I am the king of the dead

Lu Zhong, who was in the shadows, came out, bowed his head and said, "The minister leads the order."

Chapter 833 Although he has no military talent, he is still an excellent commander

In recent years, Zhu Qiyu has not used Jinyiwei to handle any cases in the capital. Most of them have used Jinyiwei to handle some problems that cannot be solved in some places, such as the school bosses in Jiangxi, and the privately set up iron locks in Hengjiang in the Yangtze River.

The result of not showing the sword for a long time is that some people only remember that Zhu Qiyu is a talkative person, forgetting that he is what the courtiers call the king of subjugation, a violent lord, a king who started killing people before he was enthroned and supervised the country .

From Li Binyan, to King Xiang, and now to Shen Yi, the Minister of the Household Department, this series of schemes were aimed at some courtiers whom Zhu Qiyu relied heavily on, and behind these courtiers were all implicated great interests.

Li Binyan is in charge of the shipping license and Songjiang Shipping Department, and he is in charge of the monstrous interests of the sea trade, and King Xiang is in charge of Wang Hua, so he controls Daming's livestock, horses, cattle, sheep, leather goods, etc. before Shanxi merchants stuff in the bag.

And Shen Yi is in charge of the state treasury. These are not only interests, but also a concrete representative of power, and their importance is self-evident.

Zhu Qiyu has been thinking about who it is, who is so brave, who wants to break ground on Tai Sui's head.

Is this series of cases easy to investigate?

In fact, it is not easy to check.

Because many things seem to have nothing to do with each other, such as spreading rumors about Zhu Qiyu's life experience, which are everywhere in the streets and alleys; and the memorials to impeach Li Binyan and praise Li Binyan are not good as a starting point, and courtiers are convicted for their words , can anyone comment?

Zhu Qiyu was waiting, and finally it was time to attack the Beijing officials.

He finally waited for this guy who was hiding in the shadows and spitting out a message to jump out to take a bite at any time, and impatiently attacked the Beijing official, showing his feet.

The capital city is Zhu Qiyu's domain, and he has complete control over Shuntian Mansion, so he was able to conquer the rebellion himself, and he was able to travel south.

If you don't move like a mountain, if you move, you will be thunderous.

Lu Zhong returned to the Jinyiwei Yamen with the Tiqis. Soon, Li Yongchang, another governor of the East Factory of the Ming Dynasty and the admiral of the Jiangwu Hall, came to the Jinyiwei Yamen with a lot of fans. loyal action.

Li Yongchang once rushed to Fujian with His Majesty's imperial decree in the 14th year of Zhengtong, read out the imperial decree to behead Song Zhang, the former governor of Fujian, and then returned to the capital and went to Xuanfu. Under the witness of Li Yongchang, Yang Hong formed the Duntai Yuanhou of Daming, and then returned to Beijing to serve as the admiral of the Jiangwu Hall. He was also responsible for the support of the family members of the Duntai Yuanhou of Daxing Shihaizi.

To this day, Li Yongchang is still the No. [-] figure in the palace around His Majesty.

Li Yongchang handled the case with a group of fans, so he naturally got His Majesty's order.

"How does Governor Li think this case should be investigated?" Lu Zhong asked politely.

Li Yongchang shook his head and said: "They are all doing things for His Majesty, but in this investigation of the foreign court case, naturally everything is dominated by Dudu Lu. Our family is just here to cooperate. Some places that are inconvenient for Dudu Lu to take action are all handled by the Dongchang Fanzi." do it."

Where is it not convenient for Lu Zhong, the left governor of Jinyiwei, to make a move?

Naturally, it was the official residence of Shiyongfang, the capital of the capital, where dignitaries gathered.

As a foreign minister, Lu Zhong would naturally have some scruples. Even if he found the poisonous snake, if something like a pair happened, if His Majesty's sharpest knife was folded in such a small wind and waves, it would be a shame. Not what His Majesty wants to see.

But as the mad dogs under His Majesty, the Fanzi have no taboos. Dongchang dares to take care of things that Jin Yiwei dare not take care of. If there is any problem, these courtiers can only go to His Majesty to reason.

