Clouds gradually enveloped the city from north to south, the wind howled across the streets, the trees in the city and outside the city on the hills were rattling, and even some newly planted saplings were bent slightly in the wind. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoIn this northern, which is different from the usual refreshing river breeze, there are many fewer people on the streets of Nanjing. Of course, those who know the inside story know that this person is not only because the weather is getting colder and colder, but also because the undercurrent that is surging in Nanjing City is getting faster and faster, and it is about to form a trend.

And some people can already speculate that when the results of the trial of several troublemakers in the capital come out, it is when this undercurrent reaches its peak, whether it is to form a rolling trend or disappear at that time, it depends on the actions of the court and the criminal department, and in the final analysis, it still depends on the meaning of the person in the palace.

This master, who is not afraid of heaven and earth, and even poked a big hole in the sky of the Mongols, will never flinch from the battle. In the eyes of the people, there must be some new firearms coming out of the Ming Dynasty, and in the eyes of those who are still waiting to see the wall-riding faction and the families who are ready to have a showdown with the imperial court at any time, it is a kind of demonstration of Chiguoguo.

Of course, this is only part of the demonstration, these days the Zhenjiang Prefecture Navy Division and the East China Sea Fleet have carried out large-scale exercises at the mouth of the river, and even the Praetorian Guards have participated in it, on the surface, they are manipulating the land division to use the navy and navy warships to rush to the beach and land, and even go up the river to directly attack the towns along the river, but everyone knows that this is clearly indicating that the imperial power and majesty of the Ming Dynasty are inviolable.

And this is just the action of Nanjing City, in the whole world, there are even bigger actions, Jiang Wanli and Jiang Wanqing of the Duchang Jiang clan jointly wrote a letter of concert, jointly supporting the imperial court to start a war against Mongolia, which means that the Duchang Jiang clan clearly stood on the side of the imperial court. Many scholars in the south of the Yangtze River took the initiative to send people to Duchang to contact the Jiang clan, and when the situation in Nanjing City was uncertain and the undercurrent was surging, these scholars were of course unwilling to get involved easily, so going to Duchang became a good choice.

After all, the Duchang Jiang clan headed by Jiang Wanli is the one who deacon Lin Niu'er, at this time, the Duchang Jiang clan stood up to represent the imperial court, which can not only show that the imperial court that has no further obvious actions for the family on the surface, but also took another step in the silent wait-and-see of the family, and it can also show that even these scholars are not a whole within the family, and even the Duchang Jiang clan, a famous scholar clan in the world, is on His Majesty's side, so it is easier for everyone to weigh it, and find the Duchang Jiang clan to express its position, and it can also leave a way back for themselves. You don't have to do everything too much.

If you want to say that the wind makes the rudder and invest, even Ye Yingwu has to admit that these long-term and experienced scholars are even better than businessmen, which may be why Wenzhou Chen like Chen Yizhong can also be like a fish in water in business, because to a certain extent, the family's investment in people and businessmen's investment in goods are similar.

When the families and governments in the rest of the Ming Dynasty were wary of each other and did not know whether the other party was friend or foe, the city of Nanjing was also a general mountain rain coming.

The wind blew the window of the imperial study, making a crisp sound, if it weren't for the papers on the table all pressed with paperweight, I'm afraid it would have flown all over the ground, but the window that Ye Yingwu ordered to open, even if those maids had a hundred guts, they didn't dare to close it.

"Nonsense!"

The music was slammed to the ground, and the paper rattled in the wind.

Ye Yingwu finished speaking coldly, and looked up at Su Liuyi, who was waiting below: "Ma Yan is old, why is he still messing around like young people, does he know how much risk we have to take if he fights like this?" What if something happens to Nanyang?! ”

Liu Shiyong, the secretary of the Ministry of War, stepped forward and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, this strategy is not necessarily proposed by General Ma. General Ma Lao is a person who dares to take responsibility, perhaps because after the other generals or officials put forward this proposal and won the support of the majority of the people, General Ma Lao also had to agree, and because he expected that His Majesty might not agree, but instead punished the others, so he signed his name. ”

"It's true that Ma Yan dares to take responsibility, but attacking Dali, courting Ping'an Nan and Zhenla, after so many years, this old man's courage has never been small!" Ye Yingwu paced back and forth with his hands in his hands, with indescribable worry in his voice, "I doubt the possibility of success of this plan, after all, General Ma Lao has been in the southwest since the former Song Dynasty, and later entered Nanyang as one of the commanders of the army, it can be said that he is highly respected and experienced, if he advances in this way, it can even be said that even if he is not successful, he can guarantee the army." But for the current Ming Dynasty, can we afford such a battle? ”

Su Liuyi and Liu Shiyong subconsciously glanced at each other, they were in charge of the military, and naturally understood what Ye Yingwu meant. Now that the main forces of the Ming Dynasty are pinned down in the north, even the first to return to the Divine Guard Army will have to take a month or two to complete the replenishment of battle losses, and if they rush to the Jiangnan region, if they want to engage in the Nanyang battle, it will take another month or two, so that it will add up to half a year. And if Ma Yan leads the army to attack the Ilkhanate and fails, the army will be adrift at sea, it will take almost so long, with the army left behind by the Ming Dynasty in Nanyang, can it really support the army of the Ilkhanate for half a year?

