Zhengde said: "It's nothing more than the two strategies of pacifying and suppressing, from the intelligence, it can be known that the Datong mutiny is because the governor Zhang Wenjin ordered the town to guard the five forts in the north of the city in order to prevent the invasion of the Tatars, and the general Jia Jian urged the governor to be very anxious, which provoked the mutiny. ”

Duan Fei said: "The emperor is wise, and Weichen also thinks that this mutiny is better than suppression, but this time the situation may not be so simple, Taiyuan Wei has not yet dealt with it, and the Tatars are ready to move outside the pass, maybe this riot is related to these two, if it can't be properly handled, I am afraid that the situation will deteriorate, and the emperor can have a suitable candidate to be sent to Datong to pacify?" ”

Zhengde frowned and thought about it, the ministers of the DPRK and China have changed frequently in recent years, and the more prestigious courtiers in the army either return to their hometowns (Wang Shouren) or are burdened with heavy responsibilities and are not suitable for traveling far (Yang Yiqing), most of the prestige of the younger ones is not enough, the town guard side is acceptable, and the influence in the whole country is insufficient......

Zhengde raised his head and looked at Duan Fei, only to see Duan Fei looking at him with burning eyes, Zhengde smiled and said, "Duan Aiqing, do you want to recommend yourself?" How can I bear to let you go to the border in less than ten days after returning to Beijing......"

Duan Fei said: "Your Majesty, the husband must do something and not do something, share worries for the emperor, eliminate disasters for the Ming Dynasty, and seek a happy and happy life for the people of the world is the duty of Weichen, and Weichen has done his best to die and then he has not given up!" ”

Zhengde sighed: "Aiqing is really the pillar of the country, it seems that only Aiqing is worthy of this important task in the Manchu Dynasty, since Aiqing is willing to go, it is inconvenient for me to object, so ......"

Duan Fei said suddenly: "Your Majesty, Wechen hopes to go to Taiyuan first, collect the tens of thousands of Maitreya elite soldiers, and then go to Datong to pacify, if the appeasement fails, Wechen can also take advantage of the situation to quell the rebellion, if the pacification goes well, Wechen still has a strategy, but without spending a soldier or food, to solve the danger of the Tatars wanting to go south to plunder." ”

Zhengde perked up and said, "Oh? Will the plan be settled? ”

Duan Fei revealed his plan in its entirety, and its core was to use the tens of thousands of strange soldiers of the Maitreya Sect to ambush the Tatar army that was heading south.

If the plan goes well, this is indeed a clever plan to kill two birds with one stone or even three or four eagles, Zhengde couldn't help but move, when he hesitated in his heart, Duan Fei suddenly said: "Is the emperor now worried that Weichen is not able to do this due to his lack of ability, or is he suspected that Weichen is not loyal enough, and will take this opportunity to judge the opposite?" If it is the latter, please ask the emperor to make it clear, Weichen immediately resign from all official positions, return to his hometown, and return to Jiangnan to be a fisherman who eats, drinks and waits for death. ”

Zhengde's heart jumped, and he laughed and said: "Duan Aiqing, what nonsense are you talking about, Zhang Rui has been imprisoned and is about to be executed alive, how can I still suspect you?" Aiqing, don't be suspicious, I have to think about such a big thing, Aiqing, how sure are you about this matter? ”

Duan Fei said: "Wechen doesn't dare to say that he is completely sure, but this kind of big advantage, as long as he is six or seven percent sure, Wechen will take a risk, and the worst outcome is just that these tens of thousands of Maitreya disciples are buried outside the pass, but at the same time a considerable number of Tatar troops are consumed, Your Majesty, is there such a good thing in the world?" The opportunity is fleeting, the emperor is the master of the eloquent Shengming, the Han Wu of the Ming Dynasty, the Wei Chen is willing to be the Wei Qing of the Ming Dynasty, Huo Quai, the emperor, please believe in the Wei Chen, the Wei Chen is willing to make a military order, and the Tatar Wei Chen will return to Beijing to apologize to the emperor! ”

After Duan Fei finished speaking impassionedly, he lifted the hem of his robe and was about to bow to Zhengde, but Zhengde hurriedly stretched out his hand to support him, and said movingly: "Aiqing is serious, how can I not trust you?" I've always been the most supportive of you, and this time is no exception, everything will be done according to Aiqing's plan, right? What else does Aiqing need? Just say it, and I'll support you! ”

Duan Fei's heart fell to the ground, and he said happily: "Thank you for the emperor's trust, Weichen needs to urgently transfer a few people over, and also transfer Weichen's five thousand Taurus Wei musket team back to the north, and also need to equip more arms for backup, the most important requirement is that Weichen needs the emperor to give Weichen a holy decree or arrow that can be acted cheaply, if there is an emergency, Weichen needs to borrow the emperor's heavenly power to respond!" ”

Duan Fei's first request is easy, the second request is a bit difficult, and the third request is ...... But it touched Zhengde's bottom line again, Zhengde hesitated, suddenly raised his head, and looked at Duan Fei, Duan Fei's eyes were clear, and he looked at Zhengde with righteousness, Zhengde suddenly felt a little ashamed, he said categorically: "Okay, I depend on you, Duan Aiqing must not live up to my expectations like Zhang Rui, otherwise I will really become a loner...... Let's go, Aiqing will go to the Jinluan Palace with me, and whoever you want will say, I will ask Yang Yiqing to draw up an edict for you immediately! ”

At the same time as rushing to the Jinluan Palace, Duan Fei and Zhengde discussed, Duan Fei's real purpose of this trip can not be told to the civil and military officials for the time being, lest someone unintentionally or intentionally spread it and spoil the country's major affairs, so Zhengde did not say Duan Fei's real purpose in the Jinluan Palace, he ordered the eunuch on duty to read out the official document of 800 miles urgently, announcing the appointment of Duan Fei as the Fu Qincha, and then left the six Shangshu, and the rest of the civil and military officials rushed home, everyone was confused, didn't they convene everyone to discuss? Why does Zhengde look confident? Anyway, everyone's hearts are settled.

