Xuanfu was called Shanggu in ancient times, and the town as a border city, as well as the head of the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty, is still very historical in this dynasty.

In the early years of the dynasty, the king of the valley was divided here. During the Zhengde Dynasty, Emperor Zhengde, who was keen on patrolling the border, built a palace in Xuanfu, and the background of the folk legend of Emperor Zhengde and Sister Li Feng was in Xuanfu.

In the past, Xuanfu Zhencheng was a relatively pure military city, and the residents were mainly officials, soldiers and their families, and the management was also militarized.

However, in the past 20 years, with the great development of border trade after the Longqing Peace Conference, Xuanfu, which is close to the hinterland of the capital, has also shown some signs of prosperity.

It is said that in the Zhangjiakou Fort Horse Market under the Xuanfu, the number of horses officially traded alone has exceeded 30,000 every year, worth 150,000 to 200,000 taels of silver.

If the concept of GDP is used to describe it, Lin Tailai estimates that the annual GDP scale of Zhangjiakou Baoma City has reached hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, and the scale will become larger and larger in the future.

It is no wonder that in the future, Zhangjiakou Fort, which should have been a small border fort under the jurisdiction of Xuanfu Town, gradually grew bigger with the border city, and finally annexed Xuanfu in turn.

Hundreds of years later, the former Xuanfu, the head of the Nine Sides, was only a district under Zhangjiakou, which was the power of economic interests.

After Lin Tailai entered Xuanfu City from Nanguan and Changping Gate, he browsed the street scenes on both sides and listened to the explanation of the guide Hei Dazhuang.

Now Hei Dazhuang is completely convinced of this Hanlin master, this kind of temperament that does not take a few pavilion elders seriously at all, others can't learn it.

There are many institutions in Xuanfu City, the situation is more complicated, and Lin Tailai has no foundation here at all.

So he didn't think about coming up and making a big show, he just planned to quietly enter the city first and feel the situation.

Although Lin Tailai also knew that even if he quietly entered the city, his identity would not be kept secret for a day or even a night, but he could always learn more about the local information from another angle.

Lin Tailai casually asked a few more words about Hei Dazhuang's owner, Hei Xiao, and Hei Dazhuang immediately introduced it.

"My lord is a role model for us families! In the words of Master Lin, it is an idol. ”

"The housekeepers in Xuanfu City are full of admiration for my master!"

"Because my lord used to be a superb family back then!"

Lin Tailai: "."

The best housekeeper? Hei Da Zhuang, you say this is serious? You don't look like a traverser, do you?

After listening to a few more words, I understood what this "best family ding" meant, it turned out that although Hei Xiao, the owner of Hei Dazhuang, was not known in history, he was also a small legend.

This person was taken captive by the northern captives at the border when he was a child, and fled back to Daming in the 36th year of Jiajing when he was a young man, and he had no choice but to become a family member in Xuanfu.

As we all know, the family members of the military attaché in the border town are actually personal soldiers or family soldiers, and they are also the strongest soldiers around the military attaché.

Then the legend was born, from the thirty-sixth year of Jiajing to the Longqing Peace Conference for more than ten years, this family named Hei Xiao participated in seven battles, and each battle was able to behead one and take seven heads.

Don't think that the number is small, today's Ming official certification of the head level is extremely strict, and a battle can behead hundreds, which can be called a great victory.

According to the current Ming military merit system, one beheading one in Xuanfu Town can be upgraded to one level.

As a result, Hei Xiao started from a family, relying on seven heads, and was successively promoted to a small flag, a general flag, a hundred households, a hundred households, a deputy thousand households, a thousand households, and a commanding officer.

In other words, from having nothing to being promoted to the avant-garde commander and guerrilla of Xuanfu, Hei Xiao only took more than ten years, and he also made a reputation for courage in Xuanfu.

In the eyes of all locals, what is it that a person like Hei Xiao is not a "superb family"?

When he learned this, Lin Tailai could basically determine that Hei Xiao should be the father of Hei Yunlong, one of the northern generals of the Chongzhen Dynasty in history.

With Lin Tailai's habit of "discerning people", in the absence of conflicts of interest, he is still willing to give "talents" more opportunities to contact themselves by the way.

This is also one of the reasons why Lin Tailai decided to stay in Heixiao Mansion tonight.

The bell tower of Xuanfu town is called Qingyuan Tower, and the drum tower is called Zhenshuo Tower, and Heifu is located in the west of Zhenshuo Tower.

When he arrived at the gate of the Black Mansion, Hei Dazhuang stepped forward and said a few words, and suddenly the gate opened, and a military attache in his fifties walked out quickly, it was Hei Xiao, the owner of the mansion.

Commander Hei knew that Lord Qincha wanted to keep a low profile for the time being, so he didn't salute at the door, but only bowed with his fists and said enthusiastically, "Please come in!" ”

Immediately, Lin Tailai and his entourage of more than a dozen people did not stay outside, and quickly entered the black mansion.

