The Mongols under the yellow banner had stolen their horses and disappeared, and by the time Hauge learned about it, it was already daylight the next day. If it was in the past, he would naturally report to his father Khan as soon as possible, but now he is a little weak-hearted.

After Yiju lost nearly half of the yellow flag, Huang Taiji was very disappointed with him. Now he can't even control his subordinates, these two Mongols sneaked away, obviously related to Hou Jin's plan to expedition to Mobei, Haoge is a little unsure whether it is appropriate to report this news.

After thinking about it for a long time, Hauge quietly went to visit the Great Beledesan and asked him for an idea first. Dai Shan really wanted to keep Haoge, so he immediately summoned Song Xiance, who was a confidant, and asked him for advice.

Song Xiance only thought for a moment and then said bluntly: "Haugbeler, you have come to the wrong place. You should now hurry into the palace and give an honest account of the situation to the Great Khan, and the Great Khan will surely cover up the matter for you. Otherwise, if the others report this to the Great Khan first, I am afraid that the Great Khan will have prejudices against you, Belle. Didn't Baylor know the truth that the king should be loyal and the father should be sincere? ”

Haoge suddenly chuckled in his heart, he quickly got up and bowed his hand to Song Xiance and said, "Thanks to Mr. Song's teachings, I almost wanted to go wrong." ”

Hauge immediately said hello to Daishan and quickly left. After listening to the footsteps and gradually disappearing, Dai Shan, who was sitting on the Taishi's chair to recuperate, straightened up and asked Song Xiance with concern: "Haoge went to confess to the Great Khan like this, will he really be fine?" If the Great Khan really wants to hold Hauge accountable, should I say something to protect him? ”

Song Xiance bent his body and said with a smile on his face: "Don't worry, although there is more than one son under the knees of the Great Khan, there is only one son who can lead the yellow flag. As long as Haugbel and the Great Khan are of the same mind, the Great Khan will not pursue this matter, otherwise how can this yellow flag still allow Haugbel to preside over the overall situation..."

Just when Song Xiance was analyzing the situation for Daishan, in the Qingzhou South Goods Store two streets away from Daishan's mansion, a young man dressed as a guy was carefully grabbing a pigeon out of the cage, and the middle-aged shopkeeper on the side watched his movements and asked worriedly: "Are you sure this pigeon can fly back to Jinzhou?" ”

The young man replied without raising his head: "Don't worry, this is a pigeon breed that Mr. Zhang Wanzhong has bred for three years, and he will not get lost."

Mr. Zhang is known as the existence of the pigeon god in our Shandong, and he also wrote a book on how to breed pigeons, which was personally ordered by the emperor to be printed and promoted. Since the beginning of the previous year, the military pigeon bureau presided over by Mr. Zhang has already tested flight pigeons in Lushun, Denglai, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Taiwan, and basically has not been lost.

Besides, even if this one gets lost, isn't there one else on the side? There will always be one that will reach Jinzhou. In fact, you don't have to be too nervous, there is only a series of numbers in this pigeon book, even if someone accidentally knocks it down, they can't find out what is written in the pigeon book. ”

Looking at the two gray pigeons that flew away, the middle-aged shopkeeper couldn't help but bow in the air, and prayed in his mouth before saying to the guy next to him: "There are many birds of prey in the air outside this pass than inside the gate." I'm just worried that they will be folded in the mouth of a greedy disgusting thing, and it will ruin the emperor's great affairs. I still think it's more reliable to honestly let people send the news back than to use these living creatures..."

For the shopkeeper's words, the guy could only roll his eyes, and then said: "Shopkeeper, I cleaned up this place and went to the front cabinet, do you have any other orders..."

Shenyang to Jinzhou City more than 400 miles, the caravan is advancing at a speed of 80 miles a day, and it also takes nearly five days. However, it only took more than 6 hours for the two pigeons to return to the pigeon cage in Jinzhou, and the person in charge of the pigeon cage left to take down the pigeon book and give them water and food.

Half an hour later, Jin Yiwei, who had translated the contents from the pigeon book, rearranged a document and sent someone to ride it to the capital. The two pigeon books were re-sealed in brass tubes, tied to the other two pigeons and flew to the capital.

