When the carriage drove on Chongwenmen Street again, Liu Shimin "whirred" and opened the curtain, allowing the evening breeze in Guiyue, which had become dry and cool, to blow into the carriage.

"Ali, hurry up." Liu Shimin instructed the servants.

"Yes."

Ali responded and pulled the reins several times.

"Slow down." Liu Shimin's voice sounded behind him again.

Ali continued to do so, but wondered in his heart.

Unlike many Da Jue in the palace who love to sit in soft sedan chairs, Liu Shimin went out, either riding a horse by himself or letting Ali catch the car. In the past, the owner who always thought that the car was going too slowly, how can he ...... today?

After Liu Shimin breathed more easily, he leaned on the car window tiredly and looked out at the scenery along the road.

In front is Zhengyangmen Street.

On the left, within the city wall, there are the six departments, Honglu Temple and other office yamen, as well as the Hanlin Academy.

At this hour, there were still petty officials from various ministries and many scribes who served in the Hanlin Academy, coming out of Zhengyangmen.

The sunset in the west, like a subtle painter, gilded the figures of these imperial scribes with a layer of golden light.

Also showing warm colors are ordinary pedestrians and livestock.

What is more vivid than the wandering people and animals is the smoke rising from both sides of the street.

Some are from restaurants and restaurants, and some are from private houses in the depths of the hutongs.

Those cooking smokes, when reflecting the slanting sun, are also golden, like bright fireworks, straight up to the sky, more romantic and more psychedelic than the scenery on the avenue of the world.

The car continued to go west, and the gate of Jinyiwei was impressive.

This auspicious and peaceful dusk, surrounded by the smoke of several alleys around it, the boundary of Jinyiwei seems to be a little less vigilant.

But when a few errand riders galloped out from Beizhen Fusi, Liu Shimin involuntarily shrank back.

It seems that in an instant, the cooking smoke in front of him turned into billowing wolf smoke, and the brocade-clothed guard rode suddenly transformed into the figure of the Liaoyang border army.

Among them, there is his own father.

Liu Shimin closed his eyes.

"Master, our house has arrived."

After the small half of the incense, the domestic servant Ali was calling Liu Shimin.

Then came the sentence: "Huh, Mrs. Zheng? ”

Liu Shimin dragged himself out of the net made of wandering thoughts, stroked his face with both palms, and stepped out of the car.

Zheng Haizhu greeted him and saluted.

"Why did you come at this hour?" Liu Shimin asked.

He could see Zheng Haizhu's eyes reflecting the afterglow of the setting sun, flashing a faint different color.

Liu Shimin's heart was stunned, and he quickly realized that his voice had a strange joy that he had never had.

Of course, it didn't matter what the feelings were, he just seemed to be a traveler walking alone on the edge of a cliff, and suddenly saw his companion emerge from the obstacle and walk towards him.

Liu Shimin used a sentence that revealed the solemnity of his predecessors to cover up the unusualness of this moment: "Girl, are you here to ask the old man about Wenhua Palace?" ”

Zheng Haizhu followed Liu Shimin to the house, and said bluntly: "Master Zuo went to Gyeonggi to inspect the harvest again, I was in a hurry, I went to Yangfu to ask, and it was cheaper to come to my father-in-law." ”

Liu Shimin smiled lightly and teased: "When you came to me to introduce Luo Sigong that day, you didn't say a word about wanting to enter the Wenhua Palace. Why, now I can't hold my breath? ”

Zheng Haizhu still looked frank and didn't want to hide his scheming: "Because the first emperor had not yet made a big move at that time, and the inner court and the outer court were at a critical time, I saw my father-in-law sitting quietly at home, so it was not easy to inquire whether my father-in-law was still close to the prince-in-law, so I didn't dare to entrust my father-in-law to operate this matter." It happened that Master Zuo was taking care of his body, so he said to that end. As for the moment, the juniors are really anxious to find out the progress. ”

Liu Shimin nodded with a pleasant face, and ordered his subordinates to bring the evening food, and then led Zheng Haizhu into the small flower hall to sit down.

"It's decided," Liu Shimin didn't sell Guanzi, "The prince and the lord of Banzai mentioned the meaning of the first emperor's edict to the Jiannu plough court to sweep the holes, and when Banzai was in the East Palace, he would also remember the Fushun Jiebao clearly, I heard your name, and I also knew that Fujian bought your firearms and used them in Haiphong, so as soon as the prince said, Banzai Ye didn't feel that there was any response, and even mentioned that when he was young, he also had to be taught by the female officials in the palace, and the emperor may not be a woman. Moreover, Dong Gong used to be the master of Long Live Lord, and when Long Live Lord summoned Dong Gong the day before yesterday, he also gave you good words. ”

When Zheng Haizhu heard this, she loosened her eyebrows happily, revealing the relief that the stone had landed, and then a little pleased.

