Yuan Jixian, Zhu Youzhen knows, as Ma Shiying said, this person is relatively reliable.

When Li Zicheng's army was defeated at Shanhaiguan, Yuan Jixian strongly persuaded Zuo Liangyu to recover Jingxiang and other important places to prepare for resisting the thieves going south in the future.

Originally, in history, it was precisely because Yuan Jixian garrisoned Nanchang, Jiujiang and refused Zuo Liangyu's coercion and temptation that he won the opportunity for Huang Degong's reinforcements to arrive.

So that the Hongguang regime did not perish due to internal strife.

This can also be seen.

Yuan Jixian, the governor of military affairs in Huguang, Jiangxi and other places, is indeed not a wine bag and rice bag.

Otherwise, even at this important military court meeting, Zhu Youzhen didn't mind that Yuan Jixian didn't come, and he didn't even mention it.

"What Jingnanhou said is extremely true, if I want to defend the south, there are two important places that must be defended, one is Huguang Jingxiang, and the other is Huaiyang of Nanzhili, and in Huguang, it is indeed facing three enemies, Zuo Liangyu is considered an enemy, Li Zicheng and Jiannu are each counted as a share, and now we have to prevent Zuo Liangyu from breaking into the south of the Yangtze River, and we must prevent Li Zicheng and Jiannu from following closely behind, so the task of Jingnanhou is very heavy!"

After Zhu Youzhen said, Huang Degong stood up: "Your Majesty let go, Weichen will let them have no return!" ”

"Very good", Zhu Youzhen said and walked among the officials: "Actually, whether it is Huguang or the whole world, it is these three types of enemies that affect the safety of the Ming Dynasty, one is Jiannu, the second is the thief, and the third is these warlords who have no court, no people, and no society in their eyes!" ”

"However, the so-called strategy is to pay attention to a combination of vertical and horizontal, distinguish priorities, what we need to figure out is, who is the main enemy, who can be co-opted, who must be eliminated first, you Aiqing can talk about your views, today's court discussion, as much as you want, I will never add guilt!"

Zhu Youzhen sat down after speaking, picked up the fragrant tea brought by the prefect of Huai'an, and took a sip.

"Your Majesty, Weichen believes that the main enemy at the moment should be the thief Li Zicheng, this thief trapped my northern capital, destroyed my imperial mausoleum, killed my gentry, and my Ming Dynasty's enmity is not shared, and his crimes can be described as innumerable! Now, it just so happens that Wu Sangui led Jiannu into the customs, although he also has the crime of resisting the will and betraying the master, but although Jiannu is evil, there is no need for the thief to be hateful, therefore, we should join forces to capture Pingkou! Punish the thieves together, and when the time comes, you can rule by rowing the river with Jiannu, and in time, you will try to make a great cause! ”

Gao Hongtu, the second assistant of the cabinet, was very active in this court meeting, perhaps because he found that the last tax reform was directly reused by His Majesty because Fan Jingwen and Lu Zhenfei were quite active, and now he can't be silent if he wants to win the emperor's favor, after all, His Majesty seems to like people who speak actively, and don't like wooden people.

However, what Gao Hongtu didn't know was that his speech made Zhu Youzhen only feel very uncomfortable.

However, Zhu Youzhen had already said that he should be allowed to speak freely without adding guilt without reason, so he did not show a dissatisfied attitude.

As the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, although he wants to engage in dictatorship, he has no intention of blocking the way of speech, as long as the civil officials are not aimed at him, the emperor, even if the suggestions are stinky, he can tolerate them.

"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that what the second assistant said is very true, Qin can unify the six countries, and the use is to make friends and attack from afar, today Jiannu is far away from my Daming, and the thieves will enter Huguang in the near future, I Daming should take advantage of this crisis to unite Jiannu and exterminate the thieves!"

Zhang Shenyan, a scholar at Dongge University, also said.

"Does anyone else think so?" Zhu Youjian looked at the officials present with a blank expression.

