Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 446 Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi?
Since Emperor Yongle moved the capital to Beijing, the Ming Dynasty has followed the national policy of "the Son of Heaven guards the gate of the country".Beijing is too close to the grassland barbarians, the capital of the Ming Dynasty is always threatened by the grassland.During the Zhengtong period, Yexian Taishi led the Wala army to the city of Beijing; during the Jiajing period, Altan Khan also led the Tatar army to the city of Beijing.

However, today's Ming Dynasty no longer has to be threatened by the grassland barbarians!Because on the border of Ming Dynasty, there are several fierce men guarding it!

The first fierce person is naturally Qi Jiguang.Qi Jiguang was a veteran of the Jia, Long and Wan dynasties.With him sitting in Jizhou, his name alone is worth hundreds of thousands of troops!
Qi Jiguang's military success is inseparable from Zhang Juzheng's support for him.Qi Jiguang's subordinates are at odds with him, and Zhang Juzheng will dismiss his subordinates.Qi Jiguang's boss is at odds with him, Zhang Juzheng will dismiss his boss!In Zhang Juzheng's view, whoever is an enemy of Qi Jiguang is destroying the stability of the northern border of Ming Dynasty!
The second fierce man is He Liu's in-laws, Li Chengliang, General Soldier of Eastern Liaodong.The Mongols are predatory.Jizhou Town was tightly guarded by Qi Jiguang.In desperation, the Mongols planned to change the location of the robbery: Liaodong!When they came to Liaodong, they found that the local Ming army did not defend them at all!
Because Li Chengliang never likes to defend!He loves to attack!He fought cavalry against cavalry, and the foreign bandits who came from afar were crying and howling.Over time, except for a very few Mongolian leaders who had their brains flooded, very few people would lead troops into Liaodong.

The third fierce man is Tan Lun, governor of Xuanda.Tan Lun is very similar to the famous minister Yang Bo, he belongs to the kind of literati who are born to fight.With him guarding Xuan Da, Xuan Da is impenetrable!

The fourth fierce man is Yu Dayou, the former governor of the army.After Yu Dayou resigned as the general of Guangxi, he was transferred to the capital by Zhang Juzheng to be in charge of military training.It has to be said that Zhang Juzheng is very good at employing people.The Guangxi rebellion and border quarrels have long since been put down, and there are no major wars in southern Xinjiang.Putting Yu Dayou in Guangxi is an overkill?
The importance of training elite soldiers for the court is no less important than fighting.So Zhang Juzheng transferred Yu Dayou to the capital to train the car battalion.Facts have proved that Yu Dayou knows how to fight and even train soldiers!The elite soldiers trained by him were continuously sent to the Nine Sides of Ming Dynasty.

Emperor Wanli ordered Wang Chonggu: "The Ministry of War will send special personnel to Jizhou to reward the soldiers who have made great contributions in this battle."

Wang Chong said in ancient times: "The minister obeys the order."

Feng Bao said, "Report to the emperor. Wang Guoguang, Zhang Siwei, and Wang Chonggu have reported three great events to the emperor. On the day of the great event, the slaves will report another small event to the emperor. Those few in Yongshou Palace The cycad tree has blossomed! This is a great auspicious sign! The cycad tree has a spirituality, and it will not bloom in bloom if it is not in a prosperous age!"

In the past four years, although Feng Bao has often committed the problem of greed for money.But he was not confused about major issues, and fully supported Zhang Juzheng's New Deal strategy.

Emperor Wanli said: "Oh? Are those iron trees blooming? You will send two to Kunning Palace for the Empress Dowager to watch."

Zhang Juzheng saw that it was almost time. He raised his head and glanced at Emperor Wanli.

Emperor Wanli understood, and he said: "My dear friends, let's leave the court!"

After the court was over, He Liu went to Jinyiwei.At noon, he returned home.

Bai Xiaoyan is now over forty years old, she is in her mid-mature, and her charm is still there.She took the beam crown from He Liu and put it on the cap barrel.

The five-year-old Xiao Hanjiao hopped into He Liu's arms.

