In February, the second dragon raised its head, and it was another year's spring ploughing festival, and the imperial court held a grand spring sacrifice ceremony as usual, praying for smooth wind and rain, abundant harvest, and peace and security of the country and the people. However, this year's spring festival is very different from previous years, because the Temple of Heaven, the Temple of Earth, the Temple of the Sun and the Temple of the Moon in the suburbs of the capital have been built, and the sacrifice of heaven, earth, sun and moon according to the four solar terms has begun.

This idea was originally proposed by Yan Song, but the first traitor in the history of the Ming Dynasty stopped eating before he had time to "shine", so Xia Yan, the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites and a scholar of Hallym University, was honored to preside over the spring festival ceremony in the first year after the restructuring, and Xu Jin also participated.

Xu Jin has always believed that this grand sacrificial ceremony is the real labor and loss of money, but now it is a feudal society, people are in awe of heaven and earth, ghosts and gods, the emperor calls himself the Son of Heaven, and even the imperial power is granted by God.

Of course, this grand sacrificial ceremony is not useless, at least enhance national cohesion and national pride, Chinese civilization has lasted for thousands of years, and the sacrifice of heaven and earth ghosts and gods has become a part of the Chinese language, until the 21st century, the Chinese people will still worship the ghosts and gods of heaven and earth during the New Year's Festival, and this habit will be passed on.

After the Spring Ploughing Festival, it rained in the spring rain in the capital, and the cold wind mixed with the rain was fluttering and sprinkling, which lasted for several days, which made the young masters and ladies of the big families who planned to go out on an outing very distressed, but the farmers were smiling. As the so-called overnight spring rain is as expensive as oil, the spring rain for days is a god-given tonic for the crops in the ground, the plan of the year lies in the spring, the rain is enough when the spring is planted, and this year's harvest can be expected.

This spring rain rustled for six days, it really dyed the willow trees green, and woke up the frogs, and these croaking frogs seemed to have entered the heart of the Duke of Jingda, and it was troublesome, because according to the original plan, the tenth day of the first month of February would be the day of the troops, and this spring rain like chickens peeing on the ground would not stop, and the muddy roads would inevitably greatly hinder the march!

Fortunately, on the eighth day of the second lunar month, the annoying spring rain finally stopped, and the sun was shining for two consecutive days, and the wind was fine, and the sky was beautiful!

On the tenth day of the second month of the sixth year of Jiajing, in front of the Desheng Gate in the north of the capital, 100,000 banners were displayed, the cold light was ironclad, the swords and guns were like a forest, and the murderous spirit was soaring. The 50,000 troops in Beijing are ready to go, plus the strong men from all walks of life, the total number of people exceeds 150,000, exactly: chariots, horses Xiaoxiao, and pedestrians with bows and arrows at their waists.

Two big flags were erected on the temporary high platform, one was the "Ming" character flag with yellow edges on a red background, and the other was the "Xu" character handsome flag with red edges on a black background, and the two flags fluttered high and were majestic.

I saw Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxi wearing a golden armor, pressing the hilt of his sword, standing on the high platform in high spirits, looking extremely stylish. Xu Jin was also dressed in armor, with a long sword hanging on his waist, and the red tassels on his helmet were blown up by the steep spring breeze.

After Xia Yan, a scholar of Hanlin, read out the text of the crusade against me in a low voice, Jiajing took out his sword on the spot and shouted: "Sacrifice the flag!" ”

A group of soldiers will fall on one knee and shout in unison, shaking the earth and shaking the mountains, and the heavens and the earth are discolored. Looking at this majestic division in the audience, Jiajing's face was flushed, as if he was drunk, for more than a year, he had even dreamed about the shame of the Northern Expedition, which finally prevailed today, and he had an almost blind trust in Xu Jin, as if as long as Xu Jin was out, victory was already predetermined.

It's no wonder that when Jiajing was a ten-year-old child, he met Xu Jin, watched him pass the imperial examination in one go, watched him fight mountain thieves, beat King Ning, and became the emperor, and watched him suppress mining thieves, exterminate Japanese robbers, fat Westerners, according to Nanyang, cut down the East, retreat, almost everything.

It can be said that Jiajing's trust in Xu Jin has been established since childhood, and it is deep-rooted and deep-rooted!