"Thank you Governor Li." Lu Zhong just sat down and prepared to handle the case. Whoever has the final say on this kind of case ordered by His Majesty, it all depends on the difference of closeness. After all, Lu Zhong is closer to His Majesty.

Li Yongchang looked at Lu Zhong's indifferent face, and said with a smile: "It seems that Dudu Lu has already made up his mind."

Lu Zhong said with a smile: "If this poisonous snake hadn't made a move in the capital, it wouldn't have shown its feet. If I did it, it would be troublesome, but if he dared to do something to Li Shangshu in the capital, then this snake is his own. Looking for a way to die."

"Where does Governor Lu plan to make a move?" Li Yongchang asked curiously.

Lu Zhong wrote two words, put them on the table and said, "From here."

Li Yongchang picked up the pen and wrote two words, put it on the table and said: "Our family also thinks it is more appropriate to start here."

Lu Zhong and Li Yongchang opened each other's written content, looked at each other and smiled, and the answers were exactly the same.

That is Daming's most well-informed secretary.

There are several informants in Jinyiwei, and there are also several informants in Dongchang. It is not difficult to trace the exact source of the news. It is what Lu Zhong and others are best at.

When Lu Zhong was handling the case, Zhu Qiyu and Yu Qian were playing chess. For this Northern Expedition, Zhu Qiyu also designed the Bingpu chessboard. This time, the "Jingtai Northern Expedition" used the Bingpu chessboard. Condition.

Zhu Qiyu holds Daming in his hand, and Yu Qian holds Ala Zhiyuan in his hand, the killing is inextricable.

"If the Ara Zhiyuan had Yu Shaobao's ability to predict the enemy first, this battle would have been fought." Zhu Qiyu narrowly won and played the ending of "Sweeping Points and Plowing the Court", and then put down the gun in his hand. piece.

Yu Qian shook his head with a smile and said: "If the Ara Zhiyuan can calm down and think about it from all kinds of complicated news, it won't brazenly start a rebellion."

"He doesn't know destiny."

Yu Qian used rebellion. In Yu Qian's view, after King Xiang went to Helin and reached a consensus with the Ara Zhiyuan, it was actually equivalent to the granting of an official by the Ming Dynasty. The actions of the Ara Zhiyuan were rebellion. The Northern Expedition was to suppress the rebellion.

This is a famous teacher.

Yu Qian's understanding of destiny is different from that of His Royal Highness King Xiang. The destiny Yu Qian believes is the trend, and acting according to the situation is to comply with the destiny. His Royal Highness King Xiang's understanding of destiny is relatively simple. In King Xiang's view, The destiny is His Majesty, and Your Majesty is the destiny.

But Yu Qian didn't believe in the destiny. If he believed in it, he wouldn't support the king of Ji, organize the Xinjing camp, go out of the city and fight against the Wala people after King Jili was captured, and finally won.

If God's will wants the Great Ming to perish, then Yu Qian will go against the sky.

Xing'an was a little disappointed, he prepared the ultimate move of the flood, but although His Majesty was facing dangers in the game with Yu Shaobao, in the end, His Majesty relied on the absolute advantage of the Ming Army and won the victory.

"It's a good thing I'm not a general, otherwise the Ming army doesn't know what it's like to be bullied by me. With such a huge advantage, it's a loss in itself." Zhu Qiyu looked at the soldiers pushing the chessboard, and once again Affirmed that he has no military talent.

Zhu Qiyu and Yu Qian changed hands, this time Zhu Qiyu was holding the tile, and Yu Qian was holding the Daming, this time it wasn't a back-and-forth killing, but a one-sided crushing, Zhu Qiyu was left and right, looking at the head and ignoring the tail, and was finally surrounded by Yu Qian At the foot of Hangai Mountain.

Xing'an saw that His Majesty was unable to return to the sky and was about to annihilate the entire army, so he said leisurely: "Thunders are falling on thousands of peaks, and the rain is coming to thousands of peaks. The roar of thunder is like the collapse of a thousand peaks; the torrential rain is pouring, and the smoke and clouds are billowing like ten thousand peaks. They came head-on; the garrison of the Ming army was flooded, and the seven armies were all wiped out."

