Li Jinglong's secret letter was sent to the capital, and Huang Zicheng immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

"That's how it is!"

Rao had imagined a variety of possibilities, and Huang Zicheng did not expect that the 500,000 army would be defeated so quickly.

How many people are in the hands of King Yan? The Yan army guarding Beiping City was less than 100,000. The 500,000-strong army besieged the city and not only gained nothing, but was also defeated by the Yan army that returned to the division, and drove out of Beiping and Hebei like a duck!

Thinking of Li Jinglong's various assurances before sending troops, Huang Zicheng hated to give him a brick in person. After the dignified Hongwu general Li Wenzhong, he was so useless, such a straw bag!

While scolding Li Jinglong, Huang Zicheng didn't feel weak at all, didn't reflect on it at all, listened to Li Jinglong's assurance, and tried his best to recommend this person to Emperor Jianwen, how smart would he be.

The only thing Huang Zicheng thought about was that when the news of the army's defeat reached the capital, Li Jinglong would definitely not end well, and he might not be able to escape responsibility!

Even if the emperor doesn't make a move, Qi Tai will not let him go. The two are indeed on the same side when it comes to cutting the domain, but most of the rest of the time, Qi and Huang often have opposite opinions. Especially in the matter of appointing Li Jinglong as the commander of the 500,000 army, Qi Tai had jumped up to oppose it, and once pointed at Huang Zicheng's nose and scolded "a person who misled the country", almost slandering him as a spy of King Yan.

Huang Zicheng walked back and forth in the room a few times with his hands behind his back, and his face became more and more ugly.

He can have today, mainly because of the emperor's appreciation. Since the time of the emperor's grandson, he has hugged Zhu Yunwen's thigh.

Qi Tai is different, in addition to Emperor Jianwen's appreciation, he is also valued by Emperor Hongwu, and even his name was changed for him by Emperor Hongwu himself. With this cause and effect, many times, Qi Tai was always looked at by Emperor Jianwen. As long as he seizes the opportunity, Qi Tai will definitely join him fiercely in front of His Majesty, so that he will not be able to turn over, just as he united with the imperial history to deal with Geng Bingwen.

Thinking of this, Huang Zicheng stopped, he couldn't let Qi Tai grab the handle and use Li Jinglong's defeat as an excuse!

After making up his mind, he immediately handed a handwritten letter to the person who came, "Remember, be sure to hand this letter to Cao Guogong in person!" ”

After the messenger left, Huang Zicheng sent his family to keep an eye on the envoy, and once there was a note from Beiping Shandong, he would report back immediately. At the same time, contact the envoy of the general administration of Huang You, if there is a war report against the rebel army, even if it cannot be postponed, at least send a message to yourself.

The general political envoy is a three-grade yamen, and he is in charge of the internal and external chapters of the imperial court. Regardless of whether it is a recital in various places outside Beijing or a recital in Beijing, it must be transcribed by the department and stamped with a seal before it can be summarized and submitted in the early dynasty. If an official of a certain department submits the transcript to the top without going through the general political envoy, no matter what is played, it will be rejected, and the relevant personnel will be held responsible.

The only exception is probably the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the various sections.

This is a fierce man in a group of fierce men, not to play a sparse game? It doesn't matter, they just skipped the program and said it bluntly!

It was Emperor Hongwu who set this rule, according to this thought, everything must be according to the rules, and whoever dares to break the rules he set must be careful that he will be stabbed in the neck at any time.

The most typical example is the empty seal case of the Hongwu Four Cases. However, it is to stamp the official seal on the blank account book and bring it into the capital, so that it can be transcribed when the household department checks the money and grain, and eliminates the time of traveling from Nanjing to various prefectures and counties.

But in the eyes of Emperor Hongwu, this is not doing things according to the rules!

With one stroke of the big knife, thousands of heads fell to the ground, and the one who was killed was still the palm print, the number one in the yamen.

