In the morning, I was just about to send someone to question the Duoyan Department about what role they played in the Lianghekou incident, but before they were sent out, they received the defense documents from the Duoyan Department and the Han Department, and it seems that both of them do not want to turn their faces with the Ming Dynasty for the time being.

The explanation for the Lianghekou incident by the leader of the Duoyan tribe was that he did not know about it, saying that it was the pro-Korqin northern Karaqin people who did it from beginning to end. The latest free chapters of the book can be found here. Su Bu bluntly said that the relationship between the Duoyan tribe and the Karaqin people in the south was very close, and at the same time, he also made it clear that in the area north of the Duoyan tribe, there are still some Karaqin people who are self-respecting and unwilling to be tempted ♀ by silver money, grain and rice, and some people have always kept a distance from the Duoyan tribe and maintained good relations with the Horqin people in the north, and this attack on the Ming army at the mouth of the two rivers was done by these people.

There is some recognition of the explanation of the apocalypse, there are always some people in this world who hate the rich, when you are poor or not as good as him, he will often associate with you, if you have money, he will pull hard and have less contact with you or even cut off contacts, the Karaqin people in the north should be such people. Su Bu's words also confirmed the inference of the apocalypse, the mastermind of the Lianghekou incident should be the Jurchens, they instigated the Karaqin people in the north to attack the Ming army through the Horqin people who had just put on a pair of pants with them, as for whether the speed is really unaware of it is difficult to say, the statement that 10,000 people through their own territory did not know can not withstand scrutiny, which shows that either Su Bu himself is a fool or he regarded the Ming Dynasty monarchs and ministers as fools.

Lin Dan Khan's explanation was even more outrageous, saying that the 5,000 people sent by the Han Department were not the people of the headquarters that he personally managed, but the people of the two pro-Jurchen departments within the Han Dynasty. For this kind of behavior that undermines the relationship between Mongolia and Han, Lin Dan Khan has been designated as a rebellion, he has led people to kill some of the rebels, but others have already run away, as for where he has gone, he is sending people to investigate, please believe in the Ming court's sincerity in maintaining the friendship between Mongolia and Han, I believe that he will definitely give a satisfactory answer to the Ming Dynasty in the end.

Don't say that the murderer ran away, at least he can tell where he ran away, and the person who intervened in the Han Department ran away and there was no follow-up, this is 5,000 people and not 5,000 rats who can only burrow into the ground, and it must be a prevarication to say that they can't find it. However, it can also be seen from Lin Dan Khan's words that he is also in internal and external difficulties, and he is unwilling to make enemies with the Ming Dynasty while trying his best to stabilize the hearts of the people inside and fight with external forces.

After reading the explanations of the Han Department and the Duoyan Ministry, Tianqi looked at the advice of the Military Affairs Yuan, Sun Chengzong meant to let the Duoyan Department once again explain the march route, evacuation date and evacuation route of the Karaqin people in the north, and whether there was anyone involved in Duoyan. It seems that Sun Chengzong wants to find out to the end, and Tianqi thinks about asking Yang Gongchun to find Ni Yuanlu from the Military Staff Department.

After a while, Ni Yuanlu came to the Heart Cultivation Palace, Ni Yuanlu was the first to make a suggestion and invented a grenade according to the suggestion, and made a contribution in the defense of Ningyuan. Apocalypse rewarded him with three thousand taels of silver according to his original promise and promoted him to the rank of Wupin Imperial History, and put him in charge of the manufacture and storage of grenades. Ni Yuanlu is a very serious person, and he doesn't want to be physically active when he starts to do things, and he has lost a lot of weight in order to hurry up the production of grenades a year ago. He was a very lively man, because his own mistakes caused his father-in-law to die, and then he became unsmiling and very steady.

Seeing that he was neither as lively as before nor as haggard as he had just returned to Beijing, Tianqi asked him: "Ni Yuanlu, how did you become so old now?" I've heard other people say you've changed, why is that? ”

Ni Yuanlu bowed down and said: "Back to the emperor, the minister didn't have any burden before, so he felt very relaxed, but now the minister has a lot of responsibility, so he can't be careless, and people will always grow, and the minister is also in his thirties, and he can't laugh with them all day long." ”

Apocalypse said: "It's good to have a sense of responsibility, and you should relax at home." Your wife is about to give birth, right? Stay with your wife so that she doesn't feel sad when she thinks about your father-in-law. ”

