The twenty-ninth year of Hongwu came quietly with countless rumors and speculations.

When those officials who had closed their offices before the end of the year returned to their offices again, after finishing their rest, they entered the new political life of the Ming Dynasty.

On the first day of the first month, the cabinet issued a document revealing a group of guilty officials.

And when those officials who were not on the list went to the Yamen Dianmao for the first time in the 29th year of Hongwu, they discovered that the cabinet had not told lies.

It is not just one person, nor is it a certain yamen, but involves all the departments and yamen of Yingtian Chaotang.

When people are harboring all kinds of speculations.

The cabinet once again issued a document.

Beginning in the 29th year of Hongwu, the imperial court and local authorities began to focus on conquest outside the customs.

As a result, those officials who were still able to go to the Yamen Dianmao finally realized what was going on.

The imperial court began to operate for this matter at an efficient speed.

Ying Tiancheng sent troop deployment orders to various places in the south of the Yangtze River, one at a time, urging the officers and soldiers of the local guards to enter the capital as soon as possible to complete the task of taking turns with the current soldiers in the Beijing army.

The Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household Affairs are even more busy.

When calculating the world's financial budget for the entire twenty-nine years of Hongwu, the Ministry of Revenue also had to accurately calculate how much money, food and manpower would be needed if the Ming Dynasty launched a war on all nine sides.

After receiving the approval from the Ministry of Household Affairs for taking money and food, the Ministry of Industry turned on full power, and all the workshops and industries related to the military in Yingtian Mansion started working non-stop.

Even those workshops that make cotton-padded clothes from cotton, a large number of them are included in the sequence of supplying nine-sided storage.

The Beijing army was intensifying its drills, reorganizing its morale, and preparing for war. As soon as the imperial court gave an order, it immediately set off and rushed to various places on the nine sides.

And before all this started.

Countless people have begun to take action and rush to the north because of the will of the empire.

A river boat sailing from Longwan Pier, which is now completely designated for official use.

Zhu Gaochi, who had gained a little weight probably because of the New Year, was wearing a thin cloak over layers of clothes. He was standing on the cabin deck at the stern of the ship, looking at the person in his sight affectionately and sadly.

, Yingtian City becomes smaller and smaller.

"Why……"

Zhu Gaochi sighed slightly and shook his head in hope.

Spring has not yet begun at this time, and the river breeze in the first month is still mixed with a hint of coldness.

It made Zhu Gaochi's already sad heart seem even more desolate.

His eyes flickered, and he grasped the railing with both hands and clenched them into fists.

"Looking at the capital again, I don't know where it will be."

"Farewell, Yingtian..."

The wind came from the side, and Zhu Gaochi twisted his body to face Jiang Feng.

On the side, someone groaned from his mouth.

"Hypocritical."

Tie Xuan, who had Tu of the Ming Dynasty, Grand Scholar of Wuying Palace, and a series of countless titles and official titles, taunted Zhu Gaochi, who had sighed tactfully so many times.

Zhu Gaochi gritted his teeth, his face full of sorrow and anger, and turned his head angrily, staring at Tie Xuan in front of him like a spatula: "The imperial court wants to march all over the country, so just send you to Jiubian. What else do you want me to do? Do you want me to do more? Shall I be scraped to make military rations?"

Tie Xuan folded his hands in front of his chest and said softly: "You are my clan member of the Ming Dynasty. This time I went to Jiubian to serve as a frontline and coordinate all parties in Jiubian. You are in charge of the tax bureau, and you know the most about the world's taxes, taxes and land." , the imperial court must have some considerations in sending you and your subordinates to the nine fronts."

I have heard this explanation countless times from Tie Xuan's rotten mouth.

Zhu Gaochi hummed and glanced at Tie Xuan: "I have been abducted by you to the boat, and I can't get off the boat now. Just tell the truth, did you and our old man propose that you take me with you? Up?"

"I did not propose this in front of His Majesty!"

Tie Xuan opened his eyes wide and spoke vigorously.

But the more he behaved like this, the more Zhu Gaochi didn't believe it.

