marquis of jingan

Chapter 1026 Hongde ZTE!

Deqing Palace.

The six ministries and nine ministers have all arrived, but the five commanders of the fifth military battalion are still relatively far away from Jiankang, so they will not be able to arrive in a while.

However, His Majesty the Emperor had already sat down in the side hall of Deqing Palace, which was used to receive ministers, and waved his hand to signal several ministers to sit down together.

Originally, the emperor was in the Ganlu Hall. It was not very important to meet the ministers on weekdays. They were all met in the Ganlu Hall. Only on special formal occasions, such as court meetings, did the emperor return to Deqing Palace to meet people.

But at this moment, the emperor called everyone to Deqing Palace, obviously attaching great importance to this matter.

In addition to the lineup of these people here, almost all of Da Chen's senior civil servants, the importance of today's matter is self-evident.

After everyone was seated, the emperor looked up at the crowd, without making any preparations, and said straight to the point: "Everyone, there is news from Shen Yi on the front line that the Qi army in the Xuzhou area has partially withdrawn to the north, and the Huai'an army is already clearing the Xuzhou area. Shen Yi said..."

The emperor looked at the crowd, and the smile on the corner of his mouth could no longer be concealed: "Shen Yi said that in another month, the imperial court will be able to send officials to the north, and register households in Xuzhou and counties near Xuzhou."

Hearing this news, everyone present, including several prime ministers, couldn't help being a little surprised.

Sending officials to manage the place and register the households of Qimin, that is to say, this place has been completely occupied, and since Shen Yi dared to report it like this, it means that he is sure that these places will not be taken back by the Qi people within a certain period of time .

More importantly, it means that this place has been taken back by Da Chen!
Everyone looked up at the emperor in unison.

The young and proud Emperor Hongde.

If it is said that in the past, Da Chen was thinking about the Northern Expedition and only looked north, then now, Da Chen is no longer looking north!
But really, a solid step has been taken!
Look north no more!It was the Northern Expedition!

And the young emperor in front of him who has been in power for nearly 14 years has become the only emperor in Dachen who has truly regained his lost land since Sejong went to the south!
You must know that even Emperor Xianzong who completed the "Xianzong Zhongxing" did not have a Northern Expedition in his lifetime, let alone regain lost land!

The five prime ministers and six ministries, a total of fourteen people, stood up unanimously, knelt down in front of the emperor, bowed their heads and kowtowed: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, for recovering the homeland!"

"Your Majesty's divine, literary and holy martial arts, Yongzhao future generations!"

Since the eighth year of Hongde, His Majesty the Emperor has developed the ability to hide his emotions and anger, but at this time, this ability seems to be useless. He smiled all over his face, and said with a smile: "Everyone loves you!" Qing Pingshen."

"Sit down and talk."

Only then did everyone stand up and return to their positions.

The emperor squinted his eyes and looked at the crowd, and said quietly: "In the past, when I was about to make the Northern Expedition, most of you here disagreed. Some said that the national power was not enough, and some said that the army was not enough. Now Shen Yi only used [-] Huai'an troops. , then defeated Xuzhou, and so far, the troops in Huaibei are less than [-], so we can achieve such a big victory."

The emperor had a smile on his face: "By now, no one should oppose the Northern Expedition?"

At this time, as long as they are not fools, they will not jump out to spoil the emperor's happiness. Even Prime Minister Cui Yu, who has made up his mind to fight Shen Yi, obediently bowed his head and shut up at this time, without saying a word.

Seeing that everyone was silent, the emperor continued: "What's more, I have received a clear message from the inner guard that Hu Qi Yongping Emperor Zhao Zhen..."

"It's dead."

The emperor's tone was faint: "Not only has he passed away, but the position of the crown prince has not yet been settled. Now the capital of Yan is in chaos."

"Northern Qi court is shrinking its troops in an all-round way."

The emperor said unhurriedly: "I think this is a great opportunity for the Northern Expedition, and it is a god-sent opportunity."

"Recovering Xuzhou is only the first step."

The emperor's foreshadowing was finally finished. He looked around the crowd and said calmly, "I'm going to make a northern expedition."

Several prime ministers were not surprised when they heard this sentence.

Because the emperor had already asked the Ministry of War to make several regulations for the Northern Expedition before this.

That is the "plan".

Although it was not implemented before, everyone knew that there would be a Northern Expedition in the Hongde dynasty, unlike the bloody ones in the former emperor's dynasty, and today it will never stop.

