Chapter 142: Yang Hong patrols the border

I also dared to be so reckless first, because I expected that Daming would not turn his face with the tile.

Zhu Qizhen didn't know what he expected.

But Zhu Qizhen really didn't dare to fight with the tile spurs at this time. Salt tax, Hebei water conservancy, these things are all in progress. It's not easy to interrupt.

Even if there may be such and such problems internally, it is still a big country. The image of the military decline of the imperial court, although it has also tried its best to make up for it in recent years.

But Zhu Qizhen also didn't believe that a battle with the tile spur could be quickly resolved within a year.

Therefore, the war should not be taken lightly.

Even if Zhu Qizhen wants to do it, the minister of the DPRK and China will not agree.

Zhang Fu's opinion has been said before, and he is not in favor of a large-scale outbreak. As for Yang Pu's thoughts, Zhu Qizhen can probably grasp them. Zhu Qizhen will not be allowed to open side affairs again.

In this way, even if the Ministry of Rites informs this matter, what can it do?

Diplomatic means, Hu Hu has already trained the messenger of the tile thorn A Chidu as a dog's leg, but this envoy who returned to the merchant background has a rather spit demeanor.

Could it be that Zhu Qizhen called Ah Chidu over and scolded him again. Did it work?

As for working the price of horses, the court can't afford to lose this face. After all, it is not only the tile thorns who come to pay tribute, but also the tribes of Nuer Gandusi and the seven guards of Kansai. Ulliangha Sanwei. It's not a matter of the Watts.

And the interests of the tributary are simply a drop in the bucket for the Ming Dynasty. The Ming court didn't care about that little money, but the tile spur was different.

The tile thorn also preferred to send people to grovel and pay tribute, and a large part of it was because of this interest.

When the court moved, it was almost the life-root of the thorn. What kind of move the tile spur will have, it is difficult for Zhu Qizhen to judge.

Zhu Qizhen thought about it, sighed, and said secretly in his heart: "I might as well go first." ”

Zhu Qizhen didn't want to admit it, but he had to admit that in the military, he was not as confident as he was.

Speaking of which, the first to ascend to the throne is still after Zhu Qizhen. But he can't be said to be a young monarch at first. He was also born in Yongle for five years, and now it is the prime of life. Follow his father to fight against all parties, not to mention. Just after he came to power, in addition to being vertical and horizontal, there was no shortage of leading troops to fight.

Therefore, let's talk about it first, the first half of his life was to follow his father to fight, fight with Arutai, fight with Daming, and fight with Achatai. A veteran who has fought all the way, he is not worried about fighting with Daming.

Even war, for him, is the most familiar solution.

But Zhu Qizhen is different.

Even if Zhu Qizhen is a human being in two lives, but in the past life or in this life, he lives in a relatively peaceful era. In fact, even if Zhu Qizhen can cite one by one the reasons that are not conducive to the war.

But more often than not, this kind of decision-making tests a person's faith and willpower.

Even though the Ming Dynasty is focusing on internal affairs, it does not mean that the Ming army really cannot fight.

With Zhang Fu as the head of the veterans of Jingnan, led by Meng Ying, and the orthodox upstarts promoted by Zhu Qizhen himself, there are more than 300 guards in the Ming Dynasty, even if they are rotten, they cannot be rotten all at once. is about to fight, pulling out hundreds of thousands of troops, it may not be impossible. The strength of the tile spur is strong, but in the siege of Beijing, the 100,000 Beijing army reorganized by Qian is not enough.

If you really have to make up your mind, will he fight to the death with the court?

But Zhu Qizhen thought about it, and finally dipped a brush in cinnabar on the fold of the Ministry of Rites, and wrote in block letters: "Got it." ”

These three words, a piercing red, made Zhu Qizhen feel that his whole heart was stabbed.

Zhu Qizhen said to the eunuchs beside him: "Xuan, the Duke of England, the Duke of Chengguo, the Marquis of Baoding, the Marquis of Fengcheng, are discussing in the Wuying Palace." ”

Faced with Zhu Qizhen's urgent summons.

The two dukes and the two marquis were a little at a loss.

Of course, the British Duke and the Marquis of Baoding have been in contact with Zhu Qizhen for a long time, and they still know Zhu Qizhen very well, and they still have a bottom in their hearts.

Chengguo Gong saw that the British Duke was calm, and he also calmed down. Only Fengcheng Hou was a little worried.

