Chapter 44: Who Commands the Army

"The issue of grain and grass, with Uncle Li's promise, I don't think it's a problem. Ladies and gentlemen, if you have any concerns about sending troops to Japan, you can raise them and discuss them. ”

Yue Su looked around and said loudly again.

"Grain and grass are really not a problem." At this time, standing up, Yue Su took a look, and it turned out to be Zhang Xianzhong.

"Lord Wu, what do you think is the problem?" Yue Su asked.

"Xia Guan thinks that the war against Japan is by no means simple, the victory or defeat of the war is not overnight, although Japan is small, but it has always been not weak, I want to win, I am afraid it will not be as easy as Lord Yue thinks. As we all know, the commander of the army to fight a war pays attention to the unity of the generals, and this is a national war, so it is necessary to be more cautious. "The issues raised in the parliament should naturally be a little level and some achievements. After Zhang Xianzhong finished speaking, the members of the House of Representatives present nodded one after another, thinking that this matter was very important. Thousands of troops are easy to obtain, one will be hard to find, look at the meaning of Lord Yue, the fight is definitely going to be fought, there is no other way, what I see now is just who to send to command the troops. The Ming Dynasty has always governed the military with civilians, and the commanders who commanded the troops were all civilian officials.

"Who will command the troops is not today's topic, and this official intends that after the matter of sending troops is decided, the cabinet will study and send who to send the troops." Yue Su said.

"Lord Yue'......s words are wrong," Cao Huachun stood up and said, "We think that what Lord Zhang said is good, sending troops to Japan is not a villain, and the person who commands the army is the most important thing." Although the current issue is whether or not to send troops, who will command the troops is also in the list, and if there is no suitable candidate, will I lose face when the battle is defeated? At present, the government and the opposition, who can command the army and can take on such a heavy responsibility, except for Lord Yue, our family really can't think of anyone else. But there are many affairs between the DPRK and China, and we can't let Lord Yue personally command the troops, so we agree with Lord Zhang's words, first take out the person who commands the troops, if this person has both ability and political integrity, can lead the troops, go to Japan, and can win, we will naturally approve. And if Lord Yue can't think of anyone who can lead the troops, then the matter of sending troops should not be discussed again for the time being, and it is not too late to discuss it when the right person is selected. ”

It was Zhao Zhi who stood up just now, and now it is Cao Huachun who stands up, and it is not difficult to see from here that the Queen Mother attaches great importance to this matter. It seems that there is no complete certainty, and it will not be easy to go to war.

"There is a candidate for this official here, this man is both civil and military, when he was in office, he has resisted the Tartars several times, the battle of Zhangjiakou, making it difficult for the Tartars to cross the Great Wall by half a step, some time ago, he commanded the soldiers and horses, resisted the Tartars in Laiyuan Fort, and smashed the raid of the Tartars, which can be described as a meritorious achievement, brave and strategic." Yue Su said.

"What the lord is talking about is not Wu Sinan, the governor of Xuanda." Cao Huachun said.

"That's the man." Yue Su nodded.

"There are not many officials in the DPRK who can lead troops, Lord Wu is a figure, and it is indeed okay for him to command the troops, but when he leaves, who will Xuanda's defense be handed over?" Cao Huachun said.

"This is easy to do, now that my Ming Dynasty has stopped trading with Mongolia, and the horse market has also been closed, it is extremely difficult for the Tartars to sneak attack. As long as the generals guarding the pass strictly guard the pass and do not open the city gate, it is expected that the Tartars will not be able to fly to the Great Wall. Yue Su said.

"That's what my lord said." Cao Huachun nodded and said: "Originally, who was sent to command the troops was a matter for the cabinet and the military department, and we shouldn't have asked, but just now when we talked about it, our family just asked more, and Lord Wangyue should not be surprised." ”

"What my father-in-law just said is right, starting a war against Japan and who to send to command the army can also be counted as a thing. At present, this official has promoted Wu Sinan, the governor of Xuanda, as the commander of the army, I don't know what you think? Yue Su said with a smile.

