Xie Qian wanted to scold Xie Hengnu, but felt that the reason was too pale and powerless. Finally, he had to sigh and agreed that Xie Hengnu's choice was actually correct, but he hated that you were not married!

Xie Qian said: "Chen Xi is a married man after all. You should advise Jun'er more. You can't let her be obsessed with it, nor can you be insulted by the family... I will not let that boy come to my house again in the future. Besides, after all, it's not a vow, don't marry you. After a while, the girl will forget it myself."

Mrs. Xu nodded and said, "What the master said is that the little girl is ignorant. As long as she educates her well, there will be no big problems."

Xie Qian originally wanted his wife to call his granddaughter over and teach him well as an elder, but in the end he chose to stop. The affairs of the court had already made him very upset. He wanted to relax when he got home, but it was not a good idea to make his granddaughter have a too stiff relationship.

A girl in her teenage movie will not be too paranoid. As long as she is advised well, she will always be able to "turn back and forth". She is a great Grand Secretary, and all the talents in the world are among the choices. Not to mention anything else, there are a few good young people in the Jinshi today. If not, there are many young and promising students in the Imperial College, and many of them are descendants of important officials in the court. It is impossible to hang themselves on a rope!

Mrs. Xu returned to the backyard and Xie Qian finished her dinner. She was thinking about whether to look for a book to read or go to the backyard to spend the night with her concubine Jin Anren, when she saw the servant hurried into the study and said nervously: "Master, Master, someone from the palace, let you enter the palace quickly."

"In the palace?"

Xie Qian looked at the sky. Although it was just now, it was not too late. However, the day was short and the night was long in the middle of winter. The palace should be closed at the palace gate. What urgent matters are the emperor?

Xie Qian came to the door of his house and was the eunuch on duty in the Ganqing Palace. When he saw Xie Qian, he hurried up to salute respectfully. Xie Qian asked while getting on the sedan chair, "Who else is summoned at the same time?"

"When I go back to Xie Ge's division, there are Liu Ge's division and Li Ge's division. As for the other small ones, I don't know." The eunuch replied.

Xie Qian thought to himself that since the emperor did not summon him to enter the palace alone, something big must have happened.

Xie Qian quickly asked the sedan chair bearer to speed up. When he was outside Dong'anmen, he realized that Liu Jian and Li Dongyang had entered the palace, and even British Duke Zhang Mao had stepped in earlier, but he met Ma Wensheng, who happened to fall into the sedan chair. Ma Wensheng greeted Xie Qian and said, "If it was expected, the war in the northern border should have changed."

Xie Qian glanced at Ma Wensheng and nodded in agreement. The person summoned this time, only Ma Wensheng, the six ministries, and no other important officials. These people had secretly participated in the advice of Emperor Hongzhi to send Liu Daxia to the Sanbian Punishment, took the initiative to attack, and gave the Tatars a "learning".

Because the border war was unknown, Ma Wensheng and Xie Qian did not discuss much on the way, so they rushed to the Ganqing Palace. At this time, Emperor Hongzhi had been waiting for a long time.

"Sir Xie, Mr. Ma, come quickly. This is the battle report that Beiguan has just arrived!"

Zhu Youzhang's tone was anxious and mixed with a hint of coldness and anger. Xie Qian felt something was wrong... In the past, Emperor Hongzhi basically called him "Mr. Xie" or "Xie Aiqing", and at the worst, he also called him "Xie Qing family". This time he directly called him "Sir Xie" without any respect.

Originally, this was just a serious name, but when it came to Xie Qian's ears, it seemed like a swearing person.

Ma Wensheng didn't like Xie Qian to think about his superiors so much. He took the battle report first. After reading the emergency documents sent from the border, Ma Wensheng's face darkened.

Zhu Youzhang said coldly: "Mr. Gao escorted the food and grass to Yulin. He encountered the Tatars in the Hequ area and was defeated and died. Liu Shangshu led his troops outside the situation is unknown. The main force of the Tatars has quickly advanced to the hinterland of Beiguan. Datong Prefecture, Taiyuan Prefecture and Xuan Prefecture are in an emergency at the same time. If Liu Shangshu cannot withdraw his troops early, he may..."

Everyone present took a breath.

