The next day, the acting king Zhu Chuanfu and the Jin king Zhu Shenxuan, who were freshly dressed, went to court on time with all the officials.
According to the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty, the two vassal princes originally did not have any power to participate in and discuss political affairs.
But when it came to moving the feudal vassal, the main reason was that tens of thousands of people from the two countries were going overseas by boat, so the imperial court gave special approval. Anyway, it was only this time, and it would basically never be seen in the future except under extreme circumstances.
After listening to the "difficulties" of the two princes, Yaoji asked the Minister of War: "Wang Jiayan and Wang Aiqing, can the court dispatch five thousand soldiers and horses to Sakhalin Island to conquer the Donglu on the island?"
Looking at this situation, if the two imperial uncles were not busy, with their own strength, they might be able to defeat even the local scum on the island, but in the end it would be Ming Ming's face that would be lost.
As for the fiefdom in the middle of Sakhalin Island that is reserved for other feudal lords, it can also be given to them to divide it up, but if they can't even get the braids on the island, then there is no point in talking about dividing it up...
As Minister of War, Wang Jiayan agreed with the policy of moving the feudal vassal, which could greatly reduce the burden on the court and the suffering of the people.
Not to mention the long journey to Sakhalin Island, the soldiers and horses supporting the feudal king would not be able to come back for a while. If Kifu was attacked again, they would be helpless.
Wang Jiayan thought for a while and then said after careful consideration: "Your Highness, I think we can send troops, but the source of troops is..."
The elite troops around Jifu are all used to defend the capital. If the capital is in trouble, it will be a loss. For the sake of Kuwu who is far away, it is not a big mistake to make a small mistake.
Five thousand soldiers and horses is by no means a small number. At least one officer under the command of the general must be transferred. It involves a lot of money, food, ordnance and other equipment. The consumption of an expedition to the island is more than double that of fighting in the surrounding areas.
Wang Jiayan was unwilling to send the mobile troops guarding the capital to help the vassal princes to open up wasteland. Since the two vassal princes were above the main hall, he had to act coyly.
Yaoji also roughly guessed the worries of the Minister of War, and comforted him: "Wang Aiqing, don't worry, I believe that this issue of troop sources will have to be solved in the future. First, the border troops from the forts of the Great Wall will be mobilized. Second, the general will The soldiers who have recovered from their injuries in the hospital have been reorganized. It will not be difficult to gather thousands of soldiers, and equipped with elite weapons, we will definitely be able to defeat the Donglu natives on the island."
Those scumbags from the frontier army are of little use, so why not take this opportunity to give them a real beating? Maybe they can be used as field mobile troops after they come back.
Wang Jiayan finally understood that the prince should have thought of a countermeasure long ago, otherwise he would not have given the answer so quickly, so he took advantage of the situation and asked: "I don't know who your highness would like to be as general?"
Since the men and horses of the various commanders-in-chief are not mobilized, it is unlikely that the current commander-in-chief and deputy general will serve as the expeditionary force composed of frontier troops and wounded soldiers.
Of course, Yao Ji has already thought of his favorite candidate, and he is a well-deserved candidate: "Sichuan, Yang Zhan! The third Wu Jinshi, awarded the title of guerrilla general. This man has exquisite archery skills, proficient riding skills, and has command. With the bravery of the three armies, I think it is most appropriate for him to go on the expedition. After the king's army lands on the island, he must win a victory in order to gain prestige and inspire fighting spirit, and then in one go, the remnants of the Donglu on the island will be surrounded and wiped out, otherwise it will definitely fall into a long and hard battle. "
Some people had heard of Yang Zhan's name and began to whisper. It was said that when he came to Beijing to take the exam, Yang Zhan used a bow and arrow on a horse and hit nine out of nine shots. His martial arts skills were incredible.
After hearing the prince's battle plan, the ministers basically nodded in approval. This was probably true. The feudal king's servants could not expect them to do much.
