The official ship sailed on the wide canal, which was wide and thick, and the waves from the bow could not pour in; The wind outside the ship can't blow in, the sailing distance has already been predetermined, and there is no need to worry, the sailors can fall asleep when they shake it, and everything seems to be extremely quiet.

But in the top cabin guarded layer by layer, Shen Mo and a few of his advisers seemed to be in the midst of stormy waves, just like the political situation in the last years of Jiajing......

Wang Yin, who is a good traveler on weekdays, never meddles in general affairs, and does not point fingers at Shen Mo, is showing his grandeur at this moment, and he told Shen Mo mercilessly: "Your Excellency must forget the authority of covering the sky with one hand in the southeast and calling for wind and rain, and you must know that all parties competing in the capital are above you."

nodded silently, Wang Yin was right, when he returned to the capital, he was just a waiter, and there were more than a dozen people who were older than his official position, which was really nothing. He asked Wang Yin to analyze the situation.

Wang Yin said extremely calmly: "At this time when the situation is changing and people's hearts are turbulent. The sick gentleman is suspicious, Chu Er is unpredictable, the ministers are tense, and the detectives are on the side. What's even more unfavorable is that adults have been away from Beijing for two years, the cold and heat are changing, the cold and warm are changing, and the people are estranged, and they are obviously in a weak and passive situation.

I fully agree with Mr. Analysis.

Shen Mo nodded and said, "May I ask how I should face it?" "He now finally knows that there is no vanity under the prestige, and the ancients will not deceive me. This Wang Yin usually does not show the mountains and waters, but in the grasp of the overall situation, he is like a commanding height, always overlooking the overall situation, and will not fall into the quagmire in front of him.

"This is by no means the time to compete for power, and it is not easy to show up and provoke right and wrong," Wang Yin's voice was like a golden stone, and his tone was firm: "We must pay great attention to raising obscurity, restrain the edge, and wait for the opportunity with the spine." After a pause, he said word by word: "I have sixteen words for your lordship, please listen."

"Yes." Said silently.

"Don't get close to Erlong, don't join the party, don't cause trouble, and don't fight for a while." Wang Yin said in a deep voice.

Shen Mingchen, who had been listening to the side, couldn't help but laugh and said, "Shiyue Gong, you just say that you can be a turtle with a shrunken head."

"What's so bad about turtles?" Wang Yin said lightly: "If you live longer than other creatures, you will be the ultimate victor." Saying that, he looked at Shen Mo and said: "Xu Huating is sixty ears shun, Gao Xin Zheng is fifty days of destiny, looking at the court above the fourth grade, the adults are the youngest, this is your biggest capital, we can afford to wait, as long as we protect ourselves, we will be able to wait for the best time."

"It's not hard for me to be patient." The corners of Shen Mo's mouth hung a hint and said, "But I'm afraid that others will worry."

Remember me.

"You've shown what you're capable of." Wang Yin was referring to Shen Mo's response to the imperial court's attack when he was in southern Gansu, and said: "There is no need to worry about the weak. After taking a sip of tea, he continued, "Actually, there is a ready-made example that you can follow."

"Who?" Shen Mo asked.

"Yang Bo." Wang Yin said: qu; This person has outstanding merits, has a lot of connections, and has a good relationship with all factions, even Xu Jiegaogong is unwilling to fall out with He, so as not to force him into the other camp, but if someone wants to be unfavorable to him, he will fight back mercilessly, such a character, no one dares to provoke, does not want to provoke......" and said: qu; In fact, in terms of qualifications and ability, he is the leader of this dynasty, but he is used to not showing his talents, and I am afraid that he is not really willing to be bland, but he just thinks that the time is not right......

Hearing him talk about Yang Bo, Shen Mo couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Back then, Yan Donglou talked about the talents of the world, thinking that only him, Lu Taibao and himself, the three of them could be counted, and in a blink of an eye, he was the only one left."

"Although Yan Shifan has a poor character, he is greedy and lustful." Wang Yin said: "But his vision is first-class, at least here in Yang Bo, he didn't look away...... Adults should experience the number of ways this person has come, and see how he came from the winds and waves of the Jiajing Dynasty for decades, I believe you will have something.

"I see." nodded silently, and secretly reminded himself that the Ming Dynasty is open and the dragon is hidden

Crouching Tiger, don't be arrogant and underestimate the heroes of the world!

