Chapter 569: Being in tune with the king, and using both kindness and power to suppress the bandits

Since he last visited the injured Xu Xun and expressed his feelings, Qian Ning has been paying attention to the movements of the Jinyiwei. [正官][正官][正官][正官][正官][正官][正官][\hunhu] However, what disappointed him was that although Ye Guang still stayed at home for most days, he occasionally went to the yamen to manage affairs. According to the information from the imperial doctors in the Imperial Hospital, his condition had improved quite a bit. Even though he was drooling at that position, he did not dare to play any tricks under the nose of the Jinyiwei. He could only try to practice the sword-bearers under his command, hoping to attract more Zhu Houzhao.

However, although Zhu Houzhao praised his archery, horse riding and shooting, he also appreciated his troops and trained. Xiyuan has come a lot, but he has never tried to promote him before, so he could only worry about it. On this day, when Ruisheng personally arrived at the inner school and waved to him to say that it was the little emperor summoned him at Ningcui Pavilion, he suddenly became energetic.

Qian Ning was already very experienced in dealing with these eunuchs, so he immediately asked with a smile: "Eunuch Rui, is it the emperor summoning me, or is there someone else?"

"Mr. Li, the chief assistant of the cabinet, and Eunuch Liu and Ping Beibo are all here." Ruisheng is no longer as good as before. He speaks with his own style. Seeing Qian Ning's expression change when he heard this, his eyes flashed, and he said with a smile, "Anyway, don't guess it. I can tell you something about it in advance, which is a good thing."

Although Ruisheng said it was a good thing, Qian Ning now considers everything in the worst direction. It would be fine if only Xu Xun was the only one, but this good thing could be implemented, but Liu Jin was also standing there. Last time, he instigated him to recommend him to the emperor to take charge of the Jinyiwei. If Xu Xun misunderstood that he would take the lead and take the lead, this trouble would be a big deal. What's more, Li Dongyang's cabinet chief is here, and these old people have always regarded people like them as favors. How could a good thing be his turn?

Therefore, when he arrived at Ningcui Pavilion, he saw Zhu Houzhao sitting in the middle, Liu Jin stood beside him, Li Dongyang gave Jindun to sit there, and Xu Xun was fiddling with fishing rods on the small platform near the lake. He became more and more confused about the situation at this time, and after kneeling down and kowtow, he was full of energy.

"Qian Ning, you have always had few skills in shooting left and right. I have always wanted to promote you, but I have never found a good opportunity." Zhu Houzhao never liked to go around and around, and then he said straight to the point, "It just so happened that Liu Jin proposed to set up an expert factory to restrain the East China Factory and the Jinyiwei Tiqi. As a result, Mr. Li, Liu Jin and Xu Xun all spoke in unison and suggested that you be in charge. Although the Investigation Factory has always been an admiral of the Insider, I have always used talents without any restrictions, so I summoned you."

At this moment, Qian Ning was stunned. The so-called promotions were in various forms, but what was smashed today was the largest pie. Instead of waiting for Ye Guang, the immortal, to let go or retire, this new yamen is naturally the best choice now. However, after a moment of ecstasy, he suddenly realized that he had received the recommendation of Li Dongyang, Xu Xun and Liu Jin in one breath, that is, the three forces of civil and military officials and Zhongguan, who actually felt that they were suitable, and he couldn't help but feel a little panic.

"Emperor, I am Meng Ping Beibojian who was promoted to the forefront of the government army. Although I was lucky enough to make a small contribution, I suddenly took on this important task..."

Before Qian Ning could finish his words, Zhu Houzhao interrupted impatiently: "This is not a court report. One appointment requires three terms and three remarks. I am only asking you now, but I have the confidence and ability to do this well! If I can, I will give you a tribute immediately. If I can't, don't talk too much. I will look for another skill!"

Although he couldn't make a difference why he got recommendation from three parties, Qian Ning suddenly realized that he must not let the cooked duck fly. He suddenly knocked down heavily and said firmly: "Since the emperor attaches so much importance to the ministers, even if they are crushed to pieces, they will do what the emperor has given them!"

