Jingshi, Qianqing Palace.

Emperor Zhu Yunwen is working hard to write a book, reviewing and reading the folds, and the folds on the left side of the bookcase are constantly decreasing, but they are still more than a foot high, and it is conservatively estimated that there are still hundreds of copies waiting to be reviewed.

Although with the assistance of Wenyuan Pavilion, the Military Aircraft Department and the Secretariat, the workload of reviewing and reviewing the folds has been greatly reduced, and even only Zhu Yunwen needs to sign his name, tick a box or even "paint red", but Zhu Yunwen still insists on controlling the overall situation, because this represents power and control, and he is unwilling to give up and does not dare to give up.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the King of Shu asks to see you!"

Taking advantage of the gap between Zhu Yunwen and reading a notebook, Liu Zhen walked to his side and whispered.

Zhu Yunwen frowned, glanced at the unapproved recital, put down the pen, stretched his waist slightly, and nodded: "Let them in!" ”

"Yes!"

After a short time, the door of the palace opened, and Zhu Chun, the king of Shu, and Zhu Shangbing, the king of Qin, hurriedly walked in and knelt down in the hall: "See Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live, long live!" ”

The westerly sunlight passed through the window and shone on the robes of the two kneeling kings, which seemed to make the entire hall brighten up a lot, Zhu Yunwen was silent for a while, and said: "Liu Zhen, give a seat to the two princes!" ”

"Yes!"

Zhu Chun and Zhu Shangbing sat on the stool, looking at the emperor with some anxiety.

"King Qin, is it okay to stay in the Zongren Mansion?"

"Your Majesty Xie cares, the minister's brother is all right, these days in the Zongren Mansion every day reading, meditating, and introspection, the minister's brother understands His Majesty's good intentions, and he is heartbroken about his mistakes, and when he returns to the fiefdom, he must keep to himself, strictly control the subordinate officials, and never do similar things again!"

As he spoke, Zhu Shangbing was a little choked.

Good intentions? Do you mean me?

Zhu Yunwen was a little stunned, but he quickly reacted and said with a smile: "So good, King Qin, you are the eldest son of the second uncle, the old King Qin, and the grandson of Deng Yu, the king of Hejian, the founder of the country, as long as you sincerely repent, I will always open up!" ”

"So, what do you think I should do?"

"This incident is all the fault of the criminal minister's negligence, the younger brother is willing to accept all the dispositions of the clan family law, as for the subordinate officials and subordinates involved in the case, but with His Majesty's disposal, the younger brother does not dare to beak!"

"Oh?"

Zhu Yunwen smiled, his eyes wandered, and he looked at Zhu Chun next to him: "Then Uncle Shu Wang, as an elder of the clan, what do you think the old man should do?" ”

Elderly?

Zhu Chun's forehead couldn't help oozing beads of sweat, he glared at Zhu Shangbing with some resentment, got up and arched his hand: "Your Majesty is the son of the Great Tomorrow, and he is also the head of the Ming Imperial Family. ”

"Huh,"

Zhu Yunwen found out for the first time that it seemed to be a mistake to choose Zhu Chun as Zongzheng, although this person has a good name, but he is too tactful, and he is unwilling to take responsibility, unwilling to charge ahead, and always let himself, the emperor, be a villain, it seems that ......

"Uncle Shu Wang, you can arrange it, King Qin doesn't want to live in Zongren Mansion, let him live in the old Qin Palace, and you can arrange it, let the family members of King Qin's Mansion enter Beijing as soon as possible and reunite with him, this is about to celebrate the New Year, isn't it?"

What the? Families should enter Beijing as soon as possible?

Qin King Zhu Shangbing's face suddenly turned pale, he looked at Zhu Chun with some despair, Zhu Chun's face was unbearable, but he could only turn his face away and knelt on the ground: "Minister Zhu Chun obeys the order!" ”

Zhu Shangbing hesitated, got up and knelt down, bowed to the ground, and cried: "Minister Zhu Shangbing is grateful!" ”

"As for the subordinate officials and subordinates of the Qin Prince's Mansion, as well as all the officials involved in the case in Shaanxi, they will all be imprisoned, and the new Shaanxi political envoy Tie Xuan, the press envoy Zhou Xin, the Ministry of Justice Zhengqing Hu Yan, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate Zuodu Yushi Lian Zining will be jointly tried, and the case must be closed before the year."

