The time has come to the end of February, and the sky in the capital is still gloomy.

Although Cheng Yi's case attracted widespread attention, with the news that the Eastern Expeditionary Army had moved north from Shanhaiguan, many people's attention turned to the war.

Today, because Confucianism has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, it has also influenced the thinking of the Chinese army.

It's just that the Confucian methods that are too benevolent are destined to be difficult to commit evil deeds such as looting, so it is usually necessary to sacrifice economic interests to fight wars, so that fighting in the Ming Dynasty is a kind of money-burning behavior.

"Though the kingdom is great, the warlike will perish."

"This matter should be considered in the long run, and the conquest of non-Shangguo is also!"

"Now that the Great Wall is stable, wouldn't it be beautiful to share the blessings of peace?"

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For the scholarly class, even spending 2 million silver to fortify the Great Wall was more cost-effective than spending 2 million on military expeditions, but times were quietly changing.

"I really think that Da Ming is weak and can be bullied, so why should I increase the reward?"

"These Jurchens are insatiable, let's kill them!"

"Such a prestige thing, even if the court wants to raise taxes, I will admit it!"

"I heard that the Haixi Jurchens always want to buy it by force when they exchange cotton cloth with us, and they should have known the interests of the Ming army a long time ago!"

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In the face of this military operation, more and more people in the capital not only did not have the mood of war weariness, but appeared to be very supportive, and even did not hesitate to dedicate themselves.

From Zhao Laosi in the suburbs to Liu Ying and other people in the city, there is now an unprecedented atmosphere of unity in Daming. In particular, the combat power of the Ming army became more and more convincing, causing public opinion in the main battle to slowly gain the upper hand.

Although the army has already moved north, this is an expeditionary battle, so it will take a long time to know the final result.

"A small tribe is naturally a success!"

"I heard that they are fighting together with the Mongolian cavalry, and there is no suspense in the battle!"

"With the current strength of the Ming army, even if it is to win the entire Northern Yuan, it is not a problem!"

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The Ming Dynasty has formulated the policy of strengthening the army in recent years, and there are "Ming monarchs are in the court, and fierce generals are outside", which caused ordinary people to have an optimistic attitude towards this war.

Originally, the scholar group was the main force of military public opinion in the capital, but the county examinations in Wanping and Daxing County were held as scheduled, and most of the attention was attracted to the past.

The imperial examination has always been a top priority in this era.

However, the times are quietly changing after all, and the literary examination is naturally the most important part of the imperial examination, but the martial examination has also slowly emerged.

Not only can the children of local military families obtain the fame of martial arts through martial arts, but as long as they are born strong warriors or martial arts, they can also become martial artists.

In February of the fourth year of Hongzhi, there was a large group of young people who wanted to get ahead with the help of Wenju or Wuju, and Wu Zhuangyuan Yu Yuanzan and Wusheng Lin Feiyang became role models for many young people.

Wangfu Street, Horse House.

The capital is a concentration of royal relatives, and although the royal family has to be divided into feudal feuds, the princess group is relatively special, and they often strive to stay in Beijing to live.

Princesses are always mortal in the flesh, and they often have concerns in the palace, so they naturally want to stay in the prosperous place of the capital, or stay in Gyeonggi, followed by staying in Beizhili, and no matter how bad they are, they will go to the prosperous place in the south of the Yangtze River.

A sedan chair entered the front yard from the middle door, and then out of the sedan chair was a middle-aged woman with a plain appearance, but the clothes on her body showed that her status was extraordinary.

Princess Jiashan is the third daughter of Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen, because she has lived with Xianzong, who was the prince at the time, since she was a child, so she was loved by this eldest brother.

At the time of marriage, Xianzong personally looked for a concubine for Princess Jiashan, so that Princess Jiashan successfully stayed in the capital and became the highest-status imperial aunt at the moment.

Princess Jiashan is over forty years old, although her appearance is not outstanding, but her skin is fair, especially her eyes are bright, but unfortunately her mouth is too big, and she has the nickname of big mouth when she was a child.

As soon as I came out of the palace, I went directly to the Horse Mansion, and brought the pastries from the palace.

A few years ago, when her mother was still there, she was able to return with a full load every time, but unfortunately now it is heaven and man forever. It's just that compared to other princes and princesses, she is already content.

"The golden bottle of sake is ten thousand, and the jade plate is ten thousand dollars. I couldn't eat when I stopped throwing the cup, and I was at a loss when I drew my sword and looked around...... There will be times when the wind and waves will be long, and the clouds will sail into the sea. ”

A personable middle-aged man was drinking and chanting poetry in the flower pavilion, holding up the wine jug and pouring wine into his mouth, looking extremely chic and free.

