Chapter 110: Yilu River

Zhu Qizhen returned to Ouchi step by step, and the meeting on Luchuan was also in a hurry.

In the past two days, people from all walks of life have been discussing the Luchuan matter.

Zhu Qizhen first saw that it was all parties.

The result was not as expected by Zhu Qizhen, it was the excitement of the crowd. Most of the courtiers supported a large increase in troops in Yunnan to fight back at Luchuan.

But it's not without noise.

Zhu Qizhen found that two people opposed the expedition to Luchuan, one was Liu Qiu, the director of the Ministry of Rites, and the other was He Wenyuan, the right attendant of the Criminal Department.

Both of them have the appearance of famous ministers.

Liu Qiu, the director of the Ministry of Rites, is not bad, he is a nineteen-year Jinshi of Yongle, and he is in the same department as Yu Qian. Yu Qian mentioned Liu Qiu to Zhu Qizhen, saying that he was a gentleman of the ancients.

But Zhu Qizhen didn't value him much.

Guy can tell from his resume that he is a simple minister. He is also in the Ministry of Rites, and he has a high reputation among Shilin, but in Zhu Qizhen's opinion, it is not Erer.

But He Wenyuan is different.

He Wenyuan was born as a magistrate, and he once ruled the first place in eastern Zhejiang, and he was promoted step by step from the county order and the prefect, and he knew too much about the situation on the ground.

Since he said no, there was naturally a good reason.

Therefore, Zhu Qizhen put aside those who supported the increase of troops in Yunnan, and first took a closer look at He Wenyuan's recitals.

He Wenyuan's twists and turns are the most important place twice, and he raised the logistical difficulties of the Yunnan campaign, which must be a commotion in the world. Secondly, there is the problem of aftermath. The land is uninhabitable, the people are uninhabitable, and in the end, the court will have to return. In this case, there is no benefit to the imperial court.

Workarounds have also been proposed.

It is to send heavy generals to sit in Yunnan, such as Zhao Chongguo, the land is chaotic, and the tun is fighting, and there are not many troops, and it will take time. It's bound to work.

Zhu Qizhen felt that what He Wenyuan said was not unreasonable.

It's just that good generals are hard to find.

If Mu Sheng had the ability, he would not have let Luchuan sit so big. However, the two generations of the Mu family have been in Yunnan, and the Mu family has changed to him, not to mention the influence of the Mu family in Yunnan.

There are very few competent generals alone.

He Wenyuan's meaning is to limit the war to one place in Yunnan, even if it takes a long time, it doesn't matter. If you want to sit in Yunnan, you naturally have to be younger and able to survive the southern climate. And get on the horse to manage the troops, get off the horse to be able to tuntian, and can subdue the Mu family, so that the Mu family can be used for it.

Such a general, Zhu Qizhen does not have it.

And after all, He Wenyuan has been serving in the mainland for a long time, and he doesn't know much about the form of Luchuan. In He Wenyuan's view, Luchuan is just a small land, and there are no more than 10,000 soldiers.

But I didn't know that there were hundreds of thousands of people in Luchuan headquarters, and their influence spread all over the thousands of miles. It's like a country, but it's only a little weaker Annam.

Zhu Qizhen is worried that if he does not raise more troops, Dali and Chuxiong will be in danger, and I will have Yunnan in Africa.

It's easy to win, but it's hard to do it once and for all.

After Zhu Qizhen saw He Wenyuan's recital, he went to see the courtiers' recital in support of a large increase in troops.

This is the method that Zhu Qizhen learned from the Queen Mother, no matter when, look at the weak side's performance first, not that the voice of the disharmony must be right.

Rather, it takes a great deal of courage to express a different opinion when almost all voices speak with one voice. Whether it's right or wrong, it should be treated with caution.

Among the people who supported the war, there were also two of them, and Zhu Qizhen had seen it carefully.

One is Zhang Fu, and the other is Yang Rong.

Needless to say, Zhang Fu said.

Zhang Fu has always been a hardliner to the outside world.

On the matter of abandoning Annan, even if the Manchu Dynasty was in favor of both civil and military forces, Zhang Fu still fought on the basis of reason. Now he has even made it clear in his recital that if he does not increase his troops in Yunnan now, he will abandon Yunnan.

The second is Yang Rong.

Yang Rong is much more rational than Zhang Fu, but he is further than Zhang Fu, if Zhang Fu is still talking, why does the imperial court have to increase troops in Yunnan. Then Yang Rong will be expelled from the strategy, recommend Wang Ji to supervise the division, Jiang Gui as the main general, lead the border army to the first section, and the army of the Southern Guard Station to go south to Yunnan.

