Zhen Zidan of Jinyi Wei hundred households is very respectful to Zhang Yuan, last night's murder case in Weitai Restaurant, if Zhang Yuan was not present, he and the people of the Nancheng Soldiers and Horses Division would not have traced the head of the Jurchens who were the shopkeeper Zhai Dongsheng and the mastermind behind the scenes, the biggest possibility is to take the companion of a North Korean envoy to settle the case, it is Zhang Yuan's wisdom and carefulness, and the Jurchens' discordant plan failed to succeed, so after Zhen Zidan asked the king of Qianhu for instructions, he came to report the progress of the case to Zhang Yuanyu and listen to Zhang Yuan's opinion-

At this time, I heard Zhang Yuan say that the red-faced scholar is very likely to be the son of the old slave in Jianzhou, Zhen Zidan was surprised and delighted, Nurhachi was founded at the beginning of the year and called Khan, and fought against the Ming Dynasty, which is intolerable for the Ming Emperor, who claims to be the lord of the world, but the current Wanli Emperor is no longer the Wanli Emperor who presided over the three major expeditions twenty years ago. There is no preparation for the expedition at all, of course, if Nurhachi can be severely punished without spending money, then the Wanli Emperor will definitely be willing, so if he can catch the son of Nurhachi, plus smash the discord plan of the Eastern Captives, with these two merits, it is certain that he will be promoted to become rich-

But I heard Zhang Yuan say again: "I caught Ang Abba, and then I want to arrest the red-faced scholar I'm afraid it's very difficult, hit the grass and startle the snake, the snake will escape, the red-faced scholar is extremely cunning, it shouldn't be living outside the Zhengyang Gate, and now it's too late to block the nine gates of the inner city." ”

Zhen Zidan said: "If you can't find it in the city, please ask the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies to pass the mountain customs to the passes in Liaodong to strictly investigate the suspicious people who leave the customs." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "That's the only way." He thought to himself: "If that red-faced scholar is really Huang Taiji, I am afraid that it will be difficult to catch him, and Huang Taiji is resourceful and has reserved a way back in advance - no matter what, this matter should make the ministers of the court and China more vigilant against Nurhachi's ambitions." Later Jin had already set out to drive a wedge between the Ming Dynasty and North Korea. It seems that the time to move troops to the Ming Dynasty is not far away, in the past, Nurhachi often used the opportunity of tribute to understand the reality of the Ming Dynasty, and now it has not been paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty for five years. Instead of using spies to spy on the inside story of the Ming Dynasty's politics, the prelude to the Salhu War has begun. ”

Zhen Zidan bid farewell to Zhang at the head of the North Bridge of the Jade River, and hurriedly returned to the Fusi Yamen in Beizhen. The king of thousands of households was reporting the case of Weitai Restaurant to Luo Sigong, the commander of Jinyiwei, Zhen Zidan also stepped forward to reply, Luo Sigong said: "This case is serious, I want to enter the palace immediately to report to the saint." "Jinyiwei is a spy agency directly under the emperor's orders, and the Jinyiwei commander can request to enter the palace to meet the emperor at any time, and is not subject to the restrictions of the cabinet and the six branches.

Luo Sigong ordered the soldiers and horses of the five cities to strictly check the middle-aged men who went out of the city, and asked the guys of Weitai Restaurant to follow and monitor at the nine gates of the inner city. was about to enter the palace, and said to Wang Mingshi: "Wang Qianhu, send those three Koreans back to the Huitong Hall." Properly explained. Don't hurt and be angry. ”

Wang Mingshi and Zhen Zidan invited Jin Zhongqing, a North Korean scrivener, and two companions to explain the conspiracy of the Jianzhou Jurchens to separate the Ming Dynasty and North Korea. Now that a Jurchen spy has been captured, Jin Zhongqing is relieved, of course, there is nothing to complain about, and he also praises the Ming officials for their high efficiency, and they found out the truth of the case overnight-

Wang Mingshi and Zhen Zidan sent Jin Zhongqing and the three of them back to the same hall, and then went to the Ministry of Rites to explain the matter of Weitai Restaurant to the Ministry of Rites on duty, and asked the Ministry of Rites to put wine for the North Korean envoys to suppress the shock-

