The Tatar army came in a rage and went away in a panic. The Boyan Division was the most seriously injured, and the descendants were killed and wounded, almost more than half of which were damaged. Boyan originally expected that the fire sieve would inevitably make a noise because of the fact that no one responded to Datong, but not only did the fire sieve not complain a word, but instead helped Boyan transport the wounded soldiers, and the slaughtered war horses made frozen meat also took the initiative to send it to the Boyan Department and other departments.

Yang Yiqing and Wang Shouren, the chief generals and deputy generals, agreed that although the Tartars were defeated, they should not be pursued exhaustively, but most of the Tartar soldiers were wounded and the troops had no food stockpiles.

Therefore, Yang Yiqing sent several large armies, separated by several miles, echoing each other, catching up with a small group of remnants and eating them, and when encountering the main force of the Tartars, he put on a posture of encirclement of the various armies, forcing the Tatars to flee to the desert day and night in the ice and snow, starving all the way to the wilderness, and the Tartars who died because of their injuries could not be recuperated and treated.

The city of Datong is full of songs, there are gentry and celebrities to invite the garrison generals, on behalf of the palace to set up a banquet to entertain reinforcements from all walks of life, the generals who have made meritorious contributions to the battle invite each other, the people celebrate with their families, and the large and small restaurants are overcrowded.

All the celebrations, the ultimate target is naturally the current emperor, but since the little emperor returned to the city, after accepting the congratulations of the acting king and various officials at the governor's yamen, he has been closed since returning to the post house, and even the matter of the acting king personally inviting him to the banquet has been refuted, who else is more qualified to invite the emperor to the banquet?

If the emperor doesn't come, he has to let the Son of Heaven know about his intentions, so Yang Ling, Zhang Yong and Miao Kui, the three favored ministers of the emperor, became the emperor's representatives, and they had to go out early and return late, and they drank the white-faced Cao Ying into a red-faced Guan Gong before he could come back.

Yang Ling has always had a good reputation in the military, and he does not put on a show, and at the banquet, he always humbly asks for advice on some battle formation skills and the situation of the Tatar army, so that these generals who have heavy troops but most of them have little culture have a rare opportunity to satisfy their vanity in front of the officials, and they have a very good impression of Yang Ling.

Yang Ling also learned a lot of skills from these veterans who have been guarding the border for many years, especially the personality and surname of these generals, and when he sends troops to fight against the desert in the future, he can at least have a good idea of the available generals, which can be said to have benefited a lot.

At this time, in the evening, Yang Ling rushed back to the post house, today it is said that the banquet is to be greeted by the three towns headed by Du Renguo, during the war they are stationed in the pass of the Datong line, now the siege of Datong has been lifted, not to say that the two general soldiers will return to their respective garrison towns, is to set up a banquet to entertain the patrol border Qincha.

They were interested in making friends with this royal celebrity and the governor of the inner factory, and after the banquet was dispersed, they each sent more than 100 personal soldiers and horses to send him back to the post house.

When Yang Ling arrived at the front of the house, he greeted the captains of the three general soldiers politely, and then turned back to the post house, and as soon as he entered the gate of the post house, he sped up and went straight to the back hall. Lifting the door curtain, a faint fragrance mixed with a strong medicinal smell wafted into his nose, Yang Ling frowned, walked in, and saw Tang Yixian lying on the bed, covered with a thick quilt, and the two palace maids who were temporarily found from the palace saw him come in, and hurriedly curtsied: "I've seen my lord!" ”

Zhengde was still dressed as a captain, he was wetting the towel from the copper basin, and twisted the water very seriously, seeing Yang Ling coming in, he hesitated for a moment, and also bowed and said: "I've seen the adult!" ”

Yang Ling nodded and asked, "Is Yixian better today?" ”

"Hmm...... Is my cousin coming? Tang Yixian's face burned red, and when she heard Yang Ling's voice, she sat up in a daze, and the two palace maids hurriedly supported her and added another piece of clothing to her shoulder.

