Yan Song and Xu Jie knew that if they really spared no effort to implement this policy, they would inevitably incur endless infamy.

At that time, both incumbent and departing officials will not hesitate to exclude themselves from the gentry.

But if you don't act according to the emperor's wishes, then what awaits you is the end of death and annihilation.

For a while, the two were in a dilemma!

After a long time, I saw that Yan Song seemed to understand something, only to see him sigh and muttered to himself silently.

"To live is everything, everything is to live, if you don't even have your life, why do you want those things?"

"Let's do what Your Majesty wants for the time being!"

Seeing that the matter had settled, Jiajing bowed slightly to Lu Fang, and immediately began to close his eyes to recuperate.

Seeing this, Lu Fang, who was on the side, immediately stood up and said softly.

"The first thing discussed by the cabinet this time has been discussed, and we will continue to discuss it after a short break."

Yan Song and Xu Jie, who were kneeling on the ground, heard this, and their whole people got up from the ground tremblingly as if they had been pardoned, and sat back in their positions.

Time passed slowly, and the cabinet became unusually quiet, and everyone was cautious, not daring to make any sound, for fear of affecting the emperor's rest.

Immediately, I saw Jiajing slowly open his eyes, and Lu Fang, who was on the side, saw this, and immediately stepped forward and said loudly.

"This cabinet meeting, the first thing has been discussed, and now we will start discussing the second thing, the shift of my Ming strategic focus!"

When Lu Fang's words fell, everyone present cheered up, and immediately, I saw Yan Song trembling up from his seat and reporting to Jiajing.

"Your Majesty, Weichen has a play!"

"Speak!"

Jiajing just glanced at Yan Song rather indifferently and spoke.

After getting Jiajing's permission, Yan Song began to explain his strategy.

"Your Majesty, all along, the strategy adopted by the imperial court has been to start with the south and then the north."

"Right now, the Japanese invaders entrenched in the southeast coastal area have been wiped out, and it's time to reshift the strategic focus of my Ming Dynasty to the Tatars in the north!"

"Your Majesty, here is a summary of Weichen, in recent years, the Tatars have invaded my Ming border!"

After Yan Song finished speaking, he took out a letter from his sleeve and held it high above his head.

Seeing this, Lu Fang hurriedly stepped forward, took it from Yan Song's hand, and respectfully sent it to Jiajing's hand.

Jiajing took the song from Lu Fang's hand and opened it, which recorded the number of Tatar invasions of the Ming frontier and the records of the Ming army's battles with it in recent years, how the victory or defeat of the two sides, how many men and horses they lost, and the gains they captured, etc., all of which have extremely detailed records in the song.

Jiajing read the content of the recital word by word, put it aside, and said in a deep voice.

"Yan Song, you go on!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

After Yan Song responded, he paused for a moment and continued.

"Your Majesty, in recent years, the Tatars have invaded our Ming frontier more and more frequently, and most of the time, it occurs in summer and autumn, and this time is when the water and grass are abundant and the enemy's combat effectiveness is the strongest."

"Your Majesty, do you still remember the Gengshu change in the twenty-ninth year of Jiajing?"

Yan Song's voice fell, and everyone present looked stunned, what they couldn't understand was why Yan Song risked angering His Majesty, and brought up the old things.

Who knows, Jiajing's expression was calm, he nodded, and said slowly.

"I remember that in June of that year, Altan Khan led a large army to invade Datong, and it seemed that Qiu Yue was the one who guarded Datong at the beginning!"

When Jiajing mentioned the name of this Qiu Yue, he was angry, and then slammed the table and scolded angrily.

"This waste, when Altan Khan led his army to invade Datong, this Qiu Yue was immediately frightened, and he didn't dare to fight with it, and he also bribed Altan Khan, begging him not to attack Datong, but to move to attack other places, causing him to burn freely outside the city, and only left after eight days!"

"Thinking about it this way, I really cheapened him in the first place!"

Hearing this, everyone present lowered their heads except for Yan Song, and they all knew very well in their hearts that after Qiu Yue died, he was also killed by the emperor in a coffin, and the end was not tragic.

Seeing this, Yan Song's face showed a slight strange look, after all, he also had his own share of this matter, and immediately, I saw Yan Song cough lightly twice, attracting everyone's attention to himself.

"Your Majesty, what Weichen wants to say is that since the Gengshu Incident in the twenty-ninth year of Jiajing, the Tatars have invaded our Ming frontier more and more frequently, and the people in the border areas are being ravaged!"

"At present, the Japanese in the southeast coastal area have been eliminated, and the imperial court is finally able to free up its hands and concentrate on dealing with the Tatars."

"Therefore, Weichen implores Your Majesty, while the enemy army is still accumulating strength, to wave his army north, take them by surprise, completely expel the Tatars from the grassland, and avenge the innocent deaths and injuries of the Ming people in recent years!"

"And I, Daming, can also take this opportunity to carry out experiments on the new weapons of the Weapons Division."

After Yan Song finished speaking, he knelt on the ground abruptly, his expression solemn.

As soon as Yan Song's words fell, without waiting for Jiajing to reply, Xu Jie stood up and refuted.

"Your Majesty, no, Elder Yan Ge's proposal is too risky!"

"At the moment, although the treasury of my Ming Dynasty is full, which is enough to support the war consumption on the front line, the Tatars are nomads after all, and they can completely avoid fighting without fighting."

"And once the main force of our army is pinned down by it, as time goes by, there will inevitably be problems in terms of heavy grain and grass."

"At that time, once the heavy grain and grass cannot be guaranteed, the combat effectiveness of the army will decline rapidly, and our army does not know much about the local situation, so it is easy to be attacked by it, and the army will be trapped alive on the grassland!"

"Right now, it's not the time for a decisive battle."

When Xu Jie said this, he turned his gaze to Yan Song, his expression was cold, and he asked.

"Or, Elder Yan Ge, can you afford this responsibility?"

Suddenly questioned by this, the expression on Yan Song's face suddenly became ugly, and just as he wanted to refute it, Jiajing on the side spoke at the right time.

"Well, what Xu Ge said makes sense, rashly sending a large army to take the initiative to attack Tatar is extremely risky!"

Jiajing paused when he said this, and then added.

"I don't want another change in the Civil Fort!"

Yan Song saw that the emperor had made a decision, so he had to temporarily extinguish his inner thoughts and said respectfully.

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Jiajing took in the expression on Yan Song's face, raised his eyebrows, and then commanded.

"However, if my Da Ming keeps defending like this, it will definitely encourage the arrogance of the enemy!"

"Therefore, the local defenders, when the time is right, can also go out of the city to fight, but they must not pursue too deeply."

"I will ask the Weapons Division to transport the newly developed grenades and other new weapons to the border areas for experiments, so that those soldiers can master their use as soon as possible and prepare for the next large-scale operations!"

"In addition, Yang Xuan, the governor of Jiliao, was instructed to seize the time to gather information about the Tatars and strictly guard against possible invasions."

When Xu Jie, who was on the side, heard this, he secretly said to himself in his heart.

"It seems that Your Majesty has already made up his mind to officially start a war with the Tatars, so as to wash away the shame caused by the Gengshu Rebellion."

(End of chapter)