Ouyang Tong didn't care about the difference between the top and bottom of the officialdom, and said coldly: "Please Lord Lu be cautious!" ”

Lu Kang still looked at Zhu Qiming quietly, but just swept Ouyang Tong from the corner of his eye, "As a speech official, the emperor is still outspoken, let alone in the wilderness!" ”

"It's rare that Lord Lu came from afar to blow a cold wind for the sake of this king's business." Zhu Qiming's eyes were fixed on Lu Kang's official uniform, thinking that he had heard someone say that this Lu Kang had been able to rise to prominence under Wang Zhenmen, so he said word by word: "What if this king insists on entering Beijing?" ”

Lu Kang was quite pampered and not surprised, and "Mount Tai collapsed on the top and his face did not change" calm. "If you enter Beijing in violation of the regulations, the official will have something to say, and if it provokes a boiling of discussions, it will not be good."

Hearing this, although several civil officials in the palace were of low rank, they really couldn't bear it, so they angrily made fun of Lu Kang.

"The world is so big, there are no wonders, it is said that a well-educated person loves to recognize his godfather and likes to be a slave."

"If you are a slave, you will be a slave, but you still have to be an evil slave, a wicked slave who bullies the master, and maybe you can do something to despise your clan."

"It's insulting!"

"Sven sweeps the floor"

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Lu Kang's elegant posture could no longer be held, his face was red and white for a while, and after a long time, he resigned abruptly.

Looking at Lu Kang's distant back, Zhu Qiming said categorically: "This king entered Beijing on the sixteenth day of the first month!" ”

"Don't follow!" Throwing down this sentence, Zhu Qiming gritted his teeth vigorously, and then stepped on the war horse and went north alone.

There was a melodious flute sound in the distance, and when I listened to it, it was "Yangguan Three Stacks"!

This place is less than 200 miles away from Beijing, and a farewell song made him faintly feel like he was on the way home.

Would love to blow the cold wind. He dismounted at the foot of the mountain, stepped on the snow like a mattress, and walked aimlessly.

A boy of about fifteen years of age trotted in and saluted him. "Is it His Royal Highness King Yue?"

"What's the matter with you?" Zhu Qiming saw that the young man was good-looking, and he suddenly had a good impression.

The young man pointed to the northeast direction and said with a smile: "In the mountains and forests a mile away, there are old people who meet. ”

Old friend?

Although he had doubts, he still followed the boy to the mountain forest.

On a gentle slope, through the gap in the woods, I saw a back reflected in the boundless snow.

The high bun, the pale yellow cloak, and the graceful posture instantly transformed the desolate snow forest, like a Yao Pond falling into the world.

Sister of the evening ballad!

Zhu Qiming's heart was beating wildly, his blood was boiling, his feet were off the ground, and his body flew up.

A refreshing fragrance wafted over, Zhu Qiming fell down, and stopped to stare at the beauty in front of him.

The beautiful woman turned around, Yingying was blessed, and there were all kinds of charms.

What a familiar look!

Suddenly, Zhu Qiming's whole body was shocked, and a trace of fear flashed in his eyes.

Syros Saihan, you enchantress!

Between the lightning and flint, the white shadow on Saihan's cuffs flickered, and there was an extra short knife in his hand, and the light of the Sensen knife swept towards Zhu Qiming's waist and abdomen with two flowing eye waves.

At this moment, those two eyes were fixed on the Zhan Lu sword on his waist, and there was a soft smile in his covetous eyes!

Zhu Qiming tightened his abdomen suddenly, retreated sharply, and when he fell, he raised his eyes and looked down, and his heart immediately rose to his throat.

Below is a valley more than ten feet high!

"Ahh What's wrong with you? ”

Don't be pretending! Hearing Saihan's anxious inquiry, Zhu Qiming felt annoyed, and saw the dazzling snow at the bottom of the valley rushing towards him.

Close your eyes and wait for the next slam to strike.

Feeling his body penetrate the thick snow at a rapid speed, followed by a tingling pain in his back, his body paused, as if he had touched the soft soil layer like cotton wool, and after a low rattling sound, his body began to fall again, and he was greeted by boundless darkness below.

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In the Fengtian Palace, the orthodox emperor leaned on the back of the imperial seat tiredly, coldly looked at the imperial history and affairs in the hall, and had a premonition that the court and the central government would be in chaos again.

