"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the situation described in Zhai Peng's compromise is indeed true, and from this point of view, if the northwest war situation is not supported by the imperial court with financial resources, it may be difficult to win...", Xia Yan glanced at Yan Song, and replied with a straight face. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

When Yan Song heard Xia Yan answer like this, his heart suddenly relaxed, or more precisely, his heart suddenly rejoiced. He had already figured out Zhu Houxi's thoughts, and knew that Zhu Houyi was very strict in terms of finances, and if Zhu Houyi really planned to give out this money, there would be no need to summon the two of them here late at night to discuss matters.

In fact, Yan Song sometimes wonders in his heart, why can't Xia Yan sometimes even think about this kind of question? But he didn't understand, Xia Yan was not unclear, but unwilling, this is the essential difference between them.

In fact, Xia Yan also knew that Zhu Houxi was unwilling to allocate too much military spending to the northwest in his heart, but things could not all be according to Zhu Houxi's temperament.

Just yesterday, Zhai Peng sent himself a secret letter, in which he explained the situation in great detail. Some of the small towns on the border were almost looted, and even the military town of Datong was under heavy attack, and there were signs of a shortage of shells, arrows and crossbows inside.

Of course, the most important point is that Datong has lost a lot of soldiers this time, and if it wants to prevent a more effective defense, it must replenish the troops, but in this way, military rations have become a big problem.

All in all, the Northwest now needs a large amount of military spending. Zhai Peng is very smart, he knows that it may not be useful to explain the whole situation to Zhu Houxi, maybe His Majesty the Great Emperor will also have the idea of "abandoning the child", so he put the idea on Xia Yan, the first assistant of the cabinet.

He knew that Xia Yan was a good official who had a clear distinction between right and wrong. If the truth is told to him, he will not sit idly by. It turns out. Zhai Peng's idea was indeed not wrong, when Xia Yan saw Zhai Peng's secret letter. has already made up his mind, no matter what, he will persuade Zhu Houxi to transfer military funds to the northwest.

"Then you mean to agree to Zhai Peng's request in the compromise?" , Zhu Houxi's eyes fell on Xia Yan, still expressionless.

"Yes!" , Xia Yan lowered his head, but his voice was very firm, "Tatar has become a trend now, you must not be careless to underestimate the enemy, the northwest has changed suddenly, and Zhai Peng is not an incompetent minister." It must be that the situation is very serious, so the minister thought..."

"Gong Jin, according to your analysis, Tartar Koubian, we must not win?" , Zhu Houxi glanced at Xia Yan, and then turned his gaze to Yan Song.

"That's not what I mean, it's just... It's just that I have now unified the north of the Great Wall, and I am no longer the weak and small I used to be. Therefore, we still need to be cautious...", Xia Yan saw Zhu Houxi asking again and again, and couldn't help but worry in his heart: It seems that if you want to convince the emperor today, the situation is not optimistic...

"It's kind of an idea...". Zhu Houxi smiled, "I also have this idea, and I plan to encourage Zhai Peng well." Tell him to defend against the enemy well, and his merits will be rewarded. Punishment is also punishment. ”

"Your Majesty Mingjian... It's just that now it seems that the most important thing is military spending...". Xia Yan saw Zhu Houxi's flickering words, and he didn't understand his intentions, but Zhu Houyi could perfunctory himself like this, but he couldn't perfunctory Zhai Peng like this, and the people on the border like this.

Zhu Houxi couldn't help frowning when he heard Xia Yan say this. In fact, he had already given Xia Yan a lot of face just now, deliberately diverted the topic, and at the same time expressed his attitude. The purpose was to tell Xia Yan not to dwell on this matter anymore, but who knew that Xia Yan actually took his words as a deaf ear, and still held on to the military expenses and did not let go.

Zhu Houxi didn't believe that Xia Yan didn't hear the semantics of his words, and the only explanation was that he had already made up his mind to do the right thing with himself in this matter. Zhu Houxi was very glad that he had called Xia Yan here in advance to test it, otherwise when this matter was discussed in the court, Xia Yan and all the henchmen would strongly support Zhai Peng's proposal and contradict him, which would not be good.

In fact, when Xia Yan answered the first sentence just now, Zhu Houyu had already given Xia Yan a big cross in his heart, because judging from tonight's temptation, Xia Yan was really "failing", but for some reason, Zhu Houyu always wanted to give Xia Yan another chance.

People have feelings, and Zhu Houxi is no exception, although his control over sensibility is much stronger than ordinary people, there are always some. Xia Yan is still a good old man, at least he is conscientious and conscientious, and he has some ability in political affairs. But Zhu Houyu is a person who is accustomed to doing things rationally, just saying that Xia Yan will hinder his application of the strategy of the Northwest War in the future, Zhu Houyu will not leave him, but subconsciously Zhu Houyu always wants to leave Xia Yan a chance.

I have the impression that he has already deposed Xia Yan twice, and he doesn't want to use this same trick against Xia Yan again, if he really wants to depose him this time, then it can't be as simple as the previous two times, because then it won't have the corresponding effect.

But now it seems that he is indeed soft-hearted, and it is clear that Xia Yan is already going to fight with him, and this person really can't stay anymore. It's not just Xia Yan's problem, as long as Xia Yan stays in the court, those ministers who are good friends with him will definitely echo him, and this will be a powerful force.

Thinking of this, Zhu Houxi couldn't help but clench his fists. When I promoted Xia Yan up, I took a fancy to the fact that he knew the benefit of not forming a party, but it turned out that with the change of environmental status, people will change.

