Chapter 246: The Scapegoat
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"yes, that's right!" Zhou Tingyu seemed to remember something, and called a servant and said, "Go to Zhang's Mansion and invite Zhang Xun." ”
"Yes!"
The official hurried away, Zhou Tingyu looked at Luo Xin, and said with a playful look on his face:
"Xin'er, are you so happy that you can't sleep because you have the head of the case?"
Luo Xin's expression was stunned, and he asked a little confusedly, "Why does my father-in-law ask so much?" ”
"It's hard to talk about." Zhou Tingyu raised his finger and pointed at Luo Xindao: "At today's banquet, I saw that you were not resigned, aren't you happy and stupid, hehehe......"
"This ......"
Luo Xin is sweat, he didn't expect that his distraction was well concealed, but he was still discovered by Zhou Tingyu, but he was really not stupid because he was happy to be the head of the case! So there was an expression of crying and laughing on his face, and Zhou Tingyu couldn't help but look whole when he saw the crying and laughing expression on Luo Xin's face.
"What? Not for this reason? Is something going on? ”
Luo Xin's heart suddenly jumped, and he suddenly remembered that if his father-in-law became the Xuanfu of Jinyang Mansion, he would be transferred to Jinyang Mansion. What is Jinyang Mansion?
It is an important town on the nine sides, the north gate of Daming. If the border war breaks out, Jinyang will inevitably be involved. But the father-in-law is the secretary of Jinyang Xuanfu, and he has a great responsibility. When he took office, he encountered war and was not well prepared, and it was very likely that he would be dismissed as soon as he was promoted, or even beheaded by raiders. At this time, Luo Xin had to remind his father-in-law, thought about it for a while, and said with a solemn expression:
"Father-in-law, do you remember when I asked you a few days ago if anything happened at the border gate?"
"Yes, remember!" Zhou Tingyu also realized something in his heart, and his expression became solemn.
"I met a man a few days ago, he just came back from Guanwai, according to him, Alatan Khan is about to start raising troops against Daming again."
"Really?"
Zhou Tingyu was shocked. If this is true. Then when he becomes the secretary of Xuanfu, he is not promoted, but roasted on the fire.
"The man was telling the truth, and it should be true."
"Where is that man?"
"I don't know." Luo Xin shook his head and said, "That person never appeared again, he should have left Yanglin County." ”
Zhou Tingyu's brows furrowed tightly and said, "If this matter is true, it must be reported to the imperial court immediately, so that the imperial court can increase its troops in the north." ”
"An increase in troops is unlikely." Luo Xin shook his head and said, "At least there is no way to increase troops in a short period of time." ”
"Why?"
"Father-in-law, don't worry, Rong Xin'er will give you an analysis slowly." These days, Luo Xin has carefully recalled what happened in Daming during this time, so his thoughts have matured.
"Father-in-law, do you know about the Japanese rebellion in the southeast?"
Zhou Tingyu's expression was stagnant. His eyes showed worry, and he thought quietly. Luo Xin didn't bother, and sat there quietly. Zhou Haode's mind was spinning rapidly, and he found that his thinking couldn't keep up with Luo Xin, and he couldn't help but be shocked. Is Brother Xin already so powerful?
There was a sound of footsteps outside the door, Zhang Xun's figure appeared at the door, Luo Xin raised his index finger and asked for a "shhhh He slowed his steps, walked to Luo Xin's right and sat down gently, and asked with his mouth without making a sound:
"What's wrong?"
Luo Xin stretched out his finger and dipped his tea on the table and wrote: "My father-in-law was promoted to Jinyang Xuanfu Division, and there will be a war in the north." ”
Zhang Xun immediately understood the key here. I couldn't help but worry about my father-in-law. He also stretched out his finger and dipped his tea on the table and wrote:
"The imperial court will send a large army, right?"
Luo Xin shook his head slightly, and Zhang Xun hurriedly dipped in water and wrote, "Why? ”
Luo Xin turned his mouth towards his father-in-law and eldest brother, and Zhang Xun understood that his father-in-law and eldest brother were thinking about whether the imperial court would send a large army. I couldn't help frowning slightly and thought about it.
However, he and Zhou Haode encountered the same problem. There is a shortage of news, and the two of them are not clear about the military layout of the Ming Dynasty at all, so they naturally can't think of a result. So the more I thought about it, the tighter my brow became. And Zhou Tingyu is different, after all, he is a county magistrate, and he knows a lot of news, so after thinking about it for about two quarters of an hour, the color on his face became more and more ugly, and he raised his eyes and looked at Luo Xindao:
"Are you saying that the imperial army's army is now concentrated in the southeast?"
Hearing Zhou Tingyu's words, Zhou Haode and Zhang Xun both looked at Luo Xin, and Luo Xin nodded solemnly.
"How so?" Zhou Yu and Zhang Xun asked in surprise.
Luo Xin looked at Zhou Yu and Zhang Xun and said: "You should have heard that Lu Bo, the commander of the Fujian Metropolitan who had been convicted of capital crimes a few years ago, was released from prison and returned to Fujian to fight against the Japanese, as well as Li Xian, who was arrested at the beginning. ”
Zhou Tingyu said with a gloomy face: "Guangdong Yu Dayou has also been transferred to eastern Zhejiang. ”
"Ren Huan, Tang Kekuan, Tan Lun, these people are all famous generals, and now they are all in the southeast." Luo Xin said again.
At this time, it was Zhou Yu and Zhang Xun who also reacted, and the faces of both of them changed, and Zhou Yu said in shock:
"In this way, the imperial court has hoarded heavy troops in the southeast, and wants to completely eradicate the Japanese rebellion?"
"Not bad!"
Zhou Tingyu nodded, if this matter was placed in the north when there was no war, Zhou Tingyu would naturally be happy. However, now he is not happy at all, because even if the imperial court wants to transfer troops to the north, it will not be too late. Waiting for the imperial court to transfer troops from the southeast, maybe Jinyang will fall at that time.
"Then I have to hurry up and write to the court and ask the court to transfer troops?" Zhou Yu said urgently.
Luo Xin shook his head and said: "If the situation in the north is not defeated like a mountain and completely lost, the imperial court will not send troops." ”
"Why?"
"Because there are millions of troops at the border pass, the imperial court will not think that the million troops of the Ming Dynasty will not be able to stop Alatan Khan, and they will be defeated like a mountain. At the very least, the imperial court did not think that it was necessary to increase troops to the border in a short period of time. ”
"That's right!" Zhang Xun said excitedly: "We have a million heroes at the border, how many people are there in Mongolia?" ”
Luo Xin and Zhou Tingyu glanced at each other, both of them shook their heads gloomily, there are also some famous generals in the northern border pass, but most of them have no combat power at all, when they encounter Alatan Khan's offense, all they can do is hold on, and they don't dare to go out to fight Alatan Khan at all. And it may not be able to hold on.
"What should I do?" Luo Xin's ability to analyze the situation so thoroughly not only made Zhou Tingyu regard him as a person who could discuss big things.
"Actually, it's a good thing that my father-in-law can become the secretary of Xuanfu."
Zhou Tingyu shook his head and said, "I think I'm a scapegoat." ”
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