Sixteen hours later, the two pigeons also managed to arrive at a large house in the inner city of Beijing. The copper pipe carried by the pigeon was quickly delivered to the owner of the mansion, Zhang Wanzhong, and it was almost the next morning. And the messenger on horseback is far from Shanhaiguan at this time.

Zhang Wanzhong, the word buckle, although he is nearly 40 years old, he is properly maintained on weekdays, and he looks like he is in his early 30s, which can be described as personable. He is a native of Zouping County, Shandong, and he is also the queen of the famous eunuchs. Grandfather Zhang Yuan, born in Jinshi, was an official to the imperial history of the capital and the governor of Henan. His father, Zhang Yandeng, was born in Jinshi, and is currently the imperial history of the right capital of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Although the family is very knowledgeable, but when he came to Zhang Wanzhong, there were some deviations, he did not like the Four Books and Five Classics, but he liked those miscellaneous studies very much, especially pigeon breeding and horse breeding. Therefore, they are almost forty years old, and they are just a tribute student.

In the Tang and Song dynasties, the literati had begun to raise pigeons, and in the Ming Dynasty, the wind of pigeon breeding rose sharply. However, the Akito pigeon breeder does not separate the carrier pigeons from the ornamental pigeons. The Ming people regarded the pigeon as an ornamental pet, and often used the pigeon's habits to pass on family letters.

During the orthodox period of the Ming Dynasty, there were literati who recorded that someone in Huaiyin picked up an extremely tired pigeon on the roof of their house, looked at the letter wrapped in oil paper on the pigeon's feet, and found that the pigeon was released from Beijing three days ago. More than 700 kilometers from Beijing to Huaiyin, this pigeon only took three days, which shows that this pigeon is very close to the professional carrier pigeon.

Of course, the Mingren's amazing anecdotes are not so impressed by Chongzhen. In the era when there were no radio waves, carrier pigeons were the fastest way to transmit information over long distances, but professional carrier pigeons were not just a few pairs of pigeons. Breed, pedigree and professional training are indispensable conditions for the development of professional pigeons.

However, it is not so difficult to breed some professional carrier pigeons in this era, because the pigeon racing club in the south, especially the various pigeon racing clubs, flying pigeon clubs, and white pigeon clubs in Guangdong, have laid a good material foundation for selecting suitable breeders and raising pigeons.

For example, Foshan's pigeon release club, there are three races, flying back to Foshan from Qingyuan Donglin Temple, flying back to Foshan from Feilai Temple, flying back to Foshan from Hengshiyi, the farthest distance is more than 300 miles.

Under the search of Jinyiwei, Zhang Wanzhong, who was well-known among pigeon breeders, was summoned to the capital and was responsible for the preparation of the pigeon bureau. Zhang Wanzhong never thought that his little hobby of not doing his job would actually fall into the eyes of the emperor. However, he was very interested in establishing a nationwide carrier pigeon communication system, so he agreed to it.

After more than 2 years, the safe return of the pair of long-distance communication pigeons can be regarded as the completion of the preliminary test, which makes Zhang Wanzhong very pleased. He didn't care much about the contents of the pigeon book, but just ordered his subordinates to send the pigeon book to the five general staff offices next door.

In fact, the Fifth Division of the General Staff Department has another name, that is, the Military Intelligence Bureau. After translating the contents of the pigeon book, Director Li Hongyuan immediately went to the Army General Staff Headquarters in the Wuying Hall and made a brief report to the Chief Sun Chengzong.

Although the content of the pigeon book was shocking, Houjin tried to wipe out Lin Dan Khan in the Mobei grassland. But for Li Hongyuan, there was another thing that made him even more excited.

"Chief, it has not been more than 24 hours since the pigeon was released in Shenyang yesterday and we received the information. The distance between the two places is more than 1,200 miles, and if we can build a carrier pigeon communication network covering the whole country according to His Majesty's vision, then the General Staff can grasp the information thousands of miles away in one day, and then for the General Staff, we will be able to give instructions to the border troops in a more timely manner..."

