Zhang Zhou didn't mind Lin Ting's excuse, but took him to face the saint.

As the new teacher and Zhang Zhou's brother-in-law, Lin Ting received a higher treatment than others, that is, he could get the emperor's direct commission.

“…… Lin Qing's family has been in the border area for many years, in addition to understanding the terrain of the northwest, but also has a lot of understanding of the customs and people's livelihood in the border area. ”

Inside the Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Youjiao's words made Lin Ting almost look up to the sky and sigh.

How old am I? It's only been two years since I was admitted to the Jinshi, and I was actually summoned by the emperor in person, not to mention, and he still had such high hopes for me?

Even if I don't want to, it must be for Da Ming to do my best.

"Weichen is still young, and he is ashamed." Lin Ting hurriedly showed his humble side.

Zhu Youzhu said with a smile: "The person used by Bingkuan, I trust him very much, not only because I believe in his vision, but also because I believe in the ability of Lin Qing's family, although you have just entered the court, but your family background is illustrious and there is a famous teacher to guide you, and you have the experience of training in the border land without fear of hardships, what is the difference between being so virtuous or having shallow qualifications or deep qualifications?" Don't be presumptuous. ”

Lin Ting found that the Confucian humility he had learned before was a bit useless.

The emperor and Zhang Zhou, regardless of whether they were young and vigorous, believed that they were capable of doing great things...... But he had never done anything big before...... It's a headache.

If I say that I am incapable, I am arrogant, and I don't even agree to His Majesty, so I don't need to be humble.

Li Rong, the only eunuch next to him, said with a smile: "Congratulations to Your Majesty on one more good day." ”

Zhu Youzhu said: "It's rare for Bingkuan to enter the palace today, by the way, Bingkuan, I still have something to ask you, it involves the use of troops in Huamachi, I have issued an order to the governors of Ningxia and Shaanxi, especially Ningxia, to arrange the garrison of Huamachi." I'd like to talk to you about it. ”

When Li Rong and Lin Ting heard this, they were suddenly a little at a loss.

In recent months, the emperor has arranged Zhu Hui and other old lords to lead the army, and the government and the opposition have not understood what the emperor is doing, and now it seems that he is about to give an answer.

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the minister only proposed to strengthen the guard in some places in the northwest that were once weakly defended, not only Huamachi, but also many pass fortresses around Ningxia, this is just to prevent the sudden attack of the Tatars." ”

"Oh." Zhu Youzhu nodded, and he looked at Lin Tingdao again, "Lin Qing's family, do you know the reason?" ”

“……”

Lin Ting naturally didn't know what this had to do with it.

Li Rong said with a smile: "What does the forester Wailang think, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

Lin Ting glanced at Zhang Zhou, and then reluctantly said: "Strengthening border preparedness is for ...... Prevent the Tatars from coming. ”

"It's really not ordinary." Zhu Youzhu approvingly, "Bingkuan, you didn't choose the wrong person." ”

Li Rong also asked tentatively: "Your Majesty, but do you want to prevent the Tatars from suddenly attacking from Huamachi and other places?" That...... That's a good time to prepare. ”

Zhu Youzhu said: "My Ming sent tens of thousands of troops from Hetao, and no matter how strong the Tatar soldiers are, but with their unchanging nature of bandits in the past, how can they fight with my Ming soldiers and horses with the main force?" Before there were no new guns and guns, they would have been hiding from the cat, and now that we have them, they will come to fight instead? ”

"Yes." Li Rong listened, Your Majesty, you really know the situation in the northwest.

Immediately, Li Rong thought of so many ministers from the government and the opposition, all of whom were guessing that the emperor was crazy for the war, and felt that the emperor was going to a decisive battle with the Tatars when he transferred the army, and now he knew that in fact, the emperor saw it more thoroughly than anyone else.

Zhu Hui's army of 50,000 is simply a disguise.

Zhu Youzhu said with a spring breeze on his face: "Bingkuan has long said that if I send tens of thousands of troops to the Ming Dynasty, the little prince of Tatar will definitely send troops in order to show his identity as the co-owner of the grassland, but he will definitely use a weak place in the Ming Dynasty to attack and invade, and he may not need to grab many things, just to show his determination to carry it to the end with the Ming Dynasty." ”

"And once he marches in a certain place, the soldiers and horses of my Ming expedition will have to be recruited to pay a return visit, and the prestige of the Ming army will be sharply reduced."

When Li Rong heard this, he looked at Zhang Zhou with a slightly frightened gaze.

Feelings have been waiting here?

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "The minister has analyzed the situation, and he has also thought about many places, and he is not sure where the Tatars are attacking from, but considering the direction of the Tatars in recent years, etc., I think that Huamachi and other places are still the most likely, rather than mobilizing a large army to attack the rear of the steppe again, it is better to set up an ambush in some places and wait for the Tatars to take the initiative to attack." ”

"Haha." Zhu Youzhu said with a smile, "So there is Bingkuan, I can rest assured." ”

When Li Rong and Lin Ting heard this, they were all shocked.

