Actually, there is nothing to say about the Ministry of Rites. After the New Year's Festival, Ma Wensheng, the head of the court, commented: "Discussing the ceremony, how many literary scholars are making a fuss, isn't it worth mentioning? Even if you have to talk about the Criminal Department, Ji Xiaozhi's punishment is not worth mentioning? This Yu Suzhong, he is proud of his talents, and he wanted to lead the topic to Yang Chengfang from the beginning. ”

Ji Xiao, a monk from Huguang Jiangxia, colluded with the great eunuch Liang Fangxin, and caused trouble in the government when Emperor Daxing was in trouble, and was regarded as a demon monk. In the last years of Chenghua, he had already been dismissed from the government and the people, and in June last year, the provincial and provincial officials re-investigated him, sent him to prison, and executed him in November.

"Yu Suzhong is extraordinary, he is a brother and sister to His Royal Highness the Prince, and he can drink a few glasses of wine, why does Mr. Negative Tu have to think about him?" Feng Guan, the deputy envoy of the right capital, said with a smile.

Bian Yong, the right servant of the imperial history, said: "I think that a few promising teenagers are aspiring. ”

Bian Yongzi Kezhen, Beizhi is a Qiu person. He and Ma Wensheng entered the official career at about the same time, but Ma Wensheng was born as a jinshi, and he was born as a lifter, so the later transfer was very different. To tell the truth, he can be promoted to the official of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, which is already informal. Perhaps because of his different backgrounds, he doesn't attach so much importance to the high level of official positions, and he has something to say in his heart, in front of the imperial history of the capital, in front of the deputy imperial envoy, and even in front of the prince, he dares to speak out.

"Determined?" Ma Wensheng thought about it and said, "This also makes sense. ”

"His Royal Highness the Prince, Yu Suzhong and Liu Jian are known as the three phoenixes in the clouds, and they have long ambitions, why do they need to set up in this way?" Feng Guan disagreed.

"In the end, the three phoenixes in the clouds are the names of outsiders, and their own ambitions are not something that ordinary people can consider." Bian Yong insisted on his opinion.

"Don't fight, don't fight!" One person sat on the side, and Ma Wensheng happened to dissuade him from the middle, "A few teenagers blindly talk about other people's things, and a few of us old guys also blindly talk about other people's things?" ”

Feng Guan couldn't help but want to laugh: "In front of Mr. Negative Tu and Mr. Ke Zhen, at best, I'm just a big guy." A big guy is willing to accompany the two old guys and discuss their own affairs. ”

Ma Wensheng and Bian Yong were both amused by him.

"Has Mr. Dayong ever met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?" Ma Wensheng asked.

"Yes." Feng Guan replied, "Mr. Negative Tu told me that I can talk to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince; When I met His Royal Highness, I was indeed a dragon and a phoenix among people, a rare proud son in the world. ”

"What did Your Highness say to you?" Ma Wensheng asked.

"Your Highness said that the captives and thieves all live in the Hetao, near the border wall, and they are engaged in dabbling in the day." Feng Guan opened his head.

Bian Yong interrupted him: "Dabbling in the profession, that is the defense of the chieftain. ”

"Yes, Your Highness said the same." Feng Guan said, "Your Highness said that recently, the general secretary replied, saying that he didn't want to be a thief and robbery, and he would come to pay tribute in the next spring." Hulu is a trouble, since ancient times, the prosperity is to plunder, and the decline is to flee to the north. For many years, the east is in Datong and Xuanfu, the west is in Yansui and Ningxia, and the west is in Ganzhou and Liangzhou, chasing water and grass, and haunting from time to time. This is the norm of thieves too. ”

"However, it is not the norm of thieves from time to time, but the rise and fall of each other's forces." Ma Wensheng has obviously been thinking about this for a long time.

"This is the concern of His Majesty's rulers, not the subordinates of the border." Bian Yong said.

"That's not right." The speaker was none other than the crown prince Zhu Youtang, and I saw him walk in as he spoke, followed by Liu Ning, Yu Zijun and Xie Qian.

"In today's situation, the tribes are scattered, and they are not enough to be deeply considered; But I am not well prepared, and I am not enough to store food, so I should be worried. Ma Wensheng and the three of them watched His Royal Highness the Crown Prince visit, and hurriedly got up and saluted. Please sit down.

Youtang modestly returned the salute and took a seat.

continued: "One is not enough to worry about, and the other is to be worried, which is exactly what we want to plan. ”

"I have to ask for advice on this lowly position, and since it is not enough to think deeply, why do you need to plan?" Bian Yong asked.

Youtang nodded, signaling for him to ask a good question. And explained: "Not enough to think deeply, not all to worry about.

In the fourth year of Chenghua, the Tatar leader Ah Le settled in the Hetao and invaded our border. The imperial court ordered the general to be requisitioned, and Ah Le sent people to pay tribute in order to slow down our army.

I still remember that the route traveled by the tribute envoy was to enter the Bitou Pass, pass through Datong, and go to Beijing. At that time, the imperial court was very generous to the tribute envoys, and the rewards were higher than the norm.

Who knew that once the tribute envoy returned to the Hetao, the captives and cavalry attacked the border and plundered wantonly, and the court still had to use troops. In the ninth year of Chenghua, it was expelled for a few quiet days. This is an example of the dispersion of captivity.

The soldiers of the imperial court gathered, and it was not difficult to drive them out, so it was not enough to think deeply. But the captives are capricious. In addition to the soldiers, they claim to pay tribute; If the color is used, the side will be disturbed.

It took five years for a thief to be expelled, and everyone said, can the court take it lightly? ”

"Your Highness said that there are some quiet days, but they are really very short days." Bian Yong added, "Soon the ministry entered the Loop again, and some other captive chieftains gradually joined the Loop. ”

"It's a loss to all the ministries for vendettas, otherwise, it would not have been a lack of deep consideration." Feng Guan also said.

"Now the situation is different," Youtang said one layer deeper, "In previous years, the thieves were trapped, after the ice froze.

At that time, the weeds were burned, and the horses had nothing to eat, so they could not live for a long time, so they came in and came back. Today, the thieves claim to pay tribute tomorrow spring.

The route of the tribute envoy is still from Yulin, entering the partial head pass, passing through Datong and going to Beijing. The tribute master passed through the Hetao, how could most of them not follow?

The tribute envoys crossed Datong, and most of them stayed at the Hetao. They said that they were waiting for the order, how should the border ministers deal with it? If it is not allowed, it will block its heart; If it is accurate, he will take advantage of the fertile water and grass to graze calmly.

At that time, the thieves were so strong that it was impossible to drive them away. The captivity of the Hetao must not be worried, because of this. ”

Liu Ning, Yu Zijun and Xie Qian, who were on the side, cast their eyes of worship at Youtang.

Ma Wensheng, Feng Guan, and Bian Yong listened to his analysis and felt that this was a big problem.