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  Chapter 787 Inside and outside the E-character scroll

  Emperor Yonglong's slightly sick face showed a look of thought, "You said that Concubine Xiande met Feng Keng during the visit, why?"

Lu Song hesitated for a moment, "Concubine Xiande summoned all the people in Rongning and Ningfu. Feng Keng is engaged to Concubine Xiande's cousin. It is normal to meet Concubine Xiande's cousin, especially Feng Keng has become famous for more than a year. The Wu Xun family has always had the habit of supporting and supporting each other as in-laws. Now that the Jia family is in decline, it is reasonable to have such an in-law who attaches great importance to it. However, Concubine Xiande was summoned alone, not for a short period of time, and met twice , which is somewhat suspicious.”

   "Then is there any other change in the Feng family?" Emperor Yonglong asked.

"Others are normal. Feng Tang is making every effort to build a firearms camp in Liaodong, and the scale is constantly expanding. He didn't deliberately suppress the original Li family tribes, but let the Li family tribes and Cao Wenzhao brought over from Yulin and Datong. , You Shiwei and the former Juniper and Zhao led the Ministry of Education to switch defenses together to weed out the old and the weak. Zhao led the education department to benefit a lot, especially the strength of Zhao led the education department has been greatly improved,..."

  Lu Song's introduction aroused Emperor Yonglong's interest, "This Feng Tang has some skills, and he easily pocketed Juniper and Zhao Lijiao. What about Ma Gui?"

"Magui and the Li family have always been at odds. Stimulated by Feng Tang's appointment as governor of Jiliao, he said he was sick at home, but at the end of the year he was really sick, and it was not serious. At his age, it may be difficult for him to go to the battlefield now. .” Lu Song sighed.

Originally, Emperor Yonglong intended to appoint Ma Gui as the chief soldier of Jizhen in the next year, but Ma Gui suddenly fell ill and was almost bedridden. The Ministry of War has already approved it, and the cabinet has basically approved it, but it made Emperor Yonglong hesitate.

   Now Feng Tang is concurrently serving as the commander-in-chief of Liaodong Town in Liaodong. After Juniper and Zhao led the teaching to defect to Feng Tang, with the backing of Cao Wenzhao and You Shiwei, the situation in Liaodong has basically stabilized.

  Emperor Yonglong had no other thoughts on the Liaodong side. After all, he was facing the great enemy of Jianzhou Jurchen.

But in Jizhen, he was unwilling to let Feng Tang also control it, so he was a little worried about letting You Shigong and You Shilu brothers switch defenses and control Jizhen after Feng Tang went to Liaodong, and soon Feng Tang wrote a letter requesting the court You Shiwei was appointed as the commander-in-chief of Jizhen. Under the instruction of Emperor Yonglong, Zhang Jingqiu kept suppressing and refused to agree, and You Shigong could only act as the commander-in-chief.

As Zhang Jingqiu proposed that Ma Gui, the candidate to take over as the chief soldier of Ji Town, fell ill, the matter could not be dragged on any longer. Emperor Yonglong also specially asked Lu Song to visit Ma Gui, who was indeed seriously ill, so the chief soldier of Ji Town After all the calculations, you can only let You Shigong take over.

  Emperor Yonglong's face was a little gloomy.

You Shigong was Feng Tang's confidant when he was in Yulin. He had nothing to say in terms of military exploits and abilities. He was the commander-in-chief of Ji Town. He had to listen to Feng Tang's order, and Jizhen was only a few hundred miles away from the capital city, and iron cavalry could get there in a few days, not much farther than Xuanfu, which really made people feel a little uneasy.

From now on, it seems that Feng Tang has no different intentions, and he has always kept a distance from Niu Jizong, Wang Ziteng and other dignitaries, but he knows people and faces but does not know what he is, and Feng Ziying is engaged to the daughter of Lin Ruhai, the former confidant of the emperor. Lin Ruhai is also the sister-in-law of Rong Guogong's Jia family, and the Jia family is related to the Wang family by marriage. The relationship can be described as intricate. It's hard to say if there is any problem here.

   Now that the virtuous concubine took advantage of the chance to visit her relatives to summon Feng Ziying, Emperor Yonglong was even more worried.

Lu Song naturally understood Emperor Yonglong's worry, and hesitated for a moment before saying: "Your Majesty, in fact, I think that with the wisdom of Xiao Feng's compilation, and the city of Mr. Qi Ge and Mr. Qiao, I am afraid that marriage or women can change the Feng family. This attitude is unimaginable, this Xiao Feng Xiuzhuan is sexually pleasing, how can ordinary wives and concubines shake his mind, and his long house was appointed by Mrs. Qiao, and he is also a famous scholar,..."

  This is reasonable, Emperor Yonglong nodded, "Lu Qing, that's what I said, but there are some things that I dare not be negligent at all."

  Emperor Yonglong's words made it difficult for Lu Song to say much.

   "Lu Qing, what do you think Concubine Xiande and Feng Keng will talk about?" Emperor Yonglong returned to this topic.

  Lu Song felt that the emperor was a little suspicious.

There is no doubt that Concubine Xiande is a very unpopular character, just because the emperor has never stayed in her palace for one night, she can get a glimpse of it. Concubine Wu Gui, Concubine Zhou and Concubine Zheng all have to go there from time to time and give some things, but this virtuous concubine is hardly intertwined. Of course, this may also have a lot to do with Wang Ziteng being too active and even a little out of control. big relationship.

