As one of the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty, Yansui Town was originally located in Suide, and then moved to Yulin, so it is often called Yulin Town. It is located on the Loess Plateau, and to the north is also a desert grassland, the terrain seems to be flat, but it is also quite complicated. Since the Chenghua years, this part of the side wall from Huamachi to Qingshuiying has been fully connected, and the forts echo each other, and seem to form a fortress that echoes each other, but since Chenghua, the incident of the prisoners destroying the border wall and entering the country has never stopped.

Therefore, his own people were in Yansui Town, but Shenmu Fort was suddenly attacked before, although Yang Yiqing was annoyed, it was really tricky. On this night, after the practice preface really invited Xu Xun and a few people to eat a meal of mutton steamed buns, Yang Yiqing carefully looked at the border forts that Xu Xun had explored along the road, and his brows were tightly frowned. It wasn't until he had seen the pile of things that he threw the pile of paper on the bookcase, and then raised his head.

"Since I went to Shaanxi Governor Ma Zheng before, I have carefully understood the purpose of those civil and military officials who went to Shaanxi before. The first is that Yu Zijun ran Yansui and built the side wall from Qingshui Camp to Huamachi, and the second is that after Wang Yue searched the Hetao unsuccessfully, he detected the old and weak nest of the enemy, and made the captives frightened. Speaking of which, until now I really admire Yu Zijun, 40,000 people can build a thousand-mile city wall from Qingshui Camp to Huamachi in just four months, I sigh to myself.

"The construction of the Great Wall was originally just an expedient measure, but if it is regarded as a magic weapon for long-term peace and stability, it is difficult to support the long-term."

Xu Xun pointed to a few points on the big map with his finger and said word by word: "In the final analysis, it is better to garrison along the big river than to build a side wall alone. Because the river is solid, Datong in the east, Ningxia in the west, the land of the Hetao enters the Central Plains, Tuntian is thousands of miles, and Shaanxi is Ke'an! ”

"Those who know me, Shizhen also!"

Yang Yiqing nodded heavily, and suddenly found that in addition to Miao Kui, Chen Xiong, Zhang Yong and others who had lived and died together in the past, as well as the Cao family brothers, plus Wang Jingluo, who was fat and cramped and wriggled around, there was also a strange young man in his early twenties. Therefore, he couldn't help but take a few more looks. Seeing this scene, Xu Xun took the initiative to explain: "This is Xia Yan Xia Gongjin, a prisoner who just came from Nanjing, and the proud disciple of Mr. Jiuzhang, the southern supervisor. Earlier, he came to my house with Mr. Zhang's letter and bluntly said that Sohetao would restore Dongsheng, and I brought someone over after thinking about it. ”

"Oh?" Yang Yiqing looked at Xia Yan with interest, and when he saw him hurriedly standing up and bowing, he waved his hand and said, "No need to be polite." Scholarly spirit, I was the same when I was young, but when you were so old, you only knew how to talk big, and you thought that you should be reused because you were only eight buckets high, but I didn't expect this kind of side pragmatic thing to do. Now that the fire screen is declining, the little prince's ministry is strong, if he can't take this opportunity to take back the Hetao, I'm afraid it will be difficult to find such a good opportunity in the future! ”

Xia Yan is still the first time to see Yang Yiqing, who is known as the king of Shaanxi - the so-called king of Shaanxi, of course, it does not mean that Yang Yiqing is in Shaanxi, but that in today's Manchu Dynasty, no one knows the border affairs of the three towns of Shaanxi better than Yang Yiqing. At this moment, he couldn't help but ask: "Dare to ask Yang Zongxian, why do you say that the fire screen is declining and the little prince's ministry is strong, but it is a good opportunity for us to collect the Hetao?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Yang Yiqing looked at Xu Xun and smiled silently. At this time, Xu Xun said: "The fire sieve tribes are entrenched in the Hetao and build a nest in it, but its hometown is not in the Hetao, but further north. If he loses his fundamental place now, and he has no heirs, this vein will be broken. The Hetao was only a nomadic land for him, not a fundamental one, and if he wanted to truly follow his wishes and become his grandson, then it was extremely undesirable to fight on both sides. Therefore, I took the opportunity to take the Hetao, opened a port with him, and exchanged his cattle and sheep for rice, grain, salt, iron and other things in the Central Plains, which was the biggest capital for him to compete with the Little Prince's Department! ”…,

When Xia Yan was thoughtful, although Zhang Yong and Miao Kui didn't know about Yang Xu's ambition to point at the Hetao, they couldn't help but be startled. Searching the Hetao to restore Dongsheng, and then pocketing all the old places of the Hetao, this is not a new and rare mention in the DPRK and China, but in addition to building a wall, even the mutual market, which is often a matter that the DPRK and China have to fight for several years, intends to do it immediately, which is different.

