Chapter 119: The Diplomatic Temptation of the Tile Thorn

"Your Majesty, in Yang Hong's recital, the minister can see that although Yang Hong killed more than 30 people this time, it is actually a situation of confrontation between the two armies, and the number of people on the side of the tile spur is at least as many as 10,000 horsemen." British Gong Zhang Fu said.

"Ten thousand rides." Zhu Qizhen said: "What does the tile spur want to do? ”

At this moment, Zhu Qizhen was extremely angry in his heart.

The reappearance of the Tile Spur Mission is a very common thing, and the frequency of the Tile Spur Mission to and from Beijing is already very high, and Zhu Qizhen doesn't care too much.

It's just that this time the Tile Thorn Mission came, but it was very different.

Before, there were more than 2,000 people in the Tile Thorn Mission, and they had already reached the sky.

After all, Zhu Qizhen had already issued an order to limit the number of the Tile Spur Mission, and if there were too many people, they would not be allowed to enter the customs.

But this time, the Tile Thorn sent more than 10,000 cavalry, known as the Mission. I want to enter the customs from Datong.

But how could Yang Hong agree, so he took all the cavalry of Datong Town and confronted the tile thorns.

The two sides gathered a large army, and naturally there was friction, and more than 30 people died in the scout confrontation with simple friction.

The death toll on both sides was very different.

In the end, under Yang Hong's strict preparation, the Tile Spur Mission finally dismissed the escort army. Yes, the Tile Thorn Mission said that there were too many horse thieves in the steppe. Escorts are required.

Zhu Qizhen wanted to laugh when he heard it, which was obviously perfunctory even lying.

What kind of horse bandit needs more than 10,000 cavalry escorts, I think this horse bandit must have at least a few thousand horsemen.

Many of the strong men of the tribes on the steppe do not meet this standard.

even said that if there were really thousands of horse bandits, Zhu Qizhen would order a surrender, as long as he surrendered to the imperial court, at least not a commander.

With the help of thousands of cavalry out of thin air, with a little verbal benefit, Zhu Qizhen didn't care.

If there are thousands of horse bandits on the grassland, it can only mean one thing, that is, which tribe came out to make extra money.

The Tile Thorn is the biggest horse bandit on the steppe.

Who dares to fight the idea of a tile spur.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Is the tile spur going to war with the imperial court? ”

Zhang Fu said: "The minister thinks that on the contrary, the tile spur is to show the court to be strong, so that the court does not dare to act rashly. ”

Zhu Qizhen only felt that the tile spur was aggressive, and he intended to let Cheng Guogong go out of the fortress, just near the left of Mo Nan, one or two hundred miles away from the side wall, and fight with the tile spur army.

Within this distance, the Ming cavalry may not really be afraid of the tile spur cavalry.

In particular, the performance of Cao Yi in Liaodong Town also made Zhu Qizhen understand that the tile spur may be strong, but he always has too many internal problems, and he is not invulnerable, and the combat effectiveness of the imperial army has been weakening, but most of the veterans of the Northern Expedition are still there, and the combat effectiveness of many elite troops can still be guaranteed.

Last year, this year, the Yellow River and the Yangtze River flooded. The mess hasn't been cleaned up yet. Zhu Qizhen hesitated in his heart before asking Zhang Fu.

It's just what Zhang Fu said, Zhu Qizhen didn't quite understand. After all, Zhu Qizhen himself doesn't know much about the reality of military law.

"Guogong, having said so, the tile is now afraid of the imperial court." Zhu Qizhen said: "The imperial court can not go out of the jam and break the tile all the way first." ”

Zhang Fu said: "Your Majesty, between the strength and weakness of the virtual and the real, it is possible to transform each other, and the way of using soldiers is in the middle. ”

"It's just that the minister still said before, but you can't fight, and I'm not the enemy."

"Is Your Majesty ready?"

Zhu Qizhen sighed, thinking heavily, and couldn't make a decision for a while.

Suddenly, a little eunuch hurriedly came over, knelt on the ground, and handed a fold wrapped in a white cloth to Zhu Qizhen with both hands.

Zhu Qizhen looked at it, trembled, and said, "This is the loss of Aiqing." ”

"Xu Shangshu of the Ministry of War." The eunuch didn't dare to raise his head and said.

This kind of special mark is a posthumous fold.

Zhu Qizhen sighed, remembering the first time he met Xu Xi, at that time, Xu Xi traveled tens of thousands of miles and reported the situation on the nine sides to Zhu Qizhen one by one.

All this is vivid in my mind, as if it is still in front of me.

