Hongzhi saw Xie Qian and said happily: "Aiqing came just in time, I was about to ask someone to go to the East Palace to find you."

Xie Qian couldn't help but be stunned when he saw that Liu Jian and the two scholars were there, "Your Majesty, but has something big happened?" ”

Liu Jian told him the news that the little prince of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, Boyan Khan, had just retreated, the fire sieve had come to loot again, and the detour was interspersed into the hinterland, and then told him the different opinions of several people, Xie Qian shook his head when he heard it, and said to Emperor Hongzhi: "Your Majesty, soldiers, the murder weapon of the world; The brave is the fierce virtue of the world. Neither of these is a gentleman's weapon!

The Mongols are barbaric and use killing as farming. If I return the way of the other to the heavens, where the teacher is, there will be frequent wars, devastation, barren countryside, and thorns, wouldn't it be against the way of benevolence?

Thinking of me, it is a country of civilization and courtesy, and there is no need to plunder other people's property, let alone enslave barbarians, so why send troops on expeditions? If today's stability, political clarity, wind and rain are smooth, the country and the people are safe, the most feared is natural disasters [***], according to the views of the ministers, the nine-border guards will be strictly guarded to prevent the barbarians from being outside the country.

Since the fire sieve followed the small road to attack Yanqing, it can be seen that there are still loopholes in our border defense line, and the minister thought that the Yanqing Great Wall could be strengthened and lengthened, the border city could be built, and the troops would guard it, and the major event would be decided. ”

Emperor Hongzhi was slightly displeased when he heard his words, and the soldiers were murderous weapons in the world? Without this murder weapon, where did Daming come from? The brave man is fierce in the world? But the founding emperors of the past dynasties, even Taizu and Chengzu, who did not level the world with martial arts? Do you want to wait for the former Yuan Emperor to become a Zen emperor?

But what Xie Qian said was the last words of the sage, even if Hongzhi was the emperor, he could not refute it, and in the eyes of the world's scholars, the moral articles of the sage were the golden rules that could never be touched. He said sullenly: "That's it, I have already announced that Liu Daxia, the secretary of the military department, has entered the palace, and see what he thinks, and then I will stop it."

After a while, an old voice outside the imperial study said in a voice like a bell: "Minister, Liu Daxia, the secretary of the military department, see you in the edict!" ”

Hongji heard the words and announced urgently. This Liu Daxia is a seventy-year-old man, with white beard and hair, but he is in good spirits, burly, and has a fierce expression in his words and demeanor, and he is quite majestic. There were two generals in the Hongzhi Dynasty, one was Liu Daxia and the other was Wang Yue, both of whom were old and miraculous.

Wang Yue's official position, martial arts is still above Liu Daxia, in the past was the secretary of the military department, and later the general system of the three sides, at the age of seventy he personally led the army expedition, galloped to the foot of Helan Mountain, attacked the little prince ten miles of barracks, won camels, horses, cattle and sheep weapons, each thousands, beat the little prince to flee from the wind, on the merit of the young to protect the title. The general who has three sides of the general system and the military power is the only one in the Ming Dynasty.

It is a pity that at that time, it was the great eunuch Li Guang who advocated immortality and immortality in power, and Wang Yue knew that he was going to be outside and expeditioning thousands of miles to Tatar, and what he was most afraid of was that there were his own people pulling back their legs, and a lack of food and grass and logistics were interrupted, which was a situation of isolation and helplessness.

In order to get Li Guang's support and not suffer elbows on the journey, Wang Yue sent people to buy Li Guang in transportation, and also shared his share of the war achievements.

However, Li Guang died of illness, and countless gold and silver treasures were found from his home, and after he was condemned as a great evil, not only did Li Guang and his party all fall, but Wang Yue, who had a close relationship with him, was also impeached by the imperial envoys and officials, and was accused of being a first-class annihilator.

In the eyes of those scholars, since the eunuchs are in power, they should be alone, and they should not violate the ancient teachings of the sages, and make good friends. What's more, now that you have a lotus in your mouth, who knows what you thought at the beginning? Didn't you keep saying that I don't go to hell, who will go to hell? Then you go to hell.