   But Wang Ziteng is one thing, and the Feng family is another. Lu Song doesn't think that the concubine Xiande can persuade the Feng family to take any risky actions.

  Suddenly remembered something, Lu Song whispered: "Your Majesty, I heard that the Feng family has always been worried about his second wife Feng Han's failure to succeed Uncle Yunchuan?"

  Emperor Yonglong suddenly came to his senses, thoughtfully, "You mean that Concubine Xiande is delivering a message for Emperor Father and Concubine Dowager?"

Some time ago, the Supreme Emperor suddenly mentioned the past achievements of some martial arts veterans on some occasions. Among them, it was mentioned that the Feng family, Feng Han, had been guarding Datong for many years, and finally died of illness. In the end, Feng Tang was only given a miscellaneous name, General Shenwu.

  Although it is no surprise that Feng Tang is the governor of Jiliao now that Uncle Yunchuan has a false name, but after all, Uncle Yunchuan is a title passed down from the ancestors of the Feng family, and the Feng family has been fighting in the frontiers in order not to attack, and has made great contributions.

  Emperor Yonglong didn't care about it at the time, but now Emperor Yonglong understood that it was because his father wanted to show favor to the Feng family and win over the Feng family.

"It should be so. I'm afraid that Xiao Feng Xiuzhuan has heard about this news for a long time, but there has been no movement. With Xiaofeng Xiuzhuan's wisdom, I am afraid that he can figure out the way here, so he has not responded. , and I also heard that Xiao Feng Xiuzhuan had taken the initiative to propose to the emperor the matter of the second wife of the Feng family attacking the noble?"

  Lu Song’s words reminded Emperor Yonglong of this incident, and he nodded, "It is true, but I did not agree to it at the time."

   "Since that's the case, why didn't the emperor agree to this matter before the Supreme Emperor raised it to the emperor?" Lu Song asked.

Emperor Yonglong was a little hesitant. Uncle Yunchuan, who has a false position, is really nothing, but he felt that it was not long before he took the initiative to agree to this matter, which would damage his prestige. It couldn't be better.

But my father might not be like this. Once he proposed to himself that Feng Han should be named Xijue, he would find no reason to object. If he objected, it would only make the Feng family more dissatisfied. Then it became the credit of the father.

   "Your Majesty, this matter should not be too late. Since the Supreme Emperor has realized it, it will happen sooner or later. Once the Supreme Emperor proposes it first, the Emperor will be passive, and finally become a thankless task." Lu Song was a little anxious.

   "I understand." Emperor Yonglong nodded, and he also knew what was more important. Although his father proposed that he would steal his limelight to show favor to the Feng family, he still didn't think that the Feng family would really change because of it.

  However, if such things are compared with my own face, it is not necessary. Why should I let my father be such a good person?

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  Hetuala.

  Nurhachi's face was as gloomy as water, and he sat on the big chair, with his hands on his knees, and his eyes were burning, looking at the disciples standing under his seat.

   "Chu Ying, what do you think?"

"Father, from my son's point of view, the governor of Jiliao is just a bluff, so don't be too afraid." Chu Ying's face was full of flesh, with a thick beard covering her face, and her voice was loud, "I shouldn't have been coerced by Dazhou in the first battle against Ula If the war ceases, then if the Yehe tribe dares to come, my son will wipe them out as well."

Hearing Chu Ying's arrogant tone, several people standing on the other side were displeased, especially Fei Yingdong and An Feiyangu, who were the ones who urged Da Khan to suspend the confrontation. The attack of the Ula tribe prevented Dazhou from formally intervening in the Jurchen unification war, and Chu Ying also agreed with this point of view at the time, but now this guy is making sarcastic remarks.

"Chu Ying's words are wrong. Ye He's tribe has received a large number of weapons and firearms from Da Zhou. It is not easy to solve. Moreover, Bu Zhantai has not been able to hold on, and he has the will to die. If we rush to force each other, the trapped beasts will continue to fight, and we will lose a lot. It's too big." It was He Heli who interrupted, and he also couldn't understand Chu Ying's arrogance and stubbornness for a long time.

"Bu Zhantai has the will to die? It's a big joke. With the guts of Bu Zhantai, if we persisted for another month, we would definitely make him bow his head and surrender. It's a pity..." Chu Ying looked at He Heli contemptuously With a glance, he snorted lightly.

"That's enough, Chu Ying. You didn't say anything when you suspended your troops. Why are you talking about it now?" Nurhachi interrupted his eldest son angrily. He felt that Chu Ying had grown a little in recent years. The subordinates were all a little dissatisfied with him, and it seemed that he still needed to give him a good beating when he came down, "Now we are talking about Shuerhaqi, you all discuss it and see how to deal with this traitor."

  The hall suddenly fell silent.

Shuerhaqi and his son raised the banner of Jianzhou Right Guard Commander in Heichamu, and Da Zhou also made a special decree to set up his eyes. This also caused a great shock among the Jurchen tribes. Now even Even Donghai Jurchen knew about this, so she couldn't help but not worry Nurhachi.

  In Nurhachi's view, this is a greater threat than the Wula and Yehe tribes, and must be eradicated as soon as possible.

  (end of this chapter)