Seiwa

When Li Jinglong's secret letter was delivered to the capital, Huang Zicheng broke out in a cold sweat immediately.

"It turned out to be so!"

Even though he had imagined many possibilities, Huang Zicheng did not expect that the 50 army would retreat so quickly.

How many people are there in King Yan's hands?The Yan army guarding Beiping City was less than 50. Not only did the [-] troops besiege the city without gaining anything, but they were also defeated by the Yan army who returned to the division. They were driven out of Peiping and Hebei like ducks!

Thinking about Li Jinglong's various guarantees before dispatching troops, Huang Zicheng wished he could give him a brick face to face.After the majestic Hongwu General Li Wenzhong, he is so useless, such a fool!

While scolding Li Jinglong, Huang Zicheng didn't feel guilty at all, and didn't reflect on himself at all. He believed Li Jinglong's assurance and recommended him to Emperor Jianwen, so how smart would he be?

Huang Zicheng's only thought was that when the news of the army's defeat reached the capital, Li Jinglong would definitely end badly, and he might not escape the blame either!

Even if the emperor does not strike, Qi Tai will not let him go.The two were indeed on the same front when it came to cutting down the vassals, but most of the time, Qi and Huang's opinions often ran counter to each other.Especially when it comes to the appointment of Li Jinglong as the commander of the 50 army, Qi Tai jumped up and objected at the beginning, and even pointed at Huang Zicheng's nose and scolded "a man who wronged the country", and he almost didn't slander him as a spy of the King of Yan.

Huang Zicheng walked around the room a few times with his hands behind his back, his face getting more and more ugly.

He can have today mainly because of the appreciation of the emperor.Since the time of the emperor's grandson, he has hugged Zhu Yunqi's thigh.

Qi Tai was different. In addition to the appreciation of Emperor Jianwen, he was also valued by Emperor Hongwu, and even his name was changed by Emperor Hongwu himself.With this cause and effect, Qi Tai was always looked at by Emperor Jianwen in many cases.As long as he seizes the opportunity, Qi Tai will definitely give him a book in front of His Majesty, so that he cannot stand up, just like how he and Yushi dealt with Geng Bingwen.

Thinking of this, Huang Zicheng stopped in his tracks, he couldn't let Qi Tai take advantage of Li Jinglong's defeat!

After making up his mind, he immediately handed a handwritten letter to the person who came, "Remember, be sure to hand this letter to Cao Guogong in person!"

After the sender left, Huang Zicheng sent his family members to keep an eye on the Tongzheng Envoy. Once there was a memorial from Beiping and Shandong, he would report it immediately.At the same time, contact the Tongzheng envoy, Huangyou Tongzheng, if there is a battle report against the rebellious army, even if it can't be postponed, at least send yourself a message.

The Tongzheng Envoy is a third-rank yamen, who is in charge of receiving and refuting the internal and external chapters of the imperial court.Regardless of the inscriptions of the memorials from various places outside Beijing, or the memorials in Beijing, they must be transcribed by the department and stamped before they can be collected and submitted in the early court.If an official of a certain department submits the playbook without going through the Minister of General Affairs, he will be rejected regardless of the reason for the play, and the relevant personnel will be held accountable.

The only exception is probably the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the officials of various departments.

This is a fierce man among a group of fierce men, don't you want to go to the memorial?Nevermind, they just skip the procedure, bluntly!

It was Emperor Hongwu who set the rules. According to this person's thinking, everything must be done according to the rules. Whoever dares to break the rules set by him must be careful that he will get a knife on the neck at any time.

The most typical example is the empty seal case of the Hongwu Four Cases.It is just to stamp the official seal on the blank account book and bring it into the capital, so that it can be transcribed when checking the money and grain with the household department. It saves the time of traveling from Nanjing to various prefectures and counties. I have a bottom in my heart.

But in the eyes of Emperor Hongwu, this is not following the rules!

