The time gradually came to the end of February, and Jia Jue's life was still peaceful, and he was not affected by the actions of Xungui's children entering the army.

It's just that he goes to the barracks less and less, he won't go out of the city without anything particularly important, every day while keeping an eye on the Hyogo Division, while dealing with the affairs of the Chamber of Commerce, from time to time he has to go to the East Palace to explain the method of military training to the prince Zhu Wucheng, I don't know what Emperor Tianyou thinks, he actually handed over the matter of training the forbidden army to the prince Zhu Wucheng, either dizzy, or confident that he can hold Zhu Wucheng.

In the past few days, there has been a lot of news, some good and some bad.

First of all, the secret spy of Nanzhen Fusi, who was lurking in the court of the Tatar king, sent a secret report that Arut sent his son to Hulan Husenwen to form an alliance with the Tatars, and with Taiji Babur, he defeated the Warat division that came to sneak attack, and in this battle, more than 20,000 people were beheaded, no prisoners, and only a few hundred Warats fled the battlefield.

Then Nan Zhili came with not very good news, according to Jinyiwei's intelligence, the king of Dongping County thwarted the rebellion plan of a big family.

As Emperor Tianyou hoped, more than half of the local families were involved, which gave the court an excuse, but then the bad news came one after another, first the local people were not helping the army to transport grain and grass, and then the merchants no longer sold things to the army, and there were night patrol posts were attacked, and finally found that the raiders were some tenant farmers of large families, which made Emperor Tianyou very angry, this is a speechless anger, but also a kind of anger that was betrayed and stabbed in the back, which also made Emperor Tianyou make up his mind, The order of the comprehensive clean-up was sent to Suzhou Prefecture in the form of an expedited 800-mile contract.

This means that there will be a brutal massacre in Suzhou and Hangzhou!

On this morning, a group of people came from outside Guang'anmen, this is the team of Tatar envoys, because the Tatars and the Ming Dynasty are still in a state of hostility, Emperor Tianyou did not send high-ranking officials of the Ministry of Rites or officials of Honglu Temple to greet them, only Liu Jian of the Ministry of Rites Langzhong led several scribes of the Ministry of Rites to Guang'anmen to meet the Tatar delegation who came from a long journey.

The chief envoy of the Tatar mission is called Zhao Sheng, is the uncle of Bayan Khan, he has a high status in Tatar, he likes Han culture very much, and therefore gave himself a Han name, he can speak fluent Chinese, without the roughness of the steppe people, he looks gentle and elegant, very modest, always with a smile on his face, and his literacy is very high, which is easy to make people feel good.

Over the years, thanks to his efforts, many young people in the Tatar tribe have begun to come into contact with Han culture, and all of the young people in this mission, except for the deputy envoy, a few elders, and those guards, are young people who know Chinese.

The Tatar mission entered Beijing in a high-profile manner, and a procession of hundreds of people and dozens of carts roared into the city on Guang'anmen Street, causing a sensation in Shenjing, and both sides of the street were full of people watching the excitement.

"The last time I came to Shenjing was thirty-five years after Tianyou, and this time I came to Daming, it was still so prosperous."

Looking at the bustling flow of people on the street, Zhao Sheng couldn't help but sigh.

Liu Jian said with a smile: "This year is just in time for the Spring Festival, so the capital is more lively than in previous years." ”

"Oh?"

Zhao Sheng was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked, "I don't know which academy in Suzhou and Hangzhou will be the first place in this year's exam?" ”

"Neither."

Liu Jian shook his head, "It's a student from Jinling Guozijian. ”

Zhao Sheng nodded, after entering the customs, he inquired about some major events that happened in the Ming Dynasty in the past six months, and understood that without the mediation of civil officials this time, I am afraid that it would be half the effort.

Thinking of this, he smiled slightly: "Along the way, I have heard a lot about the Ming court, especially now that the court is in power with the noble military, I have studied Han culture for nearly forty years, and found that once Wufu is in power, the Central Plains Dynasty will be divided, and once it is divided, it will weaken until it perishes." ”

Liu Jian said: "The Ming Dynasty is the Ming Dynasty of His Majesty the Emperor, and there is no civil official in power, and the military is in power. Everything is an adjustment made by His Majesty the Emperor out of consideration for the government, everyone is loyal to His Majesty the Emperor, and the rights in their hands are also given by His Majesty the Emperor, and the strength of the military will bring a more powerful Ming Dynasty. On the contrary, the ethnic minorities around the Ming Dynasty can easily disappear into the long river of history once they encounter a hostile attack of comparable strength. ”

"Lord Liu means that our Tatars will weaken and even perish!"

"Hard to say!"

