I am the king of the dead

"And this case will eventually be brought to His Majesty's head." Li Wen said with a frown, "In the end, it will be His Majesty who is dignified, superficially forgiving, but actually holds a grudge in his heart, and kills people later."

"Multiple actions with one stroke." Li Wen continued to ride his horse forward and said to Zhou Zhongyi.

Zhou Zhongyi thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I don't understand the court affairs, but I know that in the capital, no one will be your Majesty's opponent."

"If I hadn't seen the Beijing camp fighting, I wouldn't believe it, but if I saw the Beijing camp fighting, I couldn't believe it. The Beijing camp is brave." Li Wen agreed with Zhou Zhongyi's words very much. If His Majesty had [-] such sharp soldiers, it would be the world As a sin, His Majesty can also clean up the world.

The strength of the elite is the most important bargaining chip in determining the outcome of an army of millions.

The elite can decide the outcome of the battle, without an elite army, it is just a mob.

This elite does not need too much, [-] is enough to separate one side, [-] can be the king and hegemony, and [-] can watch the emperor's seat and grab it.

27 Jin soldiers can drive 10 Song troops to run all over the mountains and plains, while the [-]-back Wei army led by Yue Fei can fight Wanyan Zongwang [-] in Zhuxian Town.

An elite who is as commanding as an arm can do too many things on the battlefield, whether it is breaking through the front to defeat the enemy, or winning and stabilizing the morale of the army, or preserving the army at the rear, or rushing to help the left and right wings, etc. , have played a decisive effect.

And the elite of the Ming Dynasty's elite is completely in the hands of His Majesty.

Back then, when King Yan's Mansion went south to Nanjing to take the throne, there were only [-] elite soldiers in their hands, but in the current capital, His Majesty has more than [-] elite soldiers.

Li Wen said quite fortunately: "Thankfully, when I was in Gansu Town, I received the imperial decree and returned to Beijing immediately without thinking too much. Otherwise, His Majesty will beat me, and I don't even need to move the Beijing camp. Only these two hundred iron books That's enough."

Li Wen thought of the tragic situation of the five hundred horse bandits again, and he felt a little scared. Thanks to his submissive heart, he didn't rely on the chieftain of the local clan, hoping to resist in the corner, and disobeyed the emperor's order. Otherwise, he would not wait until His Majesty's army was dispatched The two hundred iron book troops dispersed all his troops.

Li Wen walked through Xitucheng, turned to Beitucheng, and then got off his horse outside Deshengmen, ready to enter the city. After handing over the guides and other things, Li Wen saw the person who came to pick him up, Daming Wenyuan Pavilion Cheng Jing, the eunuch of Bingbi, is the second big peng in the palace, only under Xing'an.

"Uncle Gao Yang has worked hard all the way. His Majesty heard that Uncle Gao Yang was attacked, and was extremely worried. He sent our family to take care of General Li. His Majesty bestowed gold and silver colored coins and satin as a token of consolation." Cheng Jing said to Li Wen with a smile , indicating to Xiao Huangmen to hand over the reward from His Majesty to Li Wen.

Cheng Jing's main responsibility in the palace is to give gifts.

If His Majesty bestows the first merit card, Cheng Jing will distribute the gift pack of the first merit card; for the extraordinary merit card bestowed by His Majesty, Cheng Jing will distribute the gift package of the extraordinary merit card; ; If a child is born in the palace, Cheng Jing is responsible for distributing Pepsi boxes.

And because His Majesty treats His Majesty well and is extraordinarily generous, and the things he bestows are of great value, Cheng Jing is also known as the Wealth Boy both inside and outside the Ming Dynasty.

Deshengmen is the way of war. There are only soldiers, horses, Wuxun generals here, and there are no other idlers. Li Wen handed over the imperial gift, which is a bit strange. Usually, it is unreasonable for the eunuchs not to take part of the reward, but he did not have much. If you think about it, thank you for your grace.

"Uncle Gao Yang has done a lot of hard work. He has been guarding the border in Gansu for more than [-] years. His Majesty originally planned to let Uncle Gao Yang take a rest, but there is still a lack of a teacher in the lecture hall. Your Majesty sent our family to ask Uncle Gao Yang to fulfill his wish. Do you work for Ming Dynasty?" Cheng Jing waited for Li Wen to thank him, and asked again.

