Chapter 61: The Empress Dowager Asks for a Plan

The Empress Dowager left Cining Palace, hesitated for a while, and felt that she had arrived at the Wenhua Palace.

The Wenhua Hall is not only a large hall for the emperor to attend classes, but also one of the main halls for handling government affairs.

On top of that, the Mandarin Hall is very close to the Cabinet.

After arriving at the Wenhua Palace, Ling Rang summoned the three Yangs together.

This is also the reason why the Empress Dowager did not go to Wenyuan Pavilion.

If you talk about this matter in Wenyuan Pavilion, it will be a big deal. As far as the Empress Dowager intended, she still wanted to deal with this matter privately. It's best to run like water without a trace.

Hu Hu is an old minister of Emperor Taizong, and Zhang Fu is from a noble background, in the eyes of the Empress Dowager, this incident told them, and they may not know what they think in their hearts.

Only Yang Shiqi, Yang Pu, and Yang Rong are from Hanlin and are old ministers, but they can understand her hard work.

The Empress Dowager was already very familiar with Yang Shiqi and others, and even after Zhu Qizhen ascended the throne, they were often summoned.

After seeing the three of them, they didn't say much to each other, and told them the emperor's thoughts. Sighing, he said, "I'm old, I don't know when I'll go." The emperor is very intelligent, but I am afraid that he is too clever and self-righteous. On the contrary, he mistook the inheritance of his ancestors. I'm a woman, and I don't know how to teach the emperor, and I am a good family with my family. ”

Sanyang immediately got up and saluted and said, "The ministers don't dare to be. Yang Shiqi, as the head of the ministers, sighed and said, "The evil obstacle of the minister's family should not have spoken. It's just that the ministers are trusted by Taizong, Renzong, and Xuanzong, and they dare not say anything. The minister thought that the Empress Dowager was thinking too much. ”

The Empress Dowager said: "Too much? ”

Yang Shiqi said: "The Empress Dowager also knows about the evil obstacle in the minister's family, and His Majesty has outperformed him a hundred times." After all, Your Majesty is young and does not know the sufferings of the world. It's also normal. Even when the minister was young, why didn't he have delusions? The Empress Dowager is deeply in love and responsible. ”

The Empress Dowager was slightly relieved when she heard this.

Sometimes when I get along with Zhu Qizhen, I simply forget that he is only nine years old. Zhu Qizhen was raised in the palace, with brocade clothes and jade food, and he was already a head above the ordinary northern line. Speaking and acting, he is not half childish.

In addition, Xuanzong died, and the burden of 10,000 catties was on the Empress Dowager.

The Empress Dowager seems to be unfazed, but her heart is not without pressure. The pressure on the Empress Dowager was transferred to Zhu Qizhen.

The Empress Dowager is single-mindedly determined to cultivate a Shengming monarch.

Zhu Qizhen is stupid, the empress dowager is also worried, worried that he will be blinded by the eunuchs and ministers in the future, Zhu Qizhen is smart, she is also worried, worried that he will go his own way.

In short, no matter what, the Empress Dowager always had doubts in her heart.

The Empress Dowager also knew that she was actually very persecutive to Zhu Qizhen.

Zhu Qizhen gets up at five watches every day, and his daily schedule is full, including schoolwork, court politics, human relations, allusions, and some palace affairs.

I am often busy until the time of the lamp.

It can be said that it is not diligent. After the Empress Dowager was pleased, the higher her expectations for Zhu Qizhen.

If it is just beginning, the Empress Dowager just wants Zhu Qizhen to be a king, but she also wants him to become a good emperor like Emperor Renzong, who understands the suffering of the people and loves the people like a son.

At least, in the heart of the Empress Dowager, Emperor Renzong is such an image.

At this moment, she had to reflect on whether he was too close.

Yang Rong said: "Congratulations to the Empress Dowager, what Your Majesty said can be called wisdom. ”

The Empress Dowager said, "Oh? Why? ”

Yang Rong said: "Actually, Your Majesty doesn't mention it, and the minister has to say it for a while, and it is not the blessing of the court to sit on the thorns." ”

Yang Rong was able to be reused by Emperor Xuanzong because of Yang Rong's military attainments.

All the guards, checkpoints, and terrain in the world are in Yang Rong's chest, and most of the generals' resumes, Yang Rong is like a palm. It can be said to be a mobile database.

Therefore, Yang Rong also pays attention to the variables brought about by the rise of tile spurs.

