This "scholar" is really nondescript, but the soldiers are pressing, and they can't take care of these trivial matters. After reaching an agreement, Dong Jishu once again confirmed that there was no Jin Junwei, and then asked someone to lower the drawbridge and follow Ma Shiying out of the city to greet him.

"I have heard the name of the university scholar for a long time, and when I see it today, it is ten times better than the rumors, fortunately, fortunately." The smile on Ma Shiying's face was really a little weird, it looked like he was definitely smiling, but the flesh didn't move at all.

Fan Wencheng didn't know that the "British name" in Ma Shiying's mouth was definitely ridiculing himself, but he was not angry, and returned the salute with a smile, saying: "Wen Cheng has his appearance, let Lord Futai laugh and laugh." ”

Dong Jishu also came up to greet him, and Fan Wencheng introduced the people who came with him, all of whom were Han officials, and there were no full officials among them.

The two sides had a polite exchange, Ma Shiying invited Fan Wencheng into the city, after Fan Wencheng and others entered the city, the money rat tail on the head attracted people's eyes, and the soldiers in the city and the people in the city glared at them angrily.

The Han officials who came with Fan Wencheng were somewhat ashamed, and they only walked with their heads bowed along the way, and did not look left and right. Fan Wencheng didn't care, not only did he have a smile on his face from beginning to end, but also threw his fists at the people on both sides of the street from time to time, so angry that the people scolded one after another.

The people scolded Fan Wencheng, Ma Shiying was also happy to hear it, and had no intention of stopping it, but he issued a strict order not to allow anyone to approach. Ma Shiying knows the truth of the two countries' war of not killing them, not to mention that the enemy is strong and I am weak at the moment, where do they dare to let Fan Wencheng and them have an accident.

After entering the mansion, the host and guest sat down, and Ma Shiying asked: "I don't know what the university scholars have to say when they come to my Zhangjiakou?" Could it be that your army is going to attack? ”

"Zhangjiakou is an important town in my Ming Dynasty, and your army can't get in if you want to." Dong Jishu bluffed.

Fan Wencheng said with a smile: "It seems that Master Ma and Dong Zongbing still have doubts in their hearts about my Dajin, don't hide it from the two, my Eight Banners Army did come to the peace talks with sincerity this time, otherwise why would they go straight to Zhangjiakou, which is heavily defended by you?" ”

Dong Jishu frowned, puzzled: "How can the scholar say this?" ”

Fan Wencheng said with a smile: "The Art of War: Avoiding the real is false, and it is unexpected." The Great Wall around Xuanfu stretches for hundreds of miles, and weak points in defense abound, and my Eight Banners army suddenly advances, which is as easy as a snap, and the reason why it does not go on to avoid hypocrisy is that it is also a peace negotiation today. ”

Fan Wencheng was telling the truth, but the defense line of the Great Wall in Xuanfu for hundreds of miles was leaking everywhere, except for Zhangjiakou, the rest of the defense line was useless. However, Dong Jishu didn't want to show weakness, snorted, and said: "I'm afraid that the peace talks will be deceitful, take the opportunity to attack the city, and then play the scene of Yongping slaughtering the city." ”

Hearing the Yongping massacre, Ma Shiying's face sank as well.

Fan Wencheng shook his head and said: "The Yongping massacre was committed by our country's two great beylors, and the king of Khan has severely punished him and robbed him of his military power. The king of my family attaches great importance to the matter of military discipline, and before the march of the army, he will repeatedly proclaim it, but violations of military discipline still occur occasionally, and Amin is one of them. In fact, since ancient times and today, the violation of military discipline has never been completely eradicated, in the second year of Chongzhen, our army came to Beijing, and the army of King Qin, the governor of Shanxi, Geng Ruqi, also plundered the people of Gyeonggi? Now there are more than 100 Ming officials serving in my Dajin, including more than 40 people such as Li Yongfang, Bao Chengxian, Zu Dashou's sons and nephews and generals, and more than 30 Zhang Chun's subordinates, all of whom are in important positions. Therefore, please rest assured that our army is indeed here to open border trade, and there is no other intention. ”

After listening to what Fan Wencheng said, Ma Shiying and Dong Jishu glanced at each other, wondering if Lu Dao should believe him.

"The matter of peace is very important, not the two of us can call the shots, if your army really wants to trade, Ma can report the intention of peace talks to the court, and the court will decide."

Ma Shiying was not able to bear the charge of opening peace talks with Dongyu without authorization, he was ready to use the excuse to report and delay it for a while, and the imperial court could transfer reinforcements in time, as for whether to negotiate peace, it was not his Ma Shiying's responsibility.

