Chapter 134: Military Intelligence
Wang An originally heard Zhu Zhi's words, and was about to get angry, but when he heard what Zilong said, he couldn't help but fall into deep thought, nodded for a long time, and said: "Zilong is reasonable! Liu Jin is a person, even if he doesn't move, it will be a killer move! If it weren't for a coincidence this time, the person he was looking for happened to be the uncle of the horse gang leader and Zilong's uncle, I'm afraid that I will be more than lucky! So for Liu Jin, we can't be too careful!"
After listening to King An's words, everyone nodded involuntarily, obviously agreeing with what King An said. Except for Zhu Zhi, he just snorted coldly and didn't say anything else.
When the horse team continued to move towards Ningxia, walking at dusk, when they were about to approach the security guard, they saw a horse galloping quickly on the official road ahead. Zilong's cultivation is superb and his eyesight is good, and when he saw this riding from afar, he even had a chicken feather on his head, and he couldn't help but chuckle in his heart.
"Lord, four hundred miles and hurry up! Let's flash first!" Although Zilong is from a civilian background, he has stayed in King An's Mansion for half a year, and he has been carefully taught by Wan'er, coupled with his own learning, he is particularly clear about side affairs. After glancing at the ride, he immediately understood, and said to King An.
"Hurry up and pass quickly?" King An also had a heartbeat, and waved his hand at the team, and everyone also heard Zilong's words, and when they saw King An's order, they flashed directly to both sides of the road.
As soon as everyone got out of the way, this distant stagecoach had already arrived in front of everyone's eyes. I saw that this person was dressed in soap clothes, not very old, with a chicken feather on his head, his whole body bowed on the horse, and he kept riding the horse and running.
This person galloped directly off the road where everyone got out of the way, without the slightest pause. After the smoke and dust kicked off by the stagecoach slowly subsided, everyone came to the official road under the command of King An, ready to continue to set off and settle down at the security post house.
King An glanced at the distant figure of the stagecoach, sighed, and said: "My Ming Dynasty is in an eventful time, but the court is still in the hands of Liu Jin and others, which is really worrying and lamentable!"
"The prince doesn't have to sigh like this!" Zilong couldn't help but say aloud when he saw that King An was sad, "When Yingzong was in trouble, there was also Wang Zhen who was in trouble, and when Xianzong was in trouble, Wang Zhi was also in trouble in the world! But now they are no longer there, but the Ming court is still there! With a vassal king like the prince, the qi of the Ming court will not be too damaged!"
"Hehe, I don't want Zilong to be able to quote the story of the previous dynasty now, and it is really a rapid progress!" King An was extremely satisfied with Zilong's performance, and when he heard what Zilong said, he couldn't help but smile and said.
"But it's all taught by Wan'er well!" Zilong smiled when he heard this, and pointed to Wan'er beside him, but made Wan'er blush. The crowd laughed.
At that moment, everyone laughed, and gradually approached the security city, found the security inn, and King An took everyone to go in to rest.
Early the next morning, when Zilong was sleeping, he heard the voices of people outside, and his heart jumped suddenly, and he got up directly in his clothes and jumped out of his room.
After coming out, I found that the sky was only dark, and many palace guards had already gotten up, and they were all a little dazed at this time, looking through the courtyard wall and looking outside.
"What's wrong?" Zilong asked, grabbing a somewhat panicked guard.
The guard originally looked panicked, but when he saw Zilong at this time, he couldn't help but put his mind at ease, and replied, "If you go back to the deputy commander, I don't know what's wrong?
"Large-scale army transfer?" Zilong frowned, if it was only a small-scale personnel transfer, he would have to worry that this large-scale army transfer could not be Liu Jin's target for King An. After thinking about it clearly, he said to the guard, "Tell my brother not to panic, it shouldn't be aimed at us!"
After going through a series of things, the guards of King An's Mansion were already convinced of Zilong. At this time, when Zilong heard this, they all calmed down, stood up at their posts, and watched the changes.
Zilong nodded with satisfaction, and rushed to the door of the post house with a few guards. As soon as I arrived at the door, I saw a cluster of brocade guards in flying fish suits and embroidered spring knives, who were walking around three people.
The first person, dressed in a python robe, was as quiet as the wind in his demeanor, but his age was almost the same as that of King An. There is a person behind the side, wearing a piggy and a simple suit, with a black veil on his head. The last person is a eunuch, but this eunuch is very different from other eunuchs, with a dignified appearance and extraordinary might. If it weren't for the smooth jaw and the eunuch's clothes, I'm afraid Zilong wouldn't have recognized him.
