With Zhang Zhou's arrival in Shenyang and his troops arriving at Yahu Pass, the Ming Dynasty deployed four troops in Liaodong to attack the Jurchens.

The Jurchen tribe was greatly shaken, and the tribes who originally wanted to resist stubbornly either gave up the city fortress and surrendered, or moved north, and for a while the prestige of the Ming Dynasty in Liaodong reached its strongest, and even the Jianzhou Jurchens, who had repeatedly violated the border of the Ming Dynasty during the Chenghua period, also died down and were dying and struggling.

When the news came back to Beijing, the government and the opposition were still greatly shaken.

This day is early.

Before the ministers could see each other, they began a fierce debate before the noon gate, all of which involved Zhang Zhou's use of troops in Liaodong.

"No wonder he hasn't appeared in front of anyone for months, and his feelings have gone to Liaodong? Why fight the Jurchens? Could it be that he felt that the Jurchens were more tricky than the Tatars? ”

"Maybe he just wants to pinch soft persimmons?"

"I don't think so, I heard that he only went to Liaodong recently, and it seems that he was ordered to go to Yongping Mansion to open a mine before, and it is said that now the iron mines have been opened!"

"Zhang Bingkuan, what does he want to do?"

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A bunch of people were talking.

The three cabinet members were silent, for the past few months, it could be said that the past few months had been the most comfortable months since the winter of the eleventh year of Hongji.

There is no Zhang Zhou in the court, not even in the northwest, so he can mine there with peace of mind...... Even if Liaodong sends troops now, the scale is much smaller than that of the northwest, and the emperor does not ask for advice, so that Zhang Zhou's intervention in the center of the Ming Dynasty is almost ......

So from their point of view, I wish Zhang Zhou would settle down in Liaodong and never return!

"Three elders." Xu Qiong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, walked over, looked tired, and arched his hands.

"You're welcome." Xie Qian smiled and greeted him.

In the past, the three members of the cabinet were still a little unkind to Xu Qiong, but because Xu Qiong's physical condition has been very poor recently, and Xu Qiong has also resigned many times, the emperor has ordered the court and the Chinese to discuss Xu Qiong's replacement.

Once Xu Qiong is about to retire, he will no longer be an enemy of the orthodox civilian forces, and Xie Qian is more polite than respectful.

A political enemy who loses a threat is a good political enemy.

Xu Qiong said: "Your Majesty intends to plow the court in Liaodong, which was hidden in the courtiers before, but now that the matter has been publicized, Your Majesty also specially ordered that the people in the court rarely talk about it." Wait for the results first. ”

"Huh." Xie Qian said with a smile, "Looking at this, there will be no less discussion between the DPRK and China." ”

are all talking, the emperor told you not to let us talk, the three of us don't talk about it, but we can't stop the people below from talking about it.

Xu Qiong sighed and said, "I'm just bringing the words here." ”

Xie Qian continued to laugh, as if he was deeply unimpressed.

But it was Li Dongyang who opened his mouth and said: "Xu Butang, Liaodong uses soldiers, the most important thing is to pay attention to a justifiable name, the so-called enemy does not commit and it is difficult to act, the Ming Dynasty wants to settle the people in the land of Liaobei for a long time, and this precedent will only make the aliens deviate from morality, which is contrary to the Confucian etiquette." ”

This is equivalent to Li Dongyang turning his head and firing at Xu Qiong.

The use of troops against the Jurchens, pay attention to the righteousness, people don't come to offend you, the Ming Dynasty is the upper state of the Celestial Empire, and directly going to fight their own small vassal states will only endanger everyone...... In the future, no one wants to belong to the Ming Dynasty.

Xu Qiong smiled and waved her hand: "There are some things that should be said and should not be said, and there is no way to explain them." If you really have any doubts, you have to ask Your Majesty...... Under the same does not interfere. ”

Just tell the three of them, I'm just a mouthpiece, you don't like to accept the emperor's suggestion, you have to run to question the emperor, then I didn't say it?

The emperor won't think that I, Xu, can shut up the mouths of your people, right?

But since the emperor said that in the name of using soldiers, or the reason for being called Wei Guangzheng, it is not good for our Ministry of Rites to say anything casually, and the three of you cabinet will watch it.

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The court meeting still began.

In the Fengtian Palace, the ministers of the court and the central government held back their strength one by one, but in fact, even they themselves didn't know where this momentum came from.

