After quietly listening to Lu Jin's story, even with Yu Qian's calmness, there was a lot of strangeness on his face at the moment, and there was even a hint of disbelief.

If he didn't understand Lu Jin's personality and knew that he wouldn't lie and deceive himself on such things, I'm afraid he would have thought it was nonsense. It is really beyond the common sense of most people that tens of thousands of Mongolians can be killed and beheaded by thousands of people.

After a long silence, Yu Qian looked at Lu Jin: "So for the sake of Datong's military heart, you agreed to Hu Sui's intention and gave up the credit?" ”

"In addition to focusing on the overall situation, Xia Guan is also worried that this matter is too shocking, and no one dares to believe it if he tells the truth, so he took this step back." Lu Zhen did not shy away from it, and said directly. Indeed, even the great victory reported this time was a big number of people in the DPRK and the central government who were suspicious, and if the truth had been reported, no one would have believed it.

Yu Qian also nodded knowingly: "What you said is right, this is indeed the most reasonable choice, but I have to wronged you." ”

In fact, although the Datong defenders did not participate in this battle, their role cannot be ignored. If they didn't have them behind us to rely on, we wouldn't have been able to let go of our hands and feet to fight this one. So even the sergeants didn't complain too much about it. Lu Zhen seemed very calm, and even had a smile on his face when he said this.

And Yu Qian's gaze when he looked at Lu Zhen at this time had a lot of emotion and attention. originally knew Lu Jin, but he was only appreciating his personality and some of his previous things. And now, this young man once again showed a surprising side, I really couldn't imagine that he could even have such attainments in military affairs, which was really a great blessing for the imperial court.

As if seeing the admiration in the other party's eyes, Lu Zhen continued: "Actually, to be honest, the lower officials don't know too much about things on the battlefield. This time, it was only by luck that the geographical advantage and the Mongolian people despised our Ming border army, so that a victory could be achieved. If they are steady enough, it is difficult to say what the outcome of this battle will be. ”

"If you think so, it's enough to prove that you are a qualified leader." Yu Qian said approvingly, and then a relaxed smile appeared on his face: "Since this victory is all under your command, and there are those heads and prisoners of war to prove it, then I am also relieved." When you wait for the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, you can bring people to offer your majesty, and naturally no one will dare to doubt it at that time. ”

Lu Zhen nodded solemnly: "Xiaguan is provincial." ”

"By the way, you've just entered the capital, have you ever found a place to stay? Or are you going to go to the inn for a night's rest? Yu Qian looked at the dark sky outside and asked. The conversation between the two of them actually lasted more than an hour, and it was already past the time to disperse.

Lu Zhen thought for a moment before saying, "I'm afraid it's a little late to go to the pavilion at this time." Xia Guan had lived in the Hu Butang Mansion of the Ministry of Officials for a few days before, why don't you bother again? It's just the right time to pay a visit to him. "If you say which official is closest to Lu Zhen in the court, but you still have to count Hu Hu, because the other party really helped him too much, and that is the predecessor who really treats him as a nephew.

When Yu Qian heard him say this, his face changed slightly: "Then the official will give you a ride." It's going to be curfew now, and it's better to have me to send it off. ”

"Then thank you to the waiter." Lu Zhen was not polite, and hurriedly thanked him. Immediately, he asked a little strangely: "The lower official mentioned Hu Butang just now, why did the adult suddenly change color?" But what's wrong? The change in the other party's expression naturally fell into his eyes.

Yu Qian didn't rush to answer, but stood up and walked out: "I'll talk to you about this after I get in the car." Seeing this, Lu Zhen didn't ask a question, so he could only follow the other party out of the public house with some doubts, and then came to the yamen.

At this time, there were not many officials in the yamen of the military department, and there were only two or three carriages parked outside. As soon as he saw Yu Qian come out, a carriage that looked quite old creaked over, and even the horses pulling the carriage were two horses, which were not worth a few dollars.

Yu Qian didn't think so, and quickly boarded the car, and then greeted Lu Jin. After Lu Zhen said hello to Lin Lie, who was waiting on the side, he also got into the carriage.

The carriage looked old on the outside, and it wasn't much better on the inside. Although it was not damaged, the interior of the car was a little cramped, and the two of them sat in it, and there was hardly much room for maneuver.

This made Lu Jin's heart sigh for a while, Yu Qian was really strict with himself. You must know that he is now the second-in-command of the Ministry of War, and he can be regarded as an important minister in the court, even in ordinary court discussions, he is indispensable. But his car is so simple, it can even be said to be simple, just this one, it can be seen that this is a gentleman who does not take external things in his heart.

