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412 Black or White (2 in 1)

"Your Majesty...Your Majesty..."

The shouts of Moro outside the tent echoed in Zhu Qizhen's ears, and the humiliation that had not been felt for a long time surged into his heart again.

"How could the Concubine Moroni stay in Mobei?"

Zhu Qizhen suppressed his anger and questioned Ala Zhiyuan, "Since ancient times, there has been no saying that concubines and emperors have divided their families. Where did Wassat's actions put him in the face?

"In addition to the identity of the imperial concubine, Moro is also a woman from my Watami tribe."

Other Ala Zhiyuan can give in to this face. Zhu Qizhen's dragon seed is related to the future situation of Mongolia and Ming Dynasty, and it is absolutely impossible to compromise.

"you!"

Faced with such a tough rejection, Zhu Qizhen's good mood that he could return to Beijing was instantly destroyed and broken. It seemed as if Ala Zhiyuan stepped on his face, reminding him that his identity was still a prisoner, rather than the emperor who was complimenting on the surface.

"How can Ala Zhiyuan be unreasonable to Your Majesty!"

Feeling Zhu Qizhen's humiliation and anger, Boyan Timur immediately rebuked, and compared to other ministers on the surface respect, this person truly regarded Emperor Yingzong of Ming as the Emperor of Ming.

The Ala Zhiyuan knew that Boyan Temur was simple-minded and disdained to argue with him too much. He just snorted coldly and turned around and walked out of Zhu Qizhen's tent.

After the brief conflict subsided, Zhu Qizhen quickly recovered to the excitement of being able to return to Beijing. After all, he had done something like knocking on the door and calling for a while. How could a woman care too much?

As for the hidden dangers of the dragon species, it will be a matter for the future. As long as I can return to Beijing to restore the throne of the emperor, how can I care about the flood?

On the Wenyuan Pavilion in the Forbidden City, Chen Yichen ended his conversation with Shang Lu, and came to his own room and began to write a memorial to the local prefectures to briefly summarize the core content and give advice to the emperor.

In fact, the office of the cabinet minister is not as magnificent as imagined. Most of the memorials are trivial matters about people's livelihood disasters. But for the superiors, a irrelevant matter in your eyes is related to your wealth and life.

Chen Yichen once said that he would do his best to prevent the people from being displaced and being hungry and cold. Therefore, when faced with the memorials presented to him, he carefully reviewed and gave the best solution to reduce some of the burden on the local people.

At the same time, he began to consider using the fleet docked at the Dagu Haifangkou. Although the Zhengyi Dynasty had already begun to encounter natural disasters during the Little Ice Age, the actual grain output of the Ming Dynasty was not as high as the land of starvation.

More of the seasonal failure, poor transportation of the canal, and various kinds of unsuccessful merchants hoarding and speculating.

The Grand Canal has actually reached its limit, especially in the dry season and freezing in winter, which is equivalent to losing its effect in a short period of time. Originally, the southern grain should be stored in major warehouses in the north in summer and autumn to prepare for winter and spring needs.

However, the 13th year of Zhengtong war allowed the canal to transport weapons and equipment and soldiers of the Southern Expedition Army to be given priority, and there was no capacity to transport food and grass.

The current food famine is just the beginning. As time goes by, the market gradually reduces rice and grain. By the time the southern rice and grain arrive in northern Zhili and summer harvest next year, Chen Yichen has a premonition that it will be sold at a sky-high price.

There was a famous theory in later generations that even if the grain production is reduced by 20%, the result is definitely not that the per capita food is eaten less, and everyone can share the remaining 80% to overcome the difficulties.

Instead, the price of food will rise to an outrageous level, making 20% ​​of people completely unable to afford it and starve to death, and the famine will end.

Since the river transportation cannot be completed, it can still be transported by sea. Other things in the Dagu Sea Defense mouth may be short of, but the sea ship fleet is not short of at all. The Tongzhou granary was emptied during the Mongolian invasion period, and it just happened to make room for food and grass.

Thinking of this, Chen Yichen made a quick decision to go through the memorial process and wrote a letter to Xu Fengyuan, who was managing the fleet, asking him to lead the fleet to Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Huguang and other places to purchase surplus grains, and arrive as quickly as possible to return to the capital.

In fact, as early as when he helped Ye Zongliu and other miners overcome difficulties with the rebel army, Xu Fengyuan established a cooperative relationship with major grain traders in Jiangnan. As long as there was a fleet to transport it, the acquisition would not be a problem at all.

In order to seize time, Chen Yichen also specially instructed Xu Fengyuan to organize a group of fast ships to go back and forth. After all, the types of ships in the Ming Dynasty in this era were mainly flat-bottomed blessed ships, rather than the "slippers" born in the era of Great Discovery in order to pursue speed.