At this time, Lu Daqi, who had been transferred to Nanjing in Huguang and other places in the past, also stood up: "Back to Your Majesty, Weichen also thinks that this policy of Lianyu Pingkou is the best policy, and Jiannu has no intention of plotting the Central Plains. ”

Zhu Youzhen gave Li Banghua, a scholar of Wuyingdian University, a look.

Li Banghua understood what Zhu Youzhen meant, so he stood up first: "The two pavilion elders are also fallacious, Qin can make friends from afar and attack closely, because Qin is the strongest in the world, and the combination of vertical and horizontal is based on the strength of various countries, and now it is the same, Jiannu is the strongest, followed by thieves, my Ming soldiers bully the common people, and the joint capture of Pingkou is undoubtedly to lure the wolf into the house, although the thieves are destroyed, but they also help the strongest Jiannu to remove a strong enemy!" ”

A few months ago, Li Banghua was ordered to supervise Xuzhou, Shouzhou and other places to exterminate Liu Liangzuo's troops, and he relied on Liu Fangliang, who had a thief's background, and Gao Jie's department to attack Liu Liangzuo's army, which had an official and military background, so he was quite impressed by the comparison between the combat effectiveness of the thieves and the official army.

Ma Shiying is a master who sees the wind and steers, and he also has some talents, and when he saw the emperor's henchman Li Banghua say this, he also echoed it:

"Everyone who advocates the capture of the Kou can be punished, and keeping this mediocre minister is just a mistake for the country!"

Gao Hongtu, Zhang Shenyan, Lu Daqi and other Donglin officials glared at Ma Shiying in unison, eager to go up and fight with Ma Shiying now, who let Ma Shiying, the eunuch, directly say that they have misled the country, but in their own opinion, they are very attentive, and they are indeed thinking about the Jiangshan Society of the Ming Dynasty.

But Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but secretly want to laugh, but he still asked expressionlessly: "You are the secretary of the military department who is in charge of the military department, it stands to reason that the soldiers and horses in the world are dispatched by you, but you can tell me why it is a policy to mislead the country." ”

"Your Majesty, such as today's soldiers and horses, it is obvious that Jiannu is the strongest, and Jiannu is a Hu person, although the thieves are hateful, but in the end they are family thieves, and most of the thieves are produced by the homeless, the homeless people are caused by the people without land and no job, and the people's lack of production is caused by a group of corrupt officials in the court, so in the eyes of the ministers, although the thieves can be punished, they can also be appeased, and the Tartars can only be suppressed but not appeased, and I can't repeat the disaster of the Western Jin Dynasty!"

Ma Shiying never forgot the partisan struggle, and even at this time, he did not forget the Heidonglin Party.

Although Zhu Youzhen admired the incompatible political characteristics of him and the Donglin Party, he also disliked his enthusiasm for party struggle, after all, the chaos of the Ming Dynasty officials to the present is inseparable from the intensification of party disputes. Moreover, although Ma Shiying has some talents, he is mostly clever, although he also mentions ideas, but it is inevitably far-fetched.

"Your Majesty, from the perspective of Weichen, Liankou Pingyu may be more appropriate, Weichen used to be the general of the right system of the army, and he can be regarded as the number one general in the lower row under Li Zicheng, we are all the people who do our duty, and we are all thieves just for the sake of eating together, as long as Your Majesty appeases the order, Weichen dares to conclude that the army will definitely rather vote for the court than for the Tartars, and the people in the north know that the court is at this point now, not only because there are many corrupt officials, but also because the Tartars often loot, and the people of the world hate the Tartars!"

Liu Fangliang stood up boldly at this time.

Zhu Youzhen personally stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder: "Very good, the people are afraid of the Tartars, this world is in chaos, and the Tartars have the greatest relationship, if it weren't for the Tartars to rob, why should I be burdened by the huge military salaries every year, and how could the people rebel and become thieves, and the Tartars are now the strongest, we have to keep in mind the history of the Two Song Dynasty, as long as it is a Tartar, before you are afraid of him, he will take your homeland, let us become a fourth-class person again, two-legged sheep, the basic military national policy has been decided, just for the Liankou Pingling!" ”