I want to attack Zhang Zhou...... Zhang Zhou is just a little brother who used artillery to bombard Liaodong this time, which is equivalent to saying that if he uses the Jurchens to train his troops and wants to attack Zhang Zhou's behavior, he really wants to "find another way" like Li Dongyang, and he wants to attack Zhang Zhou's behavior of "looking for nothing to do" from the moral high ground.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have just learned that Bingkuan has arrived in Shenyang and personally led his troops and horses into Jianzhou and the land of Haixi." Zhu Youzhu didn't wait for this group of people to fire, he brought out the topic by himself first.

There is no need to hide it, the title Bingkuan is called Bingkuan, and his attitude towards Zhang Zhou is different from others, it seems to be telling what he is doing, and there is no taboo at all.

Seeing that no one took over.

He continued: "Bingkuan's meaning is that the land of Western Liao is a hidden danger to the stability of the Ming Dynasty's foundation, and sooner or later it will become a sharp blade hanging over the imperial court, so it is better to strangle it before it develops." ”

The crowd was still silent.

At this time, it was Lin Han, the left attendant of the ministry, who came out, raised the wat board with both hands and said: "Your Majesty, I am afraid that this will cause the Jurchen tribes, as well as the small tribes in eastern Mongolia, to be separated from the imperial court. ”

Oops?

None of the people present understood.

Although you Lao Lin is an orthodox civil official, you are just an old pedant with a teaching background, when did you start to rise to the top on such a very controversial issue?

And listen to you...... Is it with us?

Liu Jian and the others couldn't help but glance at Lin Han, and they seemed to notice some clues.

At this time, Lin Han suddenly "stepped forward", probably a feeling that he Lin Han was going to take the lead in the future, and when it came to the recent incident of Xu Qiong's imminent retirement, there would be traces to follow if Lin Han would take over the Ministry of Rites.

Zhu Youzhu was not annoyed, and said in a calm tone: "As before, the reason why I agreed to send troops to Duoyan Sanwei in Liaodong is the same, if everything the Ming Dynasty does must be constrained by virtue, then the Ming Dynasty will be constrained everywhere in the matter of taking the initiative to use troops. In my opinion, whether people's hearts are virtuous or not does not depend on etiquette and music, but on the hard enough fists...... Don't blame me for speaking too directly, this has always been the case with the Ming Dynasty, the provocateurs are all foreign races, but every time the Ming Dynasty takes the initiative to send troops, it can get prestige and naturalization, and the power of the military can shake the grassland and wilderness. ”

The ministers present heard it.

In the early years of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, two generations of emperors took the initiative to use troops on the grasslands and border areas as examples.

When the Ming Dynasty took the initiative to send troops, even if there were no big gains sometimes, those small tribes of Fanbang were respectful to the Ming Dynasty.

After arriving in Xuande, the Ming began to co-opt the tribes with benevolence, righteousness and etiquette, and those tribes were nominally obedient, and then began to develop independently, plundering the border when they had the opportunity, and the military prestige established by the Ming Dynasty after the Tumubao was almost gone.

Many tribes treat Daming as a paper tiger, and they don't sweep the edge just because the time has not come, once their strength improves, they all take Daming's border land as a target first.

The Jianzhou Jurchen is a living example.

Now taking advantage of the fact that you have been crippled during the Chenghua years, and you have not completely recovered, I will hammer you again, this is the best education.

Li Dongyang walked out and said, "Your Majesty, I don't know how far it is necessary to use troops in Liaodong?" How will Liaodong be governed in the future? ”

If you have a good fight, how to maintain peace and stability for a long time after the fight is a big problem.

Zhu Youzhu said: "Change the land and return to the stream." ”

Fresh nouns.

Even Xiao Jing could understand the matter, and the ministers present were not stupid, they instantly understood what medicine the emperor and Zhang Zhou were selling.

Li Dongyang further reminded: "Your Majesty, the Jurchen tribes such as Jianzhou and Haixi have always been barbaric and brave, and most of the tribes even make a living from hunting and plundering, and do not produce. ”

Zhu Youzhu nodded and said, "Li Qingjia, you have some truth in what you said. ”

When the ministers present heard this, they all wondered.

What's going on?

It seems that the emperor and Li Dongyang have been discussing back and forth.

It's not just Lin Han who sings duets with the emperor, but also you Li Binzhi, right?

"Still." Zhu Youzhi changed his words and said, "You can't let it develop because of the difficulty of changing, no matter how sinister the land of mountains and rivers is, there should be the existence of the Wanghua Rite Sect, and you can't let barbarism breed." After this battle, no matter what the outcome is, I will send people to govern the border people, and prepare to set up another capital division in Jianzhou and Haixi, etc., to be governed by the new governor. ”

Li Dongyang asked, "I don't know who it is?" ”

At this point, in fact, people with a heart have already seen it.

