"Your Majesty is the king of the time, and he has great ambitions, why would he listen to the alchemists to take pills, and also recruit folk prostitutes from outside the palace?"

Shen Yichen couldn't suppress the doubts in his heart, Jingtai Emperor Zhu Qiyu's personal ability is indeed not comparable to many heroic heroes, and he can only be regarded as a qualified and high-level king.

But the problem is that in the past dynasties, as long as the emperor does not blindly toss and be a king, it is enough to make the dynasty run smoothly, not to mention that Zhu Qiyu can barely be called a leader at least in knowing how to make good use of it.

Whether it is the promotion of Shen Yichen, Shang Chen, Jin Lian, Yu Qian and others in internal affairs, or the reuse of Jingyuan Bo Wang Ji, Dingxiang Bo Guo Deng, Yingguo Gong Yang Hong and others in foreign wars, it can be said that they are all appointing talents, even if they breed the ambition and power of Shi Heng, the prince of Zhongguo, in a sense, it can be regarded as flawed.

This batch of civil and military teams is placed in the court, even if Emperor Zhu Qiyu of Jingtai learns from his younger emperors, such as Wanli and Jiajing do not go to the court to cultivate immortals, there will definitely be no big forks in the entire Ming Empire, so what is the significance of his "mediocre" moves?

There is a cause and an effect, Shen Yichen wants to know what happened when he has not been in the center of the imperial court for nearly two years.

"The emperor's eldest son, Zhu Jianji, is in poor health, and His Majesty may be worried about changes in the inheritance, hoping to ensure the abundance of heirs with the help of pill remedies."

Guo Deng did not hide it, and told the truth behind Jingtai Emperor Zhu Qiyu's mediocre affairs, that is, the emperor's eldest son Zhu Jianji was born weak, and his condition seems to be worsening recently.

After all, the infant mortality rate in ancient times was extremely high, and no one dared to guarantee that Zhu Jianji, the eldest son of the emperor with this body, would be able to live peacefully and steadily to inherit the throne as an adult. If you want to keep the country forever and continue for generations, the most basic premise is to make people prosperous.

If you don't even have an heir, what's the point of easy and difficult to save?

But I don't know why, it stands to reason that Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu is in the prime of life, but after the birth of the emperor's eldest son Zhu Jianshen, he only gave birth to two daughters in the fourteenth year of orthodoxy, and no heirs have been born since then.

Compared with his imperial brother, Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen was imprisoned in the South Palace, and he also gave birth to a son, Zhu Jianqing, which is even more disturbing in comparison.

Zhu Qiyu already believed in Fang Shi Dan, and in order to give birth to a son and ensure the continuation of the heir, he regarded these crooked evil techniques as a life-saving straw. As a result, the more pills were eaten, the more erosive the harem prostitutes became, and their bodies became worse and worse, directly going to a vicious circle.

"How did Uncle Ding Xiang know about such palace secrets?"

Guo Deng's words were too clear and detailed, so that Shen Yichen couldn't help but ask rhetorically.

It's not that he doesn't believe in Guo Deng's character, it's just that he has been an official in the center of the court for many years, and he has experienced too many deceitful things, which makes Shen Yichen almost instinctively maintain a kind of vigilance, otherwise he would still fight with that group of old fritters like a naïve child, I'm afraid that the grass on the grave is already three feet now.

"Didn't Shen Ge forget that Ben Bo and the royal family are in-laws?"

Guo Deng didn't mention this, and Shen Yichen really forgot that there was such a relationship behind him.

Guo Deng was also born in a family of Xun Qi, his grandfather was Guo Ying, the prince of the Ming Dynasty, and his aunt was the concubine of Zhu Yuanzhang, the ancestor of the Ming Dynasty. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang married the twelve princesses to the Guo family, and since then the relationship between the two sides has become closer and closer.

Among the concubines of the first emperor in the harem, there is the daughter of the Guo family, and the two sides often move around, so it is not surprising that Guo Deng learned such secret news.

"I'm sorry, I've been outside for a long time, and I have indeed forgotten a lot of the past in the palace."

Shen Yichen arched his hand with an apologetic expression, and then quickly asked meaningfully: "Uncle Ding Xiangbo told the official about such palace secrets, did he want me to do something?" ”

Don't look at Guo Deng, who has lived in the border for a long time, is a military general, but he is definitely not a martial artist who does not understand power and strategy, and when he reaches the level of super rank and honor, he will not say some nonsense, especially about the current emperor.

When it came to this, Shen Yichen was about to step down and return to Beijing, so he simply asked straight to the point. He believes that with Guo Deng's temperament and character, it is impossible for him to do something corrupt and pervert the law.

Facing Shen Yichen's question, the expression on Guo Deng's face instantly became serious, and he nodded and said, "Ben Bo does have something to ask for with Shen Ge Lao. ”

"Uncle Dingxiang, but it doesn't hurt to say it."

"After Shen Ge Lao returns to the court, he must restrain Shi Heng, the prince of Zhongguo, otherwise it will be a big disaster!"

