The Mongolian people invaded our Ming frontier again, but were defeated by our Ming defenders one after another, and the Son of Heaven decided to mention the Northern Expedition again under the anger of the two things, as soon as they came out of the palace, they were like a bombshell dropped into the city of Beijing, which immediately caused an uproar in the government and the opposition.

Obviously, the influence of the former was completely overshadowed by the latter in the blink of an eye, and many people consciously ignored these two so-called victories and began to discuss whether the Northern Expedition was feasible.

Although some people are optimistic about this, they feel that with the momentum of our Ming Dynasty's repeated defeats over the Mongolian people in the past year, it is enough to repeat the great cause of sweeping Mobei and killing the Mongolian people in embarrassment when Taizu Taizong swept away. But more people are not optimistic about this somewhat unexpected decision, because they think that the Ming army that has been peaceful for a hundred years has more than enough rules, but the attack is far from being comparable with the two elites of the world.

Of course, in these two statements, there are many who hide their own careful thoughts. For example, in the former, there is hope that they can improve their official ranks by making military achievements, and in their minds, as long as the war starts, they will be able to fish in troubled waters to obtain a large amount of benefits and merits, so that it is not too much of a problem to be crowned a marquis, and these people are of course mainly honorable military attachés.

Among the latter, most of them are Korean Chinese officials. What they are worried about is that once the war resumes, the military attaché forces that have been suppressed with great difficulty will inevitably rise, and their interests above the court will be damaged.

As a result, for the sake of their respective interests, the civil and military sides continued to fight each other with the weapon of the song, anyway, each with its own arguments and its own reasoning. In just three days, the General Administration Department received no less than 500 relevant notes, which can be regarded as endless quarrels.

In fact, it was not just the pen and paper that confronted each other, but also at the next few court meetings, the civil and military officials also had their own people to conduct rounds of debates based on scriptures, so that they could not operate normally at the morning court meeting and deal with other government affairs.

When today's Zi Zhu Qizhen is not a dictatorial person like Taizu Taizong after all, although at the beginning, because of anger and some unspeakable expectations, he made up his mind to go on the Northern Expedition in front of Kuang Yu and several others, but after seeing that most of the ministers were opposed, his determination began to waver again.

Especially when he saw that several old ministers of the DPRK and China were all opposed, and the British Gong Zhang Fu, who represented the military generals, did not come out to compete with them, he was even more hesitant in his heart.

Zhang Fu has really felt a headache recently, because every day, there will be subordinates or their descendants who come to his door with various excuses to plead, hoping that the British Duke can stand up and speak for them, so that His Majesty can really give this idea.

In this regard, he also hesitated again and again, and it was difficult to make a decision. Because although he is in the capital, he doesn't care much about the military, but now he still knows what the situation of the officials and soldiers of the Daming Guard is.

In addition to guarding the border passes and constantly guarding against the border army invaded by the Mongols, the armies in other places have long been rotten, not only have they long lost the courage and courage they had when they followed Emperor Taizong's Northern Expedition, but even the minimum combat ability as a soldier is not much left. Otherwise, there would not have been repeated rebellions in the southwest, and the Japanese in the southeast would not have come ashore from time to time to plunder.

In Zhang Fu's view, now the officers and soldiers of these local guards are more of a group of peasants than soldiers, and if they want to arrest a bandit or something, they may have this ability, but let them go north to fight the Mongolian people to the death, that is, to send sheep into the tiger's mouth. And what's more serious is that it is such an officer and soldier of the guard, and now the Ming Dynasty is also dissatisfied with the compilation, how many people are making a fortune by eating empty salaries and drinking the blood of soldiers, and they really don't even dare to investigate.

And once the Ming Dynasty really wants to go on another northern expedition, the border guards will hardly be able to move, because they have to beware of the Mongolian people to avoid the truth and be false. Therefore, in the end, those who can be sent to the Northern Expedition will have to be those officers and soldiers who hold more hoes than knives and guns, and what kind of result will be at that time, just thinking about it makes me shudder.

However, Zhang Fu was not easy to say clearly. This not only offends people, but also shakes the foundation of the entire Ming Dynasty. Even he himself will be implicated because of this, after all, his status today is also due to the support of these people, and he has long been one of these people.

After a fierce ideological struggle, the British public Zhang Fu made a decision that may seem the wisest at this time, but in hindsight it was the most confused - to avoid illness. For the next few days, he didn't see anyone, didn't say anything, and everything was just waiting for the Son of Heaven to make a decision.

Many military attachés and nobles were quite incomprehensible and even a little indignant at this attitude of the British duke. As a result, they turned this anger into a stronger fighting spirit, arguing with the civilian clique again and again.

