Han ride

Chapter 410 Conspiracy

"Is there any news about Jin Yiwei from Li Xin's side?" Emperor Chongzhen looked at Wang Chengen and said.Although Li Xin strengthened his control over the tribes in the grassland, the Ming Dynasty enjoyed the country for more than 200 years. Jinyiwei and Dongchang have been established for more than a hundred years. Later, these spy organizations were all aimed at the inside, and their control over the grassland was much less. However, as Li Xin occupied the grassland, Emperor Chongzhen's vigilance against Li Xin increased a lot.Jinyiwei, Dongchang and other spies who used to be on the grassland gradually increased, monitoring everything that happened on the grassland either openly or secretly.

"I'm building tombs. Although Li Xin has won victories in the grasslands these years, the soldiers under his command have also suffered countless casualties. I heard that Li Xin is gathering skilled craftsmen to build tombs for those soldiers who died in battle. It's in Daqing Mountain in the middle of the cloud. Come on." Wang Chengen said with a smile: "However, the servant also got a piece of news, that is, Li Xin is summoning troops and preparing to go south."

Originally, Emperor Chongzhen was attracted by the matter of Li Xinxiu's tomb. When he was thinking about the mystery inside, he suddenly heard that Li Xin was rectifying his troops. Under the guise of repairing the tomb, he secretly rectified the army, it seems that he has long thought of marching into the Central Plains."

"The servant thinks so too." Wang Chengen also said with a smile.In this era, soldiers have no status. If Li Xin went to war for any general and important official, Chongzhen and others might still believe it and think for a while, but Li Xin was actually doing it for those dead soldiers, which made them feel Curious, and more of a sense of disdain.In addition, Li Xin is rectifying his troops and preparing to go south.Chongzhen and others naturally believed that Li Xin's so-called tomb repair was to cover up the truth about the army going south.

"Hmph, I would like to know what kind of reaction he will have after Li Xin's army enters Shahukou, and Jiang asks the army to attack from behind and seize it, and Yang Sichang's army sweeps across the grassland, and will he beg me to forgive him? His life." Emperor Chongzhen looked very sure, and said with a smile: "Cheng En, do you think I should spare Li Xin? Or give him another chance?"

"It is true that Li Xin is rebellious, but he is extremely brave and uses his troops like a god. This slave thinks that talents are rare. As long as he is mastered, Li Xin will not be able to win the emperor's hand." Wang Chengen thought for a while, but said seriously.

Wang Chengen is still very rational. If this person was born in a peaceful era, he might be a good eunuch. He is loyal to Emperor Chongzhen. He is a person who can accompany you to death. I am afraid that no one in the world will not say that he is loyal to such a person. up.

"Hong Chengchou sits on the three sides, and Chen Qiyu surrounds Gao Yingxiang and Zhang Xianzhong with soldiers from all over the country, and then annihilates them. In this way, the three sides in Shaanxi can temporarily free up their hands. Although Yang Sichang has the ability to command, Li Xin is not so good He has a lot of soldiers and horses. Although it looks like there are only 10,000+ soldiers, everyone on the grassland is cavalry. If Li Xin puts all his eggs in one basket, he can organize 10,000+ soldiers in a blink of an eye. Yang Sichang still has few soldiers and horses We can ask Hong Chengchou to support him from the west." Emperor Chongzhen suddenly said again.

After Wang Chengen heard this, his complexion changed drastically. Emperor Chongzhen himself was going to put all his eggs in one basket!Li Xin must be eliminated.Actually used so many soldiers and horses for Li Xin.There are 15 soldiers and horses in the Xuanfu, even if there are 15 or 11 or 30 soldiers, there are 13 soldiers in Datong, and tens of thousands in Yulin. If you add Hong Chengchou's three-sided soldiers and horses, there are also tens of thousands. There are so many, such a total, there are nearly 15 troops, and Li Xin's talent is only about [-] to [-] according to the army roster provided by Li Xin and the spying of Jin Yiwei, which is almost twice as much as Li Xin.This is torn face dry up.Is it really worth it?Wang Chengen looked at Chongzhen's appearance, but saw Chongzhen's excited face. Obviously Chongzhen had such a reaction. It was Yang Sichang's memorial that moved Emperor Chongzhen.Wang Chengen really wanted to object, but seeing Chongzhen so happy, he could only shake his head in his heart.