"Jinyiwei, is it really Liu Jin? But the python-robed man and the piggy Pu Zifu are obviously ministers of the court, why wouldn't Liu Jin send them!" Zilong's heart was spinning, he hurriedly bowed and saluted, and said: "Xu Zilong, the commander of the Security Department of the Anwang Mansion, has seen three adults, and I don't know what happened to the three adults coming to the post house?"
These three people all have great status, Zilong is wearing a guard uniform, hanging his head slightly, they didn't take a closer look, just held their heads high. The eunuch said loudly: "We are Qincha, we have been ordered to see His Royal Highness King An and convey His Majesty's message, I don't know if His Royal Highness King An has risen now?"
When Zilong was about to talk, he heard King An walking quickly, and said from afar: "I don't know if the Duke of Dingguo, Min Yushi, and Duke Wei are coming, and I am not welcome, please forgive me!"
As soon as the words fell, King An walked to Zilong's side, and as soon as his body moved, he blocked Zilong behind him. Zilong was wondering, and was about to raise his head, but he didn't want King An to pass on the secret and said: "Don't look up, your appearance is very similar to His Majesty the Emperor, if they see it, you will definitely recognize it!
Zilong trembled when he heard this, but he didn't expect this, and continued to bend his body at the moment, shrinking behind King An. Seeing that Zilong was obedient, King An couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and looked at the three people who were surrounded by brocade guards with a smile.
"Meet His Royal Highness King An!" the python-robed person who was the leader took the lead in bowing and said, and the imperial history and Gonggong Wei also saluted in turn.
King An hurriedly helped the three of them to get up and said, "I don't know if the Duke of Dingguo is here, but there is something important?"
"Hey!" The python-robed man was obviously Dingguo Gong, but he nodded, looked around, and said, "This is not the place to speak, His Royal Highness King An, let's take a step to speak!"
"Okay!" King An nodded and said, "Then the prince of the country will come to the inner hall of the post house with this king! Min Yushi, Duke Wei, you are also invited!" As he spoke, King An led the three of them towards the inner courtyard. These three people passed by Zilong's side, but they didn't even look at it, and followed King An directly. Zilong couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in his heart, and couldn't help but fall into deep thought when he looked at the figures of Jinyi Wei surrounding King An and the others in the distance.
Wan'er said that since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Taizu has crowned six princes, but most of them have been abolished. Even if the others are not abolished, they are now idle, such as the Duke of Wei who stayed in Nanjing for that generation, and is a descendant of Xu Da, the king of Zhongshan.
When he arrived in Taizong, he sealed several national dukes, the more famous ones are Zhu Neng, the king of Dongping, Zhu Yong, the king of Pingyin, who created the first line of Chengguo Gong, and the first hero of Jingnan, Zhang Yu, the king of Hejian, and his son Zhang Fu, the king of Dingxing. These two princes have great prestige in the army, and they are actually the leaders of the noble court in the court.
But this Dingguo Gong, Zilong really didn't remember when Wan'er said it. But one thing is certain, as long as he is a national prince, he must be a heavyweight among the nobles, and most of the nobles are military representatives, and there are very few who are attached to Liu Jin. Since this time it is obviously headed by Dingguo Gong, it must not be aimed at King An, but what is the specific matter? Zilong was also extremely curious, but his appearance made it impossible for him to go to the inner hall to observe.
While Zilong was worrying and thinking, Wan'er happened to come over, looked at Zilong's frowns, and couldn't help asking, "Brother Zilong, what's wrong?"
Zilong had been thinking deeply, and hadn't noticed Wan'er's arrival, but at this time, he suddenly heard Wan'er's voice, and remembered that Wan'er usually had a lot of ideas, and immediately asked: "Hey, Wan'er, you're here!" I was thinking about how to go into the inner hall to listen, but I didn't find out by those big people that I was very similar to the one in the Forbidden City!"
"Why?" Although Wan'er was smart, at first glance, she didn't react to why Zilong was afraid that people would find out that he looked like the emperor.
"What do you think! The matter of the insider's factory, although Brother Ren is secretive, but it is a matter of time before the stuffing is exposed, after all, paper can't contain the fire! If the court knows that I am very similar to that person, what do you say the consequences will be?" Zilong carefully elaborated on King An's words.
