Li Shuheng glanced at the approaching cavalrymen in the distance and said, "This guy Huang Hong won't let you, the proprietor, relax even at the end of the year."
Huang Hong is the deputy director of the Foreign Intelligence Bureau, a spy responsible for inquiring about various information.
His arrival made Li Shuheng understand that he must have brought back some important news.
Soon, Huang Hong and others caught up from behind.
"Master, there's news from the capital." Huang Hong whispered to Liu Heng as soon as he caught up with him.
Liu Heng nodded lightly, and then said: "Let's talk about it when we get back."
The capital is the capital of the Ming Dynasty. News from the capital is never trivial, especially news that needs to be brought back by Huang Hong himself.
Huang Hong controlled his horse to slow down a step and followed Liu Heng.
Returning to his residence, Liu Heng dismounted, handed the reins to a guard beside him, and walked into the yard.
Li Shuheng and Huang Hong, who also dismounted, followed closely behind him and entered the yard together.
Liu Heng returned to the signing room where he worked, sat behind the desk, and said to the two people who followed him into the room: "Find a place to sit by yourself."
Li Shuheng walked to a place and sat down on the seat closer to Liu Heng.
Huang Hong took two steps forward, stood in front of Liu Heng's desk, took out a letter, and handed it over with both hands.
On the other side, Zhao Wu was holding the freshly brewed hot tea and placed it next to Liu Heng's hand.
Liu Heng took the letter, glanced at the complete lacquered opening, then opened it and pulled out a piece of white paper filled with words.
The content that filled most of the white paper was quickly read by him.
"Did something happen again at the court?" Li Shuheng couldn't help but ask when he saw Liu Heng put down the letter in his hand.
Huang Hong also looked at Liu Heng.
Although the letter was sent by him personally, he had no idea what it contained. He only knew that it was a secret letter sent urgently from the capital.
"The Chahar Ministry sent an envoy to the capital and met with the chief minister of the cabinet. In addition, there were changes in Datong. Commander Ma was transferred to Yulin as the commander-in-chief, and Yang Guozhu took over the position of commander-in-chief of Datong." Liu Heng said. The letter was delivered to Li Shuheng.
Zhao Wu, who was standing aside, took the letter and handed it to Li Shuheng.
Li Shuheng picked up the letter and read it.
After reading it, he said: "It seems that the imperial court is not planning to recruit us, but is preparing to take action against us."
"All the elite soldiers and horses of the imperial court are in Liaodong. For the time being, the imperial court cannot send troops to deal with us. Even if we do it, we will have to wait until the recruits from Datong and Xuanfu are trained." Liu Heng picked up the tea cup and blew the hot air inside.
Li Shuheng said: "As soon as General Ma left, our relationship network in Datong was torn open again. Over time, I am worried that those officials in Datong will alienate us."
"This is also a normal thing." Liu Heng said, "It is impossible for the imperial court to watch us grow stronger. However, local affairs are far from as simple as those high officials in the imperial court think. If they want to deal with our tiger-character flag, just It’s not enough to rely on two newly built camps.”
A battalion of the Ming army had about 3,000 soldiers and horses. In many cases, there were only more than 1,000 soldiers and horses. Such a small number of soldiers and horses could not threaten the Tiger Flag at all.
Li Shuheng frowned and said: "Yang Guozhu has been secretly collecting evidence of our rebellion. Now that he has become the commander-in-chief of Datong, there will be some trouble for the convoy to come to the grassland from Xinpingbao in the future. He will not be released so smoothly. Our tiger-character flag convoy leaves the border town."
"Then don't go to Xinpingbao, go from Zhangjiakou." Liu Heng said, "This road to Xinpingbao can be used by other merchants from the Ming Dynasty. Only the merchants from the Ming Dynasty can make money on the grassland. They will definitely There is a way to bribe the side generals to come to Qingcheng, and Yang Guozhu can't stop this kind of thing, otherwise he will offend those side generals in Datong." The mobile phone will remember in one second 『→m.\B\iq\u\g\\ o\m』 provides you with wonderful novel reading.
Li Shuheng thought for a while and then said: "The letter also said that the Chahar Ministry envoy went to the capital. I think Lin Danhan has not given up his plan to deal with our Tiger Flag. He wants to join forces with the Ming Dynasty."
"This is a troublesome matter. Now we can only let Wang Yuncheng keep a close eye on it and not give the Chahar tribe a chance to get close to Qingcheng." Liu Heng said.
Li Shuheng hesitated for a moment and said: "Will the imperial court send troops and horses from Liaodong to Datong or Xuanfu? After all, Liaodong is not only stable in the hands of Sun Chengzong, but also has recovered hundreds of miles of lost territory."
Although Tiger Character Banner has some capital, it is not enough to compete head-on with Ming Dynasty.
"No." Liu Heng shook his head slightly and said, "Once the imperial court transfers soldiers and horses from Liaodong, the slave thieves will never miss the opportunity to attack Shanhaiguan. They can only capture Shanhaiguan, and the slave bandit army can march straight in. Going to the capital, Shanhaiguan is more important than our tiger-character flag."
Li Shuheng nodded and said, "So, the Chahar tribe is the most threatening to our Tiger Flag."
"The imperial court is unable to deal with us now, so the only tribes that can threaten us are the tribes on the grassland. If the Chahar tribe wants to move westward, our Tiger Flag will become a thorn in their side." Liu Heng smiled.
The Tiger Banner's conquest of the Tumut tribe and its occupation of the Tumut tribe's land was equivalent to cutting off the westward migration route of the Chahar tribe and Lin Dan Khan's ambition to unify Mongolia.
Without the Tumut tribe, even if Lin Dan Khan conquered other tribes on the grassland, he still could not unify Mongolia.
Li Shuheng said: "The Chahar tribe suffered two losses in succession at the hands of our Tiger Character Banner. As long as the Ming Dynasty court does not take action against us, I think the Chahar tribe will not take action against us for a while."
The news that Chahar's troops failed to attack the Tiger Flag convoy had already been sent to Qingcheng by the accompanying fast cavalry.
"Sooner or later, the imperial court will take action against us. If we don't take action now, we are worried that we don't have enough strength. When we accumulate enough strength, it will be time to take action against us." Liu Heng chuckled, "That's okay, give us time to digest it." Tumut Department.”
A single Tumote tribe could give the former Ming Dynasty a huge headache. He believed that as long as the Tiger Character Banner completely grasped the power of the Tumote tribe, it would be more difficult for the Ming Dynasty, which was already suffering from internal and external troubles, to shake the Tiger Character Banner.
Unless someone like Zhang Juzheng appears again to extend the life of the Ming Dynasty, what is waiting for the Ming Dynasty is to slide into the abyss little by little.
"Be careful of the spies sent by the Ming Dynasty to the grassland. If you find one and pick them out, you must not give them a chance to destroy the trade routes. Your Foreign Intelligence Bureau must keep a close eye on them." Liu Heng turned to look at Huang Hong.
The Tiger Flag family is far from being able to meet the needs of various grassland ministries. Allowing merchants from the Ming Dynasty to do business in Qingcheng will not only bring a lot of revenue to the Tiger Flag, but also prevent the imperial court from taking action against certain merchants in the Tiger Flag. limit.
Merchants pursue profits. As long as the tiger-character flag can guarantee the profits of merchants on the grasslands, no matter what the court wants to do with the tiger-character flag in the future, it will not stop the fact that Ming merchants continue to come to Qingcheng through the border areas.
"My subordinate has taken note of it." Huang Hong bowed and clasped his fists.