The former governor Shen Qi was deposed because of private peace talks with Dajin, and Fan Wencheng knew about it, so although he knew that Ma Shiying was an excuse to delay the army, he didn't want to break it, and it was only three days for the Xuanfu to report to Beijing quickly, and he could wait, and the king of Khan could also wait. However, in order to let Ma Shiying and Dong Jishu promote the success of border trade, he still has to point out a few words from them, "With all due respect, the matter of opening the border with peace talks is indeed very important, it is not only related to the safety of the people in the Xuanfu area, but also related to the future of the two adults." ”

Ma Shiying and Dong Jishu were stunned for a moment, and Dong Jishu asked, "I don't know what the scholar said." Ma Shiying also looked up at Fan Wencheng suspiciously.

Fan Wencheng asked with a smile: "How are the two adults better than Juniper, Liu Ting, Xiong Tingbi, Yuan Chonghuan, Zhao Shujiao, Zu Dashou, Zhang Chun, etc.?" ”

"These are all a generation of famous generals, and we are far from being as good as them."

"The so-called generation of famous generals, or surrender or death, are defeated by my big gold, with all due respect to Fan's bluntness, if the soldiers really meet, the two adults may not escape the doom."

Hearing this, Ma Shiying and Dong Jishu were silent, what Fan Wencheng said was exactly what they were worried about, with the existing strength of Zhangjiakou, it would be difficult to stop the Jin army outside the city, and the day the city was broken was also the day when the two died. Even if they escaped by luck, the two of them couldn't escape the knife cut by the court. After the Son of Heaven ascended the throne, he killed many feudal officials because of the crime of "losing land and abandoning the people", and the two of them were confident that they were not so lucky to escape the disposal of the imperial court.

Fan Wencheng continued: "Suppose that my 100,000-strong army breaks through from the Xuanfu area and ravages the Jingshi again, can the two adults take the blame? I don't know if Yuan Dutang's yesterday is the tomorrow of the two adults, although Fan Mou's words are offended, but I still have to ask the two adults to think deeply. ”

Dong Jishu was determined to push the side open, but he was embarrassed: "Forgive Dong for saying bluntly, that is, your Khan King is really here to trade, but I am young and promising today, and I am determined to recover, and I have long been strictly ordered not to trade with your army, so I and other border generals dare not make peace, so I am afraid that I will help your Khan King do anything." ”

Ma Shiying did not express his position, but only experienced what Fan Wencheng said.

Fan Wencheng said: "Judging from today's situation, the two adults must play. In the book, the most serious thing to blame is the dismissal of the official; If it is not played, there will be a war, and it is inevitable that the lives in the Gyeonggi area of Xuanfu will be ruined. Once defeated, the two adults will be imprisoned at best, and the first nine sides will be passed on at worst. ”

"Well, since the left and right are dead, it's better to fight, Dong is determined to push this opening matter, and he will go back to make people write to the court. What do you think of Lord Futai? Yu Qi said that Dong Jishu was moved by Fan Wencheng's clever tongue, but it is better to say that he was moved by tens of thousands of Jin troops outside the city.

Ma Shiying glanced at him sideways, and said to Fan Wencheng quietly: "This matter is related to the lives of the two of us, how about the scholar go back first, and then reply after I have discussed?" ”

Fan Wencheng smiled and nodded, "Okay, then Fan said goodbye." ”

At that moment, Ma Shiying arranged for someone to escort Fan Wencheng and his party out of the city, and after sending them away, Dong Jishu hurriedly asked Ma Shiying if he wanted to play in favor of opening trade with Jin Jun, Ma Shiying did not speak, but in the evening, he sent someone to copy a copy of the chapter he wrote and sent it to Dong Jishu to read, and Dong Jishu was amazed after reading the case

Ma Shiying's recital is very cleverly written, he does not talk about war and peace, but asks the imperial court to open border trade, with the heart of the Jurchen, to avoid the two sides from fighting again.