Li Xian, Marquis of Fengcheng, is also the second generation of Jingnan heroes.

His father was Li Bin, Marquis of Fengcheng, who became a knight after Yongle died of illness in the twentieth year. Following Taizong, Xuanzong fought. Speaking of which, Xuanzong still trusts him more.

Otherwise, he would not have been in Nanjing for so many years.

But this is also where he worries, once a son of heaven and a courtier.

Now it is no longer the Xuanzong Dynasty, and even the empress dowager's cronies have retired from the court. He was replaced by Wei Guogong from Nanjing back to Beijing, he returned to Beijing on the front foot, and there were two Huai cases on the back foot, implicating a Shangshu and an earl, as for almost one of the six salt transportation divisions of the Ming Dynasty, they were all inseparable, and there were no less than 100 officials involved. plus the death of the guilty salt.

In this major case, there are at least more than 1,000 people, all of whom are waiting to be questioned after the autumn.

Li Xian was naturally full of apprehension in his heart, worried about whether His Majesty had an opinion on him, and even suspected that he had something to do with this big case. After all, before the big case, he was replaced first. It's a fun move.

So Li Xian's heart was full of apprehension. Although trying to calm down. But there was still a trace of sweat running down his forehead.

I don't know if it's because it's too hot, or if I can't calm down.

"Your Majesty has arrived." A eunuch shouted at the top of his throat.

Before the voice fell, Zhu Qizhen strode in like a meteor, and the four of them saluted, Zhu Qizhen waved his hand and said, "Get up." ”

Zhu Qizhen's eyes swept away. With a trace of worry in his heart, he said secretly: "With a group of second-generation generals, can I win the tile spur?" He quickly pressed the idea down.

cause

Very simply, this system issue is in the foundation of the Ming Dynasty, and it must not be moved lightly.

Even if Zhu Qizhen was worried, he could only rely on them.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Let's discuss the matter of the tile spur today. With a wave of his hand, Zhu Qizhen handed them a copy of the note about the Tile Spur Mission.

One copy per person.

Zhu Qizhen sat on the throne, slapped a hand, and said, "First of all, it's light." I know I won't tear my face apart. But I had to endure it. ”

Zhang Fu immediately stood up and saluted and said, "The ministers deserve to die." ”

Zhang Fu took the lead, and the other three people immediately saluted, saying the same thing in their mouths. said: "The ministers should die." ”

The so-called lord humiliated the ministers to death, Zhu Qi Zhenjue himself was insulted, and the ministers below had to say this in their mouths no matter what they thought in their hearts.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Ping, I know that this doesn't matter to you, it's a small plan if you can't bear it." It's just that I think I also want to return the color of the thorns. ”

"But how do you return the color?"

Zhang Fu pondered for a while and said, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that he should tell the generals of the towns and urge the autumn patrol to patrol the border. ”

In fact, what Zhang Fu said was actually just a routine move at the border.

These things are to be done in all the towns along the Great Wall.

Autumn prevention is to prevent the Tartars from going south in autumn, and many times the towns along the border will send out a black area hundreds of miles wide outside the Great Wall.

Let the Tartars go south, and if there is no supply of forage, they will naturally not go south. As for patrolling.

It's not that it's patrolling along the Great Wall.

Although the line of the Great Wall is the first line of the garrison of the Ming Dynasty, it is not the border line of the Ming Dynasty. At least in this era, it is not yet a physical border.

After all, although the Ming Dynasty emptied the grasslands along the border, it does not mean that this area is occupied by others.

This kind of border patrol has always been within a range of 100 or 200 miles outside the Great Wall, which is similar to a military parade. Xuanzong did such a thing.

But after entering the orthodoxy, such things are less done.

After all, in the political ideology of the Empress Dowager to stop all urgent matters, this matter of patrolling the border is a matter that is not urgent.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Patrol? Yang Hong was ordered to take Datong 10,000 horsemen to inspect the Daning line. ”

Zhang Fu listened and said, "Your Majesty, it's so inappropriate. ”

Zhu Qizhen naturally knew that running to Daning was far beyond the safety limit of one or two hundred miles from the Great Wall. But Zhu Qizhen did not back down at all, his voice was slightly low, and he said: "Yang Hong, this general, was recommended by the Guogong, and he is a veteran who is both wise and brave. He is the best of the generals of the nine sides. ”

"What? I didn't let him go north to conquer, I just let them out of the monolithic fort and inspect Kaiping and the old land of Daning, can't this be done? ”