Chapter 234: Justice

In the imperial palace in the capital, the messengers who reported the news in the past few days were flowing like a lantern, bringing news from Hebei to Emperor Zhu Yunwen: 250,000 Qin and Jin troops attack Yan; the King of Yan suddenly appeared in Xingtai and recovered the King of Zhou 80,000 troops; the cavalry of the Yan army successfully attacked Jingxing, and the general of Jin king Zhang Si led 50,000 troops to surrender to the King of Yan, and the retreat route of Qin and Jin troops was cut off.

Zhu Yunwen was almost all his thoughts on the battlefield in Hebei. He pounced on the map from morning to night to study the confrontation between the two armies. At the beginning, the King of Yan was unfavorable, but as time went by, the balance of the war seemed to be biased towards the King of Yan again, and Qin and Jin were in trouble.

Zhu Yunwen couldn't help but feel deeply worried. He thought that Qin and King Yan would fight together and consume each other's strength, but he didn't expect that King Yan was so cunning that he would not engage in a head-on confrontation with the Qin and Jin army. He took advantage of the opportunity of the other party's troops to eat away the enemy's vital strength one by one. In just one month, he had 130,000 more troops. Now his army has reached 250,000, which is on par with the Qin and Jin coalition forces, and he has the initiative. If Qin and Jin were defeated this time, the King Yan's army would most likely jump to 400,000. This could be the same as the court. Can the King of Yan's vassal be cut off at that time?

Zhu Yunwen regretted it a little. He knew that he should have seized the opportunity that Li Weizheng created for him and arrested the King of Yan in the capital. Although he regretted it, he would not show it. He hid it in his heart. What should he do now?

"Your Majesty, Secretary Qi is asking for a meeting." An eunuch whispered to report.

Qi Tai came just in time, Zhu Yunwen was excited and immediately said, "Fast forward, Secretary Qi comes in."

After a moment, Qi Tai strode into the imperial study room, and he also brought something big, but before he could speak, Zhu Yunwen spoke out his worries first.

"Shangshu Qi, the situation of Qin and Jin on the battlefield in Hebei is unfavorable! I am very worried that once the King of Yan wins, his strength will not only not decrease due to internal strife, but will increase its strength. Shangshu Qi will probably be difficult to reduce the vassals again at that time."

Qi Tai bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I am also here for this matter. I have a suggestion that may prevent Your Majesty's worries from appearing..."

Zhu Yunwen was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "Please tell me if you want to say it."

"Your Majesty, my suggestion is to immediately order the imperial army to participate in mediation and assist the two kings of Qin and Jin to return to the vassal state."

Zhu Yunwen lowered his head and pondered for a long time. He suddenly showed a rare decision and said resolutely: "The Secretary of State is right. We must never allow the King of Yan to be bigger. This matter will not be discussed by the court anymore, so I will make the decision."

He immediately turned around and said to the Grand Master who was serving by his side: "Transfer my will and ordered the Hebei governor Zhang Bing to command the left envoy Zhang Xin and the right envoy Xie Gui and immediately lead the Hebei army to separate the three kings and mediate their disputes, and make sure that the two kings of Qin and Jin lead their troops back to the vassal state."

After the Grand Secretary finished writing the imperial edict and stamping it with a seal, he immediately passed the decree out. At this time, Qi Tai returned to his official duties. He glanced at the high stack of memorials on the imperial desk and asked: "Your Majesty, today Li Wei from Liaodong and Liaodong are sending an emergency memorial together. Did Your Majesty read it?"

Zhu Yunwen was stunned. He immediately stepped forward and flipped through the memorials on the imperial case, and found a memorial that he had not read. In the past two days, he was addicted to the war in Hebei and had no intention of reviewing the memorials. When he saw Qi Tai about to speak, he couldn't help but blush and said, "I know I'm wrong, so I won't do this again."

Qi Tai sighed and advised: "Your Majesty, the former emperor was diligent in government affairs for decades. As the king of a country, a memorial may change the general trend of the world by one day. The responsibility is severity. Please remember it."

"I will review it now!"

Zhu Yunwen sat down and opened the memorial jointly submitted by Li Weizheng and King Zhu Zhi of Liao. He was suddenly shocked. In the memorial, the two said that King Ning and King Yan had secretly colluded with each other and were preparing to assist King Yan in rebellion and delivered 80,000 Daning troops to King Yan. The memorial also included a text message from King Ning to King Yan. Zhu Zhiyan was intercepted by his army, and the message was discussing the route of the Daning army's southward journey.

At the end of the memorial, the King of Liao and Li Wei were requesting the court to issue an order to seize the army of Ning. Zhu Yunwen was stunned. He had just learned that the King of Zhou's 80,000 troops had been obtained by the King of Yan. Now if the King of Ning's 80,000 troops were also obtained by the King of Yan, the problem would be serious. He was panicked for a moment and didn't know what to do.

Qi Tai, who was standing aside, said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, this matter is a memorial between the Liao and Li Weizheng, and there will be no falsehood. I also know that King Ning and King Yan have always had a good relationship. It is very likely that King Yan made some promises. King Ning was determined to help King Yan. My suggestion was that King Zhou would rather be obtained by King Yan than King Ning would not return to the State of Yan."

