Chapter 250: Finally to Zhangjiakou
"Brother, you are too worried, now the White Lotus Sect is not as good as in the past, since Zhao Quan's award, the remnants of the forces have almost disappeared, even if they can still gather some people, they don't dare to beat our silver idea."
Feng Bangning said nonchalantly, the Zhao Quan he mentioned was originally the leader of the White Lotus Sect, during the Jiajing period, he relied on Altan Khan as a backer, and at his most glorious time, he had nearly 100,000 people under his hands, and there were countless believers, and he was also the number one person.
Altan Khan is a Mongolian Qiyuan Department, named Baoer Zhijin (also translated as Baer Zhijin) Gegen, after returning to the Ming Dynasty, he was named Shunyi King Altan Khan, which means sworn brother prince, and called himself Alatan Khan, which means "Golden Family Khan", an important leader of the Mongolian Tumut Department, a descendant of Genghis Khan of the Golden Family, and a grandson of Dayan Khan. Altan Khan, also translated as "Alatan Khan", was called "Altan Khan" by the Ming Court.
He rose to prominence during the Jiajing reign of the Ming Dynasty and developed rapidly, forcing the Chahar tribe, the former overlord of the steppe, to move to Liaodong, and Altan Khan became the right-wing Mongol chieftain. The control area extends from Xuanhua and Datong in the east, to the Hetao in the west, to the Gobi Desert in the north, and to the Great Wall in the south. Later, in order to open up pastures, he conquered Qinghai, and even used troops in Tibet for a time.
The reason why it grew so fast was inseparable from the help of Zhao Quan, Zhao Quan was a very smart person, ambitious, and the Ming Dynasty couldn't stay and went to the desert to take refuge in Altan Khan, who had little power at that time, and persuaded him to accept Han culture and encourage farming, and the power soon grew and became the most powerful force among the Mongolian tribes.
It is precisely for this reason that Zhao Quan is quite valued by Altan Khan.
The bad thing is that Altan Khan's grandson took Hannaji, who had no parents since he was a child, and was very favored, and when he grew up, he married his cousin Zhong Jin as his wife, but Altan Khan saw that his granddaughter was beautiful and forcibly took him as his wife, so Hannaji was furious and led his troops to surrender (note).
At that time, the Ming Dynasty was having a headache for Altan Khan's repeated Koubian, and Hannaji came to surrender, naturally as if he had obtained a treasure, Wang Chonggu, the governor of Xuanda at the time, suggested three strategies in the upper middle and lower, and finally the imperial court used Hannaji as a bait to appease Altan Khan.
As a condition for the return of Han Naji, the most important one was to escort Zhao Quan and other nine White Lotus Sect leaders to Jingshi.
Since then, the Northern White Lotus Sect has collapsed and has never regained its previous prosperity.
Far from it.
Han Yuxi nodded: "That's right, those who were made by these fanatics were a little suspicious." After a pause, he said: "The carriage and everything have been arranged, Liu Yuanwai said that he would return the 10,000 taels of silver before sunset today, and he didn't dare to break his promise, and when the time comes, he will definitely not be able to miss the departure tonight." ”
Feng Bangning nodded: "You are doing things, do I still have anything to worry about?" You helped your uncle take care of these money and things, and the credit is not small, but my uncle said that the prefect of Baoding Mansion is vacant, and he wants to get you over? ”
"Baoding is a good place, it's closer to this Jingshi, you have to thank the ancestors for me when you go back." Han Yuxi said happily, thinking in his heart, it is really a good shade under the big tree, now, I have just passed the year of standing, as long as I am good at Feng Bao, with my talent, my future achievements may not be under that Zhang Juzheng.
As for his wife, he succumbed to Feng Bangning's claws, but he didn't care, three-legged toads are not easy to find, and there are many two-legged beauties, as long as the power is in hand, who does he fancie, isn't it just a matter of hooking his fingers?
