After sleeping for almost a day and a night, he got up early in the morning and took a bath happily, although Shen Yue went to take care of the children, and there was no good thing about the mandarin duck bath before, but when Xu Xun walked into Xu Liang's room, he was finally refreshed. Because he heard from his wife last night that Xu Liang had gone to the Shouning Marquis Mansion and had not come back yet, he asked with concern.

"Although Shou Ninghou doesn't have any other benefits, he is greedy and lustful and loves to meddle in things, but he is a good drinking friend, and I just drank two more glasses from him." Xu Liang said lightly, and then said, "Didn't you say yesterday that the emperor was discussing Shaanxi border affairs in the Wenhua Palace this afternoon?" You are also ready to prepare, you know, when the little prince's troops came to attack before, there was a lot of discussion in the court, and today it is a big scene where the ministers of the cabinet and the ministers are all present. ”

After having breakfast with his father, Xu Xun returned to the room and teased the child for a while, and then returned to the study. Seeing that the picture books brought back from Shaanxi were neatly stacked on the side of the desk, he was slightly stunned and knew that this was done by Cao Qian, and when he sat down and flipped through a few things casually, he leaned back.

What civil officials pursue is that the rulers of the Qingming Dynasty are sufficient, and what they are most afraid of is that the king is obsessed with expanding the territory, and the military attache is different. Those who have hereditary military positions and are only satisfied with the status quo only need to have that official position with a salary, and those who are not satisfied with the honor in vain will naturally pursue side merit. Therefore, there has always been such a contradiction between civilian, military and military generals. Even a civil official like Wang Yue, who was born as a serious jinshi, when he repeatedly led the army to win battles, he was already a military general, no matter how he acted or thought.

The most difficult thing in the world is to grasp the degree of war!

"Young Master."

Xu Xun raised his head when he heard the voice, and saw that it was Jin Hong, who was not a little bit, standing in front of the bookcase, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and then smiled: "Why are you?" What about Tao Hong and Abaoren? ”

"Brother Tao Hong was just sent by the master to deliver something to the Hou Mansion of Shouning, Brother Bao's brother got a cold, and the young grandmother ordered him to recuperate for two days." After the New Year, he was a year older, and Jin Hong still looks childish. But his demeanor is much calmer. He saluted again with a clear eye, and then he spoke again, "Knowing that the young master is doing things in the study, I shouldn't have come to disturb him. But a report came from outside, saying that the Admiral asked to see the Governor of the Inner Factory. ”

Channing? He didn't just arrive in the capital today, but the timing of this guy's coming was ingenious!

"Let him in."

Although he also galloped all the way back, Jiang Bin, who followed Xu Xun back to the capital, had a good rest the night before yesterday and last morning, and had already recovered his vitality, and even went to these alleys in Xicheng full of dignitaries and dignitaries for a while. Early this morning, after practicing his sword in the courtyard, he wanted to go out after breakfast. But when he learned that Xu Xun went straight to the study, he patiently walked around the front yard, even to those who guarded him, and he didn't have the slightest guerrilla general's shelf. Therefore, he got the news that Qian Ning went to the door to ask for a meeting as soon as possible, and when Jin Liu personally led Qian Ning in, he stood not far away and took a closer look.

Tall, burly. There is a slight looping of his legs, and it is obvious that he has ridden a lot of horses. The shoulders are extremely broad and the arms are long. It is consistent with the rumored statement that the bow is open left and right. And when he walked, he didn't squint, and he didn't glance at the place where there were people on the side of the road, which shows that he thinks very highly of himself, and if he doesn't hear it, he is like no one around. After seeing these many characteristics for a short while, Jiang Bin turned his head and walked out, never looking at Qian Ning again.

However, when he turned around, Channing noticed his back. At first, I thought it was Xu Xun's new guard, but I saw that the person was wearing black leather boots that only officers wear, and the direction of the bun on his head was different. The sound of the saber and the ring hook rubbing on his waist sounded a little different at first glance, so he asked Jin Liu thoughtfully, "Chief Jin, who is that who just passed?" Jin Liu was screamed by Qian Ning's voice, and after answering the call, he turned his head to look, only to have a back, and he didn't have time to take a closer look. Immediately smiled and said, "Oh, it's about which officer who escorted the adults back from Shaanxi this time." ”