Lao Wang Yue led the army to gallop thousands of miles, like a bamboo, and killed the Mongolian iron cavalry at the age of seventy to lose his armor, but there was no yellow sand to bury his bones, but in the end he was scolded to death by the officials of the Inspectorate.

Liu Daxia was an important minister in the court, successively assisting the three emperors of Ying, Xian, and Xiao, and was a highly respected veteran of the three dynasties. He is resolute, good at leading troops, and upright and selfless, so although Liu Jian and others have always looked down on military generals, they have a lot of respect for this Liu Shangshu.

Liu Daxia read the military report, pondered for a long time, shook his head slightly, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister also thinks that it is advisable to take strict precautions, not to get out of the jam!" Liu Jian, Xie Qian, and Li Dongyang were all relieved when they heard this.

Miao Kui looked at the sky with both eyes, very angry, he knew that although Liu Daxia was mostly out of public will, he may not have some selfishness in it. This Liu Daxia has been fighting with internal officials for many years, and regards eunuchs as snakes and scorpions, as long as it comes from the advice of internal officials, no matter whether it is right or wrong, he will first have three points of caution in his heart.

At the beginning, Gonggong Zheng went to the West seven times, and the power of the eunuchs was blazing, Liu Daxia thought that the ocean-going countries were a maladministration that was useless and useless, and he was even more afraid that the eunuch power would take advantage of this to raise his head and become a great trouble for the imperial court, so when Yingzong wanted to sail away, he obstructed it, and heard that Gonggong Zheng's navigation treasure map was destroyed in the hands of this person.

In the seventeenth year of Chenghua, Annam (Vietnam) invaded Laos and was defeated. At that time, Wang Zhiwang's father-in-law wanted to take the opportunity to recover Annan, who was no longer subservient to the Ming Dynasty, and asked the military department to find out the previous map of Annan.

Liu Daxia believed that once the army provoked, the defeat would lead to heavy casualties, and the victory would make the eunuchs powerful, so he hid the road map to Annam and refused to hand it over. His policy of locking up the country and protecting himself won the approval of the scholars and doctors, so even Wang Zhi, who was in power at that time, had nothing to do with him.

Now that he says this, is he afraid that the eunuch will gain power again? Miao Kui thought about it and glanced at him coldly, with hatred in his eyes. But this Liu Daxia is Hongzhi's most favored courtier, he governs the Yellow River, purges rebels, supervises soldiers' salaries, and is honest and honest.

Hongzhi heard this general say the same, he couldn't help but be disappointed, he said unconvinced: "Taizu, Chengzu, several times out of the fortress, defeated the Mongolian people, and later the Mongolian people saw my Ming banner and fled away, our army wants to find a battle but can not get, dignified, why can't now?" ”

Liu Daxia arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty's Shenwu, no less than Taizong, Chengzu, Nai will now be a soldier and a horse, far less than before, and at that time there were 100,000 male divisions in the desert, and now my Ming army is good at defending and not attacking, and the military affairs can not be taken lightly. ”

Liu Jian and the other three university scholars smiled and agreed. Hongzhi muttered: "Aiqing knows about the military, and it must make sense for Aiqing to say so." If it weren't for the good words of a few Aiqing, I would have been angry for a while, and I almost missed a big thing."

Liu Jian bowed his head and praised: "Your Majesty is like a stream, and he is the wise king of the world."

Hongzhi smiled bitterly and waved his hand, and asked Liu Daxia: "According to Aiqing, how should I deal with it?" ”

Liu Daxia thought slightly: "What the three scholars said is reasonable, and the ministers also think that they should order the frontier generals to understand the enemy's situation, strictly defend, and defend in battle. In addition, the Great Wall was built in the Badaling section of Yanqing, and a pass was built to defend against the enemy. At the same time, with heavy troops in the vicinity, piers and beacons were built at the intersection of mountains and rivers north of Guancheng and on the main roads of traffic, and several strategies were implemented at the same time, and the Beijing division must be solid and stable as a rock."

Hongzhi sat down slowly on the dragon chair, and said with his chin bowed: "According to what Qing said, Scholar Liu will draft the will."