"Very good, very good!" Zhu Houzhao stood up happily and said to Liu Jinnu, "This matter is your suggestion. You should take Qian Ning down and match him with the person you should match. He already has the passive waist card from Xiyuan, and then give him the passive waist card from Bei'anmen. If you have any matters, you can report it to you. After you have arranged it, you will come to me."

Seeing Liu Jin with a smile and retreating, Li Dongyang thought of Qian Ning's ecstasy when he heard about the appointment just now, and then Liu Jin's complacent ambition, suddenly felt regret in his heart. Although Qian Ning's military achievements were solid and Xu Xun promoted him, he was excellent in his bow and horse skills. The little emperor did not make any extraordinary moves during his time in the West Garden. It can be seen that people know each other but not their hearts. This person is so utilitarian. If he wins over Liu Jin...

"The emperor deliberately kept Yuan Fu and me. Could it be that there is something big about it?"

Just as Li Dongyang was thinking, a voice came from his ears. He looked up and saw that Xu Xun had returned to the pavilion, holding a lively fish in his hand. He couldn't help but be stunned. However, when Zhu Houzhao saw the fish, he jumped up happily and asked repeatedly: "I have been there for so long before, and no fish bites the hook. You have just sat for a while and the fish came. What's the reason?"

"Have you ever heard a word from the emperor? Jiang Taigong is willing to take the hook?" Xu Xun said this with a smile. Seeing Li Dongyang frowning with thoughtfulness, he said to Zhu Houzhao who was a little annoyed, "The sun has come up now. The emperor must have stood and sat down just now. The fish were shocked. In addition, this dress of gold-line embroidered clothes is so conspicuous. How dare the fish bite the hook? Otherwise, no one dares to catch the fish in Taiye Pond. When they see the bait, they will only come up to grab the hook. How could they not bite the hook?"

Zhu Houzhao was relieved. After sitting down in anger, he ordered Ruisheng to send the fish to the imperial kitchen and to eat fish soup at noon. He then coughed and said, "I have asked you two to come here for something else. I heard that the Tartars outside the Great Wall have been fighting for many times these days, and the nine borders have been well rectified, and many new platforms have been built. I want to follow Emperor Taizong Xuanzong and take the army out to patrol the border at the end of the year. What do you think?"

As soon as these words were said, not to mention that Li Dongyang was so shocked that he was gone, Xu Xun also felt his scalp numb. However, he didn't have time to think about whether Liu Jin had the idea, and said without hesitation: "Your Majesty, you can't."

Zhu Houzhao didn't expect that Li Dongyang did not object. Xu Xun, the confidant minister who had always worn a pair of pants, opposed it first and immediately lowered his face. Seeing the little emperor's expression, Xu Xun calmed down, but said calmly: "Your Majesty, let alone the patrol of the border, it will be at least one or two months. Moreover, when the autumn is high and the horse is fat, it is the time for the Tartars to store grain for the winter. The possibility of invading the Nine Borders is much higher than usual. This is the busiest and most tense moment for the Nine Borders. If the emperor leads troops to patrol the border at this moment, they will welcome and send off. What if they are distracted and put in the Tartars, what?"

Seeing Zhu Houzhao being stunned for a moment, she frowned and pondered. Xu Xun struck while the hot, "Besides, the emperor is still in the filial piety period of the late emperor. In order to make great filial piety, he pushed the wedding to next year. Now if he leads troops to patrol the border, it is contrary to the principle of filial piety for his children."

The last sentence directly touched Li Dongyang's heart. Seeing that Zhu Houzhao was obviously hesitant, he also echoed and said, "The emperor is determined to be enterprising and imitate Emperor Xuanzong of Taizong. This intention is good, but now that he has not long as he ascended the throne, the hearts of the people in the world are still floating. You must not leave the capital at all. Please think twice."

