The day after the emperor left Beijing, he was discovered by the ministers of the court, and it was too late to catch up.

Qingliu, led by Yang Tinghe and Liang Chu, immediately played a persuasion and asked the emperor to give priority to state affairs and rush back to the capital as soon as possible.

And Jin Gui, Yang Yiqing, Lu Wan, Wang Qiong, Li Xunxue and other ministers, while sending out a note, actually made an appointment to invite Wang Yuan to the frontier. They felt that Wang Yuan knew the army and was deeply favored, and perhaps he could persuade the emperor to come back, even if he didn't come back, he could ensure the emperor's safety.

"I have taken leave to return to Guizhou to complete the marriage, and I will leave tomorrow." Wang Yuan said.

Yang Yiqing said angrily: "Wang Shilang, is it important for Your Majesty or is it important for you to get married?" ”

Wang Yuan replied with a smile: "Your Majesty will definitely be safe, at such a critical time, how can Duoyan Sanwei provoke Da Ming?" Jiang Bin is not a fool, he saw this and dared to instigate His Majesty to go to Xifengkou. ”

"I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm afraid of just in case." Lu Wan interjected.

Lu Wan, the official secretary, has completely broken with Qingliu, and even offended many civil officials who are not Yang Tinghe's faction. Once something happens to the emperor, Lu Wan will really be finished, and Yang Tinghe can kill him with a crime.

Therefore, Lu Wan was absolutely loyal to the emperor, even if he once helped King Ning restore the guards - requesting the restoration of King Ning's guards was written by Lu Wan, and Yang Tinghe drafted a decree based on this note.

In history, Yang Tinghe poured all the dirty water on Lu Wan, so as to extract himself from the rebellion case. Lu Wan was exiled to Fujian by Yang Tinghe, and died in Jinghaiwei, Fujian, even his ninety mother was not spared, and he was directly imprisoned in prison.

After Lu Wan finished speaking, Wang Qiong also said: "Please Wang Shilang put state affairs first, don't shirk!" ”

Wang Qiong, as the secretary of the military department, has not been idle in the past few months, busy pacifying the Gyeonggi thieves, and has destroyed several nests of mountain bandits and horse thieves.

Jin Gui suddenly stood up and looked at Wang Yuan solemnly: "Please ask Wang Shilang to take a trip to Xifengkou!" ”

Li Xunxue also got up and said, "Please, Wang Shilang!" ”

Everyone made requests one after another, and those present either belonged to the imperial party or had a very bad relationship with Qingliu, and they were the most afraid of the emperor's accident. Even Yang Yiqing and Lu Wan, who were extremely contradictory, also temporarily put aside the struggle and joined forces to resist Yang Tinghe.

There are two ministers in front of him, a secretary of the ministry, a secretary of the military department, and a secretary of the rite department. In terms of strength, they can put the first assistant Yang Tinghe in the air, but they are also a little united now, and when the emperor comes back, they will definitely attack each other.

Moreover, Yang Tinghe controls the six departments and is using the six departments to suppress the six departments.

A bunch of important ministers collectively made a fool of themselves, how could Wang Yuan refuse? I could only postpone my return to my hometown, and on the same day, I rode straight to Xifengkou, and by the way, I called Yuan Da, who was studying martial arts.

From Beijing to Xifengkou, it is only seven or eight hundred miles, and Wang Yuan can reach it in a few days on a fast horse.

Zhu Houzhao had about 2,000 light cavalry around him, all of whom were Jizhen cavalry. He was in a hurry this time, and he didn't even bring the leopard house heavy horse, and there was not a single soldier in the Beijing camp.

Zhu Houzhao has just returned from hunting in the grassland, and today he not only hunted a rabbit, but also a sika deer. He was in a good mood and asked with a smile: "Why is Erlang here, aren't you going back to Guizhou to get married?" ”

Wang Yuan sighed and said: "Alas, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty have all let the ministers escort them. The ministers naturally knew that His Majesty was not in danger, but the ministers could not erase their faces. ”

Zhu Houzhao complained: "These big turbans are just a lot of things!" ”

Wang Yuan asked, "Did Duoyan Sanwei send protons?" ”

Zhu Houzhao said with a smile: "In the past few days, I have been hunting outside the pass (outside the Xifeng Pass), and there are Mongolians peeping from afar, and it is estimated that they were all sent by Duoyan Sanwei to inquire about the news. I also unfurled the Yellow Dragon Banner to deliberately scare them. ”

I have to say, this emperor is really bold!

