The palace was heavily guarded, and the officers and soldiers of the Hundred Janissaries lined up along the white 'jade' steps, standing still like nails, extending to the deepest part of the palace.

Under the guidance of the two officers, Li Guangdi and the others passed through the corridors, crossed the main halls at the front of the palace, and stopped at a side hall next to the imperial 'flower' garden.

This place is on the side of Haizi, the air is moist, the cool breeze is blowing, the surrounding is full of blooming fresh 'flowers', there is a row of weeping willows neatly arranged on the edge of the sea, dancing with the wind at the moment, rustling lightly, looking at the extreme, the water surface 'waves' light flickering, faintly seeing the small palace in the green trees in the distance, it is refreshing and pleasant.

After being stunned for a while, the leading officer coughed lightly, and everyone woke up like a dream, Yang Mingshi couldn't help but praise: "'Chaos', 'flowers' gradually 'desire' and 'fascination' people's eyes, Asakusa can have no horseshoe." I love the lack of eastward travel of the lake, and the white sand embankment in the green poplar 'yin'," he turned his head and smiled at everyone, "Although this is the northland, it also has a bit of West Lake flavor." ”

"Really?! Why don't I think?! "A chuckle suddenly came from behind a weeping willow, and the ministers turned around in surprise, Lin Feng was turning out of the 'flower' bush, and there were a few buzzing and 'chaotic' little bees hanging on the bright yellow 'colored' dragon robe.

The sound of footsteps all around, the faint flame mixed with the slight impact of blades, Li Guangdi suddenly realized, only to see the figures around him flickering, I don't know when, behind the weeping willows, among the 'flowers', next to the palace, under the shade of the trees, there were so many fully armed court warriors. They walked all the way just now, but they didn't see any of them.

Seeing through their surprise, Lin Feng smiled and explained, "I told them to hide," he turned around and pointed at a wave of smoke, "Such a beautiful scene, with a team of soldiers dancing with knives and guns, it is really a sight to behold!" - Ladies and gentlemen, do you say yes or no?! ”

Li Guangdi smiled, "Your Majesty is so interested! ”

Lin Feng smiled, shook off his robe, sat down in the shade of the weeping willow tree, and waved his hand to the ministers, "Everyone sit down too, today we will make a start for the Han Dynasty, and discuss national affairs while enjoying the scenery!" ”

Everyone was stunned and looked at each other in unison, and everyone was a little hesitant in their hearts. At this time, it's not that these people are too wintery, but their mood is not good at the moment, otherwise at another time, the monarch and the minister will 'chant' to the scene, which can be regarded as an extremely elegant thing.

There is a great deal of controversy between the DPRK and China over the budget for the second half of this year and next year, and as in the past, the head of the civilian bureaucracy, Lee Kwang-chee, routinely does not take a stand, while the others are divided into three factions. Just as Xu Danyang has repeatedly stated in public statements, most of these factions have received support from the Jin merchants, Hui merchants, and Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Guangdong, and they resolutely demand to increase naval input, launch a large-scale attack on Taiwan as soon as possible, expand overseas colonies, and strengthen the export of commodities to the outside world.

The other faction is in opposition to this, compared with the naval faction, the power of this faction is relatively much stronger, the leading figures are represented by Xu Qianxue, the secretary of the Ministry of Justice, Zhou Peigong, chief of the general staff of the Ministry of the Army, and other generals in the army, their political tendencies are diametrically opposed to the naval faction, and the banner clearly points out that the greatest threat to the national defense and security of the empire at present comes from the north, and if the imperial court wants to maintain long-term peace and stability and lay an indefatigable foundation in one fell swoop, it must uproot several tumors such as Geldan, Buryagma, and Arabutan. In the next few years, the imperial court must devote all its efforts to the northern battlefield and pocket those millions of square kilometers at any cost.

If the first two factions are still pioneering and enterprising, then the third faction is really a real "old Cheng Mouguo", this faction is represented by Yang Mingshi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Chen Tingjing, the secretary of the household department. Adhering to the words of the sages to rule the world, they believe that our Chinese Celestial Empire is rich and boundless, and should be a model for the surrounding barbarians, and it is best not to 'get' guns with others unless it is absolutely necessary, because if you do this, there will be no other benefits except for giving the king a false name.

Therefore, their opinion is that it is enough to build more forts and pillboxes, at most send troops, drive away those grazing Tartars, and 'make the northern border tighter'. In this way, the court and the people will recuperate, and the four seas will sing and dance, wouldn't it be happy? !