When the 600 li of the recital was rushed to the cabinet, Chongzhen was insisting on preaching every day in the Wenhua Palace. He was dressed in the regular clothes made when he ascended the throne, sitting on his lap, and the keynote speaker today was Wu Zongda, a cabinet scholar, who was reading the second part of the Book of Changes for the emperor: "The great virtue of heaven and earth is born, the great treasure of the saint is said to be in the position, how to keep the throne is said to be benevolent, how to gather people and wealth, financial management is righteous, and the prohibition of the people is not righteous"

When Chongzhen heard this, he immediately thought of Gao Yingxiang and Li Zicheng, and asked Wu Zongda: "How can we ban these thieves from doing wrong?" ”

Wu Zongda didn't expect the emperor to suddenly ask this question, he was stunned for a while, and wanted to open his mouth but heard Chongzhen say there again: "I have been on the throne for more than five years, there are Jurchens outside, there are homeless people inside, the rivers are declining, and there is no hope for Zhongxing." Yesterday, the palace people said that the songs of Henan and Hebei spread to the capital, what 'the sun will not be, the moon is unknown, the eighteen sons, sitting in the dragon court. The saying of the eighteen sons was popular in the Sui Dynasty, but when I think about it today, there is really a Li surnamed Li Zicheng among the thieves. Although the Jurchen is powerful, it is not terrible, and I don't believe that he can sit in China alone. But Li Zicheng is different, he is Han. ”

Speaking of this, Chongzhen Meng slapped the book case: "Anyone surnamed Li who is a thief will be punished." With this shot, the torn cuffs of the dragon robe were exposed, and as the Ninety-Five, the torn sleeves were exposed, and he couldn't help but be a little embarrassed, so he hurriedly stuffed it in.

Wu Zongda was startled when he saw the emperor slapping the table, and thought that he had not responded in time to provoke the Son of Heaven to get angry, but he looked at Chongzhen and found that he did not mean to blame, but on the contrary, it was a little unnatural, and then looked at it, it turned out that the emperor was wearing broken sleeves, his eyes rolled, and he immediately knelt down: "The saint is frugal and thrifty, wearing clothes, this Yao Shun's trip should be an example for the world, why cover it up?" ”

After hearing this, Chongzhen felt a little relieved: "I am against luxury, how much fabric will be wasted on this wide coat and big sleeves?" In the past, the king of Wuling of Zhao was dressed in cavalry and shooting, and only the short clothes and tight sleeves of the Chinese soldiers were there, but the clothing of the people and officials remained unchanged. Not much, the sleeves on each piece of clothing save half a foot of cloth, and two sleeves are one foot. If there are 200 million people in the world, you can save 200 million feet of cloth. 200 million feet of cloth is enough for the soldiers to wear winter clothes to keep out the cold. I will set an example today. ”

Chongzhen, a young man, has always said to do it, he immediately ordered the eunuch of Shangyi to bring the tailor to meet him, and he cut his sleeves half a foot shorter at that time. After cutting, he was still not satisfied: "The short is shorter, it is still very fat, and if it is thinner, you can save some cloth." ”

Just when the Son of Heaven was worried about how to save fabrics, Wang Chengen, the eunuch of the celebrant and the eunuch Bingbi, urgently submitted the six hundred li of Ma Shiying of Xuanfu.

Chongzhen already knew that Hongtai had led the Dongyu army to Mongolia, and had ordered the Xuanfu Datong area to take strict precautions, but it was a little surprising to see Ma Shiying report that the Dongyu wanted to trade with the Ming Dynasty.

He read it hastily, and saw that only one sentence was written on the cabinet ticket: "Submit the Holy Imperial Review." "Whether you agree or not, the cabinet did not say anything. There was a trace of unhappiness on his face, and he asked Wu Zongda with a gloomy face: "What is the attitude of Mr. Ma Shiying?" ”

Wu Zongda had already figured out the temper of this young emperor, and he found that Chongzhen was becoming more and more happy and angry, similar to the idea of opening the border trade, if Chongzhen did not agree, he would immediately scold the Jurchens. But at the moment he did not say anything, which means that he did not object.

After understanding Chongzhen's intentions, Wu Zongda calmly replied: "Shengshang, the matter of opening the border is not war or peace, and the matter of commerce and trade is decided by Ma Shiying and others." ”

Wu Zongda's words were naturally in line with Chongzhen's mind, and he nodded and said: "This is a good way, the Jurchen's trip is for Mongolia, and it is nothing more than to make a profit, and it is definitely not really to enter the court, and there is no loss to my Ming Dynasty." ”

"That's what the Holy One said." Wu Zongda nodded hurriedly in agreement. Wang Chengen adheres to his usual practice and never talks much about political affairs.

Putting down Ma Shiying's recital, Chongzhen said with emotion: "Today's biggest worry is not in the Donglu, but in the thieves, I should concentrate all our forces to exterminate the two thieves Gao and Zhang. ”

Wu Zongda was about to echo a few words, but saw a little eunuch hurriedly running into the hall with the seal, Wang Chengen took a look at the big change in color, and stepped forward in three steps and two steps forward and handed it to Chongzhen.

Chongzhen took it and opened it, his face changed, and he immediately threw the watch on the ground, and roared almost roaringly: "Shi Dayong, you are so bold!" ”