In mid-August, the morning light is gorgeous.

Yan Chengjin got up in the morning to wash and stretched the water into the well water that had just been dug up, which was cold and cold.

He Neng received a secret letter early in the morning, rushed to the new courtyard, and rushed into Yan Chengjin's wing.

"Young master, it's a letter sent back by Lord Cheng."

Yan Chengjin opened the letter and looked at it, it was the letter sent back by Cheng Minzheng.

At the beginning, it was like a father's chatter, he skipped it directly and got to the point: Baoguo led the troops to fight with the Jurchens!

"You don't even write down the battle record, so that the official can't guess it himself?"

After more than 10 days of fighting, the winner should be decided.

But Cheng Minzheng didn't even write about the strength of the Jurchen army, only wrote about the open war to protect the country, and the marriage of the king of Jincheng, asking the Ming Dynasty to issue an edict and give the princess the status.

Cheng Minzheng informed the cabinet?

Yan Chengjin was anxious to enter the palace, but no matter how urgent he was, he had to exercise first and run fifty laps first.

"Prepare breakfast, Young Master Ben is going to enter the palace."

Half an hour later,

Yan Chengjin entered the palace with a secret letter, Jiao Fang has not been in court for a few days on leave, I don't know what he is busy with, but he must not be sick.

This man lived to be eighty-three years old, and his body and bones were good.

Although he didn't want to see Jiao Fang, he couldn't see others, which made Yan Chengjin even more cautious.

"Father-in-law Xiao, this official has asked to see His Majesty, and please report it."

Xiao Jing saw Yan Chengjin holding a secret letter in his hand, and reached out to take it, but Yan Chengjin dodged it: "This official personally submitted it." ”

"We are His Majesty's people, why should we be guarded against?"

“……”

Fengtian Temple,

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the sparse performance sent back by Zhu Hui, the Duke of Baoguo, and said lightly: "If Zhu Hui can drive the Jurchens to the edge of the north, the Ming Dynasty can be stable for a hundred years." ”

Emperor Wen once established the Jurchen state and hit the northernmost tundra.

It took nearly 100 years for the Jianzhou Jurchens to recover.

Li Dongyang was worried: "The minister thinks that the important town of Liaodong should be cleared."

Every autumn, the Tatars marched south to plunder, but since Dayan Khan's defeat at the Hetao, there has been no news.

It's weird. ”

Dayan Khan has always been more and more courageous, not afraid of defeat, no matter how many times he is defeated, he will still lead his troops south.

But after Yan Kesong defeated him in the northwest, he never showed his head.

The general of Sanmen Hongyi is still in the hands of Dayan Khan.

There are such miraculous weapons, but they do not stand still......

Liu Jian thought of the key point: "Are you afraid that the Tatars will unite with the Jurchens and attack the Ming Dynasty together?" ”

Li Dongyang nodded slightly, and said: "At present, the treasury of the Ming Dynasty is empty, and it is unable to fight with the Tatars, even if it starts, it can only defend the city."

It is better to pass the decree to the border generals first, and beware of the iron hooves of the Tatars. ”

"What Master Li said is reasonable, it is indeed not suitable to fight at this time." Emperor Hongzhi nodded.

Xiao Jing walked in and whispered: "Your Majesty, Yan Chengjin asked to see him, holding a secret letter." ”

Li Dongyang and others knew that Yan Chengjin and Cheng Minzheng had correspondence, and they didn't think it was surprising.

A moment later, Yan Chengjin strode into the main hall.

"Cheng Mingzheng sent back a secret message to his ministers that North Korea has attacked the Jianzhou Jurchens."

"The imperial court has received an urgent performance from the Duke of Baoguo, and His Majesty has ordered the border generals to clear the wilderness."

It seems that the Cabinet and the Sixth Ministry had long expected the possibility of the Tatars uniting with the Jurchens.

"The minister still has something to do, the marriage of the prince of Jincheng, please recognize the identity of the princess and canonize her." Yan Chengjin Road.

Ma Wensheng looked displeased, looking at the secret letter in Yan Chengjin's hand, "The North Korean royal family canonized, when the envoy is sent to Daming to ask for instructions, what does it mean to report to you?" ”

"Ma Gong misunderstood, this is what Cheng Minzheng mentioned in the letter, and the envoy will arrive tomorrow."

The envoy and Cheng Minzheng's spies boarded the boat together.

However, after landing in the port of Tianjin, the spies could rush into the capital for 800 miles, so they were one day earlier than the envoys.

Coming out of Fengtian Palace, Yan Chengjin returned to the duty room and looked at Wu Kuan: "My lord, can Zheng Qian pass it back?" ”

Ningyuan City is the Liaoning area of later generations, close to the capital.