According to the management of previous years, the imperial court's silver money allocation expenditure, mostly prepared after the first month, and then presented to the imperial review, by the emperor with a wave of the pen, and then everyone should do what to do, but this year is very different, since the beginning of the winter last year, the three factions of the court and the central government have launched extremely ' In the fierce competition, each faction has its own vital interests, and each faction is a political spokesperson of a force, and everyone knows that this year's budget will determine the direction of the national policy of the Han Empire in the next five years, and once it is decided, it will be irreversible.

The situation is very clear, Xu Danyang represents the interests of the business nobles, Jin merchants, Hui merchants, and large merchants and handicraft workshop owners in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Guangdong. Unfortunately, both in the court and in the army, their voices were too weak for most officials to hear.

And Zhou Peigong and others made the voice of the army - the founding of the country has been completed, but the merits have not been sealed, the whole army, from the generals to the small soldiers, everyone understands in their hearts that this war should be the last large-scale war of the Han Empire, if this battle passes, and then there is a chance to climb up, I am afraid there will be no chance. With their mentality is exactly the same, a large number of civil officials in the court also look forward to this kind of prospect of encompassing thousands of miles and flying the prestige of the Tang Dynasty.

Although the third faction clearly sees that the Grand Duke has no 'selfishness' and is indifferent, but in his roots, he is really speaking for those old landlords in the country - everyone knows that when the war is together, the court collects money, grain, and Ding together, and it is their group of landlords who work in the soil who suffer direct economic losses.

They represent China's political orthodoxy for thousands of years, and they are the most powerful and almost irrefutable political program, with the most powerful power and the most extensive supporters.

Therefore, although these ministers are in harmony on their faces at the moment, in fact, everyone is angry in their hearts, at this moment, Lin Feng invited each other to enjoy the scenery and discuss things, and for a while, they really couldn't pull their faces down to laugh at the couplets of 'Yin' and 'Yin' and 'Yin' poems to sing and 'Yin' poems.

"What? This broken garden of mine, you Aiqing still can't look down on it? Lin Feng pretended not to know, laughed at the words of 'groan' and 'groan', and turned his head and instructed the 'attendant' samurai beside him, "What are you doing in a daze?" Why don't you go and move chairs for the gentlemen! ”

The Praetorian Guards suddenly agreed, and more than a dozen big men flew away, and in a moment, there were tables, chairs and benches on the edge of Haizi, leaning on Lin Feng's seats as the center, lined up left and right, faintly putting on a posture of discussing politics.

Li Guangdi's status was transcendent, he smiled slightly, took the lead in taking a seat, and thanked him: "Thank you, Your Majesty!" ”

Several ministers next to him also sat down.

Lin Feng glanced left and right, and there were only seven civil officials who came to discuss politics today, headed by Li Guangdi, five Shangshu, and Xu Danyang, a commercial 'servant'. Although there are many officials involved in this matter, this matter is still a matter for civilian officials in the final analysis, and even though many other generals are very concerned, it is still not good to openly intervene in the taboo of monarchs and ministers when it comes to civil and military powers.

"Jin Qing, this major event in the imperial court, have you discussed the score here?!" Lin Feng reached out and took an orange and asked casually.

"Returning to Your Majesty, this matter is very important, all the adults in the court and the central government have their own objections, there are many disputes, about the situation, the minister has already handed you the fold......" Li Guangdi's gaze wandered a little, one by one on the faces of the scholars, his eyes were everywhere, everyone lowered their hands and closed their eyes, not making eye contact with him, he suddenly sneered, "Your Excellency, Your Majesty is here today, why don't you face him in person?!" ”

Lin Feng turned his gaze, showed a kind smile, raised his hand, and pointed to Xu Qianxue, the secretary of the ministry, "Mr. Xu, as the head of the five departments, you are also the most knowledgeable and 'refined', and I have always relied on the humerus - I heard that you and the adults are not very happy about this, why don't you talk to me today?!" ”

"Your Majesty praises falsely, and the ministers dare not take it seriously," Xu Qianxue was slightly humble, arched his hand, and glanced left and right, "Your Majesty, at this point, what should be said, the old minister has said it thoroughly, what the trade-offs are, Your Majesty should also be sacred, whether it is to fight the 'Mongolian' ancients, build warships, or close yourself, you must make a decision as soon as possible, otherwise, when the judgment continues, you will be subject to its 'chaos'!" ”

is worthy of being an old bureaucrat, and his words are even, and no one can find faults.

Lin Feng smiled, knowing that this must be the result - you must know that in officialdom, the first person to answer Shangguan's questions is often the most unlucky, because his words are very easy to create an excuse for his colleagues to attack, so he must be extremely cautious in replying.

