Snow fell in the winter solstice in Yijing, and this year's ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven, the emperor came in person. Su Jinhuai and Qi Yanxing were dressed in scarlet official robes, embroidered with cranes, and lions and beasts embroidered with Wu. They ranked first among the civil and military officials.

The emperor stood in the center of the altar wearing a luxurious dragon robe and a crown with his hair tied up.

After the imperial examination, new talents were added to the court, and the officials of the Manchu Dynasty were mostly young people. Only Su Jinhuai was left as a veteran of the four dynasties, and there were not many old ministers like Xing Ye and Shen Lin.

This was Ming Wanzhao's first abbot sacrifice ceremony since he succeeded to the throne, but since it was the time of war, he did not mobilize the crowd.Even so, it took a full noon before returning to the palace.

However, the war on the frontier has not come to fruition, and Ming Wanzhao's heart hangs in suspense.

A few days after the winter solstice, Ming Wanzhao went back to Chaolu Hall to review the documents after discussing matters in Chengming Pavilion, and suddenly asked, "How long has there been no news from Lingxi?"

"It's been a few days." Bai Tan, who was waiting on the side, said, "The battle on the frontier is busy, your majesty will wait a little longer."

Official affairs follow the clear path, while private letters are handed over to Lingxi secret agents. Ming Wanzhao and Lu Yunchuan exchanged letters from time to time, but recently they have not confiscated the letters. If Nu didn't retreat, he was bound to fight like crazy.

The war is tense, and Ming Wanzhao can't let it go.

"Qiao Zihanni?" Nothing could be seen on his face, the soft light through the window paper fell on his brows and eyes, making him look cold and a bit faded.

Bai Tan said: "Go back to Your Majesty, calm down, that Mr. Qi is also under Shen Shangshu's hands, there is nothing wrong with it."

Ming Wanzhao looked down at the scripture, said "yes" as if he didn't care, then opened Yubei's battle report, but saw a letter inside.

"Your Majesty's greetings."

It's Ming Yelan's handwriting.

Ming Wanzhao opened the envelope, glanced at the letter, his expression suddenly became dull, then became subtle, and there was even a bit of joy in it.Bai Tan is used to observing words and expressions, and seeing Ming Wanzhao smiled, he said, "Your Majesty, there is good news for Yu Bei before the battle?"

Ming Wanzhao, the clinker, shook his head, laughed, and said, "It's not an accident, but...it's really good news."

"Miss Huang is happy."

Bai Tan was stunned for a moment, then knelt down and shouted: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, congratulations, Your Highness the Eldest Princess!"

"Get up."

Ming Wanzhao looked at the letter with downcast eyes, and his depressed mood all day eased a bit.

A few days later, there is still no news from Lingxi.

The courtiers began to feel uneasy, but Ming Wanzhao still calmly went to the court to discuss matters. Early in the court, Ming Wanzhao was discussing how to settle the refugees, but there was a report from outside, and the Lingxi War Report arrived.

When the battle report was presented, Ming Wanzhao opened it and had a look, immediately looking worried.He was sitting on the dragon chair, the diadem covered his gloomy eyes.

There was a long silence.

After a while, the emperor put together the battle report and said, "Lingxi, we are defeated."

Immediately full of enthusiasm!

Duke Rongsu has guarded the Northwest for many years. He has won more than lost and never let the northerners invade. Since the start of the war, although the border wars have been tense, they have not suffered major defeats. Now, Lingxi has lost!

Ming Wanzhao didn't say much in court, but ordered several important officials to Chengming Pavilion.

This defeat in Lingxi is no small matter, it is still a big defeat!

"In this battle in Lingxi, the two cities of Yuanlu and Dingyu were lost." Ming Wanzhao's expression was serious.

The faces of all the people present changed, just now they heard Ming Wanzhao say that Lingxi was defeated, but they didn't expect to lose two cities in a row!

However, Ming Wanzhao added in a deep voice, "Rongsu Gong Lu Guanglan, died in battle."