"Yes, the ministers are leaving!" , Hongji waved his hand, looked at several important ministers around him, and thought abruptly: "The little prince attacked the border on Chinese New Year's Eve, and my three-way army regained the lost ground in a snap of his fingers, could it be that as soon as he got out of the pass, this tiger would really become a cat?" Alas, maybe they are right, the martial arts are half made by manpower and half by nature, and it is not easy to start a business and keep it."

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The imperial doctor really didn't dare to say that the prince was not sick, let alone use medicine casually, so he casually prescribed a few prescriptions to clear his mind and tell the prince to rest more and retreat, Yang Ling smiled and said to the prince: "Your Highness, we will act according to the plan early tomorrow morning, and Weichen will retire for the time being."

"Okay, tomorrow morning, you wait for me outside the harem gate", Zhu Houzhao waved his hand absent-mindedly. He watched the shadow puppet show performed by Luo Xiang and Gao Feng for half a night last night, and now he is addicted, and Scholar Xie left, just to ask them to continue acting.

Yang Ling saw his expression in his eyes, he quietly gave a deep salute, and then signaled to Gu Da next to him with his chin and slowly retreated. From the exchanges in the past two days, he also saw that the so-called Eight Tigers have no political ambitions at all now, but in order to cater to the prince and make him happy, what they are doing is inevitably going this way.

Now that he and the prince have just gotten acquainted, the Eight Tigers have grown up taking care of Zhu Houzhao since childhood, and they are definitely not comparable to them in terms of feelings. Moreover, the prince is in the period of adolescent rebellion, and if he learns from his loyal ministers and blindly admonishes him, I am afraid it will have the opposite effect.

Therefore, Yang Ling did not dare to show a trace of disgust on his face, he only hoped that through his own efforts, this emperor, who was bound to go to the absurd according to the original historical rules, could be a little different from history, but although the juvenile period was the time when the plastic surname was extremely strong, but it was only two years, alas, time is not waiting, do my best.

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Huguosi Street, cloth clothes, unkempt hair, and a thin horse.

He Shen inquired all the way to Yang Ling's door.

It has been more than half a month since he was deported to Beijing and imprisoned in the Criminal Department, and it is only now that he has been released from prison, demoted to 100 households, and immediately went to a remote place in Guangxi to take up his post.

In the past half a month, he finally tasted what it means to be warm and cold and what it means to be hot and cold. In the past, it was said that a group of robes were old, and some of them were officials in Beijing, but no one dared to come forward to speak for him.

When the family heard the news, the third brother brought a large amount of gold and silver into Beijing for activities, but this case was assigned by the Son of Heaven, and it provoked the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Households, and the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies to be entangled in it. I didn't want to find someone who was a little accommodating.

At this time, I heard that the old mother, who was nearly seventy years old, knew that he had been convicted and sent to prison, and he might have a surname to die, and he couldn't afford to be seriously ill under the anxiety, and now the illness is serious, and even the family has prepared all the coffins and clothes, and she is even more anxious and indignant.

No one is willing to risk being mean and despicable and ruined to impeach a scholar who 'died in battle' on the battlefield, and he still has 100 pens from the Inspectorate waving the flag and shouting in support.

And that Gonggong Liu is a lieutenant official in the inner house, a popular person next to the prince, although he is currently powerless and powerless, but he is very relied on by the prince, and he is the internal official and supervisor of the saint's hand-picked army, and he inevitably has the intention of secretly telling the saint to employ people, so no one has impeached him for his mistakes, and all the charges have been pressed on his shoulders without responsibility.

General He originally thought that at most he would be convicted of being greedy and reckless, and the fault of being taken advantage of by the enemy was a big deal, but later he saw that the prison officials who had some kindness to him were becoming more and more cold, and then he was not even allowed to visit his family, so he felt that it was not good, and the third brother bribed the prison guards with silver money, and secretly came in to see him, and he knew that half of the officials of the Beijing division were now involved in this criminal case.

General He was immediately disheartened, he has been in officialdom for many years, how can he not know the rules of officialdom? Since this matter is so big, the result of the discussion will inevitably form a dead end, and if you want to untie this knot, then there is a good chance that you will use him, a dead ghost, to open a knife, and it will be a hundred.

