Ju Yongguan means "moving to Yongtu". Guancheng is located in the canyon of 18 miles. It belongs to the mountain of Taihang Yumai Jundu, which is connected to Lulong and Jieshi in the east, and Taihang Mountains in the west, Changshan in the west, and the terrain is extremely dangerous.

With the Ming Dynasty moving the capital to Beijing, Juyongguan, the gateway to the northwest, greatly improved its military strategic significance and became the first fortress to resist the southward advance of Mongolian cavalry.

Guancheng has almost been repaired and expanded, and the circumference of Guancheng has reached 4,000 meters. There are defensive buildings such as Yuecheng and city towers, enemy towers and other defensive buildings in the city. There are government offices, temples, Confucianism, etc. in the city.

Lin Weiran, wearing a python robe, stood on the cloud platform nearly ten meters in the middle of Guancheng, enjoying the early spring scenery in the canyon, looking at the spring flowers and plants, listening to the singing of mountain birds, and feeling the breath of nature.

While Lin Weiran was enjoying the scenery, Juyong Guan Shen General Tao Hu and others, standing behind, were illuminated by their eyes, but they were staring at the heroic posture of the legendary figure with respect.

Not to mention Lin Shiran's unattainable position, just because of his impressive achievements, all the generals present dared not resist Lin Shiran's orders at all.

Lin Qingran's name started from the Nanmen Victory in Tongzhou, and then the great victory of Shanzhutan was worshipped by the soldiers on the Jiubian. When he arrived at Shanxi, the soldiers on the Jiubian Victory were admired and prostrated.

That's right, the soldiers on Jiubian now have no Yang or Shanxi Gang generals, and some of them are fans who support Lin Yanran.

Now Lin Qingran has come to preside over the war in Juyongguan in person. They have no fear in their hearts, and some have a strong sense of fighting.

But at this moment, a messenger hurriedly ran to the cloud platform and immediately broke the silence here.

After hearing the messenger's report, Lin Weiran took his eyes back from the stream in the mountain stream, and then walked down the white marble steps with his hands on his back. There was already a tall carriage waiting here.

"Uncle Nineteen, everything has been arranged!" Before getting on the car, Lin Fu whispered to report.

Lin Qingran nodded slightly, turned his head thoughtfully and looked at the direction of Beijing City, and then boarded the carriage and headed towards Badaling.

The position of the general Tao Hu, the general of Juyongguan, was to station in Juyongguan, but he could not accompany Lin Qingran to go there, so he had to let his most elite guards protect Lin Qingran to Badaling.

In the capital, the sky here is unpredictable, and it seems that it will always be a strange scene.

Altan's 100,000 cavalry invaded Juyongguan, and this military sentiment caused the entire capital to become panic. After all, Juyongguan is only a few dozen miles away from the capital. Once the Tartars conflict with Juyongguan's defense line, it will directly threaten the survival of the capital.

Fortunately, in the evening, the latest military information came: Altan was suffering from drought in the north and raised troops to ask the Ming Dynasty to trade with them to help Mongolia survive the disaster.

"God has the virtue of being alive, so it's okay for us to trade with Mongolia!"

"They are threatening us with a knife. If our court agrees, they will be soft!"

"You can't say that. The Tartars have always been good at martial arts. Now, we take a step back and avoid war and show our kindness in China. Why not do it?"

...

After learning about Altan's motive for coming to Juyong Pass, many scholars held an inclusive attitude, but supported the Ming Dynasty and Altan's trade with each other.

After all, the Ming Dynasty and Mongolian traded against them did not cause any substantial harm. If Mongolian cavalry surrounded Beijing, they would worry about their lives.

Of course, many scholars still maintained their rationality and blood, but knew that compromise with Altan now not only showed the incompetence of the court, but also made China bear a shame.

Especially given the consequences of the weak Confucian behavior of the Song Dynasty, even if we can now get temporary peace, it will cause a disaster for the entire Chinese nation.

But things suddenly became worse, and another news came: Mr. Lin was assassinated by the White Lotus Sect on his way to Badaling.

"White lotus should be punished!"

"We will never tolerate this kind of food inside and out!"

"Haha... I'm afraid someone will help you in this matter, otherwise how could you plot against Master Lin repeatedly!"

...

When many officials learned that Lin Junran was assassinated again, they hated Bai Lian very much. At the same time, they faintly smelled the conspiracy, but they turned their attention to the Shanxi Gang, and even Xu Jie.

Although the White Lotus Sect's congregation is mainly distributed outside the Great Wall, the White Lotus Sect's followers are the most active in Shanxi in recent years, and they have a deep relationship with Shanxi's help.