It seemed reasonable that Liu Daxia led the army to attack... The Tatars lived by chasing water and grass, and the tribes were scattered all over the grassland, making it inconvenient to contact each other, and it was also difficult to transfer and migrate in the winter. As long as several tribes near the border of Daming were able to be removed one after another and to use the other's way to deal with the other, it would be a self-defense counterattack that boosted the morale of the army.

But who knew that the Tatars did not rest in the winter, and even assembled tens of thousands of troops to rob the border, they just happened to collide with Liu Daxia.

The Ming Dynasty and the opposition did not know that although there were frequent natural disasters in the past two years, the grassland where the Tatars were located was not easy. In addition to the large-scale drought that caused large areas of pastures to die on the grassland, due to the impact of the Little Ice Age, this year's blizzards also came earlier than in previous years. The temperature in the north and south of Hang Aishan was more than ten or twenty degrees colder than usual, and a large number of cattle and sheep froze to death.

The Tatars were not saying that they had nothing to do and they had to fight against the Ming Dynasty. They had to rob them in the cold weather. If they didn't rob, they might not be able to survive this winter.

The rise and fall of any country or force basically has a cycle, which is generally considered to be sixty or seventy years. According to the fertility of ancient people, it is only four generations.

The weather on the grassland is good and the pastures are gone. When the population rises, the pastures are not distributed enough, and various problems will arise one after another. If you encounter a major natural disaster at this time, internal conquests will continue to be conquered due to resource allocation and consume the population... Of course, there is another way, which is to transfer this internal crisis to external wars.

As a result, the border of the Ming Dynasty was in trouble.

Liu Jian said: "The Tatar barbarians have not violated the border for many years, and even sent envoys to pay tribute to the court in the first year. Why did they repeatedly violate the border this year?"

This question is not something that anyone present can explain, and Xie Qian is also helpless about it. What he is thinking now is, if Chen Xi is here, will he give a satisfactory answer?

Ma Wensheng carefully reported: "It is better to notify Liu Shangshu as soon as possible to withdraw his troops and turn to attack and defend to prevent greater disasters."

What Ma Wensheng said was basically recognized by Zhu Youzhe.

The problem now is not that Gaoming City is dead or that it has lost much food. It is that the Ming Dynasty has changed its previous strategic policy and has transferred out elite troops from the pass to take the initiative. This would be fine if it were another time, but now the Tatars have gathered tens of thousands of troops and the supply of troops is roughly equal. When the Ming army cannot win in the field, let alone when the supply and soldiers are not as good as the opponent?

If Liu Daxia is defeated, Yansui Town will face the dilemma of empty troops. Once Yansui is not protected, Datong Prefecture will be in danger. If these two barriers are lost, the Tatars may break through the Great Wall pass and drive straight into the city like the previous Oirats. At that time, the capital will be in danger and face the tragic situation of being surrounded after the Tumu Fort Incident.

What Ma Wensheng said makes sense, but it will be difficult to implement it in practice.

It is not yet known whether Liu Daxia is aware of the crisis and whether he can withdraw his troops in time is a problem. It is obviously unrealistic to rely on the court to inform him.

Now, the Datong generation of Xuanfu has been blocked by the main force of the Tatar cavalry. Xuanfu Town, Datong Town and Taiyuan Town issued emergency documents to the court at the same time. As for Yansui, which is further west, it is temporarily in the vacuum area of ​​the news. The court still doesn't know what happened there. If there is any news from the court, it can only detour Zhending, enter Guguan, go to Shouyang, Yangqu, and then go south to Fenzhou and Yongning Prefecture, from Wubao to cross the Yellow River, go to Suidezhou, and Mizhi to Yansui Town. When the news is spread, the daylily is cold.

After Zhang Mao raised the question, Li Dongyang said angrily: "Even if there is any delay, the news must be transmitted to the front line as soon as possible. You can't wait to die!"

This was too direct, and Zhu Youzhang looked cold, but he also knew that Li Dongyang had a straight temper, so he said such an unpleasant sentence.

If you do nothing, isn’t it really “sitting for death”?

After that, the monarch and ministers gathered together for more than an hour to discuss before the military discussion came to an end.

The attendees were all close ministers of Emperor Hongzhi. This time they took the initiative and were caused by their joint suggestions. Now there was a mistake and everyone was responsible for it. No one wanted to speak at this time, and they were thinking about the most serious consequences.