Zhu Houzhao remembered that he had told Xu Xun that he would definitely see the world in the future. At this time, he felt that he was completely overjoyed. He was too lazy to talk and waved his hand. At this time, Li Dongyang glanced at Xu Xun and simply took his leave. Xu Xun was standing beside Zhu Houzhao, without any intention of leaving.

"Why are you still not leaving? I was blocked by your big principles as soon as I spoke! Why didn't I see it before? You talked about these big principles, even those old men couldn't compare to them!"

"Your Majesty, don't be angry. In fact, those reasons just now were fooling Yuan Fu."

Xu Xun said this, and saw that the little emperor raised his head and stared at him. He then said word by word: "Emperor, the most important thing is that Emperor Si did not lead troops to patrol the border, and the court was inevitably unsure. If you have ten or eight sons stayed in the capital, I will definitely be the first to follow you."

"you……"

Zhu Houzhao remembered that Xu Xun would be able to hold his children next year, and then she was furious. She pointed at Xu Xun's nose and said, "What's the reason for you? According to you, I have no son for a day, so why can't I even get out of the imperial city for a day?"

"Your Majesty, don't be angry. Can you tell me first, who suggested that you patrol the border?"

Ruisheng has brought all the eunuchs around him far away, so Xu Xun naturally asked straightforwardly. Zhu Houzhao didn't want to say it at first, but seeing Xu Xun staring at him, he couldn't help but say angrily: "No one suggests, it's because I dreamed of my father. My father said that I hope I will establish achievements that are not inferior to those of the ancestors of all generations, so I planned to go and see what was going on in the Nine Borders first. As a result, you poured this basin of cold water on me!"

"Your Majesty has this been mentioned to Eunuch Liu?" Seeing Zhu Houzhao shook his head, Xu Xun smiled, "If the emperor said to Eunuch Liu, I am afraid that the first thing that Eunuch Liu does is to kowtow and advise, and there is no second possibility. Moreover, I just say that the emperor cannot go this year, not that he cannot go in the future. Now it is September, and in October, water dripping in the north turns into ice, and it is difficult for the capital to stay outside the house, let alone the nine sides? Walking outside, not to mention people, even mules and horses often cannot stand the cold weather..."

Zhu Houzhao's voice was obviously much smaller: "I don't show off, I'll just take a few less people, so I can set off in ten days and come back in a few months. The weather wasn't that cold at that time."

"Emperor, even if the emperor of a country travels, he will have at least five thousand entourages. The food and food of these people, etc., must be prepared in advance. What if they are blocked by accidents, what should we do at that time? Moreover, is the emperor willing to lead a group of soldiers who are not in battle now and take a look at it, or is he willing to lead the powerful soldiers to watch the army fighting outside the frontier in the future?"

"this……"

"Your Majesty, you have to convince the ministers and convince the Empress Dowager to let you leave the capital. This is a great skill. Instead of being so unreasonable, people criticize you from behind, and it is difficult to go out again in the future. It is better to be fully prepared to patrol the border. First, train troops well; second, the government is clear and you can be smooth even if you are not in the court; third, the bandits in the Kinki must be eliminated at least; fourth, the most important thing is that you must first get married and have a young prince who inherits your clever and cleverness in the court."

As Zhu Houzhao listened, although she felt it made sense, she couldn't help but sigh: "According to what you said, I have to stay in the palace for many years!"

There were so many emperors in the Ming Dynasty in history. Apart from Emperor Yongle, only Emperor Xuanzong led his troops to patrol the border after he ascended the throne. Yingzong once led his army to fight and even had the Tumu Fort change. Then Wuzong Zhu Houzhao ran out again and again, leading troops to fight and toured Jiangnan in the south. Other emperors never left the capital. At this moment, Xu Xun once again confirmed that Zhu Houzhao's nature was unwilling to hold it in the palace, so he could only tempt it again. It was not until Liu Jin came back that he directly stuffed the difficult baton to Liu Jin.

