On September 29, ten days after the outbreak of the Xuanfu War and the fall of the Huai'an Acropolis, the capital still did not know that such a great change had taken place around Gyeonggi, and the military intelligence system of the Ming Dynasty seemed to be paralyzed in an instant. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In the early morning of 30 September, an urgent battle report from Juyong Pass was sent to the General Political Envoy Department, and then from the Yamen of the General Political Envoy to Wenyuan Pavilion.

The emperor was seriously ill, and many war reports were reviewed by the cabinet in advance to see which war reports were relatively important and which were insignificant, and selected key points and handed them over to the emperor for review.

The emperor usually only asks a few questions, and the rest is left to the cabinet and celebrants.

This time is no exception, this is a report about the war in the northwest Xuanfu, the actor is Shen Xi, but this time it was in the case of Shen Xi being besieged by Huoya soldiers and horses, copying the trail after several rounds before sending it to the capital, stating the embarrassment encountered in the civil fort, because at that time, the war between Shen Xi's department and the Tatars had not yet started, and Shen Xi only went to Chen to fight the war, and did not discuss the specific results.

Shen Xi gave a detailed explanation to the imperial court about the pursuit of thousands of Tatar cavalry at Tumubao, and the book was sent to the cabinet through the political envoy and presented to Li Dongyang, a cabinet scholar, because Li Dongyang was the first to see this transcript because Li Dongyang was keeping vigil that day.

If it was Xie Qian's proposal, most of them would not suspect it, if it was from Shen Xi's analysis, he would still be cautious, but now it is Shen Xi who has encountered the real Tatar main force, and Shen Xi even clearly pointed out that the leader of the Tatar cavalry is the female general Huo Aya, who has been sent to the Ming Dynasty several times before and is familiar with Shen Xi.

Shen Xi explained in detail the time and place of the march and the time of withdrawal, and even the Tatar march movement was clearly stated.

But it's a pity that the cabinet scholar who kept vigil that day was Li Dongyang, and Li Dongyang had always been suspicious of Shen Xi, so much so that he was not ready to accept Shen Xi's performance at all.

At the beginning, Shen Xi told Xie Qian that the war in the northwest would spread from Yansui Town to Xuanfu Town, and even Shen Xi proposed several points in time for the Tatars to attack, at that time Xie Qian also used this reason to excuse Shen Xi, but Li Dongyang was mercilessly dismissed, because at that time, Xuanfu Town and the surrounding military towns and key passes did not mention encountering a large number of Tatar cavalry.

Since then, even Xie Qian's confidence in Shen Xi has decreased a lot, and Li Dongyang's prejudice against Shen Xi has deepened.

Li Dongyang personally inquired about the Ministry of War, if Shen Xi was cowardly, what kind of crime should he be charged?

In the end, the result of the Ministry of War's notification, this matter should be decided by the emperor, after all, it has involved a high-ranking official like the governor of Yansui, not the Ministry of War or the Ministry of Criminal Affairs can deal with it casually, the meaning of Xiong Xiu, the squire of the Ministry of War, if it is true, at least it is a dismissal investigation, and it may even be given death.

Since then, Li Dongyang felt that Xie Qian would definitely support Shen Xi, his grandson-in-law, and let Shen Xi survive the crisis, but only a few days later, Shen Xi's recital mentioned that he had encountered the main force of the Tatar army, which made Li Dongyang not believe in Shen Xi's performance from the beginning.

In other words, Shen Xi's major military affairs, whether correct or not, will be presented to the Son of Heaven, because when it comes to the safety of the Ming Dynasty, no one dares to be careless.

But Li Dongyang is different, Li Dongyang is famous for his "Li Gongmou", he thinks about the problem very thoughtfully and comprehensively, and what he is most annoyed about on weekdays is that the border generals bluff the number of soldiers and horses that invade the Beikou, and exaggerate the great military exploits, Li Dongyang has always believed that if he encounters a report on the war in the border area, involving the number of soldiers and horses, the real situation is about 20% of the report, and the number of beheaded Beikou may be exaggerated by more than ten times.