Pity the princes, first, they did not corrupt the law, and second, they did not slander the court, but they just wanted to improve their work efficiency, but they lost their lives because of it. It can be seen that being an official in the Hongwu Dynasty is really not an ordinary danger.

Although Emperor Hongwu has been in power, and now that Emperor Jianwen is in power, the officials of various ministries and departments of the imperial court are still very cautious.

I didn't want the emperor to listen to the opinions of that group of Hanlin and revive the Zhou rites, so the names of the various yamen in the imperial court were changed, and the official positions and grades were the same every few days. The officials in Beijing couldn't help but worry that if one day the emperor had a hot head and laid off employees under the pretext of Zhou Li and let them go home to eat themselves, what would be the case?

In order to keep their jobs, many people were inspired by the Jingnan of King Yan, hugged the regulations of Emperor Hongwu, and admonished the emperor with tears in their eyes. Dare to go against Emperor Tai-Zugao, this is disrespectful to the ancestors and unfilial piety!

"Filial piety is like the sky, please think twice!"

This kind of remark aroused the refutation of the Zhou Li faction headed by Fang Xiaoru, and the two sides refused to give in to each other and began a-for-tat debate.

Zhou Li faction has a neck, if you don't reform, you'd rather die!

Tai-Zu faction blows his beard and glares, and wants to get rid of Lao Tzu's official position? Cleaned up for you first!

They are all readers, they are all from the cold window and hard work to break through the single-plank bridge imperial examination, citing scriptures, Confucius and Mencius, Xunzi, Bagu Jingyi, who is afraid of whom!

Outside, King Yan rebelled in the name of Jing Nanqing Jun's side, and inside, the officials of the Tai-Zu faction and the Zhou Li faction fought when they met, rolled up their arms and sleeves, and there was a great tendency to wear the sky.

Under the internal and external troubles, Emperor Jianwen had a headache. He really didn't understand that Emperor Tai-Zugao raised his knife to cut people at every turn, but the ministers of the court and the central government were all honest, and they didn't dare to speak loudly, and their work efficiency was even higher. Needless to say, many things can be done properly, and there is no overtime pay for 30 days of overtime in a month, what a selfless dedication to the country.

As a result, when he succeeded to the throne, he no longer killed people easily, and he also improved the status of scholars, but these officials in the DPRK and China did not work one by one. When encountering major events, they all pretend to be quails, and they have to compete for some details. It's just to change the name of a few yamen and change some of the official system, just like killing his whole family and destroying his ancestral hall, what is this called?

The officials of the two factions of the DPRK and China are in a miasma, and the verbal battle cannot be brought to a conclusion, and there is a great tendency to fight in groups. The war in the north has been unfavorable, and there has been no good news, but Zhu Di is jumping more and more happily. Emperor Jianwen's face is often cloudy, and it is rarely sunny, if he hears that Li Jinglong gave 500,000 troops and millions of quintals of grain to King Yan, I am afraid that he will kill people if he does not kill people.

Huang Zicheng did not understand military affairs, but he understood the emperor.

Therefore, he dared to take the risk of bullying the monarch and sent someone to deliver a letter to Li Jinglong, telling him not to report the actual battle situation to the capital. At the same time, he sent people to keep an eye on the envoys to guard against the war reports from the north. He begged to see the emperor for several days, trying to get things done when the emperor asked about the war.

To summarize Huang Zicheng's approach, there is just one word: concealment.

Conceal the news of the defeat of the army, keep Li Jinglong's position as commander, and at the same time keep himself.

It doesn't matter if you lose this time, you can continue to deploy the army, as long as you can achieve the final victory, the emperor will definitely not pursue it.

Huang Zicheng thought very well, but Qi Tai didn't let him get his wish.

Not only did he repeatedly mention the battle situation in Beiping in front of Emperor Jianwen, but he also had a lot of doubts about Li Jinglong's failure to take Beiping, and he also made a statement to the emperor, although there was no specific report, but there were already rumors that the imperial army was unfavorable in battle, and had been defeated by the Yan army, and lost a large area of land in Liaodong, Hebei. Li Jinglong also ran into Texas, obviously defeated and fled.

