The shopkeeper looked in the direction of the kitchen, then walked out from behind the counter and asked the four big men, "Are the four of you sharpening or staying in the hotel?" ”

The leading man shook his head and said, "Our brothers are tired of walking, come in and rest, neither sharpen nor live in the store, let's have a pot of tea." ”

Although Dahan's request was a little unusual, the shopkeeper still smiled and agreed, he opened the door to do business, as long as the customer's request was not excessive, he would try his best to meet it.

The meal that the three of them wanted was quickly brought out by Xiao Er, but the noble son and the old man did not rush to move the chopsticks, but watched Chang Sui Fugui eat them one by one before starting to eat.

Yuelai Inn is a little-known small inn, most of the people who live here are poor children, the three noble sons are extraordinary, like a powerful family, as soon as they enter the inn, they attract most of the eyeballs, at this time even the meal is so particular, but also the next person a priori eat, many people are quite envious in their hearts, but there are also people who despise in their hearts, even eat a meal is so careful, do you think you are the son of heaven?

After the meal was served, the three masters and servants began to eat in silence, and after a while, no one paid attention to them, but began to discuss a measure announced by the imperial court this year.

A scholar in a Lan shirt opened the conversation: "Beijing is prosperous, if it weren't for the fact that the imperial court added a number of 'attached students' in the official school at the beginning of the year, and it would be difficult to see it if it was lucky enough to pass the scientific examination." ”

A scholar at the same table said with a smile: "I open the scenery to the sky, the culture and education are prosperous, the internal Taixue is to store the world's heroes, and the external Fuzhou County Confucianism is to educate the handsome of the people. ”

Another scholar echoed and laughed twice, and then said with some worry: "Although my dynasty is prosperous in culture and education, but the northern Xinjiang is not peaceful. ”

At the beginning, the Lan shirt scholar Xu drank a few glasses of wine, his face was a little red, and he said when he heard the words: "Brother Song is worried about the country and the people, and I admire it, but in the past two days, I heard a news, saying that it was the Datong staff general and the imperial court said: First annex the provinces, its momentum is growing, and it will come to the border." It is advisable to order each border guard to divide the team, which can be positive and which can be strange; The big and small leaders can defend and fight, so that they can lead and practice, so that the soldiers know the will of the generals and the morale, so that they will not be in the battle without unity and make mistakes in a hurry. It seems that the officials in the court are debating this matter these days. ”

The people at the table asked, "Where did you hear this?" The so-called everything is foreseen, and if it is not foreseen, it is a good policy. ”

The scholar replied: "I am an official in Beijing under the name of my teacher, and I heard it from my teacher. ”

Zhang Wenyuan couldn't help but get up at this time and arched his hand from afar: "A few brothers, Zhang Wenyuan in Xia Shenzhou, but because of the news blockage, I don't know much about the troubles on the border. What is this grass valley? ”

Lan Shizi smiled: "Brother Zhang is invited." As Brother Zhang said, Warat is the western Mongolia formed by the split of the remnant Yuan. As for beating the grass valley, so that Brother Zhang knows, it is said that 'the men and horses do not give grain and grass, and the day is sent to beat the grass valley and ride out to plunder for it'. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Wenyuan was stunned and said: "If this is the case, will the imperial court let Wara come to my territory to fight grass valleys?" Brother Fang Cai said that although the matter of the Datong Counselor's invitation is prepared, it treats the symptoms but not the root cause, and if the foundation of Warat is not cut off, I am afraid that there will be endless troubles. ”

Lan Shizi sneered and said, "Brother Zhang, doesn't you think that at this time, my dynasty is still the same as when the country was at the beginning?" Regardless of whether the soldiers have the courage to cross the Great Wall and go deep into the grassland to fight against Wara, it is only said that there is a king in the court now......"

When the old man sitting at the table next to Zhao Yan heard this, he suddenly frowned, glanced at the noble man who was chewing the food with relish, and the frowning brows slowly dissipated.

The people at the same table with the Lan shirt scholar were quite sober, and the Lan shirt scholar was covered by the other two people in the middle of his speech, and one of them smiled and said: "The companion is drunk, and the words of the drunk should not be true, and everyone here does not have to take it to heart." ”

Zhao Yan also got up and pressed Zhang Wenyuan to sit in his seat, and said in a low voice: "Brother Zhang, you and I are just ordinary students now, not even lifting people, it is better to talk less about state affairs, especially in such a public place, everything needs to be said carefully." ”

Wang Lin didn't care a lot, he was very interested in the words of the talented man in the shirt, to be precise, he was very interested in the war on the border of the country.

"Senior brother, literati have imperial examinations, why don't martial artists have martial arts? If there is a martial arts, I will go to the martial arts exam, and then lead the troops to the grassland to kill the Warat and turn the horse on his back. ”

Zhao Yan glanced at Wang Lin and said, "You can't even tell the difference between Tatar and Warat, and you still want to lead the troops to the grassland?" If there is no one to guide you, I am afraid that you will get lost as soon as you enter the grassland. ”

The Warat Mongols and the Tatar Mongols were two forces that were split from the remnants, the eastern Mongols were Tatars, and the western Oirat Mongols were Warat. After years of conquest by Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di, and the southward migration of the three guards of Wuliang Ha, the Tatar is now weak, far less than the threat of Warat to the Ming Dynasty.

