Everyone present was stunned, how could the emperor be a saint? Make a mess, and then talk about the emperor's sage, and the emperor will be able to spare you?

The Emperor of the Apocalypse was happy and said, "Zhu Aiqing, why do you say that I am Shengming?" ”

Wei Zhongxian's heart was relieved, Zhu Youcheng was really amazing, and he pulled the Emperor of the Apocalypse out of his angry state of mind with one sentence. Look, the title has been changed, from Zhu Youcheng to Zhu Aiqing, it seems that with two or three more sentences, you can become Brother Cheng again-but, don't tease him, isn't it better?

Zhu Youcheng broke out in a cold sweat, sure enough, the power of heaven was unpredictable, although he imagined every word and every action of today's admonition yesterday, but when he saw the angry appearance of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, he was still a little frightened.

He lay on the ground and said, "The emperor said a wise saying, so the minister said that the emperor is sage." ”

"Oh, which one?"

"The minister didn't dare to say it."

"Don't you even dare to repeat my words? Where does the fear come from? ”

"Wechen is afraid that the saint will turn his face."

After all, the Emperor of the Apocalypse was smart and wise, and immediately understood that Zhu Youcheng was interceding for Xiong Tingbi, and he wanted to refuse, but he wanted to hear what he said, so he said: "Say, I forgive you for your innocence - promise not to turn your face." ”

Zhu Youcheng's legs were numb on his knees, and he said, "Your Majesty, can you let the ministers stand up and say?" My legs are numb. ”

"I didn't let you kneel in the first place, you were a thief by yourself. Well, you get up and say. ”

"The emperor just said, 'If it weren't for your constraints, would I write it like this?', this is really a wise saying that is not easy to do."

The Emperor of the Apocalypse wanted to learn from others to nod his beard, but he felt empty, so he had to touch his smooth chin and nodded: "Brother Cheng is reasonable. ”

The hearts of everyone present suddenly relaxed, and the Emperor of the Apocalypse finally changed his name to 'Brother Cheng', and the dark clouds in the sky suddenly dispersed. Wei Zhongxian and King Xin vigorously glanced at Zhu Youcheng and gestured, signaling him to stop here and stop saying wrong things to provoke the Emperor of the Apocalypse.

Zhu Youcheng was stunned - of course he couldn't hear it, in front of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, who dared to interject indiscriminately, those two were acting in a pantomime - he continued: "Just as the emperor put a good drawing paper on Xiong Tingbi in Liaodong, and matched it with good ink, he asked for money for money and grain for grain, but the expected picture did not appear, and Liaodong was so rotten that it was out of control. The emperor naturally wanted to criticize Xiong Tingbi, a Danqing master, and asked him why he didn't paint a good picture. ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse nodded and said, "Brother Cheng, your words are deeply heartfelt. ”

"The emperor is naturally criticizing him, well, old bear, what's the matter with you? Your 'Wen' word, the horizontal in the middle, hey...... The word 'Wu', the oblique hook, hey...... The word 'double', the last stroke, is simply ...... The most outrageous thing is the word 'shape', can it still be called 捺? ”

Zhu Youcheng repeated the words that criticized the calligraphy of the Emperor of the Apocalypse just now, but the object of criticism became Xiong Tingbi.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse blushed like a pig's liver, and he naturally heard that Zhu Youcheng was using calligraphy as a metaphor for his groundless accusation against Xiong Tingbi.

"I didn't hinder Xiong Tingbi."

"Of course, the emperor didn't restrain Xiong Tingbi, but others did. Wang Huazhen is the governor of Liaodong, and as soon as he arrived in Liaodong, he grabbed power and set up Xiong Tingbi. Xiong Tingbi's order, even Liaodong Jingluo Mansion can't come out, how can he command the war? ”

"However, it is always a fact that Xiong Tingbi abandoned millions of square miles of land in Liaodong overnight, and based on this, even if he was cut immediately, it would not be an exaggeration."

"Your Majesty, Xiong Tingbi's name is Liaodong Jingluo, but there are only 3,000 soldiers under his command, and most of them are old and weak soldiers. With this amount of troops, not to mention guarding millions of square miles of land in Liaodong, even if you defend a lonely city, you can't hold it. Wang Huazhen handed over 30,000 elite soldiers to Jiannu to slaughter, and in the entire territory of Liaodong, only 3,000 troops were left in Xiong Tingbi's hands. At this time, not to mention that Xiong Tingbi is a veteran of the battlefield, even a recruit who has never been on the battlefield knows that the correct choice at this time should be to evacuate quickly. Otherwise, once Xiong Tingbi is trapped in the lonely city, then Jiannu will surround Xiong Tingbi, and the court will definitely send troops to rescue him when he learns the news. Jiannu ambushed the imperial court reinforcements, surrounded the point and sent reinforcements, and the imperial court suffered greater losses. And Xiong Tingbi did not flee in a panic, but retreated strategically. He asked the soldiers and civilians of Liaodong to clear the wilderness and retreat to Shanhaiguan. Therefore, Jiannu could not get any supplies east of the Liao River, so they could only hastily withdraw their troops. If I'm not mistaken, now Jiannu's forces to the east of the Liao River must be weak, and the imperial court will definitely be able to recover a large area of lost land by sending troops there. ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse was silent, he had already received a report from the King of Liaodong Jinglu in Jin, and there was no trace of Jiannu to the east of the Liao River. However, Wang Zaijin did not build yì to recover the land of Liaodong. Because, if the land of Liaodong is recovered, the people must be relocated and guarded by troops. Liaodong is vast and poor, and reassuring the people and pacifying the soldiers will waste huge military salaries. And at present, the Ming soldiers can't fight in the field, and if Jiannu comes again, they can only stick to the city, and the people outside the city will be slaughtered by Jiannu. Shanhaiguan is sitting on natural danger and can be defended with only a small number of troops. Regardless of Wang's opinion, it is at least certain that Xiong Tingbi's policy of clearing the wilderness was successful.

