Emperor Chongzhen's face darkened when he heard this, and now the customs department pays him a tariff of three million taels of silver every year, which has become an important source of funds in his hands, so he doesn't want to see overseas trade go wrong.

Moreover, as Li Beiwen said, there are only 30,000 or 40,000 sailors, and only half of them are proficient in land warfare, and Jiannu's troops have more than 100,000 troops.

The tragedy of the first battle of Shimen Mountain is still vivid, and Emperor Chongzhen had to consider the overall situation, so he immediately broke off the idea of using a sailor in his heart.

Besides, the war outside the gate was reduced to the point of calling the sailor to participate in the war, what kind of face would Daming have if this matter got out?

"Your Majesty, there are still 30,000 forbidden troops in the capital, and you can choose a good general to command and break the enemy." Seeing that Emperor Chongzhen's face became gloomy, Chen Xinjia said after a deep sigh.

Hearing this, all the ministers on the scene looked at Emperor Chongzhen, this is probably the only choice now, and only the forbidden army can take on this important task in the army in the north.

"Ladies and gentlemen, who do you say can take on this important task?" Emperor Chongzhen's brows furrowed slightly, and then he asked in a deep voice with an expressionless face, the forbidden army is the sword he uses to guard the capital, if it is not for the fact that he really doesn't want to use it.

Speaking of which, the military expenses required by the forbidden army are still provided by the Customs Department, but the Customs Department does not directly send the money, but first enters the inner treasury of Emperor Chongzhen, and then the inner treasury disburses it.

Every year, the Customs Department will hand over the military expenses to the Inner Treasury on time, and the Inner Treasury will then allocate them to the Forbidden Army.

After listening to Emperor Chongzhen's questioning, the officials at the scene couldn't help but look at each other, and the scene fell silent for a while.

Otherwise, it would not be Hong Chengchou's turn to become the governor of Jiliao outside the Guanguan in the forty-fourth year of Wanli.

Hong Chengchou had never dealt with the Houjin outside the Guanguan before, and he took over as governor of Jiliao because of his outstanding performance in suppressing the peasant uprisings in the country, and the Houjin army was clearly different from those peasant armies.

To this day, the Ming Dynasty is really troubled by internal and external troubles, the Qing army is eyeing the outside, and the people from all over the country have breakfast constantly and gradually forming a climate, which makes Emperor Chongzhen quite a headache.

Originally, Emperor Chongzhen expected that this battle outside the pass could defeat the Qing army in one fell swoop, recover the lost territory outside the pass, solve the troubles outside the pass once and for all, and then concentrate on dealing with the peasant rebels in the country, but who wanted to be the Ming army he had high hopes for was trapped in the Songjin area by the Qing army, so he had to find a way to rescue.

"It would be nice if Mrs. Li was here."

Seeing that the ministers at the scene fell silent, Emperor Chongzhen's mind couldn't help but have the image of Li Hongyu in his mind, and he suddenly sighed in his heart, if Li Hongyu was there, why would the situation become so unbearable.

Unlike Emperor Tianqi, Emperor Chongzhen relied on Li Hongyu but at the same time was full of vigilance against Li Hongyu, worried that Li Hongyu would form a party for personal gain after returning to Beijing, so that the civil and military officials in the capital would definitely take Li Hongyu as the leader.

For this reason, Li Hongyu has never returned to Beijing after leaving for so many years, and has been dealing with the affairs of the Customs Department in the south, and Emperor Chongzhen even gave Li Hongyu a decree that Li Hongyu, who was busy with official business, did not need to return to Beijing to report on his work.

With Emperor Chongzhen's decree, Li Hongyu had no choice but to return to Beijing even if he wanted to, and he had to wait until Emperor Chongzhen's decree was summoned before he could return to Beijing.

In fact, the reason why Emperor Chongzhen issued an edict last year to summon Li Hongyu to return to Beijing was not his original intention, but the result of the courtiers' discussions, believing that such a major event required Li Hongyu to come to Beijing to sit in the town, and it was easy to discuss with him if there was anything.

