Chapter 261 How can I allow others to snore on the side of the bed?

Author: Silent

Chapter 261 How can I allow others to snore on the side of the bed?

Fengtian Hall, court meeting.

As Wang Qiong, Zhu Feng and Liu Jin arrived at Piantou Pass, the court finally became more and more mournful for the king.

When the emperor announced the matter in public in the court, even most of the civil servants and military officials in the government and the public looked down upon Wang Yue, and still felt a lot of regret after hearing the words.

Zhu Youtang said: "It's all destiny. If Zhang Shidao hadn't extended his life, he might have died on the way back to Beijing last year. God gave him the opportunity to make contributions, but it didn't give him much time. He It’s a day when we won’t see the Ming Dynasty Beiguan Zhongxing.”

The emperor's words were filled with emotion.

The ministers felt a strong sense of "ambition" from his words.

Even Ma Wensheng and Liu Jian, two people who had known about Wang Yue's death for a long time, did not expect that the emperor would utter the heroic words of "Ming Beiguan Zhongxing".

It seems that in the emperor's view, the difference between Wang Weining and Wang Weining in the northwest is not that big. On the contrary, without the banner of Wang Weining, he can freely show his talents.

Xu Guandao, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, said: "Your Majesty, the situation in Pianguan is unstable now. Should we step up the construction of the fortress? If we only use Anbianhou as the commander-in-chief, I am afraid that Di Yi will start provoking troubles again."

"Who?" Zhu Youtang asked, "Is it the little Tartar prince or the fire sieve? I also have a battle report here, please publish it."

Dai Yi came out and read out in public the border report written by Chen Rui after arriving in Yansui, especially regarding the movements of the Tatars on the grassland: "...the little Tatar prince Batu Meng moved the Chinese military tent to Hetao Within the territory, more than forty of the Ming Dynasty's Hetao Passes were destroyed, and the troops were sent into the Hetao for 600 miles at night. It was found out that the Tatar military tents were moved to Ordos, and they might have the intention of committing a large-scale invasion. Please mobilize the imperial court..."

Chen Rui's performance is a bit "alarmist".

The Yellow River Hetao area, that is, the zigzag area in the north of the Yellow River, has large areas of loess and desert, as well as fertile soil in the southern part of the grassland. In the past, after the Tumubao incident, and then during the Chenghua period, Wang Yue's northwest had many good news, and then during the Hongzhi period. One year, Wang Yue was reactivated, and the ownership of the "Hetao area" was in progress around the northwest.

Ordos is located in the Hetao area close to the Ming Dynasty. Dayan Khan moved the tribe's central military tent to Ordos, which gave the Ming Dynasty the feeling that Dayan Khan was planning a large-scale invasion.

However, Chen Rui's purpose is not to show how urgent the situation in the northwest is. He is mainly to illustrate a theme...

Want money.

After Dai Yi reported the battle report in the northwest, he retreated behind the emperor.

Zhu Youtang said: "My lords, the Tatars are coming fiercely. Uncle Ping Jiang is in Yansui, and he can feel the changes in the battle situation around him most vividly. What do you think about his report? Should we prepare for war in Yansui and other places?" "

The emperor's question is somewhat "confusing".

Preparations for war are always going on, and there is no need to consult with ministers.

The emperor's so-called preparation for war has gone beyond ordinary defense, and means taking the initiative to "search for traps" and "suppress traps".

"The Ministry of War!" Zhu Youtang asked proactively.

Ma Wensheng came out on behalf of the Ministry of War and said: "Your Majesty, Di Yi's intentions are still unclear. All parties should focus on defending."

Zhu Youtang was not very satisfied and shook his head and said: "Since the Chenghua period, Wang Yue and other officials fought bloody battles to put the Hetao back into the territory of the Ming Dynasty. For twenty years, the Tatars did not dare to linger in the Hetao, but now they Do you want me to watch the Tatars destroy or take possession of the earthen forts built by the imperial court in the Hetao in my hands, so that they can use the Hetao as their base to invade the northwest without restraint?"

The Hetao area has a very special geographical location for Daming.

Its shape is similar to an inverted "convex".

The important towns of Yansui, Guyuan, Piantou Pass, and Datong in the Ming Dynasty were basically established around the Hetao area. If the Hetao area had always been under the control of the Ming Dynasty, or the border gates of the Ming Dynasty could form a proper deterrent to it, the Tatars The Tatars did not dare to station their herds in the Hetao. The Tatars would have to cross the Hetao area every time they wanted to invade, which would take a long time to prepare for the Ming Dynasty.

In the ninth year of the Chenghua reign of the Ming Dynasty, it was precisely because of Wang Yue that when the previous Khan, Dayan Khan's uncle Mandulu and other tribes jointly invaded Ningxia and other places, he sent troops to the Red Salt Pond where the Tatar headquarters was located, and obtained the "Red Salt Pond" "Yanchi Victory", this battle laid the foundation, and subsequent great victories gradually forced the Tatar troops to withdraw from the Hetao area. The Ming Dynasty began to build various fortresses in the Hetao area and rotate troops to garrison. From then on until the eleventh year of Hongzhi, the Tatar army Tatars did not dare to invade the Hetao on a large scale.

Now that Dayan Khan has stabilized his footing, he has some intention of restoring the territory of his previous Khan and wants to fight hard with the Ming Dynasty.

What Ma Wensheng means here is to wait and see what happens.

But Zhu Youtang didn't want to wait.

Dayan Khan wanted to restore the glory of his ancestors, so would the emperor of the Ming Dynasty lose the foundation gained during the previous emperor's time?

The Hetao area has never been completely under the control of the Ming Dynasty. It is a useless area, but it is also related to the stability of the Ming Dynasty's border. It is also related to my face, okay?

