The Reborn Duke of Ming Dynasty

Zhang Fan went to Meng Gendulak's residence the next day, saying that he had taken a fancy to the daughter of one of his guards, and begged him to let the guard give her to him.Zhang Fan's eager expression seemed to have been completely fascinated by Yingyue, but it was not artificial at all.If he hadn't passed his breath a long time ago, even Wang Meng would almost think that Zhang Fan was genuinely moved.

For Zhang Fan, no matter what the reason is for Li Yingyue approaching him, it is normal for him to be taken aback by a delicate woman, no matter which man it is, there must be machismo in his heart.Zhang Fan thought that since Li Yingyue wanted to stay by his side for a long time, and he would not be able to find out what she wanted to do for a while, he might as well follow his own heart and let her put down her defenses for the time being.It's just that Zhang Fan is a fan of the authorities, so he didn't think about what to do if he really fell in love with her secretly.

Li Yingyue's "father" is a standard Tatar man, although he is middle-aged, he is very strong, and he is obviously a brave and fierce man.After meeting Zhang Fan, the man first showed disdain for Zhang Fan, and then "reluctantly" agreed with Yingyue's resolute expression and Meng Gen's persuasion.It's just that the greedy look in the eyes that happened to look at Yingyue completely exposed his heart.Zhang Fan, who watched it, sighed that his acting skills were not professional enough.

In Tatar before the seventeenth century, marriage was very casual.Both Li Yingyue and her "mother" insisted that Yingyue follow Zhang Fan back to Daming before getting married, and Zhang Fan followed her wishes.However, Li Yingyue was very enthusiastic, and often stayed with Zhang Fan until very late before leaving. Under the hypocrisy of their love, they looked like a sweet couple to outsiders.

All the members of the Ministry of Rites and the accompanying merchants came to congratulate Zhang Fan on finding a partner in a different place, and even I Da sent someone to congratulate him.Zhang Fan specially held a banquet in the camp where he was staying, as a way of thanking everyone for their blessings, and invited Yingyue's "family" to come, and even had a wedding ceremony.

After the marriage was settled, Yingyue clings to Zhang Fan all day long as if possessed by a demon.There is no rule here that the two should not meet after getting engaged and before getting married.Zhang Fan was not disgusted, and tried his best to show his joy.In this way, a fake love affair began, which made people feel a little relief under the increasingly severe situation.

Before I knew it, it was almost February, but Zhang Fan and others had been here for nearly half a month.Wang Xilie was still dealing with An Da, always entangled in some trivial matters that had to be discussed, although Al Da and the others were very anxious, there was nothing they could do.

On this day, Yingyue and Zhang Fan reluctantly went back very late, and Zhang Fan specially sent someone to escort her.As soon as Yingyue left, someone entered Zhang Fan's tent.

It was Zhao Ming who came. He looked at Zhang Fan and said jokingly, "Your Excellency is really a blessing. Such a woman is probably hard to find in a place where many beauties gather in the south of the Yangtze River. How about it, have you ever tasted her before?" , Are you in ecstasy?" After finishing speaking, a man's unique expression of desire that can be understood at a glance appeared on his face.

Zhang Fan gave him an angry look, and said, "Zhao Qianhu, don't make fun of me. Even though I am a man, I really can't bear it, but I don't know whether she is an enemy or a friend. How can I be like this?"

"My lord's words are wrong." Zhao Ming said, "Whether she is an enemy or a friend, there is no reason not to accept her since she is sent to your door! Besides, my lord will not suffer!"

Zhang Fan helplessly coughed twice, quickly changed the subject, and said, "Zhao Qianhu, you came to see me so late, but you have something important to do?"

Zhao Ming also straightened his posture immediately, and said: "My lord, I have received news from the imperial court. After the request of the cabinet's first assistant, Mr. Gao Gonggao, and the second assistant, Mr. Zhang Juzheng, Mr. Zhang, plus the memorials from the governor of Xuanda, Wang Chonggu, and the governor of Datong, Fang Fengshi. , the emperor recruited Han Naji, treated his entourage well, and awarded Han Naji the title of commander."

"Hey, Commander, one of the three local divisions!" Zhang Fan admired, then thought of what Zhao Ming said just now, and hurriedly asked: "The chief assistant of the cabinet, Gao Gong!?"

"My lord heard it right." Zhao Ming immediately said, "Mr. Xu Ge has retired and returned to his hometown, and the emperor has reactivated Gao Gong. Now it is full of troubles. Gao Gong is in power this time, and there are many gaps with him in the past. All the officials are afraid of his revenge, and I heard that one of them was frightened to death, and now people are panicking."

