As the sound of the copper chime fell, the discussion officially began.

Yu Peizhong said: "I asked everyone to come over today just for three things......

"They are, the progress of the southeast bandits, the battle situation between Liangzhou and the Hu people, and the situation of the treasury expenditure!"

The three things that Yu Peizhong said, one is bigger than the other, and it also makes everyone in the hall have a rough idea in their hearts.

After saying this, Yu Peizhong looked at Wang Sihai, the secretary of the military department, and said, "Lord Wang, you can talk about the situation in the southeast first!" ”

The Japanese in the southeast have always been a troublesome matter for the Ming Dynasty.

The southeastern provinces were the most important places for the imperial court, which required that the situation in the southeast must be stable, so the imperial court used enough energy to maintain its stability.

After being pointed out by Yu Peizhong, Wang Sihai glanced at Huang Yucheng at the front, and said: "Since the beginning of this year, there has been a trend of recurrence of the Japanese invaders, although the Jing'an army has tried its best to suppress them, but the trend of the Japanese invaders is still intensifying!" ”

"Just a month ago, the Jing'an army started a big battle with the Japanese pirates, although they killed hundreds of Japanese pirates under their horses, but they did not hurt their main force, but were plundered by these Japanese robbers in many villages and towns......"

Wang Sihai just said this, and then heard the sound of porcelain falling to the ground and breaking from the back of the hall, which made everyone in the hall look sideways.

Yu Peizhong knew that the emperor was angry again, but the discussion should continue, so he said: "Wang Butang, you go on!" ”

Wang Sihai naturally knew what was going on, he knew that what he said was very infuriating, but this is what happened in reality.

"Although the Jing'an army pursued all the way, they were finally escaped to the sea by the Japanese invaders, and they have been much more peaceful in the past month or so!" Wang Sihai said in a deep voice.

Of course, it's time to settle down, these have grabbed enough belongings, and of course they have to be digested before they can make the next move.

"On the side of the Southeast Water Division, isn't there a pursuit?" Yu Peizhong couldn't help but ask.

Although the combat effectiveness of the Southeast Naval Division is weak, it should be feasible to fight a tailwind battle.

"This ...... I haven't received the battle report of the Southeast Navy Division! Wang Sihai said in a deep voice.

This is actually a more euphemistic statement, and people, including Yu Peizhong, can guess that the sailors in the southeast must not have participated in the battle.

Those people in the Southeast Water Division may have been scared of being beaten, so they were afraid of the Japanese Invaders, so most of the time they didn't dare to fight at all.

And this question is not easy to delve into, so after Yu Peizhong nodded, the hall fell into silence.

After everyone waited for a while, they heard a copper chime sound in the apse, and the emperor was clear about the affairs of the southeast.

So Yu Peizhong asked the next question, only to see him look at the political envoy of Liangzhou, who was at the end of the officials, and said, "Master Ma, let's talk about the battle situation in Liangzhou!" ”

Although he is a provincial political envoy, in a place like Yuxu Palace, Ma Mengyuan can only be regarded as a small person, so he is a little panicked at this time.

At the same time, Ma Mengyuan also felt a little novel about the way of meeting in front of him, so after he organized the language, he said: "I am entrusted by the governor and the Liangzhou Metropolitan Division, and I have come to Beijing to Chen Liangzhou!" ”

After saying this, maybe Ma Mengyuan found enough courage, so he spoke with more momentum next.

"Since the Hu people knocked on the pass in the twenty-third year of Yongzhi, a major war broke out between our army and the Golden Horde in Liangzhou, and it has been nearly two years!"

"Our army held the defensive line, and the Hu people have been fighting on the border of Liangzhou for nearly two years, and the Hu people have suffered heavy losses after a long attack, while our Ming official army has won consecutive victories......

Ma Mengyuan was about to continue, but Yu Peizhong interrupted: "Master Ma, tell me about the recent situation on the battlefield in Liangzhou!" ”

Ma Mengyuan was slightly stunned, and then he understood the meaning of his words, so he said: "Back to my father-in-law, although the Hu army has retreated in the past half a year, its small elite has never left, and it has been constantly disturbing Linquan Mansion!" ”

"Our army has to strengthen its defenses, but it will still be captured by the Hu people from time to time, so that there are cases where the city wall is captured!"

seemed to feel that it was inappropriate to say this, so Ma Mengyuan continued: "But...... Although the Hu people are cunning and treacherous, Lingquan Mansion is still in the hands of the imperial court! ”

Lingquan Mansion is located outside the entire Liangzhou defense circle, it can be said to be an isolated city, the imperial court established a fortress here fifty years ago, and it has evolved to become Lingquan Mansion today.

