April 20, Beijing. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

As the sun set and it was getting late, it was almost time to close the gates, and the number of people entering and leaving the gates had become very few.

In front of the Xizhi Gate, several gatekeepers who had been standing all day finally got the opportunity to move their bodies and talk and chat. The two young soldiers, who had just taken up this position, couldn't help but complain: "At the end of this day, we are tired to death." I didn't think it was so majestic before......"

"Majestic? You're thinking too much, too. A veteran pouted: "Although we are guarding the gate of the capital, we are still just a pawn, and we don't take us seriously." As he spoke, he paused again, as if he remembered something, and said with some pride: "But it's not difficult to find some prestige." If we see an eyeless fellow from the provinces running into the city, we can pull him off his horse. Even if he is the governor of any place, he doesn't have to give face! ”

"What do you mean by that?" Both young men asked with interest.

"Rules, you know? That's the rule! Our Beijing city is the capital of a country, and at the feet of the Son of Heaven, no one can break in so aggressively, which is a great disrespectful sin! The veteran said and sighed with some regret: "It's just that there are not many opportunities to encounter such majesty, and many people also know the rules." I've been guarding the door here for more than ten years, and I've only met it five times......"

As he was talking, a young soldier suddenly looked at the officer in the distance with some surprise and said, "Look, what is that?" ”

The crowd looked in the direction of his finger and saw a man and a rider speeding towards this direction at a very fast speed. Looking at this posture and speed, I am afraid that it is impossible for someone to stop in front of the city gate, that is, the opportunity that the veteran just mentioned can be used to take down the man.

"Hey, we're in luck!" The two young soldiers immediately became excited, and without saying a word, they raised their spears and stepped forward, intending to stop them.

In the midst of their movements, the riders had already rushed to the front of the city gate. As soon as the knight saw that someone was in the way of his advance, he did not mean to slow down his horse at all, but shouted loudly: "Hurry up and get out of the way!" ”

Now the two soldiers are even more annoyed, okay, they are still so arrogant in our Beijing City, see if the master doesn't give you a good taste! But just when they wanted to force them to stop and ride, a few veterans next to them grabbed them first and dragged them away from their original positions. But because the speed of the ride was too fast, one of them was still led down by the rushing horse, and immediately fell to the ground diagonally, looking embarrassed.

"Boy, you don't want to die?" Another veteran who pulled them out of front of his horse was so shocked that he was covered with cold sweat, and he couldn't help but curse in his mouth: "Don't look at what kind of road this is, you dare to block his way!" ”

The two newcomers were suddenly a little confused: "Didn't you say that even if the local governor dosges, we have the right to pull them off the horse?" Isn't this guy bigger than the Governor? ”

"Didn't you see the urgent flag planted right away? That's an eight-hundred-mile expedited military report, who would dare to stop it? Don't say it's our Xizhi Gate, it's the palace gate, and he can break through! Whoever dares to block his way will be killed by himself, and if you delay the military report, you will be even dead. The veteran tiger gave an explanation, which made the two newcomers understand, knowing that they almost broke into a catastrophe, and their faces suddenly became a little white.

Another veteran looked at the knight who could barely see his back, leaving only a string of smoke and dust, and couldn't help muttering: "Don't be a big thing somewhere at the border, right?" I've never encountered a situation like this in all my years. ”

While several guards were still guessing what was going on, the one man and one rode all the way along the wide road of the capital, and only stopped abruptly in front of the yamen of the military headquarters. Immediately, the knight rolled off the saddle, took off a package from his waist, and stumbled straight towards the gate of the yamen.

At this time, although it was about to be released, there were still a few guards watching in front of the yamen of the military department. As soon as he saw the appearance of the person dressed up and in a hurry, he chuckled in his heart, and hurriedly stepped forward and hugged the knight: "Brother, where are you fighting, what's going on?" ”

The man came galloping from a long distance, and after a few days of changing horses and not changing people, he was already exhausted and collapsed. At this time, he has reached his destination, and the string in his heart is loosened, and he is about to faint. Fortunately, he knew how heavy his mission was, and said with difficulty before falling: "There was a mutiny in Datong, Shanxi, and I came to report the emergency on the order of Governor Liu!" After saying this, he was relieved and fainted.

"What?" When the guards heard this, they all changed color suddenly, and hurriedly carried the person into the door, and at the same time, someone took the package in his hand and hurriedly walked inside.

Today's Ming Dynasty's efficiency in various yamen has long been unable to compare with the past, and no matter how important it is, once it is delivered to these old fritters, it will be delayed for several days before it will be asked. And things like today, which are about to be passed on when they are about to be released, are generally put on hold and waited for tomorrow.