Now that the White Lotus Sect has accurately harmed Mr. Lin twice, this matter is undoubtedly related to the Shanxi Gang, and it must be that the Shanxi Gang has provided convenience to the White Lotus Sect.

It is precisely because when learning that Lin Weiran was once again conspired by the White Lotus Sect, many people immediately thought of the Shanxi Gang, which had a close relationship with the White Lotus Sect, and some even thought that this was Xu Jie's conspiracy.

But, the Xu Party and important members of the Shanxi Gang gathered in Xu's house that night, and were already planning something shameful together.

The officials who learned about this news were not only indignant, but also felt a deep helplessness. Now that the court has ignored etiquette and rules, the dignified cabinet chief has actually been mixed up with the Tartars.

What made them feel vaguely at ease was that although Lin Weiran was ambushed by a hidden arrow on the way to Badaling, fortunately he did not hurt the vitals.

The next morning, the morning court was up.

Longqing, wearing a dragon robe, still looked like he was yawning. Although Altan had led 100,000 soldiers to station troops in Badaling, the person Longqing favored last night was still a beautiful man.

Xu Jie, wearing a python robe, stood in front. Since he couldn't see that annoying figure today, and having a happy gathering with Zhang Shouzhi and others last night, a smile couldn't help but raise a corner of his mouth.

Although he didn't understand why Lin Junran chose to go north and why he was assassinated by the White Lotus Sect, none of this matters. What's important is that Lin Junran is not in the court now, and Lin Dang and Qingliu are both leaderless. Now it's his best move.

opportunity.

As Chen Hong called out, the officials kicked off the memorial, and Zhang Juzheng, the Minister of Rites, stood up first when he saw that the five cabinet masters had no movement.

Among many court affairs, the next palace examination is undoubtedly the top priority. Today, the candidate for the reading officer was finalized. Xu Jie, the senior secretary of the young master and the crown prince's grand tutor Jianji Palace, was the chief reading officer.

Although Lin Xu is not in the court now, Zhang Juzheng, the Minister of Rites, did not dare to exclude Lin Xuran, and also submitted his name.

Longqing was not very interested in the palace examination, so the scholars were almost the same for him. No matter who was named the top scholar, it seemed that there was little influence. It was just like before that everyone did not strongly objected, so he adopted Zhang Juzheng's request.

Soon, the official at the Shangshu level was finished.

Wang Bengu, the left minister of the Ministry of Personnel, turned his head and looked at Xu Jie, and stood up and asked, "Emperor, King Shunyi has now raised his troops to go south due to the disaster, but he just stocked up his troops in Badaling without invasion. The intention is to seek peace rather than

If the Ming Dynasty agreed to the request of King Shunyi to trade with each other, it would not only show our Ming Dynasty's kindness and kindness, but also save hundreds of thousands of Mongolian people from water and fire, and avoid the war between the two countries. This can be said to be a success in one fell swoop. I beg the emperor to approve King Shunyi

Asked!"

this……

Although Lin Xuan and other officials knew that the Xu Dang would take action this morning, they did not expect that they would be so shameless and would be so "inside and outside" with the Tartars.

"Your Majesty, I am against it! Altan's ambition is not enough to plan. My Ming Dynasty should be wary of the lessons of the Song Dynasty's cede land and marrying each other! Now Altan Khan is coming to tear down our peace talks last year. Since they are going to fight with us, we

Why did the Ming Dynasty fear it? I beg to send a document to conquer the rebel Altan to promote the prestige of the Ming Dynasty!" Guo Pu changed his silent character and immediately stood up and opposed it clearly.

Xu Jie's brows frowned slightly, and turned his head to look at Guo Pu with caution.

I thought it was Wang Bai or Ma Sen jumped out, but I didn't expect Guo Pu to jump out as soon as possible, causing sparks to come out of things.

Li Chunfang turned his head and looked at Guo Pu next to him. He did not expect that Guo Pu not only carried the Lin Party’s banner at the first time, but also sang the stage drama with such a clear stand. He knew that today’s morning court would definitely be a battle of dragons and tigers.

Long Qing felt Guo Pu's strong attitude, but he had a little bit of it in his heart. He asked Xu Jie gently: "Her Ge Lao Xu has always been sincere in planning the country, but I don't know what your high opinions do you have?"

Huh?

The officials in the hall knew that Xu Jie and Long Qing were getting closer and closer. Now seeing Long Qing politely politely raising Xu Jie, they vaguely felt that the situation had evolved in a direction they didn't want to see.