Shifting the target and looking for the next firepower, Lin Feng set his eyes on Yang Mingshi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, among the ministers, this person is the youngest, and he is also relatively upright, and he is famous for daring to speak, Lin Feng smiled, "Bin Shi is not angry, he must teach me!" ”

"Don't dare!" Yang Mingshi has always been unsmiling, his expression is serious, and he immediately stood up and bowed deeply to Lin Feng.

Before he could open his mouth, Lin Feng hurriedly stretched out his hand and waved, "Don't be restrained, don't be restrained, Binshi, let's not talk about the rules today, just talk about it casually, you take it easy," he looked around left and right, and said with a smile, "Just like that 'Li Yu Yanchen' painting, let's just talk like friends!" ”

"Your Majesty is cautious, Li Yu, the king of the dead country, how can my emperor compare this faint monarch with ?!!" Yang Mingshi immediately corrected and said solemnly, "The minister is brave, and please ask Your Majesty to be upright and listen to the direct advice!" ”

Lin Feng pinched his nose, a little embarrassed, in fact, he was most annoyed by these guys in his heart, he talked about these things at every turn, he didn't have any sense of humor, and it was really boring to talk to them, but at this moment, he could only sit up straight and nod according to his requirements, "Okay, good, good, Aiqing is right-please say it!" ”

Those Confucian ministers in the court are most satisfied with Lin Feng's point, they are good at listening to opinions, no matter what they say, they are not very angry, especially these little things related to etiquette, basically he will do what you say, and he will definitely not fight with you, although according to the records in the books, this emperor is not far from the "three emperors and five emperors" in the scriptures, but he also pays attention to the analogy with Li Shimin, and everyone is still very confident in assisting him.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the discussion of Lord Lang Xu, the 'servant' of the Ministry of Commerce, and the opinion of Lord Xu, the secretary of the Ministry of Shangshu, are all the policies of the country, and if Your Majesty believes it, he will suffer a catastrophe in the future, and the family and country will not be protected, and his head will be ......."

Before he finished speaking, the ministers next to him changed their color, Li Guangdi was furious, and couldn't help but slap the back of the chair hard, and reprimanded angrily, "Faint!" - Yang Mingshi, the holy car is here, you dare to be so presumptuous?! ”

Yang Mingshi's expression remained unchanged, and he bowed his hand slightly towards Li Guangdi, "Both the king's direct advice is also stupid, so I want to ask the university scholar for advice?!" He sneered, "As a minister of state, Yang Mou, such a big event, how can he be the first to witness such a political disaster that ruined the country and the people?!" ”

Li Guangdi was stunned and speechless, he really didn't expect that Yang Mingshi would dare to openly turn his face with him in front of Lin Feng, and for a while, he didn't know what to say.

Lin Feng slowly smiled, looked at Yang Ming blankly, was stunned for a long time, and suddenly laughed "poof", the laughter became louder and louder, and then he leaned forward and leaned back with laughter, and pointed at Yang Ming with trembling fingers, "It's the same old thing, it's the same old way, hey!" I mean, you guys, why do you always like to scare people?! ”

"The minister is not a 'wave' speech, but a ......"

"You don't have to say it, I understand, I understand!" Lin Feng smiled and pointed to his nose, "Do you want to say that I was carried away by the victory, and now I am like that Emperor Yang of Sui, ready to lose?!" ”

"Exactly!" Yang Mingshi actually nodded and said proudly, "Not only that, Your Majesty listens to ......"

"You don't have to say it, I understand, I understand!" Lin Feng smiled and shook his head, "There are a lot of villains around me, who want to use my history to make a name, use swords and soldiers, and care about the lives of the people, yes or no?!" ”

Yang Mingshi was slightly stunned, looked at Lin Feng for a long time, and nodded slowly, "Your Majesty Mingjian, in fact, the way to govern the country is stable, Your Majesty's words and deeds will affect the world, if it is ......"

