"Here ......

When Lu Wenzhao said the information loudly and knocked his head on the ground, Zhu Youzhen's heart sank.

He looked at his imperial brother, and sure enough, the other party's face was not very good-looking.

And、After reacting、He looked at himself and said, "My brother arranged ......"

"Brother of the courtiers!" Zhu Youzhen frowned tightly and said to Lu Wenzhao:

"Where are Mu Zeng, Mu Changzuo, Mu Qiyuan, and Du Wenhuan?"

Hearing this, Lu Wenzhao hurriedly reported:

"Long live, Your Highness, Mu Zeng received the holy decree on the twelfth of this month, immediately mobilized troops and horses, and drank to stop the internal Tusi of Wu Si Zang and Duogan from making trouble, but Wu Si Zang Tusi did not listen, and there was still civil strife, and only 2,600 young men raised by each 10,000 households of Duogan went south."

"Six days ago, the young men of the Duogan camp had arrived in Lijiang, and the right political envoy Mu Zeng gathered 12,000 regular soldiers and 4,000 auxiliary soldiers to control the eastward march of the Duogan camp, and settled in Beiteng Prefecture the day before yesterday."

"Mu Changzuo, the Duke of Qianguo, and Mu Qiyuan, the chief military officer of the Governor, received the holy decree on the 10th of this month, but the transfer of troops was extremely slow, and only 8,000 soldiers and horses were gathered in Kunming City at present."

"Du Wenhuan led 3,000 regular soldiers and 1,000 auxiliary soldiers to the south, and he just left Hanzhong Mansion this morning."

Lu Wenzhao talked about the reinforcements transferred from various units, but the most chilling thing was what the Qianguo Mansion did.

Also received the holy decree, Du Wenhuan entered Sichuan from Yansui, Mu Zengdu commanded nearly 20,000 soldiers and horses stationed in Beitengzhou, and Mu Changzuo and others were still grinding foreign workers in Kunming.

"Bastard!"

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but snort softly, and Zhu Youzhen hurriedly reassured:

"Brother, don't be angry, the urgent thing to delay now is to stabilize the situation."

"Hmm...... The younger brother was right. After a short period of anger, Zhu Youxiao regained his composure, and immediately turned to Wei Zhongxian and said:

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"Xuan Cabinet, six departments, six sections, half an hour later to the Qianqing Palace to discuss."

After that, he said to Zhu Youzhen again: "My brother is also ready to prepare, think of a good plan, and say it together later." ”

"Yes......" Zhu Youzhen responded while smiling bitterly in his heart.

As early as when he first supported his royal brother to ascend to the throne, he had already calculated how to deal with Yu Chongming.

It's just that after the last time, he found that he still underestimated the disobedience of the Southwest Toast.

I didn't expect that Yu Chongming would drag the Shuixi clan and the Shuidong Song clan into the water, and these two toasts would be out of the water, so the things that could have been controlled would be a little uncontrollable.

Although Mu Zeng and Du Wenhuan were transferred, Mu Changzuo and Mu Qiyuan were still muddy and couldn't support the wall......

Thinking of this, Zhu Youzhen briefly went through it in his mind and assessed the strength of the enemy on both sides.

First of all, the 60,000 Yi soldiers under the command of the three clans Tusi are definitely relatively strong, otherwise they would not have allowed the turmoil in the southwest to last for more than ten years.

In addition to the 60,000 Yi soldiers, the remaining Tusi and Han soldiers should not exceed 80,000, that is to say, An Bangyan and their side are about 1340,000 troops.

On the other hand, on his side, Qin Liangyu has 10,000 soldiers who have been trained for four months, and 10,000 people who have been trained for nine months, a total of 20,000 soldiers and horses.

The strength of Hong Chengchou, Sun Chuanting, Wu Aheng, and Yang Wenyue was about 20,000, while Mu Zeng's strength was 12,000 regular soldiers, plus 2,006 of the Duogan battalion.

They added Du Wenhuan's 3,000 regular soldiers, and the Ming army's regular soldiers were 61,006.

