In mid-March, the capital city is full of spring days, with willows swaying, and the weather is getting warmer and warmer. There are already signs of early summer. People have changed into thin spring shirts, but they see the bustling streets and alleys of the various buildings in the capital city, which is a prosperous scene of political harmony. And among the bustling crowds, you can even see some blond and blue-eyed Western holes. They are all Europa people who come across the ocean, that is, Westerners.

Since the Ming Dynasty lifted the sea ban and opened up free trade at sea, Xifan has set off a wave of "gold-rushing" among shareholders. More and more Westerners have gone to the Ming Dynasty to do business and travel. Their footprints have penetrated from the coast to the inland. As the most prosperous political, economic and cultural center of the Ming Dynasty, Beijing has naturally become a holy place that Westerners yearn for.

At this time, the Ming Dynasty was undoubtedly the most prosperous and wealthy country in the world, no doubt about it.

These Westerners carried bags and held horses in their hands, looking around like country bumpkins entering a big city, full of amazement and admiration, and the grand and prosperous atmosphere in front of them deeply shocked them.

The people passing by the capital were obviously no longer accustomed to these strange-looking Westerners. They walked straight by without looking sideways, and some even frowned and muttered a few unsavory foreign characters.

At this time, the Ming Dynasty did not have "worshiping foreign dogs". Unlike some modern Chinese people, they looked up at the white-skinned faces and wanted to kneel down and lick them. On the contrary, the people of the Ming Dynasty all had a sense of psychological superiority in front of foreigners. Don't you see that, except for the Ming Dynasty, everyone except the Ming Dynasty was called "wizards or foreigners."

Especially in recent years, the national strength of the Ming Dynasty has been booming. Duke Jingguo Xu Jin eliminated Japanese pirates and expelled Westerners. The Ming navy promoted Nanyang to dominate Malacca and established the Nanyang Protectorate and the Eastern Protectorate respectively. The Ming Dynasty has been established for more than 150 years and finally expanded its territory again. The national pride of the people of the Ming Dynasty is naturally even more intense. One of the most direct manifestations is the rise of frontier poetry.

A few years ago, scholars of the Ming Dynasty were used to singing the wind and playing the moon, and sad about spring and autumn. Now the frontier wind has become popular, and a group of famous frontier poets have emerged like mushrooms after the rain, which has a bit of the flavor of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

If Xu and Jin conquered the Tatars this time and completely solved the major troubles of the north, the Ming Dynasty would inevitably reappear in the prosperous Tang Dynasty and convince the four barbarians.

"You howl, may I ask this brother, where is the Daming Silver Crown?" A Westerner stopped a passing scholar and asked skillfully.

This scholar should be a student from the Imperial College. He was wearing a jade-colored shirt of a scholar, wearing a square flat scarf, and a long sword tied around his waist. Nowadays, frontier poetry is popular, and scholars like to bring themselves a long sword to the storefront. Just imagine, when chanting frontier poetry, he pulled out the long sword and danced it a few times. Isn’t it more imposing?

"Hey, you Westerner are quite polite, but your fist posture is very problematic. This is the case. The left palm and right fist represent bravery. The five fingers mean five lakes. The left palm and five fingers are bent and one finger represents the four seas. The left palm covers the right fist, which means that the hero does not violate the forbidden force with martial arts..."

The scholar was obviously a good teacher. He talked endlessly for nearly ten minutes until the Westerner posed in the correct posture of clasping his fists, and then nodded with satisfaction: "You can teach me!"

The Westerner smiled on his face, but his heart was full of mama. He smiled and said, "Thank you brother to correct me. Can you tell me where the Ming Dynasty Silver Centre is? When the next group first arrived in the capital, the silver spend on their bodies was over, and they planned to get some silver to stay in the hotel."

Speaking of which, the establishment of a bank account was proposed by Xu Jin two years ago, and now it has been implemented. The thirteen national government departments have all opened the Daming bank account, which is equivalent to the central bank. There are also various joint venture private bank accounts, with outlets extending to each prefecture and county, with similar model to current banks. The only difference is that there is no interest in depositing money, and a certain storage fee is also required.

Therefore, ordinary people are definitely not willing to deposit the money in the bank account. After all, the whole family belongs to the top of the bill, but the rich landlords and bureaucrats are different from the vendors, especially those who do business, throw a lot of money to travel. On the one hand, it is too heavy, and on the other hand, it is not safe. It is much more convenient to deposit it in the bank account and exchange it for silver notes. When you go to the land, you will find a bank account to get the money with the bank notes, which is convenient and fast and safe. It is very affordable to give some storage fees.