Even Zhang Yong couldn't help but ask, "The emperor agreed to this?" ”

"The emperor agreed."

Yang Yiqing always knew that Xu Xun's holy family was stable, and when he heard these two words, he knew that he had been in Shaanxi for several years, and this matter that he had been thinking about for a long time could finally be implemented, and he only felt extremely excited for a while. Rao is a lot older, and he can't help but slam the case: "If it can really be done, then the three towns of Shaanxi will have long-term peace and stability from now on!" ”

"But before that, I'm afraid there's a battle to be fought! The number of Tartars who attacked the Divine Tree before was really small! I just don't know if the fire screen is crazy, or if other departments have been watching the Hetao! ”

Hearing this, Cao Qian stood up almost without thinking: "My lord, Lord Yang, after all, I have only seen the fire screen before, and I am willing to take someone to the sentinel this time!" ”

Wang Jingluo knew that he had just been promoted from a thousand households, although Yang Yiqing praised him, he didn't say how to use it next, and he had been sitting there honestly since the beginning of the fight. But at this time, seeing Cao Qian's automatic invitation, he finally couldn't sit still, and after standing up, he coughed dryly and said: "This Lord Cao, even if you have really seen that fire sieve, the matter of the sentry to the river loop is still considered in the long run. Where there are salt ponds, where there are water sources, and where there are captive lairs, they are all very complicated, and outsiders may not know for a while. If I draw a map first, and to say something taboo, I used to drive an acre and a third of land outside the side wall......"

As soon as these words came out, he saw a pair of eyes looking at him, and immediately said in a curtled voice: "Ladies and gentlemen, don't stare at your humble position like this, when the general system of the king was in Shaanxi, he used a Zhu Guang and Zhu Baihu, that is

My uncle and grandfather, he has been familiar with the Hetao since he was a child, and he also went there when he was a child. Not to mention anything else, our people in Jiazhou really once crossed the big side to go outside to farm, because the land is fertile next to the Yellow River, and it is hard to plant here

Three acres of land is sometimes less than one acre planted over there. Although the risks are higher, if the harvest is good, the risks are worth it. ”

Cao Qian saw that Wang Jingluo was talking about the truth, and was interrupted at first

The annoyance of the collision was gradually thrown away, and he immediately said with a smile: "Wang Qianhu dares to think that I am a veteran soldier from the capital? I must also be a native of Shaanxi

People, my father once served as the deputy chief soldier in Yansui for many years, and when I was on a study tour, I once took a few family members to swim across the Hetao, although I can't know the details like you, but it's not just a mouthful. Since Wang Qianhu regards the Hetao as

Back garden, how about you and me go together this time to explore it? Since you've even planted land, of course it's not a problem to spy on the sentry! ”

Xu Xun saw Yang Yiqing smiling and rubbing his chin to know Yang

One

Qing deliberately brought this big fat man with him, I am afraid that it was just for this time, so he also watched Cao Qian squeeze Wang Jingluo with a smile. And Chen Xiong also knows that the men in this army have always eaten soft rather than hard, so it is better to be a radical general, therefore

also added fuel and vinegar and said: "Since the former general system of the king used your uncle and grandfather, the ancestor hero, don't you want to be a good man now?" ”

Wang Jingluo didn't want to carry the old and the young with him for a while, and his face turned red. After a long while, he said in a rough voice: "Okay, if you don't think that my figure will make a mistake when I go out, then what else is there to say!" ”…,

"That's good!"

