"Peace?"

"With the murderous temperament of Jiannu outside the Guan, he can actually make peace, strange, strange..."

Hearing this news, the first impression of the officers of the military department was incredible.

What Nurhachi rebelled for at the beginning, it was not the wolf ambition to stand on his own, but now he suddenly sued for peace, and I am afraid that he has no good intentions.

What's more, how many people did Jiannu slaughter in my Liaodong, the bitter hatred, the hatred of the country and the family, is it just that?

"Lord Ministry!"

Suddenly, an official stood up and said loudly:

"Our dynasty must not negotiate peace with Jiannu, the small people of Jiannu country can be restored without a year old, and when the time comes, if you try to commit it again, do you have to levy the army of border towns out of the customs?"

"This time, in order to assist Fu Yuwei, the imperial court has repeatedly rewarded the Mongolian tribes, which is two million taels of silver! There are also expenses and expenses for the march of the army, and rewards after the war, but I am afraid of more. ”

The person who spoke was named Zhang Shifan.

Listening to his words, Cui Chengxiu nodded slightly.

Zhang Shifan in the 38th year of Wanli Jinshi and the first, because of the excellent calligraphy, was hand-picked by the Wanli Emperor as a Shujishi, and later entered the Hanlin Academy.

During his time in the Hanlin Academy, he made several expeditions to the frontier, all of which were adopted by the Wanli Emperor, which brought great changes to the situation in the nine borders.

In the second year of the Apocalypse, when Wang Zaijin presided over Jingcha, he also said that Zhang Shifan was good at war strategy and strategy, and recommended him to serve in the military department in the song.

After consideration, Zhu Youxiao confirmed that it was true, and felt that it was a pity for such a talent to stay in the Hanlin Academy, so he allowed Wang to play in the Jin Dynasty and promoted Zhang Shifan to serve in the military department, and the official was added to the right squire.

Zhang Shifan's suggestion actually represents a voice.

When most of the people heard Jiannu's request for peace, they just felt ridiculous, they rebelled in Liaodong and slaughtered the people of Liaodong, and now they can't fight and want to make peace, how can it be as he wants.

But since it is a discussion, there will inevitably be opposing voices.

One person stood up, raised his eyebrows coldly, and sneered:

"Master Zhang also said just now that the imperial court has recently rewarded more than 2 million taels of silver to the Fuyuwei, Duoyanwei, and Tainingwei departments, although it has stabilized these Mongols, there are also huge military expenditures every month."

"If we continue to fight like this, I am afraid that the treasury will soon bottom out, and now there are famines of varying degrees in various places, and the treasury is exhausted, what kind of relief will I take?"

"Lord Zhang is good at planning military affairs, but does he know the people's livelihood?"

There is some truth in this kind of statement, after all, when there is a war, the people and money, North Korea, Mongolia, and domestic famine, there are too many directions for the Ming Dynasty to take care of, not just a slave.

Striking the army and making peace and recuperating is naturally the best result.

Zhang Shifan didn't dare to agree, and sneered: "The war in Liaodong is to compete with Jiannu for the family, don't hurt them this time, the Liaoshen war, the Guangning war, so that the Horqin and Fuyuwei wars will happen next year, the year after tomorrow, and every year!" ”

"At that time, it is not for the imperial court to transfer troops, nor is it for the barbarians to sit back and watch the barbarians do poop. If the war is protracted, it will drag down the finances of the DPRK! ”

Choi Chengxiu did not speak, but was also thinking.

There is some truth in what these two people say, and whether this is harmony or discord is indeed a headache.

Let's negotiate peace, those soldiers who fought to the death for the country, and the people of Liaodong who were slaughtered by Jiannu, won't they die in vain, but don't negotiate peace, continue to fight, I'm afraid it will take several months, it's really a waste of money.

In the headquarters of the military headquarters, oil lamps were lit all night, and officials quarreled fiercely.

Outside the house, the light gradually brightened, listening to the rooster chirping of the people outside the imperial city, Cui Chengxiu sighed, stayed away from these officials, and came to a mansion.

"Tuk tuk..."