What is the lecture hall?

It is the core of the power core of the Ming Dynasty, and the Jiangwu Hall, where Yang Hong was the first to sacrifice wine, participated in military affairs. The place.

As long as Li Wen agrees, when he returns to Beijing this time, he will not be disarmed and return to the fields, but will be promoted.

"Commander Li, don't be in a hurry to answer. Your Majesty is waiting for Commander Li in the lecture hall, and please invite Commander Li to come with us." Cheng Jing didn't ask Li Wen to answer immediately, but asked Li Wen and His Majesty to speak.

Li Wen flicked his sleeve, and an envelope slipped out. Inside was the ticket of Daming Yinzhuang. The thickness was at least a thousand taels.

Yu Qian refused to give it at the beginning, but was thrown into prison.

Li Wen handed over the envelope without any fumes, and said in a low voice: "Dare to ask Da Pang, I will face you later, but I have never met His Majesty, please give me some pointers, thank you very much." .”

But Cheng Jing said without moving: "If our family took your money, His Majesty will take our family's head, and please Commander Li not to miss our family's life."

"I can't give advice, but His Majesty is a very simple person. He likes to speak directly when he has something to say, and he doesn't like to beat around the bush. His Majesty is worried about state affairs and is very busy. He doesn't care about so many politeness and sarcasm. If he is right with His Majesty, Commander Li can still say what he thinks in his heart."

"Ah?" Li Wen took the envelope and took it back, and it didn't matter if he didn't take it back.

This is right with His Majesty, what do you want to say?Isn't that boring?

From this point of view, it means that the money was not in place, and Da Dang refused to tell the truth.

Li Wen flicked his sleeve again, another envelope slipped out of the sleeve, this time it was thicker than before, but this time he didn't give it to Cheng Jing, but handed it to several eunuchs who came with him and said: "Here Everyone take it to drink tea, a little heart."

Cheng Jing turned around and walked forward with a group of red-robed eunuchs. The red-robed eunuchs ignored Li Wen's banknote and followed Cheng Jing away.

If these eunuchs dared to take the money, they would be buried in the back mountain by Xing'an Dadang tomorrow to accumulate fertilizer.

It's not that Xing'an Dadang has never buried someone before. Everyone knows that Xing'an Dadang is not greedy because His Majesty will not allow it.

"My life is over." Li Wen looked at the two believers in his hands, and said in a daze.

Zhou Zhongyi asked suspiciously: "Why did Uncle Gao Yang say that? Didn't His Majesty ask you to be the head teacher of the martial arts hall?"

"Perhaps Uncle Gao Yang doesn't know that he is not in the capital, but that place is directly led by Shaobao, where he advises His Majesty, and it is called Junji Pavilion, which is even rarer than a bachelor in Wenyuan Pavilion. This is not a small official. "

Zhou Zhongyi thought of a possibility, that Li Wen thought that the change of officials was too small, after all, Li Wen was a powerful official in Shaanxi.

Li Wen said helplessly: "I don't think I'm an official, I... I..., look, this eunuch doesn't take my money anymore, am I dead?"

Zhou Zhongyi thought for a while and said: "Well, the eunuchs in His Majesty's hands don't charge money. This is completely different from the orthodox years. Gaoyang Bomo must misunderstand."

"It's really rare that eunuchs don't accept bribes." Li Wen expressed that he didn't believe it, but eunuchs are the emperor's dogs, and his fate is determined by Zuo Duo.

Li Wen soon saw the legendary lecture hall. The street trees in front of this place were already covered with pavilions, and the appearance of the Dalongxing Temple was no longer visible, only the wide road and the magnificent main entrance.

As soon as you enter the door, you will see a tall stone tablet with two lines of big characters written in gold on it, saying that the sun, moon, mountains and rivers will always exist, and the Ming Dynasty will last forever.

Zhou Zhongyi was fascinated by Li Wen's reading of these two lines, and explained: "This is the 14th year of orthodoxy. His Majesty shouted slogans when he was sticking to the capital. The original purpose was to boost morale. After all, the Japanese army and the military army who entered Beijing at that time They're all recruits who haven't fought a war before."

"Back then, we won the battle, so His Majesty wrote these two lines in front of the lecture hall."

