Liu Yuliang, Xue Guoguan, and Yang Sichang, three cabinet ministers, came to the platform, and Zhu Youzhen was here.

Zhu Youzhen also let the three of them watch the recital about Chen Xinjia.

Liu Yuliang thought to himself that the emperor must support the peace discussion, otherwise he would not have proposed it for his ministers to discuss.

But he himself felt that the peace negotiation was useless now, after all, Jiannu had entered the customs and was ravaging Beizhili, and at this time the peace negotiation was undoubtedly taking humiliation on himself.

And Xue Guoguan naturally knew that Emperor Zhu Youzhen wanted to negotiate peace in his heart, but he couldn't open this mouth now, after all, whoever stood up to support peace at this time would be blamed in the future.

Yang Sichang hoped for peace in his heart, and like Zhu Youzhen, he felt that the imperial court could not exterminate the thieves and the slaves at the same time, first of all, the finances of the imperial court alone did not allow this.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what Chen Xinjia said about peace is feasible, and the thieves have not been eliminated at the moment, if peace can be negotiated with Jiannu, the court will just free up its hands to eliminate all the thieves to prevent their resurgence."

In addition, Yang Sichang was promoted by Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen by proposing the strategy of "four positives, six corners and ten sides of the net" to exterminate the thieves, and he also hoped that the imperial court could focus on suppressing the thieves, so as to demonstrate the correctness of the strategy he proposed at the beginning and establish his prestige.

Zhu Youzhen nodded: "What Yang Qing said is very reasonable, what do you think?" ”

Zhu Youzhen said and looked at Liu Yuliang, the first assistant of the cabinet: "What does Liu Qing think?" ”

Liu Yuliang has been saying good things for Lu Yuan these days and defending the capital, which has made Zhu Youzhen have a good impression of him, and thinks he is quite talented, so he asked.

Liu Yuliang didn't expect the emperor to ask himself, you must know that after Yang Sichang said it in the past, the emperor was directly correct, and now he has to ask himself for the opinion of the first assistant, and it is obvious that he has begun to look up to himself as the first assistant, so Liu Yuliang had to be cheeky and follow Zhu Youzhen's inner thoughts and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, it is naturally feasible to negotiate peace, so that the Ming Dynasty will not be attacked on both sides." ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded, and asked again: "In this case, what should be done about this matter?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the fact of negotiating peace is a good strategy for my Ming Dynasty to delay the army and build slaves, but this matter has not yet been seen, so it is not appropriate to be too public, so as not to cause dissatisfaction among the ministers of the DPRK and China, and even dissatisfaction with the people of the world, so that Chen Xinjia can send someone to contact first."

Xue Guoguan stood up and said a word at this time, seeing that Liu Yuliang began to be valued by His Majesty like Yang Sichang and was personally questioned by His Majesty, he was very jealous in his heart, so he hurriedly took the initiative to stand up and make a suggestion.

Zhu Youzhen also accepted it, nodded and said: "This is very appropriate, Yang Qing is in charge of the military department, and you will approve Chen Xinjia for this matter, so that he can first contact the Jiannu envoy secretly." ”

"Obey the order!"

Yang Sichang replied.

At this time, Wang Chengen handed over the recital again: "Your Majesty, Lu Xiangsheng is on the recital, saying that Guan Ningbing does not listen to the instructions and is afraid of a decisive battle with Jiannu, so he asks the court to divide the soldiers and horses of the king of Qin, or allow him to return to his hometown to worry about it." ”

Zhu Youzhen snorted, and then took the notebook and looked at it.

Liu Yuliang, Yang Sichang, Xue Guoguan, the three ministers and Wang Chengen couldn't help but look at each other, I don't know if Emperor Zhu Youzhen snorted because of Guan Ningbing or because of Lu Xiangsheng.

"Guan Ningbing doesn't listen to the tune, what do you think you should do?"

