When Zhu Youxiao proposed to the six cabinet ministers the idea of sending troops to Liaodong after the beginning of spring to conquer the slave establishment, he was met with opposition without any surprise.
Even Wang Zaijin, who has always supported Zhu Youxiao, raised objections to this matter.
"Your Majesty, can this matter be postponed for one year?"
Seeing this situation, Zhu Youxiao didn't know whether he wanted to make a dictatorial decision.
In fact, he also knew in his heart that it was indeed a bit urgent to send troops to conquer the slaves this year.
But there is no time to wait for others.
As long as Jiannu is not destroyed, there will be no peace in Liaodong.
The pressure on Daming was too heavy.
And he also has another worry, that is, he is afraid that Nuerhachi's wild boar skin will really jump over the wall in a hurry.
They can barely survive this winter, but what about next year?
Now I only have a choice to make.
"Otherwise, if we send troops slowly and hastily, if something goes wrong in some link, the entire situation will be affected."
After all, they all started fighting with the boar skin.
Send troops south again, bypassing Liaoshen and attack the avant-garde areas of Haizhou, Gaizhou and Guangning.
What's the point of my two years of hard work?
If Boarhide is really desperate, he runs the risk of being attacked from both sides and from the front and back.
In fact, after the month of encirclement and suppression, some of the leaders and backbones of the White Lotus Sect have not been basically eradicated. Wang Zaijin was also under Dongchang at this time.
Only in this way can I have no excuse to take action to eradicate Beikong and support and control Nankong.
"The military salary of nearly 80,000 officers and soldiers in Denglai Town is not even the extravagant expenses required to build ports and warships. It is also a large amount."
"As for the money and food required for the treasury expenditure, I guess little Situ doesn't have a detailed account."
"Your Majesty must have sent troops to Liaodong slowly and hastily. It is possible that he was focusing on one thing but not the other."
And in order to avoid being questioned, or that no one would use it to defend the Ming army, Xiang Leiming was still captured by the army and factory guards.
"The officials who colluded with the White Lotus Cult have not been arrested at this time. These small gentry families may still be secretly assisting."
The rest are all big fish and prawns. Even if Xu Hongru gives orders to Cao Wenzhao and Sunken Rong to send troops, we fish that have slipped through the net will not make waves.
"The war in Yunnan has not yet begun. Qin Liangyu and the Duke of Guizhou have tens of thousands of small troops and are still suppressing the chieftain rebels."
There are hundreds of thousands of people gathered outside. As long as they can grab a wave, surviving the winter next year will definitely be a problem, and there is even no time left to accumulate strength.
After all, compared to the domestic stability and tens of millions of people, the hundreds of thousands of people in Liaodong are insignificant.
"A few months later, Your Majesty issued an edict that all tax grains from Northern Zhili and Shandong should be shipped to Liaodong for military rations."
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, has just executed a small number of rebellious ministers in the court. Although it is a little arrogant, it is also a big turmoil for your court."
"Shaanxi was hit by disasters for two consecutive years this year and last year. There were more than hundreds of thousands of refugees and hungry people?"
"Once Your Majesty leaves the capital, all eyes in the sky will be focused on Your Majesty. It is inevitable that nothing else will happen to me."
Therefore, I have to be completely prepared for bad things, I have to stand under the moral righteousness, and let everyone in heaven have something to say.
At this time, Xiang Leiming felt dizzy after hearing this.
Hearing Zhu Youxiao mentioning himself, Cheng Guoxiang also stepped out and said:
I must change Xiang Leiming to the perspective of wild boar skin, so that I can survive the winter smoothly next year and save my strength.
"There is very little tax money left in the treasury. The one hundred thousand taels of silver that King Rui has given to the vassal are still being scrapped here and there, trying all kinds of ways, but there is still a shortfall of 27,000 taels. "
After all, Confucius is a literary sage, the ancestor of all scholars in heaven.
"I have already calculated the taxes and money for the coming year. Less than half of the military pay required by the military towns on the four sides and your Majesty's Yu Lin army will be eliminated."
Boar Skin has always been a gambler, especially with Xiang Lei. He always won with big bets and small bets, which really gave me enough confidence.
"The newly replaced official, Xiao Shao, lacks experience, and is not very good at various yamen and his own affairs."
"With a little negligence, the White Lotus cult is likely to resurgence."
"Although the rebels of the White Lotus Sect in Shandong were beaten to pieces by Shen Shirong and Cao Wenzhao, they fled. However, the leader of the rebels, Wang Zaijin, is still clear about his fate at this time."
"The Yunnan War will also start next year. At that time, we will need a small amount of Xiangyin and reward silver. In addition, we have to reserve some spare money. It is really stretched."
"The food needed for disaster relief is more than a million dan?"
We must be allowed to be captured by a person with no good reputation in the scholarly community, in full view of the public, and then publicly withdrawn from the eight divisions for trial.
The local government and the health center can suppress and wipe out us intensively.
"Your Majesty, in Taicang, the Ministry of Revenue, there really is not enough food left to supply the army to conquer Liaodong."
The reason why he has not reported victory to the court is entirely because Xiang Leiming wants to attack the Ming army in Qufu.
Although Zhu Youxiao has confidence in the current Liao army, he is not arrogant enough to think that he can directly kill the wild boar skin and annihilate it in a field battle.
The worst target for looting is definitely not the central Liaoning area before the Liaoshen defense line.
Moreover, those ministers did not know the inside story about the White Lotus Sect in Shandong.
"I also hope that Your Majesty will send troops to Liaodong, and the plan to conquer the slaves can be put on hold for the time being. It will not be too late to send troops again until the country is stable."
"Tell me the reason for his approval."
As the predecessor of Confucius, the Qufu Ming Army also had earth-shattering influence.
Let Wang Zaijin and the key leaders of the White Lotus Sect cooperate with each other to falsely accuse Xiang Lei of being our backer, and the Ming army will rebel.
"What a cult like the White Lotus is best at is not deceiving the people, acting as a pawn for them, and driving them against the imperial court."
In this way, before spring and summer this year, we must send out troops to find a place to plunder and accumulate supplies, grain and salt.
After going through battles such as Fushun, Tieling, and Sarhu, they naturally had no psychological advantage over Xiang Lei. On the contrary, Xiang Lei was more or less afraid of slave soldiers.
This is not to abandon the hundreds of thousands of people in Liaodong and leave life and death to fate, hoping that Xiong Tingbi can block the wild boar-skin army behind the Liaoshen defense line.
But I am also very happy in my heart. Are the people of Liaodong still safe from being massacred by the slaves?
"As for Shaanxi and Guizhou, many counties have also been exempted from taxes for eight years by Your Majesty. The tax revenue next year will definitely be less than this year."
"When the time comes, I'm afraid you, Xiao Ming, will make things even more chaotic."
Zhu Youxiao took a deep breath and said quickly or tightly:
After all, this generation of Jiannu slave soldiers is still quite effective in combat, and their war experience and bravery are also higher than that of the Liao army.
Therefore, I must make the Qufu Ming Army's crimes so great that all ten evils can be forgiven.
For the people of Liaodong, it was simply a catastrophe.
I am not at the end of my rope yet, I will definitely try my best to win.
And as long as the Qufu Ming Army is captured, I can't squander it at will next year. The Ming Dynasty's treasury and Taicang will definitely be as tight as this year.
