"The land of consolation has almost fallen, and he has long been called the king of Donghu, disturbing my border, and the greater its momentum, the more dangerous it may be."

"General Zhengnan, Duke Mu Tianbo of Qianguo."

The eunuch finished reading Mu Tianbo's letter, and above the court, there was silence.

Zhu Changxun's eyes sparkled, he glanced at the ministers in front of him, and then said:

"Ladies and gentlemen, this Ta Long is becoming more and more rampant, daring to break my three declarations and six comforting vassals, and harassing the frontier, so despise our dynasty, how can you ignore it? What's more, its arrogance is so much, I am afraid that the old things of Wanli are just around the corner. ”

"I want to send troops, calm the chaos, order the four seas, and raise my prestige."

"How much money does the household department have today?"

He turned his head, looked at Ni Wenhuan, and asked. After Li Ruhua's Zhishi, this left servant of the household department naturally became the new household secretary.

Ni Wenhuan respectfully announced:

"Your Majesty, there are four million and three thousand taels of silver in the treasury."

At this time, the Ming treasury was still quite abundant.

After all, after experiencing a series of innovations by Yan Chenhao, Daming's income, although it is not said to be similar to the peak, has also reached about fifteen million taels, and this number is still rising.

Although the military cantonment system has basically collapsed, resulting in a surge in military spending, and it is also necessary to make up for the previous arrears, as well as official salaries, palace expenses, and some expenses such as relief for disaster victims, but fortunately, there is no need to support the huge royal family of the original time and space, and a lot of money has been saved in recent years.

According to Yan Chenhao's original plan, it was to conquer the grassland and support water conservancy construction, and it was estimated that there would not be much left in the treasury, but Zhu Changxun came up with a "genius" to exempt the people's monthly salary, which saved a lot of silver.

Hundreds of thousands of laborers worked for free, saving nearly three million taels of silver in a year, which was a large part of the expenditure on water conservancy.

Now that there is a surplus, it is not uncommon to have more than 4 million taels.

And Zhu Changxun also nodded with satisfaction.

He set his eyes on the map in front of him, where the Donghu Dynasty was located.

The southwest of the Ming Dynasty.

As early as the rise of the Donghu Dynasty in the Jiajing year, the three Xuan and six comforts were constantly in war, and even in the Wanli year, a Sino-Burmese war broke out.

Although that time, Liu Wei and Deng Zilong hung up the Donghu army to fight, but after all, they failed to hurt their roots, and soon after that, the three major expeditions of Wanli broke out, and the two generals entered the court one after another, followed by the Battle of Banzhou, which emptied all the accumulation of Zhang Juzheng's rule, and then a vigorous struggle for the throne broke out in the court, and naturally no one cared about the affairs of the southwest.

With the 34th year of Wanli, 300,000 Donghu troops broke through the Mubang Xuanwei Division, and the Ming army was deeply trapped in Banzhou and unable to go south to support, and the three Xuanxuan and six comforts were completely lost.

This is also an unavoidable thing, the Central Plains Dynasty at its peak often has a large territory, but once it reaches the end of the dynasty, there are basically only the eighteen provinces of the Han Dynasty left, with few exceptions.

Now Zhu Changxun's meaning is also very clear, he wants to mobilize troops to the east to recover the vassal land of the three declarations and six comforts.

He slowly raised his head and looked at the ministers in front of him.

Although he did not speak, the meaning was clear, and he was waiting for their opinion.

Although the emperor was silent, he was very oppressive, and many ministers wanted to oppose it, but under his gaze, they didn't dare to speak, but just turned their eyes to Lord Shoufu in front of him.

Yan Chenhao finally understood what the emperor was planning, and he was also thinking nervously at this time.

In fact, he has never opposed the use of force, but he has opposed the use of force at an inappropriate time, meaninglessly, or even for his own selfish desires.

While the Donghu Dynasty has become more and more sharp in recent times, it has also harassed the borders of the Ming Dynasty from time to time and plundered the people of the Ming Dynasty, although it will not have the large-scale invasion that once been, but it will also give the border army a headache.

Sending troops to teach a lesson is actually the right thing to do.

Four million taels ......

If it is a quick victory, it is not impossible, the two battles of Ningxia and Banzhou during the three major expeditions of Wanli lasted for several months, and the cost was around two million taels, although this number is also huge, but thanks to Zhu Changxun's "savings", the treasury can still be taken out.

It should also be completed if you don't seek to destroy Donghu, but just defeat them and recover the old land of the three propaganda and six comforts.

The treasury of the Ming Dynasty cannot support a protracted war, but as long as the speed is fast enough, it will not delay the various matters that are going on now.

Moreover, Yan Chenhao himself also knew that the last victory made the people sing praises, and it also made the emperor full of confidence, thinking that he was another eloquent master, and his determination to send troops was extremely firm, even if he dissuaded him, there was a high probability that the emperor would not listen, once he made a fuss, he had to quarrel again, which was not what he wanted.

The plan was decided, so he stood up from the ranks and said:

"Your Majesty's intention to use troops in the southwest is also good, and Donghu has become more and more rampant recently, but it should be punished...... It is just necessary to have a quick solution, and it is best to be able to withdraw the three propaganda and six consolations within a few months to quell the chaos. ”

When Zhu Changxun heard this, his eyes couldn't help but widen.

He was ready to argue with Yan Chenhao again, but he didn't expect that now, his teacher would be so "acquainted".

Isn't it my previous behavior that has successfully deterred him?

Zhu Changxun was full of thoughts for a while, and there was a pleasure of "I am the protagonist, the tiger's body is shaken, and the people hang their heads".

And the rest of the ministers, although they have many doubts in their hearts, but the leaders have already agreed, and they naturally will not object.

This is how the proposal was adopted.

Subsequently, the Ministry of War and the Governor's Office of the Five Armies began to discuss the situation of the mobilization of troops and the list of generals.

In order to implement the will of the first assistant, fight a quick battle, and ensure that it can win with one blow, the Ming Dynasty will dispatch a total of 200,000 troops from Huguang, Guizhou, Sichuan, Guangxi, and Yunnan provinces this time, and another 50,000 troops from Beijing, known as 500,000 troops, led by Yan Shizhao, who is known for his military exploits, to the south.

Zhu Changxun quickly got the proposal.

After reading it for a while, and seeing that there was no problem, he asked people to take it to the celebrant and give them a seal to be ready to be distributed.

However, it didn't take long for him to see the eunuch Wang Tiqian, the eunuch of the celebrant palm seal, hurrying over.

After saluting, he approached the emperor and said to him:

"Your Majesty, this commander is served by Chen Guogong, and the slave maid thinks it is inappropriate."

"Chen Guogong is now making great achievements, a small border country, he doesn't need to go on the expedition, and he should also give other courtiers some opportunities to perform."

"Besides......"

He moved closer to the emperor and whispered:

"Your Majesty, don't forget, this Chen Guogong, after all, is the nephew of Shoufu......"

(End of chapter)