If we add a small number of elites that can be mobilized in Guangdong, Guangxi, Huguang, Sichuan, Yunnan, and Guizhou, the number of troops should not be less than 100,000.

"It's a pity that the more than 20,000 soldiers and horses who crossed the eight passes can't be mobilized......"

Zhu Youzhen sighed secretly, if he could mobilize the soldiers and horses of Yunnan Tengyue Baguan, he could get 120,000 elites.

At present, it can only be 100,000 against 120,000, and this 100,000 still has water, it is inevitable that there will be vacancies in the soldiers and horses of the six provinces, so that maybe the Ming army will only have 80,000 or 90,000, or even 780,000......

Zhu Youzhen frowned, and then raised his head and said to Lu Wenzhao, who had already stood up:

"Let people send the southwest Kunyu sand table from the Qingong Palace!"

"Yes!" Hearing Zhu Youzhen's words, Lu Wenzhao knew what it was, and immediately sent a small banner of Jinyi Guard to fetch it.

In this way, three quarters of an hour later, a huge table with a length and a width of four feet and a height of four feet was moved into the Qianqing Palace, and it was shrouded in black cloth, making people wonder what it was.

And at this time, there was also the sound of hurried footsteps outside the Qianqing Palace.

"Ministers of the Cabinet, the Six Ministries, and the Six Sections...... to ~~~~"

"Long Live the Holy Bow ......"

More than 40 ministers poured into the Qianqing Palace, which made the Qianqing Palace look much more crowded, and Zhu Youxiao, who was dealing with the music in the Yangxin Palace, also put down the Songshu, walked out of the Yangxin Palace, walked to the Qianqing Palace and sat down, and motioned for Zhu Youzhen to sit next to him.

However, Zhu Youzhen shook his head and pointed to the sand table.

Although Zhu Youxiao was puzzled, he still respected his younger brother, and then looked at the ministers and others and said, "Everyone knows what happened!" ”

"Long live you, you already know ......"

Not long after leaving, Ye Xianggao returned the salute, and many ministers did the same.

Zhu Youzhen saw Yang Lian, who he hadn't seen for a long time, among these people, he had lost a lot of weight, and his mental state was much worse.

It seems that the victory of the Donglin Party has not only become easier for him, but more tired.

Zhu Youzhen observed Yang Lian, and Lu Wenzhao also stood up and told the southwest about it.

The movements of the various teams, as well as the difference in strength between Daming and Tusi, have all been spoken.

It is now September 28, and the rebels will rebel on October 5, according to the Yellow Emperor's calendar, only today is only seven days.

After learning everything, Yang Lian first took a step forward and said:

"Long live, now is the time to strike preemptively and catch the rebels off guard!"

"That's right!"

"When it is!"

As soon as Yang Lian spoke, Zuo Guangdou, Zhou Chaorui and others echoed one after another, but Zhu Guozuo, the cabinet minister of the Zhejiang Party, stepped forward and said:

"Long live, adjustable staff general Qi Yuanbi, lead Zhejiang troops to support Sichuan and Guizhou."

As soon as Zhu Guozuo opened his mouth, he mentioned Qi Yuanbi, just because Qi Yuanbi returned to Zhejiang to recruit troops, which made the Zhejiang Party uneasy.

After Qi Yuanbi arrived in Zhejiang in June, he began to recruit troops throughout Zhejiang, and because the beheading reward of the Zhejiang soldiers who aided Liao and Zhejiang was sent back to the homes of Zhejiang soldiers, many Zhejiang men were red-eyed.

Under such enthusiasm, in just half a month, Qi Yuanbi has recruited tens of thousands of Zhejiang soldiers in the whole territory of Zhejiang, and he is still actively signing up, and has been training for three and a half months.

Sending them to support the southwest will also make the Zhejiang Party breathe a sigh of relief.

After all, no one wanted to have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses belonging to the emperor on their territory, but their ideas were scorned by Zhu Youzhen.

