Anhua King Zhu Ningxiao has been in a very bad mood these days.

At the beginning of the dynasty, the era of the clan vassal kings dominating one side was long gone. Of course, even at that time, this Ningxia town was also the territory of King Qing, and he was a county king in Ningxia Town, where the county king walked all over the place, was not a number at all. It's just that there are also the benefits of the clan as a clan, no matter how big or small the mistake is, in addition to the imperial court's reprimand and punishment, there are few really severe treatments, that is, he often calls friends to drink and feast at home, and patrols the impeachment and impeachment according to the imperial history. Compared with those vassal kings with bad deeds, he is at most a little indulgent.

In particular, most of the people he interacted with were middle and lower-level officers, and he did not involve those important people in the General Military Office, and no one cared about it all the time.

But now that Xu Xun opened the door to meet the officers, he immediately sensed a bit of a crisis. In particular, Xu Xun often praised Wang Yue, who had lost the title of Earl of Weining before his death, in public, which immediately aroused a lot of repercussions up and down. When Xu Xun once said that he had written to the court to discuss the restoration of the title of King Yue of Weiningbo, this uproar spread to him. The junior officers, whom he had called for in the past, used to discuss the matter with him for several days.

So, on this day, Zhou Ang arrived at the Anhua Palace, and his first sentence was to ask in a deep voice: "I heard that the Guandi Temple in the northeast corner of the city is full of people every day, but is it true?" ”

Zhou Ang and Zhu Ningxiao have not been in contact for a day or two, and when he heard this, he understood what the King of Anhua was thinking, so after considering the sentence, he said cautiously: "Since this Pingbei Bo killed Chen Zhan in the Black Mountain Camp, among the lower-level military academies in the city, many of them have praised him, and he said such a thing after watching the singing and dancing of the Caiyun Class of Qingwangfu when Jiang Han held a banquet and entertained him before, which made many people even more moved. His Royal Highness should also know that the martial artist is a man who has made meritorious contributions to his wife and son, since this Pingbei Bo is a favorite minister of the Son of Heaven, of course it attracts people. What's more, in the past, Wang Taifu was already famous in our three towns in Shaanxi, and he released such a rumor, how could he not be called the second Wang Yue? ”

"Wishful thinking!"

Zhu Ningxiao thought that he had sent someone to tentatively invite Xu Xun to the banquet, but the other party clearly said that the minister of civil and military affairs was not allowed to hand over the vassal king without permission, and he couldn't help but hate it when he felt that he had lost face. He took a deep breath, then looked at Zhou Ang and said, "What happened to the news that you were allowed to spread before?" It is true that those officers want to make military achievements, but they don't really want to risk their lives to fight, not to mention that how many of the pawns below are willing to take their lives to exchange credit for the officials? ”

"Your Highness, the news has spread, but the problem now is that although the Ningxia avant-garde and the left and right Zhongtun guards have gathered, this Pingbei Bo has no signs of using troops at all! The news released by the General Military Office was that the whereabouts of the captives were unknown, so they gathered troops to defend them. And what's more important is that Xu Xun has successively replaced more than a dozen thousands of households with bad deeds, from the general banner and even the small pawn, the acting person is very moved for a while, who doesn't want this good thing to fall on their heads? ”

Speaking of this, Zhou Ang saw Zhu Ningxiao's face pale, and suddenly sighed secretly. This vassal king seems to be noble and noble, but he can only give people money, where is there too many things like Xu Xun can give people with his identity as a minister of Qincha and the Son of Heaven. Now, he has put on an attitude of fairness but does not touch the big interests of the high-ranking officers, and he has easily won the hearts of the people.

"Do you just let this kid buy people's hearts!" Zhu Ningxuan thought of what he had only done easily for many years, Xu Xun had done it in just a few days, and he almost pry his corner, he couldn't help but grit his teeth and said, "By the way, this is buying people's hearts." Chen Zhan, who he killed in the camp in Montenegro before, was originally punished uninvited, with ill intentions, to go to the patrol Shi An Weixue and say that he is not Liu Jin's person, when will he make a fuss at this time! ”…,

Seeing that Zhu Ningxiao was obviously angry, Zhou Ang naturally agreed to follow his tone. When Sun Jingwen Meng Bin came in with a middle-aged woman with a smile on her face and a colorful parrot in her hand, he exchanged glances with them, and then quietly left. Out of the Anhua Palace, he immediately took his subordinates to the Ningxia Patrol Courtyard in Zhongcheng, which was only one street away from the Chenghuang Temple.

