Fengtian Temple, court meeting.

With Wang Qiong, Zhu Feng and Liu Jin arriving at the Bitou Pass, the imperial court finally mourned for Wang Yue.

When the emperor announced this matter in public in the court, even though most of the civil ministers and martial artists in the court and the opposition looked down on Wang Yue, they still felt a lot of regret after hearing the words.

Zhu Youzhu said: "It's all the destiny of heaven, if it weren't for Zhang Shi's life for him, maybe he died last year on the way back to Beijing, God gave him the opportunity to make contributions, but he didn't give him too much time, he couldn't see the day of Zhongxing in the north of the Ming Dynasty." ”

The emperor's words were filled with emotion.

From his words, the ministers felt a strong sense of "ambition".

Even Ma Wensheng and Liu Jian, two people who had long known about Wang Yue's death, did not expect the emperor to make bold words of "Zhongxing in the Northern Pass of the Ming Dynasty".

It seems that in the emperor's opinion, whether there is Wang Weining in the northwest or not, the difference is not so big, but without the banner of Wang Weining, he can let go of his hands and feet to show his strengths.

Xu Guan, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, said: "Your Majesty, now that the situation in the border is unstable, should we step up the construction of the city fortress?" If you just use Anbianhou as the general soldier, I am afraid that Di Yi will provoke again. ”

"Who?" Zhu Youzhu asked, "Is it the little prince of Tatar, or is it the fire sieve?" I have another battle report here, let's announce it. ”

Dai Yi walked out and read out the report on the border pass written by Chen Rui after he arrived in Yansui, especially about the movements of the Tatars on the steppe, and read it out in public: "...... The little Tatar prince Batu Munk moved the Chinese military tent to the Hetao, destroyed more than 40 passes in the Daming Hetao, and did not collect it at night for 600 miles into the Hetao, and found out that the Tatar military tent was moved to Ordos, or there was a large-scale invasion. Please ask the imperial court to allocate ......"

Chen Rui's performance is a bit "alarmist".

The Yellow River Hetao area, that is, the northern twists and turns of the Yellow River, there are large areas of loess and desert, but also the fertile soil in the south of the grassland, in the past, from the change of Tumubao, and then to the Chenghua period Wang Yue in the northwest has been repeatedly successful, and then to the Hongzhi 11th year Wang Yue was reactivated, the northwest is around the "Hetao area" of the ownership of the right to carry out.

Ordos is located in the Hetao region near the direction of the Ming Dynasty, and Dayan Khan moved the tribe's Chinese army to Ordos, giving the Ming the feeling that Dayan Khan was going to invade on a large scale.

However, Chen Rui's purpose is not to show how urgent the situation in the northwest is, he is mainly clarifying a theme......

Ask for money.

After Dai Yi stated the battle report in the northwest, he retreated behind the emperor.

Zhu Youzhu said: "Ladies and gentlemen, the Tatars are menacing, Pingjiang Bo is in Yansui, and the changes in the surrounding battle situation are the most real, he is playing like this, I don't know what your opinion is?" Should we prepare for war in Yansui and other places? ”

The question of the emperor has a certain "deceptive character".

Preparations for war are always going on, and there is no need to consult the minister.

The emperor's so-called preparations for war have gone beyond ordinary defense, and have the meaning of taking the initiative to "search for sets" and "suppress sets".

"Bingbu!" Zhu Youzhu took the initiative to ask.

Ma Wensheng came out on behalf of the military department and said: "Your Majesty, Di Yi's intentions are not clear now, and all parties should focus on stability. ”

Zhu Youzhu was not very satisfied, shook his head and said: "From the Chenghua period, Wang Yue and other officials fought bloody battles to put the Hetao back in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and the Tatars did not dare to entrench in the Hetao for twenty years, but now they want to watch the Tatars destroy or take the earthen forts built in the Hetao by the Tatars in my hands, and let them unscrupulously use the Hetao as the foundation to invade all parts of the northwest?" ”

The Hetao area is very special for the Ming Dynasty.

Its shape resembles an upside-down "convex".

If the Hetao area has always been under the control of the Ming Dynasty, or the border passes of the Ming Dynasty can form a due deterrent to it, so that the Tatars do not dare to be stationed in the Hetao, then the Tatars will have to cross the Hetao area every time they want to invade, and the preparation time for the Ming Dynasty will be very long.

In the ninth year of Chenghua, the Ming Dynasty relied on Wang Yue, taking advantage of the previous Khan, that is, Dayan Khan's uncle Mandulu and other tribes jointly invaded Ningxia and other places, sent troops to the Red Salt Pond where the Tatar headquarters was located, and achieved the "Red Salt Pond Victory", this battle laid the foundation, and then repeatedly won the victory, and gradually forced the Tatars to withdraw the soldiers and horses from the Hetao, the Ming began to build various fortresses in the Hetao area, and rotated the soldiers and horses to garrison, since then until the eleventh year of Hongzhi, the Tatars did not dare to invade the Hetao.