Li Dongyang is not following the emperor's words, but is "trapping" the emperor, Li Dongyang is so aggressive, he almost reminded the emperor...... Let's leave Zhang Bingkuan there and let him govern those Jurchens, preferably not coming back within three or two years, so that his influence on the court will be minimized.

Didn't you say that those Jurchens were most afraid of him?

If he doesn't go, who has the qualifications?

Zhu Youzhu said: "Xinjian Bo, Wang Shouren!" ”

"Huh?"

The ministers present were in an uproar.

Many people even looked at the officials of the Hanlin Academy, especially Wang Hua, as Wang Shouren's father, Wang Hua suddenly became the target of public criticism.

This time, Li Dongyang didn't know how to object, or rather...... He is not qualified enough to oppose it.

So he glanced at Liu Jian, and Liu Jian came out and asked, "Your Majesty, why is it a new uncle?" ”

Zhu Youzhu smiled and said: "Xinjian Bo has been using troops in Jianzhou for two months, and his achievements are outstanding, and those Jurchen cottages in the deep mountains can be uprooted by him one by one, and the Jurchen border people have moved inward, and the effect of incorporation is also very good." Moreover, he played to the imperial court, and proposed the method of supervising the protection of armor and the law of indoctrination of the township, transforming the hunters into herdsmen, or doing things in farming, opening a school to make the Jurchen children enter the school and receive education, allowing them to enter the imperial examination, and changing the Jurchen style of being brave and ruthless. ”

What?

The ministers present were stunned when they heard this.

Is Wang Shouren stupid or naïve? Actually thinking of using etiquette to influence the Jurchens?

However, some people have heard that the so-called township covenant education may be just a foil, and more importantly, it is more important to protect the armor.

If someone still wants to fight bravely, then a bunch of people will solve it together, which is to take advantage of people's inferior nature from the root, contain and report each other, in order to achieve the goal of killing people and punishing them.

"After watching Xinbo's performance, I think it is a good idea to understand it properly." Zhu Youzhi admired Wang Shouren in his eyes, "With his age, he can have such an opinion, if I don't hand over the stable things here to him and put it on others, how can I rest assured?" ”

Liu Jian didn't know how to answer, he just said with a dark face: "Your Majesty, please think twice." ”

Zhu Youzhu sighed: "I have been thinking about it for a long time, why not think about it twice? If Xinbo's proposal can be implemented, then in the next year or two, the matter of etiquette and music education can penetrate deep into the eastern Liaodong borderland, which is really a blessing for Confucianism and a blessing for the dynasty. ”

The ministers present were a little unable to listen to it again.

Wang Shouren is naïve, why is the emperor naïve?

And......

Did Wang Shouren really do this? Are you sure it's not Zhang Bingkuan who is making suggestions behind the scenes?

"Alright." Zhu Youzhu said, "The matter of sending troops to clear up is already in progress, and everything is still going well, so let's wait for some results before we can discuss." After the court meeting, the members of the Shangting Office came to the Qianqing Palace, and I still had something to discuss with you. ”

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As the emperor said, Liaodong's war against the Jurchens has not yet ended, and it seems too early to say anything.

It is impossible to stop the dispatch of troops directly.

After waiting for the court meeting, several members of the court's upper listening office, Li Dongyang, Zhang Mao, and Ma Wensheng, were called to the Qianqing Palace, in addition to the new eunuch Xiao Jing, who was the master of ceremonies and the eunuch who held the seal......

This is also the first time that the emperor has summoned foreign ministers to the inner court for deliberations after Zhang Zhou left Beijing, and it is still in the name of the upper hearing office, which shows that the upper hearing office has a faint tendency to replace the cabinet.

"Here is a statement and summary of the war report, up to four or five days ago, there should be everything, you can take a look at it first."

Zhu Youzhi had a top-secret battle report from Liaodong in his hand, involving the progress of various people, and this time he handed it over to these people to let them know the general process first.

It's okay not to look at it.

At first glance, I realized that it was actually going more smoothly than expected, but it was not yet time to decide the outcome of the battle, and it seemed that this battle would be fought for a long time.

"In fact, when Tang Yin and the North Koreans sent troops to the multi-walled city, even I felt that it was a little bit of a fight." Zhu Youzhu sighed, "Later, Tang Yin and the Korean soldiers and horses were trapped in the Duobi City, and the Jurchens, especially the Haixi Jurchens, sent troops to besiege the city one after another, and I felt that Bingkuan should step up the process of this battle. ”

"But as Xinjian Bo led troops into the land of Jianzhou, and then Lu Wan and others sent troops, the situation stabilized, especially the road of Lu Wan in the north, which gained a lot, and many tribes fell in despair."

