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Dressed in a red robe, with a jade belt around his waist and cloud-patterned boots, Lu Xiangsheng, the left attendant of the military department, walked into the palace.

Before the age of establishment, Lu Xiangsheng, an official who was directly promoted from the prefect to the six ministries, has become Zhu Youxiao's most trusted minister at this moment, and at the same time has become the most powerful minister in the military of Manjing.

Because he has not served as a Beijing official in Beijing, Lu Xiangsheng has no possibility of forming a party in Beijing, and he is more like a lonely minister at this time.

As an important minister who only the emperor uses as a thousand miles, Lu Xiangsheng knows that he can only follow the emperor with all his heart in this life, and the emperor has the grace to know him, and he is also the king he respects the most.

Lu Xiangsheng took off the bucket and patted the snowflakes that fell on his body.

Although spring has arrived, the snow still has no intention of stopping, and this year's north is only afraid of getting more and more difficult.

Seeing that His Majesty the Emperor was still busy on the map with the lamp on, although Lu Xiangsheng was a seven-foot man, he couldn't help but feel a little sad when he saw it.

If Lu Xiangsheng remembers correctly, His Majesty in front of him is as old as his younger brothers at this time, although most noble sons of this age can't sing songs every night, but composing poems, paintings, and traveling in the mountains and rivers are the norm of life.

And because of the burden of the country, this emperor, who is in his twenties but is getting older, looks as big as himself.

The abbreviated military map of the Ming Dynasty spread on the carpet was also produced by His Majesty at the order of the Royal Academy of Sciences, and Lu Xiangsheng still remembers the scene where he, His Majesty, and Xu Guangqi drew in the cold and biting courtyard, and corrected the map at any time according to the geographical information brought back by the Jinyi Guard.

The group of people who were making a fuss outside the imperial city may not know that their resentful kings have not rested at this time, and it has become commonplace.

"Your Majesty!" Lu Xiang bowed and bowed.

"Here you come, sit casually, they are all asleep, it's not in the way, there are two bowls of freshly heated white fungus soup on the table, you drink a bowl to warm your body."

Zhu Youxiao saw Lu Xiangsheng coming and greeted him with a few words, so he asked: "The Tartars broke into the pass and robbed the three million stone grains that were transported to Qindi, you know?" ”

"The minister knows, the minister is the left servant of the military department, and the deployment of troops to escort food is the minister's arrangement, and now it is the minister's mistake to be robbed, please punish Your Majesty!"

Lu Xiangsheng put down the white fungus soup in his hand and knelt down, he knew how important the three million stone grain was to the Ming Dynasty's strategic value, so he had to take this responsibility for His Majesty.

"I don't blame you for this matter, there is also my Zhu Approval in the order, and I can't blame me for this matter, if you want to blame it, blame those rebellious ministers and thieves who do not hesitate to sell the country's strategic resources for the sake of the selfish interests of one party!"

Zhu Youxiao said again: "Now, the grain has been robbed, and it is inevitable that there will be chaos in Qindi that will rise up or raise troops, the only thing I hope is that Sun Chengzong can prevent it from spreading, and we have to plan early, in addition, several forces in this town, which one do you think is most likely to collude with the Tartars?" ”

"Your Majesty, these days, Mr. Sun in the Qin land to fight the strong, eliminate corrupt officials, repair water conservancy, reclamation to appease the homeless, do are to win the hearts of the people, although due to the abnormal climate, year by year colder and colder food production is reduced, famine still exists, but the people are only afraid of the court, now the minister is worried not about the people rebellion, but someone took the opportunity to make a rebellion, Your Majesty when you copied the Jin Shang or involved a lot of forces, although because the world's military and people are still heart to the court and Your Majesty you occupy the name of the king's righteousness, these people temporarily endured, But if you can endure it for a moment, it is difficult to guarantee that you can endure it for a lifetime. ”

After Lu Xiangsheng expressed his worries, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but nod his head and said yes, the current Daming is not the Chongzhen Dynasty period, there is no Liaoxiang and Lian Xiang and the addition of Xiangyin, although the climate of Xiaoice River is increasingly aggravating the reduction of agricultural production in the north, but the people have not completely reached the time when they can no longer live. However, once someone rises up at this time, it is inevitable that a large number of displaced people will not be coerced into rebellion.

Whether they are forced or to survive, these displaced people will follow the soldiers to drop their hoes and pick up butcher knives to kill people and take food from other people's mouths.

And at that time, the world of the Ming Dynasty will be in chaos.

"You're right, the most important thing now is to figure out who has the greatest motive to take advantage of the opportunity to make trouble, these are the latest news sent back by Jinyiwei one after another, and now it is clear that there are more than ten generals below the general staff of the general who have moved, and these people are secretly recruiting homeless people, but now we still can't judge who will be the first to raise troops, and second, what we have to do now is to work out a strategy on how to deal with the worst situation."

As he spoke, Zhu Youxiao handed Lu Xiangsheng a stack of top-secret messages translated in Morse code, which was the method that Zhu Youxiao personally taught to Xu Xianchun.

Although Lu Xiangsheng is the left attendant of the military department, he is not qualified to master this kind of password translation method, only the Jinyi Wei system and Zhu Youxiao can master it.

Lu Xiangsheng is also a well-informed person, and after reading it roughly, he basically understood the news of the civil and military ministers in various border towns, and then said to Zhu Youxiao:

"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that a few town guards in the area of the border camp and the brick well fort are the most likely, and even if there are other border towns, they will not be above the generals, even if there is some chaos, it is difficult to make a big deal, don't forget that there is also a Sun Chuanting in Datong, and the fierce prestige of the generals who killed three soldiers in a row to rob the people is not a casual thing, now we should first let Zhou Yuji of Guyuan and Zhao of Yansui lead the troops to be transferred to the area of Baiwan and Huangwan, and be on strict alert!"

Lu Xiangsheng said, and Zhu Youxiao also said: "We should also let Man Gui return to guard Shanhaiguan, and Huang Degong should return to defend Jinggi, so as not to suddenly raise troops to the south when the Tartars take advantage of the civil strife." ”

"What Your Majesty said is extremely true, now that Sun Cheng is the master of the Qin Land, Sun Chuanting is the Lord of the Jin Land on both sides, and Your Majesty, your dignified Son of Heaven is personally in charge of Yan Zhao, and it is simply wishful thinking for the little people to mess up with my Daming!"

As soon as Lu Xiangsheng said this, Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and said: "Now is not the time for flattery, the situation is changing all the time, and our layout is changing at any time, in short, there is only one purpose, even if you want to fight, you can't fall into a two-front battle, so that the Tartars or traitors can loot in the territory of our Ming Dynasty, and the Praetorian Guard must be expanded as soon as possible after the training is over, the border army that has been bureaucratized and businessmen has almost become an accomplice of the Tartars, and the Great Wall of my Ming Dynasty is simply useless!" They must be ready to be outlawed at any time. ”

"There are also officials and internal affairs, Your Majesty is not a long-term plan after all, just by raiding the house, and now the robbery of three million stone grain is an example, and it is not pleasant to be choked in a fatal place all of a sudden."

"If you look at the troublemakers outside the palace walls, you will know that the internal fighting in the court is still fierce, and there are a few people who are relieved to do practical things in accordance with the will of the court, develop production, and only care about competing for their own political interests, I can't wait to kill them all directly!"

Zhu Youxiao said and said: "You must have your own army, as long as you have your own army to do things, Lu Aiqing, you must train the most elite Praetorian Guards for me, and I want them to become my sharpest sword!" ”