The emperor is embarrassed

Li Pingzhou knelt on the ground respectfully, his entire upper body was parallel to the cold floor tiles, his forehead touched the ground, and he was so respectful that he could no longer kneel in a respectful posture, but it made people feel that Li Pingzhou's body carried a kind of stubborn rigidity and hardness, just like Li Pingzhou's Temperament is equally unpleasant.

Ming Zhan sighed, "What is Li Xiang doing?"

Li Pingzhou said in a low voice, "As the Prime Minister, Your Majesty regards you as an outsider, and you don't talk to me about the military affairs. I have dereliction of duty, so I come to plead guilty with Your Majesty."

Ming Zhan understood what Li Pingzhou was going to say, but he pretended not to know. He just asked, "Where did Prime Minister Li say that?"

"Your Majesty, although the Tatars have retreated now, I still have a few words to please His Majesty, but I still want to say them." Li Pingzhou didn't get up to look at Ming Zhan's expression, but stared at the dark floor tiles that exuded a deep chill, and said deeply. Said, "Your Majesty didn't summon the Zhili Shandong Army before, but after the arrival of the Tatar King Chen, he secretly summoned the Zhilu Shandong Army to come to the imperial capital. And tell Chen Jingzhong bluntly. Your Majesty, although the previous imperial capital was lucky to win a few games, However, the main force of the Tatars has not been lost. Your Majesty is so bold and reckless, and the ministers do not agree. Fortunately, there is no mistake, and the Tatars retreated to the northwest. If the Tatars went to Zhili or Shandong, the two places are now empty of armaments. The common people suffer, and the city changes hands?"

"If something goes wrong, how will His Majesty explain to the ancestors?" Li Pingzhou asked bluntly.

What he said was indeed too unflattering.If Ming Zhan is defeated, as the prime minister, it is still reasonable for you to ask the emperor's arrangement is not right.Now that Ming Zhan has won, and there are countless people who have called for the Holy Spirit three times, but Li Pingzhou said this in private, and he is ready to bear the emperor's wrath.

Contrary to his expectation, Ming Zhan didn't show any displeasure on his face. He squeezed his sore neck, Ming Zhan raised his hand and said, "Mr. Li, get up and talk."

"I dare not stand up because of such rebellious words," Li Pingzhou said.

"I've said it all, why don't you dare to get up." Ming Zhan asked, "Do you want me to help you?"

After Ming Zhan spoke like this, Li Pingzhou had no choice but to get up from the ground.His face was still cold and serious, without a trace of life.Ming Zhan casually pointed to the embroidered stool at hand, "The imperial capital is in the territory of Zhili. If the Tatars want to go back to the northwest, they will naturally go through Zhili, but they don't necessarily go to Shandong. Because if they go to Shandong, they must go far. The Tartars, in a panic, will only take the shortest distance home."

"Since that's the case, why would Your Majesty transfer the soldiers of Zhili?" This is the point that Li Pingzhou can't understand the most. Li Pingzhou still can't figure out why?

Ming Zhan shook his head and smiled slightly, "Li Xiang, who is Chen Jingzhong?"

"Royal Tartars."

"That's right, those are Tatars, or the royal family." Ming Zhan said solemnly, "The Tatars invaded Datong Pass and plundered Datong. Thirty thousand of our frontier troops were killed, and countless civilians were killed or injured." Now the statistician knows that not all of the Datong army died, and a large part escaped.Although the deserters are not very glamorous, they are better than being dead.

"I have a sworn feud with the Tatars. How can I tell the truth in the face of a big enemy?" Ming Zhan's lips curled up, and he stared at Li Pingzhou with a half-smile, "If I really withdraw Zhili How can the soldiers and horses in Shandong talk directly to the Tatars, Li Xiang?"

"I'm not stupid." Ming Zhan concluded.

Not only are you not stupid, but you have confused the old minister in a cloud of fog!

Li Pingzhou listened to Ming Zhan's continued, "I didn't transfer any soldiers from Shandong to Zhili at all. Zhili to Shandong has a total of [-] soldiers and horses. I sent people to send letters. If they come again, how can three days be enough? Li Xiang is familiar with history books, When you understand where the words of the wind and cranes come from. The emperor has nine gates, and the place where the Saza camp is stationed. Great army, get more flags, and make it look like a [-]-strong army. I have deceived Chen Jingzhong with harsh words here, otherwise, why do you think Chen Jingzhong will be besieged by soldiers and horses as soon as he returns? I let them rush to attack, just because I don’t want to Give Chen Jingzhong time to react."