"You don't have to say it, I understand, I understand!" Lin Feng smiled and said, "Aren't I already very careful, just to fight a small 'Meng' Gu, let's discuss it again and again, and we have been doing it for almost half a year without a conclusion, you say, am I very patient?!" ”

"Your Majesty, the ministers have read the history books, since the first emperor ruled the world, all dynasties, all of them have been deeply affected by the border bandits, there are heavy troops to defend them, there are those who shrink their own defenses, and those who plow the court to sweep the 'holes', the three strategies have their own strengths, but if the long-term, or be careful to deploy the country for a long time, the people will suffer less, not to say far, just say that the Ming Chengzu Emperor of the previous dynasty, what a majestic hero, five crusades against the 'Mongolian' ancients, but in the end nothing, but the head of the Yellow River north of the renovation of the dilapidated," Yang Mingshi said seriously," I am newly determined, the people in the four seas are not convinced, Your Majesty should broadcast Weide, show grace to the world, how can you make a big move on this, do this battle for the whole country?! ”

"Makes sense, makes sense!" Lin Feng nodded, thought about it, and suddenly shook his head again, "No, no, Binshi, I'm afraid you're mistaken, right?" This time it's not that I want to make a big move, but that he Geldan is looking for his own death, this kid was originally a defeated general under me, and now he dares to knock on the 'door' and harm our border people, if I don't give him some criticism and education, it's really unreasonable, right?! ”

"Then it doesn't have to be such a big fight, right?!" Yang Mingshi shook his head and said, "The minister has seen Zhou Sima's military strategy, according to their fighting style, it is a three-way army, a long drive of thousands of miles, and it can't be won in three or five years, how can our people afford this kind of fighting?!" ”

Lin Feng smiled slightly, and did not answer, with the worldview of these Confucian scholars in Yang Mingshi, I am afraid that they cannot understand the concept of national mobilization, in fact, in the field of national war, rich countries may not be good at war, and poor countries may not be able to fight, otherwise, with the wealth of the Ming Empire, why fight Liaodong, but with the strength of the whole country, it can only transfer more than 100,000 troops at most? !

What is certain is that in terms of the comprehensive wealth of the whole country, Chongzhen is definitely much richer than Zhu Yuanzhang, but it is certain that Zhu Yuanzhang can dispatch millions of troops at any time, but Chongzhen is even enough to mobilize 50,000 troops, where is this contradiction?

There is no other reason than the failure of the state to mobilize.

As a new empire, although the Han Empire was far from being a rich country and a strong people, it had a relatively simple but very 'lean' political institution, vigorous and capable and efficient, and also had a large number of experienced officers from the grassroots to the command, and most of the civilian officials knew some military knowledge, were relatively pragmatic, and more just-in-time. In this case, if there is a relatively abundant and stable capital investment capacity, the war mobilization power of the Lin Han Empire is very strong and relatively durable.

However, this kind of thing is very complicated to explain, and most of these officials are very stubborn, once they recognize the words of the sage, they will not enter the oil and salt, and it is useless, so Lin Feng does not plan to 'waste' with them.

After being silent for a long time, seeing that Lin Feng didn't speak, Li Guangdi coughed lightly, and the eyes of everyone present turned together, "Your Majesty!" Li Guangdi arched his hand, "The minister has something to say!" ”

"Why should Jin Qing be cramped?!" Lin Feng smiled and raised his hand slightly, "Please have something to say!" ”

"What does the minister mean......" He slowly stood up, looked left and right, and between speaking, the ministers next to him immediately realized that this should be the decisive moment, and they were nervous at the moment, Xu Qianxue pretended to be reserved, and sat on the chair without moving, but the fingers holding the tea bowl couldn't help but tremble slightly.

“…… Hit 'Meng' Gu!! Li Guangdi raised his eyebrows and said loudly, "When the judgment continues, it will be subject to its 'chaos', the minister's meaning is to take advantage of the time when the soldiers of the three armies are working hard, take down the eastern 'Meng' Gu and the Moxi 'Meng' Gu in one go, and capture the two 'chaotic' ministers and thieves of Bur Yagma and Geldan in one fell swoop, otherwise, the country and the people, the court will not be able to 'hand' over!" ……”

Yang Mingshi frowned, immediately sat up, and was about to speak, but at this time, he saw Li Guangdi waving his hand slightly, and continued, "...... But what kind of fight is this battle?! Whether it is a big fight or a small fight, whether it is a long fight or a short fight, it still needs to be carefully discussed! ”

This is also a kind of mud, Lin Feng pursed his lips and said with a wry smile, "Jin Qing doesn't hurt to say anything, don't say anything, you and I have been a monarch and minister for many years, and I can't come if I want to, I'm not the kind of person who can't listen to words!" ”

"Yes, yes! Your Majesty's words are serious! Li Guangdi bowed slightly, and said with a smile, "According to the minister's intentions, this battle may not necessarily be decided in one battle, or it can be plotted slowly, the original three-way siege can only be used one, or two, originally even Buryagma and Geldan and Arabutan fought together, you might as well fight only one, let's be more patient, take your time, and knock them out one by one, so that the court can also support it, and the people can also have long-term strength, the best of both worlds, wouldn't it be good?!" ”

Lin Feng shook his head and sighed in his heart, this Li Guangdi is very good as a political leader, he is capable of doing things, and he is also good at team coordination, and all government affairs are well organized, and he is indeed a rare good prime minister.

