Mingshi

Chapter 247 Scapegoat

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"Well, that's right!" Zhou Tingyu seemed to have remembered something, and called a yamen servant and said, "Go to the Zhang residence and invite Zhang Xun here."

"Yes!"

The yamen servant left in a hurry, Zhou Tingyu looked at Luo Xin, with a playful look on his face and said:
"Xin'er, are you so happy that you won the case that you can't sleep?"

Luo Xin was taken aback for a moment, and asked in confusion, "Why does foster father ask you so much?"

"Still talking hard." Zhou Tingyu raised his finger and pointed at Luo Dao: "I saw that you were distracted during the banquet today. Is it because you are happy or stupid, hehehe..."

"This one……"

Luo Xin was sweating all over his head, he didn't expect that Zhou Tingyu would still find out that he had concealed his absence very well, but he really wasn't so happy because he became the head of the case!So there was a dumbfounding expression on his face, and Zhou Tingyu couldn't help but change his expression when he saw the dumbfounding expression on Luo Xin's face.

"Why? Isn't that the reason? Did something happen?"

Luo Xin's heart skipped a beat suddenly, he suddenly remembered that if his adoptive father became the procurator of Jinyang Mansion, he would be transferred to Jinyang Mansion.Where is Jinyang Mansion?
That is the important town on the Nine Borders, the North Gate of Daming.If a border war breaks out, Jinyang will inevitably be involved.But the adoptive father is Jinyang Xuanfu Siqian, and he has a heavy responsibility.As soon as he took office, he encountered a war and was not well prepared. He might be dismissed right after he was promoted, or even ransacked his home and executed him.At this time, Luo Xin had to remind his adoptive father. After thinking about it, he said solemnly:

"Father, do you remember that I asked you if something happened at the border a few days ago?"

"Well, remember!" Zhou Tingyu also realized something in his heart, and his expression became dignified.

"I met a man a few days ago. He just came back from outside the pass. According to him, Alatan Khan is going to start raising troops against Daming again."

"Really?"

Zhou Tingyu was shocked.If this matter is true, then he would not be promoted if he became the Minister of Xuanfu, but would be roasted on the fire.

"The man said the truth, it should be true."

"Where is that person?"

"I don't know." Luo Xin shook his head and said, "That person never appeared again, he should have left Yanglin County."

Zhou Tingyu frowned tightly and said: "If this matter is true, it must be reported to the imperial court immediately, so that the imperial court can increase its troops to the north."

"Increasing troops is unlikely." Luo Xin shook his head and said, "At least there is no way to increase troops in a short period of time."

"why?"

"Father, don't be in a hurry, Rong Xin'er will analyze it for you slowly." These days, Luo Xin has carefully recalled what happened in Daming during this period, so his thinking has matured.

"Father, do you know about the pirate rebellion in the southeast?"

Zhou Tingyu's expression froze, worry appeared in his eyes, and he began to think quietly.Luo Xin didn't bother, and sat there quietly.Zhou Haode's mind was spinning quickly, and he found that his thinking could not keep up with Luo Xin, and he couldn't help being shocked.Is Brother Xin so powerful?
There were footsteps outside the door, and Zhang Xun's figure appeared at the door. Luo Xin raised his index finger and said "shh" between his lips. Stepping lightly, he walked to Luo Xin's right and sat down lightly, and asked with his mouth without making a sound:

"what happened?"

Luo Xin then dipped his fingers in the tea and wrote on the table: "Father is promoted to Jinyang Xuanfu Siqian, and war will start in the north."

Zhang Xun immediately understood the key here, and couldn't help but worry about his adoptive father.He also dipped his finger in the tea and wrote on the table:

"Will the imperial court send a large army?"

Luo Xin shook his head slightly, and Zhang Xun hurriedly dipped in water and wrote, "Why?"

Luo Xin pointed his mouth towards his foster father and elder brother, and Zhang Xun understood that his foster father and elder brother were thinking about whether the imperial court would send an army.He couldn't help but frowned slightly and thought about it.

However, he and Zhou Haode encountered the same problem, the lack of information, the two of them had no idea about the military layout of the Ming Dynasty at all, so naturally they couldn't think of a result, so the more they thought about it, the more they frowned.But Zhou Tingyu is different, he is a county magistrate after all, he knows a lot of news, so after thinking about it for less than a quarter of an hour, the color on his face became more and more ugly, he raised his eyes and looked at Luo Dao:
"You mean that the imperial army is now concentrated in the southeast?"

Hearing Zhou Tingyu's words, both Zhou Haode and Zhang Xun looked at Luo Xin, and Luo Xin nodded solemnly.

"How come?" Zhou Yu and Zhang Xun asked in surprise.

Luo Xin looked at Zhou Yu and Zhang Xun and said, "You should have heard that the commander of the Fujian capital, who had been convicted of a capital crime a few years ago, was released from prison and returned to Fujian to fight against the Japanese. The same is true for Li Xian."

Zhou Tingyu said with a gloomy face: "Guangdong Yu Dayou was also transferred to eastern Zhejiang."

"Ren Huan, Tang Kekuan, and Tan Lun are all famous generals, and they are all in the southeast now." Luo Xin continued.

At this time, Zhou Yu and Zhang Xun also reacted, and the expressions of both of them changed. Zhou Yu was shocked and said:

"So, the imperial court has hoarded heavy troops in the southeast, and wants to completely eradicate the Japanese pirates' rebellion?"

"Not bad!"

Zhou Tingyu nodded, Zhou Tingyu would naturally be happy if this matter was put in the north when there was no war.However, they are not happy at all now, because even if the imperial court wants to transfer troops to the north, it will be too late.Waiting for the imperial court to transfer troops from the southeast, maybe Jinyang will fall at that time.

"Then you have to write to the imperial court quickly, asking the imperial court to transfer troops?" Zhou Yu asked anxiously.

Luo Xin shook his head and said: "If the situation in the north is not completely defeated, the imperial court will not send troops."

"why?"

"Because there are millions of troops at the border, the imperial court will not think that the million troops of Ming Dynasty will not be able to hold back Altan Khan, and will be defeated like a mountain. At least the imperial court does not think that it is necessary to increase troops to the border in a short time."

"That's right!" Zhang Xun said excitedly, "We have millions of soldiers at the border, how many people does Mongolia have?"

Luo Xin and Zhou Tingyu looked at each other, and both of them shook their heads sadly. There are also some famous generals at the northern border, but most of them have no combat power at all. Dare to go out and fight Alatan Khan.And it may not be able to hold on.

"What should I do?" Luo Xin was able to analyze the situation so thoroughly, not only did Zhou Tingyu regard him as someone who could discuss important matters.

"Actually, it's a good thing that the adoptive father can become the Minister of Xuanfu."

Zhou Tingyu shook his head and said, "I think I'm a scapegoat."

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