"Father-in-law Liu," Zheng Haizhu looked at Liu Shimin with eagerness, "Why do you say that I am more anxious than attacking the city and pulling out the house?" Because I heard about the banzai amnesty in the past few days, I was anxious to lend the emperor's eldest son a reason to teach firearms and dig a man out of the edict. ”

"Who?"

"Zhang Mingshi, the Yunnan general who is imprisoned in the edict."

Liu Shimin was really unfamiliar with this name, he squinted, a little dazed.

Zheng Haizhu explained: "After getting acquainted with the two sons of the Zhang family in Shanyin in the past, the prince of Yanke saw that I was obsessed with firearms, so he told me that they had a military general named Zhang Mingshi in Shaoxing, who guarded Yunnan and quelled the Miao rebellion. ”

Zheng Haizhu said that Zhang Mingshi was a brave general who won the list of martial arts warriors more than 20 years ago, and after he was promoted step by step and led the troops to the border, he took advantage of the abundant sulfur mines in Yunnan to study firearms, but unfortunately he was convicted and imprisoned.

In history, the Ming army against the Houjin army, after the fiasco of Salhu, the imperial court enabled Xiong Tingbi, who was idle at home, and Xiong Tingbi, who was quite knowledgeable about military affairs, took a fancy to Zhang Mingshi, who had been in prison for many years, and released him from prison and sent him to Liaodong for military training and firearms battalion. Zhang Mingshi lived up to the trust and used 200 catties of artillery in actual combat.

But in this time and space, there is no battle of Salhu, Xiong Tingbi has not yet come back, and Zhang Mingshi is still eating in prison.

Zheng Haizhu originally thought that Zhang Mingshi was locked up in the Criminal Department, but the day before yesterday, when he went to the house of Liu Qiao, the governor of Fusi, Beizhen, to ask about Xiao Liu Gongzi.

Liu Qiao, who had eliminated his disdain for her, heartily informed that Zhang Mingshi scolded his mother every day in the Criminal Department, and he had already been transferred to Beizhen Fusi for detention, but Luo Sigong had always respected the border generals and did not embarrass Zhang Mingshi.

Zheng Haizhu was overjoyed, estimating that Zhu Changluo Xinjun ascended the throne, the amnesty is a prescribed action, Yang Zuo and the two are the official imperial history, and it is not difficult to say a few words to an old general like Zhang Mingshi who is not caught in party disputes, and Luo Sigong will not make an obstacle from it.

She Zheng Haizhu wants to replace Xiong Tingbi and get Zhang Mingshi out.

Liu Shimin took a sip of the vegetable soup served by his subordinates, thought about it, and said to Zheng Haizhu, who was nibbling on mutton stuffed steamed buns: "Girl, you went to fish for Zhang Mingshi, just to discuss firearms and compile lesson plans?" ”

"This is the first step," Zheng Haizhu swallowed the steamed bun and said decisively, "He is a criminal general, it is not appropriate to enter the Wenhua Palace, I will let my old friend Lu Xiangsheng come to Beijing to assist me and Xu Gong to teach the eldest son of the emperor." But for a while, I will see the opportunity to speak well for Zhang Mingshi and Sun Yuanhua in front of the emperor's eldest son, and it would be best if I could gradually make the Lord of Long Live like them, entrust them with important tasks, and send them to Liaodong. If the names of the two of them do not make much splash and do not matter, I will respectfully ask Zhang Mingshi to go south and train for my Chongming battalion. ”

When Zheng Haizhu said this, he paused for a moment, staring at Liu Shimin with more solemn and resolute eyes.

"Gonggong Liu, the trouble of Nurhachi is worse than all the disputes in the Ming Dynasty of our country, even more than all the nuisances of overseas Fanyi, and even more than all the disasters and popular uprisings in the east, west, north and south, we must use thunderous means to deal with each other as soon as possible!"

Liu Shimin received Zheng Haizhu's gaze, but he didn't know what kind of response he should reciprocate.

When he was stunned, he muttered like a puppet: "Is the tartar more powerful than the red hair of the Minhai Sea?" ”

How did Zheng Haizhu know that Liu Shimin's sentence was not a question sentence, she only sneered angrily, and her mind seemed to be shuttling back and forth for more than three hundred years from now on.

"Gonggong Liu, the scourge of the Houjin Tartars to Shenzhou will really be ranked ahead of those foreign monkeys."

Liu Shimin looked away, lowered his head and said in a deep voice: "Okay, I hope my Ming monarchs and ministers can understand." ”

(End of chapter)