Chapter six hundred and sixty second involving military power
The meeting is in progress.
As soon as Zhu Si came up, he used the previous reports from various places in the northwest as an introduction. Without the ministers saying a word, he, the emperor, directly explained how urgent the military situation in the northwest was, and made a decision to build checkpoints in Xuanfu and Datong to strengthen security. proposal.
The ministers present were stunned for a moment.
In terms of professionalism, Zhu Si is not much worse than Wang Qiong, who is known for his military ability, while Peng Ze, the current Minister of War, seems a bit mediocre.
"...Dear gentlemen, I have always believed that the military affairs in the northwest border should take precautions before they happen. The disrepair of Xuanfu Pass and other places in the past few years was also caused by the female cadres who harmed the border defense in the northwest. I don't want the Gyeonggi Gate to be damaged. We are in turmoil, do you agree with my point of view?"
Zhu Si’s words are actually very unconstructive.
The Ming Dynasty had always attached great importance to the northwest frontier defense. In addition to paying officials' salaries and supporting the daily expenses of various levels of government, most of the taxes collected each year were used for the northwest frontier army. Most of the policies formulated by the court revolved around northwest military services.
Strengthen border defense...
Easier said than done!
If you want to build borders, where will the money come from?
Where did Lifu come from?
You can't just let the soldiers work without being paid, right?
Now that we can hardly afford to pay salaries, why are we talking about strengthening border defense?
Li Kun, the right minister of the Ministry of War, came out and said: "Your Majesty, the three northwest areas have been harassed by many attacks. The main direction of the Tatar attack is very obvious. If we need to strengthen the defense at Xuanda and other places at this time, I am afraid it will affect the local people's livelihood... …”
Now there are two ministers in the Ministry of War, the left minister Li Yue also serves as the governor of the three sides, and the right minister Li Kun is a court official and assists in handling the affairs of the Ministry of War in the capital.
Li Kun was also a border officer and was Peng Ze's subordinate in the northwest. According to the original history, during the Datong Army Rebellion in the third year of Jiajing, it was Li Kun who went to investigate and deal with it as the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War.
He is a direct descendant of Peng Ze. When Wang Qiong participated in the impeachment of Peng Ze, Li Kun was also implicated. It was not until Peng Ze came to power that Li Kun was reactivated and became the right minister of the Ministry of War. Now the Ministry of War is almost Peng Ze's back garden.
In the fight between Wang Qiong and Peng Ze, it is hard to say who is righteous and who is evil. Everything they did was inappropriate, and it was more a reflection of the same party and the opposite.
Although Wang Qiong was far superior to Peng Ze in terms of ability, he was actually very wary of his opponent. Therefore, Wang Qiong became very close to the sycophants of the Zhengde period and used this relationship to suppress Peng Ze.
But Peng Ze is definitely not a good person. It can be understood as a dog biting a dog.
Zhu Si said coldly: "When it comes to people's livelihood, just say it. Strengthening border defense will affect the grain harvest in Xuanda. But I heard that the land in the northwest is continuously barren. Originally, there were a large number of commercial and farming fields on the three sides and in Xuanda." The land was almost completely abandoned in the previous dynasty, and now the expenses in the northwest are basically allocated by the Ming Dynasty treasury. So what difference does it make whether to strengthen border defenses or not?"
Many people looked at Sun Jiao.
They felt that if the little emperor knew so much, it must be Sun Jiao who was teaching him behind his back.
The fact that Zhu Si summoned Sun Jiao alone before was not a secret in the court.
No one knows what he said at that time. After Sun Jiao handed it over, he said that the emperor only asked about some of the past, recounted his origins and discussed court affairs, but did not mention what he had taught Zhu Si. Many people have always regarded Sun Jiao as the emperor's son. Staff, Sun Jiao felt very wronged for this, because he had been deliberately avoiding any non-court contact with the young emperor since he arrived in the capital.