Zhu Youzhu looked at Li Rong and said, "Maochun, didn't you tell me before that even an ordinary general in the government and the opposition thinks that I have other intentions in this battle?" They guessed right. It's just that they think that I want to use Bingkuan or Xinjian Bo to transfer troops and horses all the way into the grassland, then it is not necessary, this time we will not take the initiative to send troops, but as we did in the original battle, we must wait for work. ”

"Your Majesty is wise, Cai Guogong...... There is no last resort. Li Rong could only compliment at this time.

Zhu Youzhu said: "Hey, it hasn't been confirmed that it is from Huamachi, and everywhere is just strengthening precautions." In the previous battle of Ningxia West Road, Anbian Hou and Ningxia Governor Yang Yiqing were not satisfactory, and this time the defense of Huamachi was handed over to Yang Yiqing, who instigated this battle. ”

"This ......"

Li Rong was also strange in his heart.

Yang Yiqing is not Zhang Zhou's person, after all, Yang Yiqing is strictly speaking, recommended by traditional civil officials, and in the previous Ningxia War, if the emperor hadn't been protecting Zhu Feng, Yang Yiqing's sin would have been great.

Now Yang Yiqing is not guilty of any crimes, and he can continue to be the governor of Ningxia, but no one in the northwest can afford him.

Zhu Youzhu said: "The little prince of Tatar should also regard Yang Yiqing as a soft persimmon for the defense of the northwest border town, and since then, this bureau has been set up. Bingkuan, after you go back, you will do a good calculation to see if the Tatars really come from Huamachi. ”

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "Your Majesty, things can't be determined, and the minister can only try his best to instigate." ”

"Look at you, I don't know the bottom of my heart, I look forward to it, and I am nervous." Zhu Youzhu said that he was uneasy, but his eyes were full of excitement.

No one in the government and the opposition understood it, and even the Tatars didn't know that this was an overall situation laid out by the Ming monarchs and ministers.

For Zhang Zhou.

It is not difficult to guess that the Tatars invaded from Huamachi, because this is "history".

"In the summer of April, the fire sifted through the Kou Guyuan. In the autumn and July, Zhu Hui, the Duke of Baoguo, and Yu Shi Lin, the military affairs capital of the Admiral, attacked the enemy at night in Hetao with the division of five routes, beheaded the third level, and drove more than 1,000 breeding animals back, and the reward was very generous. The little prince rode into the flower horse pond and salt pond with 100,000 yuan.

On the ninth day of the seventh month of the leap month, he commanded Wang Taiyu and the little prince Yu Yanchi and died in battle.

In autumn and August, the fire screened all the departments into the flower and horse pond, committed Guyuan, plundered Weizhou, Huanxian, Mengcheng, Lingzhou, committed Ningxia Middle Road, Sanfu was shaken, and the killing was cruel. The general military officer Gongshun Hou Zhao returned to Beijing, and replaced Hou Ying with Wu'an. The squire Li Sui supervised the Guanzhong, dug the border city, and the eight counties were in great difficulty.

Since the capture of Kou Guanlong, from the Huama Pond into the ......"

That is to say, since the fourteenth year of Hongzhi, Huamachi has become a breakthrough in the defense of Shaanxi and Ningxia in the Ming Dynasty, and the Tatars have invaded from Huamachi at every turn.

The Ming Dynasty completed the defensive counterattack against the Tatars in the autumn and winter of the thirteenth year of Hongzhi, and after Wang Shouren completed thousands of miles of running on the grassland, there were not too many omissions in Ningxia and Shaanxi, and the defense of Huamachi was even more immovable, which was also to prepare for the "offensive and defensive conversion" of Hongzhi for 14 years.

Because the precautions of the Ming Dynasty on the front line of Xuanda are almost perfect, and Wang Shouren is a evil god, the opportunity for the Tatars to be taken captive can only be in the land of Guanlong, and the importance of Huamachi is also reflected.

"Bingkuan, I still want to have two more drinks with you today, and I haven't gotten together for a few days. Walk around. ”

Zhu Youzhu finished talking about business, or it wasn't called business, he just told Li Rong and Lin Ting some little secrets, and now he wants to talk to Zhang Zhou even more.

Zhang Zhoudao: "Your Majesty, you still have to drink less wine, Your Majesty wants to talk to Weichen, and you can talk at night." ”

"Haha." Zhu Youzhu said in a high spirit, "Let's just eat together, pass the word, and prepare a table of wine banquet." Lin Qing's family, if there is nothing to do, you can also go back and prepare first, Yanwutang still needs you to help Bingkuan more. ”

"Yes." Lin Ting also knew each other and knew that he was not qualified to eat in the palace.

Being summoned by the emperor is already a gift, and he also found out that the Ming Dynasty wanted to set up ambushes in Ningxia, Shaanxi and other places to use troops with the Tatars, which was a secret......