With one blow of the sword, thousands of people's heads fell to the ground, and the one who was killed was still the palm print, the top leader in the yamen.

Poor gentlemen, one did not corrupt the law by corrupting the law, and the other did not slander the imperial court. They just changed their ways to improve work efficiency, but lost their lives because of it.It can be seen that being an official in the Hongwu Dynasty is really not an ordinary danger.

Although Emperor Hongwu has already made great achievements, and now Emperor Jianwen is in power, the officials of the various ministries and departments of the imperial court are still very cautious in their actions.

I don't want the emperor to listen to the opinions of the group of Hanlin, and to revive Zhouli, the names of the various yamen in the court will be changed, and the official ranks will be the same for a few days.The officials in Beijing couldn't help worrying, what if the emperor's head got hot one day and he used the Zhou rituals as an excuse to lay off employees and let them go home to eat themselves, what should they do?

In order to keep their jobs, many people were inspired by Yan Wang's Jingnan, hugged the regulations of Emperor Hongwu's time, and persuaded the emperor with tears. Although the rituals of Zhou were good, the decrees of Emperor Taizu Gao could not be abolished!Dare to sing against the Tai-Zu Gao Emperor, this is not respecting the ancestors, not being filial!

"Filial piety is like the sky, Your Majesty, please think twice!"

Such remarks were refuted by the Zhou Li faction headed by Fang Xiaoru, and the two parties refused to give in to each other, and began a tit-for-tat debate.

Zhou Li faction has a stalk, don't reform, or die!

The Taizu faction blows their beards and stares, trying to remove Lao Tzu from his official position?Clean up you first!

They are all scholars, they are all those who have studied hard in the cold window and passed the imperial examination on the single-plank bridge.

Outside, the King of Yan launched a rebellion in the name of King Jing Nanqing, while inside, officials from the Taizu faction and Zhou Li faction fought and rolled up their arms and sleeves when they met.

Affected by internal and external troubles, Emperor Jianwen had a headache from the sky.He really didn't understand that Taizu Gao raised his knife to chop people at every turn, but all the ministers in the court were honest, they didn't dare to speak out of breath, and their work efficiency was even higher.Many things can be done properly without talking about it, and there is no overtime pay for working overtime for 30 days a month. What a selfless dedication to the country.

As a result, when he succeeded to the throne, he stopped killing people easily and raised the status of scholars. On the contrary, these officials in the DPRK and China were all useless.When encountering major events, they all pretend to be quails, but they have to fight for some minor details.It's just changing the names of a few yamen and changing some official systems, just like killing his whole family and destroying his ancestral hall. What is this called?

The officials of the two factions in the DPRK and China were in a mess, and the verbal battle was fruitless, and there was a posture of gang fights.The war in the north has been unfavorable, and there has been no good news. On the contrary, Zhu Di is getting more and more joyful.Emperor Jianwen's face was often clouded and it was seldom sunny. If he heard that Li Jinglong sent 50 troops and millions of dans of grain to King Yan, he would kill people if he didn't.

Huang Zicheng doesn't understand military affairs, but he understands the emperor.

Therefore, he dared to send someone to deliver a letter to Li Jinglong at the risk of deceiving the emperor, urging him not to report the actual battle situation to the capital.At the same time, they sent people to watch over the General Secretary to guard against the battle reports from the north.I begged to see the emperor for several days, trying my best to get things over when the emperor asked about the situation of the war.

To sum up Huang Zicheng's approach, just one word: hide.

To hide the news of the defeat of the army, keep Li Jinglong's position as commander, and at the same time keep himself.

It doesn't matter if you lose this time, you can continue to dispatch the army, as long as you can win the final victory, the emperor will definitely not pursue it.

Huang Zicheng had a very good idea, but Qi Tai refused to let him do so.

Not only did he repeatedly mention the battle situation in Beiping before Emperor Jianwen, but he also had a lot of doubts about Li Jinglong's failure to win Beiping. He also spoke to the emperor. A large tract of land in Liaodong, Hebei was lost.Li Jinglong also ran into Dezhou, obviously defeated and fled.

