The pilgrimage meeting is underway.

As soon as Zhu Si came up, he used the previous reports from various places in the northwest as an introduction, and without the minister saying a word, he directly explained how urgent the military situation in the northwest was, and made a proposal to build a fortress and strengthen the guard on the Xuanfu and Datong lines.

The ministers present were stunned when they heard this.

In terms of professionalism, Zhu Si is not much worse than Wang Qiong, who is known for his military ability, while Peng Ze, the current secretary of the military department, seems mediocre.

「…… Ladies and gentlemen, I have always believed that the military affairs of the northwest frontier pay attention to personal prevention before it happens, and the disrepair of the Xuanfu Pass and other places in the past few years is also caused by the female cadres in the northwest who plagued the border defense. I don't want to plunge the Gyeonggi Gateway into turmoil, so can you agree with me?"

Zhu Si's words are actually very unconstructive,

The northwest frontier defense was originally valued by the Ming court, and most of the taxes collected each year were used for the northwest border army in addition to the distribution of official salaries and the daily expenses of officials at all levels, and most of the policies formulated by the imperial court revolved around the northwest military services.

Strengthening border ......

Easy to say!

If you want to repair the border gates, where will the money come from?

Where does Liv come from?

You can't let the soldiers work without pay, right?

Now that I can't even afford to pay for it, what do you want to do to strengthen border defense?

Li Kun, the right attendant of the military department, came out and said: "Your Majesty, the three northwestern regions have been disturbed by many attacks, and the main direction of attack of the Tatars is extremely obvious......

Now there are two attendants in the military department, Li Yue, the left attendant, is also the governor of the three sides, and Li Kun, the right attendant, belongs to the court officials and assists in handling the affairs of the military department in the capital.

Li Kun was also born as a border official, and he was Peng Ze's subordinate in the northwest.

He is Peng Ze's descendant, when Wang Qiong participated in the impeachment of Peng Ze, Li Kun was also affected, until Peng Ze took the position, Li Kun was reactivated, and became the right attendant of the military department, and now the military department is almost Peng Ze's back garden.

In the battle between Wang Qiong and Peng Ze, the two of them couldn't say who was right and who was evil, and what they did was inappropriate, which more reflected the party's similarity and difference.

Although Wang Qiong is far superior to Peng Ze in ability, he is actually very jealous of his opponent, so Wang Qiong is very close to the ministers in the Zhengde period and uses this relationship to suppress Peng Ze.

But Peng Ze is definitely not a good stubble, which can be understood as a dog biting a dog.

Zhu Si said coldly: "What kind of people's livelihood, you just say that strengthening the border defense will affect the grain harvest in Xuanda, but I heard that the northwest land is barren, and there were originally a large number of Shangtun fields on the three sides and in the land of Xuanda, but almost all of them were abandoned in the previous dynasty, and now the northwest is basically allocated by the Daming treasury. What is the difference between whether or not to strengthen border preparedness?"

Many people looked at Sun Jiao.

They felt that the little emperor could know so much, and it must be Sun Jiao teaching behind his back.

The fact that Zhu Si summoned Sun Jiao alone was not a secret in the court.

What was said at that time, no one knew, after Sun handed it over, he said that the emperor only asked about some of the past, described the origin and discussed the affairs of the court, but did not mention what he taught Zhu Si. Many people have always regarded Sun Jiao as the emperor's staff, and Sun Jiao felt very wronged for this, because after he arrived in the capital, he had deliberately avoided any non-court contact with the little emperor.

Zhu Sidao: "I originally only had a general idea of this matter, but then I sent people to the northwest to inquire about the Governor Xuanfu and Zang Feng of Datong Military Affairs, and his opinion was the same as mine, thinking that the attacks on the three sides and other places this year were scattered and unorganized in the past, or the Tatars wanted to invade the three sides as a cover, and their real targets were Xuanfu Datong and Yatou Pass. That's why I have what I say today."

Zang Feng?

The current governor of Xuanda is Zang Feng, who was just appointed at the beginning of the first year of Jiajing, and the time was later than Li Yue as the governor of the three sides.

After Zang Feng arrived, he didn't see any big achievements, after all, since last year, the most disturbed places in the nine sides are the three sides, and the imperial court has also tried to tilt towards the three sides in terms of money and grain scheduling.

On the contrary, it was the Xuanfu and other places, where there were originally more garrisons than the three sides, and now I have not heard of any pressure from the Xuanfu and Datong fronts.

Seeing that the ministers present were silent, Zhu Si couldn't help but look at Sun Jiao: "Sun Butang, what do you think?"

Sun Jiao was stunned.

Ask who is bad, ask ***?

Originally, I wanted to clear up the relationship with this matter, but you, the emperor, not only did you avoid suspicion, but also wanted others to think that I gave you advice, right?

Sun Jiao said, "Could it be...... There was no war on the front line of Xuanda, and the local government wanted to ask for more money, food and materials, so this was ...... Is that what you propose?"

"Huh?"

Sun Jiao's words caused an uproar in the court.

This was said by the imperial historian, but it was nothing, it was originally a rumor, with the greatest malice to speculate on the front-line officials of Xuanda headed by Zang Feng, in order to make people feel that this group of people was because there was no war in Xuanfu Datong, and deliberately wanted the imperial court to strengthen combat preparedness in this period, so as to obtain more resources.

But this was said by Sun Jiao......

Your grandson is old and serious, this kind of shadowless words, can you talk nonsense?

Do you know what it means to be in harmony with your courtiers?

