In the study of Xie Mansion, Ma Wensheng and Xie Qian were talking, and the housekeeper recklessly pushed open the door and came in, and said, "Master." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"What's the matter? Didn't you see any guests here? ”

Xie Qian was so angry that he couldn't be angry with the emperor or lose his temper with the hundred officials, he could only yell at his family.

The housekeeper said, "Master, yes...... The soldier Xiong Shirou came to visit! ”

"Oh!"

Hearing that it was Xiong Xiu coming, Xie Qian's anger calmed down slightly, bowed slightly, and said, "Please let him in!" ”

Xie Qian was not in a good mood, and he would not receive anyone among the courtiers, but Xiong Xiu was Liu Daxia's reliant deputy, and at this time he was respected in the military department, and was regarded as a strong contender for the next military secretary.

As a member of the "advisory group", after Xiong Xiu went to the northwest of Liu Daxia, what he did in the military department was to act as Shangshu, Xie Qian knew that he had nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, even if he was in a bad mood, he had to meet and see what the situation was.

Xiong Xiufeng came and saw that Ma Wensheng was also there, so he hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

Ma Wensheng has served as the secretary of the Ministry of War for a long time, and has a good relationship with Liu Daxia, the current secretary of the Ministry of War, and now Ma Wensheng supervises the Ministry of War with the secretary of the Ministry of War, so Xiong Xiu is still respectful to Ma Wensheng, the old boss.

Xie Qian said: "Ru Ming is here, but there is a new battle report in the northwest?" ”

Xiong Xiu's face was nervous: "The military department has just learned that the governor of Yansui had ordered the requisition of people and horses in Juyongguan before, and Long Qingwei commanded Li Pin to be ordered to allocate 2,000 soldiers and horses to aid Tumubao......"

Xie Qian and Ma Wensheng frowned at the same time, their reactions to the news were completely different.

Ma Wensheng asked directly: "When is it?" The soldiers and horses mobilized in Juyong Pass are the ...... to which Long Qingwei belongs"

Xie Qian was muttering: "Two thousand soldiers and horses, what can you do?" ”

The two have very different focuses!

Ma Wensheng paid attention to whether Shen Xi's transfer of troops from Juyong Pass would affect the defense of Juyong Pass, after all, after the Tatars took Xuanfu Town and pulled out the obstacles to the eastward advance, Juyong Pass saw that there would be a big battle. And what Xie Qian cares about is whether these soldiers and horses can help Shen Xi!

At this point, Xie Qian no longer asks Shen Xi to turn the tide, or whatever, as long as Shen Xi can come back safely, he will be satisfied.

After all, Shen Xi had the foresight to win the battle against the Tatar soldiers and horses...... Annihilating four thousand Tatar cavalry, this credit is enough in Xie Qian's opinion.

The imperial court did not expect to be able to defeat the Tatars in a frontal battle, and the attitude of both the emperor and the important ministers of the court was basically the same as the attitude after the battle of Tumubao a few decades ago.

Xiong Xiu introduced: "The military newspaper was transferred from the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and the date was delivered two days ago, but it was delayed for some reason!" According to the military report, Long Qingwei's own troops and horses were not mobilized, but only requisitioned and transferred the personnel of the guard station and the local inspection department, a total of more than 2,000 people, to the direction of Tumubao! ”

More than 2,000 horses, in Xie Qian's opinion, is too little, in front of tens of thousands of Tatar cavalry, this number of soldiers and horses may not be enough for the main Tatar force to charge in a round.

"Recently, the Governor's Office of the Five Armies has really delayed a lot of things, and such an important military report has been delayed for another two days...... It seems that Zhang Mao has to rectify it well and catch a few black sheep out, otherwise this situation will always occur, which will make people feel uneasy! ”

Ma Wensheng shook his head and sighed, and said: "The area of the civil fort is only two miles away, and there are more than 2,000 horses, which is enough!" ”

The place is small, the garrison is small, this theory Xie Qian is unwilling to accept, at the beginning Ming Yingzong withdrew to the civil fort with hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses, and the civil fort could also be stationed at that time.

Although Xie Qian didn't know how many soldiers and horses Shen Xi had under his command now, if he wanted to annihilate the Tatar 4,000 cavalry, he would have to lose the same number of troops, so even if reinforcements were added, Shen Xi would have about 4,000 men and horses on hand.

