But on the way, he was stopped. "Brother Huang, sister heard that Brother Huang is going to leave for the northwest in a few days?" Yun Zhi asked.

"Yes." Yoon-hee had already guessed her purpose.

"Then, Brother Huang, will you take your sister to the northwest with you?" Yun Zhi looked anxious, but still asked calmly.

Since she proposed to Yun Xi to go to the northwest with her in the first month, Yun Xi has neither agreed nor denied, but just said that she would think again; At that time, because there was still plenty of time, Yun Zhi was not in a hurry, and occasionally met Yun Xi to ask.

But since April, she has become anxious. Seeing one after another guards getting on the boat and heading to Jiangbei, and countless military supplies flowing into the Yellow River along the canal between the Jianghuai River and going to Shaanxi, Yun Xi's departure day is getting closer and closer, but she has not been given permission.

Yun Zhi therefore wanted to find a good time to meet Yun Xi and begged in person. But Yun Xi has been very busy in the past month, she has no free time during the day, and she doesn't dare to disturb the relaxation time at night, so she has not been able to make the trip. Until today, she heard that Yun Xi was about to leave, and she understood that she couldn't delay it any longer, so she deliberately pinched Yun Xi at the place where Yun Xi had to return from Kunning Palace to Qianqing Palace, and waited for Yun Xi to inquire in person.

"Brother Huang, if my sister goes to the northwest with you, she will definitely not cause trouble, if Brother Huang wants to go to Yiwu, and you are worried that the Yiwu soldiers are dangerous and unsafe, you can leave your sister in the palace of the fourteenth uncle of Ganzhou."

"If even Ganzhou is not safe, put my sister in Kaifeng and be with the fifth uncle."

"Brother Huang, let my sister go with you." Yun Zhi pretended to be very pitiful again.

Yun Xi stood in place, thinking about it seriously.

In fact, it's not very difficult to bring Yun Zhi with you, as long as you don't take her to the front line. But he always felt that it was not very dignified to carry a woman. After all, his trip to the northwest this time was mainly related to the war, and Timur was a very strong opponent.

So Yun Xi finally decided not to take Yun Zhi with him, but he didn't show it immediately, but said: "Let the imperial brother think about it again, and tell you at noon tomorrow." ”

Yun Zhi's face flashed with disappointment, but she immediately returned to her original state and said with a smile: "That sister is waiting for the words of the imperial brother." ”

Yun Xi suddenly felt a little guilty in her heart, and didn't want to look at her face here anymore, so she hurriedly said: "It's May now, it's quite hot to stand under the big sun, the fourth sister should go back quickly." ”

"Yes, sister, I'll go back." Yun Zhi agreed, bowed and retreated. Yun Xi also continued to go to the Qianqing Palace.

But he had only walked a few steps, and he saw Wang Xi holding a document with big red characters written on the surface, running anxiously, and immediately ran over as fast as he could, raised the document with both hands and said: "Official, His Royal Highness King Qin reports urgently!" ”

"What's the matter?" Yun Xi asked, while taking the paperwork from his hand, tearing open the seal and looking at it, only a few glances, his face instantly turned pale, and it took a while to return to normal.

"Timur actually sent troops ahead of schedule!" Yun Xi muttered in disbelief, came back to his senses, and immediately said to Wang Xi: "Call Zhang Fu into the palace immediately!" Immediately sent an order to all the post stations where the army of the Western Expedition passed, and asked them to tell them when the army of the Western Expedition passed by that they must rush to the northwest as quickly as possible, and the guard post with the least average daily distance should be directed, and the command would be dismissed for the people and never used! ”

Although Wang Xi knew what was written on the paperwork, he was still stunned by Yun Xi's severe punishment, and then Cai reacted and was ordered to retreat.

Yun Xi returned to the Qianqing Palace as fast as he could, wiped the sweat on his face casually, and called the three four auxiliary officers present and asked, "Do you know the documents from the northwest?" ”

All three shook their heads. They just saw Wang Xi hear that the eunuch on the Qianqing Gate reported that there was an urgent document for 600 miles, and they also saw Wang Xi anxiously asking the little eunuch emperor if the emperor was here after returning to the Qianqing Palace with the paperwork, and understood that something big had happened, but they didn't know what had happened.

"Timur set up his troops earlier than expected, and had already broken through the Alashan Pass before the 12th, and at most he could rush to the city of Yiwu in another month, and by then the Ming Dynasty would never have more than 150,000 soldiers, and most of them were cavalry or light infantry, and the artillery could not arrive at all, but the cavalry and the cavalry of Samarkand could not guarantee victory in the field battle, so they had to defend the city. However, ...... defending the city, although Shang Bing has been building Yiwu City for more than four years, it cannot be compared with the big cities in the Central Plains after all. If it is captured by Timur with his troops, then! Yun Xi originally just wanted to give them a general introduction to the current situation, but he didn't expect to talk too much.

