Zhu Houzhao was full of confidence in himself, and decided that his teacher Shen Xi had the first military talent in the world, and he himself could rank second. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Zhu Houzhao secretly thought: "Now that Mr. Shen is not here, as his proud protégé, I should naturally take charge of the overall situation, otherwise the Ming Dynasty will die, and I, the prince, will die before I become the emperor, how worthwhile is it?" ”

Thinking of this, he protested dissatisfiedly: "Mr. Xie, you can't underestimate people...... Let's make a comparison, if anyone can formulate the best strategy, who will preside over the major military aircraft, what do you think? ”

Xie Qian shook his head and smiled bitterly, he glanced sideways at Ma Wensheng, and wanted Ma Wensheng to come forward to refuse, but he didn't expect Ma Wensheng to approve: "The prince's proposal is very good, the person who presides over the major affairs of the military aircraft should put his ability first, and it is clear which is better and which is worse at a glance!" ”

"Good, good! Even Ma Shangshu agreed, then the palace will be arranged, I will go first! Zhu Houzhao heard that there was a chance to compete, and thought that he finally had a chance to perform, so he went to the Wenhua Palace.

Ma Wensheng squinted at Zhu Houzhao's back, and found a solution from Xiong Zi's suggestion, that is, let each of the seven advisers take a set of plans to deal with the Tatar offensive, select the best one among them, and let the person who formulated the plan preside over the military aircraft.

Xie Qian was annoyed: "Ma Shangshu doesn't want to preside over the overall situation by himself, why did he let the prince do such an absurd and unruly thing?" ”

Ma Wensheng asked rhetorically: "Where does Yu Qiao feel absurd and uninhibited?" The seven advisers came up with their own plans to resist the Tatar soldiers and horses, and put them together to select the best person to preside over the plan, which is a practical and effective method at present, and Yu Qiaomo didn't think that he was powerless? ”

Xie Qian thought about it, before he just thought that Zhu Houzhao's proposal was unreliable, but now that he thinks about it, the plan proposed by the bear child is also feasible. But Xie Qian was still indignant: "Then Ma Shangshu thinks that the prince can preside over the overall situation by participating in the competition?" ”

Ma Wensheng smiled slightly: "The crown prince is originally the prince, and even His Majesty regards the prince as the supervisor of the country, and the prince is naturally the best candidate." However, if the crown prince participates in the competition, will he be able to be better than the plan listed by the seven advisory ministers? ”

Wake up the dreamer with a word!

Xie Qian pondered it and understood the trick, and let the prince participate in the competition, just to create an illusion of fair competition.

But the prince's milk smell has not dried, his knowledge is shallow, and he has little understanding of the situation outside the imperial city, how can he write a plan that meets the requirements?

Xie Qian muttered: "I have been an official for many years, if the proposal is not even as good as the prince, then it is better to return to the hometown earlier, so as not to mislead others and yourself." ”

The three of them continued to walk towards the Wenhua Palace, and as soon as they entered the palace gate, they saw Li Dongyang talking to Zhu Houzhao. Li Dongyang's face was serious, while Zhu Houzhao pursed his lips and protested dissatisfiedly: "Scholar Li, you are now famous, you think you can do anything, but this palace is also famous, how do you know that this palace must not be able to write a good plan?" Come on, bring pen and paper, this palace is to write on the spot! ”

Li Dongyang frowned coldly, and was about to use his status as an emperor to force the prince to submit, but when he saw Liu Jian, the first assistant of the cabinet at the palace gate, he hurriedly came in with a notebook, and said eagerly: "Di Yi's soldiers and horses have been killed in the capital, and the number of pioneers is about 6,000 to 10,000!" ”

Li Dongyang didn't say anything, and Ma Wensheng and Xie Qian, who had just entered the hall, didn't squeak, but Zhu Houzhao raised his head, pursed his lips and smiled:

"The Tartars don't imagine so much, only six thousand, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in my capital, if the army and civilians are mobilized in wartime, the soldiers and horses can exceed 500,000, and the Tartars are waiting to meet their heads under the capital!"

Xie Qian really wanted to go up and tell Zhu Houzhao that the comparison of strength was not calculated in this way, although the Tatars had few soldiers and horses, they were the most elite cavalry, with a high degree of mobility and impact in the plains, and the Ming army in the capital did not have the ability to fight head-on with the Tatars.

Six thousand to ten thousand horses, although it was only a general number, made Xie Qian realize that without fifty or sixty thousand infantry, don't think about going out of the city to face the battle.

At this time, the total number of troops in the city was only fifty or sixty thousand, and there was only one battle with the Tatar strikers when they left the city.

In this case, it is better to hide directly in the city and wait for work.

After another quarter of an hour or so, brothers Zhang Mao, Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling arrived. This simple meeting was originally attended by only seven members of the advisory group, but Zhang Yanling, the Marquis of Jianchang, was temporarily added, mainly considering that Zhang Yanling was in charge of the army, and if he was not called at this time, there might be problems in communication in the future.