But the only pity is that this person really doesn't understand military affairs - wrong, it's not that he doesn't understand, it's just too far away, almost ignorant.

The matter of fighting a war is not to control the water and farm, do a little today, you can do a little tomorrow, grind it little by little, as long as you have patience, you can do a big thing in the end. In such a risky activity as war, if you have one part of your strength, you must use one part of your strength, and if you can kill it with one stick, you must never leave it for the second one, otherwise you will leave a gap for the enemy, and there is a danger of being overturned.

Who's going to do it, what kind of countermeasures will Geldan and Buryagma make?! In the face of the large-scale attack of the Han army, will they not jointly counterattack, or will they break into pieces and carry the Han army's brigade to hide and seek?! And at this moment, although the Han army occupies a multi-sided advantage, but the other side also has nearly 200,000 iron cavalry, if the military prediction is carried out, after the real battlefield, the Han army's chances of victory may not be as great as imagined.

The reason why the three-way siege was originally because the battlefield area was too large, and the mobility of these nomads was too strong to effectively capture the last resort combat plan, otherwise where would there be such a trouble? If it is really that simple, the 'Mongolian' ancient army does not hide or run away and the Han army is hard to carry, the Han court casually sent a general to lead more than 100,000 troops all the way over, with the current battlefield confrontation ability of those 'Mongolian' ancient tribal armies, Lin Feng absolutely believes that this war will definitely be a slaughter.

From the northeast to the outer 'Mongolian' gu, from Suiyuan, Datong to Ulan Butong; From Lanzhou to Xinjiang, the three-way army faintly formed a joint encirclement trend, plus the Russian servant army, it was possible to lock up the flow route of Geldan and Buryagma in a large area, and then break it in one fell swoop - even if it could not annihilate him, it could seriously injure him, defeat their prestige, and then use the name of the Chahar Temujin family to politically 'lure' other 'Mongolian' ancient tribes to surrender, and then set up permanent garrisons in important areas, carry out administrative divisions, and set up officials to govern, only in this way can this battle be considered worthwhile.

Thinking of this, Lin Feng no longer had any interest in grinding with them, raised his head, slowly swept over the faces of many ministers, and said in a deep voice, "Half a month ago, the minister has sent people to recall the general Zhao Liangdong of Koubei, the general of 'Meng' Gu, Zhao Guangyuan, the general of Broken Capture Ma Ying, and the general of Anxi Daniel Zhang, I am afraid that in a few days, they will arrive in the capital!" ”

Everyone was shocked, they didn't get a trace of wind about such a big thing before. However, before they could react, Lin Feng threw out another earth-shattering sentence, "Ladies and gentlemen, you let me judge one by one, then today I will fulfill your wishes, today, I will tell you that I have made a decision, my Han Imperial Court, in the next three years, will be responsible for defeating Geldan and Bur Yagma, and the three-way expedition plan will not be changed, and I will decide the date of the expedition after I have discussed it with all the generals!" ……”

"Your Majesty! ......" Yang Mingshi let out a wail, his knees weakened, and he fell to the ground heavily, "Please also ask Your Majesty to be cautious!" ……”

"Yang Qing is saying that I am 'Lang'?!"

"Your Majesty!!" Yang Mingshi kowtowed, then suddenly raised his head and said loudly, "The north is dilapidated, the south of the Yangtze River has not been fixed for a long time, and today the people are war-weary, if Your Majesty wants to raise troops in vain and ignore hundreds of millions of people, he will be scolded by the people of the world!" ......" knock his head a few times and raise his head and said, "As the saying goes, 'martial arts to the death, civil death admonition', as a minister of state, dare not say anything - if Your Majesty does not withdraw his order today, the minister will kneel here today until His Majesty changes his mind!! ”

Lin Feng shook his head, turned his head sideways, and said to Li Ergou who was standing next to him, "Mr. Yang is very tired, you take a few people to send him back to the house, ask him to recuperate, and then come out to do things when he is well adjusted!" ”

At the end, he smiled at Li Guangdi, "For the affairs of the Ministry of Rites, Jin Qing can arrange for a competent cadre to temporarily handle the affairs of the ministry, don't delay this year's autumn season because of Mr. Yang's illness!" ”