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By the end of February, it was raining endlessly, and the sky had never been clear, but fortunately, the road in Jingshi had been repaired so that it would not be muddy, and most of the pedestrians on the street were wearing heavy coats and braving the drizzle to do their jobs. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Maybe for ordinary passers-by, this is just a very ordinary name, and the yellow calendar just says that it is suitable for travel and marriage, and there seems to be nothing wrong with it.

But in the imperial court, it was a different scene.

News had already been sent from the Xuanfu side, saying that the Tatar envoy had gone south through the Datong Road, that is, he could reach Beijing directly in these days.

This is the advantage of the Son of Heaven guarding the country, on the one hand, it can strengthen the defense of the border pass, and the guards of the Beijing division and the border army hundreds of miles away can be combined into one to form a consistent defense system, and at the same time, it can also mediate with the various ethnic groups in Mobei in the shortest time.

Emperor Wen did this, not only because of his own selfishness, but also because he moved the capital to Yanjing, and he may have his own little abacus; But I have to say that it did make up for the shortcomings of the Song Dynasty.

In fact, the Ming Dynasty and the Great Song Dynasty pursued the strategy of strong cadres and weak branches, but the millions of forbidden troops of the Song Dynasty, known as the most elite armed forces in the world, were gathered in Bianliang, and they were beyond the reach of the border pass. However, the backbone of the Ming Dynasty was integrated with Shanhaiguan and Datong border towns, so later generations talked about the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty, and they couldn't help but criticize this kind of national policy, but in the Ming Dynasty, the same national policy was not criticized much.

The greatest danger of all dynasties is still the north, and even if the alien races in the north are weak, this endless threat has not changed.

The arrival of the Tatar envoys caused a lot of controversy in the imperial court, and some people believed that the Tatars and the thorns were both tigers and wolves, summing up the experience of repeatedly dealing with the Tatars, and concluded that the imperial court had no need to show goodwill with the Tatars at all.

There are also people who criticize and write about it, believing that the Tatar envoys need to be treated coldly, first showing their majesty, and then treating them with courtesy. Their intentions also make sense. The Tatars have always been arrogant, if they don't kill their arrogance first, how can the face of the Ming Dynasty exist?

Of course, there are some ministers who have been silent, which does not mean that they do not have an attitude, but that their attitude cannot be spoken.

And after the silence in the palace, it seemed that he had finally spoken, and ordered Liu Jian to entertain the Tatar envoys, and there must be no mistake. The news flowed out of the cabinet, and there was an uproar all of a sudden, who is Liu Jian? Although he is not presiding over the court now, the position of this cabinet scholar is still there, and in terms of prestige, he is still the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty above 10,000 people under one person, and the most noble existence among the civil ministers.

Let Liu Jian entertain the Tatar envoys......

What does this mean? It means that the emperor attaches great importance to the Tatar envoy this time, and it is speculated that the palace is really angry this time, and has prepared a very fast means of retaliation for the capture of Pingyuan Fort, and even in order to retaliate as soon as possible, there is not much patience to go around with the Tatars, and the palace urgently needs to reconcile with the Tatars, at least hoping to stabilize the Tatars, so as to meet the rudeness of the Watt Spur this time.

It's time for a war, and the attitude in the palace is very resolute......

Judging from the emperor's attitude, everyone more or less guessed this signal.

There are many ministers who are full of bad feelings, and the most commendable thing about the emperor today is that he has never been happy with his achievements, and he has never been keen on conquest and warfare, in the eyes of many ministers, this is an excellent character, but now, the emperor seems to have changed someone.

In fact, Zhu Youzhu has not changed, what has changed is nothing more than the current situation, in the past, the treasury was tight, once there was a war, it was difficult to spend the money and grain of the imperial court, but now it is different, the treasury at this time is extremely rich, and at this time, Zhu Youzhu obviously began to plan carefully.

Liu Chengfeng was called into the palace early in the morning, but when he arrived at the Zhengxin Palace, Zhu Youzhu had not yet arrived, but fortunately, the eunuchs recognized him, and they didn't dare to offend, so they specially moved a brocade pier for him to sit and wait.

Liu Chengfeng sat on this brocade pier curiously, and couldn't help but look at it carefully, since the Zhengxin Hall was repaired, although Liu Chengfeng has also been here a few times, but his attention has not stayed here, and now he is thinking about something slowly while comparing this Zhengxin Hall with the past.

The Tatar envoy is coming, and Liu Chengfeng has already received a lot of news.

Wang Chengfeng is now dying, and no matter what, Liu Chengfeng finally pry something out of his mouth.

Wang Chengfeng explained that the fine work of the tile spur should be mainly entrenched in the Beijing Division, and there are indeed people in the court who are colluding with them, and the person who colludes is in the military department, as for who it is, Wang Chengfeng can't say.

In addition, the fine work of the tile spur is not low in the status of the tile spur, and this person's mother is Han because she is Han, so she is particularly familiar with the customs of the Han people, and she knows it well.

No matter how much it is, Wang Chengfeng doesn't know, and that's all the news that Tatar has worked hard to inquire about.