The officers and soldiers sent by the imperial court were border troops and wounded soldiers. If they could not win the first battle, the future would be even more difficult. This plan was naturally very wise.
"Quiet!"
Yang Jinchao shouted with a broken gong voice, and the buzz in the hall suddenly stopped.
In the eyes of Yang Banban, who had been consecrated by a certain prince, these civil servants and generals were frogs in the well who had never seen the market, and there would be a lot of discussion about such an ordinary personnel appointment.
After everyone had silenced, Yaoji continued: "Last year, Lu Xiangsheng was outnumbered in Julu and died for the country. This palace is very sad. His younger brothers Xiang Jin, Xiang Guan, Xiang Tong, Xiang Kun and others all dedicated themselves to serving the country. In his heart, I ordered him to join the army for an expedition, so that he could inherit his brother's legacy and avenge the blood feud with Donglu!"
Fatty Yang, who was the stumbling block for Lu Xiangsheng, has been killed. The imperial court has also provided high-level pensions to the Lu family, but this is not enough. The right way is to let the Lu family continue to shine.
Except for Lu Xiangjin, who was the last to become a monk, almost all the men of the Lu family, including his father-in-law Lu Guoyun, Lu Guozhen, and Lu Guoxuan, died in the battle. No less than a hundred people died in the battle.
The scale of this kind of death to serve the country is not much worse than that of the Yang family generals of the Zhao Song Dynasty. At most, they are just the female relatives who did not go to the Lu family.
In the opinion of a certain prince, these children of the Lu family obviously lacked military training and battlefield experience, and it would be difficult for them to rashly fight against the Han flag.
It would be more practical to go to Sakhalin Island with a name first. The natives on the island are all at the level of five scum. Although they are easy to run around, they can win as long as they don't underestimate the enemy.
When the battle record on Sakhalin Island is almost completed, the various units of the Lu family will be transferred back and reorganized into the Lu family army. They will form an army with the children of his hometown Yixing and give it to the Lu family to be commanded by a capable fighter.
This is much more effective than the Lu family's own troops to resist the braids, at least in terms of the combat effectiveness of the troops. Lu Xiangsheng can rest in peace when he sees the Lu family's successors from above.
Xue Guoguan, the chief minister of the quasi-state father-in-law, knew that his son-in-law was obviously speaking to the Lu family, so he immediately greeted him: "Your Highness is wise, if our Ming Dynasty has tens of thousands of loyal people like the Lu family, we will definitely be able to fend off thieves and kill the enemy. Sweep away the decline!”
The Lu family has a Lu Xiangsheng, and the Xue family can contribute a Xue Wanqing. One is on the battlefield and the other is in the back mansion. In total, the Xue family is guaranteed to make a profit without losing money. This transaction is a great value.
No one would have thought that the dignified chief minister of the Ming Dynasty would be flattering the prince while thinking about marrying his daughter, and planning how to collect the money for his daughter's dowry...
Xue Guoguan blatantly flattered the prince at the court meeting, leaving both the acting king Zhu Chuanfu and the Jin king Zhu Shenxuan stunned.
The two feudal princes looked at each other and understood. I heard that the daughter of the chief minister has been admitted to the imperial palace and will soon become the crown princess. No wonder the prince would use such a person as his chief minister.
Xue Guoguan's first assistant was recommended by the imperial court, and Chongzhen agreed. He had nothing to do with the prince. Chongzhen believed that Xue Guoguan was also considering giving full play to his special talents.
However, when Xue Guoguan first came up, he put forward the suggestion of expropriating nobles in view of the current situation of tight household budget and low internal funds. Chongzhen was so frightened that he shook his head repeatedly.
All officials know this. The reason why the prince continues to appoint Xue Guoguan as his chief assistant is because of other plans. Now there are rumors in the market that the chief assistant is the prince's yes-man, and it is not groundless...