At this time, the wrinkles on the face of the legendary old military attache Hei Xiao were almost smiling into chrysanthemums, but he didn't expect that Hei Fenghu, the son of the operation, would go to Beijing to take the martial arts test, and he would still have such a gain, and he actually invited Tianxian home.

It's like buying a lottery ticket on the side of the road hundreds of years later, and winning millions of jackpots.

After sitting down in the hall, Commander Hei spoke: "I often tell my peers that Lin Zhuangyuan is my role model!"

Others only admire Lin Zhuangyuan's talent and fame, but I only admire Lin Zhuangyuan's courage and courage! ”

Oh? Although Lin Tailai was silent on his face, he secretly thought in his heart that this "best family" was taken to the grassland since he was a child, but he could survive for more than ten years and escape back;

After that, he was able to smoothly get the decapitation merit seven times in a row and upgrade.,It seems that in addition to being brave.,It probably also has some strengths like "being a man".

Listening to the black commander continued: "Back then, Lin Zhuangyuan was able to intimidate Jiangzuo with the military position of commanding affairs, and successively defeated several governors, governors, and ministers who held customs defenses.

Even those of us who are far away from the border have heard of Lin Zhuangyuan's deeds, and we all worship and obey him!

Therefore, Lin Zhuangyuan's name has long been in our hearts, and Lin Zhuangyuan's deeds are like a miracle in our eyes! ”

Lin Tailai felt that although Hei Xiao's words were also flattering, they might contain six or seven points of sincerity.

After all, what is being pursued today is the policy of using civilians to control the military, and the suppressive power of civilian officials over military attaches is very strong, and the loudest voices in border towns are the governors and governors, and military attaches are generally aggrieved in the face of civilian officials.

Even Li Rusong, the son of the earl and the chief military officer of Congyipin, wanted to be on an equal footing with Xu Shouqian, the governor of Sanpin, when he was in Xuanfu the year before last, which caused an uproar and was forced to be transferred back to Beijing.

It very happened that Li Rusong's incident and Lin Tailai's mutiny and mediation of civil unrest occurred in the same year.

At that time, after the military attache of Xuanfu witnessed what happened to Li Rusong, and then heard about Lin Tailai's deeds in the south, who didn't want to live like Lin Tailai?

If you don't agree with each other, you will mutiny, and if you don't say anything, the people will be in turmoil.

Catch what you should catch, and kill yourself if you should commit suicide!

In the end, the court didn't treat Lin Tailai as well, and the eldest husband should be the same!

As a superb family, Hei Xiao is already legendary in the eyes of others.

But he really felt that compared with Lin Zhuangyuan's legend, he could only be said to be a small thing. Even though he claims to be brave, he has never had the courage to confront the governor head-on.

"How much do you know about Xu Junmen?" Lin Tailai asked suddenly.

Commander Hei was stunned, what does Lin Zhuangyuan mean by this?

The border towns are different from the mainland, and the military attributes of the governor are greater, so it is customary to be called the military gate, and the station is called Xingyuan.

Lin Tailai suddenly mentioned Xu Junmen, of course, referring to Xu Shouqian, the governor of Xuanfu.

Seeing that Hei Xiao was stunned, Lin Tailai asked with ill intentions: "I heard that Xu Junmen is greedy, yes or no?" ”

Black Conductor: "."

Just now, I was still admiring the heroic deeds of Governor Lin Zhuangyuan in succession, and in a blink of an eye, I heard Lin Zhuangyuan ask Governor Xu with bad intentions, do you want to .

No, no, this kind of counterattack looks very cool, but if you pull yourself down, you'll be a little scared!

What "the big husband should be like this", that's all fantasy, you can't take it seriously!

Seeing Commander Hei's reaction, Lin Tailai chuckled: "The imperial court sent me to inspect the Xuanfu to do the matter of visiting and correcting the impeachment.

Therefore, it is normal to ask local officials about Xu Junmen's situation, and it is my duty, so you don't have to think too much about it. ”

Seeing that Lin Zhuangyuan did not further ask about Governor Xu's situation, Commander Hei breathed a sigh of relief.

He was afraid that Lin Zhuangyuan would pull himself into the water to make trouble, and he didn't know anything inside, so he would become cannon fodder in the high-level struggle.

Of course, things are not so simple, although Lin Tailai and Xuanfu Governor Xu Shouqian have no grievances, but in order to marry Li Rusong, Lin Tailai still plans to touch Governor Xu.

If it is another military attaché, even if it is a national prince, it may not be worth paying the price to make friends, but Li Rusong is different.

After all, in the middle of the Wanli Dynasty, Li Rusong was the only one among the generals, and whenever a major war included a war against the Japanese, the Wanli Emperor would definitely send Li Rusong to lead the army.

If you want to brush up on military merits or go into battle to kill widows, you can't avoid Li Rusong, and there is no better person than Li Rusong.

Therefore, Lin Tailai clearly believes that Li Rusong is worthy of his own "investment", even if he fails, he must let Li Rusong see his actions.

