In the loud sound of gongs and opening the way, I saw a team of freshly dressed angry horses appear on the street, among which a Xuanhuang regimental dragon flag was particularly eye-catching, and in front of the team were more than a dozen brocade guards wearing flying fish suits and embroidered spring knives at their waists, they spurred the horses, quite majestic. Pedestrians took refuge on both sides of the street and stopped in awe.

Li Daren and Yan Shifan in the restaurant glanced at each other, look at this posture, it should be a big man from the capital, after all, those who are qualified to play the Xuanhuang Dragon Banner are not only the emperor's relatives, but also the ministers who were ordered to go out of Beijing on errands, and they are also equipped with a guard of honor in brocade clothes, which shows that it is not an ordinary errand, and nine times out of ten it is related to Xu Jin.

After the dozen or so brocade guards in charge of opening the way passed, there was a team of brocade guards behind, and a civil official wearing a blue official robe was clustered in the middle. This civil official was about twenty-five or sixteen years old, and although he was relatively short, his face was white, his eyes were full of energy, and his bearing was extremely extraordinary.

Yan Shifan sighed lightly when he saw this person, and blurted out: "It turned out to be him." ”

The three of them looked at Yan Shifan in unison, and Jiang Jiang was always curious: "Yan Fatty, do you know this Lord Qincha?" ”

Yan Shifan nodded with a somewhat complicated expression and said: "This person's name is Xu Jie, Jiajing's second year of Tanhua and the first, and last year he was a bachelor in the Hanlin Academy, but I don't know what position he is in now." ”

Although Yan Shifan is now an exile, he was also from the capital, so it is not surprising that he knows the Qincha from the capital. Jiang Jiang smashed his tongue and said: "It is reported that Xu Jin, the Duke of Yasukuni, is the figure of Lianzhong Wuyuan Tanhua and the first, and now this Xu Jie, is also Tanhualang, tsk, how powerful is the surname Xu?" ”

Li Daren said lightly: "There are few celebrities in the world, and the most prominent surnames in history are none other than Li and Yang, and the Xu family is not ranked." ”

Ma Baihu glanced at Li Daren strangely, ordinary people with ordinary heads saw the Qincha from the capital, which one was not sincere and fearful? In addition, with the reputation and prestige of Yasukuni Gong in Daming now, who is not in awe and love, it seems that this businessman in front of him does not take it seriously, and he also speaks with contempt, which is really a bit abnormal.

Obviously, sensing the strangeness of Ma Baihu's eyes, Yan Shifan hurriedly interjected with a smile: "That's right, Sui Yang and Li Tang, these two surnames have been born from the true dragon emperor, and they are the world's big surnames, and the surname Xu is still a little worse than Li and Yang." ”

Li Daren also realized that something was wrong at this time, and he smiled and diverted the topic: "Qin is here, it is estimated that something big will happen, and I will see it when I look back, but this has nothing to do with us small people in the market, come on, let's continue to drink!" ”

Jiang Jiang always smiled: "By the way, it's still important to drink, it's full!" ”

The four of them drank a glass of each other, Li Daren put down the wine glass in his hand, glanced at Ma Baihu out of the corner of his eye, and saw that the latter was still silent, he couldn't help frowning, and secretly thought: "This Ma Baihu is too shrewd, I'm afraid it will be bad if I continue to keep it, it's better to find an opportunity to end this person." ”

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In order to ensure the safety of the road, Jiajing also specially sent 100 Jinyi guards and 500 battalions to accompany him to protect him. In order to deliver the holy decree to Xu Jin as soon as possible, Xu Jie chose to ride a horse all the way, but despite this, it took half a month to arrive in Suzhou, and today happened to be June 25.

It is said that after Xu Jie entered Suzhou City, he was personally received by Wu Changwei, the commander of Suzhou Guard, but after asking, he learned that Xu Jin, the Duke of Yasukuni, was now in Dunhuang, so he had to set off to continue his journey.

Wu Changwei, the commander of the Suzhou Guard, hurriedly persuaded: "This is more than 800 miles to Dunhuang, and more than 500 miles to Guazhou, it is already afternoon, it is estimated that it is already dark before Lord Xu arrives in Guazhou, why don't you rest in this Suzhou City for one night, and then go out of the customs early tomorrow morning?" ”

Xu Jie hesitated for a moment when he heard this, and finally decided to rest in the city for one night, so that the accompanying Jinyi guards and battalion soldiers were all happy, after all, after half a month's journey, it would be absolutely deceitful to say that it was not hard.

There was nothing to say all night, and before dawn on the second day, Xu Jie set off again, and rushed west out of Jiayu Pass to Guazhou, for the sake of safety, the commander of Suzhou Wei sent Wu Weijia to send a thousand guards to accompany him to protect, after all, it was the messenger from the capital, if something went wrong, he should be the commander of Suzhou Guard.

It is said that Xu Jie carried the holy decree all the way west, and finally arrived at Guazhou City in the evening, and Jing Dachu, the general soldier of Xuanfu, who had already received the news, went out of the city to greet him, and sent a fast horse to report to Dunhuang overnight.

After staying in Guazhou City for one night, early the next morning, Jing Dachu sent troops to escort Xu Jie to Dunhuang, not daring to be sloppy at all!

On the afternoon of the 27th day of the sixth year of Jiajing, Xu Jie, who sent the edict, finally arrived outside the city of Dunhuang.

