Chapter 43: Hiding from the Sky and Crossing the Sea (2)
The first year of Chongzhen.
February 25.
Mandarin Palace.
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"Uh~! Let's start with a song to improve your spirit. "Yang Reform has a chance, but he still doesn't let go of torturing this group of elites of the Ming Dynasty.
The ministers below were full of unhappiness. It's not the court, why do you let us sing? But if it's not cool, it's not cool, the song still has to be sung. Now this thing is already a fixed program. Aren't you going to raise the aura in your chest and abdomen? Aren't you ready to "Serve the Country with Loyalty"? The emperor covers a hat, who can afford to resist?
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"The wolf smoke rises and the country looks north to the ......"
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"The dragon rises and rolls the horse, and the sword qi is like frost......"
The ministers sang with great pride, looking at the unhappy and aggrieved appearance of those ministers, Yang Gai felt a lot more relieved in his heart.
After the song.
Yang Gai was the first to speak.
"Ladies and gentlemen, yesterday I suddenly thought of a major event related to the life and death of my dynasty, so today I summoned you to come and discuss countermeasures."
The ministers were also surprised? What else can be related to the life and death of my Ming Dynasty? It's not that the emperor is stupid, right? Millions of our people, millions of troops? Who are you afraid of? It's just that we can't handle it for the time being, are we using it like this? The ministers were puzzled.
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"Yuan Chonghuan is here?"
"Your Majesty, the ministers are here." Yuan Chonghuan is also strange, why did he call me today? Can't you cut me down? I didn't upset the emperor!
"Yuan Aiqing, you and Master Sun deduced the sand table, what do you think about the Houjin detour to Mongolia and enter the customs?" Yang Reform is not prepared to talk nonsense, but is ready to point to the crux of the problem.
“…… Your Majesty, after the guidance of Lord Sun, the minister was 100% sure of the Houjin Society's detour to Mongolia to enter the customs. Yuan Chonghuan thought for a few seconds, and immediately replied in the affirmative that the wild boar skin would make a detour to Mongolia to enter the customs.
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"Ahh
"Ah~~!"
"Ah!!h
The ministers below were dumbfounded. After the capture of the East Kim detour from Mongolia? Is this possible? It's terrifying, and in that case, we think that the impregnable Jinning defense line is useless. In that case, the East Captive Houjin can hit us right under our noses at any time? This...... It's horrible. No wonder the emperor called us here to discuss, it turned out to be for this matter. What a big deal!
"Does that Aiqing have any objection to this?" Yang asked Gengai.
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Ministers, you look at me, I look at you, and finally look at Yuan Chonghuan and Sun Chengzong. Seeing Yuan Chonghuan's confident expression, he looked at Sun Chengzong's old face and was indifferent. In the end, they all said that there was no objection to this.
"Since Zhong Aiqing has no objection to this, then I ask again, how many times has my Ming Dynasty fought against Dongyu over the years? How much is lost? ”
The question of Yang Reform suddenly asked the hearts of this group of Ming Dynasty elites. The Ming Dynasty faced the Dongyu, and that face was a broom on the ground, which was specially used to sweep the floor. I really can't pick up face, so there's nothing to say.
Finally, a person came out and played: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that our dynasty and the Dongyu battle, each has its own victory and defeat, but compared to the loss, it is still our dynasty that has a greater ......" This person said a fair word.
"What was the bigger loss?" Yang asked Gengai.
"Your Majesty, it was the defeat of the first emperor Wanli in the forty-sixth year of the Sarhu, and our dynasty lost tens of thousands of elite soldiers. Lost Ground ......"
"And those who have lost in recent years?" Yang Gengai still asked.
"Your Majesty, on the scale, except for the great victory in Jinning, almost everywhere else is a failure......" This person is quite fair, and he is quite clear about historical events. Of course, Mao Wenlong's record there "shouldn't be" counted in it according to convention.
"Since they are all defeats, then I want to ask, have the costumes, official certificates, and seals of the Ming Dynasty been seized by the Eastern Captives?" Yang asked Gengai.
…… The ministers were embarrassed......
“…… Yes, estimated...... It's ......" The man was almost unable to understand what was going on, and his mind was a mess.
"Then I ask again, if the Dongyu detour into the customs and use the authentic official certificates and seals of our dynasty to deceive the gate of the important town, how likely is this matter?"
Yang Reform's words were like a super bombshell, blowing up the psychological defense line of the ministers.
If it is said that the Mongolian detour, the Jinning defense line is invalid, the Great Wall, and the important towns in the pass are also very dense, and it is not necessarily possible to please Houjin in the east, and they will be captured one by one, and the people of Houjin may not be able to withstand this kind of loss, and there is a fluke mentality, but with the authentic official certificate of the Ming Dynasty, the seal letter deceived the city gate...... This thing is really terrible~! Don't you open that city if you want to?
But there are still people who don't give up and come out to fight.