"I heard that Cao Guogong fled before the battle and was defeated. Please order to investigate clearly. If the rumors are true, he must be punished for serious crimes, so as to serve as an example to others!"

Hearing Qi Tai's words, Huang Zicheng thought to himself, it's coming, it's still coming!

Emperor Jianwen was puzzled, "Is that really the case?"

Without waiting for Qi Tai to continue speaking, Huang Zicheng quickly interjected: "Qi Shangshu's words are wrong. I heard that the army fought against Yan Ni and fought with Yan Ni many times, and there were several victories. It's just because of the cold weather in the north, which is not conducive to fighting. Moreover, most of Cao Guogong's troops are from the southern army, unable to adapt, so he can only temporarily retreat to Dezhou to avoid the severe cold and preserve his strength, and wait for a decisive battle with Yanni in the next spring."

Huang Zicheng spoke nonsense with his eyes open, insisting that the retreat of the 50 troops was a strategic shift, and the disaster of being dismissed from office and title was turned around.

Qi Tai didn't believe Huang Zicheng, so he refuted it, but it's a pity that Beiping and Dezhou haven't sent the memorials, and the "rumors" he said lacked basis.

Emperor Jianwen finally accepted Huang Zicheng. According to his idea, the imperial army had 50 troops, and the army under King Yan was at most 10,000+. Li Jinglong had an absolute advantage based on the number alone.Even if they fail to win Beiping, it may not be a disastrous defeat like Qi Tai said.

People like to listen to good words. In the absence of actual evidence, Emperor Jianwen would rather believe Huang Zicheng

When Emperor Jianwen made his statement, Huang Zicheng immediately said, "Your Majesty is wise!"

Qi Tai's face was flushed with anger, and he almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

Taking advantage of Qi Tai's trembling with anger, Huang Zicheng said many good things to Li Jinglong.In his mouth, Li Jinglong transformed from a defeated general to an excellent general who strategized, foresighted, and cared for his soldiers.

If Qu Neng Shengyong and the hundreds of thousands of soldiers left behind by Li Jinglong heard these words, they would definitely pick up a knife and hack Huang Zicheng to death. Is there such a nonsense? !

But it was Emperor Jianwen who heard these words. He didn't think Huang Zicheng was talking nonsense, but thought what he said made sense.

"Great!"

After the two words fell, Zhu Yunwen swiped his pen, added Li Jinglong as the prince and grand teacher, and bestowed seals, gold coins, precious tea, and sable fur.Li Jinglong was ordered to remain commander-in-chief, wear the commander-in-chief seal, and station troops in Dezhou, and wait for a decisive battle with the Yan army in the spring of the coming year.

Such a generous reward is really rare.

During the Hongwu period, Lanyu defeated the royal court of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, but was only awarded the crown prince and grand master, ranking after the prince and grand master.Li Jinglong, a defeated general, got this honor, which makes people wonder what the emperor is thinking, really don't want his throne?

When the news reached Beiping, the King of Yan didn't dare to believe it, thinking that it was a suspicious strategy before the imperial court changed commanders.It wasn't until the eunuch in the palace sent the news that Zhu Di finally believed that Li Jinglong had not been replaced, and was even rewarded by adding officials.

How should I say it?God is helping me!

Not taking the throne is simply too unreasonable.

After waving his hands to signal the messenger to step back, the King of Yan said, "Zheng He, please come here."

"The slaves obey."

Sanbao desperately delivered news for the vanguard in the first battle of Zhengcunba, and helped the army capture the camp of the Southern Army. He made great contributions and was given the surname Zheng by King Yan.After returning to Peiping, the members of the palace stopped calling him by his nickname Sanbao, and changed his name to "He" one after another.

In December of the first year of Jianwen, Ma Sanbao became Zheng He.

