Li Chengliang shook his head, his face was embarrassed: "Not for the time being, but we don't have to worry, it just so happens that Master Qi is also here, let's sit down and discuss a foolproof strategy, in short, force him to comply,"

Chang Sihao thought that he was also a bold and straightforward person, and Lord Qi and himself were in the same heart, there should be no problems, and there was no doubt at the moment, since then the three of them have been stuck in the arrow tower for days, while investigating the situation of the barbarian army, while discussing the matter, and discussing it for more than ten days, the plan has been decided, Chang Sihao said goodbye to the second general, and Li Shuangji and others returned to Beijing with more than ten cavalry escorts, Li Qier will lead the crowd to send out five miles to say goodbye, wait to see his group disappear out of sight, Li Chengliang raised his palm, and Qi Jiguang slapped heavily, laughed, and then returned to the city to rearrange the wine banquet to celebrate, Qi Jiguang also opened, the wine to the cup of dry, drunk happily, Li Chengliang said: "From now on, your brother won't have to suffer from that bird anger anymore," Qi Jiguang said with a smile: "Thank you Brother Ruqi for your clever plan to save me," Li Chengliang raised his glass and said: "It's a trivial matter, do it," Qi Jiguang drank it all, and said "Happy," and hesitated a little: "However, if I come out, Hou Ye will have one less helper in Beijing, after all, it is better to avoid Xu than to pour Xu, you can really bring down Xu Jie, that is once and for all, and you will always have no worries,"

Li Chengliang smiled: "You, don't be stupid, Yan Song can't fight Lao Xu, how can others be his opponents, they play theirs, let's play ours, each play a set, in order to play for a long time, if you insert it and play with others, then you have to follow the rules of others, isn't it more and more awkward," Qi Jiguang felt reasonable, and said: "But ...... If we can't do this, what can we do," Li Chengliang said with a smile: "If we can't make it, Xiao Chang is also gone, let's give it a Qi Dong Qi, Qi Dong gun, Qi Gu Longdong gun," said a second-hand point, crooked face, raised his eyebrows and shook his arms, and made a shape of Ling Zisheng catching pheasant tails, which made Qi Jiguang laugh,

Long Qing learned that Chang Sihao had returned to Beijing, and hurriedly summoned him, and heard him say that he had been stationed in Liaoyang for many days, and had not seen the barbarians attacking, so he nodded, and pulled out a ** report from the desk: "This is the news that just came from Huai'an, Hebei Province yesterday, saying that there were thieves who invaded Chaigou Fort, and the garrison Han Shangzhong was killed in battle, and the soldiers and civilians were slaughtered, and no one was left.

Chang Sihao knew that Huai'an was already very close to Datong, and the barbarians might not be able to go around so far, but it was inconvenient to say more, so he took out a drawing from his arms, looked at it himself as if confirmed, spread it on the table, and said: "Your Majesty, this is the map of the northern defense area drawn by General Li," Longqing looked around, only to see that the curve on the map was winding, full of dots, convex characters, a few characters and dense small flags, Chang Sihao pointed to a curve from west to east and said: "This is the border of our Ming Dynasty," and pointed to the big dot on the middle edge of the line: " This is the Jingshi," the finger moved all the way to the northeast: "These embossed characters and a few characters mark the fortifications and the Great Wall, and the small flag is a place where there is a garrison, according to General Li, due to disrepair, this section, this section and this section of the Great Wall, many places have been ruined, and now the main problem is that we have too few garrisons in the north......"