Xing'an's long-lost resorted to a big move, ending Yu Qian's progress. Zhu Qiyu took advantage of the situation and counterattacked, beating Yu Qian's helmet and armor, and finally played the ending of "Unconditional Peace Negotiation".

An unconditional agreement is not unconditional, it is roughly equivalent to the fact that Daming has admitted the fact that the Ara Zhiyuan has a separatist side.

"Xing! An! Big! Pang! This is Hala and Lin's Hang Ai Mountain, where did the flood come from!" Seeing that he could not win, Yu Qian heard what Xing'an said, and watched Xing'an take away all his chess pieces bit by bit, gritted his teeth and was full of heart. Anger said.

It's been ten years, and this big pen is still here!

Zhu Qiyu put down the chess pieces with a smile and said: "Okay, okay, no more, Xing'an, there shouldn't be floods in Hangai Mountain."

Xing'an smiled and said, "The ground should indeed be cracked."

Yu Qian was so angry when he heard what the master and servant said, but he thought for a while, and slowly accepted the fact.

Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "Sometimes in wars, there will indeed be some accidents, right? For example, Guan Yu flooded the Seventh Army."

Life is impermanent, big and small.

This is a war, there will naturally be some unexpected situations.

Yu Qian shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, the water in Xiangfan only flooded the soldiers of Cao Wei's army, not the Shu army? Guan Yu was indeed victorious in the battle of Xiangfan, but it wasn't Guan Yu who broke the embankment and drowned the Seventh Army of Cao Wei."

"It's just that Guan Yu prepared more fully than Cao Ren, Yu Jin, and Pang De, and reacted faster. It is a simple and unpretentious job of a commander behind a magnificent record."

"Just like Your Majesty, consistently provide all guarantees for the Ming Army's campaign. This is the commander. Those who are good at fighting have no reputation."

Yu Qian explained the reason.

His Majesty is always annoyed that he has no military talent and can only enjoy himself on the chessboard, but Yu Qian always feels that His Majesty doesn't mind, he has something to say.

What His Majesty does is not meaningless, on the contrary, it is very, very important. It is what a commander, a monarch who leads the three armies, should do.

As Yu Qian said, the water in Xiangfan has long eyes, does it not flood the Shu army but only the Cao army?In winter in Moscow, only the Germans are frozen, not the Soviets?

Yu Qian explained: "Flooding the Seventh Army is a romance, but it's just a foreshadowing for the magnificent ending of defeating Maicheng, making the turning point even more cruel and touching."

"However, in the history books of the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Yu Jin and Pang De did not garrison the low-lying Yukou River, but the high hills, but they were still besieged by floods. Cao's army was not good at water warfare and was eventually captured."

"In the 25th year of Jian'an, it was the continuous rainstorm in Xiangfan. If the flooding of the Seventh Army works, not only Guan Yu, but also Yu Jin and Pound will be underestimated."

Yu Qian's meaning is very clear, Guan Yu didn't break the embankment to release the water, but God had a heavy rain, and Yu Jin and Pang De's defeat in Xiangfan was because they were not good at water warfare.

Yu Qian continued: "Is the Shu army good at water warfare? Guan Yu is from Shanxi, and the Shu army came from Sichuan, so they are not good at water warfare."

"However, Xiangyang and Fancheng are places that must be contested by military strategists. They are the gateways to the south of the Yangtze River and the only way to enter Sichuan. How to capture Xiangfan, a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, is also a matter that military strategists of all dynasties have planned."

"That's why Guan Yu trained the sailors and made more preparations. Only when the sky changes, can he win a big victory."

"Guan Yu from Megatron Huaxia gave the best solution for the battle for Xiangfan. The navy, whose navy has the upper hand, will win the battle for the land of Xiangfan."

Although Yu Qian was talking about the victory of the Shu army in the Battle of Xiangfan, it was not because Guan Yu broke the embankment at all, but because the Shu army was more fully prepared. When the weather changed and the heavy rain poured down, they reacted faster and finally won the battlefield. Victory, but Yu Qian was also talking about His Majesty.