Although he has entered middle age, he has thick eyebrows and big eyes, a standard Chinese face, and special eyes reveal a kind of self-confidence, and he must be a beautiful boy when he is young.

This person is none other than Princess Jiashan's concubine Wang Zeng.

Wang Zeng can be said to be the pride of the sky, his grandfather was named Jing Yuanbo for his merits, and later was awarded the military department book in the change of seizing the door, which made the palace considered a top magnate in the capital.

He is the second grandson of the Wang family, he has been very smart since he was a child, and he had excellent grades in the Guozijian in his early years, and was considered to be the champion by the then Guozijian Cheng Mengxian.

Originally, with the criteria of the Ming royal family's choice of sons-in-law, it was not the turn of Wang Zeng, the earl, to be orthodox, but it was also a mistake to be outstanding.

Fate made people, when Wang Zeng easily achieved the fame of a student, his talent was actually favored by the royal family, and then he decided to recruit him as a concubine.

Wang Zeng is both a winner and a loser in life, although he has lived a life of worry-free food and clothing, but he is also destined to be unable to display his talents in this life.

Now more than 20 years have passed, although Wang Zeng has no career in the official career, he is active in the literary world, so that many people in the capital know that there is a talented horse.

"Pony, this poem you chant is so good!" Princess Jiashan knew that her colt was the most outstanding man in the world, and she praised this poem flatteringly.

Wang Zeng's eyes flashed with contempt, but he didn't intend to explain the beautiful misunderstanding: "How about entering the palace today?" ”

"The ...... of this palace" Princess Jiashan has never had a son, so she is ready to report the situation as before.

Wang Zeng handed the wine jug to the personal maid next to him, and emphasized with dissatisfaction: "There are no outsiders here!" ”

"Yes, the slave family went to Renshou Palace to see the queen mother, and was invited to play a game of mahjong with her. The special one, 'section after verse, thousands of branches and leaves. I don't bloom, I don't tease bees and butterflies', it's wonderful! Princess Jiashan glanced at the two maids present, and then changed her claim to tell what she had seen and heard about the palace.

Although she is not close to the current emperor, she has always been proud of her royal bloodline and cares about her imperial nephew.

For a long time, she has always felt that she is shallow and not good at reading, and she is not worthy of her own horse, and the reason is that she has no talent for reading at all

Now that he unexpectedly learned that the royal bloodline had produced a talented emperor, and he was also his own nephew, he was very happy in his heart. Dare to love is not that his royal blood has no "talent", it's just that he has no talent.

"You know poetry better than I do?" Wang Zeng pretended to be calm when he heard this, and then commented with disdain: "This kind of poetry is mediocre, it's okay to deceive you who don't understand poetry, but in the eyes of famous poets, this kind of poetry will only be grandiose, in fact, it is bullshit!" ”

This is true of poetry from ancient times to the present, and human words account for a lot of weight. Even if it is an ordinary poem, everyone from all walks of life touts it together, it is also a masterpiece of the time.

As for the emperor's terrifying peerless poem, as long as everyone in their group of poems is unanimously trampled on, it is also a bullshit limerick poem.

"It's just that everyone says that the emperor's poems are good, and the 'falling red is not a ruthless thing, turning into spring mud is more protective of flowers' I heard that it is now the motto of the new science and technology non-commissioned officer!" Princess Jiashan thought of the scene in Renshou Palace, and seemed cautious.

Wang Zeng immediately cast a stern look at Princess Jiashan, and asked rhetorically with the style of an expert: "Who in this world do you think knows poetry better than me?" ”

The two personal maids seemed to feel Wang Zeng's anger, and they also looked at Princess Jiashan with dissatisfaction, but they didn't understand what confidence Princess Jiashan, who had always been obedient, had to question.

"Poetry is naturally a horse, and the slave family is wrong!" Princess Jiashan always felt that the people around her were right, but in fact, she had delayed the horse's learning, so she took the initiative to admit her mistake.

Wang Zeng opened his mouth to eat the pork belly that another maid had brought over, and was very satisfied with Princess Jiashan's transformation, and found that everything was under his control: "What explanation does Concubine Shao have over there?" ”

"She gave this letter!" As if thinking of something, Jiashan immediately took out a letter from his body.

Wang Zeng saw the letter sent to him, but he looked into Princess Jiashan's eyes and asked, "You haven't opened it, have you?" ”

"The slave family doesn't dare!" Princess Jiashan never dared to peep into Wang Zeng's affairs, and she also knew that Wang Zeng was secretly helping them royally, so she immediately shook her head seriously.

