The Mongols did not take advantage of it, and knew that the Ming army had already reinforced from all directions, so they dared not stay under the city of Tongzhou. They rode far away and swept the vast rural areas of the capital. When they plundered, they divided into several teams and robbed several villages and towns at the same time. But once the Ming army led troops to rescue them, they suddenly gathered together and gathered heavy troops to attack the running Ming army. This tactic that fully exerted its high mobility made the pursuit of the Ming army very difficult.

Liu Zhuo, as the commander-in-chief of the clearing, was already in a state of suffocation. It was a fact that the Ming army lacked mobility. In the face of the wind-like hangings, without the screen of the Great Wall, his strength and equipment advantages were simply unable to be exerted. In such extreme passive situations, the only thing he could do was to force his shoes away from the densely populated areas of the capital little by little, and reduce the losses to the lowest point.

In any case, there was no war in Beijing, and the Mongols "only seek wealth, not earth" and would not stay in the mainland for too long. They would inevitably fight and retreat and return to the Great Wall. Therefore, after the emperor's questioning three times a day, Xu Ge's veteran Liu Zhuo reported the report of "reporting the enemy to retreat eastward" in hopes of quelling the anger of His Majesty the Emperor.

After seeing this, Jiajing felt a lot of anger, and he could even see the kind of relaxation that he could last again. But Xu Jie was not relieved, and the situation turned sharply again.

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According to convention, the capital was disturbed by the Mongols, and the emperor wanted to apologize to his ancestors. However, because Jiajing was inconvenient and it was not a glorious thing, the emperor asked the Minister of Rites Gao Gong to kowtow to Taimiao instead.

Gao Gong then changed into a dark blue sacrificial robes, walked two miles away, and came to the Taimiao in the south of the Forbidden City. He looked at the dilapidated palace gates, and then looked at the main gate of the Taimiao, which enshrines the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty. Thinking about the Jiayang Dynasty, which once swept the Mongol Yuan and conquered the world, was actually bullied to such a field by his former defeated generals.

Once his thoughts were relaxed, he was out of control. Gao Gong thought of the ridiculous and tyrannical years since the current emperor ascended the throne, so that the Ming Dynasty is now weak, border defenses are in urgent need, people's livelihood is haggard, natural disasters and man-made disasters are intersecting, people's hearts are in turmoil, and they are quite like silk, toads, soup and boiling.

Thinking of this, Gao Gong couldn't help but feel sad. He knelt in front of the Taimiao gate and cried loudly. The nine ministers who accompanied him to apologize were confused. But because Gao Gong represented the emperor at this moment, after hesitating, everyone cried loudly. For a moment, the crying in front of the Taimiao gate was shocking. I wondered if the emperor had collapsed.

Gao Gong kowtowed in three steps, cried to the hall, kowtowed to the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty and apologized. Then he read the apology memorials drawn by the emperor, burned them in a charcoal basin, and kowtowed to apologize again. If it weren't for the eunuchs next to him, he would have broken the floor tiles.

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When he was helping up with weak hands and feet, the ministers discovered that Gaobudo's scalp was broken and his forehead was purple and black.

Everyone said, "Gao Suqing is really working hard, no wonder he has a prosperous official career in the past two years." Of course, these are those who only know how to do business; if you have a little brain, you can taste a different taste and from this edict.

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For example, "What children's ministers use is not human, and they are blinded by their ears and eyes, which leads to the shame of their ancestors today." Although they do not name them, they seem to be directly in power!

If these sentences were instructed by the emperor, then Mr. Xu would be in danger, but the possibility of Gao Gong's fabrication was too small, which was a crime of deceiving the king! So everyone believed that the emperor was angry with the chief minister and took this opportunity to hit Xu Jie.

But that was really not the emperor's original words. When Jiajing saw the copy of the sacrificial text, he called Gao Gong in anger and questioned him harshly, because he was so bold that he dared to fabricate the holy intention?

Gao Gong was not afraid at all, and said calmly: "When I read the manuscript to Your Majesty, you said that I should avoid the important things and ask me if I am afraid of offending anyone?" He said seriously: "I should follow Your Majesty's teachings and tell the truth, and not be afraid of offending anyone!"

Jiajing remembered that this was indeed true. Gao Gong's statement was too gentle at that time. No one said it. What was the edict of apologizing? So he said a few words, meaning that he would add a few harmless criticisms. This is all the meaning of the title. For officials like Gao Gong, who were born in Hanlin, they could understand it. In addition, time was tight, and Jiajing did not read it anymore. He asked him to read it in the Taimiao after making corrections, and it turned out like this.

