eldest son of Ming dynasty

Chapter 350 Hit

In May of the first year of Zhengde, Zou Cheng, the envoy who transported salt from both Huaihe Rivers and Huaihe Rivers, also received the order from the Supervisor of Rites.

The decree asked him to go to Beijing immediately after making arrangements.

When Zou Cheng received the decree, he panicked.
Recently, at this juncture, people suddenly talked about going to Beijing, and they didn't say why.

What the hell happened?

Zou Cheng felt guilty, so after hearing the decree, he began to worry and be at a loss all day long.I always feel that the emperor is staring at the salt class.

This time, if something really happens, how can it be done?

So this trip to the capital, he was absolutely unwilling, absolutely unwilling, so he immediately convened the secret merchants belonging to the government to discuss whether to say that he was sick or not.

His subordinates advised him, "Miss Zou, it would be okay if it was done at other times, but the current emperor is the hero. If the supervisor of ceremonies does not approve of him, how can there be a decree? Therefore, since it is an imperial decree, if there is a deliberate excuse not to Go, but there is no 300 taels of silver here, which attracted the attention of the Holy Majesty for no reason."

Zou Cheng was a well-known person in Yangzhou, but when he was going to the capital, he still panicked, so he wandered back and forth in the room, emphasizing that he was restless,
"But if this envoy goes to the palace and Gu Liqing swallows all those words, and His Majesty asks me instead, how should I answer?"

That's the problem.

In fact, if the mediocre lord is in power, many things can always save the country in a curve. For example, if this is a battle between the chief of ceremonies and the outer court, then everyone will show their talents and fight each other. .

But the situation has become more and more different in the past two years.
Now this matter does not involve factional struggles in the imperial court. Every time the emperor snuffs out the signs of factional struggles in time, what he advocates is a pragmatic officialdom.

To put it bluntly, the current emperor doesn't care who you are or who is behind you, what he cares about is the matter itself!

When things are done, of course he is stubborn, and the emperor sometimes defends his shortcomings.If things are not done well, the emperor will start to trouble you. Who do you think can be useful in the Ming Dynasty?
However, the biggest weakness of people like Zou Cheng is the matter itself.

So he didn't want to go because he knew the emperor's style, and there was really no way!

unless……

Unless it's to cheat!
If he really deceived the emperor, then there is no danger.

The staff member said: "Don't worry too much when you leave. Gu Liqing has only been in Yangzhou for a short time. What can he find out? And he wants to offend countless nobles, ministers and court officials when he opens his mouth. So many people are involved. Is it true that His Majesty condemned Envoy Zou based on his few words? No, His Majesty has always been considerate in handling everything. Therefore, I believe that Envoy Zou's trip this time is safe and sound."

Although Han Wen had already reported the matter in Qianqing Palace, Zhu Houzhao ordered all personnel not to reveal a word. In such a small area, this order really worked.

Because everyone knows that once it is leaked, it is not so difficult to find out afterwards.

In this way, Zou Cheng and others who were far away in Yangzhou naturally did not know that there had been such a change in the capital.

From this point of view, the emperor's handling in a hurry at that time can also be said to be appropriate.

Zou Cheng was quite encouraged after hearing the words of his subordinates, and said to himself as if to comfort himself: "That's right! I don't know how many people will be involved in this case. No matter how much favor Gu Liqing has, it won't be so bad."

At night, the news finally came back and forth following the order of the chief of ceremonies.

It's great news.

After reading it, Zou Cheng congratulated each other with several staff members, and was overjoyed, "The previous method of using the courtiers worked! His Majesty really started to suspect him! Gu Liqing is afraid that he will be in danger this time!"

When their lives and interests are at stake, they must have forgotten the oath they chanted during the imperial examination, 'worry about the world's worries first, and enjoy the world's joys later'.

Anyway, in this way, Zou Cheng dared to enter Beijing.

From Yangzhou to the capital, you can go all the way north along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, avoiding the bumps of land carriages.

Gu Zuo was the 'offensive side' in this incident, he was not afraid to get in touch with local officials more, so he took the initiative to write a letter asking Zou Cheng to go with him on the same boat.

Zou Cheng is not what he used to be, and he is quite proud of receiving a post from the imperial envoy: "It is difficult to distinguish right from wrong in officialdom, let's take a closer look this time!"

On the sixth day of May,
The two packed up and rented a passenger boat to go north at Yangzhou Wharf.

The pier was extremely lively, because the emperor was choosing a concubine, and Yangzhou had been a romantic place since ancient times, so there were quite a lot of people who wanted to go to Beijing after the first round of primary elections.

Amidst the hustle and bustle of the crowd, Gu Zuo and Zou Cheng bowed their hands to each other, outwardly polite.