As long as it is not too exaggerated, the court still hopes that the generals and soldiers of the border army can continue to serve the court and kill the enemy.

But on the contrary, the border generals used this to deceive the court's rewards, and even deducted them up and down, and went to the nine sides to be a general.

Li Dongyang has always hated such things.

Including Qin Hong, Zhu Hui and others, they often do things that falsely report their merits, Liu Daxia is more pragmatic and will not blatantly do such things, in Li Dongyang's opinion, Shen Xi is not necessarily.

Since Shen Xi is in a worrying situation now, he will be condemned by the imperial court at any time, and it is likely that in order to reduce or offset the culpability, he falsely reported the number of Beiyi's soldiers and horses or the merits of killing the enemy, in exchange for the court's forgiveness for him.

Li Dongyang read the report in detail, Shen Xi showed that the number of Tatar cavalry was about 4,000 cavalry, Li Dongyang imagined that he would encounter about 1,200 Tatar rangers, as for Shen Xi said that he was trapped in the civil fort, Li Dongyang thought that Shen Xi was just hiding in the civil fort, and did not dare to fight head-on with the Tatar stragglers with 6,000 soldiers and horses.

As for Shen Xi's proposal to let the imperial court send reinforcements, in Li Dongyang's opinion, it was even more nonsense.

Now the most tense place on the nine sides is around Ningxia Town, Liu Daxia is now leading the troops to recover Yansui Town, which is completing the errand of Shen Xi, the governor of Yansui, another protagonist of the incident, but he does not want to forge ahead at this time, and actually stays in the rear, and tells the court that Xuanfu Town has encountered the main force of the Tatar Chinese army.

Liu Daxia said that the main Tatar force was around the town of Ningxia, while Shen Xi said that the Tatar army appeared in Xuanfu, and the two were too far apart.

If Li Dongyang is allowed to choose, he will naturally believe what Liu Daxia said, in his opinion, Shen Xi obviously stayed in Xuanfu because he was afraid of war, and now he proposed that Xuanfu has the main force of the Tartars, which is shirking responsibility, but Liu Daxia is leading the troops to fight with the main force of the Tatars in Yansui Town, and Li Dongyang feels that it is more reliable.

"Mr. Li, it's time to take a break after a busy night...... Need breakfast? A eunuch came over and asked.

Li Dongyang raised his hand slightly and waved: "There are important votes in your hand, and you should step back first!" ”

The eunuch wanted to ask for warmth, and took the opportunity to slap Li Dongyang, after all, the emperor's health is not as good as before, and he may die when the crown prince ascends the throne, and he will inevitably become a courtier once a son of heaven, and he may have the opportunity to soar. The eunuch is the highest, that is, the eunuch who holds the seal of the eunuch, and if he wants to sit on this son, he must have a good relationship with the cabinet scholars, and even before becoming the boss and eunuch, he must pretend to be a grandson next to any Hanlin official.

Li Dongyang read Shen Xi's book from beginning to end several times, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that it was inadmissible, he listened to Shen Xi's meaning, he wanted to fight the Tatars to the death with the men and horses at hand, which made Li Dongyang feel ridiculous.

If Shen Xi's report is true, the number of soldiers and horses under Shen Xi's command will be two thousand higher than the number of Tatar cavalry, so he dares to take the initiative to fight with the Tatars, this is to find death?

"Shen Xi must not be able to find the main force of Tartars around Xuanfu Town, so he used a small group of Liukou as the Tartar army, falsely reported the number of soldiers and horses in the north, and bluffed.

Li Dongyang looked at the recital, although he admired Shen Xi's talent and learning, even if he wrote a recital, he could write it in an orderly and brilliant manner, Li Dongyang unconsciously loved talent, but thinking of the death of his eldest son, which had a certain relationship with Shen Xi's husband and wife's offering of medicine, he suddenly became evil again.

Li Dongyang was ready to consider Shen Xi's recital as a bluff, and presented it to Emperor Hongzhi, asking the emperor to condemn Shen Xi.

