The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son

Fang Jifan thought, if Wei Dayou is still alive, he wants to come, he is already over 130 years old.

It must have died long ago.

This made him take him out to brag, without any pressure, so Fang Jifan looked at Emperor Hongzhi with a smile, without a word.

Emperor Hongzhi pondered: "Because you are the deserving people, the court should have courtesy. After a few days, I will discuss with the Empress Dowager and give your mentor the title of Heavenly Master. After all, this is a living god."

"..."

Heavenly Master ...

Fang Jifan thought in his heart, together, even the Zhang family of the Tianshi Mansion is only a real person. If this is the case, is it even worse than the Zhang family?

This is amazing.

But he didn't say anything. It seems that this kind of chasing has nothing to do with himself.

"I just have something else to ask you. A few days ago, a Tatar attacked Datong on a small scale. What do you think?"

Emperor Hongzhi suddenly asked, apparently, that he had recognized Fang Jifan as a capable person.

Fang Jifan recalled a moment's history and shook his head, saying: "In these years, the sky has fallen, not only did I Daming suffer from the snow disaster, but the Tatar people were also severely affected by the disaster. The Tatar is located in a hard desert. I heard that they had fallen hail in the summer and killed many livestock. I saw that it was about to enter the winter. I was afraid that the food they stored was not enough to survive the winter. "

"So ..." Fang Jifan took a deep look at Emperor Hongzhi. Historically, the Tatar who was known as the 'little prince' would lead the Tatar army to attack the town of Damingbian. Of course, they were pretending to attack Datong, that is, The later Shanxi line, but in fact, this is just a trick to hide people's eyes and ears. The purpose of this is to hope that the court will look in the direction of Datong in Shanxi, and the main force of Tatar, rushing thousands of miles, actually crossed the Duyan Sanwei. Territory, take Liaodong straight.

And this sudden looting caused heavy losses in Liaodong.

Emperor Hongzhi didn't ask. Fortunately, Fang Jifan talked endlessly when he heard about Liaodong: "Since the food is not enough to survive the winter, the Tatars have no reason to attack Datong. Datong is a barrier, protecting Guanguan, and Outside the customs, except for some strongholds, there is not much food hoarding. If they want to grab food, they must break through the Datong customs, and the Datong customs is a strong city. I can shake Datong ’s line of defense, and I am already shocked. "

"So, Chen believes that their goal is by no means Datong, but Liaodong. Liaodong is full of villages and market towns. Even if they do not capture Jinzhou, they will be enough to plunder enough food in Liaodong. It is enough for them to burn and loot, so Datong only needs to strengthen his vigilance, and on the front line of Liaodong, His Majesty has to plan early and clear the wall to prepare for the unexpected. "

Emperor Hongzhi was a little surprised, but he was always worried about Datong.

After all, once the Tatars stormed Datong, for Daming, the relationship was great. Once the Xiongguan broke through, the Tatars could go deep into the customs and even deter the Beijing city.

It ’s Liaodong ... He does n’t pay much attention. After all, relying on Liaodong is the pasture of Duoyan Sanwei, and there are important cities such as Jinzhou in Liaodong. Even if the Tatars are attacking violently, the Ming army has enough time to repeat the Tatar Seesaw.

To put it bluntly, Liaodong belongs to the outside of the customs, which is Daming's most important force outside the customs, while Datong is to protect the customs within the customs. The two have different weights.

Fang Jifan insisted that the Tatars would attack Liaodong on the grounds that they could not attack the pass, and no grain could be taken away, but Liaodong was different. There could be a lot of Han people perfunctory. Once the Tatars raided, they would be there. The Tatar threshing field is over.

Emperor Hongzhi pondered for a moment and said, "I know, your opinion is different from the Ministry of Defense, but I will make a decision to make the front line of Liaodong be prepared."

Fang Jifan was relieved. Since Emperor Hongzhi had already said so, he was not fit to say anything more, so he said, "Then, he resigned."

If a person can know what will happen tomorrow, it is indeed a terrible thing. With only a few words, I don't know how many people can be saved.

Of course, the premise of all this is that he can win the trust of Emperor Hongzhi. This time, Fang Jifan believed that Emperor Hongzhi already had enough confidence in himself.

It's just ... Emperor Hongzhi just said that he would remind Liaodong's defenders. This ... doesn't seem to be enough. And also mentioned the Ministry of Defense ...

The Ministry of Military Affairs is obviously more focused on Datong. After all, Datong and Shanhaiguan are all passers-by to defend the capital. When these two moments lose the other, the capital is finished. At the time of the change of the civil castle, the warlord entered the customs and surrounded the capital. Coming from Datong.

Losing Datong means losing everything.

