An ordinary imperial meeting was being held in the garden waterfront near Beicheng River in Yangzhou, with no more than ten people participating.
Such discussion specifications are very ordinary, but this time it has not ended from morning to afternoon, and people are still arguing endlessly.
The emperor sat upright in the seat, his eyes closed as if he was closing his eyes to rest, and he had not spoken for a long time.
The eunuch standing beside him was the chief inspector of the seal of the Sili Supervisor. It was really not easy for him. Both the emperor and the important ministers of the court could sit. The ministers only stood up when they spoke, but Wang Gouer stood up all day.
But Wang Gou'er naturally had no complaints. Not everyone can stand here to participate in military and national affairs...
Just like Zheng He, can it?
A while ago, the emperor felt that there were people in the palace who were unfaithful to him. Wang Gouer was naturally guilty and afraid of taking two boats. Fortunately, he had become the eunuch with the greatest power in the palace, and no one dared to say bad things about him.
Wang Gou'er found a scapegoat and successfully dragged the eunuch Zheng He into the water.
Zheng He had been supervising various shipyards and navy Western affairs for a long time, and was not always in the palace. He also experienced two changes to the palace master after Yongle's death.
Don’t look at the two handovers of imperial power from Taizong to Renzong, from Renzong to Emperor Xuande, and it is still calm in the outside world. The palace is full of emperors and people, and those in power have already changed.
Even though Zheng He was famous, he had no followers in the palace because he was negligent in management...
What if a person is not in a state of mind, he has to move those big and deep roots of the trees?
Moreover, many eunuchs have no good impression of Zheng He, mainly out of jealousy. Eunuchs who know a little bit of knowledge know that this guy is going to be famous in history. Everyone is a rootless eunuch. Why is he, the eunuch who is just a eunuch who can be famous, and when everyone dies, they go into the crematorium like a dog?
But for a famous person like Zheng He, it is difficult to deal with him in some minor matters, and he needs some substantial aspects.
Wang Gou'er mainly starts from two aspects.
First of all, Zheng He is an Islamist, based on the fact that he was born in a Hui family and believed in it since he was a child. Another time he went to the Western Paradise to worship the Islamic Holy Land, so he quietly believed in the Islamic Holy Land.
In the Ming Dynasty, there was basically freedom of religious belief. As long as the religion that did not endangered the rule, the court officials would care about what you believed in; but only when they were guarded against the Islamic religion, the reasons were mostly based on actual interests...
The main reason is that after the greening of the Western Regions, the Gansu-Shaanxi region became increasingly barren and could not afford the needs of the army. The Ming army could not advance westward, so it had to passively resist the expansion of the Islamic religion in the east; if the Islamic religion was allowed to spread to the east, it would endanger the rule of the Ming Empire.
Zheng He also heard about this. When the naval fleet was stationed in the Taicang Port of Nanzhili, he was working on a Buddhist temple while paying for a large amount of money to engrave the Diamond Sutra, and spreading everywhere how he was pious to the Buddha.
Because most of the concubines, palace maids and eunuchs in the palace believed in Buddhism, Zheng He gave gifts to some Buddhist treasures brought back from the West.
Emperor Xuande took all these things in his eyes, and at the same time he felt that this famous figure who spread the gospel of the Ming Empire to the world was his grandfather and the glory on his face. There was no need to say that he was the Islamic Sect and insisted on pushing the glory outward. Just forget about this.
This plan does not work, and Wang Gou'er has another plan.
The Jinyiwei investigated closely from many parties, believing that the firearm technology that the rebels of the Xiang King relied on was imported products and had many people to prove it.
The Ming Empire fleet traversed the sea, but the thieves in the inland not only had not been extinct for many years, but could also get overseas things; Wang Gou'er instructed people to imply that Zheng He had collusion with the thieves, informed him and supported him in secret.
Without real evidence, Zheng He can directly convict him of collusion with thieves, but these things are enough to make the emperor suspicious... My family spent so much money to voyage to the West, which family was supporting?
Emperor Xuande did not want to touch Zheng He without real evidence, and endanger the achievements of the emperor's grandfather.
But the original plan to let Zheng He go to the West again, and Xuande also wanted to share some glorious plans, but now it has been completely dispelled.
First, the situation of the civil war worsened, insufficient military spending, and second, it had a lot to do with no longer trusting Zheng He.