Zhou Zhongyi came to the Juxian Pavilion of the Lecture Hall, and walked in step by step.

"The sinner pays homage to His Majesty, long live your majesty, long live, long live." Li Wen just entered the door and bowed three times and kowtowed five times, which is a necessary etiquette for face saints.

"Exemption, Xing'an will give you a seat to watch tea." Zhu Qiyu was reviewing the memorial. There was a drought in Shaanxi, and Changping warehouses in Shanxi, Zhili, Henan, Shandong, Sichuan and other places transferred grain to Shaanxi for relief. Anbu Zhengsi and Hetao area also transported [-] dans of grain to relieve the victims.

One side was in trouble and all sides supported, Zhu Qiyu closed the memorial, and then looked at Li Wen.

Li Wen was a little cautious, sitting on half a chair with his buttocks, staring straight at the teacup, a little absent-minded. This general who has been guarding the frontier all the year round does not have much evil spirit, but looks a little gentle.

"Commander Li, why didn't Commander Li rescue the enemy invaders in Guazhou this time? I want to hear your own words." Zhu Qiyu looked at Li Wen and asked.

"The guilty minister deserves to die. At that time, the guilty minister thought that Guazhou was outside Jiayuguan and not in the jurisdiction, so..." Li Wen remembered Cheng Jing's warning, and then gritted his teeth and said: "If it is not in the jurisdiction, I am afraid that it will be transferred at will. The soldier will be impeached, so he chose to stay out of the army."

Li Wen told the truth, Jiayuguan is not under the jurisdiction of Shaanxi Xingdusi. If he goes out to fight, losing will be a huge trouble, and winning will also be a trouble. .

So Li Wen chose to do nothing.

Chapter 835 Jumping out of the three realms, not in the five elements

In fact, Li Wen's political life should have ended after he left Gansu Town, the headquarters of the Shaanxi Xingdu Division.

It was this attack that gave him a chance for a new life. Not only could his political life continue, but he was also promoted.

"Sometimes doing nothing is not a stupid act. I can understand your behavior. Outside Jiayuguan, Daming still has no decision on where to go. Therefore, you should have scruples." Zhu Qiyu is not going to pursue this matter. As for the Ming Dynasty's step-by-step progress in the Northwest, even the court council did not decide what to do. Li Wen made mistakes, and it was normal to choose not to do it.

In the battle of court, it is already a great fortune to be able to protect one's life wisely.

Zhu Qiyu pondered for a while and said: "Since Uncle Gao Yang has returned to Beijing, let's rest for a few days and go to the lecture hall as the head teacher."

The head of the martial arts hall will participate in important military affairs. Whether Li Wen will make a steady rise in the future, or stop there, is entirely up to him.

This is an opportunity for Li Wen to show off his talents in the martial arts hall, a place where all the heroes gather. Of course, Li Wen can also choose to disappear from the crowd and become an insignificant moth on the towering tree of Daming.

The reason why Zhu Qiyu gave him this opportunity was that, on the one hand, it was a confrontation. Li Wen represented many people, Zhenwu, who represented the national policy of the Ming Dynasty, and also represented Zhu Qiyu's imperial power. On the other hand, it was not the enemy who did not object.

When fighting for the majority, what needs to be done is not to make too many enemies. Li Wen's border guards have been defending for many years.

On this point, Mr. Jianwen doesn't regard the generals as adults at all. What kind of hero is Yang Wen?It was Zhu Yuanzhang's assistant minister left by Jianwenjun back then. Such a hero was eventually thrown to Liaodong. At the end of the third year of Jianwen, Jianwenjun actually wanted Yang Wen to go south to help, and was finally captured alive by King Yan in Tianjinwei.

If the king treats his ministers like brothers and feet, then the ministers will treat him like his heart;

In the fifth year of Tianqi, Guangning was defeated, and Wang Huazhen was dying, but Wei Zhongxian beheaded Xiong Tingbi and passed it on to the nine sides, and finally lost the morale of the army.

In the fifth year of Chongzhen, Chongzhen killed Wang Huazhen against all opinions, but the morale of the army was lost. Killing Wang Huazhen can make up for it?

"My lord, thank God." Li Wen never expected that not only did he not die, but he survived, not only did he survive, but he was also promoted.