"By the time Bingkuan arrived at Yahu Pass, the situation had become clear, and many tribes had actually secretly expressed their intention to submit to the imperial court, and they were willing to accept the new resettlement method of the Ming Dynasty."

Li Dongyang: They heard it immediately.

This is not what the Jurchens want, but what the Jurchens feel...... They don't have the ability to fight with Da Ming, they can only preserve their strength first, otherwise they can only accept the end of destruction.

"What I want to discuss with you now is not the resettlement of the Jurchens in Jianzhou and Haixi, after all, it still needs to be cleared and co-opted, and it also needs the long-term planning and governance of Bingkuan and Xinjian Bo and others."

Zhu Youji's tone became solemn and said, "What I want to discuss with you is about North Korea. ”

"Your Majesty?"

Ma Wensheng was the first to be surprised.

He never thought that the emperor and Zhang Zhou were drunkards who didn't mean to drink.

Is this going to send troops to attack North Korea?

Zhu Youzhi said in a very cold tone: "Since the current lord of the Korean State ascended the throne, he seems to be respectful to the Ming Dynasty, but in fact, there have been many internal crises, especially two years ago, they experienced a morale disaster, serious internal slaughter, and the foundation of Confucian etiquette was damaged. ”

"Your Majesty." Li Dongyang's tone was very calm and said, "Even so, at the beginning of the founding of the DPRK, it did its best to the Ming Dynasty, and if it was attacked with this, I was afraid that it would be inappropriate." ”

"Huh." Zhu Youzhu couldn't help but wonder, "Did I say I was going to attack them?" Or is it as Li Qing's family said in the court, the name is not right, isn't it? ”

Li Dongyang frowned when he heard this.

Your Majesty, do you still know that this requires a famous teacher?

Zhu Youzhu said: "I listened to Bingkuan's opinion and thought that Tang Yin's performance in this battle was not bad, although the results were not abundant, but in a strategic sense, he contained the enemy army, especially to take the lead and take the multi-walled city at a small price, becoming a nail pierced into the interior of the Jurchens. ”

Li Dongyang asked: "Your Majesty, what does this have to do with North Korea?" ”

"How can there be no connection?" Zhu Youzhu said, "Aren't most of the men and horses under his command North Korean soldiers?" ”

Rao is Li Dongyang feels that his head is very flexible, he is the kind of resourceful, and he can't keep up with the train of thought.

The key is ......

He didn't know the future history, nor did he know the future fate of Yanshanjun Lee, in his opinion, Li was the lord of North Korea, and he was recognized by the Ming Dynasty, and he didn't think about it from the perspective of committing the next offense.

If you want to split North Korea internally, it is much more difficult than the Ming Dynasty sending troops to attack, right?

Why did North Korea listen to the Ming Dynasty?

Zhu Youzhu said: "North Korea sent troops this time, and promised to send 20,000 troops, but so far, it has only sent 5,000 troops, and there is no supply of grain and grass, which almost makes the consequences of strategic misconduct unpredictable." And in this battle, Park Yuanzong, the envoy of North Korea's Pyongan Province, had the credit of setting things right when his commander intended to withdraw his troops, so I meant to prepare that after this battle, Tang Yin, Park Yuanzong and others would personally lead the 5,000 men and horses to go back and ask the Korean lord why he was treacherous!? ”

Stab in the back?

Li Dongyang pondered this term for a moment, and then he said: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid that after the DPRK learns that my Ming army is strong, it will soon gather the remaining men and horses to ask about it...... Not easy. ”

Zhu Youzhu said coldly: "When you need to send troops, you don't send troops, and when you don't need to send troops, you think about icing on the cake?" I won't agree. ”

Li Dongyang almost wanted to say, what if you don't agree?

Zhang Mao was a martial artist, and when he heard some clues, he asked, "Your Majesty wants to do it with Park Yuanzong...... What about usurpation? ”

"Ahem." Zhu Youzhu coughed twice.

Although he didn't speak, it seemed to be tantamount to acquiescence.

Ma Wensheng said: "Your Majesty, if you don't mess with this matter, there is a chance, even if it happens, it will cause disputes between the two countries." Not to mention, if the matter fails, I am afraid that it will ...... even more"

Zhu Youzhu said: "It's best to do it, support a small lord, make it a vassal, and dismiss its troops. If not...... Then use the life of my Ming envoy to exchange for the name of the Korean army! ”

(End of chapter)