After Gao Pragmatic figured out the basic situation of Baili Gorge, he called Liu Wei back, gave him a simple explanation, and then said: "There will be no sound in Baili Gorge in the future, but this matter is not the end of the matter if a few of us compare and compare here, there is no evidence, whether it is Shuntianfu or Wanping County, it is not so easy to explain the past, so we have to discuss how to say this matter." I think so, let's go and discuss with Ling Zun first. ”

Liu Wei just heard that Bailixia had voted for Gao Pragmatic, and he was also worried that a credit in his hand would be lost, but when he heard Gao Pragmatic say this, he was a little relieved and agreed.

The three of them came to see Liu Ling together, probably because they had been there for a long time, but this time Xiao Lori was gone, only Liu Xian was alone.

After Gao Shishi explained his intentions, Liu Xian was also a little surprised, glanced at Cao Gan, pondered for a moment, and then said: "Since Bailixia has voted for Gao Gongzi, this matter of attacking by force can be stopped, but Gao Ge Lao and Zhang Shilang have not yet received the news, I think Gao Gongzi should get in touch with the two of them earlier and explain the matter, lest the two of them have already put pressure on the Shuntian Governor in a hurry, and then things will not be so easy to handle." ”

This is the proper meaning of the title, and I will write two more letters to them later to explain the matter. Anyway, the letter will not be delivered until tomorrow, and there will still be time for it. Gao Pragmatic frowned slightly, and said: "The problem at the moment is that Bailixia suddenly abandoned the matter of darkness and turned to the light, and we need to find a reason, one is to earn a credit for General Liu, so that my third uncle and uncle can talk conveniently in the court, and the other is that everyone in Bailixia should also use this to clear their identities." ”

Liu Xian thought about it, but said: "Liu really doesn't understand the matter in Beijing, so he doesn't dare to talk nonsense at will." However, the Beijing division is not comparable to the place, like the scale of Baili Gorge, it can already be called a giant Kou, just Wanping County is afraid that it will not dare to put its beak at will, and even Shuntianfu may not be able to decide, if according to Liu's opinion, I am afraid that this matter will fall on the governor of Shuntian...... Dare to ask Gao Gongzi if he knows anything about this Shuntian governor? ”

Gao pragmatic said: "Liu Yingjie, the governor of Shuntian, is a native of Weixian County, Shandong. This duke is the same year of Zhang Ge Lao, upright and brave, now my three uncles in the Xuangong Zhangquan, know his people well, once called this duke is a rare able minister. ”

Gao Gong brought Gao Pragmatic to Beijing, had time on weekdays, and often commented on the current figures for Gao Pragmatic, among which the evaluation of Liu Yingjie was really not low, especially for Gao Pragmatic to say that Liu Yingjie's excellent performance in the early years of Gengshu's changes, which made Gao Pragmatic quite impressed.

At that time, I had already broken through Jizhou, arrived in Changping, and then flowed through Miyun and Huairou, looting outside the Beijing Division, and did not encounter resistance along the way.

The Beijing division was in a hurry, the court was shaken, and some ministers even proposed to ask Emperor Jiajing to abandon the capital and tour the south. Fortunately, at this time, King Qin's soldiers and horses from all directions gathered near the Beijing Division, so Emperor Jiajing had the confidence to fight a battle, and ordered the military department to organize a counterattack. But the soldiers and horses of King Qin, who were entrenched outside the city, were reluctant to fight because they were afraid of the might of Alta.

At that time, Liu Yingjie, who was trapped in Beijing, was puzzled by this. Later, he learned that it was Ding Rukui, the secretary of the military department, who was bewitched by Yan Song, adhering to the principle of "seeking no merit without seeking merit", and ordered the generals to lead the army to follow the enemy's tail and not act rashly. After eight days of captivity outside the city, the Ming army made an eight-day escort, sitting back and watching the people wail and be indifferent. Liu Yingjie left his indignation and dissatisfaction in the text.

Emperor Jiajing in the palace was also worried. King Qin's soldiers did not move forward, which was exactly the same as the scene when Hou Jing rebelled in Southern Liang. Emperor Xiao Yan of Liang Wu was besieged in Taicheng (Nanjing), and King Qin's soldiers and horses were also gathered in all directions, but he did not enter for a long time, and sat back and watched him starve to death. When Emperor Jiajing thought of this, he was embarrassed several times and angry.

Emperor Jiajing thought about it and thought that the top priority was to appease the morale of the army and avoid passivity. So he asked the household department to send personnel to go out of the city with supplies to reward the soldiers of King Qin. But outside the city, the Hulu is vertical and horizontal, and the officers and soldiers of King Qin do not know where to station, and this time they rush out of the city, which is tantamount to a sheep entering the mouth of a tiger, and most of them have to go and have no return. Therefore, when the household department held a meeting, the officials who knew it well just looked at each other and were silent without speaking.