He thought about things in his heart, and naturally changed the topic in his mouth and said: "Recently, I heard that the situation in the north is turbulent, and the three ladies on the right wing of the north are vying for the title of King of Shunyi, what do you think the final result will be?" ”

Hei Xiao lived on the grassland for more than ten years when he was a teenager, and he has been in the border town since he was in his prime, so it can be said that he is very familiar with the situation inside and outside the border wall.

Therefore, to Lin Tailai's question, Hei Xiao replied without thinking: "In any case, Pullik and the third lady must compromise in the end, it is nothing more than how to compromise." ”

Lin Tailai continued to ask: "Can't they split and fight with each other?" ”

Hei Xiao said with great certainty: "Inside and outside the side wall of Xuanda, including the imperial court and the right wing of the Northern Prisoners, no one at all the top levels wants to fight anymore!" ”

Lin Tailai was very interested and said: "I would like to hear about it." ”

In this regard, Hei Xiao is an expert figure, such as Shujiazhen's analysis: "Let's talk about the imperial court first, first, the general direction of the imperial court is to maintain peace with the right wing of the Northern Captives, and to maintain combat with the left wing of the Great Khan, the suzerainty of the Northern Captives.

In addition to reducing the pressure on the border towns, this also included the strategy of provoking infighting between the right and left flanks in the north.

Therefore, the imperial court did not want the right wing of the Northern Captives to fall into internal strife and chaos and decline, so that the Great Khan, the suzeraint of the left wing of the Northern Captives, would regain power.

Second, if the right-wing of the Northern Captives falls into infighting, there will inevitably be winners and losers.

The victor can monopolize the benefits of the horse market, but the loser will definitely have to rely on the Koubian raid to obtain supplies.

For the imperial court, it would lose the significance of Kaigong City, and it would also bring unnecessary trouble.

Therefore, the imperial court must hope that the right wing of the northern captives will compromise internally and successfully complete the succession of the Shunyi king, and does not want to change the status quo of Xuanda and the overall peace of the three sides at all. ”

After talking about his own side, Hei Xiao began to analyze the opposing sides of the right-wing in the Beiyu again: "As for the three ladies and the pull, after nearly twenty years of enjoyment, the high-level right-wing leaders of the Beiyu, including them, are completely inseparable from the interests of the border city.

In Zhangjiakou Baoguan City alone, Beiyu earns nearly 200,000 taels a year by selling horses, and there are three such horse markets on each side.

Therefore, the high-level right-wing leaders of the Beiyu are absolutely reluctant to give up the border market, but regarding the switch of the border market, the initiative is completely in the hands of the Ming court, and the high-level right-wing leaders of the Beiyu must take into account the attitude of the Ming court.

If it angers the Ming court, then Gongshi will be gone if it says no, and they can't afford this pressure.

To put it mildly, if someone in the north really caused the closure of the border market, maybe someone else would immediately cut off their heads and send them to Daming. ”

Lin Tailai said thoughtfully: "Your Excellency means that on the issue of the successor of the Shunyi King, we just need to be tough?" ”

Hei Xiao replied very affirmatively: "No matter how fierce the quarrel between the third lady and Tuo Lik is, even if there is a small-scale friction, we don't have to worry about him."

Just use the toughest attitude to force them to compromise and wait for the results!

Lin Zhuangyuan, as a messenger who inspected the Xuanfu, may come into contact with this aspect of affairs, and the third lady and Lalik may come to Lin Zhuangyuan for support.

But Lin Zhuangyuan only needs to believe me and put strong pressure on the three ladies and Tuo Lik!

If it really doesn't work, I will close the horse market for a month this year, or cut tens of thousands of taels of official silver to buy horses, as a just right warning.

In the end, no matter how much compromise is made within the right wing of the Northern Empire, as long as the Shunyi king's succession is completed, Lin Zhuangyuan will be able to get a great merit of mediation, isn't it beautiful? ”

Lin Tailai happily patted Commander Hei's shoulder and said kindly: "Lao Hei, these analysis suggestions of yours have really come to my heart, and I have been taught!" ”

Commander Black was immediately flattered, he had been mixing on both sides of the wall for decades, and he knew more about the mentality of the characters on both sides.

For many historical events, only basic information is recorded in the historical materials.

However, the various subtle psychological states of the parties can only be guessed by their own brains, or analyzed by people like Hei Xiao who are really familiar with the situation, but the latter is obviously more reliable than the former.

Hearing Hei Xiao's analysis today, Lin Tailai felt unexpected, and he deserved to be the best family.

When he came to Xuanfu, in addition to fighting to clean up Governor Xu, he must also preside over foreign affairs and make merits.

Lin Tailai had not had a clear idea before, but after Commander Hei's analysis, he immediately opened his mouth.

Threesome, there must be my teacher!

It's a pity that this person is a bit of a "Ye Gong is a good dragon", and he keeps admiring himself for daring to commit a mutiny and abolish the governor, but he tried to do it together a little, and he immediately coaxed.

(End of chapter)