However, although Emperor Chongzhen was extremely excited, he still knew about the issue of secrecy, so he just sent an oral order and assigned Yang Sichang to be responsible for the matter.Although this strategy was Jiang Guan's idea, Emperor Chongzhen still trusted his favorite courtier.

Wen Manor, Wen Tiren is sitting in the gazebo, a small clay stove beside him is wafting a delicate fragrance, extremely pure, but rare wine fragrance.

"Master, the hero's blood sent by Mr. Cao's family is very hot in the market recently. People buy a jug of wine for ten taels of silver." The butler walked over cautiously, and looked at the jug on the clay stove with envious eyes. .This is the very hot hero's blood that the capital has recently stir-fried. Not only is this wine extremely sweet, but it is also very mellow.Especially in the cold north, this kind of wine is welcomed by the people in Beijing, whether they are traffickers or high-ranking officials.

"It's a pity, such wine may not be available in the future." Wen Tiren also put down the book in his hand, and looked at the little gourd with some regret. In order to maintain his image, Wen Tiren would not be attacked by those political opponents. He never accepted it. Bribery, it's just that Cao Sanxi often gave a small gourd of heroic blood to the dignitaries of the capital, and it was only because many people gave it that Wen Tiren took it, but he didn't expect that after drinking it once, he became more interested in this wine .Today he suddenly thought that Emperor Chongzhen was about to launch a surprise attack on Li Xin, and the three-way army would attack Yunzhong.Although on the surface, this proposal was rejected by the cabinet, Wen Tiren knew that Emperor Chongzhen did not give up on this idea, and might even put aside the cabinet and write to Yang Sichang in the form of a central edict to let him do things cheaply.

Sure enough, as soon as he returned to the mansion, he received a report. Several eunuchs rushed out of the palace and headed northwest. He immediately knew that Emperor Chongzhen had made up his mind.To be honest, if it wasn't for worrying about Yang Sichang, Wen Tiren might agree to this plan.But who let this idea come from Yang Sichang?

"Master was joking, but Cao Sanxi said that other people's wine can be less, but master's wine can't be less." After hearing this, the butler rolled his eyes, lowered his head and said with a smile.

"What do you know, don't get in touch with that Cao Sanxi in the future, or it will be unlucky for me to follow behind. I don't want their wine in the future." Wen Tiren rolled his eyes, glanced around, and snorted dissatisfiedly.

"Yes, yes." The butler didn't dare to be negligent, and quickly retreated, leaving only Wen Tiren in the entire gazebo.I only heard him sigh deeply, and finally sighed: "Such a good wine, I'm afraid I won't see you again in the future."

"Master, something is wrong." The butler walked halfway, glanced behind him, thought for a moment, then walked in another direction, but left the Wen residence and disappeared among the dense crowd in the capital.

After a while, in a pawn shop, the proprietor Cao Sanxi frowned and looked at the middle-aged man in front of him. If Wen Tiren was here, he would definitely recognize that this middle-aged man was his housekeeper.

"So, something may have happened to the court, and this matter is not good for the lord?" Cao Sanxi's face was still as simple and honest as before, but his eyes were shining brightly, extremely fierce. In the capital, Cao Sanxi worked hard to manage Dealing with ghosts and monsters every day makes him seem more shrewd than before.It is also possible to find the secrets of the court from some extremely ordinary things.Although he sent a large amount of wine to the officials of the DPRK and China every day, he got more things, not to mention the word of affection, and more importantly, he knew more people and got more sources of news, just like the one in front of him. For this one, Wen Tiren cut off taking bribes, and the income of the servants in the mansion was also reduced, so Cao Sanxi appeared, with silver in one hand and a sword in the other, and the housekeeper of Wen's mansion also devoted himself to the conquest of the Northern Army. embrace.This butler is just one of them. Cao Sanxi has developed many informants in the capital.It can be said that there is very little that can hide Cao Sanxi's every move in the capital.

