Chapter 22: Yanshan Wei Garden (6)

"Hehe, good, welcome, welcome, all live with me. It's just that I'm all soldiers here, rough hands, and no one serves me, so the two delicate little girls have to suffer a little grievance. Xu Da said with a smile.

"The little girl doesn't dare to be, thank you Wei Guogong." Tang Yun hurriedly thanked him.

"It's the same everywhere, and I won't do it if they serve me." Maya is straightforward and quick to say whatever she wants.

"Haha, this girl is interesting, okay, that's it, I have a lot of officials coming and going here, but I haven't really come to be a guest yet, you guys are here just right, haha."

"Thanks for the beard." Zhu Wenyu said with a smile.

"By the way, little monkey, I heard that you are successful in martial arts, and you saved the driver a few years ago, right?" Xu Da changed the subject.

"Hehe, that was a few years ago, bearded, there's nothing inconvenient about us living here, right?"

"Shuai, the medical officer is here." Ding Ying, the chief soldier next to him, reminded in a low voice.

"What's the hurry? Tell him to wait, and I'll go back later. Xu Da turned around.

"Yes, Marshal." Ding Ying retreated without saying a word.

"What? Bearded? Are you sick? Zhu Wenyu asked.

"What's the shit? It's just that there is a small boil on the back, sometimes a little uncomfortable, what is the big problem? Hehe. Xu Daman didn't care about raising his hand. By the way, what did you just say, little monkey? ”

"I'm asking if our stay here will affect your bearded military?" Zhu Wenyu added.

"Haha, it's nothing, it's nothing, now the Mongolian Tartars are honestly cowering on the grassland and don't dare to violate my Ming Boundary, my boys here are practicing every day, I just take the time to stare at the point, there is a bird here, little monkey, you are here to talk to me." Xu Daha laughed.

Maya heard that Xu Da was so funny that she almost squirted out a sip of tea.

Zhu Wenyu and the four of them lived in this Xu Da's mansion, and only then did they know that this courtyard was called Wei Garden, because it was the meaning of Xu Da, the Duke of Wei. Xu Da himself lives in Guanlan Hall, which is the main house in the courtyard, Zhu Wenyu and the desert live in Quzhu Courtyard, but Tang Yun Maya and the two were arranged to live in the embroidery building not far from Quzhu Courtyard, called Caixiu Pavilion. Zhu Wenyu lived for a few days, and occasionally heard that this courtyard was originally the home of a rich gentry in the former Yuan, and later the former Yuan was driven back to Mongolia by the Ming official army, and the owner of this courtyard was also a Mongolian, so he went back to the north with the Mongolian army, and this Zhuangzi was empty, and was used by Xu Da as his own mansion in Beiping. It's just that to Zhu Wenyu's surprise, the original name of this courtyard was actually called "Tianyi Garden"!

Originally, the four of them came to Beiping to live in Xu Da's mansion, the purpose was to find out whether Xu Da, the Duke of Wei, was involved with the Tianyi Alliance, and whether he was the mastermind behind the Tianyi Alliance. After living in this mansion for a few days, Zhu Wenyu and the others became more and more convinced that Xu Da had nothing to do with the Tianyi League, and was completely framed by someone, except for the desert who was still a little unimpressed, thinking that it was too early to assert at this time, Tang Yun and Maya were on Zhu Wenyu's side, and felt that Xu Da would never have anything to do with the Tianyi League. But when the four of them knew the original name of this village, Zhu Wenyu and the three of them hesitated, saying that this was a coincidence? That's just a ridiculous coincidence. What's more, although Xu Da was very happy and hearty when Zhu Wenyu and the four of them first came to Wei Garden, they also showed up a lot less in the next few days, either they went out, or they were seen by the medical officer in the room and pricked with needles, could this be because they were afraid of being exposed too much and Zhu Wenyu and they would see the flaws? Zhu Wenyu is really a little uncertain.

Zhu Di, the king of Yan in Beiping City, was also a little restless during these days.

