Emperor Hongzhi originally planned to discuss military and political affairs involving border stability in the court, but in the end, he was full of old ministers who were too old to walk, but in the end he didn't discuss anything.

After the court meeting ended, the emperor left behind the cabinet ministers Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, as well as Zhang Mao, who was responsible for commanding the troops, and Ma Wensheng, who was responsible for dispatching troops, and continued to hold a small court meeting to discuss. As for other ministers, they were considered to have completed the court affairs, and they each returned to the office or went home.

For others, try to avoid showing off in such court meetings. If you don’t have good health, don’t show off. If you don’t ask yourself to do it or try hard to find someone, just have fun. But for Jianchang Bo Zhang Yanling, this court meeting felt very cowardly.

The emperor wanted to send someone to governor Sanbian, but he didn't even mean asking their brothers. Others were old and physically, but both of his brothers were young people who were not even thirty years old. So the emperor and the court officials chose to forget their brothers?

"Brother, are you angry? Old Man Zhang jumped out and said, "What a 60-year-old man. He goes out to hunt every autumn and winter. He claims to be stronger and stronger outside. I really want to expose this old guy in front of my brother-in-law!"

As soon as the two brothers returned to the Shouning Marquis Mansion, Zhang Yanling couldn't help but feel angry and complained, "Even if he couldn't go by himself, he didn't even mention it, so he clearly looked down on us!"

Zhang Heling was a little surprised, sat down and looked at his younger brother, with a little puzzled expression: "If you really want to go, will you serve as the governor of the Three-Border?"

Zhang Yanling was stunned and shook his head and said, "I have been to the bitter and cold place for at least half a year. Moreover... it is not Jiangnan and Huguang, and it is not even as good as Bashu. There is no oil or water at all. Why am I going there when I have nothing to do?"

Zhang Heling said coldly: "Since you don't want to go, now you are satisfied, are you still not satisfied? If you have the ability to tell Your Majesty yourself, you will say that as Your Majesty's wife and brother-in-law, you will serve the country with loyalty and bravely go to the battlefield to kill the enemy bravely. Your Majesty understands your hard work, how can you feel cold to serve your country with your heart?"

Zhang Yanling's face became extremely ugly. He just complained about being ignored by the emperor and court officials, but he was not prepared to actually go to the frontier to work as a chore.

"But if it's oily or water..." Zhang Heling paused and added, "The three-sided governor is a fat man."

Zhang Yanling thought about it and was a little puzzled: "In that bitter and cold place, even crops cannot be planted well. Apart from the big-headed soldiers who are so poor, there is no such thing as good as the oil and water at all?"

Zhang Heling picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and smiled mysteriously: "The wool comes from the sheep."

The Zhang brothers are greedy and accepting bribes in countless amounts of money. If they only say a little, Zhang Yanling will understand what is going on, but he still has different opinions:

"My brother said before that our relatives of the foreigners were awarded titles and served as deputy commander in the Governor's Office of the Five Army. It is already very shocking. We must win over the generals and soldiers below. It is not good to drink soldiers' blood. It is better to take some filial piety from outside like now and live a simple life. Occasionally, there may be unexpected joy."

"Just say that the former Minister of Revenue, Gaomingcheng, who had defected to our Ministry of Revenue, had we made more than 100,000 taels of silver in addition to the emperor's brother-in-law?"

Zhang Heling sneered: "Do you think that if we don't do anything, others will follow the rules? That Gaoming City is not a good-looking lamp. When he was transferred to the position of governor of Henan, he had been the prefect for more than ten or twenty years. Where did he greedy for so much money? This time he was ordered to go to the North Pass to comfort the soldiers. I think he would probably collude with the North Pass generals and get a full net."

Zhang Yanling thought for a while and said, "This old boy, since we helped him get an errand as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, we have been following the rules. This time we went to North China and Central Plains to provide disaster relief, we have not seen any abnormal movements... Could it be that this time he went to Beiguan, was it time for him to take action?"