Yang Yiqing immediately said in a deep voice: "I will go back and tell Zhang An, the chief soldier of Yansui Town, that you will be transferred to the Governor's Mansion to walk, and the king is a fat man, but this time I can find out the whereabouts of the captives in detail, and I will remember your miraculous achievements!" ”

After everyone dispersed, Yang Yiqing left Xu Xun behind. The group arrived in Yansui Town before the evening, and after dinner, they had a long talk in detail, and now it is already the third watch. The mutton steamed bun is really a cushion for the stomach, neither of them feels hungry, and no one feels sleepy at all when they sit on the kang and listen to the whirring wind outside.

After a long time, Xu Xuncai took the lead in asking: "Duke Nu's mistake in Shaanxi has missed the position of the secretary of the Ministry of War, have you ever regretted it?" ”

"Life is fleeting, and if I had put it in the past, of course I would regret it. After all, the military department is in charge of the overall situation, and it can do more in its position than in a corner of Shaanxi. It's just that this corner is something I finally won with great difficulty

Besides, I have been in Shaanxi for many years, and I have seen the hardships of the people's livelihood, and I have left half of the things I have done to return to the DPRK, so half-heartedly, it is not my style. Speaking of this, Yang Yiqing suddenly smiled slyly, "What's more, I know the world."

Zhen Zhineng will never lose such a position as the secretary of the military department, so he will give up lightly and skillfully. ”

"Duke Nuan said this, as if I was a person who must be compared!"

Xu Xun laughed when he heard this, and after laughing, he nodded and said, "Yes, if Liu Yu is really a talented person, it would be fine, but he is not worthy of the name, and he can stay in the military department for a while, if things go well this time, I will go back and instigate him to go and tell Gonggong Liu to seek to enter the cabinet and vacate this position!" If it doesn't go well...... He doesn't carry the black pot, who carries it! ”

This overbearing statement made Yang Yiqing stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help but give a thumbs up and said: "Okay, good, it really deserves to be the famous Pingbei Bo, a military department book in your mouth actually says that you can move it!" ”

"What a big name, I'm just bolder than others!"

Xu Xun shrugged his shoulders indifferently, and then looked at Yang Yiqing and said, "It's the Duke of Xuan, who left me now, it shouldn't be just for the affairs of the DPRK and the Hetao, right?" ”

It was only at this time that Yang Yiqing put away the smile and relaxed look just now, and after hesitating for a moment, he said solemnly: "Shizhen has heard of King Anhua? ”

There were many clan vassal kings in the Ming Dynasty, and what Xu Xun remembered was just a King Ning, and the others didn't care much. Hearing the three words King Anhua at this moment, he couldn't help but be a little stunned, and after thinking for a while, he shook his head and said: "Listen to this title, which county king of Qingfu should be sealed in Shaanxi, what, what is wrong with this person?" ”

"It's illegal, it's not obvious now, it's just that a few days ago, someone voted an anonymous letter to me, saying that a witch frequently enters and leaves the Anhua Palace, and several officers of Ningxia Wei also have many discrepancies. Although I am a trilateral system, but the kings are not controlled by me, and I should not be in charge, but the boss swears that the witch said that the king of Anhua has white gas on his head, so I have to be careful. ”

Is there white gas on the king? Isn't this almost a blatant saying that this county king has ninety-five points?

Xu Xun thought that it was just a King Ning to watch out for, but at this moment, when he heard Yang Yiqing relay this, and handed over the anonymous letter, he took it with one hand and thoughtfully took out the letterhead. However, the first glance at himself made his heart suddenly turn upside down, and his face showed a stunned look that was difficult to hide.

"It's ...... Left-handed book? ”

Yang Yiqing saw that Xu Xun was so surprised, knowing that the content was not trivial, and he didn't take it to heart for a while, so he nodded and said: "I think it's because the person who submitted the book was afraid that someone would know who it was, so he made this decision." It stands to reason that you can ignore it..., but now that it is at a critical moment, you can't let it go. After all, if our opinions can be passed in the court, if there is really a battle to be fought, the three towns of Shaanxi will be busy next. ”

"Governor Yang is right, taking precautions is what it should have been."

Xu Xun said in his mouth, but his mind was no longer on this content, but on the person who wrote the letter. The anonymous letter that was sent to his home to persuade him not to care about King Ning's revenge guards, although there was still an extra layer of organs, was also like this

The left-handed book is exactly the same as the handwriting at the turn. If that letter was also written by Xu Bian as he expected, then this letter was probably also left by this guy who didn't see the end of the dragon. Even if it's just because of this one, he can't be

It's a matter of course.

