prosperous age

Chapter 199 Chapter 198
Wei Guangde didn't want to stay here any longer, as long as the money was delivered, he didn't want to get involved in the matter later, if he was asked to contact Yan's house on behalf of Prince Yu's mansion, Wei Guangde wondered if he had the guts to do so.

After Wei Guangde returned to the Imperial Academy, when he entered the door, he found that the atmosphere in the Imperial Academy was not quite right today. The scribes in each room gathered together and whispered.

In fact, Wei Guangde noticed from the time he entered the door to his public house that the several public houses along the road were empty, and most of the people were usually in the house at this time, either reading or dozing off.

After all, it was already June, and it was extremely hot outside, but it was cooler inside, but it just made people want to sleep.

Although Wei Guangde was puzzled, he didn't stop, and went straight to his private room to sit down.

When entering the door, Lu Bu, the scribe, naturally saw Wei Guangde coming back, and hurried out from the crowd of scribes, made a new pot of tea and brought it in.

When he was about to go out after putting away the tea, Lu Bu was stopped by Wei Guangde.

"Did something happen in the courtyard while I was out? What are you muttering together?"

"Well, my lord, nothing happened in the courtyard, everyone was just discussing the news from the Xuanfu in the north."

Seeing Wei Guangde frowning, Lu Bu guessed that he had gone out just now, and he might not know the news coming in from outside, so he continued to explain: "There was a news from outside earlier, saying that since last month, the Xuanfu has had many times with The Tartars are fighting around Xuanfu."

"I've heard of this. It seems that the capital was warned last month."

Wei Guangde had a vague impression. He had heard who said this, and he didn't know whether it was Zhang Ke or who said it.

Now the Ming army in Datong and Xuanfu has this habit. Once they find a large group of Tartar cavalry, they must warn the capital.

This was also caused by the "Gengxu Change" in the 29th year of Jiajing. Back then, the Tatars failed to attack Datong and chose to attack the Ming Dynasty by detour. As a result, the troops went straight to Huairou and Shunyi, and even almost captured Tongzhou, scaring the city of Beijing.

Since then, when a war broke out in Bianzhen, the first important thing the Bianzhen master will do is to warn the city of Beijing, and he is also frightened. This trend has even spread to the front line of Liaodong, and Tartars have been found in Guangning, Shanhaiguan and other places. They will report urgently to the city of Beijing.

But after speaking, Wei Guangde was terrified, "Don't tell me, the Tartars have invaded the Great Wall again?"

Because of Beijing's special geographical location, after Wei Guangde entered the Hanlin Academy, although he spent most of his time reading Taoist classics, he also took time to read relevant records about northern Mongolia. At least he figured out that the so-called Mongolian Tartars are not him. The kind that understands.

When I was in Jiangxi before, or later generations, I didn’t actually have a detailed introduction to the distribution of Mongolia’s forces during this period, so in most people’s eyes, the Mongols are usually divided into tribes of different sizes. They will gather under the big golden tent or the big black banner of the Great Khan to attack the enemy.

However, after Wei Guangde read the relevant materials collected by the Imperial Academy, especially the various documents sent by the border, he found that what he thought Mongolia was bordering on the Ming Dynasty at this time was actually three forces, and they seemed to be not very compatible with each other.

The weakest force among them was also the one that threatened the Ming Dynasty the most, that is the so-called Little Prince tribe, but now the Little Prince tribe is already the weakest force among the Tartars, and their place of residence is also the weakest. It has been moved to Liaodong.

In Ningxia, Yansui, Taiyuan, and the Hetao area surrounded by the dead town of Datong, the power of the Mongolian tribes entrenched is only slightly stronger than that of the Little Prince, and they belong to the middle class. This tribe is the Ji Nang tribe.

The most powerful of the Tartars is undoubtedly the Alta Khan Department that created the "Gengxu Change". Between the Little Prince's Department and the Ji Nang Department, they faced the Xuanda defense line defended by the Ming Dynasty's heavy troops, that is, Datong, Xuanfu line.

Hearing Lu Bu talk about the Tartars, Wei Guangde suddenly thought that it might be the Alta tribe who broke into the Great Wall again, so he lost his composure.

Although Wei Guangde has been on the battlefield, but fighting in the north is not the same thing as suppressing Japanese there.

At the very least, the Ming army still had a numerical advantage over the Japanese pirates, and the difference in weapons was not too big. The main reason was that the training was a bit behind, and the most important thing was that the soldiers did not dare to fight.

Just kidding, you can't even eat enough, and you still make people work hard, is it possible?
In the north, the prestige of the Mongolian cavalry, not to mention the Ming Dynasty, is still widely spread even in later generations.