Zhang Fan was slightly distracted when he heard the news.Regardless of the changes that Gao Gong would bring when Gao Gong came to power, Xu Jie, his biggest obstacle, just disappeared without a sound.Could it be that the halo of the protagonist in the time-traveling novels he read before, Zhang Fan does not think so, he always believes that history will not be changed so easily, he is not familiar with this period of history, he believes that no matter whether he comes to this era or not, No matter how the world changes, since Xu Jie became an official at this time, it must be inevitable.After a while, Zhang Fan came back to his senses and asked with some concern, "Your Majesty just doesn't care?"

"Your Majesty didn't ask anything." Zhao Ming said, "Your Majesty seems to be watching the fire from the other side."

Hearing what he said, Zhang Fan suddenly remembered that his teacher Zhang Juzheng once told him that Long Qing wanted to have a big change of blood, and couldn't help but feel relieved.Longqing is now using Gao Gong's hand to reform the team at all levels of the imperial court.But Zhang Fan immediately let go of his heart. First, Zhang Fan and Gao Gong had no conflicts. If there was any relationship, they were enemies of Xu Jie. The vacuum of court power will inevitably increase the power of the people below, at least it is a good thing for Zhang Fan.

These news flashed through Zhang Fan's mind, and he stopped thinking about it, and asked about the current matter: "What did you say about Han Naji?"

"This matter has been publicly announced by the imperial court, and the envoy sent by the emperor to answer the letter has already set off." Zhao Ming replied.

"From this point of view, we will soon find out what my plan will be." Zhang Fan muttered to himself.

On the second day, Yingyue came to look for Zhang Fan again, the better the two went to enjoy the scenery of the desert.Just as he was about to go out, Zhang Fan was stopped by someone.

Zhang Fan looked suspiciously at the person who came, a young man dressed as a Tatar bodyguard.The young man respectfully said to Zhang Fan in his not-so-fluent Chinese: "Master Zhang, we have an invitation from Tuhan, I hope you can go."

"What is Tuhan looking for from me?" Zhang Fan was very puzzled.

The young man said: "Tu Khan didn't say it clearly, and invited the adults to go, so he will know."

After hearing what he said, Zhang Fan knew he had to go, and looked at Yingyue with apologetic eyes.Yingyue nodded very submissively, with understanding in her eyes.

Zhang Fan followed the man to the camp where the Alta army was stationed. The sentry at the gate saw that the young man had no intention of stopping him, so he let him go.Seeing the respectful eyes of many soldiers looking at the young man, Zhang Fan couldn't help becoming more interested in him.

When he came to the Idaya tent, the young man didn't stop at all, he lifted the curtain and walked in, Zhang Fan had no choice but to follow him into the big tent.As Alta's residence, this place is very spacious, with thick carpets on the floor, and a bonfire burning in the center of the big tent, which is very warm.There are bows and arrows, war knives and other utensils hanging all around, and there is even a sheep skull hanging on it.

In the big tent, facing the tent door, there is a big desk. Behind the desk, an old man with a sixtieth face is sitting there. His face is very energetic, and there is no trace of oldness.As soon as Zhang Fan saw him, he was sure that the old man in front of him was the same person as Huang Taiji's bodyguard that day. Although the clothes were different and the aura was completely different, Zhang Fan recognized him at a glance.

The young man came to the old man very respectfully, knelt down on one knee, and said, "Respected Master Tuhan, Bateer was ordered to bring Master Zhang Fan, the envoy of the Ming Dynasty, to him."

"Well, let's go." I replied, my voice was very calm.

After Battelle retreated, the scene was very silent, Zhang Fan spoke first: "Ming special envoy Zhang Fan has an audience with Lord Tuhan."

I Da also greeted him warmly: "I heard that Mr. Zhang plans to marry a Tatar girl. Congratulations, but I hope Mr. Zhang will treat you well."

"It's natural." Zhang Fan was a little embarrassed. Whenever he met people these days, he mentioned this matter to him. He quickly changed the subject and said, "Is that Bateer who led the way for the envoy Tuhan's guard? I think He is extremely respected in the military camp, he must be a famous general!"

"He's a slave." But I Da suddenly said, with a hint of complacency in his tone, he said, "His mother was an ordinary woman from a tribe that was wiped out because she couldn't survive, and she became a plaything for the warriors of the victorious tribe, like A woman usually serves a man, she must not have the slightest complaint or resistance, otherwise she will not only be greeted with a whip and no food, but also be played by more men. His father who does not know who He was one of the people who played tricks on his mother. He was marked as a slave when he was born. He was regarded as a bastard and ridiculed by everyone. Even his own mother hated him for taking away his share of food. But he was not ashamed, he proved himself to be a real Mongol warrior with his body and determination. In a melee with other tribes, he was going to be the first as a slave, but he not only survived After coming down, he even cut off the head of the other leader with his own hands. After that, no one will look down on him again. I gave him the name 'Battelle' to praise his contribution to the tribe and to let others know, no matter how humble his status is A slave to a slave can also become a master.”