After Zheng He was shot, Wang Gou'er was relieved, so she could still stand at the court meeting on the important military and national affairs, and continue to look for opportunities to inform Jianwen's party members.
As long as this matter is not exposed, no matter where you win Wang Gou'er in the future, it will be a contribution...
Of course, if the unlucky one is so bad that the Han King wins, Wang Gou'er has to admit it.
...The superior Zhu Zhanji still closed his eyes. Of course he did not fall asleep. It was just that a group of people quoted the classics and said that it took him a whole day and he was indeed a little tired.
The strategy that has finally reached an agreement in the North Korea is to move the strategic focus westward.
Because he was trapped in the downstream of the Jianghuai area for a long time, many people in the emperor and the military lost their patience.
Moreover, Huguang was defeated one after another, and the remnants of Jianwen's power had evolved from a small accident to a big problem. If this continues, the situation would be unimaginable.
Yang Rong, the Minister of War, had already mentioned the layout after advancing westward: The vanguard of the Shenji Camp marched to Jingzhou Prefecture after the deployment began, and transferred the official troops in Xiangyang and other places to assist, first defending Jingzhou; when the Sichuan army arrived in the river, they then crossed the river from Jingzhou to attack.The Beijing Camp bypassed the Dabie Mountains from Yangzhou and entered Henan, then went south to Huangzhou, and first occupied Jiujiang Prefecture across the river.After crossing the river in two directions, they can attack on two lines, and hundreds of thousands of troops will first determine Huguang.Huguang has been decided, and he goes down the river and attacks Nanjing again...
Some people raised objections, saying that all the Beijing camps withdrew from the Jianghuai army, and the local government troops would not be able to stop the Han king, which was equivalent to handing over the Jianghuai area that they had finally obtained.
Yang Rong said: You can immediately transfer Xuanda’s elite troops back to the mainland and then approach Jianghuai.
Water Pavilion was talking for a while, and the war continued until now. Everyone realized the situation was unbearable, and even the nine-sided troops were going to return to aid.
A minister of a hierarchy like Yang Rong has made military claims, which has affected his whole body.
He suggested that the elite troops of Xuanda be transferred to aid should be transferred to the north. In order to ensure the safety of the north, he could only remove the barriers outside the pass in advance and guard the front line of the Great Wall...
This involves the level of national defense policy.
Therefore, this imperial meeting has been discussed since the morning and now, and there are too many incidents involved.
The national policy of the northern defense line of the Ming Dynasty was evolving. During the reign of Emperor Yongle, the military was strong and there was no problem of defense. The emperor personally fought several times, and the army took the initiative to attack and was in the attack period. However, by the time of Renzong and the current Xuande period, he could no longer take the initiative to attack. The strategy was to set up strongholds outside the Great Wall and rush to support at any time in Xuandatun, trying to fight outside the pass to annihilate the invading enemy at the foot of the Great Wall.
However, before the civil war broke out, there were already full defense remarks. At that time, the court officials believed that they should try their best to stop the troops and livelihood, and to disarmament and continue to lay off all barriers and strongholds north of the Great Wall.
This trend seems unstoppable. Two of the largest strongholds were abolished from the end of Yongle, and it will undoubtedly continue during the Xuande period...
But Yang Rong's remarks now make everything even more sudden.
At this time, Yang Shiqi couldn't help but replay the old tune again. As soon as he opened his mouth at this critical moment, everyone knew what he was going to say before he could say it.
It is very important to insist on the minister's political views. If you are fickle every day, it will undoubtedly give people the impression of being untrustworthy.
Yang Shiqi has always been politely opposed to the lifting of the barriers of the Great Wall.
Whether it is the civil strife this time or the need to recuperate before, it is a temporary situation.But Yàn Yunwubei is a major plan that concerns the long-term stability of the Ming Dynasty, and the sages must observe it.
Yang Shiqi said seriously, the Han Dynasty spent all the money and food in the world and built the Shuofang; the Tang Dynasty lost the Western Regions and reset the four Anxi towns several times; the Song Dynasty lost the Yiànyun, and never forgotten them for hundreds of years.Because the national safety cannot be tied to the front line, we must expand the soil to be vertical and horizontal.My Emperor Taizong moved the capital north to guard the country's gates with the emperor. The land had become the fundamental land of the Ming Dynasty. How could the safety of the country be bounded to the mountains and a high wall?I do not advocate that the saints re-launch soldiers, but they do not forget to study and do not forget to speak martial arts in the country. The safety of the country cannot be played by...