These Westerners traveled north from the coast, nearly ten thousand miles away, and were afraid of being robbed in the middle of the journey, so they saved all the cash in the Ming Dynasty silver number. The national silver number is still more reassuring.

At this time, the scholar went east and said, "Go east and turn left through three streets, and then...!"

But before the scholar finished speaking, the crowded street suddenly became turbulent, and a fast horse ran towards him. The horse knight immediately shouted: "Good news! Good news! The Western Army confiscated the Tumot headquarters at the foot of Daqing Mountain, beheaded more than 9,000 levels, and captured more than 5,000 people including Altan, including Ke Dun, Zaisang!"

boom……

In an instant, the whole street was boiling, and the people cheered and ran around to tell each other. The scholar immediately seemed to drink, his face flushed with excitement, and shouted: "My Ming Dynasty Northern Expedition Army has won the battle again, and has won the battle again, hahaha, how happy!

In May, there is no flower, only cold. I heard the willows in the flute, but I never saw the spring scenery. I followed the golden drum in the morning, and hugged the jade saddle at night. I wish to put my sword down my waist and cut it straight into the Lan!”

While reciting poems, the scholar pulled out the long sword from his waist and waved it with his hands and feet. The Westerners were stunned and retreated one after another, for fear that they would be injured by this scholar who suddenly got crazy.

"I have a sword, which is singing in the quiet box at night. The cold light shines on the sky, and the sword energy turns into a meteor..."

"Ahem, brother, good poems, brother, just walked east through three streets, turn left, then how should we go?" The Westerner coughed lightly and interrupted the scholar's self-entertainment.

The scholar returned the sword back to the sheath unhappily and snorted coldly: "You are so crazy about the rules of this foreigner. I am so excited but you are interrupted by the inspiration. It's really annoying!" After that, he strode away angrily, leaving only those foreigners in the wind.

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The night was blurred and the moon was rising. In the Qianqing Palace Yangxin Palace, Emperor Jiajing Zhu Houcong was in a beautiful mood and reviewing the memorial. The boy had been grinning and laughing all night.

It is no wonder that this afternoon, Jiajing received a good news from Datong, saying that the Western Route Army confiscated Tumote, the old nest of Altan's headquarters, beheaded more than 9,000 levels, and all the bureaucratic nobles of Tumotewan House were included, including Altan's Kedun, who also seized hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep and rescued more than 20,000 Han slaves. It was a great victory!

In addition, even Li Fuda, the rebel father and son, were awarded the title. It was a happy event. Can Jiajing not be happy?

At this time, Zhu Houcan seemed to have had ten kilograms of chicken blood, and felt that he was full of energy. It was not a problem to review and make up books all night. However, even if Jiajing wanted to do it all night, he would not have so many books for him to review. After all, the books sent to the imperial case were selected by the cabinet. Other trivial matters would not be bothered by the emperor, and the cabinet would deal with them by itself.

Let’s talk about Jiajing’s energy and his pen was flying. Before he knew it, he reviewed the last memorial. When he opened it, he found that the handwriting looked familiar. When he looked at the signature, he suddenly saw the five words “The memorial of Zhang Cong”.

Jiajing was stunned and his face gradually became complicated. Zhang Cong had been demoted for almost two years, and Jiajing was about to forget the name. At this moment, he suddenly saw this once familiar name appearing on his desk, and he couldn't help but feel mixed feelings.

Jiajing was a nostalgic person and once regarded Zhang Cong as his confidant. If Zhang Cong had not been involved in the rebellion of Wuding Marquis Guo Xun, and the dispute between Zhang Cong and Xu Jin, Jiajing would have been reluctant to demote him from Beijing. After all, Zhang Cong was the first minister to support him in the big ceremony. Moreover, Zhang Cong's "Big Lecture Memorial" helped him a lot, allowing him to withstand the huge pressure exerted by Yang Tinghe and other important officials at the most helpless time, and won the title of his biological father Xingwang.

Jiajing silently read Zhang Cong's memorial, and then let out a sigh of relief. Zhang Cong's memorial reflects the shortcomings of the post stations across the country. It is recommended to carry out comprehensive rectification. The questions he raised were incisive, and the rectification plans listed were also very insightful.

Jiajing took up the red pen and happily commented on the memorial book: Approved the memorial, and transferred it to the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Revenue for discussion. After Jiajing finished the instructions, he put down the red pen and closed the memorial book, stretched his waist and shouted: "Comeone came."

The eunuch Chang Enhuai, the chief eunuch in the Sili Supervisor, flashed in outside the door and said, "The slave is here."

"Who is on duty in the cabinet tonight?" Jiajing asked.

"Back to the emperor, it's Wang (Zan)'s Pavilion Master on duty tonight." Eunuch Chang replied.

