"Don't think about this matter yet, let me tell you, tomorrow there will be a court meeting, His Majesty the Emperor will attend in person, and we can also go to observe it. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info" Zheng Guang said to Yan Ne with some mystery.

Yan Ne was stunned for a moment, and said in surprise: "Court discussion? This dynasty has not had a court meeting since the Great Rites Conference, and what is the purpose of this court meeting? His Majesty the Emperor still wants to attend in person? It can't be a matter of the fight between the military department and the household department before, right? ”

"The War Department and the Ministry of Engineering are fighting?" Zheng Guang couldn't cry or laugh: "Your Majesty doesn't want to see that kind of at all, and the final result is still proposed by me, how can it be solved by court discussion?!" ”

The court meeting is the final way for the Ming court to decide major events, presided over by the emperor, convening all the scholars and the six departments and nine qing and other top officials of the court to participate, if the emperor does not participate, then its significance is equivalent to the British House of Lords, and before Jiajing, the result can not be overturned even by His Majesty the Emperor, representing the final will of the Ming court, undoubted.

Yan Ne smiled: "Just kidding, what is that?" ”

Zheng Guangzhengse said: "Southeast, Your Majesty has decided to completely solve the problem of the southeast, pacify the southeast within three years, and then stabilize the southeast, restore taxes, sort out the finances, and then use three to four years to prepare enough money, grain and grass, ordnance and train elite soldiers, within ten years, that is, before the thirty-sixth year of Jiajing, launch a devastating blow to Mongolia, the intensity will not be less than that of Taizu and Chengzu's Northern Expedition, and completely solve the southern and northern captives within ten years!" ”

Yan Ne's eyes were round, and his eyes were shining: "So, Your Majesty doesn't plan to ignore the southeast issue?" Finally going to use the army? ”

Zheng Guang nodded and said: "Yes, the southeast has been plagued for a long time, and the finances of the imperial court have been difficult to a certain extent, and the contradiction between the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry before comes from this. Therefore, it was decided to convene a court meeting to discuss specific methods and measures to solve the problem of the Japanese invaders, and to put them into practice as soon as possible. ”

At that time, that is, when I returned to the southeast and trained and prepared for war!

Zheng Guang thought so.

"Great! The people of the southeast have been suffering from the rebellion of the Japanese for a long time, and the imperial court finally decided to clean up the southeast and return the southeast to a bright future! I just don't know how this specific measure is! Alas, Pingzhi, you have fought a war, what do you think Your Majesty will use to deal with the Japanese Invaders? Who will be used against the pirates? Yan Ne asked with interest.

Zheng Guang pondered for a while, and said in a low voice: "Yesterday, His Majesty accidentally talked to me about the southeast issue, and asked me whether I should divide the southeast region and hand it over to a few people to clean up, or divide it into one and arrange one person to concentrate power to deal with the Japanese invaders. ”

Yan Ne blinked his eyes and said in surprise: "Do you think that you will hand over the southeast to one person and set up a ...... A Southeastern governor? That authority is too big, the involvement is too big, and it will be very scary! ”

Zheng Guang frowned and said: "We don't need to worry about this, but if you look at the current situation according to the division of several provinces, the soldiers of the provinces cannot cross the provinces and regions to fight across regions, and I can not continue to move forward when I pursued the Japanese invaders before and pursued them to the boundary between Susong and Zhejiang. ”

Yan Ne thought for a while, and nodded: "That's right, according to the previous rules, the soldiers of the provinces cannot fight across regions, otherwise it will be regarded as a rebellion, in this way, the Japanese are extremely good at wandering, the soldiers of the imperial court can't catch up, and the soldiers of the two provinces can't coordinate the battle, which will not only affect the overall situation, but also cause filth between the provinces, which is indeed not conducive to the overall situation of resisting the Japanese, but if a southeast governor is established, the southeast provinces, this power is too great, and the court will not be at ease, this kind of thing is not uncommon in history, and the position is too high, The power is too great, and the consequences are worrying! ”

Zheng Guang smiled bitterly: "Who said no, if you really want to set up a southeast governor, no matter who sits on it, unless Your Majesty personally serves as the southeast governor, otherwise, even if the first assistant does it, it will inevitably not only deal with the Japanese invaders, but also deal with the gossip within the court and the unreasonable accusations of the science and technology officials, and the victory must be doubted, and the defeat of the battle must be questioned, which is equivalent to dancing on the tip of the knife, how difficult it is!" ”

Yan Ne smiled bitterly: "Then it depends on how Your Majesty thinks, we are just insignificant ......"

Zheng Guang could only smile bitterly and shake his head.

After learning the news that the emperor was going to hold a court meeting, Yan Song returned home and found Yan Shifan, who was drinking and having fun, to discuss urgently, Yan Shifan's current position is Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, not to that level, can not participate in the court meeting, can not follow Yan Song's side to give advice, Yan Song had to discuss with Yan Shifan in advance, how to deal with the next court meeting.

