Xiong Tingbi said: "After Ningyuan Pass, first build countless beacon piers horizontally, one every thirty zhang, and then extend a few miles back to build the beacon pier in this way, and then use bricks and soil to wrap a Great Wall every two columns, but this Great Wall is vertical. It doesn't need to be built all at once, and it can be built longer if necessary. ”

At this time, Ni Yuanlu, who had not spoken, said: "The minister thinks it's very good, people can be stationed in the beacon pier, fathers, sons, brothers, and fellow villagers can live in it one by one, and the outside is wrapped with bricks and mud walls, no matter how cold it is, it will not freeze." Even if the enemy breaks through Ningyuan Pass, he has no problem with these dozens of vertical passes, the vertical pass is divided into dozens of sections, the enemy gnaws one section and there are countless sections, even if he wants to cross between the two cities, there are deep pits on the ground and water, he can't ride a horse, and he has to be cross-shot by people on both sides, the emperor is really wonderful. ”

Apocalypse said: "Filling the soil pit between the two cities can raise fish and shrimp and prevent fire, but in winter, it will freeze on the horse or pass, and it should be driven on the ground every other section. ”

Gao Di also said excitedly: "There are two other advantages of cultivating in this way, one is that you don't need to repair it once, you can repair it slowly; The second is that the burden of managing food and not paying the imperial court will be low, so that everyone can repair the city and practice strength one day, and practice offensive and defensive drills one day, so that more than 100,000 people will have nothing to do when they are full of food and drink. ”

Sun Chengzong said: "If the enemy breaks through Ningyuan Pass and does not leave, these vertical passes are enough to confront the enemy, and we can use artillery to talk to them when we have time, but it is best to try our best to hold Ningyuan Pass, and treat these vertical passes as barracks that can be defended and lived." ”

Tianqi said: "Since everyone has no opinion, it will be decided like this, and you will slowly work out the specific details." Mr. Sun is back, and someone needs to go to the front to supervise the division, so you Minister of Military Aircraft will discuss who will go? I'm leaning towards the highest. It takes four people to train cavalry and chariot battalions, I mean Huang Daozhou and Lu Xiangsheng are counted as two, and the other two Mr. Sun recommends two forward generals to see who is better in civilian and military generals. Xiong Tingbi is specially responsible for repairing Ning Yuanguan, and Wang Huazhen specially went to contact Lin Dan Khan of the Mongolian Khan Department, and the matter is done, you two officials will be reinstated, if you can't do it, don't come back, dig a pit and bury yourself to save trouble. ”

After everyone got up and agreed, Sun Chengzong looked at the apocalypse and said, "Your Majesty, why did you name Lord Gao to go?" ”

Tianqi said: "There are four people from the Military Aircraft Department, Mr. Sun, you and Wang Zaijin have been estranged in the past, and it is more reassuring for me to work together, and things that people with different opinions and different styles of action agree on are feasible things, and the phenomenon of one person speaking and others agreeing is not conducive to solving the problem." You have different opinions, the British Duke can be in the middle to wipe the mud, he is suitable for this, and the only thing left is the tall man, so let the tall man go to supervise, and besides, the tall man has a good temper and is more obedient. ”

After hearing the words of the apocalypse, everyone was speechless and smiled bitterly. Tianqi said to Gao Di: "Master Gao, although you are the supervisor, you must also listen to the opinions of the soldiers in front, a good deployment must be agreed by both the front implementer and the rear planner to achieve the best results." Of course, if the Military Aircraft Department gives an order, it must ask the people in front to carry it out immediately, and anyone who does not care how high his status, how old his qualifications, how big his position, or how capable he is, tell him that if he does not obey the order, I will arrest him and bury him in Beijing. ”

After the apocalypse finished speaking to Gao Di, he said to the others: "You are going to prepare to leave in three days, I have left in advance, and everything here is left to Mr. Sun." ”

Sun Chengzong said: "The ministers will live up to the emperor's trust. Then he stood up with the crowd to send him off.

