On this night, if someone can be in the sky above the border between Daming and Mengyuan, he can see the mountains under his feet, and the bonfires are faintly connected into a line. West to Jiayu Pass, east from Shanhaiguan, Daming border wall almost comprehensive warning.

The city of Beijing was jubilant, because the emperor's sister was about to get married.

The reason why Lu Bing was a poor boy in the palace for a few months was because Zhu Houxi's sister Yan Kong was dazzled at first: first, she would try to be the champion, but she immediately said that she would choose the champion of martial arts, and she would take the system exam next year, so she immediately became a waiting party.

Zhu Houxi was happy that she would become her own son when she was older, who expected Lu Bing to be a martial artist, and Empress Dowager Jiang suddenly felt that this child who had grown up in front of her since childhood was reliable and talented, and his body was good.

Zhu Qingyi was unhappy at first, she still preferred elegant and handsome literati. But it turned out that after Empress Dowager Jiang secretly glanced at Lu Bing when she summoned him, Zhu Qingyi, who had only seen the first normal young man other than her brother since she grew up, still had her heart racing.

With the lesson that Zhu Qingyuan and Yu Chengye lived apart soon after they got married, and the relationship was not very good, Zhu Houxi asked Lu Bing to stay in the palace as an errand first, and then naturally let him and Zhu Qingyi meet a few more times. This sister is undecided, and Zhu Houxi doesn't want to have any family conflicts in the future that he needs to worry about.

Lu Bing has both talent and a team of top teachers. Yan Shifan said that "he is one of the three geniuses of the Jiajing Dynasty who is "the best in the world, but he is the third with Lu Bing and Yang Bo", and Lu Bing's later achievements did not depend entirely on the identity of the Jiajing brothers.

Now that Lu Bing is in love at public expense, he is even more reluctant to be considered "two little guesses". Although her appearance is not first-class and handsome, Zhu Qingyi's heart has finally settled.

So the big wedding is imminent.

Yan Song, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, continued to be busy. Because of the friendship between Yan Shifan and Lu Bing now, he and Lu Song can still be described as "world friends".

When the night was almost dawn, Xuanfu and Jizhou, which were closest to the capital, were the first to arrive in the capital with an urgent report on the military situation on the side wall.

The sound of horses' hooves shattered the pre-dawn calm on the long street of the capital.

According to today's rules, if there is an urgent report of the military situation, it should first be reported to the Department of Political Affairs, and then to the Military Affairs Council, the State Palace, the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, the Military Department, and the Household Department.

Jinyiwei and the internal and external inspection factories don't need to report, they will definitely know.

When they received the news, they were naturally shocked, and quickly ran to the streets of the capital that were still under curfew, and went to the homes of the important ministers who needed to know about it as soon as possible.

This night, the person who stayed straight in the General Political Envoy Department was Gong Yongqing, who was brilliant but not very practical, so he was appointed as a seven-product experience in the General Political Envoy Division.

Xuanfu and Jizhou simultaneously discovered that the captives were heading south, which must have been a great battle provoked by His Majesty's humiliation of the Great Khan of the Northern Yuan Dynasty before.

Gong Yongqing doesn't understand anything else, only understands how many years the Ming Dynasty has been riding on the grassland, and there have been many defeats and few victories. And the border situation just presented is obviously not as simple as ordinary looting - the war has not yet started, but only in Xuanfu and Jizhou, the scale of the captives reported may exceed 30,000.

Gong Yongqing is waiting for the general envoy and the two deputy envoys to arrive, at this moment, the celebrant should go to disturb His Majesty's sleep, right? Soon, it may be that the important ministers will enter the palace late at night to discuss the plan to resist the enemy.

It's just that he waited left and right, and when it was dawn, he didn't wait for the ministers to go out of the palace to summon any important minister, let alone wait for the arrival of the general envoy and the deputy envoy.

Are you afraid of shocking the people of the capital? Anyway, it's almost dawn, and it's not bad for two or three hours.

But Gong Yongqing waited for the news from Datong again: Yanghe Pass, Killing Tiger Pass, and Yatou Pass all detected enemy horses, and there were more than 20,000 horsemen.

Gong Yongqing's hand trembled a little: This may just be a striker who has been detected. From Shanhaiguan in the east to Yaotou Pass in the west, Mengyuan has a heavy army to press the border, so what about Taiyuan, Shaanxi, and Ningxia?

It's farther away, and it will take three or five days to rush back eight hundred miles.

The sky was already dawning, and Zhu Houxi was not disturbed. It's just that as soon as he opened his eyes, Zhang Yong, Zhang Zuo, Huang Jin and others were waiting there together.

"Your Majesty, the military situation began to arrive at more than four o'clock in the morning last night, and the night before yesterday, the Jizhou and Xuandadun sentinels all detected the Tartar army moving south."