Now Dayan Khan has stabilized his footing, and he wants to restore the territory of his previous khan, and he wants to be tough with the Ming Dynasty.

What Ma Wensheng means here is to wait and see what happens.

But Zhu Youzhu didn't want to wait.

Dayan Khan wants to restore the glory of his ancestors, is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty going to lose the inheritance obtained during the previous emperor's period?

The Hetao area has never been completely under the control of the Ming Dynasty, and it is a chicken rib area, but it is also related to the stability of the border pass of the Ming Dynasty, and it also involves my face, okay?

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The scene is a bit stiff.

Marven rose out to speak, but was scolded back by the emperor, and there seemed to be poor information and disagreement between the monarchs and ministers about the situation in the northwest.

Liu Jian came out on behalf of Wenchen and said: "Your Majesty, at this time, the Mongolian right-wing departments have suffered a fiasco in the partial pass because of the fire sieve, or it may cause the little Tatar prince to covet it, and the little Tatar prince sent troops to Ordos, or there is an intention to take the opportunity to annex the fire sieve department. Now that Weining Hou is newly mourned, it is not appropriate to make a big move at this time. ”

Liu Jian is the person who understands the emperor's mind best.

Previously, Zhu Youzhu had approached these ministers more than once and asked them separately about matters such as searching for condoms.

Liu Jian now wants to give the emperor's heart back, even if he is ambitious as the emperor, the minister sometimes can't persuade him, so he will use the procrastination trick first.

Zhu Youzhu was not satisfied with Liu Jian's statement, and he said: "Do you think that the little prince of Tatar is not targeting the Ming border pass?" ”

The Tatars are all stationed in the Hetao area, and the courtiers of the Ming Dynasty have no sense of crisis?

"Zhang Zhou! What about your opinions! ”

Zhu Youzhu said suddenly, pulling everyone's minds back.

Only then did they realize that the person who the emperor was most willing to listen to his opinions on military and political affairs was neither the military department, nor the cabinet, nor the governor's office.

It is the "Bingkuan" he likes.

Zhang Zhou walked out from behind the crowd and arched his hand: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister believes that the Tatars' move clearly intends to put pressure on our Daming, or the Tatars really have the intention of completing internal annexation, but if my Daming only sits on the mountain and watches the tiger fight at this time, then it will be even more difficult to wait for the two tigers to fight for results, and then try to settle the Hetao." ”

As soon as Zhang Zhou's words came out, the ministers present were almost in an uproar.

They seem to have finally determined the emperor's inner thoughts through Zhang Zhou's mouth.

Be proactive.

Nip Dayan Khan's ambitions in the bud.

Zhang Zhou is not untargeted.

In history, Dayan Khan's transfer to Ordos was at the turn of the thirteenth to fourteenth years of Hongzhi, when Dayan Khan's purpose was also to annex the Mongolian right wing, but because of information asymmetry, the result of the discussion between the Ming monarchs and ministers was that it was likely that Dayan Khan intended to invade the Ming border, and the emperor discussed with Liu Daxia and others to drive the expedition in person.

After the emperor's intention to go out was dispelled, so in the fourteenth year of Hongzhi, "in the autumn and July of Ding Mao, Zhu Hui, the Duke of Baoguo, and Yu Shi Lin, the military affairs capital of the Admiral, attacked the enemy in Hetao at night with a division of five roads, beheaded three levels, drove more than 1,000 breeding animals, and rewarded him very much. ”

Approximate meaning.

Anti-aircraft artillery to fight mosquitoes, the Fifth Route Army took advantage of Dayan Khan's army to attack the Mongolian right flank, a surprise attack on the Hetao, and finally only killed three Tartars, captured more than 1,000 livestock, and then played a great victory, the emperor rewarded all kinds of rewards......

After all, it was an expedition for the emperor, and it didn't matter if the result was big or small.

Won...... As long as the strategic significance is achieved.

But did the results really make strategic sense?

However, after that, the Hetao area remained under the control of Dayan Khan, except that the two sides broke off the horse market trade.

As for whether the strategic significance of this expedition in the fourteenth year of Hongzhi is big or small, then it is a matter of opinion.

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Historically, it was not until the end of the thirteenth year of Hongzhi that Dayan Khan would be transferred to Ordos.

Zhang Zhou, as a traverser, understands that his appearance has brought about a butterfly effect.

The fiasco of the fire sieve in the battle of Yatouguan made Dayan Khan move his mind to destroy the Mongolian right wing in advance, and he could not wait for the future, it was to take advantage of his illness to kill him, and at this time he moved the account to Ordos, the main intention was also the internal strife in the steppe.

