Zhu Feng is still the existence of a high mountain in front of ordinary generals.

But he also knew what his ability was, not to mention the decision-making level, even if it was the implementation level, there was a big problem with handing it over to him, so he just dealt with Chen Xiong casually, and then found an opportunity to ask Zhang Zhou for clarification.

With the spring blossoms, preparations for the DPRK and China are in full swing.

On this day, Zhu Feng specially took advantage of the time when he was in Yanwutang to ask Zhang Zhou about the arrangements for the evening, and cheekily went to the theater where Zhang Zhou met guests at night, saying that he was eating rice, but in fact, he wanted to talk to Zhang Zhou more heart-to-heart.

Zhu Feng was also afraid that he would suddenly be sent out by Zhang Zhou to carry out a mission to go around behind enemy lines and deal with the little prince of Tatars, and with his understanding of Zhang Zhou, it seemed that this was not beyond the scope of Zhang Zhou's multifaceted strategies.

In the private room of the theater.

There were simple refreshments on the table, Zhang Zhou actually came over after dinner, but Zhu Feng didn't eat dinner.

Zhang Zhou asked him to deal with it casually, and specially asked people to give him some snacks that could fill his stomach.

"If you have something, you can ask it, if there is nothing to do, you can go next door to listen to the play, you know, every time I come out, the people I see are very complicated, from making artillery to gun, to coal mining, shipbuilding, all kinds of people, you may not want to see, you see it is meaningless......

Zhang Zhou's meaning is that you don't disturb my guests, and I also regard you as one of the people who came to annoy me.

Only then did Zhu Feng roughly relay Chen Xiong's words, and at the same time expressed his opinion: "...... If only Yansui sent troops all the way, even if the troops entered the land of the Hetao, the possibility of a frontal battle between Tatars was not great, and the Ming Dynasty was now overstretched with troops in the northwest to the weight of grain and grass, if he knew that he could not fight and fight, what was the point? ”

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "As long as it's not the battle of the grassland, then what's the point of these battles before you, if you give me a summary?" Isn't it just pulling and consuming? ”

"Huh?"

Zhu Feng thought about it, and it seemed to be the same, so he nodded.

Zhang Zhoudao: "The northwest and the Tatars use troops, if each game has to calculate the pay and return, then it is meaningless, the Ming Dynasty has spent so many coins in the nine borders in the past hundred years, the meaning is not to ensure the stability of the people in the border areas of the Ming Dynasty?" The stability of a country is not measured by the cost of using troops. After Chenghua, several searches are not to say that you must achieve any results, the truth is probably like this. ”

"But...... The people below are looking forward to it now. Zhu Feng said.

Zhang Zhou shook his head and said: "It's one thing to look forward to it, if you want to level the grassland, you have to find the opportunity." ”

"When?" Zhu Feng's question is very straightforward.

Zhang Zhoudao: "Your Majesty's hope is that you can have the opportunity to pacify the grassland in one fell swoop within three to five years, but this is still a bit idealistic. If you march into the steppe on a large scale, you will also encounter a situation where the Tatars avoid but do not fight, the steppe is not a city waiting for you to fight, you are strong, the Tatars will avoid the edge. ”

"But it's not that it will drag on like this, as long as our Ming soldiers are strong, every time the Tatars fight with the Ming Dynasty, they will be defeated, and they don't dare to attack at that time, so a little earlier or later, is there a big difference?"

Zhu Feng was surprised: "That's to drag?" ”

Zhang Zhou didn't answer Zhu Feng this time.

"Zhijie, put your heart back in your stomach, I won't let you attack the grassland, you are not suitable for doing this, even if you do, it is more suitable for Xinbo, or I can go in person, but you also know that I also want to live a few days of peace now. Even Your Majesty didn't force the outcome of this year's spring war, so why should you worry about that? ”

When Zhang Zhou said this, Zhu Feng's face was a little embarrassed.

He also wanted to explain to Zhang Zhou that it was not that he was incompetent, but when the words came to his lips, he knew that Zhang Zhou knew him too well, so he smiled embarrassedly and revealed the matter.

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Originally, there was something about Zhang Zhou's special plan, but there were people in the military talking about it.

It is also the army's high expectations for this search, believing that the Ming Dynasty should not only establish a stable city and other camps in the land of the Hetao in this battle, but also directly deal a substantial blow to the little Tatar prince and other tribes.

Gradually, this discussion also shifted to the court, and the war itself revealed some evil, obviously the emperor had better Zhang Zhou, Wang Shouren, Wang Qiong and others who did not need it, and had to use Zhu Hui and others, which made people reverie, is there any secret behind the scenes that will not be made public, and it will be announced after the results of the war......

This kind of thing has happened before, which makes there more groundless speculation.

This day is a discussion.