Jiajing knew that he could not rub the sand in his eyes, and felt that this time he took the opportunity to scold the group of waste, probably because of public anger rather than personal grudges, and would not have any political purpose.

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Of course, the emperor's thoughts have changed over the past two years, and he is unwilling to be serious about some things, so he no longer makes things difficult for King Yu's backbone. So the emperor sighed softly: "Don't be too angry, it's hard to be the country, and it's even harder to be the country! It's also difficult for Mr. Xu, so don't blame him anymore."

Gao Gong heard this and knew that the emperor could not leave Xu Jie. He sighed in his heart and said seriously: "I am not for other things to get angry, but because they deceived the Holy Listen and made the emperor a fool!"

"Oh?" Jiajing glared and said, "Tell me more!

"I heard that Mr. Xu reported to the emperor the day before yesterday that the Tartars had been chased and killed by Liu Zhuo. Is this really the case?" Gao Gong asked in a deep voice.

Jiajing nodded and said, "Yes, the prime minister said so. Is there any problem?"

"Why did I hear that the shoe captains are currently in Pinggu? Liu Zhuo and others rushed from Jizhen to Tongzhou." Gao Gongnuo said happily: "It seems that it should be called chasing and sending, not chasing and killing."

Jiajing made a speech, his face changed in a flash, and he nodded suddenly and said, "It was just that Liu Zhuo dared to chase after him. Who are you lying to?"

Gao Gong said indignantly: "The emperor clearly understands that four foreign soldiers have appeared again, and the imperial guards have been released. This kind of labor force is just a game. It is just a game of Gengxu's mistake, which only makes people laugh. Let alone extend the power of China?"

"Also exert the power of China?" Jiajing was furious by Gao Gong, and couldn't help but snorted coldly: "They have lost Lian's face!"

Seeing that Gao Gong achieved his goal, he stopped talking. In fact, he didn't want to be a secret person behind this, but he couldn't bear it anymore. He originally thought that the chaotic court was because the treacherous party stole power and formed a clique for personal gain, which made it difficult for the gentleman to stand in the court, and even if there was no one in the court, the state affairs were in decline. He actually hoped that after Mr. Xu came to power, he could rectify the chaos and bring hope to the Ming Dynasty to revive his strength.

But Xu Jie disappointed him too much. When Yan Song was there, he was tolerant and respectful, which can be understood as restraining his edge and seeking self-protection. However, when Yan Song fell, the emperor was seriously ill and became increasingly tired of political affairs. This was a good opportunity for Xu Jie to achieve his ambitions, but he became more cautious and only became addicted to the liquidation of the Yan Party. He only stayed in repairing state affairs and never dared to step over the line.

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Of course, because the Yan Dang group made the burial smoke in the court, it was too unreasonable, so his style was quite upright and advocated "returning the lord to the emperor with his power and blessings, returning government affairs to the officials, and rewarding the public for the use of punishment and punishment." Xu Ge Lao was praised by most people, and even called him a "good prime minister" in a slanderous way.

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But in Gao Gong's opinion, Xu Jie and Yan Song are no different. In fact, watching coldly, it can be said that most of the stigma of Ge Lao Yan is the one who pays the precious son's income, and has not done much evil deeds. Can this be said that Yan Song is innocent?

Gao Gong's view is just the opposite. He believed that Yan Ge deserved it, and even committed great crimes. It was because as the prime minister of a country, the position of a corpse was his greatest sin, and it was even more harmful to the country and the people than corruption and bribery, forming cliques and private interests. Because as the prime minister, he should have been brave enough to take responsibility, eliminate the great troubles of the world, and restore the vitality of the Ming Dynasty, but not only did he not help himself, but also hindered others' efforts to save him. Just for his own glory and wealth, he watched the country slide into the abyss bit by bit. This behavior of "occupying the Qin pit and not pooping" is what Gao Gong hates the most.

Of course, Gao Gong also admitted that Xu Jie actually hoped that this country would be good, but looking at his remarks on public and private is limited to eliminating filth and eliminating evil. His greatest pursuit is to pursue the former saints and restore the ancestors to form laws. He never dared to say "reform" or "change the grass". He never dared to break through the framework of the original political system, never dared to touch the social and economic structure, and even dared to correct and restrict the serious abuse of imperial power. Therefore, he was called "licorice".