After Zhu Qizhen entrusted Xu Xi to repair the side walls, Xuanfu, Datong, and the checkpoints near Beijing have been greatly repaired, and I dare not say that they are impregnable.

At that time, I thought that the thing that let the tile spur drive straight into the city of Beijing may not happen.

It seems that what kind of recommendation there is, what kind of official.

Xu Xi, who was recommended by Yang Pu, is the same as Yang Pu, who doesn't care for his body like this, and when he does things, he seems to be desperate.

When you are old, you must bow down to everything, and you have to look at everything. This end is reasonable and unexpected.

Zhu Qizhen sighed, and said secretly in his heart: "The position of the secretary of the military department is about to hang in the air again." This was another trouble, and he immediately opened Xu Xi's testament.

Judging from the content of Xu Xi's testament, it can't be called a testament at all, it's just a sentence that brought him to die soon, and he didn't ask the court to arrange his children. The main thing is one thing.

That is, between the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households, the issue of jurisdiction over the ownership of Chidao.

In the process of building the side wall, Xu Xi keenly felt the benefits of Chidao, which was used by the household to transport grain and grass. Xu Xi is also used to transport various other materials.

Although only one route from Beijing to Xuanfu has been completed, and because of the frequent use, the wooden tracks in many sections have to be replaced frequently, which increases the cost.

But no matter how you calculate it, it is too much saving than the previous shipping method.

At that time, Xu Xi wanted to transfer the power of Chidao to manage the construction and maintenance from the household department to the military department.

Because the military department has a function, which is to manage the post road. The Ming Dynasty's post station network all over the world is nominally under the management of the Ministry of War.

There is this precedent, and the gallop road is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War, and it is merged into the subordinate driving department of the Ministry of War. It is also reasonable and convenient to manage.

It will be much simpler for the military department to fight for the horses of the Taifu Temple.

This issue has been debated in the court for a long time.

Xu Xi was even talking about this matter.

made Zhu Qizhen deeply feel that if this matter is not straightened out, I am afraid that it will affect the operation of the imperial court. Xu Xi's legacy may be an opportunity to sort out this matter.

However, this one thing has to be put aside.

Now that the military department is vacant, all military operations by Zhu Qizhen against the tile spurs must be suspended for a period of time, maybe a month, maybe two months.

Zhu Qizhen wants to fight, he wants to win the war, and he will never want to lose the war. So at this time, I still want to let go of the tile spurs.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Send an order to Yang Hong, let him strictly guard the border wall, and not allow the tile spur cavalry to go south, as for the tile spur mission, as long as it is reported to the imperial court, let it go." ”

"To reiterate the ban of the imperial court, it must not exceed 2,500 people."

"Your Majesty is wise." Zhang Fu said.

Zhu Qizhen said: "I know that a good meal is not afraid of being late, but Xu Xi is a pity. Come, send someone to Xu Shangshu's house to pay respects, and reward the family, everything is in order. ”

There are rules in the palace for how to pay tribute to a scholar.

Zhu Qizhen didn't need to talk much. Just explain it.

Zhu Qizhen thought about it, but still felt that he didn't pay enough attention to it, and said, "Is the British Duke willing to accompany me on a trip?" ”

British Gong Zhang Fu naturally agreed.

Zhu Qizhen took the British Gong Zhang Fu and the guards of the Qianqing Palace, the Han general, and the honor guard of more than 1,000 people out of the palace. The people all knelt on the ground, and only had to wait for the emperor's carriage to pass before they could get up and continue walking. 、

Before he arrived at Xu Shangshu's Mansion, he had already heard the sound of mourning.

But there was a team of people who were playing mourning music at the door, and their voices were extremely complaining. It's just that the sound is not loud, but it is not comparable to the trumpets of later generations.

The people of Zhu Qizhen have not come over yet, this area has been taken over by the inner guards, and in the entire courtyard, there are three steps and one sentry, five steps and one post, dense, and everyone dare not speak for a while.

When Zhu Qizhen arrived, he found that Yang Pu was already there.

"Old minister Yang Pu greets Your Majesty." Officials of all sizes saluted Zhu Qizhen headed by Yang Pu.

Zhu Qizhen waved his hand and said, "No courtesy." He put on a pillar of incense in front of Xu Xi's spirit, sighed for a while, and then came out.

After all, although death is great, but you can't worship the ministers as a king, all Zhu Qizhen can do is just put on a pillar of incense.

However, this is the greatest relief for Xu Xi.

With this pillar of incense, although Xu Xi is gone, for more than ten years, Xu Xi's descendants will not be suppressed. But after a long time, it's hard to say.