"When the family and country are in danger, it is better to be a centurion than a scholar."

"This door-to-door gift is not only a three-foot sword, but also a Ming Optimus Pillar!"

Bian He listened to Shen Yichen's answer, feeling that he didn't understand the meaning of the other party's words at all.

Why did a three-foot sword, falling into the hands of Jingyuan Bo Wang Ji, become the pillar of the Ming Dynasty?

It's just that Shen Yichen didn't explain too much about these questions, and the carriage quickly drove to the front of Jingyuanbo's mansion.

At this moment, the middle door of the Bofu was wide open, and Jingyuan Bo Wang Ji stood on the front steps of the mansion, receiving Shen Yichen with extremely high etiquette specifications.

In addition to the position of both sides in the court, "each for its own master", from a private point of view, Jingyuan Bo Wang Ji admired Shen Yichen a long time ago, and concluded that this son would definitely not be a thing in the pool in the future.

It's a pity that the heavens don't fulfill people's wishes, there are too many things that have happened in the past few years in the Ming Dynasty, which has caused Jingyuan Bo Wang Ji and Shen Yichen to go farther and farther apart, and even stand on opposite sides in a sense.

But even so, Jingyuan Bo Wang Ji still chose to open the middle door to welcome Shen Yichen, expressing his respect for the able ministers who ruled the world!

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"Shen Zhongtang's presence is really brilliant."

Jingyuan Bo Wang Ji complimented with a smile on his face, and at the same time felt a little emotion in his heart that the world was impermanent. Who would have thought that a few years ago, a cautious descendant in the court could actually reach the point of "equaling" with himself today, revealing the majesty of a heavy minister all over his body.

"Uncle Jing Yuan is polite, this official takes the liberty to disturb, please forgive me."

Wang Ji gave enough etiquette and face, and Shen Yichen naturally had to be modest and low-key, after all, if it really mattered, even if he, the servant of the third-grade military department, had the blessing of his status as a minister, he was still more than one step behind the super-grade soldiers.

What's more, Wang Ji is the former secretary of the Ministry of War, Shen Yichen's theoretical direct boss, and he is elevated in proportion to his peers.

"It's windy outside, and Benbo has prepared a thin wine in the house, please."

Wang Ji stretched out his hand and made a gesture of please, motioning for Shen Yichen to enter through the middle door.

"Then the official will thank Uncle Jing Yuan for his hospitality in advance."

Shen Yichen bowed very politely, and then crossed the middle door and came to the front hall with Wang Ji, where a sumptuous table of wine and food had been prepared.

The two sides stood in front of the table and exchanged a few polite compliments before taking their seats, and at the same time, Bian He, who was standing on the side, took the opportunity to hand the door-to-door gift box to Shen Yichen.

"Uncle Jing Yuan, this visit to the official has also prepared a thin gift, and please smile at it."

After that, Shen Yichen put the brocade box in front of Wang Ji.

"Since Shen Zhongtang is so polite, then Ben Bo is better to obey his fate than to be respectful, so he has to accept it with a cheeky face."

Originally, it was the first time I visited the door, and I sent a door-to-door gift or something, but it was really a polite process.

After Jingyuan Bo Wang Ji said two words, he was ready to ask his subordinates to take away the brocade box, after all, Huaxia did not have the tradition of opening gifts in front of guests.

But this time, Shen Yichen didn't just give a door-to-door gift, he stretched out his hand to stop the people from Jing Yuanbo's mansion who came over, and said with a smile on his face: "Uncle Jing Yuan, why don't you open it first and see if you like it?" ”

At the level of the minister in the scarlet robe, he would definitely not suddenly do a meaningless thing, and Jingyuan Bo Wang Ji instantly understood that the door-to-door gift sent by the other party must have a deep meaning.

So he waved his hand and signaled his subordinates to retreat first, then uncovered the buckle on the brocade box, slowly opened the lid on it, and a long sword that looked very simple and unpretentious appeared in Wang Ji's sight.

"Shen Zhongtang, what is this?"

Although Jingyuan Bo Wang Ji has read countless people, after so many years, no one really gave him a long sword.

"This is a long sword made by Fujian miners during the Fujian counterinsurgency, which is not a precious thing, a very ordinary weapon."

"From Fujian to lead troops to aid the Beijing Division, this official took this long sword with him, and always warned himself that even if he is a literati, he must have the pride and ambition to carry a three-foot sword and make immortal achievements."

"Looking at the entire Ming Dynasty, there may be no one more suitable for this three-foot long front than Jing Yuanbo. This official gave a sword to Uncle Jing Yuan, hoping that he could conquer the rebellion in the coming day and pacify the subordinates! ”

Shen Yichen's words were loud, not at all the euphemism and elegance of literati, but full of a kind of heroism and enthusiasm that belonged to martial artists.

At the same time, Shen Yichen firmly believes that Jingyuan Bo Wang Ji eats this in his bones, the reason is that in the entire southwest counterinsurgency process, he implemented a thorough scorched earth policy, daring to rebel against the Ming Dynasty to slaughter his tribe, and the young to avoid death and cut off their arms, so as not to rebel again in the future!

