Everyone was carrying umbrellas, but the hems of their boots and robes were inevitably wet by the rain, and the brick floor at the gate of Fengtianmen was damp.

A lot of people came this morning, including civil servants and military generals. The most unusual thing is that there is a very big difference in official status, there are national officials, ministries and halls, and there are also seven-grade Taoist officials like Geng Tong...... However, as long as someone pays a little attention, they can find that many people with high official positions have not arrived, and the people in the ranks present have little to do with the level of official positions.

At present, these people are the cronies and civil servants screened by the Hongxi court.

Jin Zhong, the secretary of the military department, took a casual look at it, and he could roughly understand that there were about four kinds of people among them.

First, the confidants of the old Yan Palace, Jin Zhong, Yuan Hui, and Lu Zhen; Including Yao Guangxiao, who had not yet arrived, firmly stood on Zhu Gaochi's side when Taizong established the crown prince. The second is a civil official from the East Palace, Sanyang and others. The third is the important civil officials of the Jianwen Dynasty who surrendered, Jian Yi and Xia Yuanji.

Fourth, the military generals of the Northern Army in the "Battle of Jingyan".

Not all the generals are here. There are too many generals in Jingnan, and it is impossible for everyone to have one heart when there are too many people!

Like Qiu Fu, who openly supported the King of Han, he was not prepared to come, and Wang Cong, the Marquis of Wucheng, who had a good relationship with Qiu Fu, etc. In addition, there were some marquis counts who were suspected of having a good relationship with the King of Han, such as Wang Ning; A few horses who have not achieved anything are captains......

And those generals who had stayed in Beiping and assisted Zhu Gaochi to defend the city, Zhang Xin, Marquis of Longping, and others, they were immediately reused, and most of them participated in today's imperial meeting.

It is more about some military generals who had military merits in the "Battle of Jingyan" but did not receive special favor from the first emperor, and Zhu Gaochi promoted them to knighthood only after he became emperor.

For example, Tan Zhong (his father Tan Yuan died in battle), because he committed a homage, he was demoted to an earl, and was immediately restored to Chong'an Hou; Chen Xuan, the general of the naval division who surrendered with a large number of ships, was only crowned Bo and was immediately crowned Hou; Chen Mao, the son of Chen Heng, the Duke of Jingguo, who had great military achievements, was demoted to a hereditary uncle, and was soon promoted to the Marquis of Ningyang; and Liu Sheng, who was able to fight well but was not knighted, also got the title of Marquis of Anyuan.

Because Gao Chi ascended the throne as the emperor, everyone has received tangible benefits, and the previous merits have been recognized, and their hearts are grateful to the present.

Therefore, most of these civil and military personnel in Beijing did not believe what the King of Han said about plotting the king to kill his father. Such a rebellious and heart-wrenching thing as killing one's father was completely intolerable and extremely rare in the Ming Dynasty. Gao Chi, who has always had a reputation for benevolence, would do this? It's hard to believe. It seems that so many Donggong Dangyu who read the books of sages and sages are even more unlikely to conspire together to do this kind of thing!

In addition, a large group of Wenchen of Jingshi, Guozijian students, and student literati presented evidence and confessions, as well as the public opinion of various articles; People basically think that the murder of the king and the father is just an excuse for the vassal king to rebel. Maybe the old officials of the East Palace did do some unsightly things, but it didn't affect everyone's fortune and promotion, so it didn't matter.

In the few months since he ascended the throne, he has indeed done a lot of things that are beneficial to the stability of the throne......

However, there is only one exception, and it does not belong to any of these four people, and that is Xu Huizu.

This person is a military general, but he is not a member of the Yan Wangfu family at all. Xu Huizu is very concerned by everyone, after all, he is the eldest son of the gods enshrined in the City God Temple! Moreover, he was extremely tall, and his burly figure surpassed that of everyone in the Fengtian Gate.

It is rumored that Xu Huizu is very capable of fighting, and the "Battle of Jingyan" is because he was suspicious of the weak Emperor Jianwen, so he has no record at all.

The generals were a little embarrassed when they saw Xu Huizu, but when they thought that if the King of Han entered Beijing, those who had been reused by Emperor Hongxi and had just been added to the rank of knight would definitely be beaten back to their original form and give way to the Han Dynasty's mansion; As a result, the old grudges seem to have become thinner...... After all, there are not many generals who are really born in the guards of the Yan Palace, and there are not many who have survived until now; The so-called "heroes of the Jinggong Dynasty", many of whom were military generals of the Jianwen Dynasty who surrendered, sooner or later.