Later facts proved that Wang Yin's head drink, even if it was necessary, otherwise it was very

It's hard to say, whether silence will be planted at this unusually cruel historical turning point.

In the late autumn of the forty-fourth year of Jiajing, after a month's voyage, Shen Mo and his entourage arrived at the end of the Grand Canal, Tongzhou City, and were about to go home.

But before he could breathe a sigh of relief, he found that the iron lock on the canal crossed the river, and the water gate was closed, and he looked like he was facing a great enemy. At this time, it was the peak season when Nancao gathered and Cao rice was put into the warehouse, and many Cao boats were also blocked outside the city and were not allowed to enter. On the wide river, there was a scene of thousands of sails congested, unable to advance or retreat.

Hu Yong hurriedly went to other ships to inquire, and after a while, he came back with a gloomy face: "My lord, it is because of the Tartar invasion that Tongzhou City is under martial law.

"Really?" Shen Mo said expressionlessly, this is like being exploded chrysanthemum, once or twice may have a strong reaction

Strong, but the more times it will be numb.

"That can't let us block Yun'er? Besides, what is it to close the water gate? Shen Mingchen spoke up

Said: "The target is naturally afraid of water, can he still attack through the water gate?" ”

"The situation is unknown, and there is no need to be impatient." Yu Yin said in a low voice: "My lord, we just came back,

If you don't know the situation, let's wait and see what happens.

Shen Mo nodded in agreement, and then ordered his subordinates to contact him

Lin, while retreating to a safe and sheltered place, waited for martial law to be lifted. In the evening, someone came, it was an old acquaintance Zhu Shisan, the two had not seen each other for several years, this meeting was natural and cordial, after a greeting, silently asked about the war.

Zhu Shisan sighed and said: "This time, Huang Taiji, the son of my answer, colluded with the Duoyan Department of Liaodong to attack from the Miyun Wall Ziling and the Modaoyu Collapse Wall, and took advantage of our loopholes. Liu Qin, the governor of Jiliao, found out that he urgently reported to the imperial court, Jingshi was under martial law, and Tongzhou and other prefectures and counties were also on guard.

"What is the countermeasure of the imperial court?" Shen Mo asked.

"The cabinet has recruited the governor Jiangdong, led the general soldiers Ma Fang, Jiang Yingxiong, Liu Han and others to quickly transfer troops to help, and convened ministers to discuss war and defense matters. The emperor also sent ministers of civil and military affairs to guard the gates of the imperial city and the capital, and ordered Gu Huan, the marquis of Zhenyuan, to gather troops in Beijing and distribute them inside and outside the capital. Zhu Shisan's answer was orderly and the context was clear, which shows that he has matured a lot over the years.

Zhu Shisan is right, Beijing City at this moment is indeed shrouded in an uneasy atmosphere

Middle.

Even the sick Emperor Jiajing was shocked, and he summoned the first assistant Xu Jie and asked: "I saw the firelight, I expected that it was not far from the capital, why don't the generals intercept and kill?" Saying that, he sighed weakly and said, "Every once in a while, what kind of face do I have to go to see my ancestors and ancestors?" ”

After listening to the emperor's questioning, Xu Jie's old face turned red, and he secretly hated the governor of Xuanda for not doing anything wrong, but Liu Tao's relationship with him was not ordinary, Xu Jie could only try to keep the pestle, so he said in a low voice: "This omission is due to the incompetence of the ministers, which disturbed Your Majesty, please punish the emperor."

"Settling accounts is a matter after the fall." Jiajing's spirit was much better than the year before last is an abnormal flush on his cheeks, which made people secretly worried: "Let's get rid of the Tartar first."

Mouth;

"Yes." Xu Jie knew that the emperor would definitely be questioned today, so he did his homework very well, and said: "The Ministry of War has ordered the officers and soldiers to cooperate to pursue and suppress the thieves, and strictly guard Tongzhou, Zhangjiawan and other places where grain and grass are distributed. After a pause, he added: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, Liu Tao has led the troops to Tongzhou to meet the enemy, as long as the army arrives, the Tartars will be invincible!"

"What is this Liu Tao for?" Jiajing suddenly said angrily again: "I didn't kill him."

Can!

"Change in battle! It's too late. Xu Jie was secretly frightened, and said stubbornly: "And Liu Tao still has talents, and he also has the ambition to establish meritorious deeds for the imperial court; This time there was an omission, it should be due to the fact that he has been in office for too short a time and does not know much about the situation, so please ask the emperor to give him a chance to make meritorious contributions.

