"Your Majesty, General Mo and King Yan are returning to the capital this time because they really have something important to report."
Lan Yu knew that if she didn't speak today, she might not have another chance after the banquet was over.
Hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the north are still waiting for them to return with the king's orders.
"Father!"
Zhu Di also stood up and saluted Zhu Yuanzhang.
"Say it."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, but there was no trace of surprise, as if he had expected the current situation.
"The Oara tribe gathered dozens of tribes, including the Tatar tribe, and more than 40,000 troops to garrison the border."
Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang agreed to speak, Lan Yu told the situation at the border with a serious face.
As soon as these words came out, all the ministers who were enjoying the banquet just now woke up one by one, started to look at Lan Yu and Zhu Di, and started talking.
"So, your army of hundreds of thousands has already assembled, and you want to take the initiative and take this opportunity to defeat them in one fell swoop?"
Zhu Yuanzhang finally sat up and spoke in a deep voice.
He already knew about the movements of Lan Yu and Zhu Di.
Looking at Zhu Yuanzhang like this, Zhu Ming felt cold sweat in his heart.
Is this the gold content of the only emperor who climbed up from a beggar?
"Yes, the general wants to personally lead the army, go straight out of Mobei, plow the courtyard and sweep the holes!"
Lan Yu also responded with a determined expression.
If this battle is successful, it will be an unparalleled achievement, and he will become the most prestigious person in the army besides Wei Guogong Xu Da.
"What do you ministers think?"
After listening to Lan Yu's words, Zhu Yuanzhang did not rush to answer, but simply glanced at the civil and military officials present.
Civil and military officials deliberated for a long time, but no one stood up to explain their views.
The incident happened suddenly, and they were completely unprepared.
Seeing that no one among the ministers dared to stand up, Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head in disappointment.
"Qi Tai, the Minister of War, thinks it's inappropriate."
After a while, a man stood up from the banquet. He was wearing court clothes and had a handsome face. He looked like he was in his early thirties.
He can be an official in the court at the age of thirty, which is enough to be called a talented person in the world.
"Say, what do you think?"
Seeing that someone finally dared to stand up and reply, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded with satisfaction towards the person and asked aloud.
"For more than 20 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, we have been pursuing death and chasing the north. We have gone out of our way to militarily, and the national treasury is empty."
Seeing someone refute themselves, Lan Yu and Zhu Di's faces became a little ugly.
The man glanced at Lan Yu, but was not afraid at all and continued to talk about his opinions on the current situation.
"Nowadays, in the northern tribes, the soldiers are not good and the horses are not fat. We, the Ming Dynasty, are clinging to the city walls, which is not enough. At this time, we should be considerate of the people's livelihood and provide for them."
As soon as these words came out, there were many voices of agreement among the officials.
Zhu Ming looked at the young man and nodded.
The name Qitai was not unfamiliar to him.
It was Fang Xiaoru, Qi Tai, and Huang Zicheng who assisted Zhu Yunzhen and wanted to reduce the vassal, and they forced Zhu Di to rebel.
Now it seems that these three people did not become stubborn at that time, but have been stubborn until that time.
But what Qi Tai said is not unreasonable.
Compared with other corrupt scholars, the impression Qi Tai and Fang Xiaoru gave Zhu Ming was not bad, or even good.
They are really earnestly practicing the concept of harmonizing the family, governing the country and bringing peace to the world that they learned from the books of saints.
It's just that they were too idealistic and misjudged the situation, so they didn't leave a good reputation in history.
After Kyoto was defeated, Qi Tai still thought of summoning King Qin's army to fight Zhu Di.
The last three people still preferred death over surrender for the sake of their ideals and the scholarly spirit in their hearts, and were executed by the Nine Clans.
Such a minister can be said to be too stubborn, but it is not ridiculous.
If the Battle of Jingnan had been initiated not by Zhu Di but by a change of dynasty, their reputation would have been much better.
It is this kind of people who insist on their ideals that have formed the unyielding backbone of China for thousands of years.
"It only takes three months for my army to attack..."
Seeing Qitai refuting his point of view and others agreeing with it, Lan Yu also became a little anxious.
As he spoke, he felt something was wrong when the words came to his mouth, so he spoke hastily: "No, one month, just one month, all the northern tribes will be wiped out in one fell swoop."
"The world has been in turmoil for a long time. The Ming Dynasty was settled in the early days. Now the people are still chewing tree bark and eating soil to survive. Where will the military pay come from to fight another war?"
Facing the now powerful Lan Yu, Qi Tai was just a small minister of the Ministry of War, but he still had no intention of retreating and fought hard with reason.
Lan Yu is a soldier who doesn't read much and spends his whole life fighting in battles in order to make immortal contributions.
Qi Tai was an out-and-out scholar and was not interested in war. What he wanted was for the people to live and work in peace and contentment.
The two people do different things, so they naturally argue.
Zhu Yuanzhang just sat next to Zhu Ming and watched the two arguing quietly.
"enough."
It wasn't until the two of them started to argue that their faces turned red, that Zhu Yuanzhang calmly stopped them.
"What you two said makes sense. I also think that the reason for defeating all the grassland tribes in one fell swoop is that the Ming Dynasty's treasury is empty and there is really no extra silver."
He said, his eyes indeed looking at Lan Yu aside.
Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang meant to reject her, Lan Yu's face became even more ugly.
Do I have to watch this famous person's eternal achievements slip away from my hands?
"Your Majesty, these hundreds of thousands of soldiers are outside the border. Wang Ming's eyes are bleeding as he waits to go out for battle!"
Even though Zhu Yuanzhang was on Qi Tai's side, he still wanted to fight for this battle.
"Father!"
Zhu Di also stood beside Lan Yu, bowed his hands and wanted to intercede with Lan Yu.
Zhu Yuanzhang just gave him a look and stared back.
"I asked you to learn how to form troops with the general. Is it your turn to do this world-wide thing?"
Zhu Yuanzhang reprimanded him coldly, and Zhu Di could only retreat again even if he was dissatisfied in his heart.
"General, it's not that we don't want to help you, it's just that the treasury is empty."
After scolding Zhu Di, Zhu Yuanzhang looked embarrassed again and looked at Lan Yu: "Now we have to prepare to go to sea to attack the Japanese country and expel the Japanese pirates. We are really stretched and can't allocate so much money."
When the army goes out to attack, money is needed for food, military pay, and pensions for soldiers killed in battle.
He delayed this day just to let Lan Yu know that no matter how prestigious he was in the army, he would still be unable to move without military pay from the treasury.
"but……"
Seeing that the suppression of Lan Yu was almost complete, Zhu Yuanzhang relaxed, changed the topic, and stood up: "If there are funds for the departure of 30,000 troops, it is not impossible that there is no money in the national treasury."
After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, Lan Yu's face still didn't look relieved at all.
But what can thirty thousand soldiers do?
