Liu Jin has a clear mind, and is relatively capable, and knows how to cater to the prince, Liu Jin used to be greedy for money, but now after some hardships, he has restrained a lot, helped the prince out of the palace several times, and finally won Zhu Houzhao's trust. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

When Zhu Houzhao and Liu Jin left Dong'anmen, they immediately opened the baggage they were carrying and changed into civilian clothes. But at this time, the capital was under martial law, and if there was no car to drive and no official guidance, he would not have been able to go far at all.

Liu Jin seemed to have prepared everything a long time ago, presented the Lu Yinguan Seal, and said respectfully: "His Royal Highness the Prince, you must go early and return early!" ”

Although Zhu Houzhao didn't like to listen to this kind of words, he couldn't bear to refuse in the face of Liu Jin, who was a "good old man", and said immediately: "Don't worry, I'll go to Zhengyangmen to have a look, if I can't catch up with Mr. Shen's team, then I won't go out of the city...... I won't cause trouble for you, after all, you are the guarantor for me to leave the palace, and if I don't come back, you may have something! ”

Liu Jin knelt down and kowtowed to Zhu Houzhao respectfully, and the two officially said goodbye.

Zhu Houzhao took the official card, trotted all the way, and went to the direction of Daming Gate along the sandwich road, Taijichang Street, and Jiangmi Lane.

Daming Gate is only one street away from Zhengyang Gate, before the Jiajing Dynasty built the outer city, the imperial city in the inner city almost blocked the traffic of the east and west of the Ming capital.

When Zhu Houzhao arrived at Zhengyangmen, the defending generals who were supervising the restoration of the city by the people, never expected that the prince of the prison country would come in person.

With the end of the Battle of Zhengyangmen, Zhu Houzhao's prestige in the eyes of the soldiers in the capital has risen sharply, which is related to the fact that he personally went to the front line to supervise the battle in the defense of the Beijing Division, and even fought with the Tartars in close combat.

Today, Zhu Hou took a picture of the city, although the city defense soldiers felt that the prince was a little strange in civilian clothes, but because they knew each other very well, they didn't question it too much, but they just thought that the prince had a strange temperament and didn't want people to know his identity.

Zhengyangmen passed through a fire, there were mottled traces everywhere, thinking that thousands of people had been burned here yesterday, Zhu Houzhao couldn't bear to look at it anymore, he casually called a soldier, and called Sui Zhong, the guard of Zhengyangmen, to prepare Sui Zhong to open the city gate and let him out of the city. But Zhu Houzhao was very shrewd, and after seeing Sui Zhong, he did not immediately make a request, first greeted Sui Zhong with warmth, and then asked about the situation outside the city.

Sui Zhong said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, now that the Tartars have retreated, the soldiers and horses of the king outside the city are catching up, as for what the situation is, it can only be reported through the military department, and the last general does not know the details!" ”

Zhu Houzhao suddenly turned his face and asked angrily: "You are on the Zhengyang Gate, you didn't see clearly?" ”

Sui Zhong was stunned by Zhu Houzhao's sudden angry shouting, and thought: "Does the prince want to hold the prince accountable for the arson that day?" Why did you come up and rebuke me? I'm at the head of the city, and the distance I can see is less than ten miles, how can I know the specific movement of the Tartars? ”

Sui Zhong was somewhat politically conscious, and understood that there was no good fruit to eat when he collided with the prince, and he was likely to be hated by the prince. But at this moment he didn't know how to answer, so he could only say nothing.

Zhu Houzhao asked a question angrily, and then he himself felt that he was a little too harsh on Sui Zhong, so he waved his hand and said: "Since you don't know, then the palace will not ask for the time being, you give the palace a fast horse, and then allocate a hundred cavalry to the palace, and go out of the city with the palace!" ”

Sui Zhong almost thought that he had heard it wrong, the prince was actually going out of the city?