"The minister heard that Cao Guogong fled before the battle, resulting in a great defeat. Please give an order to investigate the rumors, and if the rumors are true, he will be punished for serious crimes, so as to set an example! ”

Hearing Qi Tai's words, Huang Zicheng said secretly, here, in the end, it's still here!

Emperor Jianwen was puzzled, "Is that really the case?" ”

Without waiting for Qi Tai to continue to speak, Huang Zicheng hurriedly interjected: "Qi Shangshu's words are wrong. When the ministers heard about it, the army rebelled, and fought with Yan rebels repeatedly, and there were several victories. Only because the north is cold, it is not conducive to combat, and most of the troops under the command of Cao Guogong are southern troops, so they can not adapt, so they can only temporarily retreat to Dezhou to temporarily avoid the severe cold, preserve their strength, and wait for the decisive battle with Yan in the next spring. ”

Huang Zicheng opened his eyes and said nonsense, insisting that the defeat of the 500,000 army was a strategic shift, and a disaster that changed the situation by dismissing the official and losing the knighthood turned the situation around.

Qi Tai didn't believe Huang Zicheng and refuted it, but unfortunately Beiping and Dezhou have not been delivered, and the "rumors" in his mouth lack basis.

Emperor Jianwen finally accepted Huang Zicheng, according to his idea, the imperial army had 500,000, and the army under King Yan was at most 100,000, and Li Jinglong had an absolute advantage in terms of numbers alone. Even if he fails to take Beiping, he may not be as disastrous as Qi Tai said.

People like to listen to good words, and in the absence of actual evidence, Emperor Jianwen would rather believe Huang Zicheng

Emperor Jianwen made a statement, and Huang Zicheng immediately said: "Your Majesty is Shengming!" ”

Qi Tai's face flushed with anger, and he almost spurted out a mouthful of blood.

Taking advantage of Qi Tai's anger, Huang Zicheng said a lot of good things to Li Jinglong. In his mouth, Li Jinglong has changed from a general of the defeated army to an excellent general who is strategic, far-sighted, and loves to nurse.

If Qu Neng Shengyong and the hundreds of thousands of soldiers who were thrown down by Li Jinglong heard these words, they would definitely pick up a knife and hack Huang Zicheng to death, is there such nonsense? !

But it was Emperor Jianwen who heard this, he didn't think Huang Zicheng was talking nonsense, but felt that he was very reasonable.

"Great goodness!"

When the two words fell, Zhu Yunwen waved his pen, added Li Jinglong as the prince and teacher, and gave him the seal book, gold coins, Zhenyu, and mink Qiu. It was clearly ordered that Li Jinglong would still be the commander, wear the handsome seal, and garrison the troops in Dezhou, and wait for the decisive battle with the Yan army in the spring of the next year.

Such a generous reward is rare.

During the Hongwu period, Lanyu broke the Northern Yuan Dynasty, but he was crowned the prince and the prince, ranking behind the prince and the prince. Li Jinglong, a general of the defeated army, won this honor, which inevitably makes people wonder what the emperor is thinking, he really doesn't want his throne?

When the news reached Beiping, King Yan didn't dare to believe it, thinking that this was a suspicious plan before the change of commander in the imperial court. It wasn't until the eunuch in the palace sent the news that Zhu Di finally believed that Li Jinglong had not been replaced, and was rewarded by the officials.

What to say? God is helping yourself!

Not taking the throne is simply unjustifiable.

Waving his hand to signal the person who reported the news to stand back for the time being, King Yan said, "Zheng He, please come over, the great monk." ”

"The slave obeys."

Sanbao desperately delivered the news to the strikers in the battle of Zhengcunba, helped the army capture the camp of the southern army, made great contributions, and was given the surname Zheng by King Yan. After returning to Beiping, the people in the palace no longer called him by his nickname Sanbao, and changed his name to "He".