He tried his best to endure the humiliation brought to him by Warat, so as not to lose his temper, so he did not put his mind on the government that the official was about to impeach.

After waiting for more than ten days, no one in the internal and external officials dared to refuse to receive the Warat envoys, and now the DPRK is preparing to set up a banquet in the Ministry of Rites to entertain more than 1,000 people.

Disgrace!

In the past year, Warat's fierce eyes made him like a man's back, he had convened the minister's court several times, and everyone said a lot of words, but the result made him feel very disappointed, as for the reason, it is that all the officials are human spirits, mixed in the officialdom, you have to practice excellent oral skills, and you have something to say for an hour, and the wording is exquisite, and the audience loves to listen.

In other words, a few years ago, the orthodox emperor would definitely be impressed by the eloquence of his ministers, and even moved, but now, he scoffs at the court's lip service, because those words can only be used to feast the ears, and if you think about it carefully, you will find that the speaker has said a lot, in fact, there is no operational strategy in it, and there is no expression.

As everyone knows, in order to effectively deal with the huge threat posed by Warat to the Ming Dynasty, this is not a military problem at all, but a political problem, and it is necessary to face the disadvantages of the Ming Dynasty! But once it comes to the accumulation of evils, few people in the DPRK and China dare to speak out, and speaking outright will invisibly offend many people, except for those cool officials and ministers who are stupid and cute, and have a tragic ending, who will joke about their own selfish interests, career and even their lives? Therefore, those who can be officials must always and everywhere calculate their gains and losses, and they can't say anything at will! At this time, it is very important to be good at making generous statements and showing that you are worrying about the worries of the Son of Heaven as early as possible, and cleverly hiding your true thoughts in your generous statements is not to make enemies everywhere because of the happy mouth.

Look, tell lies and lies in a serious way, this is the way to be an official!

In desperation, the orthodox emperor no longer let his ministers perform lip service, but ordered them to take some dry goods. This is good, the ministers simply kept silent is golden, and the only thing left to "do" was to make promises, which caused the subsequent court discussions to end in a cold field. The Son of Heaven made another plan, and ordered Kuang Yu, the secretary of the Ministry of War, to convene everyone to discuss and list the measures to deal with Warat. Kuang Wei lived up to his expectations, and after the court discussion, he made a detailed account of the distribution of troops in Ningxia, Shaanxi, Datong, Xuanfu, Miyun, and other places, and suggested that the strength of Ningxia, Shaanxi, Datong West Road, Xifengkou, Gubeikou, and other weak defensive links be strengthened.

Well, if the internal affairs are not repaired, they can only be based on defense, I hope this move will make the Warat people know the difficulties and retreat! The orthodox emperor only made a few changes to this article, and allowed everything else.

The opinion of the courtiers is based on defense, and the emperor will naturally not go one step further, fortunately, he is also raising troops to conquer Uliangha first, and I don't know if he controls the three major tribes of Uliangha, anyway, he also pays attention to the place close to Liaodong first, and the military town north of the capital can be delayed for a while.

Taking advantage of this situation, the emperor cared about the border situation in every detail. Yexian's subordinates wanted to see Guo Jing, the eunuch guarding Datong Town, and said that they were also worried about returning from Wuliangha to the descendants and lack of horses, so they wanted to borrow food from Guo Jing, and the emperor patiently taught Guo Jing how to deal with it, provided that he did not provoke Yexian; Yang Hong, the left general and governor of the garrison monolith, led the crowd to capture 30 Warat people, and the emperor hurriedly issued an order, saying that those 30 people had no intention of offending the border, and ordered Yang Hong to treat them well and send them to the capital to settle down as soon as possible.

In short, since we have chosen to base ourselves on defense, we have to make compromises and concessions under the serious diplomatic rhetoric, including the strange things that we have to endure such as the current banquet of the Ministry of Rites and the luxurious mission of Warat.

At this time, the chaos in Fujian is intensifying! A guy named Deng Maoqi led the crowd to kill hundreds of archers who were ready to arrest him, and a civil strife that the DPRK and China originally intended to try their best to eliminate finally broke out, and with the chaos in Fujian, from the Cheng Xuan Political Division, the Sentencing Division, and the Command Envoy Division, to the prefectures, prefectures, and counties, a large number of officials, including the chief of the three divisions, have been exposed to amazing scandals, and Song Zhang, who had been demoted last year, has not yet entered Beijing to be interrogated, and a group of officials over there have been imprisoned, which is a rare officialdom earthquake in decades!

