In Wuyang Prefecture, Luo Wang Shi Chongren received a letter from Jiang Anyi, claiming that the war was imminent, and the jade mine in the Gobi was temporarily suspended. Shi Chongren smiled and put down the letter in his hand. Luo Guantai and others filled their eyes and ears, he was very clear about the situation in Huazhou, the imperial brother ordered Jiang Anyi to go to the Western Regions, and Feng Siyan, the deputy governor of Anxi, took the lead in the expedition in order to grab the credit, Jiang Anyi was afraid that Feng Siyan would find the secret of the jade mine, so he temporarily stopped working.

Shi Chongren knew that the treasury was empty, and he quietly sent 200,000 taels of silver to the imperial brother a few years ago to express his gratitude, Shi Chongwei was very emotional, his third brother was still intimate, unlike the King of Chu who only offered a few worthless native products. 200,000 taels of silver is nothing to Shi Chongren, the income from the jade business brought him more than 600,000 taels, plus the business of the royal palace and the filial piety of the state officials, the income of the royal mansion last year exceeded 1.4 million taels.

With the help of these money, Shi Chongren did several important things, first of all, he had set up eight hundred guards, with horses, long knives, and armor, and each guard was equipped with two auxiliaries, which was actually two thousand four hundred soldiers; The second is to let Luo Guantai recruit more than 200 martial arts people to form the confidential hall of the palace and find out the news of all parties for him; the third is to organize eight caravans to go north and south to do business; The fourth is to subsidize Fu Jen College to recruit talents and cultivate students. For more than two years, Shi Chongren has taken deep roots in Bingzhou.

Regarding Feng Siyan, Shi Chongren guessed that the emperor's brother sent him to the "sand" of the Anxi Protectorate, Jiang Anyi had a close relationship with Guan Pingzhong, and everyone in the court knew it, so after defeating the Western Regions Alliance, some people proposed to transfer Guan Pingzhong, but the situation was unstable at that time, so it was shelved.

Jiang Anyi and Guan Pingzhong can only leave one person is the consensus of the court, but the invasion of the desert people, the rebellion of the Annan Tun army and other things happened one after another, the Son of Heaven did not have the energy to pay attention to Huazhou for a while, Ma Chenguang, the deputy governor of Anxi, died in battle, Feng Siyan took office, and it was clear that he wanted to replace Guan Pingzhong. The Son of Heaven ordered Jiang Anyi to exterminate the Gobi horse thieves, and Feng Siyan rushed to send troops first to find out the mind of the Son of Heaven, as long as he could send millions of taels of silver to the treasury, the position of the governor of Anxi would soon be surnamed Feng.

Shi Chongren can even imagine that the Son of Heaven will let Feng Siyan take the Tun army into his hands, and Jiang Anyi, the strategic envoy of the assassination Shi Zhou Yongtong, will be in the air, specifically collecting money for the country, and after the treasury is full, Jiang Anyi will have another "reuse".

According to his instructions, Luo Guantai and others focused their energy on Huazhou, the more information they got, the deeper Shi Chongren's scruples about Jiang Anyi, Jiang Anyi not only has an unparalleled reputation in Huazhou, but the soldiers of the Anxi battalion are also his cronies, such a strategy that is popular among the military and the people makes it impossible to stay in the border town for a long time, which is really not the blessing of the court, so Shi Chongren also faintly deepened the jealousy of the Son of Heaven against Jiang Anyi in the secret performance.

Of course, judging from the information we have learned so far, Jiang Anyi is still loyal to the court, not to mention that he is also implicated in the jade mine, and Jiang Anyi has not been able to leave Huazhou in recent years. Huazhou is a piece of fat meat, Shi Chongren turned the jade gourd in his hand, thinking about waiting for Jiang Anyi to leave Huazhou, Zhou Yongtong is almost leaving, and when the time comes, can he insert someone to make a stabbing history and send this piece of fat meat into his mouth.

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Jiang Mansion, the head of the family is about to go on an expedition, and the house seems to be a little busy. Jiang Huang brought more than 600 people, and the family must not be able to settle down, Jiang Anyi gave some people to Yan'er, and more than 200 people were distributed to Jiang Anyong and He Xigui, and sent them to the military camp; Twenty guards were sent to the Baigong department, and most of the rest were scattered to the family's industry. Those Xinfei who have already married a family sent Yinliang to let them settle down on their own, and the remaining little girls who have not yet married can only stay in the mansion, and the three newly purchased houses are still crowded.

Tong'er is pregnant again, which makes Dong'er very envious, she is the same age as Tong'er, and she also wants to have another child while she is young, but she is not as good at pestering people as Tong'er, Jiang Lang is busy, and it is inevitable that he will ignore her. Dong'er doesn't blame Jiang Anyi, as long as she looks at Jiang Lang's figure coming out and going in every day, she is very satisfied, not to mention that no matter how tired she is, Jiang Lang will come to her house every day to talk to her, ask Chen Zhi about her homework, and hold Yun Siqin for a while. When Jiang Lang will stay with her, Dong'er will try her best to be happy, hoping to be pregnant for the Jiang family like Tong'er.