"Now the Ming army is deep into the grassland with cavalry in the north, it is already a surprise army, and it is difficult to distinguish between victory and defeat, and if the strange army is also used in the South Seas, it is equivalent to having no chance of winning on the north and south lines," Ye Yingwu said while pacing, "This also means that the north and south lines are likely to face failure, and the current Ming Dynasty can bear the defeat on both sides?" ”

Su Liuyi took a breath of cool air, and immediately understood that Ye Yingwu had something to say. For the Ming Dynasty, going deep into the grassland is to go deep into the territory of the Mongols to fight the Mongols, and the Nanyang Defense War is also to defend the newly acquired land of the Ming Dynasty, even if it is really frustrated on these two lines, it is not a big deal from a military point of view alone, because this cannot change the pattern of the Ming Dynasty's dominance, and even the Ming can learn from this defeat, and can better train the army and prepare for the next attack.

After all, for the Ming Dynasty, the experience of failure is also very important now, the Ming army has not experienced defeat for a long time, and a little setback is not a bad thing for the Ming army.

But this is only from a military point of view, for the Ming court at this moment, it is not only military. Su Liu Yi and Liu Shiyong, as important ministers of the imperial court, naturally knew well the undercurrent surging between the imperial court and the scholars in the capital and the state capital below, but they represented the army, of course, they did not want to be easily involved in this whirlpool, and they would never disobey the orders of the imperial court, but if the imperial court and His Majesty did not use their intentions, of course they did not want to ask for trouble.

Now that the imperial court has an advantage, the scholars who originally incited public opinion and were quite powerful have gradually disappeared, but Su Liuyi and the two of them are not naïve to think that these scholars have accepted their fate. You must know that in history, the family clan has not been suppressed once, but every time they can resurrect and give their opponents a heavy blow.

Obviously, these scholars are waiting now, they need the court to make mistakes themselves, and they need a suitable reason to attack the court, and the defeat of the court is indeed a rare good excuse.

Therefore, if the Ming Dynasty is frustrated in either direction on the north-south line, it is very likely to lead to a counterattack by the warriors who are eyeing each other. It may even lead to the people also making trouble, you must know that Ye Yingwu is only temporarily suppressing the public opinion of the people by promoting the deeds of Yue Fei and others, but it does not mean that the people will really have no opinion on the imperial court all the time, once the front line is defeated and more soldiers are sacrificed, then the originally suppressed anti-war wave will naturally rise again.

At that time, whether it is the imperial court or Ye Yingwu himself, they will have to bow to the Shi clan to seek a path to stability.

This was the main reason why Ye Yingwu did not agree to Ma Yan's strategy, and he had to consider what kind of danger such a risk would bring to the imperial court, and even how far it would lead the imperial court. After all, Ye Yingwu is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, not the commander of an army, and he is not only responsible for the success or failure of an army, but also for all those who are on his side.

"But Your Majesty, the terrain of the South Seas is not good at defense, and the naval fleet is our greatest advantage, if we simply fight the Mongol Tatars on land, I'm afraid the odds of victory will not be too great," Liu Shiyong stood up and said in a deep voice, "But if you adopt the strategy of General Ma Lao, even if there is no way to really defeat the Ilkhanate, you can still inflict heavy damage on the Ilkhanate sailors and the ports along the way." ”

Ye Yingwu paused and looked up at Liu Shiyong. Liu Shiyong is not a fool, it is obviously impossible not to understand the meaning of Ye Yingwu's words just now, but he still insists on his opinion, and there must be a reason for him. This general, who was born in the navy, obviously has strong confidence in the navy, and Ye Yingwu also raised his eyebrows: "So what? Even if it can hurt the Ilkhanate, but if you lose Nanyang, wouldn't it be a bamboo basket for nothing? ”

Liu Shiyong immediately said: "Your Majesty, the minister doesn't think so. The minister felt that His Majesty should not only set his eyes on the land of the South Seas, but also on the places where the South Seas were more abundant and richer than the land—the sea and the islands in the sea. ”

Whether it was Ye Yingwu or Su Liuyi, they couldn't help but be stunned.

It is true that the land in the South Seas was newly acquired by the Ming Dynasty, but compared to these lands full of tropical rainforests, in fact, what really matters in the South Seas is the sea, or the islands dotted on the sea. Because this sea is the waterway of the Maritime Silk Road, and those islands are important ports and transit points connecting this Silk Road.

Even if they lose Annam and Zhenla, as long as the Ming still has a strong navy and control over these islands, then the wealth of the Ming will not be lacking, and the Ilkhanate will also get much useless land and empty ports, and will directly face the threat of the Ming army from Lingnan in the north.

