Zhu Youzhu just laughed like this, and gave Qin Hong's dispatch of troops.

Zhang Zhou was also thinking, you are not trusting him, you are simply using him, desperately squeezing out the surplus value on him before Qin Hongzhishi returns to his hometown.

Before, Zhu Hui led the troops into the Hetao, and there was almost no harvest, but now the Tatars are fully shrinking and moving north, which will reorganize the patrol and send troops, and it is unlikely that there will be any results, which leads to a result, and in the end it is Qin Hong.

It is likely that Qin Hong will "not guarantee the late festival".

Li Rong soon went to the cabinet office in person to inform the three cabinet members of the news.

"Your Majesty's intention is to demonstrate the military prestige of the Ming Dynasty, the scale of this battle will not be too large, and the mobilization of troops and horses is also limited to the actual ability of soldiers and horses in various places, and troops will not be transferred across towns, and the momentum of sending troops is not limited to Hetao and other places, including Liaodong."

Li Rong never mentioned that this was the result of Zhu Youji's discussion with Zhang Zhou.

But even if they don't say it, the three members of the cabinet have long decided that this is a manifestation of Zhang Zhou's instigation of the emperor's reckless military force.

The traditional ministers of the DPRK and China will think, if you don't fight, why should the emperor continue to trust you? Therefore, it is you, Zhang Bingkuan, who is behind the scenes, and instigated our emperor, who loves and filial piety and never fights with others, into a martial arts sect that is bent on expansion.

Xie Qian listened, and asked with a smile on the side, "Isn't that a grass valley?"

Li Rong was stunned for a moment, and said, "It can also be understood in this way, the three pavilion elders should also know that the most fertile grasslands on this grassland are all in the south, and Mobei and other places are cold and snowy in winter, and it is difficult for herdsmen and livestock to survive, Your Majesty just wants to drive the Tatars to Mobei."

Li Dongyang said, "I'm afraid it's not easy."

Li Rong said with a smile: "It's naturally not easy for a while, but where there is a will, there is a way, and now the confrontation between the Ming Dynasty and the Waiyi has a comprehensive advantage, if you don't take advantage of the current time to drive the Tatars to the north, wouldn't this be considered a missed opportunity?"

Liu Jian said: "The matter of sending troops is related to the interests of the military and civilians in the border towns, should this matter be discussed in the court? On the side of the military department, should also issue a detailed plan for the court to refer to?"

"The three elders, if even the patrols of the border towns and other matters have to be brought to the court to discuss, is it also considered to be a restriction on the soldiers and horses of the towns? In fact, what Your Majesty means is that each town should send troops with its actual ability, and does not expect any great victory or anything like victory in this battle, but only requires the majesty of the sergeant, and if any border town is really unable to send troops, Your Majesty will not force it."

"Although Your Majesty takes the Qin Lao Ministry as the main commander, he will not leave Yansui, and the people and horses of each town still have to be dispatched by the general system, governor and chief military officer of each town, if the three elders think that this battle may cost the people and money, then in our family's opinion, the towns should not do anything beyond their power for the sake of comparison, right?"

Li Rong's remarks seem to be a strategic argument for Zhu Youji, which shows that this matter is extremely reasonable.

But the three members of the cabinet immediately heard some signs.

Each town sends its own troops, so as for whether it is edicted or not, it depends on the choice of each town, probably like Qin Hong and Wang Shouren, the two general system levels, must be edicted, but the governor below is in the general army or something, and there is great flexibility in the implementation of military orders.

Haven't you traditional ministers always advertised that they have extensive connections?

Then let your people not send troops or send fewer troops, the impact on the military and civilian livelihood of the border towns will be minimized, and the opportunity will be given to you, not to mention that the emperor will completely ignore your ideas and have the ability to operate on his own.

After Li Rong conveyed the emperor's thoughts, he left.

Subsequently, Li Dongyang also made a certain analysis of the meaning of Li Rong's words, especially mentioning the issue of the implementation of various towns.

Li Dongyang finally analyzed: "Ningxia has just experienced a fierce battle, the soldiers are tired, and the new governor has not yet arrived, so naturally he will not send troops. In Gansu, Guyuan, and other places, it is difficult to transfer troops, and as for Jizhou and Liaodong, the tribes such as Wuliangha, which are close to Gyeonggi and are in the outer Uliangha, are weak, so there is no need to send troops for the time being."