Meng Qinghe was finally sure that he was not mistaken. Zheng He, who was seasick, was indeed the famous Ming Dynasty navigator in history.

How did he set sail?Could it be that he fainted all the way to the West?

Meng Twelve Lang was extremely puzzled.

This is not the main problem facing Meng Qinghe, since he returned to Beiping, he has been haunted by Monk Daoyan.

The great monk tried his best to persuade Meng Twelve Lang to worship him as his teacher, but he almost didn't give up until he achieved his goal.Every day there is a super-sized bee buzzing in his ear, Meng Qinghe's troubles, probably only King Yan who has been buzzing for ten years can understand.

"What's wrong with worshiping a poor monk as a teacher? Let's think about Meng Qian's matter again."

Meng Qinghe grinned, and clasped his fists at the great monk. The matter of the apprentice was still avoided, and he was really not interested in joining the monk's sect.

Dao Yan talked badly, but Meng Qinghe was stubborn.

"How many talented people are there in the world? For example, Zheng He who is next to the prince is very good. Meng is just a little clever, so he can't be favored by a great monk." So, it's better to find someone else to buzz.

"Meng Qian's words are wrong. The poor monk believed in his own eyes, just like the poor monk believed that the prince would win the world."

Meng Qinghe curled his lips, fooling, and continuing to fool.Anyway, he insisted that Qingshan would not let go, what can this bald bee do to him?

Monk Daoyan twirled the Buddhist beads and strengthened his confidence. The Sajia said that they are not fooled at this point. What a talent, they must be recruited!

One made up his mind to accept apprentices, while the other was unwilling. The two were at a stalemate. The arrival of Zheng He just broke the deadlock.

"Buddha, my lord is here to invite you."

Zheng He had a smile on his face, full of kindness but not flattering at all.

"Amitabha."

Monk Daoyan proclaimed the Buddha's name, saying that he could not accept this apprentice today, and will continue to fight tomorrow.I have survived the ten years in the palace, and the monk has determination and perseverance!

Watching Monk Daoyan go away, Meng Qinghe finally breathed a sigh of relief.

This monk's eloquence is really good, no wonder he was able to encourage King Yan to rebel and was reused.If it were someone else, he would have been snapped by King Yan long ago.

However, no matter how powerful the monk is, it doesn't matter to him.He is really not interested in being a monk's apprentice. There are no doors, no windows, and the chimney will be blocked!

Temporarily getting rid of the flicker like a monk chanting scriptures, Meng Qinghe turned to meet the prince. After so long, the family leave promised by the prince should be fulfilled, right?

In the battle of Zhengcunba, the 50 imperial army was defeated, and most of the remnants retreated into Dezhou and were collected by Li Jinglong. They were unable to attack the Yan army in a short time.

King Yan was not idle. Taking advantage of the powerlessness of the imperial army, he sent troops out of Zijing Pass, captured Guangchang, and pointed at Datong.

This dispatch of troops aroused the vigilance of Jin Wang Zhu Jixi. He knew that he could not continue to pretend to be confused, and it was time to stand in line.

King Gong Zhu of Jin died in the 31st year of Hongwu, two months earlier than his father.The current king of Jin, Zhu Jixi, is the eldest son of Zhu Wei, and he also wants to call Zhu Di an uncle.

Jin Wang Zhu Yan was the third among Zhu Yuanzhang's sons, and he was born by Empress Ma.If he was still alive, Zhu Di's slogan "I am the son of Emperor Taizu Gao Xiaoci Empress Xiaoci Gao" may not be so resounding.

Zhu Lao San died, and Zhu Lao Si rebelled. Zhu Jixi was also affected by the process of Emperor Jianwen's cutting down the feudal domain. He also held a negative attitude towards the emperor's cutting down the feudal domain, but he never thought of rebelling with King Yan.