Zhang Zhou appeared in Fengtianmen, and the focus of the day's court discussion was on the river work, and it was originally not related to the use of troops in the northwest, but it was not at the end of the court discussion that the Huke Yanguan told the northwest about the use of money and grain, and planned to deduct some of the money and grain used in Datong with the use of the Yellow River spring flood and other things that year.

When Zhu Youzhu heard this, he didn't react, anyway, he wouldn't agree.

And because of the suddenness of the incident, it can't be because of what the official says, how the emperor has to respond, and in the end, the matter is dissolved without any solution.

Just as a small episode, Zhang Zhou obviously felt that this incident was a bit aimed at himself, after all, he did not often appear in the court, and when he was there, there were one or two issues involved in the northwest, probably to show the attitude of the DPRK and China towards the anti-war to him, the new secretary of the military department.

The emperor did not summon Zhang Zhou alone, so Zhang Zhou went out of the palace with the ministers.

The three members of the cabinet did not have any communication with Zhang Zhou, but Ma Wensheng, the secretary of the ministry, deliberately approached, nodded to Zhang Zhou, and handed over the words.

"Bingkuan, recently, in the military department and the governor's mansion, the most talked about is the use of soldiers, I don't know how to prepare?" Ma Wensheng, as the predecessor of the Ministry of War, has outstanding influence in the Ministry of War system, which is also the result of Zhang Zhou, the secretary of the Ministry of War, not being too concerned about the affairs of the Ministry of War.

Zhang Zhou was not like the traditional Shangshu who sat in the ministry, but was more involved in communication and decision-making with the emperor, and there were not many opportunities for ordinary officials of the military department to communicate with Zhang Zhou.

It's not that Zhang Zhou is arrogant and unwilling to contact these people, in fact, he is a random person in charge of the Ministry of War, and he is much stronger than Zhang Zhou in terms of qualifications.

But Ma Wensheng is different, he has to have qualifications, he has to have meritorious service, and more importantly, Ma Wensheng is more in line with the "values" of the official system of this era.

Zhang Zhou also replied seriously: "I didn't participate too much in the preparation for war, grain, grass, soldiers and horses, etc., I rarely asked. ”

The implication is that my focus now is not on the northwest, but on the east of Liaodong.

Ma Wensheng asked curiously: "Isn't Bo'an already staying in Datong?" Is there any follow-up arrangement in Liaodong? ”

Zhang Zhoudao: "Nu'er Gandu Division's war, can not give up halfway, seeing the beginning of spring, Liaodong has also reached the time to continue to use troops, the scale of the war is not large, to fight to support the war, but also to ensure that the war has progress, because the tribe and terrain are complex, to work hard in the place, can be more cumbersome and complicated than the use of soldiers. ”

"Hmm." Ma Wensheng nodded, "Liaodong uses troops, and there are indeed a lot of them. ”

Zhang Zhou asked: "But I heard that Baoguo Gong is going to order troops to go to the northwest recently, and the officials should know about this, right?" ”

Ma Wensheng smiled and said: "With such an arrangement, the officials don't just ask, and the court doesn't say it, how can this be known?" ”

Zhang Zhoudao: "With each other, the military department doesn't know much. ”

"What about the listening room?" What Ma Wensheng means is that the emperor will not decide everything alone, and there should always be ministers involved, right?

Since you didn't get more inquiries from the emperor in the name of the military department, but as a minister who walked in the listening office, you should always be running around for this, right?

Zhang Zhou sighed: "There have been too many things recently, and I haven't seen Your Majesty ask about it, but I heard that Wang Dehua and others are often summoned by His Majesty's inner court, and His Majesty has not talked to me about related matters, and he also understands that I am usually too busy...... Ma Shangshu, in this use of troops in the northwest, don't you think that I am planning behind the scenes, Your Majesty may really want to ...... Let's use the old man in the middle of the court. ”

"Oh?"

Marven frowned and looked at Zhang Zhou.

Regarding Zhang Zhou's statement, he did not believe it.

The emperor wants to fight, and his expectations are so high, he doesn't take your opinion first, but will Wang Qiong and them take the lead? It's against the emperor's complete trust in you for the past two years.

Zhang Zhou didn't answer in detail, he said no, Ma Wensheng couldn't verify it, even if Zhang Zhou hadn't been summoned alone in the past few days, but Zhang Zhou still had many more opportunities to meet the emperor than ordinary ministers, who knows if everything was discussed in secret?

Or......

is to hide from the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee, and by the way, also hide the entire grassland tribe, what kind of "thousands of miles of attack"?

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In the past few days, Zhu Youzhi moved out of Xinuan Pavilion and returned to Qianqing Palace, also because the spring flowers are blooming, and Zhu Youzhu goes out for a walk more.

Occasionally come out to see, it's a bit sad.