Ni Yuanlu said: "Thank you for the emperor's concern, the minister didn't dare to let her know the real cause of her father-in-law's death, so as not to make her feel guilty, it will take two months to give birth to a child, and the minister accompanied her to the emperor's shop last night, and bought a lot of food and jewelry." ”

Several gourmet shops, ready-to-wear shops, jewelry shops, and hospitals in Tianqi opened at the same time yesterday, May 1, and many officials went to cheer for the opening. Due to the division of the male guest department and the female guest department, many people's female relatives also take the maid ring to choose the clothes and jewelry they are satisfied with, and the business is very good. Hearing Ni Yuanlu say that he and his pregnant wife also went to patronize their business at night, Tianqi asked happily, "What do you think of the things in those shops?" Do you have any comments? After asking, he looked at him with a smile.

Ni Yuanlu said: "The things in the emperor's store are very good, whether it is food, clothing, wearing or other things, many things are unheard of by ministers. To tell the truth, in the end, if it weren't for the minister's saying that he had no money, the minister's wife would still refuse to leave, and the two girls who followed were full of things in their hands. The minister wants to ask the emperor a question, that is, I wonder if the minister's wife can have the blessing to enjoy the care of the branch of the Tai Hospital? ”

Apocalypse asked, "Is your wife sick?" Hospitals are for patients, how can you say that there are blessings and no blessings? ”

Ni Yuanlu said: "When I went to the emperor's newly opened hospital, I found that many female imperial doctors were inside, and I heard that they were very experienced in taking care of pregnant women during childbirth, but they had to queue up when the time came. I'm afraid that the ministers won't be able to take their turn, but they are afraid that their wives will have problems during childbirth, so they dare to ask the emperor for a favor. ”

Tianqi nodded and said: "This is a problem, everyone is queuing up, but other officials want to add stuff, you can't do ♀ it, I ordered them to send more people in places where there is more demand, and I will personally write you a note, no one is allowed to squeeze your seat, but you are not allowed to squeeze others to line up by yourself, what do you think?" ”

Ni Yuanlu said: "Then thank you to the emperor." ”

Seeing that the gossip was almost over, Apocalypse asked, "Do you know what I called you here for today?" ”

Ni Yuanlu said: "The minister also heard some rumors in the military staff office, saying that the Jurchens wanted to negotiate with my Ming Dynasty, and the Mongols killed my Ming 3,000 Ming troops. The emperor called the minister to think that he wanted to use troops against Mongolia, and asked the minister to be responsible for grenades and other military supplies, but I don't know if the minister guessed correctly? ”

Tianqi thought for a while and said: "It is neither right nor right, the responsibility of your military staff is to think of anyone as a false enemy at any time, peace is the content of other people's negotiations, but it is not something you should think about, there can be no peace in your mind, 'real people or Mongolians, as long as they do not put down the sword in their hands, you must assume all kinds of war possibilities against them, and have all kinds of methods and beliefs to win." ”

Ni Yuanlu said: "The minister lost his words, the minister remembered!" ”

Apocalypse said, "Then tell me about the grenade, how much has been made now?" Is it stored securely? What about confidentiality? ”

Ni Yuanlu said: "Because the process of making grenades is very strict, only 200 grenades can be made every month, and 600 have been made since the end of January and have been well kept. Everyone else can only make a rough appearance, and the detailed manufacturing methods such as the amount of gunpowder, ingredients, and the dosing process are only known to the three old craftsmen and ministers, and they will definitely not be revealed to the emperor. ”

Apocalypse said, "Is it safe to store gunpowder?" I remember that when you came back from Ningyuan, you put you in charge of the security of the gunpowder storage site, what is it called? ”

Ni Yuanlu said: "It's Wang Gong's factory, not only the gunpowder used by the ministers to make grenades is there, but the gunpowder for muskets or cannons in the Shenji Battalion is stored there, and the orders given to them by the ministers are that the doors will never be opened at night, and those who go in during the day cannot bring fire, and there will be absolutely no fire." ”

Apocalypse asked, "What are you still thinking about now besides grenades?" I heard that you often went to the Bo Academy a while ago to see Sun Yuanhua and them engage in cannons, did they make any reputation? ”

Ni Yuanlu said: "The minister means to see if he can turn the grenade into a cannon shell, so that he can attack the enemy from a distance, but there is a high-nosed foreigner in the doctoral academy who says no, and the minister thinks that foreigners say no, it doesn't mean that our Ming people can't do it." It's just that you have to think about how to do it. ”