Chapter 311: Great Victory, Great Difficulty
Apocalypse has a resounding nickname: Emperor Carpenter! However, it would be a big mistake to say that the plaything of the apocalypse was demoralized, and Wei Zhongxian took the opportunity to seize power and cause trouble to the world.
Historical records record that the apocalypse did carpentry: "If you do something, you will be able to do it soon." Succeed and rejoice, and soon abandon; Abandon and become, and don't get tired of it. And I don't love the finished instrument, I don't hesitate to change it, but I want to be happy for a while. ”
To make it clear, Apocalypse sees carpentry as a way to relax, or to escape the chaos of the court for a while.
With the good news coming, Tianqi was naturally full of joy, threw the chisel axe and saw aside, let Lao Wei lead the way, and hurriedly returned to the study, and didn't care about changing clothes, grabbed the documents that came to report the victory, and read them carefully.
The more I looked at the apocalypse, the brighter my eyes became, and in the end, I actually got up!
"Good, great! Wei Daban, hurry up and prepare, I want to sacrifice to the Taimiao! ”
The emperor of the Ming Dynasty suffered a lot at the hands of the Mongols, and there were even unlucky people who were captured.
Now that tens of thousands of people have been wiped out at a time, I am afraid that except for Lao Zhu and Zhu Si, there will be no such brilliant results. Not to mention the expansion of thousands of miles, a twist and turn, heavier than Mount Tai, is simply the best New Year's gift. Apocalypse's fingers trembled with excitement, and his little face turned red.
"Quick, go to the cabinet and draw up a list of rewards for meritorious heroes, so that the household department can prepare the silver for rewarding the three armies, and ......"
The apocalypse was about to go on, Wei Zhongxian smiled and said: "Long live the master, what you said is right, the old slave will only let people prepare." It's just that Zhang Shaobao said that the battle is not over yet, and there are still so many big Tartars to be solved on the grassland. You might as well wait for everything to calm down and determine the list of rewards, so as not to fail the meritorious heroes. Wouldn't it be better? ”
When Tianqi heard this, he couldn't help laughing: "The big companion is thoughtful, but I am in a hurry." By the way, Zhang Shaobao mentioned in the song that this is the best time to pass through the grassland. Jianyi Jizhen and Xuanda sent troops to help solve the rebellion and expand the land at the same time. I thought that Jian yì was very good, and I should let Wang Xiangqian and Xiong Tingbi send troops immediately. ”
Wei Zhongxian hurriedly said: "Master, the old slave has long heard that in order to cooperate with Lord Zhang, the old governor Wang has sent Xifengkou General Man Gui out of the customs to fight. This person is a member of the fierce general, and the Tartar is frightened, but it is just a line of Xuanda, Xiong Tingbi has no movement, and the old slave doesn't know what he is doing! ”
"Hmph, isn't it just awkward with Zhang Shaobao! The dignified court feudal officials, the important ministers of the nine sides, only know personal grievances. I don't know the life and death of the country! It's just abominable! Go, call both the first and second assistants, I have something to ask them. ”
Wei Zhongxian's face was full of embarrassment, and he said, "Master." It's not even fifteen, and several adults are resting at home, and it's hard to ...... all year round."
"Ome. Are you still blocking me? ”。 Apocalypse said unceremoniously: "Is it important to have military affairs, or is it important for them to take a vacation?" What kind of people have been tossed into by them, and they still have a holiday! ”
Apocalypse is angry for a reason. At the end of last year, there was a rebellion in Ningxia Town, and the general troops of Yansui and Sichuan towns were urgently transferred to quell the rebellion. He had to send troops to suppress it.
State affairs are like stalks, if Zhang Ke hadn't won a battle, Apocalypse would have had the urge to hit his head on tofu.
Lao Wei didn't dare to say anything, and hurriedly asked people to invite the first assistant and the second assistant over.