"Temple...... Your Highness! ”

Sui Zhong's voice trembled with fear, and he asked nervously, "You want to leave the city, and the last general has not been notified by the official document of the military department, so you can't ...... The last general will not be allowed to open the gates without permission! ”

Zhu Houzhao was furious: "As the prince of the prison country, isn't it easy to say what this palace says?" ”

Sui Zhong's face was ugly, and he was about to explain the situation in detail, and said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the future son of heaven, and every word and deed is a golden rule for the last general. But although the last general is the general of Zhengyangmen, he is not qualified to open the city gate, Zhengyangmen has always been under the jurisdiction of the Houjun Governor's Office, and the military department is specifically responsible for it in wartime, His Royal Highness wants to ...... Ask the military department? ”

Although Zhu Houzhao is babbling on weekdays, he seems to know everything, but he does not know the situation of the nine gates of the capital, according to the rules, when the emperor carries out suburban rituals and major festivals, the Chinese military governor's office is specifically responsible, and the inner and outer gates of the capital are guarded by the Houjun Governor's Office.

Now in wartime, if you want to open the city gate, you must have a warrant from the military department, and Xiong Xiu, the squire of the military department, is personally present, and even the cabinet scholars have no right to order the city gate to be opened.

According to the rules, this is true, but the actual operation will still be biased, and if a cabinet scholar really orders the city gate to be opened, no one dares to stop it.

Zhu Houzhao didn't know what to do, thinking that Sui Zhong intended to embarrass him, and said angrily: "General Sui, this palace is worthy of you, so I let you open the city gate and transfer soldiers and horses out of the city with this palace...... If you disobey the order, believe it or not, I will dismiss you from your post and send you to the army? ”

Zhu Houzhao has a set of methods to threaten people, including figuring out the psychology of the threatened person, etc., and basically learned it from Shen Xi.

Zhu Houzhao was angry, Sui Zhong was very helpless, and thought: "I fought desperately in Zhengyangmen, and I finally made a contribution, but I was sent to the army?" Where does the charge go? Could it be the bitter cold land of the northwest border? The prince usually speaks very insightfully, why is he repeatedly pressuring me today? ”

Sui Zhong himself was quite respectful to Zhu Houzhao, but as Zhu Houzhao was messing around, he couldn't help but feel that the prince was still immature, and he could even be said to be very naïve.

Sui Zhong knelt on one knee and wept bitterly: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Mingjian, the defense of the capital is the top priority at present, and Weichen is only the guard of Zhengyang Gate, so he really has no right to open the city gate...... If the prince goes out of the city, Weichen is willing to escort him to death! ”

It was reasonable that Sui Zhong did not dare to agree to Zhu Houzhao's request to go out of the city, but he said it beautifully, in exchange for Zhu Houzhao's understanding.

Zhu Houzhao was furious at the head of Zhengyang Gate, but unfortunately to no avail, and finally said indignantly: "You wait, this palace will go to the military department, and when the time comes, not only will the city gate be opened, but you will also be removed from your post and you will be assigned...... Beat your military stick and see who will dare to disobey the orders of this palace in the future! ”

Zhu Houzhao went down from Zhengyang Gate, and naturally did not go to the Yamen of the Military Department stupidly, but went to Xizhimen. He is not familiar with many city gates in the capital, but because of the two major battles of Xizhimen and Zhengyangmen, he is familiar with the defenders of Xizhimen and Zhengyangmen, and Zhengyangmen can't get out, so he is ready to go to Xizhimen to try his luck.

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Outside the Bauhinia Pass, Shenxi soldiers and horses have been stationed for more than a day.

Shen Xi was waiting for the news of the battle at Bauhinia Pass to come, logically speaking, the Tatars withdrew their troops in a hurry this time, and it was unlikely that they would stay in the land of Daming for a long time, so the Tatar soldiers and horses should not be entrenched in Bauhinia Pass for too long.

