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Zhu Houzhao glanced around at the courtiers and said loudly: "The Tartars invaded the capital, and now the strategy adopted is to strictly defend it and wait for the soldiers and horses of the Qinwang from all over the country, but how long will it take to welcome the soldiers and horses of the Qinwang from all over the country?" Even if it comes, is it hundreds or thousands, or tens of thousands? Do they have what it takes to fight the Tartars head-on? ”

Because there are many uncertainties in the problem itself, the number of soldiers and horses of Qinwang in various places is different, and they are fighting separately, which may not necessarily play a role in promoting the defense of the capital, Liu Jian could not answer this question, so he simply remained silent.

Zhu Youzhu coughed twice and asked, "So what?" ”

Zhu Houzhao said: "In the eyes of Erchen, the soldiers and horses of the Qinwang in various places are just a cover for us to fight externally, so that the Tartars can look forward and backward, and cannot concentrate on attacking the city...... In fact, even if King Qin's soldiers and horses arrive, it is very likely that they will be defeated and scattered by the Tartars, and the Jingshi may still be isolated at that time! ”

After the bear child's words were finished, no one in the ministers present responded to him, but justice was in the hearts of the people, and some people couldn't help but nod their heads, because this analysis was reasonable.

Even the most elite border army of the Ming Dynasty and the men and horses of the capital camp could not resist the invasion of the Tartars, and counted on the officers and soldiers of the local guard whose main task was farming?

It's a bit of a joke!

Zhu Youzhu glanced at Liu Jian, saw that Liu Jian frowned and didn't mean to take a stubble, thought for a while, and said, "Prince, there is some truth in your words, keep talking!" ”

"Yes, Father!"

Zhu Houzhao looked at Liu Jian and Li Dongyang sideways, he knew that the two of them who served as prisoners were the most perfunctory to him before, and later they simply set him up, so he said in a targeted manner, "Erchen thinks that the only one who can really resist the invasion of the Tartars and drive the Tartars away is the defenders of the capital, and it is unrealistic to expect King Qin's soldiers and horses...... Because there is no unified command of the reinforcements, no matter how many they come, they will be broken by the Tartars one by one, which is called the tactic of adding lamp oil, no matter how much lamp oil is added, it will eventually burn out. ”

"If the defenders of the capital are just blindly defending, and do not dare to fight with the Tartars outside the city, then this battle will become more and more passive, and sooner or later there will be generals guarding the city gates who will be bought by the Tartars, and at that time the city gate will be opened, one ring will go wrong, and the whole game will be lost, and the Beijing division will fall, and we will also fall into the hands of the Tartars!"

After saying this, the ministers present looked at each other.

The prince's words sound reasonable and well-founded, but to put it bluntly, the prince has a lot of opinions on the cabinet's rigid defense strategy.

In the eyes of the ministers, the crown prince is not able to organize these words by himself, so it is very likely that they were instructed by the emperor, and it is inconvenient for the emperor to say it directly, so that the prince can convey it on his behalf, and at the same time, it is also good to establish the prince's position in the court and cultivate the prestige of the prince.

Zhu Houzhao finally looked at Shoufu Liu Jian and asked, "What does Mr. Liu think?" ”

Although Liu Jian had a lot of dissatisfaction with the crown prince and had many words in his heart to refute the prince's remarks, he was still reluctant to openly act against him on such an occasion where the ministers gathered, because even he suspected that the prince's words were not his own. Liu Jian secretly pondered to himself: "Could it be that the propositions in the military policy written by the prince before were also instructed by His Majesty to find someone to teach?" ”

Only Xie Qian was happy in his heart, thinking: "The prince was cultivated by Shen Xi, and the prince left too many imprints of Shen Xi, but Shen Xi is used to pretending to be a bear in front of people, while the prince has a straightforward personality, coupled with high power, he doesn't need to give face to the courtiers, and he just has something to say." ”

Among the people present, Xie Qian was the only one who believed that the prince had this ability, and everyone else had such and such prejudices.

Liu Jian was still silent, Zhu Youzhu waited a little anxiously, and asked Zhu Houzhao again: "Prince, what ...... If you are in charge of the overall situation, what strategy should you adopt? ”

Zhu Houzhao said: "We must take the initiative to attack, dare to fight with the Tartars in the field, and the sons are willing to personally lead the troops to supervise the battle at the head of the city, and we must not let the Tartars attack the city unscrupulously." As long as the battlefield is moved from inside the city to outside the city, victory in the first battle will boost the morale of the army, and the war will be easier to maintain...... Please allow your father's permission! ”

After speaking, Zhu Houzhao knelt down and asked Zhu Youzhi for permission.

