This time, Wen Yiheng and Su Fenglan won a complete victory in the battle of Northern Xinjiang, and the victorious squad returned to the dynasty.

Wen Yiheng sent a letter to the imperial court on the day the army set off for Beijing on March 15, and lived up to his mission.

It takes nearly half a month to return to Beijing from the Xishou City, and the messenger who passed through the post station will send the letter to the capital in nine days, so the letter will arrive in the capital earlier than Wen Yiheng's army.

The good news that the military headquarters delivered on the evening of March 23 was presented to Emperor Tianduo overnight.

At that time, in the imperial study, Emperor Tianduo, who was discussing state affairs with the crown prince Yun Mulin, was very happy, and decided to wait for the morning court tomorrow to announce the good news with all his ministers.

Emperor Tianduo was very happy after receiving the good news, and he no longer had the troubled mood when discussing state affairs before: "Someone! Present the imperial sake brewed by the Liangxing Department of Guanglu Temple a few days ago! I want to celebrate this great event with the prince tonight! ”

Unlike Emperor Tianduo's great joy, Prince Yun Mulin was extremely jealous and jealous of Wen Yiheng who returned to Beijing after a great victory.

After this battle in northern Xinjiang, the relationship between Wen Yiheng and Su Fenglan is bound to be a little closer. Moreover, Wen Yiheng's reputation in the court will definitely rise to a higher level, and his military exploits will increase. At that time, the two opposing forces in the DPRK and China are only afraid that they will be unbalanced again, which will be detrimental to the prince's side.

Yun Mulin casually took the wine glass and raised his glass to the emperor before he said tentatively: "This time Wen Xiang won the battle with General Su, which is really a blessing for my Dayin Dynasty." Just ......"

Yun Mulin's words stopped making Emperor Tianduo a little dissatisfied: "Just what? If you have anything to say in the future, you can finish it all in one go, don't divide it into two paragraphs, say half and leave half left. ”

Yun Mulin saw Emperor Tianduo talking, so he guided: "It's just that the two of them are now outstanding in battle, and I am afraid that they will be proud of their achievements after returning to the dynasty. ”

Emperor Tianduo waved his hand and said disapprerovitically: "No matter how much Su Fenglan's military exploits have accumulated, he can only be limited to generals, and he is too old to make any troubles, Zichu is just a young offspring, and he can't make many waves." ”

Yun Mulin took advantage of the situation and said: "Father, you respect General Su, and you also appreciate Wen Xiang's trip to northern Xinjiang to help the war this time. This time the two of them won the battle, does my father also think that General Su and Wen have contributed to the Sheji of our Dayin Dynasty? ”

"The two of them won the battle this time, and they really contributed a lot to my Great Yin Dynasty." Emperor Tianduo held the good news in his hand and looked at it again and again, overjoyed.

Yun Mulin pulled a sneer on his face, and asked Emperor Tianduo rhetorically: "This time we fought with Gaoche Country in the northern Xinjiang, my father was not ashamed, but thought that General Su and Wen Xiang had merit, why is this?" ”

Emperor Tianduo was surprised and said, "I am not proud of winning the battle, but you make me ashamed of it?" What is this statement? ”

Yun Mulin put away his smile and asked solemnly, "Has my father forgotten the treaty sent by General Su from Northern Xinjiang to Shan Yu Keran?" The peace pact, which has not yet been signed, is still sitting on your imperial desk. ”

Yun Mulin pointed to the mountains of folds on the desk, and continued: "The alliance under the city, "Spring and Autumn" thinks it is a shame. And this battle of northern Xinjiang was made when the enemy trapped General Su in Yanran Mountain. ”

After Wen Xiang went to the city of Xishou, this treaty that had not yet been signed was sent back to the capital. Does this mean warmth? ”

Yun Mulin meant to put the matter of sending the covenant back to Beijing on Wen Yiheng's head, and Emperor Tianduo, under Yun Mulin's deliberate guidance, did not carefully calculate the time when Wen Yiheng arrived in the northern frontier, and there was a conflict with the time when the covenant was sent to the capital.

Emperor Tianduo's face sank: "In this way, Zi Chu first expressed the tendency of his main battle faction in the court, and won over most of the courtiers in the court who supported the main battle. Privately, he intended to seek peace, so after arriving in the northern Xinjiang, he presented the treaty to me... Two sides and three knives? ”

"Wen Xiang behaved gentle in front of his father, but in fact, he was a calculating and thoughtful person in private. It's not surprising that he would do such an inconsistent thing, and the Emperor should not be fooled by his appearance. Yun Mulin said it very decisively.

Emperor Tianduo suddenly became vigilant: "Mu Lin, I know that you are not dealing with Zichu in the court...... I can't just listen to you just because you're my son. ”

Wen Xiang and the crown prince Yun Mulin are in opposition to each other in the court, and the two are incompatible, which has long been a fact known to all officials.

"Now that you can't respond immediately in Zichu's absence, you maliciously make remarks to me, speculate on his meaning, and stab you in the back, isn't your behavior exactly what you call a two-faced person?"