Zhu Gaochi turned his eyes: "Then you must have told your uncle!"

Tie Xuan waved his arms and stared at Zhu Gaochi in front of him with his eyes wide open, with a hint of anger in his eyes: "Why does the prince humiliate the official so much! How can the official be such a person?"

Zhu Gaochi stared at Tie Xuan in front of him.

He swore that if this guy was not a ghost, he would sink to the bottom of the river.

Tie Xuan looked at Zhu Gaochi, who still didn't know the truth at this moment, his expression remained unchanged, but he was always wary in his heart.

However, he did not propose in front of His Majesty and the Prince that Zhu Gaochi, a clan relative and in charge of the tax office, should accompany him to Jiubian.

He just said that if he went to Jiubian this time, he would have someone with a high enough status and a sufficient understanding of local taxes.

Then, doing things by yourself will definitely go more smoothly.

So the emperor and the prince immediately thought of Zhu Gaochi, the tax bureau chief.

Tie Hyun can also swear.

I definitely did not mention any of the three words Zhu Gaochi.

Everything is divine.

Everything is God's will.

Just like today's Ming Dynasty, only those three people can always make decisions.

"You can't get away with it anyway!"

When Zhu Gaochi faced Tie Xuan, who refused to admit it even if he beat him to death, he could only be incompetent and furious, and said fiercely: "I don't understand what you can do if you take me with you. You are going to fight, so you must take brother Bing with you." That guy."

Tie Xuan turned his eyes and finally showed a hint of embarrassment on his face.

At this time, Zhu Gaochi finally reacted.

He said anxiously: "Have you been tricked by Brother Bing too?"

Tie Xuan's face straightened instantly: "Why did the prince say this again? Prince Bing had received the emperor's order and was taking Yu Linwei to the Huai'an warehouse to collect money and grain and send it to Beiping Mansion. This is the emperor's order. The Holy Will is not the business of lower officials."

Finally, Tie Xuan did not forget to add one sentence.

Zhu Gaochi released his hands from the railing and hid them in his sleeves.

If it were not for considering the force of both sides.

He was going to give this man Tu Tiexuan to Shen Jiang today.

However, the anger on his face could not be hidden.

Zhu Gaochi gritted his teeth and stamped his feet fiercely.

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"The official is here."

Zhu Gaochi looked at Tie Xuan who was standing in front of him with an unchanging expression, and in the end he could only sigh helplessly.

"Even if you want to trick me, just ask me to deliver military rations. What? You want me to accompany you to charge into battle, and let that reckless man Bingge be the quartermaster?"

Tie Xuan clasped his hands together, looked calm, and moved his eyes slightly upward: "Perhaps... Your Majesty and the Crown Prince have other considerations."

The wind seems to be getting colder.

After a long silence, Zhu Gaochi could only turn around helplessly.

When his figure passed in front of Tie Xuan, only that long and long sound came out.

"I knew there weren't any good people in Yingtian City!"

…

"What is a good person?"

"We can create a sea of ​​blood with just one order, but these people are foreigners. So are we good people?"

"The Yellow River burst, and with just one decree, millions of people left their homes and went to the river embankments. Are they also good people?"

Zhu Yunxi's face was calm, but his words were full of doubts.

Gao Yangzhi beside him looked calmly at the vast grassland outside the city wall, silent.

Zhu Yunxi had no hope of getting an answer.

His hands were quietly pressing on the cold bricks of the city wall.

At your feet is the Great Wall, which began to be built during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

Since ancient times, the people of the Central Plains have used the Great Wall as a boundary to try to keep the biggest enemy of the Central Plains out. However, people always selectively forget that the real reason for the collapse of the Central Plains dynasty was not because of foreign enemies.

More things are due to the endless internal struggles.

"I feel that I am not a good person, or I don't want to be a good person."

Zhu Yunxi muttered silently.

After the New Year's Eve, when the wind and snow gradually subsided, he set off again from Taiyuan City. Under the escort of Cao Zhen, Marquis of Jingchuan, he went all the way north to the Great Wall at the border.
To be continued...