Zhu Qizhen thought for a while and said to Wang Zhen: "Paste all the other folds that support the dispatch of troops with abridgement, and wait for me to come back and see." ”

Wang Zhen immediately said: "Yes." ”

The following supports the dispatch of troops, at least a few hundred copies. Zhu Qizhen naturally won't see them all. He had more important things to do. That is to go to see the Queen Mother.

After all, it is the Empress Dowager who really decides the major affairs of the court.

The Empress Dowager may not want to fight for Luchuan.

Zhu Qizhen thought so, so he brought Yang Rong's recital and He Wenyuan's recital together.

When he arrived at Cining Palace, Zhu Qizhen saw the Empress Dowager lying on the chaise longue, swaying, her eyelids drooping, and she seemed to be asleep.

The Empress Dowager seems to be aging very quickly.

The years seemed to speed up on him.

A few years ago, the Empress Dowager still walked like the wind and did not need to be supported at all, but now the Empress Dowager's spirit is not as good as before, and a cane by her side has also become a standing object in front of her.

This seems to be one of the reasons why the Empress Dowager deliberately pushed Zhu Qizhen to the forefront.

"Mother, mother." Zhu Qizhen half-knelt in front of the empress dowager's recliner. Whispered.

The Empress Dowager muttered in her mouth, then opened her eyes, saw Zhu Qizhen and said, "Emperor, you are here." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "It's the grandson." ”

The Empress Dowager said: "You have done a good job, you have a little calm." But I'm getting old, and I'm thinking a little badly. ”

Zhu Qizhen knew what the Empress Dowager said that he did not come back in Nanhaizi, but only came back after the normal hunting.

"It's all taught by mothers well." Zhu Qizhen said with a smile.

The Empress Dowager said: "Little ponyf. The Empress Dowager got up from the recliner, Zhu Qizhen immediately supported her, if it had just started, Zhu Qizhen supported the Empress Dowager, or she was supporting the Empress Dowager in vain, just to make a show, but now he could feel the weight of the Empress Dowager.

The Empress Dowager is really old.

Zhu Qizhen supported the Empress Dowager and walked forward in small steps, and the Empress Dowager said as she walked: "You are here for the matter of Luchuan." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Niangniang is wise, this matter, if the six departments of the cabinet and the five armies are all here, what kind of regulations should there be, and please show Niangniang." ”

As some have said, the larger the meeting, the harder it is to have a unified decision. Many of the decisions had already been taken before the General Assembly.

The conference was nothing more than a unity of thought.

The Empress Dowager sighed and said, "Emperor, am I wrong, I just want my wife to live peacefully, isn't this good?" It's just a Tatar, after all, it's a feud, but what's going on with Luchuan? ”

"I don't let people live in peace."

Zhu Qizhen said: "Niangniang, Luchuan is also a feud. ”

The Empress Dowager was a little surprised and said, "Is there one?" ”

Zhu Qizhen had to tell all the origins of Luchuan, and Zhu Qizhen said: "King Qianning broke Ren Sifa's father and divided Luchuan into more than a dozen toasts. Now Ren Sifa wants to revive the family business. ”

The Empress Dowager had already arrived in the main hall and sat on the chair, and then said: "I remember, the battle of King Dingbian of Qianning was fought by his family." ”

Zhu Qizhen couldn't laugh or cry, and he didn't know if the Empress Dowager really didn't remember, or if she had never taken Luchuan seriously.

The Empress Dowager said: "Now I can't fight if I don't want to, what kind of charter are the people below." ”

Zhu Qizhen immediately countered Yang Rong and He Wenyuan's recital.

The Empress Dowager's eyes were also a little spent, and she looked impatiently and asked Zhu Qizhen to read it.

Zhu Qizhen read both letters. The Empress Dowager was silent for a while and said, "Emperor, what do you mean?" ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Sun Er actually doesn't want to fight, after all, my big enemy is a thorn, and Sun Er does not agree to any move to transfer troops from the Nine Sides." and even Jingying. But counting on the guards in the south, I'm afraid it won't be able to level the Luchuan River. ”

"It's a dilemma."

The Empress Dowager said, "What do you think of what He Wenyuan said? ”

Zhu Qizhen secretly said in his heart: "Sure enough, the Empress Dowager still likes He Wenyuan's method." This is the reason why Zhu Qizhen brought He Wenyuan's recital.

He felt that this letter was more in line with the Empress Dowager's mind than Yang Rong's. Zhu Qizhen sighed and said, "Sun Er also knows that Lord He's method seems to be better, but it doesn't work." ”