This time, if the army is won, the Ming Dynasty will gain benefits, no matter who leads the troops, it will be the credit of Lord Yue, but if the battle is lost, the black cauldron will definitely be the commander of the army. Lord Yue promoted Wu Sinan to lead the soldiers, this Wu Sinan himself has some ability not to say, important things, he is still an official of Yue Su's party. In this way, that is to say, if you win, the credit is all your Yue Su's, and if you are defeated, the black cauldron will also be borne by your Yue Su.

For a while, in the council hall, there was silence, only the deputies sat there and nodded silently.

Seeing that everyone was no longer talking, Yue Su said, "Since you have no objections, let's start voting now." Or like last time, burn incense first, and after a stick of incense is burned, the official vote. Come on, light incense. ”

When the words were settled, a forbidden army brought an incense burner and lit the incense in the furnace. Yue Su did not continue to stand on the stage, and returned to his place and sat down.

In the council hall, now they are beginning to talk to each other, and everyone is on good terms like last time, and they get together to whisper.

The time for a stick of incense finally passed, Yue Su got up on the spot and said loudly: "Everyone, the time is up, let's start voting now." Those who are in favor of sending troops should be written in favor, and those who are not in favor of sending troops should be written in approval. ”

"Lord Yue, Xia Guan has a question, I want to ask my lord first." At this time, Cheng Yunxiang of the Yiluo Party stood up.

"What questions do you have?" Yue Su said.

"The lower officials want to know, how many votes do you have to reach to pass this vote?" Cheng Yunxiang said.

"Naturally, it's more than half. In this meeting, because Hong Chengchou, the secretary of the Ministry of War, was in Liaodong and could not participate, the official had already sent someone to greet him, and he said that his vote was counted as abstention. There are a total of 142 seats in the parliament, and as long as there are more than 71 votes, it will be passed. Yue Su said.

"Thank you, my lord, Xia Guan understands." After Cheng Yunxiang finished speaking, he sat back.

"If no one has any more problems, let's start now." Yue Su said, swept around, and saw that the deputies had already picked up the pen and started to write, so he nodded and sat down to write.

In a short time, everyone had finished writing the ballots, and the cabinet office staff collected the ballots one by one. All 141 ballot papers were collected, and the counting of the ballots began as they had last time.

"Agree to war, one vote. Voter, Yue Su. "Agree to go to war, two votes. Voter, Liu Ce. "Agree to go to war, three votes. Voter, Zhang Zhenggang. ”……

The first votes were all for the Monarchical Party officials, a total of twenty-nine votes, all in favor of going to war. In order, the vote-bearer continued to read, "Agree to war, thirty votes, voter, Qi Shijiao." "Agree to go to war, thirty-one votes ......".......

Officials from the Monarchy Party and the Junzuo Party agreed, and the two factions together had 52 votes, not counting the other supporters. The Ilo Party abstained, Jiang Yueguang abstained, and a few peasants and workers' parliamentarians also abstained, and the rest all voted in favor, bringing the total number of votes to 105.

After the staff finished reading the votes, Yue Su returned to the podium and said loudly: "Today's parliament, to discuss the war against Japan, passed by one hundred and five votes. This parliament is over, and the official will enter the palace and report the results of the parliament to the emperor. Negotiate the departure date. Okay, let's adjourn. ”

This is the end of the council, Yue Su entered the palace, and the imperial study saw the driver and reported the situation to Zhang Yan. In fact, the whole process of the council has already been reported to Zhang Yan by Liu Mingguo as soon as possible, and Zhang Yan already knows it well.

After Yue Su made it clear to Zhang Yan, Zhang Yan let him make his own decision, when to send troops, how to arrange it, you Lord Yue can do it yourself. Yue Su received the decree, left the imperial study, and first went to the cabinet, asked someone to draw up the decree, and summoned Wu Sinan, the governor of Xuanda, to Beijing.

Lord Wu is really not in a good mood now, he wanted to do some business, but he lost a lot of money, although he found out a big case because of the blessing of misfortune, but the court was too picky, so he gave a verbal reward, and did not say that he would reward some silver or anything. Since the Tartars had withdrawn their troops from the Far Fort, he had been studying ways to make some legitimate money these days, but he had never come up with it.