Qi Yanxing stood up suddenly, and said in shock: "Mr. Rongsu died in battle?!"

The rest of the people also froze in astonishment, even Su Jinhuai was shocked all the way.

Ming Wanzhao tucked his trembling fingertips into his sleeves, with a calm expression on his face, and said: "This matter was mentioned in the battle report, and it has been found out that Lingxi began to recruit new soldiers two months ago, and there are secret agents from Northern Xinjiang. Go in, burn the food and grass in the original deer army at night, and take advantage of the chaos to shoot back arrows at Duke Rongsu, causing great chaos in the camp, Duke Rongsu died of serious injuries."

"The spy who got in has the face of Liang Ren."

Ming Wanzhao raised his eyes, his eyes were clear and calm, and he said: "I have been investigating the case of buying and selling children for a long time, but all the clues have been broken.

It was nailed into the Northwest Army, so that Lingxi was defeated today.

The matter has come to this point, the big defeat is a foregone conclusion, Su Jinhuai did not feel flustered, he frowned and said: "The war should be the most important thing now, this big defeat, Duke Rongsu died in battle, the army's morale will be disturbed!"

"Old Su Ge is right. War should be the most important thing." Ming Wanzhao's face was covered with frost, indifferent and cold, he said: "I have made my own decision, but before that, there is still one thing to do. I want to talk to all my lovers."

"Please speak, Your Majesty," Xing Ye said.

Ming Wanzhao told Qiao Zihan's life experience thoroughly, and after he finished speaking, he looked at Su Jinhuai, who was ashen-faced, and said in a gentle voice: "Master Su will know if this is true or not, and everyone said that Longnan was peaceful after he left Bailu, but Master Su, is it true peace or someone deliberately concealing it? Whether Qiao Zihan is the heir of the emperor is unknown, but his collusion with the northern Xinjiang people is a certainty."

Su Jinhuai's lips trembled for a moment, but he didn't speak.

He personally planned to save Lan Yu's mother and son, and later saw the letter that could prove Qiao Zihan's identity, so he believed his identity. He didn't want to investigate further, but unexpectedly such a big mistake happened!

Qiao Zihan bought Feng Bailu and Qi Lingyun that he personally promoted!

"Old minister..." Su Jinhuai said hoarsely.

"Old Su Ge, there's no need to be like this." Ming Wanzhao interrupted him, and without looking at the shocked crowd, he said clearly and self-consciously: "Bai Tan, pass on my oral order to order the imperial army to take down Qiao Zihan."

After finishing speaking, he calmly said: "Feng Bailu has been in Longnan for a long time, and the war is not over, so he will be allowed to wait for a while. As for the war in the northwest, what Su Ge said is true. Once Rongsu Gong died, the king's heart will be disordered. Back then Qi Yan Xing was granted the title in a hurry and stabilized the situation because of Lingxi's help, but now that Lingxi is in trouble, Yubei is also in chaos, and I'm afraid I can't reach out to help."

"Lingxi needs someone who can shake the overall situation and stabilize the morale of the army."

While the rest of the people said "Your Majesty said exactly what you said", Qi Yanxing remained silent. He looked at the quiet and indifferent eyes of the young emperor, and some suspicions arose in his heart.

Sure enough, Ming Wanzhao said calmly, "I'm going to Lingxi."

As soon as these words came out, all the ministers present could not sit still, Xing Ye got up first and said: "Your Majesty, how did this happen? Since the founding of our dynasty, there has never been a precedent for the emperor's personal conquest. Swords and swords have no eyes on the battlefield. If you hurt the dragon's body ..."

"Master Xing." Ming Wanzhao interrupted him, saying: "Since the founding of the dynasty, there has never been a precedent for the emperor to lose power. Look at Daliang, but it is still the peace and prosperity in the Shengyuan year?!"

Xing Ye was speechless.