Jiajing sighed irritably and said, "That's all it can be."

"Yes." Xu Jie secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

But not everyone can forgive Yang Xuan, in the signing room of the official book, Gao Gong, who was dressed in a second-grade uniform, said to Guo Pu angrily: "What is this all about?" Jizhen has an army of nearly 100,000 people, an annual national budget of one million, and the danger of the Great Wall, why can the Mongols still invade? ”

Guo Pu is older than Gao Gong, he is also tall, with a square face, his hair is dense and firm, his eyes are open and closed, and his eyes are extremely fierce: "If it weren't for the fact that the party surnamed Xu was the same and different, and he had to replace the Jingshi portal with his own people, how could there be today's catastrophe?" ”

"What is the difference between this action and the Yan Party?" Gao said angrily: "This licorice country elder is really

Either way.

Guo Pu nodded and said, "It's so disappointing!"

Views like theirs are not a minority in Beijing. In fact, this view is a bit biased, the original governor of Jiliao, Yang Xuan, is Yan Shifan's disciple, try to ask the latter for rebellion, how can the imperial court be at ease to guard the door for the Beijing master?

Although Xu Jie's actions in the past two years have indeed been somewhat arbitrary, he has also used a lot of letters.

But in this matter, they did wronged him...... Xu Ge has been in the sea for a long time, and he can distinguish the priorities, how can the most important position in the world, the governor of Jiliao, be used to send favors?

Liu Tao is also a rare Confucian general in this dynasty, fine cavalry shooting, Tong Tao strategy, both civil and military, and repeated military exploits, before he was promoted to the imperial history of the left capital, and has always been Xu Jie's number one cadre in the court, Xu Jie sent him to sit in Jiliao, precisely because of the importance of Jiliao, not nepotism and the like.

Since his arrival, Liu Tao has been conscientious and conscientious, and he did not dare to slack off, but people were unlucky, and he drank cold water and stuffed his teeth, and his subordinates were in charge of Lingzikou and Modaoyu, and the generals who were in charge of Lingzikou and Modaoyu were actually developed into White Lotus Sect disciples by the demon Xiao Qin, and they were fanatical about going to the Bansheng Holy Land, and as a result, they gave the lot they were responsible for as a certificate of nomination to Sect Master Xiao.

Harassing the Great Wall every year is a reserved project of the Duoyan Ministry, and this time I finally got the opportunity, of course, I will not be polite, and immediately entangled Minister Huang Taiji to drive in...... They knew that Tongzhou was the granary of the capital division, and the defense was much worse than that of the capital, so they rushed to Tongzhou.

Liu Tao knew that something was wrong, so he mobilized troops to encircle him, and on the other hand, he led his headquarters to chase after him

Hit.

trace, although the light cavalry led by Liu Tao is of the highest quality in the Ming army, it can only follow Fen to eat dirt.

However, Liu Tao still accurately judged that their target was Tongzhou, and used the flying pigeon to send a warning in advance, ordering it to close the four gates and wait for it. When Shen Mo and his entourage arrived in Tongzhou, it was Tongzhou City that received the summons, and the Mongols returned

There is no gap for arrival

Zhu Shisan was the commander of the Jinyi Guard, who was in charge of military intelligence spying, and when he saw that there was a contact signal, he came to investigate, so he could meet so quickly. He told Shen Mo that an hour ago, the Mongol scouts had arrived at the city, and it was estimated that the situation here had been reported back to the large army.

After listening to Zhu Shisan's words, he couldn't help but look out the window, it was getting late outside at the moment, and he couldn't see the wheels of those boats clearly, but the lights were continuous, and they were obviously still there.

"Why don't you go?" He asked in a low voice: qu; Don't you know that the Mongols are coming? ”

"The Mongols have come and gone to Tongzhou every year," Zhu 13 said: "I want to come to those people,

I didn't take it seriously. "Autumn was the time for the Mongols to invade, but they had always invaded from the west, and Tongzhou was east of Diye, and it was guarded by the Jiliao army in the north, so there were almost no warnings. It was a surprise to see such a scene.