Now the situation is different. The king of Yan defeated the 50-strong army of the imperial court three times and five times. Li Jinglong stayed in Dezhou and dared not go north. Emperor Jianwen was either deceived or really fatuous. The king's mind started to move, the cousin on the throne is so useless, do you want to reverse it?

Yan Junbing pointed at Datong, which finally prompted him to make up his mind and join Yan Wang's rebel team.

With the joining of King Jin, King Yan's Jingnan team has reached 30, and the food, fodder and horses are more abundant. At this time, King Yan dares to speak to the world, and we are not afraid of anyone!

After discussing with Monk Daoyan, the high-spirited King Yan once again appealed to the court, under the name of his father, repeatedly declaring the legitimacy of his rebellion, and demanding that the court immediately stop all acts of infringing on the safety of the vassal king's personal and property.At the same time, the public notice listing the crimes of Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng and others was announced to the world, forcing Emperor Jianwen to kill the so-called treacherous officials in the court.

At the end of the memorandum and call to action, King Yan stated righteously that if the imperial court does not accept his proposal, it will continue to calm down until Nanjing!

Emperor Jianwen was forced to have no choice but to temporarily dismiss Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng from their official positions in order to save their lives.

Through King Yan's move, Emperor Jianwen began to suspect that Li Jinglong of Dezhou was not as strategic as Huang Zicheng said. Otherwise, how dare Zhu Di threaten the court so blatantly?Obviously he didn't pay attention to Li Jinglong from Texas!

It's all a lie to retreat to Texas temporarily and wait for the decisive battle next spring!

Defeat is real!

Emperor Jianwen finally discovered the truth, but he couldn't deal with Li Jinglong.As soon as the reward was issued on the front foot, he was dismissed from office and made a crime on the back foot.

Helpless, I can only eat Coptis chinensis as a dumb person, and swallow the bitter water in my stomach.

Pinch his thigh hard, he will bear it!

The coach cannot be replaced, but other generals can be transferred.

During the emperor's career, Emperor Jianwen finally made a wise and decisive decision. He successively ordered Wudinghou Guoying, Anluhou Wujie, and the governor Pingan to move the army northward to help the army fight against rebellion.

Wei Guogong Xu Huizu also received the appointment.

Emperor Jianwen thought very clearly that Xu Huizu and King Yan were relatives, and so was Li Jinglong.Compared with Li Jinglong, Xu Huizu can at least fight.

A series of edicts were issued from Fengtian Temple, and the atmosphere in the capital suddenly became tense.

December was supposed to be the happiest time for imperial officials. As the New Year approached, those who should visit relatives, those who should ask for leave, waited for the emperor to offer a banquet at the Tianmen, and everyone could go back to their respective homes and relax for a few days.

Unexpectedly, because of a memorial from King Yan, the emperor directly canceled the New Year's banquet, and the annual leave of officials was also reduced.Want to take a vacation?Didn't you see that all the heavenly officials are busy all day long?No approval!

Officials complained endlessly, and the two censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate stiffened their necks and spoke bluntly, admonishing the emperor for being too ruthless, unjust and unreasonable.All subjects also joined in the fun in the matter.The Taizu faction and Zhouli faction in the court stopped attacking each other and joined hands to accuse the emperor of being cold-blooded, not caring for his subordinates, and oppressing court officials even during the New Year.

In the eyes of these people, King Yan's rebellion can be put aside first, isn't it that they haven't hit Nanjing yet?

Your own family leave is more important.Isn't the emperor always lenient and kind, convincing people with reason?How can we ignore the hard work of officials and not allow everyone to take vacations?

Such behavior must not be tolerated!

You must speak up!

Emperor Jianwen was so angry that his liver hurt. He finally understood why Emperor Hongwu disliked these officials in every possible way.

Anxious, he also wanted to kill.The knife was raised, but it couldn't be swung no matter what.

Being unable to kill people doesn't mean Zhu Yunqi has no temper.

He just didn't let go and gave the officials a holiday, let's delay, let's see who can delay whom!

