Zhang Ru's arrival was already expected by Gu Qian, but he didn't expect Zhang Ru to come so early.

On the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty, from the easternmost Liaodong Town to the westernmost Gansu Town, there are nearly one million people guarding the town. Datong is in the center of the nine sides, but Zhang Ru does not choose the nearest Shanxi Town and Xuanfu Town, nor does he choose Gansu Town and Ningxia Town in the west. He crossed the Jingshi Shuntian Mansion and came to his easternmost Liaodong Town. This point really caught Gu Qian by surprise.

Wantong's private messages are now on his desk and have not been moved, because the content in them is so rebellious that he doesn't dare to read more, and he doesn't want to read more.

When he was young, he wanted to make a contribution, but when he got older, in addition to hoping for a good home, he only wanted to make his brothers suffer less.

However, now there is a question in front of him, that is, whether to help the prince or the Wan family.

On the bright side, the strength of the Wan family is stronger than that of the prince, I don't know how many times, not to mention that the men of the Wan family are officials, and the women and children of his Wan family are all with a fate. In contrast, the crown prince has no other advantages other than to occupy the righteousness.

But I have to say that the prince's milk brother is a figure, who has controlled the left and right guards of Datong Town in just a few months, and at the same time, he is also letting the people of Datong Wei infiltrate the other guards little by little.

The main thing is that he was a little afraid of the young man's vicious eyes.

The nine-sided town, which really often fights and often dies, in addition to Datongwei, is Liaodongwei.

It was precisely because of this that Zhang Ru came, which also made Gu Qian realize that the changes in the capital should have made Zhang Ru and Wantong anxious.

After thinking about it, he couldn't think of any good countermeasures, so he picked up the already cold tea on the table, poured it hard, and then covered his head, frowning.

"The general doesn't have to worry so much, this Ming dynasty can't be broken." Hou Yi, who joined the army, whispered.

Hou Yi is a scholar, Chenghua three years after the first place in various places to study, after meeting Gu Qian, a conversation, Gu Qian pulled him into his command.

This is the number one strategist under Gui Qian, and he is also the confidant of Gui Qian.

Seeing him say this, Gu Qian's frowning brows relaxed: "Why did Zhengying teach me?" ”

Hou Yi said with a smile: "In this world, after all, the surname is Zhu." As long as the general understands this, it is enough, and there is no need to think about anything else. Master Wan is very powerful, but over the years, he has also done a lot of things wrong. ”

The implication is to let Gu Qian stand on Zhang Ru's side, after all, Zhang Ru represents the crown prince.

Although Wantong can represent Wanjia, it may not be able to represent the meaning of His Majesty today, will the emperor still attack his son for a relative?

Gu Qian was still a little hesitant: "But now the forces controlled by Wantong are much stronger than those controlled by Zhang Ru, and Jinyiwei can't go against so many Beijing officials in Beijing." No matter how powerful they are, they are just the emperor's dogs! ”

Hou Yi smiled: "The general is too worried, what do you think Your Majesty has in suddenly letting a yellow-haired child who has not dried up be the general of the Nine Sides Patrol?" Although His Majesty is addicted to alchemy, his control over the courtiers is not weak, otherwise Wan An and the others would not have fallen into the title of a papier-mâché elder. ”

Gu Qian's eyes lit up: "You mean to say that Your Majesty did this on purpose?" ”

Hou Yi nodded: "This is naturally deliberately done by His Majesty, how can Zhang Ru be virtuous, and what qualifications does he have to fill in the patrol?" Even if the prince helped him speak, it would be impossible for him to jump from a seven-rank brocade guard to a third-grade member of the imperial court. The general must have known about the turmoil at the beginning of the year, and finally died down, why? ”

His words made Gu Qian's heart a little loose, he was still a little wavering at first, but now he has taken a reassuring pill.

If Zhang Ru really became the general of the nine-sided patrol under the emperor's deliberate arrangement, then the article here is a bit big. The emperor takes pills all the year round, and his health is not as good as day by day, in such a situation, appointing the prince's milk brother as the general of the nine-sided patrol is nothing more than telling the world that this prince is not going to be changed.

After making the decision, Wu Qian personally went to Zhang Ru's residence in a very low manner. Under the circumstance that the Jinyi Guard and the personal soldiers of the General Military Mansion were under martial law and no one was allowed to approach, the two talked for nearly two hours, and no one knew what the topic of their discussion was except themselves.

At the same time, a secret report was sent from Daning City, Liaodong Prefecture, and all the information was about Zhang Ru's movements in the secret report, and even when he went to the toilet was written in the secret report.

If Zhang Ru saw this secret report, he would definitely be able to immediately find out that this was Jinyiwei's method, obviously, the emperor did not eat dry food, and there were still emperor's eyes and ears by Zhang Ru's side.

It's just that some things involve his life, and even Zhu Youzhang's safety, Zhang Ru didn't even take his closest Jiang Wei with him. Therefore, the content of the conversation with Gu Qian has not been leaked out for the time being.