Yang Rong did not argue with Yang Shiqi, but just said casually: If you don’t transfer the elite troops of Xuanda, the east to the capital will be empty.
Seeing this, Yang Shiqi continued to object. His words were too fierce, which gave the emperor a bad impression.After all, Yang Shiqi and Xiangwang had a very good relationship and almost became a family.
The current forwards of Shenji Camp should not be transferred to Jingzhou too early.
Yang Rong temporarily put down the topic just now and instead talked about specific things. Going to Jingzhou too early will easily expose the imperial court's intention to use troops. When the Sichuan soldiers are about to arrive, they can catch the rebels off guard. Perhaps opening the Jiang Fang is just right from Jingzhou...
The emperor owed his body, and Yang Rong quickly stopped and said a word, standing upwards bent.Zhu Zhanji spoke: As Yang Rong’s advice, all departments will handle it as soon as possible.Xuan Da's soldiers remain unmoved for the time being, and we will discuss it later.
Zhu Zhanji only said two simple words, which was to immediately implement the agreement and put the dispute aside.The ministers bowed with great conscience: I will obey the order.
……
Not long after, a rush to Yangzhou Palace and Changsha City fell.
Zhu Zhanji was very unhappy, but he didn't show much shock. Anyway, there was no good news from Huguang in more than a year, and almost all rebels were out of the way.
There is almost no way to be captured in Changsha Prefecture. At present, there is no army in Huguang Province that can fight bad wars. A major city like Changsha relies on nothing more than fortifications built many years ago. No matter how powerful the soldiers are, there are no reinforcements.
South of the river, countless prefectures and countless military households may be able to be recruited to defend the city, but the court can no longer allow them to form an army to fight in a short period of time.
The only hope is the army of Yunnan and Guangxi. Some of them are still in the border of Vietnam in Jiaozhi and some are on the border of Guangxi in Yunnan. The imperial court may be able to mobilize some, but maybe...
The three parties in China have all clan members of the Zhu family. The border generals and soldiers, thousands of miles away, probably don’t want to get involved.
Such discussion specifications are very ordinary, but this time it has not ended from morning to afternoon, and people are still arguing endlessly.
The emperor sat upright in the seat, his eyes closed as if he was closing his eyes to rest, and he had not spoken for a long time.
The eunuch standing beside him was the chief inspector of the seal of the Sili Supervisor. It was really not easy for him. Both the emperor and the important ministers of the court could sit. The ministers only stood up when they spoke, but Wang Gouer stood up all day.
But Wang Gou'er naturally had no complaints. Not everyone can stand here to participate in military and national affairs...
Just like Zheng He, can it?
A while ago, the emperor felt that there were people in the palace who were unfaithful to him. Wang Gouer was naturally guilty and afraid of taking two boats. Fortunately, he had become the eunuch with the greatest power in the palace, and no one dared to say bad things about him.
Wang Gou'er found a scapegoat and successfully dragged the eunuch Zheng He into the water.
Zheng He had been supervising various shipyards and navy Western affairs for a long time, and was not always in the palace. He also experienced two changes to the palace master after Yongle's death.
Don’t look at the two handovers of imperial power from Taizong to Renzong, from Renzong to Emperor Xuande, and it is still calm in the outside world. The palace is full of emperors and people, and those in power have already changed.
Even though Zheng He was famous, he had no followers in the palace because he was negligent in management...
What if a person is not in a state of mind, he has to move those big and deep roots of the trees?
Moreover, many eunuchs have no good impression of Zheng He, mainly out of jealousy. Eunuchs who know a little bit of knowledge know that this guy is going to be famous in history. Everyone is a rootless eunuch. Why is he, the eunuch who is just a eunuch who can be famous, and when everyone dies, they go into the crematorium like a dog?
But for a famous person like Zheng He, it is difficult to deal with him in some minor matters, and he needs some substantial aspects.
Wang Gou'er mainly starts from two aspects.
First of all, Zheng He is an Islamist, based on the fact that he was born in a Hui family and believed in it since he was a child. Another time he went to the Western Paradise to worship the Islamic Holy Land, so he quietly believed in the Islamic Holy Land.
