The century-old feud between the Ming Dynasty and Mongolia was almost at the same time when there was a civil war crisis, but the Ming side benefited from Shen Yichen's methods and strategies to minimize losses and internal friction.

As for the Mongolian side, whether it will first reproduce the strategy of the steppe heroes to turn the tide, or whether it will continue to collapse in a state of self-righteousness has become an unknown suspense.

During the period of waiting for the suspense to be revealed, the Ming Dynasty Hall can be described as very lively, and the ministers are arguing with each other.

The reason why such an uproar was caused was that the cabinet headed by Shen Yichen submitted an earth-shattering recital, the content of which was to order Shi Heng, the loyal prince of the country, to go out on the expedition in the face of sin, and open up the Hexi Corridor to recover the homeland of the Western Regions!

When this proposal came out, combined with the recent uproar of public opinion in Beijing, some sophisticated officials began to realize that there must be someone behind it.

It's just that they can't figure it out anyway, as Shi Heng raises the banner of soldiers

The protagonist of "Qingjun Side", Shen Yichen not only let go of his political opponent, but also gave the other party a chance to make a comeback, is there really someone in the world who is so selfless?

Of course, in addition to the power struggle in the court, more officials still think

The "westward crusade" is not feasible. The northern Tatars were eyeing each other, and before the Battle of Luchuan was over, Shen Yichen led the cabinet to propose a westward expedition, which was no different from a reckless army.

It was not easy for the Ming Dynasty to live in peace for a few years, and if it continues to toss like this, it will return to the end of the orthodox dynasty, and the situation of riots and uprisings in various places will not stop!

In the Fengtian Hall of the Forbidden City, Emperor Mingliang sat on the dragon chair, facing the hustle and bustle of the officials in the hall, with a somewhat dazed expression on his face.

On the contrary, the eunuch Cao Jixiang, who was standing on the side, had an expression that seemed to be smiling but not smiling, but the corner of his mouth showed an expression that seemed to be smiling, because this meeting of the hundred officials was convened by Emperor Jinyan.

When he first received the cabinet proposal, Cao Jixiang's first reaction was anger, after all, he was bent on getting rid of Shi Heng as soon as possible, and then carried out a big sweep in Xuanda and Jingying, and finally supported the children of the Cao clan to ascend to the throne and become the second

"Shi Heng". As a result, Shen Yichen not only wanted to leave Shi Heng a way to live, but also gave him a chance to tear the soil and seal the king, what if one day this reckless man became a prince and returned to the capital?

It doesn't matter if Shen Yichen betrayed his personal favor, he betrayed Shi Heng can be said to have formed an enmity that does not share the sky, and the two sides will never die!

But soon Cao Jixiang reacted, instead of being the villain himself, he used the power of the celebrant to approve the red to stay in the middle or veto the cabinet's proposal.

It is better to obey Shen Yichen's meaning, expand the scope of the court discussion, and simply use the form of a court meeting to discuss with hundreds of officials!

The reason is that Cao Jixiang knows very well that Shen Yichen is not what it used to be, and the cabinet has become his ban, even if the cabinet meeting is held, it is very likely that the old-school civil official group will not be able to prevent the proposal from passing.

Only by bringing in the most stubborn and rigid speech officials can we set off a wave of opposition in the court.

Cao Jixiang didn't believe it, this kind of reckless proposal and offensive to the royal majesty could be seconded by hundreds of officials of the imperial court.

No matter how powerful Shen Yichen is, he will not force himself to pass in the face of the world's disapproval. If Shen Yichen really dared to do this, it would be equivalent to giving Cao Jixiang a chance, and he would win over the officials of the opposition, as well as the emperor and the empress dowager who felt oppressed, to form a unified front.

The downfall of the powerful ministers of all dynasties is not because they are accustomed to being domineering and domineering, and they let themselves stand on the opposite side of the majority step by step!

"The minister opposes the proposal of the Shen Palace to protect the west, and Shi Heng's raising troops to force the palace is a fait accompli, if you gently let go of the past guilt, and there is also the benefit of tearing the earth and sealing the king, then won't everyone compete to follow suit in the future?" Wang Wen, the imperial envoy of the capital, was the first to jump out to object, and his statement surprised many officials present.

You must know that Wang Wen and Shi Heng have a very good relationship, after all, the two of them were playing on the plan to choose a new monarch back then

The idea of "supporting foreign vassals" also joined forces to become allies for a time. It stands to reason that even if Shi Heng is imprisoned and becomes a water dog, everyone shouts and beats him, there is no need for Wang Wen to be the first to jump out and step on it, this is simply harmful to others and himself.

Facing the surprised eyes of many colleagues, Wang Wen actually had bitterness in his heart and couldn't say it. His continuous failure in standing in the team over the years has almost put him on the road to the end of his career, except for the fact that he has a little advantage in seniority and age, he is the same in other aspects

"Alone" is about the same. In the past two years, Wang Wen has been relatively low-key in the court, basically in a state of chaos, and originally did not plan to wade into this troubled water.

