"Hey, it's a pity, if it weren't for Yan Song's traitor who misled the country and the people this time, my Ming would not have fallen into such a field, it's really hateful to think about." Zhao Ming said hatefully. "What this strong man said is right, although the current court is full of Yan Song's forces, as long as we have a loyal and patriotic heart, I believe that my Ming Dynasty will definitely sweep away Mobei!" Liu Qing looked at Zhao Ming and said.

"The hateful thing is that Emperor Shizong, who only knows that he wants to become an immortal all day long, is dedicated to cultivating mysteries, seeking immortality every day, and does not ask about the government. This made the traitor Yan Song dictatorship for more than 20 years, swallowing up the military salary, the rule of the officials was corrupted, the border affairs were slack, the Japanese invaded the southeast coastal areas frequently, and north of the Great Wall, the leader of the Mongolian Tatar tribe, Altan Khan, continued to invade the border, and now it looks like the army is about to come to the city! Only then did he panic and let the border guards resist! It's ridiculous! Yin Jun said angrily. In my opinion, Emperor Sejong is not mediocre, just a little weird, although he is obsessed with Taoism and wants to become an immortal, but at the beginning of his reign, he eliminated the first dynasty and the government, and the government was new. Although soon after, there was a dispute with Yang Tinghe and other courtiers over the issue of dedicating the title of king. He fought against the old courtiers and the royal family, and the forces of the honorable relatives, and took charge of internal and external affairs, all of which is not something that a mediocre emperor can do, I don't think Emperor Sejong is not a mediocre emperor, but? Lu Shuang looked at this Liu Qingdao.

"It's just why the country is so strong, right?" Yu Shilong turned his face and asked Lu Shuang. Lu Shuang nodded and said, "Yes, Emperor Sejong is not mediocre, but he has been deceived by Yan Song's traitor, which is why today's situation has been caused!" ”

Liu Qing glanced at Lu Shuang and said: "This girl is right, I think Emperor Shizong was just blinded by Yan Song's dog thief for a while, I believe that one day he will wake up!" Yu Shilong nodded and said: "What Lord Liu said is good, for today's plan, I think we must send this batch of grain and grass to the soldiers of Jiayuguan as soon as possible, so that they can eat enough to resist the enemy!" "Then why was Emperor Sejong so smart and deceived by Yan Song's father and son? Now the entire Ming Dynasty knows that Yan Song's father and son are traitors, why didn't Emperor Shizong know about it? Zhao Wu couldn't help but ask at this time.

Liu Qing glanced at Zhao Wu, picked up the wine glass on the wine table, drank all the wine in the cup in one gulp, and suddenly sighed: "Although Yan Song is a generation of traitors, he does have something extraordinary, in the eighteenth year of Jiajing, the sky over the capital is full of colorful clouds, and people say that this is a colorful auspicious cloud, which is a good omen of national peace." Yan Song took this opportunity to write a "Qingyun Fu" dedicated to Ming Shizong. After reading it, Ming Shizong felt that the sentences were elegant, the words were gorgeous, and they were a cut above the words offered by other ministers, so the more he read it, the more he loved to read it, and he applauded the consecutive hits. Yan Song struck while the iron was hot and wrote another "Ode to the Great Gift". When Sejong read it, he felt that every word was fine, and every sentence was romantic, and he couldn't put it down even more. From then on, Sejong looked at Yan Song differently. Yan Song also fell into power for a while. In September, Yan Song was promoted to the first assistant and took charge of national politics. Although he was over the age of six, he was on duty in Xiyuan all day long, and he didn't even have time to go home to take a bath, which moved Ming Shizong and trusted him even more. In the twenty-sixth year, under his false accusation, Emperor Sejong killed Xia Yan, who was the chief assistant of the cabinet, thus making him a noble minister! "Xia Yan, isn't it Yan Song's teacher? How? He even killed the teacher? Sun Fei asked with some disbelieving.

"Or how can you be a traitor?" Zhao Wu smiled sarcastically.

"Dare to ask Lord Liu, how did this Yan Song kill Xia Yan? It is said that this Xia Yan is Yan Song's former first assistant, and he is still a good official? It stands to reason that Yan Song should have scolded him, how could he kill him? I asked, curious.