Wang Lin didn't care about Zhao Yan's preaching to himself, he smiled and asked: "Senior brother, since you know, then you can tell me about it, maybe I can talk to my father when I have the opportunity in the future, so that he won't always say that I don't know how to learn." ”

Zhang Wenyuan and Li Er Zhang Shun also pricked up their ears, as the saying goes, if there is a neighbor who always likes to rob not far from him, then the most important thing after being warm is to find a way to increase his sense of security, knowing that he can have a target, so if he has the opportunity to learn about the situation of his savage neighbor, no one will be indifferent.

For the brutality and inhumanity of Dongchang and Jinyiwei, Zhao Yan only heard about it in his past life and this life, and the only Jinyi captain Yuan Bin, who he had seen once, was also relatively peaceful and approachable, but Zhao Yan still subconsciously glanced around the lobby, including the three of Guigongzi and the four men in strong suits later, everyone didn't seem to pay attention to their own people, Zhao Yan heard that the spies of Dongchang and Jinyiwei were pervasive, maybe there were one or two in the lobby, but if he just said a few words about the things on the northern grassland, and did not discuss the government in vain, presumably even the spies of Dongchang and Jinyiwei would not go to their hearts.

"If you want to talk about Varat and Tatar, you have to start from the beginning of the country. As we all know, the wise and martial Taizu of our dynasty could not bear the brutal rule of the tyrannical Yuan on my Han people, first unveiled the rod, and then drove the tyrannical Yuan out of the Central Plains like a bamboo, and then in order to prevent the resurgence of the remnant Yuan, he sent a large army deep into the grassland many times to exterminate the remnant Yuan forces. In the twenty-first year of Hongwu, our army defeated the remnant Yuan army between the Heleka River and the Krulun River, on the south bank of Bear Lake, and more than 3,000 officials and more than 70,000 soldiers were captured by the remnant Yuan kings, Pingzhang and below.

Kublai Khan's family was regarded as a golden family by the Mongols in the steppe, and after this defeat, the authority of the Golden family among the other Mongol tribes plummeted, so much so that most of the Mongol tribes declared their independence from it, and then the declining power of the remnants was defeated by the leader of the Qiergis tribe, Guilichi, and the remnants perished. Later, the various tribes fought each other for control of the steppe, and the leader of the Qiergis tribe, Guilichi, was defeated by the combined forces of the leader of the Asut tribe, Arutai, and the leader of the Oirat tribe, Mahamu, and then the Asut and Oirat tribes were the main body, and gradually formed the current Tatar and Warat. ”

Zhao Yan's voice was not loud, but the strange thing was that as the sound of his explanation slowly spread, the people on the surrounding tables suddenly fell silent.

After stopping talking, Zhao Yan realized that what he said seemed to be too detailed, even if ordinary people knew this, they only knew a rough idea, and it was definitely not as detailed as he knew.

The noble son at the adjacent table looked at Zhao Yan with interest, and the old man turned his head to look at Zhao Yan at this time, his face was full of scrutiny, and then he suddenly asked: "Little brother only talked about the beginning of the country, can you know who really hit the barbarians hard and kept my Central Plains peaceful for decades?" ”

Zhao Yan could guess that this old man and the noble son were not ordinary people, but he couldn't guess their identities. The six divisions have come out repeatedly, and the dust in Mobei is clear. By the end of the year, Weide was served, and those who were ordered to pay tribute died in thirty countries. The width of the fall is far from the Han and Tang Dynasties. Success, success, excellence. Uncle, I don't know if what the younger generation said is right? ”

Hearing this, a hint of flush flashed on the old man's face, and then he laughed sharply: "Emperor Taizong Wen is eloquent, and a few words from your little scholar have clearly explained Emperor Wen's great achievements one by one, rare, rare." ”

The old man's voice usually sounded only slightly sharp, but when he laughed at the moment, it was quite harsh, Zhao Yan frowned slightly, and faintly had a guess about the identity of the old man.

"Junior Shenzhou Zhao Yan, I don't know what to call my father-in-law?" Zhao Yan asked tentatively.

The old man's behavior and words did not match his slightly cold appearance, he listened to Zhao Yan's question, and replied casually: "The old man's surname is Wang Mingzhen, and this is Zhu Gongzi." ”

Wang Zhen? Zhu Gongzi? Zhao Yan slowly overlapped the figures of the eunuch Wang Zhen and the emperor Zhu Qizhen with the old man and the noble son in front of him. Although he was only seventy or eighty percent sure, and he was not sure that the emperor Zhu Qizhen and the eunuch Wang Zhen were in front of him, Zhao Yan still had a trace of doubt in his heart, did the emperor of the Ming Dynasty also like to often make private patrols?

Putting aside the untimely doubts in his heart, Zhao Yan arched his hand and said to your son: "Zhu Gongzi is good." ”

Gui Gongzi's smile was very affinity, and he also arched his hand: "In Xia Zhu Town, Zhao Gongzi is young, is he also here to participate in the Beizhili Township Examination?" ”

"Yes." Zhao Yan nodded and said: "I was lucky to get a middle school student in the next year, and I want to come to Beijing to try it this year, if I can pass the township test, it is the best, otherwise I can also accumulate some experience for the future." ”

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