Jang Mao came up and asked, "Who is in charge of the defense of Gyeonggi?" ”

Li Dongyang said: "Grandpa's courage has not diminished back then, and it should be presided over by Grandpa!" ”

When Zhang Mao heard this, he replied with some resistance: "This matter needs to be considered in the long run...... I think it's better to obey the arrangements of His Majesty and the prison state! ”

Presiding over the military aircraft is not a good or bad, the credit for victory belongs to the imperial court, especially the advisers, who have a good collective leadership, but they need to take responsibility alone if they fail, and they also have to run around, coordinate various military departments, and where there is danger, they have to appear there, which is really thankless.

Hearing that Li Dongyang asked Zhang Mao to preside over the overall situation, Zhu Houzhao protested dissatisfiedly: "Didn't you say that you would let the palace compete with your families?" Scholar Li, Ma Shangshu, you can't rely on your debts! ”

Li Dongyang doesn't want to pay attention to the prince, at the critical moment of the rise and fall of the country, the prince's face doesn't seem to be so important, at this time, he must not mess up with himself and even make stupid moves.

Xie Qian said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, since Old Master Zhang is here, he should be responsible for leading the troops!" ”

Zhang Mao hurriedly excused himself: "The old man's legs and feet are inconvenient, and it is difficult to get on the horse, not to mention leading the troops to fight with Di Yi?" And don't make fun of the Daming Jiangshan Sheji......"

Zhu Houzhao said with a fluttering eyebrow: "You see, Old Master Zhang himself is unwilling to lead the troops...... In this case, now this prison country announces that all the soldiers and horses in the capital are at my disposal! ”

"Wait!"

Everyone in the hall was silent, and the voice came from the back of the hall, only to see Xiao Jing striding in through the side door, and said anxiously, "His Royal Highness the Prince, my little ancestor, what is this?" You should also stop and listen to your opinions, it will be good for you! ”

Zhu Houzhao said: "Why does the palace listen to their opinions? This palace has long had a formed strategy, everyone compares with each other, no one is allowed to cheat, whoever wins listens to whom! ”

Xiao Jing hurriedly advised: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, you can't do anything wrong, the current chaos is precisely because of the improper use of people at the beginning, this time you should listen to the opinions of your lords." ”

Regarding the unintentional mistake in Xiao Jing's words, Liu Jian didn't care about it, and asked: "The thieves and soldiers are approaching the capital, I don't know who Your Majesty wants to preside over the defense of Gyeonggi?" ”

Xiao Jing looked helpless, hesitated for a long time, and did not say the reason why he came, it was obvious that Emperor Hongzhi did not designate who would come out to lead the troops.

Zhu Houzhao jumped on the dragon chair and shouted angrily: "My father arranged for the palace to supervise the country, at this time of national disaster, the palace does not lead the troops, who will take on the big responsibility?" Liu Shaofu, Scholar Li, Mr. Xie, Ma Shangshu, Grandpa Zhang, do you listen to this palace? ”

Originally, the bear child thought that he could respond to every call, but when he spoke, he found that he was talking like a fart, and no one paid attention to him.

Ma Wensheng asked, "Young Master Liu, who do you think is the right person to lead the troops?" Since Your Majesty has not decided on a candidate, the cabinet must have a conclusion, right? ”

Xiao Jing and the others also looked at Liu Jian, and they all looked at Liu Jian.

Liu Jian was reluctant to come out to lead the troops by himself anyway, because he was not proficient in military affairs, and he was old and fit, and it was difficult to climb even the city tower.

Liu Jian didn't answer for a long time, and Ma Wensheng then looked at Zhang Mao and asked, "What does Old Master Zhang think?" ”

"Huh!?"

Zhang Mao looked at Ma Wensheng, which roughly means, why don't you take the initiative to ask for help?

Ma Wensheng said: "Since you can't nominate a suitable candidate, then according to the prince's previous instructions, you will each come up with a plan first, if it meets the current situation and can command Ruo Ding, then use this person to preside over the military aircraft, what do you think?" ”

Among the courtiers, there are only two who covet the leading soldiers, one of them is Zhang Yanling, and the other is Xiong Xiu.

Xiong Xiu is anxious to prove himself, as for Zhang Yanling, he is purely to seize power, and his brother Zhang Heling is much calmer and knows the truth that there is no diamond and no porcelain work.

Zhu Houzhao saw that no one objected, and said excitedly: "Then what are you waiting for, let's start now." ”

Liu Jian, Li Dongyang and others looked at each other, they understood what Ma Wensheng meant, since no one wants to take the responsibility on their shoulders, then they can only write about the high and low, who wants to preside over the overall situation, they must first submit a suitable plan, and then evaluate the advantages and disadvantages.

Whoever doesn't want to lead the troops can directly submit a foolish copy, and when he turns around, he will say that he doesn't know anything about military affairs.

This is also to act in full accordance with the "voluntariness" of the ministers, and if they want to go up, they hide what they don't want to do.