Lu Jiu was a little confused, scratched his head with his right hand and said, "If this is a good thing, how can you see that you don't have half a point of joy?" ”

Li Xin suddenly smiled, got up and went to the window, opened the window, and a gust of wind blew in the fresh air, sweeping away the stuffy heat of the midsummer evening in the study. Then he turned around and said: "Brother Lu is right, this is indeed a good thing, and it is a great good thing, in the battle of Jinzhou, the adventures and efforts of you and my brothers are not in vain!" ”

Lu Jiu sniffed out a trace of unusual taste from Li Xin's words, suppressed the excitement rising in his chest, and then asked again: "What does Brother Thirteen mean, we won this battle?" ”

But Li Xin's answer was like a basin of cold water poured on his head.

"This is just the beginning, how can Brother Lu think about the end? If Dai Shan is so light, it will make us fulfill our wishes, and won't we live up to the reputation of the old fox? ”

Lu Jiu was disappointed and stepped forward a few steps, and said again and again: "What kind of reputation does the old fox have on behalf of the good?" I think it's a commotion, it's pretty much the same. With this great good thing, Brother Thirteen will say it directly, how can we drive away the old fox Daishan? ”

Zhang Shi replied behind Lu Jiu: "Last night's battle, it will definitely shock the hearts of the Tartars, and Dai Shan will inevitably be frightened, at this moment, they must have also learned about the changes within Shengjing, I am afraid that they are more like pins and needles than us, if it is consumed in Jinzhou City for a long time, Shengjing has already settled down, Dai Shan lost the army, and what awaits him will be an unstoppable attack from within the Tartars!" ”

Lu Jiu clapped his hands and said: "Dai Shan Lao'er has also suffered retribution like this, so I'm afraid that he won't be restrained." Moreover, if we get to that point, I'm afraid it may not be a good thing for us! ”

Zhang Shishi praised: "What Brother Lu said is exactly what Zhang Shishi wants to say, once it reaches that situation, the dust of the battle for the throne of Shengjing is settled, Dai Shan is an extremely pragmatic person, in order to avoid punishment, he will inevitably attack the city with all his might." In Shengjing, which integrated the forces of all parties, Dolgon, who won a great victory, in order to increase his own authority, will inevitably take the lead in Jinzhou. In this way, the shape of Jinzhou is unprecedentedly dangerous. ”

Lu Jiu was a little impatient, shook his body, and said dissatisfiedly: "Everyone knows this kind of analysis, we just want to know if you have any good way to avoid this unfavorable situation." Otherwise, all this great good thing will become a great bad thing. ”

"What's the ......?"

Zhang Shishi was halfway through his words, but he slurred, but his eyes looked at Li Xin.

Li Xin breathed a long sigh of relief and waved his hand, "Don't fight, there must be a way, otherwise there are only two ways left in front of us, one is to die, and the other is to escape." As for whether the method can succeed, it depends on whether the Prince Li opposite us is willing to cooperate! ”

Cheng Mingjiu, who had been silent and seemed to be thinking about the problem, suddenly clapped his hands at this time and said: "Since the general can say it, he must already be confident!" Besides, with such a win-win solution, unless Dai Shan's head is burned unconscious, there is no reason not to cooperate! ”

Although Lu Jiu was not stupid, he was still confused by the dialogue between Li Xin and Cheng Mingjiu that seemed to be playing dumb riddles, so he urged: "To put it bluntly, what is the best way?" ”

……

Daming Jingshi, Zhu Youzhen's face was hidden in the faint candlelight, and with the flickering light, it seemed to be uncertain. A eunuch knelt in front of him, trembling and telling the story of going to Shanhaiguan to deliver the decree.

"Back to Long Live Lord, Sun Ge Lao him, he knew the holy decree, and still let Liu Ge Lao out of the mountain, Shanhaiguan ......"

Zhu Youzhen's right hand slapped on the imperial case in anger, and the eunuch who was kneeling on the ground shrank into a ball in fright, for fear that the emperor would be angry with him and lose half of his life if he didn't die. Fortunately, the emperor was obviously not carried away by anger, and Zhu Youzhen stared coldly at the darkness in the hall. Since he succeeded to the throne, he has been strictly frugal, and even only one candlestick has been lit in this hall, which only illuminates the place where his imperial case is the size of a palm, and seven or eight places in the hall are still shrouded in darkness.

It's just that his eyes seem to penetrate the darkness, and the strange things that can't be seen seem to be dancing his teeth and claws at Zhu Youzhen. Zhu Youzhen's intuition was that this was a ridicule and disdain for him, I am the lord of the world, and it is not your turn to laugh at me.

Zhu Youzhen was not angry, but after this period of anger, he felt that the shadows with teeth and claws in the darkness were flying faster...... As if it was a silent sarcasm for him. "Someone, someone!"

Wang Chengen hurriedly stepped forward from behind, "Long live, long live, the old slave is here!" ”

"Go, go and light all the candlesticks in this temple, all of them, quick, quick, all of them for me!"

Wang Chengen only felt that the emperor was a little abnormal tonight, and for many years, the candlesticks in this hall had not been fully lit. Now that the emperor has made such a request, isn't there some evil spirit? Wang Chengen, these eunuchs and eunuchs are different from those foreign ministers, they read Confucius and Mencius sages, and they all stay away from ghosts and gods. But these rootless people are the opposite, believing that every qiē has ghosts and gods watching, and that a qiē has its own ......