Sure enough, the old eunuch did not expect this. After waking up, he immediately knelt on the ground, and persuaded him with tears in his eyes, and even brought out the most direct reason - when Wang Zhen followed the Yingzong to fight, the eunuchs he was close to in the capital were killed by the ministers! It was not until this time that Zhu Houzhao's sudden excitement was suppressed.

"If I had known this, I would have been better off getting married first!"

When Xu Xun left the palace, it was Liu Jin who gave it to him. He was still scared and heard the previous dissuasion from Xu Xun. He breathed a sigh of relief and said repeatedly: "You are the fault of you. If you really let the emperor do this, I will be really difficult. Now that we have not yet established a firm foothold and the emperor has no descendants. If there is anything wrong, others can just put all the sins on us, so we can just find a rope to hang them. Those ministers don't care, and they will make a few words of light persuasion, or make a big fuss that angers the emperor and act on their own. After something happens, they are eager to do it! Since the emperor ascended the throne, everything has not been played according to common sense, and I don't know how many people are criticizing behind the scenes!"

Since Liu Jian and Xie Qian stepped down and Han Wen retired, it has been a long time since Liu Jin and Xu Xun said in a heart-to-heart manner. After all, the two seem to have a big rise in their voices, but compared with the deep-rooted civil servants, they still have not yet established a firm foothold, and rely on the emperor's saint's family. Therefore, Xu Xun smiled and said, "So, when encountering such a thing, we should naturally work together. Although the emperor said that he had such an idea because he dreamed of the late emperor, Lao Liu, please be careful in the palace. Don't let people deceive the emperor again at this moment."

"I'll pay attention!"

On this issue, Liu Jin naturally would not relax, so he agreed. When he sent Xu Xun to Xi'an Gate, he stopped and stood there with his sleeves, but his face was a little confused. Li Dongyang was not counted today. He and Xu Xun thought of Qian Ning at the same time, and knew that the little emperor would definitely agree, which could be said to be a little bit of harmony. Later, when the little emperor had a sudden idea, the two of them tried to persuade each other in unison, and then put it in the past, such a little bit of harmony would be even more.

How great would it be if Xu Xun was willing to devote his efforts to help me, Lao Liu?

Liu Jin thought of this idea, and Xu Xun, who was preparing to leave the city with a group of personal soldiers on Xuanwumen Street, couldn't help but think that if he could be like Gu Dayong and let Liu Jin still have the same heart as him, he would really be at ease. After thinking about it, he looked at Zhang Juzheng and Feng Bao to control the government. Zhang Juzheng seemed to be in power in the world, but the prime minister was still subject to internal power. He knew that this was a luxury and suddenly dispelled this unrealistic fantasy. When Fuchengmen left the city, he ordered a guard recommended by Ma Qiao: "Let's go back to the Ma family, so that Ma Qiao will come to see me at home no matter when he has time!"

Although he left the city, Xu Xun just went to the Zuoguan Hall in the West Mountain and left most of the guards there. He only took Cao Qian and a few confidants to ride horses along the mountain path into a valley. The place where few people passed has now become flat. After passing several levels, a large number of men without military uniforms and jackets were running and leaping among them. The movements were a little agile compared to when he first saw him. Even so, you could still hear Liu Qi's loud shouting loudly with his signature from afar.

"It's so simple that I can't climb up. Wouldn't it be over if you want you to climb a cliff in the next day?"

"Have you eaten yet, hurry up and try hard! This is a life-saving rope in the mountains. If you can't pull it up, you will be finished together!"

"Run, run faster! The other abilities of those horses in the mountains may be rare, but the ability to escape is the greatest!"

Liu Liu was much quieter than Liu Qi, staring at the situation around him. Seeing a group of people coming, he immediately recognized Xu Xun, who was leading the way, and immediately rushed forward. Just as he was about to kneel down on one knee, he felt that someone had held up his arm. When he looked up, he found that Xu Xun had jumped off the horse, holding him with one hand, but his eyes were looking around.

"Yes, you can be trained like this in just one month. It's true that you deserve the name of your Liu brother!"

