prosperous age

Of course, when everyone started to care about this Li Gongren, they wondered if they should talk to King Yu and ask her to be sealed by His Majesty.

Just by giving birth to the emperor's grandson alone, it seems that it is possible to give a side concubine to King Yu.

The key is that Li Gongren is still young and can give birth.

If King Yu seized the time to give birth to a few more, then the weak heirs of King Yu's mansion could be eliminated.

"Boom."

Just when they were thinking wildly, the door of the room was pushed open by Li Fang and rushed in.

At this moment, Li Fang's face was full of smiles, and all the creases came out of her laughter.

This kind of expression is not common, and it can be seen how excited those people who are beside King Yu are at the moment.

And after Li Fang entered the room, the second person who entered the room was also Feng Bao with a wrinkled face, but he was one step slower than Li Fang, not because he was not as healthy as Li Fang, but because he was holding a cloth ball in his arms, very carefully look.

After Feng Bao entered, everyone in the room couldn't sit still anymore and got up.

King Yu had already walked over quickly, and Li Fang tactfully stepped aside, allowing Feng Bao to face King Yu.

"Let Gu hug me."

Seeing the baby in Feng Bao's arms, King Yu said with a trembling voice, stretched out his hand while speaking, and found the wrapped child from Feng Bao's hand.

King Yu hasn't hugged his own flesh and blood for many years, and every time there is news of the birth of his own child, he will be very excited.

And every time a child dies, it is a blow to King Yu's spirit.

It's not that he hasn't heard the rumors outside, about the issue of his father and prince's heirs, including his brother Jing Wang Zhu Zaizhen, and of course himself.

But at the beginning, King Yu scoffed at these rumors because he had a son.

However, after the successive deaths of the three children, especially after the death of the eldest son, his spine became a little bent and could not straighten up.

King Yu is lustful, especially in recent years, almost every night has to be served by palace servants, there may be some reasons for this.

It's all right now, I finally have another heir, I am worthy of my ancestors, I just hope that this child can grow up safely and pass on the incense.

Holding the child in his arms, King Yu was still praying in his heart, hoping to be blessed by his ancestors.

Beside him, Gao Gong, Chen Yiqin and others were already crowded, all stretching their heads to look at the newborn child.

The creases on his face are comparable to those of Li Fang and Feng Bao, just like a little old man.

Wei Guangde thought in his heart, but newborn babies are actually like this, no wonder later generations usually say "so ugly" when they see them, and then they are said that the uglier the child is, the more beautiful it will be when it grows up.

Well, in fact, his child seems to be the same. From that face, he and his wife can't be seen at all. It is said that it will gradually get better after a few days. At that time, the child will be lovable.

Wei Guangde withdrew his gaze and glanced at Li Fang and Feng Bao who were squeezed out of the crowd. Wei Guangde's heart moved, and he remembered what they said before, and immediately said to the delighted King Yu: "Your Highness, let's see who should go to the palace to report the letter, so big Your Majesty should know about the happy event as soon as possible."

"Yep."

After Wei Guangde's words came out, King Yu hurriedly agreed.

He retracted his gaze from staring at the baby, and glanced at Li Fang and Feng Bao behind the crowd.

Li Fang is someone close to him, and he is actually the most suitable messenger. However, Feng Bao has not long since left the palace, and his contacts are still there. It seems that it would be more convenient for him to enter the palace.

The sky is actually completely dark now, and it is impossible to say that Xiyuan has been locked there.

"Feng Bao, it's up to you to go to Xiyuan and send a letter to Emperor Father to tell him about it."

King Yu didn't think too much, and immediately gave orders.

"Yes, Your Highness."

Feng Bao happily agreed that this was an opportunity to show his face in front of the emperor, so he might not be able to meet the emperor.

In the past few days when I have been in Prince Yu's Mansion, my main job has actually been to take care of the Li Gong people in the past few months, and now it is also a credit.

He wasn't thinking about Emperor Jiajing's award, but about taking advantage of it. He didn't know if the emperor would transfer him back to the Supervisor of Ceremonies.

However, it seems that staying with Li Gongren to take care of this child is actually a good job.

He wanted to return home, but he didn't delay in the slightest when he went out to report to Xiyuan.

The little prince was passed from King Yu's arms to Gao Gong's hands, and soon to Chen Yiqin's. Soon everyone hugged him, and finally passed from Wei Guangde's arms back to King Yu's hands.

This may also be a tradition, they have to be hugged to show their closeness, and if this child grows up to become emperor in the future, it will also be a talking point.

"Li Fang, hold a banquet to entertain Master Gao and the others."