In December of the first year of Jianwen, Ma Sanbao became Zheng He.

Meng finally made sure that he was not wrong, and the seasick Zheng He was indeed a famous navigator of the Ming Dynasty in history.

How did he set sail? Could it be that he was dizzy all the way to the West?

Meng Shishilang was puzzled.

This was not the main problem Meng faced, since he returned to Beiping, he was entangled by the monk Daoyan.

The great monk tried to persuade Meng Shishilang to worship him as a teacher, but he almost did not stop until he reached his goal. Every day, there is an oversized bee buzzing in his ears, and Meng's troubles are afraid that only King Yan, who has been buzzed for ten years, can understand.

"What's wrong with worshipping a poor monk as a teacher? Meng Yishi should think about it again. ”

Meng grinned and hugged his fist at the big monk, the apprentice was still exempt from this matter, and he was really not interested in joining the monk's sect.

Dao Yan said that Meng is stubborn.

"How many talented people are there in the world? For example, Zheng He, who is next to the prince, is very good. Meng is just a little smart, and he can't be a big monk. "So, let's find someone else to buzz.

"Meng Yan's words are wrong, the poor monk believes in his eyes, just like the poor monk was sure that the prince will win the world."

Meng pouted, flickered, and continued to flicker. Anyway, he insisted that Qingshan would not let go, what could this bald bee do to him?

The monk Daoyan twisted the Buddha beads and strengthened his confidence, and the Sprinkle family did not go to this point, what a good talent, he must accept apprentices!

One made up his mind to accept apprentices, the other was unwilling, the two were at a stalemate, and Zheng He's arrival just broke the deadlock.

"Buddha, the prince is invited."

Zheng He had a smile on his face, full of kindness but not flattering at all.

"Amitabha."

Monk Daoyan announced a Buddha horn, he can't accept this apprentice today, and he will continue to fight again tomorrow. Ten years have been spent in the palace, and the monk has determination and perseverance!

Seeing Monk Daoyan walk away, Meng finally breathed a sigh of relief.

This monk's eloquence is really amazing, no wonder it can incite King Yan to rebel and be reused. If he was replaced by someone else, he would have been clicked by King Yan a long time ago.

However, no matter how powerful the monk is, it has nothing to do with him. He really has no interest in being a monk's apprentice, there are no doors, no windows, and even more chimneys!

Temporarily getting rid of the monk's chanting like a fool, Meng turned around to meet the prince, after so long, the family visit leave promised by the prince should also be honored, right?

In the battle of Zhengcunba, the 500,000 army of the imperial court was defeated, and most of the remnants retreated to Dezhou and were collected by Li Jinglong, and they were unable to attack the Yan army in a short time.

King Yan was not idle, taking advantage of the weakness of the imperial army, he sent an army out of Bauhinia Pass, captured Guangchang, and commanded Datong.

This dispatch of troops aroused the vigilance of Zhu Jixi, the king of Jin, and he knew that he could not continue to pretend to be confused, and it was time to stand in line.

King Zhu Lixu of Jin Gong died in the thirty-first year of Hongwu and died two months earlier than his father. The current Jin King Zhu Jixi is Zhu Li's eldest son, and he also wants to call Zhu Di uncle.

Zhu Li, the king of Jin, was the third among Zhu Yuanzhang's sons, and was born by Queen Ma. If he were still alive, Zhu Di's slogan "I am the concubine of Emperor Zugao and Empress Xiaoci Gao" might not have been shouted so loudly.

Zhu Lao's three rebellions, Zhu Laosi's rebellion, Zhu Jixi was also affected in the process of Emperor Jianwen's cutting of the domain, and he also had a negative attitude towards the emperor's cutting of the domain, but he never thought of rebelling with King Yan.

