Zhu Houzhao patted Zhang Xuan's shoulder:

"You've lost weight, let's talk about it, how is the current situation of fields, population, and minerals in Yulin County? Then tell me about your actual experience in building Yulin City, and let Zhang Lun and others, who are also from Beijing Normal University, listen to it! ”

Zhang Xuan replied, "Yes!" Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at Zhang Lun, the eldest grandson of the British princess.

Although Yulin City is now quite large-scale, the buildings in the city are still straw roofs, and only the county government is a brick house.

Therefore, Zhu Houzhao and a group of court officials could only temporarily rest in the county government.

In this world without electricity, Zhu Houzhao could only sit by a pit with four or five candlesticks and a pile of burning bonfires and listen to Zhang Zhang's report.

Jiao Fang, the first assistant of the cabinet, Liu Jin, the chief supervisor of ceremonies, Feng Junyan, the governor of Datong, and others could only stand in the room, crowded around, while the officials and the big ones were closer to the fire, and the officials and small ones stood directly at the door to block the cold wind.

Those who have no official position can only stand in the ice and snow, with fire on the front of their body and wind blowing on the back of their body.

After listening to Zhang Xuan's report, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but ask Shen Lu of Jinyiwei: "Where have the tribes arrived now?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the cavalry of the Yongxie and Ordos Divisions have begun to set off, but the Chahar Department has not yet moved," Shen Lu replied.

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but hurriedly let Zhang Xuan take out the map that he had drawn with Ma Wensheng in advance, and was a little surprised at first glance:

"The Chahar Department is the farthest from Yulin in the Mongolian right wing, they should set off in advance, why the cavalry of the Tuxie Department and the Ordos Department have already set off, and the cavalry of the Chahar Department has not yet set off!"

"The minister is also puzzled, and has asked people to ride back and ask our secret agent, and see what he says when the time comes."

Shen Lu was talking at this time, when he saw the sound of horses whistling outside, and heard the battalion soldiers calling: "Report!" Looking for Jinyiwei to know Lord Shen! ”

Zhu Houzhao signaled to Shen Lu and asked him to go out to see what was going on.

Not long after, Shen Lu walked in again and reported to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty! The Chahar Ministry has already departed. ”

Jiao Fang, the first assistant of the cabinet, couldn't help but relax a little, now that His Majesty the Emperor is outside the Saiwai, he is really afraid that something will happen and repeat the fourteen years of orthodoxy, although the emperor is not going to conquer the little prince, and he will return to Datong City tomorrow.

But Jiao Fang is still worried that if the Chahar Ministry does not come, it will mean that the Chahar Department will change its mind halfway and will not be willing to form an alliance with the Ming Dynasty, and even collude with the little prince to be unfavorable to the Ming Dynasty.

Now that he heard that the cavalry of the Chahar Department had set off as promised, he was naturally a lot more relieved.

In fact, Zhu Houzhao and Jiao Fang were worried about the same, so when he heard that the Chahar Department had not set off, he asked Shen Lu very cautiously.

Now that he knows that the Chahar Department has set off, Zhu Houzhao is also relieved.

However, Zhu Houzhao could not ignore the phenomenon of why the Chahar Ministry set off later than the Tuxie Department and the Ordos Department, and he couldn't help but ask the civil and military officials present again.

"Zhuqing, why do you say that the cavalry of the Chahar Department set off the latest?"

Except for Jiao Fang, Liu Jin and Zhang Xuan, most of the officials present were all from border towns with troops, and they were already thinking about it without Zhu Houzhao asking.

At this time, Qiu Yue said first: "According to the minister, this Chahar Ministry may want to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight." ”

"Tiger? Who is the Tiger? Zhu Houzhao asked.

"Back to the emperor, naturally I am the Ming Dynasty and the little prince", Liu Jingang, the celebrant supervisor, said, and Feng Jun, the governor of Datong, directly retorted:

"No, now Datong has guards and border troops, a total of no less than 100,000 people, his little prince has not yet unified the right wing of Mongolia, but the left wing of 30,000 households, cavalry is only tens of thousands, if you come to Datong, there is not enough strength to fight with my Ming Dynasty! And now, according to His Majesty's clever plan to make a war between the right and left wings of Mongolia, I am just a planner. ”

Feng Junyan, the governor of Datong, deserves to be an experienced official in leading troops in border towns, and he immediately grasped the key.

"According to the meaning of Governor Feng, this tiger fight is a dispute between the left and right wings of Meng Yuan, and Da Ming is just watching the show?"

Zhang Xuan said with a smile.

Zhu Houzhao pondered for a while and asked Shen Lu: "The people who come and go, do you know the direction in which the cavalry of the Chahar Department is leaving?" ”

Shen Lu arched his hand towards Zhu Houzhao, then withdrew from the Yulin County Ya to ask again, and then came back: "Southwest!" ”

"Southwest! Wrong! The southwest is getting farther and farther away from Yulin City, and it is the back road of the Tuxie Department and the Ordos Department! The Chahar Ministry is going to copy the back road of the Tuxie Department and the Ordos Department! ”

Qiu Yue deserves to be a famous general in the world, and immediately said the possible motives of the Chahar Department.

Before Zhu Houzhao could react, Qiu Yue hurriedly said to Zhu Houzhao: "Your Majesty! Now it's time for you and the elders to make a new decision! This little prince is not here for us Daming! I'm afraid that from beginning to end, he is preparing to unify the entire Mengyuan! An attempt to destroy the right wing! ”

Zhu Houzhao didn't react, seeing that Qiu Yue was so excited, he couldn't calm down and analyze carefully.

