"But Fang Gong in front?"

Before Jin Yiwei got off the horse, he called Fang Zhenghua repeatedly, Fang Zhenghua was stunned, how the army was about to set off when Jin Yiwei came.

"Fang Gong stays, there is an edict!"

Fang and Li beat drums in their hearts, what can the emperor have at such a critical juncture? With doubts, the two knelt on the ground to answer the order.

"The commander of the Beijing camp is Fang Zhenghua, and immediately stop sending troops, and everyone is on the spot and waiting!"

"How, how?"

Fang Zhenghua almost didn't believe his ears, how could the emperor give such an order, didn't Shanhaiguan want it?

After the decree brocade guard finished speaking, he hurriedly stepped forward to help Fang Zhenghua up, and said with a smile: "Fang Gong, get up quickly, the ice on the ground, don't soak in the cold!" ”

After Fang and Li got up, the brocade guard continued: "Duke Fang wants to ask, why did the emperor stop sending troops? Saying that, he pretended to be mysterious and whispered sideways: "Sun Ge sent someone here, and it is said that he is the second son of Sun Ge's hometown." ”

"Oh? But there has been a recurrence of the war ahead? ”

Li Xin was taken aback, and Fang Zhenghua blurted out.

The brocade guard smiled mysteriously.

"Repeatedly, but it's a great thing! The Tartars did attack the Shanhaiguan for a while, but fortunately, the old pavilion soldiers arrived, and the Tartars did not dare to fight so they went west, and broke through the Yiyuan Pass. ”

"So Shanhaiguan is intact?"

"Exactly, it's true! The military report was personally sent by Sun Ge's second son, and it can't be faked! After that, Jinyiwei handed over the palace forbidden waist card to be inspected by Fangzheng.

When Li Xin heard this, a big stone finally landed in his heart, and the previous assumption that Shanhaiguan was not lost was not valid, so could he also go to Datong to serve as the chief soldier of the three guards according to the original plan?

Suddenly, the brocade guard said again: "The general's surname is Li Mingxin?" ”

"It's down there!"

"It turned out to be General Lee, disrespectful! The emperor also has a will! ”

Li Xin had to kneel down again to receive the order, and he was unlucky in the secret way, and he had to kneel twice to receive the order.

"Immediately order Li Xin to enter the palace......"

Fang Zhenghua secretly smacked his tongue on the side, the emperor called three times a day, Li Xinsheng was in Zhenglong, so it is not impossible to see the altar in the near future. So he said to Li Xin:

"Since the emperor has summoned you, let's hurry up and enter the palace, don't get frozen in the cold days!"

Li Xin has a good impression of the other party, this person has been kind since they first met, and he is not arrogant and domineering as he imagined, but he is reasonable and well-founded in handling daily affairs, just like a very convincing elder. Thinking about it carefully, since Li Xin came to the Ming Dynasty, the eunuchs and eunuchs he has seen are basically low-key and polite characters, and they are not as perverted and domineering as in various literary works in later generations. On the contrary, it was precisely those great intellectuals at that time, such as Yang Sichang, Xue Guoguan, Liu Juesi, and others, who stood on the commanding heights of morality one by one, and often used big hats to oppress others.

When the sky was dark, Li Xin went straight to the Forbidden City with the Jinyi Guard, and on the way he thought of an unusual question, on weekdays, the emperor's decrees are sent through the eunuchs, how did he think of using the Jinyi Guard today? Moreover, the transfer of the army requires the cabinet to be ordered by the Ministry of War, and the emperor will overstep his authority with a single word of command, is it not in harmony with the system? However, Li Xin is only questioning in his heart, so it's not good to ask people about it in person.

It is not far from the North City Gate to Donghua Gate by Andingmen Street, but a tea kung fu war horse galloped in, Li Xin entered the Donghua Gate and walked in, and bumped into his old acquaintance Gao Keng.

"Where are you going?"

Gao Keng mysteriously pulled Li Xin and said: "Elder Liu Ge is back, and that Xiong Kaiyuan, the emperor is very angry and is ready to send them to prison!" ”

"What is this?"

"Naturally, it is ordered to take people, but this time it is our East Factory to do it!"

Li Xin was very surprised, Gaoyang City was broken, those two guys were still alive, but I don't know how many tribulations they had to go through to return to Jingshi, but they didn't expect that what was waiting for them was a prison sentence. He suddenly remembered that Gaoyang Dian Shi Lu Domain, and wondered if he also entered Beijing with that Liu Yuliang.

"Tall and slow."

Gao Keng was going to leave, but he paused when he heard Li Xin call him.

"Does Gao Gong know that although Liu Yuliang has returned, there is a classic history named Lu Zhifan?"

Gao Keng shook his head and said, "There are only Liu Yuliang and Xiong Kaiyuan, and nothing else." The two of them are no different from the beggar Huazi, and the stench on the body can make you stunned! ”

Li Xin looked at Gao Keng, but when he saw him shaking his head and humming a song to leave, he turned around and entered the Wenhua Gate, looked at the three powerful characters on the plaque, and said with emotion: Is it considered to be three palaces today? The emperor called him into the palace over and over again, Li Xin didn't understand what kind of grace this was, but in the eyes of others, it was a prelude to the imminent rise of prosperity. The first to change their attitude were the eunuchs around the emperor, originally they were basically the henchmen of the ceremonial supervisor Gao Shiming, and when they saw Li Xin in the past, they were all indifferent and ignorant, but now they took the initiative to say hello for the first time, and led Li Xin to the Wenhua Hall diligently.