It so happened that today, a holy decree came and summoned him to Beijing. He also roughly knows about the situation in Beijing, mainly about the Japanese side, but what does this matter have to do with himself. Although the content of the council's conversation will be spread soon, the imperial court's decree came too quickly, so he didn't know the key to it.

With curiosity, Wu Sinan embarked on the road to the capital. But this time, he didn't go by himself, the three wives all followed together, the reason is very simple, the capital is a world of flowers, we have to keep an eye on it, so as not to get out of control and get flowers and grass everywhere.

When the family came to the capital, Yue Su arranged for them to live in the mansion, and then invited Lord Wu to the study to talk.

In the study, the two of them sat down, the servant brought tea, and after retreating, Yue Su said: "Taixie, I summoned you to Beijing this time because I want to discuss something with you." ”

"If there is anything, just tell me." Wu Sinan said with a smile.

"The stakes are high and must be discussed face-to-face. The day before yesterday, the Parliament discussed a matter of starting a war against Japan, and it has now been approved. This official intends to let you lead the troops to Japan, I don't know what you think? Yue Su said.

"Let me command the troops ......" Wu Sinan was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "My lord, the lower official has a few catties and a few taels, you know, leading the troops to fight, the lower official is that piece of material." After saying that, his head shook like a rattle.

"Taixie, you are too humble, you are sitting in Xuanda, and you can smash the attack of the Tartars a little bit, which shows the talent of the army." Yue Su said.

"That is to defend in the city, and the lower officials have never gone out of the city to fight, which is completely different from attacking Japan. Besides, the ...... The commander who defends the city is not a subordinate official, they are all local guards, and the subordinate official has no credit at all......" Wu Sinan pushed again.

There is a good saying, you don't know if it's windy and rainy, and you don't know how many meals you eat at a time. Wu Sinan is self-aware, and he never says big things, especially in front of Yue Su, he doesn't dare to talk nonsense. Now let yourself go to Japan to fight, the Japanese are not so easy to provoke, if the command is wrong and the battle is lost, then it will be unlucky, Yang Yishan's experience is clear. Besides, even if you don't make a mistake in command, you may not be able to beat the Japanese people. It's better not to touch such uncertain things.

"Don't be presumptuous, there are people who can fight in a lifetime, and who are not honed little by little. If you are on the Zhangjiakou side, you will do a good job, and if you sharpen it, you will become a great tool. Yue Su said with a smile again.

"My lord, don't put a high hat on the lower official, whether the lower official is this piece of material, the lower official still doesn't know. If you really want to lead the troops to the battle, you must not lose the soldiers and lose the prestige of my Ming Dynasty. My lord, I think you'd better choose another smart one. "Wu Sinan doesn't want to eat Yue Su's set, he still refuses.

"Choose another master, okay, tell me, who should I choose?" Yue Su said.

Wu Sinan thought about it, the Manchu dynasty really can't pick out the right person, the military department Shangshu Hong Chengchou is okay, but he has been sent to Liaodong, it seems that now, except for himself, the governor of Xuanda, there is really no one left. After all, it is a civilian official who leads the army, not to mention the importance of qualifications, and he has to go to the battlefield. It just so happens that I agree with all of these two.

However, Wu Sinan can't just take the job to himself like this, he rolled his eyes and said: "My lord, Xia Guan thinks of two candidates, these two must be more suitable than Xia Guan." ”

"Tell me who it is."

"One is Wu Rumeng, the governor of Shandong, who once went to Henan to suppress bandits, led the troops, and saw a large formation, which is much stronger than the lower officials. The other is the former governor of Shanxi, the current secretary of the Ministry of Rites, the scholar of Dongge University, Liu Ce Liu, his old man's qualifications needless to say, he commanded the local soldiers and horses, and successively suppressed the Dragon Slaying Gang and the Liukou, which can be described as a long-term battle, and it is much more suitable than the lower officials. Wu Sinan said with a grin.

