Zhu Hui's report of the victory had reached the Beijing division three days later.

The government and the opposition originally knew that Zhu Hui had won a "great victory", and thought that Daming had produced the second god of war, but when they knew that the first merit was only four yuan, the ministers of the government and the opposition were also stunned.

Send 50,000 soldiers to take the four heads...... This credit is really "ancient and unprecedented", and the war is still going on, it seems that Zhu Hui can't help but go home after reporting the credit, which makes the government and the opposition feel that this old boy has no ambition.

Before the early dynasty, Zhu Youzhu finished dressing up and went to Fengtian Hall accompanied by Li Rong and Chen Kuan.

Li Rong was still explaining: "...... The good news was transmitted to Beijing yesterday afternoon, and the DPRK and China have now spread, and the east factory has found out that the government and the opposition are currently ...... There are quite a few criticisms, believing that before the war is over, he will report his merits first, and there is a suspicion of slackness and dereliction of duty. ”

"Rat-eyed!"

Zhu Youzhu commented viciously.

Li Rong didn't understand, the emperor was criticizing the ministers of the court? Or are you criticizing Zhu Hui?

Zhu Youzhu remembered something again, looked at Chen Kuan on the side and said, "What is the ticket for the cabinet?" ”

Chen Kuan was stunned, glanced at Li Rong first, and probably realized that what he represented was Chen Kuan, that is, the opinion of the celebrant supervisor, so he cautiously said: "The cabinet has decided to reward those who have received meritorious service with military merits, but the reward will be awarded after deducting the second class from the merit reported by the Baoguo Gong." ”

"Minus two?" Zhu Youzhu frowned.

He has seen Zhu Hui's performance of asking for merit, there are thousands of meritorious people just listed, if it is minus two grades, then most of them belong to the scope of "no promotion", after all, Zhu Hui also has to nod face, not everyone can be "promoted to the third class" or above.

"What did Bingkuan say?" Zhu Youzhu looked at Li Rong this time.

Li Rong said: "Since yesterday, I have never seen Cai Guogong, it is said that Cai Guogong has been busy with the iron ore field of Yongping Mansion recently, and a large iron mine has opened up over there. ”

Zhu Youzhu frowned and said, "Bingkuan shouldn't have gone to Yongping Mansion, right?" ”

Li Rong hurriedly replied: "I haven't gotten there, but I have to contact the people over there, Cai Guogong has been very busy recently, and he ...... this morning Maybe not in person. ”

"Hmm."

Zhu Youzhu continued to walk forward, and after a little silence, his face became a little warmer, "It's okay if you don't come, today's matter is insignificant." ”

Li Rong and Chen Kuan glanced at each other, they both realized that the emperor also felt that the merits of the four heads were a bit embarrassing, and they were embarrassed to let Zhang Zhou, the great man on the battlefield of the Ming Dynasty, evaluate it.

Come to think of it, this is not a war led by Zhang Zhou anyway.

Especially Li Rong's side knows very well that Zhang Zhou's side has begun to lay out a big pocket...... There is no harm if there is no comparison, and if you turn back because of Zhang Zhou's planning, you can achieve the success of the Tatar ambush...... It is estimated that Zhu Hui is also self-conscious, right?

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Fengtian Temple, early dynasty.

Because it was a great dynasty, the Wenchen Wuxun present also came very well, and he also knew that there was good news from the northwest that day, but everyone who could still go to the ground basically came.

But everyone didn't see Zhang Zhou's figure in the court, which was really surprising.

Especially Xie Qian, he looked back at Zhang Zhou's position a few times, and looked at others from time to time, and everyone who missed a glance with him seemed to understand what he meant...... Zhang Zhou didn't come, we saw it, understood, as for how to use the topic to play, Boss Xie, you look at it.

It came up to the Northwest Military Meritorious Report.

Chen Kuan read Zhu Hui's performance in public, and everyone present listened with bated breath.