He didn't notice at all that on the street in front of the Anhua Palace, a person raised his hat and stared at his back for a long time before he lowered his hat.

It wasn't until March 14 that Yang Yiqing arrived in Ningxia Town. He first went from Yansui Town to Pingliang Mansion, and then rushed to Guyuan Town to help Cao Xiong plan together, and chased the enemy of Guyuan, and then after the capture of Longde, he was frightened back with a suspicious strategy, and finally went to Jingyuwei to urge the people to urgently repair the previous gap, and after getting the urgent report of Jiang Han, the chief soldier of Ningxia, he rushed to Ningxia Town with 100,000 hurriedly, which can be described as non-stop. Even so, he was afraid that Xu Xun would be in a hurry to take the soldiers and horses deep into the Hetao to clear the enemy, and he was relieved until he dismounted in front of the Guandi Temple and was sure that Xu Xun was really among them.

"Thankfully, I finally caught up!"

"Why, Duke Nuan thinks that I will repeat my old tricks and lead more than 1,000 people into the set? That's not a trap, but a trap sent to the door by yourself! ”

Hearing Xu Xun say it easily, Yang Yiqing couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and said, "What kind of trap, could it be that the movements of the captives have been discovered?" ”

"It's just a possibility. After all, now people think that I, Xu Xun, love to take risks, and it is not impossible to send a sweet bait for me to go to Tun. Xu Xun said to Yang Yiqing concisely and concisely about the intelligence news that Cao Qian, Wang Jingluo and Mo Feng's subordinates had spoofed, everyone's previous reminders, and his guesses, and then said, "This time I am patrolling the border by order, not by order to start a war, even if I really want to fight, I am not sure of everything, how can I easily dispatch?" The reason why the Ningxia avant-garde and the left and right central guards were ordered to assemble was just in case. If the captives really gather in the Hetao, it stands to reason that the area from Huamachi to Xingwuying is the best breakthrough. I remember, the city wall over there was only a few dozen miles to build, right? ”

"Yes, after all, it was built in the harsh winter before, and I am ready to send 40,000 soldiers and soldiers from spring to autumn, and strive to achieve it overnight. Of course, as long as there are no constraints between the DPRK and China. Seeing that Xu Xun showed an expression that you are relieved of, Yang Yiqing said thoughtfully, "However, if it is really the third son of the little prince who leads the troops, Balsborot, then he will inevitably be dissatisfied with his previous efforts, and the possibility of recidivism is extremely great, and he will be taken advantage of if he rashly attacks." ”

Xu Xun knew that Yang Yiqing, who had a steady temperament, would not get carried away because of the previous victory, so he immediately smiled slightly. Seeing Zhang Yong next to him handing over a bamboo tube wrapped in yellow silk, he took it and shook it at Yang Yiqing, and said with a smile: "Does Duke Nuan know what is here?" ”

Yang Yiqing was slightly stunned, and then said cautiously: "Is it a holy decree?" ”

"It's a holy decree. It is more than 2,000 miles from the capital to Shaanxi, and this is 600 miles to be sent over in a hurry day and night. Xu Xun rubbed the yellow silk that had been tightly wrapped before, and there was no wear and tear along the way, and he said word by word, "This is the holy order, so that the civil and military officials of Ningxia City will worship the sky at the mountain and river altar in the south of the city, and also sacrifice the soldiers who have died over the years, and build a martyr's shrine." ”

Speaking of this, he paused, looked at Yang Yiqing, who was stunned and inexplicable, and said: "Of course, not only Ningxia, but also other important towns in the nine borders are handled in this way. From now on, in the west of the Ningxia Chengshan River Sheji Altar, the martyrs' shrine will be built to pay tribute to the soldiers who died in previous wars. In the future, I will slowly try to record them one by one. Of course, in addition to those who died in the king's affairs, those who have made great contributions and died can also enter the martyrs' shrine, and the famous posthumous Taifu Wang Xiangmin Gong in the three towns of Shaanxi is undoubtedly the first batch of people to enter the shrine. ”…,

As a two-list jinshi, Yang Yiqing naturally has an indescribable mood for his predecessor, Wang Yue, who also pioneered the trilateral general system in Shaanxi. He was also the first to serve as the trilateral general system of the right capital, and he also stayed in Shaanxi for many years, so since he took office, he has always heard people compare him with Wang Yue. It was himself, although he also admired and respected Wang Yue, but he never thought of him as a person, and when he heard Xu Xun's words at this moment, his eyes couldn't help but completely fall on that volume of holy decrees.