The full name of Xifengkou is called "Xifengkou Pass", which is one of the important border passes of the Ming Dynasty. The emperor drove the border pass, and he had already frightened the ministers, and he actually dared to play the Yellow Dragon Banner and go out of the customs to hunt on the grassland.

Zhu Houzhao took Wang Yuan to his tent, called Jiang Bin and Xu Tai, pointed to a map and said: "I personally went out to check the customs, and asked many soldiers, and I have new ideas in my heart. If you want to recover Daning City, you must first regain the wide river. If Kuanhe and Daning are restored, Kaiping can be recovered, and the ultimate goal is to recover Quanning! ”

Daning, that is, Ningcheng in Inner Mongolia in later generations; Kuanhe, in the southeast of Chengde, that is, the later Kuancheng; Kaiping, the upper capital of Duolun County, Xilingrad; Quanning, that is, the later Inner Mongolia Wengniute Banner.

These four cities were owned by the Ming Dynasty during Zhu Yuanzhang's time, and guards and post stations were set up and garrisoned by the Han army.

Zhu Di wanted to fight with Zhu Yunwen, but because of the lack of troops, he went to these places to "recruit soldiers".

These Han soldiers, whose hometowns were all in the south, were homesick and followed Zhu Di south to fight. Especially Daning City, which was directly emptied by Zhu Di, except for the direct guards of the first King Ning, the rest of the Han army ran away.

As a result, Duoyan Sanwei continued to move south.

First illegally occupied Quanning City, then Daning City, and then Kuanhe City. In the end, because it was difficult to transport grain and grass, the Ming Dynasty was forced to abandon Kaipingwei and throw Kaiping City to Duoyan Sanwei.

Daming officials said that rewarding Daning Wei to Duoyan Sanwei was just helping Zhu Di cover up.

These cities, all of which belong to the Ming Dynasty, have been illegally occupied by Duoyan Sanwei so far!

However, for Duoyan Sanwei, there will be gains and losses. After they occupied many cities, the headquarters went directly from nomadic to resident herdsmen. If Wang Yuan leads his army to an expedition one day, he is not afraid that he will not find the enemy on the grassland, because the city cannot be packed and taken away, so he can directly lead his troops to attack the city.

Wang Yuan reminded: "If Your Majesty wants to fight, you have to wait at least three years. The people of Hebei have suffered from grain requisition and forced labor, and have broken countless homes and become thieves. If there is another war, I am afraid that there will be Liu Liu and Liu Qi's disciples again. ”

"Grain, food!" Zhu Houzhao had a headache.

This time, the capital raided the house, and all the people who copied it were favored ministers, and the harvest was huge, directly getting more than 3 million taels of silver, and countless real estate, shops and fields. But there is not enough food, that thing grows in the ground, and the soldiers can't be allowed to eat boiled silver to fight.

Wang Yuan suddenly said, "Please retreat from your majesty's side." ”

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand to the eunuchs and border generals beside him and said, "You wait and retreat first." ”

Zhang Yong didn't come with him this time, and stayed in the capital to take charge of the celebrant supervisor.

Jiang Bin, Xu Tai and the others stepped back, and glanced at Wang Yuan before leaving, their eyes were full of envy, jealousy and hatred.

Wang Yuan said: "If you want to get food, you must reform. If Your Majesty is impatient to reform, there is also a quick way, and it is guaranteed that countless grains can be increased in a short period of time. ”

"What's the quickfix?" Zhu Houzhao said happily.

Wang Yuan said: "The most serious places for land annexation in the Ming Dynasty are none other than the three provinces of Nanzhili, Zhejiang and Jiangxi. This time King Ning rebelled, and there will be countless gentry involved in Jiangxi, so why not take the opportunity to take back the land and hand it over to the homeless and landless people to cultivate? The gentry could be exempt from taxes and evade taxes, but the peasants could not, so wouldn't there be an indefinite amount of grain? ”

Zhu Houzhao hesitated and said: "There are too many civil officials in Jiangxi, I'm afraid it won't end well." ”

Wang Yuan said with a smile: "Sooner or later, you have to clear the acres, otherwise there will be more bandits in Jiangxi." In that case, why not seize the opportunity of King Ning's rebellion? Once the great crime of rebellion is involved, it is not at the mercy of slaughter. is to kill the Jiangxi gentry to the point of bleeding, who dares to say half a word? ”

Zhu Houzhao thought about it carefully, and suddenly gritted his teeth and said, "Then kill!" ”