This top, Zhao Sheng was shocked and angry, laughed dryly, and said: "It is precisely because of the strength of the Ming Dynasty that our King Khan will send a delegation to meet His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, hoping to rebuild the good relationship between the two families, deal with the common enemy together, and even we can provide the best war horses for the Ming Dynasty." ”

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Liu Jian was happy and waved his hand, "I've worked hard all the way, please rest for two days first." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a large crowd of people, hundreds of them, suddenly rushed in front of him, and they surrounded the convoy, and an old man stepped forward and shouted, "Are you Tatars?" ”

Zhao Sheng arched his hand and said: "Old man, we are the Tatar Mission!" ”

The old man said angrily: "Kill these beasts! ”

As he spoke, he smashed the rotten eggs in his hand at Zhao Sheng, and the crowd behind the old man followed and threw out the rotten eggs and rotten vegetable leaves in his hand, and scolded while throwing them, "Kill these!" Kill these brutes! ”

Both sides of Guang'anmen Street were full of pedestrians, many of whom joined in, and even picked up stones from the ground and threw them at the Tatar mission, causing even more people to shout and curse.

"Go, let them go."

Liu Xianglian of the Beizhen Fusi Qianhu stood in front of the window, looking at the patrol of the Soldiers and Horses Division not far away, he was ordered by Ma Shun to monitor the movements of the Tatars, he wanted to see what kind of reaction the Tatars would have when they were so humiliated, annoyed and angry? Or is it swallowing your anger?

This is very important for the next negotiations.

Suddenly, Zhao Sheng snorted, covered his face in pain, and a stone hit his nose right away, and nosebleeds splattered....

I don't know who it is, but I burst out with a "Okay!" ”

The onlookers were even more excited, scrambling to squeeze forward to watch.

With the sound of horses' hooves, Li Xian led the forbidden army to arrive, sat on his horse and looked at the embarrassed Tatar mission, and then looked at the crowd of onlookers, "Disperse the onlookers!" ”

"Yes!"

Without waiting for the forbidden army to act, the onlookers immediately dispersed in all directions.

Li Xian said to the general of the forbidden army beside him: "Go, escort the mission to the protocol house." ”

Escorted by a group of forbidden troops, the Tatar mission continued to move forward, and soon arrived on the east side of the imperial city, and did not go to the Honglu Temple, but directly came to the protocol of the Ministry of Rites.

The officials of the protocol had already received the news and arranged everything properly, and as soon as they entered the door, they greeted them warmly, "My lord, everything has been arranged, hot water and clean clothes have been specially prepared, first take a comfortable bath, and the meal is being prepared." ”

"It's not going to be your own cooking!"

Liu Jian asked with a smile.

"Lord Xiao Liu laughed, Liu Shilang specially explained, this is a good table from the restaurant."

Speaking of this, the steward looked at both sides, took a step forward, and said in a low voice: "There was someone from Dongchang just now, but I just looked around, and left without saying anything." ”

Liu Jian looked at the steward, and then at the Tatars who were far away, "I will tell my uncle, you should be a good errand and don't chew your tongue everywhere." ”

After thinking about it, he said: "Go find a Lang Zhong to give some medicine to the Tatar master, don't let him get sick." ”

This steward is also a perverse person, who did not understand the meaning of this, and immediately ordered a low-level official to go to the West Market to ask for a doctor.

Zhao Sheng bathed and changed clothes, and before he even had time to eat, he began to prepare the materials for the first meeting with Daming.

In the room, Zhao Sheng paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, thinking about how to break the deadlock, from Liu Jian's words, you can guess the attitude of the Ming Dynasty, generally speaking, it is not too optimistic, for example, they were attacked, and they did not see the soldiers and horses patrolling the streets for a long time, which is completely different from the Shenjing in his impression, it is impossible that his memory has deviated, the only possibility is that someone used his authority to prevent the soldiers and horses patrolling the streets from coming.

It seems that this peace negotiation is far more difficult than I imagined, perhaps, the Ming Dynasty people just want to obtain more benefits.

Zhao Sheng walked slowly in the room with his hands behind his back, and when he turned around, suddenly someone outside the door called him, "Sir!" ”

Zhao Sheng turned around, only to see that the student he sent out to inquire about the news had returned, "How is it?" As he spoke, he hurried over.

"I inquired clearly, there are only four scholars in the cabinet now, the first assistant is still Wen dialect, the second assistant is Liu Wenbin, who was in charge of the Ministry of Industry before, and Yang Lin, a university scholar in the Ministry of Rites, is in charge, however, this person is a Bodhisattva and does not interfere much in the affairs of the Ministry of Rites, and the other is the representative of the Xungui military, Zhenguo Bull Jizong, this person not only commands 300,000 imperial forest troops, but also colludes with several major forces in the military behind him."

As he spoke, he handed over a list of them.

Zhao Sheng took the list and looked at it, and his eyes immediately lit up, "Oh? Did you inquire correctly? ”

The student's face was terrified, "The student doesn't dare." ”

"Good! Good! Good! ”

Zhao Sheng was overjoyed, and said three good words in a row, he found that the people on this list were the nobles who suffered the greatest losses in the Hetao War, and they all had tragic deaths in their families and in the hands of the Warat people, especially this one named Jia Qi, this is an enmity that does not share the sky!

Maybe you can think of a way from these people.