At least Wei Guangde knew that the Mongolian iron cavalry once broke into Europe, and the troops went straight to the Danube River Basin.

It can be said that 200 years ago, the Mongolian cavalry was the most powerful combat force on the planet, bar none.

Now, what Wei Guangde wants to know most is whether the descendants of these people will really enter the Great Wall. If so, will the capital be under martial law again.

"It wasn't the Tartars who broke into the Great Wall, it was the Xuan Mansion who reported their merits, saying that they defeated the Ida Ministry in the last few battles."

Lu Bu began to babble about the news he had heard. Since the beginning of the year, our troops have invaded the south several times. Under the siege of more than ten thousand cavalry, Yue Mao died in battle, and his troops collapsed, shaking the entire Xuanda defense line.

The imperial court urgently replaced Su You, the governor of Xuanda, and Hou Yue, the governor of Datong, and returned to Beijing to wait for the situation.

This time, Xu Lun sent back the memorandum, in which the generals of the border town who have made outstanding achievements in recent battles asked for rewards for the guerrilla Ma Fang, commander Zhang Heng and other generals.

"It's a good thing, you guys are so secretive."

Wei Guangde breathed a sigh of relief, as long as the Tartars didn't want to have another "Gengxu Change", it would be fine.

"It is mentioned in the memorial that the Tazi soldiers retreated, but their direction of travel was very suspicious. Instead of retreating north, they went east. Governor Xu worried that they would repeat their old tricks and raid a certain place among the mountains. At the pass of the Great Wall, enter the pass again."

Lu Bu said nervously.

Wei Guangde couldn't calm down now either. After reviewing the battle a few years ago, he naturally knew that at the time, the Anda Department also failed to fight Datong, so they chose to bypass the mountains in the north to raid Gubeikou and enter the pass, wreaking havoc on the north of the capital. Snatch Huairou and Shunyi all over.

Wei Guangde had already thought of this order when he heard that the soldiers and horses of our army were going east. According to logic, going east would not be going to the sea. Bohai, where he will be surrounded by Jizhen and the Liaodong government army on both sides, which is a road to self-destruction.

Wei Guangde suddenly trembled in his heart. I would not be so stupid. He led his troops to the east, and he must have replicated the battle a few years ago. The soldiers approached the city.

Wei Guangde understood that they, the clerks, and the Hanlin who had disappeared from the public house, probably gathered together to talk about this matter at this time.

Of course, what they were discussing was not Xu Lun's request for rewards, but concerned about whether the Ida Ministry would break into the customs wall again and launch another "Gengxu Change".

"Is there any news from the court?"

Wei Guangde asked, but after asking this question, he felt a pain in the ass, military and state affairs, these scribes can know, that is, the Ming Dynasty, it seems that in the Qing Dynasty, a special military aircraft department was set up to deal with these military and state affairs , Most of the ministers of the foreign court do not know the details and need to keep them secret.

However, in this era, due to the inconvenient transportation, even if the imperial court makes some arrangements, it will take a long time for the news to be collected by the other party's spies and then sent back, at least half a month or more, especially in this era, are there any Han Chinese who fornicated Mongols? ?
In fact, there really is, and that is the White Lotus Sect.

It was recorded in the documents that Wei Guangde had read before that there were many White Lotus disciples at the border to collude with the Mongolian Tartars and pass on military information in the pass, but it seems that they have not been found here in the capital.

Lu Bu also gave an answer, that is, shaking his head.

At this moment, it is estimated that the cabinet is discussing this matter with the six ministers, the inspectorate and other senior officials of the six ministries and nine ministers. Even if the news comes out, it will be late at night.

Wei Guangde planned to ask Zhang Ke after returning to the guild hall to see if he knew the details, and it seemed that he could easily hear such news from his position as a member of Zhongshushe.

Wei Guangde couldn't sit still in the public room right now, so he got up and walked outside.

In the evening, Wei Guangde returned to the Jiujiang Guild Hall in a carriage, and immediately asked the waiter when he entered the door, "Has Mr. Zhang come back?"

"Master Wei, Master Zhang probably hasn't come back yet."

The waiter immediately bowed and answered.

"Make me a pot of tea."

After speaking, Wei Guangde sat down at a random table in the lobby, and told Zhang Ji, "Zhang Ji, take the tea back to the room."

Not long after, Lao Kan and Xia Kefan came back, and when they entered the gate of the guild hall, they saw Wei Guangde sitting there, and they both walked over.

"heard?"

Wei Guangde pointed to the positions on both sides, and asked in a low voice after they sat down.

Both Lao Kan and Xia Kefan nodded. The yamen in the capital was concentrated, and the clerks ran around in each yamen on weekdays, delivering various official documents, so it was easy to spread the news.

