prosperous age

Knowing about Yu Dayou's unicycle combat experience from Chen You, although Wei Guangde felt that it had some effect, the so-called actual combat, to be honest, was of little value.

At best, the two sides were in a confrontation, and there were some feints, but in the end they didn't make a big fight. Under such circumstances, it was difficult to judge the true power of this new weapon in the battlefield environment.

Of course, Wei Guangde also knew that the current Mongolian cavalry, because of the lack of iron materials, can only organize light cavalry troops now, and even Altan Khan's headquarters did not form heavy cavalry troops for breakthroughs.

The current Mongolian cavalry is similar to the kite-flying tactics of playing games and fighting monsters in later generations. They wander around the enemy's army formation and throw arrows to attack the enemy.

As long as it can defend against the Tartar cavalry's projectiles, the army will not fall down. After the confrontation, there is a high probability that the Mongolian cavalry will choose tactics to retreat because they have no good chance.

In Yu Dayou's battle, it was obvious that the Tartars were plagued by insufficient troops.

Although Yu Dayou's troops are similar to them, don't forget that there are hundreds of Ming soldiers in Niuxinbao nearby. They are not comparable to those military households in the mainland who don't know what war is. It is also quite powerful.

Although the Ming army had two groups in name, it was actually three groups. The thousand people of the Tartars needed to be divided into three groups for defense, and they had to choose key targets for attack.

The Niuxinbao Ming army needed a small number of cavalry to monitor, and the [-] cavalry behind the Ming army also needed corresponding cavalry to respond, so that the remaining cavalry that could attack the Ming army's infantry was greatly reduced.

Therefore, after discovering that the Ming army had a slight advantage in military strength, and the opponent used a weapon they had never seen before to fight, after a few trials, they found that they could not take advantage of it, so it was understandable to voluntarily give up this military operation.

Tartars can also see the function of the unicycle chariot. The baffle is too obvious, it is to defend against their arrow rain, which is equivalent to the sword and shield hand in front of the Ming army in the past, but this thing has a larger defense area .

After asking the messenger to go down to rest, and having lunch at home, Wei Guangde was thinking about this matter when he returned to the Imperial Academy.

The letter paper on the desk was also laid out, just thinking about how to reply to Yu Dayou's letter.

It is very simple to test the court's opinion, but Wei Guangde feels that it seems a bit too hasty to do this now.

It is impossible for the imperial court to turn a blind eye to weapons that have actual combat effects. Even if the cost is extremely high, they will equip a small amount of troops and will not put them on the shelf.

Compared with the chariots equipped by the Ming army in the past, the cost of the one-wheeled chariot is much cheaper. If it proves its effectiveness after the actual combat test, there is no reason not to equip it.

And it is too hasty to say that they have not really been put into the battlefield, and the unicycle looks so simple, how can it be convincing.

Although the cost of the unicycle chariot is cheap, it does not mean that the state money can be wasted recklessly. Now that the imperial court's finances are tight, it is time to save money, and Qingliu are naturally willing to pinch the soft persimmon of Datong.

Thinking of this, Wei Guangde picked up his pen and scribbled down his thoughts on the letter paper.

The cost of the unicycle chariot is not high. If Datong has sufficient funds, it can allocate a sum of money from the government to build some, dispatch troops to carry out relevant training, and conduct an actual battle when the Tatars attack the military forts around Datong. actual combat.

After the actual combat effect is obtained, apply for the military expenditure of the imperial court, and set aside the expenditure of the Datong government office from the military expenditure.

Otherwise, it would be difficult for the imperial court to accept it with the combat power realized by the current unicycle chariot, let alone appropriate funds for it. However, it is difficult for Qianliang to be accepted by the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households.

In fact, even if Li Wenjin, governor of Datong, wrote a letter to this matter at this time, it is estimated that it will only attract the attention of some people in the court, but it is only attention rather than support.

You must know that if the effect of the chariot is really good, it is absolutely impossible to build such a weapon in the same way. The Nine Frontiers and the Beijing Camp must be equipped.

After the letter was written, Wei Guangde didn't put it in the envelope right away, but planned to go back at night and think about it.

At this time, Wei Guangde thought of Gao Gong.

Gao Gong is a relatively strong person, and he has always advocated a strong fight against the relationship between Daming and the Mongolian Tartars.

On this point, he and Emperor Jiajing had the same attitude.

Let Lu Bu go out and call Zhang Ji, "Take my post to invite Mr. Gao Gonggao. I will invite you to Xifenglou at night."

Wei Guangde did not call other people, including his fellow villagers, to talk to Gao Gong alone about the affairs of Datong, and also asked him to take care of Yu Dayou who was sent there.