Since the last time Zhu Wenyu came to visit, Zhu Di has some things on his mind, and he can't help but take a good look at Xu Da's actions over the years, if it is in the past, Zhu Di in addition to defending the official army of Beiping City, Zhu Di himself is just carefully managing the civil affairs in the city, although Xu Da has some important military and political affairs will be informed by official letter as usual, but he himself has never asked about those military and political affairs, since his father handed over the defense of the northern Ming Dynasty to Xu Da, Then Xu Da naturally became his best guard in Beiping.

But at this time, in retrospect, Xu Da has migrated peasants, tuntian strongholds, resettled officials and soldiers for farming, and cultivated land, although it has greatly reduced the Ming Dynasty's expenditure on military affairs in northern Xinjiang, but from Shanxi to Beiping, this large area has also become the cultivated land of these resettled people, hundreds of thousands of troops occupy millions of acres of fertile land, these people are either immigrants, or belong to the official army, all under the control of Xu Da, and he Zhu Di has nothing to do with it, even the Beiping City to which he Zhu Di belongs has been submerged in these areas, if he goes out of Beiping City, no matter which direction he goes, The first thing to set foot on must be the territory under the management of Xu Da, in this territory hundreds of thousands of troops are self-sufficient and self-sufficient, and the taxes collected are directly subsidized for the military, and there is no need to pay to the imperial court, and even the tax ratio is set in the name of the official army, not according to the imperial court system. When did this situation first take shape? Although this is extremely beneficial to the long-term stationing of the Ming officials and troops in northern Xinjiang to reduce the burden on the imperial court, on the other hand, the hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers in the northern Xinjiang of the Ming Dynasty will become less dependent on the military salary of the imperial court, and the capital of the imperial court will not be much. Zhu Di seems to have discovered for the first time that in a few years, a "small Ming Dynasty" has almost been built in the northwest of this mountain, and Xu Da, the Duke of Wei, has almost become a veritable "King of Northern Xinjiang", how can this be obtained? No one dares to disobey the words of his Wei Duke Xu Da, if he Xu Da really wants to rebel, this territory is the best foundation, and he can open up a situation immediately, which is thousands of times stronger than the righteous army led by his father Zhu Yuanzhang in the previous dynasty, which was mostly mud-legged, and it is a real long-trained tiger and wolf army.

It seems that we really have to seriously consider whether there is really a problem with this Wei State Guild, and we must seriously check the details of this important minister of the imperial court.

But it is a very risky thing to explore the details of Xu Da, the Duke of Wei, although he Zhu Di is the King of Yan, but for such a founding veteran in charge of the three armies, he does not do what he wants, and his head will fall into his hands if he doesn't make a good head, so everything has to be done quietly, and carefully investigate whether this Duke of Wei has any intention of rebellion.

But almost a month has passed, and the results of the investigation have found nothing. Since January, Xu Da has also issued several official letters to report to His Royal Highness King Yan to handle civil affairs, some of the military camps are just a report, and some of the civil affairs near Beiping are reported to King Yan for approval, but the reasons are very sufficient, and the way to think of is also very good, it is very beneficial to the country, the people and the court, so that Zhu Di can't think of any reason not to agree to the implementation, but I don't know why, Zhu Di always has a feeling of unsteadiness in his heart, and always feels that these things don't seem to be as simple as they appear on the surface. Xu Da's every measure and every order made Zhu Di feel that there were some unspeakable hidden secrets behind him. Even if Xu Da really has nothing to do with the Tianyi Alliance, he has no intention of rebellion, but if he is allowed to be such a "king of northern Xinjiang" like this, he is not the emperor in his own territory, and it is not beneficial to the imperial court, and there is still some means to restrain it slightly, so as not to bury hidden dangers.