He clasped his hands on his chest and said to Zhu Guozuo: "Zhu Gechen, the Zhejiang soldiers have already had a direction, and besides, they have only been training for three months, so they should continue to garrison and wait for the late October to enter Liao." ”

As soon as Zhu Youzhen spoke, Zhu Guozuo immediately frowned, but he did not refute.

At present, Zhu Youzhen's strength is too strong, especially in terms of military power, it can be said that he has mastered one-third or even more than half of the elite in the world.

Man Gui, Sun Yingyuan, Qi Jin, Qin Bangping, Sun Chuanting......

These people are worthy of the name of the Qi Wang Party, everyone has a lot of soldiers, and the courtiers know it.

Since Zhu Youzhen has already said that the Zhejiang troops will aid Liao in late October, there is no need to stimulate the other party.

Thinking of this, Zhu Guozuo was silent, but Liu Yixiao stepped forward and said:

"Long live, with the current strength in the southwest, I am afraid it will be difficult to quell the rebellion in a short time."

"If Nurhachi in Liaodong invades again, our dynasty may be in a dilemma."

"Respectfully, please long live, transfer Tengxiang, Wuxiang, Jinwu, and Shence to the south to support Sichuan, and transfer four cavalry guards to aid Liao......"

Liu Yixiao's proposal seemed good, but it made Zhu Youzhen squint his eyes slightly.

Not only him, but others are also calculating in their hearts.

This transfer means that the Eighth Guards Army was transferred, and only the Eighth Guards and the Twelve Gong Guard Battalions were left in Shuntian and Yongping, the Three Guards of the Imperial City and the Han Generals, and the Beijing Battalion.

Among them, there are three guards who are sailors, and there are only five foot guards.

Such a transfer, under the conjecture of everyone, thought of answering.

Liu Yixiao should have known about the recent recruitment of troops in the Yanshan battalion, so he deliberately wanted to cut the soldiers and horses in Zhili in the hands of Zhu Youjian, the king of Qi.

Zhu Youzhen also thought of it, but he was unmoved.

It's just that he, Brother Huang, and Ye Xianggao all know that these newly recruited soldiers and horses are going to be used to solve the three towns of Shanxi.

Once the three towns of Shanxi are resolved, the military power held by Wenchen may fall to a weak level again.

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen is not ready to say, Ye Xianggao is the same, and Zhu Youxiao is even more.

"The Sixteenth Guard needs to guard against Karaqin, Tuman, Tumut, no need to say more."

As soon as Zhu Youxiao spoke, he set the tone of the matter, while Liu Yixiao frowned, very uncomfortable.

At this time, it is time for Ye Xianggao to come out and adjust.

Ye Xianggao stepped forward and said to Zhu Youxiao:

"Long live, the old minister thinks that the transfer of troops needs to be transferred, but it doesn't need so much."

"You can transfer Teng Xiang and Wu Xiang to the south, and order Sun Yingyuan, the chief soldier of Tianjin, to take charge."

"It's okay to ......" Zhu Youzhen bowed slightly, he also knew that the southwest troops had been transferred a lot because of Salhu, and it was normal for reinforcements to go south.

Zhu Youxiao saw that his younger brother agreed, and he also bowed slightly, and at this time, Yao Zongwen of the Zhejiang Party stood up again:

"Long live, when an important minister is appointed as the governor of Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Huguang, Guangxi and other five provinces to encircle and suppress the rebels."

"The minister recommended Xu Keqiu, the governor of Sichuan, as the governor of the five southwestern provinces!"

"No!" Hearing Yao Zongwen's words, Liu Yixian, Zuo Guangdou, Yang Lian, Zhou Chaorui, Zhao Nanxing and others dismissed one after another:

"Long live, Xu Keqiu doesn't know the soldiers, how can he let him be the governor of the five provinces?" Liu Yixiao said.

"Then Hong Chengchou, Yang Wenyue, Wu Aheng, Qin Liangyu can have such a scale, isn't it His Royal Highness King Qi and Xu Keqiu who command it properly?"

Yao Zongwen learned to take advantage of the situation, and also borrowed Zhu Youzhen's head.

