Chapter 312: The Great Officials of the Frontier
Liu Ruoyu couldn't help but be stunned, pulled Xu Xianchun to the blue yarn cabinet behind a screen, and asked, "What's the emergency?" ”
Xu Xianchun hurriedly whispered to Liu Ruoyu and said it, Liu Ruoyu's expression was also a little indifferent, without the slightest emotional performance, and instructed Xu Xianchun:
"Let the Jinyi guard of Liaodong find out in detail, if it is just a normal robbery, it is not a big deal, and when the time comes, send a messenger to rebuke and punish the first offender;
If there is a plot to provoke me and raise a military incident, I will report it immediately! At the same time, pay attention to the movements of Jiannu and Wu Xiangbu, and be sure to find out if there is any collusion between the three! ”
"Command!"
Xu Xianchun wanted to say that Jinyiwei had been paying attention to it, but thinking that now Gonggong Liu was also busy discussing military aircraft with His Majesty and others, and he didn't seem to have much to say, so he retreated. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Here, Liu Ruoyu walked in and came straight to Zhu Youxiao's side: "Your Majesty, Xu Xianchun, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, has just brought news that the Horqin Department took advantage of the opportunity of my Liaodong dignitaries to report on their work in Beijing, and suddenly attacked Liaoyang Prefecture, and more than ten regimental forts in the original Tuntian were breached, more than 4,000 soldiers and civilians were killed, and the Dongjiang Kong Youde Department has retreated to Phoenix City. ”
Originally, he was still scolding Fang Xuan with His Majesty on the huge map wall of Xinuan Pavilion, and the officials who were pointing the country were all stunned, and the whole scene became unusually quiet, and the silent pin drop could be heard.
And Zhu Youxiao also stopped the hand that was about to be slapped on the armrest in mid-air, and immediately got up and snatched the chalk from Lu Xiangsheng's hand.
At the same time, Zhu Youxiao ordered Chang Yanling and Qin Botong on the side to lower the map, and then the whole person came to the map of Liaodong, took the chalk to draw a circle to the location of Horqin, and was about to find the location of Liaoyang, Lu Xiangsheng came and immediately pointed out the location of Liaoyang, and said:
"Your Majesty, this is Phoenix City, most of this area is dense forests, few people, since the minister took office, he ordered Mao Wenlong to cut down wood and build more than 50 castles here, and reclaim thousands of acres of land, but the castles are all made of local materials, with wooden cities as walls, I thought that after the weather is a little warmer, I will recruit a group of people from the mainland to cultivate and re-wrap bricks, but I didn't expect this Tartar to be so bold that he dared to rob my people!"
Lu Xiangsheng said and bowed his hand to Zhu Youxiao: "Weichen is derelict in his duties, please punish Your Majesty." ”
At this time, Sun Chengzong stood up:
"This matter can not be blamed on Lu Ge Lao, these Northern Mongolian tribes are the same as Jiannu, often rob my border, take away cattle and sheep, and plunder the population, which is also a common thing, but every time it is not large, more than hundreds of horses and less dozens of horses, and the destruction of dozens of villages is also a common thing, and when our army was mobilized to prepare for the resistance, he retreated, but made our army very embarrassed, so it is not strange, not to mention, now is not the time to offend the Mongolian department, otherwise it is better to stop fighting."
Zhu Youxiao did not speak, but continued to look at the map, the entire Liaodong region, with Shengjing, that is, Shenyang, now occupied by Jiannu as the center, and the southwest is the area of Ningyuan and Jinzhou occupied by Wu Xiangbu, and south of Ningyuan and Jinzhou is now the most important checkpoint of the Ming Dynasty - Shanhaiguan!