Yun Mulin knew Emperor Tianduo's suspicious nature, and he had long expected that Emperor Tianduo would be suspicious of his behavior of saying bad things behind Wen Yiheng's back, so he also kept his hand behind: "In this case, Erchen does not start from the personal aspect, but still analyzes from the facts. ”

General Su made great achievements, but he planted a heel in Yanran Mountain, and he had no choice but to verbally agree to the covenant due to the situation, and did not dare to sign a paper. After Wen Xiang learned of the situation, instead of dissuading General Su, he sent the paper treaty to the capital. ”

Yun Mulin threw out a question: "Did the behavior of the two of them imply that they planned to send the treaty to your father and let you sign it yourself?" ”

Emperor Tianduo fell into deep thought, and Yun Mulin pursued after the victory: "They handled the military situation unfavorably, gave the enemy a chance to take advantage of it, and finally wanted to put the responsibility on their father, what could be more shameful than this?" "Three K

"The two of them are so deep in their thoughts...... "Emperor Tianduo's mind has already begun to waver. Seeing the situation, Yun Mulin continued to add fuel to the fire:

"The two of them didn't dare to sign the treaty, but handed the treaty to their father, and it was too insidious to push him into a difficult position."

Emperor Tianduo's face suddenly became ugly, and his eyes couldn't help but surrender to the one on the imperial desk, and the dream that was sent along with the military emergency report.

Although Wen Yiheng and Su Fenglan finally won the battle this time, this covenant without any name was invalidated. But Emperor Tianduo, provoked and framed by Yun Mulin, began to worry about this covenant.

The crown prince said, "Has my father ever heard of gambling?" When a gambler is about to lose money, he gives it all he has, which is called an all-or-nothing bet. Father is the desperate bet of Wen Xiang and General Su! Wen Yiheng bet on the country of our Dayin Dynasty, this is really too dangerous! ”

Originally, Emperor Tianduo didn't think about this battle, but after Yun Mulin's provocation, he immediately changed his attitude: "Someone! Immediately call Wen Yiheng and Su Fenglan into the palace! I have something to ask them! ”

Yun Mulin reminded him: "Father, Wen Xiang and General Su are still on their way back to Beijing, and it is estimated that it will take some time to reach the capital.

Even if you call the two of them for questioning, the affirmation you get is a worthless denial, and they will not dare to admit it. ”

Yun Mulin has been following Emperor Tianduo all the year round and is good at figuring out Emperor Tianduo's thoughts. Now seeing that Emperor Tianduo was successfully persuaded by Yun Mulin to follow his train of thought, Yun Mulin was very proud in his heart.

"The two of them think that this country is mine, not the world people, so it's really annoying and angry that they didn't do their best to work for me!" Emperor Tianduo slammed the wine glass in his hand in anger, and the mellow wine spilled on the heavy carpet.

Yun Mulin knew that since ancient times, emperors would be afraid to guess meritorious ministers, so he prescribed the right medicine, distorting the victory between Wen Yiheng and Su Fenglan as a victory because of the alliance under the city.

made Wen Yiheng and Su Fenglan invisibly framed, and provoked the relationship between the emperor and Wen Yiheng and Su Fenglan, which was not close.

"Since the two of them didn't worry about the king, but instead wiped my face with shame, they don't want my reward!"

Emperor Tianduo returned to the imperial desk and pulled the treaty out of the fold, crumpled it and threw it to the ground angrily, shouting: "As courtiers, a big victory is what they should do!" Tomorrow I will go to court, and I will no longer discuss the reward of the two of them! ”

Emperor Tianduo summoned the civil officials who were preparing the decree overnight, and suppressed the holy decree that he had originally planned to promote Su Fenglan's grade and reward Wen Yiheng, and did not allow it to be issued.

When the goal was achieved, Yun Mulin told Emperor Tianduo to return to the East Palace with much brisker steps. Only Wen Yiheng and Su Fenglan didn't know that what awaited them after returning to Beijing would be Emperor Tianduo's drastic change of attitude.

At the beginning of April, Wen Yiheng and Su Fenglan led the army back to Beijing and entered the city, and the people in the city spontaneously welcomed them, and the main street was very lively for a while.

After Wen Yiheng and Su Fenglan returned to Beijing, they didn't dare to stay on the street longer, and entered the palace as soon as possible to hand over the order to Emperor Tianduo.

The courtiers in front of the Lin De Hall stood solemnly, and Emperor Tianduo was sitting on the dragon chair, condescending. Wen Yiheng and Su Fenglan knelt in the center of the Lin De Hall, and the two took turns to briefly report the military situation of the war, and then waited silently for Emperor Tianduo's signal.

However, to the surprise of all the courtiers, Su Fenglan was still the original general from the second rank to the martial arts, and his military rank and grade were not promoted. Wen Yiheng only received verbal praise from Emperor Tianduo, but did not get actual praise, and both of them stood still.

The courtiers didn't know what Emperor Tianduo meant, and they were secretly speechless for a while.

Su Jiudong and the public of the Zhu Kingdom waited at the gate of the Guogong Mansion.

Wen Yiheng himself has not yet returned, and the news that Emperor Tianduo did not reward Wen Yiheng was the first to come back.

Zhu Guogong grabbed the secret guard who came to report the news in disbelief, and asked, "Didn't the saint reward Zichu at all?" Is there really nothing? ”

Wen Sibo showed an undisguised sarcastic smile on the side: "Big brother is not doing well in Northern Xinjiang this time, and it is not surprising that he will not receive a reward from the Holy Lord. ”

Everyone waiting at the gate set their eyes on Wen Sibo.

"What do you know again?" Zhu Guogong looked at Wen Sibo worriedly and said, "Your eldest brother obviously won the battle, how can you say that he is not doing things well, so the saint did not reward him?" ”

Wen Sibo shrugged his shoulders and said nonchalantly: "The courtiers know about this matter!" The Holy One asked the eldest brother to go to the northern Xinjiang to win the battle, but the eldest brother sent the peace covenant of the enemy country directly to the Holy One, father, do you think, can the Holy One not be angry? ”