His Majesty's leniency in predicting the enemy gave the Ming army more calmness and space to advance and retreat, whether it was on the battlefield or in the court.

So Yu Qian never felt that His Majesty was not important to the Ming Army. On the contrary, it was because of His Majesty and his silent dedication behind the magnificent achievements that the invincible Ming Army today exists.

Without paying in advance, how can the soldiers resist being sucked from the bottom up?Without a martial arts hall, without commanders and generals, how can the Ming army be commanded like an arm?Without firecrackers, gunpowder, steel fire feathers, and official factories, how can we ensure sufficient supplies of armor, firearms, etc.?

Shouldn't these be regarded as the credit of His Majesty?

Who said that those who stand in the light are considered heroes.

Zhu Qiyu smiled and looked left and right. He has to read the military horse every day. As for the matter of payment, Tiqi has been visiting for ten years, and he will also hear the news every month; he deals with the pond newspaper every day. Looking up maps, and even teaching commanders one day every seven days, these things that he has long been accustomed to, don't seem so meaningless.

He doesn't talk about military affairs, he only talks about politics, so that the commanders can achieve further political victories after the military victory of the Ming army. Zhu Qiyu is very good at this.

Xing'an and Xiao Huangmen whispered a few words, and hurriedly put a Tang newspaper on the table and said, "Your Majesty, Li Wen, the commander of Shaanxi Xingdu Division, was attacked and killed on the way to Beijing..."

Zhu Qiyu was extremely angry, and said sharply: "How dare you! How dare you murder the general of the imperial court!"

Li Wen, the capital of Shaanxi Province, was impeached by Ke Qian, the number one scholar in the second year of Jingtai, and inspected by Bingfang Bingke. In the end, the court decided to let Li Wen return to Beijing to report on his work.

This treatment is Zhu Qiyu's favoritism.

As long as Zhu Qiyu hadn't dismissed Li Wen, he would still be a frontier general, and he would actually do such indecent things as attacking and killing!

Xing'an hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, no one is dead. These horse bandits attacked Commander Li. Where are Commander Li and other opponents? They killed most of the attackers and captured more than a dozen prisoners. They have already arrived at Juyongguan, and they will arrive tomorrow." Capital."

Only then did Zhu Qiyu open the pond newspaper, read it for a while, and enjoyed it directly. After all, Li Wen was still a general in the army. Although there were five hundred bandits attacking and killing him, Li Wen won in the end.

Li Wen is Gao Yangbo who was conferred by the imperial court, and he has two hundred iron book troops as guards. If he wants to attack and kill the regular army of Ming Dynasty, five hundred horse bandits are still too few.

"Yu Shaobao also take a look." Zhu Qiyu handed the pond newspaper to Yu Qian.

After reading it, Yu Qian said full of doubts: "Your Majesty, this matter is strange. These horse bandits are looking for money, and they are all bullies. Commander Li led an army of two hundred cavalry iron books. Those horse bandits who are long Even if you squint your eyes, you can't put your mind on Commander Li, there is a problem here."

"Of course there is a problem." Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "It's no wonder that there is no problem. After all these years of Zhenwu, some people can't sit still."

Chapter 834 Time has passed and the situation has changed. The Jingtai period is very different from the Zhengtong period

Li Wen, commander of the capital of Shaanxi Province, became a bargaining chip in the game.

At this time, he was riding his horse towards the capital of the Ming Dynasty. He had been to the capital once in the third year of Zhengtong. There has never been a Beijing debriefing.

As a world official, his existence hindered the pace of the Ming Dynasty's reform of land and return, and also prevented the Ming Dynasty from changing the capital of Shaanxi to Gansu in disguise, and established the management of Sansi county and county officials, and also prevented the emperor of the Ming Dynasty from developing land and sea simultaneously.

Li Wen reined in the horse, stood on the high hill, looked at the stretch of houses outside the capital, and breathed a sigh of relief.

The process of him being harassed by horse bandits was not as easy as it was in the Tang newspaper. Before he entered Beijing, he still had some resentment towards His Majesty. Officials don't even have to do it.