"What are you doing? Go and light all the candlesticks in this temple. ”

Wang Chengen stopped thinking nonsense, summoned a group of eunuchs on duty, lit all the candlesticks one by one, and the entire hall was suddenly brightly lit, and the darkness and those unknown things that could not be seen were swept away in an instant.

Zhu Youzhen looked at the candles burning in the hall with a little smugness, and his confidence and reason gradually returned to his mind. He sat back down on the dragon chair and began to question the eunuch who was kneeling on the ground.

"How many people did Liu Yuliang bring north?"

When the eunuch saw that the emperor had spoken, he replied tremblingly: "Back to Long Live Lord, Liu Ge Lao has brought only 5,000 people!" ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded, if it was five thousand people, it would be forgivable for Sun Chengzong not to chase him down, after all, it would not have a big impact on the defense of Shanhaiguan, but he still couldn't forgive this kind of blatant disobedience.

"Tell me, what is the attitude of the ministers?"

In addition to this edict, the eunuch also has the task of finding out the movements of the cabinet ministers on weekdays. At the beginning of Zhu Youzhen's succession, he really hated the Dongchang and other yamen who were in power by the eunuchs, but after about ten years of tempering, his thoughts and ideas were very different from the beginning of his succession. Not only did he send eunuchs to supervise key departments in the army, but he also reactivated a group of old people from Dongchang to investigate the ideological dynamics of the courtiers.

"Back to Long Live Lord, Zhang Gelao's attitude is still the same as before, advocating to give up Jinzhou and defend Shanhaiguan. For Sun Ge Lao Si to let Liu Ge Lao out of the customs, I advocate resolute punishment and should not be tolerated! ”

Zhang Ge Lao naturally refers to Zhang Sizhi, Zhu Youzhen's attitude towards his teacher has gradually changed from respect to disgust now, if it weren't for the status of teachers and students, he would have been demoted from the court a long time ago, and out of sight is pure.

Zhang Sizhi has heard of all the things he has done behind his back over the years. Many things are even directly detrimental to the interests of the imperial court, which really damages the public and fattens his Zhang family. It's just that this public house, is it really a public house? The whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister. The so-called public family, will it soon be the world of his Zhu family?

It's really in vain to be an emperor's teacher, why didn't the emperor clearly choose such a teacher with bad character and morals for himself? Zhu Youzhen often complained secretly these days that the Emperor of the Apocalypse who chose Zhang Sizhi as his teacher at the beginning. But this is an unchangeable thing after all, and no matter how much dissatisfaction there is, you can only pinch your nose and admit it.

"Tell me, why does Elder Zhang Ge insist on giving up Jinzhou?"

The eunuch didn't expect the emperor to move so much, his body was shocked, and then he said: "The slave is stupid, and he hasn't thought it through yet!"

Zhu Youzhen sneered: "It's really stupid, haven't you thought clearly?" Still don't dare to say it? I'll give you another chance, think clearly before answering! ”

The emperor's words were full of chill and murderous intent, and the eunuch was full of cold sweat, but he didn't dare to answer unscrupulously, and he didn't say it for a while, and he didn't say it. Wang Chengen said suddenly: "Long live the Lord let you have a word, you have a word, and what are you doing?" ”

Hearing that Wang Chengen had lifted the siege, the eunuch suddenly realized, only to wake up the dreamer with a word, and repeatedly kowtowed to ask for guilt, so he no longer kept silent and hidden.

"Back to Long Live Lord, the slave thinks that Zhang Ge Lao gave up Jinzhou is selfish, Li Xin once offended Zhang Ge Lao, Zhang Ge Lao has long hated Li Xin, and now getting rid of him is revenge!"

Zhu Youzhen was obviously not satisfied with this answer, and asked again: "Is this all?" "The voice is still cold, and it can drip into ice.

But the eunuch didn't dare to say more than half a word, and if he said more, his head on this matter would be lost. Zhang Sizhi had what idea he had, and who in this palace didn't see it clearly. He insisted on abandoning Jinzhou, which was a good plan to kill two birds with one stone. Li Xin is just one of the small birds, but the real big bird is directly aimed at Sun Chengzong.

Everyone knows that Zhang Sizhi has coveted the position of the first assistant of the cabinet for a long time, but the emperor has been reluctant to appoint a first assistant, and he is afraid that he is also hesitating about which of these cabinet ministers is worthy of this position. Therefore, only who has the potential to be the first assistant, Zhang Sizhi spared no effort to suppress this person, this is the case for Yang Sichang, this is the case for Liu Yuliang, and the same is naturally true for Sun Chengzong.

If the siege of Jinzhou is really lifted, regardless of whether Sun Chengzong participates in it or not, as an official of the governor of Liao, he will inevitably receive one of the merits, and when he returns triumphantly, the possibility of being promoted to the first assistant will be greater. Therefore, Zhang Sizhi spared no effort to stop all the Jianyi who went to rescue Jinzhou.

However, in the final analysis, the certainty that Jinzhou can be successfully saved is not high, and it is still very low, so this person's prevention can be successful repeatedly. just missed Liu Yuliang, but he didn't expect that the former cabinet chief, who had always been cunning and cunning, didn't know what medicine he had taken, so he took 5,000 people to Jinzhou.

Zhu Youzhen didn't continue to ask, his mood was contradictory at the moment, Liu Yuliang was afraid that he would never come back, and Li Xin would have to bury his bones in Liaoxi. Zhang Sizhi's wish will come true, and Sun Chengzong will still have to stay at Shanhaiguan.

And he ...... Zhu Youzhen gritted his teeth......