Seeing that Jin Liu couldn't even remember his name, Qian Ning also put aside the figure just now. It wasn't until he arrived at the cross-courtyard where the study was located that he saw Jin Liu say a few words to the half-grown boy who came out to greet him, and he immediately went back again, so he smiled and said, "That is the kid who is the chief housekeeper of Jin?" No wonder Zhang Duxian of the Metropolitan Procuratorate can be named, he is smart and clever at first glance, and he can stay in the study, which will inevitably be of great use in the future. ”

"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, thanks to Lord Qian's auspicious words." Jin Liu smiled so much that he even narrowed his eyes, until Jin Hong ran out and opened the curtain himself, he watched Qian Ning go in, then he hummed a small tune and walked out, but when he arrived at the gate of the courtyard, he suddenly remembered who the back was before. Cao Qian personally took care of it, saying that it was Jiang Bin, a Datong guerrilla general who had won a lot of merits in Shaanxi with the young master, and he actually regarded people as ordinary officers in front of Qian Ning.

"It's okay, it's okay, anyway, Lord Qian doesn't come to the door often now......"

In the study, when Qian Ning came to Xu Xun, he saw that the old boss was sitting leisurely on a bamboo couch next to the desk, and there was a pile of things piled up beside him. ”

Xu Xun raised his hand and said with a smile: "Get up, you are not directly under my command now, so you don't need to be so polite in the future." ”

"The adults laughed, the humble functions have today, all of them are promoted and cultivated by adults, and they don't dare to forget their roots!" Qian Ning bowed his head respectfully again, then stood up, and saw that Xu Xun seemed to be quite satisfied with his statement, so he explained sincerely, "My lord arrived in Beijing the night before, and he was supposed to come to see him yesterday, but because he learned that his lord was summoned to the palace early in the morning and left the palace at noon, he thought that his lord might want to have a good rest, so he didn't bother rashly. ”

dragged himself until today to visit this matter cleverly covered up, and then he said: "Moreover, in the past few months when the adults have been away from the capital, a lot of things have happened. One is the salt fraud case of the Huaiyang and Huai both transfer salt envoys, Luo Gonggong personally went to investigate, but the result was fooled by several people up and down, Liu Gonggong was angry and took people to personally take people there, which recovered the deficit of tens of thousands of silver. The second is that not long ago, when the emperor left a book in the imperial road, the east factory and the west factory were tracked for a long time and the main envoy was not found, and he followed a few clues all the way down. Finally got a little bit. ”

Xu Xun knew that Qian Ning was showing his merits, and it happened that these two things were what Gu Dayong had told him, so he suddenly smiled even more on his face: "The emperor set up an inner factory, originally to fill in the gaps in the east and west factories. Plus do what they can't. Since you can find out these hidden facts, it can be seen that the emperor did not use the wrong person, and Gonggong Liu and I did not recommend you wrong. ”

Qian Ning was originally prepared, if Xu Xun asked, how should he explain the matter in detail, but he never thought that although Xu Xun praised him twice, he didn't seem to care about these two major events at all. For a while, he couldn't help but be a little impatient, and he hurriedly said with a smile on his face: "I have learned a little bit of meticulousness from the side of adults, so I don't dare to take this compliment." The former thing was that Father-in-law Luo was negligent, and the latter thing should not have been fruitless, but Father-in-law Dongchang Qiu deliberately concealed it! ”

"Huh?"

Xu Xun sat up straight all of a sudden, and saw that Qian Ning's eyes seemed to be looking at him unusually calmly, and he guessed Qian Ning's intentions in just a moment. The factory guards of the Ming Dynasty have never been as many as the Zhengde Dynasty, and there are also East and West factories in addition to Jinyiwei. In this way, there are more borders between each other, and there is naturally a lot of struggle for power and profit. Especially the Qiu Ju of the Houzhangdong Factory. and Qian Ning, who finally got the position of the admiral's inner factory, think that there are a lot of conflicts in secret. ..., "You should report this matter to Gonggong Liu." ”

Qian Ning saw Xu Xun's nonchalant expression, and knew that this master had always been unprofitable, and if he wanted to impress him like he did last night, he had to come up with the corresponding things. Therefore, he immediately folded up his full spirit: "My lord, nine times out of ten, this matter is because Father-in-law Luo is dissatisfied with Father-in-law Liu's sideways insertion in the previous two Huai matters, so he deliberately did this. And Gonggong Qiu, as the eunuch of the Admiral Dongchang, cleaned up for him. To tell you the truth, Gonggong Qiu has been in charge of the East Factory since last year. Competing with the people for profit, he monopolized most of the businesses such as carriage and horse shops in the capital, and even bought eyeliner in those Fengyue places, and the conflict with Jinyiwei was not once or twice......"