Only the few people in front of them know.

Then he is a core member of the government and the opposition, and his future is not ......

Measureless?!

……

……

Lin Ting followed Li Rong out of the palace, this was the highest treatment he could get, Li Rong of the Admiral Dongchang personally led the way, and he could feel that he was being looked down upon by anyone he saw along the way.

He knew that this was basically the treatment that the old Shangshu of the Central Cabinet of the DPRK and the Central Court was deeply honored.

"The forester is so young, he has just entered the officialdom, and he has such a good future in the future, which is really enviable, and he will be taken care of more in the future." Li Rong not only did not put on a show, but turned his head and asked Lin Ting to take care of him.

Lin Ting hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Gonggong Li is polite. The lower officials still need more guidance from you. ”

"That's a big deal." Li Rong smiled and said, "Our family is old, but we are taking advantage of the fact that we are half in the ground to give Your Majesty a little more precaution, and it is not as good as a young official like Lin Yuan Wailang." In the future, the Ming Dynasty will need more young rising stars like you, I want you to get the true biography of Mr. Zhang, don't look at the current official quality is not high, but you can be trusted, and promotion is a matter of time. ”

Lin Ting's face was somewhat embarrassed.

Listening to Li Rong's meaning, whether he can be respected depends on Zhang Zhou's face.

Li Rong continued to lead the way, but he also said with emotion: "Before today, who would have thought that Mr. Zhang had already laid out everything? ”

Lin Ting said: "Xia Guan has just found out. ”

"Huh." Li Rong said with a smile, "Such a secret, I think only His Majesty and Mr. Zhang have discussed and instructed to go to the northwest to arrange it, and there are many people who know about it, how can such a big thing be done?" Just like before the battle, who would have thought that it would be so intense? When our family was just in a private house, after hearing about this battle, it was shocked, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, no one dared to be like Cai Guogong and Wei Ninghou, with a pass for a big victory. ”

Lin Ting thought to himself, are you saying that Zhang Bingkuan and Wang Weining are both crazy?

Li Rong said: "Oh, but our family is thinking again, unlike the previous battle in Biguan, there are no famous generals in this land of Ningxia now." And also...... If so, to whom? But he said that the one who ruled Ningxia as a constitutional official was not Mr. Zhang's person. ”

Lin Ting said: "Since it is for the Ming Dynasty, why do you care who recommended it?" ”

"Tsk, how else to say that Mr. Zhang, and the people he admires, are open-minded? But I'm afraid that some people will not appreciate the credit if they get the credit. ”

Li Rong seemed to be thinking about Zhang Zhou completely.

Yang Yiqing is likely to be a "white-eyed wolf", after all, he is a traditional civil official faction, and now there is a great meritorious service in front of Yang Yiqing...... How many people can't ask for something, and this kind of opportunity can also fall into the hands of people who are not from Zhang Zhou's faction?

Li Rong smiled again: "I hope that the forester Wailang will go out to lead the troops one day and return to the Yanwu Hall, not only to help the Ming Dynasty cultivate talents, but also to exercise himself." ”

Lin Ting hurriedly said respectfully: "Thank you Gonggong Li for mentioning it." ”

"Hmm." Li Rong nodded, admiring a child like Lin Ting who knew how to be polite and well-mannered, and said with a smile, "When the forester Wailang leads the troops in the future, I hope our family will be lucky enough to meet him." There are not a few years to survive. ”

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That night, Zhu Feng picked up Lin Ting and washed the dust, but Zhang Zhou did not appear.

Zhu Feng took Lin Ting to listen to the play, but Lin Ting was obviously not thinking about it, he had a family, and returning to the capital also meant that he could live a quiet life for a few days.

"Brother Lizhan, I have good wine here, you drink two more glasses, if you think it's good, I'll send you two jars when you go back."

Zhu Feng invited Lin Ting to dinner for the purpose of drinking.

Lin Ting excused himself: "The journey is tiring, and I can't drink much. ”

"Don't, don't worry, Yanwutang is usually not allowed to drink, but if you don't have any errands to teach in the future, it's okay to drink some." Zhu Feng poured wine for Lin Ting with a smile, "This time I came to receive you for Brother Zhang, he is a busy man, and he rarely sees his face." ”

Seeing Zhu Feng's enthusiastic appearance, Lin Ting couldn't help asking: "How much does An Bianhou know about the use of troops in the northwest?" ”

Zhu Feng asked, "Are you talking about the Duke of Baoguo leading the troops?" Brother Zhang said, it has nothing to do with us, let's drink our wine, they fight their battles, and the sky is falling and we don't have to go to the top anyway. ”

Lin Ting's face was surprised.

I was thinking in my heart, could it be that the layout in Ningxia and Shaanxi, Cai Guogong didn't even tell a henchman like An Bianhou?

Am I not burdened by knowing the secret?