The name Hui'anhou is indeed good, but Yang Cong couldn't get better after seeing the twists.

Jiajing is really interesting enough this time, he rewarded him with a marquis, and other meritorious ministers have promotions as rewards, but the other contents of the holy decree are a bit fucked.

Jiajing's intention was that the imperial court could not afford such a protracted war, and the war in the northwest had already tightened the finances of the imperial court, and Jiajing also asked him to immediately disarm and withdraw the northwest border army to 60,000, 10,000 per border town!

Yang Cong can be sure that this is not what Jiajing meant, but what Yan Song meant!

What's wrong with the tight finances of the imperial court?

That's normal.

What's wrong with everyone tightening their belts to get by?

That's normal, too.

Sometimes, fighting a war is like this, and it is normal to use the power of the whole country to support it, causing temporary difficulties.

However, it will be better after the war, and even better than before the war.

Just like this time, if the western set is recovered, the Tartars will have no place to thrive, and if there is no place to thrive, the Tartars will inevitably slowly decline, and the Tartars will decline, and the northwest border of the Ming Dynasty is expected to be completely solved, and there will be no need to spend a lot of money to maintain a huge border army in the future.

This account is very easy to calculate, be ruthless, tighten your belt in a few years, you will be able to sit back and relax in the future, it is not a problem to save hundreds of thousands of taels or even millions of taels a year, whether it is a loss or a profit, this is obvious.

Could Jiajing not be able to figure this out?

He would be a fool if he couldn't figure it out.

The key problem is that someone doesn't let him think that way, or someone deliberately misleads him to think in other directions.

This fool is too easy to fool, what should I do?

Is it really enough to stop and dismantle the border army?

Yang Cong really didn't want to miss this opportunity, the so-called "one drum, then decline, three and exhaustion." At this time, morale is booming, if you don't take the opportunity to recover the suit in one go, and waste a few more years, who knows what the situation will be at that time.

He thought about it, but he still wrote a letter and fought for it.

Of course, he didn't mean that he wanted to resist and disobey the order, he just analyzed the situation in the northwest in detail and discussed the advantages of sending troops now.

In this compromise, he also used some exaggerated techniques to fool Jiajing.

For example, this time the main force of the Tartars actually did not have any losses, but he exaggerated that the Tartars suffered heavy casualties and would not be able to recover in a few years.

For another example, the Tatars have actually multiplied in the Xitao region for many years, but he said that the Tatars fled in embarrassment, and the people and land were unfamiliar, and they could not settle down at all in a few years.

In short, what he meant was that this was the best time to send troops, and if you missed this opportunity, you wouldn't know what year or month it would take.

Yan Song couldn't help but sneer in his heart when he received the fold.

He doesn't care what kind of tartar, what time it is, he only cares about his own good or bad things.

Yang Cong continues to govern the northwest, which is obviously extremely unfavorable to him, if Yang Cong recovers the western set in one fell swoop and beats the Tartars to the ground, it will be a great achievement, not to mention what reward Yang Cong will get, Yang Cong's cronies are terrible.

This time, those people deliberately promoted by Yang Cong have all been promoted, and then let them make a great contribution, then they will all have to run to the high position of the six servants and even the six Shangshu, if they really let them all come up, then it will be okay, this court will not become Yang Cong's world!

Therefore, no matter what, Yang Cong can no longer be allowed to make meritorious contributions.

So, how to fool Jiajing and not let him agree with Yang Cong to recover the western set?

This, in fact, is not difficult, he thought about it, then picked up the pen, and left four words on the ticket, "The proud army will be defeated"!

Sometimes, curiosity can not only kill cats, but also make people inadvertently fall into the trap of others.

When Jiajing saw the twists, he was really aroused.

Yang Cong said, the timing is so good, it can't be better, why did Yan Song come to "arrogant soldiers will be defeated"?

He couldn't figure out where Yang Cong was proud, Yang Cong was not that kind of person, what was going on?