Such an iron-blooded civil official, compared to participating in various deceitful political struggles in Beijing, must be more eager to return to the battlefield to settle revenge.

"Conquer rebellion, and put down no subordinates."

Wang Ji took out the long sword from the brocade box, and at the same time silently muttered the eight words that Shen Yichen said.

He never expected that the person who knew his state of mind best at this moment in the Manchu Dynasty would be such a young man in front of him.

Luchuan is the heart knot of Jingyuan Bo Wang Ji, he has been fighting horses on this for half his life, but when he crossed the Jinsha River to give the Si family to the dead family, he got the news that the Ming Northern Expedition was defeated and the emperor was captured, and he fell short from then on!

Wang Ji was extremely eager to return to Luchuan again, completely put down the rebellion in the southwest, and let the history of the Ming Dynasty's loss of Annam not repeated. But the problem is that when the emperor returns, he can't move, and the Southern Expeditionary Army can't move either, so he can only watch the situation in Luchuan erode again.

"This long sword has won Benbo's heart, and Shen Zhongtang has a heart."

Holding back the surging emotions in his heart, Jingyuan Bo Wang Ji thanked Shen Yichen, and then silently put the sword back into the brocade box.

"But if you want Ben Bo to go to the end of the court, it's not time yet."

Shen Yichen's intention to deliver the post, Jingyuan Bo Wang Ji could have guessed a rough idea, when this long sword appeared, coupled with the eight characters of the rebellious and rebellious Pingbu minister, he could almost confirm the other party's idea, that is, let himself lead the southern expeditionary army to Luchuan to quell the rebellion.

In the period of stability of the court, Jingyuan Bo Wang Ji will not hesitate to agree to this request, whether it is for the king to open up the four seas, or for the Ming Dynasty to open up territory, this is the duty of the courtiers.

But not now, the Emperor Taishang, whom he is loyal to, has returned from Mobei, and the Empress Dowager has made it clear that she needs the Southern Expeditionary Army to maintain balance in Beijing. More importantly, Jingyuan Bo Wang Ji learned that the assassin who assassinated the emperor outside the gate was likely to be Shen Yichen or even today.

Without the existence of the Southern Expeditionary Army, the life of the Emperor Taishang is in danger!

Jingyuan Bo Wang Ji can accept Jingtai Emperor Zhu Qiyu to continue to be the emperor, he is knighted as a civil official, it can be said that he has achieved the subversion of his career, and he does not care about obtaining the merit of restoration.

But people can't forget their roots, Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen has the grace of helping Wang Ji, he can't lead the Southern Expeditionary Army to completely Beijing Division, and wait for the new monarch to get rid of the old master.

"Uncle Jing Yuan, can you stay in Jingshi for a while, can you still stay in Jingshi I?"

Shen Yichen also understood Wang Ji's reason for staying, so he asked rhetorically.

The struggle for imperial power is not something that can be decided overnight, how long can Jing Yuanbo hold up the Southern Expeditionary Army to guard Zhu Qizhen in Beijing?

March, half a year, a year?

According to this time, before Zhu Qizhen dies violently, I am afraid that the national defense system and financial system of the Ming Dynasty will die violently first.

Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses hoarded the Beijing Division, and the daily consumption of financial materials is astronomical, and more importantly, when Luchuan Silu recovers a little bit of vitality, it will be found that the entire southern Ming Dynasty is actually empty of defense, and the climate has become such that he will wave his division to fight the Fifth Luchuan War, and it is really unknown who will kill the deer.

Shen Yichen's explicit words made Jingyuan Bo Wang Ji feel a kind of provocation, and he replied coldly: "What's the matter, Shen Zhongtang can't help but want to do it?" ”

Facing Wang Ji's questioning, Shen Yichen only smiled and said, "Uncle Jing Yuan, do you really think that Emperor Taishang is a Ming monarch?" ”

"Regardless of whether he is a Ming monarch or not, Ben Bo is deeply favored by the emperor and can't do anything to betray the Lord and seek glory."

Wang Ji's words are actually a bit ironic Shen Yichen, and if it is an ordinary person with a small belly, I am afraid that he will have to brush his sleeves away.

However, Shen Yichen continued as if he hadn't heard anything outside the strings: "If Jing Yuanbo thinks that the Emperor Taishang's grace is too much, then why did you choose to stop in Luchuan instead of rushing to the aid of Jingshi after the change in Tumubao? ”

"At that time, Uncle Jing Yuan, did he want to sell at a price, or support the army and respect himself?"

When Shen Yichen said this, the entire hall was as lonely as death, and he could even clearly feel the temperature constantly decreasing.

After the Tumubao Incident, almost no one paid attention to southern Xinjiang, and was more thinking about how to keep the Jingshi so that the Ming Dynasty would not fall away. At that moment, Jingyuan Bo Wang Ji, who was fighting fiercely with the rebels in Luchuan, suddenly ordered the expeditionary force to break away from the station and shrink the defensive line, and the 200,000 troops watched from the wall.