When Wan'er heard this, she also reacted suddenly. Zilong's current identity is the commander of the Security Department of King An's Mansion, and the matter of the insider factory is related to King An's Mansion, if it is really exposed, I am afraid that King An's Mansion will be directly abolished by the court for the crime of bullying the king. As for Zilong, I am afraid that he will also be wiped out by the court on charges of great disrespect.
At that moment, Wan'er pondered for a moment, suddenly raised her head, blinked her big eyes, smiled lightly, and said: "Brother Zilong, don't worry, I have a way, go, you come with me!"
After thinking of the idea, Wan'er took Zilong with her and walked towards the backyard. While the two were walking, Zilong told Wan'er what had just happened. When Wan'er heard that Dingguo Gong was coming, and found that Zilong didn't even know who Dingguo Gong was, she couldn't help but look at Zilong suspiciously, and said, "Didn't I tell you about Dingguo Gong?"
"No!" Zilong nodded and said, "You told me about the six founding dukes of Taizu, as well as the British dukes, Chengguo dukes, and Qi dukes conferred by Taizong!"
"Huh?" Wan'er also thought about it and said, "The first generation of Dingguo's surname is Xu Mingzengshou, which is actually the youngest son of Xu Da, the king of Zhongshan!"
"But it turned out to be the descendant of the King of Zhongshan!" Zilong nodded, and then asked again, "But the descendants of the King of Zhongshan, didn't they inherit the title of Duke of Wei for generations and stay behind for Nanjing?
"This has to be said that Taizong Jing is difficult!" Wan'er knew a lot about the history of the clan, and only heard her say at the moment, "Taizong Jing is difficult, Xu Zengshou made a secret agreement with Taizong, and prepared to welcome Taizong into Nanjing City! This matter was discovered by Jinyiwei and leaked the secret to Emperor Huiwen! Emperor Huiwen directly killed him! After Taizong broke through Nanjing, he posthumously named him the Marquis of Yangwu, and later, he posthumously presented the Duke of Dingguo, and gave the title of Duke of the Kingdom to his son Xu Jingchang to inherit. And let Dingguo Gong come to Beijing, so the descendants of the King of Zhongshan are mainly divided into these two branches!"
After hearing this, Zilong couldn't help but nodded. The wisdom of Xu Da, the king of Zhongshan, Zilong knows a lot through Wan'er's narration and his own reading. Knowing that Taizu can win the country, Xu Da's contribution is really not small. Moreover, Xu Da's ability to lead troops into battle was really the best marshal at the beginning of the founding of the country.
Now I know that the descendants of King Zhongshan are divided into two branches, one is in Nanjing, staying in Nanjing, is for the Duke of Wei, I heard Wan'er say that the current Duke of Wei is Xu Li, the third grandson of King Zhongshan.
The other is in Beijing, when he is in charge of the authority of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and is in the line of Dingguo Gong. Listening to Wan'er's words, the contemporary Dingguo Gong is called Xu Guangzuo, and he is also the third grandson of King Zhongshan.
The King of Zhongshan is brave and fierce, and the contemporary Dingguo Gong is afraid that he is also a person who can fight habitually. This court sent Dingguo Gong to come, but I don't know why!
Wan'er heard that Dingguo Gong was coming, but she was not as attentive as Zilong, so she only heard her say: "Dingguo Gong is now in charge of the Houjun Governor's Mansion, and he is the Zuo Governor of the Houjun Governor's Mansion, although he has great authority, he is upright and upright, and he never flatters Liu Jin!"
"Huh, and the official who can not talk to Liu Jin?" Zilong was also surprised when he heard this, and asked.
"This is natural!" Wan'er nodded and said, "The first generation of Dingguo Gong died for Taizong, and he is Taizong's wife and brother. Therefore, the royal family has been very fond of Dingguo Gong in the past dynasties, and his favor has not faded! Although Liu Jin has great authority, he can only not touch this Dingguo Gong! It's just that Dingguo Gong's forces are all in the army, and he can't pose any threat to Liu Jin!"
Hearing the secrets of the Dingguo Gong and the royal family, Zilong nodded, it seems that although Liu Jin has great authority, he has not reached the point where he covers the sky with one hand. couldn't help but feel in a good mood at the moment, but at this moment, they happened to arrive at the small courtyard where Wan'er lived, and the two stopped talking and walked in directly.
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