"What to deal with? Dad, don't forget, the Ministry of Household and Military Affairs are all in Xia Yan's hands, and the Ministry of Rites also supports Xia Yan, we have a criminal department and a Ministry of Industry in our hands, and we can't afford to make waves! Now these things are all in Xia Yan's hands, even if you want to use it, you will use his people, we don't have anyone in our hands who can fight in the southeast, you have to say that you make money, one is more capable than the other, you want to say that you go to the battlefield to fight, Dad, I am still a self-aware! Yan Shifan kept laughing while holding the wine glass.

Yan Song said in a low voice: "The old man naturally knows this, but if he lets it go and lets Xia Yan make meritorious contributions, his position will only be more stable, your kid said before that Xia Yan will definitely quit within a year or two, and now the old man seems that he can do it for another ten years!" You know, he's two years younger than your father! ”

Yan Shifan shook the wine glass in his hand, touched his round belly, and smiled evilly: "Dad, what are you anxious about?" As far as Xia Yan's temperament is concerned, if we don't do it, he can lose the phase by himself, does he think that the southeast can make meritorious service very conveniently? Dad, we have nothing to do with the southeast first, our hometown is in Jiangxi, the foundation is in the capital, the southeast, this trip to the troubled waters, let's not go, let Xia Yan toss, and after he and the southeast nine families tossed and lost, let's pick peaches. ”

Yan Song looked at Yan Shifan and said in a low voice: "You mean, Xia Yan will face off with the Southeast Nine family?" ”

Yan Shifan smiled and nodded: "Xia Yan will definitely fight against the Jin Party if he deals with the northwest, we can make a profit, and now the emperor wants to deal with the southeast, Xia Yan will definitely follow the order to deal with the southeast, but the group of people in the southeast is not easier to deal with than the Jin party, not to mention that Xia Yan has no cronies in the southeast, the strong dragon has not suppressed the head snake, and the emperor may not have to get the nine families when he goes to the southeast, you can see that Lu Bing looks like he shows off his power in front of the eunuchs, and he dares to speak out in the southeast? ! If he dares to move, this time next year will be the death day of the entire Lu clan! ”

Yan Song was noncommittal, took a sip of tea, and said in a low voice: "Then you mean, let's stand by and watch, no matter what the outcome of the court meeting is, don't care?" ”

Yan Shifan nodded: "Of course, we have no one in our hands, and we are not involved in the southeast, and let Xia Yan go to toss with the Nine Families, Xia Yan is still very strong, and when he and the Nine Families are defeated, it will be almost the time for him to quit the prime minister, at that time, Dad, you are the first assistant of our Ming Dynasty!" Zhengda Guangming took over Xia Yan's power, rectified the southeast, and made friends with the nine families, are you afraid that they won't hand over some of the things in their hands to us? ”

Yan Song's eyes suddenly flashed with a greedy light: "The southeast is the forbidden territory of the Nine Great Families, will they hand over some of it to us?" ”

Yan Shifan dropped the wine glass: "Xia Yan is a fighter, he is still a very powerful fighter, decades of high-ranking officials are not in vain, if Xia Yan knows about the Nine Families in the southeast, even if Xia Yan doesn't tell the emperor, he will do it himself and fight to the death with the Nine Families, in case he tells the emperor again, it will be even more thunder and thunder!" The emperor may not be able to take down the nine families, after all, they have too many people in the imperial court, but it is still very possible to beat the nine families to death, when the father comes to power, a little comfort, let the two negotiate peace, take a part of the interests of the southeast, give the emperor a point, the emperor takes the money, the southeast, and it will be stable! ”

Looking at Yan Shifan's excited expression, Yan Song's heart was also extremely uncalm, and after forcibly calming himself down, Yan Song left the house, walked outside, looked at the gloomy sky, and the smile on the corner of his mouth could no longer be hidden......

At the same time, taking advantage of the opportunity of Sun Chengen to the cabinet to discuss the matter, Xia Yan and Sun Chengen discussed the matter of tomorrow's court meeting, although there was a premonition that the emperor was going to make a big move in the southeast, but he didn't expect the emperor's determination to be so firm this time, to the point of convening a court meeting, it is estimated that this will be to elect a few people to completely clean up and stabilize the southeast, in this case, what the northwest can't do, it's okay to do it in the southeast, so Xia Yan decided to do it in the southeast.

But how to do it, it's a problem, Xia Yan doesn't have any cronies in the southeast, and the focus has always been in the northwest and the capital, and he abruptly shifted his focus to the southeast, and he was still a little uncomfortable, so he hurriedly found Sun Chengen and asked Sun Chengen, who had served in the southeast, what he thought.