There was a knock on the door, and soon an old man came to open the door, and without waiting for Cui Chengxiu to speak, he gave up a position and said with a smile:

"The factory is waiting for the ministry in the lobby."

"The factory knows me..."

Cui Chengxiu shook his head, followed the old man to the lobby of the Wei Mansion, and saw Wei Zhongxian, who was dressed in black, standing on the wall with his hands behind his back.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Wei Zhongxian glanced up and said seemingly casually:

"Here, come and see."

Cui Chengxiu came to a step behind him and found that the words he was looking at were a pair of ink treasures that Zhu Youxiao had given to Wei Zhongxian in the second year of the Apocalypse.

"It's... His Majesty's handwriting. ”

"Well, sit down."

Wei Zhongxian turned around and signaled, ordered his subordinates to serve tribute tea, sat on the chair and took a sip, and asked with a smile: "Does the ministry know what our family wants you to see this, what do you mean?" ”

Cui Chengxiu smiled bitterly and replied:

"Please also ask the factory to make it clear."

"This pair of His Majesty's ink treasure, our family has been hanging on the main hall, looking at it day and night, with it, my Wei Mansion can be safe and sound."

"This ink treasure is also the reason why our family can be ruthless to deal with those who are not reluctant, do you understand this time?"

Cui Chengxiu seemed to understand whether he understood or not, and suddenly realized, but before he could speak, Wei Zhongxian chuckled lightly and waved his hand:

"Let's go down."

Out of the Wei Mansion, Cui Chengxiu was still a little ignorant.

Just thinking about it, a ride came from a distance, but it was a servant in his house, who rushed to get off the horse, handed over the reins to Cui Chengxiu, and said eagerly:

"Master, the court meeting is about to start, go quickly!"

Cui Chengxiu came back to his senses at this time, hurriedly turned over his horse, and galloped towards the Forbidden City.

......

Soon after, the court meeting began.

Zhu Youxiao sat on the top of the main hall, looked around at Cui Chengxiu, who was still panting violently, and asked lightly:

"Aiqing, is there a result from the military department?"

When the words landed, all the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty turned their eyes, Cui Chengxiu was nervous, wiped the fine sweat on his forehead, stood out with some frightened steps, bowed down and said:

"Back to Your Majesty, there is a result."

Hearing this, Zhang Shifan and other military officials all looked at him.

Some people are puzzled, some people sneer, and they don't know what Cui Chengxiu has in mind. After all, accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger, this is in the court, one sentence is wrong, the next Zhang Heming is him.

These people are just subordinates, and no matter how right or wrong, it can't reach their heads.

"The military department inscribed and refused to negotiate peace."

As soon as the words came out, it immediately caused a buzz in the court.

Cui Chengxiu carefully peeked at Shangyan and found that Zhu Youxiao's expression was as usual, so he secretly made up his mind, and then said: "I, Daming and Jiannu, are not responsible for tens of millions of Liaodong soldiers and people. ”

"The minister thinks that what Zhang Shilang said is right, since our dynasty has spent millions of taels of military expenses in order to fight this battle, then we can't give up halfway, and we must fight this protracted war."

When Zhu Youxiao heard this, he looked at the person under the steps and asked:

"That's what you said?"

Zhang Shifan was not afraid, and said proudly: "Back to Your Majesty, it is the advice of the minister, and our dynasty and Jiannu must not make peace easily!" ”

Zhu Youxiao stared at him intently, without saying a word, and the atmosphere in the hall became more and more dull.

Some people secretly ridiculed themselves in their hearts, this Zhang Shifan prides himself on being smart, and he doesn't know that he is a substitute ghost who was pulled into the water by Cui Chengxiu to make a backstop.

After a while, Zhu Youxiao suddenly smiled:

"Very good, the advice given to me by the Ministry of War is to refuse to negotiate peace, continue to fight this battle, and never die, what do you mean?"

Immediately, a fierce quarrel broke out in the temple.

Zhu Youxiao was a little irritated by this noise, coughed lightly, looked at Han Yi, the first assistant of the cabinet, and squinted his eyes slightly:

"The situation is urgent, Elder Ge said that it is decided."