Zhu Youzhen asked.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the Guan Ning soldiers are not unwilling to listen to Lu Xiangsheng's orders, but they are unwilling to fight a decisive battle with Jiannu, and their intention is to support the army and respect themselves, but now that I am worried about internal and external troubles, I naturally can't force him to accept the land and surrender to Jiannu, so it is better to divide it from Lu Xiangsheng's request, and divide it into formations, with Lu Xiangsheng to lead the Xuan soldiers, and then choose a large number of people to lead the Guan Ning soldiers."

Yang Sichang stood up and said.

Zhu Youzhen nodded, what Yang Sichang said fit what he thought in his heart, but he asked again: "Who do you think you should let lead Guan Ningbing?" ”

"Guan Ningbing's people who are not His Majesty can't let it, lest this person rely on the power of Guan Ningbing to blackmail the imperial court and imitate Yuan's rebellion."

Yang Sichang replied.

Zhu Youzhen was silent, he knew that what Yang Sichang said about Yuan Cheng was Yuan Chonghuan, Yuan Chonghuan used Guan Ningbing as a bargaining chip to kill Mao Wenlong, and also made Jiannu enter the pass to plunder and kill hundreds of people in Gyeonggi, and he finally had to kill this person, but now that he thinks that this Guan Ning soldier is still like a tiger and wolf in Liaodong, if he really let Wenchen take over the Guan Ning soldier, maybe there will really be another Yuan Chonghuan.

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen was very sure of Yang Sichang's proposal in his heart, and hurriedly said: "Good! Intended, the imperial horse eunuch Gao Qiqian continued to monitor the officers and troops of Ningyuan, Jinzhou, and Shanhaiguan. ”

In addition, Zhu Youzhen didn't speak again, although he wanted to negotiate peace in his heart, but it was not good to agree to let Lu Xiangsheng Ding worry at this time, after all, letting Lu Xiangsheng Ding worry at this time would make the courtiers see that they had the intention of negotiating peace and didn't want to pursue Jiannu anymore.

Liu Yuliang originally didn't plan to say anything more, but he thought that if he allowed Jiannu to plunder so unscrupulously in Beizhili and did nothing to do about it, his political enemies would inevitably blame him for the incompetence of the first assistant, and His Majesty the Emperor would inevitably not remove himself from his official position in order to give the people of the world an explanation.

Therefore, Liu Yuliang did not want to see himself dismissed in the future, so he stood up and said: "Your Majesty, although peace is a good policy, but it is not tolerable to build slaves to trap my city and plunder my people, so the minister believes that the officers and soldiers of the court Qinwang cannot be withdrawn, and the lost city should be recovered as soon as possible, and the people should be restored to peace, and if so, the officers and soldiers of the court Qinwang cannot be without a commander, and the soldiers of Guan Ning and Lu Xiangsheng should be sent to coordinate it in the middle. ”

Zhu Youzhen looked at Liu Yuliang with a serious face.

Liu Yuliang knew that the emperor only wanted to make peace with Jiannu at the moment, and he didn't want to fight with Jiannu at all, so naturally he didn't care about the life and death of the people in Baoding and other places, so he said this at this time undoubtedly embarrassed the emperor, but he had to say it in order for his first assistant not to take the blame in the future.

But seeing Zhu Youzhen's serious face, he was so frightened that he couldn't help but kneel down, his head covered with sweat: "The minister is vain, please forgive your majesty." ”

Zhu Youzhen snorted lightly and waved his sleeves: "Get up!" What you said is also reasonable, you can talk about it, who should be sent to coordinate the officers and soldiers of the king? ”

Zhu Youzhen is not good to remove the officers and soldiers of King Qin now, after all, although the danger of the capital is solved now, there is no danger for him, the emperor, but the people of Baoding, Hejian and other prefectures are still suffering, and as the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he naturally can't sit back and watch Jiannu rob the people in Baoding, Hejian and other mansions.

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen still adopted Liu Yuliang's proposal.