Now the situation is different, King Yan has defeated the 500,000 army of the imperial court army with three five divisions and two divisions, Li Jinglong has shrunk in Dezhou and does not dare to go north, Emperor Jianwen is either blinded or really mediocre, and he has not changed the commander so far, King Jin's mind has begun to move, and the cousin on the throne is so useless, do you want to do the opposite?

Yan Junbing pointed to Datong, which finally prompted him to make up his mind and join the rebel team of King Yan neatly.

With the addition of King Jin, King Yan's team reached 300,000, and the grain and horses were more sufficient.

After discussing with the monk Daoyan, the high-spirited King Yan once again went to the court, using his father's signboard, repeatedly declared the legitimacy of his rebellion, and demanded that the court immediately stop all acts of invading and committing crimes against the personal and property safety of the vassal king. At the same time, the document listing the crimes of Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng and others was announced to the world, forcing Emperor Jianwen to kill the so-called traitors in the court.

At the end of the song and the text, King Yan wrote in righteous words that if the imperial court did not accept his suggestion, it would continue to be appeased, and the appeasement would end in Nanjing!

Emperor Jianwen was forced to have no choice but to temporarily remove Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng from their official positions in order to save their lives.

Through King Yan's move, Emperor Jianwen began to suspect that Li Jinglong of Texas was not like Huang Zicheng's strategizing to win a thousand miles, otherwise, how could Zhu Di dare to threaten the imperial court so blatantly? It's clear that he didn't take Li Jinglong from Texas in his eyes!

What is temporarily retreating to Texas and waiting for a decisive battle in the spring of the next year is a lie!

Defeat is real!

Emperor Jianwen finally discovered the truth, but he couldn't deal with Li Jinglong. As soon as the front foot gave a reward, the back foot dismissed the official and condemned him, isn't it a self-defeating mouth?

I had no choice but to eat Coptis dumbly, and swallowed the bitter water in my stomach.

Pinch his thighs hard, he endures!

The commander cannot be replaced, but other generals can be transferred.

In the emperor's career, Emperor Jianwen finally made a wise and decisive decision, and successively ordered Guo Ying, Marquis of Wuding, Wu Jie, Marquis of Anlu, and Governor Ping'an to reorganize the army to the north to help the army rebel.

Xu Huizu, the Duke of Wei, also received an appointment.

Emperor Jianwen thought very clearly, Xu Huizu and King Yan were relatives, and Li Jinglong was the same. Compared with Li Jinglong, Xu Huizu can at least fight.

One after another edicts were issued from the Fengtian Temple, and the atmosphere in the capital suddenly became tense.

December should be the most relaxed and pleasant time for court officials, approaching the New Year, visiting relatives who should visit relatives, taking leave of absence, and waiting for the emperor to give a banquet from Tianmen, everyone can go back to their respective homes and relax for a few days.

I don't think about it, because of a letter from King Yan, the emperor directly canceled the New Year's banquet, and the annual leave of officials was all reduced. Want to take a leave of absence? Didn't you see that all the heavenly officials were busy all day long? Don't approve!

The complaints of the officials were endless, and the two imperial historians of the Metropolitan Procuratorate stiffened their necks and spoke bluntly, sarcastically accusing the emperor of being too ruthless, too unrighteous and too unreasonable. Each section also had a lively time in the matter. The Tai-Zu faction and the Zhou Li faction in the court stopped attacking each other, and joined hands to accuse the emperor of being cold-blooded, not caring for his subordinates, and even oppressing the court officials during the New Year.

In the eyes of these people, King Yan's rebellion can be put aside first, isn't it not yet in Nanjing?

It's your own family leave that is more important. Didn't the emperor always be kind and generous to convince people? How can you ignore the hard work of officials and not allow everyone to take a vacation?

Such behavior must not be condoned!

Must be blunt!

Emperor Jianwen was so angry that his liver hurt, and Emperor Hongwu did everything he could to see these officials in the court unpleasantly, and he finally understood.

Angry, he also wanted to kill. The knife was raised, but it could not be swung no matter what.

can't kill people, it doesn't mean that Zhu Yunwen has no temper.

