The west wind is chaotic, and the autumn frost is cold. It is the original grass yellow outside the plug, and the border is tied to the flowers.

General Cheng became a relative of the emperor, he was less than fifty, and he had no wives and concubines at home, and the matchmakers in the capital were all eyeing this golden widower, and there was an endless stream of people who came to propose marriage to the old lady.

Cheng originally got the special approval of the emperor of his in-laws, and came back in August to marry his daughter, until in October, after his son married the county lord, he returned to Xuanfu Town.

Unexpectedly, the northern border, which has been in some tension recently, suddenly burst into smoke, and all the generals in Xiumu returned home in the starry night. Cheng didn't care about his son's imminent wedding, so he rushed back to Xuanfu Pass with Cheng Jiajun overnight.

The incident happened suddenly, Cheng Haitang in the East Palace had not finished sewing the middle coat for his father, and he heard that Xie Ruijiao's father had left the capital in a hurry. The crown prince Xie Ruijiao is also busier, going out early and returning late, living in the same room, and sometimes the two don't even talk a few words.

Haitang knew from Xie Ruijiao's few words that the increasingly powerful Tatars attacked this time, not only to grab some grain and grass for the winter, but also to take a fancy to the rich prefectures and counties in the north, and prepared to take them all as their own before this winter

The emperor now considers himself a "poor man", and decisively does not go to court every day, and the officials are no longer able to complain. Each of them was Cao Baoli and Tian Jun, two inner courtiers, standing beside the empty dragon chair, nostrils facing the emperor instead of the emperor to meet the ministers. Ministers who don't know that half of the court has become the master of ceremonies.

"Lord Cao, you courtiers serve the emperor, handle internal affairs, and do your part, we have nothing to say. But now the piles are all military affairs, and the two of you have never been on the battlefield, and you are not familiar with military affairs, how can you decide on behalf of the emperor? Sun Yang, the imperial history of the left capital, said unceremoniously: "We want to meet the emperor!" ”

Fan Yongcheng, the secretary of the Ministry of War, also said: "The nine towns are in an emergency, and they are in urgent need of reinforcements everywhere, if the emperor does not come out to dispatch troops, if the northern border is broken through by the Tatars, the capital will be equivalent to no portal, and the capital is difficult to defend!" ”

With the military department Shangshu speaking in front, Feng Guangcai of the Fifth Army Battalion, several chief generals of the Fifth Army, Feng Mingze of the Shenji Battalion and other Beijing army generals standing in the back all stood up and asked to see the emperor and ask the emperor to go to court. After all, the momentum of the generals is not comparable to that of civilian officials, and Cao Baoli feels that the roof of the main hall is about to overturn them.

Elder Lu Ge also stood up: "Lord Cao, the military situation is not the water situation, and if you don't understand the water situation, at most, it is to make a mess of the people and cause a civil strife." If you miss the military situation, you are a sinner who destroys the nation and destroys the country. Lu Ge Lao refers to the flood in the south last summer, several internal courtiers did not know how to pretend to understand, arbitrarily commanded, and the internal courtiers exploited the disaster relief funds, which led to the disaster of the people in the disaster area, and the people were dissatisfied.

Cao Baoli was annoyed and angry, and said viciously: "Okay...... If you want to see the emperor, I will let you see him. Tomorrow morning, don't be late! "Over, take Tian Jun with his sleeves and leave.

Tomorrow, the emperor will go to court early! No matter what conspiracy the inner courtiers had, the ministers were a little surprised to see the emperor, and they walked out of the palace in groups of three or five while discussing.

The prince did not return to the East Palace, and went straight to the prince's mansion after leaving the palace.

"Nine Towns' military intelligence report, you take a look at it first." The prince took out a few pieces of paper and put them on the table, which he had found someone to copy. Entering the palace to live in the palace actually has a lot of convenience. Cheng Hanbai, Zhao Muzhe, and Feng Mingze all came over to take one each.