When it came to Shi Heng, the prince of Zhongguo, Shen Yichen's expression also became solemn, and he asked rhetorically: "Uncle Dingxiang, how do you say this?" ”

"Shen Ge doesn't know that in the past two years since you conquered Wuliang Ha Sanwei, Shi Heng, the prince of Zhongguo, has been powerful. Taking advantage of the convenience of the nine sides of the general army, more than 50 people risked merit for his brothers, nephews, and family members to become officials, and his subordinates' relatives and friends deceived officials as many as thousands. ”

"What's even more impressive is that he used His Majesty's Enlong to replace the civilian governor of the imperial court border generals with military generals, and they are all Shi Heng's relatives and subordinates, and the entire nine sides can be said to cover the sky with one hand."

"When Ying Guogong was alive, Ben Hou could still join forces with him to contend with him to ensure that the Xuanda border army would not be monopolized. Now that Ying Guogong has passed away, Ben Bo has been transferred to the Monan Mongolian guard, and it can be predicted that the Xuanda defense line will soon be completely controlled by Shi Heng. ”

"The Xuanda defense line is no better than Ningxia, Yansui, Guyuan and other border towns, these two places are surrounded by soldiers and horses in Beijing, and the importance is self-evident, and it must not be controlled by someone alone, otherwise once there is a different heart, there will be endless troubles."

Speaking of this, Guo Deng got up and saluted Shen Yichen with his fists, and then continued in an excited tone: "The Manchu Dynasty is civil and military, only Shen Ge has a family and a country in his heart, and he is willing to compete with Ben Bo's request. ”

"Only Shen Ge Lao can compete with it!"

Guo Deng thought about it before he came, and there were only a handful of people in the Manchu Dynasty who could compare with the now powerful Shi Heng.

There are only three civil officials who can find them, Chen Xun, the first assistant of the cabinet, Hu Hu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Yu Qian, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and even Wang Zhi, who is known as the heavenly official of the Ministry of Officials, is a little bit worse.

But the problem is that Chen Xun, the first assistant of the cabinet, is conservative and weak, has a deep sense of moderation, and is accustomed to protecting himself, so it is a fool's dream for him to clamp down on Shi Heng.

The status of Hu Hui, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was extremely respected, and the elders of the Five Dynasties had a pivotal position in the civil and official group. But he has long lost his fighting spirit when he is old, and he is almost as good as Chen Xun in terms of self-preservation, and he has no hope of relying on him.

Yu Qian, the last secretary of the military department, is actually the most suitable person, his ability and character are flawless, and he will never tolerate the loyal Gong Shi Heng as a disaster for the country. But I don't know why, Guo Deng always feels that he can't fight the real traitor, and the gentleman who is too upright and arrogant often ends up losing at the hands of villains.

If you want to win the traitorous minister, you have to be more treacherous and ruthless than the other party, Yu Qian is obviously not this kind of person.

As for the military generals and relatives, the Duke of Wei guarded Nanjing and basically broke away from the center of the imperial court, and the Duke of Dingguo and the young son of the British Duke attacked the lord, and the little boy could not be counted on at all. Chengguo Gong Zhu Yong is not inferior to Shi Heng in all aspects, but he has suffered many blows in recent years, and his prestige and temperament are far less than back then.

It seems that the imperial court has a mighty hundred officials, but in fact, the mainstay has to rely on Shen Yichen!

Listening to Dingxiang Bo Guo Deng's request, Shen Yichen was silent. He was not unaware of Shi Heng's actions to install his cronies in the past two years, on the contrary, he also paid attention to the other party's actions.

But Shen Yichen knows better that Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu is afraid of his own checks and balances, and if he wants to clamp down on Shi Heng's premise, he has to reach out to the border pass military general system, there is no doubt that this is challenging the emperor's bottom line.

After all, civil officials are in charge of military affairs, after all, they are still fundamentally different from military attachés, and under the premise of fear and suspicion, they still let Shen Yichen lead the army to conquer Wuliang Ha Sanwei, and Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu can already be called an emperor.

As a result, you still have to inch in, vainly trying to get involved in the "personnel transfer" of the nine sides, what do you want to do?

Mu Xiu is in the truth that Lin Feng must be destroyed, presumably no one has a deeper understanding than Shen Yichen over the years, and the court still has a reputation for killing monarchs, if you challenge the emperor's bottom line at this time, the consequences are simply imminent.

Therefore, in the past two years, Shen Yichen has been in the Jinge Iron Horse of Mongol in Monan, and he is not too much about the affairs of the DPRK and China, that is, he wants to be low-key and forbearing, and then go to the situation without being noticed.

Now that Guo Deng wants to clamp down on Shi Heng by himself, how can he keep a low profile?

Thinking of this, the corners of Shen Yichen's mouth showed a wry smile and said, "Uncle Dingxiang, are you so optimistic about trusting this official?" ”

Speaking seriously, in addition to having correspondence with Guo Deng, Shen Yichen has not even met a few times, and he has a posture of a gentleman's friendship.

