Zhou Zheng could feel all kinds of eyes from the government and the opposition, cold, indifferent, calm, playful, and so on.

He raised his hand to the apocalypse and said loudly, "The minister has three unknowns. ”

Apocalypse made an 'oh' sound, like an accident, and said, "Say." ”

Some people frowned, and Li Hengbing turned his head and looked at Zhou Zheng.

Hu Qingzheng lowered his head, his breathing was suddenly a little short, and he quietly shrunk his neck.

The courtiers looked at him with a blank look, and many of them cast a stern warning.

Zhou Zheng raised his hand and said, "I don't know, I don't know why the situation in Liaodong has deteriorated to such an extent?" Do you want to give up the entire Liaodong and retreat to Shanhaiguan? If Taizu Chengzu knew about it, what would he say? ”

This sentence immediately angered many people, and they turned around sharply to scold Zhou Zheng.

"Listen to Zhou Qing." Apocalypse was expressionless, waving his hand lightly.

There was a cold flow in the main hall, and many adults in front of them began to turn their heads and look at Zhou Zheng indifferently.

"I don't know, the adults in the hall know the situation in Liaodong well, and all kinds of problems are like a few treasures, why has the situation in Liaodong not changed in the slightest from the first year of the Apocalypse to the present? Worse and worse? The minister proposed a reform, but it became the target of the public, and he wanted to get rid of it quickly, and the minister was puzzled. ”

There was more air conditioning in the hall, and Zhou Zheng even felt a bad breath. The expressions of some of the people in front of them were indifferent, and their eyes flickered.

Li Hengbing looked at Zhou Zheng with an expressionless face and a mocking look in his eyes.

Hu Qingzheng secretly wiped his sweat, quietly looked up in front of him and hurriedly lowered his head.

Tianqi was far away from Zhou Zheng, and he couldn't see his expression clearly, so he sat still and said for a moment: "Go on." ”

Zhou Zheng raised his hand and said, "I don't know, your lords keep repeating the words that the treasury is empty and the court is powerless. As far as the minister knows, in the tenth year of Wanli, the treasury received 28 million stones, in the 40th year of Wanli, 19 million stones, and last year, the treasury received 6 million stones. How did it be lost, will it be lost, and if it is another three or five years, how much will be left? ”

Zhou Zheng's three questions are all critical issues, which these adults are unwilling to mention and study in depth. Because it is too complicated, it involves all kinds of power struggles, and involves countless people and things.

For a while, no one in the hall spoke.

Tianqi sat high, looked at Zhou Zheng, and searched in the main hall.

After a while, he saw that no one spoke, and said, "The military department is still in the book." ”

Wang Yongguang, the secretary of the Ministry of War, has just sent a letter to Shi, and the new secretary of the Ministry of War is Feng Jiahui, who has just succeeded to the post for only a month, and has already written to ask for resignation, because he recommended Gao Di, Gao Di fled in Ningyuan in the first war, and is now in prison, I don't know how many people are impeaching Feng Jiahui.

Feng Jiahui came out of the queue, held the board wat and said: "Your Majesty, the situation in Liaodong is complicated, and it is difficult to explain it in a word, so please think about it in the long run." ”

Tianqi glanced at him indifferently and said, "Hubu Shangshu." ”

Guo Yunhou, the head of the household department, came out of the ranks, holding a plate wat and said: "Your Majesty, there are many reasons for the emptiness of the treasury, one is the continuous natural disasters, the second is the increasing number of tax resistance and lawlessness, the third is the increase in fire consumption, and the fourth is that our dynasty is eventful, and the usefulness increases, which forms the emptiness of the treasury, which is not the loss that Zhou Yushi said. ”

Zhou Zheng listened and glanced at Guo Yunhou, who said nothing at the key point.

Although Guo Yunhou said that there are indeed problems, the fundamental problem is that the gentry class wantonly usurped the people's fields, and the upper and lower hands of the officials were exploited layer by layer. The loss of the treasury has gone to the hands of these gentry classes!

For example, this Guo Shangshu has thousands of acres of fertile land, and ordinary princes can't compare!

Tianqi looked at Guo Yunhou and said, "How much can you recover?" ”

Guo Yunhou hesitated for a while, and said: "Back to Your Majesty, if it is handled properly, more than 200,000 can still be recovered." ”

The loss is a loss of several millions, and this recovery can only be recovered by 100,000 or 200,000.

Tianqi seemed unhappy, glanced at Guo Yunhou, turned his head to look at Huang Liji, and said, "Shoufu, what do you think?" ”

Huang Liji came out and said: "Your Majesty, whether it is Liaodong or the treasury, the situation is complicated, and it will not be decided for a while. ”

Apocalypse looked at Huang Liji and was silent for a while.