In the Ming Dynasty, there was basically freedom of religious belief. As long as the religion that did not endangered the rule, the court officials would care about what you believed in; but only when they were guarded against the Islamic religion, the reasons were mostly based on actual interests...
The main reason is that after the greening of the Western Regions, the Gansu-Shaanxi region became increasingly barren and could not afford the needs of the army. The Ming army could not advance westward, so it had to passively resist the expansion of the Islamic religion in the east; if the Islamic religion was allowed to spread to the east, it would endanger the rule of the Ming Empire.
Zheng He also heard about this. When the naval fleet was stationed in the Taicang Port of Nanzhili, he was working on a Buddhist temple while paying for a large amount of money to engrave the Diamond Sutra, and spreading everywhere how he was pious to the Buddha.
Because most of the concubines, palace maids and eunuchs in the palace believed in Buddhism, Zheng He gave gifts to some Buddhist treasures brought back from the West.
Emperor Xuande took all these things in his eyes, and at the same time he felt that this famous figure who spread the gospel of the Ming Empire to the world was his grandfather and the glory on his face. There was no need to say that he was the Islamic Sect and insisted on pushing the glory outward. Just forget about this.
This plan does not work, and Wang Gou'er has another plan.
The Jinyiwei investigated closely from many parties, believing that the firearm technology that the rebels of the Xiang King relied on was imported products and had many people to prove it.
The Ming Empire fleet traversed the sea, but the thieves in the inland not only had not been extinct for many years, but could also get overseas things; Wang Gou'er instructed people to imply that Zheng He had collusion with the thieves, informed him and supported him in secret.
Without real evidence, Zheng He can directly convict him of collusion with thieves, but these things are enough to make the emperor suspicious... My family spent so much money to voyage to the West, which family was supporting?
Emperor Xuande did not want to touch Zheng He without real evidence, and endanger the achievements of the emperor's grandfather.
But the original plan to let Zheng He go to the West again, and Xuande also wanted to share some glorious plans, but now it has been completely dispelled.
First, the situation of the civil war worsened, insufficient military spending, and second, it had a lot to do with no longer trusting Zheng He.
After Zheng He was shot, Wang Gou'er was relieved, so she could still stand at the court meeting on the important military and national affairs, and continue to look for opportunities to inform Jianwen's party members.
As long as this matter is not exposed, no matter where you win Wang Gou'er in the future, it will be a contribution...
Of course, if the unlucky one is so bad that the Han King wins, Wang Gou'er has to admit it.
...The superior Zhu Zhanji still closed his eyes. Of course he did not fall asleep. It was just that a group of people quoted the classics and said that it took him a whole day and he was indeed a little tired.
The strategy that has finally reached an agreement in the North Korea is to move the strategic focus westward.
Because he was trapped in the downstream of the Jianghuai area for a long time, many people in the emperor and the military lost their patience.
Moreover, Huguang was defeated one after another, and the remnants of Jianwen's power had evolved from a small accident to a big problem. If this continues, the situation would be unimaginable.
Yang Rong, the Minister of War, had already mentioned the layout after advancing westward: The vanguard of the Shenji Camp marched to Jingzhou Prefecture after the deployment began, and transferred the official troops in Xiangyang and other places to assist, first defending Jingzhou; when the Sichuan army arrived in the river, they then crossed the river from Jingzhou to attack.The Beijing Camp bypassed the Dabie Mountains from Yangzhou and entered Henan, then went south to Huangzhou, and first occupied Jiujiang Prefecture across the river.After crossing the river in two directions, they can attack on two lines, and hundreds of thousands of troops will first determine Huguang.Huguang has been decided, and he goes down the river and attacks Nanjing again...
Some people raised objections, saying that all the Beijing camps withdrew from the Jianghuai army, and the local government troops would not be able to stop the Han king, which was equivalent to handing over the Jianghuai area that they had finally obtained.
Yang Rong said: You can immediately transfer Xuanda’s elite troops back to the mainland and then approach Jianghuai.
Water Pavilion was talking for a while, and the war continued until now. Everyone realized the situation was unbearable, and even the nine-sided troops were going to return to aid.
A minister of a hierarchy like Yang Rong has made military claims, which has affected his whole body.
He suggested that the elite troops of Xuanda be transferred to aid should be transferred to the north. In order to ensure the safety of the north, he could only remove the barriers outside the pass in advance and guard the front line of the Great Wall...
