Yu Ren naturally understood the meaning of Zhao Nanxing's last few words. He was born as a general. The situation in the capital is critical and when he was using his martial arts, he, who was praised by the Chinese as the number one general in the new dynasty, certainly could not be leisurely.

So he could still stay at home for a while, but because no one knew that he had returned to Beijing. If the big bosses in the court knew that he had returned to Beijing, Yu Ren would probably have asked someone to invite him long ago, so he would not be able to let him be idle. Although he had no official position, he was still here with a prince consort! Such an important juncture that concerns the country, he naturally couldn't hide anymore.

When Yu Ren thought of this, he quickly said goodbye to Zhao Peng and went home. He cherished the time he spent with his family now. Since Zhao Nanxing has gone out and there is no urgent matter to do for the time being, he plans to go home and stay. Looking at his wife and coaxing the children is a rare happiness for him.

Not far from Zhao's mansion, Yu Ren heard someone shouting behind him. "Is it the prince consort in front of him?"

Yu Ren was a little surprised. Not many people knew him in Beijing, and he was very unfamiliar with the sound.

Yu Ren turned around and saw a sedan chair parked behind him a few steps away. An old man in his sixties walked out of the sedan chair. Outside the sedan chair, an eunuch in his forty was reaching out to help the old man out of the sedan chair. Judging from his clothes, this eunuch should be the eunuch on duty in the palace, and his status was quite good.

Yu Ren was very confused when he saw this.

You should know that although the eunuchs in the Forbidden City have very low status, no matter how low they are, they are still people around the emperor. Those who can enjoy their services must at least be princes. Even these people can only enjoy once or twice occasionally when they are special.

Even Zhao Nanxing, although he is now the Minister of Personnel and the Head of the Party of Donglin, he has never enjoyed such treatment. And the old man in front of him can actually enjoy such treatment. And judging from his natural actions, it is obviously not the first time he has enjoyed such treatment.

If Yu Ren hadn't known that the emperor is a young man of twenty years of age, he would have really suspected that the person in front of him had been a private visit by the emperor.

But, if it weren't for the emperor, who would this old man be? A big question mark suddenly appeared in Yu Ren's mind.

The old man walked out of the sedan chair with the help of the eunuch, let go of the eunuch's hand and bowed to Yu Ren, "Ji Sheng just arrived at Zhao's mansion. I heard that the prince-consort Yu had just left, so I hurried over. The country is at risk now, so I hope the prince-consort will not be surprised if it is adventurous."

When Yu Ren heard the other party’s name, he couldn’t help but become even more confused. “Zhisheng?” This should be the word “old man”. The old man named him without a name, which was intended to be close to him. This registration method for claiming a name is usually called this among peers. It can be seen that the old man was quite polite to Yu Ren. Although he has a noble status and is old, he does not look like an elder at all. This made Yu Ren have a very good first impression of him.

However, although the impression is good, Yu Ren still doesn't know who it was at this time.

Just as Yu Ren was confused, Zhao Peng rushed over. He first saluted the old man and called himself a nephew, then quickly walked to Yu Ren and said to him quietly, "This is the current priest teacher, Lord Sun."

Yu Ren understood everything at once.

It turned out that the old man in front of him was Sun Chengzong, the Grand Secretary and Imperial Master who just asked someone to call Zhao Nanxing over. No wonder he could enjoy such a service that even the prince could not easily enjoy!

As the old man, if he comes to ask for something in person, there must be something big to ask for. You know, with his identity, even if he invites Zhao Nanxing, he can just send someone to pass on a message. However, if he invites Yu Ren, he comes to the door in person. This only means that he has something to ask for Yu Ren, and it is definitely not an ordinary thing.

Therefore, after listening to Zhao Peng's words, Yu Ren was not proud, but frowned. Zhao Peng's eyes looked at Yu Ren with a little admiration. How could Zhao Peng not worship the person who could ask Grand Secretary Sun to come to invite him in person, let alone Yu Ren is so young.

Seeing Yu Ren frowned, Sun Chengzong did not hesitate. Instead, he stepped forward and pulled Yu Ren's hand and boarded a carriage with him, as if he was afraid that Yu Ren would run away.

"Let's go, the emperor asks Zhisheng to ask the prince-consort to discuss the plan."