Xin Fei doesn't have the kung fu to have a daughter's affection like Dong'er, her husband's expedition to the Western Regions is considered a labor expedition, and there are only 50,000 soldiers and horses, so it is not optimistic to fight more with less. The intention of the Son of Heaven is obvious, he wants Jiang Lang to grab more gold and silver and property back, but the gold and silver are not stones on the ground, and countless lives will be used to fill it, and these 50,000 soldiers who went out on the expedition may have more than 10,000 people to bury their bones elsewhere. Jiang Lang didn't want to die when he started a fight, and he had to follow him and watch the point.

Jiang Anyi didn't have time to pay attention to the thoughts of his wives and concubines, and at this moment he was worried about a letter from Beijing. The letter was written by Hou Xiong Zhiren, who was sincere, and cordially reviewed the relationship between the two, talked about the scenery in Beijing, and finally wrote: "...... An Yiwen is famous all over the world, and the emperor's eldest son, Shi Shousheng, is the time to study and improve, and if he can get An Yi's guidance, he will definitely be able to gain something. The diary written by An Yi in Fuluo County, Lizhou, is written by Wei Jian......"

Jiang Anyi put down the letter and frowned, Xiong Zhiren asked him to write some customs and customs of Huazhou when he had time, and send it to Shi Shousheng, the eldest son of the emperor, in the form of a diary. How many famous Confucian teachers in Beijing are stronger than themselves, how could the Son of Heaven let the emperor's eldest son have no teachers. The Son of Heaven has not yet made up the crown prince, and the eldest son of the emperor is already nine years old. Back then, he wrote a diary to the prince in Fuluo County, and he was a straight bachelor of Chongwenguan, nominally the prince's teacher; Second, with the permission of the Son of Heaven, otherwise the impeachment of himself and the prince will be higher than others.

"Go and ask Mr. Zhang to come." Jiang Anyi commanded.

The establishment of the prince is a family affair of the Son of Heaven, but the Son of Heaven has no selfish affairs, not to mention that the prince is related to the stability of the country, from Jiang Anyi's original intention, I hope that the Son of Heaven will establish the eldest son of the emperor as the prince as soon as possible to stabilize the people's hearts. Jiang Anyi has not seen the emperor's eldest son Shi Shousheng, Tian Shoulou's letter mentioned that the prince is weak and not liked by the Son of Heaven, but the Queen Mother likes this eldest grandson very much, and there are rumors in the palace that the Son of Heaven intends to make the emperor's second son Shi Shouqi the crown prince. The reason why the eldest son of the emperor is not liked by the Son of Heaven is mostly because Queen Xiong advises the Son of Heaven to be pro-virtuous and frugal, unlike Concubine Cheng Shu, who can check his face and please the Son of Heaven.

Shi Shouqi's biological mother, Concubine Cheng Shu, that is, the singer who was in Changqiao back then, Jiang Anyi's eyes appeared in front of the charming figure, this girl is indeed beautiful, three points stronger than Xin Fei and others, no wonder the Son of Heaven is infatuated with her. This woman did not give him a good impression, it was rumored in Beijing that this woman was charming and charming, confusing the Son of Heaven, Jiang Anyi was bored, and Lianxi and Cheng Mingdao, the servant of the ministry, became brother and sister, relying on each other to help each other, which made Jiang Anyi more and more disgusted with her. Although he and Cheng Mingdao were committed to the virtual snake, and asked Tian Shoulou to give a heavy gift during the New Year's holidays, Cheng Mingdao was known to the world as a minister.

Wei Youcheng impeached Cheng Mingdao many times for accepting silver taels, and cheated in the evaluation of the officials, but the Son of Heaven trusted him, and no one could do anything. The news I received a few years ago flashed in my mind, Yun Ruyu, a beautiful girl in the Huazhou Jinxian Palace, gave birth to the prince Shi Shouyuan, and was crowned as Jieyu by the Son of Heaven, Mr. Zhang once laughed that if the eldest son of the emperor could not become the prince, this Shi Shouyuan would have a chance.

Footsteps sounded, Zhang Keji entered the study, and Jiang Anyi pushed Xiong Zhiren's letter to him.