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On the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month, at dusk, the sun was setting, the snow was clear, Zhang Yuan went out of the gate of the Hanlin Courtyard after dispersing the ya, and suddenly heard the "bang" sound in the imperial city, he was taken aback at first, and then woke up: "Today is the day of the sacrifice stove, the stove king goes to the sky, the Qianqing Palace began to set off fireworks, there are many rules in the inner city, and the people can set off fireworks and firecrackers until the end of the Lantern Festival." ”

Wang Da Hammer and Xiao Bai Ma are waiting for Zhang Yuan by the bridge, Laifu is busy buying New Year's goods to prepare for the New Year, Wuling is busy with the bookstore, and now often follow Zhang Yuan's side to wait for Wang Da Hammer and Shang Ran to marry the little white horse, Bai Ma said to Zhang Yuan: "Uncle, this capital is not as lively as our Shaoxing for the New Year, if it is in Shanyin, Huiji, send the stove to the sky on this day, there are beggars dressed as ghosts, jumping to drive away, children are afraid and love to follow, this capital, only to see the official messenger all over the street, saying that it is to search for Jianzhou spies, But he took the opportunity to extort money from the shop, what kind of heaven is at his feet, it's not like that. ”

Zhang Yuan couldn't help but shake his head, thinking: "If you can't catch Huang Taiji, it will make the people in Beijing panic." ”

The master and servant walked back to the old alley of Li Ge, and when they passed in front of the Huitong Hall, an errand caught up and said, "Lord Zhang, please wait a moment, Shao Langzhong of the Ministry of Rites is invited." The other messenger hurried to the hall to report the news—

Zhang Yuanxin said: "Shao Fuzhong is the backbone of the Zhejiang Party and has a close relationship with Yao Zongwen, but Shao Fuzhong also has a friendship with my Uncle Baosheng and my brother-in-law Shang Zhouzuo, but he is relatively cold to me - what is this Shao Fuzhong looking for me?" ”

After waiting in front of the door for a while, I saw Shao Fuzhong and the other two directors of the Ministry of Rites accompanying the North Korean envoy Liu Dongming and a few people from the hall of the meeting, Liu Dongming stepped forward and said to Zhang Yuanchang: "Thank you Zhang Xiu for judging the case with your eyes, so that I can avoid being framed by the Jurchen traitors. ”

Liu Dongming's deputy envoy Xu Yun, the clerk Jin Zhongqing, and two other North Korean officials saluted Zhang Yuan together to thank him, these two North Korean officials were the Zhengdan envoys who came to celebrate the New Year's Day of the 45th year of Wanli, and Shao Fuzhong of the Ministry of Rites also bowed his hand and said: "Zhang Xiuzhu, let's go together, you and I are both from Zhejiang, and we were less close in the past, so we will drink two cups together today." ”

Zhang Yuan returned the salute: "Then thank you." He told the white horse to go back and report the news, but Wang Dazhui still followed him.

The banquet of the Ministry of Rites is set up in the back hall of the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites, in addition to Zhang Yuan, Shao Fuzhong and other three officials of the Ministry of Rites and five Korean envoys, there is also a temple of Honglu Temple, a pedestrian of the pedestrian division to accompany the attendees, during the banquet Zhang Yuan asked several Korean envoys about the recent movements of Nurhachi, North Korea is adjacent to Jianzhou, and has a better understanding of the situation of Jianzhou, and a lot of news about Jianzhou in the Ming Dynasty comes from the news of North Korea, and the clerk Jin Zhongqing said: "Now in addition to the Yehe Department, Nurhachi has swept away the Jurchen tribes, and the Eight Banners system was established last year, Each flag has five kalas. There are five oxen in Yijiala. One Niu Lu has 300 soldiers, which means that there are no less than 60,000 soldiers under the command of Nurhachi, in fact, more than that. According to the information below, Nurhachi alone has nearly 40,000 cavalry and more than 50,000 foot soldiers——"

Shao Fuzhong exclaimed: "The slave chief has so many soldiers? The implication seems to be unbelievable.