Liu Chengfeng couldn't help but feel a little disappointed with the confession he took from Wang Chengfeng, but then again, he didn't expect to really take out any useful information from Wang Chengfeng, whether it was the Tatars or the Tile Thorns, they seemed to be the enemies of the Ming Dynasty, but the two sides were actually fighting openly and secretly, if the Tatars really knew some conclusive news, they were afraid that they would have already done something to these Tile Thorns, so why wait for Liu Chengfeng to do something?

In addition, the Tatar envoy's entry into Beijing may also be an opportunity, Liu Chengfeng felt that the Watt Thorns would never sit idly by and watch the Ming and the Tatars retaliate against them, and if these fine works were not evacuated, it was very likely that they would take action against the Tatar envoys.

Therefore, although Zhu Youzhu only ordered Liu Jian to be responsible for hospitality, the factory guard also sent people to do a good job of defense.

Zhu Youzhang was suddenly summoned today, and it was also a little sudden, Liu Chengfeng sat for half an hour, and saw that Zhu Youzhu had not yet arrived, and couldn't help but be a little impatient, and wanted to call a eunuch to ask, but at this time, a eunuch came outside in a hurry, glanced at Liu Chengfeng, and then said in a loud voice: "Lian Guogong, Your Majesty is here, welcome it." ”

Liu Chengfeng felt a little inexplicable, he came and came, the emperor has always followed his surname in front of him, what are you doing so grandly today? There were doubts in his eyes, but he still stood up, looking respectful, and sure enough, after a while, Zhu Youzhu came in with his hand, Liu Chengfeng saluted upright, and said, "Weichen greets Your Majesty." ”

Zhu Youzhu was surprisingly not wearing civilian clothes this time, but a complicated dress, glanced at Liu Chengfeng, nodded like a dragonfly, his face was tired, and said with a smile: "Get up and talk." ”

Liu Chengfeng got up, and after Zhu Youzhang sat down, he sat down again, and Zhu Youzhang spoke: "I have already read the report handed over by Jinyiwei, that Tatar is called Wang Chengfeng?" The Tatar envoy has indeed sent someone to ask about this person in advance, and wants the court to release the person, I think so, the guard is still focused on the overall situation, and now since the Tatars are willing to reconcile with my Ming Dynasty, the court will naturally not be lazy, and this king will let it go. ”

Liu Chengfeng had long expected that Zhu Youzhu would say such a thing, but Zhu Youzhang used a consultative tone, which made him feel better.

Liu Chengfeng said very happily: "Your Majesty's words, Weichen will follow them, but it's just ......"

"Just what?" Zhu Youzhang seemed very careless, but the more he was like this, the more Liu Chengfeng knew that Zhu Youzhu cared about this very much.

Liu Chengfeng coughed and said, "Wei Chen didn't think that the Tatar side would ask us to hand over someone, so when I interrogated this person, I was a little heavier, so I ......"

Zhu Youzhu raised his eyebrows, and when he heard that it was only a little heavier, he didn't care, and said with a smile: "It's a little hard, that's a matter of course, as long as the body hair and skin are still intact, in fact, it's okay, it's only to blame them for being rude to the Tatars first, presumably the envoy didn't dare to find any fault." ”

Liu Chengfeng felt funny in his heart, but he had to say with a sad face: "The hair and skin of the body seem to have been affected somewhat. ”

When Zhu Youzhu heard this, he couldn't help laughing, but he couldn't help asking: "Isn't that Wang Chengfeng being severely punished?" ”

Liu Chengfeng said: "More than a dozen bones were broken, four fingers were cut off, and the soles of the feet were also burned to charcoal, and the nose was also cut off...... Your Majesty, sometimes for extraordinary people, Weichen has to use some extraordinary methods, and Weichen is also forced to do so, but he never thought that this Wang Chengfeng would see the sky again one day. Speaking of which, it is still a matter of insignificance, please forgive your majesty. ”

The muscles on Zhu Youzhang's face couldn't help twitching, but he was also helpless, who would have known that this Liu Chengfeng was so ruthless, but torture to extract a confession can be regarded as worrying about the king, what can he say, so he had to shake his head and said: "I didn't call you here mainly to talk about this matter, what I want to say is that I have thought about it carefully in the past few days, the Tile Thorn people have repeatedly violated the border, and the court can no longer sit idly by, I plan to give the Tile Thorn people a head-on blow this time, but before that, I must ensure that no one fishes in troubled waters, King Ning and those thorns hidden in the capital must be more guarded, and I can only leave this matter to you. After the Tatar envoy entered Beijing, I hope that you will protect him. In addition, I've been in a very depressed mood these days, you haven't been reading for a long time, right? ”

Thinking of the book, Liu Chengfeng and Zhu Youzhu felt a lot of emotion, Liu Chengfeng couldn't help but feel a little weak, saying that his book was really wasted a lot, the emperor was nominally half of his master, and now he suddenly asked about it, and he was inevitably a little uneasy in his heart.

When Zhu Youzhu saw his appearance, he immediately understood something, and said with a smile: "You are also doing this for official and private reasons, don't be afraid, originally I wanted you to write a word to come out and see, but now that this is the case, then I have no choice but to give up, Jinyiwei's side has the heaviest burden, I am also a little worried in my heart, you don't have to think about anything else, just work hard." ”

(To be continued)