"Even if it's six hundred miles in an emergency, I'm afraid that it won't take too long for this holy decree to be released, right?"

"That's right, this is what I asked the emperor for before I left, and I also greeted Gonggong Liu. As long as the emperor agrees, Gonggong Liu will not stop him, and even if others oppose it, they will not be able to stop it, so I heard that even if there is a falling out, it will only be a few days of fighting in the court. But even if I fight for a long time, I must fight for this thing. The soldiers went into battle at the risk of their lives to fight, a little posthumous gift or pension silver, after all, it can't completely make up for the pain, and although this is not as good as the table, it can make the name among them openly and be worshiped by the officials, and this kind of glory is also the responsibility of the dead soldiers! ”

Yang Yiqing knew that Xu Xun had made up his mind, even if the nine cows couldn't pull it back, not to mention that this thing had evolved into a holy decree, so he naturally had nothing to say. Therefore, when Xu Xun said that he would invite him to meet the Ningxia Patrol Imperial History, and gather in the Marshal's Mansion in the evening to issue the holy decree, he naturally agreed happily. It's just that when Xu Xun asked about Xia Yan, he smiled slightly: "Since he is not in a hurry to take the township exam, I will leave people in the governor's line to learn." The young people who can tell you about Fuhetao are sharpened and sharpened, and they may be able to take over these burdens one day. ”

And when he was about to go to the Imperial History Mansion, he hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "It's just that next time, if you encounter such a thing as the Black Mountain Camp again, please think twice." Killing people is only done as a last resort, after all, it violates the laws of the imperial court. Even if the emperor trusts it, there are too many things to discuss between the DPRK and China, and it will be unfavorable to you after all. ”

When Yang Yiqing left in a hurry, Zhang Yongcai stepped forward thoughtfully and said: "I said Brother Xu, I have also heard about the Black Mountain Camp, you have never been such an impulsive person, why do you have to act so aggressively this time?" Even if you kill a hundred people, wouldn't it be better to escort people back and behead them in Ningxia City to show the public? ”

Miao Kui had already gone to the mansion of the gun eunuch Qin Huai at this time, and Chen Xiong also went with him, so at this time, in addition to Jiang Bin, Cao Qian, Cao Mi and others in the Guandi Temple, only Xu Xun and Zhang Yong were left. Hearing that Zhang Yong finally asked about this, Xu Xun smiled and said: "You also think too highly of me, if you want to kill this person, it is really impulsive." Of course, the reason why he was killed on the spot was to deter the Black Mountain battalion, as well as the defenders of Zhenyuan Pass, and it was also intended to warn the officers in Ningxia. The reason why they don't bring people back and kill them again is because rumors are far more shocking than what they see, otherwise, it is far from enough to make these unruly or disheartened officers in Ningxia Town bow down to their orders. ”

Speaking of this, Xu Xun spread his hands and said: "You see that I removed those many people in one breath this time, and I didn't cut off a head, but does anyone have any objections?" It is because that head is still hanging on the flagpole of the Black Mountain Camp that this matter in Ningxia City can be carried out so conveniently. ”

Zhang Yong suddenly realized: "I still want to!" Hit a stick and give a sweet date, this has always been the way to win people's hearts! But you can think so carefully when you kill people impulsively, you are really a thief shrewd! ”

In the evening, the generals and schools in the Shuai's mansion gathered for a while, and even the eunuchs Li Zeng and Deng Guang also came. Ningxia Town originally had Ningxia Mansion, but since the Hongwu period abolished the Mansion and placed the guard, and later became Ningxia Town, it gradually became..., and it became a complete military management. The civil officials from top to bottom are added together, and there is only one person who lives in the imperial palace. Therefore, like Li Zeng and Deng Guang, the patrol press An Weixue was particularly eye-catching among the military attaches in the courtyard. exhaust

Although his rank is almost lower than that of every officer here, the military attache of the Ming Dynasty is not valuable, but a civil official like him is extremely valuable, especially the two words of the patrol press of the imperial history, which is the patrol press on behalf of the heavens, which is almost equivalent to the eyes and ears of the Son of Heaven.

So he can look up at those rough men.

"Qin Chaping Beibo arrived, Yang Butang of the trilateral general system arrived, and Jiang Zongbing arrived.