Zhang Yuan believed that Nurhachi had a strong military force. Don't dare to rashly be the enemy of the Ming Dynasty, although the Ming army is far more than the Jurchen 100,000 foot cavalry, but the Ming Dynasty has a vast territory, the soldiers are scattered, and the combat effectiveness of the soldiers can not be compared with the Jurchen army, according to the analysis of historical data, the battle of Salhu Yang Hao led the Ming Dynasty four-way army bluffed and claimed to be 470,000, in fact, there were only more than 100,000 people, and Nurhachi used about 60,000 foot horses, and the Ming did not have much advantage in numbers. The combat effectiveness of the sergeants is far inferior, and they are divided into four routes, but Nurhachi is "relying on a few roads." I'll just go all the way." Therefore, the fiasco of the Ming army in the Battle of Salhu seems to have many accidental factors, but it is actually inevitable-

Liu Dongming didn't want to talk more about the post-Jinnur Hachi. Xiang Shao Fuzhong said: "Shao Langzhong, the king of our kingdom asked the Celestial Dynasty to canonize the prince of our kingdom, can the Ministry of Rites of the Celestial Dynasty make a decision?" ”

Shao Fuzhong said: "Your king's eldest son is only fourteen years old this year, and it seems too early to become the son of the world, so it will be two years later." ”

Liu Dongming was quite annoyed, and thought to himself: "Your crown prince was canonized at the age of twenty, do you want my Korean prince to be canonized until he is twenty years old, it is really unreasonable, it is nothing more than deliberately making things difficult and wanting to extort money." ”

The eldest son of the king of North Korea, Gwanghae-kun, is the nephew of Liu Dongming, and the Liu family is one of the few major families in North Korea, just like Wang Xie of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Liu Dongming came to Beijing as the brother of Princess Huizhang and the general of the Janissary Guard from the second rank as the winter solstice envoy, just to let the nephew's identity as the son of the prince be established as soon as possible, so that the throne of Gwanghae-jun will be more stable, and the momentum of his cultural Liu family will naturally rise-

Liu Dongming said: "Lord Shao, in our country, a man has become a man at the age of fifteen, the eldest son of the king, Li Zhen, is fourteen years old this year, if the Celestial Dynasty sends an envoy to canonize the prince of our country next year, it is most appropriate, Li Zhen is both a son-in-law and the eldest son, there is no name obstacle, and I also ask Lord Shao to say a lot of kind words in front of Minister He, and send an envoy to canonize it as soon as possible." ”

Shao Fuzhong said: "This also needs the emperor's approval before the envoy can be sent to give the seal, Liu envoys should not be anxious, and in my Ming Dynasty to celebrate the New Year, after the Lantern Festival, He Shilang will draft the canonization of the seal to the emperor." ”

When Zhang Yuan heard about the canonization of the envoy, his heart moved: "If you can take this opportunity to go to North Korea, you can not only understand the national conditions of North Korea, strive for North Korea's full support for the Ming Dynasty, but also be able to inspect the border defense of Liaodong on the spot, this is a good thing in one fell swoop. He immediately smiled and said: "If the decree of canonization is issued, I want to go to Korea as an envoy and read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles." ”

Liu Dongming and other North Korean envoys were surprised and delighted when they heard this, most of the envoys sent to North Korea by the Ming Dynasty were the eight pedestrians of the pedestrian department or the eight main books of the Honglu Temple, and when the king of North Korea ascended the throne, the prince was canonized, and the big wedding these major ceremonies, the Ming Dynasty would send officials to the middle and chief of the matter, and such a noble champion like Zhang Yuan, there has never been an envoy to North Korea, if Zhang Yuan can make the trip, it is a glory for the Korean government and the opposition, and it is also the merit of Liu Dongming to envoy the Ming Dynasty, and from the perspective of the Weitai Restaurant framed case the day before yesterday, Zhang Yuan is very friendly to North Korea, of course, it is not that Zhang Yuan can send an envoy to North Korea if he wants to, and this must be determined by the Ministry of Rites, Honglu Temple, and the Pedestrian Department after consultation and then report to the emperor for approval-

Liu Dongming said happily: "Zhang Xiuzhuo is willing to come to our country, which is really a blessing for our country - Lord Shao, can we ask Zhang Xiuzhu to be canonized?" ”