"Grandpa, uncle hasn't come home for more than half a month! He promised me that he would take me to the Yongding River to fish for bastards! Also, mother promised me that when Xia Chan stopped barking, he would come from Liaodong. Go back to the capital to see me. Why hasn't she come yet!"

Xiao Hanjiao's uncle, He Shizhong, is now a 15-year-old boy.At the beginning of the year, Zhang Juzheng granted him the official position of serving as a servant of the seventh rank.Although he is young, he can be regarded as an official of the imperial court.

Xiao Hanjiao's father, Li Rubai, is now the commander of the Tieling Guard in Liaodong.Xiangxiang followed her husband to Tieling.Liaodong is bitterly cold, the husband and wife still leave their beloved son in the capital.

He Liu hugged the little Hanjiao on his lap, and said, "Your uncle is now an official of the imperial court. How can I have the time to accompany you to catch some bastards?"

Turning his head, He Liu asked Bai Xiaoyan again: "Xiangxiang wrote a letter a few days ago, didn't she say that she will arrive in Beijing before the Ghost Festival?"

Bai Xiaoyan said: "According to the time, it will be soon."

Little Hanjiao had the same temperament as his mother when he was a child. He shouted: "Grandma, grandma, is the big pig's trotter stewed? When is lunch! Hanjiao is starving to death!"

Bai Xiaoyan said: "The stew is finished, let's go to the dining room to eat."

He Liu picked up the little Hanjiao and shaved his grandson's face with his own beard: "You just know how to eat it. It weighed a few pounds more. When your mother comes, see if she doesn't call you a pig."

The little Hanjiaotong said without restraint: "Hmph, if I were a little pig, grandpa would be an old pig!"

After a few days, an old friend came to He Liufu: Lady Netherland, Tina.

Since the first year of Longqing, He Liu met Tina in Tianjin Wei, and the two have been friends for ten years.In the past ten years, Tina would come to the capital almost every two years.The first thing she did after she came to Beijing was to visit the home of her old friend "General He".

Tina is also in her forties.She entered the courtyard of He Mansion and shouted loudly: "Your Excellency, I am here again!"

Behind Tina, followed by a Western man under 30 years old.This Western man is dressed differently from ordinary Westerners.He was wearing a strange black robe with a shiny jewel hanging on his chest.The jewelry is in the shape of a cross.

When He Liu heard the shout, he hurried out of the hall and greeted him with cupped hands: "It's such a joy to have a friend coming from afar! Countess Tina, we meet again."

He Liu saw the young man behind Tina.He asked, "I wonder who this brother is?"

Tina quickly introduced: "This is Mr. Matteo Ricci, a missionary from the Italian Church. Mr. Matteo Ricci, this is the General He I often talked to you about during the trip."

He Liu asked confusedly: "Church? Missionary? Is this an official position?"

Tina thought for a while and explained: "Missionaries are like your monks and Taoists in the Ming Dynasty. The difference is that missionaries do not worship your Buddha and Sanqing Shangxian, but only worship God, and spread the gospel for God in the world. "

He Liudao: "Oh, it turned out to be a foreign monk. Don't care about monks or not, you follow Lady Tina to my house, and you are a guest. Please, let's have dinner in the dining room."

Bai Xiaoyan prepared a sumptuous banquet for the two guests who came from afar.

During the dinner, Tina said casually: "Before coming to your country, I went to Wa country first."

He Liu asked suspiciously: "Waguo? Isn't Waguo now a melee between big and small feudal lords, fighting hard? Why did you go to a small country full of wars to do business?"

Tina said: "Now the country of Wa is not as chaotic as before. A powerful lord named Nobunaga Oda appeared in the country of Wa. He has an excellent general named Toyotomi Hideyoshi under him. Nobunaga Oda was in Toyotomi Hideyoshi With the assistance of the Japanese government, the Wa country is almost unified. I think that in a few years, the war in the Wa country will end."

He Liu frowned.He remembered Xu Wenchang's prophecy back then: After the Japanese kingdom is unified, it will definitely devote all its power without hesitation to invade Daming through the springboard of North Korea!
(End of this chapter)