"I'll let Liu Ce go, you can really come up with someone and let him go, why don't you just say let me go in person!" In the face of Wu Sinan's hippie smile, it is really infuriating, and it is not angry that it is not angry. But Yue Su understood that for such people, he must not be polite, otherwise, he would definitely kick his nose in the face. Immediately, Yue Su's face sank and said: "I am already in the parliament, and you are nominated to lead the troops to attack Japan, this errand, you can't push it off if you want to, enter the palace tomorrow to face the saint, you ...... You should know what to say. ”

"Sir, aren't you bullying? Just now you also said that you want to ask for the opinion of the lower officials, why do you turn your face this time, it will become a sure thing, so why do you still ask the lower officials, and directly issue an order to let the lower officials go. However, the lower officials will not lead the troops, and when they see the emperor tomorrow, they will definitely say it directly, and if the emperor asks me to go, I will listen to the emperor. Wu Sinan said with a grin. Seeing it, a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water, looking at the world, there are really not a few people who dare to talk to Yue Su like this, but I didn't expect that one would pop up today.

"Okay, you kid is making a mess with me, okay! I can't cure you anymore, there is a kind of tomorrow when you see the emperor, you just say so, when the time comes, you don't do this governor, guard your wife, go home and herd cattle for me! Yue Su knows Wu Sinan's personality very well, so when he saw him playing horizontally, Yue Su simply came to horizontally too.

"My lord, you can't do this, if you do this, but fake public welfare, malicious revenge, and the lower official is not at fault, if you dismiss the official position of the lower official like this, and spread it, your face will be disgraced." Wu Sinan hurriedly argued.

"Don't give me this set, this Japan, you have to go, you have to go, you have to go. If you don't go, don't want to be this official, there is no fault, you see if I can find fault for you! Yue Su said unceremoniously. After saying this, Yue Su felt funny in his heart, what happened today, he actually talked to his subordinates like this. Also, the officials below saw that Yue Su was obedient to his orders, and he did whatever he wanted, and it was the first time he had encountered such a thorn.

When Wu Sinan heard this, his heart was also tight, and he scratched his head and said: "My lord, you are too much of a bully, the lower officials dare not say that they are as clear as water and as clear as a mirror, but they can be regarded as above board, and since taking over Xuanda, there is no merit and hard work, no matter how you are, you can't say let me go home, just let me go home." Otherwise, I won't do this Xuanda Governor, and you will let me go back to Fujian to be the governor. ”

"Okay, you Wu Sinan, you even bargained with me, this official is whatever you want, you can be fooled. Okay, I don't have the time to give you nonsense, go back and rest by yourself, tomorrow I will see what the emperor says, you can do it yourself, if you dare to talk nonsense, I will make you want to go home and herd cattle, there is no place to put it. After Yue Su finished speaking, he picked up the teacup.

"My lord, you do this, but you are clearly bullying, otherwise, let's discuss it again, and I won't do it as the governor, you can let me go back to Fuzhou to be the prefect."

"You...... cough cough ......" Yue Su just took a sip of tea into his mouth, and when he heard this, he almost choked him to death. Began to cough vigorously.

"My lord, what's wrong with you, my lord. My lord, don't you need to be beaten by the lower officials......"

"No...... cough cough ...... "Yue Su coughed for a long time, and finally eased up, and now he is angry, but when he sees Wu Sinan's hippie smiling face, he is not good at attacking. Simply, Yue Su stood up and walked directly towards the outside of the study.

Wu Sinan saw that Yue Su was leaving, so he hurriedly got up and said, "My lord, where are you going?" ”

"If you don't go, I'll go!" Yue Su flicked his sleeves and said, "Tomorrow's holy matter, you can do it yourself!" ”

While talking, when he arrived at the door, Yue Su pushed open the door and walked away. Wu Sinan could only chase out, looking at Yue Su's back without looking back, Wu Sinan couldn't help sighing, "This let me go to war, so don't you want to wait for the defeat......"

Wu Sinan walked out of the study in a huff, returned to the small courtyard where he lived, and as soon as he entered the hall, he saw his wife Jiang Xuanna holding a silk horse, and said happily: "Husband, you are back." Come and see if this satin looks good, it was given to me by the county lord. As soon as I touched it, I knew that it was the finest silk, and it was many times better than what I used before. The lord of the county has given me several horses, and I will make you some new clothes too. ”

"Husband, you see if my jewelry looks good, this is a new gift from the county lord, this jade bracelet, the jade is transparent, and I know that it is the best jade at a glance. When it comes to the market, it is worth at least a thousand taels of silver. Tsk, the county lord is the county lord, and he is really generous. Husband, if we accept a gift from the county lord, it is not your bribe. Liu Siting also said happily.

