Zhu Jianji took the lotus seed soup from Liu Qi and drank it all in one gulp.
After autumn, the weather is dry and irritable, and it is easy to get angry. In addition, the recent border military reports have been repeated, and the situation is not optimistic, which makes people feel anxious and hot. Since Jingtai ten years ago, the Ming Dynasty has not been peaceful.
Several palace maids came in one after another and served lotus seed soup to many important officials in the court.
Everyone thanked the prince.
Today was supposed to be a small court meeting in the Qianqing Palace. Zhu Qiyu ordered everyone to come to the Wenhua Palace to discuss matters with the prince. He arrived soon after. When everyone saw this situation, they knew that the two father and son had discussed it.
So appropriate, prepare lotus seed soup for everyone?
It's obviously been prepared for a long time.
Zhu Jianji put down his cup and glanced at everyone, "The situation in the north is tense. I plan to lead the East Palace young army to go north after making arrangements here in the capital. Do you have any suggestions?"
Yu Qian thought for a moment and said, "We can attack the Maoli children."
If the Jurchens want to enter the customs, there is only Shanhaiguan, which is very easy to defend.
But Maori children are different.
Hang Min, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, said: "Your Highness, think twice. The young army currently only has one guard station. It is too weak. Facing the grassland cavalry, I am afraid it will be difficult to play the role of the mainstay."
Zhu Jianji smiled and said, "Ten thousand people."
Qi Qing was surprised.
Yu Qian coughed and said, "A certain person has transferred 5,000 people from the regiment camp to the young army. They have been training in the art of shooting with muskets these days, and they will soon be able to form combat capabilities."
Everyone suddenly realized that they had no objection.
Zhu Jianji said: "The orphans were originally sent to the Mobei Iron Cavalry or the Jurchens to plow a hole with thunder. Considering that the Donggong Infantry Army is not strong enough and the next focus is domestic development, we only plan to use the Donggong Infantry Army on the northern border of the Ming Dynasty. Sweep the line from east to west to defeat the evil intentions of Mobei and Jurchen to invade the south."
Everyone was stunned.
What could be more important than solving the threat to the north?
Zhu Jianji smiled and said: "I have been living in seclusion recently. I have a plan to deal with the current situation of our Ming Dynasty. All of you are members of our Ming Dynasty. Please give us your opinions."
Pay attention to your wording.
It's to give opinions.
Instead of asking whether you agree or disagree.
Today, there are seven ministers who came to the Wenhua Hall to attend the small court meeting, plus nine of the six ministers. Among them, He Jian, the left minister of the Ministry of War, oversees the army at Shanhaiguan, Yang Ding, the right minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, oversees the army Zhu Yongzhong, and Cheng Xin, the left minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, oversees the army Hami. guard.
As for the Minister of Dali Temple of Taichang Temple, he is not qualified to attend today's court meeting.
Yu Qian said: "Your Highness, please speak."
Regarding today's Xiaochao meeting, Zhu Jianji has been planning for several months. He had ideas for reform after dealing with Tang's relatives and cleaning up the civil servants. It was not until three days ago that he wrote the plan.
After another three days of revision, it was finally completed yesterday.
Then he immediately asked Dai Yi to go to Qianqing Hall and asked Cheap Daddy to change today's small court meeting to Wenhua Hall.
This has a purpose.
Once his plan is not supported by his ministers, the cheap dad will appear "at the right time" to help calm the situation.
Zhu Jianji coughed and said, "Although there are constant wars in the north, in order to survive the cold winter this year, the Oara tribes and Maoli children, no matter how many troops our Ming Dynasty has deployed in the border towns, insist on entering the pass, a big battle is inevitable, but they think it is not enough, let alone There are Hang Yu, Zhao Fu, Zhu Yong and other pillars of the army, and Gu Ye will lead the young army to the expedition."
Peng Shi, the right minister of the Ministry of War, said: "It is true. Zhang Fu has been in the north for many years and is familiar with the tactics of the prairie cavalry. He also has reinforcements from the capital, which is enough to defend Datong in Xuanfu. He can also rush to the Hetao area at any time. As a veteran general, Commander Hang Yu can use troops Conservatively, as long as they stick to the Hami Guard and the Oara tribes cannot form a pincer attack with the Maoli children, the Hetao area will be safe. But the ministers and others do not understand that the Jurchen Li Manzhu is obviously here to take advantage of the situation. Not to mention the existence of the Liaodong Dusi, the Jurchen can only Traveling outside Shanhaiguan in the Liaodong territory, even if there is no Liaodong Dusi, as long as the Xuanfu, Hamiwei and Hetao areas are not lost, it is impossible for the Jurchens to really attack Shanhaiguan. Why does Your Highness deploy heavy troops in Shanhaiguan and prepare to rush to the aid of the Liaodong Dusi? Liaodong Dusi actually has the ability to control the Jurchens."
What a waste of time.
The Hetao area was not entirely under the control of the Ming Dynasty, so large-scale wars were most likely to break out in the Hetao area. Due to the presence of Liaodong Dusi in Shanhaiguan, the Jurchens did not dare to act unscrupulously, but were safe.
The ministers nodded frequently.