Zhu Qiyu changed the subject, thought it over and said: "Uncle Gao Yang, in the spring of the ninth year of Zhengtong, Yu Shaobao returned to Beijing to report on his work. Because he refused to give money to the treacherous eunuchs, he ridiculed him with his two sleeves, and was finally framed by Wang Zhen and imprisoned."

"Thanks to the fact that the court criticized the public, Wang Zhen couldn't do anything, so he was finally transferred to Datong Mansion to stay in prison. After many rescues, Yu Shaobao was released from Datong Prison and served as the governor of Shanxi."

"Did Uncle Gao Yang know about this?"

Li Wen seriously recalled it, then bowed his head and said: "The guilty minister knew that the world was shaken at that time, and even some guards in Jiayuguan knew about it, and there were many discussions. In fact, the criminal minister also invited the emperor... King Li is lenient, but there is no way to play the stone and sink the sea. The people who wrote the letter back then were like the crucian carp crossing the river, so I don’t miss this one.”

Zhu Qiyu continued: "When Yu Shaobao was the governor of Shanxi, he offended the commander-in-chief of Datong, who is now the commander-in-chief of the capital, Shi Heng, Marquis of Wuqing. What happened then?"

"Shi Heng said that as long as Yu Qian goes to Datong again, he will be killed, and Yu Shaobao will always impeach Shi Heng. However, the two still cooperated with each other in the battle of the capital, the battle of Jining, the battle of Hetao, and the southward counter-insurgency. We will try our best to keep Daming safe."

"Ke Qian's impeachment of you is for state affairs. If you have resentment in your heart, you must not affect state affairs."

The reconciliation between Yu Qian and Shi Heng was not easy at all. Was it Yu Qian's grandiosity, or Shi Heng chose not to care?Or are both sides martial arts, with similar interests?

This is a matter that is not clear, anyway, the two of them stopped arguing during the Jingtai period.

The reason why the reconciliation of generals and prime ministers has become a good talk is that there are very few of them. This is because Yu Qian became the Marquis of Wen'an and Wu Xun of the Ming Dynasty, so there is a chance for reconciliation.

"I obey the order." Li Wen was silent for a moment, then bowed his head and said: "I will not make things difficult for him."

Not to be embarrassed is not to be careless, what Li Wen said was very vague.

If Ke Qian chases Li Wen and continues to bite, Li Wen will definitely fight back. If Ke Qian stops here, Li Wen will not deliberately make things difficult. After all, His Majesty has already spoken, and Li Wen has to give His Majesty this face, especially His Majesty. Just forgive him.

"Who do you think is going to kill you?" Of course Zhu Qiyu knew that it would be difficult to persuade two people to reconcile completely. It would be best if there was no conflict. It would delay state affairs.

Zhu Qiyu asked a key question, Li Wen, as the party who was attacked and killed, did he have any good clues to the murderer.

"The criminal minister had no relatives, no reason and no enmity in the capital. He was attacked from Xuanfu to Juyongguan, and the criminal minister was also at a loss." Li Wen didn't have any guesses about the murderer.

His enemies are all in the northwest, and if he wants to fight or kill, he will not cross the Hetao. He has already reached the gate of the capital, and he is not familiar with the capital.

"I have some clues here. When the case is cleared, Ti Qi will notify you." Zhu Qiyu looked at the Kanyu map behind him and asked: "Uncle Gao Yang, what do you think of the Northern Expedition of the Ming Dynasty?"

"I think...it's better not to go to the Northern Expedition." Li Wen found out that what Cheng Jingda Dang said might be right, and saying what is on his mind when he agrees with His Majesty is the greatest respect.

He chose to tell the truth.

"Very good, let me tell you what you think." Zhu Qiyu's eyes lit up, and he asked Li Wen to state his reasons for opposing the Northern Expedition.

Li Wen said very solemnly: "Your Majesty, when the Ming Dynasty attacked Mobei, it was from the lower reaches of the attack. It was difficult to prepare and supply troops along the way, so we needed to be extremely careful. When Emperor Wen went to the Northern Expedition, there were more than [-] Wugang vehicles. If Your Majesty The Northern Expedition required such a large number of armaments."

"Halahelin is a barren place. Back then, Hu Yuan also relied on the inland to support the outside of the Great Wall to support such a rich place. Without the support from the inland these years, this place has already been dilapidated."