There are only two things that will be taken very seriously, and they will not dare to report to the chief officer without the slightest delay. The first is the report of the disaster, which will affect the survival of hundreds of people, and even a bad one will cause civil unrest. The other is the more sensitive military situation. And what came today is precisely the most tense border military situation, and it is also a mutiny, how can this make people not panic?

In just a moment, the military newspaper was opened and placed in front of Tan Lun, the secretary of the military department, who had just changed into regular clothes and planned to go home earlier. After hurriedly sweeping the content written on it, Rao is Tan Shangshu had seen all kinds of worlds before, and had even experienced the experience of the battlefield, and his expression couldn't help but change greatly at this moment.

Without thinking too much, Tan Lun immediately spoke: "Come on, change clothes and prepare a sedan chair for the official, I want to enter the palace!" ”

In fact, he didn't need to give instructions, the people around him were still very discerning, as soon as they knew that something was such a big thing, they had already prepared everything, and hurriedly came up to change into the official uniform he wore when he entered the palace, and then went straight to the Forbidden City.

Tan Lun didn't know that he ignored an extremely critical matter because he was in a hurry to enter the palace to report to Zhang Juzheng.

Genius wiped black, Tan Lun and this emergency military report have come to Zhang Juzheng's hands. After reading it, Zhang Juzheng's brows were also deeply locked: "How can this be? First of all, Yunchuan Wei suddenly mutinied, and then several guards such as Gaoshan and Zhenyu also responded to the mutiny, isn't this Datong all chaotic? ”

"yes...... Datong is an important place on the border of my Ming Dynasty, once there is really a big mess, and the Mongolian Tartars know about it, I am afraid that it will ......" Tan Lun also echoed uneasily, and at this moment he was also in turmoil, and he couldn't come up with a proper response.

"Why the hell is that?" What Zhang Juzheng values is the reason. In this emergency report, only the process and impact of the mutiny were mentioned, but the reasons were not mentioned, which was what Zhang Juzheng was most concerned about.

"I'm afraid it's because of the malaise in the army." As a civilian official who once led soldiers, Tan Lun has a certain say in this. I think that back then, when the Japanese were in trouble in the southeast, he was also a strong general under Hu Zongxian, and his contributions were not small, almost comparable to Qi Jiguang, Yu Dayou, etc.

Seeing that Zhang Juzheng was silent, he continued: "At that time, Zhejiang, Fujian and other places were swept away by the Japanese invaders, because the guards made stubble, and the conditions of the soldiers were extremely poor. At that time, Xia Guan also wrote to the court several times. Later, because of the attention of the imperial court, things improved slightly. And now, I'm afraid that this kind of malpractice has spread to all parts of the northwest, right? This is a speculation based on his experience, and although it may not be entirely correct, it is not far from the truth.

Although Zhang Juzheng has never led troops, he has long heard of all kinds of shortcomings in the Ming army. It's just because he has had to do too much over the years, whether it's a whip law or a test method, he needs to do it with all his might, so he has no time to take care of the army's rectification work for the time being. Now it seems that this local problem, which has been neglected by itself, has accumulated to an extremely serious level.

"Zili, you are a soldier and a secretary of the military department, how do you say the imperial court should deal with this matter?" After being silent for a while, Zhang Juzheng asked slowly. Zili is Tan Lun's word.

Tan Lun was stunned, but quickly made some calculations in his mind and said: "The top priority is to reassure the people first, and then investigate the root cause of this mutiny." And all of this depends on the imperial court quickly sending Qin messengers to Shanxi......"

"Hmm...... Not bad. Now those officials in Shanxi are obviously useless, and no one knows how deeply involved they are in this matter and what their attitude is. Someone who has nothing to do with that side must be sent to investigate and pacify! Zili's words are indeed a certain country! Zhang Juzheng nodded appreciatively.

Tan Lun didn't dare to take credit, just smiled: "This is just talk on paper, but the real candidate issue is not something that Tan Lun can assign at will." ”

Zhang Juzheng didn't answer his words, but after glancing at the military report in his hand a few more times, he said: "But I think the most important thing now is to block the news and prevent the Shanxi mutiny from causing panic!" "Whether it is hundreds of years ago or hundreds of years later, when something big happens, the first thing the government thinks of is always to block the news and stabilize the people's hearts.

And after hearing his words, Tan Lun's face changed suddenly, and he couldn't help but sigh: "It's not good, I forgot to tell the people below." And now ......" said he glanced at the sky outside: "Many people in the yamen have returned home, and I am afraid that this news will not be concealed at all!" ”

Second Update。。。。。

I was going to take a nap after writing and then check the hair, but I didn't expect to sleep until more than 6 o'clock。。。。。 Strive to go to the third shift early in the evening。。。。。