Zhu Sidao: "I originally only had a rough idea about this matter. Later, I sent people to the northwest to inquire with Zang Feng, the governor of Xuanfu and Datong Military Affairs. His opinion was the same as mine. He believed that the three sides and other places had been attacked this year.
In the past, it was scattered and unstructured, or the Tatars wanted to use the cover of invading the three sides, and their real target was Xuanfu Datong and Piantou Pass. That’s why I have today’s explanation.”
Zang Feng?
The current Governor-General of Xuanda is Zang Feng, who was just appointed at the beginning of the first year of Jiajing, which was later than when Li Yue became the Governor-General of the Three Sides.
After Zang Feng took office, he did not see any major achievements. After all, since last year, the three sides of the Nine Borders have been the most harassed. The imperial court also tried its best to favor the three sides in allocating money and food.
On the contrary, Xuanfu and other places originally had more troops stationed than the three sides. Now I have not heard of Xuanfu. Datong and the same line have encountered any pressure from foreign barbarians to knock on the border.
Seeing that the ministers present were silent, Zhu Si couldn't help but look at Sun Jiao: "Sun Butang, what do you think?"
Sun Jiao was startled.
It’s not good to ask anyone, why not ask ***?
I originally wanted to distance myself from this matter. As an emperor, you not only do not want to avoid suspicion, but you also want others to think that it was me who gave you advice, right?
Sun Jiaodao: "Could it be that... there is no war on the Xuanda front line, but the local government wants to use this to ask for more money, food and supplies, so that is why... this proposal is made?"
"ah?"
Sun Jiao's words caused an uproar in the court.
It doesn't matter that these words were spoken by the Yushi Yanguan. They were originally just rumors, and they used the greatest malice to speculate on the front-line officers and generals of Xuanda University headed by Zang Feng, so as to make people think that these people were because of Datong in Xuanfu.
There is no war, but the court intends to strengthen its war preparations during this period so as to obtain more resources.
But it was Sun Jiao who said this...
Your grandson is mature and prudent. How can you say such nonsense even if you don't have a shadow?
Do you know what it means to be harmonious among ministers?
Does it also mean that since you are the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, your words will have a very bad impact? Maybe it didn’t happen in the first place, because if you said it, people would talk about it, and others would think it happened!
Zhu Si smiled and said: "Old Sun, you must have a basis for what you say, otherwise... if the Xuanfu Datong soldiers on the front line listen to this, they will have opinions on you?"
Initially, Zhu Si seemed to be advancing and retreating together with Sun Jiao, but as soon as he changed his face, he started making fun of Sun Jiao.
Zhu Si heard that the purpose of Sun Jiao's words was to distance himself from his relationship with the emperor, and he deliberately made the words unpleasant to let others know that the emperor's words were not taught by Sun Jiao.
Sun Jiaozai tried his best to distance himself from this matter.
Sun Jiao said: "Your Majesty, I am afraid that these matters need to be verified carefully. I just changed my mind and thought about some things without any evidence."
Li Kun, who had spoken earlier, looked at Sun Jiao and frowned: "Sun Butang, you still say this without evidence, but you want to cause uneasiness to the local officials? As a courtier, you can say such things randomly?"
"Isn't this wrong?"
Sun Jiaodao: "I just expressed my opinion. If you have any opinions, feel free to mention it to His Majesty. Why should you wait until I finish speaking before you question it? Colleagues, I am not very knowledgeable and know nothing about the military affairs of the northwest.
I hope you won’t embarrass me with this topic.”
Another obvious blaming argument.
Zhu Si shook his head helplessly.
Sun Jiao usually looks honest and honest, but he is smarter than a monkey. It is not easy to get Sun Jiao into his boat.
Zhu Si was still thinking in his mind: "Zhu Hao, Zhu Hao, there are times when you can't design others? Now Old Man Sun counterattacks! It would be great if you were here. Let's see how you drag him into the water... What a pity."