Zhengde clumsily wanted to put the wet towel on her forehead, and when he saw that she sat up, he had to hand it to her, Tang Yixian took the towel and wiped his face, and then half leaned on the head of the bed, looking lazy, which was particularly pitiful.

She gasped, saw Yang Ling's face, and said, "Cousin, drink again today...... Half in the bag? If you don't like socializing, don't go."

Yang Ling glanced at Zhengde, he always appeared in front of Tang Yixian as a captain, Yang Ling couldn't ask him to sit down, so he had to move a chair and sit down, and said with a smile: "People in the rivers and lakes, they can't help it, some things they like can't be done, and some things they don't like must be done, and they can't help it." ”

He reached out and tested Tang Yixian's forehead, frowned, and said, "Why is it still so hot?" Isn't it a famous doctor for the royal palace? ”

Zhengde took the opportunity to complain: "She...... She refused to drink the medicine, I boiled it three times, and put sugar, she just wouldn't drink it! ”

Tang Yixian glanced at him and said angrily: "Long-winded, you have more words than me, isn't it that the medicine you boiled is too bitter?" ”

"I ......", Zhengde rolled his eyes, how could he say that he had boiled all the jars of medicine, and the last two times he was looking for someone else to boil medicine. Yang Ling said with a smile: "Good medicine is bitter, you haven't taken medicine all the time, just stand up, when is it a head?" ”

Tang Yixian smiled sweetly: "Cold, it doesn't matter, it's just that my head is dizzy, it's almost like getting drunk, and the bones all over my body are sour, I'll just sleep a few more."

Yang Ling shook his head, sitting here, the aroma was even stronger, and even a little smoky, he saw the Tibetan incense burning on the table, Yang Ling couldn't help asking, "Why is there still incense here?" ”

Zhengde said curtly: "The fairy girl thinks that the smell of Chinese medicine in the house is too strong, so I ordered a stick of incense to remove the smell of medicine."

Yang Ling said with a smile: "Don't leave everything to her, she suffers from the wind and cold, and it is very heavy, the air in the room should always be kept fresh, not smelling the fragrance must be good for the body."

He said to Tang Yixian in a warm voice: "Xian'er, lie down and rest, if you don't take medicine, then drink more water, let's go out first" and then said to the two palace maids: "Two girls, please remove the medicine bowl and incense, lift the curtain to change the smell in the room, and then add two charcoal stoves."

Tang Yixian really lost his strength after saying this, so he lay down obediently, Yang Ling glanced at Zhengde, and the two of them exited the room. As soon as the two returned to the study, Zhengde collapsed his little face and said dejectedly: "Yang Shiyu, a fairy girl is so sick and weak, or is she blaming me for not being able to do anything well, am I really too stupid?" If I get rid of this emperor's identity, I really don't know what to show off to her...... Alas! If she is half as good as you are to your brother, I don't know how happy she will be."

Yang Ling was surprised, and couldn't help but shake his head and smile: "Although the emperor has a queen and two concubines, it seems that he still doesn't understand women, and an immortal is polite to my other subordinates, and never puts on the eldest lady's shelf, but only to you...... Hehe, to you Captain Huang, I am so sick that I can't open my eyes and I like to talk to you, is it a little different for the emperor to say? ”

Zhengde's eyes lit up, and he high-fived and said: "Yes, Yang Shi read a word, which made me suddenly open my mouth, yes, yes, yes, I thought that the fairy girl hated me, but when she told her the story of the pirate queen at noon, she listened to it with relish, and pulled me to tell me non-stop, hehehe......"

Zhengde smirked for a while, and suddenly said angrily: "It's all that damn Boyan and the fire sieve, and they are attacking the city and the mountain, so that the fairy girl is waiting for us to return to the city in the attic in fear, and she is sick, hum!" Is Yang Yiqing's pursuers back? ”

Yang Ling replied: "Not yet, but this pursuit is just for show, and the supply of grain and grass will be a little tight if we chase it down, and the minister estimates that the army should return in these few days."

