Zhu Hui stepped into the muddy water everywhere and walked into Yang Yiqing's residence. Yang Yiqing's residence was very clean. After all, he was a scholar. At this time, he still asked his personal guards to clean the inside and outside of the house every day, and he was not allowed to
They entered the house wearing muddy boots.
But Zhu Hui couldn't care less, and walked directly into the outside of Yang Yiqing's residence wearing muddy boots.
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Yang Yiqing sat at the table, looking at the dark sky outside the window, without turning his head to look at Zhu Hui who came in.
"Master Yang!" Zhu Hui cupped his hands and said.
Yang Yiqing slowly turned his head, glanced at Zhu Hui, and then at the muddy footprints he left on the floor. He frowned slightly, but just said lightly: "The Lord Bao Guo is here, please sit down!"
Zhu Hui nodded and sat down on the chair.
"Mr. Bao Guo drinks tea." Yang Yiqing poured a cup of hot tea for Zhu Hui.
Zhu Hui waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "Master Yang, I'm here to discuss something with you."
"You still have to drink tea, and let's talk about things." Yang Yiqing said.
Zhu Hui sighed, took the tea cup and took a sip. Zhu Hui frowned because the tea was bitter, and quickly looked into the tea bowl. He thought it was because the amount of tea leaves was too much, but he found that the tea leaves in the tea bowl were not
There are only a dozen or twenty pieces. The tea leaves appear dark green in water, and their appearance is very different from ordinary tea leaves.
"Haha, how does this tea taste?" Yang Yiqing looked at Zhu Hui's frown and smiled.
"What kind of tea is this? Why is it so bitter?" Zhu Hui said.
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Yang Yiqing smiled and said: "This is tea produced in Ningxia Town."
Zhu Hui smiled bitterly and said: "Tea is produced in Ningxia? Are you kidding? As far as I know, tea is produced in the south, and at most it is in the Yangtze and Huaihe River areas. This has something to do with the water, soil and temperature. Forgive me for being ignorant, I don't know that tea is produced in Ningxia."
Yang Yiqing smiled and said: "You are right, Ningxia does not produce tea. The climate and soil are not suitable. But I am a bit unbelieving. In the past few years, I have been staying in Ningxia Town and had nothing to do, so I wanted to do something whimsical.
.The tea I drink every year is old tea, so I thought, why can’t tea be grown in Ningxia Town? So I asked
People brought tea trees from the south and planted them. In the first year, they all died. In the second year, they all died. But in the third year, more than 20 tea trees were planted. In the fourth year, dozens more were planted.
. But I am so happy. The tea you drank was the tea cakes I personally picked, roasted and made last year. From more than fifty tea trees, I only got less than six taels of tea cakes."
Zhu Hui was speechless and said with a wry smile: "Master Yang is really patient and perseverant. If you want to drink tea, you have to buy it from the south. It takes so much effort. Besides..."
"Hahaha, besides, this tea is not very good, is it? I know, when I took the first sip last year, I almost threw up. I put in an ordinary amount, but the tea was so bitter that I couldn't import it. Then I only put a dozen
I could barely accept it with just one leaf. I didn't expect the tea to taste so strong. Maybe it was grown in a bitter cold place.
Tea trees have a unique strong flavor after experiencing harsh soil and weather. Just like Ningxia Town, it is located in the northwest and suffers from wind and frost, but the things grown have an extraordinarily strong flavor. This
Although the tea is bitter in the mouth, it will soon taste sweet and the aroma will last for a long time." Yang Yiqing laughed.
Zhu Hui smashed his mouth and felt that after the bitter taste in his mouth disappeared, there seemed to be a fragrance spreading in his mouth.
"It's really a different kind of tea." Zhu Hui laughed.
Yang Yiqing smiled and said: "Of course, can I still lie to you? Well, it is late March now. In more than ten days, the tea leaves I planted will be able to produce the first crop of new tea this year. Ningxia is not as good as the south, the first crop
New tea is only available in April. It’s a pity..."
Yang Yiqing paused, sighed softly, and said slowly: "It's a pity that I may not be able to drink this year's new tea."
The smile on Zhu Hui's face slowly disappeared, he looked at Yang Yiqing and said, "Does Master Yang know what I am thinking?"
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Yang Yiqing nodded lightly and said: "Of course I know. Almost twenty days have passed. I'm afraid the reinforcements from the imperial court will not come. Even if reinforcements come, we're afraid we won't be able to wait. There are not many reserves in the army, and the soldiers are working day and night.
Without enough food, we can only last for seven or eight days. By the time the reinforcements arrive, we may have already run out of food and been defeated."
Zhu Hui said in a deep voice: "Yes. Mr. Yang, since you understand this situation, you should know what I want to do."
Yang Yiqing nodded and said: "I know. Although I really don't want to see this day, it has come. We must break out. We cannot wait until we run out of food, otherwise we will not even have a chance to break out."
Zhu Hui said in a deep voice: "It is exactly what Mr. Yang said. We have to organize a breakout in these days. Otherwise, we will have no chance. We can no longer count on the imperial court's reinforcements. To be honest, I even doubt...the imperial court does not have any."
Send reinforcements. We can only save ourselves."
Yang Yiqing said softly: "Mr. Baoguo, why do you think so? Do you think the imperial court will let us fend for ourselves? Will they leave hundreds of thousands of us alone? Will the emperor do that?"
