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In the Zhengxin Palace, just coming from the court, Zhu Youzhang's face was very ugly. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

This year, because of the abundance of internal funds, this Zhengxin Hall has also been well renovated, but in this newly renovated palace, the atmosphere is very tense.

University scholars Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, and Liu Ji sat on the chairs below at this time and were silent, and only a few coughs occasionally came out.

However, even Liu Jian also arrived, Liu Jian raised at home for a while, and said that his body was much more energetic than before, and his identity was noble, but he sat on the top.

For Liu Jian's appearance, Liu Ji felt very uncomfortable in his heart, although there is no quota for the ministers of the cabinet, but usually there are three people, Liu Ji is relying on Liu Jian's pension and replaced, and now Liu Jian is suddenly summoned, and he is still coming to this Zhengxin Hall to discuss state affairs, this is undoubtedly a signal, who knows if the palace will let Liu Jian return to the cabinet, if this is the case, then his cabinet scholar is not only in danger, but even if he can stay in office, it is embarrassing enough.

Zhu Youjiao's eyes glanced at the four ministers, and then said slowly: "Say...... Anyway, why is there such a big defeat? Could it be that the military affairs of the Xuanfu will be corrupted to this point? Thousands of iron cavalry broke through Pingyuan Fort and killed more than 7,000 of our soldiers and civilians? What's going on over there in Xuanfu? ”

"I have always said that a great country will die if it is belligerent, and we must not follow the example of Sui Yang and make great achievements and carry out conquests lightly. However, I have also said that we must not be negligent in border defense, and the imperial court spends so much military salary every year to support the officers and soldiers, is it just for them to neglect their duties like this? The governor of Xuanfu is still quibbling, saying that the people are cunning and shameless! ”

Speaking of shamelessness, Zhu Youzhang's palm couldn't help but slap the book case fiercely.

But soon, he calmed down again: "I didn't expect things to come to this point, but things have already happened, and it is futile to think about it again." In the past few years, I have indeed neglected Liaodong and Xuanfu, so that the border towns have been eroded, and now I should take this opportunity to clean up. ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!" Liu Ji did not hesitate to echo at this time.

The affairs of the border town have nothing to do with him Liu Ji, after all, he has just re-entered the cabinet, and if the erosion of the border town is to be investigated, then Liu Jian and others should also be investigated, so he has always maintained the mentality of watching the fire from the other side, and even he doesn't mind taking advantage of this opportunity to fall into the well.

Early this morning, the imperial court received a report from the border pass, and the Tile Thorns attacked Pingyuan Fort, conquering this important town of Xuanfu in one fell swoop, killing thousands of soldiers and civilians.

In fact, with Zhu Youzhang's understanding of the Xuanfu side, I feel that the matter may be more serious than the report, although Pingyuan Fort is also out of the border pass, but before Pingyuan Fort, there is a defense line composed of the Ming army, that is to say, to conquer Pingyuan Fort must break through this line of defense, but there is no mention of this stubble in the report.

There may only be two surnames, one is the Xuanfu side to report good news but not bad news, and dare not tell the truth. The other is even more terrifying, the Tile Thorn people actually dared to cross the defense line and appear at will in Pingyuan Fort, the rear town of the Ming army, and they must have figured out the deployment of the Ming border town, and may even have figured out the direction, time, and even password of the Ming army's inspection.

It is not easy to enter the hinterland to launch a surprise attack, but if you can't know yourself and your opponent and carry out this kind of risky action, once you are surrounded and cut off from the back road, it will be the total annihilation.

If the result is the latter, then the matter is in jeopardy.

"Your Majesty." Xie Qian, who couldn't help it, finally spoke, and said: "Pingyuan Fort is not facing the Tile Thorn people directly, so it is understandable that the ban is lax, Weichen thinks that the top priority at the moment is to figure out why Pingyuan Fort was captured. ”

Xie Qian never spoke politely, even in front of the emperor.

Sometimes, when the monarch and the minister play it right, it may be just one or two words that seem ordinary to outsiders, but there are many hidden mysteries.

With Xie Qian's understanding, Zhu Youjiao's words did mean to blame Liu Jian, after all, the cabinet presides over the military and political affairs, and most of the candidates for military officials in the Xuanfu are selected from the cabinet.

Xie Qian understood these words, and Liu Ji also understood, the people in this hall were all human spirits, so Liu Ji was the first to stand up and second, and Xie Qian did not hesitate to come out to fight in the ring.