At the beginning, Emperor Chongzhen didn't care, and he didn't take Li Hongyu's return to Beijing to heart, thinking that Hong Chengchou and others would definitely be able to defeat the Qing army, and only after Hong Chengchou and others were besieged by the Qing army did he expect Li Hongyu to return to Beijing as soon as possible to clean up the mess in front of him.

"Your Majesty, Mrs. Li is back and waiting outside the door to be summoned." Just when Emperor Chongzhen was upset, a eunuch hurriedly came in and bowed down to report.

"Mrs. Li is here?" Emperor Chongzhen was slightly stunned at first when he heard this, and then said, "Quick, pass on Mrs. Li to see you." ”

Li Rixuan, Chen Xinjia and other important ministers all showed joy on their faces, and looked out of the door in unison, as soon as Li Hongyu came, they had the backbone, and the tense atmosphere on the scene became relaxed.

"Minister Li Hongyu knocked on the emperor, long live the emperor, long live long live." Under the concerned gaze of everyone, Li Hongyu strode into the palace gate, knelt down in front of Emperor Chongzhen, and solemnly bowed.

"Aiqing, hurry up." Emperor Chongzhen smiled and held his hand to Li Hongyu's void, and commanded the attendants on the side in a deep voice, "Give me a seat!" ”

"Your Majesty." Li Hongyu bowed to Emperor Chongzhen when he heard this, got up and walked over and sat on a stool brought by the chamberlain.

"Master Taifu!"

When Li Hongyu sat down, the civil and military officials present at the scene bowed down to salute him, and now Li Hongyu's "Taifu" title is already the most honorable person in the Ming officialdom, and the head of the hundred officials.

Li Hongyu smiled and bowed in return, with a lot of emotion in his heart, the officials who appeared in front of him who had not returned to Beijing for so many years were all relatively unfamiliar faces, and those officials in the past were dead, withdrawn, and degraded, which can be described as a matter of people.

Thinking about it, even Hong Chengchou, a jinshi who is only one year higher than Li Hongyu, has become the governor of Jiliao who commands an army of 200,000 troops, where are there any old people in the imperial court now.

There is one thing Li Hongyu feels very helpless in his heart, since Emperor Chongzhen ascended the throne, he has frequently removed and replaced dissatisfied officials, taking the cabinet scholars as an example, more than 40 have been removed so far, and the number of criminal department secretaries has been removed as high as a dozen.

The appointment of these officials is like a marquee, which makes people dazzled, which makes the people's hearts fluctuate in the court, the policies designated are at odds day and night, and the people of the major ministries and bureaus are floating and inefficient.

Many officials are nostalgic for the period when Li Hongyu handled government affairs on behalf of the Emperor of the Apocalypse when he was seriously ill, not only did the major ministries and institutes have unprecedented high efficiency, but also the things they handled were all satisfactory to all parties.

In Li Hongyu's view, although Emperor Chongzhen has the grand ambition of Zhongxing Daming, he does not have the mind and mind of the Emperor of the Apocalypse.

Compared with the Emperor of the Apocalypse, Emperor Chongzhen seems to be more diligent in the government, reviewing the recital until late at night every day, not to mention drinking and having fun, and even having time to rest, he is a famous diligent emperor in history.

That's right, Li Hongyu admits that Emperor Chongzhen is very diligent, but he is not an excellent son of heaven, and it can be said that his ability is far inferior to that of Emperor Tianqi.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse would never review the recitals until late at night, because the recitals that could be in front of him were all major state events that required his ideas, and the rest of the recitals were handed over to the celebrant and the cabinet to deal with, which not only greatly improved the work efficiency, but also solved the problem more comprehensively and properly.

After all, the cabinet and the celebrant knew better about the affairs involved in those recitals than Emperor Chongzhen, and the solutions proposed were more reasonable.

Moreover, the Emperor of the Apocalypse will definitely not frequently remove officials, but will know people well and ensure the stability of the court and the coherence of national policies.