The emperor had to be distracted from the tense border affairs, because civil strife would inevitably lead to infighting between the DPRK and China. No, Reco stood up for Yu Chen.

"Your Majesty, a group of flies and dogs in Fujian are dependent on the powerful to steal American officials, how can they be loyal to the country and the people? But wanton recklessness in order to benefit one's own ears! Today, the political envoys, the envoys and a number of prefects and governors have been convicted, but the ministers have not heard of the people who sit on the throne. ”

Yu Chen's words fell, and an imperial historian came out and said: "Your Majesty, the court's important ministers and court pushed nepotism at the time, and the recommendation was unfair, and most of the Fujian officials were the townships, subordinates, and subordinates of the Ministry of Shangshu Wang Zhi and others!" ”

The six sections and the thirteen imperial histories pointed to Jiuqing, and it was unusual to investigate Wang Zhi and others for the crime of negligence in employing people, and to let them "sit together". Wang Zhi was pushed to the wind, and coincidentally, Wang Zhi happened to be speechless at this time.

Not long ago, Nai Heng, who presided over the affairs of Guanglu Temple, wanted to find an official who was the left servant of the Ministry of Officials, and was rejected by the Ministry of Officials, and finally only did the left waiter of the Ministry of Households, so Nai Heng played on the attack on Wang Zhi and other officials for nepotism, and Wang Zhi and the two officials were not to be outdone, and attacked Nai Heng, both of them were imprisoned for the crime of playing, and were later pardoned by the emperor.

Wang Zhi went out of class and said carefully: "Your Majesty, if you don't know each other on weekdays, how can you know it?" Therefore, it is forbidden to raise sons and nephews since ancient times, and Confucius said: 'Juer knows'. ”

Wang Zhi's remarks are obviously difficult to convince the public, seeing that a large group of officials are about to quarrel, the emperor does not want to let the situation get out of control at this juncture, the foreign enemy is present, the DPRK and China must maintain stability and unity! His gaze fell on Wang Zhen.

Of course, Wang Zhen understood the emperor's intentions, but he still chose to remain silent. Wang Zhen didn't want to see Jiuqing's jokes, he just cared about mocking these brave "pick-up heroes" to relieve his anger, he had a deeper intention, that is, after this incident, Jiuqing's prestige will plummet, and at that time, he, the "internal minister", will really have no one to check and balance.

Wang Zhen pretended to be deaf and dumb, but Hu Hu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, stood up at the right time.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty sent an edict to King Yue to return to Beijing, although the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War were ordered to transfer away more than 3,000 guards of King Yue, but after thinking about it, the ministers always felt that the edict sent an adult prince to Beijing, this matter must be cautious, and I hope Your Majesty will be aware of it!"

Only a few people, including Wang Zhen, Kuang Yu, and Hu Hu, knew about Zhu Qiming's return to Beijing, and Hu Hu's revelation of the matter in public was tantamount to dropping a shock bomb in the Fengtian Temple.

Seeing that Wang Zhenchong had some officials secretly looking at him, he seemed to have seen a more urgent and dangerous target.

"The king of Yue has passed the age of marriage, and he should not stay in Beijing, so he should appoint the princess of Yue as soon as possible, and then order the king of Yue to go to the domain. I hope Your Majesty thinks twice! ”

"I hope Your Majesty thinks twice!"

The impassioned voice of the speaker was mixed with the dense kowtow, and the sound was terrifying, threatening to overturn the roof of the Fengtian Temple.

Hu Hui suddenly diverted the topic, which allowed Wang Zhi and other Jiuqing to break the siege and suppress a secret contest between internal and external officials. Perhaps, in Hu Hui's view, there is still a common language between internal and external officials, although the starting points of the two sides are not the same.

"That's it, set up a concubine for him, and a few side rooms and concubines, so that this ugly guy can get out of here as soon as possible!"

The emperor secretly made up his mind. I don't know if he was lucky, thinking that the war between Daming and Warat might be avoidable; Or when he was in internal and external difficulties, he had to give up the card of King Yue at the cost of exchanging peace and security in the temple.