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Datong General Soldier Wang Xun and Xuanfu General Soldier Zhu Zhen are also lying down and shot, if it were not for Zhengde patrolling the border privately, how could the Tartars not be bold enough to suddenly raise troops to knock on the pass, Datong Mansion's Tiancheng Wei Ping Yuwei and Xuanfu's Wanquanwei were suddenly attacked by the Tartars, not only the Great Wall Pass was broken, several inner towns were almost lost, and the villages and towns near the left were tossed by the Tartar cavalry.

Although the town mobilized soldiers and horses to expel the Tartar soldiers in time, but delayed the opportunity to send troops to rescue, and when they sent troops to the rescue, the emperor had been rescued by Zhang Lun and Ulzhou soldiers and horses, and the soldiers and horses in both places were put into the afterthought.

Liu Daxia, who is the secretary of the military department, felt very embarrassed, and the chief soldiers of the two important towns of Datong Xuanfu were reprimanded, which was the dereliction of duty of him, the secretary of the military department, even if he had a thousand and ten thousand grievances in his heart, he could not help but kneel down and ask for guilt.

"Your Majesty, as the head of the military department, this time almost put the emperor in prison, it is really difficult to escape his responsibility, please ask the emperor to condemn the minister."

Zhengde waved his hand and said: "This matter started because I went out on patrol, so the root of the responsibility lies with me, you don't have to take the responsibility on yourself, and I will not punish you, get up." ”

Liu Daxia kowtowed and said: "The emperor is magnanimous and forgives his sins, and the ministers feel more and more embarrassed, and the ministers thank the emperor for his grace; In the past ten days after the war, the minister pondered all night, thinking that the war had exposed many weaknesses in the border towns, and the minister felt that the defense system of the border towns still needed to be improved, so he dared to put forward several suggestions and ask the emperor to adjudicate them. ”

Zhengde said: "Get up and speak." ”

Liu Daxia got up and said with a solemn face: "The fortresses of Xuanfu and Datong to the northwest of the capital are the two iron gates that are safe in Beijing, but since the Hongzhi period, the Great Wall pass at the junction of the two places has been broken through, and the passage to the north of Ulzhou has been opened. For more than ten years, Xinping Fort has been deserted, the pass of the Great Wall has collapsed, and it has not been repaired, which is a passage for the Tartars to invade the hinterland, which should not be. ”

Everyone nodded silently, Liu Daxia, as the secretary of the Ministry of War, has acted seasonably and steadily for so many years, and has also tried his best to fulfill his responsibilities in military affairs, but he doesn't know why he left this hidden danger.

Zhengde also asked: "Why is this Xinping Fort abandoned?" I don't understand. ”

Liu Daxia said: "The emperor does not know, during the Chenghua period, Xinping Fort is an important fortress in the northernmost part of Ulzhou, at that time, in order to build this walled fort, it took 50,000 people to build it for three months, digging the soil and stone of the mountain peak to expand the high wall of the walled fort, in the heyday, Xinpingbao garrisoned as many as 1,500 people, guarding the pass of the Great Wall in the north of the fort. But the location of Xinpingbao is really not good, it is more than 270 miles away from Ulzhou, and there are mountains in the east and west directions, although there is a plank road to connect, but whether it is supply and reinforcement is a big problem, this time the emperor from Xuanfu along the plank road to Xinpingbao, should know the steepness of its road. ”

Zhengde nodded and said: "I did see it, the plank road is narrow and in disrepair, and it is indeed very difficult for my chariots and horses to cross the mountains and mountains." ”

Liu Daxia said: "Yes, so the supply difficulty is the lifeblood of the fort, and over time it has to reduce the strength of the fort, and the soldiers stationed in the fort in the sixth year of Hongzhi are only maintained at about two hundred, which gives the Tartars an opportunity; In the first month of the seventh year of Hongzhi, the Tartars gathered forces to attack Xinping Fort, but due to the disparity between the enemy and us, they were unable to hold the fortress in the end, and the pass of the Great Wall was also opened; However, because the Tartars could not occupy this fort, because they would also encounter supply problems, out of the Great Wall Pass is the southern foot of Daqing Mountain, the Tartars are obviously not willing to send troops to occupy it, so both the enemy and us feel that this place is a chicken rib, so it has been abandoned to this day. ”

Zhengde suddenly said: "I see, is the construction you want to mention related to Xinping Fort?" ”

Liu Daxia said: "The emperor Shengming, this time the emperor is in danger, and the Tartar army chose this place, which shows that this place has become a huge hidden danger; Chen Jianyi repaired Xinpingbao to restore the garrison, and repaired the Great Wall, closed the passes, so that the Tartars no longer had a passage to the south, so that the northern line of Ulju would be peaceful forever, and the things that the emperor experienced would never happen again. ”

Liu Jin sneered: "What Lord Liu said is incomprehensible, won't there be difficulties in rescue and supply after reconstruction?" When the time comes, won't it be a repeat of the mistakes of the seven years of Hongji? ”