Seeing that Xu Xun and Yang Yiqing entered the courtyard together, while Jiang Han was two steps behind, everyone stood left and right, bowing their heads respectfully. And An Weixue saw that Yang Yiqing seemed to be side by side with Xu Xun, but in fact he was half a step behind, and couldn't help but laugh secretly at the corner of his mouth.

Yang Yiming knew that he was Liu Gonggong's person, and he avoided talking about military affairs in front of him before, only talking about academic articles, but in fact, it was not the same party attached to Xu Xun, one set in front of him and one behind his back, what a famous minister!

When the three of them entered the main hall one by one, the other people entered the main hall of the Shuai Mansion. However, a keen-eyed general found that this time there was no seat reserved for the imperial history and the eunuch in the main hall

Bit. Even Li Zeng, Deng Guang and An Weixue all changed their faces after entering the lobby. Li Zeng even smiled and asked: "Uncle Pingbei, I don't know where the eunuch Miao Gonggong and the eunuch Zhang Gonggong are in the palm seal of the imperial eunuch."

Place? ”

Seeing that everyone below had many questions, Xu Xun said lightly: "Father-in-law Miao and Father-in-law Zhang went out of the city to check the situation of Shanchuan Altar and Sheji Altar, so they are not here now." You have been summoned here today not for anything else, but because there is an edict to be issued. ”

Seeing Xu Xun pointing with his hand, a young officer immediately walked up quickly with a yellow silk wrapped in both hands, and everyone immediately knelt down after you looked at me. It was An Weixue, who was shocked in his heart, and when he saw that Yang Yiqing and Jiang Han also retreated to the steps and saluted, he had to kneel down with Li Zeng and Deng Guang.

"Fengtian carried the emperor's edict and said: The barrier of the nine-sided important town, over the years, there have been many martyrs in the imperial captivity, although there are posthumous gifts, it is not enough to comfort the hearts of the army and the people. Today, the martyrs' shrine is set up in the important town of the nine sides, and the war dead over the years have engraved it

Name, in the spring and autumn seasons, the officials worship, in order to comfort the souls of the martyrs in the sky, so the name is called the martyrs' shrine. However, those who have made great achievements in the past, although they are not killed in battle, can still be moved to the martyrs' shrine and worshiped by the people of the imperial court to live up to their past military exploits.

Announce to the world, and make the salty envoy known. ”

Although Xu Xun had not touched the foundation of Ningxia Town before, as soon as the holy decree came today, everyone from the chief soldier Jiang Han and below thought that they understood the reason why Xu Xun had not moved his troops before, but who would have thought that it was not a holy decree that ordered the troops to be dispatched, but this

An edict to set up a martyr's shrine. Therefore, when Xu Xun finished reading it, it was a big surprise from top to bottom. Especially after the inspector Yu Shi An Weixue got up, he couldn't help but say: "Those who die in royal affairs have always been in the imperial court."

There is a posthumous pension, why do you suddenly want to build this martyr's shrine? Besides, there are a lot of people who have died in previous battles, in case someone takes the risk to enter the shrine...

"An Xun pressed, this edict has been written very clearly, although there is a posthumous gift

It is not enough to comfort the hearts of the military and the people. Speaking of this, Xu Xun added another sentence, "The civil and military officials have been awarded to the fifth grade or above, and the imperial court has issued an edict to seal and posthumously gift, and there are even silver rewards to rebuild the tomb and so on." But this is the one who died in the king's affairs

It's just a few taels of silver, which is too meager in comparison. After all, compared to the hard work of others, they lost a life! As for whether it is a meritorious work, it will naturally be reviewed one by one. ”

Speaking of this, Xu Xun closed the edict in his hand, glanced around at everyone, and then said in a deep voice: "Therefore, within a few days, the civil and military officials of Ningxia City sacrificed to the sky at the mountain and river altar in the south of the city, and sacrificed the soldiers who died over the years, and built a martyr's shrine. The emperor said that in the past, Taifu Wang Xiangmin made great contributions to the dynasty, and after building the martyrs' shrine, he moved his spiritual seat into the first batch. ”…,

Although Xu Xun had praised Wang Yue to others before, his attitude at this time represented the Son of Heaven on behalf of the imperial court, and naturally it was not the same. For a while, while looking at each other, more people whispered. Until everyone withdrew from the main hall one by one, Li Zeng and Deng Guang glanced at each other and were about to leave, but Xu Xun suddenly shouted.