After the sacrifice of the flag was completed, Jiajing handed over a Shangfang sword to Xu Jin with his own hands, and said solemnly: "As the so-called generals are outside, the king's order is not affected." I specially gave Xu Qing a sword of Shangfang, and allowed you to cut first and then play, and everything was cheap, I only hope that Xu Qingqi will be victorious and successful, by the way, I must bring my head back to see me. ”

Xu Jin knelt down on one knee, raised his hands above his head, solemnly took Shang Fang's sword, and said loudly: "Emperor Xie, the ministers will live up to the trust of our emperor!" ”

After Xu Jin finished speaking, he stood up, raised Shang Fang's sword, and the soldiers of the three armies knelt on the ground in unison, shouting in unison: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

"Troops!!" Xu Jin was angry and shouted, and the generals roared in unison: "Wansheng!" Wansheng! Wansheng! ”

Boom Boom Boom ......

After three cannon shots, in the sound of majestic drums, the army immediately moved and marched north along the official road, the target - Gubeikou!

Xu Jin was about to get on the horse, but Jiajing, the kid, mysteriously called him aside, Xu Jin asked in a puzzled low voice: "Does the emperor have a secret decree?" ”

Jiajing glanced left and right, and found that the accompanying guards and ministers were far away, so he quickly stuffed a piece of red into Xu Jin's hand, and told him like a thief: "Quickly put it away and hide it closely, don't lose it." ”

Xu Jin was a little confused, and secretly pinched the thing, which seemed to be a silk texture of three angular small cloth bags, and couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "Your Majesty, this is?" ”

Jiajing smiled and said, "Anyway, it's a good thing, but I can't look at it yet, so hurry up and hide it closely." ”

Xu Jin was full of suspicion, but he still held back his curiosity and hid this thing, Zhu Houxi, the kid, waved his hand with satisfaction when he saw this: "Xu Qing let's go!" ”

In the distance, a group of ministers looked at the small movements between Jiajing and Xu Jinjunchen, both curious and jealous, if it was true that Xu Jin, the Duke of Yasukuni, was deeply favored by the emperor, Jian was in the emperor's heart, and others couldn't compare to it at all.

Xu Jin bowed to Jiajing, and then turned around and walked to the front of the formation, the soldiers were holding their mounts and waiting for him, one of the soldiers was extremely tall, with bronze skin like a bronze man, and there was a staggering horse chopping knife hanging on the victory hook, like a door panel, estimated to weigh fifty or sixty pounds, which was extraordinarily eye-catching, and it was the old man Xie Qing.

Anyway, this time he sent troops to the Northern Expedition, for the safety of his son-in-law, his father-in-law Xie Qing had nothing to say, and he actually went out of the mountain to Xu Jin as a guard, and even his brother-in-law Xie Yidao was pulled into battle by him, two top masters, stable!

Xu Jin's mount has been given to Xue Bingxin, but it is not difficult to find a good horse, as long as he talks to Jiajing, this kid immediately asked the imperial horse supervisor to get Xu Jin a horse, named Moonlight, which is said to have the bloodline of Dawan's famous horse, sweat and blood.

Xu Jin didn't know if it was true or not, anyway, the horse's coat was pure white and shiny, without a single stray hair, and it ran like a streamer, and it was appropriate to name it Moonlight.

"See the big handsome!" When the soldiers saw Xu Jin, they all curtsied.

Xu Jin nodded and looked at the two people nearby, who were Isana and Chilu Buhua.

Everything is justified, the Ming is the righteous king's army, the Tatars naturally need to have a grandiose reason, and this time there are two reasons to send troops to fight against me, one is that I answered last year to invade the Ming Dynasty, the army besieged the capital of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty sent troops this time to return a tooth for a tooth, and the second is that I answered to kill the Tatar Khan Da Lai Xun, conspired against the usurpation of the throne, violated human morality, the Ming Dynasty wanted to do the way for heaven, and presided over justice for the Mentu sisters and brothers.

If the first reason is to stimulate the hearts of the people to hate the enemy, then the second reason is to win the hearts of the Tatars, after all, Mentu is the orthodox heir of the Tatar Great Khan, I Da killed his cousin and snatched the Khan's throne, after all, the name is not right, and now the Ming army is under the banner of avenging Da Lai Xun and standing up for Mentu, and it suddenly occupies the moral high ground, and at the same time, it can also win over some of the old troops loyal to Da Lai Sun, even if it can't be wooed, it is good to weaken the resistance of the Tatars.

Since it is under the banner of standing up for the door, you must bring someone with a familiar face to go back, otherwise how can you win the trust of the Tatars? And Mentu was still too young to be in the army, so Xu Jin brought his sister Yisana and Chilu Buhua, while Mentu stayed in the capital, called protection, but was actually a hostage.