After a while, Yun Xi reacted, coughed and said, "Do you understand the critical situation of Yiwu? ”

"It's so bad?" Storm Zhao frowned and said, "Your Majesty, why didn't you let the soldiers go to Yiwu early to prepare?" ”

"First, although the land of Yiwu is fertile, after all, there are few people, and it is impossible to carry the grain and grass of hundreds of thousands of troops, and if it is transported from the Central Plains to Yiwu, it will consume a lot, so I will not order the guards from all over the country to set off until after the beginning of spring."

"Second, I and a few generals were careless." Yun Xi said this, and regretted it slightly. In recent years, the Ming Dynasty has been fighting too smoothly with foreign countries, since Wang Baobao died, he has never lost a battle, and he has never lost a city, even if all the enemies heard that the Ming Dynasty was going to fight it, they either fled in advance or just waited to defend in place, and never dared to take the initiative to attack, so although everyone knew that Samarkand was different from the previous enemies, but the neglect in their hearts could not be suppressed.

"It seems that this matter is the result of the neglect of the enemy by several generals." Xie Jin hurriedly said.

Yun Xi didn't answer this question, but got to the point: "Since the situation in the northwest has changed so much, I will set off for the northwest tomorrow, that is, on May 12." ”

"The matter of Jingzhong will be left to a few gentlemen. The arrangement of the matter is the same as when I toured the two Guangzhous before, and you can use the seal of the queen for small things; Big things are delivered to the line. If there is anything very important but cannot be delayed, the queen will preside over the court meeting, convene the six Shangshu Shilang, the Metropolitan Inspectorate, the Dali Temple, and the General Administration Department to hold the seal, and the Governor of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, the Commander of the Jinyi Guard, and the Governor of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies to participate in the discussion together. ”

"In the days when I am not in Beijing, a few gentlemen don't have to come to the Qianqing Palace every day, just go to the palace. There are hundreds of steps from the Jinshen Hall to the Qianqing Palace, and the gentlemen of the province walk more. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." The three of them hurriedly agreed.

Yun Xi said to Xie Jin again: "Xie Qing, let go of the matter of your book compilation, and deal with the affairs of the court first." ”

"Obey." Xie Jin said busily.

Yun Xi gave a few more instructions and asked them to go back and continue to play the ticket.

Then he called the housekeepers again. "Chen Ji, Yang Zhu, Hu Yan, Zhou Shu......, a few of you will go out on patrol with me."

Chen Ji and the others immediately bowed down to receive the order, and the rest of the people were very envious: being able to follow the emperor on patrol is definitely a very important performance.

Some people also secretly looked at Yang Feng. The few people ordered by Yun Xi just now did not include him, what does the emperor mean by this? Don't you plan to take him to the Northwest? Or is there something else? The man pondered.

Yun Xi instructed: "Although this is a tour of the northwest, you will pass through many places in the north along the way, and you must pay attention to observe the situation of the people in various places along the way." It's too late to go, and I'll test you when I return from the northwest. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." They immediately agreed.

Yun Xi said to the person who didn't name him just now: "Although you stay in the capital, it is not easy. It turned out that it was just a matter of turning the gentlemen's votes into a blue batch, and the matter is not easy to handle, and there will definitely be more things to be handed over to you. Don't make a mistake. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." When these people heard this, they were much better and bowed down in agreement.

Yun Xi nodded and said, "All Aiqing should step aside, Yang Feng, you stay." ”

Everyone secretly glanced at Yang Feng, and then bowed and retreated.

"Yang Feng, are you willing to go to the northwest to fight? Not to follow me as a sacrificer, but to lead the troops to the battle? Yun Xi didn't talk nonsense, and said directly.

"Yes." Yang Feng didn't have any twisting and answered directly.

"Good. Yang Feng, I will add you to the rank of general, and set off early tomorrow morning with the front, left, and right guards of the government army, and lead the remaining five guards of the Shangzhi Guard, except for the left and right guards of the government army and the left and right guards of the Tiger Ben! Although Yun Xi had already thought about this matter, he was still a little hesitant when it came to the end, and he paused before speaking. After all, even if the absolute main force such as the commander of the Naowei may die very low, it is still possible.