The five Shangshu were also very strange, and they didn't understand until Duan Fei explained the reason to them, and without objection, the five Shangshu spoke out in unison, opposing the recruitment of Maitreya disciples, opposing Duan Fei's risk-taking, and opposing the easy provocation of the Tatars, so as not to cause continuous wars.

Zhengde's temper came up again, he still wanted to be a promising emperor in his bones, seeing that everyone was gossiping about Duan Fei's plan, Zhengde decided categorically: "I have made up my mind, you don't have to argue anymore, although the border pass has been opened, but the Tatar ambition is not extinguished, how can you grab business quickly, there is already information that the Tatars are gathering troops to prepare for the southern invasion, we don't want to fight, can we not fight?" Instead of sitting and waiting to be killed, it is better to take the initiative, don't forget, most of the people who go out of the customs and fight hard with the Tatars are Maitreya disciples, who else can think of this kind of good thing except Duan Aiqing? Now let's start discussing how to support Duan Aiqing from the rear and successfully complete this arduous task! ”

Duan Fei explained his plan to these bigwigs in detail, Yang Yiqing, who had been guarding the border and was familiar with the battle strategy, changed his mind after hearing it, and agreed to Duan Fei's plan after inquiring in detail about the intelligence source and the details of the plan, although he took a risk, but there was still a chance to succeed, even if he failed, it would not have much impact on the overall situation, and the whole army was destroyed Duan Fei fled back alone, and the Ming Dynasty still held on to the Great Wall.

However, it is not possible to transfer the five thousand Taurus guards back to the north from the five southwestern provinces, if there is no support from the musket team, it is almost impossible for the infantry of Taiyuan Wei to defeat the Tatar cavalry that comes and goes like the wind, and it is impossible to allocate a large number of horses and equipment to equip the infantry into cavalry, the Ming Dynasty has always been short of horses, Yang Yiqing, who once presided over the horse administration in Shanxi, is very clear about this, and the infantry becomes cavalry, a lot of training is inevitable, how can there be so much time now.

Just when everyone was racking their brains to find a way, Yang Yiqing suddenly suggested: "Your Majesty, why don't you transfer five thousand elite people from the two official halls to Lord Duan?" They also practice with firearms on weekdays, and they should be familiar with Lord Duan's three-fold wave warfare method, as long as they are slightly cleaned, they are an elite army, which is enough to take on this heavy responsibility!

The so-called Liangguan Hall is when Zhengde first favored Jiang Bin, and the elite of the Beijing army was transferred out to form the so-called Dongguan Hall, and the soldiers from all over the border were transferred to form the Xiguan Hall.

Since the fall of Jiang Bin, the two official halls have been disbanded, the Beijing army has restored the old system of three battalions, and later the Shenji battalion was merged into the Jinyi Guard, leaving only three thousand battalions and five military battalions, but Zhengde is obviously not willing to be lonely, and the two official halls have been rebuilt in the past two years, and they have been fully equipped with advanced muskets, and the instructors are trained by the Jinyi Guard, and the combat effectiveness is still good, these Duan Fei are very clear, but he is not good at asking to take away the two official halls, which is best said by Yang Yiqing.

Zhengde readily agreed without hesitation, and Zhengde asked a general named Qi Chen to lead an elite five thousand people selected from the two official halls to follow Duan Fei to Shanxi.

After the biggest problem has been solved, Zhengde immediately ordered Yang Yiqing to draft the decree, but there is one less eunuch in red, who should replace Zhang Rui? Yang Yiqing recommended that Zhuge Hui, the chief eunuch of Shangyi, take over, this Zhuge Hui is an honest man, everyone usually feels good about him, and if he is right, Zhuge Hui will become the most powerful chief eunuch in the eunuch system.

Duan Fei got the holy decree and Shang Fang's sword, and immediately went to the Liangguan Hall military camp in the north of the city, Duan Fei was not in the capital for the past two years, and the Liangguan Hall almost equipped the firearms produced by Jinyiwei, with Zhengde as the backstage, who would dare not supply it?

The barracks of the Liangguan Hall are also in the mountains, not far from the Shenji Battalion and the Jinyi Guard, and the cannon rumbles before they get close, before they come to the barracks of the Liangguan Hall, the soldiers guarding the door look at Duan Fei curiously, they have a good impression of the legendary Jinyi Guard, and Duan Fei is also observing them.

The soldiers who went in to deliver the report soon strode over with three generals, the soldiers in the two official halls were all royal soldiers, and they had always been arrogant and arrogant, but they had no arrogant qualifications in front of Duan Fei, and the three generals came to Duan Fei according to the courtesy, and each reported their names, namely the chief soldier Wu Le, the general of the right hall Ben Wu and the general of the left hall Qi Chen.