"So for Ghost Lichi, dealing with Daming is more important than dealing with Samarkand. If the army of the ghost is recruited, they are likely to collude with Timur and act as a traitor for him. ”

"In this way, if the commander of the army is not noticed, he will be defeated; Even if they are aware or on guard, the army of the Devil will hold many armies in check, and the gains outweigh the losses. Therefore, Your Majesty, you can't requisition the army of Ghost Lichi. ”

Hearing his words, Yun Xi suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. What Cao Xing said he didn't expect at all, and it was not unreasonable to think about it. Although Ghost Lichi may not have a good impression of Timur, but the Ming is his enemy of life and death, if the army of the Ming Dynasty to Samarkand is wiped out or suffered heavy losses, and Timur's handsome soldiers are forced into the pass to fight to the death with the Ming Dynasty, he can watch the play and recuperate peacefully on the grassland.

"Cao Xing, what you said is right, it's as simple as I thought." Yun Xi said: "But when you say that you can recruit people from the Mongolian headquarters to fight, who are you recruiting?" ”

"Your Majesty, if you are determined to recruit the people of the Mongolian headquarters to fight, you can only keep the ghost Lichi from knowing and recruit those small tribes that are not subordinate to him."

Cao Xing said: "Although Guili Chi became the Great Khan of Mongolia, even the tribes under the jurisdiction of the former Great Khan are not satisfied, not to mention the small tribes scattered on the steppe. These small tribes only have a total of five or six hundred people, and their forces are weak, and their lives are very difficult, and they don't even have iron pots and tea. Although some of them have heard from their grandparents about the prosperous life in the Central Plains back then, such a small tribe is mainly based on immediate interests, as long as His Majesty is willing to provide them with food and reward and punish them properly, they will definitely be willing to serve the Ming Dynasty. ”

"But how can these small tribes be recruited?" Yoon-hee asked.

"Your Majesty, in the past two years, the figure of lamas from Wusizang has appeared more and more in the grasslands, especially in Suiyuan and other places near Qinghai. His Majesty may order the generals in the northwest to contact them with the lama as an intermediary. Yang Feng said.

"Your Majesty, the Wuliang Ha Sanwei under the jurisdiction of King Ning, King Liao, and King Ying, although they are now serving the Ming Dynasty, they have contact with many Mongolian tribes on the grassland, and they can also be contacted." Cao Xing said: "There are dozens of small tribes on the grassland, with populations ranging from five or six hundred to one or two thousand, which is enough to recruit 10,000 horses. ”

"Okay." Yun Xi smiled: "What the two Aiqing said is right. He immediately discussed with them how to deal with it, and personally drafted an edict to Zhu Quan, the king of Ning, Zhu Zhi, the king of Liao, and the generals in the north, asking them to find ways to contact the small tribes in the Mongolian steppe and serve the Ming in the coming year.

And Yunxi also considered the problem of the three guards of Wuliangha. Although the Wuliang Ha Sanwei are now very deferential to the Ming Dynasty, they are also Mongols, and they have also become a disaster after the Yongle Dynasty in history, and they must not be allowed to become bigger. ’

'Fu Yuwei is now under the control of Uncle Twenty, and it is still a sharp weapon in his hand to deal with the Northeast Jurchens, and it cannot be moved lightly; If you want to tune it, you have to adjust the Jurchens in his hands. Duoyanwei faces the Mongolian steppe and can't be too tuned. Only Tai Ningwei was managed by the fifteenth uncle in the middle of the territory of the seventeenth and twentieth uncles, and there were not many battles on weekdays, so the people who could fight them the most were transferred to the northwest to dry Samarkand. ’

Yun Xi pondered for a moment, then discussed with the two of them and settled the matter. However, there is no need to make an order now, Yun Xi plans to let the vassal kings in the north enter Beijing at the end of this year and discuss the matter with them face to face.

The matter is decided, Yang Feng and Cao Xing are about to bow and leave. Yun Xi also had to agree to the two of them to go out.

But at this time, they only heard the sound of "bang", Yun Xi and they looked sideways, and saw a silver cup falling to the ground, and a little eunuch looked at the silver cup that was spinning on the ground with a surprised face, and raised his head to look at Wang Xi.

"How can you be so clumsy and drop a cup on the ground!" Wang Xi angrily reprimanded: "Don't pick it up yet!" ”

A look of grievance flashed on the little eunuch's face for a moment, but it disappeared in a flash, and he immediately knelt on the ground and said, "It was the slave who accidentally begged the official family to spare this time." As he spoke, he picked up the cup and put it on the table, wiping the water on the floor with a rag.

Yun Xi didn't understand what was going on at first, but then he saw Wang Xi's movements and understood, coughed and said, "Since it was an unintentional mistake, I won't punish you this time, just pack these up and retreat." ”

Yang Feng and Cao Xing thought that Yun Xi would not dispose of this little eunuch because they were there, so they hurriedly said after Yun Xi finished speaking: "Your Majesty, the ministers have retired." ”

Unexpectedly, Yun Xi said: "Cao Xing, you step down, Yang Feng, I still have something to tell you." ”

Cao Xing glanced at Yang Feng and bowed down.