Shao Fuzhong couldn't understand Zhang Yuan's intentions, it was drudgery to go to foreign countries, except for some gifts from the vassal state, there were no other benefits, but there were many disadvantages, going back and forth to North Korea for at least half a year, I don't know what promotion, exchange opportunities will be missed, there are long distances, bumpy boats and cars, needless to say, hard work, if you don't adapt to the water and soil, it is possible to die a whine, not to mention that now Liaodong Nurhachi is arrogant and unsubordinate, robbing the Ming border military and civilian cattle and sheep property happens from time to time, and the road is not safe, So Shao Fuzhong couldn't understand why Zhang Yuan voluntarily sent an envoy to North Korea, wouldn't it really be just to travel thousands of miles?

Shao Fuzhong said lightly: "The envoy who canonized the prince of Joseon can only be determined after the emperor agrees to canonize it, it is too early to say this, and he is a low-minded official, how dare he call the shots." I thought: "I want to discuss with Yao Zongyuan and others to see if Zhang Yuan's proposal to send an envoy to North Korea has another plan to fake a shot?" ”

After drinking for a while, I heard the first beat of the forbidden drum. Zhang Yuan got up and took his leave. He had to rush back to his apartment in the old alley of Li Ge before the curfew began, and Liu Dongming and Jin Zhongqing must give Zhang Yuan a ride, and on the way, Liu Dongming expressed his desire for Zhang Yuan to send an envoy to Korea as an envoy of the Celestial Empire. But now the edict of canonizing the prince cannot be issued, and he has not been able to fulfill the king's order and cannot return to China. It's really anxious, and the implication is that I want to ask Zhang Yuan for help-

Zhang Yuan smiled and said: "In a few days, it will be the Zhengdan court meeting, and the Liu envoy can ask the emperor again, and he will also present a recital to show the close relationship between your country and my Ming Dynasty, and I expect the emperor to approve it." ”

Liu Dongming was overjoyed when he saw that Zhang Yuan was so sure, and said goodbye to Zhang Yuan on West Chang'an Street: "Tomorrow is a day of rest, and I want to visit Zhang Xiu in the next house, I don't know if it's okay?" ”

This is clearly a gift. The rules of officialdom in the late Ming Dynasty were very strange, and accepting gifts from the country's officials and gentry would be accused of bribery and greed, while accepting gifts from distant ministers of the vassal state was not cared for. I really don't know what kind of psychology this comes from-

Zhang Yuan said: "Welcome, welcome." Why don't you have a light meal at noon tomorrow at the next apartment? ”

Liu Dongming hurriedly said: "Don't dare to bother, I will visit with Deputy Envoy Xu and Jin Senjun tomorrow afternoon." A cup of tea is enough. ”

At the beginning of the year, Zhang Yuan and Wang Da Hammer returned to the apartment in the old alley of Li Ge, Wang Da Hammer went to eat, Zhang Yuan entered the inner courtyard, and saw that the candle flame of the main house facing north was bright, and the light shone on the long and short slender ice pick under the eaves with a bright luster, like a crystal white whisker growing out of the eaves, this kind of beauty is rare in the south of the Yangtze River——

Zhang Yuanli struggled on the steps, broke off an ice pick, rubbed it in his hand, the crystal was slippery, the ice skull muscles and bones, and he could hear the laughter of Hui Xiang "Gege" behind him, and turned around and asked, "Where is Wei Gu?" ”

Hui Xiang said: "It's in the lady's room." ”

Zhang Yuan took an ice pick into his bedroom with Lan Ran, and saw that Lan Ran and Wang Wei were playing against each other, Yongchang chess pieces knocked on the catalpa chess board, and the sound of falling children was crisp and pleasant, Mu Zhenzhen and Yun Jin sat on the side, Mu Zhen really turned out a celadon lamp to light up, Yun Jin was sewing children's clothes, which was sewn for the child in Mu Zhenzhen's womb, Mu Zhenzhen's mother died early, except for sewing clothes, she didn't learn other female red work, but Yun Jin was good at female red-

"Who said that wives and concubines must be restless?" Zhang Yuan looked at the interesting picture in front of him with some pride, the room was warm, and the icicle in his hand began to drip -