Suddenly, he remembered something again, and immediately asked, "Is there any news about the Zhou family?" ”

"Mr. Hui's words, the door of the Zhou family was closed, and there were suspicious people around, but they didn't dare to step forward. However, the students inquired about some news from the nearby vendors, and the Zhou family was wiped out except for the only son Zhou Kun, and now this Zhou Kun is guarding his filial piety at the grave. ”

Zhao Sheng's face changed, and he also heard some news on the way, he didn't believe it too much, but he didn't expect the Zhou family to be really destroyed, no wonder there has been no news for so long, you know, Zhou Yang wrote a letter to Bayan Khan a few years ago, saying that he would strengthen the cooperation between the two families in the future, but unfortunately, such a reliable partner is gone.

Thinking of the Wu family that had been wiped out again, Zhao Sheng's brows tightened.

The student hurriedly approached and said in Zhao Sheng's ear: "Sir, didn't you say that the head of the cabinet of the dynasty is a rotten Confucian and very loyal to the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and the Warat people threaten the emperor's throne, let's think of a way from him, after all, he will put the emperor's interests first." ”

Zhao Sheng closed his eyes and pondered, and before leaving, Bayan Khan repeatedly told him that the task of his trip was to reach a treaty with the Ming Dynasty, even if it was a harsh condition, it was acceptable, after all, the Han people looked down on the land of the steppe, and the Warat people were their mortal enemies, and they had to exchange weapons and stomachs from the Ming Dynasty people, and even their direct support.

But as soon as he entered the city, he was dismounted by the Ming Dynasty and was humiliated, so how much will he gain from this trip to the Ming Dynasty? How much does it cost Tatar?

Zhao Sheng had already prepared for the worst.

"Sir, the gifts to officials at all levels have been prepared, and the gifts of the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty can only be sent after the audience with the Ming Emperor. Why don't we go and meet Shousuke first? ”

Zhao Sheng nodded and said, "Okay!" Let's send all the prayer posts out first, and in these two days, we will visit all the officials we can visit. ”

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In less than an hour, the news of the Tatar mission entering Beijing spread throughout the city, especially the farce on Guang'anmen Street made countless people regret, why did they not catch up with such a grand scene?

And that group of people dared to besiege the mission, is there anyone behind this?

For a while, there were different opinions, and rumors were all over Shenjing.

In the past few days, Jia Jue happened to be fine, and caught up with the test list, not surprisingly, Lin Heng won the first place in the test, that is, Huiyuan, happy, Jia Jue specially held a banquet, invited many court officials and relatives to come to celebrate, and introduced Lin Heng to them one by one.

While the Tatars were sending prayers everywhere in the eastern and western cities, Jia Jue had already received the news that the Tatars were preparing to visit him.

In the outer study, Jia Yu handed over a list of his assets in Gyeonggi to Jia Yu.

"These are all my assets in Gyeonggi in addition to the assets of the Chamber of Commerce, I left some properties for Yingchun as a dowry, a restaurant in the West City, two shops in the East City, and two granges outside the city, in addition, Jia Cong also left some assets, not much, it is a three-entry house in the East City, two shops in the East City, and a manor at the foot of Xuanzhen Temple."

Speaking of this, Jia Jue sighed again, "Jia Cong, this kid is too angry, it's better to be Huan'er, and the master should also discipline him carefully." ”

"How can a hairy boy who is less than eight years old be disciplined?"

Jia Yu chuckled lightly and said slowly: "Otherwise, if you take it with you to train him, he won't be the material for reading anyway." ”

"I'm not his son...."

Jia Jue pursed his lips.

Jia Yu stretched out his hand and slapped his scalp, and scolded with a smile: "You kid has itchy skin!" ”

As he spoke, he flipped through the book in his hand and threw it on the book casually, "Have you thought about it?" ”

Jia Jue nodded, in addition to the assets of the Chamber of Commerce and the property rewarded by the royal family, Jia Jue donated all the property in Gyeonggi to the clan to support the ancestors and clansmen, of course, the most important thing is to support the motivated clansmen to study and improve.

These industries will be handed over to the Chamber of Commerce for management, and the profits will be handed over every six months, of which thirty percent will be used to help the clansmen who are struggling to make ends meet, three-tenths will be used to support the clansmen who have the talent to study to take the road to the imperial examination, and the rest will support the self-motivated clansmen who want to go out and work hard.

Jia Yu suddenly smiled and said: "You kid is better than me, the second child lost to me after all!" ”

After speaking, Jia Yu shook his head again and again, sighing.

"I'm going to go south to Jinling for a while."

Jia Jue took a sip of tea.

Jia Yu frowned, "You're gone, what should I do with the Ruishi Battalion?" ”

Jia Jue smiled: "It's okay, it just so happens that I also want to take a break to see clearly." ”

Jia Yu was taken aback, with the beginning of the expansion of the Royal Forest Army, all the bulls, ghosts, snakes and gods jumped out, there were a lot of bad things, plus the two in the palace each had careful thoughts, Jia Jue was planning to add another fire, how could this work, he waved his hand again and again: "You kid don't mess around, there are too many people involved, and our family can't afford such a big toss." ”

"The master misunderstood, I left, so that the Jia family could stay out of the matter."

Jia Yu's eyes lit up, how could he forget this stubble, and nodded slowly.