Regarding the reward, Chen Kuan didn't read it, and then returned it, waiting for Zhu Youzhu to comment on it.

Zhu Youzhu said: "The Baoguo Gong has been on the expedition for a short time, and there are already meritorious achievements, and there is no sign of large-scale Tatar mobilization in the Hetao, which is the embodiment of the military prestige of the Ming Dynasty." ”

When the ministers present heard it, hey, that makes sense.

It is precisely because of the military prestige of the Ming Dynasty that the Tatars did not dare to meet the enemy head-on with the Ming Dynasty, which led to Zhu Hui's very few military exploits, but in this way, he still won the grand prize of four Tartar heads, which fully reflects Zhu Hui's "ability".

And Li Rong on the side didn't sound right.

Li Rong sensed something was wrong in his heart, he thought to himself, Huamachi is bordering the land of Hetao, but Huamachi is on the west side of the land of the East Hetao, and Zhu Hui's troops are in the east corridor of the land of the East Hetao, with a desert land in the middle, but can it be said that there will be no signs of Tatar activities in the land of the Hetao?

If not, wouldn't that be ...... That Cai Guogong's prophecy can't come true?

Feign!

Your Majesty, you can really pretend.

Li Rong's face did not move, but he quietly observed the reaction of the ministers below.

At this time, Liu Jian came out and said: "Your Majesty, since the purpose of sending troops to Hetao has been achieved, you should withdraw to the pass with soldiers." ”

Even Liu Jian advocated the withdrawal of troops.

Shousuke's opinion is very important in the government and the opposition, and many ministers realize that this should be the attitude that traditional civil servants should uphold.

You Zhu Hui is like that, and then let you go north, really let you meet the Tatars, and maybe there will be some kind of moth, just when you are leading the troops to patrol the Hetao, you should also withdraw now, at least let your soldiers and horses pass as a barrier, do you still want to kill into the Tatars' lair?

When Zhu Youzhu heard the suggestion to withdraw from the army, his face was not cold, and he sighed faintly: "This expedition can be described as a big fanfare, if you just end the war with the current result, is it too laborious?" ”

Meaning, do not withdraw.

Liu Jian said: "I sent troops and horses scattered everywhere, and the coordination of people and horses from all walks of life was not enough, so that several people and horses could not be echoed and mobilized. ”

The implication, Your Majesty, let's take it when we see it.

Look at that Baoguo Gong, divide the troops into five routes, no matter how powerful the artillery and firearms are, the Tatars gather tens of thousands of horses to attack all the way, hoping that the Baoguo Gong can reinforce each other?

Don't be wiped out.

Now that he has killed four heads, it is already considered a result, and it is not to say that he has no merit, and the reward for a few people will be withdrawn, and everyone will be happy.

Zhu Youzhang's face was displeased, but he didn't refute it, and looked at Li Rong on the side.

Li Rong knew that the emperor was going to use himself as a gunman, so he walked out and said with a smile: "Elder Liu Ge, judging from the current battle situation, there is no sign of movement anywhere in Tatar, and this will retire, I'm afraid it will affect the morale of the soldiers of the three armies, right?" ”

Speaking of this, Li Rong looked at the emperor, his expression did not seem to be relieved, and he added, "Besides, there is still a new uncle in Datong Town, if the Tatars dare to come out, I am afraid that they will still have to weigh the consequences." ”

Liu Jian saw that Li Rong, who was old and serious, came out to help the emperor round the field, and he was very interested in retreating to the ministers.

Probably saying, that's what I say, I don't care if you listen to it or not.

Something happened in the future, but don't say I didn't warn you.

Zhu Youzhu said: "The matter of retreating, I will think about it as appropriate, the most important thing at the moment is to ensure the reinforcement of food and grass from all walks of life, and it is very important to cooperate with each other." I wondered if the Tatars didn't fight the Baoguo Duke head-on at the Hetao, would they attack the border from the side? ”

At this point, the emperor couldn't help but say what he had discussed with Zhang Zhou.