Xu Xun leaned on the soft and elastic pillow, listening to Qian Ning talk about how Qiu Ju gathered money and how to pong the brocade clothes. said that Jinyiwei's gang was as pitiful as a white rabbit, and he couldn't help but think that if Li Yifeng was here, he would give Qian Ning a favor, and told Jinyiwei the pain of being robbed by others with tears and snot, or he would deny it, and then swore that Jinyiwei's morale is just right now, and it is definitely not so unbearable. He really thought about it, but Qian Ning's next words interrupted his thoughts all at once.

"Moreover, I also heard that Lord Ye, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, has been sick in bed recently, and the situation is very bad! And Dongchang bought a courtyard nearby to train the little actors, playing and singing all day long, which is obviously intentional to make Lord Ye unable to recuperate! Although he is now in charge of the inner factory, this position is from Jinyiwei, and if it were not for the recommendation of Master Li of Beizhen Fusi, there would be no humble position today. Therefore, these days when he was in charge of the inner factory, he has always warned his subordinates not to compete with Jinyiwei, so he really can't stand these actions of Gonggong Qiu. Whether it is public or private, it is better to change the East Factory to a proper person! ”

Xu Xun almost applauded these words, however, he also had to admit that Qian Ning really had a good look at his temperament. His friendship with Qiu Ju was originally ordinary, but he couldn't afford to erect such an opponent, but if Qiu Ju really committed the crime on Jinyiwei's head, he would have to really come forward to support Ye Guang and Li Yifeng, and he couldn't let people who had been sick for a long time chill. So, he groaned slightly, and finally said lightly: "I know, I'll go and see Lord Ye when I go back." ”

Knowing that Xu Xun had almost been moved, Qian Ning knew that continuing would be tantamount to adding to the problem, even if he diverted the topic, he only talked about what happened between Xu Xun and the capital - from the transfer of officials, to the change of government decrees, from the open and secret struggle between the three cabinet elders, to the change of elevation between ministries and courtyards...... It wasn't until he saw that Xu Xun seemed to be a little tired, that he seemed to have just noticed it, and said with a grimace: "I forgot that my lord hurried back to the capital, and I should rest more." Now that these things have been reported to the adults, it is time to go back to the inner factory. ”

"Well, you're careful." Xu Xun nodded happily, paused and said, "I came back in a hurry this time, and I only brought some Lantian jade jewelry, which has not been counted yet, and it is all in the box on the table over there." Pick a few of your own and bring them home. ”

Hearing that Xu Xun actually let himself choose, instead of preparing a reward earlier, Qian Ning was suddenly overjoyed, knowing that Xu Xun still had a lot of trust in him. After agreeing repeatedly, he went to the edge of the desk. When he opened the carved lacquer box on the table, he saw about a dozen large and small jade bracelets inside. Some of them have ink-colored patterns on their heads, and some of them are grass green, and although the workmanship is inferior to the treasures in the jewelry shops in the capital, they are still good. After a moment's thought, he unceremoniously chose three of them.

"Got all chosen?" Xu Xun couldn't help but laugh when he saw that Qian Ning got three in front of him. "There are a lot of beautiful wives and concubines, but you will enjoy the blessings of all people! Alright, hurry back and do your thing, and leave me alone in peace! After Qian Ning retreated and left, Xu Xun stretched out his feet and pulled his shoes down from the bamboo couch, his eyes fell on the pile of books on the bookshelf behind him, and he stood up after a moment of silence, stretched out his hand and slowly rubbed these things. But what I was thinking about was not these frontier military strategies at all.

Of course he knew Channing's wishful thinking. But if Qiu Ju really did it on purpose, it really touched his scales!

It was early summer, and the afternoon sun was particularly hot. Suddenly entering the Wenhua Hall from the unconcealed royal road, even Li Dongyang Wang Wei and Jiao Fang, who had recently come from Wenyuan Pavilion on the way, were already sweating, not to mention the big guys who came from the yamen of the various ministries and courtyards in the Thousand Step Corridor. In particular, Zhang Fuhua, who rushed over from the Metropolitan Procuratorate in Gyeonggi-do Street, was even more greasy with a layer of sweat on his forehead, and the back of his official robe was all wet. He cheered up and talked to Lin Han for a few words, and saw a cautious voice suddenly coming from his side, but found that it was a small fireman holding a soft towel in both hands.