But along the way, Li Wen clearly knew what the general trend was, and he knew even more that it was His Majesty who protected him.

It was not because of His Majesty's tossing that he lost his official position.

Your Majesty has been exploring the Hetao land for several years. After the Hetao land has regained its former vitality, the Silk Road has become more prosperous than before. The special products of the Western Regions such as spices, livestock, gems, etc. are destined to be the capital of Shaanxi Province. There are benefits that cannot be quantified.

Such a huge benefit, even if His Majesty does not allow him to return to Beijing to report on his duties, he will not be able to secure it. If it were not for His Majesty's protection, he would have been wiped out by envious civil servants long ago.

Li Wen looked around at his Iron Book Army. The two hundred Iron Book Army were still sent by the imperial court according to the Ming Dynasty's practice. They were said to be guards, but also surveillance.

In fact, after Yongle, the Ming Dynasty began to promote culture and martial arts. Since then, the iron book army system has existed in name only because there is no one.

The capital of the capital has long been short of personnel, let alone the Iron Book Army for the military heroes of the Ming Dynasty. At most, one or two people will be sent out to make a show. For a little-known earl like Gao Yangbo Li Wen, the court even forgot him. get clean.

However, in order to resettle some retired veterans, His Majesty has picked up this system and picked it up again. The veterans who have fought for half their lives can do nothing but fight, so they have become a very good place to be placed as the Iron Book Army. choose.

Even Li Wen was assigned two hundred riders, and most of these two hundred riders were retired soldiers after the Battle of the Capital, unable to make a living, so His Majesty assigned all of them to the major martial arts as guards.

"The 24th Regiment of the Ming Dynasty Beijing Camp has [-] people. In the fourth year of Jingtai, Jingtai was selected and eliminated. There were [-] elite soldiers and a hundred households. They were also among the elite soldiers back then?" Li Wen said to the people beside him. The Iron Book Army asked.

Zhou Baihu's name is Zhou Zhongyi, who is from Jinan Prefecture, Shandong Province. He was conscripted into Beijing as a preparatory army in the 14th year of Zhengtong, participated in the battle of the capital, and became a sharp soldier in the [-]th year of Jingtai.

The selection of sharp soldiers is a selection of the best among the best in the Ming Dynasty, and it is an important source of Shubian generals, commanders, Jinyiwei, and Duntai Yuanhou.

Zhou Zhongyi chose a forward to become a sharp soldier, but he did not succeed in changing from a sharp soldier to a Tiqi or not to accept at night. The soldier turned into the Iron Book Army and guarded Li Wen's side.

Li Wen didn't have any impression of Zhou Zhongyi. He was a taciturn, seldom-talking person with a weak sense of presence, but this time the horse bandits attacked and killed Li Wen, which opened his eyes.

Under Zhou Zhongyi's command, the Iron Book Army of only 200 men surrounded and cut up five hundred horse bandits, and finally ate them all, leaving several tongues behind, and captured the other party's leader alive, and the leader was already in Changping Handed over to Daming's Tiqi.

This was the first time Li Wen saw the Beijing camp fighting. The style was completely different from that of the frontier army relying on the superiority of numbers. The Beijing camp fighting was completely an incomparably exquisite killing machine.

Zhou Zhongyi nodded and said: "Yes, in the fourth year of Jingtai, I was fortunate to become a sharp soldier. I am ashamed to say it, but it is a pity that I failed to enter the pier and Yuanhou."

Li Wen drove the horses slowly and said, "There is a reason for this harassment. I was originally impeached. According to the past practice, it is a capital offense to stay out of the army. If it is serious, it will be decapitated, and if it is light, it will be exiled to a remote area."

"But Your Majesty is lenient. In the end, he just asked me to come back to Beijing and step down as the commander of the capital of Shaanxi Province. Some people can't help it."

Li Wen is very clear about the reason why he was attacked and killed. If he died in the hands of the horse bandits, this unclear case is the best warning, warning some generals who are about to make trouble recently, even if His Majesty forgives him , also have to die.