It's still early, Li Dongyang is not in a hurry to go back, in fact, he only stayed in Wenyuan Pavilion for two days in the first ten days, and the remaining eight days were all Xie Qian on duty, as for the old and frail Liu Jian, he didn't have to be on duty in shifts.

Li Dongyang's spirit has always been good, but he became inactive because of the pain of losing his son, and wanted to retire as soon as possible, but he was worried that the emperor would suddenly have three longs and two shorts, and if he left, he would be irresponsible to the royal family and the court, so he had the same idea as Liu Jian, and waited for a few years in the court to die, and when the crown prince ascended the throne, the country was stable, he would retreat and let someone else take over, he admired Wang Hua, Liang Chu and others very much, and thought that these people were enough to be qualified for the errand of the cabinet scholars.

After writing the ticket, Li Dongyang personally sent the few recitals that he had sorted out last night to the master of ceremonies, instead of pretending to others.

Because Xiao Jing, the eunuch who holds the seal of the master of ceremonies, is modest, most of Xiao Jing will adopt the opinions of the cabinet scholars when reviewing the transcript on behalf of the Son of Heaven...... Of course, it's more of a guide than a discussion.

After the instructions, the eunuch Bingbi would basically write Zhu Zhu according to Li Dongyang's ideas, which made the cabinet scholars directly have the authority of the prime minister, and could even give orders to the six ministries.

This time was no exception, Li Dongyang went to see Xiao Jing just to remind Xiao Jing about the details of some of the manuscripts written by Zhu Pi, including the handling of Shen Xi's false report on the number of thieves.

Li Dongyang came to the celebrant eunuch, because it was not the first time, even the guards guarding the palace gate did not come forward to stop him, Li Dongyang entered the palace, and did not see Xiao Jing himself, and several Bingbi eunuchs were also missing, only two eunuchs were on duty.

Li Dongyang's face was not good: "What about Gonggong Xiao?" ”

"If you go back to the old pavilion, Gonggong Xiao took care of His Majesty in the Qianqing Palace last night for half a night, and he didn't sleep until after the fourth watch, and several other fathers-in-law also had important tasks...... Excuse me, what's wrong with you? One of the eunuchs asked cautiously.

Hearing that Xiao Jing was resting, Li Dongyang's face was somewhat displeased, he stayed up all night and didn't sleep, but Xiao Jing just waited for the holy car for half a night and went back to rest, he himself also wanted to prepare the draft of the ticket as soon as possible, so as not to be absent when Xiao Jing got up in the afternoon, he was not present, and some conflicts of opinion might be formed, and it would be in vain for him to find Xiao Jing at that time.

Li Dongyang said: "Go and spread the word, just say that there is an important military report submitted, and I will wait for him here!" ”

After speaking, Li Dongyang sat down directly in the main hall of the celebrant supervisor, drank a cup of hot tea, and when fatigue hit, he leaned on the back of the chair and closed his eyes and pretended to sleep, and fell asleep after a while.

After a long time, Li Dongyang was shaken awake, and when he opened his eyes, Xiao Jing was already standing beside him, and when the two looked at each other, they found that each other's eyes were bloodshot, and they obviously didn't rest well.

Xiao Jing asked, "Scholar Li is here, but there is an urgent battle report?" ”

"Yes, there are two copies."

Li Dongyang separately took out two representative copies of the Northwest War Report, one was the news that Liu Daxia was leading his troops to overcome Yansui Town, and the other was that Shen Xi said that he had encountered a large number of Tatar main forces in Xuanfu Town.

Xiao Jing took it in his hand, compared it a little, and found that both sides were making a fuss about the main Tatar force.

Xiao Jing didn't have much idea, and after reading it, he raised his head to look at Li Dongyang and asked, "Scholar Li, is this ...... Why do Tatars have two main forces, or are they thousands of miles apart? The urgency of such a conflict was presented to His Majesty, didn't that make His Majesty worried? ”

Li Dongyang said: "After reading the ticket, you know that most of it is Shen Xi's bluff. Since the war in the northwest is about to be decided, you might as well intercept Shen Xi's recital first, and present the recital of Liu Shangshu of the Ministry of War to Your Majesty, so that Your Majesty can be relieved for the time being! ”

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