Xue Guo could see that the emperor was dissatisfied with Liu Yuliang's wise behavior of protecting himself, so he was extremely pleased in his heart, and simply suggested: "Your Majesty, if you want to lead Guan Ning Bing and Xuan Dabing, you must be a minister, after all, Lu Xiangsheng is now the secretary of the Ministry of War, and Gao Qiqian is the palm seal of the imperial horse supervisor of the minister, and among the ministers, the one who knows the soldiers is not as good as the first assistant, so the minister thinks that he might as well let the first assistant superintendent." ”

Xue Guoguan's suggestion to let Liu Yuliang supervise the soldiers and horses of the king is naturally ill-intentioned, he knows that Jiannu is now going south to plunder, and it is inevitable that Baoding, Hejian, Zhending and other prefectures of the Ming Dynasty will lose their cities and land, and Liu Yuliang wants the imperial court to appoint a heavy minister to supervise Guan Ningbing and Xuan Dabing and other Qinwang soldiers and horses in the future to dump the pot to this important minister, and now he simply proposes to let Liu Yuliang supervise the division, in this way, after Jiannu burns and loots Beizhili in the future, it is naturally more impossible for Liu Yuliang to shake the pot.

"Accurate!"

Zhu Youzhen agreed to Xue Guoguan's proposal without hesitation, he can't do without Yang Sichang now, and since Liu Yuliang doesn't want to bear the responsibility for himself, he is undoubtedly not a real loyal minister, and he just uses it to bear this crime, and he thinks that you Liu Yuliang wants to stay out of the matter, so I just let you Liu Yuliang take responsibility for this.

"Your Majesty, Minister!"

Liu Yuliang wanted to say a few more words, but when he saw Zhu Youzhen glance at him, he had no choice but to thank him.

And this time.

Xue Guoguan smiled even more proudly.

……

The emperors and ministers in the decision-making circle of the Ming Empire were still discussing the issue of peace and the subordinate of the officers and soldiers of King Qin, and naturally they could not immediately react to the fall of Zhuozhou.

Therefore.

Next.

Jiannu continued to attack the city in Baoding, Hejian, and Zhending.

"According to the intelligence department's intelligence sources, the General Staff concluded that Jiannu went deep in three ways after conquering Zhuozhou, among which the white flag led by Duoduo and Abatai had attacked all the way to Dingzhou, and had now captured Laishui and Yizhou; The Zhengbai Banner, led by Dolgon, attacked in the direction of Gaoyang, and has now captured the three cities of Gaoyang, Raoyang, and Wuqiang; The Zhenghongqi led by Yue Tuo has captured the three cities of Wuyi, Zaoqiang, and Hengshui all the way, and Shandong is in danger! ”

Lu Yuan was also still in the camp of King Qin's official army in Changping, listening to the report of Yue Changgui, the chief of staff.

After hearing Yue Changgui say the words "Shandong is in danger", he couldn't help but feel anxious, after all, his foundation was in Linqing, Shandong.

At this time.

Tang Wenyun rushed to the barracks, and Lu Yuan had to entertain his brother-in-law first.

"Brother-in-law, you should take this maid back, the younger brother is here to fight, not to enjoy the blessings, bringing female dependents with him will affect the morale of the officers and soldiers, and they are here, I also divide troops to protect them."

Lu Yuan rejected Tang Wenyun's proposal to send a maid from the Tang Mansion to serve him.

Tang Wenyun asked: "How can this not work, don't you have female dependents with the army here?" ”

"They are all medical soldiers who have lost their virginity due to being insulted by bandits, and they have long lost faith in life, and they are naturally different from the maids in the house, so to speak, they are no longer women's dependents, but soldiers, soldiers who only have their own duties and honors."

Lu Yuan said.

When Tang Wenyun heard Lu Yuan say this, he glanced at Jing Ya, the medical soldier next to him, and saw that he had been washing gauze with herbs, so he laughed: "No wonder most of them have no eyes and only know how to do things." ”

Saying that, Tang Wenyun sighed: "Well, since you insist on refusing, I will bring these maids back, what else do you need my help with?" ”

"Yes", Lu Yuan took a sip of tea and replied.

