In the middle of March, the spring in the capital is melting, the willows are still around, the weather is getting warmer and warmer, there are already signs of early summer, people have changed into thin spring shirts, but see the streets and alleys of the capital are full of traffic, people come and go, a good faction of politics and prosperity scene. And in the midst of the bustling crowd, you can even see some blonde and blue-eyed Western faces, all of whom are Europa, that is, Westerners, who have crossed the ocean.

Since the Ming Dynasty lifted the sea ban and opened the sea free trade, the West has set off a wave of drifting "gold rush", more and more Westerners have gone to Daming to do business and travel, their footprints have gone deep from the coast to the inland, and Beijing, as the most prosperous political, economic and cultural center of the Ming Dynasty, has naturally become the holy place that Westerners yearn for.

At this time, the Ming Dynasty is undoubtedly the most prosperous and wealthy country in the world, and there is no one.

These Westerners carried their burdens and horses in their hands, looking around like hillbillies entering a big city, their eyes full of amazement and admiration, and the grandeur and prosperity in front of them deeply shocked them.

The people of the capital who passed by around were obviously accustomed to these strange-looking Westerners, and they walked straight without squinting, and some even frowned and muttered a few words of uninformed foreigners.

At this time, the Ming Dynasty did not have a "Muyang dog", unlike some modern Chinese people, who looked up at the white-skinned face when they saw it, and wanted to kneel and lick it, on the contrary, the people of the Ming Dynasty had a sense of psychological superiority in front of foreigners.

Especially in recent years, the national strength of the Ming Dynasty has been booming, and the Duke of Yasukuni Xu Jin swept away the Japanese and expelled the Westerners. More than 150 years after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty finally opened up its territory again, and the national pride of the Ming people naturally became more bursting, one of the most direct manifestations of which was the rise of Biansai poetry.

A few years ago, the scholars of the Ming Dynasty were still accustomed to chanting the wind and making the moon, sad spring and sad autumn, and now it has become popular to have the side plug wind, and a group of well-known side plug poets have sprung up like mushrooms after the rain, which is quite a bit of the flavor of the Tang Dynasty.

If this Xu Jin Northern Expedition conquers Tatar and completely solves the great problem of the north, then the Ming Dynasty will inevitably reappear in the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty and make the Siyi guests subdued.

"You howl, may I ask this brother, where is the Daming Yin?" A Westerner stopped a passing scholar and asked with a skillful salute.

This scholar was supposed to be a student of Guozijian, wearing a jade shirt of Xiucai, a square scarf on his head, and a long sword tied around his waist. Now that the poems are popular, the scholars like to bring themselves a long sword to fill the façade, just imagine, when chanting the poems, then pull out the long sword and dance a few times, is it more imposing?

"Hey, you're a Westerner is quite polite, but there is a big problem with the posture of holding a fist, it should be so, the left palm and the right fist, the right fist represents bravery, the five fingers are the meaning of the five lakes, the left palm and five fingers are bent to one finger, representing the four seas, and the left palm covers the right fist, which means that the chivalrous ...... is not forbidden to violate the martial arts."

This scholar was obviously a good teacher, and he chattered for nearly ten minutes, until the Westerner put on the correct fist salute posture, and then nodded with satisfaction: "The son can be taught!" ”

The Westerner smiled on his face, but in his heart it was a Mama fart, and said with a smile: "Thank you brother Tai for correcting me, can you tell me where the Daming silver number is, when the next group of people first arrived in the capital, the cash on their bodies was finished, and they planned to take some cash to live in the store." ”

It is said that the establishment of the silver number is proposed by Xu Jin two years ago, and now it has been implemented, the thirteen political envoys of the country have opened the Ming silver number, which is equivalent to the central bank, and there are various joint ventures under the private silver number, the outlets extend to each state and county, the model is similar to the current bank, the only difference is that there is no interest on depositing money, and you have to pay a certain custody fee.

Therefore, ordinary people are definitely not willing to deposit the silver into the silver number, after all, all the belongings add up to a few children, but the rich landlords, bureaucrats and traders are different, especially those who do business, throw a large amount of money to hurry, one is too heavy, the other is not safe, it is much more convenient to deposit it in the silver number to exchange it for a silver ticket, and then find a silver number to take silver with a silver ticket, which is convenient and fast, and safe, and it is very cost-effective to give a little storage fee.

These Westerners went north from the coast, nearly 10,000 miles away, and they were also afraid of being robbed halfway, so they deposited all the cash silver in the Daming silver number, and the silver number at the beginning of the national character is still more reassuring.