What Peng Shi said makes sense, but actually everyone is confused.
How does Zhu Jianji explain?
Are you saying that I am afraid that the Jurchens will accidentally enter the border?
I said a few words casually, saying that the Jurchens have been developing well recently and are the hidden dangers of the Ming Dynasty in the future. They need to take precautions. As long as the time is right, the Ming Dynasty will use all its national power to defeat the Jurchens until they can never stand up again.
The ministers had no objection to this.
Indeed, the Jurchens have developed rapidly in recent years, and it is really possible for Li Manzhu to become powerful.
But Li Manzhu is also seventy years old.
Zhu Jianji said: "So the war in the north is not an urgent matter. "Han Feizi: The Fifteenth Expedition of Death" says: If the country is small but does not feel humble, if the power is small but does not fear the strong, if the country is rude and insults its neighbors, if the country is greedy and does not know how to make friends, But you can die——"
He paused deliberately.
Secretly proud.
I am really a talented person. I remember articles like this.
Yu Qian and others nodded.
Zhang Peng, the imperial master, is indeed qualified.
Zhu Jianji continued: "Since ancient times, Mobei has been a major concern for our Central Plains dynasty, and the Mobei Yi people have never followed these four policies for diplomatic relations. However, in all dynasties, even I, Emperor Taizong of the Ming Dynasty, conquered Mobei in five times. , failed to completely wipe out the Mobei Yi tribe, what’s the reason?”
All the ministers looked at each other.
This question is a bit profound.
In fact, there is only one reason: the right time, right place, right people, and the right people.
As soon as late autumn arrived, it began to snow in the north, and it was heavy snow. The Central Plains Dynasty's army could not guarantee a sure victory in the battle with the Mobei cavalry in the snow. In addition, the logistics could not be guaranteed, so they had to retreat.
This is the right time.
Due to the favorable geographical location, Mobei is vast. In the past few months from late spring to late autumn, even if the Central Plains Dynasty's army advanced with great success, once the Mobei cavalry plunged deep into the grassland, it would be difficult for the Central Plains Dynasty's army to bite them again.
People are harmonious... A man from Mobei grew up on a horse and was good at fighting.
Zhu Jianji continued: "I know what you are thinking. Mobei has the right time, place and people. Even if Taizong's Five Expeditions drove them to Mobei and the farther Rakshasa Kingdom, the people they left on the grassland would pass by. After decades of development, we can still threaten us. But from a solitary perspective, this is not the real reason. Our Central Plains dynasty has never been the strongest in the true sense."
Wang Wen, the Minister of Rites, was puzzled, "The Han and Tang Dynasties are not considered the strongest?"
Zhu Jianji chuckled lightly, "The Han and Tang Dynasties were the strongest? Taizong also did it, so what is the strongest? Moreover, although the Han and Tang Dynasties were far away, they must be killed. I, the Ming Dynasty, can actually do it, but I don't want to repeat the useless process of me advancing and the enemy retreating." Now, I have an idea to build the Ming Dynasty into the strongest dynasty in history that can truly unify Mobei!"
Everyone's spirits were lifted.
Nowadays, except for Wang Wen and Yu Qian, the ministers in the central department, who are both elderly, the rest are in their peak years of thirty to fifty years old. In their previous official careers, their attitude towards Mobei was extremely strong.
How could one not be excited to see that the prince had the idea of unifying Mobei?
Wang Fu, the right minister of the Ministry of Industry, smiled and said: "I dare to ask Your Highness the Crown Prince, it is easy to attack Mobei. As long as the frontier troops are equipped with firecrackers like the East Palace Young Army, they can kill the generals at any time, but how to rule that area?" "
Zhu Jianji smiled and said: "Wang Shilang has a good question!"
Looking at everyone, "Does anyone have any ideas on how to solve this problem?"
Everyone, look at me and I look at you.
There is a way to solve it. His Majesty Taizong solved it back then. Could it be that Sanyang's wisdom is worse than mine?
To everyone's surprise, the focus of His Highness the Crown Prince's next words was not on Mobei. Zhu Jianji said slowly: "Mobei has never been Gu's ultimate goal. In Gu's blueprint, it is to rule the Li Dynasty, Japan, and Jiaozhi.
And the Indochina Peninsula, and even the Western countries, Gu Gu also has prospects for the unknown world overseas. Mobei is easy to fight. As long as the Dongfeng rifles held by the Donggong Young Army are equipped with all the Ming army, the grassland men of Mobei will be able to fight.
To become good at singing and dancing, and to rule in Mobei, all you need to do is garrison troops in Mobei, build a few official roads, and develop a chariot that can run freely in snowy weather to transport supplies and soldiers.
But what about Jiaozhi, the Li Dynasty, Japan and Indochina, how can we fight against them?"
This statement shocked the officials and stunned them.
Zhu Jianji added, "So, Gu plans to perform an operation on Ming Dynasty and turn it into an unprecedented giant. It can cross Mobei in seven days and reach the final destination of Indochina in one month."
At the southern end, our Ming Dynasty’s army will win every battle, and the navy of our Ming Dynasty’s army will gallop across the oceans and write a new chapter in the past and present.”
