"Lord Blott, Lord Zhekobe will not agree to this unreasonable request of General Mingguo." The deputy envoy persuaded with a strong attitude.

In the Honglu Temple Post House, there are people from the Ming Dynasty all around, and several people are trying to keep their voices low when they speak.

The voice of the envoy spoke as if it had been squeezed out of the depths of his throat.

Blott said with a slightly annoyed tone: "Do you think I want to agree to his unreasonable demands!" If he didn't agree, the little prince couldn't return to the grassland, and the anger of Mandu Haikedun was not something that anyone could bear. Do you want me to watch those small tribes separate from the royal court, and then leave the royal court one by one? ”

The deputy envoy was speechless, people are swordsman, I am fish and meat, and now they are indeed helpless against the monarchs and ministers of the Ming Dynasty. Especially this time, the Ming monarchs and ministers surprisingly maintained the same external thoughts, which made these Tatar envoys feel that it was difficult to move an inch.

I was silent for a long time, and I don't know who came up with a bad idea that is not too bad: "I heard that the internal fighting among the people of the country is very strong, and this time we brought the best grassland pearl, it is better to do it."

Blott's eyes lit up: "Go check it out immediately and ask who Zhang Ru's opponent is." ”

The next day, the Tatar missions, who had not slept all night, went out into the streets, asking in the Chinese language of their voices, consciously or unconsciously, who Zhang Ru's opponents were.

Not to mention, they really found out a lot of things.

The common people did not know much, and most of what they knew was hearsay, and after some hard work, the Tatar mission finally found out about Zhang Ru's opponent from a few people who bought and sold people.

One is Zhu Yong, the Duke of Baoguo, the other is Zhu Youzhang, the king of Tai'an County, and the last one is Li Min, the head of the household.

Among the three, Li Min is a little reliable, and the other two are grasshoppers in the same boat as Zhang Ru.

But the Tatars don't know! They also thought that after buying a lot of useless things, they really asked for useful information from those ignorant people.

After a morning of procurement, by noon, the Tatar envoys divided into three routes, and visited the three people who were said to be as deep as the sea with Zhang Ru, the governor of the Nine Sides.

The first to be found was the irascible Zhu Youzhang, the reputation of the king of Tai'an was thunderous in the capital, everyone knew that there was a county king who should be a vassal and had been shameless in the capital, and from time to time he had to do something evil to bully men and women.

When he learned that those Tatars with a white jade lion and 10,000 Daming treasure notes **** asked him to deal with Zhang Ru, the county king, who was famous in the capital for not being able to speak, called out a healthy servant without saying a word.

Pity the Tatar deputy who thought that the young man's anger was easy to pick up, he was directly beaten with a blue nose and swollen face, knelt on the ground, and shouted Zhu Youqi three times before his grandfather escaped.

Of course, this was because there was no one of his own present at the time, otherwise he wouldn't have called grandpa if he killed him.

Zhu Hui came to see a very short but eloquent fellow of the mission, who was said to be very popular in the Tatar court. However, when he met Zhu Hui, who was as bad as Zhang Ru, he could be regarded as having met an opponent.

Several times asked Zhu Hui to deal with Zhang Ru, but this master was stunned as if he couldn't understand the words, if you say east, I will say west, and if you say that I will beat dogs, I will catch chickens.

In the end, even the Tatar envoy himself was a little dizzy, so Zhu Hui took the 10,000 Ming treasure money into his arms, took the two orchids into his arms and walked away.

After being sluggish in the living room of the Baoguo Mansion for a long time, the envoy reacted, and lived in vain for a long time, and the little Guogong didn't promise himself anything at all.

Thinking that if he did not complete the task assigned above after going back, he would definitely be blamed, and the envoy once again expressed to the subordinate of the Baoguo Mansion that he wanted to see the Baoguo Gong, but the subordinate stretched out his hand with his nostrils facing the sky.

After pestering for a while, the man impatiently pushed the envoy out.

I dropped a sentence: The yamen is open, there is no reason to come in, I don't understand this reason, and I dare to mix with the capital, I am tired and crooked!

What does the envoy who is proficient in Chinese mean by the way of nature, and finally has no choice but to leave the Baoguo Mansion in a gloomy manner.

Blot, who personally approached Li Min's house, brought the richest gifts among the three people, a golden Buddha, 30,000 taels of Ming treasure banknotes, and two pigeon-egg-sized Dongzhu.

Li Min, the head of the household, was very polite to him, and after quietly putting away the gift, he asked Blott about his intentions, and the high-ranking official in the six ministries and nine secretaries readily agreed to Blott's request.

Attacking Zhang Ru, that's his forte, anyway, no matter whether the Tatars come or not, he will attack him.

But Blott always felt a little uneasy, he felt that things were going too smoothly, could it be that the officials of the Ming Kingdom couldn't even tell the most basic distinction between public and private?

Returning to the inn with a stomach full of doubts, and seeing the deputy envoy with a blue nose and a swollen face and his dejected subordinates, Blott finally understood why he felt uneasy.