There is nothing I can do now..."
Zhu Sidao: "Then the Qing family does not agree to strengthen military armaments in Xuanfu and Datong? If something goes wrong, who will bear the responsibility? Mr. Yang Ge, what do you think?"
Yang Tinghe certainly refused to take the blame.
The little emperor has spoken first, who will be held responsible if something goes wrong?
Of course Yang Tinghe didn't want to fall into the trap. The strengthening of armaments in the northwest had nothing to do with him in the first place, and he didn't want to get involved in such matters.
Yang Tinghe said: "Your Majesty proposed a long-term plan, and I also believe that we should strengthen our guard in the northwest. Now there are changes happening in the northern grassland, and at the same time we are suffering from natural disasters. They may use this to invade our border area of Ming Dynasty."
"Um?"
The ministers present were stunned.
Previously, I was wondering why the little emperor suddenly mentioned the northwest military affairs, and I was still wondering who the military advisor was behind this.
When it was originally believed to be Sun Jiao, Sun Jiao proved his innocence and would rather take the risk of offending a border officer than take the responsibility on himself.
But now Yang Tinghe is uncharacteristically siding with the little emperor. Could it be that Yang Ting is responsible for this matter?
And instigating behind the scenes?
If this is the case, the Ministry of War does not seem to know about it, otherwise Li Kun, the right minister of the Ministry of War, would not have spoken out against it. It seems that there is no agreement within your own camp?
Or is it that you are not aware of this matter at all? Yang Tinghe thought about it for a while and decided that it would be better to agree than to object, or to just be perfunctory?
Zhu Si nodded and said: "Mr. Yang Ge understands my wishes, so be it. The Ministry of War will consider military affairs in the northwest as appropriate. Even if the Tatars have no intention of joining the Xuanfu Datong line, they must put on a posture of actively accepting the challenge.
, scare them back. After I ascend the throne, I don’t want the frontier soldiers to suffer from the disaster of war. I will use the power of the Ming army to frighten the foreign barbarians and make the people live and work in peace and contentment!"
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The little emperor spoke beautifully.
But most of the ministers present did not understand what he meant.
In terms of the emperor's martial arts, the little emperor in front of him can't compare to his dead cousin Emperor Wuzong. Although Wuzong was not favored by the civil officials, the Yingzhou victory effectively ensured the stability of the border for several years. Until now, the Tatars have no
If you can knock on the edge and enter the customs successfully.
The new emperor had previously been pursuing achievements in governing the country. Could it be that now he wanted to pursue the credit of opening up new territories and expanding the territory like his elder brother?
You Zhu family members all have an adventurous spirit in your bones?
That day was the day for Zhu Hao to enter the palace to speak to him. Zhu Si was very happy that he could finally let Zhu Hao enter the palace to speak to him in an upright and fair manner as a Japanese lecturer.
Just when Zhu Si was preoccupied with preparing to meet Zhu Hao, Yang Tinghe was heading to the cabinet to check in. Peng Ze quickly caught up with him. It seemed that Peng Ze wanted to know what Yang Tinghe meant.
"...This matter was just an impromptu decision by His Majesty. You don't want to think about the benefits to the imperial court if Xuanda strengthens its military armaments?" Yang Tinghe asked a question that left Peng Ze confused.
Peng Ze simply couldn't figure out the little emperor's motive for doing this.
Yang Tinghe said: "I heard that most of your old troops are in Sanbian and other places, but Xuanda... there are very few of your people."
"oh?"
Peng Ze finally heard a clue.
In terms of party unity and opposition, Peng Ze serves as Yang Tinghe's gun to suppress Wang Qiong's faction, and Peng Ze's people are also Yang Tinghe's people.
Peng Ze's power was mainly on three sides. Yang Tinghe speculated that the young emperor's move was an attempt to gain front-line military power from Xuanda.