After reading the letter, Zhang Keji said: "The lord of this matter still needs to be cautious, if he acts according to what the sincerity Hou said, it is a big taboo. The Son of Heaven intends to establish the eldest son of the emperor as the crown prince and has the merit of supporting it, if the Son of Heaven does not intend to, this will cause endless harm. The two ministers of the DPRK and China have not spoken so far, and even if the lord is loyal, it will attract suspicion. Sincerity Hou has always been calm and cautious, and it seems that he was forced to be in a hurry, so he wrote a letter to test the lord. ”

Jiang Anyi smiled bitterly: "Sincerity Hou is sick and rushed to the doctor, if this letter is known, it will be difficult for him and I to escape responsibility." ”

Zhang Keji said with a smile: "I guess that the sincerity Hou didn't want the lord to reply when he wrote this letter, but just let the lord know in his heart and help him when he was making him stronger." The lord is far away in Huazhou, and he does not understand the situation in Beijing, let alone respond to the affairs in Beijing in a timely manner, so he can only wait and see what happens. ”

Jiang Anyi picked up the letter and approached the candle flame and watched the letter turn into ashes. The silver mask danced in the sparks, Zhang Keji lowered his head slightly, thinking of Shi Shouyuan, the third son of the Son of Heaven. Jiang Anyi let go of his hand, and the ashes fell silently, and at this moment, Shi Shouyuan flashed in Jiang Anyi's mind.

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After Feng Siyan left the customs, according to the map drawn by He Xigui, under the leadership of the guide, he led 8,000 soldiers and horses to the largest horse thief den in the Gobi - Xiaozhen. Before the expedition, Feng Siyan knew a lot about several supply points on the Gobi, these supply points were horse thieves' dens, and knives and guns were not allowed to be used within ten miles, were these regulations useful to him, and what reason did the officials and soldiers need to talk about to suppress bandits. Capture the thief first capture the king, and destroy the town in one fell swoop, the horse thief will definitely scatter, and it will be easy to destroy the remnants.

The cold wind of March on the Gobi was still like a knife, and Feng Siyan's mind was like fire. There are three largest horse thieves in the Gobi, Mobei Eagle, Wasp Thief, and Black Smoke, the number of these three horse thieves is more than 3,000, and the rest of the famous horse thieves have forty or fifty families, more than 1,000 people, less than 100 people, and the remaining bits and pieces are innumerable, but the number is more than 100 people, so there is no need to care.

According to Long Wei's spy report, since Jiang Anyi set up two military towns in the Gobi, the space for horse thieves has been squeezed, and the wasp thief Teng Gongli robbed a city in Weiche Country, changed his career to become a city lord, and lived by collecting customs duties; Brother Erge, the big leader of Mobei Eagle, was blinded by Jiang Anyi, he couldn't control the field, his horse thieves were torn apart, and Mobei Eagle was a thing of the past; Only Black Smoke took the opportunity to absorb many of Mobeiying's men and horses, becoming the only boss on the Gobi Desert, with nearly 5,000 men and horses. The other horse thieves added up to about five or six thousand, and many of the little horse thieves were cornered, and some even started caravan guards. It should be said that after Jiang Anyi was appointed as a strategic envoy, the Gobi became a lot more peaceful, and there were more caravans, so the commercial tax in Huazhou increased again last year.

According to the report, Xiaozhen is the largest supply point in the Gobi, and it is also the largest den of horse thieves, almost all horse thieves will send people to station here, and the stolen goods traded here every day exceed 100,000 taels of silver. The forces of Xiaozhen are mixed, even if the black smoke is the strongest now, Xiaozhen can't cover the sky with one hand, Long Wei's fine work sent a spy report three days ago, saying that there is a lot of noise in Xiaozhen, and there are different opinions on whether to fight or defend or flee. There are about six or seven thousand horse thieves who are focused on the left and right of Xiao Town, but horse thieves are horse thieves after all, Feng Siyan smiled disdainfully, even if all the horse thieves gather to fight with him, he is confident that he will defeat them, not to mention that these horse thieves are greedy for life and afraid of death, and it is impossible to twist into a rope to challenge himself.

Glancing at the silent marching army beside him on the horse, Guan Pingzhong did not embarrass himself in sending troops, and gave him 4,000 light horsemen with 8,000 soldiers and horses. Feng Siyan secretly sighed, Guan Pingzhong does have a set of troops to lead the army, the soldiers and horses of the Anxi battalion are well-trained, and the orders are prohibited, such as the arm and the finger, compared to the men and horses of the Sixteen Guards in Beijing, it is the blessing of the main general to be able to lead such troops to fight.

Thinking of the word blessing, Feng Siyan's fiery mind added another fire, according to his own inference, there are at least four or five million taels of gold and silver materials in Xiaozhen, and sending these things to the capital can solve the urgent needs of the court, the Son of Heaven will be happy, as long as he wins a few more battles, Guan Pingzhong will be ordered to enter Beijing, and the Anxi camp will be his own, and this blessing will fall on his head. With 160,000 strong soldiers in the Anxi battalion, he can conquer the capital of the western war, not only can he pacify the Western Regions, and he can continue to send gold and silver to the treasury, but he can also be ordered to go north to fight against the desert people.