Just as Chen Yichen was busy handling government affairs, Zhao Ranyuan, a member of the Secretariat, knocked on the door and walked in, and said, "Gei Chen, someone is asking for a visit outside the house."

Someone asked for a meeting?

Chen Yichen was a little surprised to hear this. Today was my first day at the cabinet. Someone came to me so soon?

"Who is coming?"

"Hanlin's lecturer Xu Feng."

Chen Yichen was even more surprised when he heard this name. He had never expected Xu Xiang to ask for a meeting at this time.

However, when they were studying in Dongge, the two had a friendship. In addition, Xu Xu also made a contribution to the letter "Water Control Strength" during the Shandong Water Control period.

So Chen Yichen didn't think much about it, nodded and said, "Let Shi Xu come in."

After a while, Xu Feng walked in and saw Chen Yichen respectfully and said, "Xu Feng, the attendant of the Hanlin Academy of Xiaguan, has seen Chen Zhongtang!"

"It's not in the court now, so Xu Shi talks about how much polite his mother needs."

Chen Yichen waved his hand, recalling that during the Dong Pavilion period, Xu Feng was still his senior, and he had to perform the ceremony of being a senior official in just a few years.

"If it weren't for Chen Zhongtang's recommendation, there would be no official today. How could this kind of grace be forgotten?"

Xu Yan was very sincere. That year, Chen Yichen left Beijing and left Shandong. After resigning as a Hanlin editor, he recommended himself to the emperor to replace him. This allowed him to be promoted to the title of lecturer in the Hanlin Academy, which had the most experienced qualifications in just a few years.

"You are kind to you, "Shuigong Structure" will benefit all the people, and Xu Shi said that he should be rewarded according to his merits."

Chen Yichen waved his hand. This was the reward Xu Feng deserved, and he was just following the flow.

"No, if all the merits in the world can be rewarded according to merit, then how can there be unfair things in the officialdom?"

After Xu Xu's words came out, Chen Yichen instantly understood what was in the other party's words, so he adapted to it: "Whether Xu has encountered difficulties? I wonder if this official can help me."

"Shen Zhongtang is anxious that the official is willing to be righteous, so he is very impressed by the officials!"

"After the Battle of Tumubao, in order to protect the foundation of the Ming Dynasty, the lower officials proposed that the empress dowager lead King Hui and the prince to move south, but was denied and humiliated by Yu Shaobao in public and became a laughing stock in the officialdom."

"But the officials knew the shame and then brave. In order to understand the dangers of the capital, they went to Zhangde to recruit soldiers to defend the king, and performed the power of the censor on their behalf. They finally repelled the Tartars' attack and won the victory."

"At the dynasty meeting, the officials were rewarded for their merits, but the officials were laughed at by the inner court for their proposal to move south, so they were not rewarded and promoted. Later, the officials visited Yu Shaobao in person through the disciple path and received the promise of the position of priest of the Imperial College."

"But the news came from the palace. Yu Shaobao responded on the surface but interfered with it. He slandered His Majesty that the officials were cunning by nature and served as the Imperial College as the Imperial College. He would ruin the minds of the prison students."

"Is it unbearable? Please Chen Zhongtang preside over the justice of the Xiaguan!"

Xu Feng said a lot of things, complaining to Chen Yichen about Yu Qian's injustice and revenge.

In fact, he knew the relationship between Chen Yichen and Yu Qian, but at the level of the minister of the cabinet, he could not find a second person who was familiar with him, so he could only try it with a bit of an orgasm. At least in Xu Feng's heart, Chen Yichen's words and deeds were recognized, and he could be called selfless!

After listening to Xu Yan's story, Chen Yichen was a little confused. When the palace was discussing the southward migration, he was not in the center of the court, so naturally he didn't know what happened. However, Yu Qian helped Xu Yan seek the position of priest of the Imperial College, so he knew a little about the inside story.

Yu Qian did recommend Zhu Qiyu, and did not interfere, nor did he take revenge. It was just that the incident of moving south was too big, and Xu Yan was nailed to the pillar of shame of cowardly and speculative, which led to the emperor's bad impression of the emperor and unanswering.

After all, the position of priest priest in the Imperial College has the reputation of being a master of literati and has stains on character. How can the literati in the world convince people?

"Shi Shi Xu, I know that Yu Shaobao is a man, and he will never slander behind his back. There must be some misunderstandings."

"The palace has already made a conclusion. Now that the career of the lower officials is cut off, how can they misunderstand?"

Listening to Chen Yichen's words "Mi Mi", Xu Feng immediately became excited. The emperor gave himself a treacherous character, which meant that it would be difficult to get promoted in this life.

This is even more uncomfortable for Xu Feng, who has always pursued fame and fortune, than killing him!

"At the time of the national crisis, the Grand Secretary was ordered to return to the Imperial College in the face of danger. After ringing the drum, he had once again begged the court for bones and returned to his hometown. The principal of the priest's position will be vacant. Unless Yu Shaobao refused to agree, he would definitely not break his promise after the promise."