Zhu Yunwen nodded. He understood that King Ning's army was extraordinary. He had the most sharp cavalry of the Ming Dynasty, composed of more than 30,000 Mongolian Duoyan troops, and his other 50,000 troops were equally elite. If he was obtained by the King of Yan, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"What should I do according to my dear intentions?"

"Your Majesty, I suggest that you immediately issue an order to Li Weizheng and the King of Liao, authorizing them to dismiss King Ning's army, with the will of the court, perhaps King Ning is still afraid and dare not publicly rebel."

Zhu Yunwen hesitated for a moment. Although he did not want the Daning army to return to the King of Yan, he also did not want the Daning army to be obtained by Li Weizheng. Qi Tai saw his meaning and advised: "Your Majesty, with the King of Liao, the Daning army cannot return to Li Weizheng. We can issue another order to the King of Liao and order him to recruit all the Daning army. But no matter what, this matter must be decisive. Once the Qin and Jin army retreat, the King of Yan can have a chance to breathe, and he will immediately turn around and attack Liaodong. Those Yanning attacks from north to south. Not only will the Daning return to the King of Yan, but the Liaoning army and the Liaodong army are also difficult to protect. The King of Liao and Li Weizheng must have known this and begged the court to issue an order to dismiss the Ningwang army. Therefore, I just said that if Your Majesty approves the memorial for a few hours later, it may change the general trend of the world. If Your Majesty delays, it will be too late to send the decree in the end."

Zhu Yunwen was finally persuaded by Qi Tai. He immediately wrote two imperial edicts, one authorizing the King of Liao and Li Weizheng to remove the King of Ning's military power, and the other was to hand over the Daning army to the King of Liao. The two edicts, together with the orders of the Ministry of War, were urgently sent to the Liao Palace in Guangning City.

At this time, Liaoxi was completely controlled by Li Weizheng. The 50,000 elite guards of Liao King Zhu Zhi and the 20,000 newly recruited soldiers, totaling 70,000, were all taken into account by Li Weizheng. He used Zhu Zhi's handwriting to order all senior military officials to go to Guangning City for a meeting, but they were all imprisoned. Then he re-appointed a new commander and commander Tongzhi. Since all this was the order of the Liao king, the army did not rebound, but this was not enough. Li Weizheng used Zhu Zhi's order to reorganize the ten guards in western Liaoxi and exchange officers with the Liaodong Army. In this way, after ten days of reorganization, the ten guards in western Liaoxi were subtly changed their ownership...

Almost at the same time as he controlled western Liaoning, Li Weizheng immediately ordered the blockade of the North Pass, and strictly investigated all business travelers heading south. At the same time, he ordered the ban on the sea for one year. All civilian ships, whether Goryeo or Liaodong civilian ships, were not allowed to be launched. Those who violated the orders were killed. He ordered the Lushun Guard Navy and the Busan Guard Navy to patrol the sea surface and no ships were allowed to go south.

Shanhaiguan, this is the only way for Liaodong to enter the Central Plains. It is one of the ten most powerful passes in the world. Stopping Shanhaiguan is equivalent to choking the throat of the western Liaoning Corridor. Shanhaiguan was originally stationed by Zhu Zhi's Shanhaigu, and there was a small fleet. However, after Li Wei was taking over western Liaoning, he transferred Shanhaigu to the Liaodong Peninsula to reorganize, and his most confidant Jinshangu took over the defense of Shanhaiguan.

At noon that day, in front of Shanhaiguan, it was as lively as usual. Several caravans heading south were waiting for the verification certificate to pass. Since Liaodong had a huge demand for military supplies such as pig iron, it was far from satisfying the official procurement alone. Therefore, Li Weizheng relaxed private trade and used private caravans to traffic pig iron into Liaodong. As a result, more than 100 long-distance caravans were active in Liaodong, and each caravan was basically composed of hundreds of mules and horses.

Today, three caravans were preparing to pass the pass and head south. They were all preparing to go to Qian'an, Hebei to traffic pig iron. The three caravans had complete procedures and had passed one checkpoint after another. After passing Shanhaiguan, they left the Liaodong border.

Today, a Thousand House Army was on duty in front of Shanhaiguan. One thousand officers and soldiers patrolled the city and the two hundred soldiers inspected in front of the city gate. Another special inspection team composed of more than 100 people was also patrolling in front of the city gate. The inspection team was composed of soldiers from the original Jinyiwei Institute, mainly performing some special tasks. There is such an inspection team in Shanhaiguan, led by a hundred households, who directly obeyed the General Office.

This Jinyiwei Baihun, surnamed Shen, was over thirty years old and was also a veteran with extensive inspection experience. Especially his eyes were vicious, and no one could escape his scrutiny. He had received a special order from the General Office to intercept the envoy sent by King Ning in front of Shanhaiguan. Of course, he was a secret envoy who had disguised himself as a disguised secret envoy.

He understood why the General's Mansion did not stop the intention of the business travelers from the customs, so he deliberately left a hole for the envoy of King Ning to go. Otherwise, the envoy would have no way out, and would have crossed mountains and ridges and would not be able to catch people.