After Xue Guoguan spoke, the second assistant Wu Yan also expressed his position: "I agree with what the first assistant said, Lu Xiangsheng sacrificed his life for righteousness, and he is a role model for future generations! All the benevolent people in our great Ming Dynasty are like this, and they will definitely be able to turn defeat into victory!"
At this time, no one dared to say that Xue Guoguan was really flattering, because what the chief minister said had great righteousness. If civil servants and generals were not afraid of death, how could Liaodong fall so quickly?
Especially in the past few years, Wang Shi's battles with the Donglu have almost reached the point where they are bound to lose every battle. If things go on like this, not to mention hundreds of miles outside the pass, even the Ming Dynasty within the pass will not be able to be saved.
In order to stop the car, especially to reduce the possibility of the king's army surrendering to the Donglu on a large scale, a certain prince also specially issued a regulation on "resurrection must kill".
"Resurrection must kill" means that the officers and soldiers of the Ming Army surrendered to the Donglu during the battle, joined the Donglu Han banner, and were captured again in the battle with the Ming army.
No matter whether they are generals or soldiers, such people will not be pardoned, and they will all be killed without leaving any one behind.
Let bygones be bygones, the regulations will officially come into effect starting from the first day of May.
In order to comply with the "resurrection must kill" rule, all Ming army officers and soldiers will be tattooed on their left arms.
Once a prisoner is found to have relevant tattoos on the inner side of his left arm, or if the skin here is specially peeled off, it can be roughly determined that he is a rebel soldier.
This can greatly reduce the possibility of the Ming army surrendering to the Donglu, because they can only surrender once, and the Ming army will not accept a second surrender.
Either don't surrender and fight to the death with Donglu, or surrender to Donglu and hope that you won't be captured by the Ming army, otherwise you will definitely not have a good life...
Many Ming army troops were indisciplined and disturbed the people as much as rogue bandits. The soldiers who defected to the Donglu were even worse, and city massacres were commonplace.
There is no need to be polite to such prisoners, let alone pardon them. The rule of "must kill upon return" is to take care of these prisoners.
If you can make a great contribution to the Ming court, for example, if a Han Banner soldier brings some pure Donglu heads as a certificate of honor, then you don't need to be included in this list, and you will also receive a commendation.
The ministers had no objection to the Lu family's special consideration. If they objected at this time, they would be openly opposing the prince, the cabinet, and the Seventh Ministry, and would definitely be criticized by their colleagues.
It is understandable that the prince promoted Lu Xiangsheng's four younger brothers. Besides, to fight in Kuwu so far away, if you deliberately promoted other generals, you would be offending others.
If the recruitment of troops and the selection of generals are decided by the prince, winning a battle will naturally bring honor to the court, and losing a battle will also be the prince's business. All the ministers think this arrangement is very reasonable...
Seeing that the subordinates approved his plan to send troops, Yaoji continued: "As for the land in the middle of Sakhalin Island, I thought it would be up to Dai and Jin to settle many princes. But I don't know whether it is according to the plan. Should the two countries divide the land equally, or should the land be divided according to the number of counties and princes under their jurisdiction?"
There were seven princes in the state of Jin, and nine in the state of Dai.
Naturally, Dai suffered a loss if divided evenly, while Jin suffered a loss if divided equally.
King Zhu Shenxuan of Jin certainly agreed with the equal distribution, and had sufficient reasons to support his point of view: "Your Majesty, the land of Jin State is larger than that of Dai State. Although the number of prefectures and princes is not as large as that of Dai State, the family members of the prefecture princes are There are more princes than the princes of Daiguo, so there is nothing wrong with following the policy of equal division!"
Since it involves land division, Zhu Shenxuan believes that it should be divided according to the proportion of the land area of the two countries in the mainland. Jin State is larger than Dai State, so this division is completely correct.