Everyone waited for a while, and Zhu Gaochi came in from the north entrance of Fengtianmen and walked onto the throne above.

"Ministers knock on the saint, long live the saint, long live, long live, long live!" The ministers knelt down and shouted in unison.

"No excuses." Zhu Gaochi's tone was a little panting, "Today's discussion, I want to understand your Aiqing's proposition on the counterinsurgency strategy. There are two strategies, you should listen to them first. As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Jin Zhong, the secretary of the military department.

Jin Zhong unfolded a piece of music and began to read Zhang Fu's words, of course, he didn't read the content of the grievances. After reading it, Xu Huizu came out and talked about another strategy in public.

It was getting noisy inside the gate, and there was a lot of talk among the people, and there were people who exchanged their heads and ears. It seems that today's two strategies are impossible to get everyone to speak in unison; Perhaps only a simple and clear view of the military and politics can be free from disputes, and the strategy of the big war obviously does not belong to this category.

…… Jin Zhong was only responsible for reciting Zhang Fu's recital, and after reading it, he was silent.

The main thing he was thinking about now was not the strategy of the big war that people cared about, but it was the "deal" that Xu Huizu said on the stone steps of the imperial gate before.

The superficial meaning of the transaction, Xu Huizu said that he would take the money of the Han Dynasty and exchange Guo Zi who was captured by the rebels, and if the conditions were not enough, he could add other things. But Jin Zhong felt at that time that the transaction mentioned by Xu Huizu did not only refer to the imperial court and the Han Palace!

It would be so simple to be that simple! Guo Zi's life and death, what is the matter with Xu Huizu? The two of them have nothing to do with each other, one is a civil official and one has a very different status, Guo Zi is worthless to Xu Huizu.

Guo Zi was only useful to Jin Zhong, Yuan Hui and others, who not only got along well in Beiping, but were also important allies in a series of political opinions and strategies. With the loss of Guo Zi, Jin Zhong felt that the strength of his limbs seemed to be much smaller......

Jin Zhong frowned and thought for a while: There is not only Guo Zi in this transaction, but also Shi Qianxun, the head of the Han Prince's Mansion.

Qian Xun was betrayed by Zhang Fu and sent to Beijing by Zhang Fu mercilessly, and became a prisoner, who was originally a dead person. If Qian Xun can return to the Han Palace, Zhang Fu will have one more mortal enemy in the Han Palace!

If Zhang Fu is the slightest shaken because of dissatisfaction and wants to make eye contact with King Han again, this Qian Xun is afraid that he will help Zhang Fu "a lot"...... For example, immediately revealing the secret matter to the Jingshi Imperial Court and so on.

This is to cut off Zhang Fu's retreat.

Jin Zhong pondered repeatedly: This is what Xu Huizu wants to trade?

…… Inadvertently, Jin Zhong remembered yesterday's incident again, and the eunuch Haitao said when he met in the court: The queen asks all the ministers to work for the saint wholeheartedly, and not to have too many prejudices against the Duke of Wei because of personal grievances.

Jin Zhong and other officials who participated in the drastic change in the East Palace are certainly not people who have taken refuge in the queen! Today, Empress Zhang also participated in that major event, everyone worked together to worry about the Holy Lord, and they had experienced hardships together, and the relationship was of course closer than others.

There is also a less important reason, the eldest son of the imperial concubine was born to Empress Zhang. So the queen's words, how much to consider.

At this moment, the voice of the Holy Lord said, "Say them one by one, so that I can hear them clearly." ”

There was a lot of silence in the gate, and everyone gradually stood neatly where they should stand, and then went out in turn to talk about their opinions. Sure enough, there are people who support both propositions, and many people don't like Xu Huizu very much, but they will not immediately veto the strategy he proposed.

Xia Yuanji, the head of the household department, directly opposed Zhang Fu's proposition: "How many men and horses do you need to divide and besiege the two provinces with heavy troops, one million?" How long, how many years? Where did the ministers get so much money and food?! ”

And Liu Sheng, the general who was born in the Yanwang Mansion and is now the Marquis of Anyuan, said: "The British public decreed to conquer the country of Annan, and they were invincible and had great achievements, and they had the legacy of their father; The British duke has been with the rebel king for a long time, and he knows the stakes even more. He proposed a strategy of dividing the siege, and the Holy One could not ignore it. ”

Chen Heng's son Chen Mao also bowed: "The British public strategy is very safe. The three southwestern provinces are barren and rugged, and it will be extremely difficult for the rebels to move eastward if they are heavily armed on all sides......"