In the past two years, the cabinet has just been in the past two years, and the cabinet is like a marquee, and the four cabinet elders Liu Yijing, Fang Congzhe, Ye Xianggao, and Han Yi have stepped down one after another.
Now the first assistant of the cabinet is Gu Bingqian, he was the first to take refuge in Lao Wei, and he climbed to the position of the first assistant. Many officials are quite uninterested in Gu Bingqian, and some people even privately call him Gu Gonggong and ridicule him as a eunuch.
Of course, Gu Bingqian doesn't care about these rumors, as the so-called not being jealous is mediocre, which civil official who has passed the exam doesn't want to climb to the position of the first assistant, you scold Lao Tzu, that's your jealousy!
Lao Tzu is in power, and he has the support of Wei Zhongxian, the factory father, and he is not honest to let the East Factory clean you up.
Gu Bingqian is powerful, but there is one person he dare not offend, and that is the new deputy Zhu Guozuo.
Looking at the resumes of the two people, it is not difficult to find the reason why Gu Bingqian is jealous of this old man, Zhu Guozuo is the champion of Wanli in the eleventh year, and Gu Bingqian is the Jinshi in the twenty-third year of Wanli, and the difference between the two is twelve years. When Gu Bingqian was still studying for seniority in the Hanlin Academy, Zhu Guozuo was already a high-ranking official in the ministry.
Especially after serving as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Zhu Guozuo fought with Wanli for the position of Zhu Changluo's prince, and Zhu Changluo got the position of prince, and this old man made a considerable contribution.
Because of this, Zhu Guozuo offended Wanli, and was expected to enter the cabinet, but he was reappointed as the secretary of the ministry, and was soon impeached, and rushed back to his hometown Wujiang on the charge of drinking and drinking, and lived for 18 years.
When Zhu Changluo ascended the throne, he immediately transferred the old man back to the capital. Don't look at Zhu Guozuo is a person from Nanzhili, and he has an incense relationship with the Donglin Party, but the relationship between the two sides is not close, and Zhu Guozuo is more like a centrist.
For such a deep-rooted and ambiguous old qualification, no one dares to slack off. Gu Bingqian was very respectful to Zhu Guozuo.
"Mr. Zhaolong, how are you at home?"
"Thank you Motosuke for your concern, it's all good!"
The two walked side by side to the study of the Apocalypse and bowed together.
"Ministers and others knock to see His Majesty, long live long live long live!"
"Get up!" Apocalypse said slightly apologetically: "For the New Year, I invited the two of you over to disturb you!" ”
"Panic!" Gu Bingqian hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, as the head of the minister, you can't share your worries for Your Majesty. ”
I have to say that Gu Bingqian is a very good actor, when it comes to emotional places, his eyes are red, and he secretly wiped his tears. Zhu Guozuo on the side was slightly disdainful, the dignified Shoufu didn't have the ability to solve the problem, he knew that he was crying, and he was not a girl, so he was not ashamed!
"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that the primary enemy of the Ming Dynasty today is the Jiannu outside the Guan! Liaodong is the gateway of the imperial court, and now it has fallen into the hands of Jiannu, the capital is unstable, the old minister can't sleep at night, and he thinks hard, and there is a strategy to dedicate to His Majesty. ”
"Please!"
"Yes, the old minister has asked Qin Tianjian that there is a mausoleum of the Jurchen emperor of the Jin Dynasty in Dafang Mountain in the southwest of the capital, if they can destroy the mausoleum and cut off the dragon vein of the Jurchen Jiannu, they will definitely collapse without a fight!"
I thought that the old gentleman would have a good trick, but it turned out to be digging graves, which made Apocalypse feel a kind of depressed urge to die.
"Elder Zhu Ge, Hong Tongzheng has already told me about this matter."