Looking at the ancient city of Dunhuang in front of him, which was still being restored after the war, Xu Tanhua couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion, thinking that when he was ordered to go out of Beijing, he only thought that Xu Jin was still at the foot of Yanran Mountain, but in just half a month when he was in a hurry, Xu Jin had already waved his army to the south and recaptured Guazhou and Dunhuang from the hands of the Turpan people.

It's just that...... The use of troops in Turpan is inevitably too hasty, and there is also a suspicion of arbitrariness, and it is estimated that there will be no fewer people in the DPRK and China to impeach him now!

Although Xu Jie has a good relationship with Xu Jin, he is not a person of Xu Jin, nor is he a political ally, in fact, since Xu Jin became an official in the court, most of the time he has been leading troops to fight, and he has very little time to participate in politics in the court, plus he has not deliberately formed a gang, so he is still a "lonely man" in the court.

Xia Yan has his own opinions, has his own ambitions, and he may not necessarily obey Xu Jinyan, but now that he has entered the cabinet to worship the prime minister, he will not be able to listen to Xu Jin.

Some people may say that Xu Jin is now in the position of the prince of the country, and he has not established his own power in the court, and he has not accepted a group of younger brothers to serve him, which is really a failure. However, the truth is just the opposite, for Xu Jin, it is the smartest thing not to form a faction, with his unparalleled prestige and connections in the army, if he forms a gang in the court, it is the real act of seeking death.

Therefore, Xu Jin does not need political allies with close interests in the DPRK and China, but only needs to be friends with gentlemen who know each other, and the conversation between gentlemen is like water. If Xu Jin had to say that he needed a political ally, it was Jiajing himself, who was like-minded with the emperor, and that was the most stable political ally.

In this regard, Xu Jie has something in common with Xu Jin, Xu Jie is a staunch royalist in the court, he is a loner, and he never forms gangs, which may be one of the reasons why Jiajing likes him.

It is worth mentioning here that Xu Jie is now a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, and he also holds the position of a scholar of Zuochunfang University in Zhan Shifu, and is a candidate for the future emperor, which shows that Jiajing attaches great importance to it, of course, the reason why Jiajing values Xu Jie, there is also the credit that Xu Jin once recommended.

Just as Xu Jin admired Xu Jie, Xu Jie also admired Xu Jin very much, however, seeing that Xu Jin was like a bamboo all the way, first sweeping away the Tatars, and then letting the Vara cut the land to pay for the land, and then waving the army to Turpan, Xu Jie was inevitably worried that Xu Jin would become more and more arrogant and eventually lose himself!

You must know that which one of the self-confident and powerful masters in history will end well? Lan Yu is a ready-made example, relying on his military exploits to become more and more arrogant, he even privately occupied the concubine, set up troops to destroy the pass, and finally was ordered to be killed by Emperor Taizu for the crime of treason, and even peeled the skin and grass to spread the word to the world, and more than 15,000 people died by it.

Let's say that Xu Jie entered Dunhuang City worriedly and came to the temporary marshal's mansion, but when he looked at it, he saw that Xu Jin had led the generals to wait there, wearing a jade-colored shirt, wearing a square scarf, with a calm and elegant temperament, a spring breeze-like smile on his face, and he was approachable in the past.

In an instant, the worry in Xu Jie's heart dissipated completely, how could Xu Jin in front of him have the slightest arrogant appearance, as a national prince, he actually went out to greet him in person.

Xu Jie hurriedly dismounted, stepped forward and saluted: "Xiaguan Xu Jie, see the Duke of Yasukuni!" ”

Xu Jin returned the salute and said with a smile: "Zisheng doesn't have to be polite, the journey is tiring, and he will sit and rest when he goes in. ”

Xu Jie was inevitably flattered, and hurriedly said: "Thank you, Jingguo Gong, but it's important to get down to business first." ”

Xu Jin nodded when he heard this, and ordered someone to put the incense case, Xu Jie took out a volume of holy decrees, cleared his throat and said loudly: "General Pingyu, Xu Jin, the Duke of Yasukuni, receives the decree." ”

Xu Jin lifted the hem of his clothes and knelt on the ground, and the generals behind him also knelt down one after another to wait for the order.

"Emperor Fengtian Chengyun, the edict said: ......"

Xu Jie read the holy decree aloud, and Xu Jin and the others bowed their heads to listen. This decree of Jiajing greatly praised the exploits of Xu Jin and the generals, and announced the canonization of Sanhad, the leader of the Waraqiros tribe, as the king of Shunming, and the leader of the Durbot tribe, Tuluohuo, as the king of Anle.

The generals can't help but be happy, King Shunming and King Anle, those who follow the Ming will be happy, haha, it is estimated that Sonhard and Tuluohuo will be deserved a lot of diaphragm!

Xu Jie finished reading the first decree, and then took out the second decree. This holy decree is a reward for the generals, Xie Sangun and Pei Xingjin were both named earls, but they cannot be hereditary, as for Xie Erjian, Qi Jingtong, Wang Lin'er, Yu Linsheng, these people have been awarded the earl back then, and this time they were all changed to hereditary earls, but according to the size of their merits, the treatment of the earl is also high and low, among which Xie Erjian and Wang Lin'er are treated highly, and the food is 1,000 stones.

After the decree was read, the generals who had been rewarded were all elated and kowtowed to thanks!

However, what is strange is that all the generals who participated in this Northern Expedition have been rewarded, including Cen Lan, but Xu Jin, the coach, has not, oh, Bing Niu'er has not!

Just when everyone felt abnormal, they saw Xu Jie take out the third holy decree......