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that although he said that, it is impossible for the Dongyu to deceive the city gate of my Ming Dynasty, and the soldiers of our dynasty will definitely strictly investigate the official voucher and seal the letter, so as not to let the Dongyu Houjin deceive the pass."
Yang Reform said: "Well, very good, do you think that my soldiers will strictly check the official certificate and seal the letter?" How to check? The official evidence, the seal letter is originally genuine, can it still be found to be fake? ”
This courtier blushed, and he had nothing to say for a long time, and after a long time, he held back another sentence: "Your Majesty, the imperial court should inform the soldiers defending the city of the lost seal letter and official certificate as soon as possible, if the Eastern Capture Hou Jin uses fake official certificates and seal letters to deceive the city gate, it will just catch all the ......."
Yang Reform posted again: "Well, it's very good, but I heard that most of the soldiers in my dynasty are illiterate, even the generals, most of them are illiterate, do the Qing family think that the illiterate generals can understand?" If you are illiterate, how can you verify the authenticity of official certificates and seals? I'm afraid that there are not hundreds of seals and official certificates that I have thrown at Dongyu, but there are still one or two hundred. What do you think? Do all the generals who guard the door recognize? ”
This courtier's face was flushed, and he was so squeezed by the emperor that he couldn't say a word. I can only fall to my knees. Mouth is guilty.
Ministers, you look at me, I look at you, all with frightened, incredulous expressions. Then there was a cold sweat. Heavy breathing. The news and the consequences are terrible.
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“…… The ministers are guilty...... The ministers ...... in fear, "The man who knelt on the ground." This incident is really terrible, and the consequences are quite serious.
Yang Geng's face was expressionless, looking at a group of NPCs kneeling on the ground, his psychology was a little disdainful, you pigs, I'm afraid there are still a lot of people who are calculating Mao Wenlong's surname at this time. I didn't expect that one day, someone would also have a knife on my neck.
Yang Gai didn't ask this group of pig-like teammates to get up, but still let them kneel on the ground to let them know how many catties they had.
"This possibility, I also thought of it by chance yesterday, it's really terrible, I haven't slept all night, what I'm thinking about is how to solve this matter, who can relieve my worries?"
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After a while, a person kneeling on the ground took a few steps on his knees and said, "Your Majesty, the minister believes that officials and generals at all levels should be informed as soon as possible, especially the gatekeepers, and explain to them that our dynasty has lost a lot of official documents, seals, and clothing in Houjin in the east. The city gate cannot be opened lightly...... must be strictly inspected, and the door can only be opened after a strict inspection......"
Who knew that another minister "jumped" out with his knees to object: "Your Majesty, by all means!" Thinking about the glorious Tianwei of my Ming Dynasty, Your Majesty announced it like this, where is my Chaotian prestige? The imperial court was disgraced, and if the Eastern Emperor knew it, he would definitely laugh at the uselessness of our dynasty and ridicule the incompetence of our dynasty, and the vast number of soldiers knew that our dynasty had lost so many official documents and seals, and that in the future, if the momentum of the battle against the Eastern Dynasty had been lost, they would be defeated before the battle......"
Yang Reform is funny, he hasn't said it yet, you guys have pinched it first. Do you also know the power of my Ming Dynasty? I'm afraid this Tianwei is not much better than the mop on the ground, right? Specially used for mopping the floor for others.
Some other ministers also "knelt" out to support the minister's words, and they said "no", but they could no longer say anything nutritious except "no". Pure shattered for themselves, no, for the face of the court. Yang reformed and ignored this.
"Well, yes, anything else?" Yang asked boredly.
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A minister came out, took a few steps on his knees, and played: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this matter should still be informed to all the soldiers of the city gate and strengthen their vigilance." In addition, the minister thought that the eastern captives might not dare to make a detour to Mongolia to enter the customs......"
"Why?" What this person said was a bit new, and Yang Reform became interested.
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Dongjiang Town is controlled by Lord Mao Wenlong Mao, and Dongyu must divide troops to guard it, so that the troops entering the customs must be limited, so ...... It's hard to say whether you enter the customs or not......"
This person still has a bit of strategic thinking, Yang Gai glanced at it, and said: "Well, a few days ago, I made up the military salary, but I didn't give Mao Wenlong a haircut, and the household department and the military department wanted to deduct Mao Wenlong's military salary, and now I think about letting Mao Wenlong contain the eastern captives?" ”
Yang Reform ruthlessly exposed the shortcomings. The minister who came out to do the work was embarrassed, his head lowered, and his eyes looked at the ground. I was criticized enough by the emperor.
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Yang Gengai looked at the back of his head. Said: "Yesterday I thought about it all night, and this morning I thought about countermeasures, but it was too late, I said sorry first, I also came up with a few countermeasures, and everyone Aiqing discussed ......it."
The ministers of the earth were ashamed, and did not dare to cry out.