"What?" Tang Wenyun asked.

"Go and help me send another charcoal tribute to Shousuke, maybe my brother-in-law can become a student of Shousuke."

Lu Yuan said with a smile.

"Students? How can it be! No matter how bad the students of the dignified Shoufu are, they are still from Jinshi, and it is impossible for many Hanlin students to become Shousuke, not to mention that I am still only a student. ”

Tang Wenyun shook his head, it was not the first time he had helped Lu Yuan give a gift to Shoufu Liu Yuliang, so this time, he did not refuse, but hearing Lu Yuan say that he could become a student of Shoufu Liu Yuliang made him feel a little fantastical, so he couldn't help laughing.

"How do you know if you don't try, junior brother believes that Shoufu also needs a student like you now, after all, the junior brother is now Jane's military attache in the emperor's heart, and he can't directly contact Shoufu and his old man, so even if Your Majesty is not suspicious, Baiguan will also be suspicious."

Lu Yuan said.

Tang Wenyun seemed to think that what Lu Yuan said made sense, and said excitedly: "I didn't expect you to think so far, it's a pity that you don't go to work as a civil official, I will do it for you, after all, it will be refreshing for you to come out directly." ”

Lu Yuan was naturally willing to pay a bribe to Liu Yuliang by the Tang family, so that he could save a sum of money, and said busily: "Thank you, brother-in-law!" ”

As soon as Tang Wenyun left Lu Yuan, he came to Liu Yuliang's mansion.

Liu Yuliang also returned to the mansion at this time, and the Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen asked him to supervise the soldiers and horses of the King of Qinwang in the world, and he did not expect that he would eventually be responsible for the fact that Jiannu went south to plunder Baoding, Hejian, Zhending and other mansions.

As soon as he heard that it was the Tang Mansion that sent Tan Jing, Liu Yuliang naturally guessed that it was sent by Lu Yuan, and now that he has become a supervisor, he naturally needs to cooperate with his military generals, so he hurriedly invited Tang Wenyun in, and his attitude was obviously much more enthusiastic than before: "Virtuous nephew, it's rare that you still want to come to the old man." ”

"The student has always admired your knowledge, and I wish I would like to come to ask for advice every day, but I just think that Lord Shoufu is riddled with redundant affairs, so I don't dare to disturb!"

Tang Wenyun said with a smile, and couldn't help but want Liu Yuliang to accept him as a student.

"Look at what you said, it is the good of the old man's life to preach and receive karma to solve doubts, if you don't dislike the old man's pedantic, the old man will accept you as a student."

Liu Yuliang has been up and down in the sea for many years, how can he not understand the meaning of Tang Wenyun's words? Naturally, he also knew that once Tang Wenyun became his student, his relationship with Lu Yuan would go further, and he would have a military attache to rely on when he went on an expedition in the future, so Liu Yuliang directly agreed.

Tang Wenyun was naturally overjoyed, and secretly thought that Lu Yuan was right, and this Shoufu Master was really willing to accept himself as a student.

You must know that not everyone can become a student of the first assistant, not to mention that Tang Wenyun is still a student, and the relationship between teachers and students is a very important officialdom relationship in this era, almost the same as father and son, so this undoubtedly means that Tang Wenyun will be smoother on the road to the imperial examination in the future, and of course it also means that the relationship between Lu Yuan and Liu Yuliang, the first assistant of the cabinet, will be closer.

Tang Wenyun hurriedly knelt down and bowed to Liu Yuliang.

And Liu Yuliang also officially accepted Tang Wenyun as his protégé, and said: "However, the old man may not be able to protect you for long, the imperial court has asked me to supervise the soldiers and horses of the king, and after the looting of Jiannu, there will definitely be villains to impeach the old man, the first auxiliary superintendent, and the old man will be punished if he is dismissed." ”

Tang Wenyun looked at Liu Yuliang in shock, regretted it very much, and said secretly: "Why didn't you say it earlier!" ”