"Let's do this. When you have time to meet Yu Shaobao, I will communicate with him carefully and resolve the misunderstandings?"

Chen Yichen believed in Yu Qian, but he knew that Xu Yan was not a broad-minded person. If he said something heavy, he would have a counterproductive effect. He could only continue to comfort and slowly eliminate the grudges between the two.

After all, after all, Xu Feng was disgusted by the emperor, which was indeed related to the anger of Yu Qian, the Minister of State for moving south to the court.

"Since Chen Zhongtang's words have come to this point, it's hard for the official to force them, thank you."

Without getting the answer and support he wanted, Xu Feng's aggrievance and resentment still could not be released.

You should know that he has a high opinion of himself and defines himself as a minister who is a servant, but he is always depressed and unsuccessful. Now he has even cut off his career and is unable to show his ambitions in this life. He is discouraged and bows down. Without waiting for Chen Yichen to respond, he turns away from the duty room.

Looking at Xu Yan's departure, Chen Yichen could only sigh heavily. He knew that the other party was a top "science and engineering" talent in ancient times. During the Zheng Dynasty, he completed the famous water tank water and sand flushing experiment in hydraulics in later generations. From a scientific perspective, he achieved amazing results.

It is hard to say who is right or wrong when moving the capital. Everyone had their own reasons at that time. It was just that political stance was either a friend or an enemy. In addition, he pursued fame and power too much, so he did something wrong and carried the infamous for eternity.

If possible, Chen Yichen hopes to use his own strength to resolve this grudge between him and Yu Qian, and even help Xu Sheng enter the cabinet!

Just like Yang Pu thought of himself at the beginning, what if he could take the people of the world as his responsibility, what would he do to be powerful in the court and the country?

This world is neither black nor white. Being greedy for fame and fortune does not affect doing practical things, and there is no need to pursue everyone as a saint!

Xu Feng, who withdrew from Chen Yichen's room, had a state of mind as cold as the cold winter. He subconsciously believed that the other party would not offend Yu Qian for himself. After all, no matter how selfless he is, he would have a degree.

But when Xu Feng passed by Chen Xun, the chief minister of the cabinet, a different plan suddenly appeared in his mind...

In order to demonstrate the grandeur of Emperor Ming’s return to Beijing and to reserve enough time for Yizhou Guard Zhu Ji, the Ming Emperor Yingzong Zhu Qizhen finally waited for three days before getting up and returning to Beijing.

However, before taking up the army, in order to drag down the Tatars delegation in Datong Prefecture, the Grand Tutor also sent people in advance to inform Datong General Guo Deng that the Emperor of Ming was about to enter the pass and return to the capital, asking him to focus on picking up the army rather than escorting the Tatars delegation.

The Tatar envoy Temuer had no objection to continuing to stay in Datong Prefecture. The Crown Prince Mengkejian was too seriously injured. Although he had been in danger after several days of cultivation, he set off for the capital in the cold winter and was afraid that the wound would collapse.

Since this is the case, it is better to follow the Emperor of Ming to return to Beijing, and you can gain some benefits and get better care.

At the same time, the news that Zhu Qizhen had taken off to Beijing was also learned by a group of interested people in Datong City that they were the men sent by Chen Yichen to the border to prepare for the regicide!

After all, it has come to the step that Chen Yichen is most reluctant to take.

"Zheng Xiang, the Supreme Emperor wants to enter the Pass from Datong. Where can we choose the location?"

In the inn room, Cang Huotou asked softly at his companions. There was a topographic map of the Nine-sided Ming Dynasty in front of them, which was also an album drawn by Chen Yichen himself.

"Jiufenggou!"

Zheng Xiang clicked a location on the map and said the place name with a firm expression.

"Is it appropriate to be here a hundred miles away from Datong?"

After hearing Jiufenggou, Wang Neng asked back, "They had never been involved in the terrain outside the pass, and they were completely unfamiliar areas."

"We cannot take action too close to Datong Town, otherwise we will definitely alarm the border troops. In addition, we are not equipped with enough manpower, so we can only choose the narrow valley area and cut off the tile thorn guards and horses so that they cannot echo the beginning and end, so that they will have a chance of successful robbery and killing."

“Jiufenggou is the best choice!”

Although Chen Yichen asked Zheng Xiang to find Fujian naval master Chen Shangong to draw personnel, there were many young and strong men suddenly appearing in important frontier towns like Datong, which would definitely attract the attention and surveillance of the defenders.

If I hadn't even had this alertness, I would have been penetrated into a sieve by Mongolia and would have been taken over by internal and external cooperation.

Zheng Xiang took the method of entering in batches and worked hard to gather a team of 200 people. The war horses even brought in by bribing several caravans.
Chapter completed!
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