After Cao Xing left the room, Wang Xi pulled the little eunuch who had 'accidentally' dropped the silver cup on the ground just now and hurriedly went out.

Yun Xi suddenly changed his slightly serious expression just now, and smiled at Yang Feng: "Yang Feng, sit down." ”

"I don't know what Your Majesty has to tell your ministers?" Yang Feng asked with some trepidation.

"Sit down and talk. What I want to talk to you about is not a matter of the court, so there is no need to be so solemn. Yun Xi said again with a smile.

Yang Feng sat down at this time, but he was still nervous. Even if it's not a matter of the court, what does Yun Xi have to say to him?

Yang Feng was still thinking about it, so he heard Yun Xi ask about the situation at home, and Yang Feng hurriedly raised his head and answered.

Yun Xi asked a few words, and suddenly asked, "I remember that I learned that the lady passed away about twenty days ago, and I promised you ten days of leave, but I have already buried the lady?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister has already buried her after the first seven years." Yang Feng felt a little strange, but still said.

But as soon as he finished speaking, a soft cry came from the right, and he hurriedly looked sideways, but he did not see a figure.

Yang Feng also reacted immediately: all the subordinates just now have also retreated, and there should be no one on his right. But where did the voice come from?

……

……

In Yun Xi's bedroom next door, Yun Zhi was desperately covering Yun Lan's mouth, and at the same time said softly: "Second sister, you can't speak." ”

Yun Lan wanted to remove Yun Zhi's hand, but although Yun Zhi was four years younger than her, she could practice martial arts since she was a child, and her strength was even greater than her.

After a while, Yun Lan gradually calmed down and motioned for Yun Zhi to let go of the hand covering her mouth. Yun Zhi hesitated for a moment and slowly let go of her hand, but she was still vigilant, ready to cover it again at any time.

Yun Lan didn't speak loudly this time, but walked around the room with a smile on her face, muttering something softly in her mouth.

Yun Zhi muttered softly: "I know why the imperial brother chose such a room to meet Yang Feng and Cao Xing." It stands to reason that it is just the outer room of the imperial brother's dormitory, a place for the subordinates to rest, not a place to meet the minister. It turned out that I wanted the second sister to hear it with my own ears. ”

After a while, Yun Xi walked in and smiled at Yun Lan, who was spinning in circles: "Can you hear what the imperial brother said to Yang Feng just now?" ”

"I heard you!" Yun Lan was originally immersed in her thoughts, and when she heard Yun Xi's words, she jumped, but then turned her head, bowed and saluted with joy: "Sister, thank you Imperial Brother." Then he said something incoherently. Maybe she didn't even know what she was talking about.

She couldn't be happier. Since she began to have a crush on Yang Feng, because he has a wife, she has always known very well that she cannot marry Yang Feng, so she just likes it silently in her heart, and never takes the initiative to show it, even when she sees Yang Feng, she is also very polite. After that, her crush was discovered by Yun Xi, and she was forced to stuff the pony and other things, and she also endured it silently.

But that doesn't mean she doesn't have her emotions anymore. Her crush on Yang Feng was only suppressed, like a dormant volcano. If she finally married another person, maybe this volcano would become an extinct volcano and no longer erupt, but now that she can marry Yang Feng, she will instantly erupt like an active volcano.

Yun Xi immediately helped her up, and said with a smile: "Are you satisfied now?" You can finally marry whoever you want to marry. ”

"Yes, Brother Huang, yes, sister," Yun Lan said a few words incoherently after being helped up by him, and only recovered her logic after a while: "Brother Huang, my sister never thought that she could marry Yang Feng again." Thank you, Brother Huang. ”

"We are brother and sister, why thank you for coming and going. If your brother doesn't take care of you, who else will he take care of? ”

"In fact, after my brother found out about your crush on Yang Feng two years ago, although he was very angry, if Yang Feng was not married, my brother would still make him your concubine; It's just that Yang Feng was already married at that time and had a son, and his brother thought that even if Yang Feng was forced to divorce his wife and marry you, you wouldn't be able to live a good life, so he had to choose a person very similar to Yang Feng to be your concubine. Who would have thought that Yang Feng's wife would pass away suddenly? ”

"And since Yang Feng's wife passed away, and Ye Zigao also happened to die in Annan, how can my brother not fulfill you, so that you and Yang Feng have a lover and eventually become a family. Not only you, but if Yun Yun or Yun Zhi likes someone else, and that person is not married, the brother will definitely be fulfilled. ”

In fact, the main reason why Yun Xi was very angry at that time was that this matter was out of his control, even if Yun Lan had a crush on an unmarried guard, he would be very angry. However, he will indeed marry Yunlan to him in the end.

Yun Lan thanked her a few more words and calmed down completely.

However, Yun Lan, who calmed down, immediately realized how unruly her performance was just now, covered her blushing face with her hands, and sat down with her back to Yun Xi.

Yun Zhi had been making fun of Yun Lan just now, and when she saw that her face was red and turned into an apple, she stopped joking, and said to Yun Xi instead: "Brother Huang, since Brother Huang has decided to let Yang Feng still be the master, why didn't you tell him just now?" ”

"His wife has just passed away, and the royal brother told him about it, it's not good."