"Emperor, the old minister thinks what the king said is reasonable! Mongolia is suffering severely and has suffered numerous casualties, which is really unbearable. Although it is inappropriate for King Shunyi to bring troops to come, it is understandable that peace should be the most important.

If we agree to trade with Mongolia this time, it will not only show the kindness of our sect leader, but also show the emperor's reputation, and also help the prosperity of trade in the nine borders. It can be said that it will kill multiple goals in one fell swoop!" Xu Jie was already ready to speak, and even expressed his opinion

road.

Longqing thought of Mandariwa's pillow last night. Now that he heard Xu Jie's statement of supporting the trade, he immediately wanted to adopt Xu Jie's opinion.

But as soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Heng, the Minister of Personnel, immediately stood up and accused him: "Old Master Xu, Master Lin is almost dead for the Ming Dynasty to go to the front line. How can we be so greedy and afraid of death!"

"Your Majesty, Altan's ambition is obvious. We will retreat today and trade with each other. Will we want to cede land and marry each other in the future? Will we follow the footsteps of Song?" Wu Guifang, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of War, had anger on his face, and he also stood up and bowed to Longqing.

Lin Xuan, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites, looked up at Longqing, but said with a little threat: "Emperor, if you are so aggrieved and seek peace, I will kill the Golden Palace today in order to ask the heroic spirit of Taizu to show that the emperor is unworthy!"

"Emperor, I beg you to send a document to conquer the rebel Altan to promote the prestige of the Ming Dynasty!"

"Emperor, I beg you to send a document to conquer the rebel Altan to promote the prestige of the Ming Dynasty!"

"Emperor, I beg you to send a document to conquer the rebel Altan to promote the prestige of the Ming Dynasty!"

...

Hundreds of officials including the Minister of Revenue Ma Sen and others came out to express their opinions, as if they had already agreed, but they all came out to agree with Guo Pu to ask for a fight.

After experiencing the storm of establishing the crown prince, they knew that the court needed to make trouble, and they even joined forces to prevent the traitorous prime minister from ruining the country. Especially when they learned that Lin Junran was assassinated, they even shared the same hatred against the Xu party, and even did not

Take the current emperor seriously.

this……

Zhang Juzheng originally wanted to stand up and support the proposal of peace and discussion, but when he saw the angry officials stepping out, he couldn't help but swallow and vomit secretly, and he didn't dare to go against the trend.

Far more than half of the officials and Wu Xun stood up to oppose peace talks, but instead tried to issue documents to conquer the rebel Altan. This court showed a rare unity.

On the other hand, the Xu Party led by Xu Jie seemed alone. Some people from the Xu Party saw their colleagues begging for the fight like this, but they did not dare to stand up and support Xu Jie and Wang Bengu.

Chen Hong, who was standing next to the red painted cylinder, saw this, although he knew that Longqing's original intention was to trade with each other, but he saw such a large formation of officials, and turned his head and looked at Longqing with complicated eyes.

Seeing the officials in this way, Longqing swallowed back his words to accept Xu Jiehe's advice earlier, and was even more frightened by Lin Feng's words of death.

After Pan Sheng beat Xu Jie and the few big fights in the court, he knew that these officials were really a bunch of hooligans, but there was nothing they could not do.

Longqing no longer dared to take into account Mandariwa's pillow wind, so he had to change his words: "This matter is as requested by Master Guo, and I will issue a manifesto to conquer Altan. The matter of defending the enemy will be fully presided over by Master Lin!"

"The emperor is firm and clear!" Guo Pu was not unreasonable. Seeing Longqing adopting his opinion, he immediately praised him.

Xu Jie looked at the united officials in the hall, and then looked at the weak and incompetent Emperor Longqing, but found that the "Emperor Protecting" sect's route was far less beautiful than he thought.

What made him feel most helpless was that Lin Qingran was obviously not in this palace, but these officials were even more fierce than before, and his aura suppressed him, the chief minister and the emperor.

As soon as he thought of this, he felt tired in his heart. He just hoped to get rid of Lin Qingran and return to his hometown in Songjiang to retire as soon as possible, but he was unwilling to continue fighting like this in this court.

"Emperor, the late emperor carefully chooses virtuous and comply with Your Majesty, and is the master of the ancestral temple and country. Your Majesty should follow the orders of the late emperor to reconcile the favor of the palace and follow the will of heaven to give birth to the emperor's legitimate son. I beg the emperor to move the beautiful man to the cold palace and favor Chen.

Queen!" Chen Shaoru, the minister of Taichang Temple, saw that the matter was finished, stood up and gave a memorial.
To be continued...