After the preliminary battle report was obtained, the court meeting finally began to advance.
But all the ministers were still thinking about the war at the northwest border. Until noon, everyone was worried.
Someone wants to express some opinions, or pour cold water on this so-called good news, or come out to flatter...
Just because the detailed report hasn't come yet, I can only hold it in for now.
Until noon, there was still only one piece of good news, so the emperor gave another lunch, meaning that we should wait together.
But the emperor then went to the nearby East Palace.
"What's this called?"
After the emperor left with the eunuchs in charge of rituals, the Wenhua Palace completely exploded this time.
Even if Wang Yue only received one good news, the weight of the good news was more than that of all the wars in the northwest in the past few decades. Wang Yue's gains in this battle could even be said to be more than the sum of all previous wars.
"The one who attacked was not Huoshi's Mengoljin tribe, right? If Huoshi was not there, and now the walls of Pianguan have collapsed, wouldn't it mean that we are defenseless?"
"There has been no further battle report. Is it still a fierce battle?"
"What is that mighty gunpowder? How can it directly blow up the city wall?"
A group of people were all talking.
In addition to Liu Jian and Xie Qian, the targets targeted were Ma Wensheng and Wang Zongyi of the Ministry of War.
Xu Guan, Minister of Industry, as the manager of the Ming Dynasty's craftsmen in the capital, knew nothing about the mighty gunpowder, which made people feel that this war had nothing to do with all the courtiers in the Wenhua Palace.
Only the emperor and Wang Yue participated, and of course there was the Governor's Mansion behind them.
There are still a few people who know that there is an instigator behind it, but it has not yet appeared in any official report.
Ma Wensheng was annoyed by the question, and said in his rich voice: "Everyone, before we come to a conclusion, let's wait for a while. I'm afraid it's hard to come to a conclusion today. In recent days, all the government offices have been tense. The martial law in the capital should not be It will be lifted.”
In Ma Wensheng's opinion.
It is impossible to determine the changes in the situation in the northwest based on the battle reports obtained in one day.
certainly……
This is what Ma Wensheng understands based on his past experience. Even if the Tatars are defeated, they may come back. Even if they don't come for a day, they may come again in the future.
Maybe Wang Yue was dazzled by the victory and went out to pursue him, or there might be a bigger war happening.
It might even be a tragic failure.
Or maybe Wang Yue falsely reported his military exploits and killed good people for the sake of merit...
There are many situations and it will take time to verify. The court may send people to the northwest to investigate. It is polite to say that a conclusion will be made in a few days. It is also possible to say that it will be possible in the next few months or even a year.
It is unknown whether the outcome of this battle could be found out before Wang Yue died.
Drag it?
If Wang Yue is dragged to death, there is no need to return the title to him.
Tu Yan walked over and said to Liu Jian: "Mr. Liu Ge, should you go and persuade the Holy One on behalf of our ministers?"
Liu Jian said nothing.
Xie Qian smiled and said: "I advise your majesty not to accept Wang Weining's report? Everyone, in addition to the honorable ministers as the chief military officers, Wang Weining's army also has military guards who guard the middle officers. The night is not closed in various places... If there is really any false report, I’m afraid I won’t be able to hide it for long, right?”
Tu Yan said coldly: "It's not that it's a false report, at least it will be made public after it is found out."
"hehe."
Xie Qian smiled and said, "Your Majesty, why don't you continue to wait? It hasn't been revealed to the world yet, but I'm afraid that Your Majesty won't be able to wait for a few days..."
When he said this, Xie Qian was still looking at Ma Wensheng.
It was Ma Wensheng who asked everyone present to be patient and wait a few more days.
But now everyone knows that this battle was concocted by the emperor and Wang Yue. With the good news, the emperor would like to let the world know about it immediately. Maybe he will send someone to investigate carefully and then spread the word to the world?
Tu Yu said: "This battle is too unreasonable."