"As for the arrears and arrears of taxes from the Qin Wangfu and other officials, Mu Benquan, the Shaanxi tax envoy, is responsible for recovering them, and the Shaanxi Metropolitan Division, the Judicial Division, and the Political Secretary must fully cooperate and must complete the collection before the year."

"The income tax does not have to be sent to Beijing, and it is stored in the Shaanxi Domain, giving priority to meeting the needs of the Northern Army."

Zhu Yunwen's unhurried voice echoed in the hall, but everyone clearly felt a kind of murderous atmosphere, Zhu Chun and Zhu Shangbing lowered their heads, while Xie Jin wrote with an expressionless face, turning the emperor's meaning into a gorgeous literary style, quoting scriptures and high-sounding holy decrees......

Zhu Shangbing, who walked out of the Qianqing Palace, couldn't help crying loudly, and Zhu Chun could only accompany him to cry and didn't dare to speak.

Listening to the crying that gradually went away, Zhu Yunwen shook his head, and looked back at Xie Jin and Wang Gen helplessly: "Da Shen, respectfully, did you hear King Qin's cry?" ”

"I heard you!"

"What do you think?"

"The minister thinks that His Majesty enforces the law strictly, and the clan should understand His Majesty's good intentions." Xie Jindao.

"The minister thinks that His Majesty's punishment of the King of Qin is too severe, and the crimes committed by the King of Qin are not conspicuous among the vassal kings in various places, so he cut off the prince just because of this, and the minister thinks that it is a bit excessive." Wang Gen said.

This is the difference between Xie Jin and Wang Gen.

Xie Jin can find a reason for the emperor in everything, while Wang Gen is righteous and insistent, and at the same time seems a little pedantic.

However, this kind of pedantry is appreciated by Zhu Yunwen, so he can also tolerate Wang Gen's outspokenness; This is the same reason that he was alienated from Fang Xiaoru in the past, but now he is gradually reusing Fang Xiaoru.

"You all think too much, I don't have the idea of cutting off the King of Qin, it's just that punishment is inevitable!"

Speaking of this, Zhu Yunwen stood up, looked at the sunlight outside the hall, and said quietly: "Do you know what is the most difficult thing to do?" ”

“......”

"It's the hardest thing to do everything for your children and grandchildren!"

"Because even if you do the right thing and avoid the worst, they don't know it, so they won't be grateful to you and will even resent you!"

At this moment, in the eyes of Xie Jin and Wang Gen, the emperor's back looked so lonely and lonely......

Northwest, Huozhou City (Turpan).

Huozhou City got its name from the nearby famous Flaming Mountain, which was used by a famous novelist in later generations.

During the Western Han Dynasty, the natives near Huozhou established the Gushi Kingdom, also known as the Cheshi Kingdom. From Emperor Wu to Emperor Xuan, after more than 70 years of "five battles for the chariot division", the Han army finally expelled the Xiongnu and brought the chariot division under the jurisdiction of the Western Regions Protectorate.

During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Huozhou was usually ruled by the secessionist regime of the Hexi Corridor.

In the Tang Dynasty, the famous Gaochang Kingdom appeared in Huozhou, and its lord Ju Wentai had a deep friendship with Xuanzang, a high monk who traveled west to learn scriptures, but when Xuanzang returned from Tianzhu, Gaochang had already died and became the Xizhou under the Tang Anxi Protectorate.

The glory of the Tang Dynasty was fleeting, and after the Anshi Rebellion, the Anxi Protectorate died in Tubo, and Xizhou was no exception.

After the fall of Tibet, Gaochang belonged to the Uighurs, that is, the famous Uighur Gaochang state.

Mongolia arose, Gaochang was destroyed, and it was renamed Huozhou.

During the anti-Yuan period of Haidu, Huozhou was repeatedly warned, but it was still under the rule of the Yuan Dynasty on the whole.

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the Eastern Chagatai Khanate occupied Huozhou, and its troops were directed at the city of Hami, while the Unasuri of Hami proclaimed himself the king of Hami and confronted it.