The difference in official positions between the two is huge, Gao Gong knows the government affairs in advance, and he is much better informed than Wei Guangde, and sometimes the topic of discussion involves Yu Dayou, Gao Gong can also help to turn it around first.

Time is a bit tight, after all, it is already afternoon, and I don't know if Gao Gong will be able to attend the appointment.

"When you meet Mr. Gao, if he agrees to the appointment, you should go back home first. Bring me the letter from Datong that is pressed on the paperweight on the desk in my study."

Of course Wei Guangde would not let Gao Gong see the letter Yu Dayou wrote to him, he just wanted to use the picture of the unicycle chariot painted by Yu Dayou.

Unfortunately, Lu Bu returned to the Imperial Academy soon.

"Master, Mr. Gao has an appointment tonight, but I have an appointment with him to have a banquet at Xifenglou tomorrow night."

Hearing Lu Bu's words, Wei Guangde nodded.

Because it wasn't a big deal, there was naturally no reason why Gao Gong had to come. In fact, when he explained to Zhang Ji at the beginning, Gao Gong agreed to go home and pick up the things after the appointment.

"understood."

Wei Guangde nodded and agreed.

There was no arrangement that night, and Wei Guangde didn't go home directly after he was off duty. Instead, he went out to drink and listen to music with his colleagues.

But after entering the door, Wei Guangde was a little taken aback, the lobby in the front yard was actually brightly lit.

The Wei family is rich, but not to the extent that they use lamp oil and candles at will.

At this time of night, except for the room where the guards stay, the lights of other rooms are usually turned off early. As for places like the lobby, it must have been completely dark.

There were lights on inside, and it seemed that there were quite a few candles lit. Wei Guangde knew that this could only happen if there were distinguished guests.

"Who's here?"

Wei Guangde asked the concierge, but the concierge was closing the door, and he hadn't had time to report the situation at home to Wei Guangde.

Hearing Wei Guangde's question at this time, he hastily stopped his staff, moved to Wei Guangde's side and said in a low voice: "Master, it's Eunuch Chen from the palace who has come, Madam has someone prepare refreshments for serving."

Hearing this, Wei Guangde frowned slightly and said, "Why didn't anyone notify me?"

The family knew about Wei Guangde's whereabouts.

When a guest came to the door, Madam didn't arrange for someone to deliver a letter to her, telling him to go back early and keeping the guest waiting for a long time. This is very rude behavior.

"Eunuch Chen didn't let us deliver the letter. He came secretly. No one else knew about it except my wife and me."

The man hastily moved close to Wei Guangde's ear and whispered, "Ma'am just let it go, it's not because I didn't come to report to the master, it's because Eunuch Chen and Madam refused."

With no time to go back to change clothes, Wei Guangde walked directly to the living room.

Entering the door, I saw that it was Chen Ju sitting in the room, drinking tea while reading the book in his hand, no wonder there were so many candles in the room, and the light was so bright.

Of course, Wei Guangde would not be reluctant to part with those few candles, just a few pennies, but he was a little curious about what he came to his home today for.

Wei Guangde clearly remembered that on the boat that day, Chen Ju had told him that there would be fewer meetings between the two of them in the future.

"Brother Chen, what wind brought you here."

When Wei Guangde entered the room, he happily clasped his fists and said to Chen Ju.

Chen Ju looked up at Wei Guangde, then put down the book in his hand, nodded from Wei Guangde with a smile, then glanced at the door, the meaning was self-evident.

Wei Guangde whispered a few words to Zhang Ji who followed behind him, and then Zhang Ji turned around and went out.

Wei Guangde walked to sit beside Chen Ju with a smile, did not speak, but looked at him curiously.

After waiting for a while, Chen Ju estimated that Zhang Ji should have cleaned up the outside, so he reached out to pick up the teacup on the coffee table, took a sip, and then put it down.

Glancing at Wei Guangde, there was no impatient expression on his face, and then he chuckled, but Wei Guangde relaxed in his heart, knowing that there was no news that was not good for him here, and when he wanted to inform himself in advance, the look in his eyes However, Chen Ju's face suddenly changed, and his face was already serious and dignified.

Seeing this, Wei Guangde's heart skipped a beat for no reason.

He can be sure that something important has happened to Chen Ju, otherwise he wouldn't have broken the rules they had agreed upon before.

"I'm here this time mainly to remind you, be careful about eating and lodging in the future."

When Chen Ju finished speaking, Wei Guangde opened his eyes wide in an instant, staring at him in shock.