Zhang Heling continued to drink tea, looking leisurely: "It's a good thing you have been in the court for so many years, and you haven't understood the joints in it? Even if Gaoming City has enough personal pockets, wouldn't it be that he has to send the big money to us obediently? It depends on how much money and grain will be transferred to him by His Majesty and the Ministry of Revenue."

Zhang Yanling quickly said, "Brother, there is something I have to say, you see, it's time when the Tatars invade the border, the morale of the soldiers and soldiers at the border is unstable. We use Gaoming City to gain benefits, and turn around... If there is a change, how should we deal with it?"

Zhang Heling said, "Don't worry, the Tatars just wanted to rob, but they wouldn't be able to kill the capital. Besides, you underestimate Gaoming City too much. With his age when he was about to retire, he jumped directly from the prefect to the governor of Henan. There must be connections in the court, but he did not show any water and outsiders would not know his foundation. If it weren't for the flood last year, who would have known that Henan had almost become his one-man show and even our people would not be able to get in?"

"That's right." Zhang Yanling nodded, "But His Majesty also knows that Gaoming City is not reliable. Will he send someone to supervise him?"

Zhang Heling smiled and said, "You don't have to worry about this. Your Majesty sent the deputy envoy to assist Gaoming City this time, two new Jinshi, one Wang Shouren and the other Shen Xi. You and I know both of you, but two younger generations cannot cause any storm. Moreover, I have secretly told Gaoming City about the things they assisted that they should know how to do it with Gaoming City's style of dealing with people."

Zhang Yanling smiled and said, "Brother is more careful in doing things. As long as you use the money, even if the two kids do something, it will be futile."

Speaking of this, Zhang Yanling began to analyze the two deputy envoys, "I'm not very worried about Wang Shouren. He is agile and knows how to protect himself. It is said that during this trip to Quanzhou, he found out that there were many dirty tricks in the Fujian officialdom, but he kept silent after returning to Beijing. However, this Shen Xi was a newborn calf who was not afraid of tigers. He has been in the limelight recently, and even the Tatars, the Folang Jiren and Zhang Lian were all in his hands!"

"Brother, I suspect that the reason why there was a problem with the batch of food we had last year was that it was probably unrelated to him... I think it would be better to provoke this person less."

Zhang Heling smiled coldly: "How capable can a young boy be? But we must be careful that those with the surname Liu and Ma will win him over. Didn't he help the queen treat the disease the first few days and give him a thank-you gift? Go back and find someone to send it to you, and you can handle it yourself. How dare he not give you face?"

Thinking of the queen's illness, Zhang Yanling was a little scared. Now their status in the court is entirely dependent on the queen's sister. If the queen dies, it is impossible for the emperor to not reconcile. With the power of his little nephew, the prince, they will not be able to maintain their power and status today.

"Okay, then I'll take a trip myself." Zhang Yanling said.

At this moment, someone hurried in outside the yard. When the person stopped at the door of the main hall, he looked inside but did not dare to come in. It was Jianchang Bo's servant.

"If you have anything, you can't go back and talk about it. Didn't you see me talking to the master?" Zhang Yanling looked at his servant and shouted in anger.

The servant was trembling: "Master, the wife at home... was having a quarrel, saying that you didn't go back, so you hit him to death. Why don't you go home and take a look?"

Zhang Yanling's face suddenly became extremely ugly.

Zhang Heling, who was next to him, frowned and asked, "When did your brother and sister become so willful and nonsense?"

Zhang Yanling smiled and said, "It's not that yellow-faced woman, she just came in..."

Zhang Heling looked at his younger brother and asked, "You have many concubines, when did you have a wife?"

Zhang Yanling looked a little embarrassed and hesitated and didn't want to say it. After his brother asked him, he told the truth: "... The person who came to be filial to him was a beautiful lady from Baoding Mansion. She was not a lady from a family or a daughter born in a small family, and she didn't even wrap her feet around."