These days, he was trapped in this place and could not get in and out. Liu Liu had already received two letters from his family, all of which said he had settled down and was very well served. The eldest son even said in the letter that he had entered Shuntian Prefecture School. If he made a contribution in the future, Xu Xun would recommend him to the Imperial College. For him, who had been licking blood on his head for a lifetime and letting his son study for a good fortune, he would not have to kneel down everywhere. Although the family was held in his hands, he had to admit that it was no wonder that Xu Xun was, and he still made a profit after all.

"The most important thing is that these people are well selected. To make a sound of the bandits, they need to have some banditry spirit, so those who are full of military camp aura are not good. They are all thorns, and the little one and the old seven have tried their best to fight them twice, and they can't beat our brothers, so they finally convinced."

"Well, look at this, mid-October people can pull them out."

Seeing Xu Xun nodding thoughtfully, Liu Liu weighed for a long time, but finally bowed and said sincerely: "Sir, I'm sorry, I'm too polite. Although these people are a bit bandit, they can still see the difference between them and the real horse thieves. It's easy to compete with the people in the green forest in the south of the valley, but if you want those people not to be together due to panic, you may have to win over a group of people. Once you form an alliance, this momentum will be created. If the adults don't give up, the younger ones are willing to go there. After all, Zhang Mao had spoken out to drive us out of Bazhou, and the older brothers have arranged for the younger brothers' family. It's natural that we can recruit people to fight against Zhang Mao."

"It sounds good, but in this way, your brothers have a bandit name on the case file of the local government. Even your family members have to bear the reputation of bandits. You don't need to mention this." Seeing that Liu Liu was stunned when he heard this, he couldn't tell whether it was grateful or something else on his face. Xu Xun smiled and said, "Your brother is now under the name of the Ministry of Justice, so you don't have to slap a small one. You should consider adding one person to a group of original people, but the most important thing is to practice this group of people well. I have reported to the emperor that if you succeed, I can protect a student of the two eldest sons. In addition, you Liu family members can have two more knives. I, Xu Xun, keep my word. As long as you are careful, you will never be stingy with these things."

"Thank you, sir!"

The greatest wish of many warriors to win a wife and son on the battlefield is how many warriors want to win a wife and a son. However, facing the Mongol Tartars who came and went like the wind, such merit was not easy. The court's military and civilians were strict, and officers often treated military households as slaves. Liu Liu naturally would not take such risks for wealth and glory. When Xu Xun helped him up with a smile, he was so hot in his heart that he had completely made up his mind.

I have only been looking forward to the opportunity I have now for half my life, so I have tried my best!

Xu Xun saw Liu Liu's thoughts like a hot charcoal ball. Seeing that Liu Qi rushed over to salute, he asked again: "Since you brothers have been in Ji Nan for many years, do you know which powerful men and White Lotus Sect are involved in the Xiangmao thieves?"

When Liu Liu heard this, hesitated. However, Liu Qi didn't think so much and said bluntly: "Of course I know that the famous thief Yang Hu is half of the disciple of Bai Ying, the contemporary saint of Bai Ying, and even his life was saved by Bai Ying."

Xu Xun had heard about Bai Ying, the leader of the White Lotus Sect, from Luo Qing, and asked him to inquire about Bai Ying's whereabouts and the situation of those believers. At this time, when Liu Qi even called Bai Ying's name, he immediately asked: "Do you know Bai Ying's whereabouts?"

"Sir, Bai Ying has always been a mystery and is extremely cautious. Unless he is close to others, no one knows where he is hiding. I have only heard that this person's medical skills are comparable to those of Tang Sai'er, the mother of the White Lotus Buddha, and his internal skills are also very difficult to compete with. If you want to know where he is, it is best to start with Yang Hu."

"Since that's the case, don't start with Zhang Mao and Yang Hu's wings. Since he is a thief in the south of the Jinnan and has a great reputation, if he wins this battle, his fame will be established. This is your brother's first battle, please work hard!"


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