The north side of Shanhaiguan is close to the Chahar Department, the Chahar Department is next to the Khalkha Department, between the Khalkha Department and the Manchu Dynasty is the Horqin Department and the Tumut Department, the left flank of the Horqin Department is not far from Haizhou Wei, but the rash entry into the Liaohe River will inevitably arouse the vigilance of Wu Xiang and Jiannu, but now these two sides are blind, and their newly cultivated castle in the Ming Dynasty was robbed by the Horqin Department under their noses, and more than 4,000 people were lost!
Although human life is as cheap as a dog in these years, not to mention that in the area outside the Guan, it has become the norm for the Ming Dynasty to abandon the city and abandon the people, and now he is stunned to hear that more than 4,000 people have been killed, and for the border town officials who are used to seeing life and death, they can no longer make them rage, and they can't wait to retaliate immediately.
Because of this, Sun Chengzong also put forward the theory of "dying down".
At this time, Wang Zaijin also stood up: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that what Xinchengbo (Sun Chengzong) said is very true, now the situation in Liaodong seems to be stable, but it is an undercurrent surging, Jiannu and Wu Xiang and my Liaodong Dongjiang soldiers, a total of three legs, now the most important thing is who the Mongolian tribes in Saibei support, now because Your Majesty allows bilateral trade, the Horqin Department and the Khalkha Department have been close to Jiannu to change to my Ming Dynasty, if because of this matter, we take the liberty of provoking a war with the Horqin Department, it is unwise, It will completely push the Mongol tribes to the side of Jiannu. ”
Zhu Youxiao still didn't speak, although he had already made a decision in his heart, as a decision-maker, he would not easily express his thoughts, especially when it comes to the national strategic level.
At least you can't let these big people see their thoughts, otherwise these people will follow their own intentions and don't express their true opinions.
Now that he has been the emperor for a long time, Zhu Youxiao can be regarded as knowing these Jinshi masters very well, as long as you reveal a little bit of information, they can say a long list of truths, even if the opinions he originally wanted are inconsistent with yours, he can quickly transfer the logic.
In order to force his composure, Zhu Youxiao picked up the teacup in his hand, opened it to blow away the heat, and then drank it carefully.
Sun Chengzong and Wang Zaijin saw that His Majesty did not express his position, and it was difficult to continue, so the two of them had to stand aside with their hands down, the hands in the wide sleeves of the red robe were clenched very tightly, and their foreheads began to sweat, for fear that their reckless behavior just now would cause His Majesty to be unhappy.
Lu Xiangsheng also continued to stare at the map and ponder, he was in charge of the entire Liaodong Peninsula, and the area he was responsible for was looted by the Tartars, maybe it was not a serious crime of killing heads, but there was a crime of negligence.
Lu Xiangsheng began to reflect that he should not underestimate the Mongol force too much, so he focused his forces mainly on dealing with Wu Xiangbu and Jiannu.
Sun Chuanting simply closed his eyes and recuperated, he was not very interested in this kind of foreign war, as the governor of Datong, he was indeed responsible for many checkpoints, and the terrain was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it was difficult for the Tartars to benefit from his territory, so his feelings were not strong, and he couldn't put forward any opinions, so he didn't plan to go beyond the bounds.
The chief officers were not accustomed to speaking in front of His Majesty and a group of high-ranking civil officials, and they preferred to watch the bigwigs quietly and say, and only accept orders.
The young generals of the Praetorian Guard are still hairy children in this regard, they have no experience, and they are not easy to say anything, not to mention, His Majesty and the chief instructor Lu Xiangsheng are here, and they are even more difficult to speak casually.
Only Yang Sichang's eyes kept rolling slightly, his mouth opened and closed for a while, and it seemed that it was difficult to say what he wanted to say.
Zhu Youxiao caught his performance, put down the teacup, and then ordered: "Yang Sichang, the left attendant of the military department!" ”
Yang Sichang reacted quickly, immediately stood up, and bowed his hand to Zhu Youxiao very respectfully: "Weichen is here!" ”
"What do you think about this?" Zhu Youxiao asked hurriedly.