"right!"
A group of people nearby were helping.
If Wang Yue said that he had killed dozens or hundreds of people, everyone would believe him. At most, they would discuss whether to give him a title.
Now I have quoted one thousand directly...
Does this have any credibility?
Coupled with the sky gunpowder, three thousand soldiers and horses attacking the city, blowing up the Biantou Pass, etc., it was like talking about the heavenly book. The ministers were too embarrassed to break up with the emperor directly before, and they also felt that Wang Weining should not do such a fantasy thing. Dare you make it up like this...
Anyway, the so-called Qingliu civil servants now have one idea: to find someone to pour a basin of cold water on the emperor to cool down the emperor's heated mind.
Don't believe Wang Weining's nonsense.
Liu Jian stood up in front of everyone and said coldly: "You can't take a family's word for granted, but I expect that there will be battle reports from various places today and tomorrow. Let's compare and verify each other before mentioning it."
Tu Yu said: "If someone deliberately wanted to conceal his military achievements, wouldn't he be prepared?"
"Then there must be evidence!"
Liu Jian's next sentence was that he was too lazy to argue with these people.
It is outrageous to think about this matter with conventional thinking.
But words are useless, the most important thing is to talk about evidence.
You think Wang Weining's battle report is outrageous, but the problem is that there is no way to prove that he is a false report!
Before any further news came, you said that he was uniting officials and generals from all over the northwest to deceive the court... This is too absolute.
There are many people in the northwest who disobey Wang Yue. Not to mention others, Pingjiang Bo Chen Rui and the governors and general soldiers, who is willing to be hijacked by Wang Yue?
Xie Qian also smiled and said: "Everyone in the court is suspicious, don't you believe that Wang Weining can cover the sky with one hand?"
After Liu Jian and Xie Qian spoke out their words, the ministers present finally felt a little more comfortable.
This shows that... the mainstream civil servants in the imperial court are suspicious of Wang Yue.
Regardless of whether the emperor believes it or not, we don’t believe it anyway!
As long as we don't believe it, we will definitely get to the bottom of it for you.
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East Palace.
Zhu Houzhao was listening to Liu Jin conveying the results of the battle at Northwest Piantou Pass. Liu Jin's tone of speaking was as if he was telling a story. His level of grasping was first-rate, and he also captured the essence of Zhang Zhou's martial arts novel.
Zhu Houzhao sat there and was stunned for a while.
"How, how..."
The naughty kid is still asking questions one after another.
Liu Jin raised his voice an octave and said: "The Tatars were blown up all over the sky, and the remaining Tatars didn't know where they were. The scene was extremely chaotic, but at this time Wang Weining shouted and marched, thousands of soldiers of the Ming Dynasty border army , then rushed into the Piantou Pass, almost stepping on the broken limbs and broken arms of the Tatar soldiers to rush past..."
"Okay!" Zhu Houzhao was so excited that he slapped his hands on the table.
While the naughty child was listening to the book, Zhu Youtang just hid in the corner of the East Palace entrance and took a look inside.
Originally, he wanted to come and have a meal with his son, but seeing his son's troubled appearance, the father lost all interest in eating.
"His Majesty……"
Dai Yi, who was standing next to him, saw Zhu Youtang turning to leave, but he didn't quite understand.
Zhu Youtang said: "The prince has not put his energy in the right place. Call the officials from the East Palace to him this afternoon! Bingkuan is not here, so let the gentlemen from the East Palace take care of him."
"But Your Majesty, over there at the Wenhua Palace..."
Dai Yi wanted to remind Zhu Youtang that today the Wenhua Palace is occupied by you and those ministers. Even if the lecturer from the East Palace is called, there will be no place for him to teach.
"Just ask Wang Hao to bring two people here. Give him more homework and let him focus less on military affairs. Does that have anything to do with him?"
Zhu Youtang said, angrily walking towards the Wenhua Hall again.