In the city of Nanjing, Emperor Jianwen started a tug-of-war with court officials.Wei Guogong Xu Huizu and Wudinghou Guoying and others were not interested in messing with civil officials. They only deployed soldiers according to the emperor's orders, and received money, food, chariots, horses, bows and arrows from the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of War.The heads of the Saddle and Bridle Bureau, the Military Battle Bureau and the Weapons Bureau were so busy that their feet didn't touch the ground. The armor and weapons of hundreds of thousands of troops needed to be mobilized from many sources, and it would be too late if they didn't work hard.

Xu Zengshou, the governor of the left, was not sent on a military mission, and Emperor Jianwen expressed his distrust of him.Xu Zengshou didn't care either. When the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion was so busy, he wandered around Nanjing with his hands behind his back. After walking around, he came to the Guwang Mansion in the capital, and happened to meet Gu Wang who came out of the mansion.

Xu Zengshou smiled heartily, and said politely, "See the prince."

King Gu paused, it was impossible to turn around and go back to the mansion, so he could only bite the bullet and return the gift, and after Xu Zengshou had the cheek to ask for a meal, he was invited into the palace.

Peking, Yanwang Mansion

Meng Qinghe got Zhu Gaochi's consent and allowed him to go home for six days.

"Guben asked his father for instructions, and wanted to transfer Meng Qianshi back to Gu's side. But the father said that Meng Qian was a great talent and would be used in the army. There was nothing he could do if he was lonely, but before the army went out, Meng Qian's affairs were still there. Guarantee the responsibility of Prince Wei's Mansion, you can listen to it by Gu's side."

Thinking of Zhu Gaochi's words, Meng Qinghe slowed down his packing.

Princely party?

Putting that label on right now is not a good thing.

Sigh, that's all, it's useless to think too much, in the final analysis, I am still a small person.It was not easy to get approved for family leave, so it is better to leave early.It's too late, maybe there will be another accident.

Meng Qinghe counted the money brought home, put away the pendants and hair ropes for the two nieces, and brought the cloth rewarded by King Yan, well, it was almost there.

Walking out of the door, four frontier soldiers were already waiting outside to protect him.

Meng Twelve Lang is already a military officer of the fourth rank, so he goes home to visit his relatives once, which is still a little pompous.

Before returning home, he sent someone to inform Meng Hu and Meng Qingjiang, and also asked Commander Shen to pass the message to Xu Zhong. They were all from Kaipingwei. He hoped that Commander Xu could make it easier for them to return with Meng Qinghe home to visit relatives.

There have been no major battles recently, and the Yan army does not need to be on guard at all times except in critical areas.Xu Zhong simply transferred Meng Hu and Meng Qingjiang to the Yanshan Guard, and they were under Meng Qinghe's command, which was considered a big favor.

For a small flag and a general flag, it only needs to change the roster, and it doesn't take much effort at all.

Knowing that he was able to go home, Meng Hu was very excited, and he also took it with him in big and small bags.Meng Qingjiang's performance was a bit indifferent, Meng Qinghe didn't say much, but only advised him, "We must always pay New Year's greetings to the elders in the clan and say hello."

Before Meng Qing and his group left the palace, they met Shen Xuan head-on.

Crimson official uniform, black black gauze, a gold belt around the waist, a gold medal with double clouds, dragons and double tigers, and a long knife in a shark sheath.

The face is like a crown jade, and the eyes are like lacquer.

Meng Qinghe took a step forward, "I have seen Commander Shen."

"En." Shen Xuan swept across Meng Qinghe and the few people behind him, and finally returned to his face, "But you want to go out?"

"Return to command, the son has already agreed to the humble position to go home and visit relatives."

"How many days?"

"Six days."

Shen Xuan nodded, and continued: "I said before that I would visit Meng Qianshi's house, so today, how about it?"

Meng Qinghe was stunned, he thought that Shen Xuan was just talking casually, hearing this tone, did he really want to go?