"Gonggong Li, I don't know how much grain and grass has been transported in the Black Mountain Camp now?"

Hearing this, Li Zeng's face suddenly changed, and then he turned around and said with a smile: "Pingbeibo, this grain has been allocated, but this is a long way to be transported to the Black Mountain Camp after all......

"It's okay, as long as there is food, the must-call capacity is as much as it wants. Early tomorrow morning, I also asked Gonggong Li to gather the grain trucks at Deshengmen in Beiguan and transport them to the Black Mountain Camp as soon as possible. ”

Li Zeng was originally just pushing and prevaricating, but it can be seen that Xu Xun actually forced him up without giving way, and his face suddenly became even more ugly. But he said everything, but it was difficult to continue to be perfunctory at this time, so after thinking about it, he could only agree with a forced smile. When he walked out of the main hall with Deng Guang, he immediately sank his face.

"Too much deception!"

Deng Guang looked back thoughtfully, and then said in a low voice: "Lao Li, he forced you to transfer food to the Black Mountain Camp like this, maybe the drunkard didn't mean to drink...... When he went back and summed up with the prince, he didn't just look at it

Seo Hoon, hurry up? He came to patrol the border, and he has been staying in Ningxia and not leaving, so he must be thinking about that group of prisoners. As long as he sent the plague god to the army, the next thing is to pray that God has eyes to let him defeat the battle. Isn't it three thousand?

There are many stones of grain, I will help you make up a thousand stones! ”

Li Zeng thought about it for a while, felt that it was reasonable, and immediately nodded heavily, turned his head and glanced at it fiercely, then he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, let's go!" Now we admit it, but he doesn't want to win until the end! ”

As soon as the two town guards and eunuchs left, An Weixue slowly came out of it. He had just deliberately dragged his steps, and he heard the conversation between the two clearly, and he had a clear account in his heart. knew that these two people were also Liu Jin's cronies, but he thought to himself that he was a jinshi on the two lists, so it was just enough to vote for Liu Jin, and of course he refused to mix with these ordinary eunuchs. Thinking of Zhou Ang's side knock in front of him, he couldn't help but smile.

I'm waiting for these guys to remind me, it's too late! I think that when the news of the Black Mountain Camp first came, he had already written a flowery article and sent it to the Beijing Division as early as possible, perhaps it was already pressed on Liu Jin's desk at this time.

Although Shaanxi is more than 2,000 miles away from the capital, it can reach the capital in just four days under the condition of galloping day and night without changing horses. Therefore, the excerpt sent by An Weixue after getting the news did arrive at the celebrant early in the morning

The desk of the eunuch Liu Jin. It's just that Liu Jin has always been a little hesitant about how to use such a thing. This is not a matter of asking for an order to kill someone, which may be a big crime for others, but who is Xu Xun, this is a trivial matter

How could he be shaken?

So, he just instructed a few imperial historians of the Imperial Procuratorate to prepare excerpts, and waited for Xu Xun's post to report to see if it was sent to see if it was delivered, but as soon as Xu Xun's report arrived, he only tried two sentences in front of the emperor, but the little emperor praised Xu Xun to the sky, and he knew that this matter was by no means the right time to attack.

In the month of Xu Xun's absence, Liu Jin vigorously promoted many reforms in the DPRK, from tuntian to customs, from clearing grain reserves to inspecting officials, and making a personal upturn. And Qian Ning led the people in the inner factory to Huaiyang, and vigorously investigated it in the Lianghuai Salt Administration, so even if this matter had to be silenced now, he didn't feel too frustrated.

Instead of making trouble in such a trivial matter, it is better to wait for Xu Xun's kid to be greedy and suffer a defeat!

March 15 is the day of the Great Dynasty, because His Majesty saw that His Majesty resigned from the officials, Zhu Houzhao endured impatience to the end, as usual called Liu Jin and others to accompany him back to Renshou Palace to see Empress Dowager Zhang. However, because the weather is too good, plus

In the morning, the court sat for too long, and the little emperor didn't have to walk on a whim, so he wanted to walk all the way back. But before he could get off the Danqi, suddenly there was a cry from there, and after a while, a young eunuch was in a hurry

Hurriedly brought something up.

"Your Majesty, this is what the slave maid just saw left on the royal road."

Zhu Houzhao was stunned for a while, and after letting Ruisheng go down and take it, he took it in his hand and glanced at it casually, and suddenly his face changed greatly...... ）