[How can the end of the war be lightly started? Loyalty is commendable, and duty is more important. 】

Tang Shunzhi looked at the emperor's imperial approval like a thunderbolt.

You, the emperor with thick eyebrows and big eyes, screaming in the Beijing camp, actually don't lead the battle?

The joint name of the civil and military champions on the main battle really made the court talk about it.

But at the moment, there is a voice of skepticism.

"Every year to recruit troops, prevent autumn, swing sides, set up ambushes, guest soldiers, horse materials, shop prices, warehouse grain and grass, and then make up for the year, the warehouse should be prepared enough to prepare three million taels of money and grain in the border town! This time, Shuozhou won a big victory, first listed more than 80,000 taels alone, and then there were generals to reward silver. Your Majesty! As soon as the war began, tens of millions of dollars of money and food were consumed. Tang Shunzhi and Yu Dayou are scholars, and the courage of reckless men is not enough! ”

"Now there are five forts in Xuanning being built, masonry, transportation, recruitment, and soldiers, which are already in a hurry! The new law has not yet been completed, and the policy of enriching the country has not yet been fully effective, how can it be carried out so vigorously to conquer the country in the north? The two of them discussed the national policy in vain, and they should be held accountable! ”

“……”

Yu Dayou was numbed by the discussion between the government and the opposition.

He hasn't officially become an official yet, so he has to ask for the guilt first?

At the end of the year, the champion of Bingxu Ke Wenwu made a big wave.

Tang Shunzhi was only dizzy for a while, and then said firmly to Yu Dayou: "Don't panic! It's just that Your Majesty knows that the government and the opposition are afraid of war like tigers! Don't you see the words 'commendable loyalty'? It's not that you don't fight, it's that the timing is not good! ”

Yu Dayou looked at him: A few days ago, what you said is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Shuozhou's victory, the morale of the Ming Dynasty is high, and His Majesty's prestige is unparalleled; If I answer the initial defeat, there will be turmoil in the Northern Yuan.

Tang Shunzhi said categorically: "No! It's not bad timing! What the hell is it that you and I haven't thought through? ”

Yu Dayou: ...... Brother, you really have an iron head.

"These two people are actually getting together now." Zhu Houxi laughed in the imperial study.

Wang Shenzhong rarely pretended not to be transparent in the imperial study, and whispered: "The two of them are also brave ...... blood."

"It's okay to suffer a little." Zhu Houxi just smiled.

Who let the two of them bump into the muzzle of the gun?

The difficulty of the Ming Dynasty lies in the difficulties of a thousand difficulties.

Fei Hong is now in the critical stage of clearing the land and rebuilding the yellow book and implementing the new tax law next year, and there is a faint word on his head every day: annoying.

As a result, the champions of civil and military affairs jumped out of the main battle together? Or seize the opportunity and then frame the "trapping" Kou Bian for a national war-level northern expedition?

Those who dare not blatantly block the new law will only vent their grievances and grievances on this small excuse - in the name of public loyalty to the country.

It can only be said that Tang Shunzhi and Yu Dayou's ideas are still a little rougher, or rather-they don't have the courage and appetite of the emperor.

It is precisely because Zhu Houxi's courage and appetite are greater that the punch he wants to beat is by no means a painless punch under the current strength of Datong Town and Daming. The enemy in the north can confront the Ming Dynasty for so long, how can they be underestimated? Even if Tang Shunzhi and Yu Dayou's ideas have some possibility of being realized, how can they hold on to the counterattack in the future?

Let's stay up for a while.

Now, it's Guo Xun's excuse to be scolded.

Ma Lu handed a bullet to Beijing, and Zhu Houxi just wrote to Guo Xun and asked: You are in Nanjing, if you don't practice Zhenwu Camp well, what are you doing in charge of the affairs of the Shanxi Law Division?

Zhu Houxi really didn't know about the famous Li Fuda case in history, and he didn't know what the entanglement between the new ministers and the old ministers would eventually turn into because this case involved the Great Rites Discussion.

Anyway, you Guo Xun are meddling.

The original Taiyuan Left Guard commander Zhang Yin was first evaded, and then he was arrested, and there was a lot of evidence presented by Ma Lu.