Not only that, but he actually put the greatest credit on Zhu Youzhen's head by taking advantage of the situation.

Although it is a fact that Zhu Youzhen has made the greatest contribution to the layout of the southwest, he does not want to get involved in party disputes, so he thought about it and said:

"Xu Keqiu's governance is acceptable, but the military strategy is not good, he can let him sit in Chengdu, control the allocation of grain and grass, and as for the position of governor, he can let Zhu Xie, the political envoy of Sichuan Zuobu, give it a try."

"Zhu Xieyuan?"

Hearing such a name, the Zhejiang Party officials didn't feel anything, because Zhu Xieyuan was also a Zhejiang Party, but the Donglin Party and other party officials frowned.

"Zhu Xieyuan has only suppressed a few civil unrests, what military strategy can be praised? It's better to send Yang He to the governor! ”

The first to speak was Ying Zhen, an official of the Qi Party, and the one he recommended was Yang He, Yang Sichang's father.

"Long live, we also think that it is better for Yang He to be the governor."

Gu Tianjun of the Kun Party and Tang Binyin of the Xuan Party stepped forward one after another, and they resisted Zhu Xieyuan as the governor in this way because of Zhu Xieyuan's character.

Zhu Xieyuan, who ascended to the rank of Jinshi in his early years, was awarded the official Dali Commentary.

At that time, Liu Shen, a wealthy gentleman in Shanxi, was rampant in the township, and "the dead were sleeping". After the incident, this sentence was imprisoned for ten years. Zhu Xieyuan accepted this case, not invited by the magnates, and after a detailed investigation, he decided to make a decision, and more than 300 people were rehabilitated.

If this is the case, he can only be regarded as a clear stream and a capable minister in the Zhejiang Party, and will not offend the Xuan Party and the Kun Party.

However, in the twenty-ninth year of Wanli, Zhu Xieyuan served as the prefect of Suzhou, and Suzhou's wealth was the best in the world, and there were many corrupt people in Yi County and government officials.

After Zhu Xieyuan took office, he listed the quota of grain that needed to be escorted in the government treasury to each county, but whenever the land endowment of the township was transported to the county seat, the county official was ordered to put it into the warehouse, and once the warehouse was not taken correctly, the county official was held accountable.

After arriving at the house, Zhu Xieyuan personally opened the inspection, and then did not send it to Nanjing, but directly sent it to the capital, and asked the officials above the household department to personally open the inspection, and did not let the officials interfere in the whole process.

In this way, the situation of the officials of the county, government, Nanjing, and household departments abusing the people's wealth in the name of leakage and consumption has disappeared.

This practice made the Suzhou officials cut off their financial routes, and the powerful and inferior gentry had to pay in advance, which offended many people.

Later, the mining tax eunuch Sun Long levied violently in Suzhou, arousing more than 10,000 weavers led by Ge Cheng to resist the violence.

Originally, this matter was none of his business, but at this time, the officials in Suzhou were panicked and could only fly to invite Zhu Xieyuan to come to quell the chaos.

Zhu Xieyuan opposed the use of soldiers to suppress on the grounds of "soldiers are the ones who defend against foreign invaders" and "the public is angry and difficult to commit", and disbanded with kindness and righteousness.

Therefore, Gu Tianjun of the Kun Party didn't want to see Zhu Xieyuan as the governor of the five provinces at all, and finally succeeded in quelling the rebellion and took the throne.

However, the Kun Party is a small party after all, and if Zhu Xieyuan succeeds in quelling the rebellion, the Zhejiang Party will undoubtedly add a weighty Beijing official, so the Zhejiang Party did not stand up.

Seeing this, Qi Shijiao, who was in the Qi Party, felt that it was none of his business, and did not stand up.

As a result, the strength of the three parties of Chu Xuankun alone is not enough to reject Zhu Youzhen's proposal.

At present, although Zhu Youzhen is not as good as the complete Donglin Party, nor as good as the five parties of Qichu, Zhejiang, Xuankun and Kun of the alliance, if the two alliances are split, they will not be able to suppress him at all.