Long Qing shook his head and said: "There are 100,000 soldiers on this line, how can it be too few," Chang Sihao said: "100,000 soldiers is indeed a lot, but you see how many strongholds there are, the border defense line is long, there are many strongholds, our army is scattered, and the Tartars and the barbarians are tens of thousands of cavalry to attack a little, and they are fighting a surprise battle, our army is outnumbered, and they can't be saved, so they often have to suffer a big loss......" He had to continue, so he listened to the report of the inner servant: "Elder Xu Ge and the third prince have arrived," Long Qing smiled: "Let them come in,"

After a while, an old man and a young man walked into the house, Zhu Yijun saw his father, opened his hand and ran up quickly, suddenly heard Xu Jie's long muffled nasal voice behind him, hurriedly stopped his steps, pulled his face, walked over steadily, and said in a childish voice: "Son-in-law Yijun, meet my father,"

Long Qing said with a smile: "Okay, good, I've only been with the old man for two days, so I know the rules, what did I learn today," Zhu Yijun said: "Back to my father, my son learned the court etiquette," Long Qing asked: "Then do you have the intention to learn," Zhu Yijun said: "Of course, if you don't care, hit the palm of your hand," said and stretched his hand forward, Long Qing saw that his little palm was red, his brows frowned slightly, so he glanced at Xu Jie, and said with a smile: "The old man punished you, it is also for your good, if you don't learn etiquette, how can you be a good crown prince,"

Xu Jie's eyelids drooped, and he said slowly: "The third prince is smart, alert and smart, but his heart is floating and moving, it is nothing more than a young man's heart, and the old minister is instructed to teach, but he wants to choose good development, step by step,"

Chang Sihao saw Zhu Yijun with his head down and wrapped his legs around Longqing's legs, his eyes flashed with wisdom, knowing that he must not love to learn, so he played in front of his father, and said with a smile: "Fight well, fight to have a long memory, the folk say that filial piety comes out under the stick, not to mention this Kinmen Jade Household," I saw Zhu Yijun looking sideways to this side, a slight smile appeared on his face, and he pulled the corner of his father's clothes and said: "Father, what about the big companion, I want the big companion," Long Qing said: "Okay, good," called: "Go and call Yongting, "The chamberlain answered,

Xu Jie put his sleeves in his hands, and said without flirting his eyelids: "Your Majesty, since Wang Zhen and Liu Jin, my Ming eunuch has been in great trouble, and the prince is the watch of the sky.

Long Qing smiled: "What the elder said is also true, but children love companions, human nature, Yongting served by my side when he was in Yudi, and it was still very good to deal with people,"

Xu Jiedao: "The old minister heard that although he resigned from the East Factory, but the factory arranged a righteous son to do things for him, this person was at a young age, and he was a powerful man, and now everyone in the factory calls him 'An Zuzong', and his arrogance is really arrogant,"

Chang Sihao smiled and said: "Ah, the elder pavilion is talking about Xiao Anzi, this child was arranged by the emperor in Dongchang, he is also a young man's heart, a little naughty, he likes to tell a joke with the officials below, how can the elder take it seriously,"

Xu Jie's gaze swept obliquely: "Dongchang is the weapon of the country, how can it be a place for children to play,"

At this time, Feng Bao came in outside, Long Qing was approved, and said with a smile: "The elder of the pavilion is in charge of the affairs of the court, why bother about this, wait for the next time Ronghua comes, I tell him to clean up the factory affairs,"

Feng Bao walked into the hall to give a salute, and when Zhu Yijun saw it, he ran out from behind his father, threw himself on his lap and said, "Big companion," Feng Bao saw that Xu Jie's face was not good, coaxed the child lightly, turned to him and saluted: "Feng Bao greets the elder,"

Xu Jie's nostrils exhaled a long breath, and said in a deep voice: "Excuse me," his eyes looked away, but he swept the map on the table, and asked: "Yunzhong Hou has returned from Liaodong in the northern part of the border, I don't know what the situation of the barbarian army is," Long Qing said: "The elder of the pavilion asked just right, and I also want to discuss with you," At the moment, he said the situation of the border and Chang Sihao's intention to propose an increase in troops, and finally asked: "I don't know what the elder thinks about this,"

