As if celebrating Zhu Zaijing's victory in the battle, even the sun shone brightly on the way back. It was a rare warm day in March on the grassland.
Zhu Zaijing was in a good mood, talking and laughing along the way.
Although it is a bit shameful to say a sneak attack, soldiers never tire of deceit. This is war.
Zhu Zaijing only cares about the results, not the process.
And how about this is Zhu Zaijing's harvest?
That's too much!
Zhang Yuangong and his father were riding side by side. Seeing his son's serious expression, Zhang Rong asked:
"What's wrong?"
"My son is doubting whether Battle can control his subordinates!"
Zhang Rong laughed.
"Whether he lives in peace or not is his problem!
"My son doesn't understand?"
"Look, he just took the position of leader without any power. If he can't make his subordinates surrender and someone rebels against him, his life will be in danger, right?"
"yes!"
"In order to avoid this, he can only consolidate his position as soon as possible, which requires him to constantly get closer to His Majesty and obey our instructions!"
Zhang Yuangong nodded and agreed, "But what if he is really dead? It will be difficult to deal with trouble!"
"Are those thousand garrisons just for show? Even if there is trouble, we will know it immediately."
"As for Battle, is he dead? If he's dead, then he's dead!"
"If he dies, we can just help another Battle up! Hahahaha!"
On the other side, Qi Jiguang and Ma Fang were also chatting.
They were followed by dozens of camels carrying various packages, large and small.
Behind the camel team were the family members of the leader and noble children of the Duoyan Sanwei. The camel team in front carried their various gold and silver jewelry and daily necessities.
Among them were old men and children, women and young men.
They looked at the Great Wall that was slowly approaching in fear, and everyone was talking in Mongolian and communicating with each other.
"What a hearty victory!" Ma Fang said proudly, "I haven't fought such an exciting battle in a long time!"
Qi Jiguang smiled and nodded.
"Your Majesty has arranged it well! Of course, there are also informants from General Ma. By the way, how did General Ma find these informants?"
"I met a lot of people in the grassland back then!" Ma Fang sighed, "Because I was captured, I shared the same fate with many orphans and became friends!"
"Later I returned to Ming Dynasty, joined the army and slowly climbed up."
"After I gained so much power, I began to contact my old friends, or find orphans on the grassland to become my informants!"
"They don't have any feelings for their own people. They stutter just like you, and they don't have any complicated thoughts. It's easy to use! What if they rebel? They can be killed at any time!"
Qi Jiguang listened carefully, thinking of the people in the southeast who served as internal agents for the Japanese pirates.
When those wealthy families passed information to the Japanese pirates, they also used orphans.
It's a shame to be caught.
It would be better to be beaten to death, the clue ends with him.
"Hey! This world is terrible!"
Qi Jiguang said, "I hope that in this world, both Han people and Mongolians will have less suffering!"
“It’s already hard for people just to live!”
Ma Fang also resonated and nodded sadly.
Famous generals in history have never been famous just because they know how to fight. There are many people who know how to fight. They are remembered more because they love the people, serve the country and the people, and save all people from fire and water.
Of course, it is another matter to mention those who have left their names in history, such as Qian Qianyi and Wu Sangui, who are loyal to the emperor and the country.
…
Five days later.
In the Hubu Yamen, Zhang Juzheng was leading a few people to compare land data over the years.
This idea has been in his mind for many years, that is, Ming Dynasty needs to conduct a land inventory!
When he was thinking about the emperor's return, he took advantage of his good mood and asked the emperor to clear the land.
Zhang Juzheng didn't believe a word of the data in the Ministry of Household Booklet.
When he was busy and exhausted, Shen Shixing suddenly rushed in.
"teacher!"
"Rumo?" Zhang Juzheng said in surprise, "Why are you here when you are not busy at the Ministry of War yamen during office hours?"
Zhang Juzheng is always very serious during working hours.
"Here they come! They're coming!"
"What's coming?"
Before Zhang Juzheng could figure out what was going on, several royal guards strode in.
"Where is Zhang Shangshu?"
"I'm here!"
Zhang Juzheng walked out with a straight face.
When the officials from the Ministry of Revenue saw that it was Jin Yiwei, although they were angry that they broke in without permission, they could only swallow their anger.
"Your Majesty has returned in triumph!" said the leading Jin Yiwei. "Our army has defeated the Duoyan Guards. Your Majesty is on his way back with the hostages, cattle, sheep and horses. He will arrive at Deshengmen in the afternoon."
Dapoduoyan?
Although Zhang Juzheng knew that the emperor had gone to fight with them and would definitely come back victorious, he breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the exact news.
"Okay! I will notify the cabinet and take all the officials out of the city to greet His Majesty!" Zhang Juzheng replied with a trembling voice.
"Then we'll go to the city defense to spread the news!" the leading Jin Yiwei said, cupping his fists.
"Good job!"
After the Jin Yiwei retreated, Shen Shixing and all the officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs looked at Zhang Juzheng in dumbfounded eyes.
What's going on?
Zhang Juzheng walked out of the door without explaining to them.
After a while, the cabinet ministers gathered in the cabinet room one after another.
"Zhang Taiyue! Yang Bo!"
Gao Gong was the last one to arrive belatedly, and he roared as soon as he entered the door.
"You two knew that His Majesty was going to conquer the grasslands personally, but you kept hiding this from us!"
"If your Majesty has any shortcomings, can you bear the responsibility?"
All cabinet members looked grave.
Although they didn't say anything, they all agreed with Gao Gong's statement.
Inspecting the border and conducting military expeditions are two completely different things.
But Zhang Juzheng and Yang Bo, as cabinet ministers and pillars of the country, actually helped the emperor to do evil things.
Zhao Zhenji's expression turned ugly now.
"Lao Gao, don't rush to accuse me!" Yang Bo said, "His Majesty revealed to the two of us that he planned to take action against Duoyan Guard, but he never said that he would personally conquer the army! On the day when His Majesty led the troops to leave, the two of us Everyone was shocked."
"Then what's the point of keeping it secret until now?" Smoke came out from Gao Qing's nostrils.
"So what if I tell you?" Yang Bo also lost his temper and looked at Gao Gong unkindly.
If Gao Gong was aggressive again, Yang Bo would punch him without mercy.
After all, one of the fine traditions of our civil servants in the Ming Dynasty is to fight with each other. Even cabinet ministers have had fist fights.
"His Majesty has already left. I told you, can you still chase His Majesty back? Can't you force him onto the Dragon Throne?"
"you you…"
"Okay, okay!" Li Chunfang came up to persuade, "Don't argue, it's all over!"
"It's better to make arrangements to welcome His Majesty!"
Gao Gong glared at him angrily and turned his anger towards him.
"Turtle grandson!"
"ah?"