Yang Feng didn't think about it so much, and when he heard this, he just agreed very happily: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace." ”

He didn't feel embarrassed at all. He had been a deputy general at the border pass and had commanded tens of thousands of troops before, although the permanent border deputy general may not be as good as the general of such a large army, but it is not far behind.

"It's just, that's it." Yun Xi suddenly said this inexplicably and made him retreat.

After instructing this, although there were still a few copies on the table, he didn't have the heart to look at it, stood up and walked a few steps, and walked out of the Qianqing Palace.

Tyrant Zhao and others didn't care. The emperor just learned about such a big thing, and when he set off, he was a few days in advance, so there must be something to order.

After a while, Yun Xi returned to Kunning Palace, and Xi Yao greeted him with a look of surprise. "Husband, why are you back now? But not feeling well? Did you call the doctor? She suddenly thought of a situation and hurriedly asked.

"It's not." Yun Xi said: "There has been an accident in the northwest, and I was originally going to leave on the 15th, but now I can't wait until the 15th, and I must set off quickly." The husband has already set a date for tomorrow morning. ”

In fact, whether he set off or not was actually of little use, but he was worried that something more difficult had happened, and the generals on the front line did not dare to deal with it without permission and needed to report it to themselves. At that time, the closer you are to the front line, the better.

What's more, he is indeed a little worried about Shang Bing. Shang Bing has been raised in the capital since he was a child, and they are very familiar with each other, and the relationship is good, even if it is useless to set off early, he can't help but have to be a few days early.

"Since this is the case, the concubine immediately ordered someone to clean it up." Xi Yao didn't ask what happened, and said immediately.

"You don't have to pack too much, and you can't be as particular about going out as you are at home, just enough to use." Yun Xi commanded.

He then said, "The husband has one more thing to tell you. Wang Xi, you can come over too. He raised his voice.

Wang Xi walked over with some doubts, and listened to Yun Xi say: "In the first lunar month, I remember that you talked about reactivating Wang Jin and Wang Bu. I am approved, add Wang Jin as the master of ceremonies and young eunuchs, and Wang Bu as the young eunuch of the royal prison, and assist the queen in taking care of the palace affairs during the days when I am not in the capital with you. ”

He said to Xiyao again: "Wang Bu and Wang Jin will be handed over to you, if they have any violations of law and discipline, you don't have to wait for your husband to come back from the northwest, you can deal with it." ”

In the past few years since the original corruption case, he has already taken it lightly, combined with his experience as an emperor in the past few years, he feels that he was too strict with the three of them at the beginning, and he should at least give it a chance. And he occasionally recalls the happy times when he was served by them, and he relented, and finally decided to reactivate them and give them another chance. But if they make a mistake, they will be put to death without mercy.

Wang Xi was excited for a while. Wang Bu is just gone, Timur and Wang Jin are the first eunuchs sent to Yunxi's side to serve specially, and they have a good relationship, and they have been trying to save him after he capsized, and now they have finally succeeded.

"Thank you for the grace of the official family." Wang Xi knelt down happily and said.

Xi Yao doesn't care. No matter who is left to take care of the imperial city, it doesn't make much difference to her, anyway, it can't be the eunuch of her Kunning Palace, there is not much difference.

Yun Xi smiled and said, "It's not a reward for you, what are you kneeling for." Yun Xi knew that Wang Xi and Wang Jin had a good relationship, and often helped Wang Jin after he was demoted. This is actually a good thing for him, a person who cares about old feelings is always more trustworthy than someone who is extremely indifferent. So he kept pretending not to know.

After saying this, Xi Yao left the palace affairs to take care of Yun Xi's luggage, Yun Xi turned his head and told Wang Xi one thing, and then went to the backyard, picked up the young Wen Yin, and ordered his subordinates to call Min'er, Wen Yuan and others back. Before leaving Beijing, he didn't want to deal with anything, he just wanted to stay with his relatives.

In this way, he spent an afternoon with the children, and after dinner together, he was about to leave Kunning Palace.

"Doesn't the husband rest at night in Kunning Palace?" Xiyi was a little surprised.

"My husband still has something to do, so I won't rest here." Yun Xi said a word, comforted Min'er a few more words, and got up to leave Kunning Palace.

"You go to Yanxi Palace right away and tell Miaojin that I will rest with her tonight."

"Official, didn't you summon Concubine Chen to follow you on patrol? Why are you still resting in Yanxi Palace tonight? Wang Xi asked.

"I still have a few words to say to her, so I can only get there." Letting Miao Jin go on patrol with him was something he had just decided in the afternoon, and many things were too late to order.

Wang Xi didn't know what Yun Xi was going to say, so he didn't dare to stop him anymore, and personally trotted to Yanxi Palace first.