For the Ilkhanate, the deal was definitely not worth the cost.

Liu Shiyong continued: "For the Ilkhanate, there are three main ways for them to obtain wealth, one is to obtain wealth by fighting with the Kipchak Khanate and the Ögedai Khanate in the north, and the other is to attack to the west, but the west of the Ilkhanate is bordered by the sea, and the country of Tessi is not a rich country, and the Kipchak Khanate and the Ögedai Khanate were hollowed out by the previous Mongolian civil war, so the Ilkhanate can only rely on the last path - trade in coastal ports. ”

Ye Yingwu nodded, he was not ignorant of the Ilkhanate, and there was even a lot of information that he had heard from Haidu at the beginning, so when Liu Shiyong said this, he already understood what Liu Shiyong meant. Even if there is no way to attack the capital of the Ilkhanate, as long as it can deal a heavy blow to the coastal ports of the Ilkhanate, then the frontline army of the Ilkhanate, whether it is forced by domestic pressure or equally aware of the importance of these ports, will inevitably return to the army with all its might, so that the Ming Dynasty's goal of defending the South Seas has been achieved, and the war has directly burned to the enemy's territory.

Although the simple defensive resistance war is stable, it can easily lead to heavy damage to the infrastructure on his own land, this Ye Yingwu knows that the hastily built docks, houses and even cities in the South Seas have no way to withstand the ravages of the Ilkhanate, and behind this even means that the Han people in the South Seas - Ye Yingwu has not had time to think about the fate of the Zhenla people - may have to bear the destruction of the Mongolian iron cavalry, which Ye Yingwu does not allow.

"So I think that General Ma's tactic is not unfeasible, and it is even the best tactic that my Ming can adopt in the direction of Nanyang now!" Liu Shiyong said in a deep voice.

"The minister seconded the proposal." Su Liuyi immediately stepped forward.

Ye Yingwu slowly walked down the steps, reached out and picked up the piece of music that he had just thrown to the ground, carefully read the words on it again, turned back, wrote a few words on the music with Zhu Pi, and knocked the jade seal on it.

"Now I will send it to Nanyang with an expedited amount of eight hundred miles, and another one will be transferred from my Praetorian Guard, and I will immediately go to Jiangjun Mountain to escort the new equipment southward without delay!" Ye Yingwu said in a deep voice.

And Su Liuyi stretched out his hand to take the concert, and was stunned for a moment. On the recital, it is written, "The fate of the Ming Nanyang depends on the general!" ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!" Su Liuyi solemnly bowed. This piece of music is not thick, but at this moment, Su Liuyi felt its heaviness, this is Ye Yingwu's trust and trust in Ma Yan, and it is also Ye Yingwu's trust in him and the military department.

"Ren Zhong, I'm still a little worried," Ye Yingwu frowned and sighed softly, "Now there are too few Nanyang troops, and the Xuanwu army that originally suppressed Nanyang is not there, can only rely on the Jingjiang army and the Dali army to support the Nanyang sky on land?" After all, they still need to pull out manpower to guard Annan and Dali in the rear. ”

Su Liu Yi and Liu Shiyong subconsciously glanced at each other, the lack of troops, this is the biggest drawback of the Ming elite policy, but everything in the world is not perfect, and the Ming Dynasty can come to this day step by step, relying on this elite soldier policy.

"Your Majesty, as long as the front line can be held, there will naturally be no riots in the rear, over the years, with the implementation of my Ming Nanyang policy, a large number of people have poured into Nanyang, most of them are Han people, so there will definitely be no hard fighting in the front and chaos in the rear." Su Liuyi said solemnly.

Ye Yingwu nodded: "I know this, but what I am still worried about is that once the front line is lost, will the rear be able to respond in time, and even go all out to block the Mongol Tatars, so as to buy enough time for the return of the front-line army and the migration of the people?" ”

Gritting his teeth, Su Liuyi took a step forward: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty's question is related to the changes after the erosion of the Nanyang War, and the ministers have no ability to reach the heavens, so please forgive Your Majesty for not being able to answer this question······"

"Su Qing's family, Liu Qing's family, everything, you have to take precautions, especially between you and me, what is decided is the lives of millions of soldiers and people in Nanyang." Ye Yingwu sighed, sometimes he felt that Wen Tianxiang and them were a little forward-looking, but when it was really his turn to decide, why not look ahead?

After all, how can the lives of millions of people be decided with a single word?

Ye Yingwu's gaze had unconsciously fallen on the map, could it be that he had to go to Nanyang this time? After all, now that the Ming Dynasty is too open, the two fronts in the north and south are too far away from Nanjing, and it will be too late when they receive the news, so how can they take precautions?

Seeing Ye Yingwu's movements, Su Liuyi and Liu Shiyong, who had long known about His Majesty, both sighed in their hearts.