Chongzhen's open life

Chapter 364 At the beginning of the new year, the dispute in the imperial study room
After the dazzling fireworks all over the sky, one night passed, and the Apocalypse Dynasty ended with the end of the Seven Years of Apocalypse.

And Daming also ushered in the reign title "Chongzhen" of the No.16 emperor.

On the first day of Wuchen, which is the first day of the first month of the first year of Chongzhen, the first grand court meeting of the Chongzhen Dynasty was held in the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

In addition to confirming the change of the year name this year, that is, the change of the various ministries at the beginning of the new year, other matters have been carried out according to the practice of previous years, and everything is considered smooth.

After the court, all the officials dispersed, and they were talking about the night banquet in the palace, and they wanted to bring those family members to participate. Several resident elders in the cabinet, including Sun Chengzong and other important ministers who were specially transferred back, received Zhu Youjian's mouth , discussing matters in the Imperial Study Room.

Everyone looked at each other, and then agreed to follow Wang Chengen, who came to deliver the message, to the imperial study.

In the imperial study room, Zhu Youjian had been waiting for a long time, and everyone entered. After some salutes, Zhu Youjian spoke out the purpose of calling everyone to come.

Zhu Youjian was sitting on the chair with the backrest, leaning forward slightly, holding the chair with one hand and putting the other on the table, tapping his index finger rhythmically and easily, looking at the cabinet ministers and asking: "Dear dear ministers, the beginning of the new year , I don’t know if you have a certain idea about the prospects and goals of this dynasty this year. Today, I summoned you to come here just to hear your thoughts and share my thoughts with you, so that we can have a common understanding with you. Let us work together this year to contribute to the prosperity of Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Youjian's words came out, and the elders of the pavilions had already heard that although the Holy Majesty was talking about discussing with everyone, in fact, the Holy Heart reckoned that he had already made a plan, and it was just a matter of calling himself and others to come here. It's just a cutscene, but even so, everyone still couldn't hold back their curiosity.

As the chief assistant, after receiving the glances from the rest of the colleagues who arrived, he lived up to everyone's expectations, stood up, cupped his hands and asked: "Since Your Majesty summoned us to come, I must have made a plan long ago. I wonder what His Majesty has for this year's goal. Intend?"

Hearing this, Zhu Youjian smiled and reached out to point Huang Liji, then shook his head and said with a smile: "I asked you, but you actually asked me instead."

Immediately, he stood up suddenly, looked at the map of Kunyu and Wanguo on the wall behind him, and after searching for a while, he suddenly pointed to where Liaodong was located and said loudly: "I said something a few years ago, this year my priority goal is to completely eliminate the troubles that have plagued me for decades. The border troubles of the Eastern Captives will be completely eliminated from the root, and the difficult situation that I have suffered from the border troubles for the past few decades will be ended, so that the imperial court can free up its hands to deal with other unstable factors in the country. This is for us Daming's number one priority this year.

Prior to this, I have sent Jinyiwei to start collecting intelligence on Liaodong, and the Ministry of War and Household Department has also begun preparations. It is expected that after the spring plowing, everything will be ready to launch the campaign to clear the Eastern captives! "

All the cabinet members were shocked when they heard the words: "The campaign to eliminate the Eastern captives?"

Zhu Youjian nodded and said: "That's right, I decided to use one battle to win one battle, and use a battle with all the strength of the whole country to completely wipe out the Houjin clan in Liaodong, and completely annihilate them in the dust of history. , I named it the Eastern Prisoner Elimination Campaign."

After Zhu Youjian finished speaking, Huang Liji frowned and said: "Your Majesty, although the Eastern Prisoners have suffered a great defeat, the main force of their clan has also been defeated by the Yongwei Camp, and there are many prisoners, but their clan is still Has a certain strength.

Moreover, we are located in Liaodong, where there are thousands of miles of wilderness, and our new army is mostly firearms troops, which can be said to be extremely dependent on supplies. If we want to win a battle, we will inevitably stretch the supply line extremely long, and the opponents are mostly mobile cavalry troops. It is a great threat to my supply line.

If the supply line is cut off by it, even if our army has gained an overwhelming advantage in the early stage, once the supplies are exhausted and the new supply is cut off, our army will be in an extremely dangerous situation.

Therefore, I ask Your Majesty to think twice, it is better to fight steadily and advance step by step, don't be in a hurry, take advantage of our huge size and slowly eat away its territory step by step, and it is safe to push the supply station into the enemy's door step by step What does His Majesty think? "

As soon as Huang Liji said this, the rest of the cabinet ministers nodded in agreement, and Sun Chengzong stood up and said, "Your Majesty, what Huang Shoufu said is very true, and the veterans also agree with the strategy of simultaneous encroachment. Now that your Majesty is in court, the domestic situation tends to be stable. , It is the time when the world is resting and recuperating. It is extremely risky to rashly devote all the power of the whole country to the First World War. Fortunately, once we win, we will fall into a dangerous situation again. Please think twice, Your Majesty!
"Please think twice, Your Majesty!"

The elders of all the pavilions bowed down and bowed down to dissuade Zhu You from making the decision to fight with all the strength of the whole country.

However, Zhu Youjian shook his head and said: "My dear friends, it's not because I don't want to live with the people. It's because I don't want to wait until I have accumulated strength before fighting!"

Everyone was surprised, Huang Liji asked on behalf of everyone: "What do you mean by your majesty's words?"

But Zhu Youjian didn't speak, turned around and took out a memorial on the desk case and handed it to Wang Chengen, Wang Chengen took it respectfully, then handed the notebook to Huang Liji, Huang Liji took it in doubt and unfolded it.

