Chapter 270: The Imperial Expedition to the White Lotus 2
What are the civil and military ministers above these halls thinking at the moment, how can Le Wen not know, he saw that no one answered His Royal Highness, and he was still talking about something in a whisper with his head bowed to his ear. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
He patted the Zhenshanhe above the emperor's case, and said unhappily: "Are you helpless to eradicate the White Lotus Sect?" ”
Yang Tinghe walked out from the first position on the left side of the main hall, holding the ivory in his hand, and bowed to the emperor and said: "Please calm the anger of the saint, Weichen feels that the destruction of the white lotus is not something that can be done for a while, and it needs to be considered in the long run." ”
"What Elder Yang Ge said is extremely true, and the ministers seconded it."
As soon as Yang Tinghe finished speaking, the two cabinet ministers behind him, these two cabinet scholars are Liang Chu and Fei Hong, they are Yang Tinghe's sworn friends, Yang Tinghe as long as he expresses his opinion, the two of them will definitely echo it, they walked out from the right side, and their thoughts are the same as Yang Tinghe's thoughts, they think it's better to be stable, and if they can't fight, they won't fight.
But as soon as Wenchen here finished speaking, the generals on the right side of the hall were a little impatient, Cui Zhi walked out from the first place on the right, holding the ivory in his hand, bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen does not agree with Yang Ge Lao's words, Weichen feels that the White Lotus Sect is very harmful to our dynasty, and if it is not eradicated, it will definitely be more difficult to eradicate, besides, the White Lotus Sect dared to gather 100,000 people to attack Xuanwumen, this is not a rebellion and what is it." ”
As soon as Cui Zhi finished speaking, all the generals behind him stood up and seconded: "What Taishi Cui said is very true, and the ministers seconded it!" If these rebels are not eradicated, where will the majesty of our dynasty be! ”
"Yes, yes, this White Lotus Sect is too rampant and must be eradicated."
Wenchen does not want to fight in order to reduce the burden of the people, as long as there is a war, it will definitely increase the number of conscriptions, kill and injure the people of the Ming Dynasty, and shake the country, after all, the White Lotus Sect is also the people of the Ming Dynasty, they can move their mouths, and they will never do anything, this is the thinking of these rotten Confucians.
But the generals are looking forward to fighting every day, although the White Lotus Sect is not easy to eradicate, and I heard that the White Lotus Sect has a lot of evil exercises, but these generals are relying on the war to win meritorious deeds, promotion and fortune, if they don't fight, they just have a little status, aren't they going to be suppressed by this group of ministers, this is what the generals think.
Like Cui Zhi, who is also a civil minister and a military general, and has already been ranked as the third duke, the great Ming Taishi who is a very popular minister, in fact, he doesn't ask for anything, he just knows what Lewen means, as Lewen's second brother, he naturally wants to help Lewen speak, since Lewen wants to destroy the White Lotus Sect, then even if he is allowed to take the lead, he is willing, this is Cui Zhi's idea.
Among the Wenchen, although a few are still in the same party as Yang Tinghe, most of them are already promoted by Lewen, except for Yang Tinghe, this old bone and those rotten Confucians, who are not easy to deal with, the other disobedient ones have long been replaced by him.
At this time, from the second position in the queue on the left side of the main hall, a handsome-looking cabinet scholar Fang Xianfu walked out, he held the ivory in his hand, bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen also thinks that Master Cui is reasonable, this White Lotus Sect is like termites in that tree, if it is not eradicated as soon as possible, the consequences are unimaginable......
Fang Xianfu, he is the cabinet minister that Lewen has just promoted, and he naturally wants to defend Lewen, just now only the generals have the same idea as Lewen, but in this group of ministers, only Yang Tinghe and the three corrupt old ministers expressed their opinions, if the other ministers did not express their opinions, it would be as if Lewen insisted on going his own way.
As soon as Fang Xianfu finished speaking, Zhai Luan, a scholar of Huagai Palace, and Gu Dingchen, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, also walked out of the queue on the left with ivory in hand, and said in unison: "The worries of the elders of the Fang Pavilion are also the worries of the ministers, and I hope that Your Majesty will send troops to eradicate the White Lotus Sect as soon as possible, which is the best policy." ”
"Ministers seconded the ......"
The Wenchen, who were a little wavering in the back, also saw the situation in the court at this time, thinking that the emperor did not trust Yang Tinghe, so there would be no future to follow Yang Tinghe, it was better to follow the newly appointed Fang Xianfu, and Jade seconded the proposal.
Now it's okay, except for Yang Ting and these three rotten Confucians, everyone else agrees with the emperor's idea, in fact, Lewen also casually looks at what the positions of these people are, and now when he looks at it, he is very happy.
The former Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was very troubled by these cabinet ministers, who had nothing to do all day long, and wanted to do something big, but these rotten Confucians also stopped them one after another, with a posture that as long as you dare to go, I dare to die, so that the emperors couldn't cry or laugh.
What is the purpose of being an emperor, that is, to do whatever you want, and if you are restrained by these cabinet scholars who think they can restrain the emperor, then what fun is there in being an emperor.
Lewen wants to suppress Yang Ting and the corrupt Confucians of this faction, even if they oppose it, it is a small part of the opposition, so that Lewen's resistance has also decreased a lot.
"Yang Aiqing, you have also seen it, in the main hall, except for you and a few others, the rest of the ministers are all supporting my conquest of the White Lotus, do you still have any objections?"
Le Wen looked at Yang Tinghe's helpless look, felt funny in his heart, and said lightly.
"Wechen respectfully obeys His Majesty's holy will."
Yang Tinghe, Liang Chu, and Fei Hong saw that their opposition was useless, so they could only obey.
Le Wen stroked his palms and laughed: "Haha, okay, since Yang Aiqing is not opposed, then I can announce the decree, I will personally lead 100,000 troops to conquer the helm of the White Lotus Sect on Jiuhua Mountain in Anhui Province, and order Nanhou Zheng Liangcai to be my vanguard of thieves, and lead the headquarters to round with me. ”
Yang Tinghe was stunned when he heard that the emperor was going to take the imperial expedition again, and hurriedly knelt on the ground and dissuaded: "Your Majesty, you must not personally conquer, the White Lotus Sect is no better than the Tatars, the White Lotus Sect has many crooked methods, and I heard that the White Lotus Sect Master has high martial arts, Your Majesty is very dangerous to go, Your Majesty must focus on the dragon body." ”
When Le Wen heard the White Lotus Sect Master, he smiled coldly and snorted, "Hmph! White Lotus Sect Master? Haha, the White Lotus Sect Leader didn't know about the report on the Huangquan Road for a long time, I personally conquered the Tatars before, what else can I do if I recruit a little White Lotus Sect, Yang Aiqing, don't dissuade me. ”
Yang Tinghe is also the true emperor has no choice, the last time the emperor drove the expedition, he discouraged, most of the Chinese courtiers of the dynasty supported him, but now the Chinese courtiers of the court have only obeyed the emperor, whatever the emperor says, they will do anything, they will not speak out against it like him, it seems that it can only be so.
Ten days later, Zheng Liangcai, who was in Yingzhou Mansion, received the holy decree, so he gathered 50,000 horses and set off towards Anhui, and the 100,000 horses and horses of the emperor's imperial expedition were rounded together, preparing to attack the White Lotus Sect on Jiuhua Mountain. (To be continued.) )