Chapter 536: Your Majesty, listen to the old minister
The Imperial Palace is above the Fengtian Palace.
All the ministers of civil and military affairs gathered together at this moment, ready to hold today's court meeting.
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"
"Alright, let's all get up."
The official sat on the dragon chair, looked at the group of courtiers below, and asked them.
"Let's talk about some of the recent situations, how is the suppression of our army?"
The ministers present all looked quite embarrassed, and Yan Wei, as the head of the cabinet, also bore the brunt.
"Your Majesty, the marching speed of our army is still relatively slow, and the current battle situation is not particularly clear, and the development of that Wu Zhen is already very strong!"
"I heard the news from the front line that Wu Zhen has expanded your soldiers and horses to 100,000, although many of these 100,000 are militiamen who can't afford to eat.
But they burn, kill, loot and do all kinds of evil, but their combat effectiveness is still very strong! ”
"They just want to live, so they are super capable of fighting, and when they gather together, they take all the food from some of the local squires, or the grain merchants' mansions, so that they can always replenish it."
"On the contrary, we can't do this, if we forcibly rob the money and food in the official uniforms, or rob the people of their only chance to survive, then I'm afraid it will really be a little uncontrollable."
"Compared with the two, it is still those rebellious thieves, they are more powerful, and we can only passively accept ......"
The official family became more and more sad after hearing this, what is this!
Isn't there really a little chance for the imperial court? It's really a failure to be an emperor, and you can't even discipline these courtiers, what else can you do?
He's also quite helpless, to be honest.
"Is this how you repay me?"
"I am really too disappointed, then why was King Annam able to win the battle when he had no money and no food, tell me a good story, what is going on!"
Yan Wei and the other ministers of the court looked at it together, and then explained.
"Your Majesty, there is no comparison between the two at all, after all, King Annan is a natural general."
"He's been leading troops to fight for so long, and we can't do anything at all."
"The gap is just too big!"
"After all, no one is the king of Annam, even if he is he, he has been defeated in the number of battles, and he has been wiped out."
"We learned that when he fought a battle in Annan, he was almost burned to death and almost wiped out, so I really can't blame others about the war."
"Your Majesty, we really can't help it!"
The official clenched his fists, but he couldn't say anything, he still had to rely on these Dacheng to help himself, he couldn't get angry.
I feel that this emperor has also failed too much, and he has to obey these ministers in everything, and he has to let them do everything!
The minister still can't say it, and if he says it, their minister will be unhappy in his heart......
It's all because he, the emperor, has not been willing to make progress since he ascended the throne, and he has not tried his best to eradicate these forces in the court, so that he, the emperor, can completely have real power.
Now it is too serious, and the emperor only then remembered some of his previous measures, but it was too late, and there was no great chance.
"Lu Guogong, tell me how this matter should be resolved."
The official suddenly shouted Lu Guogong, who was thinking about the problem in the hall, Lu Guogong was also startled, but he was also very calm.
After reacting, he hurriedly said.
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that if this matter wants to be solved, in fact, it is not so difficult, the first step is to relieve the victims, only after those victims are rescued, then we can be at peace in the world.
In the coming year, God did not send a big flood, and there was no big drought or disaster. ”
"Everything has been restored, it is not so complicated, and it would be a very stupid decision to choose to suppress it by force."
"It is true that there are anti-thieves now, but this impact is not very great, if Your Majesty trusts King Annan, you can let King Annan give it a try."
"Let him lead his soldiers and horses to defeat these thieves, and at the same time, the court will focus all its energy on relieving the victims, so that he can kill two birds with one stone."
Lu Guogong actually still has a glimmer of hope, in fact, he still hopes that the emperor can take his opinion, so that the people of the world will not suffer from war, so that everything can be stable.
This is indeed the safest method, and it is also the most likely to make the world stable and allow this emperor to sit firmly in his position!
But in fact, the emperor is not as simple as he imagined.
After hearing this, the official shook his head in embarrassment.
"Never!"
"The Son of Heaven said that horses are difficult to chase, and since they have chosen to suppress them by force, they have not thought about relieving the victims."
The emperor said so on the surface, but in fact, he knew very well in his heart that the reason why he did not take Lu Guogong's opinion was that he was afraid of King Annan.
The military power in the hands of King Annan is too great now, if he is allowed to establish merit again, then how should he be canonized?
At that time, it will really be a high achievement, and the other is that if King Annan still chooses to help the imperial court, will he still have the same idea as before after he takes that piece of country, and will he still ask for his own fief!
Now he has become a real warlord, which is absolutely intolerable as an emperor.
Another is that the emperor is more worried in his heart, in case the king of Annam leads his army into the real territory of Dayan.
Could it be that he would also rebel, he still thought that he should keep their army out of the southwest border.
"Your Majesty, you should listen carefully to the old minister's opinion."
Lu Guogong said bitterly, he was really very aggrieved in his heart, why was the emperor unwilling to listen to his opinion? Obviously, this matter is already a certainty, and it is obviously very safe.
Why should he worry about his son-in-law? Why be afraid?
A courtier is still a courtier, as long as this emperor has a heart.
Of course, Lu Guogong also knew very well that as the emperor, he must be afraid of being a master, and he was also afraid that once the hundreds of thousands of troops entered the Central Plains!
It is bound to set off a lot of waves, and what if it finally evolves to a point where it is difficult to end?
"Lu Guogong's opinion, I will think about it carefully, and I don't have to worry about Lu Guogong."
"Alas......"