Liu Daxia frowned, Liu Jin became more and more unscrupulous, the matter of the court was the military affairs of the outer court, and he actually interjected to question, which was really a bit overstepping; But Zhengde didn't think it was angry at all, and nodded and said, "What Liu Jin said is right, this is also my question." ”

Liu Daxia said: "Therefore, the minister asked the emperor to rebuild the plank road between the Xuanfu of Datong, and form a situation where the three forts of Tiancheng, Xinping and Wan'an echo in the north of Ulzhou, so as to solve the dilemma of rescue and supply." ”

The ministers nodded one after another, thinking that this move should be done, and Zhengde asked, "Do you think Liu Daxia's mention is justified?" ”

Gu Zuo, the head of the household, suddenly said: "Whimsical, Lord Liu has revisited the story again. ”

Zhengde frowned and asked, "What does Gu Zuo mean by this?" ”

Gu Zuo arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, Liu Daxia mentioned this matter in the seventeenth year of Hongzhi, but it was vetoed by the emperor at that time, and this time he came to propose this proposal, but I didn't know that this matter had already been decided." ”

"Oh? Why did the emperor veto this proposal? ”

"The emperor, Tiancheng and Wanquan are separated by lofty mountains and mountains, and it is a joke to build a road that can be used for soldiers and horses to gallop and supply, and the manpower and material resources consumed are countless, the first emperor had ordered people to make an estimate, just to open up the mountain road, it will take more than 100,000 people to spend at least a year, and its manpower and material resources are roughly estimated to reach three million taels of silver; The annual tax revenue of my Ming Dynasty is only about 6 million taels, is it not possible to raise the strength of the whole country to build a mountain road? ”

Zhengde was stunned and said, "Do you want to spend so much silver?" I'm afraid it won't work. ”

Liu Daxia said angrily: "Lord Gu, this is a key border defense task, it is related to the safety of the community, and it is a move to achieve long-term peace and stability once and for all, so what's the harm in spending some silver?" ”

Gu Zuo said suddenly: "You don't have a backache when you stand and talk, I don't have any money to pave the way for you, you have to pave the way and find a way to get money by yourself; I'm an official in the Ming Dynasty, and I'm still counting on annual taxes everywhere, and the affairs of your military department are big things, and other people's things are small things? ”

Liu Daxia said angrily: "You ......" blushed, but he couldn't say the following, millions of taels of silver, the household department didn't give it, where did he go to get it?

Zhengde smacked his lips and said: "Let's discuss this matter later, it costs so much, it is indeed a little difficult; Liu Daxia, you can step down. ”

Liu Daxia hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this is a big deal, Xinping Fort cannot be rebuilt and opened, and the border troubles will not subside, please be ruthless; Doesn't this emperor's distress explain this? ”

Liu Jin said coldly: "Lord Liu, you are not right, it costs half of a year's taxes for a walled fort, and you really dare to mention it; How do I think you're making excuses for yourself? Do you want to say that the emperor was attacked this time because the court did not allow you to spill the silver in the barren mountains and mountains, I am afraid that you should not shirk your responsibilities like this. ”

Liu Daxia shouted: "The heart of a villain is the belly of a gentleman, I am dedicated to the defense of the border town, and the world can learn from it." ”

Liu Jin smiled and said: "Lord Liu runs a good defense, the emperor was trapped for eight or nine days and was almost captured by the Tartars, the border town is close at hand but he stares dryly, but he has to go all the way to the rescue in the capital to get out of trouble, the emperor does not blame you for your creation, you are still ashamed, and you don't know how to be ashamed." ”

Liu Daxia angrily scolded: "You know a fart, what do you know about the military affairs of the imperial court?" ”

Zhengde's face sank, and he shouted: "Liu Daxia, what are you talking about?" The inner and outer courts are all court officials, how can you speak foul language? ”

Liu Daxia regretted his speech, and hurriedly knelt on the ground and kowtowed, Zhengde's face was unhappy, and he was silent. Li Dongyang and others are secretly anxious, Liu Daxia is obviously too stubborn, and he was immediately provoked by Liu Jin into a trap, once Zhengde is disgusted with Liu Daxia, Liu Jin blows the wind again, and Liu Daxia's position as the secretary of the military department may not be guaranteed; And if the successor is occupied by Liu Jin's henchmen again, the three key departments of the six departments, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of War, can all be controlled by Liu Jin, which is not a good thing.

Everyone was thinking about how to move back to the situation for Liu Daxia, and they saw a person come out and say: "The emperor is angry, Lord Liu is also worried about border affairs, so he spoke too much, the emperor should not blame him, after all, the emperor is in danger this time, and Lord Liu is ashamed, so he carefully revisited this matter." In terms of the overall situation, the minister felt that Lord Liu's suggestion was correct, but the feasibility was not considered; It is inappropriate to use half of the country's tax revenue to handle this matter, and it is not the best policy to dismantle the east and make up for the west. ”

Everyone was taken aback, the person who spoke was the new commander of the Jinyi Guard, Song Nan, this person did not fall into the well and add fuel to the fire, but there was a sense of maintenance in his words, which was a little strange.