He could only ask Yan Song to find out.

Yan Song is so proud in his heart, Jiajing, it's too easy to fool.

He came at the beckon, and after respectfully saluting the monarch and ministers, he was not in a hurry to speak, but just stood there as if he did not know anything.

Jiajing is really more curious, what does this Yan Song mean?

He couldn't help but ask: "Weizhong, what does it mean that your arrogant soldiers will be defeated on this ticket, Qingfeng is not the kind of person who underestimates the enemy, right?" ”

Of course Yang Cong is not that kind of person, but you are too easy to fool!

Yan Song said unhurriedly: "Your Majesty, Weichen dares to ask, what do you think after watching Lord Yang's recital, do you feel that the Tartar is vulnerable?" ”

Jiajing looked at the folds and nodded slowly: "Yes, they suffered heavy casualties, and fled to the West in embarrassment, so they should be vulnerable." ”

Yan Song still said unhurriedly: "Your Majesty, Weichen dares to ask again, is the strength shown by the Tartars really vulnerable in the past hundred years?" If the Tartars were really so vulnerable, wouldn't they have been destroyed by our Ming Dynasty a long time ago! ”

When Jiajing heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned.

Yes, if the Tartars are really vulnerable, how can they be rampant for so long.

He was stunned for a moment, and then frowned: "What do you mean, this time, Qingfeng is really a little underestimated?" ”

Unexpectedly, Yan Song shook his head and said: "Weichen doesn't dare to slander Lord Yang like this, although Weichen is not in the northwest, he can also imagine that it is impossible for Lord Yang to underestimate the enemy, what he said should be true." ”

Yes!

When Jiajing heard this, he was stunned again, what does this Yan Song mean?

He was stunned for a while, and then he was curious: "Then why do you say that the arrogant soldiers will be defeated?" ”

Yan Song explained unhurriedly: "Your Majesty, this arrogant soldier is not necessarily arrogant, many times it is the enemy who deceives you, making you have the illusion that the enemy is vulnerable, which is also a commonly used strategy to be arrogant." Lord Yang is a fan of the authorities, because he is indeed at war with the Tartars, and the Tartars are indeed vulnerable. And Weichen is a bystander, because Weichen sees the past performance of the Tartars, and judging from the past performance of the Tartars, it is impossible for the Tartars to be so vulnerable. So, why does Lord Yang think that the Tartars are vulnerable? Weichen thought that there was only one reason, that is, the Tartars were using the strategy of arrogance to deliberately lure Lord Yang to the bait. ”

This flickering seems to be very reasonable, and Jiajing was stunned by the flickering.

He thought for a while, and then asked curiously: "Will the Tartars give up all the Hetao for the sake of arrogance?" ”

You guy, you still have some brains.

Yan Song thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "This should be a trade-off for the Tartars, because the Hetao is too small to be conducive to cavalry raids, and they really can't defeat our nearly 200,000 troops in the Hetao." But the western set is different, the western set is connected to Mo Nan, it is not an exaggeration to describe it as vast and boundless, it is extremely conducive to the cavalry to play, Lord Yang rushed in with his head covered, and the Tartars wanted to raid him, it was too simple. Perhaps, this is the reason why the Tartars withdrew from the Hetao, they wanted to lure Lord Yang to the West Loop, defeat or even annihilate our main force in one fell swoop, so that they could do whatever they wanted. Your Majesty, think about it, if more than 100,000 elite border troops under Lord Yang are lost, what will be the result? When the time comes, let alone the Hetao, I'm afraid, even if the Tartars rush to the capital, we will have nothing to do with them! ”

When Jiajing heard this, he was shocked and shocked.

If the elite of more than 100,000 border troops led by Yang Cong were dragged into the West by the Tartars and destroyed, the Ming Dynasty might be in danger of losing the country!

Forget it, don't take any chances, just take it when you see it.

He nodded and sighed, "What you said makes sense, we can't take this risk. ”