Mingxing, Hami surrendered, East Chagatai retreated, and Huozhou returned to Hami Yao.

In Hongwu, the Golden Family declined, Warat rose, and its power gradually crossed the Tianshan Mountains, and the Ulekt Department of Ugqi occupied a vast area from Jinshan (Altai Mountain) in the north to the West Sea (Bosten Lake) in the south, and Huozhou fell into the hands of Warat.

Huozhou is more than 400 miles away from the West Sea and is the barrier of the West Sea, so since the Ugqi period, there has been a Warat garrison here.

However, on October 11, the ninth year of Jianwen, the city of Huozhou ushered in the guests of the East - the cavalry of the Ming Dynasty.

......

"Lord Xiban, let's fight!"

"No way!"

Xiban flatly refused, he pointed to the city and said: "The Ming army is strong and strong, our army must not underestimate the enemy, once Huozhou is lost, Xihaidun will lose the barrier, so our army must not waver in battle." ”

"But," Ta Chiwu eagerly pointed to the Ming army shouting outside the city: "Lord Xiban, the Ming army is no more than 2,000 people, and our army is at least twice as strong, why can't we fight?" ”

"How do you know that the Ming army is only two thousand? What if they have an ambush? ”

Listening to the sophistry of the former ban, Ta Chiwu's fingers trembled, and he was a little speechless: "The former ban, I think you were frightened by the Ming people!" ”

"What did you say?"

Xiban Huo Ran turned around, and the sword at his waist was unsheathed: "You try to say one more thing?" ”

Ta Chiwu opened his mouth, his face flushed, but he hesitated for a while, but pointed to the outside of the city and said astringently: "My lord, now that the Ming army is outside the city, robbing the people outside the city, and robbing our women, cattle and sheep, can we only watch here?" ”

"General Tachiu,"

Seeing that Ta Chiwu was soft, and Xiban didn't care about himself, he walked over and gently patted the other party's shoulder, and said in an emotional voice: "I also feel the same way when I see the people outside the city suffering, they are all the people of the Great Khan, but the Ming State is a big country, and it is not a trivial matter to go to war with it, and it must have the military order of the Great Khan." ”

"I've already sent someone to ask the Great Khan, and it's estimated that I'll be back in two days, and the general will hold back for two days for the time being, okay?"

“......”

Ta Chiwu looked out of the city, gritted his teeth, and then turned around and left, leaving only one sentence: "My lord, in two days, I, Ta Chiwu, will go out of the city and fight to the death with the Ming army, please watch the battle on the top of the city!" ”

"My lord, this guy in Tachiu-"

Tachiu's rudeness annoyed Cyban's subordinate, who tried to speak, but was stopped by him.

Siban turned to look out of the city, his fists clenched, how could he not be annoyed?

It's a pity that this is the most difficult time for the Great Mongolia, the Great Khan gave up the foundation of Mobei and came to the West Sea, which was a risky move, but as long as the Great Khan was given another year, the Great Mongolia of the integration of Warat, and even the Eastern Chagatai Khanate would definitely rise again, and Xiban believed that the Great Khan had this ability.

However, at this time, the Ming army sent troops.

What exactly did the Ming army want to do?

What Xiban regrets the most is that he didn't make more efforts to kill Uzhina and the others, but he let them flee into Hami City, so that the matter of the Great Khan's arrival in the West Sea was leaked.

Under the city of Hami, he was careless for a while, surrounded by the Ming army, and then chased and killed by him for dozens of miles. After the battle, they lost more than 200 cavalry and all their prisoners.

What's even worse is that the next morning, the Ming army appeared again, with more than 2,000 cavalry, chasing them all the way to Huozhou.

After that, the Ming army was stranded outside the city of Huozhou, not attacking the city or leaving, but cutting off the traffic inside and outside the city.

Ta Chiwu and the others were more bold and wanted to go out of the city to drive the Ming army away, but Xiban was worried that there were ambushes behind the two thousand people, so he tried his best to stop Ta Chiwu, he hoped to wait for the Great Khan to send reinforcements to fight again, so that it would be safer.

But Xiban knew that he couldn't hold it back for long.