Wu Yingdian is the office of the cabinet leaders.

The six members of the Cabinet are all based here.

Wang Ziteng has been waiting here for more than half an hour.

The purpose of his coming here was to meet the first assistant Wei Delin and the second assistant Zhao Yansong.

If he wanted to see one of them, he would have been.

But he had to see two people at the same time, and they had to have time at the same time.

This is also a helpless move.

It is an open secret that Wei Delin and Zhao Yansong do not agree.

If Wang Ziteng saw someone first, the person who saw him later might think that Wang Ziteng had neglected him, or had reached some kind of intention with the seer in advance.

This kind of officialdom game is really boring, but it is important.

If you are not careful, you will be classified into the ranks of a certain group of people, and you will be labeled as such and such a person.

Even if you didn't take sides, you were forced to take sides.

Wang Ziteng didn't want to get involved in the faction of the courtiers, so he wanted to try his best to keep a balance.

Seeing two people at the same time is a compromise and helpless choice.

Thinking about the big things he wants to talk about, but he still has to take pains to deal with such trivial things, Wang Ziteng not only has a sense of absurdity.

If Brother Rui wants to see me, he dares to see me, and whatever he thinks in his heart, he will tell me anything. It doesn't matter if I'm happy or not, if I like to listen or not.

I'm not as good as Brother Rui.

Finally, Wei Delin and Zhao Yansong came in together.

The two talked as they walked, looking affectionate.

I don't know the details, but I will think that they have a good relationship and a deep friendship.

In fact, the two are mortal enemies, and they can't wait to kill each other to be happy.

"Cloud, I've kept you waiting, I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

Wei Delin threw his hand at Wang Ziteng again and again.

Cloud is the word of Wang Ziteng.

"It's a step too late. Thank you for your understanding. ”

Zhao Yansong also said politely.

Although the two of them are extremely popular ministers, one person is below 10,000 people, but they do not despise the big men in the army who defend the Beijing Division.

"The two pavilion elders have a lot of opportunities, and they don't want to come to disturb, but this matter is very important, so they have to come."

"What is it that the clouds are so solemn?"

"The Tatar invasion of the capital."

"Hasn't this matter already been discussed in the court, and the Ministry of War and the Governor's Office of the Five Armies feel that it is impossible. Didn't you say it was impossible? Is there any doubt? ”

Wei Delin felt that Wang Ziteng was a little troubled. On this matter, there seems to be no need to repeat it, right?

"I think the Tatars are likely to attack the capital."

"Tell me why."

So Wang Ziteng explained his reasons.

The content is basically what Jia Rui said, but he added a few more of his own.

First, the soldiers and horses in the various passes and cities along the way were untrained and ill-equipped, and were not good at field warfare, and their ability to intercept the Tatars was very questionable.

Second, there is a shortage of troops.

"Yunyun, you said that there are not enough troops, this doesn't seem right."

Zhao Yansong suddenly became troubled.

"There are 200,000 troops in Shanshui Pass, 20,000 in Ping'an Prefecture, from the Tatar border to Shenjing, there are countless checkpoints and cities, and there are hundreds of thousands of horses."

"Even your camp in Beijing has 18,000 men and horses. There are more than 30,000 people in the guard posts under the Governor's Office of the Five Armies. In addition to the patrol camp, the general patrol of the city, and the counties of Zhuweizhou, there are more than 10,000. ”

"With a total of four or five hundred thousand people, how can you still say that there are not enough troops? How many people are there in Tatar? My army of hundreds of thousands, one person can drown them with a mouthful of foam. ”

Zhao Yansong's words, on the surface, make sense.

In terms of numbers alone, or from the roster of the military department, there are indeed so many people.

But on closer examination, this argument does not hold water.

The first is that there are a large number of vacancies. This number, at least 30% of the moisture.

Even among the rest, many of them are not combatants, but some auxiliaries.

There are also many people, although they occupy the quota of the army, but they do things that have nothing to do with the war.

For example, in Wang Ziteng's Beijing camp, many soldiers were removed to work in the imperial village, or went to the imperial tomb to guard the tomb, did some chores in the imperial city, and were even transferred to the homes of some princes and nobles to help with the work.

