Of course, Ma Wensheng couldn't let the imperial court promote border defense according to the point of view of a young scholar.

He was about to come out and say something.

This time, it was Zhu Youzhi who made the final decision: "...... Ladies and gentlemen, you don't have to say it anymore. I am willing to adopt the opinions of the Zhang Qing family because I have mentioned it in the court before, and I hope that all of you can understand my adoption of the opinions of the Zhang Qing family in some court affairs. ”

When Marven ascended, he remembered what the emperor had said in the court before.

At that time, I thought that the emperor was very gentle, predicted an earthquake, and adopted it in advance to take precautions, and did not bother with the minister afterwards.

I'm waiting here!

"I also said that there should be no slack in the defense of the northwest, whether Hu Lu comes or not, shouldn't he be on the defense of the northwest?"

This time, even Ma Wensheng couldn't refute it.

Let's not talk about whether the news that there will be Di Yi's invasion of the border in February is reliable, let's just say that a unified war is now being completed on the grassland, which requires the border defense of the Ming Dynasty to be careful.

Fundamentally, Zhang Zhou's proposal is not wrong.

It's just that the emperor skipped the court like this and adopted Zhang Zhou's opinion, which was not what Ma Wensheng wanted.

This opinion should be put forward by Wenchen......

"As for who will prepare for this border reinforcement, I will also authorize Wang Qing's family." Zhu Youzhu looked at Wang Yue, as if he trusted Wang Yue's ability very much.

Ma Wensheng was very unhappy in his heart.

Zhang Zhou is just a scholar, and he can even be said to be a scholar, not a civil official, he has to be on guard.

Wang Yue is a civil official, but he has different political views, so he still has to be guarded against.

For professional politicians such as civil officials, the principle is not important, the important thing is that the party is the same and different, even if the emperor is changed tomorrow, or the dynasty is changed, it seems that it will not affect them from top to bottom......

It is said that it is an iron-clad official of the imperial court.

But in fact, it is a loyal minister who fights iron and a dynasty that flows water.

"I want the military department and the governor's mansion to fully coordinate." Zhu Youzhu looked at Zhang Mao, who had been watching the fire from the other side as if he was nothing, "British duke, what do you think?" ”

Zhang Mao said: "The old minister also believes that the northwest should take some precautions, but it should also be considered as appropriate, and should not be publicized, so as not to be known by the Tatars, or cause uneasiness." ”

It's the same as not saying it.

Zhu Youzhu thought to himself, you talk a lot of nonsense, I use you to summarize it?

"That's good." Zhu Youzhu clapped his hands and said, "The matter is so decided, at the beginning of the year, I will make the Wang Qing family as the right capital of the imperial history and the left squire of the military department to oversee the military affairs of Xuanda and the head of the head, and send you to the head pass, so as not to be known by the outsiders." ”

"Yes!"

Wang Yue was full of confidence.

Now Zhang Zhou can even predict earthquakes, how do you look at it, it is much easier to predict when the Tatars will be than to predict earthquakes, right?

Coupled with the support of the emperor and the help of the "Shenwei Heavenly Gunpowder" provided by Zhang Zhou, this battle can be said to be the last and best opportunity in his life.

Zhu Youzhu looked at Ma Wensheng again and said, "Ma Qingjia, if you have any concerns, it's better to say it now." After walking out of here, I want you to keep it a secret. ”

Ma Wensheng listened.

This is the most volatile factor in treating me as the most volatile of these people.

While he was a little unhappy in his heart, he also saw that this group of people were all "embarrassed and traitorous" except for himself, and he, the secretary of the military department, seemed to be an outsider, and he had to be guarded against.

"Your Majesty, the old minister dares to ask, if Di Yi really comes to attack, how should this war end?"

Ma Wensheng asked the emperor and Wang Yue to give him a promise.

It's a precaution.

You must not take the initiative.

If the Tatars don't come, the army of the Ming Dynasty can't just go out to invite battles, which is also the bottom line that he Ma Wensheng can bear.

Zhu Youzhu also seemed to think that Ma Wensheng was reasonable, and handed over the military power around Xuanda to Wang Yue, so naturally Wang Yue's behavior also needed to be regulated, in case this old boy did not want to kill the soldiers into the grassland for the sake of military merits......

At that time, the more cool he is, the balance of the Ming frontier will be broken, which will put the Xuanda front line and even the capital into a dangerous situation.

Zhu Youzhu said: "I will send the chief military officer, the town guard eunuch, etc., to assist Wang Qing's family to complete this battle. The principle is that if Hu Lu does not advance, our soldiers and horses must not go further; Hu Lu does not retreat, and my Ming soldiers must not lose the size of the land, and must not lose a corner of the city! ”

Ma Wensheng listened to the emperor's assurance, and then he arched his hand and said: "The military department will definitely cooperate in this battle." But please also order Xuanda and other places to restore calm as soon as possible before March, so as not to delay the spring ploughing! ”

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……

Ma Wensheng and Zhang Mao left the Qianqing Palace.

Zhang Zhou and Wang Yue were left behind by Zhu Youji, and it seemed that there were still detailed matters to discuss.

Previously, it was only a general direction, and the war was to start in February.

The next step is to develop a detailed strategy, and to make arrangements for the fortresses and terrain around the Partial Pass, so as to control everything.

“…… This is the northwest side of the Setu that I have been looking for someone to draw in the past two days. ”

Zhu Youzhi asked Dai Yi to bring a map.

And found a table, set it up in the Qianqing Palace, and spread out the map.

Zhang Zhou just glanced at it, and knew how poor the quality of this map was, and there was no way to do it, just relying on the stream of consciousness to draw a map of the northwest, it was good to be able to reach this level.