Liu Qing glanced at me and said: "This is a long story, then Yan Song didn't want to be a traitor from the beginning, at the beginning of his career, Yan Song used to be just a personal safety and vigorously opposed Emperor Zhengde's extravagance. He once wrote in the recital: "Today, there are thousands of giant nans in the Hunan Yundian Palace, and the raft drags the flag, covering the stream. Nan is the hardest one around the zhang, 50 feet long, and there is a strange sound between the heaven and the earth. However, this wood is a tree, and the mountain is cut down and transported to the land and water here, and it costs hundreds of gold. "In this way, he used to be a good official, but why did he become what he is today?"

Sun Fei said. "I don't know about this, I just know that not long after Sejong ascended the throne, Yan Song took Lilu seriously, and often said things like "Lu is not raised, and he has not succeeded", and Xia Yan, as a teacher, inevitably often said that Yan Song was not innocent when he was sacrificial wine, and in the long run, Yan Song was dissatisfied. For Yan Song's dissatisfaction, Xia Yan did not arouse vigilance, and after entering the cabinet, he recommended Yan Song to be the secretary of the Ministry of Rites. Because of the grace of recommendation, Xia Yan was arrogant and rude to Yan Song, and regarded him as a guest, and the relationship between the two deteriorated rapidly. At this time, Xia Yan was dissatisfied with Sejong because of his refusal to obey the Daoguan Law and other things. Yan Song took advantage of Sejong's dissatisfaction at the right time to attack Xia Yan, and made Sejong determined to get rid of Xia Yan. Twenty-three years, the first assistant Zhai Luan was cut down due to events, Yan Song became the first assistant, and successively added the prince and the secretary of the ministry, the scholar of the palace, the young master, the prince and the young master, and obtained unprecedented status and glory, although so, he was still not satisfied in his heart, because although he said that he was the first assistant today. But this is not to say that his position is completely consolidated.

The threat still comes from Xia Yan. Sejong once wrote the word "Gongjin" on the case, showing his affection for Xia Yan. Yan Song heard about this and took the initiative to propose, "Therefore, the auxiliary minister Xia Yan can be used in an edict." In other words, Sejong rethinks Xia Yan because of "Wei Jue Song is greedy".

Soon after, Xia Yan became the first assistant again, and he was still the same as always, not treating Yan Song with the same rank. Where there is a reply, he drafts it alone. All the bureaucrats he hated, or the bureaucrats who were close to Yan Song, were all rejected. Yan Song knew where Shizong's favor was, and he didn't dare to speak. "In this way, Xia Yan seems to have seen through Yan Song's character early on, so this is the case?" I said with some grievances.

'Hey' Liu Qing sighed and continued, "Xia Yan's arrogance and disregard for Yan Song's existence finally brought him murder!" Although Xia Yan is capable, he doesn't know Sejong, although Emperor Sejong is mediocre, he is extremely arrogant, and he has always regarded himself as a saint. Yan Song was just the opposite of Xia Yan, he always maintained a humble attitude towards Sejong for a long period of time, and from time to time did not let Sejong feel that he was ruling the government alone. Slowly, Emperor Sejong gradually trusted Yan Song, but Yan Song knew that if he wanted to trip Xia Yan, he had to wait for an opportunity now, but this opportunity would come soon! Liu Qing said a little gloomily.

"What chance?" I asked. Liu Qing glanced at me and sighed for a long time: "Emperor Sejong is superstitious about Taoism. On one occasion, he ordered five crowns of fragrant leaves to be made and given to several favored ministers. Xia Yan has always opposed superstition and refused to accept it. But Yan Song put the fragrant leaf crown on his head, and solemnly covered it with a light veil outside. The emperor praised Yan Song's loyalty and was very dissatisfied with Xia Yan. Another time, Xia Yan went out on patrol with the emperor and did not be on duty on time, which made the emperor angry. According to the regulations, ministers must take a carriage on duty, but Xia Yan did not abide by the regulations, which made the emperor more and more dissatisfied with him. Yan Song saw that the time was ripe, changed his previous humility, colluded with a Taoist priest favored by the emperor, and said a lot of bad things about Xia Yan in front of the emperor. Emperor Jiajing was furious and dismissed Xia Yan from his official position and ordered Yan Song to replace him.