In the Dongnuan Pavilion, Emperor Chenghua was lying on the recliner in a very comfortable position, his eyes were slightly closed, and his ears listened carefully to Liang Fang's sharp voice to make a subdued character.

After Liang Fang finished reading, he only felt that his mouth was dry, and he secretly glanced at the emperor's face, and saw that the other party was not angry, so he asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, what should I do, and ask Your Majesty to make a charter." ”

Zhu Jianshen opened his eyes: "What is there to decide, this charter must be in the kid's heart." I always felt that I should not be bewitched by that kid, but I didn't expect that even my feudal officials would enter his urn. ”

"That." Emperor Chenghua's personality has always been a little unpredictable, and Liang Fang is not easy to draw conclusions, pausing for a moment, just to let the emperor answer.

Sure enough, Emperor Chenghua immediately took over the conversation: "Let him toss!" This kid has always been bold, and he should be provoking some big rebellious things. It's nothing more than saying that if something happens suddenly, it is just that the border troops from all over the country need to send troops to serve the king. He had a vicious vision, and chose the people of Datong and Liaodong towns. In the future, let the person next to him not take risks, I don't need to read the secret report to know this kind of thing. ”

Liang Fang nodded, and threw the secret report in his hand into the stove next to him and burned it.

It's best not to keep such a thing, because once you stay, one day Zhang Ru will see it, and with his retributive temperament, he may do something to the people around him.

"What has been the movement of all parties lately." Emperor Chenghua helped the bright yellow silk quilt behind his head and asked softly.

Liang Fang said: "Back to Your Majesty, there is no big movement on the side of the three pavilion elders, but the noble concubine Niangniang has asked Your Majesty several times recently why she didn't go." ”

"Liang Fang, you're old." Zhu Jianshen's eyes were like knives, but his tone was indifferent, but he was full of anger.

Liang Fang immediately knelt on the ground and begged for mercy: "Your Majesty spare your life, the old slave doesn't know what he did wrong." ”

Zhu Jianshen said: "You should know what I am asking. ”

Liang Fang said with a bitter face: "The old slave naturally knows what His Majesty wants to ask, but there are some things, the old slave really doesn't know how to talk about it." Dongchang's fan is definitely not as good as the captain of Jinyiwei, and the two are not the same grade at all! ”

"There's something wrong with the prince." Zhu Jianshen frowned and asked again.

"The crown prince has not moved much recently, and he has been studying seriously in the East Palace. However, the old slave heard that the prince was privately looking for a famous doctor, apparently to see a doctor for His Majesty. As he spoke, Liang Fang raised his eyelids and carefully looked at Zhu Jianshen's face.

I saw that Zhu Jianshen's face, which had been flat before, was much softer, and his face looked much better, and he waved his hand tiredly: "Get up!" The trends of all parties should be watched more by me, and if some people are not willing to be lonely, let them be lonely forever. My body is getting worse day by day, and I hope for a smooth transition. ”

Liang Fang nodded, but didn't say anything in his heart.

In fact, no one knows better than Liang Fang what the situation of Daming is now, if it weren't for Zhang Ru, who was in the middle, he would never tell the emperor what he knew. He wouldn't tell even a little bit, because he knew that although the emperor was dumb, he was not confused in major matters.

The reason why some things were revealed was that he was afraid that Zhang Ru would settle accounts after the autumn.

After the turmoil of the change of heirs at the beginning of the year, Zhu Youzhang's position as the crown prince has become increasingly stable, and many ministers in the DPRK and the central government have leaned on the side of the prince. As for King Xing, who was just a child, except for the Wan family, naturally few courtiers would be stupid to stick to it.

The situation is becoming more and more severe for the people of Wanjia, and now Wanjia is full of officials, but Wantong's heart is still not very stable. From time to time, those retired brocade-clothed guards would appear outside the east room to snoop.

The elite trained by Mu Bin's subordinates had naturally discovered this situation, but he pretended not to know anything, and every day except for taking people to Xishan for training, he hid in the east division room and did not show up.

Last time, he was almost killed by Wei Xing's eunuch, and Mu Bin can be said to be seriously injured, so some transactions with Dongchang were carried out in secret, and he never even came forward in person.

Even if someone wants to check, they will definitely not find it on the East Division's room.

The officials in the capital changed their doors one after another, and those who remained neutral began to huddle together to meet the impending storm.

In the duty room of the East Division, Mu Bin dried the ink on the paper, rolled it into a ball and stuffed it into the bamboo tube, beckoned the closest guards under his command, handed the bamboo pipe to the other party and advised: "Send it to Liaodong quickly, if something is wrong, it will be destroyed immediately." ”

"Yes!" The captain of the brocade guard took the bamboo pipe and stuffed it into his arms, and then after taking the horse from the stable, he quickly beat the horse and left.

Such a movement naturally could not hide from the eyes of Wantong's command, and not long after the brocade guard left, dozens of horsemen followed him on the road.