do you plan to explain to Your Majesty and the Queen?"

Zhang Yanling smiled and said, "Of course, I can't be known by my sister and brother-in-law. I really can't explain it when they find out. OK, brother, I know what to do, don't worry, this kid is not in a state of chaos after all, now I eat him tightly. When I see him again, I will mention this matter to him to see how sincere he is..."

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Zhu Houzhao said that he wanted to be king of the Zhang brothers. He originally said casually, wanting to exchange future promises for immediate benefits. Even he himself did not expect that Zhang Yanling would take this matter seriously.

Just two days later, on the tenth day of October, Zhu Houzhao left the palace again.

I came out at least the afternoon and rushed back before sunset, or before You hour. Time was tight, so Zhang Yanling found a decent Qinlou and asked Zhu Houzhao to come and have a drink.

The nephew and uncle were filled with a large table of delicious food. When the beauty came, he would hit him. Zhu Houzhao held one in one hand and looked at the former Song Dynasty "Flower Dance" performed happily, and kept pouring wine into his mouth. Because the wine was not high and sweet, Zhu Houzhao thought it was delicious and drank half a jar at once.

Zhang Yanling smiled and said, "How is it? Young Master, this wine is good? Didn't you always say you want to drink? I specially prepared it for you. This wine is famous for being delicious, and you won't get drunk if you drink any number of glasses..."

Zhu Houzhao smiled while drinking: "That's right, it tastes wonderful like sugar water... Hey, what's the name of this wine?"

Zhang Yanling laughed and said, "It's not a good deal. You like it. You can take some back when you look back, but you have to hide it. If someone finds it, you can't say I gave it to you!"

"Sure, certain!" Zhu Houzhao agreed.

Zhang Yanling felt that he was doing things openly and was afraid that Zhu Houzhao would get drunk when drinking, so he simply found some inferior rice wine and mixed it with some sugar water. The degree would be even lower. He thought that this would satisfy Zhu Houzhao's desire to drink and would not do anything out of the ordinary.

But he didn't know that his so-called alcoholism was based on him, an alcoholic, not a person like Zhu Houzhao who had never drunk alcohol.

This is the first time Zhu Houzhao has drunk alcohol openly. Even if the condition is low, he will get drunk if he drinks a few more glasses.

After three rounds of drinking, Zhu Houzhao was in good condition. Zhang Yanling waved his hand and turned away all the girls in the room who were responsible for accompanying the wine, playing music and dancing, and then went up to ask, "Young Master, are you satisfied with today's arrangement?"

"Not satisfied!"

Zhu Houzhao turned cold and asked, "What do you mean? Why did you drive the person away?"

Zhang Yanling smiled and said, "There aren't these two sentences. I want to talk to you alone...Young master, don't worry, the girl will come back later."

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand: "If you have anything, please tell me quickly. I still want to finish my life happily and go back early!"

Zhang Yanling asked tentatively: "The prince said before that he wanted to be king for me and my brother... Isn't this Zhang Yuan just talking nonsense?"

"No, it was me who said it! I also said I would like to increase his position!" Zhu Houzhao did not deny it, and immediately said, "Why, my uncle wants to be the prince now?"

Zhang Yanling was stunned and said, "Look at what the young master said, this is said that people go to high places and water flows to low places. As a passionate man, who doesn't want to be a king and be glorious for life? Moreover, in my Ming Dynasty, I did not say that foreign surnames must not be a king. Didn't Taizu also be a king or a prime minister who founded the country?"
Chapter completed!