Late Ming Dynasty: Oops, I am surrounded by the Donglin Party

Chapter 370 Mother, my son is the donkey. Steward Li just came in to report, and a moment later Zhang Shikang walked in hurriedly.

"Dad, Mom, Second Mom, I'm back!"

At this time, Zhang Shikang's face was weathered, his hair was messy, and his clothes had not been washed for many days. Especially after running around outside for more than a year, his clothes became dark.

At first glance, Sun almost didn't recognize her son, and immediately covered her mouth with her hands and tears fell.

Zhang Shikang hurried over to comfort her. It took Sun a long time to calm down. She touched her son's face and said after a while:

"My son is suffering outside."

"I'm sorry to have worried about you, but I'm fine. Look." Zhang Shikang stretched out his arms and flexed them, showing off his small biceps.

As expected, Sun was amused.

Soon, eldest brother Zhang Shize and younger sister Zhang Jingyi also came in.

After more than a year, Zhang Shize no longer worries about his younger brother, who has been a worry to him since childhood.

Zhang Shize understood that his younger brother had embarked on a completely different path from him, and this path had more prospects than his.

As for Zhang Shize himself, apart from having some experience in running his own family business, he will probably have to rely on inheriting his father's title of Duke, as well as the dozens of shops and tens of thousands of acres of land in his family for the rest of his life.

Oh, the land is gone.

Compared to Zhang Shize, Zhang Jingyi has now begun to admire his third brother.

She even suspected that her third brother was just pretending and trying to hide his incompetence.

Now, his third brother is so brilliant that he can argue with corrupt officials and wield a sword and ride a horse. He has become a hero in her mind.

Zhang Shikang was chatting with his family while taking things out of a small box.

Although he had not been home for almost a year, Zhang Shikang was still thinking about his few relatives in this world when he was away on the battlefield.

The gift he gave to his father was a purple clay teapot that Duke Wei had treasured for many years, and the gift he gave to his mother was a cloak that took several months to knit by a dozen craftsmen from the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau.

The gift for the eldest brother was relatively casual, as he had just picked some from the stolen goods he had obtained during the house searches.

Zhang Jingyi's gift was a piece of jewelry selected by Liu Rushi herself.

The Duke of England's mansion was much more lively that evening, and the chef did his best to prepare a reunion dinner for the family.

Zhang Zhiji himself was enjoying the meal very much, but Sun was a little worried. After the meal, Zhang Shikang wanted to go to bed and rest, but Sun knocked on the door to look for him.

"Mom, I saw you seemed to be hesitant to speak when we were having dinner just now. What happened?" Zhang Shikang asked as he put on a cotton coat with the help of Chen Zhuer.

"Son, I am so happy to see you today.

But your father, he said…” Sun still couldn’t speak.

"What did my father say? Mom, is there anything you can't tell your son?

As long as I can do it, just tell me and I'll get it for you." Zhang Shikang was confused.

After hearing this, Sun finally calmed down and said:

"Hey, mother is asking you, can you please stop being a military marshal?

You go out to fight every day, and your mother is always worried. Your father never cares about these things. He is the Duke of the current dynasty, and he knows everything in his heart, but he just doesn't say it.

"I, as a mother, can't bear it. As the saying goes, a tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind. The power of heaven is unpredictable. You must be careful not to become too powerful and threaten your master!"

Sun told her son all her thoughts.

She has been married to Zhang Zhiji for many years and knows Zhang Zhiji's character best.

Even if he sees through things, he doesn't like to speak out. For example, he knows his son has offended so many people and might become too successful to be a threat to the emperor, but he never reminds him.

Just because his son is loyal to the court.

Does he have to let his son take risks to be loyal to the court? Even if Zhang Zhiji didn't say anything, she, as a mother, would definitely not do that.

In her eyes, the court was not as important as her son's life.

Zhang Shikang scratched his hair and immediately understood what his mother meant.

"Mom, these are what my dad said."

"Don't worry about who said it. My son has been fighting for the court. He has become darker and thinner. If he has to suffer injustice again in the future, why would he do it?

Son, you must listen to your mother. We have enough food and drink at home.

Mother still likes you as a dandy boy before!"

In Sun's eyes, no matter how dissolute her son was, at least no one dared to bully him in the capital, and the emperor would not punish him as long as he did not go too far.

But if it happened in the court, everything would be uncertain. The master told her that serving the emperor is like serving a tiger.

"Mom, I don't really want to do this job, but once the arrow is shot, there is no turning back.

Besides, His Majesty probably won’t agree.”

Zhang Shikang's face was full of black lines. If the Ming Dynasty could maintain long-term stability, who the hell would be willing to go out and make trouble every day?

He had killed so many corrupt officials, gentry, and members of the Donglin Party in the past year. God had mercy on him, but he had never even killed a chicken before.

When he just returned to the Duke of England's mansion, he took a look at the small gym he had built with his own hands, and saw that the wooden stakes had grown black fungus.

"Your Majesty, why doesn't he agree? Isn't it said that the court officials have been advising him on this matter?" Sun frowned.

Zhang Shikang was at a loss, saying that his mother didn't quite understand the situation in the court, so he had to think about it and give an example:

"Mom, let me give you an example.

You see, my family runs a tofu shop, but this shop has been making losses for years.

The reason is that the donkeys in the house don't work hard and even eat beans secretly.

If you want to buy another donkey from the market, the new donkey will soon be assimilated by those lazy donkeys and greedy donkeys.

You see that the tofu shop is about to go bankrupt due to its expenses being insufficient to make ends meet, and at this time, a donkey comes.

This donkey is very capable and will not be influenced by other lazy donkeys or greedy donkeys.

Not only can one donkey beat several other donkeys, it can even prevent lazy donkeys from being lazy.

Tell me, what would you do? "

"This donkey is so capable, so of course I will use it to the fullest extent!" Sun replied without hesitation.

"That's right, mother, I am that donkey!" Zhang Shikang said helplessly.

In the past, people always said that the donkeys in the production team worked harder, but now he felt that the donkeys in the production team could not compare with him. He didn't even have to think about it. After the morning court session tomorrow, Brother Chongzhen's edict would be delivered to the mansion as soon as possible.

The news of his arrival in the capital was probably passed to the palace through the East Factory. In fact, he was a little surprised that Brother Chongzhen could resist the urge to summon him today.

It seems that Brother Chongzhen also knows that the donkey in the production team also needs to rest.

"What's the difference between a donkey and a donkey? How can my son be compared with a donkey? No, how can a donkey be compared with my son!

Your Majesty is really too much, how can you rely on just one person to order you around!"

The butt determines the head, people are always so double-standard.

Sun didn't care about what she just said. If she wanted to make full use of the good donkey, she would think it was unfair.

"Mom, don't worry, I haven't lived long enough!

When the time is right, I will tender my resignation to Your Majesty.

Your Majesty has promised me that once the world is at peace, he will allow me to resign from those duties.

Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, and your words should be kept."

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