According to the time when Zheng Qian left, he had already arrived in Ningyuan City, and hoped that the matter of Jianzhou would not affect his investigation of Zhang Tianxiang.

Wu Kuan took a sip of tea: "No rush to pass back." ”

"Lord Wu, do you know what Lord Jiao is doing when he takes leave?" Yan Chengjin guessed that Jiao Fang should have discovered that he was investigating him.

"I'm old, and I have some problems with my body, so it's fine."

Wu Kuan hadn't seen him for a few days.

When he was on duty, Yan Chengjin and Wang Yue waited for the sedan chair outside the noon gate.

Wang Yue found out about the changes to Yan Chengjin's sedan chair, and laughed and said, "The virtuous nephew has changed the sedan chair again?" ”

"It's just a little bit better, and it's far from changing." Yan Chengjin said: "Xiaguan always feels that in the past few days, there may be something big, and he doesn't dare to be sloppy." ”

Wang Yue stared at the sedan chair, damn it, even the binoculars were installed......

Knock on the top of the sedan car, and you know that the arrow will definitely not be able to shoot through.

"Jiao Fang is indeed hateful, but he is smart and treacherous, if you want to impeach him, it is more difficult than asking His Majesty to open the internal money, it is better to be careful."

In the past, Wang Yue said that he was too defensive, but this time he advised him to be careful.

Can you write a bullet stamp, look at the news sent back by Zheng Qian.

I am afraid that someone will pass the news to Zhang Tianxiang and ask him to send someone to arrest Zheng Qian.

………

Jiaofu,

Jiao Fang was looking for a letter, and Zhang Tianxiang wrote a secret letter to him begging for merit on his behalf, but it was credible but lost for no reason.

"It must have been Yan Chengjin's doing!" Jiao Fang was angry: "In the past few days, he has been investigating his father. ”

Some were afraid and didn't dare to let Yan Chengjin investigate deeply.

Jiao Huangzhong said nervously: "Dad, let's take my aunt back to Jiangnan, right?" ”

Jiao Fang calmed down, the whole world is not loess, what is the use of escaping back to Jiangnan?

It's just that I heard that Yan Chengjin sent someone to investigate, and it is not known whether he can find out.

At the moment, I am not in a hurry, I just lost a letter, but I am not afraid.

Jiao Fang quickly came up with a way and said, "You go to Nanchang Mansion, you have to rush back within ten days, and the old man will go to court tomorrow." ”

Nanchang Mansion is King Ning's territory, he has some friendship with King Ning, and when he gets things done, he will naturally give him a little thin noodles.

…………

NING Yuancheng,

Zheng Qian, walking outside the desolate city on crutches, opened Yan Chengjin's letter: visit the people outside the city and return to Beijing by bypassing Weiyuan City.

Zheng Qian couldn't figure it out.

But he still changed his Confucian clothes, like a scholar rushing to take the exam.

"Lord Yan ordered me to inquire about the people outside the city, but after walking for a few days, I saw a few thatched huts, but there was no one."

That's exactly what's weird, where do people go?

I didn't see anyone for a day, I didn't go far away, and my clothes and salutes were still there.

The people have empty pockets, and if they go far away, they will surely take their clothes with them.

After squatting for two days, he wanted to go back to Ningyuan City.

But he saw a common man hurrying into the hut, stealing some brown rice, and running out again.

"Stop!" Seeing that the man was running faster, Zheng Qian hurriedly said: "I don't want to catch the thief, I just want to inquire, where have the people here gone?" ”

The strong man stopped, looked at him in disbelief, and whispered: "The officers and soldiers of Ningyuan killed people, and the people who lived outside the city were all killed!" ”

Zheng Qian encountered a thunderbolt from the sky and almost failed to stand firm.

The border generals will guard the people on the border, this is the will of the imperial court, but why should they slaughter the people.

And why slaughter those outside the city?

Could it be because no one notices the wilderness outside the city......

But they are here to slaughter...... Military exploits?

Military merit is counted according to the first rank, only the first rank, and it is impossible to distinguish whether it is an enemy or a friend, so it can just be pretended to be military merit.

These brutes want military merit but don't kill the enemy.

Zheng Gan's face turned pale, he became indignant, and rushed towards Ning Yuancheng, but he ran more than a dozen steps, but stopped again.

"Lord Yan asked me to bypass Ningyuan City and return to Beijing......"

But how did Lord Yan know that Zheng Qian was messy, and after thinking about it for a long time, he decided to go back to the capital first.

Bringing this news back to the capital will surely shake the government and the opposition.

He changed his outfit, maybe Zhang Tianxiang knew that he had come to Ningyuan.

Fortunately, he was dressed in disguise and did not wear an official uniform along the way.