After the cabinet left, Zhu Houxi angrily swept the recital on the table to the ground.

"These Wenchen are really not good things, Zhang Banban called Qian Ning to this king."

Qian Ning, who was notified, came to the leopard room with a worried heart, and when he saw Zhu Houxi's face showing unkindness, the whole person trembled with fright.

"Your Highness."

Zhu Houxi went straight to the point: "This king wants you to do something." ”

Qian Ning didn't talk nonsense and said directly: "The prince commands." ”

"This king wants to have a network of all officials above the fifth rank of the court."

Because of Wang Shouren's incident, Zhu Houxi felt that no matter who he used in the future, he would have to check the other party's old background first, and such incidents would occur in the future.

This time, he was put together by Yang Tinghe, and promoted Wang Shouren, who was close to the cabinet, to the secretary of the military department, which was Zhu Houxi's biggest mistake.

Although Qian Ning's reputation in history is not very good, but this person has a handle in the hands of Zhu Houxi, so Zhu Houyu is not worried that he is disobedient, before Zhu Houyu just wanted to reuse the famous ministers and loyal ministers, but he forgot that those famous ministers and loyal ministers were not loyal to him, the king of the prison country, but the people were loyal to the Ming Dynasty, loyal to the Zhengde Emperor, and cared about the honor and disgrace of their own family.

Only those whose real interests are linked to Zhu Houyu and who are in Zhu Houxi's hands will work hard for him.

Qian Ning was about to leave when he was ordered to leave, but was stopped by Zhu Houxi and told him that he must not attract the attention of others in this matter, so he let Qian Ning leave the leopard room.

"Zhang Banban, do you think that this king is still a child who can be deceived at will?"

Zhang Yong knew that Zhu Houxi was in a bad mood, but because of Wang Shouren's incident, he persuaded: "Your Highness, people are selfish, they are just selfish, and they don't understand that Your Highness is for the Ming Dynasty." ”

Zhu Houxi seems to understand at this moment why Zhengde favors the eunuchs so much, because only these eunuchs whose interests are tied to the Zhu family are the ones who sincerely consider the Zhu family.

Zhu Houxi smiled and didn't say anything, the whole person suddenly brightened up, and left the leopard room with Zhang Yong.

The next day, Zhu Houxi did not go to the leopard room, but asked Zhang Yong to bring a message to the cabinet, saying that he was unwell and could not participate in the government for the time being, and all major matters were handed over to the cabinet for decision.

On the Chinese New Year's Eve of the seventeenth year of Zhengde, the Xingwang Mansion closed its doors to thank guests, in fact, the current Zhu Houxi was no longer in the Xingwang Mansion.

Outside the pass where the snowflakes fell, Zhu Houxi sat on the jade lion in the night, looked at the Tianjin Sanwei who was moving slowly, and said to Yuan Zonggao beside him: "This king has never thought about that position, so you don't have to feel sorry for this king." ”

Yuan Zonggao was frozen tightly, and his voice trembled: "It's because my subordinates are not thoughtful, and I hope that the prince will forgive him." ”

Seeing Yuan Zonggao's passive appearance, Zhu Houxi couldn't help but laugh out loud, for these people who grew up in the south, the weather in the north is indeed a little too cold.

"The ones you eat in Tianjin Wei will be rewarded to you as compensation for this king."

Yuan Zonggao didn't think about hiding Zhu Houyu from Tianjin Wei everywhere, and now when he heard Zhu Houyu mention this matter, he hurriedly explained: "Your Highness, your subordinates are not greedy for Tianjin Wei's money, and all the money that your subordinates collected in Tianjin Wei before was used to recruit new troops, otherwise Your Highness would definitely have no soldiers available now." ”

Yuan Zonggao admitted that he was really unwilling before, and he could rise to prominence, but because Zhu Houxi ran to rescue Zhengde, everything came to naught, but he was always a person from Xingwangfu, and his heart was in Xingwangfu, which was different from those officials in the court.

Zhu Houxi saw Yuan Zonggao's explanation and immediately understood, Tianjin Wei's original guard may have been tired, but now that he has led his troops out of the customs, he will naturally have a righteous choice after returning to these things, and it is not his turn to be a Xingwang Yue Yan.

The army has been on an expedition for more than a month, Tianjin Sanwei's food and drink are composed of seafood, due to the cold weather, the preservation of seastuffs is not a problem at all, plus Tianjin Sanwei is close to the coastal area, there is not much aversion to the consumption of seafood.

As for the logistics supply of the team, Zhu Houxi handed it over to Qian Ning's Jinyiwei, who helped transport the sea and did not eat the official post station.

"Your Highness, it's not far ahead to Heihe, do you want to rest for half a day?"

Lu Song drove his horse to Zhu Houxi and asked, such a ghost weather is extremely difficult when marching, and he can't bear to look at the soldiers of Tianjin Sanwei.

"Let the army speed up the march, and rest again when it reaches Tahawe, let alone rest at such a temperature, even if you stop for a while, you can freeze people, if you don't want to leave thousands of people in Heihe, put away your pity."

Zhu Houxi knew Lu Song's thoughts, but Lu Song, as a southerner, didn't know much about the weather in the Northeast, and such weather could freeze into ice even if it was convenient, let alone rest in place.

After listening to Zhu Houxi's words, Lu Song understood the danger of staying to rest, and immediately stopped speaking, nor did he drive a horse to see the miserable situation of Tianjin Sanwei, but silently followed behind Zhu Houxi.

Yuan Zonggao actually wanted to ask Zhu Houyu why he knew so much, but now Zhu Houyu is no longer the son of the world, he is now the king of the Ming Dynasty, and his status is not the same, so Yuan Zonggao can only swallow the questions in his heart.

February of the seventeenth year of Zhengde, Choibalshan.

In the military tent, the faces of the generals were sad, and Emperor Zhengde was also in a very bad mood, because now they had begun to run out of food.

When the tribes of the steppe learned that Zhengde had no logistical supply, they began to transport a large number of cattle, sheep and horses to the depths.

Dingguo Gong Xu Guangzuo said: "Your Majesty, we should withdraw our troops." ”

Chengguo Gong Zhu Fu followed and said: "Dingguo Gong is right, Your Majesty, we should withdraw our troops." ”

Zhengde is actually not satisfied with the current results, because the grassland has always been a big trouble for the Ming Dynasty, but it is difficult for the Qiao woman to cook without rice, and the army has begun to run out of food, so it is likely to cause a mutiny in the army, and even if he is the emperor at that time, there is no way to solve it.

Zhengde sighed, as if he was about to say the decision in his mouth, when someone outside the account suddenly shouted: "Report, the Buchi army was found in the north of the camp, and the number is about 50,000. ”

Zhengde, who was just about to order the withdrawal of the army, waited for the scout's information and scolded: "I am planning to withdraw the army, what do they want, I really don't have the temper, send orders to the three armies, and prepare for battle." ”

Seeing this, the Duke of Dingguo and the Duke of Chengguo knew that it would be useless to persuade them any longer, so they each went out of their military tents and prepared to lead the troops into battle.

The two armies under Choiba Mountain faced each other, Bu Chi led more than 50,000 people from 30,000 households on the left flank, and only 40,000 people from Zhengde's 100,000 army could fight again.