Zhengde was just about to speak, Liu Dabang walked in hurriedly, and when he saw that the emperor and Yang Ling were there, he hurriedly bowed down and said, "Humble duty...... The minister has seen the emperor and the handsome ......".

Zhengde smiled and said, "What kind of minister are you?" ”

Liu Dabang's face turned red, and he scratched the back of his head before smirking: "This...... This one...... The little one has seen the emperor and the big handsome."

Zhengde was amused by him, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Get up, don't mess around, fight a few battles for me, and have a day when you are a vassal to me!" By the way, what are you doing in here? ”

"Ahh Liu Dabang slapped his head, and shouted: "There are two adults in Beijing, one is called Gu Dayong and the other is called Yang Fang, asking to see the emperor!" ”

"What?" Zhengde and Yang Ling glanced at each other, both secretly surprised. It's not uncommon for Gu Da to use it, Yang Fang is here...... Could it be that the hundred officials in Beijing already know that the emperor is out of Beijing? ”

Zhengde settled down, and only then did he think of this trip to Datong, the policy and military achievements have been obtained, which is enough to be proud of the ministers, and it has been known all over the city, this matter cannot be hidden, what does it matter if they know it early or late.

Zhengde said indifferently: "Go, call them in."

After a while, Gu Dayong and Yang Fang hurriedly walked into the room, and when they saw Zhengde, they fell to the ground in surprise, and said silently: "The minister (old slave) saw the emperor, the emperor is safe and sound, and it is gratifying to congratulate.

Zhengde spread his hands, rolled his eyes helplessly, and said with a sarcastic wry smile: "I haven't ascended to heaven yet, why are you crying?" Besides, when you heard the news that I was besieged by Boyan, you should have heard about the great destruction of Tatar and the escape of Boyan at the same time, right? In this way, you can be frightened, and you can get out of your body no matter how much you practice."

The two were crying and wiping tears to show their loyalty, but they were sneered at by Zhengde, and suddenly they cried and froze there, Zhengde sat down on the chair, lifted Erlang's legs and said in a trembling voice: "Why are you here?" Did the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager or the three bachelors force you to come? ”

Although Zhengde used to mess around, after all, he was taught by court etiquette since he was a child, and he never had the problem of not standing and sitting at this station, which he learned from the soldiers by playing the captain in the army, and for a while Yang Fang, who was born in the James Mansion and was responsible for the education of the prince since he was a child, was dumbfounded.

Gu Dayong saw that his eyes were straight, and he didn't answer the emperor's question, so he took over the conversation and said: "Your Majesty, the emperor originally went out of Beijing, and the palace and the three bachelors wanted to hide it first, but the emperor didn't go to court for many times, and rumors spread in the capital, and the rumors spread absurdly and bizarrely.

Originally, the three bachelors ignored it, but later there were more and more rumors, and some people actually rumored it...... Well, it is rumored that the emperor listened to the rumors that Shanxi has beautiful women, and he actually went to Datong to search for beauties, ignoring the imperial court, and even the hundreds of officials in the court began to fluctuate, and the three scholars asked the empress dowager for instructions, so they sent the old slave and Lord Yang to greet the emperor, and asked the emperor to return to Beijing as soon as possible to settle the hearts of the people.

Zhengde jumped up suddenly, Jun's face turned red, and he said angrily: "Fart! Did I come to Datong to search for beautiful women? ”

Zhan Shi Yang Fang had just recovered from Zhengde's rogue sitting posture, and before he could speak, he was shocked by Zhengde's rude words again, and he went out. Zhengde scolded with a word, and suddenly remembered Tang Yixian, although he ventured to the border where the war was fought for the sake of national affairs, but this beauty ...... The rumors are not entirely unreliable.

Thinking of this, Zhengde couldn't help but be a little discouraged.