The Beijing-Hangzhou Canal is not wide, only about 20 meters in length. If you take a boat to the north, you can have a panoramic view of the scenery on both sides of the canal. At this time, it is spring again, and the willows and willows on both sides of the canal are in full bloom. From time to time, you can see peach blossoms in full bloom.

Counting the years of Hongzhi, the imperial court has been governing the country for nearly 20 years. There are countless fertile fields along the canal, and the green and yellow color is equally shocking.

"The Holy Son of Heaven is coming to court, the world is very familiar, and he is on a mission. Congratulations on this situation!"

Gu Zuo thought to himself, it's useless even if you shoot the emperor's horse again, the emperor is also like the emperor Taizu, either don't do it, or do it absolutely.Since the matter of the Salt Law has been brought up, it will have a beginning and an end, and it will never be anticlimactic.

"Ambassador Zou, do you know why the imperial court suddenly announced us to enter Beijing at this time?"

On the deck, Zou Cheng's face changed slightly, but he already knew about the affairs in the palace, so he only had some doubts for a moment, and immediately became confident again, saying: "The sage is always thoughtful, and the qualifications of the lower officials are mediocre. Serving the king's business, don't think about anything else."

Gu Zuo knew the details of this guy, he was obviously full of greed, but he could speak so honestly on the surface, and his thick skin really shocked him.

The capital, in the palace.

The situation of the head eunuch and maid of honor that Zhu Houzhao met earlier has been sent over.

The head eunuch is named Zheng Zhou, 34 years old, and has been in the palace for 20 years.Shangshan was in charge of the emperor and court meals and banquets, basically a marginal role.

But it doesn't explain what the problem is. According to what this person said at the time, he had a relative in Yangzhou who asked him for help. People outside the palace don't care what position you have in it, they just think that after so many years, you may have the opportunity to get in touch with the emperor.

And You Zhi's movements are considered fast,

The investigation starts with the people around him. A place like Shangshanjian involves some purchases. Zheng Zhou basically has the problems of withholding, misappropriating, and corrupting ink. After so many years, the amount should not be large. Small.

Since he loves money, Zhu Houzhao cannot rule out the possibility of someone setting up a trap.

So he made up his mind and ordered Jin Yiwei to take Gu Zuo down after he entered the capital.

Although I still don't understand why Han Wen suddenly played this performance, there are indeed too many people involved in the Yan Law. Back then, he sacrificed a Wang Hua for the Zhejiang case, but now Gu Zuo needs to be protected.

And Hangeul is over 70 years old,
Firstly, he is highly respected and has a deeper foundation than Gu Zuo, secondly, the strong man is in his twilight years, and he will always give way when he is too old.

At the same time, in the northern border of Daming.

The soldiers of Datong have been completely placed in the desert.

The overall situation is that the forward Ma Rong led [-] cavalry as the vanguard, followed by Zhou Shangwen led [-] troops. When they first entered the desert, the distance between them was about five days, but now it has been shortened to three days. , it can be said that the deeper you go, the closer you get.

After all, although spring is the season for grazing on the grasslands, Dayan Khan is not a weakling. Even if he runs into one of his tribes, it will be a fierce battle.

Among Zhou Shangwen's [-] soldiers, [-] were cavalry, and the remaining [-] were food transport teams.

This time the imperial court gave enough money, so in addition to pickles, there will be some salted meat, although it is unpalatable, but it is a great happiness to have meat to eat while marching on the grassland.

The Ma Rong tribe has to work harder, dry food, wild vegetables, and water collection along the way. This is their food for more than ten days. Basically, birds are about to fade out of their mouths.

The troops captured two gazelles, and many soldiers were wondering if they could kill Da Da Ya Ji, but no one dared to say.

Ma Rong looked at the four people under him. His eldest brother was not suitable, impulsive and unsteady, so he said to the older Qianhu, "Liu Qianhu, take the three of you back the same way, and go to meet him." Zongbing Zhou reported the situation here and asked them to speed up their march a little."

"Order!"

On the grassland, there may be enemies in all directions.

Which direction to go is completely fate.

Ma Rong looked at the guide. The guide's surname was Lu and his name was Zu Yun. He was squatting on the grass to check.

"If there is no mistake, it should be Nirah from the Yongxiebu tribe," the guide wiped off the poop-like thing on his hand with a straw, "Neibula is one of the three lords of the right wing of Mongolia and the enemy of the little prince. .”

Dayan Khan, the Ming people called him the little prince, at this point in history, he had three main enemies, or it could be called right-wing Mongolia, namely the Yongxiebu tribe, the Ordos tribe, and the Tumed tribe.

"How can you be sure that there are people from Yongxie Bubu near here?"

The guide said an answer that Ma Rong could not question, "I have been there."

been to...

In other words, as long as you want to find it, you can touch it now.

But the situation is actually not that simple.

