It didn't take long for a little eunuch to stand outside the hall and look at Wang Ji.

Wang Ji hurriedly walked out, and the little eunuch whispered something in his ear.

When Wang Ji came in, everyone's eyes were on him.

Wang Ji hurriedly said: "At the beginning of February, all kinds of people appeared outside the city of Zhenyuanfu. ”

As soon as he heard this, Emperor Zhizheng was immediately angry: "Are the people in Zhenyuan Mansion blind? Deaf? Why don't you take these people? Why do you still have the face to report this matter to the imperial court? Why don't you people know about this? ”

Cold sweat seeped out of Wang Ji's forehead: "Your Majesty is angry, when Zhenyuan Mansion reported this matter, it was only said that it was Tumiao's Thunder Festival, and every year in early February, Tumiao would go out of the house and gather in one place to release the thunderbolt when the spring thunder exploded for the first time!" The newspaper said that this year was especially crowded, and the sound of guns rang out everywhere, as if the two armies were fighting, which lasted for several hours. ”

"The house, the house prevents the impact of soil seedlings on the city, so it ......"

"Therefore, they made the eight kings with shrunken heads, so they took it for granted that it was some kind of taboo festival, so the rice buckets of the military department just regarded it as an ordinary thing, and directly filed the matter of the transfer of the text!"

"Isn't it?"

Faced with a series of questions from Emperor Zhizheng, the three ministers all knelt down, because the incident happened in the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of War was under the control of Xu Song, so Xu Song was the first to speak: "Your Majesty, it's the teacher, please treat the old ministers for the crime of not noticing!" ”

Emperor Zhizheng glared at Xu Song, and wanted to send him down, but when he asked himself, he knew that this was also the regular disposal process of the imperial court.

The people in Zhenyuan Mansion really didn't do anything wrong.

The local area was originally a place where the natives gathered, and at every turn Miao Dong and other barbarians would storm the county government, kill officials and rebel.

There were so many firearms rattling for a few hours at once, and the local guard office would definitely be worried that someone would take the opportunity to plot against him.

No one could have imagined that the thieves would be mixed in the soil seedlings and go north through the Thunder Festival.

Thinking of this, Emperor Zhizheng calmed down a little, and he waved his hand to get everyone up.

At this time, Qin Yan, who had just stood up, arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, you must not let the thieves enter Sichuan, and order the guards of Sichuan and Shaanxi to step up their vigilance. ”

Hearing this, Emperor Zhizheng's heart was on fire.

Sichuan, the land of abundance, the terrain is dangerous, once the thieves are allowed to enter, the officials and soldiers want to enter again, it is much more difficult than to suppress the anti-thieves in a place like Hefei.

Not to mention Guanzhong, occupying Guanzhong, the situation in the north immediately deteriorated, and even Henan, Shanxi, and even Jingshi were in danger.

"Xu Song, among the three of you, you are the one who knows the most about military affairs, what do you say about today?"

Xu Song frowned, and did not answer Emperor Zhizheng's words immediately, and only replied after a while: "Your Majesty, now that the thief is unknown, you should calm down!" ”

Wu Xingbang shook his head when he heard this: "Zhongwang is not appropriate, if the thief enters Sichuan, what if he is like Ji Han and defends himself according to the danger?" ”

Emperor Zhizheng is most afraid of this, Liu Beike is the one who became a hegemon after entering Sichuan, what if these thieves also take Sichuan as their base and divide a place to wait for the sky?

Qin Yan also shook his head, as if he didn't agree with Xu Song's words.

Xu Song explained at this time: "Your Majesty, the thieves are making a big move, and they will not go to Kuizhou Mansion or Shunqing Mansion after entering Sichuan. Their target must be the generation of wealthy Chongqing Fuba County! ”

Xu He listened to the uncle's analysis and nodded immediately.

Kuizhou is the festival of later generations, and Shunqing is Nanchong and other places in later generations.

This one is on the north side of the Jiannan Division, and the other is on the west side of the Jiannan Division.

Chongqing, on the other hand, is in the southwest of the Jiannan Division.

Although Fengjie and Nanchong are also big mansions, just like Xu Song said, thieves came all the way from Guangxi to this place just to occupy these two places.

Unless, their purpose is Shaanxi.

But the Shu Road into Shaanxi is in high danger, it's good that these people are not discovered, and now they have been discovered by the imperial court, so Xu Song can't wait for them to enter Shaanxi from Sichuan, and then they can be strangled under the many checkpoints of Shu Road!

In this way, it is only necessary to prevent the thieves from going west to Chongqing and Chengdu.

"Hurry up and put the guards on guard!"

Xu Song arched his hand and said: "Before I came, I had already ordered people to expedite 800 miles and send a two-pronged message to Sichuan to send a message to five sub-guarding roads and eight soldiers to prepare roads. ”

Emperor Zhizheng nodded, and finally felt a little relieved: "You guys go back first, I will recruit you into the palace when there is news!" ”

It seems that Emperor Zhizheng has accepted Xu Song's method of calming down.

Qin Yan and the others had no choice but to retire for the time being.

Before leaving, several people looked at Xu He.

Xu He was just about to say goodbye and pick up Hui Hui and go back.

As soon as a few ministers left, Emperor Zhizheng stroked his beard and said, "You guessed very accurately!" ”

Xu He didn't want to be false in front of his father-in-law, so he said directly: "It's all taught to me by Master Xie Kun!" ”

Who knew that the emperor shook his head: "Xie Kun is simple, and it is okay to make a decision on the spot, so that he can anticipate the enemy before ......."

Before he finished speaking, Emperor Zhizheng said: "That's it, Xu He, since you guessed correctly, then tell me, what your uncle said, is it feasible to calm down?" ”

Xu He naturally would not dismantle Xu Song's platform, not to mention that Xu Song was very reasonable.

But Xu He still spoke: "Uncle Xiaochen is right, before the matter is clear, it is better to be still than to move. But the minister ......"

Emperor Zhizheng saw him hesitate, so he said, "Say! ”

Xu He frowned: "Your Majesty, the minister has a guess in his heart, and I don't know whether to talk about it or not." ”

Emperor Zhizheng looked at him and said, "Say it! ”

Xu He said: "The minister thinks that there are masters among the thieves, and no matter what we do now, we are going according to the arrangement of the thieves." ”

"You mean, calm down?"

Xu He nodded.

Emperor Zhizheng frowned and said, "Then why did you ...... just now?"

Xu He explained: "Your Majesty, what Uncle Chen said, that is the best way at this time. ”

"When something really happens in Sichuan, the army will inevitably enter Sichuan."

"Is there something wrong?"

Xu He nodded: "If the thieves want to attack Chongqing, why do they want to go north and then south?" They could go directly north to Wuzhou from Zhenyuan Mansion and attack Chongqing, taking the imperial court by surprise. ”

Emperor Zhizheng knew that the Wuzhou mentioned by Xu He here was not the ancient name of Jinhua in Zhejiang, but the place in the north of Tongren in Guizhou bordering Chongqing.

Yes, why do thieves go far away?

Xu He continued: "Moreover, from Jiannansi to Chongqing in the southwest, all the way to the big river or Sanjiangxi and Luxi is against the current, and the land route is even more dangerous!" ”

Emperor Zhizheng suddenly realized: "You mean that the target of the thieves is not Chongqing at all. ”

Xu He was a little speechless: "It may also be Chongqing, but even if the target of this group of people is Chongqing, they are not afraid, because according to the estimation of the ministers, these people are just suspicious soldiers!" ”

"Suspicious?"