Yang Ling frowned for a long time, and suddenly interjected: "The emperor went to Baishan Mountain two days ago, and the people of Datong knew that the Son of Heaven was here, and rumors in Beijing began to spread as early as when the emperor left Beijing for more than ten days?" Who spread this rumor? Half-truths and half-truths, it is the most difficult to make people confess, there must be someone who is playing ghosts! ”

Zhengde was reminded by his words, and suddenly said: "Yes, the matter of my departure from Beijing has long been detected by the Maitreya cult, this must be a rumor spread by them!" Dayong, I asked you to strictly investigate the Maitreya Sect, but what progress has there been? ”

Gu Dayong hurriedly said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the old slave has been ordered by the Holy Order, and he does not dare to hesitate, and immediately orders the world, Dongchang Tanma to search for the remnants of Maitreya, and in Gansu, Shaanxi, Shandong and Beijing, some rebellions who joined the White Lotus Sect have been found, all of which are local squires and landlords, and the Maitreya Sect seems to have changed its course to attract the congregation, and it is no longer just to lure some bitter haha into the sect, and the old slave is touching the melons along the vine ......."

Zhengde didn't want to listen to him continue to brag about himself, he waved his hand impatiently and said: "I know, continue to investigate, you stay first, and I will return to Beijing with you in two days!" Now......"

He rolled his eyes and said: "Wang Hu, the guard of Datong Xicheng, and Li Yi, the guard of the Refusal Gate, are the annihilation of the Maitreya Sect, I see that they not only absorb some squires and landlords, but also begin to reach out to the army, I am almost in danger, it is these internal thieves who are doing it, I see that this Datong is almost rotten, you came just in time, I will order you to be fully responsible for this matter, and dig out all the annihilation!" ”

Zhengde slipped quickly, he flashed out of the room, and Yang Fang came to his senses. Yang Fang didn't know that the most important woman in the emperor's heart was lying in bed, and he wanted him to leave Tang Yixian on his way now, or let Tang Yixian, who had not recovered from his illness, travel all the way into Beijing, but he would never be willing to do so.

Thinking about the emperor's words and deeds without the demeanor of an emperor, now the people in Beijing are panicking, and he still has the excuse of refusing to return to Beijing, Yang Fang's anger is all spread to Yang Ling, he stood up on the ground, his eyes widened angrily, and he pointed at Yang Ling and shouted: "Yang Ling, the emperor went out of Beijing because of your bewitchment?" You...... You...... You are just the governor of the inner factory, the emperor's retainer, and you dare to make someone break the legs of the three major bachelors!

Bai Mountaineering placed the emperor and the dangerous land, even if you are not a border guard, but you are the initiator! In order to please the emperor, you did not fulfill your duties as a courtier, and instigated the emperor to stay outside, regardless of the country's society, and the crime is unforgivable! ”

Yang Ling suppressed the anger in his heart, and patiently explained: "Lord Yang, this official knows that you have a prejudice against me, but it is just the crimes you listed, but this official does not dare to laugh at it. Now I am not afraid to let you know that Bai Mountain's trip is to form an alliance with Duoyan Sanwei, and with them to contain Boyan, we will have the spare strength to rectify the ranks, accumulate strength, and find an opportunity to solve this great northern disaster ...... in one fell swoop."

Yang Fang sneered when he heard this, and sneered: "The northern barbarians, with the vast desert grassland as their home, they will be like a dragon into the sea when they arrive on the grassland, Emperor Hongwu has not completely destroyed the Northern Yuan, and the Yongle Emperor can not completely eliminate the Wara, you are young, Wen has never been in the palace test, Wu has never commanded the army, and you are used to flattering courtiers, instigating the emperor to go on a northern tour, do you want to learn from Wang Zhen and emasculating?" ”

Yang Ling endured him again and again, not once or twice, and at this time, when he heard that the anger that had been pent up for a long time finally rose to a critical point, Yang Ling also said angrily with the intention of drinking: "That's it! Xia insects can't talk about it, you don't have any creative ideas except for saying that you learn from the past and the present, but you are just a rotten Confucian, it is superfluous for me to explain to you, in your opinion of Lord Yang, just sit back and watch the Tatars as trouble! ”

Yang Fang was even more angry when he heard this, Yang Ling has always been forbearing, even if he took the initiative to provoke, he never avoided it, he didn't expect to be so tough this time, since the two of them had torn their faces, he reprimanded without scruples: "What skills do you have to dare to say such big words?" What an alliance with Duoyan Sanwei, stupid!