Such a person, in the peaceful rule of the world, is naturally a perfect prime minister. However, in the Ming Dynasty, various contradictions are close to the brink of breaking up and resolving, and the rule of the Zhu Ming Dynasty is facing a critical moment of survival! In Gao Gong's view, although Xu Jie is not too bad, his simple boat, courage, knowledge and learning cannot bear the heavy responsibility of helping others and turning the world.

Licorice cannot cure serious illnesses, but it also depends on strong medicine!

The fundamental reason why Gao Gong looked down on Xu Jie was this. He believed that only by driving such "Qingci Prime Minister" out of the court, allowing truly capable people to go up and make drastic reforms, can he be able to win over!

Of course, this "this really capable person" must be Gao Suqing.

There is a saying that "the house leaks and is raining, and the boat breaks and encounters the wind at the beginning." Liu Zhuo is really unfavorable. Gao Gong just sued him hard, and he was depressed and defeated.

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The generals of the Xuanfu were sent to plunder Shunyi, Sanhe and others, and then divided their troops to surround Xiadian, Huzhen, Zhao Chun, Sun Bin and other Xuanfu generals did not listen to Liu Su's orders and led their troops to rescue him without authorization. Unexpectedly, the enemy cavalry gathered and surrounded Huzhen and others.

As a result, all three generals were killed in battle, and nearly a thousand people were lost in this battle, and they were defeated.

The specific details of the battle were no longer able to be distinguished because the person involved died in battle. Not only did Liu Zheng's reputation be lost, but his image in Jiajing's heart was completely reversed. In mid-October, the emperor issued an order to stop Liu Su's command and hand over the important task of defense of the capital to Jiangdong, the governor of Xuanda who rushed back from Xuanfu. Two days later, the Jinyiwei ordered the Jinyiwei to arrest more than ten Ji Liao officers below Liu Zheng and enter Beijing, and all sent the sanctions to the sanctuary department for extra punishment.

Three days later, Datong General Jiang Yingxiong and others defeated Miyun, beheaded more than 30 levels and seized more than 40 horses. Later, the captives gradually led from the Sanhe River to the north. At the end of October, Jiangdong reported that the captives fled south of the Great Wall.

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The capital lifted the strictness.

The sacred captives broke from the wall to the retreat. They stayed in the mainland for ten days, traveled for more than a thousand miles, plundered more than a dozen counties, nearly a hundred villages and towns, tens of thousands of houses were burned, tens of thousands of people were killed and injured, and thousands of victims were killed and injured. As for the women who were looted by the Mongols, there were countless property, which was the worst loss of knowledge in the past ten years.

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When Chen Si finally got off the boat and walked on the official road back to Beijing, he made up the broken walls of the villages and towns, and there were new tombs everywhere, paper money was everywhere, and cried continuously, and a bleak cloud of sorrow, and his mood was very heavy. It was not until he finally saw the city of Beijing that had been away for a long time that he tried hard to adjust his mood. ． ． ． ． ． After two years of separation from my family, I cannot meet them with this emotion.

After the lifting of the strict rules, Beijing City returned to its former bustling prosperity. The streets of Chess Pantian were still bustling, shoulder to shoulder. Looking at the familiar shops outside the car window, listening to the Beijing accent and Beijing rhyme, the silence felt like a different world, and my heart was messy. ． ． ． ． ． I have been away for two years, and I really don’t know how to face my wife and children.

But when I entered Qipan Hutong, the noise outside was suddenly blocked, and the world seemed to have only stripped him and his home. I was silent for a moment and thought of nothing, just wanting to see my closest loved ones immediately.

The guard at home heard a sound and came out to check it out. Because all the silent guards had changed new people, both sides did not recognize them. The guards of the guard asked vigilantly: "What's the point of doing the Lord?"

"You're so expensive, Hou San." A familiar voice sounded in the carriage, and Chen Mo lifted the curtain and said, "Don't you even recognize me?"

Hou San was an old guard in the mansion. He looked closely and saw that he was not the master? He said oh, and he knelt on one knee on the ground. Before he could salute, he turned around and shouted, "Report to the wife in the backyard, the master is back..."

"The master is back, the master is back!" One after another, the sound of voices sounded in the mansion, and the originally quiet mansion suddenly became noisy.

Silently jumped out of the carriage and took a deep breath of his own air. After leaving here for twenty months and nine days, he finally saw the familiar dark gate again. Before he could wait for his family to come out to greet him, he strode into the yard.

Before he could walk through the front yard, he saw two thin figures galloping towards him. As soon as Chen Si had time to open his arms, the two little monkeys had already fallen into his arms. They staggered and almost sat on the ground.
To be continued...