"Poor look, who is pity to show me?"

After Liu Yu was escorted down again, Li Zhang said in a slightly mocking tone, and then said to Zhang Zhou in a laughing tone: "Who made him offend you, sir?" ”

Zhang Zhoudao: "He violated the law and discipline of the Ming Dynasty." ”

"Yes, yes, but he is also not interested, he always wants to do those two-faced things, if he didn't do anything to that Ma Shangshu, why would Ma Shangshu sponsor him every time? The court will talk to him every time? He is not clean, and he still wants to be left and right, and he deserves to be like this. ”

When Li Zhang said this, he probably followed Zhang Zhou's meaning, or speculated about Zhang Zhou's meaning.

In fact, even Li Zhang didn't understand it too much, why didn't a dog like Liu Yu who was both corrupt and perverted the law and able to do things?

said that he was linked to Ma Wensheng? With Liu Yu's knowledge, he can probably tell which side of the relationship is stronger, and when he falls to Zhang Zhou's side, he will definitely not pay any attention to Ma Wensheng's faction.

It seems that Zhang Zhou is too much to compare with Liu Yu's problem.

"If it's okay, I'll go back first." Zhang Zhoudao.

"Let us send you." Li Zhang smiled and made a gesture of guidance.

Zhang Zhoudao: "How dare you bother Father-in-law Li? I'm just going out by myself, I just returned to the capital, and I haven't even asked about the military department, I'm afraid I'm going to be very busy in the past two days. ”

Li Zhang hurriedly said: "Sir, you are a noble person, and our family is not good to bother you anymore, but I believe that Your Majesty relies on you very much, and will let our family ...... I hope you don't mind, sir. ”

Zhang Zhou nodded and said, "If Your Majesty has an order, it is natural to do your best, and we should do so." ”

"Sir, please." Li Zhang smiled and sent Zhang Zhou out of the court.

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Zhang Zhou left Beizhen Fusi.

When the others left, Mu Bin hurriedly came out of the inner hall and waited for Li Zhang's orders in front of him.

Li Zhang said: "Before, our family only said that we should interrogate this Liu Yu well, who let him be tortured?" This Cai Guogong happened to come back, and he saw it, aren't you afraid that Cai Guogong will give you some color? ”

Mu Bin hurriedly said: "It's a dereliction of duty." But looking at Cai Guogong's meaning before, it seems that he didn't care. ”

"That's what our family said, it's the meaning above, Cai Guogong thinks it's His Majesty's will, so it's not easy to care about it, but if he knows, Your Majesty doesn't care about what Liu Yu doesn't care about at all, aren't you making trouble for yourself?" Li Zhang was also very annoyed.

Previously, in front of Zhang Zhou, he had to pretend to be a meal to ensure that he would not be seen by Zhang Zhou.

Mu Bin could only bow his head and admit his mistake.

Li Zhang said: "Then Liu Yu thought he was a hard bone, looking at his appearance, he didn't know and thought he was a villain, Cai Guogong pulled him out, but it also seemed wise." What kind of big thing can this kind of person achieve with two faces? ”

Mu Bin was puzzled: "I also feel that he is not a decent gentleman, but he doesn't seem to be ......."

"It's not going to end up like this, is it? You didn't do it? Originally, it was just an edict, but it can still be transferred out and used when he turns around, after this sentence, there is no room for maneuver between Liu Yu and Cai Guogong, and Cai Guogong will use a criminal minister who has been rectified by him? Li Zhang said angrily.

"This Liu Yu, don't you dare to do anything, right?" Mu Bin said.

"Hmph, even if Liu Yu goes out, he still does things for Cai Guogong honestly, and Cai Guogong will not be able to entrust him with a heavy responsibility, this is to prevent Liu Yu from worrying about today's edict. This Liu Yu's attitude is not important, Cai Guogong's attitude towards this Liu Yu is important, Cai Guogong thinks that he may hold grudges, then this person will be completely abolished! It was you who disrupted Cai Guogong's employment plan. ”

Li Zhang stubbornly put a black pot on Mu Bin's head.

Mu Bin shouted in his heart that he was wronged.

It was Zhang Zhou who took people before, and it was you Li Zhang who said that it was you Li Zhang who wanted to be tortured, but we really used the punishment, but now we say that we don't know the number of advance and retreat? You two big guys are really good at shirking responsibility.

Li Zhang said: "That Xie Ge Lao, you should also be kind to him, he won't stay here for long, and he will go out soon!" In the future, if you do that good advocacy, don't say that our family is ruthless. ”

"Yes, yes." Mu Bin will not do anything else except admit his mistakes.

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Approaching sunset.

Li Dongyang went out and came back, and he was still on duty in the cabinet room that night, and he also did a lot of things on this trip, and also inquired about the news, and when he came back, he reported what he had seen and heard to Liu Jian.

"It's almost fine! Someone is venturing, and His Majesty is ready to let Yu Qiao return to his hometown. Even if you try your best, you are afraid of the result...... It wouldn't be too good either. ”

Li Dongyang originally supported Liu Jian's absolutely uncompromising principle.