At this time, he was keenly aware that the Emperor Chongzhen in the Forbidden City might have made a different decision, which was aimed at conquering the Northern Army. Otherwise, Wen Tiren, who appeared to be a gentleman on the surface, would not refuse a pot of wine.He didn't want Cao Sanxi to send wine, probably because he didn't want to be caught by others and let people settle the score afterwards.

"No, try everything possible to see if something happened to the court today?" Cao Sanxi suddenly sensed the seriousness of the matter.Soon all the secret agents of Qilin Pavilion in the entire Beijing city were dispatched.

"Wu Zongda, a cabinet scholar, scolded Yang Sichang for wronging the country in the mansion."

"Two hours ago, there was an eunuch in the palace heading northwest."

"From the Shangshu, Shilang, down to the scribes in the household department, they are all busy calculating something."

Soon, all kinds of information poured into Cao Sanxi's hands like rain. Cao Sanxi's expression became more and more serious when he saw the information in front of him.He has already noticed that this matter is definitely related to the North Army.Even, the imperial court was ready to take action against the Northern Army.When I think of this, I dare not neglect.Quickly turned around and took the letter paper, wrote out his guess, rushed to the backyard, saw many cages in the backyard, and there were many carrier pigeons in the cages, but Cao Sanxi did not stay on these carrier pigeons, but came to In the last cage, there was a harrier eagle in the cage. It was very fierce, and its eyes were shining fiercely.This hawk does not dare to move easily, and only at the most critical time, such as now, when the heavy snow falls, ordinary carrier pigeons cannot reach the grassland at all.Cao Sanxi took the Harrier Eagle out, stroked its back with his right hand for a moment, then tied the information to the Harrier Eagle's legs, and loosened his hands, the Harrier Eagle immediately swung up and flew towards the northwest, and soon became a The black spot disappeared from Cao Sanxi's sight.

Cao Sanxi looked at the disappearing Harrier Eagle with a solemn expression. Although he reported the matter to Li Xin, he still did not get any specific information.The imperial court did not issue an imperial edict to take action against Li Xin, and even the court elders kept silent, which made Cao Sanxi feel that he had nowhere to do so.Now he only hopes to know the layout of the court before the court makes a move, so that Li Xin can have a chance to prepare.

The city of Beijing was covered with heavy snow, and it was the same on the grasslands. Li Xin assembled his army and prepared for battle. He removed the soldiers and horses in his hands to defend the four directions. He gathered about 5 soldiers and horses and arranged them in the cloud.

In the Liuli Palace, Li Xin was teasing a little baby, but the little baby was weak, lying in the cradle, sleeping soundly, ignoring the powerful prince who controlled one side at all.

On the other side of the bed, Xiao Yu looked at Li Xin with gentle eyes, her heart was full of sweetness. She gave birth to a daughter this time, but she was extremely happy in her heart. Looking at his daughter's eyes, he was so happy, it came out from the bottom of his heart, not just to please Xiao Yu.

"Look at my little princess, she sleeps so soundly, just like when I was a child." Li Xin touched the baby's smooth and tender face, with a smile on his face, this is the first child he had at this time , I believe there will be more in the future.

It's just that when he was happy, he didn't notice a strange look on Xiao Yu's face lying on the side.With wide eyes open, he looked at Li Xin in surprise.

"This title of princess is not something ordinary people can have." Xiao Yu's eyes gradually widened, she thought that Li Xin had inadvertently exposed his ambition.It's just that she didn't know that in later generations, parents would call their daughters little princesses or something.Li Xin didn't care at all.

"Grandpa, you haven't named the child yet?" Xiao Yu said with a smile.

