"Is it possible for me to sit back and watch those Tartars ravaging the prefectures and counties and massacring the people under my rule?" Emperor Chongping shouted.
Yang Guochang, the chief minister of the cabinet, pondered for a moment and then said: "They went south for the purpose of getting some goods. At most, they will lead their troops back in ten months."
This sentence is equivalent to letting these robbers plunder enough and leave calmly.
Emperor Chongping sneered and said: "What a great way to lead the troops back! But if you want to be Yan Song and wait for the enemy to leave, I don't want to do what Jiajing did in the previous Ming Dynasty and burn himself to the Fengtian Palace!"
"Old minister, you don't dare!" Upon hearing this, Yang Guochang's face changed drastically, and he knelt down to apologize.
Emperor Chongping glanced coldly at Yang Guochang, who was kneeling on the ground below, with a gloomy face and said: "The Ministry of War."
Li Zan, the Grand Scholar of Wuyingdian and Minister of War, cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, I am here."
This is a middle-aged official in his early forties with a beard under his chin. When faced with the enraged Emperor Chongping's inquiries, he looked calm and showed no signs of panic.
"How soon will it be possible for the guards in Hebei and Shandong to mobilize their troops and march north to support each other?" Emperor Chongping asked, looking at Li Zan, Minister of War, with an eager look.
Li Zan said in a deep voice: "Wei Chen has sent a letter to Kang Hong, the admiral of Hebei, and Lu Qi, the admiral of Shandong. Hebei has 100,000 soldiers who dare to fight. We can send reinforcements nearby. We can mobilize 100,000 soldiers from the Shandong guards. We may need them."
Half a month period."
The country's military system was in ruins. He could not guarantee the actual number and combat strength of these 200,000 troops. However, if he only drove 30,000 Tatars out of Shanhaiguan, the strength should be sufficient.
"Kang Hong's 100,000 soldiers and horses are in Baoding Mansion. It is not difficult to rush for reinforcements. They can arrive day and night... However, there are not 260,000 soldiers in the Shandong Guard Station. How can we have such a small number of soldiers and horses?" Emperor Chongping asked with a frown.
Since the fall of Liaodong, Chen Han not only stationed heavy troops in Ji Town, but also established the post of admiral above the capitals of Shandong, Henan, and Shanxi provinces. He was responsible for managing the military affairs of a province and being in charge of preparing bandits and arresting bandits. People at that time respectfully called him Jing.
Use it briefly.
Li Zan explained: "In recent years, there have been nine droughts out of ten places in Shandong. Especially this summer, there has been no rain for several months. The land has been bare for thousands of miles and the fields have failed to harvest. The demons of the White Lotus Sect took advantage of the situation and gathered the people to cause chaos. These bandits broke into the county and killed officials to rebel. Shandong
The various guard posts under the command of Dusi are engaged in suppressing bandits and arresting bandits in various states and counties. It can be said that the war is raging and troops are used everywhere. Now that we can mobilize 120,000 troops, it is Lu Qi's hard work and hard work."
Emperor Chongping sighed. He knew about the drought relief in Shandong. He waved his hand and said, "Let's do this in advance."
As for the twelve regiments and camps in the capital, no one in the capital proposed to raise the troops of the three auxiliaries in the capital. Without nearly 200,000 elite guards, the princes in the temples and temples could not sleep well.
Bandits are causing chaos in Shandong, so why not Shaanxi? However, the Third Auxiliary in Beijing is heavily protected by troops, so the banditry can be eliminated at any time, and the situation is still under control.
Emperor Chongping looked at Yang Guochang, the kneeling chief minister of the cabinet, and the anger in his heart gradually subsided. He sighed: "Yang Aiqing, please get up too, the ground is cold."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Yang Guochang said in a trembling voice, but did not stand up for a moment. Holding an ivory jade wat in his hand, he said in a clear voice: "I am approaching the twilight years. I feel that I am old and feeble, and my energy is low. I am increasingly ineffective in political affairs and cannot do anything for the superiors.
The king and father are worried, and I can't help the people and the border, so I beg for the bones."
Emperor Chongping was silent for a moment, then he spoke: "Nowadays, the country is in a difficult situation. When my ruler and ministers are working together to help each other, how can Mr. Yangge bear to abandon me and leave?"
If Yang Guochang stayed in the court, he could get more money for the treasury than his predecessor as chief minister, which could be used for border defense, suppressing bandits, and preventing bandits from wasting money. Once Yang Guochang left, where would the money come from?
Yang Guochang invited again, but the old god was there with his eyelids slightly drooped, like Han Huang, the second minister of the cabinet who was sleeping. He straightened his expression, glanced at Emperor Chongping, took Yang Guochang's arm aside, and said warmly: "Mr. Ge, Your Majesty is worried.
We are all aware of the situation on the sidelines, and I feel sorry for myself. However, the country is in a difficult situation and I cannot take charge of the overall situation for a moment. I still need to be considerate of Your Majesty and take the overall situation into consideration."