This silence made Liu Yingjie feel ashamed, and he was determined to break the dead silence. He took the initiative to ask for help, and said angrily: "The lord is worried about the humiliation of the minister, why is the minister afraid of death?" The autumn of this courtier's mandate is also. ”

When Liu Yingjie resolutely asked to go, a flag officer who was on the front line took advantage of the gap to complete his "Prepare for My Answer". He longed for this booklet, how much of a starting point to resist the enemy's role. But it was not until the end of the war that this little book attracted the attention of the imperial court.

And many years later, Liu Yingjie and this young man named Qi Jiguang will shoulder the burden of defense in the northern part of the empire.

When the news came out that the head of the household department was going to go out of the city to work for the army, many officials came to see him off. Some people admired his courage, some people ridiculed his recklessness, and Liu Yingjie laughed. The country is in danger, this is just the duty of a courtier.

Before leaving, Liu Yingjie knew that the future was unpredictable, and privately explained the future to relatives and friends. He commanded: "If it is not returned after seven days, send someone to send your mother home." His hands, feet and hair are marked with hemp, which can be used as a basis for searching for corpses, and do not take blood and sweat as weird. ”

After the confession, Liu Yingjie began to plan this "death journey". During the day, there were Hulu outside the city, so he took advantage of the night to cover up and go out of the city. Liu Yingjie rode alone in uniform and escorted the car, trying to be as quiet as possible. The night was low, the wilderness was gloomy, and the chariots and horses were running among the corpses, repeatedly getting up and walking, and walking with difficulty. Every time he saw the violent corpses of the people in the wilderness, Liu Yingjie had to sigh for a long time.

After a long journey, the carriage and horses were tired and thirsty, and Liu Yingjie looked for a well on the side of the road. But the wells he found were all buried by corpses, emitting a stench. When he was hungry and thirsty, he had to drink the sewage from the pond by the roadside. The water entered the throat and immediately became surrounded by a fishy odor. When the day dawned, he saw that his hands were bare, and he realized that what he had drunk last night was blood.

After arriving at the border of Shunyi in the east of the capital, Liu Yingjie met a Ji Gong imperial history surnamed Xing. Xing Yushi was taking refuge, and he was inevitably surprised when he saw Liu Yingjie coming on a bicycle. He asked: "There is a shortage of soldiers outside the city, and you go to the labor army, how do you know where the army is?" Liu Yingjie told him how to "watch the smoke during the day and the fire at night" to identify the direction. Xing Yushi hurriedly advised: "The captives looted and burned, and there were also fireworks lit. Only where there are many fireworks are the places where the officers and soldiers are. Liu Yingjie obeyed the law, walked to Miyun, and found the official army. When the officers and soldiers saw that the imperial court had sent someone to reward them, they were overjoyed.

Liu Yingjie's trip was full of difficulties and dangers, and it took a total of 13 days before and after. At that time, it was rumored in the capital that he had died, and his family also broke off their thoughts and prepared to go out of the city to search for his body. His wife, Wang, hugged her son and wept along the well: "Hurt my son, if people say that my father is loyal, I should also be filial to the dead."

When Liu Yingjie returned safely, his family was all happy. He told what happened along the way, and his relatives were surprised and happy, and they cried and retreated. Liu Yingjie was silent for a long time and said: "What is the danger to my body? It's just that tens of thousands of Qinwang soldiers can't send a single arrow to the enemy, so they only follow behind and send Hulu out of the country, causing disasters to the people, so they should weep bitterly. ”

Gao Pragmatic was said by Liu Xian, and suddenly remembered that it seemed that this autumn, Tan Lun, the governor of Jiliao, was going to be transferred back to Beijing, and later even Rong Zheng, the prime minister of the Ministry of War, and it was Liu Yingjie who replaced Tan Lun as the governor of Jiliao.

Do you want to use this incident as an excuse to have a relationship with Liu Yingjie by the way? Although he was the same year as Zhang Juzheng, but in history, because he offended Feng Bao in the second year of Wanli, he was "assigned" by Zhang Juzheng to be the secretary of the Ministry of Industry in Nanjing, which shows that the relationship between him and Zhang Juzheng is not necessarily very close, but this person is indeed quite capable, and secondly, he has a very good relationship with Qi Jiguang.

Anyway, Qi Jiguang is also a figure who must be wooed by high pragmatism, if it is possible, wouldn't it be better to bring Liu Yingjie over together?

It's just that, how do you talk about this matter to Liu Yingjie?