Wang Zeng stretched out his hand to take the letter, knowing that Princess Jiashan did not dare to deceive herself: "You go down first!" ”

He looked down on this stupid woman from the bottom of his heart, if he wasn't born in the emperor's family, let alone marry this woman, he wouldn't even look at it with his eyes.

Now, this stupid woman has already been governed by herself, and everything she explains is unconditionally obeyed by the arrangement.

"The slave family will retire first!" Princess Jiashan gave a salute, then turned around and left silently.

As for the eunuchs and palace maids who accompanied the princess's mansion, they had already received silver from the Princess's mansion, and no matter how they always turned a blind eye to things, they would not have appeared here to carry out their duties of surveillance at all.

"Master, what does the letter say?" Queen Qiong is Wang Zeng's first confidant, and when she saw Princess Jiashan leaving, she inquired.

Wang Zeng had already read the contents of the letter, but he sighed and said: "This Concubine Shao is a smart person and a woman with secrets, so naturally she won't say anything!" ”

"Then ......" said the queen Joan's eyes widened, as if she was at a loss.

Wang Zeng handed over the letter to a maid behind him for safekeeping, and then changed his words: "You go to Jingyuanbo's mansion immediately, and let Jingyuanbo make an appointment to meet the prince of the British Mansion tomorrow!" ”

His identity is very special, he is not only the concubine of the current dynasty, but also the uncle of the current Jing Yuanbo.

If he hadn't been born two years late, the current title of Earl of Jingyuan would not be his own nephew, but by himself. However, it is not bad now, weaving a network of Qi Xun relationships with the identity of a concubine, and contacting the Wuxun group in Beijing with the help of Jingyuan Bofu.

In the entire capital, when it comes to the complexity of the relationship network, he is already a top few people.

It was at this moment that a middle-aged man who looked like a housekeeper hurriedly came, and then whispered two words in Wang Zeng's ear.

Wang Zeng's face was slightly cold, but he still got up and left here immediately.

He walked into the study next to him, but there was a mechanism in the study, and when he opened the mechanism, it was a secret room, and there was a secret passage in the secret room.

Everyone has secrets that no one knows, and Wang Zeng is a person with big secrets.

Wang Zeng came to the end of the secret passage, and there was a secret room in front of him, with a set of black robes hanging in the center of the secret room, as well as the mask that symbolized his special identity.

At this moment, he had already left the Pony Mansion and came to the most secret base belonging to their organization, which was far above the foundation of the Great Time Yongfang.

Wang Zeng changed into this black robe that represented another identity, and after putting on a hideous ghost head mask, he came to the living room of this mansion.

"I've seen the head of the robe!" Here, the personnel in charge of guarding the base are waiting here, and they are respectful and respectful to Wang Zeng, who appeared.

No one thought that the leader of the most mysterious organization hidden in the capital would be Wang Zeng, a frustrated person who only knows how to live and dream of death in the eyes of outsiders.

Wang Zeng came to the first seat and sat down, turning his head to look at Cheng Minzheng, the secretary of Taichang Temple, who was also wearing a black robe: "Lord Cheng, you are so anxious to see me, but because of Cheng Yan's matter?" ”

"Robe, let's not talk darkly! If you dare to touch my son, we will be killed! Cheng Minzheng threatened the leader of the organization who appeared.

Wang Zeng knew that Cheng Minzheng in front of him wanted to keep his son, so he asked seriously: "If I don't make a move, do you think you can get Cheng Yi out of the Shuntian Mansion?" ”

"There is no evidence in this case, why not?" Although Cheng Minzheng knew that Song Cheng was good at adjudicating cases, he said very confidently.

Wang Zeng sighed secretly, and even revealed: "Why do you think the emperor wants the Shuntian Mansion to arrest Cheng Yan?" Now that things are changing, Wang Shouren and the three of them are not dead at all, and they will be able to get to Beijing smoothly in a few days, and your son Cheng Yi is in a catastrophe this time. You should not come and threaten me now, but come and beg me to save your son, who is the only one who can save your son's life!" ”

"You...... What did you say? Wang Shouren didn't die in all three? Cheng Minzheng looked at Wang Zeng in disbelief as if he had been pierced by ten thousand arrows.

Wang Zeng took the tea cup from the housekeeper and asked confidently: "When did my news deviate?" The last time smallpox was not my news in time, you are afraid that you have been infected with smallpox and died with Ma Wensheng and others, where is the scenery today? (End of chapter)