Zhu Youzhen finally made a decision, anxious cabinet ministers, and discussed the matter of attacking Houjin Tartar.

Over the years, the ministers of civil and military affairs of the imperial court have been accustomed to defense, as long as Liaodong is stable and the border passes are stable, they will not consider attacking the Houjin regime, which is also because of the strength of the Houjin Tartars, and the Ming army has no ability to attack the Houjin Tartars for the time being, but now the situation is different. In his heart, Zhu Youzhen believes that if he really needs to exterminate the Houjin Tartar, I am afraid that Su Tiancheng is still needed, but he does not want Su Tiancheng to take all the credit, so that he will not be able to reward himself in the future, so he sent Chen Xinjia to Liaodong to disperse Su Tiancheng's power, and also hoped that Chen Xinjia could make meritorious contributions in Liaodong, so that it would not seem that the entire court was Su Tiancheng alone.

Zhu Youzhen did not expect Chen Xinjia to be able to completely exterminate the Houjin Tartars and destroy the Houjin regime, he thought that Chen Xinjia could not do it, this was his direct feeling, but he did not analyze it.

The situation in Liaodong has gradually stabilized, several years have passed, there has been no major war, since Chongzhen nine years, six years, Houjin Tartar in addition to in Dengzhou and Laizhou to plunder, simply do not dare to covet Liaodong, Houjin lost Dalinghe City, but also swallowed his anger, Huang Taiji also wrote a letter, asking for a handshake and peace, although the court did not reply, ignored, but in recent years, the two sides are actually peaceful.

Houjin is always Zhu Youzhen's inner pain, the battle of Salhu that year, the Ming Dynasty lost the initiative, so that the Houjin Tartars pressed step by step, during the Apocalypse, the Ming army was completely in a defensive situation, without the power to fight back, to Chongzhen four years, after losing the Dalinghe City, the Houjin Tartars were more arrogant, often bypassing the Guanning Jin defense line. Directly entering the customs from Xifengkou and other places, threatening the capital, the people of Beizhili suffered heavy losses, countless property was robbed, and the people were also slaughtered. The funny thing is that the Ming army did not dare to face it directly and did not dare to come out to meet the enemy.

Chongzhen nine years, such a situation has completely changed, the ridiculous thing is that the ninth year of Chongzhen is the time when Houjin announced the establishment of the Great Qing Dynasty and Huang Taiji officially ascended the throne as emperor, in order to show off his strength, Azig led an army of 100,000 to enter the customs from Xifengkou. This time, the Houjin Tartars encountered the Jiangning battalion, suffered heavy losses, and after being exterminated by 30,000 people, they fled in disgrace.

It was from this time that the situation in the Ming Dynasty gradually improved, and Su Tiancheng led the Jiangning battalion to exterminate the Liukou. So that the Ming Dynasty began to stabilize internally, and the people could live and work in peace and contentment. Next, Su Tiancheng went to Liaodong and recovered Dalinghe City in one fell swoop, which made the Guanningjin defense line of the Ming Dynasty truly stable, and Su Tiancheng took a series of effective measures to make Liaodong begin to show vitality. If it weren't for the sudden attack of Dengzhou and Laizhou by Houjin Tatars, maybe Su Tiancheng would have made preparations in Liaodong and would have started to attack Houjin.

Su Tiancheng took Montenegro, but did not hold on, and Zhu Youzhen indicated that he did not express any opinions. I was a little dissatisfied in my heart, after taking Montenegro, Su Tiancheng could take advantage of the situation to attack Guangning, once Guangning was taken, Daming and Houjin would confront each other in the Liaohe area, which gave Daming an advantage. It's a pity that Su Tiancheng withdrew and still stuck to Dalinghe City, although Su Tiancheng's decision was correct, Liaodong at that time was not particularly stable and needed to be strengthened.

Zhu Youzhen has to look at the map of Liaodong almost every day, Guangning, Yizhou, Xiping, Shenyang, Liaoyang, Fushun, Salhu these places, leaving behind are painful memories, these places are the places of the Ming Dynasty, but they were occupied by the Houjin, if they can't be recovered, he, the emperor, can not be regarded as the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Youzhen is not ignoring reality, Liaodong has stabilized, not to mention the border pass, the Xibe tribe and the Daurian tribe in the Hetao area have become the barrier of the Ming border pass, any Mongolian tribe, thinking of attacking the Ming Dynasty, first have to face these two tribes, but unfortunately they are not the opponents of the two tribes, Dengzhou, Laizhou, Qingzhou and Tianjin, under the management of Su Tiancheng, slowly prospered, Houjin will never ask for hardship.

From the analysis of these situations, Zhu Youzhen believes that the opportunity for the Golden Tartars is ripe after the attack.

Of course, this is not a general offensive, the real general offensive begins, Zhu Youzhen definitely asks Su Tiancheng to command it all, and when the time comes, the crown prince Zhu Cihong will also participate in the battle of the all-out general offensive.

Now the attack on the Houjin Tartars is only a tentative attack, and he can take the opportunity to take Montenegro, Guangning and Yizhou, and fight against the Houjin Tartars against Liaohe.