At this time, the emperor would naturally not give up such a good opportunity.

Sitting on his chair, the emperor said lightly: "There are almost 7 kings in Huaibei now, and I plan to dispatch another 3 from the Huaihe Navy to make up [-] to form the Northern Expedition and the East Route Army, which belongs to Shen Yi." command."

"At that time, there will be about 6 people left in the Huaihe Navy, and another 4 people will be transferred from the forbidden army to make up another [-] for the Huaihe Navy to form a large army for the Northern Expedition on the West Route. Let's go north together and collect the homeland."

The so-called East and West Routes are actually attacking the two provinces in the north respectively. The East Route Army mainly attacks Shandong, while the West Route Army attacks Henan.

After recovering these two provinces, the land of the Central Plains is under control. As long as there are no major problems in the future strategy, it is only a matter of time before Yanzhao is captured and the old capital is returned!

As for why the Huaihe navy was broken up instead of the imperial army incorporated into the Huai'an army, it was because the first thing to do in order to completely control a solidified army was to break up the original establishment.

Now, although there are some generals of the Imperial Army in the Huaihe Navy, it is obvious that the emperor has not fully grasped the Huaihe Navy, so he can take advantage of this opportunity to completely dismantle the establishment of the Huaihe Navy and completely control the Huaihe River. navy.

After the emperor finished talking about his plan, he looked at the crowd and asked slowly, "Everyone, do you have any comments?"

Several prime ministers looked at each other.

At this moment, they were a little surprised.

Because from their point of view, the emperor's favor for Shen Yi could not be increased. This time, a young man, Shen Yi, was probably going to be the commander of the Northern Expedition. Unexpectedly, the emperor would take the initiative to divide the troops into two groups, and only let Shen Yi be the commander of the Eastern Army.

Let them somewhat surprised.

Several prime ministers discussed a few words, and the prime minister Chen Jing stood up, bowed his head and said: "Return to Your Majesty, I have no objection."

The emperor looked at Jiang Jian and asked, "Does the Ministry of War have any objections?"

Jiang Shangshu quickly stood up, bowed his head and said: "Return to Your Majesty, the Ministry of War has no objection."

The emperor nodded slightly, and said with a smile: "Then this matter is settled for the time being."

"Shen Yi will be the commander of the East Route Army. I believe you have nothing to say about this. As for the commander of the West Route Army, I am going to choose one of the commanders of the five battalions."

"Later, we will discuss this matter after all five of the five military battalions have arrived."

After the emperor finished speaking, everyone present was thoughtful.

The five barracks, that is, the Forbidden Army.

In Hongde's seventh year, His Majesty the Emperor, who was only 17 years old, had already begun to control the Forbidden Army. It has been Hongde's 13th year now.

And based on the emperor's trust in Shen Yi, if the commander-in-chief of the Forbidden Army was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the West Route Army, the young man surnamed Shen would probably make up his mind for the Northern Expedition...

After the emperor finished speaking, he stood up from the dragon chair.

When he stood up, the ministers present naturally did not dare to sit still, and stood up one after another.

The emperor waved his hand and said with a smile, "Everyone, sit down."

When everyone was seated again, the emperor looked at the Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

"Hong Dechao's first prefect of Xuzhou Prefecture also needs to be carefully screened."

"Do you have anyone to choose?"

Before the Minister of the Ministry of Officials could speak, Zhao Changping, the Minister of the Household Department, stood up silently, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I recommend Zhang Jian, the prefect of Huai'an, as the first prefect of Xuzhou."

The emperor thought for a while, then nodded his head in agreement, and said with a smile, "Zuzao."

He looked at the official department and said, "The official department will discuss the candidates for the prefect of Huai'an as soon as possible, and find someone to fill the vacancy."

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials bowed his head and respectfully responded.

After that, the emperor discussed many details about the Northern Expedition together with these big Chens.

After discussing for more than an hour, the Northern Expedition's obvious problems were only discussed. The emperor stood up from his position again. He looked at the crowd and said: "You know, Shen Yi is playing In the newspaper, what did you say to me?"

"He says…"

"At most five years, you can fight to the edge of the Yellow River!"

The emperor's heart was surging, and his voice became louder.

"For Da Chen, regain the entire Huanghuai, almost all the land of the Central Plains!"

Fourteen people, including the six departments and nine ministers, knelt on the ground and kowtowed in applause.

"Hong De Zhongxing!"

"Hong De Zhongxing!"

(End of this chapter)