Ma Rong got off his horse and said to his general: "Brother, Luo Qianhu and Xiong Qianhu, the Mongolian right wing and left wing are at odds, and there are also wars between them. According to Zhou Zongbing's account, if we encounter right-wing tribes, we must Find out the situation first, and then choose to attack or not. The main thing is to see if there is a possibility of unity."

Ma Sheng was a little impatient. After searching for days, he finally met a person, but he still didn't charge. He couldn't accept it in his heart, "They are all Mongols, what's the difference? Kill them all!"

"Slashing and killing them all will definitely not work. This is Zongbing Zhou's military order. Could it be that Big Brother wants to disobey?"

The guide surnamed Lu came over at this time and said, "General, there is actually something about the right-wing Yongxiebu Department recently that the general would like to know."

"What is it?" Ma Rong turned around and asked.

"Earlier this year, Dayan Khan sent his second son, Urus Borot, to the right wing as Jinong."

Jinong, equivalent to the Deputy Khan, is the assistant of the Great Khan, and his duty is to follow the will of the Great Khan to govern the right-wing government affairs of Mongolia.

To put it bluntly, it is to send a common supervisor to the right-wing three Wanyong Xiebu, Ordos and Tumote to exercise power on behalf of the big man, and Jinong is generally the eldest son of the big man (the eldest son of Dayan Khan died early), which is equivalent to the Han people. Prince.

So Dayan Khan sent such a person to actually incorporate all the [-] right-wing households.

Ma Rong instantly grasped the key point, "Although the [-] right-wing households respect Dayan Khan as the co-lord, they have not been subdued. It may not be that simple to send Jinong at this time."

Then he quickly thought, "If this Ulus Borot died on the right wing, Dayan Khan would be furious, even if he was a British lord for a while with a broad mind, people like Yongxie Bubu would also be afraid of it. "

Although Lu Zuyun was just a guide, the person who eats his food must have a bright mind, so he originally wanted to make this suggestion, which was ordered by his boss before he went out with the Ming army.

It's just that as soon as the words came out, before the Guanzi had time to sell, the young general in front of him had already noticed it.

Ma Sheng was excited when he heard this, "The little prince's son, he must be a high-ranking official! Let's go and catch him! The last time we ran through the fire, we made a joke!"

This is about the dispute between Yang Shangyi and Zhou Shangwen at that time. Yang Shangyi led the cavalry that the emperor had worked so hard to save, but he couldn't catch up with a fire sieve.

On the side, Luo Qianhu said: "No one has seen this Urus Borot before. Even if we win the fight, how do we know if we caught it right?"

The guide could only shake his head at this time, "I have never seen such a high-ranking official in the tribe."

Ma Rong frowned first, and then the corners of his mouth curled up, "Actually, there is no need. I guess, the three Wanhus on the right wing must all want to kill Dayan Khan's second son, but they are afraid of Dayan Khan's prestige so they don't dare , wouldn’t it be perfect if the other party can make a move at this time?”

"This requires communicating with them in advance."

"No, they will be surprised when we come so far to breathe out suddenly. They will not be surprised if they suddenly show up and want to beat them. Besides, if these people really intend to kill Urus Borot, as long as the Ming army appears, they will be surprised." They will find themselves. In the final analysis, Dayan Khan is at the front and we are at the back, so what choice do they have?"

Two days later, Zhou Shangwen patted his horse and arrived.

To Ma Sheng's surprise, he thought that his second younger brother, who was too stable, suggested Zhou Zongbing to send troops to attack Yongxie Bubu!

Zhou Shangwen didn't understand, "You said you want to attack the right-wing tribe?"

"The last general thought that there was no problem with the imperial court's decision to unite with the right wing, but if the Mongols did not fight, they would not be willing to join forces with the Ming army."

"How can we unite after a fight?"

"The leader is not killed, just catch and release him. As long as the second son of Dayan Khan can be killed, the leader who is released back is Dayan Khan's trouble, because he will definitely lobby the other two tribes to fight against him. Together against Dayan Khan."

Just like when the Mongols released Emperor Yingzong back then, the result was that the Ming court was neither right nor left, and it was so uncomfortable that it would die.As a matter of fact, the imperial court was indeed violently turbulent because of this, and this trick is very powerful.

Zhou Shangwen hesitated.

Ma Rong continued to persuade: "Zhou Zongbing, at this time there is the second son of Dayan Khan on the right wing, and the leaders of the [-] households on the right wing will never easily join forces with the Ming army in front of him. They are not so close to us. In the final analysis, they are all Mongolians, and we are foreigners, so a simple strike and begging will not come to shake hands and make peace."

"Okay!" The warrior didn't have so much coyness and entanglement, "Then let's fight! Divide into two groups, and attack Yongxie Bubu from both sides!"

With the approval, Ma Rong clenched his fists instantly,

... He is sure of this battle!

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(End of this chapter)