When Yang Sichang entered the Palace of Heart Cultivation with the cabinet ministers, his heart was also a little complicated, he guessed what was going on, but the emperor didn't say it directly, and he couldn't say it.

Zhu Youzhen's expression was very serious, and there were a lot of letters on the imperial case.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you are all cabinet scholars, I summoned you here today, it is for the affairs of Liaodong, Chen Xinjia has been in Liaodong for almost a year, and has made a lot of efforts, and has done a lot of analysis on the affairs of Liaodong, and many analysis materials are all here, the threat of Houjin to my Daming, you Aiqing are all aware, I don't want to say more, I summoned you here today to discuss the attack on the Houjin Tartars."

The palace is very quiet, although everyone expected this matter, but the emperor officially proposed, everyone still felt shocked, so many years, many cabinet scholars, have experienced several Ming Dynasty defeats to Houjin, the battle of Salhu, the battle of Daling River, etc., now the emperor finally proposed, ready to take the initiative to attack Houjin, such a change has occurred, it is indeed not simple.

"Houjin has always been my dream of the Ming Dynasty, I am not exaggerating to say, many times, I dream of exterminating the Houjin Tartars, Houjin is not extinguished, I will never live in peace, of course, I am not a whim, now the border is stable, Dengzhou, Laizhou, Tianjin and other places, the defense is stable, the soldiers of Liaodong, the fighting spirit is high, I think that the time to attack the Houjin Tartars is ripe."

"My consideration is that within this year, I will take Montenegro, Yizhou and Quang Ninh, confront the Houjin Tartars on the Liao River, and next year or the year after that, after I am ready, I will cross the Liao River and directly attack Shenyang and Liaoyang."

"My determination has been decided, you Aiqing have discussed, how to launch this attack, when to choose to attack, as for whether to attack or not, don't discuss it today."

After Zhu Youzhen finished his opening remarks, his face turned slightly red, it was impossible for him not to be excited, what Emperor Wanli and Emperor Tianqi were not able to do, he did it, from this point of view, his achievements surpassed the previous emperor.

Yang Sichang spoke first.

"Your Majesty, the minister has repeatedly analyzed the situation in Liaodong, thinking that the emperor's decision is wise, within this year, take Montenegro, Yizhou and Quang Ninh, make all preparations, next year and the year after tomorrow, launch an attack, recapture Shenyang, Liaoyang and other places, regain lost territory, completely destroy the Houjin Tartars, the emperor considers the issue of attack time, the minister thinks, after May, the attack, it is very advantageous, March and April will encounter the rainy season, which is not conducive to the attack of large troops, at the same time, this time, it is also the spring ploughing season, the army is dispatched, I am afraid that it will affect the agricultural time, from May to October, half a year, the minister thinks that if the battle goes well, it will be enough to take Montenegro, Yiju, Quang Ninh and other places, and now it is February, if the offensive is launched in May, it is necessary to make full preparations. ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded, Yang Sichang is the first assistant of the cabinet, this statement basically unifies the thinking of the cabinet ministers, and no one will be entangled in the matter of attacking or not attacking.

Zhu Youzhen had to worry that in the imperial court, many people still wanted to live a stable life, and they couldn't wait for the current situation to be maintained forever.

After Yang Sichang made his statement, Zhu Youzhen looked at Tang Shiji, the second assistant of the cabinet.

Tang Shiji cleared his voice and slowly spoke.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is completely possible to launch an attack on the Houjin Tartars, the nephew of the minister, Tang Haitai, in the Liaodong Governor Yamen, every day has been in contact with the border army, and now the morale of the border army is high, all want to be able to exterminate the Houjin Tartars, such morale is very precious, but also very beneficial to the imperial court, Liaodong Governor Chen Xinjia, dare to do anything, after arriving in Liaodong, made a lot of preparations, since last year's wax month, in the hoarding of grain and grass, to prepare for the attack on the Golden Tartars, in such a situation, if the court hesitates, It will hurt the hearts of the Liaodong soldiers, and the minister fully agrees with the emperor's decision, as for the relevant deployment, whether it will suspend the offensive after taking Montenegro, Yizhou and Quang Ninh within this year, the minister thinks that it is not necessarily, the decision to fight, mainly in the front of the soldiers to judge the situation, if the opportunity is good, you can take advantage of the situation to attack, and achieve greater victory. ”

After Tang Shiji finished speaking, Zhu Youzhen was even more happy.

However, Yang Sichang's face, there was no expression, Tang Shiji said such words, the meaning is too rich, one is to show his grasp of the situation in Liaodong, he is thinking about Liaodong all the time, his nephew Tang Haitai has gone to Liaodong, of course he can be clear about the situation, and the second is to directly affirm Chen Xinjia, which means that this battle is directly commanded by Chen Xinjia, the emperor has not mentioned who commanded this operation, Tang Shiji can't wait to affirm Chen Xinjia, to know Lu Dao, Su Tiancheng is still the Jiliao Governor, such a big battle, has nothing to do with Su Tiancheng.

The most important thing is that Yang Sichang is the first assistant of the cabinet, Tang Shiji is here to seize the limelight, what does he mean by saying these words, is it just to make the emperor happy. (To be continued......)