At this time, the scholar went to the east: "Go east and turn left at the corner of three streets, and then ......!" ”

But before the scholar finished speaking, there was a sudden commotion on the crowded street, and a fast horse galloped in, and the knight shouted while riding his horse: "Good news!" Good news! The Western Route Army copied the headquarters of Tumut at the foot of Daqing Mountain, beheaded more than 9,000 ranks, and captured more than 5,000 people including Kedun and Zaisang in Alta! ”

Rumble......

In an instant, the whole street was boiling, and the people cheered and ran to tell each other, and the scholar immediately seemed to have drunk wine, his face was flushed with excitement, and he shouted: "My Ming Northern Expedition division has won the battle again, and has won the battle again, hahaha, hurry up!"

In May, the mountains are snowy, and there are no flowers but cold. The flute smells the willows, and the spring has not been seen. Xiao Zhan followed the golden drum and slept with the jade saddle. I am willing to put the sword down my waist and cut it straight to the building-Lan! ”

While chanting poetry, the scholar drew the long sword at his waist and waved it with his hands, and those Westerners couldn't help but be dumbfounded, and they retreated one after another, for fear that they would be accidentally injured by this scholar who suddenly went crazy.

"I have a sword, and the night is quiet. The cold light shines on the sky, and the sword vaporizes into a meteor......"

"Ahem, Brother Tai is a good poet and a good poem, Brother Tai just turned left along this east three streets to the east, and then how to go?" The Westerner coughed lightly twice, interrupting the scholar's self-esteem.

The scholar returned the sword to the sheath unhappily, and snorted coldly: "You are a good student who doesn't understand the rules, but I am full of poetry but I was interrupted by you, it's really annoying!" After saying that, he strode away indignantly, leaving only the foreigners messy in the wind.

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The night was cloudy, the moon was rising, and in the Yangxin Hall of the Qianqing Palace, Emperor Zhu Houxi of Jiajing was in a beautiful mood and was reading the book, and this kid had been grinning and enjoying all night.

It's no wonder that this afternoon, Jiajing received a good news from Datong, saying that the Western Route Army had confiscated Tumut, the old nest of the headquarters of Tumut, beheaded more than 9,000 ranks, and also covered all the bureaucrats and nobles of Tumut's ten thousand households, including Kedun in Meta, and killed hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep, and rescued more than 20,000 Han slaves, which was really a great victory!

In addition, even Li Fuda, the anti-thief father and son, has also been awarded, it is a happy event, can Jiajing be happy?

At this time, Zhu Houxi seemed to have beaten ten catties of chicken blood, and he felt that he was full of energy, and it was not a problem to review the book all night, but even if Jiajing wanted to work all night, there were not so many copies for him to review, after all, the notes sent to the imperial case were selected by the cabinet to be more important, and other trivial matters generally did not bother the emperor, and the cabinet itself disposed of them.

And said that Jiajing was full of energy, the pen was flying, and unconsciously he read the last notebook, opened it, and found that the handwriting was somewhat familiar, and then looked at the signature, and saw the five words "Chen Zhang Xuan played".

Jiajing was stunned, his face gradually became complicated, Zhang Xuan has been demoted for almost two years, Jiajing is about to forget this name, and at this moment, he suddenly saw this once familiar name appear on his desk, and he couldn't help but have mixed feelings.

Jiajing is a nostalgic person, once regarded Zhang Xuan as a confidant, if Zhang Xuan was not involved in the case of Wuding Marquis Guo Xun's rebellion, coupled with Zhang Zhang's discord with Xu Jin, Jiajing couldn't be willing to demote him out of Beijing, after all, Zhang Xuan was the first courtier to support him in the Great Rites Discussion, and Zhang Zhang's "Great Gifts" helped him a lot, so that when he was most helpless, he withstood the huge pressure exerted by Yang Tinghe and other important ministers, and won the name of his biological father Xingwang.

Jiajing silently finished reading Zhang Xuan's recital, and then breathed a sigh of relief. Zhang Zhang's notebook reflects the shortcomings of post stations across the country, and suggests a comprehensive rectification, and the problems he raised are to the point, and the rectification plan listed is also very insightful.

Jiajing picked up the red pen and happily approved a line of words on the notebook: quasi-play, and sent it to the military department and the household department for discussion. After Jiajing finished his instructions, he put down the pen and closed the notebook, stretched his waist and shouted, "Someone is coming." ”

The eunuch Chang Enhuai flashed in outside the door and said, "The slave is here." ”

"Who's on duty in the cabinet tonight?" Jiajing asked.

"Back to the emperor, tonight is the old man of the Wang (Zhan) Pavilion on duty." Chang Gonggong replied.