Jiao Fang, the first assistant of the cabinet, and Liu Jin, the head of the celebrant supervisor, were also confused, they knew very little about Qiu Yue, who was born as a hereditary governor, only that His Majesty did not know why His Majesty asked the Ministry of War to transfer this person to Jingxian to teach a group of Jinshi and Xungui children of Jingshi University, and in a blink of an eye, he was responsible for the training of the entire Guards, and now he has become the commander of the first division of the Guards, worshipping the deputy commander-in-chief, and concurrently serving as the left squire of the General Staff of the Guards.

But in fact, everyone still has some contempt for this military attaché, and they just think that His Majesty likes it.

And now, Qiu Yue's performance naturally made them very stunned.

Zhu Houzhao had no choice but to wave his hand and say, "Wait, Qiu Qing, do you mean that the little prince's current purpose is still just to eat the Mongolian right wing and unify Mongolia?" ”

"Exactly, if the minister is not bad, the little prince has no intention of being an enemy of the Ming Dynasty now, first of all, the Ming Dynasty is now very well prepared, and secondly, his little prince is not strong enough, the little prince should now go to besiege the Tuxie Department and the Ordos Department, and the Chahar Department is only afraid that while promising to form an alliance with the Ming Dynasty, the little prince has already taken refuge in the little prince, and wants to eliminate the Tuxie Department and the Ordos Department together with the little prince to unify the whole Mongolia!"

Qiu Yue said and said: "Your Majesty, the unification of Mongolia is not good for the Ming Dynasty after all, when Taizong divided the Mongolian lords such as Arutai as kings, so that they were divided and controlled, so that Yongle was almost boundless in the first dynasty, since the father of the first to unify Mongolia, only then did the first succeed to the throne and dare to attack my Ming!" Now the little prince also wants to unify Mongolia! How should the Ming deal with it, please also ask Your Majesty to judge! ”

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but hold his forehead: "I killed his son, and Ling Chi was executed!" He even let all sides ban his salt tea trade! Shouldn't he come to be my enemy? ”

At this time, there was another whistling of horses outside.

Immediately afterwards, I heard the battalion soldiers standing guard shouting: "Report! Looking for Jinyiwei to know Lord Shen! ”

Shen Lu retreated again, and then came back to report: "Tell Your Majesty!" This is a message sent by Jin Yiwei's secret agent in the Little Prince, and there are two reports:

1. The little prince said that his son Urus Borot was killed by the right-wing Tuxie Department and the Mandu of Ordos Agulhu, so he decided to do his best to fight against the right-wing traitors! On November 18, it has departed from Weininghai!

Second, the Little Prince's Ministry has newly obtained 30,000 catties of salt! 20,000 catties of tea!

Zhu Houzhao really didn't expect the little prince to blame the death of his son Urusborot on the Mongolian right-wingers.

"This is the revenge of the murderer! Don't you come to me for revenge? This little prince is really a character, he can endure this, he can be a big husband! ”

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help laughing.

Jiao Fang, the first assistant of the cabinet, couldn't help but nodded: "The minister is also incredible, and now it seems that it is also because Your Majesty is powerful all over the world, and Rao is little prince does not dare to offend me easily!" ”

"Wear less top hats for me!"

Zhu Houzhao replied to Jiao Fang, and looked at Qiu Yue, who was quite prescient about the battle situation: "What do you mean, I probably understand, the little prince now wants to destroy the Tuxie and Ordos tribes first, and the Chahar tribe has undoubtedly taken refuge in the little prince, and the little prince can unify the whole of Mongolia as long as he destroys the Tuxie and Ordos tribes!" Now the news of Jinyiwei's arrival is also in line with what you said, the little prince blamed the Mongol right wing for the murder of his son, but did not mention the Chahar department. ”

Zhu Houzhao said and looked at the others again: "But I still have a question, the second news revealed by this Jinyi Wei said that the little prince has a new salt of 30,000 catties!" 20,000 catties of tea! Da Ming's blockade of his salt tea failed?! How did he get it?! ”

Zhu Houzhao didn't directly say that it might be that there were officials in Daming Border Town secretly colluding with the little prince, but his tone that had become a little stern at this time naturally made it possible for the officials present to guess it.

Jiao Fang, the first assistant of the cabinet, hurriedly said: "Your Majesty! In this matter, he could only ask Ma Wensheng and Caikuan in advance, so that he could first investigate in detail who was secretly trading with the little prince. ”

"Exactly! Then you can ask these two people! ”

Zhu Houzhao said.

Preventing Mongolia from unifying and growing is something that the Ming Dynasty should be vigilant about, and it is also necessary to be vigilant at all times to prevent the border town officials from colluding with foreign captives to maintain the ability of the Ming Dynasty to exercise economic control over foreign captives.

Therefore, Zhu Houzhao was also very concerned about the second news, and even a little angry.

If his strategy of using the Mongolian right wing to get rid of the little prince fails this time, then these powerful gentry who secretly colluded with the little prince and even exported important materials to the little prince are the culprits!

Zhu Houzhao has secretly determined that as long as these people are found out, they must be severely punished!

Otherwise, if there is really a rise of the Jurchens in the future, will those Jin merchants still be able to unscrupulously export strategic resources to foreign enemies, and even the commanders who fight in front of them will dare to do this?!

But now I can only ask Ma Wensheng and Caikuan, who are in charge of the border town, first.

Zhu Hou glanced at Feng Junyan, the governor of Datong, who was also the commander of the border town, and asked again: "Now let's talk about how I, Daming, should deal with the current changes." ”

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