But as the emperor has made the decision to send Xie Qian back to his hometown, Li Dongyang feels that it is difficult to wrestle with the emperor in this matter.

Liu Jian kept silent with a gloomy face.

Li Dongyang said: "Judging from the previous rules, if you retire from the cabinet, there will be no chance of a comeback, there is no guilt, just let Zhishi return to his hometown, which can probably be regarded as His Majesty has made certain concessions." ”

Liu Jian said: "What kind of concession is this? Did Yu Qiao do something wrong? ”

"He was right, but it didn't turn out to be what we expected. If it is a futileless return from the north today, His Majesty will basically not pursue Yu Qiao's matter, but since Cui Maoren and Zhu Zhijie have achieved good news, someone must come out to take some responsibility, if it is not Yu Qiao, it can only be ...... Alas! ”

Li Dongyang felt sorry for his old friend.

Xie Qian is just implementing some decisions of the cabinet, but now he has become a backstabber.

Liu Jian said: "Have you already determined that it is a retirement?" ”

Li Dongyang nodded and said, "It's almost the same!" Cui Maoren and Zhu Zhijie won this battle, according to their own reports, there was no follow-up pursuit, they would immediately turn south and return to various places in the northwest...... So far, everything has been fine. This can be regarded as a blessing, if there is any benefit to the British public passers-by, I am afraid that this matter will not end well. ”

"Hmm." Liu Jian nodded.

Both of them knew very well that Xie Qian was looking for someone to impeach Wang Shouren to transfer troops to Zhang Mao.

If Wang Shouren gets a good news, or Zhang Mao leads his troops to a great victory because of this, then Xie Qian will have no purpose...... If you really get impeached by you, you can't get their merits, and you will become a sinner.

According to Li Dongyang's meaning, in the matter of Wang Shouren's transfer of 6,000 soldiers and horses to Zhang Mao, no greater strategic victory was achieved, so Xie Qian's matter could end uneventfully.

If not, I'm afraid that Xie Qian won't be able to retreat if he wants to.

Liu Jian frowned slightly and said: "But there is no news from Ningxia in the past few days, what is the situation of the British princess?" ”

In the war in the north, it was clear that the emperor appointed Zhang Mao to make the commander, but now Zhang Mao seems to be an invisible person, everyone was expecting Wang Qiong and Wang Shouren to achieve a great victory, and now they are excited for Zhu Feng and Cui Yuan to achieve good news, but he Zhang Mao seems to be out of the way.

Of course, I don't blame Zhang Mao for not being capable.

It's weird, everyone else was promoted or cultivated by Zhang Zhou, and others' expectations for Zhang Zhou's subordinates were too high, but there was no expectation for Zhang Mao.

Li Dongyang said: "I only heard that he was stationed in Huamachi, and it seems that he still wants to make a fuss about the small victory in the previous battle, and now there is a big victory in the east, so his British prince will become a joke!" After he returns to Beijing this time, his face will not be too good-looking, and the things we wanted to use him to oppose Zhang Bingkuan can still be carried out. ”

The cabinet originally planned to make Zhang Mao hate Zhang Zhou to cause infighting in the Governor's Mansion.

This is still possible.

Liu Jian said: "The next step in Jingying, it is uncertain who Your Majesty will hand it over." I'm afraid that after the British Duke returns to Beijing, even his own fangs will be worn out! Counting on him? Hum! ”

At present, Liu Jian is also very disdainful of people other than Zhang Zhou.

Obviously planning to drive the tiger and devour the wolf, and use your group of people to deal with Zhang Zhou.

It turned out that you are all a group of bugs, but there have been major losses within our civil leaders, and your so-called wolves are now trembling in front of Zhang Zhou.

Counting on Zhang Mao?

It seems that there is no hope for it.

Li Dongyang nodded and said: "The Northeast is not afraid, as long as the northwest is calm, everything will be like this." It's just a pity for Yu Qiao. ”

Liu Jian was about to leave the duty room, and suddenly thought of something, turned around and asked, "Where is Ma Yi?" Where are the thousands of soldiers and horses that Wang Bo'an transferred now? ”

Li Dongyang shook his head.

He didn't know about it.

On the overall strategic map of the battle of the Ming Dynasty, it seems that Ma Yi has disappeared, and there seems to be no existence of this passer-by.

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The news of Zhu Feng and Cui Yuan's great victory only reached Jingshi, and had not yet spread to various places in the northwest, and the west of Juyong Pass did not know about it.

But it was more than 300 miles northeast of Huamachi, and the Ming Dynasty went on the farthest journey...... Ma Yi and Zhang Rui's 6,000 elite light cavalry had already reached the hinterland of the steppe, and after several days of day and night, they were already in front of the Tatar camp.

"Six hundred miles out of Guanshan, Huma Mink Qiu put sky lanterns. What a time. ”

Zhang Rui rode a horse and stood on a high place.

