The emperor's desire to re-establish the second baron and let Zhou Yao, the son of Changning, surrender and other raids caused a lot of turmoil in the court, after all, this matter is also related to their own interests. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info Now the entire imperial court is all those royal princes, magnates and court ministers vying to write books and count each other. Of course, Zheng De was inevitably counted down by the officials. However, Zheng De is now considered a long-tested person, so naturally he will not be angry because of this. And he is not alone now, and there is a group of elites in the DPRK as a support group, after all, they really can't fight the courtiers alone.

However, Zheng De was not in the mood to get involved in their, whether it was the royal family or the ministers who were upsetting to watch, "Let them go dog eat dog." ”

This is one of Zheng De's conclusions on this matter, and he is still riddled with a lot of troubles.

"You said that Guyuan, Shaanxi was also attacked by tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry?" When Liu Daxia, the secretary of the military department, told him the news, Zheng De's face was shocked, and his heart felt a little unbearable. The war in Xuanfu here has not ended, and the flames in Shaanxi have risen again, which is really pressing the gourd and floating the scoop, which is really not reassuring for a moment!

"What's the situation now, do you still need to send troops to help?" Thinking of this, Zheng De had a headache, now the entire Beijing division has no soldiers to send, and as for those squad troops who have issued an edict to enter Beijing, they are still on the way. Moreover, Shaanxi is so far away from Beijing, and when the reinforcements arrive, it is estimated that the daylilies will be cold, which is really far away and can't quench the thirst!

Now he finally realized that the position of the emperor is not so easy to sit in!

"Your Majesty don't worry." Liu Daxia stood up and bowed, "Although Cao Xiong, the chief soldier of Guyuan, pretended not to know and refused to rescue, but Yang Yiqing, the governor of Shaanxi, personally led a light cavalry to march from Pingliang day and night to resist the invasion and launch a surprise attack to repel the attack of the Mongol army. ”

Zheng De breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. Although there is no map for the exact location of Guyuan, it is not clear exactly where it is. However, he knows about Shaanxi, since Guyuan borders the Mongolian tribe, it is naturally in the northern part of Shaanxi. And as a nine-sided town, the defense line from Yansui West to Lanzhou 500 miles in the east, if you lose 800 miles of the Guanzhong Plain, there is no danger to defend, it is estimated that the Mongolian cavalry will directly attack the city of Xi'an, and then the northwest of the Ming Dynasty will be in danger.

"The decree was to dismiss Cao Xiong, the chief military officer, and escort him back to Beijing for the crime of concealing military information and refusing to fight, and hand him over to the Criminal Department for interrogation."

Now that there is nothing to do in the northwest, it is naturally time to settle the general account. When he heard that Cao Xiong, the chief soldier of Guyuan, pretended to be deaf and dumb and did not send troops to rescue, Zheng De's eyebrows couldn't help jumping. This kind of person can even sit in the position of the chief military officer, and he doesn't know what his cheap father thinks, so he hurriedly gave an order to Wang Yue on the side.

"The crime of concealing military information? Refusal to fight crimes? What kind of crime is this, Da Ming Law doesn't seem to have such a crime. However, seeing that the emperor was angry, Liu Daxia closed his mouth very interestingly, and asked again, "Then should His Majesty Yang Yiqing, the governor of Shaanxi, give a reward?" ”

Liu Daxia just mentioned it casually, after all, in his opinion, Yang Yiqing just repelled the invasion of the enemy army and defended a city, and there was really nothing to be rewarded for such a merit. After all, as the governor of Shaanxi, he is in charge of the military and political affairs of a province, which can only be regarded as a matter of responsibility. If they fail to do a good job, they should be held accountable for their dereliction of duty.

However, Zheng De didn't think so in his heart, and in his opinion, the significance of defending a city was quite significant. If Guyuan is lost, troops will have to be sent to the rescue, and the battle in Xuanfu is not over. At the same time, the battle on the eastern and western fronts is really a bit unbearable for Daming, but Zheng De knows that Daming's current treasury only has more than one million taels of silver. If it is a protracted war, a huge empire will fall apart in an instant. This is not alarmist, and the Sui Empire, which was destroyed in a prosperous era, is a lesson from the past.

"What kind of official position is the governor?" Zheng De looked at Liu Daxia, although he knew something about the current officials of the Ming Dynasty, he really hadn't found the rank of the governor.

"Uh......" Liu Daxia was a little dumbfounded by the emperor's question, "What's the matter with the emperor, don't even the officials of the Ming Dynasty know?" ”

However, thinking of the rumors of the emperor's amnesia, he also reacted instantly, and glanced up at Zheng De, "Back to Your Majesty's words, the governor has no grade, but just added the rank of deputy capital to inspect various places, and was in charge of Shaanxi and other places to undertake the announcement of the affairs of the political envoys, military affairs, and civil affairs." ”

Zheng De was also quite embarrassed when he heard this, so he had to change the topic and said, "Since this is the case, I will grant him the title of governor of Shaanxi with the title of right capital and concurrently serve as the chief military officer of Guyuan." Originally, he still wanted to transfer Yang Yiqing to the Beijing Division, but after thinking about it, he still forgot it, after all, the northwest border defense line of the Ming Dynasty could not be defended without a reassuring person.

Liu Daxia was shocked when he heard this, but he didn't expect His Majesty to directly promote Yang Yiqing to a higher level because of this, and couldn't help but say with some concern, "Your Majesty, will this be too much?" After all, this matter is not a big merit, just give a verbal reward, if you are directly promoted, I am afraid it will cause criticism. ”

"It's okay, so be it." Zheng De said without refusal.

