"Arrogant!"

In the celebrant prison, Wang Zhen looked at the letter of spur submitted by Honglu Temple, and threw it directly to the ground angrily.

"Godfather is angry, he is angry, and we are the ones who suffer."

Chen Gong, the eunuch who was standing on the side, picked up the tile spur on the ground and enlightened Wang Zhen at the same time.

However, these words had no effect at all, Wang Zhen still said angrily: "Our family has been responding to the needs of the Tile Thorn Department all these years, and every time the tributary mission treats them favorably and pays them twice the price!" ”

"But he became more and more insatiable first, and this time he knew that the Lord Banzai was unhappy, and he also sent a mission of more than 2,000 people, falsely reporting that it was 3,500 people."

"What's even more outrageous is that the tribute is still filled with horses and inferior horses, and the threatening words in the national book are clearly revealed, is it really that I have no one in the Ming Dynasty?"

Wang Zhen was really angry this time, in the past, in order to whitewash the peace and create a scene of all countries coming to court, he treated the tile spur delegation with courtesy.

Now the emperor is already dissatisfied with the strong demand for tribute, and it is the bottom line of regression to be able to agree to the other party, but as a result, you still have to ask for a sky-high price, Wang Zhen can't believe that if Zhu Qizhen sees this letter of state, how angry he will be!

Hearing Wang Zhen's story, Chen Gong didn't take it seriously at all, but replied with a smile: "Godfather, the Tartar said his, how to respond is our business." ”

"Since the desire is difficult to fill, then simply drastically reduce the tributary reward, in addition to their mouths, do they really have the ability to attack my Daming?"

Compared with Wang Zhenju's knowledge and Xining's perennial knowledge in the outer prison army, the vast majority of ordinary eunuchs in the palace are really pure frogs at the bottom of the well, and they don't know what the outside world is like at all.

Even if Chen Gong leaned on Wang Zhen's thigh and became one of the twelve eunuchs with the palm seal, he still regarded military affairs as child's play.

In Chen Gong's view, the tribute reward is given to you by the Ming Dynasty, and you can take it. If you don't give it, you can't rob it.

At the peak of the dynasty, this mentality was actually correct, if the Ming Dynasty really didn't want to spend money to buy face and give tribute in return, which state would dare to be disobedient and disrespectful?

But now it's different from the past, he really dares!

"You know a fart, the Tile Thorn Department has unified Mobei Mongolia in the past two years, and even the Mongolian Great Khan of the Tatar Department has become a puppet of the first Taishi."

"Now that the Tile Spur Department is taking advantage of my Ming Dynasty to conquer Luchuan, the army is getting closer and closer to the important town of the Nine Sides, and the slightest mistake will lead to a big war!"

Wang Zhen's explanation still didn't make Chen Gong pay attention, and he replied contemptuously again: "That's not right, the child always remembers that godfather you want to make meritorious contributions, just like the Three Treasure Eunuchs." ”

"The crusade against the Mongolian tile thorn is a strong stroke in the history books of the godfather!"

Chen Gong's words touched Wang Zhen's hidden ambitions. However, he did not completely lose his mind, knowing that Mongolia, the mortal enemy of the Ming Dynasty, was not as easy to deal with as Luchuan Tusi and the southeast rebels.

Now that the army is outside and the treasury is empty, it is not a good time to go to war.

"No, it's not time yet!"

Wang Zhen shook his head, after all, reason prevailed over desire.

"Then how to determine the amount of tribute and reward, do you want to report to the Lord Banzai?"

"I can't tell Lord Banzai, he has been in a lot of fire lately, and if he learns that the tile spur is insatiable, he will definitely be furious and angry."

After that, Wang Zhen thought about it and gave a solution.

"Chen Gong, you go and inform Honglu Temple that no matter how many people come from the Tile Thorn Mission this time and how many tributes they have brought, they will be rewarded according to the standard of one-fifth."