Looking at these ships that were still unaware of the danger and were still waiting to open the door to enter the city, he said in a deep voice: "As soon as it dawns tomorrow, the Mongols are likely to arrive, Tongzhou City has already prepared, they dare not move, but these ships are in danger." "The canal was so wide that it was stuffed with boats that the Mongols could even climb up directly...... These flocks of fat sheep, why don't they take it?

There are two ways to get these ships out of danger, one is to open the water gate at night and let them in; The second is to organize them to retreat overnight, obviously the difficulty of the former is much less than that of the latter, and the risk is extremely small, and it is completely bearable.

But when Shen Mo ordered someone to send a message and asked Wang Guoguang, a waiter stationed in Tongzhou, to open the water gate and let the fleet enter the city to avoid danger, he was flatly refused, and Wang Guoguang told the shouter that it would never be possible to open the door before martial law was lifted.

"Even if the Mongols were given ten guts, they would not dare to abandon their horses and attack through the water gate

Target. Hearing the return, Shen Mingchen couldn't help but say: "This kingdom is obviously cowardly and afraid

Afraid to take on a little responsibility.

Shen Mo said disapprerovitically: "The waiter in the audience has never been involved in military affairs, and he has no bottom in his heart, and it is normal to be overly careful." The second plan was ordered.

The worry on Shen Mingchen's face did not decrease, and he said: "But there is also a difficulty in this way, the empty mouth and white teeth say that the Tartar is coming, who will believe the people on the boat?" ”

"Don't worry." Shen Mo smiled faintly: "They not only believe me, but also listen to me."

Target.

"Really?" Shen Mingchen said in disbelief: "I really want to see what magical powers the adults have."

smiled silently and said to Hu Yong: "Have you remembered what I just explained?" ”

"Remembered." Hu Yong nodded and said, "I have a good memory, but I didn't read it when I was a child."

books, or you can take a test or something.

"Less nonsense." Shen Mo rolled his eyes and said, "According to my orders, from the outside to the inside."

Spread the word, and when they have started, they will go to the next boat, and they will rather be slow than chaotic.

Hu Yong nodded again, and then led people off the official boat, got into the dinghy, and rowed a section

After the distance, he found that Shen Mingchen was also following and asked him what he was doing, Shen Mingchen smiled and said:

"Look at how adults do tricks?

Unable to send him back, Hu Yong had to let him follow, came to the first ship, and knocked on a copper basin.

The people on the boat went down vigilantly, Hu Yong clenched his fists, and said with the thumb of his right hand upward: "Thousands of rivers and thousands of roads are one sect, the Cao Gang in the world is a brother, you have worked hard, you have worked hard?" ”

When the people on the boat heard this, they hurriedly returned the salute: "It's hard work, my brother is pulling a hand, and there are mules and horses, is there something wrong with this brother?" "As the so-called opening is hard, it must be the rivers and lakes. So the other party immediately got serious.

Hu Yong cleared his throat and said: "My family said that the horse is coming, please go to the emperor to take refuge for a while."

The man paused and asked, "Dare to ask which plate it is?" What about the Spring Festival? ”

"The deep waves of the Zhehai River are far away," Hu Yong replied.

"It turned out to be the uncle outside the door!" The man was taken aback, and hurriedly said, "Immediately."

Walk!

Seeing that the ship was moving slowly, Hu Yong ordered to go to the next one, and on the way, he asked Shen Mingchen proudly, "How do you feel?" ”

Shen Mingchen shook his head and said, "It's full of black words, and I don't understand a word."

"If you don't understand, you'll be right." Hu Yong smiled and said: qu; Actually, I don't understand, anyway, adults

Let's say that, and that's probably fine......"

Then they passed the word one by one, and sure enough, all the ships were obedient and obedient, and went to the 'emperor's crossing' of Nalaoshzi, and when the day was almost dawn, they all finally left the city of Tongzhou, and at this time the iron horsemen of the Tartars also arrived under the city. Sure enough, it went straight to the canal. But when they got to the river, they saw that it was empty, and how could any spy say that 'grain ships are as many as sheep'?

It wasn't completely absent, only a lone dinghy, suspended in the middle of the river. A Ming military general wearing bright armor above said loudly: qu; Dog Tartar has been fooled, our army has been surrounded from all sides, and this Tongzhou city is where you are buried!" With that, he departed quickly, and the Mongol bows and arrows had only time to kiss the stern of his ship......

I can't update it tomorrow, I have to go to my father-in-law's house, and because it's the first year, I have to go to my relatives over there.