To survive under the siege of tens of thousands of Tatar troops advancing eastward, Xie Qian felt that this was really difficult for Shen Xi.

Xie Qian asked, "How did Long Qingwei play?" ”

Xiong Xiu presented the recital to Xie Qian, and said, "Please take a look at the elder!" ”

In other words, even if it is a military newspaper, after it is handed over to the Governor's Office of the Five Armies or the Ministry of War, it should be submitted to the Yamen of the Political Envoy Department as soon as possible, and then sent to the Cabinet for drafting, and then submitted to the Emperor for inspection by the Celebrant Supervisor, and the red seal is approved, and finally the Governor's Office of the Five Armies or the Yamen of the Ministry of War can see the specific content and approval.

But now the emperor is sick, the border war is tight, and many things are not in accordance with the rules, so the military newspaper will be stuck in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies for two days, and sent to the Ministry of War Xiong Xiu first read the content of the military report, and simply disposed of it by himself, but if the matter is important, he doesn't want to bear it himself, so he simply asks the cabinet scholar directly, so he will come to Xie Qian's mansion with the military newspaper.

Xie Qian originally wanted to take the notebook and see what was inside, but when he saw Ma Wensheng looking at him, he retracted his hand in his heart, shook his head and said, "It's better to listen to such a confidential matter!" ”

Xiong Xiu realized something, hurriedly put away the notebook, and said, "What Elder Xie Ge said is true." ”

Even if he understood that what he was doing was not in accordance with the rules, Xiong Xiu knew that it was just that Xie Qian felt that there was something wrong with the occasion. It is said that it is said that it is heard by the heavens, but Emperor Hongzhi has no ability to deal with military and political affairs at this time, and now the advisory group of seven people, plus Xiao Jing, the eunuch who holds the seal of the celebrant and the eunuch, can almost decide most of the current affairs of the imperial court.

Xiong Xiu is in the advisory group, and his official position cannot be said to be the lowest, but his influence is undoubtedly the smallest, after all, others are either cabinet scholars or scholars and nobles, but he is only the left squire of the military department.

Judging from the current situation, it is difficult for Liu Daxia to "retreat" from Ningxia Town, and Xiong Xiu, who is Liu Daxia's right and left hand, seems to be a little out of place, because he is likely to be implicated because of Liu Daxia's guilt, after all, the current war in the northwest is a wrong step, Liu Daxia must be responsible at the border pass, but the official yamen of the DPRK can stay out of the matter?

Xiong Xiu intended to get closer to Xie Qian, hoping to use Xie Qian's power to keep the black gauze hat on his head.

Everyone knows that after the loss of Zhangjiakou Fort and Xuanfu Town, Xie Qian's status in the DPRK and China did not decline but rose, mainly because Shen Xi was prescient, and Xie Qian was stained with the light of his grandson-in-law.

Xie Qian said: "Ru Ming, you will enter the palace with the old man...... Is Ma Shangshu a companion? ”

Ma Wensheng originally just came to Xie Mansion to have some private exchanges with Xie Qian, but now he learned that Long Qingwei had allocated more than 2,000 reinforcements to Shen Xi, which was a small or big matter, for the sake of the overall situation, he had to enter the palace to discuss, and the advisory group of seven people was about to gather again, and the results of the discussion would be conveyed to Emperor Hongzhi through Xiao Jing.

Xiao Jing, as the emperor's eyes, ears and representatives, has a veto power, if Xiao Jing feels that it should not be reported to the emperor, then it will be left to the ministers of the court to solve it themselves.

If Xiao Jing felt that the result of the discussion between several ministers was not to his liking, he would change the result of the discussion and play the emperor according to his own ideas.

As the eunuch in charge of the seal, after Zhu Youzhu ignored government affairs, Xiao Jing's power at hand undoubtedly played a decisive role, which is why there were eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty in history, the system determined the special status of eunuchs, once the emperor delegated power, it was possible for eunuchs to take over the military and political power.

Ma Wensheng, Xie Qian and Xiong Xiu hurriedly came out of Xie's mansion, the two relatively young chose to take a carriage, and the old and healthy Ma Wensheng took a sedan chair, and the three of them walked in the direction of the Forbidden City. (To be continued.) )