He has soldiers, and the royal brother is famous, even if he is in the middle of the order, he can be unimpeded.

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen said to everyone:

"Zhu Xieyuan is steady, it is not a big problem for him to be the governor of the five provinces, although Yang He is talented, but because of the loss of his father and filial piety, I rule the world with loyalty, righteousness, benevolence and filial piety, how can I destroy the filial piety of others?"

Zhu Youzhen used the path of a civil official and stood on the moral high ground to criticize the officials of the three parties, which made their faces very ugly.

Everyone had no choice but to focus on Emperor Zhu Youxiao.

But he didn't want to, the emperor looked at King Qi at this moment, and his eyes were very satisfied.

"My brother has grown a lot ......"

Zhu Youxiao was very satisfied, and then felt the sight of the minister, and then said:

"Zhu Xieyuan was awarded the imperial history of the capital of the Imperial Procuratorate, and the governor of Yunnan, Huguang, Sichuan, Guizhou, and Guangxi provinces."

"Then send Sun Yingyuan, the chief soldier of Tianjin, to lead Tengxiang and Wu Xiang two guards and horses to the south, transfer 50,000 stone of grain from Taicang, set aside 70,000 taels of silver, and all kinds of materials are matched, and go south in three days."

"Minister Wang Yingjiao leads the decree ......" Hearing the emperor's words, Wang Yingjiao, the head of the household department of the Donglin Party, immediately responded.

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Youxiao said again:

"Ordered King Qi to be the prime minister of the five provinces, and the southwest affairs are expedient, so there is no need to bother the cabinet and the six ministries."

"Hooray!"

"Hooray, this is ridiculous!"

"How can the prince and the prime minister fight without going through the military department?!"

Zhu Youxiao's words instantly ignited all Wenchen, just because it was a challenge.

This is a kind of challenge to the emperor's power of the military department, but also a challenge to the military power of the civil ministers, and even more to the challenge of the civil ministers to govern the world.

Step back, step by step.

The ministers are not good matches, and they were previously dismissed because of the fierce struggle between Donglin and the Five Parties at that time, and they had no time to take care of it.

But at the moment, it is impossible to get a piece of the military pie in the southwest.

If Zhu Youzhen moved his mind and stayed in the land of the five provinces to keep troops and horses and continue to take root, then the strength of Wenchen would shrink again.

It's a pity that their rebuttal was not taken seriously by Zhu Youxiao.

At present, he has soldiers, silver, and food, so he has to store up for officials.

Therefore, in the face of the rejection of the ministers, Zhu Youxiao said: "Do you need to make a decree?" ”

After that, he took advantage of Wenchen's stunned moment, and said to Zhu Youzhen: "Can the King of Qi dare to accept the order?" ”

The corners of Zhu Youzhen's mouth were raised, and he sneered at everyone: "Brother takes the order!" ”

“……”

At this moment, the officials of the five parties and some officials of the Donglin Party clenched the wat board in their hands one after another, and their faces were extremely gloomy.

In such gloomy faces, only a few people showed a little solemn worry.

Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou, Liu Yixian, Ye Xianggao, Wang Yingjiao......

Scanning the solemn faces of the people, Zhu Youxiao had a rough idea in his heart, so he immediately spoke:

"A few days ago, Wang Shangshu was sparse, I read it, I thought it was very good, and I also passed it on to Ye Ge Lao to watch, and Ye Ge Lao also thought it was feasible."

"Spread my will, reduce the land endowment and increase the distribution by four cents, add miscellaneous items by two cents, salt tax by one cent, and tariff by one cent!"

"Banzai Shengmei (Banzai Impossible)!" For a while, two voices sounded in the court.

The officials of the three parties of Zhejiang, Xuankun and Kun knelt down and sang loudly, while the three parties of Qi Chu and Donglin sang Shengming.

Looking at their appearance, Zhu Youxiao's heart also blossomed.

After holding the imperial power for more than a year, he gradually figured out a way.

To cover up one contradiction, it is necessary to prop up another.