The Ministry of Military Affairs will definitely choose the safest plan, because for them, a family of young and old are all in the Beijing division. If something goes wrong, they are the immortal criminals. Even if Liaodong was attacked, there would be no hindrance. As long as Jinzhou keeps the front line, there will not be too many problems.

With this thought, everything is clear.

Liaodong can have an accident, but Datong cannot, so the Ministry of Forces must be focused on the same. Then all their regulations and plans will focus on strengthening Datong ’s protection.

Nothing will happen ...

If the time comes to be perfunctory, even if an early warning is put forward, in the end, even if the emperor reminded Liaodong's defenders, this military department and Liaodong will not treat it as the same thing, which is bad.

This is the life of tens of thousands of people. It may be that this looting will not give Daming any shock. After all, the Tatars may not even be able to win Daning and Jinzhou, but the civilians and civilians outside the city have suffered.

Fang Jifan frowned, thoughtfully leaving the palace, but saw Zhu Houzhao waiting for himself outside the palace.

Zhu Hou Zhao Zizi came forward: "Lao Fang, how?"

"Not bad." Fang Jifan was still worried about the talent, but he still smiled a little and encouraged him: "Your Highness really made His Majesty take a look at him."

Zhu Houzhao smiled: "This is natural, Mr. Wang taught well."

Then it seems that it is not enough: "Of course, it is also well taught by Mr. Wang. The palace is waiting for you. Let's go to Xishan together. There is still a lot of land to be cultivated in the afternoon."

Fang Jifan shook his head and said, "His Royal Highness, did you read the latest Di Bao? About Datong."

Zhu Houzhao pouted and said with a bit of disdain: "This sent the soldiers and horses, and the little prince, afraid that he just wanted to harass Datong. At this point, the soldiers and horses are not enough, and the teeth are not enough. "

Fang Jifan said in a deep voice: "What if their goal is not Datong?"

"..." Zhu Houzhao fell silent.

He was too familiar with the things in Bianzhen. He seemed to be thinking about it. He paused for a moment and stared at Fang Jifan closely: "You mean, the sound is violent? Why not? Why did they attack Liaodong?" I heard that they were hit by a disaster and many horses died. To attack Liaodong, they need to cross Daning. There is Danyan Sanwei. Besides, even if they break through Daning, is n’t there Jinzhou? Jinzhou is Jiancheng, in their anxiety, will certainly not be able to break through the city. The little prince of Tatar has heard of this palace already. He will not be so stupid. "

Fang Jifan and Zhu Houzhao walked side by side, but they were honest and unscathed: "But did your Highness never think about one thing, if their purpose was not to attack the city at all, but simply to loot? His Highness also said that they suffered After the disaster, and it is about to enter the winter, they do not have enough food, how can they survive this long winter? "

"..." Zhu Houzhao was silent again.

Suddenly, he patted Fang Jifan's shoulder.

Fang Jifan felt that his shoulders were sinking, the person was short, and there was a bit of pain. He could not help grinning his teeth, your uncle, you are very strong.

Zhu Houzhao looked at Fang Jifan with great eyes: "Yes, yes, Lao Fang, what you admire most in this palace is that you are always expecting things like God, go, we go into the palace ... to see the Father ... "

"Your Majesty has already given way to Your Majesty." Fang Jifan shook his head: "Your Majesty is still concerned, and also agreed to the subordinate, so that Liaodong is on guard, but ... The minister's worry is that the Ministry of War and the soldiers in the nine sides are afraid The concern is Datong. Even if His Majesty has made up his mind, they only think that this is a common practice, and most of them just make appearances, but once the Tatars attack, they will have to suffer a big loss. "

Zhu Houzhao nodded and said, "It makes sense."

Fang Jifan took a deep look at Zhu Houzhao: "Since His Royal Highness has known the sufferings of the people, think about it. Compared to the farmers in Xishan, the poorer are the civilians and civilians outside the customs. Frozen, they were short of clothes ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ Once they were attacked by the Tatars, their wives were scattered and there was no place to die. "

Zhu Hou listened, his eyebrows twisted deeply, he clenched his fists involuntarily, and nodded.

As far as this appreciation is concerned, Zhu Houzhao is not a bad person. Although he is a bit stubborn, he was just not very sensible in the past.

But now, listening to Fang Jifan's sensation, he worried with a bit: "How can this be good?"

"Warning!" Fang Jifan was decisive, he then said: "Liaodong must be guarded from top to bottom, so that the entire Liaodong, the wall is clear, will never give the Tatars a chance!"

Zhu Houzhao gritted his teeth: "This palace understands, but if you want to do this, I'm afraid it will not be easy."

Fang Jifan said: "The problem is here, just like the people by the river, every one of them knows that the river can overflow at any time, and will overwhelm their homes or even kill them, but ask them to put down everything immediately It ’s very difficult to avoid the flood by traveling hundreds of miles away from my own property. Therefore, there is only one way ... ”