As long as the Tatars withdraw from the Bauhinia Pass, the troops and horses led by Lin Heng and Wang Lingzhi can follow in and take over the defense of the Bauhinia Pass.

Otherwise, Lin Heng and Wang Lingzhi would have no chance at all! Because the biggest problem in the Shenxi army is not the lack of food, but the lack of siege equipment, and in addition, the strength of each other is not equal.

Although Shen Xi had artillery at hand that could be used to siege the city, it would be difficult to take a key pass like Bauhinia Pass, even if it was to attack from the Inner Pass.

It was too late to make siege equipment temporarily, and the imperial court had issued an edict to withdraw troops, if he still insisted on attacking Bauhinia Pass, it was likely that he would not be able to win and not please him, so Shen Xi was very "acquainted", so he simply stood still and waited for the further situation of Bauhinia Pass before deciding whether to advance or retreat.

On this issue, Xie Qian completely stood on Shen Xi's position and did not urge him to return to Beijing immediately.

After Xie Qian slept well, he enjoyed delicious horse meat soup and rice, and then came to the big tent of the Chinese army, and had a candle night talk with Shen Xi, and interrogated all the details of Shen Xi's dispatch of troops.

Xie Qian is cautious by nature, for fear that he will not understand the incident encountered by Shen Xi and be questioned when he asks for credit.

“…… Shen Xi, you can lead the soldiers to King Qin and relieve the siege of Xizhimen, which can be regarded as creation, but the battle of Tumubao you are talking about...... If you say this to the people of the DPRK and China, who will believe it? ”

Xie Qian didn't question anything else that Shen Xi said, but he had doubts about the great results of Shen Xi's series of battles.

Shen Xi pondered Xie Qian's meaning for a moment, and asked: "What does the elder mean, don't you want to let General Zai repay all his achievements, so he simply underreported or didn't report it?" ”

Xie Qian nodded: "That's what the old man meant!" ”

Shen Xi didn't expect Xie Qian to be so timid about the final result, obviously wanting to help him win military merits, but in the end he didn't let the whole report be reported, in order to convince the court that all this was true.

Shen Xi said: "Elder Xie Ge, the results of the students' battles are well documented, and even some of the Tatar generals are currently detained in Longqingwei, why do they underreport or not report?" ”

Xie Qian said: "Shen Xi, do you know how much of your credit is this time?" Young Master Liu and Scholar Li have more doubts about you, although the old man is a cabinet scholar, His Majesty's trust in the old man is not as deep as the two of them! ”

Shen Xi thought to himself: "Xie Lao'er obviously wants to achieve a balance, not only to ask for credit for me, but also to lose face for Liu Jian and Li Dongyang, and not to calculate my credit, then I will not be ranked in the forefront of a meritorious service, so the imperial court may just give me a painless errand, don't transfer me to Nanjing as an idle six-department waiter, right?" ”

Before, Shen Xi thought that the imperial court should not do this, but after he listened to Xie Qian's words, he suddenly felt that this possibility was not small. Shen Xi knew that with his qualifications, even if he went to Nanjing City, he would not be able to be a six-department scholar, and the six-department squire was the most appropriate. Although the Nanjing Liubu Shilang and the Beijing Liubu Shilang are the same in grade, there is an essential difference in meaning.

Shen Xi argued: "If only part of the credit is reported, I am afraid that the officers and soldiers of the three armies will not be convinced, and it will be of no benefit to the imperial court!" ”

Xie Qian said angrily: "It doesn't matter if he is beneficial or not, you are all soldiers from the Beijing camp below, and you yourself said that this group of people was just a rabble at the beginning, and it was good that the court could give them a reward for their merits, what else do you want to do?" You declare it like this, and see who dares to make a mistake! ”

"Remember, now for the sake of your future, I don't want to be hated by Young Master Liu and Scholar Li, so I follow the old man's words...... No, no, the old man will personally supervise you to write this recital, so that you don't have bad things! ”