After a while, Wei Guangde asked cautiously: "What do you mean by that brother?"

"Hehe. Look."

As he said that, Chen Ju raised his right hand and showed it to Wei Guangde, and Wei Guangde realized belatedly that one of his fingers was caught between his two fingers, which should be a silver needle.

"Brother, do you mean that someone wants to kill me?"

When Wei Guangde saw this, he still didn't understand the meaning of Chen Ju's words, but there was still a mistake in his understanding.

"Hehe. Who would want to harm you, could it be that he has done too many bad things."

Chen Ju was just joking.

"That's what big brother said."

Wei Guangde heard that Chen Ju didn't say anyone was going to harm him, but he still couldn't let go.

He knew that Chen Ju would not be aimless, since he came here tonight, he must have his own motives.

"Godfather heard a piece of news about Governor Lu."

At this time Chen Ju opened his mouth, but he said a shocking sentence.

"Captain Lu? Lu Bing?"

After hearing the beginning, Wei Guangde made a sound of surprise, and then covered his mouth with one hand.

Because at this time, Chen Ju raised his right hand and swayed his index finger from side to side, signaling Wei Guangde to be quiet.

It's just that what Wei Guangde didn't know was that Chen Ju was still a little complacent at this time.

He was inexplicably horrified when he heard the news, but he seemed much calmer than Wei Guangde, if it wasn't for the slightly wet crotch.

"Brother, what exactly is Eunuch Gao going to say, you should just tell me."

Wei Guangde finally lost his patience at this moment, and began to ask questions proactively.

It was about Lu Bing, but Lu Bing was already dead. Before the combination, Chen Ju reminded him to eat carefully, and the dangling silver needle, all of which told him that there was danger.

When others are in danger, Wei Guangde can still act like no one else and stay out of it, but with his current posture, it seems that he is also involved.

Although Wei Guangde thinks that he has not offended anyone, sometimes, the offended person may not know it.

If you block someone's promotion path, that's also an offending job. You may not know it yourself. At this time, all he can think of is whether Zuo Chunfang, Zuo Zhongyun, who was hand-picked for promotion, has been stared at by someone long ago. When he got up, he made a horizontal cross to arouse the hatred of others.

Although Huang Jin kept a low profile, it seemed that the entire Dongchang was not noticed by the officials, but after all, it was the Dongchang, a powerful character who had made all the officials talk about it.

Seeing Wei Guangde's frightened appearance, Chen Ju then continued: "The emperor asked Dongchang to investigate the cause of Dudu Lu's death. You should have heard about the cause of Dudu Lu's death."

Speaking of this, Chen Ju looked at Wei Guangde nodding, and then said: "According to the information obtained by godfather, Dongchang has discovered that the batch of pills has been tampered with, only the surface is poisonous, peel off the surface of the pill, and the people inside It’s okay to eat”

"You mean, Governor Lu was poisoned to death? Then who did it, and the target was His Majesty?"

Speaking of this, Wei Guangde's eyes widened, a little startled by his guess.

Someone wants to poison the emperor, this is regicide, and if someone is caught, he will ransack his family and exterminate his family.

Who would do that?
what is the benefit?
Chen Ju shook his head, "We are still investigating whether the target is the emperor or who? But judging from the current situation, it may not be poisoning the emperor.

Everyone in the palace knew that after the elixir was released, someone had to test it. The toxicity was so strong that people would have an attack soon after eating it. It was impossible for the emperor to take it.

Therefore, this matter was strange, neither the godfather nor Eunuch Huang thought it was a conspiracy against the emperor, but rather wanted to poison Lu Bing. "

At this time, Wei Guangde had already lowered his head, thinking quickly in his mind.

In fact, it is very simple to think about it, that is, whoever benefits most from Lu Bing's death may be the murderer.

Moreover, this murderer can reach into Xiyuan, and there are not many in the capital that can do it.

Undoubtedly, there is only one person in Wei Guangde's mind, and that is Yan Song.

The relationship between Yan Song and Lu Bing is not a secret among the elite circles in the capital.

Combined with what Lu Yi said to Wei Guangde alone when Wei Guangde went to Lu's condolence that day, Wei Guangde only realized it later. Maybe the Lu family had already made some guesses at that time, but they were just not sure.

Moreover, Lu Bing is dead after all.

The Lu family was not sure if they really let go to investigate, even if the results were finally found out, whether Emperor Jiajing would uphold justice for their family.

At that time, perhaps they were more worried about what the Yan family would do to the Lu family next.

It seems reasonable, but Wei Guangde always feels something is wrong.

Would an old fox like Yan Song do such a thing?