"Humans, it's only easy to make mistakes when you are in a panic." Ming Zhan said lightly, "These days when the Tatars attacked the city, more than [-] people were killed or injured. Before that, there were [-] soldiers from the imperial capital who secretly encircled them. Attack quickly, bring enough food and grass, and don't give the Tatars any time to react. When Saza finally leads his people out of the outskirts of the imperial capital and reaches Zhili territory, there will be Zhili's army waiting for Saza."

"I won't tell you, it's because the imperial capital's army had 2 casualties, and the remaining [-] soldiers were less than [-]. I sent more than [-] troops, and the remaining defenders in the imperial capital were less than [-]." Ming Zhan sighed. , "Li Xiang, I'm also afraid, apart from heaven and earth, only I and the Marquis of Yongning know about this."

Li Pingzhou was both in awe and admiration, "Your Majesty's clever calculations are far beyond the reach of the old minister." Compared to Yongning Hou, Li Pingzhou was still convinced.After all, he was the emperor's biological uncle, and it was human nature for the emperor to prefer his own family.

"Your Majesty made this risky move. Alas, Your Majesty really..." Li Pingzhou shook his head and said, "Fortunately, Your Majesty didn't tell me, otherwise I would really worry about it day and night."

How could Ming Zhan not know that this was a risky move, but when he first came to the throne, his foundation was already unstable.If the battle drags on for too long and the country suffers heavy losses, it will have an irreparable impact on Ming Zhan's prestige.Therefore, Ming Zhan's risky plan is firstly to hope that the battle will be resolved quickly, and secondly, to create an image of himself as unpredictable and as deep as the sea.

Ordinary people can't be emperors, Ming Zhan smiled, "I still say the same thing, Li Xiang, you are my chief assistant, and I rely on you a lot in political affairs. But in terms of military affairs, Li Xiang, you are a civil servant after all. Commanding generals is very unreasonable. Li Xiang knows about military equipment, but Li Xiang and I are both laymen in terms of military strategy. Since we are laymen, we should listen to the opinions of experts."

Li Pingzhou understood what the emperor meant, and said sternly, "Yes. In commanding wars, I am indeed far inferior to generals such as Marquis Yongning." Although Li Pingzhou is stubborn, he is very upright. He is already the chief assistant, even if Ming Zhan doesn't say , He also paid great attention to keeping a distance from generals.What's more, the victory of the defense of the imperial capital this time really depends on the arrangement of Yongninghou.Li Pingzhou is not an unreasonable person, and the Marquis of Yongning is indeed not a dude who relies solely on his relationship with the upper class. After this battle, Li Pingzhou also has a more fair view of Marquis Yongning.

Hearing what Li Pingzhou said, Ming Zhan laughed, "What's the matter? In terms of martial arts, I'm no better than Pingyang Hou Yongning Hou. I'm not very good at essays. And when it comes to piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, I'm also mediocre. But , what does it matter, these things will not prevent me from being a good emperor."

In Ming Zhan's disposition, there is quite a bright and upright side. Although Ming Zhan is very suspicious, he is not a sinister person. Most of the time, he shows a clear and bright temperament, which makes people yearn for .

Li Pingzhou's face was much softer, and he sincerely praised, "Your Majesty is wise, and ordinary people can't be anxious."

Ming Zhan laughed loudly, and talked a lot with Li Pingzhou.

Li Pingzhou's face gradually turned cold, he frowned and nodded, "Your Majesty, since there is this thief, how can An Neng tolerate him?"

There was a reassuring smile on Ming Zhan's lips, "Don't worry, Li Xiang, I know what's in my heart. You should also have this in your heart. Now the outsiders are just abandoned children. I have to rely on them to find the big boss. "

At this moment, Li Pingzhou respected Ming Zhan's wisdom very much. Since Ming Zhan insisted on saying this, Li Pingzhou naturally comprehended it.

When leaving the Xuande Palace, Li Pingzhou couldn't help sighing, His Majesty's scheming is so deep, no wonder, no wonder...

In fact, Li Pingzhou did not agree with Ming Zhan's ascension to the throne at first.

After all, Feng Jingqian is still young, and besides, there are three young grandsons in the palace. Although Ming Zhan is capable, if his name is not correct, his words will not go well, and if his words go wrong, nothing will happen.

Even when the Tatars attacked this time, Li Pingzhou still vaguely thought in his heart that this was the fault of the emperor who could not justify his name.If the emperor is still in power, there will be no such incident.

It's just that Ming Zhan's performance in this defensive battle is quite talented.

His character, methods, even his heart and strategic eyes are all surprising and unspeakable.

Even Li Pingzhou didn't expect that Ming Zhan could repel the Tatar soldiers so quickly.