Xie Qian said with a smile: "In that case, the focus of sending troops is on the three towns of Yansui and Xuanda?"

"Hmm." Li Dongyang nodded.

Xie Qian said: "Recently, Wang Bo'an has been begging the court for money and food, and has complained many times about the treatment of local soldiers and other matters in the last recital.

Li Dongyang said: "The first line of Xuanda troops would have been concentrated in Datong, and its momentum was close to Weininghai, but now there is no sign of Tatar herdsmen's activities in Weininghai and other places, as long as Wang Bo'an is a normal patrol to Weininghai, Your Majesty will not be picky."

"That relationship is good, and in the end it's a fuss! Haha."

Xie Qian listened to Li Dongyang's analysis, whether this matter was decided by the emperor or Zhang Zhou's idea, the dispatch of troops from various towns was a "farce".

Some places are really not capable of sending troops, and there is no place where there is a ability to send troops, and now all towns are fighting for money and grain for their own interests, and the money and grain allocated by the imperial court to the northwest are always limited, which can ensure that the soldiers of Datong are fed, clothed, and have money to spend, and other places will have to live a poor life.

At such a time, who would fight hard for a war that would not have won any military merits in the first place?

If you put your family foundation together, I'm afraid you won't be able to survive this winter.

As in the past, it is better to stay in the pass and watch the Tatars make noise outside, and the most cost-effective combat strategy belongs to yes.

Liu Jian didn't seem to be as optimistic as Li Dongyang, he said, "The most important thing now is to see Qin Shiying's attitude towards this matter. If he is bent on sending troops, the momentum will not be weak just by sending troops from the towns on the three sides."

Li Dongyang said: "Qin Shiying prides himself on being poor and honest, and with his age, he attaches great importance to things such as integrity, and now that he has resigned many times, at such a time, will he be willing to risk ruining his reputation and come out of the nest?"

"Makes sense." Xie Qian chimed in.

Liu Jian did not comment on Li Dongyang's views.

Li Dongyang said, "Does Elder Liu have any worries?"

Liu Jian sighed: "I am most afraid that now the soldiers in the northwest are impetuous, thinking that if they have won a few victories, they will not take the Tatar iron cavalry in their eyes, and use this wind to help the rise, or some people will use this battle to show their ability to show their diligence because of Zhang Bingkuan's might, which will lead to the comparison of troops on all fronts."

"This ......"

Li Dongyang thought for a while, and then said very seriously, "Then it depends on me and others, as well as the influence of Ma Yingtu and others in the border town, to state the benefits and disadvantages to them." Now the authority to allocate money and food is not in the military department, they want to send troops, but they have to consider whether such a consequence is important for the sake of temporary military merit, or whether it is more important to be able to continue to take root in the border towns for a long time."

Disobedient and want to send troops to curry favor with the emperor and Zhang Zhou?

Then dig a pit for you and kill you!

Wherever the border towns send troops, the household department will restrict them on the issue of allocating money and grain, so that they will not have enough food and clothing, and let the old and young women and children in your family drink the northwest wind together!

Of course, it can't be said that our Wenchen deliberately made things difficult for you, and it was difficult to achieve a bowl of water in the dispatch of money and grain in the northwest, and the arrears of wages happened almost every year, whether or not or how much they were distributed depended on whether the imperial court had "surplus grain".

Now it's just tilting this bowl of water to the obedient side, where there are troops coming in, you deserve to have no food.

"So be it." Liu Jian also nodded in agreement with Li Dongyang's opinion.

The emperor's official edict has not yet been issued, but for a while, everyone in the officialdom of the capital seems to know that the border town is going to fight again.

It's just that this time the situation is very different from before, it belongs to their own play, the emperor and the military department do not make restrictions, saying that they do their best, but in fact, the upper and lower limits are very high, so it looks like there will be some child's play, and it is even more undisciplined than Zhu Hui's troop dispatch.

With Zhang Zhou's will to be ordered to rectify border affairs, some people in the DPRK and China also thought that Zhang Zhou would take this opportunity to crack down on those who were not reliable in handling affairs, or who were not active in sending troops.

The old lords in the capital are also actively trying to participate in this war for the emperor's face, and the northwest Xuanda and the three sides may be in danger, but there is no problem in going to Jizhou and Liaodong, right? Sending troops in this place, after going out, you can't see the shadow of the foreign Yi for more than a few hundred miles, and you can brag about it when you say it, making people feel that they are a wizard of leading troops or something.