He just doesn't let go of giving the officials a holiday, drag it out, see who can drag whom!

In the city of Nanjing, Emperor Jianwen engaged in a tug-of-war with the court officials. Xu Huizu, the Duke of Wei, Guo Ying, the Marquis of Wuding, and others were not interested in mixing with the civil officials, so they only arranged troops according to the emperor's orders, and received money, food, carriages, horses, bows and arrows from the household department and the military department. The heads of the Saddle Braid, the War Bureau and the Ordnance Bureau are so busy that their feet don't touch the ground, and the armor and weapons of hundreds of thousands of troops need to be mobilized in many ways, if they don't fight for their lives, it's too late.

Xu Zengshou, the governor of the left capital, was not sent on a military mission, and Emperor Jianwen showed that he did not believe him. Xu Zengshou didn't care, when the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies was so busy that people were turning over on his back, he wandered around Nanjing City with his hands behind his back, and walked to the Guwang Mansion in the capital City, and happened to meet the Guwang who walked out of the mansion.

Xu Zengshou smiled heartily and said according to the courtesy: "See the prince." ”

King Gu was stunned, and it was impossible to turn around and go back to the palace, so he could only return the salute with a hard head, and after Xu Zengshou cheekily asked for a meal, he invited him into the palace.

Beiping, Yanwangfu

Meng got Zhu Gaochi's consent and allowed him to go home for six days.

"Lone Ben asked his father to transfer Meng Yishi back to Lone's side. But his father said that Meng was a great talent and would be used in the army. Lonely can't give up, but when the army is not on the march, Meng Yanshi still guarantees the responsibility of defending the king's mansion, and he can listen to it by his lonely side. ”

Thinking of Zhu Gaochi's words, Meng slowed down his actions to pack his baggage.

The Shizi Party?

It's not a good thing to put that label on now.

sighed, that's it, it's useless to think more, in the final analysis, I'm still a little person. I was finally granted family leave, so it's better to leave early. It's late, and maybe there will be some accidents.

Meng counted the money he brought home, put away the pendant and hair rope for his two nieces, and then brought the cloth rewarded by King Yan.

When he walked out of the room, there were already four border guards waiting outside.

Meng Shishilang is already a fourth-grade military attaché, and he went home to visit his relatives once, and this bit of pomp and circumstance is still there.

Before going home, he sent someone to inform Meng Hu and Meng Qingjiang, and also asked Commander Shen to deliver a message to Xu Zhong, both of whom came out of Kaipingwei, hoping that Commander Xu could make it convenient for the two to go home with Meng to visit relatives.

There have been no major battles recently, except for critical places, the Yan army does not need to be on alert at all times. Xu Zhong simply transferred Meng Hu and Meng Qingjiang to the Yanshan guard, and they were subordinate to Meng, which was not a small favor.

For a small flag and a general flag, the transfer only requires a roster change, and it does not take much effort at all.

Meng Hu was very excited to learn that he could go home, and he also carried a large bag and a small bag. Meng Qingjiang's performance was a little cold, Meng didn't say much, only persuaded him, "Always give a New Year's greeting to the old people in the clan and say hello." ”

Before Meng and his party walked out of the palace, they met Shen Xuan head-on.

Crimson official uniform, black black yarn, gold belt around the waist, gold medals with double cloud dragons and double tiger charms, and a shark sheath long knife.

The face is like a crown of jade, and the eyes are like paint.

Meng stepped forward, "I've seen Commander Shen." ”

"Yes." Shen Xuan swept over Meng and a few people behind him, and finally returned to his face, "But you want to travel?" ”

"Back to the command, the prince has allowed his humble duty to go home to visit his relatives."

"How many days?"

"Sixth."

Shen Xuan nodded and continued: "I said before that I would visit Meng Yanshi's house, so today, how about it?" ”

Meng was stunned, he thought that Shen Xuan was just talking casually, listening to this tone, did he really want to go?