After dismissing Li Pingzhou, Ming Zhan went to a bedroom in the apse.

Xue Shaoliang was still lying on the bed, looking at the top of the bed boredly, beside him, there was a servant holding a book of travel notes, reading to Xue Shaoliang, with a clear and clear voice.Seeing Ming Zhan enter the door, the servant knelt on the ground respectfully, not daring to read any more.

Ming Zhan waved his hand, and the servant went down.

"Shaoliang, you don't need to get up." Ming Zhan sat down beside Xue Shaoliang's bed, saw that Xue Shaoliang was still pale, and asked him with concern, "How do you feel today?"

"I'm fine, it's just a small injury."

Ming Zhan looked at the gauze on his shoulders, but he couldn't see anything through the gauze.Ming Zhan's move was just for peace of mind, and he said in a gentle voice, "You people who practice martial arts are different from people like me who don't understand martial arts. I heard that if you hurt your tendons, it will affect your martial arts in the future. In the past, King Du Ruo It is said that your martial arts are very good, and you are still so young, I don't want you to make mistakes. Otherwise, there will be a martial arts master in the world."

Xue Shaoliang was not good at words, and said, "The imperial doctor's medicine is very good."

"That's good." Ming Zhan sighed, "You have made such a great contribution, but I can't reward you in the face. I really wronged you." If Xue Shaoliang hadn't assassinated Saza, although he failed to kill him with one blow, But it also seriously injured Saza, otherwise Saza would not have died so quickly.Ming Zhan said that whoever succeeds the Khan is the one who killed Saza, pure nonsense.

It's just that, as the king of a country, when the Tatar envoys were sent to the imperial capital, he used such dark means to assassinate Sazar. If he said it, it would always damage the reputation of the king.Fame and such things, although Ming Zhan really doesn't like this stuff from the bottom of his heart, but he is really very scarce now and is very much needed.If Ming Zhan wants to maintain his image as an emperor who knows everything, knows everything, and can make calculations, he can't tell about Xue Shaoliang.Not even Li Pingzhou can say.

vile?

Which emperor is not despicable.

Xue Shaoliang was weak-hearted and different from ordinary people. He shook his head and said, "I practice martial arts, I hope it will be useful. In the past, my family teacher went to the northwest to ambush and slaughtered ten Tatar royal families to keep the northwest safe for a while. Now I can't do it." The family teacher is far away, but if I can help His Majesty a little, I am enough."

If it was an ordinary person, how could Xue Shaoliang care about him to death?

After all, Ming Zhan is not an ordinary person, Xue Shaoliang still has no idea when he thinks about his family's blood feud.He was also serving the emperor, so he naturally wanted to find a useful position.Xue Shaoliang was just indifferent, not stupid.

The emperor will only reuse those who are useful to him, and only value those who are useful to him.

If he wanted to take revenge, he had to have a seat with Ming Zhan first.Only then will the emperor face up to his blood feud.

Otherwise, don't care about your cat or dog, want to take revenge, and the emperor is always busy, so there is no time to pay attention to your hatred!

Xue Shaoliang seldom talks on weekdays, and his relationship with his colleagues is very ordinary. However, he has the same advantage. This person has sharp eyesight, and he is even called precise. Therefore, he offered to help the emperor assassinate the Tatar Khan.

But this time, Ming Zhan really treated Xue Shaoliang differently!

Ming Zhan looked at Xue Shaoliang's face like a flower, and said seriously, "I will remember what I promised you. Shaoliang, you will not let me down, and I will never let you down!"

Xue Shaoliang understood that the five-year agreement that the emperor had promised him was valid, so he nodded gratefully, and said in a deep voice, "I am loyal to Your Majesty."

The young master got the news that the Tatars and Usai had withdrawn their troops, and he didn't speak for a long time.

He thought that at the very least, these barbarians could persist for a month, and they were forced to withdraw their troops within half a month. The little emperor really had the ability.

The people Li Fang sent to inquire about the news also came back. It is true that the emperor has won. A very important sign is that Tianjin Port has resumed work.

Upon receiving this news, Li Fang was stunned. Even Chen Dabao's eyes diverged and he lost his mind.

As Ruan Hongfei said, the little emperor of the imperial capital did not step down so easily.The little emperor was not ordinary capable of repelling the Tatars so quickly.Li Fang suddenly felt a little regretful.

However, after all, Li Fang was deeply scheming and didn't show anything.Chen Dabao couldn't sleep well for several days, with two big blue eyes, coupled with Chen Dabao's expressionless expression.Going out in the middle of the night is easy to be regarded as a living zombie.