The Governor's Mansion was fighting for it, and the Imperial Court, led by the traditional civil ministers, was planning a plan of "non-violence and non-cooperation" to make the border towns respond passively in this dispatch as much as possible.

After recuperating for more than ten days, Zhu Youzhu finally returned to the court.

From beginning to end, Zhu Houzhao was given the opportunity to listen to the government in Wenhua Palace, and there were only three times in total, except for the first time when Zhang Zhou was on the side, the remaining two times were just Zhu Houzhao and the minister's face.

Except for Zhang Zhou's support scene, the rest of the people really couldn't help him.

And after Zhu Youzhi resumed his reign, Zhu Houzhao was also able to take a holiday, and it was also on this day at the end of May that he went to Zhang Zhou's laboratory.

"Sir, don't ask, let me tell you, my father thinks I've been doing quite well lately, and allows me to leave the palace, saying that I can go back before dark."

Zhu Houzhao's purpose of leaving the palace in the past was to go to the folk market to experience the fireworks in the world.

But since he met Zhang Zhou, he always went to Zhang Zhou when he left the palace, because every time he came to Zhang Zhou, he could encounter some novel and interesting things, which was no different from the New World for Zhu Houzhao.

On the contrary, the atmosphere of the market has become sparse and ordinary for Zhu Houzhao...... What's the point of being with that group of people in cloth clothes?

Or the whole bit of fantasy and science fiction can better explore the potential power of people's hearts.

Zhang Zhou immediately beckoned Zhu Houzhao out of his laboratory.

"Why don't you let me in? What's in those jars? Is this bottle water? What's that bottle? Why is it still yellow, it won't be you from the latrine...... Hey, hey." Zhu Houzhao looked at Zhang Zhou with narrow eyes.

Zhang Zhoudao: "These things are collectively called chemicals, if you don't want to have multiple scars on your body, or if you are directly missing arms and legs, it is best to stay away."

"Who are you scaring about?"

Zhu Houzhao looked like "Master has seen the world, you don't want to use the blind bearded child's set to deal with me", and tilted his head to the side.

Zhang Zhou casually picked up a glassware, poured the solution inside into a larger glass basin, and then threw a piece of metal into it, and then in Zhu Houzhao's eyes, the metal was dissolved off the outer layer, and it was still gradually being eroded.

"Why, are your hands and feet harder than these things?" Zhang Zhou asked.

"Hey, awesome, sir, let's go outside and talk, it's too hot in here."

Now there is no need for Zhang Zhou to say hello, Zhu Houzhao knows to drill out of the door.

After coming out, he still looked scared, and muttered, "Fortunately, I didn't reach out to touch it just now." This place is simply the palace of Hades, no wonder my father didn't come by himself."

In the guest house.

Zhu Houzhao complained to Zhang Zhou about the things he encountered in the last two times he participated in the court meeting, in general, the minister bullied him and had no right to decide, and always used some clichés to perfunctory him, making him feel that his little heart was hit by 10,000 crits, and he even wanted to pick his son to travel around.

"Walking the world is like reading thousands of books and traveling thousands of miles, what do you think?" Zhu Houzhao asked in a similar manner.

Zhang Zhou said: "It's good, Ling Zun can agree."

"Lingzun? Ahem, you mean Father? He certainly disagreed. Take me with you next time you go out."

Zhu Houzhao is also "sensible", at least he knows that he still has a bit of status in his father's heart, and his father will not let him mess around casually.

"By the way, sir, I also heard that recently the border towns are going to send troops to search the grassland, which is more direct than the previous search, and there may be another big war with *** or something, or you go to lead the troops, take me with you, and I will be your staff next to you." Zhu Houzhao said eagerly.

Gao Feng and the other eunuchs who followed next to him listened, and almost wanted to go up and take the little prince away.

It is said that the prince's purpose of coming to see Cai Guogong is not simple, it turns out that he is thinking about running away from home again, saying that Zhu Houzhao went to Nanjing before, but he almost tossed the lives of their group of eunuchs.

It's scary to think about.

Zhang Zhou said, "Don't go, it's too dangerous."

Zhu Houzhao almost wanted to scold, wrinkled his nose and said, "As the secretary of the military department, you are so awesome, you are still afraid of death? Fool whom? If you don't want to take me, you won't have to fool me with such words."

