At the beginning of the civil castle, the Ming God of War was a little panicked

Chapter 96 Pengcheng Bo's Mansion (Fourth update, please subscribe!!)

The Northern Expedition is imminent, and all ministries are preparing nervously.

The Ministry of War counted soldiers and horses, the Ministry of Industry issued equipment, and the Ministry of Households allocated money and food. The Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Punishment also had corresponding officials to cooperate. Even the Qin Tianjian was observing the sky, and the entire capital was busy.

According to Yu Qian's report, 5000 people from the Fifth Army Battalion, 5000 people from the Shenji Battalion, 3000 people from the Three Thousand Battalion, 800 Imperial Guards and Jinyiwei, and 500 military doctors were dispatched for this battle, a total of about 10 people.

Fighting a war is not a simple matter. In such a large-scale war, what is fought is not the number of people, nor the tactics, but the supply. Whoever has more food can survive to the end.

In order to ensure the food and drink of the 10,000 troops on the front line, it is necessary to recruit at least 10,000+ civilians and countless mules and horses, and these [-]+ civilians need at least tens of thousands of logistics troops to manage.

Logistical supplies are very important. If the food transportation route is cut off by the enemy and the combat troops in front have no food, then there is no need to fight, and they will starve to death.

What's more, this battle was the Northern Expedition initiated by Ming Dynasty, which put great pressure on the grain transportation team.

The deeper the food team goes, the easier it is to be attacked by the enemy, so Zhu Qizhen will let the [-] battalion take the lead, occupy Yumuchuan first, and establish a base camp.

In this way, the logistics supply troops first transported grain and grass from the territory of Daming to Yumuchuan, and then used Yumuchuan as a base to transport to the front line.

If the enemy wants to cut off the grain transport team, the only way is to bypass the Yumu River and attack from the rear. Not only will it take a long way to go around, but it will also be easy to be flanked by front and back, and dry up the eyes.

In the imperial study room, Zhu Qizhen looked at the secret letter with the label No. 18, and slammed the table angrily.

"Fan Zhong, change clothes, let's go!"

On the willow shoots on the moon, listen to the singing and dancing of birds and swallows in Yuge.

Miss Gu Xi held the wine glass and said softly, "Your Majesty, why are you here in person?"

"Don't drink the wine!"

Zhu Qizhen's expression was ugly, and he asked, "Did you really see it with your own eyes?"

"Even if I borrow the guts of my slave family, I dare not lie in front of the emperor!"

"Tell me in detail, what happened at that time?"

Miss Gu Xi nodded lightly, and said: "The person surnamed Jia seems to be Jia Gui. He is the housekeeper of Uncle Pengcheng. He often goes to Dingxianglou to eat donkey meat. My slave's place is relatively close to Dingxianglou. Every time the housekeeper Jia eats donkey meat, Meals, will be here for entertainment..."

Zhu Qizhen couldn't help interrupting her: "Get to the point!"

"Your Majesty, don't worry!"

Miss Gu Xi continued: "A guest came today. He looks like a leather goods dealer from Liaodong. He is very generous. He said he was treating a distinguished guest to a drink. After waiting for a long time, he saw Steward Jia come over."

"and then?"

"When Butler Jia arrived, he immediately drove all the girls out. The two had a secret conversation in the room for a long time. Then, Butler Jia left in a hurry. The fur dealer stayed in Tingyu Pavilion and drank all night. We left at noon the next day."

Zhu Qizhen asked: "Just tell me, what did you find?"

Miss Gu Xi smiled, and said: "I felt something strange, so I added some perspiration medicine to his wine, sneaked in at night when he was unaware, and found a secret letter on him."

Zhu Qizhen suddenly became nervous, subconsciously looked at the quilt in front of him, and asked, "What's written on it?"

Miss Gu Xi leaned forward and whispered in his ear: "Ming army has [-] troops, with new-style firearms, which are extremely powerful. The Chinese army went to Yumu River, a group of troops raided Hami, and a group of troops went to Liaodong."

Zhu Qizhen grabbed her by the shoulder and said coldly, "Where's the secret letter?"

Miss Gu Xi seemed to be hurt by being caught, she frowned slightly, and said, "If my family took away the secret letter, wouldn't it be discovered? So, after reading it, I put it back."

Only then did Zhu Qizhen realize that he had lost his composure, so he let go of his hand.

"You did the right thing."

Miss Gu Xi rubbed her shoulders, and said softly: "I feel that there is no need for the emperor to be angry with this kind of person, and he is angry for no reason."

At this time, Yuan Bin ran upstairs all the way, gasped and said, "Your Majesty, that fur dealer has caught it!"

While talking, he handed over a note.

After Zhu Qizhen opened it, his eyes were slightly closed, his expression was stern, and he asked, "Did you alarm anyone else?"

"Going back to the emperor, I waited for him to follow the emperor's instructions. After he left the city, he found a place where no one was around, tied him up and brought him back quietly. Before he arrived at Zhao Prison, he was recruited. On the surface, this person is a leather goods from Liaodong. Shang, in fact, is a secret agent of the Tatar Ministry, and this person personally confessed that he had bought a lot of information from Jia Gui of Pengcheng Bo's Mansion."

Zhu Qizhen stood up and said slowly: "With my will, all the people in Pengcheng's residence will be detained and interrogated on the spot!"

"Your Majesty!" Yuan Bin asked puzzled, "Is Uncle Peng Cheng going to interrogation too?"

"Nonsense, of course it will be interrogated!"

"Perhaps... this matter is just that Jia Gui's personal behavior, and Uncle Peng Cheng didn't know about it..."

Uncle Peng Cheng is a noble relative, Yuan Bin dare not be careless.

Zhang Qi, the first generation of Pengcheng Bo, was the father of the Empress Dowager Zhang, and the father-in-law of Hongxi Emperor Zhu Gaochi. He died in the ninth year of Yongle.

The current Uncle Pengcheng, Zhang Kejian, is the son of Zhang Chang. In terms of seniority, the emperor would even call him cousin when he saw him.

Yuan Bin also understood that the emperor wanted to be serious, and he didn't intend to keep any sympathy.

However, after all, he is a relative of the Empress Dowager Zhang. If it is found out afterwards, it is all the personal actions of that Jia Gui. Does such a big fanfare...not have a good influence?
When the emperor was young, the government was basically controlled by the Zhang family and San Yang. Although the Zhang family had passed away, the influence he had left in the court should not be underestimated.

"Your Majesty, I think... do you want to control Jia Gui first? As for Uncle Pengcheng... it won't be too late to arrest him when we have real evidence!"

Zhu Qizhen frowned and said: "Jinyiwei is a routine matter, if there is any suspicion, investigate it, you don't need to save face for anyone!"

Yuan Bin was very conflicted, so he plucked up the courage to ask: "If it is found out later that Jia Gui was not instructed by Uncle Peng Cheng..."

"Even if it's not the mastermind, if there is a thief in the house, he can't get away with it!"

Zhu Qizhen was very irritable. Not long ago, Zhou Shou was tidied up, and Zhang Kejian appeared again today!
Daming's relatives have always had a tradition that they have a bad reputation.

Especially after the second generation, I don’t know who I learned from, they are arrogant and reckless when they urinate, and when they grow up, they eat, drink, whore and gamble, fight and fight, and occupy people’s fields, and such things happen endlessly.

I even took care of my brother-in-law, you are a cousin, why are you so arrogant?

You'd better not know about this matter, otherwise, even if the Empress Dowager climbed out of the mausoleum and interceded for you in person, it would still be fine!

　I was so sleepy last night, I clicked save and went to bed after writing, I forgot to click publish...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)