On August 17, Wang Zhizheng received a holy decree, bid farewell to Wei Zhongxian, and led a hundred iron horsemen to Liaodong. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

BJ is very close to Shanhaiguan, less than 700 miles, because it is not a rapid march, so the convoy is also very slow, from BJ to Shanhaiguan, it took ten days.

Wang Zhizheng took two personal followers Zhou Cheng and Zhou Gong to march on the road, and they have been taken care of by the two of them.

Wang Zhizheng went to Liaodong for the first time, this time there is also the purpose of distraction, although the capital is full of flowers, but for a long time, all day long intrigues, can not help but be upset, now there is a chance to go out of the customs (note: pointed out Shanhaiguan), of course, it is full of interest. On the march along the way, Wang Zhizheng did not ride a car but rode a horse, Zhou Cheng and Zhou Gong guarded on the left and right, and a hundred iron horsemen with distinct armor and majestic followed behind.

On August 27, the group came to Shanhaiguan.

The ministers of the king of Liaodong were stationed at Shanhaiguan, Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Liaodong, was stationed in Ningyuancheng, and Zhao was stationed in Jinzhou.

In order to prevent discord like Xiong Tingbi and Wang Huazhen back then, Jingluo and the governor each have a city and echo each other.

The garrison general of Jinzhou is Zhao Shujiao, the general soldier of Pingliao, who is the highest-ranking military attache in Liaodong and is in charge of all the soldiers and horses in Liaodong.

From Shanhaiguan to Ningyuan and then to Jinzhou, it is a long and narrow corridor, and it is also a barrier to resist the invasion of Houjin, which is called "Guanningjin Defense Line". Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Liaodong, devoted all his energy to the operation of this "Guanningjin Defense Line", for this defense line, the imperial court invested a lot of manpower, financial resources, and material resources, and it was inseparable from the silent support of Wei Zhongxian, the great butler of the Ming Dynasty, who was standing behind him. Therefore, Yuan Chonghuan built a shrine for Wei Zhongxian, half out of the imperial court atmosphere, and half out of sincerity.

On August 27, Wang Zhizheng and his entourage came to Shanhaiguan. First of all, visit the ministers of the king of Liaodong who were stationed at Shanhaiguan.

Wang Zhizheng was riding on a war horse and looked up at Shanhaiguan.

This Xiongguan is the founding general Xu Da in the early Ming Dynasty to build, majestic and majestic, swallowing wind and clouds, back to the mountains and facing the sea, a husband is a pass, ten thousand people do not open, it is the last barrier to block the invasion of the Jin people.

Wang Zhizheng looked at Shanhaiguan and praised in a low voice: "This Xiongguan, I really don't know how many fights I have witnessed, Fengyun!"

When they arrived at the gate of Guancheng, the guard generals saw that the horses of the Ming Praetorian Guards, who had always been mighty, were galloping forward, and hurriedly reported to the ministers of the king of Liaodong. Wang Zhichen had already received an eight-hundred-mile urgency, and knew that Wang Zhizheng was coming, so he hurried to the wall to stand and greet him.

Wang Zhichen is Wang Zhizheng's brother, and he has not yet made five blessings, and he is the same great-grandfather as Wang Zhizheng.

Because Chongguo Gong has always been passed down to his son-in-law, Wang Zhichen's great-grandfather was a concubine, and later came to SX Tongguan as an official, so Wang Zhichen was born in Tongguan and is not familiar with Wang Zhizheng, who grew up in BJ Chongguo Mansion.

Wang Zhichen is twenty-five years older than Wang Zhizheng, and he is fifty-two years old this year.

Wang Zhichen welcomed Wang Zhizheng into the Liaodong Lingluo Mansion, and when he entered the mansion, Wang Zhizheng said to Wang Zhichen with a smile: "Brother, I was ordered to send an envoy to Jianzhou this time to mourn for Nurhachi, and the first step is to pass the first pass in your world, hahahaha." He laughed at the sky.

Wang Zhichen stroked his gray beard and said with a smile: "I am the first level in the world, it is set up for the rebels in Jianzhou, and now that Lord Qincha is here, then I still have to hurry up and welcome him!"