"Oh? May I ask Your Majesty, what does Lord Hong think? ”
Tianqi smiled slightly: "Lord Hong has researched, the Jin Dynasty Jurchen and the current Liaodong Jurchen are not the same thing. Our dynasty only refers to the various tribes living in Liaodong as Jurchens, including Mongols, mature Jurchens, Jurchens, and even Huhua Han people, which are very chaotic. The old slave was just stealing the name of the Jurchens and pretending to be a descendant of the previous dynasty. If I go to destroy the mausoleum of the Jurchens, wouldn't it be in the hands of Jiannu! Besides, recovering Liaodong and defeating the old slave relied on a strong army and fierce generals, not some feng shui theory! ”
The little emperor talked at length, saying that Zhu Guozuo's old face was red and white, to be honest, he didn't believe that digging graves could be useful, in short, dead horses should be live horse doctors.
If it was the Apocalypse in the past, he might have agreed, but with Zhang Ke's good news in his hand, he was full of confidence, and he couldn't get into his eyes at all.
Zhu Guozuo's old face was flushed when he was said, and he was not convinced, and said: "Holy Lord, let's give it a try, I think there is no harm in it......
"Don't bother with that!" Apocalypse took out Zhang Ke's recital.
"Gu Ge Lao, Zhu Ge Lao, this is the good news that Zhang Shaobao just sent, he broke more than 100,000 Tartars in Yingzhou, and the Tartars in the eastern part of the grassland were almost wiped out in one fell swoop, it is a good time for me to march to the grassland. Tens of thousands of enemies were annihilated, thousands of miles of land were expanded, and the merits were so great that they must be rewarded. ”
Gu Bingqian and Zhu Guozuo didn't listen to it at all in the second half, they just heard that Zhang Ke broke 100,000 Tartars, and they were completely stupid, and their ears couldn't hear anything.
God, Tartars are not a herd of pigs, anyone who passes by can chop off a bunch of heads and come back. They were wolves, ferocious wolves, heavy on nine sides, and they were so beaten by the Tartars that they did not dare to take the lead, so they could only curl up in the city walls, watching the Tartars burn and loot, and go away satisfied.
The fierce Tartar has almost become a nightmare for the monarchs and ministers of the Ming Dynasty, how can others have no way to take the Tartar, but Zhang Ke will be caught, it is really more popular than the dead!
Gu Bingqian is okay, he is Lao Wei's disciple, and his relationship with Zhang Ke will naturally not be bad.
He was briefly startled and fell to his knees, tears streaming down his face.
"Only when the Son of Heaven is alive can he protect the Ming Dynasty, send loyal ministers and famous generals from heaven, and greatly increase the prestige of our dynasty. The ministers thought that they should immediately tell the world, offer victory to the Taimiao, and let the ministers congratulate the watch. As for the meritorious soldiers, the cabinet immediately went to the document to inquire, drew up a list, and asked the emperor to read it. ”
Gu Bingqian said that the head was the Tao, and the apocalypse nodded again and again.
But Zhu Guozuo frowned and poured a basin of cold water on the excited monarchs.
"Qi Xiang Xià, Zhang Shaobao really won this battle, expanding the land for thousands of miles, but how to defend the land for thousands of miles, how many troops are needed, how many households are settled, where does the money come from, and where do the people come from? Do you want to rebuild a great wall to isolate the Tartars from the outside? As far as Lao Chen knows, that place is the Daning Dusi of the year, do you want to restore it together? ”
Several sharp questions were thrown out in a row, and Tianqi and Gu Bingqian were dumbfounded, indeed, it is easy to win, but it is difficult to settle! How many people are there, how much? It doesn't need to be counted, it's an astronomical amount.
Zhu Guozuo continued to say unceremoniously: "Your Majesty, victory is certainly joyful, but if hundreds of thousands of Tartars are defeated, will they be willing, if they turn to invade other places, the nine sides are in an emergency, wouldn't it be like a heavy hug on their backs!" ”
When Tianqi heard this, he immediately lowered his head.
At this time, suddenly Lao Wei ran in from outside, and hurriedly said: "Long live the master, Zhang Shaobao sent another letter, please take a look!" (To be continued......)