Forbidden City, cabinet duty.

Liu Jian held the teacup, approached his mouth blankly, didn't take a sip for a long time, and sighed abruptly: "Your Majesty bypassed the cabinet and sent an imperial historian to Yansui." ”

"What's the problem?" Xie Qian asked.

"Listening to the civil servant in the clerical room, it was the result of consultation with Yan Chengjin, and His Majesty became more and more convinced of Yan Chengjin." The implication of Liu Jian's words is that His Majesty does not trust the cabinet anymore.

The Cabinet is His Majesty's right-hand man, and decides on His Majesty's behalf.

Whenever there is something important, it will be discussed with the Cabinet.

This time, he sent someone to Yansui to investigate the Tatar invasion case, bypassing the cabinet, and Liu Jian questioned whether he had done something negligent that caused His Majesty to stay away.

Li Dongyang and Xie Qian also reflected.

Since His Majesty's accession to the throne, the cabinet has been handling various important affairs on His Majesty's behalf, and His Majesty seems to have changed a little after Yan Chengjin became the imperial historian of the Imperial Inspectorate.

In normal times, the opinions of the Metropolitan Procuratorate are rarely listened to, because the duty of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is to maintain the cleanliness of the government and the opposition, and will not interfere in other matters.

"Duke Liu, don't think too much, Yan Chengjin has found out the fraud case in Beijing, and His Majesty will hand over such an important matter to him."

Li Dongyang thought about it carefully, and the nature of the Yansui incident and the Jingying fraud case was not much different.

Coupled with Yan Chengjin's temperament, it should not be difficult to investigate this case.

"This official is not jealous, but he is afraid that he will not be able to take on the heavy responsibilities of the cabinet, if so, he can return to his hometown to live in his old age." Liu Jian quipped.

Li Dongyang and Xie Qian knew that even if they took the initiative to ask His Majesty for begging, His Majesty would not approve it.

The next day,

Yan Chengjin got off the sedan chair at the dismounted monument and met Li Dongyang.

"Hello Master Li, is Brother Li's illness better?"

originally wanted to walk in front of Yan Chengjin, but when it came to his son, Li Dongyang felt the need to say a few words.

After returning from the Yan Mansion, his son insisted on getting up and running laps every day, and he never stopped for more than ten days.

Today is even worse, running out of the house and running around the eastern city......

"It's not dead yet, it's ......" Li Dongyang thought about it, felt unlucky, and asked: "What did you say to Zhaoxian, my son never went out before, but now he runs all over the street." ”

"If you want to take the imperial examination, you must first be healthy."

Yan Chengjin told the truth.

It is necessary to write a banner for this sentence and pull it in front of the Tribute Courtyard.

The atmosphere of the Gongyuan is too bad, which place is the college entrance examination, not the banner is full.

Li Dongyang's face was strange, and the next moment he suddenly realized that when Zhaoxian ran around the garden every day, wasn't he reading this sentence?

Zhaoxian's obsession with the imperial examination is too deep.

Looking at the officials who got off the sedan one after another around him, Li Dongyang deliberately lowered his voice and asked.

"Your Majesty sent Yushi to Yansui?"

Yan Chengjin said: "Your Majesty thinks that there may be thieves in Yansui's military camp, so he sent Fang Xue of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to investigate. ”

Li Dongyang is not an outsider, and it's okay to say it, he seems to already know.

"I hope Your Majesty is overly worried."

Yan Chengjin and Li Dongyang went to the left and right doors and lined up to prepare for the morning court.

The bell rang, and the ministers rushed in.

The urgent report in the northwest has become the first priority of the court's deliberations.

When he went to the court, the first sentence of Emperor Hongzhi must have asked the military department: Is there any urgent report today.

Qin Hongyu reported: "There has been no urgent report yet. ”

Pinching the time, the army of Baoguo Gong is probably just stepping into the Hetao area.

The steppe Gobi is boundless, and I don't know when I will meet the Tatars.

Emperor Hongzhi sighed and looked at Wang Yue again: "Where does Wang Qing's family think that the Tatar army nest will hide?" ”

In the sixth year of Chenghua, Wang Yue served as the general system of the three sides and once led the army to search for a set.

Sotao is a carpet search of the Hetao area to exterminate the Tatars hiding in the Hetao area.

If they are not searched, they will be like rats hiding in a rice jar, and the Tatars will enter the city from time to time to plunder, and they will be very annoying.