"This beauty is beautiful, and she is too flirtatious. She will not enter the Zhang family if she doesn't formally marry her. I asked some people to act in a play, pretending to marry her in a formal manner, and grandly welcomed her into the house, barely let her be a wife, but it's just a name, and she is still just a concubine in her official title. I told her that she is a fair wife."

Zhang Heling said angrily: "Nonao, you are now an earl. You are still trying to be a marquis for you as soon as possible. If such a thing is leaked, wouldn't it be a joke? Since this woman is ignorant and plays freely, it seems that she is not a good-looking lamp. Send people away quickly!"

Zhang Yanling quickly said, "Brother, I have only taken the person back for a few days. I haven't had enough fun yet. There is no need to send him away so quickly, right? I have to wait for a year or a half. Don't worry, the people in my house are very tight and will never mess with the rules... Besides, even if others know about it, at most they are gossiping, what can I do to me?"

Zhang Heling said: "I don't have a heart and forget the teachings of my mother and the Empress on weekdays? Now, as the Empress's family, we must know who gave us the identity. No ethics and laws can be overruled. If we take some money from others on weekdays, we will turn our hands to respect Your Majesty. No matter how much we hide, others dare not do anything to us. We must not give others a handle on the ethics and laws system!"

Zhang Yanling was a little dissatisfied: "Is it a violation of etiquette and law to take a concubine?"

Zhang Heling was so angry that he couldn't speak. He wanted to tell his younger brother that if you really took a concubine, it wouldn't matter how much you took it back, but the problem was that you gave her the title of a wife and married her in front of many people. If someone kept placing this problem, the etiquette system would become a stain on you, and it would not be said that you would lose your title, but it would be even more difficult to get promoted in the future.

"Do you want this woman or you want to be a marquis, think about it yourself!" Zhang Heling said angrily, shook his sleeves and left the main hall.

Zhang Yanling had a lot of dissatisfaction in the court, but now he was scolded by his brother, and he became more and more irritable. After coming out of the Shouning Marquis Mansion, the servants followed him. He took a few steps, suddenly turned around, and kicked the unexpected servant to the ground.

"My wife is making trouble at home, just let her make trouble. Why do you want to come to the Marquis' Mansion to inform me?" Zhang Yanling was furious.

"Master...Madam is indeed a fierce fight..." The servant on the ground defended aggrievedly.

"No matter how fierce she is, let her die, there will be no more trouble if she dies." Zhang Yanling rolled her sleeves up, but because it was a little cold, she quickly put them down again. "This slut is pretty good, and she is also graceful. She is very wild. I don't know who has spoiled her. I just ignored her for a day or two and looked for death. Let's see how I deal with her when I go back!"

He is more fierce than anyone else in his mouth, but he is reluctant to let it go in his heart.

This woman is a rare beauty. Although she is a little more savage, she is very interested in Zhang Yanling, which is more than those honest ladies of the family. Zhang Yanling is not a scholar at first, and it is not suitable for him to say at home that couples respect each other as guests. The most important thing is that this woman is very attached to him, which makes him feel passionate.

He thought to himself: "Now my brother is forcing me to send her away, but I feel a little distressed. Why would I send her out and hide it outside? If I have time, I will come to meet on the Magpie Bridge. As long as I don't say it, how can my brother and others know?"

Thinking of this, Zhang Yanling's face regained a smile and her mood was much more relaxed for a moment.

The housekeeper of the Shouning Marquis' Mansion followed him out and reminded him: "Second Master, my Marquis will let me know you, don't forget to go to the mansion of Lord Youyu Deshen in Youchunfang..."

"I understand, when did my brother become such a mother-in-law?"

Zhang Yanling complained in front of the housekeeper of the Shouning Marquis Mansion, but felt that it was a bit wrong with scolding his brother so much, so he left the Shouning Marquis Mansion angrily.

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ps: The second update!
Chapter completed!