"They two of them want to go, but let General Li keep a close eye on them. They always feel that they lack sufficient loyalty to the emperor."

Xu Wenying thought about it and ordered like this.

"I understand."

Tian Yi nodded thoughtfully, thinking that he actually felt the same way, otherwise he would have told them the news that the emperor secretly returned to Beijing just now.

"However, General Li insisted on meeting the Korqin tribe in Mongolia?" Xu Wenying asked with concern.

"Yes, Concubine Shu, General Li and Governor Wang obeyed the wishes of the Emperor Wang, sent an envoy to the Korqin tribe to discuss. As a result, the leader of the Korqin tribe refused to meet him. It was obvious that he did not want to lead the tribe to the Ming Dynasty, so General Li was very angry."

"But before leaving, didn't the emperor say that he should try not to provoke conflicts with the Mongolian tribes? He should not use troops casually." Xu Wenying said in a doubt.

"Long lively, I did give this advice." Tian Yi nodded, "It's just that the Korqin tribe is so angry that it looks down on the Ming Dynasty. It's time to teach them a lesson."

"Oh, does Governor Wang think so?" Xu Wenying then asked again.

"Well, yes, when Governor Wang and General Li discussed this matter, they also invited me to go there. On the view of teaching the Korqin tribe, Governor Wang and General Li, of course, also including slaves, are consistent, but the three of them also have inconsistencies."

“What disagreement?”

"It is when the three members of the Mongolian Korqin tribe had different opinions. General Li tended to send troops immediately, believing that this effect was more obvious; and I thought that the Long Live Master should come back, after all, it only took more than a month, but in fact it passed in the blink of an eye."

"Where is the Governor Wang?"

"Miss Shu, please forgive me for saying it bluntly. In this matter, I think Governor Wang's concept is a bit unexpected. Governor Wang is usually a very cautious person, and only Long Sui is right. But this time he actually agreed to General Li to send troops immediately, but the troops sent were somewhat different from General Li's idea."

"Is that true? Governor Wang also supports sending troops immediately?" Xu Wenying was indeed a little surprised.

After all, this seems to violate the emperor's principles, and the emperor was not in Liaodong at this time.

"Yes, Concubine Shu, I feel strange, too." Tian Yi replied, "But General Li said confidently that only 6,000 elite soldiers would be enough, because the purpose was not to flatten the Korqin tribe, but to teach them a lesson; and Governor Wang believed that 6,000 elite soldiers were not enough, and the Korqin tribe in Mongolia was not the Jurchen Hada tribe."

"What final opinion will be reached?"

"When Governor Wang saw that General Li was so confident, he had no choice but to nod and agree."

"Do you think it's enough for the 6,000 elite soldiers to join the Mongolian Korqin tribe?" Xu Wenying asked again.

"I don't think it's enough." Tian Yi shook his head.

"Then why does General Li feel that it's enough?"

"Maybe General Li knows the Mongolian divisions better? Is it true that I am not as good as Governor Wang, and Governor Wang also admits this, so I nodded and agreed to it."

"When will General Li set out?"

"It's determined that three days later, and we are preparing for war at this moment."

"The emperor is not in Liaodong, why doesn't Governor Wang stop General Li from using troops?" Xu Wenying murmured.

"Empress Shufei, why don't you go and ask the Governor Wang?" Tian Yi asked tentatively.

Xu Wenying thought about it and shook her head, "Let's forget it, it's all decided. The soldiers know it now, and it's impossible to change the decision after asking."

Tian Yi didn't say much, but asked again: "Then let General Li bring Etu Yidu and Fei Yingdong join the army to fight against the Korqin army?"

"Well, if they want to go, let them go. The emperor actually attaches great importance to the military talents of the two. I don't know if they are sincerely serving the emperor."

Tian Yixin went to see Li Chengliang with understanding.

...

At this moment, Wang Xianggan was sitting quietly in his room and pondering.

Li Chengliang vowed to immediately use troops to the Mongolqin tribe, and he did nod and agreed.

He agreed with Li Chengliang's opinion on the lesson that taught the Korqin tribe in Mongolia.

If they were not strong, they would have thought the Ming Dynasty was incompetent or the emperor was just intimidating them.

Children are so disobedient. Sometimes they have to whip them a few times to let the children have a long memory and let the children understand what they cannot do.

Wang Xianggan believed that he was also a strong man in his bones. But he also understood the emperor's principle of treating Mongolian tribes: he would not use troops unless he had to.

But he also knew the emperor's other intention: many officials in the Ming Dynasty thought they were the best in the world, and there seemed to be no one to compete with him.

This is a point that the emperor has always been vigilant, oh, to be precise, should be a critical point.

The emperor believed that although the Ming Dynasty was strong, it was not invincible in the world, and even showed decline in many aspects, such as politics, economy, military, etc.

Many officials of the Ming Dynasty did not realize this, and Li Chengliang was a typical representative.

Wang Xianggan once had a special exchange with the emperor on this issue, and Li Chengliang believed that the Liaodong Army seemed to be invincible and omnipotent.

When conquering the various Jurchen tribes, Li Chengliang was indeed more convinced of this. It seemed that this was the case. He flattened the Hada tribe with thousands of people.

But in fact, this is not the case.

Wang Xianggan saw this clearly. If three other troops had not gathered in Hada City at that time, Li Chengliang might have encountered a battle of smooth loft in his life.

Including the previous Li Chengliang sent troops to the Jianzhou Jurchens. That was because of the emperor's majesty and Nurhaci did not want to take the risk of resisting, so the two armies did not confront each other.

It is not because the Liaodong Army is invincible.

To put it bluntly, Li Chengliang was just using the emperor's power to pretend to be a tiger's power.

Sometimes people need to encounter some setbacks. If the time goes well for too long, it is easy to breed blind arrogance, which is not good for future development.

This is the same as that for Li Chengliang.

The emperor has already pointed out this point, and Li Chengliang himself may not have realized it, but Wang Xianggan is very clear, otherwise the emperor would not urge him to work on reform.

But the more this happens, in Li Chengliang's eyes, the more he has to prove himself: sending troops to Jianzhou, sending troops to various Jurchen troops, flattening Hada troops, and now he has to send troops to the Korqin troops in Mongolia...

Wang Xianggan had a feeling that this could be regarded as Li Chengliang's self-provement path, proving that the Jurchens and Mongolian tribes were no match for him, and he was fully capable of dealing with anyone he wanted to deal with.

But is this really the case?

Does Li Chengliang really have such dominance?

If there were indeed any, Liaodong would not have had many years of war before this, right?

Therefore, Wang Xianggan certainly agreed with the emperor's view: Although the Liaodong Army is strong, it has not yet reached the point where it is invincible in the world.

Otherwise, why would the emperor take charge of Liaodong?

The emperor has always been far-sighted. Isn’t he just worried that Li Chengliang can’t handle it?

Li Chengliang seemed not to realize this, or even if he realized it, he would definitely not be convinced, so he had to rush to prove it.

Then let him prove it again.

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Chapter completed!