Zhu Hui chuckled and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty? How could the Emperor do this? It's just that there are some things...hey...don't tell me."
Yang Yiqing looked at Zhu Hui quietly and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Baoguo, do you regret sending troops?"
Zhu Hui said in a deep voice: "What's the use of regret? Is there any regret medicine in this world that can't be taken? I don't blame anyone, this is my own choice. I will not cry and complain. All of this may be doom.
"
Yang Yiqing nodded and said: "That's good. I'm also worried that the Baoguo Guild will be evil-minded and resentful."
Zhu Hui smiled and said, "Does Mr. Yang regret it?"
Yang Yiqing thought for a while, nodded and said: "I am not as open-minded as Baoguo Gong, and I do regret it. The dispatch of troops this time was too hasty. We should be more cautious. What I regret is not my current situation, but my current situation.
, the serious consequences that followed. We were defeated, the border town was in danger, and our country, the Ming Dynasty, was about to suffer heavy losses. I, Yang Yiqing, devoted myself to serving the country, but the result was the opposite. What I regret is this, not my own safety at this moment.
"
Zhu Hui nodded and said: "Master Yang is upright and admirable. However, the outcome has not yet been decided, so how can we know that we will be defeated? We are twice the enemy, so we may not be able to break out of the encirclement."
Yang Yiqing smiled slightly and said: "Mr. Baoguo, if we can win, how can we be trapped in this small town? Mr. Baoguo, there is no need to comfort me. I, Yang Yiqing, am not afraid of death. Mr. Baoguo, what are you going to do?"
Zhu Hui said in a deep voice: "I plan to break out of the siege in three days. During these three days, let the brothers eat and sleep well and be prepared. Three days later at midnight, the army will leave the city for a decisive battle. The Tatars will be caught off guard and break out to the southeast. Mr. Yang is satisfied How about next?”
Yang Yiqing stood up. He held up his hands and said, "I completely agree. You can arrange whatever you want for the next military affairs. You also have full authority to decide how to break out of the encirclement. I agree with everything. You are an expert at leading troops in battle. In fact, I, Yang Yiqing, do not I’m not good at it, so I won’t point fingers anymore. In these three days, I want to enjoy the scenery of the grassland, drink a few glasses of wine, and write a few poems. Alas, this is what we scholars should do, but I just want to Why lead an army in a war? That's not what I'm good at. As a person like me, sometimes I take myself too seriously and think I can do anything, but in fact I don't know much. It's simply ridiculous."
Yang Yiqing laughed to himself as he said these words.
Zhu Hui also laughed, stood up and cupped his hands and said: "Well, I will arrange everything myself. Mr. Yang can go drink and write poems, and I will arrange it."
…
It is already early April in the capital city of the Ming Dynasty. The cold wave has passed, and the mood of spring is already blooming in the capital city of the Ming Dynasty.
Zhang Yanling is still very busy every day. But it is all the business of the Shipping Department. The southeast monsoon is about to rise in the spring, and a large number of fleets from Guangzhou and Nanjing are about to start this year's overseas trade journey.
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Various related approval procedures, arranging navy escorts and other related matters, etc., all need approval from the General Office of the Municipal Shipping Department. Some powers can be delegated, but some powers cannot be delegated. Zhang Yanling knows that he must seize the opportunity to let Decentralization of power. This time must be after all the shipping department offices are familiar with all the processes and have trust in their abilities and quality before they can be given some important approval rights.
In fact, ability is secondary. Loyalty to duty and integrity are the qualities Zhang Yanling needs most. In a yamen like Shibosi, money will come in and out in the future. Zhang Yanling does not want a corrupt official to appear in the yamen and become disgraced.
Of course, Zhang Yanling did not care about matters in the imperial court. In particular, Zhang Yanling was very concerned about the ongoing war to recapture the Hetao by the Ming Dynasty's frontier troops. However, this matter was presided over by the foreign court, and he was not in a position to put his finger on it.
In front of the emperor, he expressed a few more words of concern, and Zhu Houzhao was a little unhappy, as if he had gone there specifically to cause trouble for him. After Zhang Yanling said it twice, he said no more.
Fortunately, I heard that the army was winning steadily and was said to be almost reaching the edge of the Yellow River. Officials in the imperial court were also full of joy when talking about this matter. Zhang Yanling's worries gradually let go. If Dongtao can be successfully recaptured, Zhang Yanling was naturally happy. For the Ming Dynasty, it was definitely a victory that was no worse than the opening of sea trade routes.
But for some reason, from a purely military perspective, Zhang Yanling always felt that things seemed to be progressing too smoothly. He did not hear any news of failure, and it was all good news, which made people somewhat confused.
If Zhang Yanling had not experienced hundreds of battles, and if he had not fought against the Tatars, he would not have had these doubts. However, Zhang Yanling has been fighting for so many years, and he still knows the inside story about what happened on the battlefield. .That’s why I have some vague doubts.
On the evening of the ninth day of April, Zhang Yanling returned home from handling matters at the Yamen. When he came to the steps in front of his house and got off his horse, suddenly, a figure emerged from behind the stone lion on one side of the doorstep.
Tan Changshun, who was following Zhang Yanling, and Feng Gang, Feng Mazi's son, who had recently been guarding Zhang Yanling, had quick eyesight and quick hands, and rushed forward. One person protected Zhang Yanling, and the other rushed towards the figure.
Feng Gang only kicked him, and the person who tried to get close to Zhang Yanling was kicked to the ground.
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