Zhu Houzhao knelt down, and the civil and military ministers in the hall were very embarrassed...... The prince knelt, and if they still stood as courtiers, they would look arrogant and disrespectful, but did kneeling mean agreeing with the prince's opinion and asking the emperor for his life?

Zhu Youzhu frowned, it made sense to go out of the city or not to go out of the city, but he didn't want his son to go to the city to supervise the battle, and he didn't want his only son to risk his life.

Zhu Youzhu looked at the Manchu ministers, hoping for a clear attitude from them, but the ministers looked sideways at Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Ma Wensheng and others, hoping to make their own decisions by observing the reactions of these important ministers.

The first one to kneel down was Xie Qian!

Xie Qian's loss of his favored successor, Shen Xi, had some appreciation for the prince's temperament, especially the prince's proposal, which was similar to Xie Qian's previous proposal to send cavalry to fight on the Tatar flank, Xie Qian also realized that it was too dangerous to hold out.

Then the kneeling were all middle-level officials in the court, their idea was to take the prince's boat, of course, more importantly, they thought that this was from the emperor's instructions, and they couldn't help but know each other.

But Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Ma Wensheng, Zhang Mao and others never knelt, Liu Jian came out and said: "Your Majesty, the matter of the prince leading the troops is too risky, it is better for the old minister to personally go to the city to supervise the battle!" ”

Zhu Youzhu hesitated: "Mr. is old and old, how can he go to the city?" Although this country belongs to me, it is also the owner of the people of the world, and I am not only the owner of this great river and mountain, but also the guardian, and I should personally go to the city to supervise the battle and boost the morale of the three armies! ”

As he spoke, Zhu Youzhu stood up, his eyes blazing, and forced the ministers present to express his position.

At this time, the ministers could no longer avoid it, and they all knelt down and pleaded: "Your Majesty, the ministers are willing to go!" ”

For a while, Liu Jian and Li Dongyang, as well as Zhang Mao and other generals had to kneel, Zhu Youzhu looked at the respectful ministers, his face showed a look of relief, and said:

"Your family is my right-hand man, how can I let you be in danger? The prince's allegiance to the society can be expressed every day, and I am very relieved...... Mr. Xie and Mr. Li, under the supervision of the two of you, personally escorted the prince to Zhengyangmen, I wonder if you can complete the important task of teaching the prince for me? ”

Xie Qian was stunned when he heard that his old bones were going to Zhengyangmen, but when he thought of the national disaster, he was the youngest among these top civil servants in the court, so he had to take the errand hard.

Li Dongyang's attitude was similar to Xie Qian's, and in the end, the two bowed their heads and obeyed the order: "Obey the order!" ”

Zhu Youji's face was full of comfort, and he smiled: "Okay! There are two Qing family assistants to accompany the prince to Zhengyangmen, I am relieved, Xiong Shilang, from now on, you are temporarily responsible for the transfer of troops in the capital, how about it? ”

The emperor suddenly said such words, the intention was obvious, Zhu Youzhu was obviously not very satisfied with Liu Jian's previous series of military deployments, and wanted to change his course.

Where did Xiong Xiu dare to hesitate at all, and immediately bowed to the leader's order: "The minister obeys the order!" ”

Liu Jian's face was pale, he didn't expect that he would be directly deprived of the emperor's right to command troops and horses.

Zhu Youzhi arranged for six more departments to coordinate the defense of the city, and finally sighed: "My body is not as good as before, there may not be much time, all the princes, how the prince's future achievements will depend on your assistance, I pin all my hopes on you, please do your best to live up to my expectations!" ”

After speaking, Zhu Youzhu bowed to the Manchu civil and military forces, and the ministers did not dare to slack off, so they quickly kowtowed and returned the salute.

At this time, Zhu Houzhao looked confused...... Isn't the point of taking the initiative? How did it become a warlord? What's the difference between that and before?

Zhu Youzhu didn't care about the feelings of the bear child, and immediately retired from the ministers, leaving only Xie Qian and Li Dongyang. He had to explain some things, and asked the two ministers to send the prince to the city, and then bring the prince down from the city as soon as possible.