"In the past, Cao Mi set up a military intelligence bureau, but he only reported to the outside world, and he knew that the military personnel of various towns had not done anything about these things. Now the plan can only be to use Jinyiwei. ”

Although Yang Yiqing has never had a good impression of the factory guard, since there is something that already exists, instead of opposing it with one mind, it is better to think about how to use it to do something good, so for Xu Xun's proposal, he still nodded and said: "It's just that you need to be extra careful If the king of Anhua is really rebellious, he will not just hand over a few officers of Ningxia Wei, and maybe even Jinyiwei may not have been killed."

At this moment, Shaanxi can't make a mess! ”

Qingwangfu was originally in Qingyang Mansion to enforce the county seat, but during the Jianwen period, it moved to the palace of the first county kings under Ningxia Weixia, and naturally moved to Ningxia City, including Anhua Wangfu. Although King Qing is a prince, King Anhua

It is the king of the county who is the current king of Anhua, Zhu, is the uncle of the king of Qing, but now he has been founding the country for a long time, no matter what the king is, he is not allowed to go out of the city without the permission of the government, but this prince is no different from a prisoner.

Uncles and nephews don't look at each other on weekdays, and they live their own lives, but they are also at ease.

Zhu Ningyao, the king of Anhua, was in his early forties, good at riding and shooting, and often had officers coming and going to the palace.

He made a bold move, and if he had difficulties to open his mouth, he would rarely call back the ticket, so he went up to Zhou Ang, the commander of the Ningxia Weidu, and down to the thousands of households in the nearby guards, all of them often went back and forth to the palace to accompany him in riding and shooting, not to mention drinking and having fun. And several of Wei Xue's students knew that it was difficult to gain fame, and they all wanted to find a palace official, so they were naturally frequent visitors to the palace.

Now that spring is gradually blooming, Anhua Wangfu is full of guests. After three rounds of drinking, Zhu Ningxiao couldn't help but say drunkly: "Shaanxi is really not a good place, and it doesn't have the majesty of the capital, and it doesn't have the grace of Jiangnan.

Now in this early spring, except in the palace, there is not much green to be seen in the four corners...... Lone originally wanted to invite you to shoot outside the city, but the two town guards and eunuchs were all unwilling to be accommodating at all

Pretty much the same as a prisoner. ”

"Your Highness, don't be so arrogant, you have a noble character, but you haven't encountered the opportunity to take off yet."

Ningxia Wei

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Sun Jingren, the son of Zhu Ningyan, already knew Zhu Ningxiao's temper, and immediately flattered him with a smile. Immediately after, the other two students were also you and me, and it was easy to amuse Zhu Ningxiao, and they all commanded Zhou Ang to say in a deep voice

Said: "By the way, I just got the news that Pingbei Bo Xu Xun has arrived in Yansui Town, and I heard that Yang Yiqing is accompanying him to inspect the border defenses along the line, and he should come to Ningxia Town soon." This morning, the General Military Office is still discussing how to greet it, extremely

Do your best. ”

A hairy boy who is only half his age, but now he is leaning towards the government and the opposition with the emperor's favor and power, Zhu Ningxiao, a genuine dragon son and phoenix grandson, naturally thinks about it

hold

Fire. After raising the wine glass and drinking it all, he sneered and said: "The emperor is young, and he believes in either eunuchs, or such clowns who jump off the beam, and he also has a serious book to let people come to patrol the border, which is simply a big joke in the world!" These big ... in Ningxia Town, not only do they not know moderation, but they also bent on stammering, this world is really too unusual! ”

"Your Highness, although this Pingbei Bo is a family that was built by virtue of the Holy Family, he is also able to gain a firm foothold in the court by virtue of his military merits. In my opinion, when he came to Shaanxi this time, I am afraid that he is a drunkard who does not mean to drink, and nine times out of ten he wants to take the opportunity to make another profit. ”

As soon as Sun Jingren said this, Zhu Ningxiao's wine immediately woke up halfway, and after shaking his head vigorously, he said thoughtfully: "In this way, this Pingbei Bo is here, and Shaanxi is going to fight again?" ”

Seeing that almost everyone present nodded in the same reaction, Zhu Ningxiao immediately called a maid to serve him and washed his face, and then called a bowl of sobering soup and poured it, he said with blazing eyes: "Although Shaanxi has been too peaceful for a while in recent years

Son, you can go up to the fields for a while, fight for a while, and build a wall for a while, and the sergeant of the guard station is already overwhelmed. If this Pingbei Bo came and was bent on the news of the war spread......"