"Isn't it enough to be trusted to take the risk of destroying the Nine Clans and inform the world of the Benbo Tartars that they are going to commit crimes?"

The news of the Tartar prisoners in Guo Deng's mouth is that when Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen returned from Mobei, Shen Yichen sent Canghuo and others to prepare to kill the king, but accidentally discovered that a large number of Mongolian cavalry were hidden behind the imperial car, so it was inferred that Zhu Ji was collaborating with the enemy, so he took a huge risk to inform Guo Deng of this matter.

It is also an acropolis called Yizhou, Boyan Timur left the lives of 7,000 Mongolian iron horsemen, and the casualties of the Ming army were very low, which can be described as a great victory!

To tell the truth, if Guo Deng had truthfully told the imperial court about the matter of Yizhou Wei at that time, I am afraid that the notoriety of Shen Yichen's killing of the monarch would have spread a few years earlier, or in order to protect himself, he would have to abandon the car and protect the commander, so that Canghuotou, a group of loyal guards, would repeat Han Yong's mistakes.

Even if he did this, he still couldn't get rid of the relationship, and he was impeached by the court and punished for treason!

That is, from that day on, in Guo Deng's heart, Shen Yichen was defined as the minister of the society, and he was willing to tell all the entrustment today.

Guo Deng's rhetorical question made Shen Yichen speechless, the more things he experienced, the more worries he had, which made him more and more cautious now, as if he had lost the impulse to be enthusiastic and willing to sweep away the injustices of the world.

After a long silence, Shen Yichen took a long breath, he may not be the high-spirited young man, but he still has a warm blood, it is not his nature to protect himself, and Shi Heng, the prince of Zhongguo, has indeed reached the point where he has to suppress it, otherwise it will become a big disaster.

"Uncle Dingxiang, this official will do his best when he returns to Beijing."

"That Benbo is here, for the sake of Jiangshan Sheji, thank you to Shen Ge Lao!"

After saying that, Guo Deng clenched his fists and bowed deeply to Shen Yichen.

Seeing this scene, Shen Yichen hurriedly got up and helped him up, and said with a wry smile: "Why do you need to say thanks, there are many people who guard this piece of Daming country, including Uncle Dingxiang." In his position, he seeks his own government and does his duty, and after all, this official still has the official title of cabinet minister, how can he sit back and watch the situation in the court erode. ”

"That's the case, but there are many corpses in the court."

Speaking of this, both of them sighed heavily, officialdom has been like this for thousands of years.

It took more than ten days for Shen Yichen to complete the handover with Dingxiang Bo Guo Deng, and then led tens of thousands of troops to return to the dynasty.

Monan Mongolia is actually not far from the straight line distance of the Beijing Division, the nearest border city is only two hundred miles away, the reason why the Ming Dynasty has been besieged several times, the reason is that the grassland that is close to the late feet has not been captured, and the national border is in front of the Son of Heaven can only be forced to defend the country.

However, more than two hundred miles away, Shen Yichen led the army in the heavy snow outside the pass, and walked for more than ten days to arrive at the Andingmen of the Beijing Division, and finally failed to catch the Chinese New Year's Eve of the second year of Jingtai, but came to the first month of the third year of Jingtai.

At this time, outside the Anding Gate, Hu Hu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, led a group of officials to wait, and the Ming Dynasty has been shrinking inward since the Yongle Dynasty. Although the Renxuan and the two dynasties recuperated and created the famous prosperous era of Renxuan's rule, in a sense, they were exchanging land for peace, and all the alien races in the south and north of Xinjiang took this opportunity to become bigger.

If you want to make the peaceful and prosperous era of Renxuan and Xuanxuan not famous, then you have to be like the rule of Wenjing in the Han Dynasty, and a martial emperor appeared behind to expand the territory and convert the national strength obtained from recuperation into a real territory.

Zhu Qizhen, the former Ming Yingzong, wanted to reproduce the miracle of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, but Zhi Dacai neglected his teacher and humiliated the country, and almost did not directly cut off the national fortune of the Ming Dynasty. Now that Shen Yichen has annexed Wuliang Ha Sanwei, he has really expanded his territory and pushed the battle line hundreds of miles in the direction of Mobei.

Today's victorious return to the dynasty deserves to be greeted by officials, highlighting the great exploits of the Ming soldiers!

"Uncle Zong, Shen Zhongtang is here with the Ming soldiers."

The left waiter of the Ministry of Rites, the new cabinet minister Wang Yining, stood behind Hu Hu and reminded him in a whisper.

Hearing this reminder, Hu Hu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, who was almost eighty years old, raised his head in an old state, his eyes narrowed into a slit, and he saw flags on the horizon in the distance.

At the same time, soon in the thick snow, a fiery red wave emerged, and the dark red armor and stomach cloak color of the Ming army formed a distinct visual difference with the white snow, which made people have an incomparable impact.

Of course, what made Hu Hu feel mixed the most was the big heavy word on the handsome flag at the front.

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