This is exactly the case, if it weren't for the dignity of the imperial court, Yu Qian probably wouldn't even want to sit in this carriage, and he could go to the court directly on foot, or he could go back and forth between the yamen and his own mansion, anyway, the house he was given was not too far from the palace and the Liubu area.

After feeling a little emotion in his heart, Lu Zhen thought about asking the other party the question just now. But before he could say anything, there was a shout outside the car, and then the sound of whipping and whispering and whimpering came from the curtain.

This made Lu Zhen feel curious. Once the curfew in the capital is introduced, few people except for high-ranking officials in the DPRK and China will walk outside, let alone such a noise. What's going on?

Thinking in his heart, Lu Zhen couldn't help but pick up a trace of the car curtain and look outside, and then saw the following scene-

More than a dozen Jinyi guards were holding leather whips to drive dozens of men, women, and children with sad faces. Judging from their attire alone, it can be seen that they are also eunuchs, but now they are embarrassed, and an old man who can't walk quickly because of the shackles on his feet, he has eaten several whips raw.

Seeing this, Lu Zhen was not a little moved, and only after a while did he put down the curtain of the car and glanced at Yu Qian, who had a somewhat ugly face beside him: "Lord Yu, this is ......"

"Jinyiwei is taking people's ......" Yu Qian first simply spit out these words, and then sighed and explained in detail: "It should be the family of the official Lang Zhong Zhaoqi, two days ago, he was accused of corruption by the factory guards, and then he was impeached by many officials. Yesterday, he was already in prison, and his family was convicted in just one day. ”

"Corruption?" Lu Zhen frowned thoughtfully.

Yu Qian snorted: "What kind of corruption is just an excuse that Wang Zhen, who is now in power, came up with in order to get rid of him." In the past few months, there have been no less than 20 officials who have been convicted of various crimes because they disagree with his prince or his father-in-law, or because they refuse to go along with him. ”

"Is that so?" Lu Zhen was really surprised this time, has Wang Zhen's power become so big in a few years?

Although he had seen Wang Zhen's arrogant and domineering descriptions when he was reading history books before, that was only a rough outline. And after Zhen came to this era, he found that Wang Zhen could not cover the sky with one hand, because there were still many old and important ministers in the court who could compete with him. So in his opinion, the so-called founder of the Great Ming Power Eunuch is nothing more than that.

But now, after hearing Yu Qian say this, he realized that things were obviously not as simple as he thought, and Wang Zhen's power was not comparable to that of two years ago.

In fact, two years ago, although Jinyiwei was also under Wang Zhen's control, he still couldn't control the overall situation, but now, with Ma Shun already sitting in the position of commander, Jinyiwei has completely become an eagle dog under his princess, and with the cooperation of Dongchang, it is enough to completely eat those petty officials in the capital.

That's not all, the more critical thing is some changes in the DPRK -

Yu Qian glanced at Lu Jin, who was surprised, and said: "Since the death of Duke Xuan (i.e., Yang Pu), the only veteran in the court who can really suppress Wang Zhen is Hu Butang. The official duties of the Ministry of Officials are already extremely heavy, so after more than a year, Wang Zhen's power has become extremely large, and countless small and medium-sized officials in Beijing have thrown themselves into his disciples. As for those who refuse to go along with it, he will do everything he can to suppress them. And last winter, Hu Butang suddenly got a cold again, and he couldn't afford to get sick, and he is still sick at home today, which makes Wang Zhen have no worries. In the past few months, more than 20 upright officials have been victimized by him, and now even the relevant officials of the Ministry of Officials have ...... Well, the situation between the DPRK and China is becoming more and more difficult. ”

Lu Zhen couldn't help but gasp, it turned out that in the past few years since he left, the capital has undergone such a huge change? The successive downfall of Yang Pu and Hu Hu, the two old ministers of the Four Dynasties, greatly increased Wang Zhen's power, which may be the key to the subsequent disaster.

At the same time, he was a little afraid. If it weren't for Hu Hu and the others to transfer themselves from the capital earlier, with Wang Zhen's power now, I'm afraid that he would have been put in prison as a small six-grade official, and even lost his life, right?

Thinking about it like this, his gratitude to Hu Hu increased by a few points. People are really trying their best to protect themselves, and they must not let down this old man who is dedicated to the country!

After saying all this, Yu Qian kept silent. In fact, as a loyal courtier, he felt very uncomfortable when he saw all this. What made him even more uncomfortable was that in the face of all this, he, the squire of the military department, couldn't even come up with the slightest way to stop it. Sometimes when he thinks about it, Yu Qian feels ashamed.

Just when there was a heavy silence in the car, the carriage suddenly stopped: "Master, I have arrived at Hu Butang's mansion." ”