After receiving the child, King Yu gave instructions, and then said apologetically, "Master Gao, everyone, I'll go and see Caifeng'er first, and I'll be back in a while. Tonight, everyone will not be drunk."

The banquet at the palace was set up very quickly. After all, such a big event was guessed by the kitchen early in the morning, so it didn't take long.

Although King Yu didn't arrive, everyone was chatting happily at the moment, drinking one cup after another.

Not long after, the conversation of the people changed from imagining the beauty of the prince's birth to the government, after all, they were all officials.

We talked about the recent major government affairs, and soon the topic turned to the southeast. In the past few months, the Ming army took the prestige to encircle and suppress the pirates in Xinghua. .

Before the Ming army encircled and suppressed, the Japanese pirates often boarded the ship and ran away when they knew they were invincible, but this time, Yu Dayou commanded the navy, and it was encircled by water and land. , very excited the court.

According to the official document reported by Guangdong, the small group of Japanese pirates now knew that they could not resist the encirclement and suppression of the Ming army, and they had already begun to merge, planning to join forces to fight against the Ming army.

And when it comes to the Northland, it is natural to comment on Governor Yang Xuan of Jiliao.

"Shan Loan said before that Yang Xuan's trapping the thief chieftain Tong Han in Gubeikou this time was actually causing trouble for himself, but now Tong Han's son volunteered to be a hostage in exchange for Tong Han. At least, for now, Tong Han The Han tribe should not be my enemy, Daming."

Gao Gong reeked of alcohol as soon as he opened his mouth, but he still spoke clearly.

What he said actually happened three months ago.

In May, Yang Xuan was worried that the Tartars would take advantage of the lack of troops in the three camps and send troops to harass the Great Wall of Jizhen, so he sent a large number of scouts out to investigate the enemy's situation.

Of course, it may not be that they have not found out the main force of the Tartars outside the customs, and it is also to prevent them from attacking Liaodong.

Only by knowing the position of the enemy can one know oneself and the enemy in combat.

It's nothing to send people to investigate the enemy's situation, but the scouts who went out of Gubeikou all the way were ambushed by the Tartars. Not only were many people killed, but four were also captured.

Tonghan, the chief of the Mongolian tribe who captured these scouts, didn't know whether he was drinking too much or something. Da Lala took the four prisoners to the city wall of Gubeikou and asked the Ming army for money in exchange for them.

After negotiating the price with Guo Hu, the guard general of Gubeikou of the Ming Army, he actually went to the city to collect the ransom.

Then, of course, he was bumped into by Hu Zhen, the deputy general of Ji Town, who happened to arrive, and sent his own soldiers to capture him without saying a word, and then reported to the governor of Ji Town, Yang Xuan.

As for the four captured scouts, Hu Zhen didn't want to ask at all.

Who is Tong Han?

In fact, he is just the tribal chief of one of the countless tribes on the Mongolian grasslands, but his goddaughter is the wife of Xinaitaiji, the son of Altan Khan, the chief of the Tumed tribe.

After Yang Xuan got the report, he thought he could handle Huang Taiji with this, and he could even sit down with Al Dahan and have a good talk.

Perhaps, he also felt that the so-called ransom was actually just a tactic used in the war between the two countries.

It's a trick, it's because you're stupid, it has nothing to do with others.

After capturing Tong Han, Hu Zhen began to negotiate with them because he grasped the lifeblood of this Mongolian tribe.

Afterwards, he got the condition that the other party promised not to fight the Ming army, and agreed to release Tong Han, but asked to detain one of Tong Han's sons as a hostage.

Several sons of Tong Han joined the Ming army in turn, changing every six months.

Thinking that this strategy ensured the safety of the Great Wall in Jizhen, Yang Xuan hurriedly reported his contribution to the court after receiving the reward from Huzhen.

This matter was only reported to the capital last month, and it was a sensation.

Many people believe that this policy has ensured the safety of the Great Wall to the north of the capital, and Mongolia's coveting of Jizhen can be stopped.

However, a few people such as Yang Bo and Wei Guangde felt that this strategy was inappropriate.

In later generations, on the battlefield, the two warring armies are allowed to carry the red cross flag to clean up the battlefield, treat the wounded and collect the corpses under the condition of consensus. In that case, the war is temporarily suspended.

This exchange of prisoners is actually similar to that situation.

Wei Guangde thinks so, although it is a hostile relationship, there should still be morality, otherwise the safety of the captured soldiers will become extremely unfavorable in the future, because they are worthless and may be killed to the extreme.