"In this way, it can curb the greed of the Mongolian thorns, and it will not completely tear the skin, Da Ming needs time to ease this breath."

"Yes, the boy understands."

Since Wang Zhen had made a decision, Chen Gong naturally wouldn't say much, and after receiving the order, he planned to go to Honglu Temple to inform him.

But just when he was about to step out of the threshold, Wang Zhen suddenly remembered something, and asked Chen Gong: "Has there been any negligence in Fujian recently?" ”

"Nope."

"It's just Shen Yichen who doesn't have it, or maybe Song Zhang?"

"None of them."

Hearing this answer, Wang Zhen felt a little abnormal.

The imperial court asked Song Zhang to go to Beijing to ask for the guilt, and two months ago he had already sent someone to convey it, even if the distance was long and the journey was slow, it stands to reason that Song Zhang would have to thank Tian's grace with a letter.

Even if the court of the post station is negligent, Song Zhang's smuggled letterhead to himself will definitely send someone to deliver it early. On the one hand, it is to thank you for taking care of it, and on the other hand, it is to send a life money to come.

If there is neither, then it is definitely something in between.

Shen Yichen, this kid, what did he do in Fujian?

"You go and get on the errands."

I couldn't understand why, coupled with the pressure brought by the Mongolian thorns, Wang Zhen waved his hand in disbelief and signaled Chen Gong to leave, he always felt as if something big was going to happen.

On the side of Shen Yichen in Fujian, he naturally didn't know that Wang Zhen planned to deduct the tribute from the tile spur, if he knew, he would definitely know that the historical trajectory was back on track in a sense.

It's just that the timeline has been greatly advanced!

Maybe this is the change brought about by the butterfly effect, the southeast peasant uprising that should have been turbulent in the Ming Dynasty was nipped in the bud by Shen Yichen at the smallest cost, and even the most basic counterinsurgency war was not launched.

It was precisely because Shen Yichen controlled the situation in the southeast that the Ming Dynasty did not organize a large army to fall into the southeast quagmire, and had the spare strength to organize the troops and horses in advance to conquer the Luchuan Tusi.

At the same time, the battle of the four expeditions to Luchuan was advanced, which gave the Tile Spur Department an opportunity to take advantage of it, and he began to use the tributes to constantly provoke the Ming Dynasty to find an opportunity to take the initiative to start a war.

In the fourteenth year of orthodoxy in history, it was first used as an excuse for the Ming Dynasty to deduct rewards and bully its messengers, so as to gather soldiers and horses to ask the Ming Dynasty for their crimes.

Now this timeline has been advanced to the twelfth year of orthodoxy!

Shen Yichen has never been able to change the trend of history before, and now when he can really turn things around, he will have to face the chain reaction of complete changes in historical time.

It's a pity that the time difference caused by the distance of thousands of kilometers makes Shen Yichen unable to respond in advance.

Or even if he knew, he was also powerless in Fujian. The giant wheel of history still has its own inertia, which cannot be stopped by manpower.

Fuzhou Political Secretary Yamen, Xining sat in the back hall early and waited for Shen Yichen's arrival. The matter of the rebellious ministers and thieves recruiting peace has come to an end, and the heads of the thieves of Deng Maoqi, Ye Zongliu, and Jiang Fucheng have been delivered to Fuzhou City.

As for whether it was himself or not, Xining couldn't be sure, and he wasn't interested in confirming the identity of the deceased.

At this moment, Xining has only one idea, to complete the handover with Shen Yichen and return to Beijing as soon as possible, and the Forbidden Imperial City is the stage for her to play!

"Hello father-in-law, the next official is late, please forgive me."

Shen Yichen walked into the back hall and still bowed politely. Even if he no longer needs to be afraid of Xining now, he still maintains a humble attitude and tries not to provoke the other party in some details.