When Yu Ren heard that the emperor invited him, he certainly did not dare to reject the committee. Although he didn't want to go very much.

Sun Chengzong took Yu Ren to the palace and met Emperor Tianqi in the side hall.

This was the second time Yu Ren saw the new emperor Zhu Youxiao. The first time he met the emperor was after Yu Ren got married, he accompanied Princess Wangyue Zhu Yueyue to the capital to thank him.

At that time, the emperor was arrogant and looked like a saint who was worshipped by thousands of people. At this time, he was constantly moving around the room, looking anxious and restless, revealing his impetuous young mind.

When Sun Chengzong walked to the door of the side hall, he saw Emperor Zhu Youxiaozheng with his hands behind his back and paced around the room anxiously, and he couldn't help but cough. Although the emperor is the most honorable to hundreds of millions of people, in Sun Chengzong's eyes, he is also his own student.

Seeing that his students were so uneasy, he certainly wanted to remind him. He could not say this in front of outsiders, otherwise it would damage the emperor's reputation. However, when Zhu Youxiao heard the teacher's cough and saw his eyes, he immediately understood the teacher's meaning.

Seeing the teacher's eyes, Zhu Jianxiao returned to the middle of the room and sat back on the big chair that belonged to him.

Yu Ren then quickly stepped forward and prepared to bow to Zhu Jianshe. Although he was not used to this kind of custom, he had to follow the customs of the countryside and follow others. What's more, the person sitting on it at this time was the emperor.

When Zhu Youxiao saw that Yu Ren was about to bow and bow, he quickly pulled him up.

"Why should the prince consort be seen? You and my brother don't have to perform this great gift." After saying that, Zhu Youxiao helped Yu Ren to a chair next to him and sat down.

When Yu Ren saw Zhu Youxiao suddenly being so polite to him, his heart became even more nervous. You know, when he saw Zhu Youxiao last time, he accepted his kneeling without any politeness. This time he only bent his waist and was helped up. It seems that this time, the matter must be very hard to do!

Yu Ren thought about this, but did not ask, but looked around. At this time, about ten ministers were sitting in the side hall, and his father-in-law Zhao Nanxing was also among them. The cabinet chief Ye Xianggao was also sitting alongside Zhao Nanxing, and Sun Chengzong also sat down.

"I heard that the Jurchens sent troops south again. What kind of trick did the prince-consort have to defend the enemy?" Zhu Youxiao did not speak after seeing Yu Ren sitting down, and finally couldn't help but take the initiative.

Yu Ren was slightly surprised when he heard this. He really didn't expect the Jurchens to be so bold. He made such a big move behind them, and they dared to divide their troops south.

"How many soldiers are there?"

"There are about five thousand." Sun Chengzong intervened.

Yu Ren's nervous mood suddenly relaxed. It turned out that there were only 5,000 people, and he thought Nurhaci had left all over again! With Shanhaiguan, a natural hero, it was naturally no problem to resist the five thousand cavalrymen of the Jurchens. But looking at the expressions of Zhu Youxiao and everyone around them, they were obviously frightened.

However, this is not surprising. After all, none of them really fought with the Jurchens. They just saw that the Jurchens and the Ming army fought several times, defeating the more with less, and they all easily won. Especially in this recent battle, the Jurchens defeated Wang Huazhen almost without bloodshed. After Wang Huazhen returned to the pass, the defeated soldiers and generals naturally had to deliberately ghost and deify the Jurchens in order to shirk the responsibility of defeat, and to make them as terrible and invincible as they said they were as devils.

In this way, those who have not really fought with the Jurchens on the battlefield were affected by this remark and made the Jurchens think so terrifyingly unbeatable. This is also the fundamental reason why the entire capital has been shrouded in a panic atmosphere in the past two months.

Under the influence of this overall atmosphere, the young emperor naturally inevitably was affected by it. And those civil officials who were ignorant of military affairs had long lost the courage to fight.

However, Yu Ren had fought with the Jurchens many times, and he knew very well how strong the Jurchens were. He heard that there were only 5,000 Jurchen cavalrymen coming, and the Daming Pass was now at least 200,000 troops within a hundred miles of the capital, so he was not worried at all.
Chapter completed!