The stakes are very high, Zhu Di thought about it again and again, and still felt that there were some things that had to be reported to his father immediately, Zhu Yuanzhang, the Hongwu Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Because he did not have any evidence of Xu Da's rebellion in his hands, Zhu Di only listed the current situation in northern Xinjiang, as well as the basic situation of Wei Guogong's governance of northern Xinjiang and the military, political and civil measures taken. Zhu Di often wrote this kind of twist and turn in the past, basically once every six months, which was a civil affairs report to his father Zhu Yuanzhang in the northern Xinjiang of the Ming Dynasty and Beiping City, but this time it was different, Zhu Di was extra careful in his words and sentences, and repeatedly considered it, although there was never a word in the whole article that Xu Da had the intention of rebellion, but between the lines it was vaguely revealed that the imperial court should begin to clamp down on Xu Da. At the end of the letter, it was specifically mentioned that Zhu Wenyu was now living in Xu Da's Wei State. Because his father knew that Zhu Wenyu had been investigating the collusion between the Tianyi League and the important ministers of the imperial court inside and outside for the past two years, and the Tianyi League had created murders everywhere to accumulate property and plot to assassinate ministers like Nangong Lei, and the ill intentions were clearly revealed, Zhu Di mentioned such a sentence, and he absolutely believed that his father would definitely think of the question of whether there would be a relationship between Xu Da and the Tianyi League.

Yan Wang Zhu Di, as a prince, has been the king of Yan in Beiping for so many years, and the people who come in and out are all court officials at all levels, and the coming and going is either a fold or an official letter.

More than a month has passed in a blink of an eye, the weather is getting cooler, the autumn cold is gradually born, Xu Da's illness seems to be heavier again, and there are many fewer inspections of the military drills on the field, it is said that the boils on the back are getting worse and worse, and it seems to have deteriorated into gangrene. It's just that this kind of disease is not like a knife wound and arrow hole, it is extremely troublesome to treat, plus when he was young, Xu Da fought in the north and south, and slept in the open air, although he didn't care about his physical fitness, but he also fell into a lot of diseases.

For the four of Zhu Wenyu, these days are very depressed, just a few days to talk to the Duke of Wei Xu Da, to Xu Da's illness became more and more serious, Zhu Wenyu and others rarely had the opportunity to talk to him, Xu Da asked people to bring the word to Zhu Wenyu and they went to Beiping City to play, because they were unwell and could not accompany each other, so they apologized Yunyun. But Zhu Wenyu and the others came to Wei Yuan to stay by Xu Da's side and see if they could find out any evidence that Xu Da was implicated in the Tianyi Alliance. It's just that at the beginning, I gossiped with Xu Da and didn't find out anything famous at all, but now more than a month has passed, except for the discovery that this Wei Garden was originally called "Tianyi Garden", nothing else seems to have seen anything related to the Tianyi League, Zhu Wenyu wanted to pay attention to who was in contact with Xu Da on weekdays, but in addition to the generals under him, they were the sergeants who served in this village, and the four of them had quietly followed a few general soldiers out to see who those people were in contact with. But I found that those people basically stayed in the barracks, rarely went out, and followed them a few times without any results, so they had to give up.

In this regard, the desert has long been expected, if this Wei Duke Xu Da is not involved with the Tianyi Alliance, it is impossible for them to find out anything like this, but if Xu Da is really the mastermind behind the Tianyi Alliance, then he naturally knows the intention of Zhu Wenyu and others in his heart, if he doesn't want them to find out the clues, he will be careful, and it will never be possible for them to catch any clues. It's just that the desert doesn't give up, thinking that if he is really the Lord's envoy, there will always be some mistakes in his actions, as long as he pays attention, he can always find some clues.

It's just that now Xu Da is indeed seriously ill in bed, rarely sees outsiders, and can't find any news, it seems that all of this can only wait for him Wei Guogong to recover from his illness.

said that Tang Yun and Maya came back from the city on this day and revealed a special news to Zhu Sha and the others.

It turned out that a young Mongolian boy came to Beiping City, saying that he wanted to get acquainted with the heroes of the world, and he actually set up a ring in Beiping City to meet friends with martial arts.

Zhu Wenyu was almost sick in Wei Garden, and he wanted to go out for a walk, but the desert always reminded him that there were not many opportunities to talk to Wei Guogong now, and among the four of them, Zhu Wenyu was the only one who could talk and laugh with Xu Da freely, and had the opportunity to explore more news and find more flaws, so Zhu Wenyu had to stay in Wei Garden patiently, and see if there was a chance to say a few words to Xu Da at any time, or go to his study to go around, find out the details, and hold Zhu Wenyu back, dragging the desert all day to talk to chess players.

The desert was born as a child of a poor family, and he was lonely since he was a child, and later he became a county magistrate