"What compromise?" Lin Yi was very curious about Xiao Mu's statement, "Could it be that you sent another member of the royal family to stand on the top of the city to supervise the battle for you?" But as far as I know, there should be no other members of the royal family in the capital except for you, the emperor......"

"Of course, there are no other members of the royal family, if you have to count them, there are only the sons of Emperor Chongzhen and Empress Zhou in your belly, but it is obvious that he can't be counted now. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" Xiao Mu replied, "So my compromise plan originally didn't mean that. ”

"What does that mean?" Lin Yi continued to ask, and at the same time continued to preemptively guess before Xiao Mu answered, "Could it be that these ministers from the Sect Dao will go to the city to supervise the battle for you?" However, although Lai Zongdao is the head of the cabinet, the difference between his effect on standing on the head of the city and you, the emperor, is probably very different. ”

"It's not that I want to come to the sect to supervise the battle for me, your guess is completely different from what I thought." Xiao Mu shook his head again and denied Lin Ye's speculation, and in order to avoid Lin Ye's next guess, Xiao Mu planned to go all out and finish the matter directly, "The compromise I said means that for the time being, I will not supervise the battle for the time being, and observe the situation of the two-day battle, if I don't need to supervise the battle, the combat effectiveness of our army is very strong, and the morale is very strong, then it is naturally the best; On the contrary, if our army is passive in the battle during these two days, with very heavy casualties and very low morale, I will personally go to the city to supervise the battle and improve their morale. ”

"I see...... Lin Yi easily understood what Xiao Mu meant, it was nothing more than that her original conjectures were all from the perspective of substitution, and Xiao Mu's idea itself was just from the perspective of changing the timing.

"All in all, my idea is to try to ensure that the battle ends with the existing army in the capital, and that no new army will be involved in the war." Xiao Mu further described the reason for his idea.

"Oh? So you don't plan to order the world's soldiers and horses to enter King Qinqin for the time being? Lin Yi asked rhetorically, "This is different from what you said before, you clearly said that if Huang Taiji's army hit the city of Beijing, you will not hesitate to order the entire army of the Ming Dynasty to come to King Qin." ”

"Hey, of course I also know that the more soldiers and horses guarding the capital, the better, but there is no way to do it." Xiao Mu replied, "These days when I discussed the situation with the Sect Dao and them, the most I heard was that the Hubu Shangshu Bi was crying out of poverty, according to the current army supply standards, the silver of the treasury can basically be spent, if I edict the king of the world, it will undoubtedly bring a huge new expenditure, the silver of the treasury is gone, so I can only use my own inner treasury silver, but before the confiscation of Wang Dengku, their silver has not been stored in my inner treasury for a few days, and it will be taken out for Zhejiang disaster relief." , and now there is not much left. ”

Xiao Mu reluctantly pointed out a very grim reality, that is, the most serious problem of the Ming Dynasty, that is, there is no money, including before Huang Taiji entered the customs, Xiao Mu and Lin Yi's planned sale of cards and mahjong was also to make money.

Xiao Mu continued to analyze, "So the best way now is to use as little army as possible to end this war, the more troops used, the more silver needs to be spent, and the silver of the treasury and my inner treasury is limited, if this war overspends too much money, then this year will undoubtedly be beyond the means, and the next year can only want the people to collect more taxes, and the tax increase will undoubtedly lead to more and more people going bankrupt and displaced, and these bankrupt people have no food, so they can only gather together to rebel, When the time comes, the peasants who quell the rebellion will need the army to be dispatched, and the army will cost a lot of silver, and without the silver, the imperial court can only raise taxes, and then more bankrupt peasants will be born, and this will undoubtedly be a vicious circle -- you and I know very well how the Ming Dynasty perished in history......

"So you plan to take a risk in order to save money, and don't edict the king of the world's soldiers and horses for the time being?" Lin Yi asked rhetorically, "But can you be sure that with the current army in Jingying, as well as the soldiers and horses of Yuan Chonghuan, Hou Shilu and Man Gui, it is enough to be able to repel Huang Taiji's Houjin army?" ”

"It's a risk, but it's not as risky as you think." Xiao Mu replied, "As you said just now, we are now on the defensive side, relying on the strongest city wall in the world at the moment, which is much easier than the Huang Taiji on the offensive side, and the original army of the Beijing camp and Yuan Chonghuan and their border troops add up to a lot more than Huang Taiji's Houjin army, even if you don't give the edict to King Qin, judging from the existing army, even if you can't successfully repel Huang Taiji, at least it's no problem to ensure that the capital is not lost, if you can't repel Huang Taiji all the time......"

"Then you will issue an edict to let the world's soldiers and horses be the king?" Lin Yi followed Xiao Mu's words and said first.

"It's not ......" However, Lin Yi's conjecture that he thought was very certain was denied by Xiao Mu, "If I can't repel Huang Taiji, I will personally go to the city to supervise the battle, improve the morale of the existing army, and then see how effective it is, if it still can't repel Huang Taiji, it's not too late to consider the matter of making the world's soldiers and horses Qin Wang." ”

"All in all, your 'compromise' is a two-step risk." Lin Yi finally understood Xiao Mu's plan at this time, and then concluded, "The first step to take the risk is not to order King Qin immediately, first to see if the existing army can repel Huang Taiji, if you can do it, it is naturally the best, if not, you plan to implement the second step of the adventure plan, that is, to stand at the head of the city, personally supervise the battle to improve the morale of the army, and then see if you can repel Huang Taiji's Houjin army, if one of these two adventure methods can succeed in the end, there is no need to order King Qin, The imperial court can save a large amount of military expenditure, and can not overdraft the future. If you try these two risky methods and fail to work, finally consider the matter of the edict of the king of the world. ”

"Yes, that's exactly what I was going to do." Xiao Mu nodded, indicating that Lin Yi's summary was very good, "Moreover, although it is a two-step 'risky' move, in fact, the possibility of catastrophic consequences in the end of these two things is still very small, I think this relatively safe 'adventure' is worth trying." ”