The Hetao is extremely vast, but the only places suitable for camping are Hongyan Pond, Baijiantan and the river basin along the river.

Wang Yue has been everywhere and is very familiar with the terrain of the Hetao.

"The Hetao is extremely windy and sandy, suitable for hiding and moving, and there will be no traces on the ground."

"With the advice of the ministers, Baoguo Gong only brought 50,000 troops, which is not enough to search for the set, as Yan Chengjin said, if you want to find out the hiding place of the Tatars as soon as possible, at least, you must send 150,000 troops to enter the Hetao."

The red salt pond of the Hetao is full of fog and wind and sand all year round.

With the help of wind and sand, it is convenient for sneak attacks and maneuvers with the Ming army.

Although the troops on the three sides were large, they were scattered in the forts of Yansui, Gansu, and Ningxia.

Zhu Hui brought only 50,000 people.

If the small group is dispersed, I am afraid that it will be annihilated, and only by sending additional troops can Dayan Khan be found.

If you can catch a turtle in the urn, you will be annihilated in one fell swoop.

This time the dispatch was worth it.

"The captives have lived in the Hetao for a long time and are familiar with the terrain, but it is my Ming Jing Army who is unfamiliar with the terrain of the Hetao." Qin Hong said.

Yan Chengjin felt that Qin Hong's analysis was good.

Zhu Yuanzhang conquered the Hetao after the founding of the country, coupled with Zhu Di's continuous expansion, the Hetao is indeed the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

It's a pity that after Dayan Khan and other troops settled in the Hetao, they were more familiar than the Ming army.

Da Ming became a guest instead.

When a thief came, he went to greet him, and he usually ignored it.

There are very few people living in the Hetao, which is far less than in the southeast.

"What Lord Qin said is not good, I think that Beijing is the main camp, and the captives are guests." The household department said officially.

The atmosphere of the court discussion is still very good, and the official has the courage to speak, no matter whether you Qin Hong is a scholar or not, you will talk about it first.

"Let's wait for the rush back from the front." Emperor Hongzhi did not plan to increase his troops again.

Yan Chengjin walked out of the hall and saw Zhu Houzhao calmly playing yo-yo on the side.

A few days after Liangxiang came out of yo-yo, this guy became a master.

The whirlwind of one-handed strength is superb.

The yo-yo kept spinning at the end of the rope, causing several little eunuchs to shout: Your Highness is powerful, and Your Highness is really a god.

Zhu Houzhong smiled and fiddled, hiding his merit and fame.

Li Dongyang walked out of the main hall, saw Zhu Houzhao, pretended not to see it, and walked away in disgust.

The other ministers reacted in the same way.

Yan Chengjin was ready to return to the duty room.

"Lao Gao, is there a military report from Yansui?"

Zhu Houzhao blinked his eyes with a look of anticipation.

"No, Your Highness has made a special trip to wait for an urgent report from the front?"

"The palace and the emperor agreed that it should not be regarded as child's play, and if there is no military report within seven days, the palace will send a companion to investigate."

Zhu Houzhao put the yo-yo away and looked serious.

Speaking of Ma Zheng, this guy is always very energetic, and it is not strange to do anything.

Every day, I came to Fengtian Temple to squat, just waiting for the urgent report from the front line, and then asked Emperor Hongzhi for credit.

"Your Highness doesn't need to be in a hurry, there will be news soon."

Yan Chengjin left the palace and went to the Li Mansion to visit Li Zhaoxian, which seemed to have changed a little compared to the first time he saw him.

The spirit has obviously changed from a dead house with no eyes to a young man who is full of energy.

Li Dongyang invited him to have a drink, but Yan Chengjin didn't drink.

"You bought Zhaoxian? In the past few days, he has always mentioned you and Qing'e. ”

"Are students like those who are willing to spend money? Apparently he did it voluntarily. ”

Li Dongyang pinched the wine glass, his face was blue and red for a while.

The truth is always so annoying.

Thinking that his son's life was saved by him and Dr. Wang, he didn't care about it.

Li Dongyang breathed a sigh of relief.

"Is there any news about the imperial history of the Imperial Inspectorate?"

"Not yet, the student estimates that it will take some time, the news of Jinyiwei is faster than that of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and His Majesty may know about it."

After a drink, Yan Chengjin left.