Zhu Youzhu looked up at Zhang Zhou and Wang Yue and said, "There is no room for loss in this battle!" ”

Obviously, Zhu Youzhu is also under pressure.

Now it's time to skip the court and fight a battle.

Although it was only on the defensive in name and did not destroy the principle of the Ming Dynasty in the northwest, Ma Wensheng finally compromised and agreed, which also shows that the emperor did not mess up the layout of the Ming emperors in the northwest.

And Wang Yue ......

Even if Ma Wensheng refuses to look at it squarely, he must admit that this is a master who can fight tough battles.

If the emperor arranged someone else to preside over this war, even if Ma Wensheng knew that he would disobey the king, he would definitely reject it on the spot, and even make the matter public.

But if you lose.

The emperor's face was gone.

Wang Yue looked at Zhang Zhou and said, "Mr. Zhang, is the time you said accurate?" ”

Obviously, in terms of marching strategy, Wang Yue was very confident, and he didn't need to ask Zhang Zhou.

He only needs Zhang Zhou to provide a specific time now.

Zhang Zhoudao: "People's hearts are the most unpredictable, but judging from the current situation of the grassland, in the case of the cut off of the horse market, the materials of some tribes are simply not enough to survive the whole winter, and they plundered the border of the Ming Dynasty, firstly, because we think that we will not realize that they will come when they are not on the border in the past." Second, they want to ensure internal stability and prepare for the battle that will affect the survival of their tribe! ”

Wang Yue thought for a while and said to Zhu Youji: "Your Majesty, after Mr. Zhang's analysis before and after, even the old minister feels that it is very likely that there will be a war in February. ”

Zhu Youzhu frowned.

You're a sycophant again, right?

I know your personality, so much so that when you don't shoot horses, it's like patting horses, you didn't have this consciousness before, but now you suddenly have enlightenment.

You'd better talk less!

Zhu Youzhu ignored Wang Yue and asked Zhang Zhoudao: "Bingkuan, which direction do you think Hu Lu will come from?" ”

Zhang Zhou looked at the map, and it was really difficult to point out a direction.

Let's not mention that even if the Tatars are dispatched, they will be sent out in batches, and there will be a gap of one or two days before and after, and the time difference between the border defense response of the Ming Dynasty will be played, let's just say that this map ......

Zhang Zhoudao: "The minister wants to redraw the map of the northwest!" ”

"What?"

Zhu Youzhu didn't seem to understand for a while.

Zhang Zhoudao: "What the minister means is that there are endless unknowns in this map, and there are still deviations, and the minister wants to make a map drawn in strict accordance with the scale of the ruler to ensure that this battle can be more accurate in the rehearsal and when deploying troops." ”

Zhu Youzhu was smiling bitterly.

He couldn't have imagined that Zhang Zhou's first step in preparing for the Battle of the Northwest was to redraw the map?!

"Prepare him with pen and paper." Zhu Youzhi said to Dai Yi.

Zhang Zhoudao: "I bother to prepare a charcoal pen, as well as rulers, etc., preferably calipers, ring rulers, etc., I need to compare them, by the way, the paper is pressed with more than four layers of rice paper, and after the drawing is finished, let people rub a few points, in preparation for this battle......

……

……

Zhang Zhou's strangeness made Zhu Youzhu not quite understand.

But Wang Yue seems to be very supportive of Zhang Zhou's behavior.

Because he himself felt that there was a big problem with the map of the northwest, but the problem was that with the current conditions of the Ming Dynasty, it was impossible to draw a detailed map, if Zhang Zhou could draw a map with very high accuracy...... For a manager, the first thing to do is to "know each other and know himself".

Even the direction of oneself is recorded as a deviation, how to be flexible on the battlefield?

And so.

Zhang Zhou, under the eyes of Zhu Youji, Wang Yue, Xiao Jing and others, drew a map on the spot.

All of them are Zhang Zhou's helpers.

Zhang Zhou did not completely abandon the original map, many important landmarks, marked on the map in another chapter, will also be marked on his map.

“…… The ratio is one inch, which is roughly equivalent to forty-three miles, and if the Tatar cavalry marches ninety miles a day, it is roughly equivalent to walking two blocks a day......"

The forty-three li of the Ming Dynasty is roughly equivalent to the fifty li of the later generations, that is, twenty-five kilometers.

Zhu Youzhu next to him frowned when he heard this.

Walk two squares a day?

Sounds more and more like the "sand table exercise" that Zhang Zhou played for Zhu Houzhao before?

Looking closely at the map drawn by Zhang Zhou, it is clear that the topography of the sand table is reproduced on paper.

Zhu Youzhu couldn't help but ask: "Bingkuan, I seem to have seen this thing before, did you give it to the prince......

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "Back to Your Majesty, the prototype of the sand table used by the minister for the prince before lies in this, and the minister also described the situation in the northwest to the prince in detail at that time. ”

"Bingkuan, you're really ...... Hehe. ”

Zhu Youzhu said with a smile, "The map should still be drawn, and the sand table must also be there, I think about it, if there is such a thing as a sand table to tell on the spot, ordinary soldiers will see it clearly and clearly, which will help to dispatch troops." ”

Zhang Zhoudao: "But Your Majesty, the sand table of the minister, the material is not very good, I am afraid that it will not be useful." ”

Zhu Youzhu glanced at Zhou and said, "If I want to redo it, will I lose you a little reward?" Dai Yi, go and arrange it, find the best craftsmen, and at all costs, make the sand table within these two days. ”

"Yes." Dai Yi smiled.

Zhu Youzhu suddenly seemed to remember something, and looked at Zhang Zhou with an apologetic face: "Bingkuan, I'm afraid that I will delay your preparation for the exam again!" ”

Zhang Zhou said very freely: "For the world, the minister has an unshirkable responsibility." ”

(End of chapter)