Huang Liji held the wat and lowered his head.

The atmosphere in the hall was quieter, and the ministers were reluctant to talk about it. Some people know that they can't and can't delve into it. Some of them understand that if they dig deeper, they will be involved. More people are watching from the sidelines, standing and watching the excitement.

Zhou Zheng was still standing in the hall, as if he had stayed out of the matter.

Several of his questions were mentioned that these adults were reluctant to talk about in depth, and now he raised them, enough to gag them.

Tianqi was obviously angry, but he didn't have a seizure, he was silent for a while, looked at Zhou Zheng and said lightly: "Since everyone thinks that what Zhou Qing said makes sense, then this matter will end here." The supervision of the imperial history has the right to participate in politics, and it is not allowed to attack at will, let alone make up a series of chapters and regulations, endlessly, and regard the king as ......nothing."

How could Li Hengbing let Zhou Zheng go so easily, without waiting for the apocalypse to finish speaking, he stepped out, raised his hand, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, Li Hengbing, the minister of Zhejiang Province, supervises the imperial history, and has something to do. ”

Tianqi knew that Li Hengbing was the one who argued with Zhou Zheng last time, and he also remembered the script that Li Hengbing impeached Zhou Zheng, his expression suddenly became a little playful, his eyes glanced at some people, and said, "Say." ”

Li Hengbing's face was expressionless, his tone was indignant, and he said: "Your Majesty, no matter how reasonable Zhou Yushi said, I still have to stand in front of me." In front of me, Liaoxi is no longer defendable, not to mention that there is no danger in the big and small Ling River, far away from Shanhaiguan, even if it is Ningyuan, Jinzhou is just a small city, once it is besieged, it is isolated and helpless, even if it cannot be attacked for a while, the thieves and slaves will inevitably be self-defeating after being besieged for a month. If the imperial court asks for it, the ministers are afraid that Shanhaiguan will also be affected, threatening the community, and the gains outweigh the losses. ”

There was a buzz in the court, although the situation in Liaodong had changed because Yuan Chonghuan held Ningyuan, but no one in the Ming court thought that Yuan Chonghuan could hold it for the second time.

It seems that it is only a matter of time before Ningyuan is lost.

Instead of wasting countless money and grain to fill the bottomless pit of Liaodong, it is better to retreat to Shanhaiguan with elite troops and save worry and effort, in order to plan for the future.

This is the thinking of many people in the government and the opposition, and it seems to be taken for granted.

Zhou Zheng immediately raised his hand and said: "Your Majesty, Shanhaiguan is indeed a rare Xiongguan in the world, and the minister also thinks that it can block Jianjiao, but if Jianguan bypasses Shanhaiguan to enter the customs, there will be no Liaoxi." The consequences will be unimaginable! ”

In the second year of Chongzhen, that is, the year after that, Jianyu suddenly entered the fortress from Xifengkou, surrounded the Beijing Division, the Forbidden City was shocked, and the transfer was the rescue of Liaodong soldiers and horses.

Moreover, if Jiannu divides his troops to attack Shanhaiguan from behind, and attacks from both sides, how can Shanhaiguan be defended?

If Shanhaiguan is lost, Jianyu can go south at any time, who dares to imagine such a situation?

The depth of the Liaoning West Corridor is extremely important to the Ming Dynasty, and it must not be lost!

When Li Hengbing heard this, he snorted lightly, turned around and looked at Zhou Zhengdao: "Jianyu has no other way to enter the customs except Shanhaiguan, could it be that they are going to take the sea route and enter the Beijing Division from Tianjin Wei?" ”

Zhou Zheng looked directly at him and said, "From Shanhaiguan to Gansu Town, an important town on the nine sides, can you tell me that every one of them is as unbreakable as Shanhaiguan?" ”

Li Hengbing suddenly sneered and said, "I don't know what to say!" If they want to bypass the Shanhaiguan Pass, they have to make a detour of tens of thousands of miles, and pass through the territory of the Mongolian Chahar, are they crazy? ”

The reason why Jianyu ventured into the customs in the second year of Chongzhen was indeed a last resort, Xiaoice River is not only in the Daming Pass, Liaodong was already barren, Jianyu was originally a fishing and hunting nation, now the founding of the country, the population is gradually increasing, no production, and no external entry, under the natural disaster, when it is about to collapse, in addition to the crazy adventure into the Daming robbery, what else?

These Zhou Zheng naturally couldn't explain to Li Hengbing and Tianqi, so he couldn't help but groan.