Xu Huizu said dissatisfiedly: "The imperial court has soldiers and horses all over the world, so it will lose momentum!" ”

"Jin Shangshu." The saint suddenly said to Jin Zhong by name, "You are the secretary of the military department, what insight do you have?" ”

Jin Zhong bowed down and said, "Holy Lord, the minister thinks that Yunnan must be empty, and it would be a pity if he easily abandoned the fighter. The city of Guizhou is strong, it is an important town, and the town is far away from Gu Cheng, who has been operating for many years, and it is by no means a mixture of fish and dragons in Chengdu; As long as troops and reinforcements are dispatched from Huguang in time, Guizhou will be difficult to break through by the end of the day......"

He changed his tone and said, "What Wei Guogong said is not unreasonable, if the fighter plane is too conservative at present, and the officers and soldiers are still patrolling with the majority of troops, it will make people who don't know mistakenly think that we are really afraid of that traitor!" The morale of the army of the king division was extremely unfavorable. ”

The saint seemed to nod.

Jin Zhong said again: "The old minister said, mobilize the army, and inflict a heavy blow on the rebels in the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan, and the army on three sides will fight!" The rebels are weak, and under the thunderous sweep of the imperial court, it must be a praying mantis blocking the car. Let those rebellious ministers and thieves who instigate rebellion die without a place to be buried! ”

Although Jin Zhong spoke generously, the saint still did not speak out immediately.

The upper position was silent for a long time, and the entire imperial gate fell silent. At this moment, the sound of rain hit the temple again, and it was extremely clear.

"Good!" Zhu Gaochi's voice suddenly came out.

At this moment, Jin Zhong remembered in a trance the day of the upheaval in the palace, and now pointed to the gate of the Fengxian Hall of the family temple, and decisively ordered the soldiers to crash open!

Zhu Gaochi said: "Gu Cheng and Zhang Fu more than 200,000 people besieged Yunnan, and the Huguang army first dispatched more than 100,000 troops to aid Guizhou, and when the Huguang army gathered properly, they immediately attacked Sichuan!" He turned his head to look at Xu Huizu, who was standing in the forefront, "Wei Guogong, the strategy is yours, who do you think is appropriate to lead the army to aid Guizhou?" ”

Xu Huizu came out and hugged his fists and said: "Shengshang, the minister recommends Wu Gao, the Marquis of Jiangyin, and the veteran has rules and regulations for heavy use of soldiers. Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, is weak and has not enough experience in the battle formation at a young age, but he can first experience the battlefield for the deputy general, and he will be the general of the Shengshang Humerus in the future; Anyuan Hou Liu Sheng and Ningyang Hou Chen Mao are the most capable of fighting well, and they are around Wu Gao, which can ensure that the battlefield in Guizhou is foolproof! ”

In addition to Wu Gao, who has rich experience in battles, Zhu Yong, Liu Sheng, and Chen Mao are all "heroes of Jing's martyrdom", but a few of them have no experience in commanding an army, and they cannot serve as the commander of an army of more than 100,000 people...... Moreover, these people supported Zhang Fu just now, and Xu Huizu immediately recommended them, fully demonstrating his attitude of focusing on the overall situation and taking the public as the greatest!

Zhu Gaochi immediately said: "Good! Then he transferred Jin Zhong, the secretary of the military department, to Huguang Changde Mansion, sat in the middle, dispatched grain and grass, and contacted various armies to implement the imperial court strategy under orders, so as to ensure that the front was safe. ”

Everyone bowed one after another: "Holy Wisdom and Divine Martial Arts!" ”

…… In this battle, the war will affect the territory of at least three provinces! Although it is impossible for all battlefields to start a war at the same time, both sides will successively invest troops, totaling more than 900,000 troops! The unprecedented general battle, under the will of the Ming Emperor Chrysostom, has been unavoidable and cannot be changed.

The Emperor was so determined that he was no longer willing to hide his thoughts, and that was the extreme hatred, disgust, and faint fear of the traitorous king.

The rain was still falling outside the door, and Zhu Gaochi's face was red, and he was looking forward to the arrival of a great victory in the gloomy weather and crazy silence.