But for Zhang Zhou, did he know that most of this battle could not be fought in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, so he sat back and watched the Tatars become so brazen and start an internal struggle based on the Hetao area?

What is the majesty of the Ming Dynasty?

There are some words, and he doesn't need Zhang Zhou to speak, Zhu Youzhu is the first one who can't bear it.

Forget it if there are two great victories in Biguan and Ningyuan, now it is clear that our Ming Dynasty has won two great victories, and as a result, you Tatars are "anti-guest-oriented"? Is this considered the more frustrated and braver? Or do you have no shame?

Do you think that Daming will not take the initiative to attack, or do you think you have the ability to fight hard with the soldiers of my Daming border army?

Therefore, what Zhu Youzhu thought about this time was no longer to stick to the towns on the nine sides, but to teach the Tatars a profound lesson, which was not only something that happened in history, but also because Zhu Youzhu had Zhang Zhou's support for him, and he couldn't bear it in his heart after he was confident.

Beat!

What if Wang Weining died?

Wang Weining is dead, there is Zhu Zhijie, and more importantly, Zhang Bingkuan.

When Zhu Youzhu heard Zhang Zhou's words, he looked very excited and asked, "Zhang Qingjia, do you think that if you send troops to Ordos, what chance will you have of winning this battle?" ”

As soon as the minister heard this, he knew that the emperor had made up his mind.

It's a must-fight.

Zhang Zhou said: "Your Majesty, the minister doesn't quite understand the meaning of this statement. ”

The Emperor frowned when he heard this.

The ministers present also looked at it with curious eyes.

Aren't you kings singing duets here? What does it mean to ask the emperor?

Ask you what are the odds of winning, you have great ability, just say ten percent, the emperor will not refute you, you say eight or nine, what else can we say that can't be done?

Zhang Zhou raised the wat board and said: "The Tatars have long had a heart of disobedience, grazing on the grassland, but not guarding the pastures given by the imperial court, repeatedly attacking my Ming Dynasty, killing my soldiers and capturing my subjects. Now they are stationed in the Hetao with great fanfare, ignoring our Ming soldiers as nothing. What the minister thinks in his heart is, on the side of the couch, how can he allow others to snore? Even if you don't even have a chance of winning, shouldn't you go on the expedition? Should we continue to watch the Tatars continue to disobey their ways? ”

As soon as these words came out, the ministers talked a lot.

The people led by Xie Qian almost came out to have a good discussion with Zhang Zhou.

Xie Qian was also angry in his heart.

You stinky boy!

Usually I can speak well and argue You Kankan's faults, all of them have been learned by you, and you have become even harder, what are you doing here?

The emperor asked you what are the odds of winning, but you are stunned and don't answer positively, you kid want to be my second Xie Yuqiao, right?

Zhang Zhou's words, if they were said in someone else's mouth, even if it was Xie Qian, it would be disrespectful.

openly questioned the emperor, how many dares did he have as a courtier?

But he has a lot of momentum.

After Zhu Youzhu heard this, he felt even more empathetic, and said angrily: "What Zhang Qingjia said is extremely true, don't say that it is like today, when and place are on the side of the Ming Dynasty, even if you don't occupy it, should you sit back and watch the Tatar power?" Regardless of whether there is internal dispute in Tatar, and no matter what the future situation of the steppe is, it is better to take the initiative to watch the fire from the other side, and I agree very much. ”

"Your Majesty's ......" came out at this time from the left capital imperial Shi Min Jue, wanting to dissuade the emperor's ambitions.

Zhu Youzhu raised his hand to interrupt Min Qi's words, and continued: "I didn't mention it before, except for Anbianhou and Wang Qiong, I have discussed with the cabinet and others, and the general system of Qin Hong will be used to announce the military affairs, and the town will be tentatively located in the partial pass. As for the trilateral military affairs of the general system, and whether or not to send troops in the future, it also depends on the situation of artillery casting, I mentioned to you earlier that we need to increase the amount of money to complete the casting of artillery, what do you think now? ”

That's when the ministers knew.

It turns out that the emperor has been waiting here.

It is no wonder that the northwest seemed to be safe and sound, but the emperor took the initiative to increase the budget for cannon casting, and the emperor had realized that the northwest had to take the initiative to attack.

Li Dongyang came out and said: "The minister thinks that now we should focus on sticking to the partial pass. ”

"Why do you have to stick to it?" Zhu Youzhu questioned, "Stubbornly defending the border city, the Tatars will always attack, and the current situation of the border is in a dilemma, is it necessary to lose the garrison of the border pass, and let the Tatars have the opportunity to drive straight in?" If you keep it, how can you keep it? ”

Zhu Youzhi also said the reason why he wanted to take the initiative in his heart.

The partial head pass is indeed not very easy to defend, and now the tribes on the grassland because of the survival problem, in addition to completing the internal annexation, is constantly harassing the border pass of the Ming Dynasty.