Since the officials did not agree with their younger brother and prime minister's counterinsurgency in the five provinces, they pulled out Tian Fu and miscellaneous items, which made them unbearable pain to fight.

Regarding military affairs, everyone opposed Zhu Youxiao's idea, so he divided the civilian officials.

The three pan-Jiangnan parties related to miscellaneous items really couldn't accept the addition of miscellaneous items, while the three parties related to Tian Fu, such as Qi Chu Donglin, really fully supported it.

His method of differentiation was that Ye Xianggao looked at it and couldn't help nodding secretly.

However, he glanced around slightly, and sure enough, he found that the leaders of the five parties, such as Qi Chu, Zhejiang, Xuankun, and others, did not kneel down and did not say anything.

They are all thousand-year-old foxes, can they not know what means the emperor plays? Want to play Differentiation? The people who have won a trick have already learned smartly.

"Hooray! The prince and the governor of the army, since Emperor Wen, have not had a ......"

Zhu Guozuo continued to refuse, and Guan Yingzhen, Tang Binyin, Gu Tianjun and others also made a decision: "Please think twice......

The civil servants learned wisely, except for Liu Yixian, who did not express his position, the other five parties all reacted, so they stood up one after another and stopped talking about tax innovation.

Wang Yingjiao frowned, knowing that his new law could not be implemented.

It was Zhu Youxiao, who saw him stand up suddenly, and then said with a cold face: "Retreat to ......"

After that, he walked into the Heart Cultivation Hall alone, and when Wei Zhongxian saw this, he immediately sang loudly: "Retreat from the Dynasty ~~~~"

"This ......"

The ministers frowned and looked around, seeing that everyone was confused.

According to the past, the emperor will inevitably ask King Qi to become the prime minister of the five provinces at this time, but why did he turn his face directly now?

It's not just them, even Ye Xianggao and Zhu Youzhen are also confused and confused.

Seeing this, Zhu Youzhen could only follow up with the Heart Cultivation Palace, while Ye Xianggao coughed:

"Ahem, the matter of the governor of the five provinces is determined to be Zhu Xieyuan, and the military department is urgent for 800 miles, let Zhu Xieyuan be the governor of the army and horses first, and encircle and suppress the rebels of the three clans."

"Yes......" As soon as everyone heard this, Ye Xianggao did not support the emperor, and they were relieved in their hearts, and they all responded, and then followed Ye Xianggao out of the Qianqing Palace.

At this time, Zhu Youzhen walked into the Heart Cultivation Palace, frowned and looked at his imperial brother, but found that his imperial brother was actually leaning on the chair, dealing with the music in his hands, where was there still the appearance that made people's hearts tighten when he was angry just now?

"Brother Huang?" Zhu Youzhen asked cautiously.

"Brother, today I will teach you a hand for my brother, which is to sprinkle ash on the soil and then press the wood......"

Zhu Youxiao suddenly smiled and looked up at his younger brother, and Zhu Youzhen, who heard this, had a clue in his mind that he couldn't touch, as if he was about to catch it, but he couldn't grasp it tightly.

"What? Still don't get it? Zhu Youxiao got up with a smile, and then moved his body before he smiled:

"Forgot about you and me dismantling the three towns in Shanxi?"

I see!

Zhu Youzhen's eyes lit up, and he immediately said: "What my brother means is that the wooden board is the prime minister of the southwest army, and the tax reform is ash, and the removal of the remaining guards in Shanxi and Beizhili is the soil?!" ”

"Hmm!" Zhu Youxiao showed a satisfied expression in his eyes, and continued to Zhu Youzhen:

"It's just right to take advantage of this matter to continue to entangle the prime minister with the ministers in these few days, and the younger brother has to do ......"

Zhu Youxiao didn't continue, but Zhu Youzhen's eyes lit up and said:

"What the younger brother needs to do is to transfer troops to Shanxi, as well as the north and the south, but for what reason?"

Zhu Youzhen suddenly had a headache, but he had a flash of inspiration, and said in unison with Zhu Youxiao:

"Military Salary ......"