【…… The minister was the first emperor to know him, Jiajing two years he went to Beijing to visit the minister's mansion, at that time the minister did not know that he was denounced. After that, the minister went to Nanjing, and kept exchanging letters, but he only heard his letter saying that he had been released without the dragon and tiger shape and cinnabar characters that the enemy said. Who knew that after Ma Yushi arrived in Shanxi, the case was turned back, and the minister went to the letter......]

Zhu Houxi looked at Guo Xun's letter in the imperial study, and doubts gradually appeared in his mind.

Like this kind of "small case", Zhu Houxi basically didn't pay attention to it before.

But now it seems that it is said that Li Fuda participated in the rebellion of Wang Liang and other Maitreya thieves in the second year of Hongzhi, and Li Fuda was exiled to Gansu as an accomplice at that time.

As a result, he fled, fled to Luochuan, was found out again, exiled to Liaodong, and fled again.

After escaping this time, he recruited disciples in Shanxi, plundered everywhere, and caused the Luochuan Rebellion in the seventh year of Zhengde.

He still escaped, but this time he was obedient, changed his name to Zhang Yin, registered as a craftsman while he was routinely updating the yellow book, and got acquainted with Guo Xun. Then the "Nasu donation official", through donating grain and money, finally mixed with the official of the Taiyuan Left Guard.

Enough blood.

Now because of Guo Xun's reply, Zhu Houxi also paid attention to this case, but the angle was different.

Datong Town...... Yellow Book ......

Zhu Houxi pondered for a moment, and then ordered: "Summons Fei Hong, Yang Yiqing, Cui Yuan, Wang Qiong, Wang Shouren, Zhang Zilin, Yang Tan, and Gu Shilong and Li Quanli, and the imperial study is discussed." ”

……

First of all, the civil and military champions jointly wrote a letter to the main battle, and the emperor refuted it.

But then, it was the important minister who was announced to the Heart Cultivation Palace.

Even if they are the same counselors, they are different. Of the counselors, only a few were called; In addition to the policy, he is also two important military ministers.

This is a terrible sign.

Therefore, Fei Hong went to the imperial study, looked at the lineup, and suddenly worried: "Your Majesty, the ministers are waiting for the vote, it is not a cowardice, and it is really not easy to plan the northern expedition at the moment!" ”

Take a look, Yang Yiqing, Wang Shouren, and Gu Shilong are all from the military affairs conference, and after Li Quanli's victory in the exercise, his prestige in the Beijing camp has increased, and Wang Qiong and Yang Tan are both from the household department...... How do you look at it, it looks like discussing the rhythm of the Northern Expedition.

"Fei Qing is too worried." Zhu Houxi smiled, "It's not for this today, I didn't think about rushing north. Zhaoqing and others came to impeach the Marquis of Wuding for the Shanxi Patrol Ma Lu, as well as the self-defense of the Marquis of Wuding. In this case of Li Fuda, please discuss the pros and cons of a thorough investigation. ”

Everyone was stunned.

Li Fuda's case?

It is true that Guo Xun is involved, and it seems that the matter is not small. But didn't the emperor say it? Guo Xun's "self-defense" and "plea" negligence.

has been qualitative, Guo Xun is nosy.

In this case, what is there in Li Fuda's case that deserves so many important ministers to discuss whether to investigate thoroughly?

Zhu Houxi looked at them: "I won't mention the old story of Li Fuda's escape twice." After he escaped from Luochuan, how could he still enter the Yellow Book under a false name? How can you easily become the commander of my Daming Zhengsanpinwei? I am shocked, how can such a situation be avoided from happening again in the future? ”

Da Ming became a refinement, and this group of people immediately understood: the emperor wanted to use this matter to do something bigger.

The goal is to rectify the officials by clearing the land and rebuilding the yellow book, which has been agreed a long time ago, and it is even more direct to the border town that relies on Kou's self-respect.