Countless people have been in high positions throughout the ages, and they have lost in the four words of getting carried away, and Shen Yichen has always reminded himself not to make the same mistake.

"Admiral Shen quelled the rebellion in Fujian, which can be described as a lot of hard work, why do you need to be so polite. In addition, the Venerable Master Lin Zhuangyuan Gongxian went, and our family failed to go to Zhangzhou Mansion to pay respects, so I felt guilty. ”

Xi Ning's face was full of sighs, as if Lin Zhen's passing, how sad he was.

After a few polite words to each other and sat down, Xi Ning couldn't help but ask: "Admiral Shen returned from Quanzhou Mansion this time, and it can be said that it is a great achievement to kill the rebellious ministers and thieves to complete the recruitment of security." ”

"Our family should return to Beijing as soon as possible and help Admiral Shen to put down the rebellion!"

"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be."

Shen Yichen waved his hand again and again and replied: "If there is no Xigong Gongjian army sitting in the rear, how can the subordinate officers recruit smoothly without distractions?" If you want to talk about the merit of counterinsurgency, the lower officials think that the happy father-in-law should be the first to be credited! ”

After that, Shen Yichen took out a piece of music from his arms, which was the list of benefits he had written a long time ago.

Xining's name was put in the first place, Meng Da of Fuzhou Sanwei was second, Shen Yichen needed to accumulate enough military merits for him to sit firmly in the position of the commander of the Fuzhou Left Guard, and then Li Zhan, Feng Zheng and other generals came down.

In addition to the merits of counterinsurgency, Shen Yichen also added the names of miners Chen Shangong and Tao Deer recruited by the Fujian Navy Division to the list of merits of exterminating the Japanese, and promoted them to the position of middle-level officers such as President Qian.

Although the personal loyalty of Li Zhan, the guerrilla general of the Fujian Navy Division, was much higher than that of Feng Zheng, and at the same time, his personal ambition and desire were far lower than those of the other party.

But the way of officialdom lies in the balance of power, and one must not be allowed to dominate.

How can it be said that Shen Yichen is from a Beijing official, and the high-end table has a trick with a group of top ministers of the Ming Dynasty, and the scheming methods that should be under the influence of his ears and eyes cannot become a shortcoming.

Since Fuzhou Sanwei has to install his own people to divide and rule, then the same is true for Fujian sailors.

Xining took the piece from Shen Yichen's hand, and when she opened it and saw that her name was listed in the first place in the invitation, the smile on her face couldn't help but bloom.

"I didn't expect Admiral Shen to look down on our family so highly, as the saying goes, it's better to be respectful than to obey your fate, so I accepted this generous gift."

The eunuch doesn't have the fake politeness of the civil official who wants to welcome and refuse, what Xining wants is Shen Yichen to ask for a meritorious performance, and now that the goal has been achieved, wouldn't it be a waste of each other's time to shirk it.

"After a long time out of town, it's time to return to Beijing to report the good news to Your Majesty, our family has decided to leave tomorrow, I don't know what else Admiral Shen has to say?"

There is no free lunch in the world, although this counterinsurgency is something that Xining has agreed with Shen Yichen a long time ago, but it is still a rare thing in officialdom to be able to cash in without discount.

In addition, being able to return to Beijing immediately, Xining can be said to be in a good mood and doesn't mind helping Shen Yichen a little favor.

Hearing this, Shen Yichen just smiled and arched his hand: "How dare you say anything, the lower official wishes his father-in-law a smooth journey in advance." ”

Now that Shen Yichen has done everything that he should do in Fujian, there is no need to owe Xining a favor for small things, and he can't count on the other party to help for big things.

It's better to send this great god away in a chic manner and go to Beijing to fight Wang Zhen in the ring, so as not to drag himself back in Fujian.

"Okay, let's take the first step and wait for Admiral Shen to return to Beijing as soon as possible to pay respects to the prime minister."