As for Yang Bo, no matter how he thought about it, he still felt that it was extremely inappropriate to do so, and he even thought that this move might lead to greater revenge from Altan Khan, because the deception of the Ming army would ignite the anger of the Mongols.

But in front of Emperor Jiajing, Yang Bo's reminder was not taken seriously.

Yang Bo's self-proclaimed strategy was sent to the capital, and after being discussed by the civil and military ministers in the court, most of them were considered good strategies, so Emperor Jiajing gave Yang Xuan and the governor Xu Shen each 30 taels of silver, and two pieces of silk. , Sun Bin, the commander in chief, and Hu Zhen each had 20 taels, one outside and one inside, and the participating generals Guo Hu and others each had ten taels.

"The Mongols are forthright, daring to love and hate, and rarely have crooked thoughts. Governor Yang and Hu Zongbing actually used crooked ways to deceive them this time, fearing that they will burn themselves."

Wei Guangde shook his head and sighed: "Even if they don't attack the border wall of Ji Town, they can definitely attack Xuanfu, Datong, and even Yansui.

Of course, maybe there is no such thing, they will fight to plunder food, but the excuses and the scale of sending troops will definitely change.

I heard that although Ming and other Mongolian tribes have been fighting for a long time, there are some tribes who do not want to be enemies with Ming and fight with Altan Khan. After this incident, I am afraid that these tribes will also send troops to join the war. "

"Soldiers are cunning, even if they cheat, it seems to be nothing, right?"

Yin Shizheng said.

"According to the news from the Ministry of War, Guo Hu had already negotiated a ransom with Tong Han on the city wall at that time. He came here just to get money, not to attack the city wall."

Wei Guangde replied, "Cheating, it doesn't mean that you can use this method to deceive, it means misleading the other party's thinking and being deceived."

"When the two countries are at war, there is a saying that if you don't kill, you will use it."

Zhang Juzheng nodded and answered.

However, soon after King Yu came back from their conversation, the atmosphere of the banquet became lively again. Naturally, everyone wanted to toast to King Yu and congratulate him on the addition of a child to the palace, even Gao Gong was no exception.

While they were drinking and chatting, countless torches were shaking at the foot of Xiongshan Mountain in Liaodong, thousands of miles away.

The battle between the tens of thousands of Mongols and the Ming army has ended, and the victor is counting the battlefield and collecting the captured.

"I found it, I found it."

At this time, a group of people in the distance suddenly heard shouts of excitement.

Soon, all the torches around moved over, lighting up that area brightly.

Not long after, Huang Taiji came under the escort of Ba Du'er and Dalaisun. At this time, there was a corpse of a Ming army lying alone on the ground. It is an excellent mountain armor made in the Ming Dynasty.

Huang Taiji got off his horse and leaned over to have a closer look, then turned to Sun and asked, "Is this man Yang Zhao?"

He had only seen Yang Zhao from a distance, and now everyone was dead, and based on his vague memory alone, he couldn't recognize him for a while.

Calling Sun He brought Du'er closer, looked at it for a long time before saying, "It's a bit like it."

"Taiji, this man has this on him."

The first Mongolian soldier to find said that there was a gold seal in his outstretched hand.

Huang Taiji took it, and carefully read the words on it under the light of the fire, and the words Liaodong General Military Officer were clearly visible.

"It should be."

Only now did Huang Taiji smile, and then he ordered: "Look in the camp to see if anyone has seen Yang Zhao, and ask the prisoners as well, and those who recognize him can live."

"Yes, Taiji."

Someone next to him promised that he should also be a person with a high official position in this Mongolian army, a nobleman among the Mongolians.

"Hurry up and clean up the battlefield. The whole army will go south by tomorrow afternoon at the latest. The target is Gubeikou."

Huang Taiji stood up straight at this time, and ordered loudly.

"Harry. Howry"

Soon, on the wasteland, the voice of long live the Mongolian soldiers was unheard.

This battle was fought too easily, and a large number of Ming troops were easily wiped out, and many were captured. Next, their Taiji will lead them to more victories, so they are naturally happy.

Baduer looked at the excited soldiers around him, smacked his lips, but didn't speak.

After Huang Taiji got on the horse, he and Dalaisun also got on the horse, followed Huang Taiji away and walked for a while before saying: "Taiji, over there, you have a brother who is being held hostage by the Ming army."

"That's why I chose to attack Gubeikou. I want to kill all these crooks. If the people of Ming Dynasty dare to touch a single hair of my brother, I will use a thousand, 1 people to kill them."

Huang Taiji said disdainfully.

As Wei Guangde said, the so-called bandit chieftains captured by Yang Xuan and Hu Zhen are nothing but trouble.