The land is not beneficial, and it is an unwise decision to attack from the lower reaches. In addition, the battle line is thousands of miles long, and it is too long. It is easy for the enemy's rangers to cut off the supply line. Whether he can come back or not is two choices.

It's not worth spending so much for a piece of barren land.

When Li Wen said these words, he had considered them over and over again, and deliberated over and over again, for fear that if he said something wrong, His Majesty would be displeased. He had just been pardoned, and then entered the gate of hell again.

"Very good, you continue to talk." Zhu Qiyu asked Zhongshu Sheren to write it down, and then asked Li Wen to continue to state his point of view.

Li Wen was not in the capital and didn't know the rules. Before a decision was made, he could speak freely. It didn't matter if he called the emperor a subjugated king, but if a decision was made and he wanted to make trouble, His Majesty would show him what cruelty was.

This is also why Hu Wei felt that the courtiers during the Jingtai period were all flowers that had not been blown by wind and rain, because this kind of political structure with clear rules is a rare thing in itself.

Those who are more or less superior like the trick of the unfathomable sacred heart. It is the appearance of a saint that Chen Xun repeatedly chanted in the scriptures. If he is an emperor with airs, he will look like an emperor.

Li Wen simply stopped hiding, and said concisely: "The minister has been stationed in the frontier for a long time. Since the first year of Yongle, the weather in this grassland has been colder by day, and warmer for a few days a year. If this is an attack in spring, In the cold spring, a large number of soldiers of the Ming Dynasty will fall ill, and if they go on an expedition in autumn, the Oirats will be fat and strong, and there will be no trace of them."

"Sun Quan got the nickname Sun Shiwan, that is, he led 800 troops to attack Zhang Liao in Hefei, but was charged by [-] soldiers from Zhang Liao, killed several generals, and was charged twice by Zhang Liao, which made people laugh forever, but It is undeniable that at that time, the Wu army was plagued by a severe epidemic, and the morale of the army was turbulent. No matter how strictly disciplined the army was, it was helpless in the face of the epidemic."

"This is also the only way for the Mongols to conquer the west. But any city that cannot be conquered will be plagued. If there is a plague in this city, this city will be a dead city."

Li Wen knows how to fight. He has been in charge of soldiers for many years, and he understands things like war very well. Even if he is well prepared, he may fail.

There is no right place, no right time, and this time is no longer the old time. Since the first year of Yongle, the winter on the grassland has become longer and colder, and even the Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia areas have been affected.

Drought broke out in Shaanxi this year, leading to a large-scale reduction in grain production. Thanks to His Majesty's good scheduling, and the chief secretary of Jing'an raised nearly half of the population of the three sides, there was no civil disturbance.

"It makes sense, you continue." Zhu Qiyu said in agreement.

What Li Wen said was correct, he was not talking nonsense, let alone fooling him. These are all objective facts, and the Northern Expedition of the Ming Dynasty must solve the problem.

Li Wen, as a general who has led the army for many years, is not a dead man.

Li Wen was silent for a moment, and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, once you enter the grassland, you will see mud and cows entering the sea. There are enemies in all directions. You don't know which horseman is a herdsman or a scout of the Wala people. This is not accepted at night. And death in battle, it is enough to show that even if you are used to life on horseback, the number of casualties in the night is still high, and this casualty has gradually decreased after Wala went west."

"Your Majesty is out of favor."

Li Wen's performance was correct. From the perspective of the right time, place and people, he comprehensively analyzed various possible problems on the way of the Northern Expedition of the Ming Dynasty, and if any incident broke out, it would kill the sharp soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.

Da Ming's sharp soldiers are so powerful in combat, it is not a crime of war, and one death in battle is the loss of Da Ming.

"Good, is there any more?" Of course Zhu Qiyu understood what Li Wen didn't say: His Majesty and King Jili look more and more alike. This is not Zhu Qiyu's wishful thinking, it's just that Li Wen can't be so direct.

The result of the Northern Expedition is very likely to be a disastrous defeat. In order to serve the ambition of the superior, it was the lives of ordinary soldiers who were sacrificed in the end.

What is this behavior?

The behavior of King Jili.

"Also." Li Wen finally said tentatively: "Your Majesty, there is an inner ghost in the court. If you cooperate with the Wala people, how can the Ming army be undefeated?"