He Shen told the third brother in tears that he no longer had to be active in Beijing and waste money in vain, and asked him to return to his hometown to take care of his mother as soon as possible, and asked him to prepare an extra set of coffins, and said to him: "The old mother is sick in bed, and I, as the eldest son, cannot be filial piety in front of me, and I can only serve my mother on the Huangquan Road."

The third brother shed tears and said goodbye, and since then, He Shen has been waiting for death, and his originally black hair has turned gray. Today, Jin Yiwei came to the prison of the Criminal Department with the holy message, and General He also said that his death time had come, but he heard the news that he was released from prison.

General He was surprised and delighted, and inquired about the Jinyi guards, only then did he know that Yang Ling, the Jiming Yicheng, entered Beijing to be the prince's attendant, and the little Yicheng who had never been put in his eyes at all at the beginning was actually righteous and bluntly risked death to admonish him, and made a contribution to himself in front of His Majesty, so that he was born.

Although the Ministry of War demoted him to a small hundred households and relegated him to a remote place in Guangxi, this is a very good ending compared to the psychological expectation that he would die.

Lu Yao knows the horsepower, and he has seen the hearts of the people for a long time. Now in the heart of General He, Yang Ling is tantamount to his reborn parents, like him, a traditional military general, although there are many shortcomings, but the belief of loyalty and righteousness, gratitude and retribution, is a moral standard that has been deeply rooted in his heart since childhood.

He Shen will not be in a hurry to take office in Guangxi, but the old mother at home is critically ill, and it is a great pity that he will not be able to see him when he is dying, so he returns to his heart like an arrow. As soon as he received the appointment documents from the Ministry of War, he immediately rushed to Yang's mansion and returned to his hometown immediately after paying homage to his life-saving benefactor.

He Shen will come to Yang Ling's door, but see a copper lock hanging on the courtyard door, He Shen will not be stunned, listen to the people of Jinyi Wei, Yang Shi read into Beijing, his wife is with him, why is there no one at home?

An old man in the alley who set up a stall selling insoles, embroidered handkerchiefs, melon seeds, and jujubes saw it and asked in a loud voice, "Hey, who are you?" Is it a guest of Lord Yang's house? ”

He Shen will lead the horse over, clasp his fists and say, "Yes, does my brother know the people of the Yang family?" Do you know where the people from the Yang Mansion have gone? ”

The old man said triumphantly: "I know, why don't you know?" My family lives next to the Yang family, Lord Yang is the attendant next to the prince, a close minister next to the Son of Heaven, and the master who enters the palace every day, why don't I know him?

I deliberately got up early in the morning to see the appearance of Lord Yang in the court, tsk, we haven't seen the Son of Heaven, but the people around the prince are all such characters, can you imagine what the Lord should look like? Or people say that the emperor is a real dragon, and he is the purple microstar king in the sky."

General He frowned: "How can the people in this place be so capable?" It's endless, and he's not sure where he's going to go in a little longer. He hurriedly interrupted the old man and said, "Then may I ask the old brother if you know where the people from Lord Yang's family have gone?" ”

The old man was interrupted from speaking, a little unhappy, he waved his hand and said, "Of course Lord Yang is accompanying the prince in the palace, do you still need to ask?" Mrs. Yang went to the street to buy vegetables, if you want to say that Lord Yang is the person who is called by the prince's side, hey, honest, not even a sedan chair man, to this day I still walk to the Forbidden City every day, Mrs. Yang is alone in the housework, this Mrs. Yang is really a beautiful and virtuous daughter-in-law, she looks like a flower and jade, and she is really worthy of the handsome brother of Lord Yang."

General He bowed deeply and said, "Thank you, brother", he turned around and came to Yang Ling's door again, stood for a long time, suddenly abandoned the reins of the horse, turned over and fell to the ground, and knocked his head into the dust.

The old man who sold groceries there stared wide-eyed, and saw this gray-haired, thin-skinned, stubble-bearded man kneeling there, kowtowing respectfully three times, then turning on his horse, whipping his horse and galloping away.

It took the old man a long time to wake up, pursed his lips with his teeth gone, and a thousand possible stories began to brew under his rich imagination.

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