Zhang You led Tang Erzhuang and them out of Beijing, all the way west, after passing Zhuozhou, Yizhou, and Bauhinia Pass, they turned north, non-stop, and when they arrived at Zhangjiakou, it was almost midnight. From afar, I saw that the gates of the city were closed, and there were many tents outside, brightly lit, and soldiers with swords and guns patrolling back and forth from time to time.
Zhang Weiguang rode a horse and followed Zhang You, he was a weak scholar, this time he turned back and forth for nearly a thousand miles, there was almost no rest in the middle, the bones were almost scattered, and the place where the thigh touched the saddle was even more painful.
"Oh no, the gates are closed, how is this good?" He said with a frown, grinning as he spoke.
Zhang You's thighs are actually very painful, but he has true qi to protect his body, and his complexion is much better than Zhang Weiguang. Frowning, he looked around and instructed Tang Erzhuang: "Go and see whose troops this is." Then, he took out the tooth tag representing his identity from his body and handed it to Zhang Weiguang: "Show my identity and call the door." ”
Zhang Weiguang then remembered that Zhang You was now a dignified Ming Weibo, took the tooth card, and rushed to the city gate with great joy, and Tang Erzhuang also rode straight to the barracks.
Zhang You led the rest of the people to slowly approach the city gate.
He put down the hanging basket from upstairs and asked Zhang Weiguang to put the tooth card up. Zhang You stood still, and heard the sound of hooves behind him, it turned out that Tang Erzhuang had gone and returned, saying that those soldiers were Li Rusong's subordinates.
"Brother Zimao has also arrived? Definitely in town! Zhang You muttered to himself, the corners of his mouth hooked, revealing a smile.
At this moment, the city gate opened, a general greeted out, respectfully handed back the tooth card to Zhang You, and after paying a big salute, he personally sent everyone to Li Rusong's office - Guandi Temple in the east of the city.
Li Rusong got the news, and led Fang Shoushi and Sun Chengzong and others to greet him in person, and said with a smile after seeing the salute: "What kind of wind blew the earl here?" The last general is discussing the military situation with the old house, and I heard that you are here, and I really don't believe it in the middle of the night. ”
"What? If you are allowed to come, Brother Zimao, won't you let me come? Zhang You said that Li Rusong was rare in his heart and joked.
"Earl, don't call the last general like that, don't you have to ...... it?"
"Stop, stop, you are the chief soldier, do I call you Li Dashuai? Also, don't be a count, you and my brother, such a title is common, what did you do before, otherwise, I will call you Li Dashuai. ”
Li Rusong was a little moved, in fact, he didn't have a lot of contacts with Zhang You, and he was still thinking about it, Zhang You rarely ascended to a high position, and I am afraid that he had already forgotten his old friendship.
He smiled a little embarrassedly: "Since Zicheng said so, I might as well be respectful, come, come, let me introduce you, this is Lord Fang Shoushi, the military envoy of Huai'an Dao, and the young man next to him is called Sun Chengzong, who is not only the west seat of his house, but also his staff, don't look rough, but his brain is very flexible." ”
Fang Shoushi and Sun Chengzong met Zhang You again. Sun Chengzong peeked at Zhang You and found that he was looking straight at him, he couldn't help but be stunned, subconsciously touched his nose, and asked cautiously: "Earl, but is there anything on the villain's face?" ”
Zhang You came back to his senses, snorted, stretched out his hand and patted Sun Chengzong's shoulder, and said, "Not bad, yes, my body is really strong, my beard is full of cheeks, it reminds me of a person......"
"What the Earl said, it shouldn't be a bearded guest, right?" Sun Chengzong relieved himself and interrupted Zhang You with a smile.
Zhang You smiled and nodded, thinking in his heart that Sun Chengzong, who was famous for his life, looked like this.
Note: There are several versions of the contradiction between Hannaji and Altan Khan, the current time of this book is the ninth year of Wanli, and the famous Sanniangzi is already a dignified lady of Zhongshun, and the wood has been completed, so it is written according to the Ming history, hoping to have a light spray that is proficient in this history.