Jing Jun heard Zhu Quan's words, his eyes couldn't help but show admiration, hesitated for a moment, and continued: "In fact, if it is only about marksmanship, although the villain is not Lan Yu's opponent, but he can not fall behind at all within a hundred moves, it is precisely because he is worried that if he goes all out, he may have a big trick to His Royal Highness, so he deliberately pretends to be frightened and loses his horse." ”

When Zhu Quan heard him say this, he couldn't help but feel unexpected. It turned out that Jing Jun covered it up decently, and in the school field in the morning, not only Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Di, Lan Yu and others were concealed, but even Zhu Quan did not see the slightest flaw.

Jing Kun heard Jing Jun say this, and couldn't help but nodded, and said with a smile: "The current situation in the court requires His Highness and His Royal Highness King Nayan to join hands to form an alliance. It's better not to be too eye-catching. ”

At that moment, Zhu Quan talked in detail about the matter discussed with Zhu Di in Yanwang's Mansion at noon today.

After Jing Kun listened, he pondered for a moment and said: "The old foolish opinion is the same as that of King Yan, although there is no shortage of generals and commanders in the Ming Dynasty today, such as Xu Da, Feng Sheng, Fu Youde, Mu Ying, Lan Yu and others. But the current emperor is not worried about any of them, it seems that in the future, he is likely to select a few people among the princes such as His Royal Highness, command the elite soldiers, guard Taiyuan, Dadu and other important towns, as the frontier guards of the imperial court. If His Royal Highness is not willing to wait for death in the future, he will have to fight for an expedition to the army in order to train the talents of a general. ”

At dawn on the second day, in the Fengtian Hall in the palace, hundreds of civil and military officials were already lined up. Zhu Quan yawned while looking around at the grand and spacious Jinluan Palace, looked back at the group of well-dressed officials behind him, couldn't help but laugh, and said in his heart: In the past, I watched those ancient officials on TV with fine clothes and jade food, and they seemed to enjoy it tightly, but now these civil and military officials under Zhu Yuanzhang came here early in the morning to stand one by one, waiting for the early dynasty like a cicada, and they were really offended.

Zhu Quan looked at the crown prince Zhu Biao and Yan Wang Zhu Di standing on his left, and then turned his head to look to his right, but saw three old men in their fifties standing a few steps away, dressed in the red unicorn supplement clothes that can only be worn by the highest grade "gong", and the one behind him was thin and tall, and he was in good spirits, standing in the hall compared with the ministers, as if standing out from the crowd. The one in the middle was a little shorter, but he was very strong, with gray hair and eyes like electricity. The one in front had a thin face, a slightly sickly face, and his appearance was somewhat similar to Xu Ying. couldn't help but move in his heart, and secretly thought: Could it be that this old man is Marshal Xu Da, the Duke of Wei?

was thinking about it, but saw a eunuch in front of him walking up to the ministers with a whisk in his hand, and said loudly: "The emperor has arrived." "It is Xue Jing, the chief eunuch of the imperial study. Zhu Quan had to retract his thoughts, follow the prince Heyan King to bow down, and take over with the ministers.

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was wearing a five-clawed golden dragon robe, slowly came to the chair and sat down, glanced coldly at His Royal Highness's ministers for a while, and asked, "This morning, the court meeting, do you Aiqing have a book to play?" ”

At this time, among the rows of officials opposite Zhu Quan, there was an official in his thirties, wearing a seven-grade painting emu civil official costume, with a slightly wooden expression, who stepped forward and bowed down and said: "Weichen Zhou Guan Zheng has a book. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang originally wanted to decide a few important matters in the court today, but at this time, he heard that this imperial history of patrolling the city was played, and he was slightly unhappy in his heart, but he had to nod and say, "Let's talk about it." ”

Zhou Guanzheng said loudly: "When Weichen entered the palace today, I saw a group of eunuchs leading more than a dozen female musicians into the palace. According to the inner palace system of the Ming Dynasty, female music is not allowed. Wechen stepped forward to stop him, but Xue Jing, the head of the imperial study, who took the lead, said confidently that he was acting on the holy order of His Majesty, and Wechen thought that this move was inappropriate, so he stopped it. I hope Your Majesty can explain whether this matter was done by Xue Jing's orders? Speaking of this, he raised his eyes to look at Xue Jing who was standing beside the emperor.

The civil and military officials never expected that as soon as they went to the court today, Zhou Guanzheng, a well-known "stunned man" in the court, immediately challenged Emperor Hongwu in public, and couldn't help but look at each other and secretly pinch a cold sweat for him.

Zhu Yuanzhang was also very unexpected, although he was extremely angry in his heart, he couldn't fall off the stage in front of the civil and military officials in front of the civil and military officials. But he was helpless, and looked at Xue Jing who was at a loss with a little embarrassment, and said: "This matter is indeed my negligence for a while, and there will definitely be no such thing in the future." When he selected Zhou Guanzheng to serve as the imperial historian of the city, he took a fancy to the characteristics of such Taoist gentlemen who admit death and do not turn their brains, so as to monitor the misconduct of officials in the DPRK and China. He knows very well that he has the temperament of watching politics this week, and if he shirks the blame, he will not be provoked to quote scriptures and talk about it. simply admit that it is his own fault, and it is the best to end it quickly.

Zhou Guanzheng saw that Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang had already admitted his mistake, so he walked back to the queue.