As a result, the inspection of Shanhaiguan became extremely strict. It was not enough to pass the procedures with complete procedures. It also had to search one by one to pass. At this time, the second caravan was already undergoing the inspection. Everyone had to raise their hands to undergo body search and interrogation, including accent, road guide and family situation.

Shen Baihu sat on a chair not far away, looking coldly at everyone's expressions and some details. More than 100 subordinates entered the caravan and carefully inspected it. This was the second inspection besides the city gate guards' body search, and it was more strict and careful.

At this time, it was a young guy's turn to be examined. He was very ordinary, with small eyes, flat nose, a hard-working look, and dark skin, showing his hard work all year round, and there was no difference from other guys. Two soldiers were searching carefully and asking him some questions. He had nothing except a little bit of silver, flint, road rays and other debris, and his hat was taken down to check. It seemed that he was qualified. A soldier knocked a seal on his road rays and was about to let him go. Shen Baihu also peeled him up with his eyes. There was no problem and was about to move to the next one. But the moment the guy took back the items, Shen Baihu suddenly discovered something strange. His hand and the tiger's mouth on his right hand were not called in the tiger's mouth. This was different from other guys. He pulled the reins of the mule and horse all day long. How could the tiger's mouth be without calluses?

Chen Baihu did not stand up, but slowly stood up and waved to an officer at the city gate and smiled: "Wang Qianhu, come down and have a drink!"

"I can't hear what you said."

He walked forward a few more steps, pretending to prick up his ears and listen carefully, slowly approaching the guy. Suddenly, he rushed up with lightning speed, knocking the guy down and pressing him to the ground. The guy's face changed drastically at the moment he was knocked down, and he struggled desperately, but his hand reached to the soles of his shoes. Chen Baihu was very experienced and slammed his fist and hit his temple hard. The guy let out a muffled groan and fainted. Chen Baihu pointed at another person behind him and his face changed slightly. The guy who was about to escape under his feet shouted: "Catch him!"

Before the soldiers guarding the city responded, the two inspectors took action almost at the same time, pounced on the ground, and made a vicious move, breaking his wrists with a "click" and screamed at the city gate. All the soldiers on duty woke up and rushed up together, surrounding three business groups. Several people who had already checked and stood waiting aside were surrounded by soldiers.

Chen Baihu had already taken the two shoes of the person under him and handed them over to his subordinates to watch. He had seen it very clearly just now. The moment the man was knocked down, he was trying to grab his shoes, so the problem must be on the shoes.

This is a pair of very ordinary cloth shoes. The soldiers had checked it just now. There was no problem from the surface, but Chen Baihu didn't look at the surface. He reached out and tore it, and tore the soles of the cloth shoes in half. He pulled out a white silk covered with dense words, with bright red seals on it. The guy who had just woken up suddenly sighed and lowered his head weakly.

The Liao Palace in Guangning City was no longer the family of the Liao Palace. The Liao Palace had been sent to Liaodong for rest. The Liao Palace Zhu Zhi lies in a quiet room every day to suck in the clouds and mist, waiting for Li Weizheng to use him at any time. Li Weizheng temporarily changed the Liao Palace to the Liaoxi General Office, and issued one reorganization order after another here.

The Liaoxi Army was successfully captured, and the next step was King Ning's army. He believed that King Ning had heard of it in the past few days. With his intelligence, he would not believe too much that the Liaoxi King handed over the army to him for the temporary command. Of course, he could enter western Liaoxi without panic and seize the troops of King Ning's army after taking down the army. However, it would take at least one month to do so. He was worried that the King of Yan would attack western Liaoxi at any time.

The joint memorial between him and the Liao soldiers was delivered to the court half a month ago. He had already received news from Fang Lan and the court approved it. The imperial edict was about to be delivered. It was only two days before he arrived.

In addition, he also sent a confidant to Duoyan's ministry to secretly reach a conclusion. He was not worried that Duoyan's ministry would agree to his request. He had an ace in his hand. This ace was not because he had an affair with the little chief of Duoyan's ministry, but because he strangled Duoyan's ministry's throat. In fact, after the so-called horse market trade in the past two years, Duoyan's ministry has completely relied on his supply of food, salt and other daily necessities. He has mastered the information. The number of sheep raised in the past two years has dropped sharply, and it has been changed to raising horses in exchange for food and other daily necessities. As long as he stopped supplying food, Duoyan's ministry would immediately famine, and some of the military rations from Zhu Quan were still supplied by himself! How could there be surplus grain for the Mongolians?

Now, what Li Wei needs is a legitimate reason, and the court authorized him to recruit Ning Wangjun.

"Report!" A personal soldier reported at the door: "Shanhaiguan sent an emergency letter."

"Show me."

The personal soldiers stepped forward and handed an envelope on it and said, "The person who reported the news said that this is the secret letter from Ning Wang that was seized by Chen Yanbaijia in Shanhaiguan."

Li Wei was taking out a piece of white silk with words on it. He looked at it and it was indeed as expected that King Ning informed the court that he had seized the army of King Liao.
Chapter completed!