This official has heard on the road that you instigated the emperor's general Duoyan Sanwei to be named a khan, where is the dignity of the court? You also open the border plug market, what do the barbarians have? In addition to horses, all of them are high in value and are not related to the national economy and people's livelihood. If there is a loss of silver, it is better to use it to replenish the army's salary, and use our army to defeat the Tatars, and raise the prestige of our army, so that they will not dare to attack! ”

"Ridiculous, on paper, unrealistic and short-sighted!" Yang Ling mercilessly ridiculed him: "The silver taels you said are the belongings of my wealthy people in the Ming Dynasty, if you don't take them out and spend them, can you grab them to expand the military salary?"

They ask for something, and if you don't open the mutual market, he will also ask for it at a high price. The opening of the market and trade, one is to show good at the Uliangha, strengthen the alliance with each other, and the other is that they have nothing to produce at all except for the treasures of heaven and earth, and these silver earned in their hands are still used to buy the things of the people of our Central Plains, ordinary peasants, small workshop owners can get their benefits, this is just to borrow the hands of the rich gentry landlords to take out the moldy silver stored in the cellar and put it in the hands of our ordinary people. ”

Gu Dayong saw that the two of them were more angry than the other, and he couldn't interject for a while, but just stood aside in a daze.

"Huh?" Yang Fang couldn't turn a corner, although he was annoyed and angry, but he really had never set foot in the cheap industry of trading, and he was stunned and didn't know what to say.

Yang Ling borrowed the strength of the wine and said: "Send troops, send troops!" How many troops do you need? You only saw that there was a lot of money in front of you, and the silver was not thrown directly into Da Ming's pocket, but do you know how much it costs to send troops? Is it possible to annihilate the wandering Tatar cavalry on the steppe without 200,000 cavalry?

Where do the horses come from? How much money do you have to buy? As long as 100,000 cavalry enter the desert, the infantry transporting heavy grain and straw will have to use 300,000, eat all the way, and only one stone will be left when the 30 stone of grain is transported to the place. Now I can provoke Tatar civil strife, I Ming four or two thousand pounds, sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, why not? ”

"Huh?" Yang Fang opened his mouth and stammered, he couldn't say what he wanted to say, if he wanted to talk about the sage book, he could say it for three days and three nights without repeating it, but the military ......

After Yang Ling finished speaking, he brushed his sleeves and said: "This official has just made a trip for the two chief soldiers who are about to return to the station, and they are too strong to drink, so they will accompany less." Lao Liu, send off! ”

"Yes!" Liu Dabang mallet was listening to the handsome scolding outside, and he was listening energetically, and when he heard the order, he hurriedly rushed in, and said loudly: "Follow the command, send off the lord!" ”

"You...... You ......", Yang Fang's beard curled up one after another, and before a very gentle scolding word could be spoken, Liu Dabang "helped" him out.

Yang Ling and Zhang Yong followed the holy car, the emperor's contribution is indispensable to the share of these two ministers, Miao Kui led 5,000 soldiers across the desert, born and died, now look at the emperor to Miao Kui, although his personal feelings are not as good as himself, But obviously he also attaches great importance to his talent, and he is not good at working hard when he comes to Datong, how can he be worthy of the python robe given by the emperor?

Gu Da used his vigorous spirit to seriously investigate the Datong rebel case, and those who had done business with Wang Lung were all arrested, and they were not recruited? Don't recruit to fight to the death! Have you ever drunk a little wine with Wang Hu and visited a kiln together? Grab it!

Zhu Ziyi, the deputy general of Datong who sponsored Li Yi as the border guard, was nearly seventy years old, bold, and had many friends in the Datong army.

The officials who were close to him and the generals who had been promoted were also investigated one by one, and Li Yi was written into his family tree for small profits and accepting money, so that he could smoothly blend into the Li family of Xuanfu in the army.