Later, only Yan Song was left in the cabinet, and the emperor was also aware of Yan Song's autocracy. So Xia Yan was used again, and he was above Yan Song. After Xia Yan was reinstated, he left Yan Song aside and decided everything by himself. Yan Song was quiet on the surface and never raised opinions, but secretly bribed the eunuchs around the emperor, allowing him to expose Xia Yan's shortcomings in front of the emperor from time to time, and at the same time say good things about Yan Song without revealing a trace.

Finally, Yan Song's opportunity to defeat Xia Yan finally came. During the time of Taizu, the Mongols invaded the Hetao region and constantly disturbed the northern border passes. In the twenty-sixth year, the squire of the military department once milled to regain the Hetao, which was appreciated by the emperor. But the emperor later felt uncertain and hesitated. Xia Yan didn't know what to do with the emperor's repetition, so he simply asked the emperor to make a decision himself, and threw the problem to the emperor, which made Emperor Sejong very angry. Yan Song, on the other hand, understood the meaning of Emperor Sejong, vigorously preached that the Hetao could not be recovered, and took the opportunity to attack Xia Yan's dictatorship. The emperor was furious and dismissed Xia Yan from all positions.

Yan Song was reluctant to let go of this opportunity. He spread rumors that Xia Yan was dissatisfied when he left the court, and he complained about it, and spread rumors that Xia Yan accepted bribes from Zeng Miao, and the two were embarrassed. said that there is a nose and an eye, and the emperor does not believe it. The following year, Xia Yan was killed. Since then, Yan Song has been firmly in the position of the first assistant, and no one can compete with him. To this day, the imperial court is full of Yan Song's eagle dogs! ”

"Could it be that when Xia Yan died tragically, no one cried out for him?" I said angrily. Liu Qing still sighed and said: "Xia Yan is stubborn and arrogant, and his popularity is not very good. For his tragic death, at first, no one shouted for him, and when Yan Song brought disaster to the world, people felt that he died unjustly, but it was too late! ”

"It's extremely hateful, what a Yan Song, he is so despicable that a minister of the imperial court is unjustly killed!" I couldn't help but curse. Liu Qing sighed heavily, and said half-loudly: "Now, the Mongolian army has begun to invade my border, if the Jiayu Pass passes, the Mongolian army can directly approach my Beijing division, and then the suffering is still my Ming people, fortunately, this time Emperor Shizong made up his mind to resist the enemy, so he ordered me to wait for the preparation of grain and grass, once the grain and grass to the border pass, I believe that my Ming border pass can be trampled on!" ”

"Well said, Lord Liu, although the traitorous ministers are in charge at the moment, I believe that as long as we are loyal forever, I believe that my Ming will one day be clear!" Yu Shilong said loudly.

On the morning of the second day, everyone had breakfast, took over dozens of carts of grain and grass prepared by Liu Qing, and traveled north for several days, and more and more Mongolian soldiers encountered them. In this way, a cadre of people walked for several days, getting closer and closer to Jiayu Pass, on this day, a cadre of people walked to a big mountain pass, the mountain is about six or seven zhang high, into a 'eight' shape, except for the huge stones on the high mountain, there is no grass or a tree, looking from afar like a plucked two roosters standing proudly in this flat desert.

Yu Shilongma was fast, standing in the middle of the desert and looking at the figure-of-eight mountain, he suddenly said with joy: "Brothers, it's time to kill the tiger, and it's not far from Jiayuguan when it is passed on!" Everyone gives me spiritual points, we escort the food and grass that the imperial court gives to the front-line soldiers, in case anything goes wrong, we won't have the face to go back to see Lord Liu and every loyal warrior in the court! I also galloped over with joy on my face, and inadvertently glanced at the figure-of-eight mountain, and at this moment, the originally motive mountain, suddenly faintly heard a rumbling sound, and I vaguely felt a little strange. At this moment, Yu Shilong laughed and said, "Brothers rushed through this valley and arrived at Jiayu Pass!" "With that, the horse galloped towards the figure-of-eight pass, and I suddenly had a flash of inspiration in my mind, and I was shocked. Hurriedly shouted: "Wait! Yu Shilong, who had already galloped away, grabbed the reins of the horse and turned around and said, "What's the matter, Tang Zhutou?" "Dangerous!" I said nervously. Yu Shilong exclaimed: "What's the danger? "Yes? Brother Tang, what's the danger? Lu Shuang had already pulled out the Winning Treasure Knife and asked.