But at this moment, Xiao Jing came again, this time with a bit of surprise on his face.
Zhu Youtang said: "Coming?"
"Your Majesty, please take a look at it." Xiao Jing sent the second battle report.
Zhu Youtang opened it immediately, and when he saw the time marked on it, he immediately became more energetic: "This was sent from the front line of Pianguan after the Tatars fled yesterday at dawn and after Chen time. It has been confirmed, it is Huoshai’s own men! Huoshai’s general Ledan was killed, Libak had one of his legs blown off and was captured, Huoshai’s adopted son Mengche was captured alive...haha..."
At this point, Zhu Youtang couldn't help laughing.
This time it is not that there is no evidence, but there is conclusive evidence. There are many generals under Huo Si, and most of them have caused great harm to the Ming Dynasty's frontiers.
Everyone knew that Huo Si had no son, and Huo Si actually planned to pass the throne to his adopted son Meng Che.
Dai Yi said: "Your Majesty, didn't someone say before that Meng Che was the child of a woman with a fire screen outside, and the name was not corrected? Could it be...that's it?"
Zhu Youtang handed the battle report to Dai Yi, raised his head, and straightened his waist a lot: "Would Wang Weining make a joke about this?"
Dai Yipai smiled and said: "No. But if it is the Fire Screening Headquarters, the significance of this battle... is extraordinary!"
"Um."
Zhu Youtang nodded with confidence.
If Wang Yue had fought against the troops of the small tribes on the grasslands, no matter how fruitful the victory was, they would not be able to cause substantial damage to the Tatars. The attack would still be coming, and it would even be more intense.
But if the attack was on Huoshai's headquarters, Huoshai himself would have lost his troops in this battle, and he would have escaped death... and even captured Mengche alive, who might be Huoshai's illegitimate son...
The gold content of this battle will be very high.
"Let's go to Wenhua Palace!"
Zhu Youtang took big steps towards Wenhua Hall.
At this moment, Gao Feng, the eunuch of the East Palace, came out and wanted to go to the Wenhua Palace to find out more news. Probably because he didn't want Liu Jin to be in the limelight alone.
But as soon as he came out, he saw Shengjia and his entourage.
He was so frightened that he quickly took two steps back.
Zhu Youtang gestured to Xiao Jing on the side, meaning to go and deal with Gao Feng... The father didn't want his son to know that he was here, so he asked Xiao Jing to go over and tell Gao Feng not to talk nonsense.
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Inside the Wenhua Hall.
The ministers had not finished their lunch, but they turned back when they saw the emperor and his entourage.
The minister could only put down his bowls and chopsticks and stand up to greet him.
"My dear friends, there is no need to delay official business here. Let's disperse and go back to our homes! The war in the northwest has been decided, and another victory report has just arrived. It is more detailed and exciting than the rough summary previously... It was also revealed Come out, this time the attack was a fire sieve, but it was a pity that we failed to capture him and let him escape..."
The ministers couldn't help but look at each other.
Your Majesty, has your victory gone to your head and started talking nonsense?
Fire sieve?
Still sacking?
Liu Jian walked over and said, "Your Majesty, is this the report from Wang Weining?"
"It's him." Zhu Youtang just looked at Liu Jian and knew what Liu Jian was talking about.
This is a reminder to him.
Wang Weining's words are no longer credible, so let's just listen to them.
Zhu Youtang didn't take it seriously, with a smile on his face that said "I don't care about you like you", "This time there is a joint signature from Zhang Yong, the Lieutenant Commander of the Supervisory Army, so I don't expect there will be any deviation. Meng Che, the adopted son of Huo Si, is here. He was captured alive during the battle, and his tribe's flag was seized, as well as the seal, official uniform, Grand Master's Scepter, etc. given to him by the little Tatar prince..."
"As for the results of further calculations, it's up to you to see for yourself!"
(End of chapter)