"Oh? Is it finally the beginning? Zhu Houxi suddenly sobered up, "Wash up!" Change! ”

"Your Majesty, the military situation reported by the three towns of Jizhou, Xuanfu, and Datong, there are more than 50,000 captives, is the nine gates of the capital ......" Zhang Yong, who had been low-key for a long time, asked.

"There's no need to rush." Zhu Houxi shook his head, "The city gate is still open, and everything is as usual." It had been more than 40 days since the outer factory had learned that the young men of the various tribes had begun to move, and it was already clear that they would choose a day to go south. However, the three towns detected the enemy cavalry attack at the same time, which shows that this time the Tartars really hated the enemy and agreed on a good time. ”

Zhang Yong was a little worried.

The fact that the grassland tribes went south at the same time can only show that their morale is high this time and they are determined to win.

"Summoning Lin Xiyuan, wait for the edict to come first!"

Zhu Houxi had just washed up, and Lin Xiyuan, who came to work on time in the morning, and the Hanlin Academy arrived at the imperial study.

"Quickly print a special issue and spread the edict to all localities."

One is through the channel of "Ming Pao", facing the people; One is to convey the decree through official channels.

The will had been drawn up a long time ago, and at this moment, the two knew that the border town had met the enemy and the national war had begun.

But how calm is it?

The emperor actually arranged this matter first, and then stood up: "Get up and go to the National Policy Palace!" ”

Gong Yongqing, who was not as sleepy as before, handed over the shift with full of doubts and was ready to go home to catch up on sleep - can you make up for it?

In the capital, the soldiers and horses of the five cities are not nervous, and the city gate is even more open. Pedestrians came and went as usual, and even happily talked about Princess Yongchun's wedding and the matter of the martial arts master and the horse.

They had no idea that the border towns were already at war! Big battle!

Gong Yongqing specially passed by the street between the five mansions and six departments before, and saw some nervousness there, but it was not as nervous as after knocking on the cane before.

He used the excuse to go to the household department to ask a friend about something, but he only saw Yang Shen gathering a lot of people there to give a lecture, but he didn't see the household department Shangshu and Zuo Shilang.

It's a little weird.

When I got home, I couldn't sleep left or right.

Such a big thing, now it's just the calm before the storm. Soon, the people in the border towns of Jizhou and Xuanda will flee south in fear of the soldiers crossing the border. Such a big battle can't be concealed at all.

In his opinion, the current situation is just that His Majesty and the important ministers are discussing the strategy, and they will hide it first, lest the capital be in chaos.

As soon as the clinker was just after noon, the housekeeper ran over nervously: "Master, the special issue of "Ming Pao" just delivered, the Tartar is calling!" ”

Gong Yongqing jumped up: "How is it outside?" ”

"Everyone is a little afraid, but Your Majesty decrees that everyone don't have to be afraid." The butler hurriedly added, "The nine doors are not closed. But some of the people who came into the city from the south said that they saw the three battalions marching north. ”

Gong Yongqing listened to it, and his eyes were only fixed on this special issue.

It's very rough, it's been a long time since I've seen such a rough print of Ming Pao again, it's only one page.

There is an article above: "Defending the land and supporting the border, everyone is responsible: At the moment of the national war, His Majesty the Emperor has a letter to the subjects of the world".

In the capital Guozi Prison, someone is reading this article aloud.

"On the 21st day of September in the sixth year of Jiajing, the northern capture of Chen Bing and the Ming Dynasty were menacing. At the moment of the national war, I thought that there was no need to say anything, and I should tell my subjects something from the bottom of my heart! ”

"First of all, under the rule of Meng Yuan, I, Hanmin, am like pigs and dogs! Taizu expelled Meng Yuan, restored my Huaxia clothes, and the Northern Expedition was thirteen, and the power of the Ming Dynasty spread far and wide. Taizong personally conquered the capital five times and moved the capital to Beijing, and since then the Son of Heaven has guarded the country. One hundred and sixty years after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the northern captives were troubled, and they were repeatedly bordered. Invade my Ming territory, plunder my Ming people, and kill my Ming generals. ”

"However, as soon as the civil engineering changed, Yingzong was captured, and his name was Bei Hunt, which is really a national shame!"

When they read this, all the prisoners who heard it were shocked.

This is the first time that the Son of Heaven has so clearly and openly proclaimed to the subjects of the world: Yingzong is a prisoner! His Majesty is also deeply ashamed of the change in the civil fort.

No wonder Emperor Jing called the sect into the temple...... That's really not all because Emperor Jing is also a vassal king.

