Last year's smallpox epidemic was arguably his greatest masterpiece.

Originally, it was planned to give Hongji a severe blow through the smallpox epidemic, and even directly wipe out the tyrant Hongji.

It's just that the imperial court's response was too fast, not only quickly controlling the spread of the epidemic in the capital, but also finding out Ma Wensheng's gang.

Fortunately, the organization he founded was well-informed, and finally rushed to the front of the imperial court to exterminate Ma Wensheng and others through the smallpox epidemic, and even helped Cheng Minzheng and other members escape.

Now that the old things are brought up again, it is natural to hope that Cheng Minzheng will know the earth-shattering energy of his organization, and even there is no shortage of his own eyeliner around the emperor.

"You can really save my son?" Cheng Minzheng realized that the news that Wang Shouren and the other three were alive was true, so he grabbed the last straw.

The current court does not have so many loopholes to exploit, and it is impossible to be safe and sound like Ma Wensheng's son killed someone back then, and once the crimes committed by his son are exposed, they will be doomed.

Not to mention that the current Shuntian Mansion Yin Songcheng is a stunned person who does not enter oil and salt, and it is impossible for Emperor Hongzhi behind him to be extrajudicial at all.

If Wang Shouren and the other three return to testify against their son, then the fate of the waiting son must be the beheading of Xishi, and he must obediently hand over the black yarn hat.

As soon as he thought of this, he chose to pin his son's hope of survival on Wang Zeng, and he also wanted to protect his hard-won career through Wang Zeng.

Wang Zeng keenly felt the change in Cheng Minzheng's mentality, so he nodded lightly: "When did I deceive you?" This colt can be saved! ”

"How are you going to save it?" Cheng Min was moved and asked eagerly.

Wang Zeng took a sip of tea and shook his head: "Now you shouldn't ask me how to save your son, but how your father and son can help me!" ”

"The old man is eager to save his son, but if he wants to do something rebellious and harm my entire Cheng family, he will not open his mouth!" Cheng Minzheng kept his sanity and immediately expressed his attitude.

Although he knew that the organization in the capital was very powerful, he had not been deeply involved in it all along, and he was still not a core member of this organization.

Now although he wants to save his son, he can't take the fate of the entire family, which is the final bottom line he has always adhered to.

It is precisely because of this that he does not plan to go all out to save his son, but cooperates with Wang Zeng with reservations.

Wang Zeng pinched the lid of the tea and splashed the hot tea lightly, as if everything was under his control: "I can not say anything to Cheng Yan, but Cheng Yan has to promise that if you shouldn't say anything, you can't say a word!" After a pause, he said very confidently: "As long as he persists for seven days, everything will be back on track, and Daming will usher in a prosperous era!" ”

"Back on track, what do you mean by that?" Cheng Minzheng thought of a very terrible thing in his heart, and immediately asked solemnly.

Wang Zeng took a sip of tea slowly, and a fierce look flashed in his eyes: "If Cheng Siqing is free, he can go to Xingwang's Mansion more, is this straightforward enough?" ”

Mutter......

Although Cheng Demin had already guessed, Wang Zeng said it so bluntly that he couldn't help but swallow and spit secretly.

Although he is a Taichang Siqing, he is not worth mentioning compared to the group of nobles in the capital. Whether it is money, connections, or dead soldiers, they are far from being comparable to Wang Zeng, a powerful character who was born in the capital.

Since Emperor Hongzhi ascended the throne, he has infringed on the interests of too many people.

If Yan Zheng only made the filial piety of the magnates in the capital less, then the imperial court rectified the finances and simply killed them, directly causing the entire magnates in the capital to lose their most profitable business.

Killing the king, this is a great rebellion.

It's just that Emperor Hongzhi blocked everyone's way to make money, so it's really not an unbelievable thing, and even the development of things is actually a matter of course.

So far, the head of the robe in front of him has finally taken this step, and King Xing will become the master of Zhongxing of the Ming Dynasty, or the emperor who created a prosperous era.

Wang Zeng saw Cheng Dezheng's reaction, and asked playfully with the tea cup in his hand: "Are you afraid?" ”

The head of the robe laughed! The old man doesn't know anything, so naturally there is nothing to be afraid of! The old man hereby promises that if he shouldn't say something, Cheng Yi will never say a word! "Cheng Minzheng is a smart man, even if he pretends to be confused, he promises.

No matter what big rebellious things Wang Zeng did, he Cheng Minzheng didn't know about it at all, and he would let his son continue to keep his mouth shut obediently.