Xu Jie smiled slightly: "The old minister thinks that what Yunzhong Hou said is extremely true," Chang Sihao was surprised in his heart, and listened to Xu Jie's continuation: "The first line of Liaodong, the barbarian, Duoyan is a big trouble, especially in the barbarian aspect, after Tumen Zasaktu Khan ascended the throne, he raised troops and horses, and has always intended to go south, this person is young and vigorous, ambitious, ten times more belligerent than the original little prince, it is really the biggest hidden worry in the north of Beijing, Duoyan's Dong Fox and his nephew Changang are also growing and developing, and they will launch invasions and plunders in the future, it is inevitable, according to the old minister's opinion, it is necessary to have a capable cadre of the governor Ji Liao, organize armaments, train troops and hunt the border, and the Beijing division can be worry-free,"

Long Qing asked, "In the opinion of the elder of the pavilion, who should be sent?"

Xu Jie said: "It must be Tan Lun, the squire of the military department,"

In the past few days, Sihao has discussed strategies with Li Chengliang and Qi Jiguang, and he has also counted who can help in the DPRK and China now, and he is no stranger to the name Tan Lun. Yu Dayou's boss has made outstanding achievements, but after Hu Zongxian's accident, he saw the situation and went all out to Xu Jie's side, so instead of being persecuted, he was promoted to the military department and became the right attendant. ”

Xu Jie smiled indifferently: "Hou Ye's words are wrong, the defense of the northern border involves the safety of the Beijing Division, how can you ignore it, and it is not enough to only increase troops in Liaodong, in the past two years, the border preparations have been slackened, resulting in the Tatars and the barbarians are rampant, this time if you want to act, you must make a drastic move, thoroughly rectify, and grasp the military affairs of the northeast front, Lun is handsome, and he has led Qi and Yu Er to command the battle in the south for many years, and sent him over, I am afraid that I will be overstretched, if according to what Hou Ye said, only leave Lord Qi, how can I support it,"

Chang Sihao's eyebrows were worried, hearing this, he always felt that it was premeditated, and he was about to fight again, only to see Long Qing sigh and say: "It's not a question of choosing someone now, the important thing is where the military spending comes from, we have been financially tight for many years, and we really can't pay more taxes to the people," he said as he raised his gaze from the map and turned to Xu Jie: "I'm afraid I have to worry about this matter, think of a way more," Xu Jie covered his hand and saluted: "The old minister should do his best to relieve the worries of the monarch's father,"

Long Qing nodded and said, "Well, Pavilion Elder said this, I will be relieved, it is not easy to raise military funds, and we should hurry up, teach Yijun's matter, and hand it over to Zhang Taiyue first, and Pavilion Elder will concentrate on this matter," said and glanced down, his eyes stopped on Feng Bao's face for a moment, Xu Jie said: "Yes," Feng Bao bowed and said: "Your Majesty, it will be Qingming in a few days, should we also prepare to go to the imperial tomb to worship the old emperor," Long Qing suddenly smiled: " Hmm, isn't it, without being reminded by my father-in-law, I have to forget, Xu Ge Lao, you come to draw up a will for me, order all the officials to be ready, and follow me to Yongling to worship the ancestors and sweep the tomb," Xu Jie waved his hand and said: "The emperor can't," Long Qing frowned slightly, and then changed his smile and said: "Ge Lao, last year, I first ascended to the great treasure, I should have gone to worship my ancestors, but there were many things in the court, and I have never been able to make the trip, and now Qingming is imminent, ordinary people have to burn paper and insert willows, as the Son of Heaven, I can't sacrifice before sweeping the grave, I am afraid that it is not compatible with filial piety,"

Xu Jie slowly lowered his arm, lowered his eyebrows and lowered his eyes: "Your Majesty, the ancient sages and monarchs all rule the world with benevolence and filial piety, but the filial piety is beneficial to the relatives, the benevolent is beneficial to the people, the people are in the pro-first, it is the old benevolence in the filial piety first, today's son travels, the soldiers are guarded, the carriages and horses are vast, it will inevitably alarm the place, disturb the people, and hope that the emperor will put the people first, if you want to worship the ancestors, you can hold it in the Taimiao, it is the same,"

Long Qing's eyes were cold: "Elder Xu Ge, last year I wanted to go to worship my ancestors, so you blocked left and right, and now I use the people as an excuse, can it be that I went to worship in front of my father's mausoleum, and became an unkind and unrighteous person?"