But he only put forward a conjecture, and it was reasonable.

Li Dongyang walked out and said: "Back to Your Majesty, all parts of the border should also strengthen vigilance, if the Tatars want to attack our border land, there must be some signs, we should go deep into the steppe at night to investigate information, in order to obtain the Tatar movements in advance, so as to be prepared." ”

Zhu Youzhu said: "When Xinjian Bo sent troops to the hinterland of the grassland, the Tatars were also being scouting, but since it was a surprise attack, they would definitely do Tibet, and they would be wary of scouts. In this way, the herald ordered all parts of the Nine Sides to strengthen the vigilance recently until the end of the expedition of the Baoguo Gong. ”

The "profoundness" of these words was so "profound" that even Li Dongyang didn't understand it.

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After the court meeting is over.

The three members of the cabinet returned to the cabinet duty room, and Xie Qian asked first, "Do you remember what Your Majesty said?" What is the purpose of strengthening vigilance everywhere in the nine sides? ”

Li Dongyang said: "Is there anything wrong with sending troops and horses from all over the place to fight the Hetao, and strengthening the vigilance in the rest of the places?" ”

Xie Qian said with a smile: "Binzhi, what about this matter, you have to pay attention to a snake to add to it, Your Majesty is far away and doesn't talk about strengthening vigilance, but when you get closer, you suddenly mention such a sentence, and it is still a wide range of places to strengthen vigilance, where should the vigilance be, is it considered vigilance?" ”

"You mean......" Li Dongyang vaguely grasped a point, but he couldn't quite say it clearly.

Xie Qian didn't answer, because Xie Qian didn't think it clearly, he looked at Liu Jian and said, "Zhongtang, what do you say?" ”

After Liu Jian pondered for a moment, he said in a calm tone: "If the Tatars really want to attack, which way will they go?" ”

"Jizhou." Li Dongyang replied without thinking about it.

Obviously, Li Dongyang has thought about this problem, which can be regarded as Li Dongyang's responsibility for the affairs of the court, not that everything is an afterthought.

Liu Jian shook his head and said: "If it had been changed three years ago, when I went out to Hetao, there might be an attack on Jizhou among the Tatar people from all walks of life." But now, the three departments of Wuliangha have been weakened, the fire screening department has moved westward, and Wang Bo'an is in Datong Town, and the risk of Tatar entering Jizhou in the east is even greater. ”

Li Dongyang said: "That's Ningxia West Road?" ”

Xie Qian asked with a smile: "Two, do you mean that this is called encircling Wei to save Zhao and striking the west?" ”

Liu Jian continued to shake his head and said: "The purpose of the Tatars to attack my pass must not be to make the Baoguo Gong withdraw his troops, or rather, whether the Baoguo Gong withdraws his troops is nothing to the Tatars. If the little Tatar prince still wants to establish his power, he will definitely not be completely defeated on the battlefield. ”

Li Dongyang nodded and said: "Batu Munch also needs power, if even the Duke of Baoguo can lead the troops into the grassland, I am afraid that the hungry wolves in the grassland will not be able to convince him." ”

Don't fight for face and breath, even a bastard like Baoguo Gong 205 dares to lead the troops into the grassland casually, who will take the "grassland co-master" seriously in the future, you Batu Munch should go home and milk the sheep.

Li Dongyang immediately understood something, looked at Liu Jian and said, "Then it should be reminded, Yang Yingning?" ”

Liu Jian said: "Now that the military department is in the hands of Zhang Bingkuan, it stands to reason that he cannot be defenseless, and what Your Majesty mentioned today, I can perceive Your Majesty's confidence." Your Majesty may be waiting. ”

"That ......"

Li Dongyang and Xie Qian became restrained at the same time.

Liu Jian shook his head again and said: "If the Tatars come to attack, the border will experience another war." This disaster may not have been caused...... In the next few years, I'm afraid that everywhere will not stop. ”