"Does the emperor still remember the second batch of Jiannu meticulous work captured by Xizhen Fusi? What is the purpose of their visit to Beijing? It was to instigate the Donglin Party to cut Xiong Tingbi. If Jiannu wasn't afraid of Xiong Tingbi, why did he bribe heavily, lest he die unhappily? By the way, Jiannu also said that if possible, it would be best to keep Wang Huazhen. One kills, one protects, who is loyal and who is traitorous, don't you know, Your Majesty? Your Majesty, don't do things that hurt your relatives and make your enemies happy. ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse's face remained unchanged, but his heart was full of turmoil.

Zhu Youcheng saw that the Emperor of the Apocalypse was moved, struck while the iron was hot, and said: "Since ancient times, there have been clouds, and you can't punish doctors. Xiong Tingbi hangs the title of secretary of the military department, and belongs to the important ministers of the imperial court, if he pays the price of his life because of the loss of Liaodong, from now on, who else wants to be the secretary of the military department? ”

Zhu Youcheng is not lying and threatening. Since Xiong Tingbi was killed, the post of secretary of the military department has become a hot yam, and no one is willing to take it. It's no wonder that the ministers evaded, and there were few good deaths in the successive military departments in the late Ming Dynasty. Many people pull ties in order not to be the secretary of the military department, go through the back door, they really can't push it, and they stay up for three or five months, and then they quickly resign and leave. For example, in the sixth year of the Apocalypse, Li Chunye worked hard and finally climbed to the position of Zheng Erpin, but unfortunately it was the secretary of the military department, and after a year of fear, he used the excuse that his mother was old and wanted to go home to serve his mother, so he hurriedly hung up his crown.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse was silent for a long time, and finally said, "Wei Banban, let Xiong Tingbi go." However, the death penalty has been spared, and the living crime cannot be escaped, and he will be reduced to the people, and he will never be used. And although Wang Huazhen has contributed to the Ming Dynasty, he has not hidden his merits, so he will be handed over to the division for trial. ”

After speaking, the Emperor of the Apocalypse let out a long sigh and asked, "Brother Cheng, I have received a report from Liaodong that Jiannu could not find supplies east of the Liao River, and has now retreated to the west of the Liao River. What do you say now? ”

Zhu Youcheng pondered for a while and asked, "What did the King of Liaodong Jingluo say in the King of Jin?" ”

Wang Zaijin reported that Jianyi gave up the land outside the Guan, stuck to Shanhaiguan, and resisted Jiannu's attack by virtue of natural hazards. At the same time, he befriended Mongolia, opened the Ming-Mongolian mutual market, and purchased Jiannu heads from Mongolia, driving Mongolia to conflict with Jiannu. ”

Weichen felt that Wang Zaijin's construction was good, and only a small number of troops were needed to guard Shanhaiguan, which could save a lot of military expenses. And the purchase of Jiannu heads from Mongolia is a strategy to drive the tiger and devour the wolf. Suppose the price of a Jiannu head is five taels, and we train a soldier, the annual salary alone will be twelve taels, and if we add ordnance, it will be more than this price. And a soldier may not be able to cut off the head of a slave, so this business is worth it. ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse had a gloomy face, how could he not know that Wang Zaijin's strategy was very clever? But the Ming Emperor never abandoned the territory, to him, he lost millions of square miles of land, even if the people did not scold him, to the underground, to see the ancestors and ancestors, it is not easy to explain.

"Zhu Youcheng, you are also a child of the Zhu family, you know that the Ming Dynasty never cedes land, I can't be such a faint king, so the land in Liaodong must be recovered, think about it, what can you do?"

"Your Majesty, it is easy to recover the land, but it is very difficult to hold the land. Now that Jiannu has retreated to the west of the Liao River, there is no problem in sending troops to recover the east of the Liao River. But what to do, if you send 100,000 soldiers, the military expenditure alone is 1.2 million taels a year, which is still the minimum standard. Liaodong is lonely outside the customs, it is not easy to transport, plus grain, grass, ordnance, how much money? Without three million taels, it is impossible to hold Liaodong at all. I don't know much about the total tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty, it is about four million taels, if it is pulled out to the Liaodong defenders three million taels, what will happen to other places? ”

"Can I only be a faint king?"

"Your Majesty, have you forgotten Jinyi Weixi Zhenfu Division? Wechen risked his life to recruit 10,000 soldiers two years ago, why? Isn't it just to defend the land for the emperor? ”

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