Only then did Zhu Youjian continue to speak slowly: "A few days ago, I went to the Qin Tianjian to inquire about the domestic astronomical phenomenon this year, but I learned that there will be a severe drought in the country this year, and it will affect a wide area. It has not been seen in decades. If I don't want to kill the sick tiger Donglu completely before the severe drought arrives. I am worried that this sick tiger will take the opportunity to recuperate when we are dealing with the severe drought. It's too late, and by that time, the great situation that was finally achieved will be completely turned into ashes. Do you think I can just watch this situation happen?

I also know that it is extremely risky to pour the power of the whole country into a war at this time.

But compared to the situation when our dynasty weakened after the event, the situation where the advantages were reversed after Donglu's training.

I think that the two powers are harming each other, and I should take the lesser one. I want to take advantage of the current advantage to kill this sick tiger thoroughly, so as to prevent future troubles. Do you think so?Or if you have other better ways, you can tell me and listen to me. If it is better, I can also listen to your opinions. "

Zhu Youjian's rhetorical question immediately made the elders speechless.

Huang Liji looked at the paper handed over by Qin Tianjian in his hand, and his whole body was trembling unbelievably. The extent of the natural disaster mentioned above made him tremble all over. Undoubtedly, he will suffer heavy losses, which is even more terrifying than the previous catastrophe of the captives seizing Beijing. Just thinking about the horrible scene of millions of people changing their sons to eat each other and finally raising the barrage makes him feel desperate and terrified!

Seeing Huang Liji's appearance, all the cabinet ministers were curious and didn't care about preparing, so they hurriedly took the notebooks from his hands and circulated them one by one.

Afterwards, the appearance of everyone seemed to be copied, and they all stood on the spot in a daze, at a loss.

Xu Guangqi was the last to see the memorial. Unlike others, he did not stand still after reading it, but sighed deeply and said: Is it inevitable after all?

Xu Guangqi studied both Chinese and Western cultures, and he was good friends with many Westerners and even missionaries who came to Ming Dynasty. They communicated and learned from each other. Learned earlier than others.

Now that he had this news, he also made up his mind, and immediately clasped his hands and played: "Your Majesty, if the prediction of the Qin Tianjian is good, it is time to act according to your majesty's plan, and take advantage of the power in my court to capture the East. But at the same time, if your majesty still has the energy, I also hope that your majesty can make preparations before the severe drought comes. I don't want to get through the drought safely, but I just want more people to live. go down."

Zhu Youjian nodded and said: "Xu Aiqing can rest assured that although I intend to devote all my efforts to destroy the Eastern Captives, I will not ignore the people in the country. A few years ago, I have started to cultivate potatoes and sweet potatoes on a large scale. Aiqing is more familiar with me than I am, and now I have a large amount of stocks of these two crops, whether it is for disaster relief when the severe drought is approaching, or as a grain to survive the severe drought, they are sufficient, and they will surely be able to supply the domestic Drought conditions are minimized."

When Xu Guangqi heard the words, he bowed down immediately and said: "Since Your Majesty has prepared, the old minister will thank Your Majesty on behalf of the people affected by the disaster. I have no objection to Your Majesty's extermination of the captives!"

Zhu Youjian nodded and then looked at other cabinet members. Sun Chengzong also nodded and bowed his hands and said: "As Xu Ge said, His Majesty has made proper preparations, and the old minister has no objection. Everything is up to His Majesty's instructions."

Li Guopu also stood up and said: "The minister seconded the proposal!"

Zhu Youjian turned his eyes again, and looked at the rest of Huang Liji and others.

Huang Liji's eyes flickered, and after thinking for a while, he shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, I still don't agree to put all the power of the whole country into a fight!"

Zhu Youjian frowned when he heard the words, but he didn't get angry. Instead, he asked calmly, "Oh, why is Huang Aiqing?"

Huang Liji stood up and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, Daming cannot afford such a national war.

Although the domestic surface is stable now, whether it is the Liaodong frontier army that has just changed coaches and is still unsure, or the Southeast maritime giants who are ready to stir up trouble in the name of Japanese pirates, or the Southwest has become unstable again and is always ready to raise troops. The chieftain of the Shui’an family who rebelled again, or the small-scale rebellion that some people in the south of the Yangtze River reported in the past two days, all show how fragile and unstable our government is at the moment.

If at this moment, His Majesty does not take advantage of the rare peace to calm down the domestic chaos and cut off the hidden dangers in the country one by one, but instead launches a national war with all the power of the whole country, I worry that these domestic hidden dangers will all be destroyed at the juncture of the national war. They will break out one by one, and by then there will be wars everywhere, and we will not only have to deal with external national wars, but also deal with internal turmoil, which is very likely to lead to a situation of multi-front warfare.

In this situation, the old minister was worried that Daming, who had just recovered from a serious illness, would not be able to hold on!

His Majesty!

If natural disasters and man-made disasters come together, I am afraid that something unbearable will happen. I am afraid that the centuries-old foundation of the Ming Dynasty will be destroyed. As the chief assistant of the cabinet, the veteran has the responsibility to dissuade His Majesty.

minister!Huang Liji, please think twice, Your Majesty! "

"Sir! Shi Fenglai, please think twice, Your Majesty!"

"Minister! Zhang Ruitu, please think twice, Your Majesty!"

……

The three elders in the cabinet knelt down together, in stark contrast to Xu Guangqi and the other three.

The positions of the two sides are also clearly revealed at this moment, and the differences are clear!

ps, ah, this chapter should be okay.

(End of this chapter)