However, as one of the three legal divisions, the imperial envoy of the capital, and his status is still ranked above the Shangshu of the Criminal Department and the Dali Temple, in the process of Shen Yichen's interrogation of Shi Heng, he actually ordered Jinyiwei to deal with it throughout the whole process, and then transferred it to the cabinet proposal.

This practice is equivalent to emptying the authority of the imperial envoy, even if he is not much different from a clay statue in most government affairs, but the clay man also has three points of earthiness.

If you don't stand up and say something, it's not just as simple as having a name and no reality, and even a name is gone, so what do you want the Imperial Procuratorate and the Imperial Envoy to do?

"The minister seconded Wang Duxian's words, merit is merit, and merit is faulty, and meritorious service is equivalent to treating the court law as nothing!" Yu Shiyue, the secretary of the Criminal Department, was the second to stand up, and the reason for his opposition was the same as that of Wang Wen, the imperial envoy of the capital.

Shen Yichen's proposal method of bypassing the three law divisions is equivalent to monopolizing power, and Dajiuqing will become a cabinet vassal in the future!

With the two second-grade masters of the Imperial Envoy and the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, there was an instant uproar in the court, and the officials and Qingliu, who had been suppressed by Shen Yichen for a long time, finally found an opportunity to admonish one after another.

"Your Majesty, there are no rules, Shi Heng raising troops to rebel against the three clans is a serious crime, and the law is unforgiving!"

"Emperor Taizu of this dynasty has already had ancestral training, and he was not crowned king during his lifetime, if Shi Heng really recovers the Western Regions during his lifetime, how should he deal with it?" If these are still discussing Shi Heng's affairs, the next six department officials directly pointed the finger at Shen Yichen.

"Now Shen Gongbao is considering splitting the earth and sealing the king, and then do you plan to open the palace with the three divisions, supervise the Chinese and foreign military, fake Huang Yue, make the festival, and give Jiuxi?" As soon as this sentence came out, the Fengtian Palace, which was still noisy and admonishing, was instantly silent, and did not dare to continue to investigate for a while.

Not to mention the civil and military officials, even Shen Yichen himself had an unnatural expression on his face after hearing it. Good guy, this is the usurper three-piece set arranged, obviously discussing Shi Heng's splitting of the earth and sealing the king, and he has come to the step of worshipping the prime minister by supporting his death, and he can't even reach the level of the feudal marquis, is it a little too early to buckle the hat of preparing to usurp the throne now?

Seeing that the hall suddenly became quiet, Zhu Jianqing, the Emperor of Mingliang, who was sitting on the dragon chair watching the play, asked Cao Jixiang beside him with some confusion: "Cao Banban, what is Kaifu Yi and the three divisions, and Cijiuxi?" Rao is Cao Jixiang is bold, and in the face of the emperor's question, he can only say: "This is some etiquette of the previous dynasty, and the ministers want to express the meaning of the Shen Palace Bao Enlong." ”

"Sir is the head of the cabinet, the minister of the Emperor's order, shouldn't he be honored by Enlong?" Emperor Ming Liang didn't understand the special meaning of these etiquettes at all, on the contrary, after getting along with each other during this time, he had developed a kind of blind trust and dependence on Shen Yichen, and felt that it was a matter of course to be kind to the teacher.

This rhetorical question made Cao Jixiang completely speechless, and in front of the civil and military officials, he could not clearly show that Shen Yichen was a powerful minister who was plotting to usurp the throne.

Just when he was in a dilemma, Peng Shi, the editor of the Hanlin Academy, stood up and retorted with righteousness and awe-inspiring: "Wang Duxian and the words of the great priest, please forgive the officials for not agreeing!" ”

"The law is nothing more than human affection, and Shi Heng, the prince of Zhongguo, has done something that violates the law, but he has never thought of rebellion. In addition, the Xuanda border army that participated in raising troops on the side of the Qing monarch, they have been guarding the bitter cold frontier for many years, fighting bloody battles for the country and the Tartars. ”

In addition, the accusations of your colleagues against Shen Gongbao are even more intolerable. If Shen Gongbao was really an authoritarian person, there would be no today's court meeting at all, let alone the cabinet would submit a proposal to be decided by the Dajiuqing court. ”

"From beginning to end, Shen Ge Lao has followed the law and repented of self-denial!" Peng Shi is worthy of being the champion and the first in history, his words are neither humble nor arrogant, and he is quite accurate and counterattacks everyone's attacks on Shen Yichen.

In particular, the last paragraph highlights the fact that if Shen Yichen is really a powerful minister in the traditional sense, then there is no room for discussion between the court and the court, and it has long been transferred from the cabinet to the executive level.

It is precisely because Shen Yichen did not have the dictatorship of the cadres that there would be a cabinet decision-making by the Cabinet Dajiuqing, but Cao Jixiang seized the opportunity to make things bigger, and it evolved into a court meeting discussed by the ministers.

"Peng Xiu is right, colleagues should talk about things." Li Xian, the secretary of the ministry, responded leisurely, on the one hand, he agreed with Peng Shi, and on the other hand, he also warned the official Qingliu.

