I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

Chapter 356 An all-out war with Tatars?

Yan Song and Xu Jie knew that if they really spared no effort to implement this policy, they would inevitably incur endless infamy.

At that time, no matter whether they are in office or have left office, officials will not hesitate to remove themselves from the class of gentry.

But if you don't act according to the emperor's wishes, then what awaits you will be your fate.

For a moment, the two fell into a dilemma!
After a long time, I saw that Yan Song seemed to understand something, and he sighed and said silently to himself.

"Living is everything. Everything is for living. If you lose your life, why do you still think about those things?"

"Let's follow His Majesty's wishes for the time being!"

Seeing that the dust had settled, Jiajing nodded slightly to Lu Fang, and immediately closed his eyes to rest.

Seeing this, Lu Fang on the side immediately stood up and said softly.

"The first thing discussed by the cabinet this time has been discussed, and we will discuss it after a short break."

When Yan Song and Xu Jie, who were kneeling on the ground, heard this, they stood up tremblingly from the ground as if they had been pardoned, and sat back to their seats.

Time passed slowly like this, and the cabinet became extremely quiet. Everyone was cautious and did not dare to make any noise, for fear of affecting the emperor's rest.

Immediately, Jiajing slowly opened his eyes, and Lu Fang who was on the side saw this, immediately took a step forward and said loudly.

"This cabinet discussion, the first matter has been discussed, and now we are discussing the second matter, the shift of my Ming's strategic focus!"

After Lu Fang's words fell, everyone present cheered up. Immediately, Yan Song tremblingly got up from his seat and reported to Jiajing.

"Report to Your Majesty, this minister has his own performance!"

"speak!"

Jiajing just glanced at Yan Song rather plainly, and said.

After getting Jiajing's permission, Yan Song began to elaborate on his strategy.

"Your Majesty, all along, the strategy adopted by the imperial court is to first go south and then go north."

"Right now, all the Japanese pirates entrenched along the southeast coast have been wiped out. It's time to shift the focus of my Ming strategy to the Tatars in the north!"

"Your Majesty, this is what I have summed up. In recent years, the records of Tatars invading our Ming border!"

After Yan Song finished speaking, he took out a memorial from his sleeve and held it high above his head.

Seeing this, Lu Fang hurried forward, took the memorial from Yan Song, and sent it to Jiajing respectfully.

Jiajing took the memorial from Lu Fang and opened it. It recorded the number of times the Tatars invaded the borderlands of the Ming Dynasty in recent years and the records of the battles between the Ming army and the Ming army. Wait, there are extremely detailed records in the memorials.

Jiajing read the contents of the memorandum word by word, put it aside, and said in a deep voice.

"Yan Song, keep talking!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

After Yan Song responded, he paused for a moment, then continued.

"Your Majesty, in recent years, Tatars have invaded the borderlands of Ming Dynasty more and more frequently, and most of the time, they happened in summer and autumn, and this time is when the water and grass are lush and the enemy's combat effectiveness is strongest."

"Your Majesty, do you still remember the Geng Shun in the 29th year of Jiajing?"

After Yan Song's words fell, all the people present were suffocated. What they couldn't understand was why Yan Song would take the risk of offending His Majesty by bringing up old matters.

Who knows, Jiajing looked calm, nodded, and said slowly.

"I remember that in June of that year, I Da Khan led an army to invade Datong, and it seemed that Qiu Yue was guarding Datong at the beginning!"

When Jiajing mentioned the name of Qiu Yue, he became very angry, then slammed the table and cursed angrily.

"This trash, when I Da Khan led his army to invade Datong, this Qiu Yue was immediately frightened. He didn't dare to fight him, and even bribed Al Da Khan, begging him not to attack Datong, but to move to another place. It caused him to burn and plunder freely outside the city, and he left after eight days!"

"Thinking about it this way, I really took advantage of him back then!"

Hearing this, everyone present except Yan Song lowered their heads unanimously. They all knew very well in their hearts that after Qiu Yue died, he was opened up and slaughtered by the emperor, and his end was quite tragic.

Seeing this situation, Yan Song had a strange look on his face. After all, he also had his own part in this incident. Immediately afterwards, Yan Song coughed twice, attracting everyone's attention to himself.

"Your Majesty, what I want to say is that since the 29th year of Jiajing, Tatars have invaded the borderlands of Ming Dynasty more and more frequently, and the people in the borderlands are being ravaged!"

"Right now, the Japanese pirates along the southeast coast have been eliminated, and the imperial court can finally free up its hands to concentrate on dealing with the Tatars."

"Therefore, I implore Your Majesty, while the enemy army is still accumulating strength, send troops to the north, catch them by surprise, drive the Tatars out of the grassland completely, and avenge the Ming people who suffered innocent deaths and injuries in recent years!"

"And I, Da Ming, can also take this opportunity to conduct experiments on the new weapons of the Armament Division."

After Yan Song finished speaking, he suddenly knelt down on the ground with a solemn expression.

As soon as Yan Song finished speaking, before Jiajing could reply, Xu Jie stood up and refuted.

"Your Majesty, no, Elder Yan Ge's proposal is too risky!"

"Right now, although the treasury of our Ming Dynasty is full, enough to support the consumption of the war on the front line, the Tatars are nomads after all, and they can avoid fighting without fighting."

"And once the main force of our army is restrained by it, as time goes by, there will inevitably be problems in the supply of food and grass."

"At that time, once the supply of food and grass cannot be guaranteed, the combat effectiveness of the army will drop rapidly. In addition, our army does not know much about the local situation. Therefore, it is easy to be attacked by others, and the army will be trapped alive in the On the prairie!"

"Right now, it's not time for a decisive battle."

When Xu Jie said this, he turned his eyes to Yan Song, asked with a stern look.

"Still, Mr. Yan Ge, can you bear this responsibility?"

Being questioned suddenly, the expression on Yan Song's face suddenly became ugly. Just when he was about to refute, Jiajing on the side spoke at the right time.

"Well, what Xu Ge said makes sense. It is extremely risky to send a large army to attack the Tatars rashly!"

When Jiajing said this, he paused, and then added.

"I don't want to have another civil fort change!"

Seeing that the emperor had made a decision, Yan Song had no choice but to temporarily extinguish his inner thoughts and said respectfully.

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Jiajing had a panoramic view of the expression on Yan Song's face, raised his eyebrows, and then ordered.

"However, if I, Daming, continue to defend like this, it will definitely fuel the enemy's arrogance!"

"Therefore, the local defenders can also go out of the city to fight when the time is right, but they must not pursue too deep."

"I will ask the Weapons Division to transport the newly developed grenades and other new weapons to the border areas for experiments, so that the soldiers can master their use as soon as possible and prepare for the next large-scale battle!"

"In addition, the governor of Jiliao, Yang Xuan, was ordered to gather information about the Tatars as soon as possible, and to strictly guard against possible invasions."

Xu Jie on the side heard this and said to himself.

"It seems that His Majesty has already made up his mind to formally go to war with the Tatars, so as to wash away the shame brought about by the Geng Shun."

(End of this chapter)