Jiajing snorted and asked again: "By the way, where Zhang Xuan is serving now, I forgot for a while." ”

This father-in-law Chang didn't know if he had a good memory or had done enough homework, so he immediately replied: "Back to the emperor, Zhang Xuan is now serving as a post in Changping Yi, Jinan Prefecture, Shandong. ”

Jiajing frowned and said: "Zhang Zhang's book on the rectification of the national post station is very insightful, well, pass on my will, from now on, Zhang Xuan will be transferred back to Beijing to serve in the household department, and the cabinet will discuss this matter tomorrow." ”

Father-in-law Chang said cautiously: "Yes, the slave will send someone to pass through the pavilion." ”

Jiajing waved his military hand and said, "Go!" ”

Chang Gongcheng was about to turn around and leave, but suddenly woke up and stopped and asked, "Where is the emperor sleeping tonight?" ”

Jiajing pondered for a moment and said, "Kunning Palace." ”

Jiajing originally didn't like Queen Wu, but since last year, Queen Wu has become more and more well-behaved and sensible, and she has done her best to serve her mother, and she also gets along very well with other concubines in the harem, so Jiajing has gradually changed her opinion of her, and the number of visits to Kunning Palace has also increased.

However, strangely, Concubine De, who has been fortunate to have the least number of times in Jiajing, has been pregnant recently, but Queen Wu's belly has not moved, and Concubine Shu, who had had a miscarriage before, was not pregnant, it is estimated that the miscarriage hurt her body, and she never became pregnant again.

Not to mention how Jiajing set up the Kunning Palace, soon, Jiajing's message that Zhang Xuan was going to be transferred back to Beijing to serve in the household department was transmitted to the cabinet, and the cabinet assistant minister on duty in the cabinet tonight happened to be Wang Zhan, Wang Ge Lao was not surprised at all, as if he had expected it, he put down the teacup in his hand and said two words with a light smile: "It's done!" ”

Obviously, Zhang Zhang's recital instinct appeared on Jiajing's imperial case, and it was Wang Zan who operated it behind his back, if the cabinet had been in the hands of Jin Xianmin and Liao Ji, Zhang Zhang's recital would not have been able to reach Jiajing's desk anyway.

In this spring March, Zhang Xuan, who had been hiding for two years in winter, finally accumulated enough nutrients and ushered in the season of rebirth.

As mentioned earlier, Zhang Xuan is a person who is very good at seizing the opportunity, and now that there are people in the court to take care of him, and the person he fears the most is fighting in Tatar, he decisively seized this opportunity to break the ground.

Zila......

A flash of lightning streaked across the night sky, and the muffled thunder faintly came, and the sky, which had been bright and bright just now, was darkened, and dark clouds piled up, and soon a moderate rain began to fall. On a rainy night, the sound of frogs outside the window is even more jubilant, as if looking forward to the arrival of midsummer, spring grows and summer grows, and summer is the season of growth.

At this moment, thousands of miles away from the north of the capital, the sky above the Chahar Khan Court is still bright and moony, and the sweat tent of my answer is four or five steps and one post, ten steps and one sentry, the security is quite strict, and there is a tense atmosphere in the air, like a bowstring that has been tightened.

This afternoon, the vanguard of the Ming army has appeared within a hundred miles south of the Khanting, and the battle is imminent!

At this moment, in the sweat tent, an old man shaped like a dead wood was sitting opposite Ida, and it was the great shaman.

I replied and looked at the great shaman opposite with a complicated expression, and there was a hint of awe in his eyes.

It is said that when I sent someone to hunt down and kill Da Lai Xun, I was questioned by the great shaman in person, and when I was angry, I ordered someone to imprison the great shaman, and announced to the outside world that the great shaman was going to retreat in Bigu for fifteen days, originally wanting to starve him to death of hunger and thirst, but fifteen days later, the great shaman was still alive, but he looked a little weak.

I replied that this surprise is not trivial, you must know that the people in charge of guarding the great shaman are all my own confidants, and there will never be anyone who secretly sends water and food to the great shaman, and a person can still live without eating or drinking for fifteen days, except for having divine power, I really can't think of any other explanation.

In this way, I didn't dare to poison the great shaman anymore, and once again confessed to him as the spokesman of the mountain god, and the great shaman continued to assist me as if nothing had happened.

At this time, I replied that he lifted the silver pot and poured a glass of mare's milk wine for the great shaman, and said quietly: "The Ming army is coming, Xu Jin is cunning by nature, and against him, Ben Khan has no bottom in his heart, can the great shaman have a clever plan to help Ben Khan eliminate the enemy who is coming?" ”

The great shaman opened his eyes slightly, and the wrinkles on his face were also linked up layer by layer, and he raised a finger and pointed upward.

I replied and frowned: "What does the great shaman mean by this?" ”

The great shaman raised three more fingers and said in an old and hoarse voice: "In three days, there will be rain!" ”

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