Xu Guangqi's remarks were in the clouds and fog for the rest of the scholars present.

"And then?"

"Then the Tumut Department is my ally of the Ming Dynasty, and it has been defending the border for me all the year round, and at this moment, we should give them enough food to appease them, so that they can continue to prevent disasters for our Ming Dynasty and reduce casualties at the border gates, everyone, which is more expensive, military expenses or food costs, it is obvious!"

Some scholars nodded slowly after hearing this, and seemed to agree with Xu Guangqi's meaning, while others disagreed.

"Zixian, you are confused! Originally, there was a shortage of food on the nine sides, and the grain had to be transported from the south of the Yangtze River, and the freight was already very expensive, and it was not easy to supply the soldiers on the nine sides, and it was necessary to give these grains to the Mongols, so what did our soldiers eat? What do the hungry and cold people on the nine sides eat? ”

Xu Guangqi hurriedly said: "It's not to let them starve and freeze, but to eat relatively less, give more food to the Tumut people, and let them arm themselves to prevent disasters for us."

They have been fighting with the rest of the Mongols for more than ten years, and they will have a blood feud with other Mongols, as long as the Ming Dynasty supports them, they will firmly stand on the side of the Ming Dynasty, so how many casualties should the soldiers of the Nine Sides be missing? ”

"No, the Beiyu is always the Beiyu, don't be gullible, of course the food of the Ming Dynasty must be eaten by the Ming soldiers and the people, so that they can guard the border."

"But ......"

"Zi first! Say no more! ”

The fellow villager grabbed Xu Guangqi's shoulder and motioned him to look around, Xu Guangqi looked around and saw a lot of strange eyes, so he hurriedly stopped talking, but he was still worried in his heart.

He remembered that Jiao Hong, the teacher who was kind to him, said that the nine-sided armament was slack, and it had long since lost the sharpness at the beginning of the dynasty, and it was really in danger of being broken every year, and it was struggling to support every year, and he didn't know when it would be a head, and now when it was cold, it was even more unsuitable for fighting.

The Ming Dynasty lacks a famous general who can rectify the nine sides, lacks a first assistant who can act cheaply and drastically reform, Zhang Juzheng has only one, no one can become Zhang Juzheng's second, and the courtiers only know that they are hindered by open and secret fights, but they don't know how to do practical things.

I don't know what kind of impact this incident will have on Daming.

Xu Guangqi drank a glass of stuffy wine and was depressed, when he suddenly heard a rush of horses' hooves and the shouting of soldiers.

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! Get out of the way! Get out of the way!! ”

Xu Guangqi hurriedly turned around and looked outside the tavern, only to see a cavalryman flying in front of the tavern, making the whole street jump and causing a burst of scolding.

"What's going on? That's the Herald Cavalry, right? ”

"I don't know, so anxious to roar, could it be that there are homeless people rebelling again?"

"Nonsense, the displaced people have been thrown to Burma, where are the displaced people now?"

"What's going on?"

A few scholars sat at the table and talked about it, but Xu Guangqi stood up very uneasily and ran to the outside of the tavern, looking at the knight who rode away from a distance, and the uneasiness in his heart became heavier and heavier.

The knight swept through the streets and alleys of the capital division, and drove straight to the imperial city, at the gate of the imperial city, the gatekeeper was about to block it, and the knight took out an arrow from his arms.

"Datong Urgent! Beiyu Kobian! Datong urgent! Beiyu Kobian! Datong urgent! Beiyu Kobian! ”

Shouting like this, no soldier stepped forward to stop him, but got out of the way one after another, watched the knight rush in, and then gathered together to talk about the encounter with the northern captives on the Datong side.

There are a lot of such things in previous years, but this kind of example of directly crossing the rest of the border towns to report to the court is really rare, and it is generally necessary to make trouble to the court side, which is not a trivial matter.

What happened this time?

In the cabinet, Zhao Zhigao is fighting a cold war with Zhang Wei, the two look at each other unpleasantly, you see me humming, I see you humming, the two are like a race to see who can hum better than whom.

In the past, the cabinet was not without tension, but such a serious confrontation between the first assistant and the second assistant is really rare, even if Zhao Zhigao is not a strong first assistant, but the status is here, Zhang Wei should also give him three points of face, but Zhang Wei completely disregarded the face of the first assistant and sang against the first assistant, which is not in accordance with the rules.

The other three auxiliary ministers didn't understand why Zhang Wei tried his best to stop this, and what about allocating some grain? Is food really so tight? Can't help Tumut at all? That's unjust, isn't it?

Suddenly, everyone in the cabinet heard a commotion outside the cabinet, Zhao Zhigao was annoyed, and asked unhappily: "Who is making noise here?" Don't you know that the cabinet is not allowed to make loud noises? The officer on duty go out and see what's going on! ”

Immediately, the officer on duty obeyed.

Zhang Wei looked out the door, his brows furrowed, thoughtful.

Soon, the officer on duty came back in a panic and reported: "Pavilion Lao, it's not good, Datong Town is eight hundred miles away from urgent reporting, and the north is in Koubian!" ”

Zhao Zhigao was stunned.

The other three auxiliary ministers were also stunned.

Zhang Wei's eyes flickered a little, paused, and pretended to be stunned.

It is not a trivial matter in the north to capture the Koubian, but it is not a major event in previous years, the nine sides deal with it by themselves, report the battle damage and results after the war, and reward the meritorious deeds, this is the custom, when do you need to report directly to the imperial court? Or is it an eight-hundred-mile rush?

The border town is in danger of being breached.

Although the Daming border town is weak in military equipment and weak in combat power, it is not sharp in the early years of the dynasty, but the Mongolians who have long been different from the past have no way to threaten the Daming border town too much, most of the time the two sides are rookies pecking each other, you peck me and I peck you, and then they go home safely, there is no fatal danger.

The last time I encountered such a critical situation, it was during the Jiajing period, when many people died.

But since the Longqing Peace Conference, the two sides have stopped fighting and started to trade with each other, how many years has it been? Why did this happen all of a sudden?

"Koubian in the north? Eight hundred miles expedited? What's going on? What about the Herald Knights? ”

Zhao Zhigao hurriedly asked.

"Outside!"

"Call in!"

"No!"

Soon, the hastily herald knight entered the cabinet, and as soon as he entered, he knelt down on one knee and presented the military report.

"Elder Ge! I am hereby ordered by Mei Guozhen, the governor of Datong, to send this urgent report! Beiju with a large army of 100,000 Koubian, Mei Futai is struggling to support, I hope that the imperial court will quickly transfer troops to support, then the situation has a chance to recover, if it is late, Datong is resting, Shanxi is in danger! Xuanfu is also in danger! ”

"What?! Lakh?! ”

The cabinet ministers were stunned, and Zhao Zhigao was so frightened that he stood up directly, and walked tremblingly to the herald knight to take the urgent report.