Gu Da used the strategy of Shun Teng to find melons, and the generals who were friends with the prisoners were not only all imprisoned to be investigated, but also dismissed and investigated like his friends.

For a while, people's hearts fluctuated, everyone was in danger, many generals did not know these two people, and they were also bitten out by twisting and turning, Yang Yiqing knew that this move was too big, but although he had the emperor's words, it was difficult to get rid of it after all, and what face did he have to intercede for others, not to mention that Gu Dayong didn't buy his account at all.

Which of these dismissed generals is not a good brother who lives and dies together? Although they did not dare to openly dissatisfied, they were able to do it in a passive manner, and the morale of the entire border army was suddenly low.

Some of the newly appointed generals were promoted on the spot, and some were exchanged with each other, and the officers who were transferred would not know the soldiers, and the former generals were hastily dismissed, and many things were too late to be settled, so they were delayed there. Those who were uprooted on the spot were appointed privately, and colleagues who had suspicions were rectified, causing a lot of complaints.

Gu Dayong's efficiency was really fast enough, and in three days of hard work, a large number of "Maitreya disciples" were dug up on both the military and political sides of Datong, and Yang Ling had not paid attention to it when he began to investigate on the first day, and on the third day, he received a large amount of information sent by his ears and eyes, which frightened him.

At the same time, the generals in the army who had become familiar with him in the past few days also rushed to beg him to intercede and rescue, Yang Ling felt that the situation was not good, and he was so involved with the generals, he would rather kill him than miss it, and the border army would inevitably be greatly injured.

He hurriedly asked Gu Dayong to solemnly raise the matter, and Gu Dayong politely agreed to him, but he felt that Yang Ling was afraid that his own credit would overshadow him, so he would intensify it.

On the second day, Yang Ling saw that he was still engaged in a big cleansing, and even the generals who were out to pursue Boyan and had not yet returned, some of them were escorted back by Pegasus sent by him, and he couldn't help but feel angry in his heart.

At this juncture, even if he and Gu Dayong lost harmony, Yang Ling immediately rushed to mention the matter to Emperor Zhengde, Zhengde originally felt that Gu Dayong did his best, but he didn't expect that there would be so many serious consequences, and after hearing it, he felt that the situation was serious, and hurriedly promised to immediately ask Gu Dayou to stop arresting people, and all those who did not have real evidence were released, and the official was reinstated.

Yang Ling relaxed at this time, he just returned to his study, he saw Wu Hanchao walk in with an invitation, these days because the border army was purged, the generals were all in danger, and no one invited each other to a banquet, so Yang Ling was a little curious, and couldn't help asking: "Who invites you?" ”

Wu Hanchao said: "My lord, the invitation sent by Zhang Yin, the commander of Taiyuan Wei, please take a look!" ”

Yang Ling opened his eyes and saw that the text of the invitation was only a few words of Liao Liao, and the Taiyuan Wei commanded Zhang Yin to make the east, inviting him to the banquet that night, but the list of accompanying guests was as long as the Beijing Chinese official wrote to the emperor, smelly and long, and the list of the various lists had almost included all the officials who had not yet been imprisoned and were waiting to be joined, and there were more than a hundred people large and small.

Zhang Yin is a general transferred from Taiyuan, the appearance of the Datong border army has nothing to do with him, and he raised troops to rescue, shot more than 3,000 Tartars outside the door of the refusal, and made a great contribution, in any case, this collaborator and he can not be hooked, so in the current Datong generals, his identity is very detached, which is also the reason why the border army generals asked him to come forward to invite Yang Ling on the grounds that he was about to leave.

Yang Ling flipped through the list, and smiled bitterly in his heart: Gu Da is earnest for his meritorious service, and now the officials who have made a lot of trouble have become frightened birds, just looking at this list, how can you not know what the purpose of this banquet is tonight?

Yang Ling sighed secretly and said to Wu Hanchao: "Go to the concierge to reply to Lord Zhang's subordinates, and say that this official must have a feast tonight!" ”

(To be continued)