Zhu Quan saw such a scene, his eyes were straight, and he said in his heart: This Zhou Guanzheng is just a seven-grade petty official, and he dares to accuse Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang of his faults? Not only has his head not been cut off, but he has also forced the emperor to admit his mistake in person and promise not to do it again in the future, which is really strange.

At this moment, I saw the old man behind Zhu Quan with a slightly sick face, coughed lightly and walked out of the queue, bowed down and said, "Weichen Xu Da has a book." ”

Zhu Quan saw that this person was indeed Xu Ying's father, Xu Da, the Duke of Wei, and couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart.

Xu Dalang said: "Weichen inspected Juyong a month ago, and felt that its city walls were not tall enough and strong. Therefore, I implore Your Majesty to issue an edict to let the household department allocate another 5 million taels of silver for the construction of Shanhaiguan and Juyongguan two fortress passes. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang has been riding horses all his life, how can he not know the importance of building Xiongguan Fortress in such a dangerous place to defend the Northern Yuan cavalry outside the fortress? Although he very much agreed with Xu Da's suggestion, he didn't immediately agree, turned his head to look at the row of civil officials wearing first-class crane costumes opposite Xu Da, and asked, "What do you think of Rank Aiqing?" ”

"Weichen Wang Jing thinks that Wei Guogong's move is inappropriate." A middle-aged official in his forties walked out of the civil official queue and bowed down to play, it was Wang Jing, the head of the household department.

Wang Jing looked at Xu Da and said loudly: "Since the first year of Hongwu, the Duke of Wei has built the Great Wall and presided over the reconstruction of Juyong Pass. Hongwu four years, Xiu Yongping, Jieling and other thirty-two passes. Shanhaiguan was created, and Shanhaiwei was set inside. Over the years, the construction of the pass fortress, the cost of money, food and materials is not calculated, the founding of the dynasty is less than 20 years, His Majesty is sympathetic to the people, the implementation of light and meager endowments, the household department has been doing its best, stretched thin. At this time, if millions of taels of silver are allocated to increase the repair of Shanhaiguan, Juyong Pass. The treasury, Taicang is afraid that it will be overwhelmed. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled noncommittally, but turned his head to the prince Zhu Biao and said, "Biao'er, in your opinion, what should I do?" ”

Zhu Biao was embarrassed, he agreed with the views of Wang Jing, the head of the household, but on the other hand, although he was not familiar with the affairs of the soldiers, he had always respected Xu Da's personality and knowledge, and there must be a reason why he attached so much importance to this matter. At this time, I heard Zhu Yuanzhang ask this, but he was in a dilemma.

After Xu Da resigned from the post of Zuo Prime Minister of Zhongshu Province and the Governor of the Fifth Army after claiming to be ill, in addition to regularly inspecting the construction of the border fortress, he was recuperating at home. Today's illness went to the court, but the world is really because of the Shanhaiguan, the terrain of Juyongguan is extremely dangerous, and I can't rest assured, so I only went to the court today with my illness, and solemnly raised this matter. Seeing this matter, the crown prince Zhu Biao looked embarrassed, and said in his heart: If His Royal Highness the crown prince publicly agrees with Wang Jing's words, I am afraid that the Chinese officials of the court will echo it one after another and obstruct the construction of the guansai. Thinking of this, he hurriedly continued: "If the household department is really embarrassed, you might as well temporarily put aside Juyong Pass and allocate two million taels of silver to strengthen Shanhaiguan." The western Liaoning corridor faces the sea and leans against the mountains, since ancient times it is the traffic artery from the Central Plains to the northeast, the Shanhaiguan Pass is the north of the mountain, the giant sea is immersed in the south, the east ring of Gaoling, the west of the Shihe River, the situation is dangerous to be set up by heaven, tens of thousands of elite soldiers are stationed here, it is enough to curb the invasion of foreign races in the heart of the Central Plains. ”

"According to Wei Guogong's words, our Ming Dynasty's millions of soldiers, brave and accustomed to war, have all become decorations? Do you have to rely on the fortified city to defeat the invasion of the Northern Yuan? As he spoke, a young civil servant walked out of the queue and bowed down. It is Wang Jing's protégé, Li Xian, a waiter in the Ministry of Rites.

Wang Jing heard his protégé say such words and supported himself, but he was not happy but worried in his heart, frowned slightly, looked sideways at his protégé, and said in his heart: "Li Xian is young and vigorous after all, and he doesn't know the importance of it. However, such words that openly provoke the generals in the army are very undeserved.

Sure enough, several generals in the army, except for Xu Da and below, heard these words, and their faces showed anger. A young general behind Xu Da and the other three princes took a step forward and said awe-inspiringly: "The dog of the Northern Yuan Dynasty is not enough to be afraid, at present, there are strong soldiers and fierce generals in the border passes of the Ming Dynasty, and we can kill him as much as we come, which is enough to keep the adults who are powerless in the court safe." ”

Zhu Quan heard that this person's words were very familiar, and couldn't help but turn his head to look, only to see that this person had a faint scar on his face, with a fierce face, and the young man in the uniform of a second-grade lion military attache was his opponent Lan Yu. couldn't help but feel a little funny in his heart, and said in his heart: Although this kid Lan Yu has an abominable face, such words are just right for dealing with these sour talents. Thinking of this, the evil feeling towards Lan Yu in my heart decreased slightly.

Li Xian couldn't help but be furious when he heard Lan Yu's arrogant words, and was about to ridicule him, but when he saw his teacher, Wang Jing, the head of the household, glared at him slightly angrily, and his expression was not good, so he didn't dare to say more, so he had to hold back and retreat.