However, Liu Daxia didn't say anything more, and there was a faint smile on his worried face, which made Zheng De wonder, "People are promoted, what are you happy about?" ”

Naturally, he didn't know what was going on, otherwise he wouldn't have thought so. I think that Li Dongyang, Liu Daxia, and Yang Yiqing once taught under the champion Li Chun, and they came from the same school and were brothers and sisters, so it was natural for them to support each other in the officialdom, and they should naturally be happy when their junior brothers were promoted.

"How's the war going in Xuanfu?" Compared with Guyuan, who is too far away, he doesn't have much feeling, and Zheng De is quite nervous about the war in Xuanfu, after all, it is related to his life, for fear that bad news will come from the front line.

"Zhu Hui has already led a large army to Xuanfu, and although the Mongols are difficult to resist with cavalry, they have little experience in attacking cities, and due to the lack of large-scale siege equipment, they are no longer harmed to come to Xuanfu. But ......"

At this point, Liu Daxia paused slightly, and looked at Zheng De with a little hesitation, the latter suddenly became nervous, and couldn't help but ask, "But what?" ”

"However, the people around Xuanfu were plundered by the Mongol cavalry, and many people and food were plundered by the Mongols."

Zheng De's face was quite ugly when he heard this, but he didn't blame himself for being the secretary of the military department. After all, the Ming army is mainly infantry, if it really goes out of the city to rescue the surrounding people, I am afraid that it will be a meat bun and a dog that will not return, and if it is not good, Xuanfu will also be lost. However, he still did not give up and asked, "Is there no way?" ”

Liu Daxia could only shake his head helplessly, his heart was actually uncomfortable, but what could he do if he couldn't beat others outside the city, he could only defend passively. Compared with guarding Xuanfu, a nine-sided town, the others are all diseases of ringworm and scabies. However, he was really afraid that Zheng De would make some impulsive moves, so he hurriedly comforted, "Your Majesty, if you can't bear it, you will make a big plan, for the safety of the Xuanfu and the Jingshi, you can only be patient for a while, and you can't act rashly." ”

"Shinobi...... Endure...... Endure it, how long will it last? Zheng De naturally wouldn't be so impulsive, but he still held his breath and had nowhere to vent. looked at Liu Daxia, who was silent, and couldn't help but yell at him again, "What do you say? ”

After that, both of them fell silent, and the atmosphere suddenly seemed a little solemn. But then Liu Daxia slowly spoke, "Your Majesty don't worry, in fact, when the first emperor was alive, he already knew that our dynasty was helpless in the face of Mongolia, and the main reason was the lack of cavalry. Therefore, Yang Yiqing was sent to inspect Shaanxi, and the most important thing was to supervise the horse administration of Shaanxi. There is also the Taifu Siqing Chu Wei who went south to investigate the gains and losses of Ma Zheng on the spot, and I think that soon my Ming Dynasty should be able to have an elite iron horse. ”

Zheng De looked at him with a look of disbelief when he heard this, "You're not trying to comfort me, are you?" ”

Liu Daxia couldn't help but show a wry smile when he heard this, "How dare the minister bully the king?" If Your Majesty does not believe him, he can send someone to ask them to find out whether the minister is lying. ”

This sentence made Zheng De a little relieved, and said to him, "You ask Yang Yiqing, the governor of Shaanxi, how is the situation of horse politics in Shaanxi now, and how many war horses have been raised." ”

"I understand." Speaking of this, Liu Daxia's expression showed a hint of hesitation.

Zheng De, who saw all this in his eyes, suddenly had an ominous premonition, "Is there something wrong?" Say, I'll still be able to bear it. ”

"Back to His Majesty's words, Guangxi and other places undertook to announce that the political envoy Si Sien's prefect Cen Jun acted recklessly and tried his best to intervene in the internal dispute between the local officials of Tianzhou Mansion. intends to carve up the Tianzhou Mansion in order to resist the imperial court. He captured Shanglin County and Wuyuan County, captured Tianzhou Mansion, and captured 50 family members of Cen Meng, the local official and prefect of Tianzhou Prefecture. Cen Meng, the prefect of Tianzhou, was desperate and begged for help, and Pan Fan, the governor of Liangguang, had ordered Cen Jun to disobey, so he asked the court for a decree. ”

"It's really smoking!" Zheng De stroked his forehead when he heard this, and suddenly felt a terrible headache.

The war in the north has not subsided, and there is such a mess in the south, so that people can live a good life? Who else said that the emperor's position is easy to sit? Who? Stand up for me, stand up and see if I can beat him to death! What's wrong with crossing to become an emperor, at least being a vassal king is also a good choice! Drink tea and bask in the sun every day, have nothing to tease and flirt with beauties, visit the green house or something...... How happy!

But no matter how much self-pity you have, the problem still needs to be solved. However, Zheng De still had a question, and looked at Liu Daxia, "These two people are the same prefect, where did the soldiers and horses come from?" ”

"These two people are the leaders of the local tribes, the hereditary prefects of the land conferred by the imperial court, who have their land, their people, their soldiers, their positions, their places, their streams, and their titles." After listening to Liu Daxia's explanation, Zheng De instantly understood, "Isn't this just a small separatist regime?" It seems that I will have to learn more about this knowledge when I go back. ”

"In that case, let's do it. Tell Pan Fan, the governor of Liangguang, to teach me a hard lesson, teach Cen Jun, the prefect of En Si, a hard lesson, and give me a complete pain and escort him back to Beijing. Let's see who will dare to jump out and make trouble for me at every turn. Looking at Zheng De's gritted teeth, Liu Daxia couldn't help but shudder, and couldn't help but mourn in silence for the prefect of the country who was making a lot of trouble.

"And the incompetent prefect of Tianzhou was also dismissed, and the other two prefectures will be directly selected by the imperial court to serve as the prefect in the future."

Liu Daxia nodded, and then reported some things to Zheng Deyu before leaving.