"This Lord Yue, he is really cunning, he is threatening me in the front, and he is also letting his wife buy you behind his back, isn't this forcing me to death." After Wu Sinan finished speaking, he didn't bother with his wife, and walked to the table and sat down angrily.

Jian Xiu was sitting next to Zhuo, seeing that her husband was not good-looking, she just wanted to ask, but she heard Jiang Xuanna say: "Husband, what's wrong, it's like the world owes you money." Lord Yue has always been upright, and the county lord is also a reasonable person, how can you say that about them. ”

"You know what a fart, Lord Yue forced me to lead troops to fight, if I dare not go, he will let me go home to herd cattle. But how can I fight, once I go, I won't even lose my underwear, and when I come back, I guess I will lose my head. Wu Sinan said stupidly.

"War?" Jian Xiu was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked, "Husband, did Lord Yue let you lead the troops to fight the Tartars?" ”

"Hit the Tartars, I'll die faster." Wu Sinan said dejectedly.

"If you don't fight the Tartars, who are you going to fight?" Jian Xiu said in confusion.

"Yes, if you don't fight the Tartars, who are you going to fight, could it be that there are rogues rebelling again? You don't have to be afraid of this, if you transfer Sima Qiaoyu to go, you will definitely be able to beat the rogue to the ground, this is not a ready-made achievement. Lord Yue gave you a beautiful difference, why are you still not happy. Look at you, the bigger the official does, the less daring he becomes. Liu Siting said.

"Who says it's not. We didn't marry you back then, but because you were a responsible man and a good official for the country and the people. But you're too disappointed right now. Jiang Xuanna also said playfully on the side.

"What do you know? If I go to fight any rogues, I still need you to say, such a good thing, I will be the first to rush. The key is that he didn't go to fight the rogues, but to go across the ocean to Japan and fight the Japanese. Although the Wa State is a small state, it has always been strong, and although the population cannot be compared with our Ming Dynasty, it is still easy to mobilize two or three hundred thousand troops. I don't go to war, and if there is a mistake, I guess I won't even be able to come back. Wu Sinan shook his head and said.

"Husband, what should I do, it turned out that I was sending troops overseas to attack the Japanese country. The Japanese people have always deceived our Ming Dynasty, caused trouble on the southeast coast back then, and later invaded North Korea, intending to use the imperial court as a springboard to invade our Ming Dynasty. Such a wolf ambition should have taught him a good lesson. Since Lord Yue asked you to lead the troops, it was also more important than you, and you, husband, were both courtiers and feudal officials, and should have served the imperial court, even if you died on the battlefield and were shrouded in horse leather, what did it matter? A good man should defend the land for the country, fight in all directions, and be afraid before fighting, it is really not the work of the big husband......" After Jian Xiu understood what was going on, he was now a lecture, what he said earlier was just an opening remark, and then there was a sermon of more than 2,000 words, which is omitted here.

When Jianxiu finished speaking, Jiang Xuanna and Liu Siting nodded one after another, and said: "Husband, the third sister is right, the eldest husband should serve the country and die for the country, so why are you afraid?" Before you could send troops, you were cowardly before you fought, and we really looked at the wrong person at the beginning. ”

"Alright, alright, you just stop. Don't I know that my husband should fight for his country and forget about his life. However, how can this matter be as simple as you say, this battle, no victory, no defeat, once lost, it will inevitably shake the national capital, and it will also give the Jurchens in Liaodong an opportunity to take advantage of. It can be said that my Ming Dynasty cannot afford to lose. I led the army away, life and death are small, but if I lose, my hundreds of years of foundation of the Ming Dynasty may be ruined. Because I took these into account, I didn't dare to take my life easily, what do you know, and when I was really greedy for life and afraid of death, I was thinking about the overall situation of the country. "In terms of women's face, Wu Sinan has always wanted to save face, when he heard his wife say that he was greedy for life and afraid of death, how could Wu Sinan agree, and put out a lot of reasons at the moment. wW