Although Xia Yan's current party formation is not as strong as Zhang Fujing back then, he has to make himself jealous. Of course, in the eyes of most people, Xia Yan's behavior is not a party, but that kind of group power will eventually pose a threat to his authority. For example, Guo Xun's violent death in prison, if it weren't for Xia Yanjiwei, how could it happen? Thinking of this, the anger in Zhu Houxi's heart became heavier, and from this point of view, Yan Song's complaint really played too important an important role.

"Elder Xia Ge, you are worried about side affairs, but you also have to think about the difficulties of the imperial court...", Yan Song, who was silent on the side, looked at the opportunity and finally spoke, "It's not that Your Majesty is unwilling to allocate funds to Shanxi, it's really Your Majesty's far-reaching concerns, and there is nothing to do..."

Before Xia Yan could react. Yan Song glanced at Zhu Houxi and got an approving look. Then he continued what he had just said, "Now there is a side matter in the northwest. But after all, it's not a big disaster, if you really talk about it, the local officials in the southwest are always unstable, this is the real place to worry, and there is another flood in the southeast, which also requires money..."

"The Northwest Frontier is not a big problem, so what is a big problem?" , Xia Yan was refuted by Yan Song just now, and his anger was a little uncomfortable, and now he heard Yan Song's crooked reasoning again. He was even more angry, "I replied to Koubian, do you know how much disaster has been caused and how many innocent people have died, if this is not a big deal, then what is a big deal?" ”

"Elder Xia Ge, don't be angry, I'm just talking about my thoughts...", Yan Song smiled and turned his body to Xia Yan, "There is a war in the northwest. This naturally has to be solved, but we can't let the entire government fall into a stretched situation because of the northwest incident..."

Yan Song then recounted how tight the imperial court's finances were, how the emperor tried his best to keep the whole situation balanced, and how he had to "sacrifice his ego" in order to prevent major turmoil. Fulfill the Great Self"...

Yan Song's remarks were naturally carefully considered and carefully speculated on all of Zhu Houxi's thoughts before they formed a complete tirade. It's no wonder that Zhu Houxi heard the back. I couldn't help but nod my head again and again, looking very satisfied.

Originally, Xia Yan wanted to refute at first. By the way, he killed Yan Song's sharp spirit, but after seeing Zhu Houxi's reaction. Xia Yan understood everything: the emperor only summoned the two of us to come, and it was actually arranged. And Zhu Houyu has already made up his mind in his heart, he will never throw money into the Northwest War, from this point of view, Zhu Houyu called himself here, it is not a matter of deliberation at all, but a temptation! Thinking of this section, what else could Xia Yan say, he had to be silent.

"But what you say is reasonable...", Zhu Houxi looked at Yan Song, his eyes were full of appreciation. To be honest, now his sensibility is fermenting, because Yan Song is so good at figuring out his own thoughts, he almost said everything he wanted to say in his heart, just ask such a smart and obedient courtier, for a person with a character and ideas like Zhu Houxi, how can he not like it?

Zhu Houxi thought about it carefully, as if he was really a little too rational. Yan Song is not too successful, what's wrong? What I want is that he is not very successful, and his ability is not enough to be cultivated slowly! And this Xia Yan is so disagreeable, and sometimes he even dares to speak against himself. Zhu Houxi couldn't help but think of Xia Yan's embarrassing scene of going against him several times and making himself unable to get off the stage, which is unbearable!

"If you want to come to my Ming Dynasty, how much climate can I become? It's just a minor illness. If this also requires the imperial court to allocate a large amount of funds, then what else do I want him Zhai Peng to do? Just a partial general...", Zhu Houxi said this, his face was quite hateful, "Zhai Peng has my expectations of him..."

When Xia Yan heard this, he couldn't help it, if he wanted to analyze it according to Zhu Houxi's logic, it would be very dangerous, "Your Majesty, I replied that it was taken by the Ming Dynasty, but Tatar is by no means so weak as imagined..."

"Compared to those steppe tribes, I am still worth mentioning, but how can he be compared with my Daming!" , Yan Song seized the opportunity, hurriedly jumped out, and helped the green leaf crown on his head in a timely manner.

"Yan Song, you have bad intentions, have you forgotten the changes in Tumu Fort?" , Xia Yan was so angry that he almost pointed at the tip of Yan Song's nose and roared.

"Enough!" , Zhu Houxi heard Xia Yan mention the change in the civil fort again, and a wave of anger rose in his heart, could he be the same as that stupid Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen? He favors the eunuchs, and he deserves this calamity, but how can I, Zhu Houxi, make that kind of mistake and have this situation!

"Your Majesty, the minister panicked and begged His Majesty for forgiveness...", Xia Yan also realized that he had committed Zhu Houxi's taboo in his words at this time, and hurriedly bowed his head and admitted his mistake.

Zhu Houxi glanced at Xia Yan, snorted coldly, looking at the black gauze hat on his head, Zhu Houxi really had an urge to take it off for him and fall to the ground. Look at Yan Song again, the green leaf crown is worn upright, which is really gratifying.

Qingye crown, green leaf crown, in such a scene, Zhu Houxi couldn't help but think of the last time Xia Yan confronted himself above the court, he really didn't know how thick the sky was!

"Well, there's no need to talk about it. Since Zhai Peng can't solve the matter of the Northwest War, then change another person, another person who can win the battle without asking the court for money! (To be continued.) )