I believe that no one in China does not know the story of Zhao Tuo at the end of the Qin Dynasty, who also led 500,000 troops in the southern part of the Great Qin, and encountered drastic changes in the imperial court during the expedition.

The only difference is that Daqin is dead, but Daming is not.

"You've investigated Ben behind your back?"

The momentum of Jingyuan Bo Wang Ji's whole person has completely changed, and his various actions before the class teacher returns to the court, he thought that he would not make any waves in the court, and no one would even notice it at all.

As a result, I never expected that the first one to propose it was Shen Yichen!

"If you don't know, you can't do it unless you do."

"Uncle Jing Yuan, this official doesn't mean to accuse anything when he says this, and he doesn't want to slander your loyalty to the Emperor. Just to say that you could wait for a decision then, and you can do it now. ”

"Instead of being loyal to the king, it is better to be loyal to Sheji!"

As early as the 11th year of orthodoxy, at the Luchuan Prisoner Sacrifice Ceremony, Shen Yichen gained the favor and respect of a group of soldiers of the Southern Expeditionary Army, which is why he got intelligence news.

Shen Yichen believed that Wang Ji did not take advantage of the chaos to support the army and stand on his own, but the instinct of people to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages made Wang Ji want to maintain the safety of himself and the Southern Expeditionary Army when he was facing the crisis of losing the country, and waited for the situation between Korea and China to become clear before making a decision.

It can be seen from this point that he actually has no imaginary loyalty to Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen.

Of course, it can also be seen that he also does not have Yu Qian's selflessness of sacrificing his life.

However, there is only one Yu Qian in the world, and it is not Wang Ji's fault that he can't do it, compared to the vast majority of courtiers who are vegetarian in the corpse, Jingyuan Bo Wang Ji is enough to go down in history by virtue of his contribution to opening up territory for the Ming Dynasty!

Speaking of this, Wang Ji withdrew his indifferent expression, looked at Shen Yichen and let out a long sigh.

"At present, the situation in the imperial court, the southern expeditionary army is bound to be unable to stay in Beijing for a long time, this is the trend of the times, how can Ben Bo not know. But the Emperor Taishang has already given up the throne to Xian, let him be a happy son, how much of a threat can he pose to you and His Majesty, must he be killed? ”

Jingyuan Bo Wang Ji had already decided in his heart that Shen Yichen was inseparable from the group of assassins who were assassinated outside the pass. In fact, his guess was not wrong, it was indeed Shen Yichen's mastermind who killed the king, but it was not him who was the mastermind of killing them all.

"There are no two days in the sky, there are no two masters in the country, and there can only be one person who is lonely and widowed in all dynasties."

"What's more, is the Emperor really willing to just be a happy son?"

Shen Yichen's rhetorical question directly made Jingyuan Bo Wang Ji speechless, Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen summoned Zhang Xuan, the right governor of the right capital, in Nangong He knew about it, and he also knew about the Empress Dowager's secret move to woo Wuqing Hou Shi Heng.

It is impossible for the Emperor Taishang to be willing to be a happy son.

Seeing that Wang Ji was silent, Shen Yichen understood that he had opened his psychological defense, and only the last kick was left.

Since this is the case, then give Wang Ji a bargaining chip that he can't refuse!

"How do you know that in the seventy battles, the white head has not been sealed. Uncle Jing Yuan, you are in charge of military affairs as a civil official, creating a precedent for the Ming Dynasty to be knighted, don't you want to go one step further and become the prince of the Ming Dynasty, or even open up the territory to be crowned king? ”

"What are you talking about?"

Jingyuan Bo Wang Ji was full of surprise, he felt that Shen Yichen was crazy, and said some inconsequential words.

The feudal marquis is quite reasonable, in addition to the founding of the country and posthumous gifts, when did the Ming Dynasty have a king with a different surname?

"Leading the Southern Expeditionary Army to take Luchuan and even northern Burma, this official promises to do everything in his power to persuade His Majesty to allow the Wang clan to Yongzhen Luchuan for generations, just like Wang Yongzhen Yunnan in Qianning!"

This is the bargaining chip that Shen Yichen gave to Jingyuan Bo Wang Ji, if you want to completely pacify the transformation of the Luchuan and complete southwest regions, then you must have an absolutely strong commander and military existence, instead of retreating after the battle of Luchuan and then resurrecting and rebelling again, back and forth in the quagmire.

The history of the Ming Dynasty has given a perfect answer to this situation. That is, the Yongzhen Yunnan of the Muying clan of the King of Qianning, through the efforts of suppressing and assimilating for generations, let the barbarian vassal state forever become Han soil.

During the Yongle period, due to the contempt for Annan, the British Gongzhang Fuyong Town Annam did not become an eternal pain in Chinese history.

This time, Shen Yichen will not let the mistakes of history repeat themselves, and Jingyuan Bo Wang Ji is the best candidate for Yongzhen Luchuan!