"Your Majesty!" Yang Yiqing immediately replied solemnly, "Datong Town has made new military achievements, this credit is not big or small, they are just not enough to be promoted, and it is still appropriate to continue to guard Datong Town." If the Li Fuda case is thoroughly investigated, not only will it be the same, but everyone will be uneasy. Over the years, officials have been promoted and relocated all over the country. That Li Fuda can steal the position of commander of the first guard, and there are people in the five prefectures and the military department who are inseparable. ”

"I understand." Zhu Houxi said lightly, "The posture of thorough investigation is to be made." I am extremely angry, and I want the government and the opposition to know. The reward that the officers and soldiers of Datong Town should be rewarded, what is the measure of this case so that they know the restraint, and they know that I have a note here, and it depends on the grasp of Qing and others. Now that this case has come to light, are there any other thieves in the provinces who have taken different names to naturalize? The county and state secretaries and officials should at least give them a chance to present themselves. Now that I have confessed, I can be lenient; If it is found out in the future, it will be serious. ”

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and sure enough, they just used the topic to play.

The emperor is becoming more and more sophisticated, and knows that he can't be too rough with the border town. On the surface, the reward was praised, but through another incident, they were beaten to restrain it, and even leave a proof of future reckoning.

As for the officials...... It's long overdue! Who hasn't had the experience of being manipulated by an old official when he first embarked on his career.

Then everyone was puzzled again, and Fei Hong asked, "Your Majesty, is this just it?" Then there is no need to discuss the pros and cons, right? ”

"How can it be non-negotiable?" Zhu Houxi laughed, "Qing and the others hurriedly sent the edict to the imperial study, and then thoroughly investigated the case, how do the government and the opposition view the purpose of thoroughly investigating this case?" What do you think of Datong Town? What did the folk gentry think? Beiyu ...... And what will you think? ”

Fei Hong's scalp suddenly tingled: "...... Before the case is closed, it is natural that I will be quite uneasy because of my Ming Dynasty's cleaning of the domain. Your Majesty, do you still want to lure the northern captives to attack again? ”

Zhu Houxi nodded: "With my Ming Dynasty's current combat strength, it is difficult to say that I will win against the Northern Prisoners, let alone the Northern Expedition." The Tumut tribe has suffered a loss, and when it comes next year, as soon as February or March, I am afraid that it will attack again. After consulting with the staff at the military council these days, I thought that this battle was inevitable. In this case, it is better to try your best to take the initiative to plan a good fighter. Fei Qing don't worry, this battle will not be protracted, but this battle must be won by a big victory, so as to create an opportunity for me to 'seek peace'. ”

These important ministers outside the military council couldn't help but confirm in a lost voice: "Sue for peace? ”

Zhu Houxi nodded: "It has been decades since the tribute has been won, as long as it is negotiated, although it is to talk about trade between the two countries after winning in order to have more time, there will naturally be people in the government and the opposition who think that I am seeking peace." Then there is no need to care, besides, if I really want to restore my mountains and rivers and eliminate the northern troubles, I have to take this move. And the border situation is a little slow, and the secretary and others can also concentrate on the military affairs of the new law of the Ming Dynasty. ”

The emperor made it clear that this was only one of the steps in the clear strategic purpose of "recovering our mountains and rivers and eliminating the northern troubles".

Tang Shunzhi Yu Dayou just proposed to repeat it, and the emperor's appetite was so big.

Fei Hong couldn't help but look at Yang Yiqing: "Ying Ning, at the military affairs meeting, to what extent was discussed?" ”

As Prime Minister and Minister of State, it is inappropriate for him to focus on military affairs according to the current division of labor.

But how can you not ask now?

Yang Yiqing and Wang Shouren glanced at each other, and then sighed: "This is indeed a national policy, Your Majesty said bluntly, why bother to say that today is to discuss whether Li Fuda's case should be thoroughly investigated?" It is true that not many people should know, but the hundred-year plan cannot be planned only at the military affairs meeting. Let's hear what they think, shall we? ”

Zhu Houxi smiled: "Yang Qing is right, but today's meeting is just to cover up." What the government and the opposition knew could only be to discuss the case of Li Fuda, which involved the Marquis of Wuding. Whether I will take the bait or not depends on how Qing and the others will grasp the proportions later. ”

At present, there is no guarantee of victory against the Tatars, and it is even more likely that they will lose if they take the initiative to attack, and there is a high probability that I will not be able to swallow this breath and will soon attack the old comrades of the Great Tomorrow who are a few years older than him in the future.