As long as he firmly controls the small door map, he will not be afraid that Isana and Chiru will not play tricks.

"I've seen Grandpa Yasukuni!" Chilu Buhua gave Xu Jin a chest salute, but Isana stood beside the horse with the reins and was indifferent, her face tense as if hostile.

Xu Jin doesn't care, it's just an angry girl, why bother to see her in general. Xu Jin nodded at Chilu Buhua, and then stepped on the horse pedals and flew on the horse, and the front hooves of the moonlight kicked the ground, making a loud and thick horse neigh, and the sound was like piercing a golden cracked stone.

"What a good horse!" Xie Qing couldn't help but praise.

Isana pursed her lips and said, "The horse is indeed a good horse, but it is also a good target for the battlefield!" ”

"Shut up, the U-Na Hu girl is so rude, can she speak human words?" Zhao Datou shouted.

Zhao Datou's head is big and his forehead is high, and a pair of pig waist eyes are already fierce and vicious, at this time, his eyes are angry and angry, his face is even more hideous and fierce, and the pig's waist and eyes are releasing a fierce murderous aura, and Isana's face changed in fright on the spot.

Xu Jin was also generous, waved his hand and said, "It's okay, she's right, this horse is indeed too eye-catching." ”

Zhao Datou scratched his head when he heard this, and exclaimed: "Then do you want to change your mount?" Be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years! ”

"No need, Ben Shuai is not charging into battle, let's go!" Xu Jin waved his hand, and all the relatives immediately turned over and got on their horses.

"Yasukuni is slow and slow!"

Xu Jin, under the escort of a group of personal soldiers, was about to set off, when he heard someone shouting behind him, so he looked back and saw Xu Jie, a bachelor of Hanlin, walking over with a child.

Isana was surprised and delighted to see the boy, and quickly jumped off her horse to meet him, shouting, "Mentu, my own brother." ”

It turned out that Xu Jie was holding the five-year-old Xiao Mentu, he screamed with joy and rushed over and threw himself into the arms of his sister Isana.

Xu Jin looked at Xu Jie, who gave a salute and explained without humility or arrogance: "Mentu begs the lower officials, hoping to say goodbye to his sister in person, as a teacher, he can only meet his request, and I hope that the Duke of Yasukuni will not blame!" ”

Xu Jin smiled and said: "It's okay, the country's public let Xiaomentu Baizi be promoted to a teacher, just to let me learn the ethics of my Ming Dynasty, understand the long-standing and profound culture of my Han people, Zisheng is talented, rich and rich, and I hope you can teach him with relief." ”

Xu Jie hurriedly said: "The Yasukuni Gong has a good reputation, and the lower officials will definitely release their hearts and teach and live up to the trust of the Yasukuni Gong!" ”

After the two finished speaking, they looked at each other heartily, and everything was silent!

Isana and Mentu squeaked and muttered a lot in Tatar, and finally shed tears and said goodbye, Xiaotumen walked to Xu Jinma, made a fist salute decently, and then said in a broken Da Ming language: "Mentu...... Yasukuni Gong, I've seen it, please take care of my sister, it's not ...... Grateful! ”

Xu Jin laughed and said, "King Zhongshun's Ming Chinese has made great progress, don't worry, the Duke hereby guarantees that your sister will not lose a single hair!" ”

It is said that Jiajing has sealed Mentu as the king of loyalty, as the name suggests, it is to be loyal and obedient to the Ming Dynasty, and Xu Jin let Mentu worship Xu Jie's teacher and learn the way of Confucius and Mencius, and the intention is self-evident, which is preparing for the complete inclusion of Tatar in the Ming Dynasty!

"Yasukuni Gong, thank you, kill me, brother, avenge him!" Xiao Mentu expressed his meaning in a row, his little face flushed, obviously very excited.

Xu Jin nodded, and said solemnly: "I answer the ambition of the wolf, kill my nephew to seek power and usurp the throne, the crime is not punishable, and the reason of heaven is intolerable. ”

Although he was only five years old, he would never forget the desperate situation when his brother Da Lai Xun fell off his horse, limping after him, and waving and shouting that he and his sister should run away quickly, and they must live well.

"Thank you, Yasukuni!" Xiao Mentu knelt down in front of Xu Jin's horse and kowtowed solemnly, Isana wanted to stop it, but her hand was halfway out but she retracted it, because she understood her brother's feelings.