There are tea shops in the capital, and some of them paused for a moment before continuing to read:

"Since then, the North has regarded my Ming Dynasty as cattle and sheep crops, and has come to commit crimes almost at the age of age, plundering my Ming people and robbing my border towns. went to the great victory in Shuozhou, and the Tartars were still proud. Sent an envoy to Beijing, called the Alliance, but with soldiers and horses, I want to respect the chieftain as my brother, regard me as a warehouse, greedy for coins! Now that I have drunk my words, I have raised tens of thousands of troops to force the Ming Dynasty. ”

"The grain of the Ming Dynasty is the result of the people's hard work and hoeing. The iron of the Ming Dynasty was dug out with the hard work of the people. Daming silk cloth is woven by weavers day and night. The people pay the grain to provide for the generals to guard the border and suppress the thieves to protect your life and work in peace and contentment, to provide for the hundred officials to govern the local area and protect the territory and the people, not to provide for the greedy jackals on the grassland, so that they will always stare at my Daming with the eyes of watching wine and food! ”

"If I am threatened by the northern captives, will I not bribe the enemy with the anointment of the people? That is, there can be a great victory in Shuozhou, the generals of the border towns can win the battle, and the civil and military officials can be afraid of the battle and submit? Years and years are like this, my Ming Dynasty has really become the granary of Beiyu! The people work hard to pay taxes, if the monarch and the minister cannot defend the land and the people, how can they live in peace? This is what the people of the Ming Dynasty should ask for if they are willing to support the imperial court, and it is also what the Ming monarchs and ministers should do in their positions! ”

Gong Yongqing also saw this, and his eyes couldn't help but be stunned.

Since ancient times, it has been natural for people to pay taxes. But this is justified, just because the Son of Heaven, the clan, the powerful, and the gentry, they are already human beings.

But today, the emperor said why the people should pay the grain tax, that is, to ask the monarch and the ministers to meet their small demand to live and work in peace and contentment......

Otherwise, what are you?

In fact, it is not difficult to figure out the truth, when the people are not happy, it is often the time when there are thieves everywhere. It's just that in the past, every time I would give the name of a son of heaven who was immoral, saying that there was a reason for the change of destiny.

In the next sentence, Yang Shen was also reading.

“…… At the end of the path of physics is the way of heaven! The end of the way of human reason is also the way of heaven! I am the Son of Heaven, and I am the Son of Heaven who is required by all the subjects of the Ming Dynasty to perform their duties and live and work in peace and contentment! Now, I can't just let so many people pay taxes, but I am afraid of the war, just in exchange for the temporary comfort of me and the civil and military officials and the border town generals! ”

…… He has a new interpretation of the Son of Heaven, and another meaning of this sentence is that he thinks that in the Ming Dynasty, the people of this world are heaven.

From the father of the subjects of the world, to the son of the people of the world as a whole?

The seniority was a little messy, and Yang Shen was a little confused, but he was shocked.

"I have implemented the new law, supervised practical matters, set the levy and changed the service, prepared for the treatment of floods, and lifted the ban and switch, all for the sake of the prosperity and strength of the Ming Dynasty and the warmth of the people. Now that the Ming Dynasty has the opportunity to recreate the prosperous world, the Beiyu has come to commit a large-scale crime, which is really to cut off the fortune of the Ming Dynasty! The rise and fall of the country is the responsibility of the husband. If the country is lost, how can the family survive? ”

"Therefore, at the moment of the national war, I have sent an edict to the officials of the world: those who take advantage of the war to send additional people to urge the people to pay will be killed! There are those who take advantage of the border troubles to be bandits and thieves, and there is no forgiveness! The soldiers of the border towns should bravely kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, and the hundred officials should not shirk their heavy responsibilities and delay the military needs. ”

"The subjects of the Ming Dynasty don't need to worry about the war! Outside the border towns, the people should be as usual. Taking good care of the crops, guarding the doors of one's own house, and not messing up the roads is to do one's duty to the country. ”

"The Ming civil and military officials and the border town generals also need to know that if this battle is won, the Ming Dynasty will save an unknown amount of food and salary, and the border town soldiers will be able to sacrifice a lot less in the future! The North is afraid of power but not virtue, greedy and not satisfied, this battle is in line with my Ming people's reason, the expectations of the people, is to fight for the people of the Ming Dynasty, to fight for the fortune of the Ming Dynasty, and to fight for the Ming Dynasty to come back to the prosperous world! ”

"I also tell the subjects of the world again: the Son of Heaven guards the country, and the king dies! I will never go south, and the Ming will win! ”

In many corners of the capital, after all, many people saw the end and once again imagined a clear image of the Son of Heaven - although many people had never seen it.

But the young emperor said many thought-provoking words, and his attitude was conveyed so clearly and unequivocally to the people of the world.

The Son of Heaven guards the country, and the king dies.