Ming Wanzhao stood up, and said condescendingly to the officials: "My lords, take a good look at this country, isn't this a moment of life and death?! Do you have to wait until the northern Xinjiang people hit Lingyang Pass?! "

"I am the emperor of Liang! Life and death can be paid to Mingliang Jiangshan!"

Ming Wanzhao walked down the steps, he took off the crown, revealing his dark and indifferent phoenix eyes, pointed his fingertips to the north, and spoke loudly.

"Right now, foreigners are invading my land and killing my people. The man in my dream fought hard thousands of miles away, and my soldiers were buried in the wilderness! My lords, open your eyes and see!"

"Living far away in a peaceful and happy place, sitting high in a palace can't save Mingliang! I want to go to the border, and I would rather die in the country than be a subjugated monarch!"

Ming Wanzhao seems to see through the window paper and the palace wall, the dead bones under the Cangshan Mountain, the blood river everywhere, and the gloomy clouds and mists, and the endlessly rushing Liu'e River. They are all loyal bones who are hard to return home, and I don’t know who they are dreamer.

And the cloud that he was thinking about was also hovering in the mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood.

No one could shake the emperor's idea of ​​personally conscripting, when leaving Chengming Pavilion, Xu Zhiwei also said tremblingly: "Why does your majesty go to personally conscript...

Too dangerous, too dangerous! "

Qi Yanxing glanced at him, and said to himself: "Your Majesty was not impulsive. He knew the tricks on Qiao Zihan, but he just kept his troops on hold. Ever since he ordered Qiao Zihan to be arrested, he was preparing to leave Beijing. This Northwest defeat, Once Lu Yunchuan can't control the Xifu army, even if the people of Beijiang can't defeat Lingyang Pass, there is no guarantee that the Shage tribe won't help Chinu take down Yubei. At that time, Beijiang will occupy more than half of Daliang

earth. "

Qi Yanxing didn't want to stop Ming Wanzhao at all.

The reason why he taught Ming Wanzhao to practice martial arts is to let him protect himself, but it can also be used today.If the emperor who sits high in the temple does not really look at the thousands of people, how can he be a good emperor?

Emperor Shengyuan was also full of ambitions when he was young, but in the end he indulged in pleasure, so that Liang Jiangshan almost fell into the hands of his relatives.Otherwise, Ming Rongzhou would not have spent his whole life in the palace, and Ming Wanzhao also suffered for these 20 years.

"But if something happens to your Majesty at the border, wouldn't the world be in chaos?" Xing Ye was still full of anxiety.

Qi Yanxing paused, and said: "If one day, Lu Chensong can't even protect the emperor, then we don't have to stay in Yijing, we might as well jump off the tower to die for our country."

After saying that, Qi Yanxing left quickly. The emperor's departure from Beijing is a big event, and he still has a lot to arrange.

"This..." Xing Ye watched him leave, then turned to look at Su Jinhuai with a complicated expression.

Su Jinhuai walked away slowly without saying a word.

Shen Lin sighed, and said: "Your Majesty has made up his mind, it is useless to persuade anyone, not to mention that what His Majesty said is also reasonable, the army of the Western Government is in a state of chaos, and there is nothing that can stabilize the morale of the army than the emperor's personal conquest."

After saying that, he glanced at the back of Su Jinhuai who was leaving alone, and said, "Don't count on the teacher, he's probably ready to resign and return to his hometown."

After speaking, he quickly followed Su Jinhuai.

Su Jinhuai fought with Lu Zuoxian for half his life, but he didn't think that he would lead a wolf into the house one day. Qiao Zihan, a scourge, even instigated the two people he personally promoted. Since Ming Wanzhao exposed Qiao Zihan's life experience, Su Jinhuai has never said a word in this discussion up.

Xing Ye and Xu Zhiwei looked at each other.

Xu Zhiwei knew that he was soft-spoken and cowardly, and was afraid that Xing Ye would drag him to face the saint for persuasion, so he immediately said, "The lower official also resigns", and quickly slipped away.

Xing Ye: "..."

Isn't he also worried about Shengjia!

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