Ruan Hongfei and Liu Ying are the most peaceful two people. Apart from drinking tea together, Ruan Hongfei talks to Liu Ying about Buddhism and Taoism from time to time. Say something nice to Liu Ying.

"I really don't know what to do?" Li Fang said to Liu Ying.

"There's a broad avenue in front of you." Liu Yingming said lightly, "It's just that you don't want to leave, why bother to ask me."

Li Fang waved his hands again and again, "No, no, I don't know what Jiangnan is like now. How can I do anything to you?"

Liu Ying couldn't see Li Fang's hypocrisy the most, and said with a sneer, "You obviously have murderous intentions, why are you pretending to be in front of me? I haven't seen what you are, so just pretend."

"It's not pretending." Li Fang sighed, and took Liu Ying into his arms. "You are born innocent, and you can be incited by Lao Du with a few words. You don't have a heart. Think about it, the young master is here now." , the biggest enemy of the imperial court is the young master, so we have a place to use our talents."

"If the son is not here, we will bear the brunt of the court, little shadow." Li Fang digs his ears, thinks for a while, and said, "You are a student, there is a saying that when the son is dead, the dog is dead." It should be killed. The birds in the sky are gone, and the bow and arrow should be idle."

Liu Ying frowned and corrected Li Fangdao, "When the cunning rabbit dies, the lackey cooks; when the birds die, the good bow hides."

"That's right." Li Fang knocked on his forehead, and said to Liu Ying, "That's what it means. You used to tell me about recruiting security, you have to think about it, we are useful, the emperor needs us , this move is also a bit of a taste."

"If you don't have your son and them, the navy of Du Ruoguo is strong, and we can't compare with Lord Du. But there is one thing, I heard Lord Du said that the emperor does not have a navy. Think about it, if we have a good relationship with the emperor, why don't we recruit them? Is it the ready-made Royal Navy?" Li Fang had a good idea, and said to Liu Ying, "Only by recruiting in this way, can the emperor value us."

Liu Ying said expressionlessly, "If you want to have a good relationship with the emperor, you shouldn't kidnap Lord Du."

"That's not necessarily true. If the relationship with Lord Du and the others is too good, I'm afraid that the emperor will do it. My old Li and Lord Du have an affair, and we are on two boats. Now that I have offended Lord Du, at least I have cut off the possibility of having a personal relationship with Lord Du. Li Fang shook his head and said, "In the sea, there is always a need for a force to compete with Lord Du's sea power. What's more, there are people like Young Master. Although the emperor and Lord Du have a good relationship, after all, Lord Du is not the emperor. It’s no more convenient than our own manpower. If the emperor is willing to use us, it’s okay if we vote for him.”

Li Fang finally let go.

Liu Ying also breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Fang has already given birth to the heart of seeking refuge in the imperial court, but recruiting security is not an easy matter, not to mention that a cautious person like Li Fang is not good, he was deceived by the imperial court, not to mention his foundation, whether his life can be saved is another matter.

Therefore, this matter is still at the stage of thinking about it.

The young master is also a man of incomparable wisdom. He found Li Fangdao, "Brother Li has already given birth to the heart of asking for peace."

Li Fang didn't hide anything, and said with a smile, "Old Li still wants to fight with the young master, but now the crisis of the imperial capital has been resolved. Those barbarians are not enough for His Majesty's fingers. It can be seen that His Majesty is capable, I Although Lao Li didn't study much, he didn't know much about military and state affairs. However, the crisis of the imperial capital is over, how long can those Tatars going south last?"

"The emperor has plenty of troops. If he sends troops to encircle the reel, the Tatars will not be His Majesty's opponents." If there is another way, Li Fang does not want to take the way of Zhao'an.

The young master shook his head, "Our people have already opened the gate of Huaiyang, and brother Li also contributed to this. Brother Li took advantage of the fire to rob, and I will naturally not talk about it. It's just that such a thing cannot be hidden from the court. How can the emperor forgive you?"

"Or it's just a temporary pardon." The young master sighed, "In the royal family, there are countless incidents where father and son suspect each other and brothers kill each other. There are even more incidents of turning heads and denying others."

The young master looked at Li Fang meaningfully, "Brother Li, it's about your family and life, brother Li, you should think it through carefully!"

There is heaven above and Suzhou and Hangzhou below. It seems that the Tatars have heard this saying. They were the first to bear the brunt of it and went to Suzhou Prefecture. After Suzhou could not be attacked for a long time, they went to Yangzhou Prefecture.

Lin Yongshang and Yongding Hou were preparing for the battle every day, and they finally "hoped" the Tatars.