Liu Jian didn't say a word, but at this time, he had to speak, and said slowly: "Your Majesty is right, and what Master Xie said is also right, since such a big thing has happened, it must be thoroughly investigated, but it must also be remedied in time." The old man thought that this happened because there were only two possibilities, one of which was that the Xuanfu side reported good news and not bad news, exaggerated it when it reported good news, and reduced it when it reported bad news. In fact, this kind of thing has also happened in all dynasties, and it has been repeatedly banned in our dynasty, which can be regarded as a stubborn disease. But then again, what the old minister is most afraid of is the second situation, if the Xuanfu side sees that the matter is too big and does not dare to conceal it, this is a truthful answer, then the old minister can't help but ask, why did the thousands of iron horsemen of the Tile Thorn people drive in? There is only one kind of thing, someone is a thief. Your Majesty, the thief is not terrible, the terrible thing is the thief, but the old minister is a little confused, if it is really a thief, why don't they come to make a big use, but they just attack a Pingyuan Fort? ”

Liu Jian's sophistication can be seen, and he hit the nail on the head at once.

Herein lies the problem. If the Tile Thorns really have a trump card in their hands, why don't they bet on a big one, but it is only used to surprise attack Pingyuan Fort? This surprise attack will definitely attract the attention of the Ming court, and it may even be unwise to find out this person and exchange a small Pingyuan Fort for the danger of a trump card being exposed.

What's the problem? Could it be that it is really the first possibility, and it is simply that the border town has concealed the military situation?

Everyone was silent......

No one can say this kind of thing, and before there is no definite news, it is really not the time to make a lot of nonsense.

Zhu Youzhu was silent, and his eyes changed complicatedly.

"Your Majesty, Lian Guogong has arrived." A little eunuch tiptoed in outside and said.

Zhu Youzhu nodded his head and said to Liu Jian and the others: "This matter is very strange, so I called him here, and there may be some news from Jinyiwei." ”

Originally, this kind of political meeting, Liu Chengfeng didn't even want to touch the side, so Zhu Youzhu specially emphasized here, and also hoped that the people in the palace would not breed disgust.

"Go and tell him to see him, and bring him directly here."

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Liu Chengfeng passed through the noon gate, crossed the Jinshui Bridge, and went straight to the Zhengxin Palace. In fact, on the way here, Liu Chengfeng had already received news that something had happened in Xuanfu.

Liu Chengfeng never imagined that at this juncture, there would be an incident on the side of the tile spur, but the incident has happened, and the emperor summoned him, it must be that this matter does not only involve military and political affairs, a Jinyi guard, summoned at this time, there must be other things.

He walked quickly to the Zhengxin Palace, and someone had already gone in for him to report, and the eunuch inside shouted: "Lian Guogong has come to see you." ”

Liu Chengfeng dressed up and walked in quickly, first seeing Zhu Youjiao's sorrowful brows, this was originally expected by him, this emperor was born to work hard, once something happened, his mood was not good.

However, what surprised Liu Chengfeng the most was that Liu Jian was actually there.

Is this a signal released by His Majesty that Liu Jian is about to recover again?

Liu Chengfeng didn't care about this at this time, coughed, saluted Zhu Youzhang, and said, "Your Majesty summoned Weichen, I don't know what happened?" ”

This sentence is a bit unruly, but of course Liu Chengfeng is not a fool, although everyone thinks that this person is a bit stupid, but Liu Chengfeng's shrewdness is difficult for others to ignore.

What kind of emperor is Zhu Youzhang? This emperor will be anxious when he encounters something, if you greet him slowly and politely at this time, you will pretend to be a little calm and calm with Mount Tai collapsing in front of you, but the emperor does not like it in his heart.

On the contrary, Liu Chengfeng was like this, the emperor was in a hurry, so he went straight to the point, and asked directly and neatly what happened, and the emperor felt comfortable in his heart.

Zhu Youzhu really didn't see it, and directly threw a recital from the desk to Liu Chengfeng, and said, "You read it first, and then talk back after reading it." ”

Liu Chengfeng hurriedly picked up the book, and then looked at it at a glance, the content of it was simple, Pingyuan Fort was attacked by the tile thorn, and there was an accident at the border pass.

But......

If Liu Chengfeng hadn't been to Xuanfu, he might not have seen anything famous, but when he had stayed in Xuanfu for a long time, he couldn't help frowning at this time, and said: "Your Majesty, there are still a few camps and fortresses north of Pingyuan Fort, why is there no news of these camps and fortresses being attacked in the report, but the Watt Thorns suddenly appeared in Pingyuan Fort?" This is strange, is the Mo Feiwa Thorn people a divine soldier descending from the sky? ”

Zhu Youzhu glanced at Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Liu Ji and others, and then said, "If I understand, why did I come to ask you?" I called you over now, just to ask, is there any news about Xuanfu over there from Jinyiwei? ”

Liu Chengfeng finally understood what was going on, although this was a military conflict, but the matter was not very simple, because the report at the border pass was unknown, so that the imperial court had not yet understood the matter.

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Now the monthly ticket is far from the sixth place, and there are still 60 votes, 60 votes are not too much, and it is a lot to say less, but this gap can buy a few barrels of milk powder for his daughter, this, the tiger can only ask for support.

(To be continued)