The two said some compliments and congratulations to each other, but in fact, they were smiling and not smiling, waiting for each other to fight with Wang Zhen to the death, so as to reap the benefits of the fisherman.

After completing the distribution of benefits with Xining, Shen Yichen rushed to Fuzhou Port non-stop, and began to supervise the construction of the next sea boat, and allocated manpower to Deng Maoqi, so that he could fill the gap in the maritime smuggling trade with the Japanese invaders.

Now with the backing of the Daming treasure ship fleet, the entire sea area is Shen Yichen's final say. As long as it was not affected by the harsh maritime climate, it was not surprising that the silver of the Japanese would continue to flow to Fujian, opening up the trade surplus in the middle and late Ming Dynasty ahead of schedule.

At the same time, Shen Yichen also set out to reform the army of the Fujian Guard, incorporating some advanced military concepts of later generations into it. For example, the establishment of a military academy prototype of the martial arts hall to cultivate the organizational and executive ability of middle and low-level military attachés, so that they can develop in the direction of a more professional army, instead of the previous half-soldier and half-peasant.

In addition, it has also integrated the traditional posts of marching staff officers, military divisions, and so on, and set up a strategic staff department, which must draw up plans through the general staff headquarters for any war deployment, so as to put an end to the situation in which the commanders in the past had a hot brain, issued military orders at will, and had chaotic commands.

Of course, there is a more important point, that is, Shen Yichen became the first mountain chief of Fujian Jiangwutang. No matter how busy he is, he will find a way to find time to "teach" the officers of the guard.

Those who are familiar with the history of later generations know that in a sense, the identity of the principal, its importance and influence, even not inferior to the commander of the first army!

Just when Shen Yichen's arrangements were on the right track, the distant Mobei Royal Court, who had already been named the Mongolian Taishi Huai King, looked at the tribute brought back by the Tile Thorn Mission, and listened to the "humiliation" they received from the Ming Kingdom, and the look on his face could be described as extremely blue!

You must know that the reason why the tile spur is still a junior brother is to obtain rich tributary rewards from the Ming Dynasty and open up border trade.

Now that the younger brother is in charge, the envoy bowed to your Ming Emperor, but the money given back was not in place.

Counting the cost of more than 2,000 people, the tribute transaction is actually an unprecedented loss!

What's even more outrageous is that the envoys sent by the Ming Dynasty to Waspur earlier also preached that the Ming Emperor planned to marry Waspur and choose a young princess from the clan to marry Yexian's son.

You must know that no matter how bad the war was in the Ming Dynasty, it was shadowed by the shame of Jingkang in the Song Dynasty, whether it was the people or the court, it was impossible to accept such a thing as peace and kiss to death.

But the problem is that I took it seriously first, even the dowry was sent to Jingshi, and I was told that there was no such thing at all, so you can imagine how humiliating it was!

At the beginning, Mongolia had not been unified and did not have the strength to start a war with the Ming Dynasty, so the Mongolian Taishi could only grit his teeth and admit humiliation.

At this time and that time, now the Mongolian iron cavalry is thousands of miles across the northern frontier, on the contrary, you Daming is deeply mired in the war quagmire of the Tusi in the southern Xinjiang, why are you still pretending to be a big brother in front of me?

Whether it is tolerable or unbearable, whether it is to regain his face or to find the field in Mongolia, the Taishi has also decided to teach Daming a profound lesson, so that they can feel the blade of the steppe iron horse again!

As a result, the Mongol war machine was activated, and the four messengers went to Liaodong, Ganzhou (Zhangye), Xuanfu, and Datong respectively, and began to prepare for an attack.

The lion fights the rabbit, and he also uses all his strength, not to mention dealing with a behemoth like Daming. Taishi also waited for this moment for almost ten years since the day he succeeded his father as the leader of the Tile Spur Clan.

The Central Plains Flower World, which was once lost by the Great Yuan, will once again return to the iron hooves of the Mongol army!