To put it bluntly, it's all about survival.

Leaning on Wang Yue's prestige, nothing has happened, could it be that transferring Zhu Feng and them over will definitely work?

Since the defense is full of loopholes, it is better to adjust the strategy to take the initiative to attack, and move the battlefield that may appear from the side pass to the hinterland of the grassland, at least to the Hetao area first, such as Ordos.

Li Dongyang is resourceful, and it is difficult to say anything at this time.

Could it be that we told the emperor that we believe that Zhu Feng and Wang Qiong will definitely be able to guard the deviation?

Or do we believe in Qin Hong?

Zhu Youzhu continued: "In the next few days, the court must agree on the candidates for military affairs on the three sides of the general system, and as for whether to send troops to Hetao and how to send troops, according to the law of the Ministry of War to draw up the marching regulations, the cabinet will leave one person on duty every day and be on duty at night, and the master of ceremonies will report on military affairs at any time, no matter how late it is, I will personally read it. ”

"Yes."

Dai Yi came forward to replace several named yamen who were named.

The emperor's meaning is already a state of war at the moment.

Don't think about how to defend yet, but think about who will take charge of the trilateral military affairs, discuss how to send troops to teach the Tatars a lesson, and calculate everything that will be costed, even if I say that I will not care about the cost, at least tell me how much I may lose in this battle.

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After the conclusion of the court meeting.

When the ministers came out of the Fengtian Palace, they had already exploded.

Many imperial historians had plans to advise the emperor......

“…… At the time of Chenghua, it was mostly because of the Tatars' repeated attacks, and they had to do it as a last resort, and now the Tatars have returned in vain several times, and if the war starts lightly at this time, I am afraid that the disaster will be endless. The three elders should advise Your Majesty to give up the proposal of sending troops to the Hetao......"

The three members of the cabinet naturally became the target of public criticism.

In the past, Xie Qian would also say, you can do it, if you can't do it, don't force it.

But this time he won't say that.

Because from the standpoint of this time, civilian officials have become a community with a shared future, and it is difficult to distinguish the pros and cons of the Ming Dynasty's sending troops, and whether to send troops or not also has its own advantages, it all depends on a matter of position.

If Xie Qian ran to question these Imperial Historians, it would be tantamount to saying that they were on the opposite side of the Imperial Historians, so who would listen to them in the future?

"Where's Zhang Bingkuan?"

Li Dongyang deliberately wanted to point the finger at Zhang Zhou.

He seemed to be looking for Zhang Zhou, more like reminding the ministers present, whether you want to advise the emperor or let Zhang Zhoushang be more suitable.

Xie Qian glanced at Li Dongyang with the awesome eyes of "It's still your old Li", probably thinking that this trick was very awesome, and asked the minister to besiege Zhang Zhou.

But the ministers did not find Zhang Zhou in the crowd.

Zhang Mao walked over and said, "After the court meeting, His Majesty has summoned Bingkuan to the inner court, haven't you seen it?" ”

Yuan Shouzhi said: "Could it be that Your Majesty wants to discuss the military situation with Zhang alone?" ”

Zhang Mao smiled and said: "Liangbi, if you can repeatedly anticipate the enemy first, it is not impossible for Your Majesty to ask you for advice!" ”

"You!" Yuan Shouzhi almost wanted to go over and fight with Zhang Mao.

But Wu Xun's attitude is also very tough now, and there is a sense of advancing and retreating together, seeing that Yuan Shou is facing the red neck and preparing to provoke, a group of Wu Xun are standing next to Zhang Mao, as if they are supporting.

Yuan Shouzhi knew each other very well, but he just stared at it dryly, and he didn't come forward.

Fighting?

I really can't pinch it, even if Old Man Zhang is nearly sixty years old, he can be regarded as a military background, why should Yuan Shouzhi pinch it?

Li Dongyang saw that he couldn't find Zhang Zhou, so he asked Zhang Mao: "British duke, has Your Majesty consulted the Governor's Mansion about sending troops?" ”

If the contradiction can't be transferred to Zhang Zhou, it will be led to Wu Xun, and after all, we can't let that group of people always stare at our ministers.

Zhang Mao smiled, he came over, in fact, to help Liu Jian and them out of the siege, don't look at his usual giggling, but in terms of political thinking, he is no worse than anyone in the cabinet, this is decades of experience.

Zhang Mao said: "Everyone, there has always been a matter of searching, and it is not the first time. Why such a reaction? Is it just because of Zhang Bingkuan, the odds of winning the search set are greater? Or are you afraid that he will take this opportunity to jump on your head? ”

"The surname is Zhang, you ...... It's just too deceitful! ”

"The silverfish are all like you!"

Because of Zhang Mao's questioning, the scene was chaotic again.

(End of chapter)