Li Xin remembered the story of Su Qin during the Warring States Period, when Su Qin returned to his hometown with the seals of the Six Kingdoms, his sister-in-law, who had despised him, knelt on the ground, and Su Qin asked: Why do you go before and then respect? The sister-in-law replied very calmly that he was tall and golden!

Therefore, the vast majority of people's respect for people is not out of respect for people themselves, but more out of fear of the power behind them, which is exactly the case with the little eunuchs. It's only been a few days before and after, and the attitude is so contrasting, is it because he Li Xin has changed? Of course not, it was the man sitting in the Wenhua Hall who changed his attitude. Thinking of this, Li Xin smiled, is he a fox and a fake tiger now?

With a "squeak", the door of the Wenhua Hall was closed heavily, and the huge Wenhua Hall lit less than six candles, only the circle of bright halls around Zhu Youzhen was tight, and the charcoal brazier in front of the imperial case had obviously just been added to the charcoal, and it was burning crackling at the moment, but the Wenhua Hall was too big, and the temperature was a drop in the bucket, and it was still cold and foggy.

Unlike the previous two times, only Zhu Youzhen and the accompanying eunuchs around him were hidden in the darkness in the huge Wenhua Palace.

"Long live the grass people, long live, long live!"

Zhu Youzhen's expression was also very different from the previous two meetings, and he actually had a smile on his face.

"Get up, it's cold on the ground." He pointed to the embroidered pier next to the imperial case, "Sit down!" "Obviously, I just met with someone else, and Xiudun hasn't had time to move out yet.

Li Xin cautiously only sat on half of his buttocks on the embroidery pier, and Zhu Youzhen said in a brisk tone: "In the future, General Li will no longer call himself a grass citizen, the cabinet's votes have been approved, you can see for yourself!" The eunuch beside Zhu Youzhen immediately understood and handed a letter to Li Xin.

Zhu Youzhen was really concerned about Li Xinzhen, and even gave him the holy decree that he hadn't sent out in time, so favored, who else could match it?

The holy decree was opened, and it was really his appointment, as Gao Keng said to him in the afternoon, it was the legendary commander of the three guards. It seems that after a false alarm in Shanhaiguan, the emperor's mind has not changed, and he is a little afraid that Zhu Youzhen will leave him in Beijing. Although Jingshi is the foot of the Son of Heaven and the first good place, there are too many important ministers, too many eunuchs, and too many enemies.

But it's different when you go to the place, that's the sea is wide and the fish jumps, and the sky is high and the birds fly! Thinking of this, Li Xin sneezed three times, and Zhu Youzhen was so shocked that he hurriedly asked the eunuch to put on a mink coat for him, and it was a hot ginseng soup to ward off the cold.

At the same time, in the cabinet hall opposite the Wenhua Gate, several cabinet ministers and scholars pondered the little horse thief who gave them a headache.

Yang Sichang was very helpless, the second son of Sun Chengzong's family disrupted all the previous plans, the emperor still had the heart to let him out of the town, Sun Chengzong had the help of the holy general, once he returned to the court, his status would be strict and threaten him. Therefore, Li Xin must not be allowed to be so obedient to become the general soldier of the three guards of Nalaoshzi.

But the vote has already been approved, as long as Ming'er's holy decree is read, then the horse thief can take office, and where should he start?

The first to come up with the idea was Liu Shirong, the right attendant of the military department.

"That's not simple, Zhenyuwei, Gaoshan Wei, Yanghewei and even the entire Datong Mansion are most lacking in food, we only need to make a fuss about the most important joints here!"

Liu Shirong is worthy of being the squire in charge of the executive affairs of the military department, and he knows the internal operations of the army well.

"Not only food, but also silver, I heard that Banzai is going to be allocated to him along with 100,000 pieces of silver."

Someone immediately raised a new question, and Liu Shirong said unhurriedly: "That's not simple, let the wind go, the iron rooster in the household department must go to block him early!" ”

"It may not be feasible, 100,000 taels of silver is Wan Sui's internal money, how can the foreign minister vainly add a beak?" Immediately someone raised their concerns.

Liu Shirong said again: "If the state affairs are difficult, Li Shi asks a public heart, how can he endure it?" Maybe the money really ended up in his pocket. ”

As the saying goes, before the army moves, the grain and grass go first. This trick is not ruthless, first deduct his grain and grass, and then rob him of silver, so that Li Xin has no food and no money, and then what will he use to rebuild the dilapidated town guard.

Liu Shirong, as the right attendant of the management of the military department, knows the situation of the Zhenguan guards best, first the Manchu Tartars broke through the pass, and the Mongols followed to pick up the cheap, especially last year, a small group of Mongolian Tatars took advantage of the weakness to capture the Zhenwei Guancheng Tiancheng Acropolis, burned and looted for three days and three nights, and the last fire burned the entire Guancheng. Although Yanghe and Gaoshan Liangwei have not been destroyed, they have been fighting for many years, and the situation is not good.

If Li Xin wanted to be the commander of the three guards, he had to restore the guards and re-recruit troops, so as to prevent the Mongols from harassing them all the time.

……

In the Wenhua Palace, Zhu Youzhen earnestly told the importance of the three guards, this time the burden is on the body, must not slack off, as long as he does some achievements, he will immediately transfer it back to the capital and entrust him with a heavy responsibility!