"Da Ming will win!"

"Daming Wansheng!"

After all, the emperor still has his own prestige and influence, and despite the fear of war, the young emperor showed his determination and confidence, that is, to feed the first reassurance to the common people.

Moreover, the capital at this moment is indeed as usual, peaceful.

Then there is an incentive.

The meeting in the National Policy Hall has just ended, and the military affairs meeting of the Wuying Hall continues to be held.

Fei Hong was also still in a trance - he didn't know the words in "Ming Pao" before.

The Emperor continued to remove the veil of mystery that had hung over the Son of Heaven, and now, the Son of Heaven was becoming less and less sacred, but he said that it was more and more like a special job, or another kind of official position.

This is really unimaginable, even Fei Hong is a little confused, so in the eyes of the chieftain - the great tomorrow clearly has the intention of reprimanding some courtiers for being afraid of the difficult and wary, he is using this way to win the hearts of the people and gain the name of righteousness, right?

In the name of righteousness, even courtiers can't go against the trend, or give the emperor a reason to "cut them off".

Only important ministers like Fei Hong know that this is not the case.

The emperor took this opportunity to say these words.

He just said: "This is necessary, this is mobilization. ”

More military information is constantly spreading to the capital, and this special issue is also being dispersed to the border towns, along with many official documents on civil affairs and military affairs of the imperial court.

In the evening after the military meeting, the printing press in the light industry park started again.

The workers who made the plate and printed all looked at the contents in shock, and their eyes were full of excitement, worry, and more emotion.

In the Forbidden City, Sun Ming and the others were in tears, and Empress Dowager Jiang just asked worriedly: "Why do you have to go?" ”

Zhu Houxi only comforted her: "The queen mother's peace of mind is that her son knows the proportions, and there is no danger of the old things in the civil fort." ”

Zhu Qingyi was also in tears on the side, why did Lu Bing also go?

In the Jinyi Guard, in front of Wang Zuo stood He Quanan, Liu Zhenyuan, Yan Chunsheng, Lu Bing and others.

He only gave the first three people a look, and finally looked at Lu Bing: "You and Your Majesty can't be separated from each other!" Remember? ”

"Command, rest assured!"

This is indeed gilded, and when he returns, and then he has the respect of the horse, Lu Bing will no longer be just a thousand households.

However, the situation of the battle is unpredictable, and no one dares to say that it is foolproof.

"Secret Service Station, Beizhen Fusi, Special Operations Battalion." Wang Zuo looked at the three people in front of him again, "I'm in the capital, over there in the border town, I rely on you to bring the brothers who have dispersed in the past, to ensure that Your Majesty has no worries this time, and the king has won a big victory!" ”

In the internal and external inspection factory, Zhang Bo had already packed his bags and told the three people in front of him: "After I leave Beijing, you must not relax." The movement of the capital is important, and the movement of Jiaozhi is also important. North, I'm here in person! ”

"Rest assured!"

Yang Yiqing and Wang Shouren are also packing up, one of them wants to follow Zhu Houxi to drive the Xuanfu, and the other wants to go to Santun Camp - in this way, it is not a problem for Jizhou to change generals, and they are all subject to Wang Shouren's dispatch. Funing Hou Zhu Qi is just an elite soldier.

In the temporary camp on the northern outskirts of the capital, Li Quanli rubbed his hands and looked eagerly and expectantly in the northwest direction.

The Beijing camp selected 15,000 fronts, and it was the imperial escort to protect the pro-army. He and Yang Yiqing are both literate and martial, and will accompany the emperor out of the customs.

In the capital, Zhang Jing, the general secretary of the military department, and Yang Shen, the right attendant of the household department, were all incorporated into the leading group of food and military resources logistics, and their person in charge was Yang Tan, the minister of state who was born in the household department.

Gu Shilong still stayed in the Wuying Palace, he just looked at the crude border town sand table with a little regret, and looked at Zheng Xiao, who was promoted to the Ministry of War's arsenal after revealing his talent again.

I saw him obsessively looking at the simple sand table made with reference to his "Nine-sided Atlas", and his young face was full of vitality.

Gu Shilong sighed lightly in his heart: Although he was only forty-four years old, his body was old.

And the seventy-five-year-old Sun Jiao is still very good. After the emperor's southern tour of the town, he invited himself in the fourth year of Jiajing.

Now, the seventy-five-year-old Sun Jiao was once again ordered to sit in the capital with Zhang Yong as the head of the country, temporarily participate in the national policy, and live in the capital.

Gu Shilong didn't understand: why is there so much difference between people and people's bodies?

At dawn, the Lushu Dajia almost broke the tranquility of the capital with another special issue.

The Son of Heaven does what he says, Emperor Ming, the royal driver!

(End of chapter)