Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 684 Yu Shaobao's Determination
In the Qianqing Palace, as Yu Qian's voice fell, the cabinet duo couldn't help but frown.

Although from the perspective of personal friendship, Yu Shiyue and Yu Qian are good friends, but on this kind of political issue, from different perspectives, they naturally have different considerations.

On the contrary, Wang Ao and Yu Shiyue, who were both in the cabinet, understood each other's thoughts with just one glance at each other.

So this time, Wang Ao took the lead and said.

"Yu Shaobao's method can indeed deal with emergencies, but in this way, the price the court has to pay may not be small."

"Not to mention anything else, the first thing that bears the brunt is the financial pressure. According to what Yu Shaobao said, the Japanese army, the Liangjiangcao army and the Beijing army should intensify their drills in order to prevent accidents at the border. Then all other things must be stopped. business."

"In this way, the military expenditures everywhere will inevitably increase, and what's more, all the projects of the imperial court that require the use of officers and troops will inevitably be suspended temporarily. To go to war with the imperial court so much is to waste the people and waste money."

"Therefore, the old man still feels that what Yu Cifu said just now is more appropriate. There is no rush to rectify the army. The imperial court must not only carry out major policies, but also ensure the normal handling of daily government affairs. We might as well wait until the Oirat Mission enters Beijing to find out its intentions. It's not too late."

Unlike the Ministry of War, which only takes care of military affairs, the cabinet manages more complicated affairs, and considers issues from a more balanced perspective.

Just like what Wang Ao said, if we follow Yu Qian's method.

So in fact, it means that the various yamen of the imperial court have to further sacrifice their own interests to cooperate with the process of the Ministry of War to rectify the army.

Even, this can no longer be called cooperation, but an unconditional compromise.

On the one hand, the Ministry of War wants to implement the policy of rectifying the military settlements, and on the other hand, it wants to stabilize the border, so it has to rely on the reserve forces within the Ming Dynasty.

But the problem is that there are only about 20 real professional soldiers in Ming Dynasty, a considerable part of them are used to quell chaos in the local area, and the rest are stationed in various places to prepare for unexpected events. These are difficult to mobilize.

More than [-]% of the remaining officers and soldiers are more inclined to reserve officers and soldiers. In addition to normal drills, these officials are responsible for the construction of various projects, labor, escorting food and grass, handling local emergencies, and suppressing refugees. what the army has to do.

If it is said that we must prepare for constant mobilization now, it means that all the energy of these officers and soldiers must be devoted to preparing for the battle, and then all things that have nothing to do with the drill will naturally be stopped.

As a result, not only the yamen everywhere, but even the people's livelihood will be affected.

In addition, since it is necessary to prepare for war, the amount of military expenditure must increase, and equipment, horses, food, and forage must be prepared in advance.

The financial pressure this brought to the court will not be small.

At this time, Yu Shiyue also spoke.

"That's right, Yu Shaobao's method is indeed a method to achieve both ends. However, there is already a lot of discussion about the rectification of the army in the court. If the Ministry of War mobilizes the officers and troops to prepare for the war at this time, it may attract criticism. It's not pretty."

"So, you might as well make preparations first. If Wala has no other intentions here, then the imperial court will naturally continue to implement the great policy. If you really have the heart to restart the war, it will not be too late."

This is euphemistic, but it also points out the concerns of the cabinet from another angle.

Although it is said that the memorial to rectify the army has passed the court meeting, but this only means that the court has begun to implement this great policy, and it does not mean that the government and the opposition are united and approve of this policy.

There are still many ministers in the court, especially those nobles, who are still waiting for an opportunity to stop this matter completely. At this time, Yu Qian mobilized a large number of officials and troops to prepare for the war, not to mention any reason to persuade the courtiers.

Even if they can be persuaded, the yamen everywhere will be dissatisfied.

Suppressing nobles is certainly what civil servants want, but when it comes to their own interests, not everyone can take the overall situation into consideration.

In other words, for most people, they actually have their own overall situation in their hearts!

Just like now, from the perspective of the Ministry of War, the overall situation is how to ensure the stability of the border situation and smoothly carry out the major policy of rectifying the military settlements.

However, from the perspective of the cabinet, the overall situation is to ensure the internal stability of the court, not to allow the military department to become a target of public criticism, to maintain the balance of the court, and to maintain the smooth and smooth operation of government affairs is the overall situation.

Each has its own reasons, and no one can say that the other is wrong.

Therefore, the statements of the two people in the cabinet obviously could not convince Yu Qian, and Yu Qian said after pondering for a moment.

"Yu understands the meaning of the two of you. However, the matter of rectifying the army must be cut quickly. Once it is delayed, there will be many obstacles. I believe the two of you can understand this."

"Now that the army is preparing for war, there will be exhaustion, but if you want to come to the household department for the past year, you should have accumulated something, so that you won't be unable to support it."

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"What's more, even if there is no such thing as the Oirat mission, in fact, Yu had originally planned to strengthen the drills of various places, especially the Beijing army and the Japanese army, while rectifying the army. , to prepare for the rectification of the army."

"This matter, Yu is already discussing with Dudu Fan. After the specific details are finalized in the next few days, they will be reported to His Majesty Ming."

Wang Ao and Yu Shiyue were speechless for a while.

How many things has this Yu Qian planned in private...

Of course they understood Yu Qian's meaning, but after they understood it, they felt even more headaches, because, from these words, it was obvious that Yu Qian's firm attitude in rectifying the military settlements could be seen.

Since Yu Qian said that the deployment of the Japanese army and the Beijing army was a long-awaited plan, so it is natural to prevent something.

If it is not to prevent Oala from taking advantage of the fire, then its intention is obvious.

Yu Qian was defending against the frontier army!
They can all imagine that the rectification of the military settlements will cause dissatisfaction among the frontier troops, but the disturbance will not be out of control.

Unless the military department is cruel this time, the measures used may have immeasurable consequences. Only in this case, Yu Qian will make preparations early.

Therefore, this actually reflects how resolute Yu Qian is on this matter.

This is located in Shaobao, and it is really determined to scrape the bone and cure the poison!
However, if this is the case, it becomes very difficult to convince him. The character of this master is that if he hits the south wall, he will not turn back, and if he hits the south wall, he may not turn back.

What he made up his mind to, eight horses could not pull back.

After hesitating for a moment, the two looked at each other helplessly, then turned their heads tacitly, and stopped looking at Yu Qian. The matter has come to this point, and it is useless to talk to him.

In today's court, if there is one person who can suppress Yu Qian, it must be...

The two bowed their heads in salute, facing the imperial steps and clapping their hands together.

"Your Majesty, please make a decision!"

(End of this chapter)