Sun Chengzong read the contents of the pigeon book unhurriedly, and even took out the code book himself and translated it, and then said to Li Hongyuan: "I know what you want to say, but for now, carrier pigeons can be used to transmit emergency military information, and it is probably not realistic to use it on a large scale." ”

Li Hongyuan suddenly asked with some surprise: "Why, hasn't it been proven that these carrier pigeons are much more reliable than those pigeons a year ago?" ”

Sun Chengzong replied as he got up: "The cost, manpower, and the number of pigeons, I will not pin the operation of the General Staff on a flock of pigeons. Alright, I am going to pass this information on to Your Majesty now. As for you, commend the people of the pigeon bureau for me, they did a good job. ”

After Sun Chengzong asked the eunuch on duty who was guarding the Wuying Palace, he learned that Chongzhen did not come today, but entertained the living Buddha from Qinghai in the Xiyuan Retreat.

After Sun Chengzong asked the location, he turned around and walked towards Xiyuan. The Xiyuan Essence House, built on the edge of the Taiye Pond, is a two-story brick and wood building in the shape of a figure seven. This fine house was built for one year and four months, and the interior layout was designed by Chongzhen himself, and the interior is no longer blindly pursuing tall and majestic, but more similar to the old Shanghai Shikumen building in Su Changqing's memory.

Although the interior is compact, it is more suitable for private conversations or family living. Under Chongzhen's order, this fine house is not only installed with water and water toilets, but also in the reception room with sofas and coffee tables and other new furniture, since the completion of the construction of the West Garden House, Chongzhen stayed here for longer and longer.

In the conference room at the corner of the house, there are large floor-to-ceiling windows on both sides of the lake, and the November sun shines through the glass on the sofa inside, making people feel warm.

Zhaba Se from Qinghai, known locally as Zhangjiahu Tuketu, is the sixth Dharma platform of Guolong Monastery. Guolong Temple is the largest Tibetan Buddhist temple in the northern basin of Huangshui, Qinghai, known as the "mother of the temples in Huangbei", there are many temples, so there are many living Buddhas, there are more than 20 living Buddhas such as "five big sac living Buddhas" and "nine small sac living Buddhas", Zhangjia Hutu Ketu is one of the five major sac living Buddhas.

Although Zhangjiahu Tuketu is proficient in Buddhist scriptures, his influence still does not go out of Qinghai, and his reputation is not as good as that of Tibet* lamas. However, in the process of the Ming people re-entering Qinghai, Zhaba Osse assisted the Ming people to pacify the Qinghai tribes, and the first credit among the living Buddhas was to be summoned into the capital by Chongzhen.

Since the Mongolian right-wing tribes returned to the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youzhen set up schools and sent living Buddhas from the capital and Wutai Mountain to the Mongolian banners to preach consolation, so as to unite the centripetal force of these tribes for the Ming Dynasty. However, the influence of the Gelug sect among the Mongol tribes in Monan was beyond his imagination, and although these Mongol tribes had elevated his status above that of other living Buddhas, they were still only on an equal footing with the * lamas.

For the time being, he needed a Gelug monk with a deep knowledge of Buddhism to go to the steppe to preach Buddha in order to eliminate the influence of the Lama. Zhangjiahu Tuketu was a senior monk selected by Chongzhen, and after a long talk with him, Zhu Youzhen felt very satisfied.

“… The master is really profound in Buddhism, and he bears the word living Buddha. In my opinion, can the living Buddha be reincarnated in Qinghai and Tibet in the future, protect the national fortune for my Ming Dynasty, and preside over the Buddhist affairs in Qinghai, Monan, and Mobei Mongolia? The Religious Affairs Committee will also assist in all the work after the reincarnation of the Living Buddha. ”

Zhaba Ose was silent for only a moment, then bowed to Chongzhen and accepted the canonization of the Ming Emperor. It's not that Zhaba'e is greedy for wealth, but on the way from Qinghai to the capital, he has learned that the Ming Dynasty is not as weak as rumored, and if the Dharma platform of Guolong Temple wants to continue to be inherited, it must be blessed by the Ming Emperor.