Xu Jie was unmoved, and said earnestly: "Your Majesty, last year was when the Tatars came to attack, and the defense of the Beijing division was tight, and now although the Tatars are retreating, there are barbarian rebellions, even if the people are not important, the emperor is the world, and he should think about his own safety, don't embarrass the officials and old ministers,"

Chang Sihao said: "I also know a thing or two about the situation of the imperial mausoleum, the terrain there is dangerous, surrounded by mountains, easy to defend and difficult to attack, whether it is Tatar or barbarian, it is impossible to lead a horse team to raid, why should the elder be so worried," Long Qing said with a smile: "What the royal brother said is very true, this time you will accompany me, first, to worship my father, and secondly, to protect my safety,"

Xu Jie looked at him like this, he had to go, groaned, bowed and said: "If the emperor insists on going, the old minister will not dare to disobey, I just hope that the emperor will promise the old minister one thing,"

Long Qing said: "What's the matter?"

Xu Jie's eyes lifted slightly: "The emperor should concentrate on going to the mausoleum here, don't change the route casually, otherwise I am afraid that I will be disrespectful to the ancestors and ancestors,"

Originally, Longqing has been stuffy in the palace since he ascended the throne, and he didn't have the opportunity to go out for a walk, last year it was easy to think of the excuse of sacrificing the mausoleum, and he mentioned it three times, but he was stopped by Xu Jie, and now he caught up with Qingming, and was preparing to take the opportunity to step on the spring, and he had a good time to play, but he didn't expect to be hit by his words again, and completely sealed the door, but he couldn't reason with him on this matter, otherwise the bottom would be all leaked, and he smiled and said: "Where is the old man talking about this, the mausoleum must be solemn and solemn, how can I not know," Xu Jie bowed his head and said: " The emperor is filial piety and trustworthiness, but the old minister is too worried,"

Chang Sihao looked at the two of them with a silly expression, quite strange, and couldn't guess what kind of medicine they sold in this gourd for a while, and waited until he said goodbye to the emperor and listened to Feng Bao's explanation, then he understood the bottom line, and said: "The emperor faces the red wall of the Golden Palace in the palace all day long, although he is accompanied by the beauties of the harem, but he is nothing more than a polygamous monk, he says that it is his, but he can't see it at a glance, what is the point of that, there is nothing wrong with finding a chance to go out and relax, why does Xu Ge Lao still have to block this little thing, is it not disgusted,"

Feng Bao put Zhu Yijun down, let him run away, and said: "Alas, when Yingzong's pro-unified army conquered Wara, he was also taken captive in Tumu Fort, Wuzong likes to go out of the palace to have fun, waste political affairs, and finally learn to fish, fall into the water and die, the catastrophe is all because of this kind of thing, there is such a lesson from the past, the courtiers must not be careless, must not be prevented,"

Chang Sihao's eyes were staring into the distance: "It seems that I blindly follow the emperor's thoughts and speak, I'm afraid that I will be regarded as a traitor," Feng Bao shouted to the sky: "It is said that life is like a play, but life is really as simple as on the stage, good and evil, but it is better, just take the matter of me smuggling the emperor out of the palace to Yanxiang Pavilion, it is to bear the blood and sea of involvement, fortunately, the danger is saved, otherwise it must not be regarded as the second Wang Zhen,"

Chang Sihao knew that this was indeed the case, and he was speechless for a while.

Zhu Yijun smiled behind the red pillar: "Big companion, I'm a traitor, come to arrest me,"

Feng Bao bowed and said, "Here, it's a traitor, don't hide it yet,"