Because it is located outside the defense circle of Liangzhou, in a sense, defending Lingquan Mansion is a loss-making transaction.

Perhaps the Hu people saw this, so they bit the Lingquan Mansion and did not relax, and in this way they bled the Ming Dynasty.

This is not a joke, from the beginning of this year to the present, at least nearly one million taels of silver have been invested in defending the Lingquan Mansion Imperial Court.

And if there is no Lingquan Mansion, then relying on a complete Liangzhou defense circle, the same situation as Yongxi can be achieved, and the Hu people will inevitably pay a heavy price if they want to attack.

To put it mildly, if you can give up Lingquan Mansion, then the Ming Dynasty will get rid of a huge burden.

But who would dare to say such a thing? If you lose such an important stronghold as Lingquan Mansion, you will inevitably be punished by the people of the world.

Just as Yu Peizhong was about to continue asking, perhaps the emperor was tired of hearing it, and the sound of copper chimes was already sounding in the apse.

This time, the emperor knocked five times in a row, which made Yu Peizhong also tremble, for fear that the emperor would be angry again.

After being quiet in the hall for a while, after making sure that the emperor did not make the next move, Yu Peizhong then asked, "Zhang Butang, what is the situation of the household department now?" ”

Zhang Yunde, the head of the household, can be said to be the housekeeper of the Ming Dynasty, but his position is not so easy to sit on.

He was accustomed to this kind of imperial deliberations, so Zhang Yunde simply focused on the key points and said: "Now the household department has five million taels of silver, and now all kinds of taxes can enter one and a half million yuan per quarter, but the expenditure gap is still huge, and the southeast and northwest wars have to allocate silver!" ”

"In addition, to eradicate the thieves in the Huguang area, it is also necessary to strip the silver......"

"Bang ......"

The sound of three copper chimes in a row interrupted Zhang Yunde to continue, and also made everyone in the hall nervous.

And in the apse, Emperor Zhu Yujun's face was ugly.

He knew the situation of the household department, and the purpose of this meeting was not to let him know anything, but to let the court stewards know the situation.

But when he heard this, he still felt irritable in his heart.

After checking all kinds of taxes, the amount of silver collected was much higher, and even the amount of silver deposited in the household department reached 5 million.

However, there are more and more places to spend money, and more and more silver needs to be spent.

Zhu Yujun calculated an account by himself, and if the current situation continues, at most the imperial court will be short of money at the end of the year.

"Bang ......" is another melodious copper chime sound.

Yu Peizhong is worthy of being a roundworm in Zhu Yujun's stomach, and he can really guess the emperor's thoughts, so he continued to preside over the proceedings.

After these three questions were explained, it was time to discuss the next movements of the imperial court, which was when Huang Yucheng and Qin Yanwen, who were the rulers, spoke.

Although the two men have different positions, they are not very different this time, because there is a thing called "political correctness", and the answer to many things in this situation is fixed.

At the end of the discussion, everyone was about to leave, but they heard Liu Jinzhong say: "Everyone, wait, yesterday my West Factory arrested eight officials who lingered in the land of fireworks in the Jade Building of Nancheng, dare to ask you what to do?" ”

It was forbidden for officials to go to the land of fireworks, but after the founding of the country, the control was gradually relaxed, and now it has become a dead letter.

But being put on the table by Liu Jinzhong is a very serious problem.

Huang Yucheng and Qin Yanwen both knew what these eight officials represented, so their answers should also be very cautious.

From a standpoint, Qin Yanwen should intercede for these people, but at this time, he has to listen to Huang Yucheng first.

Of course, Huang Yucheng spoke first, but he said, "I don't know what Gonggong Yu means?" ”

Yu Peizhong's face was solemn, and he said slowly: "The intention of the celebrant is to exile all these eight officials to the northwest!" ”

According to the Da Ming law, if an official lingers in the land of fireworks, the most he will be dismissed, and the punishment of exile will be much more severe.

"Then exile!" Huang Yucheng smiled slightly.

The meaning of the celebrant is the meaning of the emperor, which means that in this round of the battle with Qin Yanwen, Huang Yucheng has achieved the final meaning.

And Liu Jinzhong turned to Qin Yanwen and asked, "I don't know what Qin Ge Lao means?" ”

Everyone's eyes looked at Qin Yanwen, only Ma Mengyuan, the political envoy of Liangzhou, didn't know what was going on, and he didn't know how the official could ask Liu for such a thing to be put in such an important meeting.

But in fact, this issue is the most urgent matter for the current imperial court.

The general trend was unstoppable, and Qin Yanwen finally smiled: "Let's do it according to the two of you!" ”