The two of them obviously wanted to wait for Zhang Ke to come back and ask about the situation.

"Sit down for a while, Jinqing will order food and wine when he comes back."

Wei Guangde said.

"Alright, I'm not hungry now."

Lao Kan nodded and kept looking out the door.

Well, for these Xinke Scholars, they have never experienced the "Gengxu Change", and suddenly heard that the Mongol Tartars may attack the city of Beijing again, it is impossible not to be afraid.

Not to mention them, in fact even Wei Guangde was a little scared.

Xia Kefan calmed down a bit. After all, he was once besieged in Beijing, but no matter what he said at this time, the influence on Wei Guangde and Lao Kan would be limited. It is better to hear that Zhang Ke can bring them back. what news.

But it's not good to wait like this all the time, Wei Guangde still called the waiters and ordered a few dishes first, just let them prepare, don't rush to serve, wait for Zhang Ke to come back and serve the food.

After waiting for a long time, I heard the creaking of the wheels outside, and then Zhang Ke walked into the Jiujiang Guild Hall wearing a blue official uniform.

Don't talk about why the four Jinshi always stay in the Jiujiang Guild Hall and don't rent a house in the capital. In fact, everything is possible before official appointment.

Even a second-class Jinshi can't be released as an official. Some unspoken rules for appointing officials in the officialdom are not clearly recorded.

Seeing Zhang Ke coming in, Lao Kan waved to him impatiently, signaling him to come over quickly.

Zhang Ke naturally also saw the three of them, and walked over happily without going back to the back yard.

"Are you asking me for news?"

After sitting down, Zhang Ke asked with a smile.

"Nonsense, you are the closest to the center here, and you are the quickest to get the news. If you don't ask me, who else can I ask?"

Lao Kan said eagerly.

There is nothing to hide, and I don’t need to care about the occasion when I answer the news of the ministry’s movement. It is estimated that many people in Beijing have already heard about it. I am afraid that not all the people in Beijing will hear about it tomorrow. .

"There is really no news now. It is said that the cabinet talked for a long time, and then went to Xiyuan. I am on duty, but there is no news yet."

Zhang Ke smiled wryly.

"What's the matter with this matter, dispatch troops immediately, no matter what, we must block the Tartars outside the Great Wall, otherwise it will be another disaster of swordsmanship, and I don't know how many people will lose their wealth and lives for this."

After listening to Zhang Ke's words, Lao Kan frowned and said very dissatisfied.

"It's okay, I just said don't worry, the adults will think about it, it is estimated that the imperial decree will be prepared directly in Xiyuan and sent out."

Looking at Lao Kan's anxious look, Xia Kefan smiled and said, he is the calmest of the four people after what happened in the 29th year of Jiajing.

"By the way, I heard a gossip, but it may not be accurate."

At this time, Zhang Ke suddenly said with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

"If you have news, tell it quickly, and don't keep it up."

Lao Kan said dissatisfied.

"I seem to have heard something from the Cabinet Sheren. When he went to deliver the documents, he heard discussions inside. He planned to send Weng Pu to inspect the passes of the Great Wall and strengthen the defense to prevent surprise attacks by the Tartars."

Zhang Ke pouted before laughing.

"Master Weng?"

Neither Lao Kan nor Wei Guangde realized who Weng Pu was, but Xia Kefan murmured as if he knew him.

"Who is Master Weng Puweng?"

Wei Guangde asked curiously.

"It's normal if you don't know each other. Zhang Ke should have met him in Jiangxi."

Xia Kefan laughed.

Zhang Ke also smiled and nodded after hearing his words.

"Master Weng served as Zuo Buzheng in Jiangxi a few years ago, and he presided over the Luming Banquet between me and Jinqing."

Xia Kefan revealed the relationship between Weng Pu and Jiangxi, "He was transferred back to the capital at the end of last year, and now he is the right servant of the Ministry of War."

Speaking of this, Xia Kefan asked strangely: "Guangde, aren't you visiting Liubu Yamen and Shuntian Mansion? Don't say that you haven't been to the Ministry of War, and you haven't met Mr. Weng."

Hearing this, Wei Guangde scratched his head in embarrassment. He really hadn't been to the Ministry of War. In fact, he just followed him when he went to the Ministry of Households last time, and he didn't go there much later.

When I left the Hanlin Academy with Zhang Shuli, I always asked him to go to work, and I wandered around the streets in the inner city by myself. After all, I will move into Nanxunfang soon.

In fact, the location of the six government offices is also a part of Nanxunfang, so it is no wonder that the landlords here do not bring bargaining prices when selling houses, and the craftsmen in the yard are also first-class. Officials, can you not be picky?
(End of this chapter)