Yang Guochang was helped up by Han Huang, but when he heard Han Huang's "warm words", his heart felt cold. He looked at Emperor Chongping, who looked up at him with a gloomy face, and said in a trembling voice: "The state affairs are very difficult, even if the old minister is fighting for this
Bones, I also want to solve my father's problems."
In the Daming Palace, when the Han monarchs and ministers invaded the border for the Tartars and urgently discussed countermeasures——
In the sacred city of Ningrong Street and Liutiaoer Alley, Jia Heng had just washed away the smell of alcohol and changed into a regular shirt. On the rice paper under the east window, he sketched a map of the thirteen provinces in the north and south of the Han Dynasty.
"Chen Han succeeded Zhu Ming and naturally took over Zhu Ming's territory. Later, after a hundred years of imperial dynasty, the Jianzhou Jurchens emerged in Liaodong. Twenty-five years ago, they captured Liaodong and the founding of the country was named Jin. Since then, Chen Han has fully entered the strategic defense period.
, the situation on the border is basically that of the Northern Song Dynasty, or better than that of the Northern Song Dynasty. The capital of the country is Chang'an, and Youyun has not been lost."
Jia Heng looked at the map on the rice paper, which was drawn based on the border situation mentioned by Xie Zaiyi and him in the past two days.
"The sage Wang Shouren of the former Ming Dynasty once said that although the Ming Dynasty was large, there were only four important places. If the four places were lost, the Ming Dynasty would be destroyed. The so-called four places were Xuan Daji Liao. Today, Chen and Han have lost Liaodong, leaving only Liaodong.
Jizhou is fortunate that the capital of the Chen and Han Dynasties is located in Chang'an, and even if the Tatars enter the pass, it can still be settled in Shuzhong, but combined with the small imperial court of the Southern Ming Dynasty in the previous life, it is not too safe."
After chatting with Xie Zaiyi for the past two days and studying the history books of this world, Jia Heng can almost conclude that the world of Red Mansions is on the eve of chaos.
In the Tanchun marriage in Dream of Red Mansions, Chen Han could not even defeat the foreign countries along the Western Sea. How weak should this national and military power be?
From now on you can get a glimpse of it.
"The peaceful days will only last for more than ten years. At that time, not only the Jia Mansion will collapse, but also this country will fall into the hands of foreigners. Ghosts will sing under the green maple forest, and the bones will be like mountains. Forgot your surname... My Chinese artifact will be
Stolen by foreigners."
Jia Heng exhaled a deep breath.
If he doesn't want to die like a fool in the troubled times more than ten years later, he must make plans in advance.
"However, we still need to pass the test of Jia Zhen and his son."
Ningguo Mansion
In the flower hall covered with wool carpets, after listening to Jia Rong's report, Jia Zhen looked gloomy and said in a cold voice: "Did he really say that?"
"How dare the child hide this from the master? Jia Heng said that even if it cost him ten thousand taels of gold, he would not break off the engagement!" Jia Rong said angrily.
"What a brave Jia Heng!" Jia Zhen snorted coldly and patted the small table, which was so shaken that the dishes on it shook.
Since he became the head of the Jia family, except for the master of the Xifu, no one of the five relatives of the two houses dared to disobey him like this.
Don’t know what to praise!
Sitting quietly on the side is a beautiful woman in her thirties. Her hair is pulled into a woman's bun, revealing her smooth and jade-like forehead. Her golden steps are shining in the candlelight. Her body is exquisitely made.
The tawny skirt is made of exquisite materials, which fully shows off the plump and graceful figure.
The beautiful woman has exquisite facial features, rosy cheeks, as bright and beautiful as peach blossoms in February, a small and exquisite nose, a straight bridge, plump and moist cherry lips painted with a light rouge, and a fair and slender neck, with tall and straight breasts.
Shaped like a full moon, she smiled sweetly and said: "Master, why are you so angry? If Jia Heng doesn't allow it, then find another good one for Ronger..."
"What do you know!" Jia Zhen didn't wait for Youshi to finish speaking, her face was as heavy as water, she just shouted coldly, interrupted the conversation, and reprimanded: "Rong'er is useless! On weekdays, he just blindly looks for flowers and willows, flying eagle and lackey,
What kind of noble lady can like him! This is because I finally found a good marriage for him, how can I tolerate such a bad thing!"
Listening to Jia Zhen's scolding, Youshi's delicate body trembled, she squeezed the pink embroidered handkerchief in her hands tightly, pursed her red lips, and did not dare to say anything.
After being married for many years, she knew that Jia Zhen was really angry.
Jia Zhen cast a pair of sinister eyes at Jia Rong, who was frightened like a quail, and said coldly: "Rong'er, you will find this Jia Heng tomorrow, and I will meet him personally to see if there is anything in his eyes."