"Lord Zhang, please wipe your sweat first." Seeing that Zhang Shihua seemed to be a little stunned, the little flame man hurriedly explained. "It's not just you, it's all the bosses. The emperor said that on a hot day, let everyone come to the Wenhua Hall to discuss matters, and also ordered to prepare tea to relieve the heat. ”

As soon as these words came out, not only Zhang Fuhua was stunned, but Lin Han next to him was also stunned. Wait until the bigwigs who were waiting for the little emperor took over the soft towel soaked in well water. After wiping his face and hand, he held a cup of tea, and most of them had a stunned and inexplicable expression on their faces.

The little emperor has always been an extremely temperamental person, when has he ever been so polite to the minister? Or should I say, when did the little emperor ever be so careful?

Even Xu Xun, who was almost the last to arrive and was sweating profusely, had the same feeling after receiving the soft towel handed by the little flame and drinking tea. Zhu Houzhao will think about others for the people close to him, but for those who don't want to see, he can't wait for people to get out of after speaking, among them, most of the people present are actually among the respectful and distant people of this Son of Heaven. So, in the face of the scene where he was the only military attache today, he did not go up to talk to Lin Han, Zhang Fuhua, Tu Xun and others, but stood aside thoughtfully, until the emperor suddenly sounded.

Because it is not a great dynasty, after Zhu Houzhao ascended to the throne, everyone just knelt and kowtowed. Zhu Houzhao has never liked those red tapes, so when he saw everyone getting up, he looked at Xu Xun straightforwardly and said, "Xu Xun, let's talk about the various situations of your border patrol first." ”

Xu Xun obviously arrived in the capital in the middle of the night the day before yesterday, but he did not appear in the Wenhua Hall yesterday, and everyone present understood this truth, so many people's eyes fell on Liu Jin when they listened to Xu Xun's performance. However, seeing that Liu Jin was calm and relaxed, as if nothing had happened, some people were naturally annoyed. Wang Wei, who was closer to Li Dongyang than Jiao Fang, asked Li Dongyang in a low voice: "Yuanfu, when Pingbei Bo finishes his report, do you want to mention his assassination?" ”

"Don't make a fuss just yet." Li Dongyang looked at Xu Xun thoughtfully, and then said quietly for a while, "Let's see if he mentions it himself, and then see if Lin Heng asks if they ask." If no one mentions this stubble, we don't have to hold on to it. Shouxi, Xu Xun and Liu Jin had already met yesterday. ”

Hearing Li Dongyang emphatically point out that Xu Xun and Liu Jin had met, Wang Wei immediately understood that he was afraid that the two would have a tacit understanding, and it was not pleasing to both sides when he mentioned this. However, looking at Liu Jin standing beside the Son of Heaven, he felt that his teeth itched with hatred in his heart. I think that at the beginning, he and Han Wen and others were together with the belief that if they didn't succeed, they would become benevolent, but today, the loyal ministers have been demoted, but Liu Jin has not moved, and Xu Xun and the young man who has not dried up have also risen from this. He, a cabinet scholar, can only put out fires and save people from all sides, and he can't get it by fighting major policies!

“…… Therefore, along the west bank of the Yellow River in the Bitou Pass and Dongshengguan, the land of a tree is named, to the six towns of Yugou, Sumidu, Shahe Haizi, Shanhuo Shi Naoer, Crane Stone Haizi, Huihui Tomb, Red Salt Pond, Baiyan Well, Sweet Water Well, Yellow River Ditch, to Ningxia Black Mountain Mouth, Maying and other places, a total of 13 castles and 73 piers are erected. More than 700 miles from east to west, it will be connected with Ningxia by the partial head pass, but the Yellow River is separated by the north to guard the palace. In this way, the captives can no longer live in our hinterland, whether it is Yansui in Ningxia, or Shaanxi Town, the length of the Yanbian garrison can be greatly reduced......"

At this moment, Xu Xun was talking about guarding the imperial policy along the river, and Wang Wei suddenly came back to his senses when he heard the name of the place in front of him. He interrupted Xu Xun almost without thinking: "If the minister is not mistaken, this is the policy of Huang Jian, the deputy general of Ningxia during the orthodox period, and Pingbei Bo wants to take it for himself?" ”

However, as soon as he finished speaking, he noticed that everyone was looking at him with strange eyes. (To be continued......)