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The scene was a bit tense.

Ma Wensheng came out to make a speech, but was rebuffed by the emperor. There seemed to be a gap in information and disagreements between the emperor and his ministers regarding the situation in the northwest.

Liu Jian came out on behalf of the civil servants and said: "Your Majesty, at this time, the Mongolian right-wing tribes were defeated at Pianguan due to Huoshii, which may have aroused the covetousness of the little Tatar prince. The little Tatar prince sent troops to Ordos, and may have taken the opportunity to annex Huoshi's troops. I mean, now that Marquis Weining is newly mourned, it is not appropriate to start a big war at this time."

Liu Jian was the person who understood the emperor's intentions best.

Zhu Youtang had gone to these cabinet ministers more than once before to inquire individually about matters such as hunting for condoms and other proactive actions.

Liu Jian now wants to put the emperor's heart back at ease. Even if the emperor is ambitious, the ministers sometimes can't persuade him, so he will use the procrastination technique first.

Zhu Youtang was not satisfied with Liu Jian's statement. He said: "Do you all think that the little Tatar prince's move is not aimed at the border of the Ming Dynasty?"

The Tatars are all stationed in the Hetao area, but the officials of the Ming Dynasty have no sense of crisis?

"Zhang Zhou! What's your opinion?"

Zhu Youtang said suddenly, pulling everyone's attention back abruptly.

Only then did they realize that the person the emperor was most willing to listen to for opinions on military and political affairs was neither the Ministry of War, the Cabinet, nor the Governor's Office.

It is the "Bing Kuan" that he favors.

Zhang Zhou walked out from behind the crowd, cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, I believe that the Tatars are clearly intending to put pressure on our Ming Dynasty, or the Tatars really intend to complete internal annexation, but if we, the Ming Dynasty, only sit down at this time If you watch a tiger fighting from a mountain, it will be even more difficult to fight the Loop once the two tigers fight has an outcome."

As soon as Zhang Zhou said this, the ministers present were almost in an uproar.

They seemed to have finally determined the emperor's inner thoughts through Zhang Zhou's words.

Take the initiative.

Nip Dayan Khan's ambition in the bud.

Zhang Zhou's attack was not without purpose.

Historically, Dayan Khan moved his tent to Ordos at the turn of the 13th to 14th years of Hongzhi. At that time, Dayan Khan also aimed to annex the right wing of Mongolia. However, due to information asymmetry, the result of the discussion between the emperors and ministers of the Ming Dynasty was

It is very likely that Dayan Khan intended to invade the border areas of the Ming Dynasty. At that time, the emperor discussed with Liu Daxia and others to personally conquer the country.

After the emperor was dissuaded from going on an expedition, in the 14th year of Hongzhi in the seventh month of the autumn, Dingmao, Duke Zhu Hui, Admiral Military Affairs Censor Shi Lin and others used five divisions to attack the enemy in Hetao at night, beheading three levels and driving them away.

More than a thousand breeding animals have returned, and the reward is very generous."

About the meaning.

Anti-aircraft cannons were used to kill mosquitoes. The Five Route Army took advantage of Dayan Khan's army to attack the Mongolian right wing and launched a surprise attack on the Hetao. In the end, they only killed three Tatars and captured more than a thousand livestock. Then they won a great victory and the emperor awarded various rewards...

After all, we are going on an expedition for the emperor, and it doesn't matter whether the outcome is big or small.

Winning...as long as the strategic significance is achieved.

But does the result really achieve strategic significance?

But after that, the Hetao area was still under the control of Dayan Khan, but the horse market trading was stopped between the two parties.

As for whether the strategic significance of the expedition in the 14th year of Hongzhi was great or small, that is a matter of opinion.

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Historically, Dayan Khan would not move his tent to Ordos until the end of the thirteenth year of Hongzhi.

As a time traveler, Zhang Zhou understood that his appearance had brought about a butterfly effect.

The disastrous defeat in the Battle of Piantou Pass made Dayan Khan think about destroying the Mongolian right wing in advance. Before he could wait until the future, he wanted to take advantage of his illness to kill him. At this time, he moved his tent to Ordos with the main intention of destroying the grassland.

Internal strife.

But as for Zhang Zhou, did he know that this battle would probably not reach the Ming Dynasty, so he just sat back and watched the Tatars so blatantly fall into the trap and start internal fighting based on the Hetao area?

What is the prestige of Ming Dynasty?

There was no need for Zhang Zhou to comment on some of the words, Zhu Youtang was the one who couldn't bear it first.

Even if there are no two great victories in Pianguan and Ningyuan, now it is obviously our Ming Dynasty that has won two great victories, but you Tatars have turned against foreigners? Are you getting braver with each setback? Or is it shameless for you?

Do you think that the Ming Dynasty will not take the initiative to attack, or do you think you have the ability to fight hard with the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty's border army?

So what Zhu Youtang wants this time is no longer to stick to the towns on the nine sides, but to teach the Tatars a profound lesson. This is not only something that has happened in history, but also because Zhu Youtang has Zhang Zhouwei

After supporting him and becoming more confident, he couldn't bear the things in his heart.

beat!

So what if Wang Weining dies?

Wang Weining died, as did Zhu Zhijie, and more importantly, Zhang Bingkuan.

When Zhu Youtang heard Zhang Zhou's words, he seemed very excited and asked: "Zhang Qing family, do you think there is a chance of winning this battle if we send troops to Ordos?"

As soon as the minister heard this, he knew that the emperor had made up his mind.

This is a must-fight.

Zhang Zhou said: "Your Majesty, I don't quite understand the meaning of this."

The emperor frowned upon hearing this.
To be continued...