Time flies quickly, in the blink of an eye to the autumn harvest season, Su Tiancheng attaches great importance to the autumn harvest, no matter how to develop commerce, the primary condition is to enrich their own foundation, for example, food must be sufficient, the people must have enough food and clothing, the law of economic development, he is very clear, blindly relying on commerce and trade, not paying attention to their own accumulation, in the end it is difficult to maintain a prosperous situation, of course, the role of Weihaiwei wharf, to a certain extent, or based on fair trade, Only by adhering to such principles can we ensure the continuity of commerce and trade, and can we achieve the track of benign development.

After the autumn harvest, in the face of the Houjin expedition, it is about to begin, the emperor's holy decree, to Su Tiancheng here, it has been more than a month, can not continue to drag on, although it has been nearly two months, there is no edict in the court, and the emperor has not issued an edict to urge, but the ideas of those adults in the court, Su Tiancheng knows a little bit about it, Qu Qingze also through many channels, in detail, in the court, some people say that Su Tiancheng supports the army and respects himself, but he does not want to conquer the Houjin Tartars, Some people also say that Su Tiancheng is thinking of usurping greater power, etc., although these discussions are private, but the lethality is very great, and when it reaches the emperor, I believe the emperor will be more suspicious, because this is a direct threat to the imperial power, and it is more sinister than those so-called restrictions on imperial power.

Zhu Xianxuan did play a huge role, explaining to Yang Sichang that Su Tiancheng did not conquer Houjin for the time being, and then together with Yang Sichang, he and Yang Sichang jointly explained to the emperor that the so-called soldiers and horses did not move the grain and grass first, and such a large-scale expedition, if it could not be prepared in terms of logistics, the problems faced in the future would definitely be very big, and Yang Sichang also understood the complexity of this battle. I also agree with this point of view.

The Forbidden City, the Palace of Nourishing the Heart.

After giving Su Tiancheng a holy decree, Zhu Youzhen's mood has not been very good, or because Su Tiancheng has been slow to move, although some reasons are valid, but Zhu Youzhen is worried. It is one thing to think that Su Tiancheng did not act in accordance with the requirements of the holy decree, and that he was fully prepared, but whether he did things in accordance with the requirements of the holy decree is another meaning, although Su Tiancheng wrote a secret fold and made a special explanation.

Zhu Youzhen was clear about the discussion in the court, he felt a threat, a real threat. If you want to say that the former Liukou and the current Houjin Tartar, it is impossible to get the support of scholars, everyone still supports the imperial power, and thinks that the imperial power is the most orthodox, but Su Tiancheng has developed, the situation is not easy to say, coupled with Su Tiancheng's achievements in various places, there are many people who support it. If this is the case, it will replace the Zhu family's rule over the world. That's also possible.

Once the inner thoughts have changed, nothing can be said, and doubts will run throughout, since Su Tiancheng arrived in Dengzhou, Zhu Youzhen's worries began to increase day by day, forced by the situation faced by Daming. It is impossible for Zhu Youzhen to make other decisions, and Su Tiancheng has always done a good job and has always obeyed the imperial court, so Zhu Youzhen could not find any reason to make the decision to take measures against Su Tiancheng.

When Yang Sichang and Zhu Xianxuan entered the Heart Cultivation Palace. There was no smile on Zhu Youzhen's face.

"Yang Aiqing, King Jin, it's already the autumn harvest season."

Zhu Youzhen's short sentence made Yang Sichang and Zhu Xianxuan's faces change, the rumors in the court, the two of them also know Lu Dao, I don't know how much Lu Dao has explained, of course the mood of the two is different, but the purpose is to make the emperor less suspicious, in order to make the expedition go smoothly.

But the emperor is getting more and more worried, and the two of them are also clear, according to reason, the two have made a lot of explanations, and Su Tiancheng also has a secret explanation for it, the emperor should not be so worried, and he has asked again and again, which can only explain one problem, that is, the emperor is already very uneasy about Su Tiancheng.

Yang Sichang's mood was a little calmer, but Zhu Xianxuan was different.

Su Tiancheng's preparations, his inner thoughts, he is clear, judging from the emperor's attitude, Su Tiancheng's worries are completely justified, and the preparations made are also necessary, according to the current situation of development, I am afraid that before the extermination of the Houjin Tartar, Su Tiancheng himself will have an accident, and many ministers and officers who followed Su Tiancheng are also facing the fate of being purged, including himself.

In the past, the method of defending Su Tiancheng cannot be used now, otherwise it will arouse greater suspicion of the emperor, at this time, it can only be done in the opposite way, I am afraid that this is the best way to protect Su Tiancheng.

Seeing the emperor say this, Zhu Xianxuan looked at Yang Sichang and took the lead in speaking.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the autumn harvest season has arrived, and Lord Su should be going on an expedition, if you continue to find excuses to prevaricate, the emperor can issue an order to reprimand."