In the distance, there seemed to be thousands of lights, and the eyes of every Ming soldier were filled with a bloody atmosphere.

Ma Yi pressed his hand on the saber, looked back at Zhang Rui and said: "The little grandfather is so literate, I am just a rough man, I think that Wang Weining sent troops to Weininghai back then, and he went out for twenty days day and night, and finally got the good news of Weininghai." This time, with the personal leadership of the little grandfather, it seems that we also have a chance...... Continuing his legacy. ”

Zhang Rui said: "Ping Yubo is polite, this time I still have your wisdom and foresight." I know that I can only come here by walking towards the snow and passing through the Gobi Desert, a snow nest dozens of miles away. I just caught up with it by chance. ”

"Haha."

Before they could wait, the two of them were already touting each other.

As he was talking, the herald on the side came over and said: "Two generals, just returned from exploring the north, the snow is very thin for dozens of miles around, and there is no snow in some places, and the Tartars are grazing at least hundreds of thousands of sheep here, and the camp is continuous and you can't see the edge." ”

"Ahem." After Ma Yi heard this, in addition to being excited, he was also a little worried, "We don't have many cannons, and the roads we have traveled are also covered with snow, if there is no result in this battle, I am afraid that I will not even be able to find the way back." ”

Ma Yi is a man and horse, which can be regarded as a light horse.

There are a lot of firearms, and there are also light artillery, and there are no sub-mother guns and heavy artillery, so that they can run long distances.

It was three hundred miles away from Huamachi, but in fact they had walked at least five or six hundred miles from the time they left the customs, and they had to come here after several journeys.

Under the command of Ma Yi, most of them are elites from Datong, and half of them have participated in the previous battles between Wang Shouren and the Tatars, which can be said to be a rare elite cavalry in the Ming army with actual combat experience in the grassland.

Zhang Rui said very arrogantly: "What are you afraid of, dying here is better than a lifetime of flies and dogs, I believe that all the soldiers will think the same as me." ”

Ma Yi looked around at the excited soldiers around him.

He was embarrassed to say that this group of people is not trying to fight hard now, but they have no way to run, they are so far out of the customs, there is still heavy snow blocking the road behind, and there is still a desert Gobi Desert, not if they want to go back, they can go back.

Ma Yi said: "Then grab a few more tartars and come back, pour some oil wax, and put the sky lantern!" ”

"Good!"

Zhang Rui high-fived Ma Yi.

Both were excited.

Ma Yi finally drew his sword, raised it high above his head, and said in a loud voice: "Sons, make great achievements, just now!" ”

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Jingshi, in a private room on the second floor of the theater.

When Zhang Zhou came out of it, he also closed the door by the way, and before he could take a few steps, Liu Gui came over and handed Zhang Zhou a greeting post.

Zhang Zhou just opened it and saw that it was the current wife of Zhu Feng's family, that is, Chen Rui's daughter, who was coming to visit him, and he just handed the post back to Liu Guidao: "Tell her that I don't have time to see each other in the past two days, let her go back and wait." ”

Zhu Chen's family obviously did not come for her husband Zhu Feng's business, but for the Chen family.

Chen Ruiren is dead, but he is still a "guilty body", Chen Rui's son inherited the title is still not followed, and the rhythm of Pingjiangbo once calling for wind and rain in the Ming army has also passed.

Zhang Zhou and Liu Gui were walking in front, and there was the sound of the door opening in the private room behind them, and Liu Gui couldn't help but want to look back.

Before he could turn around, Zhang Zhou said coldly: "What are you looking at?" ”

Liu Gui immediately became interested and stopped looking back.

He also understands that this theater is not only a place for Zhang Zhou to talk about things, but also a place for Zhang Zhou's pastime, not only to watch the play, watch the scenery, eat and feast, but also have different kinds of pastimes here, he Liu Gui is just a messenger who works in Jinyiwei, only responsible for protecting Zhang Zhou, and other things have nothing to do with him.

Move to a new private room.

The window was open, and the stage outside was still singing, but it was an old-fashioned singing, and there were not too many audiences below, and because of the cold weather, there were not many guests that day.

This play is more sung to Zhang Zhou.

Zhang Zhou had just sat down, and Liu Gui said at the door: "Master, Grandpa Zhang from the Imperial Horse Supervisor is here." ”

"Ask him to come in."

Zhang Zhou put down an official document in his hand, and Zhang Lushui, who had just come in with footwashing water on the other side, could only withdraw first.

Then Zhang Yong came with a smile on his face.

Zhang Zhou smiled: "Grandpa Zhang, is this going back to Beijing?" ”

Zhang Yong hurriedly said: "I was going to be transferred outside before, but I didn't transfer away, hasn't this been in Jingzhong, Mr. You?" Don't worry, Your Majesty asked you to do so. Your Majesty said that if there is something wrong with Dongchang, let Yang Peng and Yang Gonggong continue to lead the errand, and hand over the errand of the Beijing camp to us for the time being. I'm here to learn from you. (End of chapter)