Zhu Houxi needs to plan to give Beiyu a heavy punch again, so how can he not have a plan?

Fei Hong and others gradually understood, and the emperor repeatedly emphasized that today was to discuss whether Li Fuda's case should be thoroughly investigated, which was also part of the plan for the northern captives.

But then listening to it, he couldn't help but stand up: "What? To the North Capture Ironware? Isn't this a problem for raising tigers? ”

"It's just an iron pot, and pig iron has to be fried to smelt mature iron, and they can't do it yet. Among the northern captives, I was the only one who captured many Han people, and I would be very angry. And the iron pot is in Mobei, which is the best thing to buy the hearts of herdsmen. This iron pot will be used by Bodi Khan to buy the hearts of the people, and I will use it to refine mature iron and forge weapons. However, how many years has it been strictly forbidden to sell ironware to Mobeiguan? Can it be managed? They went south to plunder, and it was more important to loot iron than women and gold and silver treasures. ”

Zhu Houxi said a fact and continued to add: "Don't worry too much, how many iron tools are given to them, can't the total amount be controlled by my Daming?" I am the son of the Great Tomorrow, and when I talk about trade between countries, I naturally talk with the lord of the Northern Yuan. However, the trade route to the north must pass through the Tumut Division, and it is also worth looking forward to what kind of fight they will have. ”

“…… It's iron, after all. ”

If Tang Shunzhi was here, he would only be as frightened as Fei Hong and the others: Your Majesty's courage is too great.

Zhu Houxi said very calmly: "How long has the confrontation between my Huaxia and Beiyu lasted for a thousand years? For so many years, the frontier generals of all dynasties have been stubborn and stubborn, but although the northern captives have been invincible, how can they really be afraid? There will always be a resurgence and a big problem. To completely eliminate this trouble, it is useless to rely on forbidden iron tools. Only guns can make them good at singing and dancing. ”

“…… The new guns and new cannons are not good. "Wang Shouren has one thing to say.

Zhu Houxi's eyes flashed: "The important thing is the direction, the determination, and I know how to use the bait of the iron weapon." The time that this bait won was used to fight the horses, to put pressure on Da Ming himself, and to prepare for the exorcism of the Tartars! Under the heavy reward, there will be a breakthrough. Give me time, and I'll make them sing and dance! ”

Tang Shunzhi wanted to skillfully take advantage of the situation in the Northern Yuan Dynasty to win the Ordos Department and recapture the Hetao while containing the Tumut Department in the direction of Datong.

What Yang Yiqing and Wang Shouren want is to solve the hidden dangers of the border towns, still focus on defense, and win a few more victories such as the Shuozhou victory, then the northern front will be stable for a long time.

Only Zhu Houxi thought that he would eliminate the troubles in the north step by step, and the first step was to throw out a bait that they couldn't refuse to paralyze and divide them.

Open with the iron tools that the Northern Yuan wanted to get in the "tribute" again and again.

Of course, this is to raise tigers, but even if it is a tiger, what can it do in front of guns? Tiger squatting cannon.

The premise is that the Ming Dynasty really has a new firearm that marks the complete past of the cold weapon era.

Zhu Houxi is also unwilling to take too many soldiers' lives to fill a victory, unless he can only rely on a victory to buy time.

The time when he was able to play a role in the introduction of technologies such as spirals, which had been buried in many things such as the development of printing presses.

At present, first of all, it is necessary to make all the important ministers understand and support the emperor's overall strategy for the Northern Yuan.

If it had been put forward a few years ago, Zhu Houxi had put forward such a big goal, and the resistance would have been unimaginable.

But now, with the victory of Shuozhou, it is only an inevitable war to win in the defense, and then it will be able to sign a trade treaty with iron weapons, which is indeed controllable.

There is only one thing that makes everyone feel uncertain, that is, can there really be the firearm that His Majesty said will allow Beiyu to sing and dance from now on?