Even in Wei Delin and Zhao Yansong's families, each family had more than a dozen soldiers from the Beijing camp, who were borrowed to help.

When it is said to be helping, it is actually working for their home for free.

Wang Ziteng's Beijing camp has an establishment of 18,000 people, but after removing the vacancies and the people who have been withdrawn, there are actually only more than 14,000 people.

Among these people, in addition to many auxiliary personnel, there are also a large number of princes and nobles, and the children of civil and military ministers.

Most of these people are just a name, mixed with military qualifications, and gilded for future officials. In normal times, they don't even participate in training, let alone fight.

Therefore, Wang Ziteng can really be used for front-line operations, at most 18,000 people.

The Beijing camp is relatively good, but if it is replaced by the army in other places, it is not even as good as the Beijing camp.

Wang Ziteng knows this situation, and Wei Delin and Zhao Yansong also know it.

At this time, Zhao Yansong said this, purely to say cool words.

Because the military department and the Governor's Office of the Five Armies are all in charge of Wei Delin. He wanted to give Weidlin some eye medicine.

Wang Ziteng wanted to grab Zhao Yansong and hit him in the mouth a few times.

But he couldn't.

Zhao Yansong was clearly gloating and giving Wei Delin a problem.

The issue of the vacancy in the army is an open secret.

But no one wants to puncture it.

On the military side, relying on the vacancy, they wanted to get more military salaries, so that the generals could fill their pockets.

When the household department allocates funds to the army, it will also directly deduct a part of the military salary.

In addition to the officials of the household department, some of this money also flowed into the hands of ministers of the DPRK and China, such as Wei Delin and Zhao Yansong.

Therefore, this part of the empty salary is the cake that the ministers of the DPRK and the central government, the household officials, and the generals in the army share the fat.

It is precisely because of this huge interest that they collectively pretend to be stupid, turn a blind eye to the problem of empty salaries, and acquiesce in connivance.

Wei Delin ignored Zhao Yansong's taunts.

The two have been fighting for so long, and he has seen a lot of this kind of thing.

He disdains the battle of words, and digs a pit for Zhao Yansong in the future, and he will pit him.

"In the sense of the clouds, what are you going to do?"

Although Wei Delin didn't think that the Tatars would attack Shenjing, Wang Ziteng was a military boss, and he couldn't help but give face.

At least in terms of posture, show respect and attention.

"To the northeast, please ask the king of Xining to feint and contain it in the rear of the Tatars."

"In the direction of Shuiyun Pass, please send troops to intercept it."

"In the direction of Ping'an Prefecture, please make every effort to intercept the Tatars, and hold off the Tatars at any cost."

"Datong General Army, rush to the aid of Ping'an Prefecture as soon as possible."

"Soldiers and horses from all over the country are gathering in the direction of Ping'an Prefecture, and if Yunguang can't hold it back, they will block it layer by layer along the way. The Tatars must not be allowed to approach the capital. ”

"Yunyun, you're right, but where does the food and grass come from? If the Tatars did not come, wouldn't hundreds of thousands of horses run in vain, costing the people and money? ”

"This ......."

Wang Ziteng really has nothing to say.

Although he felt that what Jia Rui said made sense, and he also thought that the Tatars would attack, it was only speculation after all.

"It's better to be prepared, in case the Tatars really attack the capital?"

Wang Ziteng kicked the ball back.

"Lord Zhao, what do you think?"

Weidling asked.

"I don't know how to use soldiers, it's all up to Lord Shousuke."

Weidling sighed.

"Although the Tatars have not yet attacked, the stakes are very high, and we have to guard against it."

"In this case, let's go to see the emperor. What I mean, just do it according to the cloud's plan, and ask the emperor to decide. ”

"As for the matter of food, grass and military salaries, let's talk about it then."

The three of them went to see the emperor, and the son of Sheng Long did not dare to take it lightly and agreed to Wang Ziteng's plan.

As for the matter of military salaries, grain and grass, the emperor has no money.

But the emperor said that not all the previous military salaries were given to them, so let them solve it themselves.

The emperor set the tone, so he issued an edict that once the Tatars really attacked, they would deploy according to Wang Ziteng's plan to meet the Tatars.

As for the capital, it strengthened the city defense, prepared equipment to defend the city, transferred grain as soon as possible, and increased reserves.