He just showed a reason, and everyone below immediately laughed understandingly.

Xu Xun has been gone for nearly a month, and Liu Jin is the most comfortable in the capital, but the most anxious is none other than Li Dongyang. If it weren't for the four of Lin Han, Zhang Fuhua, Tu Xun, and Xie Duo in the DPRK, they would have been a solid Xu Party, and there would have been some things

He also dared to argue with reason, it was a dream for him and Wang Wei to reconcile with the mud. On this day, when Liu Jin threw a piece of Tuntian from the border town in front of him through Jiao Fang, he simply felt exhausted.

This Liu Jin ...... Does he know that if so many new policies are implemented one by one, they will turn the sky upside down?

"Yuanfu, summoned by the emperor."

Li Dongyang took a deep breath, only then did he get rid of the vague irritability in his mind, and followed the cabinet secretary who came to report out of the straight room, and when he arrived outside Wenyuan Pavilion, he couldn't help frowning slightly when he saw that it was a somewhat unfamiliar little firefighter, and then he asked, "I don't know what the emperor summoned him?" ”

"Pingbeibo sent back the Datong side to prepare the map, and the emperor asked Yuanfu to go to consult."

As soon as he heard Xu Xun's name, Li Dongyang's head suddenly swelled faintly. Xu Xun is not there, and there is an agent in the court, which finally has a burden sharer for him, but it is not bad, but Xu Xun frequently uses stagecoaches to rush back these books and border preparations, but he feels very anxious.

He has been in the cabinet for more than ten years, and he has never served in the military department, nor has he ever had the experience of patrolling border towns, even if it is impossible to really know nothing about military affairs, but after all, he is not an expert. In order to deal with Zhu Houzhao's endless questions, he had to urgently transfer several detailed maps from the Ministry of War.

Having said that, Li Dongyang still had to cheer up. However, in the past, during the Hongzhi period, most of the summons were in the Wenhua Palace, and when they accepted Gu's orders, they were in the Qianqing Palace, which was all in the inner palace, and it was convenient to come and go, but now the little emperor is at every turn

Xiyuan summoned him, and the inner palace was not allowed to ride a horse, so he walked to Xihuamen this way, and there were some sweat stains on his back. After going out of Xihuamen and getting on the horse, he accompanied him to the Ningcui Pavilion by the Taiye Pool, and when he saw the map on the desk in front of Zhu Houzhao, he couldn't bear it

I sighed.

How good would it be if the little emperor cared more about the people's livelihood in the world, rather than just border affairs?

"Mr. Li is here!"

Zhu Houzhao naturally ignored Li Dongyang's depression and wishes, greeted with a smile as always, and then pointed to a seat for Li Dongyang to sit down, and waved his hand to let the idle people and others all retreat, he looked at Li Dongyang and said word by word: "Mr. Li, I have summoned you here today because I have something to discuss with you." What do you think we should do if we take the loop back? ”

Although Li Dongyang has long been accustomed to Zhu Houzhao's tone of understatement, at this moment, listening to the little emperor as if he was discussing what to eat next and discussing the ownership of a land of thousands of miles, he still couldn't help it for a while

Chest tightness. But after all, this matter was discussed by Yang Yiqing in a letter to him, so he settled down, and said slowly: "Your Majesty, Yang Di'an has also discussed this matter with his ministers, and since he was allowed to build a side wall, this matter

It's possible, but it's a matter of course. ”

"We can't slow down, we can't miss the opportunity and don't come again, now is the best opportunity!"

Zhu Houzhao stared at Li Dongyang, and threw a pile of things in front of the cabinet chief, "This is the plan Xu Xun made before leaving Beijing, and Yang Yiqing's urgent delivery, look at it!" ”。 ）