Zhang Zhouhao took a moment to say: "Who in this world is not afraid of death? If the Tatars are close to the front, the soldiers and horses are well prepared, and even if the soldiers under my command have cannons and guns, it will be difficult to resist the Tatars' attacks in turn. A stray arrow flies and his life is gone."

"No, it won't." Zhu Houzhao said, "Aren't our artillery and guns farther than theirs?"

"But there will always be enemies who will come within range of us, and then you know which direction the stray arrows are coming from?" Zhang Zhou went on to explain his reasons for not wanting to go to war.

Zhu Houzhao said: "I let the shield soldiers be arranged around me, bows and arrows, who is afraid of whom?"

Gao Feng reminded: "Your Highness, *** can also use artillery and firearms, all of which are our previous kinds, and many of them are from the Ming Dynasty...... If you only use a shield, you will be unstoppable."

"What?" Zhu Houzhao frowned.

In the impression of this bear child, Daming used hot weapons, and the Tatars used all cold weapons, and suddenly it subverted his cognition.

Zhang Zhou said: "If the prince wants to go into battle and needs dozens or hundreds of people to protect your safety, then are you going to assist in the battle, or do you want to be a burden?"

"Damn, who do you look down upon? I can charge directly on horseback, I'm not afraid of death!"

When Zhu Houzhao said this, he was completely righteous and awe-inspiring, but he scared the few eunuchs on the side and stomped their feet again.

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "If the value of the prince of the Ming Dynasty is to charge on the battlefield, then the Ming Dynasty is not far from chaos. The prince should first learn how to control the hundred officials, how to control the people who lead the army, and then think about how to fight."

Zhu Houzhao was a little unhappy when he heard it.

If others said this, he would definitely stare at him and lose his temper, but if Zhang Zhou said it, even if he was angry, he would be a little helpless.

Who let this be both his husband and his father's trust, and he has to rely on this guy for fun, and even if he really has the opportunity to "pro-recruit" in the future, and Zhang Zhou will escort him?

Without Zhang Zhou's assistance, the war would have been half the effort.

"Prince, you still have no experience in leading troops, there are actual combat formation drills in the Yanwu Hall, etc., the prince can go to a few classes to simulate the battlefield as a drill, and the prince can also lead a team of people to try." Zhang Zhoudao.

Zhu Houzhao squinted at Zhang Zhou, as if he was still sulking, and said, "It's all petty fighting, it's boring."

Zhang Zhou said: "The military drill of Yanwutang is not as simple as the prince thinks, sometimes he even uses live ammunition, you should have seen it, prince. During the drill, there are often cases where soldiers are injured, so if you don't want to go, prince, forget it."

"Cai Guogong, can we ...... Tell me something?" Gao Feng really couldn't bear it anymore, he originally thought that the matter of the prince going to the battlefield was quite far away.

But listening to Zhang Zhou's meaning, he didn't support the prince to go to the battlefield, but it seemed that it was not enough trouble, so he actually wanted to take the prince to the actual combat exercise ground, and said that there was any risk of injury and death, so it was better to go directly to the battlefield, at least the prince would be heavily protected on the battlefield.

Zhu Houzhao shouted angrily, "Who made you speak? Step aside! Mr. Zhang, you mean, this military drill is really here, right?"

Zhang Zhou said: "If everything is false, what's the point of still performing soldiers? During the exercise, the actual situation will also be simulated, such as offensive and defensive drills on various terrains, the shortage of food and grass for soldiers and horses, and even the situation of being encircled in the grassland, and even the situation of foreign Yi seizing our big fire weapons to attack......

"Don't say it, when is the time to play the army, I'll go! Just today, I happen to have itchy hands."

Zhu Houzhao originally thought that he was 108,000 miles away from going to the battlefield, and that was only in his dreams.

After listening to Zhang Zhou's description, he even felt that this kind of military exercise might be more interesting than the actual battlefield.

After all, as far as he knew, it was very common for an enemy to go to the battlefield and send troops for dozens of days without seeing an enemy, even if it was opened

When the battle starts, it doesn't mean that everyone will rush to the front, and he is obviously the one who wants to sit in the middle of the army and has no chance to perform.

But this kind of military exercise seems to just meet his inner needs for fun and heroism.

"The recent military drill may have to wait until June, and the layout of the new venue is still being prepared. I'm still not satisfied with the effect of the previous military exercise, if the prince is interested, he can also ask His Majesty, I can't just accept you. You should understand this."