After the apocalypse left, Sun Chengzong sat in a daze for a while, seeing that everyone was staring at him, he had no head and no brain, and said: "I haven't seen you for a few years, the emperor likes to bury people." ”

Wang Zaijin also said to himself: "Repair several miles vertically, and repair dozens of them at a time, are they all crazy?" ”

As soon as Yang Lian got the house given to him by the emperor, he hurriedly took over his wife and children who lived in the inn. His wife and two sons and two daughters were so anxious that they saw him being escorted into Beijing at the beginning, and they sold their property and chased them all the way up to prepare to accompany him to Beijing to redress their grievances, and later caught up with him only to know that the emperor ordered the escort to be escorted, and went to Beijing to live in an inn under great joy, and now the family is so happy that there is a house, two daughters and three rough girls are busy cleaning, and the two sons are busy visiting and returning to visit the old and colleagues for their father, and life has a new atmosphere to make Yang Lian's heart warm. After more than a year of being wronged, the mood was finally calmed down. Just when he was walking around the front yard in a good mood and preparing to write a poem as a commemoration, two little eunuchs, one tall and one short, found his house, and the tall one asked, "May I ask if this is the home of Yang Lian, the left deputy capital?" ”

Yang Lian opened the door and said, "The next official is Yang Lian, what is the matter with my father-in-law?" ”

The short eunuch stepped forward and said, "The emperor dictated, Yang Lian, the deputy capital of Xuanzuo, immediately entered the palace to see him." ”

Yang Lian hurriedly knelt down and said, "Minister Yang Lian obeys the order." ”

The tall eunuch picked up Yang Lian and said, "Yang Yushi, let's go." ”

Yang Lian explained a few words to his wife and daughter who heard the news, and then went into the palace with the two little eunuchs, the three of them sat in a sedan chair for a while and walked down, after entering the palace, they did not go to the Qianqing Palace, but turned left and passed through the Liuke Corridor out of Xihua Gate, and came to the outside of the Chongzhi Hall along the moat. Tianqi and the personal eunuch Tan Jing were gesturing something on the shore, and I heard a report that Yang Lian was coming, and Tianqi turned around, and when Yang Lian saw Li Tianqi said to Tan Jing: "Catch another hour, forget if you can't catch it." ”

Tan Jing said: "Your Majesty, the slave will try it in person." ”

Tianqi nodded and beckoned Yang Lian to follow him into the Chongzhi Palace, Tianqi sat on a wooden chair and said to the little eunuch next to him, "Call them all over." The little eunuch agreed, and turned to go out.

Tianqi asked Yang Lian, "Yang Yushi, do you know what I asked you to do?" ”

Yang Lian said: "If you go back to the emperor, the minister doesn't know. ”

At this time, the little eunuch brought in five people, and after the five people saw the ceremony, the apocalypse said to them: "Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou, Zhou Chaorui, Yuan Huazhong, Gu Dazhang, Wei Dazhong, it is rumored that because the six of you are honest people, they will be framed by Wei Zhongxian, I now have a big thing that you need to do, this matter is extremely important can be said to be related to the fortune of the Ming Dynasty, and the person who does this must meet the three words, that is, loyalty, honesty, and ability, do you think that you meet the requirements?" ”

The six people looked at each other, and Yang Lian stepped forward and said: "If you go back to the emperor, the ministers will read the books of sages, be loyal to the emperor, never be greedy for money and ask for bribes, and the emperor will not hesitate to break his bones." The others nodded solemnly.

Tianqi said: "The country is now in constant internal and external troubles, and I have put King Xin in charge of the Government Affairs Yuan, and Mr. Sun Chengzong in charge of the Military Affairs Yuan, and they are all people I trust. Now that I have taken my hands out of my hands to rule the officials, I hope that you are worthy of my trust. ”

Zuo Guangdou said: "I don't know where the emperor is going to start? ”

Tianqi said: "I believe that an official is a qualified official as long as he does two things, one is fairness and the other is integrity. ”

Zuo Guangdou said: "Your Majesty, forgive the ministers for bluntly saying that if there are not many corrupt acts to grasp the problem of integrity, strict punishment and strict laws can deter a group of people, but now the wind of corruption is rampant, and some places are already no officials and are not greedy, and even take pride in corruption. ”

Yang Lian said angrily: "Left Gongzhi! Why are you so afraid of wolves and tigers? When encountering corrupt officials, one kills one and 10,000 kills 10,000, and only when corrupt officials are killed can the country be peaceful. ”

Tianqi smiled slightly and said, "Did I say that corrupt officials must be killed?" Are you too impatient? ”

Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou were both surprised, looking at the apocalypse in a daze, thinking: "If you don't kill corrupt officials, what kind of corruption will you reveal?" What about making fun of us? ”