This involves the level of national defense policy.
Therefore, this imperial meeting has been discussed since the morning and now, and there are too many incidents involved.
The national policy of the northern defense line of the Ming Dynasty was evolving. During the reign of Emperor Yongle, the military was strong and there was no problem of defense. The emperor personally fought several times, and the army took the initiative to attack and was in the attack period. However, by the time of Renzong and the current Xuande period, he could no longer take the initiative to attack. The strategy was to set up strongholds outside the Great Wall and rush to support at any time in Xuandatun, trying to fight outside the pass to annihilate the invading enemy at the foot of the Great Wall.
However, before the civil war broke out, there were already full defense remarks. At that time, the court officials believed that they should try their best to stop the troops and livelihood, and to disarmament and continue to lay off all barriers and strongholds north of the Great Wall.
This trend seems unstoppable. Two of the largest strongholds were abolished from the end of Yongle, and it will undoubtedly continue during the Xuande period...
But Yang Rong's remarks now make everything even more sudden.
At this time, Yang Shiqi couldn't help but replay the old tune again. As soon as he opened his mouth at this critical moment, everyone knew what he was going to say before he could say it.
It is very important to insist on the minister's political views. If you are fickle every day, it will undoubtedly give people the impression of being untrustworthy.
Yang Shiqi has always been politely opposed to the lifting of the barriers of the Great Wall.
Whether it is the civil strife this time or the need to recuperate before, it is a temporary situation.But Yàn Yunwubei is a major plan that concerns the long-term stability of the Ming Dynasty, and the sages must observe it.
Yang Shiqi said seriously, the Han Dynasty spent all the money and food in the world and built the Shuofang; the Tang Dynasty lost the Western Regions and reset the four Anxi towns several times; the Song Dynasty lost the Yiànyun, and never forgotten them for hundreds of years.Because the national safety cannot be tied to the front line, we must expand the soil to be vertical and horizontal.My Emperor Taizong moved the capital north to guard the country's gates with the emperor. The land had become the fundamental land of the Ming Dynasty. How could the safety of the country be bounded to the mountains and a high wall?I do not advocate that the saints re-launch soldiers, but they do not forget to study and do not forget to speak martial arts in the country. The safety of the country cannot be played by...
Yang Rong did not argue with Yang Shiqi, but just said casually: If you don’t transfer the elite troops of Xuanda, the east to the capital will be empty.
Seeing this, Yang Shiqi continued to object. His words were too fierce, which gave the emperor a bad impression.After all, Yang Shiqi and Xiangwang had a very good relationship and almost became a family.
The current forwards of Shenji Camp should not be transferred to Jingzhou too early.
Yang Rong temporarily put down the topic just now and instead talked about specific things. Going to Jingzhou too early will easily expose the imperial court's intention to use troops. When the Sichuan soldiers are about to arrive, they can catch the rebels off guard. Perhaps opening the Jiang Fang is just right from Jingzhou...
The emperor owed his body, and Yang Rong quickly stopped and said a word, standing upwards bent.Zhu Zhanji spoke: As Yang Rong’s advice, all departments will handle it as soon as possible.Xuan Da's soldiers remain unmoved for the time being, and we will discuss it later.
Zhu Zhanji only said two simple words, which was to immediately implement the agreement and put the dispute aside.The ministers bowed with great conscience: I will obey the order.
……
Not long after, a rush to Yangzhou Palace and Changsha City fell.
Zhu Zhanji was very unhappy, but he didn't show much shock. Anyway, there was no good news from Huguang in more than a year, and almost all rebels were out of the way.
There is almost no way to be captured in Changsha Prefecture. At present, there is no army in Huguang Province that can fight bad wars. A major city like Changsha relies on nothing more than fortifications built many years ago. No matter how powerful the soldiers are, there are no reinforcements.
South of the river, countless prefectures and countless military households may be able to be recruited to defend the city, but the court can no longer allow them to form an army to fight in a short period of time.
The only hope is the army of Yunnan and Guangxi. Some of them are still in the border of Vietnam in Jiaozhi and some are on the border of Guangxi in Yunnan. The imperial court may be able to mobilize some, but maybe...
The three parties in China have all clan members of the Zhu family. The border generals and soldiers, thousands of miles away, probably don’t want to get involved.