He still had one last hope for Li Min, who hoped that Li Min would impeach Zhang Ru at the court meeting.

As long as Zhang Ru is impeached, he will have the opportunity to take the little prince away, as long as he can bring the little prince back, those tribes who have already been separated from the royal court will not dare to say that they will break away. At that time, he will naturally be able to take back what he sent out today with interest.

It's a pity that he still overestimated Li Min's guts.

In the face of such a major right and wrong, even if Li Min wanted to cut Zhang Ru with a thousand knives, he would not dare to attack Zhang Ru. After Blott left, the Tobe Shangshu entered the palace with his things and told the emperor everything about it.

If he hides the emperor from other things, he may be reprimanded at most, if he hides this matter from the emperor, even if Zhu Youzhu is weak, it is estimated that the courtiers will make his life worse than death.

Li Min still wanted to keep a useful body to fight with the Dingbian Hou who leaned towards the government and the opposition, but he didn't dare to drop the chain at this time.

As a result, the Tatar mission, which had worked hard for a day, was blasted out of Beijing by the Shenji Battalion in the evening with a very arrogant attitude.

The officer of the Shenji Battalion who led the team also left a sentence: When you see the war horse, you will release it immediately.

What was a deal at the beginning has now become a constraint, and although Manduhai escaped the control of Batu Mengke, he let the little prince Batu Mengke fall into the control of the Ming people.

The gains and losses are known only to the parties themselves.

Brott hurriedly embarked on the return journey, what happened in the Imperial City of the Ming Kingdom, he had to tell Manduhai as soon as possible, so that she could make a judgment. In the capital, a group of officials who drove the Tatar envoys out of the imperial city were celebrating with great fanfare.

This time so many people were able to stand on Zhang Ru's side willingly, firstly, no one in the cabinet stood up to oppose Zhang Ru, and no one in the six Shangshu stood up against Zhang Ru; Second, before the Tatar mission was summoned by the emperor, Wang Zhi, the eunuch of Dongchang, had already gone door-to-door to vaguely express the emperor's intentions.

There is a powerful minister and a ruler of the highest status of the Ming Dynasty to speak, who dares to stand up and say that the Ming Dynasty is a state of etiquette?

In addition, although the methods used by Zhang Ru are vulgar, some do not conform to the title of the state of etiquette, but they really strive for the benefits of the Ming Dynasty.

The petty official of Honglu Temple, who openly said Zhang Ru in the court, was stripped of his official clothes before Blott left the capital. Forever not hired, this is a decision given by the emperor, and no one can refute it.

Also, deep, like a gentle virgin who doesn't know how to express his emotions, quietly envelops the earth, hoping to use his tenderness to completely embrace the earth.

The Dingbian Marquis Mansion was brightly lit, a team of brocade guards walked back and forth, there was no one within a radius of ten zhang around the study, but in the study, there was a mysterious person shrouded in black robes.

"Let your men follow Blott's mission, and at the same time give my letter to Yang Rong and Zhang An, and once your people send back the news from the grassland, they will prepare for war immediately." Zhang Ru was serious and humane to the black robe.

A deep and powerful voice came from inside the black robe: "Don't worry, Master Hou, your subordinates will not disgrace their lives!" ”

Zhang Ru nodded with satisfaction: "Do you want to go and see the child?" ”

The black-robed man shook his head: "No need, follow Master Hou, it won't be bad." There is news from the side of the, the situation over there is quite stable, and there will be no movement in the short term. ”

Zhang Ru snorted: "Thank you for your hard work, let your subordinates pay more attention to the affairs of Datong, and send people from Tianjin to keep an eye on it, I'm afraid something will happen." ”

"Hou Ye, rest assured, all the news, what Jinyiwei has, we have, what Jinyiwei doesn't have, we also have. Datong should be about to make a move, and please prepare for it early. The black-robed man said word by word.

Zhang Ru frowned: "You personally go to Datong to keep an eye on it." ”

The black-robed man shook his head: "I will go to the prairie." ”

Zhang Ru's eyes were like arrows: "Give me a reason." ”

The black-robed man sighed: "Even if it is to give my son a chance to worship me in the future." After all, those people are the people of the Ming Dynasty, and they can't do it against them, the brothers' knives. ”

This reason is very sufficient, and Zhang Ru could not find any words to refute it.

There was a stalemate for a while, and finally Zhang Ru compromised: "Okay! You go to the steppe and take care. Remember, coming back alive, nothing is more important than people. ”

The black-robed man nodded, stood up and opened the door to the study, and quickly disappeared into the night.

Zhang Ru didn't get up to close the door, he wanted to let the cool breeze of the night make him a little more sober.

He is clear about the path he will take in the future and the enemies he will face, but he is still walking unswervingly. He hopes that one day, he can truly see a prosperous era comparable to the Han and Tang Dynasties.

There are those brothers who sacrificed their lives for the country, and these brothers who are willing to hide in the shadows all their lives, and he can't find a reason to give up. He only hopes that his little butterfly, which has traveled through history, can stir his wings and make the catastrophe disappear hundreds of years later.