"Taiyuan, Datong, Xuanfu and Jizhou, one of the four Guanzhen must be a Tatar breakthrough." The prince said in a deep voice: "It depends on which direction their main force gathers first." ”

"Now the strength of several Guanzhen is only between Ao 100,000, and the Tatar army of 400,000 can be poured out, even if they divide the army into two ways, it is not impossible to divide the two passes at the same time. All I can do is to put some guns and artillery on these towns. Feng Mingze was a little worried.

Xie Ruizhu had discussed with Cheng Hanbai, and General Lu of Zhili had twice proposed to return to his hometown, but Zhao Muzhe was willing to go, but Marquis Zhao never let go, and Xie Ruizhu wanted Cheng Hanbai to take over as the commander of the Northern Zhili Guard. I wanted to wait for him to get married before moving, but I didn't expect the war to come before the wedding.

Cheng Hanbai slapped the military intelligence report on the table, and then stood up: "Prince, I'll go to pick up the Zhili guards now, those barbarians dare to cross the border and take the capital directly, I will be the first to rush forward and fight them!" ”

The prince thought for a while: "This is also a way, the border pass is urgent, and several guards around may have to transfer people to reinforce, you can go to Beizhili at this time, and you can also directly lead troops to the battle." I'll go to Lord Shen and Master Fan to discuss how to operate urgently and in the best way. ”

There are 300,000 people in the Beizhili Guard, and it is very likely that some of them will be transferred to the front line this time, and the army will be marched to fight. If Cheng Hanbai leads the troops instead of him, it will also be the best opportunity to win people's hearts for Cheng Hanbai. After that, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Officials also quickly approved the prince's proposal.

Sun Yanxi and Yan Shiyi happened to meet outside the door, and the two came in from outside together. Yan Shiyi's face was full of depression.

Since Yan Shisancheng hunted Kun, in order to compete with Xichang and Jinyiwei, he was young and had a shallow foundation, and he had to befriend the courtiers around the emperor in order to gain the emperor's trust. It was an expedient measure, but he fell deeper and deeper.

Yan Shiyi persuaded: "In front of the emperor, you just have to be with them, why should you participate in their fight?" Every good thing in that gang of servants, and now the task given to Dongchang is all to kill Zhongliang. Aren't you playing for the tiger? ”

Zhai Kun sneered again and again: "Look down on the inner courtiers? Yan Shiyi, don't forget, take off your clothes, I'm just like them! You can also have your own home and your own children, what about me? I only have the palace, only the emperor! ”

"Okay, even if you want to be loyal to the emperor, you don't have to be tied to them, can't Dongchang exist independently if he leaves those few celebrant eunuchs?" Yan Shiyi was also a little annoyed, at that time, Thirteen went castrated and became a eunuch, and this matter was still to protect himself.

"Independence?" Zhai Kun suddenly became furious, he hated Yan Shiyi for not understanding himself: "Do you think I don't want to be as independent as Wang Man when he was here?" Do you think the sycophants of the eunuchs are so fragrant? I was forced too! Without their support, I would not have gained the trust of the emperor. Without the emperor's support, it doesn't matter if I fall, what should I do with the brothers in Dongchang? ”

With that, he slammed the bowl in his hand on the ground, letting out a "Bang!" There was a screeching sound. The surroundings were quiet, and the green tendons that burst out of Zhai Kun's temples slowly calmed down, and he said lightly: "The Tao is different, and since you don't want to help me, it's not interesting to stay here." ”

Yan Shiyi was silent, he slowly took out the Dongchang token from his arms, and threw them in front of Zhai Kun together with the Dongchang saber in his hand, and turned around to leave.

Zhai Kun suddenly said coldly in the back: "When you get out of the door of the East Factory, you don't have to be surnamed 'Yan' anymore." ”

"Why?" Yan Shiyi dropped three words and left without looking back.