Only Xie Qian was thinking about the miserable. He was not thinking about Liu Daxia or the situation in the border, but about Chen Xi.

"The boy went to the border and did not mention him in the report. Even the cannons he escorted seemed to be gone. This boy would not be kidnapped by the Tatars on the road and turned back to become a Tatars' minister, right?"

If you think about it carefully, there is really a possibility. "The boy doesn't have many principles in his daily work. Hehe, don't even have the minimum dignity... If you really defect to the Tatars, you will try every means to catch you back and lose all your money!"

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...

There was a change in the border town, and then the capital announced martial law to prevent the Tatars from taking advantage of the situation and threatening the stability of the capital.

If the Tatar cavalry suddenly appeared around the capital and the capital had not yet been martial law, it is very likely that the fast horse would take the opportunity to rush into the city, and the consequences would be unpredictable.

In this era of news blocked, many things need to be prepared for in advance and we cannot expect unreliable intelligence systems.

At this time, Xie Yuner, the Shen family in the capital, had just received a letter from Tingzhou Prefecture, knowing that her husband and Lu family were coming from Tingzhou to the capital.

Chen Xi had said before that the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce was suppressed by local governments and the Chamber of Commerce suffered heavy losses. He expressed concern for his family. Now that he knew that there was a precaution there, Xie Yuner, as Chen Xi's wife, felt a little relieved.

"In a few days, my parents will be in the capital, and then the shopkeeper and Xier will also come to the capital." Xie Yuner received this good news and told Lin Dai as soon as possible.

But Lin Dai was not as happy as Xie Yuner. She looked at Xie Yuner's bulging belly, and she felt so aggrieved on her little face.

You hope to see your parents because you already have the flesh and blood of the Shen family, but I am not only a concubine, but also a egg. When my mother comes, she will definitely scold me, make things difficult for me, and even arrange for me to do this and that.

Zhou's daughter-in-law has become a mother-in-law for many years. With the two daughters-in-law Xie Yuner and Lin Dai, she naturally has to enjoy the treatment of her mother-in-law.

But the two daughters-in-law are happy and sad. Lin Dai looked at Zhou, which was not much different from Zhou’s old lady. The first thing she thought about was not family affection, but how to live a good life for herself. Unfortunately, Lin Dai was a concubine after all, and she did not have the confidence to live a separate family. What’s more, Zhou herself has not yet officially separated from the old lady. What qualifications are she a junior?

"My husband has been away for some time, and he said he could come back at the beginning of the twelfth lunar month. It was almost the same as my mother's arrival in the capital. If my husband's side was a few days later, we would have to do the things we should do for him." Xie Yuner said, looking at Lin Dai, "Dai'er, are you listening to me?"

"Um."

Speaking of Chen Xi, Lin Dai was a little more focused. She hoped that Chen Xi would come back earlier than ever. Only with Chen Xi was there could she feel at ease. After all, Chen Xi loved her and would not ignore her when she was bullied. Lin Dai thought about it and said to Xie Yuner: "I have always had nightmares these days, as if... something happened to the master."

"It's because you think about it every day and think about it at night. You'll feel more at ease on weekdays, so you will naturally not have those dreams." Xie Yuner said this, and she was also a little worried. "I'm afraid of the Tatars... Bah, let's not talk about this anymore. My husband just went to send artillery. It won't take many days to go there and go back, and you don't have to go to the front line to fight against the Tatars. Just put your heart back in your stomach."

When Lin Dai returned to her room, a hint of worry appeared on Xie Yuner's face.

"Originally, I thought I was the only one who had nightmares all the time, but Dai'er was like me." Xie Yun'er murmured to herself, "Are you afraid of losing it once you have it? If he is really gone, how should we and my mother, and Dai'er, live our lives in the future?"

Looking at the sky in the northwest, Xie Yuner was a little stunned, then woke up and spat at her, "No, no, see what I am thinking? Auspicious people have their own appearance, and my husband will definitely not be able to do anything!"

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ps: The first update is here!

I really want to spit myself out of my face. I got up to write after seven in the morning, but I didn’t code a chapter until twelve o’clock. What a thing! I don’t believe it anymore. I can’t even update five chapters today...
Chapter completed!