Even if Wang Shouren really testified against his son, as long as Emperor Hongzhi died, then his son's crime would have a lot of room for maneuver.

This matter can only be blamed on Emperor Hongzhi for not knowing how to advance and retreat, obviously he is the biggest beneficiary of the feudal dynasty, but he wants to help the fart people smash everyone's jobs.

Hongji's defeat, in fact, was doomed when he stood on the side of the people.

Wang Zeng got the promise he wanted, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly and said, "That's very good!" ”

Although the fastest way to solve the trouble of getting rid of Cheng Yan is to eliminate it, the Shuntian Mansion controlled by Song Cheng is no longer easy to penetrate, and it is not easy to get rid of Cheng Yan on the death row of the Shuntian Mansion.

On the contrary, it is better to give Cheng Yi and his son a hope, so as to get through this difficult time together.

Throughout the ages, how many people who have achieved great things have survived in danger, and Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, did not hesitate to risk his life to participate in the Hongmen banquet and became the final big winner.

As long as the plan goes well, he will definitely be able to deal with the self-righteous emperor before he is exposed.

February was coming to an end, but the smell of conspiracy had become stronger, and even Zhu Youzhu thought of the word "red face" mentioned by Dongfang Dao in an uneasy mood.

Just when the undercurrent in the capital was surging, the war in the northeast was already on the verge of breaking out.

The Ming Dynasty did not have the idea of encroaching on the Haixi Jurchens, and now the main thing is to attack the Alchuka Department to achieve the effect of killing chickens and monkeys, so it is not necessary for the Ming army to personally recruit them.

From an economic point of view, the Ming Dynasty's conquest of the Alchukha tribe, located north of the Jurchens in Haixi, required long-distance warfare, so it required huge investment in grain transportation costs.

If Mongolia were to replace the Ming Dynasty, things would be much easier.

The Mongols not only border the Alchukha tribe, but they have always fought by fighting to feed the war, so they do not necessarily suffer economically.

Now the Ming Dynasty provided armaments and materials to Mongolia, which was a sure deal for the Mongolian cavalry who were good at fighting to feed their wars.

The 15,000 elite cavalry of the Northern Yuan Dynasty went all the way to the east, and in the blink of an eye, they came to the territory of the Haixi Jurchens, and the soldiers pointed directly at the small Alchuka Division.

Haixi Jurchen, this is a general name for the Jurchens who lived in the great bend of the Songhua River and the Ash River valley east of present-day Harbin, and was named after the great bend of the Songhua River in the Yuan Dynasty.

Under the influence of agriculture in the Ming Dynasty, the Jurchen tribes of Haixi had a tendency to move southward, and more and more tribes engaged in agriculture also possessed iron-processing technology.

The Alchuka tribe is located in the northern part of the Hercynian Jurchens and is mainly nomadic and hunting.

Affected by the extremely cold weather and food, the tribe was inferior in numbers to the seven major tribes, but their people were very fierce and fought bravely.

Since the military outpost was not set up, the Alchukha tribe was not aware of the Mongol cavalry attack.

They found a group of yellow sheep in heat today, and when they were singing and dancing around the bonfire, a silver arrow broke the silence here.

Shout! Shout! Shout!

While a dozen herdsmen were still basking in the joy of the harvest, a Mongol cavalry appeared on the western slope of the hill, and then a barrage of arrows fell on their camp.

The Mongol cavalry's battle against the Alchukha tribe began without warning.

Burst! Burst! Burst!

The arrows rained down on the unarmored herdsmen, and their bodies were pierced, and blood stained the land red in the blink of an eye.

"Mongol cavalry, what's going on?"

"Didn't we only offend the Ming Dynasty? How did the Mongol cavalry get here? ”

"Don't be stunned, it doesn't matter if he's a Ming or a Mongolian, kill them all for Lao Tzu!"

……

There were hundreds of people in this small gathering area, and I don't know if they didn't know whether the Mongol cavalry was pressing the border this time, or if they had always been fierce, and many Jurchens fought back at the first time.

"Brothers, kill me!"

Tara, the leader of the group, reacted the fastest, and when he saw the Mongol cavalry attacking his camp, he immediately led dozens of men to kill him up the hillside.

Each of the Haixi Jurchens was a good hunter, and when they were just approaching the hillside, they had already fired back at the Mongol cavalry on the hillside, and even shot several Mongol cavalrymen.

How so?

Tara Tsema had just reached the bottom of the hill when he was suddenly horrified to find an arrow that was so sharp that it seemed to have come to him in the blink of an eye.