The Dai King Zhu Chuanfu was just the opposite. Benefiting the Jin King Zhu Shenxuan meant that he would suffer a loss, so he clearly opposed equal division: "Your Highness, the Dai Kingdom is restricted by Menggu outside the Great Wall at home and cannot expand its territory to the north. When we get to Kuwu, there will naturally be no such worries. There are more princes in the Dai Kingdom than in the Jin Kingdom, so it would be more appropriate to divide the land based on numbers!"
Fiefdoms are benefits derived from ancestral canonization. In the final analysis, there are as many fiefdoms as there are princes. There are more princes and princes in Dai than in Jin. Zhu Chuanfu felt that Dai must get more land than Jin.
Yao Ji did not express his position immediately, but waited and waited. These are really weird brothers. Before they could leave the country by boat, they started to fight each other for territory.
You two have no brains either. Do you know how big the central region is? Where is the equal dividing line?
After the pigtails were driven away, in order to compete for the land, the soldiers and horses of the two countries opened up again and had a fight? ? ?
There are only so few combat troops, most of them are servants. Do you still want to have a "Village Chief's Battle" on Sakhalin Island?
The final result can only be a loss for both sides, and even the weapons that were consumed in the battle need to be replenished from the mainland.
Except for the two vassal kings, everyone in the hall, including Queen Zhou, fell silent.
The uncles of the two princes were both vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty. They were both from Shanqian, and they both wanted to move to the sea, and their destinations were all Kuwu.
It seems a bit thankless to publicly support anyone. Moreover, both sides seem to have some truth, and no one can distinguish between right and wrong for a while.
After all, this is the prince's family matter, and the land allocated to him on Kuwu Island has nothing to do with the ministers. It is just that after they left, the pressure on the Ministry of Household Affairs to support the feudal king's food and salary was greatly reduced.
It is difficult for an upright official to resolve household affairs, but Yaoji must give an explanation on the spot, otherwise these two idiots will not agree to board the ship, and a seemingly reasonable plan must be come up to save these two idiots from continuing to be embarrassed here. Xianyan: "What about equal division? Dai Guo suffers! What about the number of points? Jin suffers! It's better for each of us to take a step back. I thought the land in the middle of the island should be divided according to the number of princes under the jurisdiction of the two countries. In this way, Jin There are two less princes than the princes of Dai Kingdom, so I suffer a slight loss. I use Zhu Ze Island to make up for the Jin Kingdom. I wonder what the two uncles think?"
If it is cut like this, the land division on the island will be beneficial to the Dai Kingdom, while the Jin Kingdom will get a piece of land outside Sakhalin Island, so the losses suffered will be made up. This is basically fair.
Chosei Island is close to Hokkaido, but it is not currently owned by the Tokugawa shogun. The Matsumae clan has very little control over the island, and a certain prince just used it to mend holes.
"I have no objection!"
Of course, the acting king Zhu Chuanfu supported the prince's division of land and immediately bowed and saluted.
"...I...have no objection!"
Jin King Zhu Shenxuan saw the size of Zhuze Island on the map. Although the island was far away from Kuwu, it could still make up for Jin's losses, so he reluctantly agreed.
"In this way, the matters of sending troops and dividing the territory have been solved. If there is nothing else, after half a month, the two imperial uncles can take their family members, soldiers and Zimin and take a boat to the fiefdom to establish a vassal!"
I finally sent these two people away. If I continue to stay in the capital, the chaos will be even greater when the princes from Henan and Huguang arrive in the capital.
Like the group of ministers below, when it comes time to use them, they are useless and all of them are dumb. They say that Xue Guoguan is incompetent. How can the others be better than the chief minister?
If he hadn't come up with a plan that both feudal kings could accept, I'm afraid the fight for land alone would have taken several days.
I know nothing else. In terms of fighting each other, I am at the top level in the world, and it is on the same level as Gu Shuojin!
The two feudal kings refused to give in to each other. It is conceivable that if five or six feudal kings came, they might have to fight on the spot in the main hall for a place as big as a little thumbnail on the map...