However, as a minister of state, he also knows that there are priorities. In today's plan, the top priority is not the thorn, but the stability of the imperial power.

Although the tile spur is rising, the background is shallow after all, and there are internal contradictions, and it is impossible to threaten the nine sides in a few years. Yang Rong naturally wants to put it first.

But putting it is putting it down, not that this thing doesn't exist.

The Empress Dowager looked a little solemn and said, "What the emperor said is true? ”

This is the limitation of the Empress Dowager.

The Empress Dowager had seen the devastation of the war, but she was not very sensitive to the strategic situation.

This may be the limitation of the heroine.

Even if he is as wise and martial as Wu Zetian, he has been defeated repeatedly in foreign battles, but fortunately, the foundation of the Tang Dynasty at that time was thick, and he was able to lose.

The same is true of the Empress Dowager.

In terms of power and strategy, there is no less than any emperor, but in military affairs, there are some short-sighted, or some assumptions.

What the Empress Dowager has seen in her life is how Emperor Taizong stormed the northern captives, so that the northern captives did not dare to go south. Even if the tile spur dominates the grassland, what can it do?

The Empress Dowager didn't think that the tile spur had the confidence to go south.

But the same words, spoken in different mouths, are different. In Zhu Qizhen's mouth, the Empress Dowager can only believe a small half.

But such words came out of Yang Rong's mouth. But the Empress Dowager didn't believe it.

"The minister didn't dare to deceive the Empress Dowager." Yang Rong said: "The lord of the tile spur, as long as he wants to make a difference, he will inevitably go south, and there will be a battle between the court and the tile thorn, but this battle, whether it is big or small, the minister will not expect it for a while." ”

Yang Rong was the most military minister in the imperial court.

The interpretation of the strategic situation is better than that of some generals, after all, many generals in the Ming Dynasty are the kind of brave generals, and it is okay to command one or two battles. However, in terms of grand strategy, the interpretation of the situation between the two countries may not be comparable to that of the ministers.

The Empress Dowager frowned and said, "Why don't you say it earlier." ”

Yang Rong said: "The minister discussed with the first emperor, and the first emperor intended to reorganize the army and fight in person. It's just that the day is not a holiday. ”

The Empress Dowager also sighed and said, "My son is still here, why worry about it." ”

Yang Rong said: "The Empress Dowager doesn't have to worry too much, she has a plan for tile thorns." ”

The Empress Dowager said, "Speak." ”

Yang Rong said: "Wa Tu Huan supports the establishment of Tokh Buhua as the Great Khan, and then calls himself the King of Huai, the Taishi, the military and political power, all in his hands, with 40,000 households in Mongolia to rule 400,000 households in Mongolia, on the one hand, with the help of the blood of the Golden Family, on the other hand, Tu Huan has the heart of self-reliance. ”

"In order to stabilize the grassland, Dehuan must use Dehuan to get rid of the flowers, and if you want to stand on your own, you must get rid of the Golden Family, so that the two sides will have a war."

"The imperial court should send envoys to the grassland, canonize the detachment of flowers, and also canonize the detachment, both of which are equally important. In addition, it is in the market with the detachment and the non-flowering, which helps to rise the heart of the detachment and the non-flowering. ”

"Once the power of the two sides is out of balance, there will inevitably be a war."

"Thus the alliance between the Tile Thorns and the Mongols no longer exists. The imperial court was able to control the left and right, so that it could not go south. Sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight. ”

When the Empress Dowager heard this, she exclaimed and said: "This is what Lao Cheng said about the country." What does Mr. Tosato think? ”

Yang Shiqi said: "The minister thinks that he should make preparations with both hands, on the one hand, to provoke civil strife in Mongolia, and on the other hand, to strengthen vigilance, Gansu, Datong, Xuanfu, and Liaodong must reward soldiers, select generals, and repair the city in case of emergency." ”

"Even if the north has the heart to go south, you can't go down the Great Wall."

The Empress Dowager said, "So I'm relieved." It's just that how should the emperor advise? ”

The three of them glanced at each other, and they said that they were inseparable. The Empress Dowager is the emperor's grandmother, even if the Empress Dowager treats the emperor, what else can the emperor do after the Empress Dowager is behind? At most, the board hit the cronies of the Empress Dowager.

But the three of them are different.

Not to mention, I said something bad here, what will the emperor do in the future, just now, don't look at the empress dowager and don't know what to do with the emperor now? But whoever wants to say that her grandson is not good, maybe the board will hit them first.

The three of them are all human spirits, how could they make such a mistake. It's a hot potato.