"Lord Chen, you tell Mrs. Li about the battle situation outside the gate." When Li Hongyu was secretly sighing in his heart, Emperor Chongzhen said to Chen Xinjia in a deep voice.

The war report outside the customs is a confidential matter, except for the important ministers of the court present, the outside world does not know the progress of the war, and the court obviously will not publish the battle report of the defeat.

"Mrs. Li, our army is now trapped in Songshan, Xingshan and Tashan, and Jiannu has cut off the road to the south, and they don't have much food and grass, I'm afraid it will be difficult to support it for too long."

Chen Xinjia bowed to the Emperor of the Apocalypse when he heard this, and said to Li Hongyu with a somewhat embarrassed expression, as the secretary of the military department, he was naturally responsible for the war outside the Guan.

However, who would have thought that the main force of the 200,000 Ming army would have no way to take Jiannu, so that it collapsed when the army was withdrawn in the confrontation, and fled to the cities of Songshan, Xingshan and Tashan, and was divided and surrounded by Jiannu and became a lone army.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the army should be sent to the rescue immediately, once the grain and grass are exhausted, the army will be chaotic, and the consequences will be unimaginable."

Li Hongyu had already learned the battle report outside the Guanwai on the way to Beijing, and he naturally had his own intelligence channels, and after listening to Chen Xinjia's words, he muttered and said to Emperor Chongzhen.

"How does Mrs. Li think he should draw troops and horses? Who will lead the army? Emperor Chongzhen bowed slightly when he heard this, and asked quietly.

"Back to the emperor, Jiannu must divide his troops in order to besiege our army, so the strength of this rescue is not much expensive, and the minister thinks that it is enough to transfer the forbidden army to go, and the raid will definitely be able to tear apart Jiannu's defense line."

Li Hongyu had already been prepared, and when he heard this, he got up and bowed his hand to Emperor Chongzhen, and said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, the minister has fought with Jiannu many times, and he knows the root of it, so the minister implores the army to go out of the customs and fight with him." ”

"Mrs. Li, you are an important minister of the court, how can you take risks alone, it is better to find someone else."

Emperor Chongzhen's face suddenly appeared with a look of relief when he heard this, and now the ministers of the court and the central government are afraid of going out of the customs to resist the enemy, and Li Hongyu is the only one who dares to take the initiative to ask for help, but Li Hongyu's identity is too noble, and he is a little hesitant in his heart.

After all, the war outside the Guanxi is dangerous, once Li Hongyu has any accidents, then not only the Ming army outside the Guanxi is finished, but the sailors and overseas trade will also be seriously affected, and the gains will outweigh the losses, in the heart of Emperor Chongzhen, Li Hongyu is more important than the Ming army outside the Guan.

The ministers present secretly glanced at each other, they had already guessed that Li Hongyu would take the initiative to ask for war, otherwise Li Hongyu would not be the master of the Ming Dynasty.

Unlike Emperor Chongzhen, they didn't mean to stop it, and now only Li Hongyu is the one who can turn the tide, and they really can't find anyone else to replace them.

Not to mention anything else, just those arrogant forbidden troops, except for Li Hongyu, no one can command them.

"Your Majesty, it is precisely because the minister is an important minister of the court that he should lead the army to rescue at this time, how can he sit back and watch the officers and soldiers outside the gate being trapped?"

Hearing this, Li Hongyu bowed to Emperor Chongzhen again, and said solemnly, "Besides, Jiannu has been accumulating strength for many years, and this time it is menacing, if they capture Jinzhou, they will inevitably garrison and operate, so that the Guanjin defense line that the imperial court has painstakingly managed will be destroyed." ”

"Since this is the case, then I will grant this matter, and all matters will be decided by Mrs. Li." Emperor Chongzhen saw that Li Hongyu's attitude was resolute, so he finally nodded after pondering for a while, no matter how he said that there were more than 100,000 trapped troops outside the pass, it was really unwilling to let him give up like this.

"Thank you for the emperor's grace, the ministers must go all out to defeat Jiannu." When Li Hongyu heard this, he bowed to Emperor Chongzhen and bowed in response.

(End of chapter)