There are Tartars outside the capital!

Just when the top and bottom were discussing the matter of the reinforcement of the Xuanfu, a sudden news spread in the capital like a whirlwind. For a while, not to mention that Li Mengyang, who was planning to follow Wang Shouren to boost the morale of the poetry club with the theme of the defeat of the army, immediately hesitated, and even the residents outside the city were panicked. Especially when a corpse was found lying in a small pond, the theory of annihilation was even more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and at one time some people even didn't even want a house outside the city, so they rolled up the covers and moved to the city with their wives and children. After all, although only seventy or eighty people can still remember the siege of the capital at the beginning, if the son is young today, anyone will compare the current situation with the orthodox years.

No one dared to say this explicitly, but Zhu Houzhao was such a temperamental person, as soon as he heard someone whispering occasionally in the palace, he was immediately annoyed, and called the inner attendant to order him to be dragged down directly and beaten eighty, and angrily ordered someone to pass on Xu Xun, and he didn't realize that there was anything wrong with him summoning a big man in an inner palace like Chengqian Palace.

And when Xu Xun came in a hurry, he said angrily: "You came just in time, I have already ordered the edict to go down, let Liu Jian and the three of them, as well as the six Shangshu servants, plus the British Gongbaoguo and a few of them all go to the Wenhua Hall to discuss matters, you go with me!" ”

Xu Xun originally thought that Zhu Houzhao was going to pour some bitter water on him again, but now he heard that Zhu Houzhao came to him today to accompany him to the Wenhua Palace, he couldn't help but hesitate a little: "Your Majesty, on such an occasion, it stands to reason that ministers are not qualified to accompany him......

"I said you were qualified, and you were qualified!" Zhu Houzhao interrupted Xu Xun's words impatiently, and then looked at the person and snorted coldly, "When I get angry, my speech is messy, and I may not be able to fight for those bosses, if you don't stand side by side at that time, who else can I count on?" Don't be verbose, Luan Jiazhen outside has already been ordered, go quickly! ”

Even the Hongzhi Emperor, who has always been diligent in government, rarely can meet the face of heaven in the Wenhua Hall outside the court meeting, so when he heard that Emperor Zhengde was going to summon the Yixuan Mansion Datong in the Wenhua Palace, even Liu Jian was emotional. When he walked into the Wenhua Hall with Li Dongyang Xie Qian, he couldn't help but sigh lightly and said: "If the emperor changes the early dynasty to five dynasties, he can really say that he will ask about politics in the Wenhua Palace, this matter is okay." ”

"I'm afraid that the emperor won't come to Wenhua Hall after the abolition of the early dynasty, then the three of us will die and won't be redeemed, and I can't live with the first emperor." Xie Qian gave a lot of lectures to Zhu Houzhao in the past, and he didn't have much hope for the surname of the little emperor, so he shook his head and said, "It's like the West Point Gate inspection has to be delayed until the second day of the first month of June, which can be seen." ”

Li Dongyang was still thinking about the letter Jiao Fang brought to him, and at this time he couldn't help but say casually absent-mindedly: "It may not be the case, the emperor doesn't even want to live in the Qianqing Palace, maybe it's really a piece of filial piety, let's not speculate about this." Besides, the early dynasty, which only played five things, was just a look, and if the emperor could really be diligent in politics, it would not be impossible to abolish it. ”

"Yuanfu, Xiya, don't just think about the good." Xie Qian smiled, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the two figures coming out one after the other, his pupils couldn't help but shrink, and then he whispered, "Look at the people who came out after the emperor over there, you should understand!" ”

"See the emperor!"

Although there is no Hongzhi Emperor Baiyue now, and it is not an early dynasty, there is no quiet whip, and there is no official correction ceremony of Honglu Temple, but many people are bigwigs who have been officials for decades, and almost at the moment when someone saw Zhu Houzhao appear, the people who were whispering just now were completely quiet, and immediately knelt down under the leadership of Liu Jian and saluted. Zhu Houzhao, who was sitting on the throne in the middle, casually said that he was not polite, and then said: "I don't like to beat around the bush, so I just want to ask you how the matter of sending troops has been discussed?" ”

Liu Jian glanced up and saw Xu Xun standing in the shadows not far from Zhu Houzhao, bowing his head and hanging his hands as if he had no sense of existence, but such a person was there, but he felt that it was very eye-catching, so he could only take a step forward and said: "Back to the emperor, the court has decided, to protect the country and capture the general to seal the general as the chief military officer, to the right capital of the imperial Shi Lin to supervise military affairs, to command the Jingying army to Xuanfu, and order the left servant of the household department Wang Yan and the right of the Imperial Court to sort out the grain and grass of Xuanfu, and transport 100,000 taels of silver from Taicang in advance to fill the military salary. As for the prison army and the officials of the gods, they all obey the holy command. ”

For the person of Baoguo Gong Zhu Hui, whether it is Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Xie Qian, Ma Wensheng, Liu Daxia, Zhang Sheng, etc., no one wants to send such a person as the chief military officer, but looking at the whole court, the British Gong Zhang Mao is too old, and other qualifications are not enough to be the commander-in-chief, so the tallest man among the short people can only propose such a person.