Shang Ran raised his eyes and saw Zhang Yuan after he fell, and said in surprise: "Zhang Lang is back, how can you play with ice picks, isn't it cold?" ”

Zhang Yuan inserted an ice pick into an open bottle of an elephant kiln that raised plum blossoms by the door, and said, "Plum blossoms need ice and snow to nourish them." "Walked over to see the chess game, Wang Wei Zhibai went first, the situation on the board was two points, he knew in his heart, Wang Wei's chess skills were above the Ran, Wang Wei's Zhibai would be more difficult to win, it seems that Wang Wei is a little tolerant, and Wang Wei is not easy.

Zhang Yuan took the hand towel handed by Mu Zhenzhen and dried his hands, and said, "You go on, I'll take a look at my son." ”

Shang Ran advised: "My son is sleeping, you have ice in your hands, don't startle him." ”

Zhang Yuan said "um", walked to the next door, Xiaohong gradually accompanied by Zhou's mother and Yumei, and was sleeping soundly, Zhang Yuan rubbed his face, rubbed it hot, kissed his son's little face, and went to the study to write a chapter, he wanted to make the interests of Houjin's spy sent to the emperor this time, and asked to send an envoy to North Korea......

"Young Master—"

Mu Zhenzhen came in with a cup of tea, more than six months pregnant, her waist was a little bloated, but her walk was still sharp, unlike other pregnant women who were stumbling with their waists up, Zhang Yuan did not say anything about the possible envoy to North Korea after the year, so as not to have a bad New Year when the family parted from their feelings.

Mu Zhenzhen took a copy of "Aesop's Fables" and read it, raised his eyes from time to time to look at Zhang Yuan, who was struggling to write, and smiled slightly when he met Zhang Yuan's eyes, and suddenly frowned, holding his stomach with his hands, Zhang Yuan smiled and said: "Have you started practicing your fists and feet again?" ”

Mu Zhenzhen laughed out loud and said, "I've been moving a lot lately, and sometimes I have to move left and right for a while." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "That's a small dragon stick." ”

Mu Zhenzhen smiled, stroked his stomach, and looked forward to it.

Zhang Yuan continued to write the recital, and said: "Uncle Mu will come to the capital again next year, which will definitely surprise him." ”

Mu Zhenzhen blushed with shame, and his heart was full of hope.

After writing the chapter, Zhang Yuan took out a thin volume of "Matteo Ricci Memory Method" handed over to him by Jinnige yesterday, which was translated literally by Jinnige in Chinese, and the translation pursued was fast, this translation was quite difficult to understand, fortunately, Zhang Yuan had a strong ability to understand, and the first draft of Jinnige's translation was polished by Zhang Yuan with elegant language, so that the people of the Great Ming Dynasty could understand and understand——

The footsteps were light, Wang Wei came in, and Zhang Yuan asked, "How about winning or losing?" ”

Wang Wei said: "One win and one loss." ”

Zhang Yuan said: "It's hard for you." ”

Wang Wei knew the meaning of Zhang Yuan's words, and said with a smile: "Enjoy it." ”

Zhang Yuan laughed and said, "Xiu Weilai, help me translate the book, I dictate, you write." ”

Wang Wei sat next to Zhang Yuan, happily picked up the pen, and the woman who wrote with a brush was really elegant and beautiful.

Shang Ran also came over to sit for a while, and asked Zhang Yuan when he would take Jinglan and Jinghui to play on the ice bed in the Paozi River, and Xiaohui asked several times?

Zhang Yuan said: "Then let's go tomorrow, there will be a few North Korean envoys visiting tomorrow afternoon, and after sending them away, we will go to the Paozi River." ”

"Wow" a baby cry, only one sound, abruptly stopped, this is Xiao Hong gradually reminding everyone that he is awake, he is going to eat, drink and Lazar -

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On the third day of the first lunar month, Xiaodao greets the book friends, wishing them family happiness and everything going well in the new year, and also asks the book friends to continue to support Yasao.

Originally, in addition to the updated 5,000 words, thousands of words were written, but there was a small fork in the middle, and the connection was not good enough, so it will be put tomorrow and will continue to be updated with 5,000 words tomorrow.