Don't expand the discussion of Shi Heng's split earth and seal the king to Shen Yichen, if you really want to expand the partisan dispute, then you, the official secretary, control the official assessment power, you have to consider the consequences!

Sure enough, when Li Xian spoke up, the six subjects who were still indignant just now immediately stopped and chose to shut up.

There was silence in the hall for a moment, and Yu Qian, the secretary of the military department, stood up and said: "The minister thinks that Shen Gongbao's proposal is feasible, not to mention the merits of recovering the homeland, just taking the Hexi Corridor can cut off the back road of the Tartars, and create a foundation for the Northern Expedition of the Ming Dynasty in the future!" "The Manchu Dynasty civil and military in the Fengtian Palace, when it comes to personal grievances with Shi Heng, Yu Qian ranks second, and it is estimated that no one ranks first.

Previously, in order to retaliate against Yu Qian's impeachment, Shi Heng used the means of serving in the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, transferred Yu Mian from the Jingshi Jinyiwei to the Xuanda Border Army, and also forced him to lead his troops to chase the retreating Mongol Tatars.

As a result, he was seriously injured in an ambush by Ye Xian, if it weren't for Shen Yichen who left his back hand and arranged for Datong to fight to the death at night, it is estimated that Yu Mian would have returned the horse leather shroud.

Even so, Yu Mian, who was finally rescued, still lost one arm, and there were several serious knife wounds on his body, and it was estimated that he would not be able to fight on the horse in this life.

At the same time, Shi Heng couldn't bear to raise troops to clear the king's side, otherwise if he continued according to this method, Yu Mian would inevitably be buried outside the plug.

But personal enmity is personal enmity, Yu Qian finally stood in the perspective of the country, recognized Shen Yichen's proposal, and gave Shi Heng a way to live by splitting the earth and sealing the king.

After all, he is the secretary of the military department of the governor's world's soldiers and horses, and he also single-handedly promoted Shi Heng like Bole.

No one knows better than Yu Qian the courage of Shi Heng and his group of clan disciples, and no one knows the bravery of the Xuanda border army better than him.

The death of such an elite army on the charge of palace mutiny is a loss for the Ming Dynasty, rather than sacrificing in vain, it is better to let them open up the Hexi Corridor and cut off the possible westward escape route in the future.

The Northern Expedition is the battle of the whole country that will determine the future of the Ming Dynasty, and compared to the hatred of the country, the family feud is so insignificant.

Yu Qian's position Shen Yichen once again surprised many people, after all, he had initiated a court meeting before to punish Shi Heng according to the law.

At the same time, many officials in the DPRK and China also knew that they would definitely retaliate against Yu Mian.

However, accidents are accidents, Yu Qian's words are equivalent to changing the direction of the court's debate from attacking each other to returning to the affairs themselves.

I saw that Hu Hu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites who had been silent for a long time at this time, came out of the team and asked Shen Yichen: "Shen Gongbao, don't talk about the meritorious service of the Duke of Zhongguo in advance, the requirements for financial and material resources for the Western Expedition will greatly exceed that of Jingyuan Bo Wang Jinan's expedition to Luchuan. ”

"After all, Luchuan is close to the grain production land in the south of the Yangtze River, and it can also rely on water transportation to reduce losses. Even if the treasury finances have improved now, it can't support this war, so will Shen Gongbao repeat the mistakes of the three-front war in the orthodox years? Under normal circumstances, Hu Hu is already ready to protect himself to the end, and with his current age, he has already reached a political compromise with Shen Yichen to keep his dignity and return to his hometown.

But this time, Shen Yichen's labor expedition is too risky, and it may be able to drag the entire Ming Empire to death.

"That's right, even if Your Majesty is benevolent and righteous, for the sake of the rebels who once defended their family and country, and forgive their crimes, you can't use the Western Expedition to make meritorious contributions."

"The defeat of the Emperor Taishang's Tumubao was that before the Northern Expedition, there was a rebellion in Fujian and the conquest of Luchuan, which led to the transfer of equipment from the Northwest Frontier Army to the south and almost the fall of the Beijing Division."

"The past does not forget the future, and the battle of the Western Expedition is absolutely impossible!" With Hu Hui's opposition, many old ministers of the Chinese official group of the DPRK came out one after another to support the proposal at this time.

Indeed, even if the political differences between the two sides are not considered, the imperial court cannot afford the huge cost of the western expedition alone.

"Your Majesty, with the method of the "Law of the Sect and the Domain" and the collection of customs silver, the household department has had a slight surplus in the past two years. However, natural disasters have been frequent in recent years, and more silver and two disaster relief are needed, and Jing Yuanbo's southern expeditionary army still needs support, so it is really unable to go west. Not to mention the civil official group, even the Hubu Shangshu Nianfu, who is biased towards Shen Yichen, has opposing opinions. However, at this time, a herald with a red flag in his body rushed to the Fengtian Palace, and at the same time shouted in an extremely excited tone: "Luchuan is a great victory, the thief leader Silu is the head, and the Southern Expeditionary Army offers the capture of the Beijing Division!" ”