"Yes, yes." Li Xin nodded after hearing this, suddenly thought of something, and said, "A few days ago, Fan Yongdou sent someone to send a piece of purple jade, which is very beautiful. Besides, among the many colors, yellow is the most respected and purple is the most precious. Let’s call it Ziyu! Call it Li Ziyu.” Li Xin thought for a while, and took out a piece of purple jade from his bosom. There were many auspicious clouds carved on the purple jade, and there was a purple phoenix haunting it faintly. The phoenix is ​​lifelike, and the carving technique is exquisite, probably it was made by a master, and thanks to where Fan Yongdou found it, it happened to be used by Li Xin at this time.

"Thank you, Lord." Xiao Yu's beautiful eyes lit up, not only because of Li Xin's name, but also because of the piece of jade.He could tell that that piece of jade was priceless and meaningful.

"My lord, Mr. Shi Yuanzhi is asking to see you outside the hall."

At this moment, the voices of soldiers outside destroyed such a gentle atmosphere, Li Xin frowned, now it is snowing heavily outside, even the soldiers who started the training are all huddled in the camp, Shi The same is true for Yuan Zhi, who did not expect to enter the palace at this time.

"Mr. Yuan Zhi must have important business to come here at this time." Although Xiao Yu was reluctant in his heart, he still persuaded.

"En." Li Xin nodded and said, "Then you rest first, and I will accompany you tonight." Li Xin stood up, bowed his head and kissed Xiao Yu's charming face before walking out .

"My lord, this is the news from the capital. Cao Sanxi used the kite hawk, and that's how the news came. It's snowing and the weather is cold. That kite hawk probably needs to be trained for a while." The ondol was born.The interior is as warm as spring, and people don't feel a little cold.

"What's so urgent." Li Xin was stunned after hearing this, and used the kite hawk to show that the matter was urgent and not to the point of normal.

"The imperial court is ready to attack the lord." Shi Yuan said with a solemn expression, "This subordinate thinks that Emperor Chongzhen really wants to attack this time."

"Fighting on two fronts, His Majesty the Emperor is really courageous. Does he still have money and food?" Li Xin opened the note, because it was to lighten the weight. There were only a few dozen words on the information, and what was recorded on it was only Wen Tiren's sentence Then, several eunuchs headed northwest.

"Come on, go and invite all the gentlemen here, and warm Mr. Shi with Shangshui." Li Xin greeted the outside world loudly.He also found that there was something wrong with it.

"The subordinates don't know if Emperor Chongzhen has this ability, but they know that Emperor Chongzhen has never heard of the imperial edict issued by the cabinet this time. It must be a central edict or a secret edict." Shi Yuanzhi said softly.

"Do you really want to do something to me, Li Xin? Hehe, it's interesting." Li Xin's face was gloomy. He didn't expect Chongzhen to be so impatient to do something to him. Could it be that he really thought that I, Li Xin, could not be pinched in mud.

"Master." At this time, Huang Duan opened the curtain, and saw Song Xiance, Zhang Cai, Zhang Chun, and Sun Yuanhua walking in together. Although Li Xin is the Duke of the state, the setting in the Liuli Palace is not much different from that of the Forbidden City. Even the curtains that block the cold wind are bright yellow.Li Xin didn't care about the color, these were made by Shi Yuanzhi and Song Xiance.

"Look at this, the imperial court is probably going to attack us." Li Xin handed the information to Song Xiance, and said, "It's just that Cao Sanxi didn't get the exact information in the capital. He only knew that there was an eunuch who came out of the capital to look northwest. You guys Tell me, if the imperial court takes action, what measures will it take?"

Song Xiance and others looked at the information, only to hear him say with a smile: "Now it seems that it is the lord's request to store grain at Shahukou that has aroused the fear of the court. Regarding our request, Jiang Yu has not responded yet. , This shows that there is a problem. If the subordinates do it, they will agree to the request of the lord, let the lord collect food and kill Hukou, and even advocate that the lord enter Datong. But secretly, they will attack from behind, occupy Shahukou, use Yanmen Pass, Datong City blocked the lord under Datong, and then sent an army to sweep across the grassland, destroying the foundation of the lord." Song Xiance said something with a smile, but it made Zhang Chun and the others change their complexions, with surprised eyes Looking at Song Xiance.

(End of this chapter)