In the past, when civil and military forces competed, because civil officials were born to speak well, and military attachés were slightly deficient in aspects, they always ended with the military attaché's poor reasoning or concession. But this time, the iron-hearted military attaché and noble clique gritted their teeth, and no matter how many times they were deflated, they still fought to the end with civil officials in the court.

At this time, it reflects how difficult it is for the Ming Dynasty to make up its mind without a truly powerful Son of Heaven. After this statement was made in October, they debated for more than a month, until November was almost over, and they could not come to a conclusion, and it seemed that it would have to be fought until next year.

For such a result, Lu Zhen felt relieved. This is not a good thing, as long as the imperial court does not really decide on the Northern Expedition, then everything is still business as usual. Maybe it will drag on for a while, and the matter will be over.

Of course, controversy in the court is still inevitable. And as a member of the military department and a member of the civilian officials who have been on the battlefield, Lu Zhen always has to be at the forefront.

The situation is the same today, not long after the beginning of the early dynasty, the two sides set up and quarreled. You come up and talk about it, and then I will send someone to deny and refute it. Then you sent someone to ...... After such a court meeting, there was almost no conclusive conclusion.

When another military attache finished his impassioned but specious arguments, with Kuang Yu's eyes, Lu Zhen went into battle again: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the Northern Expedition is far from the time. It's not that the minister doesn't have confidence in my Ming soldiers, but the Northern Expedition is not only a use of soldiers, but also a great consumption of my Ming national strength. ”

After a pause, he continued: "Your Majesty, once we get out of the Great Wall, there is an endless grassland, where there is almost no food to feed and drink, so if we want to send troops, we must be equipped with sufficient logistical support. And there must be a large number of people to escort grain and grass, and there is no danger to defend on the grassland, once it is intercepted by the Mongolian people, it is likely to make the soldiers in front of them run out of food...... Therefore, in order to prevent such a mistake, we have to send more men and horses to maintain the grain route, plus the consumption of people, mules and horses to transport grain, etc., I am afraid that a soldier in front of us is fighting with the Mongols, and we have to take out three or more people's food and grass for supply.

"And that doesn't guarantee that we're going to be able to win completely. What's more, even if my Ming Dynasty can really sweep through Mobei like Emperor Taizong did now, for the Mongolian people, it is just to retreat and run to a far place to avoid my edge. I can't really occupy the grassland, so in the end, all we can get is a victory that is not too big, and a peace of ten or twenty years. Therefore, in the humble opinion of the ministers, it was an extremely inappropriate decision to send troops to the Northern Expedition. Rather than reaping a small victory at the expense of countless manpower and material resources, it is better to use less costly means to deal with it. ”

Zhu Qizhen listened to this analysis, and his face once again showed confusion and hesitation, could it be that his thoughts were really wrong? This Lu Zhen has been an official in the north several times, and he has also fought with the Mongolian people, and his words always have some truth.

Just when the emperor's determination was shaken again, another military attache strode out and snorted directly: "Lu Langzhong, you did say a foolish opinion. All this you are saying is just a businessman's opinion. The competition between the two countries has never been settled in this way, what we want is to play the prestige of our Ming Dynasty and make the world submit, even if it is a big price. Why can I have the beautiful scenery of all countries coming to the Yongle Dynasty when I Taizong? Isn't it because I'm at the peak of the Ming Dynasty that I killed people with their heads in their hands? And you just care about the gains and losses of this money and food, which is really disgraceful! ”

"Not bad. Lu Langzhong, you are also a soldier who understands soldiers, and you have made military merits for the imperial court before, can't you see the importance of this? Or are you simply turning a blind eye? Another Hou Ye, who Lu Zhen couldn't recognize, also walked out and said: "You yourself can be promoted to the military department by His Majesty by virtue of your military merits, so you are jealous of your ability and don't want other colleagues to have a chance to be promoted!" Lu Jin, you have also read the book of sages, why are you so selfish, but you don't know for the sake of my court, it is really chilling. ”

Okay, Lu Jin was talking to them about all kinds of objective issues, but these people were good, and they directly started personal attacks, questioning Lu Jin's personality. And he said it so confidently, as if he were such a person.

And in the face of such accusations, Lu Zhen really didn't know how to reply for a while. After all, it is indeed a fact that he was promoted because of his military merits, and it is also a fact that he is now opposed to the Northern Expedition......

Fortunately, Lu Zhen was not fighting alone today, seeing that he was powerless to parry, someone soon jumped out to show support, and after some pulling around, it can be regarded as revealing the matter. However, this controversy has to continue, and I don't know when it will be a ......