Jiajing nodded and asked again: "By the way, I forgot where Zhang Cong is now."

Whether this Eunuch Chang had a good memory or had done his homework, he immediately replied: "Back to the emperor, Zhang Cong is now serving as the postmaster in Changping Post, Jinan Prefecture, Shandong."

Jiajing frowned and said, "Zhang Chang's memorial on the rectification of national post stations is very insightful. Well, I will pass on my decree and transfer Zhang Chang back to Beijing to serve as the Ministry of Revenue from now on. The cabinet will discuss this matter tomorrow."

Eunuch Chang said carefully: "Yes, I'll send someone to pass on the pavilion."

Jiajing waved his army and said, "Go!"

Eunuch Chang was about to turn around and leave, but suddenly woke up something, stopped and asked, "Where will the emperor sleep tonight?"

Jiajing pondered for a moment and said, "Let's Kunning Palace."

Jiajing originally didn't like Queen Wu, but since last year, Queen Wu has become more and more obedient and sensible. She also did her best to serve her mother and got along very well with other concubines in the harem. So Jiajing gradually changed her mind and visited Kunning Palace more and more.

However, strangely, Concubine De, who had been in the least number of times in Jiajing, has been pregnant recently, but Queen Wu's stomach has not been moved. As for Concubine Shu who had miscarriage before, she did not get pregnant. It is probably because of the miscarriage that caused her body and she never got pregnant again.

Not to mention how Jiajing was in Kunning Palace, soon, the oral order that Jiajing was going to transfer Zhang Cong back to Beijing to serve as the Ministry of Revenue was spread to the cabinet. The cabinet assistant on duty in the cabinet tonight happened to be Wang Zan. Master Wang was not surprised at all, as if he had expected it. He put down the teacup in his hand and smiled and said two words: "It's done!"

It is obvious that Zhang Cong's instinct could appear on Jiajing's imperial case, which was operated by Wang Zan behind the scenes. If the cabinet had always been in control of the ritual guards such as Jin Xianmin and Liao Ji, Zhang Cong's insult would not have reached Jiajing's desk anyway.

In this spring and March, Zhang Cong, who had been hiding in winter for two years, finally saved enough nutrients and ushered in the season of rebirth.

As mentioned earlier, Zhang Cong was a person who was very good at seizing the opportunity. Now there are people in the court to take care of him, and the person he was most afraid of was fighting in the Tatars, so he decisively seized the opportunity and broke through the ground.

Horrible...

A lightning flashed across the night sky, and the muffled thunder came faintly. The sky, which was just now bright and bright, became dim, dark clouds accumulated, and soon a moderate rain came rustling. On a rainy night, the sound of frogs outside the window became even more jubilant, as if looking forward to the arrival of midsummer, spring grows, and summer is the season of growth.

At this moment, the sky above the Chahar Khan Court, thousands of miles north of the capital, was still bright and bright. Altan's sweat tent was one step around and one whistle ten steps. The guard was quite tight, and there was a tense atmosphere in the air, like a thorn in the strings.

This afternoon, the Ming army's vanguard had already appeared within a hundred miles south of the Khan Court, and the battle was about to reach its peak!

At this moment, an old man shaped like a dead tree was sitting opposite Altan, and it was a great shaman.

Altan looked at the great shaman opposite him with a complicated expression, with a hint of awe in his eyes.

Speaking of which, when Altan sent someone to chase Dalaison, he was questioned by the Great Shaman in person. When Altan was angry, he ordered people to imprison the Great Shaman and claimed that the Great Shaman would go into seclusion for fifteen days. His original intention was to starve and die of thirst. However, fifteen days later, the Great Shaman was still alive, but he looked a little weak.

Altan's surprise is extraordinary. You should know that the person responsible for guarding the Great Shaman is Altan's own confidant. No one will secretly send water and food to the Great Shaman. A person can still live without eating or drinking for fifteen days. Apart from having divine power, Altan really can't think of any other explanation.

As a result, Altan did not dare to attack the Great Shaman anymore, and he once again regarded him as the spokesperson of the mountain god. The Great Shaman continued to assist Altan as if nothing had happened.

At this time, Altan picked up the silver pot and poured a glass of milk wine for the Great Shaman, and said quietly: "The Ming army is here, Xu Jin is cunning by nature, and I am not sure about the battle with him. Can the Great Shaman have a clever plan to help the Great Shaman eliminate the invading enemy?"

The great shaman opened his eyes slightly, and the wrinkles on his face were linked layer by layer. He raised a finger and pointed up.

Altan frowned: "What does the great shaman mean?"
Chapter completed!