Burst!

Tara looked up and saw the arrow, but she couldn't dodge it now, and the silver arrow grazed her jaw and stabbed into her throat.

"Huh...... Sure enough, it's a good bow! ”

Dayan Khan saw Tara, who was shot by himself, fall to the ground, and immediately felt the power of the bow in his hand, and suddenly seemed to be in love with it.

Time flies, and he is no longer a little kid who was stuffed in the basket by Mandu Hai to fight in all directions, but has become a seventeen-year-old boy.

Although his body is not high, he is very strong, his skin is dark, and his eyes are bright, and he is already a qualified young man in Mongolia.

Since Manduhai had just finished giving birth, he still personally led the army this time and was fully responsible for this war against the Alchukha tribe.

"The Great Khan is really a good archery, it's really a hundred steps through the Yang!" Chaolu was a Mongolian who was proficient in Chinese culture, and immediately gave a thumbs up.

Dayan Khan was not complacent because of this, but estimated the distance between himself and Tara and said: "It's not that Ben Khan is powerful, but this Ming Bow is really extraordinary, and it can be shot at such a distance!" ”

"A sword is worthy of a hero, and a bow must be worthy of a capable man. Daming's Tuqing bow is indeed extraordinary, this time Daming can be said to have made a bloody investment in order to let us Dayuan fight for them! Chaolu saw the light in Dayan Khan's eyes, and he also echoed.

Dayan Khan looked at the strangely shaped Tu Qing bow in his hand, then turned his head to look at the entourage next to him and said, "Tie Yushi, can you fulfill the agreement now and notify the Governor of Xuanda to send the second batch of supplies out of the customs?" ”

Although Daming and Beiyuan have become closer to each other, and Daming has repeatedly taken the initiative to help Beiyuan survive the winter, the relationship between the two sides can be said to be in a honeymoon period.

It's just that this time, Daming also took precautions and divided the promised ordnance and materials into three batches for payment.

The first group was when the Mongol cavalry went out on the expedition, the second group was when the Mongol cavalry arrived at Alchukha to start the battle, and the third group was the end of the battle.

Datong Yu Shi Tie is a young official, wearing the official uniform of the Ming Dynasty, because it is the first time to see the real battlefield, his heart is both nervous and excited.

His status on this trip was special, as an entourage sent by the Ming Dynasty to follow the Mongol army, and his main duty was to monitor the movements of the Mongol cavalry and report to the Datong side.

"Kill!"

The vanguard of the Mongol cavalry was like a tiger descending from a mountain, and after a round of fierce shooting, in the face of those Jurchens who had survived or fled, they immediately drew their swords and rushed forward.

Burst! Burst! Burst!

Although the Alchukha tribe tried to resist, the Mongol cavalry had the advantage in numbers, and the combat effectiveness of the Mongol cavalry was very terrifying.

It will be a war without the slightest suspense, and in the face of the Mongols' sophisticated cavalry, this gathering place of hundreds of people under the command of the Alchukha tribe is like a lamb to the slaughter.

At the current rate of killing, in less than a single cup of tea, this gathering place that was still singing and dancing just now will become a place of death.

Tiezhi saw that the war had begun, and that he would soon be able to uproot this small gathering place, when he took out the pen and ink he was carrying to write the latest military information here, and then took out the carrier pigeon to pass the book.

In order to ensure that there were no accidents along the way, he chose to let three carrier pigeons fly together this time, and at least one carrier pigeon must be able to bring the latest military information back to Datong.

Once the Datong side knew that the war here had begun, they also followed the earlier agreement and allocated the second batch of ordnance and materials to the Northern Yuan.

"Great Khan, please instruct!" Chaolu saw the release of the three carrier pigeons, so he turned his head to look at Dayan Khan and arched his hand.

Dayan Khan is a seventeen-year-old boy after all, and even if he is of the blood of the Golden Family, his IQ cannot be known. Fortunately, with the assistance of Chaolu, he slowly controlled the entire army, and was ready to truly dominate the entire prairie.

Dayan Khan also saw the three carrier pigeons flying in the direction of Datong, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise slightly, and then nodded lightly to Chaolu.

What's going on?

Tie Zhi suddenly felt that the atmosphere was wrong, and faintly felt that he had done a big mistake, and suddenly turned his head in horror to look at Dayan Khan and Chaolu.

Chaolu patted the horse past Tie Zhi, first smiled at Tie Zhi, and then walked towards the herald.

Woo......

A horn sounded on the hillside, loud and long. (End of chapter)