Zhang Fan knew that the "they" I said were only satirizing the harsh ethics of the Ming Dynasty, but he did not refute, but asked with some doubts: "He has the mark of a slave on his body, so he is not afraid of being laughed at by others. "

"Joke, who would dare?" I replied contemptuously, as if laughing at Zhang Fan, "That mark is the driving force for his life's struggle, even if he can raise a banner in the future and be called 'Khan', that mark will not It will accompany him throughout his life and become his most precious thing."

After hearing his words, Zhang Fan fell silent for a while.This world is a world of survival of the fittest and the jungle of the jungle. It was like this in Ming Dynasty, and it was like that in Tatars.It's just that here, everything is so natural, so obvious, without any affectation.Zhang Fan didn't want to discuss this issue, so he asked, "Tukhan summoned the envoy this time, so what's the matter?"

"You people from the Southern Dynasty are really hypocritical, don't you know why I am looking for you?" I replied.

"The envoy has some understanding in his heart, but he can't see the whole picture, and I hope Tuhan can clear up the envoy's confusion." Zhang Fan said.

"Bahan..." Tu Khan said the name, no longer the heroic style just now, but he hesitated, "My grandson, Bahan, has been named a commander by your emperor."

"Tu Khan's news is very well-informed." Zhang Fan said, "But isn't it Tu Khan who forced his grandson away?"

"Ah!" I replied with a long sigh, and said helplessly, "It's not my fault, it's because I usually have a bad reputation, but I have a gap with my family. This silly boy, I am his after all, Boge (Grandpa), how could you be cruel to him!"

"It's not that Tu Khan wants to occupy his grandson-in-law." Zhang Fan said without hesitation.

"That's not the case." I replied with some helplessness, "If it was me, I wouldn't have run away. I did marry a woman by force last year, but I didn't know that woman had married the leader of another tribe. With a marriage contract, in desperation, I had no choice but to find a woman to go, so as to avoid war between the two. But this stupid boy, Bahan, refused. I was planning to find someone else. The family ran away."

Hearing what he said, Zhang Fan almost laughed out loud, thinking that both grandpa and grandson are bastards.But after thinking about it in a blink of an eye, I understood that the name of Tu Khan's fierceness spread all over the Tatars, and even the Ming court had heard of it, so his grandson would naturally be afraid.But Zhang Fan was a little confused again, and asked, "What exactly does Tu Khan want to ask?"

"I just want to ask, is Bahan doing well there?" I replied, after all, he was my own grandson, so how could I not care.

Seeing his expression, Zhang Fan immediately said: "Don't worry, Tuhan, Bahan is of great use to our country, no matter if it is sincere or false, he will not treat him badly."

"This... I'm relieved." When I heard Zhang Fan say it sincerely, I felt relieved.

"Tu Khan is so nervous about his grandson, isn't he afraid that Han Naji doesn't understand you, but he wants to take revenge on you?" Zhang Fan asked.

"No, although Bahan is my own grandson, he treats people kindly, has a kind heart, and has never been domineering. He will never oppose me." I replied.

"In this way, Tu Khan has to be on guard." Zhang Fan said, "Tu Khan must be aware of my identity, so there is no need to hide it anymore. Let's open the skylight and speak honestly. I, Daming, really want to reunite with you. Opening a mutual market is not only for profit, but also for the stability of the people. However, we also know that since Lord Tuhan sent a large army to invade our country last year and lost troops, there must be people in your side who are dissatisfied with Tuhan and want to take advantage of this Good opportunity. I am afraid that the grandson of Tu Khan will not be interested in world affairs and will be used by those who have a heart."

I answered Zhang Fan's words, and frowned. He knew his grandson's personality was very gentle, but also very soft-hearted, and he was easily persuaded by others. Disabled, then... Thinking of this, I can't help but get chills down my spine and break out in cold sweat.

"Thank you for your frankness. Allow me to think about this matter carefully." I replied.

Seeing his appearance, Zhang Fan said wittily, "In that case, I will leave. If Tuhan has anything to do, he can send someone to call Zhang Fan." After finishing speaking, seeing that I was thinking, Zhang Fan automatically withdrew go out.

Battelle has been waiting outside the tent, and when he saw Zhang Fan coming out, he didn't say a word, motioning him to follow him.

Zhang Fan followed behind him, looking at his tall and straight figure, thinking of what I told him about Battelle, he seemed to want to say something.But until he walked out of the camp and returned to his station, he didn't say a word. "Maybe, I don't have the qualifications to tell him those great truths at all." Zhang Fan thought to himself as he watched Battelle's leaving back.