As soon as Zhu Xianxuan finished speaking, Yang Sichang immediately spoke.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks it's inappropriate, Lord Su once led a large army to conquer Mongolia under the condition that the Houjin Tartars surrendered to my Ming Dynasty, changed the situation in the Mongolian steppe, and dealt a severe blow to the momentum of the Houjin, it can be seen that Lord Su is fully prepared, and he also knows when he will be able to attack, the minister has specially analyzed, this expedition is a decisive battle between my Ming Dynasty and the Houjin Tartars, life and death are at stake, the more such a major battle, the more you need to make a detailed plan, all aspects are well considered, Only then can we start a large-scale expedition, and we can't be negligent in the slightest. ”

What Yang Sichang said was real, and it was also an opinion formed by him and Zhu Xianxuan and other cabinet ministers who had discussed it many times, withstood pressure from all sides, and Yang Sichang had also mentioned it several times in front of the emperor, of course, the emperor's worries, Yang Sichang was also clear, but the more at such a critical moment, the more the emperor needed to stay calm and not be excited, even if he had a suspicion of psychology, he should not reveal it.

Yang Sichang and Zhu Xianxuan's thoughts are completely different in this regard.

As Zhu Xianxuan, he has been in the whirlpool of power struggle for a long time, deeply understands the cruelty of power struggle, Su Tiancheng's opinion, since he fully supports it, he must go all out to maintain it, or mediate from it, to win more and more space for Su Tiancheng, which is also closely related to his own safety, but Yang Sichang does not think like this, Yang Sichang still wants to be able to maintain the imperial power, even if the emperor is suspicious of Su Tiancheng, but he must wait until the battle of the Golden Tartars is at the end of the eradication before taking actionAs for whether Su Tiancheng will really threaten the imperial power, that is not a question he needs to consider now.

The different opinions of Zhu Xianxuan and Yang Sichang made Zhu Youzhen feel a little surprised, this is a rare situation, for so long, Zhu Xianxuan has been explaining for Su Tiancheng, which Zhu Youzhen can also understand, after all, Su Tiancheng is Zhu Xianxuan's brother-in-law, the last time Zhu Xianxuan went to Dengzhou to announce the decree, there was no abnormal behavior, and the time he stayed alone with Su Tiancheng did not exceed a quarter of an hour, and Zhu Xianxuan quickly left Dengzhou and returned to the capital, and the people from Jinyiwei and Dongchang who followed him did not find a problem.

Zhu Youzhen has not yet suspected Zhu Xianxuan, after all, Zhu Xianxuan can become the second assistant of the cabinet, this is the result of his promotion, in terms of his own influence, Zhu Youzhen is still very confident, he has always believed that the decisions he has made are very good, especially over the years, the imperial power has been greatly stabilized, and the Ming Dynasty is also developing on a normal track.

Zhu Youzhen will not doubt Yang Sichang, Yang Sichang, the first assistant of the cabinet, can make decisions according to his wishes, and when the power of the cabinet is suppressed, he does not show too much dissatisfaction, which is very good, unlike the previous cabinet chief assistant, the first thing that comes to mind is to consolidate his own power.

What kind of thoughts Su Tiancheng has, Zhu Youzhen can't be sure, it's impossible to rest assured, after all, Su Tiancheng's power is too great, the last time he gave Su Tiancheng the holy decree, Zhu Youzhen spent a lot of thought, in terms of the transfer of the Jiangning battalion, Su Tiancheng can exercise power, can make his own decisions, but in terms of mobilizing the rest of the army, it still has to go through the military department and the cabinet, for example, the border army in Liaodong cannot be transferred at will.

Whether it was an order to urge Su Tiancheng, Zhu Youzhen also thought about it for a while, how to urge, he also thought about it.

By this time, Zhu Youzhen's heart had already reached a conclusion.

He did not refute the opinions of Yang Sichang and Zhu Xianxuan, and slowly spoke.

"I think that the autumn harvest season has arrived, and all the preparations that Su Aiqing needs are basically sufficient, and this time to go on the expedition is the best time, I have already made a will, so there is no need to repeat it, the Ministry of War has prepared an edict, urging on behalf of me, to see what Su Aiqing is thinking, and the court can make preparations to respond."

Yang Sichang was about to speak again, but he felt it, this was the result of the emperor's careful consideration, it was said that it was inappropriate for the Ministry of War to issue a letter of resignation, Su Tian was the cabinet minister, and if he wanted to urge, it should be the cabinet to put forward his opinions directly, and the emperor did not know the meaning of Lu Dao.

Zhu Xianxuan's face had no expression, but in his heart, he once again affirmed that Su Tiancheng's arrangement was appropriate, once the Jiangning battalion exterminated the Houjin Tartars, some things in the early Ming Dynasty were very likely to repeat, and at that time, it would definitely be too late to make corresponding preparations. (To be continued......)