The brothers made two jokes, and Wang Zhichen asked Wang Zhizheng with a smile: "Grandpa Guo (referring to Chongguo Gong) has been in good health recently?" Wang Zhizheng nodded: "My father is in good health, but compared with your brother of the same age, my brother is slightly better." ”

Wang Zhichen's voice was loud and full of energy: "It is also because I came to this fortress and often fought with Jianzhou that I ended up with a good backbone." The old man, I was born as a jinshi, and I became half a military general as an official. ”

Wang Zhizheng said with a smile: "In the past, Li Yu, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, I studied the sage Wang Shouren, aren't they all literati and are in the business of military generals, and they are all famous in the annals of history!"

After the greetings, Wang Zhizheng took out the holy decree, put it in his hand and shook it and said: "Our brothers are not confined to secular etiquette, I won't read it, and you don't have to burn incense to swing the shore and kneel to receive the holy decree, you can see for yourself." ”

Wang Zhichen held the holy decree with both hands, opened it carefully, read it at a glance, and then carefully closed it: "Okay, I'll arrange someone to organize it immediately." ”

Then Wang Zhizheng ordered a table of reception banquets to be prepared, and then called more than a dozen civil and military bureaucrats under him.

Between the banquets, the staggered plans, Wang Zhizheng held the wine glass and said: "Now there are nine thousand years old in power, at the helm of the country, the national situation is very good, we guard the front line of the ministers, but also live up to the nine thousand years old trust, now kill the Nu chief, resist the Jin Kou, and obtain the catastrophe, it can be said that the court is up and down, with one heart and one mind, Wang Mou respects you a glass, I wish me a long Ming Dynasty and a peaceful world." ”

When the bureaucrats saw Wang Zhizheng's arrogant appearance, although they didn't say anything, they sneered in their hearts. I don't know that he Wang Zhizheng's career started when he was a grandson of Wei Zhongxian. So after Wang Zhizheng toasted, no one responded at the bottom, and the atmosphere was particularly awkward for a while.

Wang Zhizheng knew in his heart that no matter how much effort Wei Zhongxian put in, no matter how much he supported Liaodong's anti-Jin, everyone would not buy his account, because he was a eunuch and a eunuch at the root, and he had killed many upright people. This is caused by the inferior nature of the characters. Wang Zhizheng looked at the few responders, smiled awkwardly, and held the wine glass in his hand, as if he was holding a hot potato.

Wang Zhichen saw the embarrassment of his cousin and the contempt of the bureaucrats, and hurried out to play a round. Wang Zhichen is a sleek and sophisticated old bureaucrat, although he did not defect to the eunuch party, but he is also resolutely unwilling to offend the eunuch party.

So Wang Zhizheng took the wine glass and said with a smile: "Lord Qincha, the civil and military forces in our hall are all vulgar people who have never seen the world, and when I see a magnate like you in the capital, I don't know how to respond for a while, so let's do it, I have the right to pay tribute to Lord Wang for the Liaodong region." ”

After that, raise a glass to Wang Zhizheng, raise his neck, and drink it all. Wang Zhizheng saw his cousin playing a round game, so he simply smiled, got off the donkey, arched his hand and said: "Wang Jingluo, it's normal for brothers to be unfamiliar, I don't mind." "Anyway, I drank it all.

The whole banquet was quite embarrassing, Wang Zhichen regretted it a little, he knew that he had invited Wang Zhizheng alone, so he would not have such unnecessary embarrassment, although they were cousins, but Wang Zhichen did not know Wang Zhizheng, the two brothers could be said to have had few contacts for decades, unless they went to the family temple to worship their ancestors, there would be one or two sentences.

During the banquet, Wang Zhichen did not dare to say too much flattery to Wang Zhizheng, for fear that the bureaucrats below would look down on him. So the whole banquet was not very pleasant, but a little cold.

Fortunately, Wang Zhizheng is a person who copes with all kinds of scenes, he generously drinks with everyone one cup after another, and everyone resists it at first, but when it comes to seeing that this eunuch cadre is not very different from what he imagined, there is no kind of arrogance and invincibility, pointing fingers, but only talking about wine, not about military politics.

The crowd gradually gave up some of their resistance, and the banquet barely coped with it.

Wang Zhichen put Wang Zhizheng to sleep, Wang Zhizheng lay in the apartment in Shanhaiguan, lying on the bed and thinking about things: it seems that Wei Zhongxian, whether he is hard or wise, is no longer important, who made him a eunuch, and started by killing and framing. But this is also a good thing, seeing the local attitude, at least we can see the future, if Wei Zhongxian dares to make his own opinions, does not obey the emperor's will, falsely preaches the holy decree, and sets up the emperor privately, he will definitely be surrounded by wolves, so that he will die without a place to be buried.