There are several eunuchs in the celebrant eunuch, and the person who has accompanied him the most recently is not the palm print eunuch Xiao Jing, but Li Rong has always been, and Zhu Youzhi did not say that he beat Xiao Jing to death with a stick, also because Zhu Youzhi is too kind-hearted, and he has repaid the greatest tolerance to the old people in the palace, especially those who have been kind to him.

"Your Majesty, in four days, the Duke of Baoguo and the eldest princess of Yongkang, the horses, etc., will lead the troops to the side pass, and now in the court and other matters, they have not yet instructed the below, should they inform the government and the opposition?"

Li Rong was the first group of people in the palace to learn about the plan to send troops.

However, the troops were sent from Beijing to the northwest, not to Yansui and other three sides first, but to the Yatou Pass first, and to bring some soldiers and horses from the Yatou Pass, and then through the cooperation with Yansui, the troops entered the land of the Hetao.

Zhu Youzhu said: "It is to go in several batches, and there is no need to publicize it, just transport the grain, grass, baggage and something first." ”

It doesn't matter if people go or not, it's important to get weapons and equipment first.

In Li Rong's opinion, probably the emperor also knew that it might be better to count on the guns and guns invented by Zhang Zhou than to count on the traditional ministers like Zhu Hui, and to count on that thing is more confident than counting on people.

Li Rongdao: "Recently, the military department has been in the book...... Cai Guogong's side did not give a military strategy for this war, should he be urged? ”

"No need." Zhu Youzhu walked to the palace garden near the place where there was a stone bench, the stone bench had already been paved with soft cushions, he wanted to sit but still restrained himself, because Zhang Zhou said that by walking and exercising, you must walk a little more, and it is best to bring some "aerobic exercise", but Zhu Youzhu can't go jogging or something, and he wants to rest when he is tired, he thinks this is not good.

Li Rong thought that Zhu Youzhu had some further instructions, but after waiting, the emperor didn't speak, so he continued to ask: "If Cai Guogong has a plan for this battle, it may be twice the result with half the effort." ”

Zhu Youzhu said: "I naturally know Bingkuan's ability, but do I have to count on him for everything?" ”

Li Rong didn't understand for a while.

This is...... Have reservations about Zhang Zhou's trust? Believe you, a ghost! I must be afraid that your family Bingkuan will work too hard, right?

Sure enough......

"Bingkuan has been busy with too many things recently, I have said first, this battle depends on those veterans and ministers to fight, so I don't have to be too embarrassed by Bingkuan, in fact, I also wanted Bingkuan to plan at first, to take it by surprise, but in fact, the purpose of this battle is enough to fight the grass and surprise the snake!"

"I have to show determination, even if I don't have a broad strategy, I will not let the Tatars act recklessly under the nose of the dynasty, even if this kind of war does not have much result, I will also push out the soldiers and horses, the first emperor fought with the Tatars so many times, and repeatedly achieved good results, because even the first emperor knew that the Tatars can be suppressed by deterrence, not by Huairou."

As soon as Li Rong heard it, he knew that Zhu Youzhu was not as cowardly and incompetent as others usually preached.

Zhu Youzhu can govern the country with peace of mind and be a benevolent and righteous king, but he can also be unconservative in foreign policy.

"What I'm worried about now is that I'm afraid that my body won't last a few years." Zhu Youzhu suddenly felt sorry for himself in his body.

Li Rong hurriedly said: "Your Majesty Wanfu, you have a dragon body and a long life." ”

"Long live? Not necessarily. Zhu Youzhu said, "I can't do anything now, the prince and the second child are still too young, even if they are the prince, their personalities are not qualitative, if I really have anything to do in the past few years, all the plans may have to be put into practice." ”

Li Rong wanted to say that the crown prince also trusts Cai Guogong, but this is indirectly equivalent to saying, Your Majesty, your body may really not be good.

Zhu Youzhu himself added: "The prince regards military and political affairs as child's play, not as a strategy for governing the country, and if I am gone, I don't know what he will do." Although Bingkuan can suppress him many times, sometimes he is too obedient to the prince's wishes, I know that Bingkuan is the prince's preference to let him gradually adopt his heart, but I am also afraid...... This will indulge the prince's character and make him out of control. ”

Li Rong secretly thought, Your Majesty, you are really insightful.

Didn't Zhang Bingkuan just take the prince's preferences and make the prince happy and convinced of him?

Say it's a bad thing?

Are you father and son still different?

"But in the future, only Bingkuan can help the prince, and it depends on who has the ability to help the overall situation of the DPRK."

Bilirubin dropped from 144 to 97, which is better than last week. Thank you very much for your encouragement. Slow updates. With my typing update speed, in fact, I can write 6,000 words in one hour, and now I can complete 4,000 updates in batches of one hour a day.

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