Zhu Houzhao glanced at Zhu Hui, the Duke of Baoguo on the side, and saw him bow and salute, he saw that he was heroic and majestic, and he had a bit of the boss's style, plus Miao Kui often mentioned Zhu Hui when he explained military affairs to him in the past, so he accepted this stubble for the time being, and then asked: "How many troops are ready to be sent?" ”

Liu Jian heard the emperor's question, exchanged a look with Li Dongyang, and then glanced at Ma Wensheng and Liu Daxia, and then lowered his head and said: "Return to the emperor, send 20,000 troops to Beijing in advance." ”

"What, it's only 20,000!" Zhu Houzhao was in a hurry, and it was Huo Ran who stood up, "There were more than 20,000 people before, but they suffered such a fiasco, what is the use of transferring another 20,000 people now!" ”

"Has the emperor forgotten that 4,000 people each have gone to aid Xuanfu in two batches before, and 8,000 troops have been reinforced?" Unexpectedly, this time it was not Liu Daxia, the secretary of the military department, who stood up, but the Hangul of the book of the household department. He was the most careful in managing the treasury, and at this time he finally couldn't help it, and after standing up, he said loudly, "The early reinforcements have been rewarded with three taels of silver each, which is twenty-four thousand taels, plus the previous battle dead and the pension of the wounded, these two payments alone are no less than forty or fifty thousand taels." Calculate the soybean material used to transport rice and military horses, and the silver taels and foot money consumed, each of which is tens of thousands! Besides, Xuanfu is too close to the capital, if the army is overwhelming, what if the Tartars escape from Wanquan, and then take the Miyun Huairou line? ”

"Of course, I know that the Tartars did not escape with a single blow, but you should have also heard that the Tartars showed their sackcloth crowns and cakes under the city of Xuanfu, and they already knew their father's ...... The first emperor is newly mourned, this is to take advantage of the fire to rob! Zhu Houzhao glanced around at everyone, and then said angrily, "No one knows what is going on over there in the Tartars, even if there are few cable reports, but I am the truth in the Central Plains, and these Tartars are all clear, what is the reason for this!" ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Houzhao suddenly took his eyes to look at Wang Yue standing next to him, and he was angry: "There are so many people under Dongchang, and they are still in charge of Jinyi Guard, how can the news of Tartar not be detected at all!" ”

This anger not only made Wang Yue's face flush all of a sudden, but even the other ministers were a little sluggish for a while. The errand of this factory guard has always been to detect hundreds of officials, and it is rarely used in foreign wars, how can even Wang Yue be blamed? Although Liu Jian has never had a good impression of the factory guards, Wang Yue is finally fair, and he is even more respectful to the officials, so he had to bow down and say: "The emperor is angry, the Tartars come and go like the wind, and the Han people are too conspicuous over there, so it's no wonder that ......"

"No wonder, how did the Tartar find out the news in my Daming? Either someone leaked the news, or they were not well prepared and let them get in! Zhu Houzhao snorted hatefully, then glanced to the side, and commanded in a deep voice, "Gu Dayong, what the East Factory can't do, you, the Admiral of the West Factory, will do it!" ”

Wang Yue was deflated, and Gu Dayong was extremely happy, but at this moment, the emperor suddenly stuffed such a hot potato, and he couldn't help but secretly complain, but he could only take it hard. That's not all, Zhu Houzhao casually sent an errand to Xichang, and actually looked at Xu Xun again and said: "Xu Xun, since the Duke of Baoguo led the troops to the expedition this time, the British Duke is old again, you are young, go to the Beijing camp to watch a little for me, and you will have a palm print of the Shenji Battalion!" ”

No one expected that the emperor was still in Dongchang just now, and in an instant, such a personnel appointment was issued. Even if they are all veteran officials who have been in the sea for a long time, there are not a few who are discolored. At this moment, without waiting for those bigwigs to object, Xu Xun hurriedly stepped forward and bowed down and said: "Back to the emperor, the ministers are sparse and shallow, and the avant-garde training of the government army has not been completed, so it is difficult to take on this important task for a while." ”

"What are you humble, even your father...... When the first emperor was there, he said that your young age is just a lack of training, and you should be allowed to go up and give it a try if you have the opportunity. Now that Emperor Hongzhi has passed away, Zhu Houzhao put all these on his father, and said eloquently, "Besides, I didn't relieve you of the avant-garde position of the government army, but just let you do it together!" ”

"Your Majesty, the important land in Beijing is not a child's play, even if it is hereditary and noble, it has never been easy to grant a battalion palm seal, not to mention Xu Xun, a weak-crowned young man!" Liu Jian was so angry by Zhu Houzhao's freewheeling that he felt tightness in his chest for a while, and he had to stand up and dissuade him, "Besides, the first emperor granted Xu Xun's avant-garde palm seal to the army of Xu Xun's mansion is already an exception, how can he give such a heavy responsibility after a few months?" ”

It was only at this time that Liu Daxia, the secretary of the Ministry of War, stepped forward and said in a deep voice: "If the emperor makes this order, the ministers will not dare to obey the edict." ”

The first two times Xu Xun was the commander first, and then the palm print, all of which were ministers persuaded by Emperor Hongzhi, and now these ministers have made it clear that they are not cooperative, Zhu Houzhao was angry for a while, and immediately went to see a few nobles in the compartment, and saw that although they frowned and hesitated, even if the British Duke Zhang Mao did not move, he couldn't help but be disappointed. At this moment, Xu Xun finally opened his mouth again.

"The emperor is very loving, and the ministers are inscribed in the five, but the ministers are really lacking in skills. However, now that Baoguo Gong is not only leading the troops to the battle, but also dispatching 20,000 elite generals in the Beijing camp, the rest cannot be idle, and should continue to train and be prepared. If the emperor allows it, he can appoint the prince of the country to supervise the army, and Xing'an Bo is in charge. ”

(To be continued)