Do you know that your identity is the head of the household, and your words will have an extremely bad impact? Maybe there was no such thing in the first place, because you said it, and everyone outside will talk about it, and others think there is such a thing!

Zhu Si smiled and said, "Old Master Sun, you must have a basis for speaking, otherwise...... The soldiers on the same line of the Xuanfu have listened, do they want to have an opinion on you?"

Originally, Zhu Si still seemed to advance and retreat with Sun Jiao, but as soon as he turned his face, he made fun of Sun Jiao.

Zhu Si heard that Sun Jiao's purpose in saying this was to clear up the relationship with him, the emperor, and deliberately said it very ugly, so that others would know that the emperor's words were not taught by Sun Jiao.

Sun Jiao is trying his best to clear up his relationship with this matter.

Sun Jiaodao: "Back to Your Majesty, I'm afraid that such things need to be carefully investigated, but the old minister just turned his head and thought about some more things, without any evidence."

Li Kun, who had spoken before, looked at Sun Jiao and frowned, "Sun Butang, you still say this without evidence, but you want to cause the magistrate to be uneasy? As a courtier, such things can also be said nonsense?"

"That's not right, is it?"

Sun Jiao said: "Lao Yu just expressed his opinion, if you have an opinion, even if you mention it to Your Majesty, why wait for Lao Yu to finish speaking, and then question it? Colleagues, the old man is only a shallow learner, and he does not know about the military affairs of the Northwest, and I hope that you will not be embarrassed by this topic."

It's another obvious blame-throwing rhetoric.

Zhu Si shook his head helplessly.

This Sun Jiao usually looks honest and honest, but he is better than a monkey, and it is not easy to pull Sun Jiao into his boat.

Zhu Si was still pondering in his heart: "Zhu Hao, Zhu Hao, it turns out that there is a time when you can't design others? Now I was counterattacked by Old Man Sun! If only you were here, see how you pull him into the water...... It's a pity that I can't ...... it right now."

Zhu Sidao: "Then you don't agree to strengthen armaments in Xuanfu and Datong? If something happens, who will be held responsible? Elder Yang Ge, what do you think?"

Of course, Yang Tinghe refused to take the blame.

The little emperor has a word first, who will be responsible for the accident?

Of course, Yang Tinghe didn't want to fall into the trap, what kind of strengthening of armaments in the northwest had nothing to do with him, he didn't want to get involved in such a thing.

Yang Tinghe said: "Your Majesty proposed to be far-sighted, and the minister also believed that the vigilance should be strengthened in various places in the northwest, and now that there are changes in the northern grasslands, and at the same time they are suffering from natural disasters, they may use this to invade our Ming border."

"Huh?"

The ministers present were stunned.

I was thinking about how the little emperor suddenly mentioned the military affairs of the Northwest, and I was still thinking about who the military advisor behind this was.

Originally, it was determined that it was Sun Jiao, but Sun Jiao proved his innocence, and would rather risk offending the border officers than take this responsibility on his shoulders.

And now Yang Tinghe is uncharacteristically on the side of the little emperor, could it be Yang Ting

And agitated behind the scenes?

If that's the case, the military department doesn't seem to know, otherwise Li Kun, the right attendant of the military department, wouldn't have spoken out against it, as if there was no agreement in your own camp?

Or do you not know about this matter at all, Yang Tinghe pondered for a while, it is better to agree if you oppose it, or it is better to be perfunctory?

Zhu Si nodded and said, "Elder Yang Ge is deeply satisfied, so be it, the Ministry of War will consider the military affairs of the northwest as appropriate, even if the Tatars do not have the intention of knocking on the border from the same line of the Xuanfu Dynasty, they must put on a posture of actively responding to the battle and scare them back." After I ascended the throne, I didn't want the soldiers of the border army to suffer from the scourge of war, so I used the prestige of the Ming army to deter foreign soldiers and make the people live and work in peace and contentment!"

……

……

The little emperor said it beautifully.

Most of the ministers present did not understand what he meant.

On the emperor's martial arts, the little emperor in front of him is not as good as his dead cousin Emperor Wuzong, although Wuzong is not liked by the civil officials, but the victory in Yingzhou has effectively ensured the stability of the border for several years, and until now the Tatars have not been able to knock on the border and enter the customs successfully.

The new emperor has always pursued achievements in governing the country before, but now he also wants to pursue the same achievements as his brother, and wants to pursue the credit of expanding the territory?

Your Zhu family all have an adventurous spirit in your bones?

That day was the day when Zhu Hao entered the palace to speak, and Zhu Si was very happy, and finally let Zhu Hao enter the palace to talk to him as a daily speaker.

When Zhu Siyi was preparing to meet Zhu Hao, Yang Tinghe, who was on his way to the cabinet room, was quickly caught up by Peng Ze, and it seemed that Peng Ze wanted to know what Yang Tinghe meant.

「…… This matter is a temporary initiative of His Majesty, and you don't want to think about it, what good will Xuanda do to the imperial court by strengthening the armament?" Yang Tinghe asked a question that made Peng Ze scratch his head.

Peng Ze couldn't think of a motive for the little emperor to do this.

Yang Tinghe said: "I heard that your old department is mostly in the three sides and other places, and Xuanda ...... There are few of you."

"Oh?"

Peng Ze finally heard a hint of clues.

From the perspective of the party's similarity, Peng Ze is the gun of Yang Tinghe's suppression of Wang Qiong's faction, and Peng Ze's people are also Yang Tinghe's people.

Peng Ze's forces were mainly on the three sides, and Yang Tinghe speculated that the little emperor's move was an attempt to seize the military power of Xuanda.