"Telescopes, tiger squatting cannons, printing presses, ......" Although Zhu Houxi is not sure that he will definitely break through to that extent, he knows that this is the direction that has been proven by history.

The example given by the emperor...... Very convincing...... Your Majesty cannot be taken by common sense.

“…… His Majesty's royal approval of Tang Shunzhi Yu Dayou ......"

Zhu Houxi was serious: "Since I ask for peace, how can I not pave the way for one or two?" What's more, after victory, use iron to make peace? I only hope that the monarch and the minister will be single-minded and forge ahead from now on. All my life, what is written in the history books in the future is what you Zuo Zhen begged for, and it is the northern captives who can fight well and be able to sing and dance from now on! ”

The military council's strategy on how to restore Jiaozhi has not yet been completed, but the plan of the Northern Prisoner, a confidant who is highly recognized by the Ming monarchs and ministers, can arouse interest even more.

What's more, it involves money and food and future governance and education, and the Ming Dynasty's external strategy is one.

Fei Hong knew that it must be a scene that he might only see after an unknown number of years, and the generation of them here was afraid that they could only bear some reputations of "raising tigers for trouble, and seeking satisfaction from grievances" first.

The glory of the future belongs to those who are still very young at this moment. But those people will thank their predecessors for their efforts before the Taimiao and Tiandi Sheji in the future, right?

At this moment, Tang Shunzhi was still pondering: Where did I not think about it?

The important ministers of the Ming Dynasty suddenly went to the Heart Cultivation Palace, and no one knew what they were talking about after staying there for so long.

At the last court meeting before the end of the year, it was the Son of Heaven's thunderous anger at the anti-thief leader who turned into a high-ranking general of the Ming Dynasty, and the punishment of Guo Xun for being nosy for three years - and the demotion that he had actually been punished for a long time but had not been announced. Under the current system of reciprocal succession, which will be demoted and replaced, it is the change of the marquis into the county lord.

The severity of the punishment was appalling, and Guo Xun just helped to intercede.

Guo Xun, who was far away in Nanjing, had naturally received a reply, and he could only sigh: he was not overwhelmed by the debts, anyway, as the staff officer of the military council in the local area, he knew what the big plan was now.

He looked at Xu Pengju: "Although Qiu Luan was defeated, it can be regarded as meritorious." You two young people are in Nanjing, so let's train well. If there is a situation, fight hard, count on leisurely and leisurely, and wait for your children and grandchildren to be unfilial to you in the future. ”

“…… Do you really want to invite yourself to Datong Town? ”

"Or else? If you don't wear the crime and make meritorious service, when I am old, what will I do if my son of the county lord is not filial to me? ”

“……”

Guo Xun has already asked himself to make meritorious service for his crimes, and Qiu Luan wants to take his experience in training troops in the Beijing camp to replace him and continue to train the Nanjing Zhenwu Battalion.

At the end of this year, Yu Dayou also asked for help.

Ma Lu had been ordered to thoroughly investigate Li Fuda's case, but at this time, Guo Xun was going to Datong Town to serve as the chief military officer.

"It's not good! General, if you go to the former military governor's mansion, what will we do? ”

“…… With this merit, it was not enough to be promoted to the former military governor's office. Zhu Zhen, the current chief military officer of Datong Town, was in a complicated mood, "But Marquis Wuding wants to invite himself to the border, and when he comes to Datong Town, can he still be subordinate to the chief military officer?" The governor knows that it is from the first product! ”

Zhu Zhen is not the kind of person who is a first-rank military general who is appointed to be the chief military officer of this town, and if he can be promoted to the level of a first-class military general, it will be the pinnacle of his life, unless he makes immortal achievements and is awarded the title of earl or above.

But he doesn't want to make such a big contribution, isn't it good to be the head of the generals in this backyard Datong Town?

But if Guo Xun wants to come, he has to move his nest.

If you are rewarded for your merits, why should you refuse?

But if there had not been a thorough investigation of the Li Fuda case, everyone would not have been so worried.

"No hurry!" Zhu Zhen's eyes flashed, "Marquis Wuding has to go back to Beijing to see His Majesty first, and then he has to select his own soldiers, so that he will come to Datong." Let's take a look! ”

(End of chapter)