Xu Jin hurriedly dismounted and helped Xiaomentu up, although he was destined to be a puppet, he was nominally the emperor's own county king, and it was not suitable to kneel to his own prince.

Xu Jin picked up Mentu and glanced at Xu Jie, who immediately understood, stepped forward and took Mentu's small hand and said, "King Zhongshun, let's go back, the army is going to march!" ”

Mentu nodded, waved his hand to his sister Isana, and then was led by Xu Jie, and walked back step by step.

Xu Jin glanced at Isana, who had red circles in his eyes, and said with a smile: "Lord Isana, please rest assured, Xu Zisheng is a well-educated person, and he will teach his younger brother to become a talent!" ”

"Success?" Isana snorted with disdain in her eyes, then turned angrily and got on her horse. She is not a five-year-old little Mentu, she knows very well that Xu Jin's purpose of letting her younger brother worship Xu Jie's teacher is nothing more than brainwashing Mentu since she was a child, and she is clearly ill-intentioned, but she is under the eaves, she has to bow her head, and now she can only endure it, and she will make plans after returning to the country with the help of the Ming army!

For Isana's rudeness, Xu Jin just smiled, an eighteen-year-old girl, that is, it is more difficult than Xiaomentu, and it is really not good to cook raw rice and mature rice, of course, our Jingguo Duke will definitely not "sacrifice his life" for the country, even if he cooks, he will find another person, such as Zhu Houxi, this kid, the harem is so big, it is not easy to place a woman?

"Hah

Jiajing, who was boarding the imperial chariot surrounded by Ouchi guards and preparing to return to the city, sneezed loudly!

"Hey, who's talking about me again? Could it be Zhi'er's sister? Jiajing rubbed his nose and said secretly, but there was a happy smirk on his face.

"Someone, come on my mount, I won't take the royal chariot." Jiajing immediately got off the imperial chariot and turned on his horse, and took dozens of Ouchi guards to leave the brigade and ride away.

A group of accompanying ministers couldn't help but look at each other, they really didn't understand what the emperor was smoking, and Xia Yan, a bachelor of Hanlin, hurriedly caught up and grabbed a eunuch to ask, only to learn that the emperor was going to visit the county lord of Yongxiu in Xiaofang Xu's mansion.

When all the ministers heard this, they all knew in their hearts that it was fake for the emperor to visit the county lord of Yongxiu, and it was true that he ran to see He Zhi'er, the righteous sister of the Duke of Yasukuni, but as long as the emperor did not leave the city, everyone was relieved, for fear that this lord would secretly follow the army to Gubeikou on a whim.

It is said that now the emperor revolves around He Zhi'er all day long, and he once tried to explode a mine in the Taiye Pool, so He Zhi'er's identity is now known to almost the whole city, and it is only a matter of time before this girl marries into the palace, alas, the identity of the Duke of Yasukuni will be even more noble!

Not to mention how Jiajing ran to meet his sister Zhi'er in a hurry, it was said that Xu Jin went to Gubeikou under the escort of his own soldiers, and after walking for a while, he finally couldn't help but take out the thing that Jiajing secretly stuffed into him, which was a triangular sachet, no, it should be a peace bag.

Xu Jin couldn't help but be speechless, it's just a peace bag, can you use it mysteriously? Make it like a thief!

This peace bag is sewn with yellow silk, the workmanship is very fine, exudes a very elegant aroma, and smells very comfortable!

Xu Jin opened the peace bag and saw that there was indeed a peace charm inside, but it looked very familiar, hey, isn't this the peace charm opened by Guangji Temple?

Xu Jin finally recognized it, this peace charm was exactly the same as the one that Xiaowan gave to Xue Bingxin, and couldn't help but move in his heart, remembering that day Xiaowan and they went to Guangji Temple to worship the Buddha, and Yongfu and Yongchun also went together, could it be ......?

Xu Jin smelled the faint fragrance emanating from the peace bag, and his face couldn't help showing a strange look, this peace bag wouldn't be given to him by Princess Yongfu, what does Jiajing mean by sneaking it into himself?

Xu Jin was pondering, and suddenly saw that Isana, who was riding a horse in front of him, had a strange look in her eyes, and her expression was clearly disgusted.

Xu Jin couldn't help but sweat, and hurriedly put away the peace bag, wiping, what kind of eyes? This bearded girl won't think that Lao Tzu has any relationship with the emperor!

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