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There was a time for a cup of tea in the past.
Wei Zhongxian walked in, took a few steps to Tianqi's side, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, Xu Yuanwailang has been brought here."
"Let him come in!" Tianqi put the Tuanlong tureen in his hand on the table next to him.
Wei Zhongxian turned around and shouted outside: "Xu Youzhi, a member of the Ministry of Ceremonies, has an audience."
Soon, an official wearing a blue official robe walked in from outside.
"Xu Youzhi, a foreign minister of the Ministry of Rites, kowtows to my emperor. Long live my emperor." Xu Youzhi faced Tianqi and kowtowed with his hands on the ground.
Tian Qixu raised his right hand and said, "Sit down!"
"Thank you, my emperor." Xu Youzhi got up from the ground, put his hands down, and stood respectfully behind the two pavilion elders.
Standing next to Tianqi, Wei Zhongxian spoke to Xu Youzhi and said, "Xu Yuanwailang, the emperor wants to hear what happened to you in Qingcheng, and you can talk about it now."
Xu Youzhi bowed to Tianqi and then started talking about everything he saw in Qingcheng.
This is not the first time he has spoken about Qingcheng.
On the way to Qianqing Palace, he had already thought about what to say. Soon, he told Tianqi what he had said to the two elders.
After he finished talking about Qingcheng, the scene suddenly became silent.
The surrounding little eunuchs even slowed down their breathing, fearing that their breathing would be too heavy and cause the emperor's dissatisfaction.
Time passed by minute by minute.
"Your Majesty, I think that the tiger-character flag cannot be accomplished overnight. There must be officials behind it to conceal it. Please ask your Majesty for your clear warning." Han Xu was the first to speak, breaking the silence in the air.
Ye Xianggao also said: "The tiger-character flag has been in Datong Xuanfu for so many years. It is difficult to say that the officials in the two places have no knowledge at all. The veteran believes that an imperial envoy should be sent to the two places in Datong Xuanfu to verify the tiger flag." The Ziqi incident, and even the officials involved behind it, must be investigated and dealt with one by one."
Unlike Han Xu, he directly proposed a solution.
"What Ye Aiqing said is good, just do what Ye Aiqing said!" Tianqi agreed to the solution proposed by Ye Xianggao.
Han Xu, who was sitting next to Ye Xianggao, hurriedly stopped him and said: "Your Majesty, the harm caused by the Tiger Character Flag has threatened to overthrow the country. We must not just ignore it so easily."
Ye Xianggao frowned when he heard this.
"What do Han Aiqing think?" Tianqi asked Han Xu.
Han Xu said: "If the people who destroyed the Tumut tribe were the Mongolian tribes on the grassland, and it was a fight between Mongols, the Ming Dynasty could naturally stand aside and watch it weaken its strength. But now it is the soldiers of the Han family who have destroyed the Tumut tribe. Horse, this is not a blessing for the court, but a disaster."
"Aiqing's words are not unreasonable." Tianqi nodded slightly.
Seeing this, Han Xu continued: "Wei Chen feels that the officialdom of Xuanfu Datong needs to be investigated, but the Tiger Character Banner needs to be solved even more, so Wei Chen thinks that troops should be sent to exterminate the Tiger Character Banner and this group of thieves."
With the tiger-character flag in his mouth, he was directly characterized as a traitor.
Tianqi nodded thoughtfully.
However, he did not agree immediately. Instead, he looked at Chief Assistant Ye Xianggao and said, "Ye Aiqing, do you think we should send troops to destroy this tiger-character flag?"
"The old minister thinks that we can send troops to destroy the Tiger-Charactered Banner. However," Ye Xianggao paused and continued, "The Tiger-Charactered Banner can force the Tumote tribe to surrender, and it is definitely not weak in terms of strength. Even if the soldiers and horses sent by the imperial court can't. The power of the Tiger-Character Banner in Xuanfu and Datong was wiped out, but the Tiger-Character Banner's power still exists on the grasslands."
"Then send a large army to the grassland and uproot all the forces of the Tiger Flag on the grassland, leaving no one behind." While speaking, Han Xu waved his wrist.
His words made Tianqi move.
For Tianqi, any force that may harm the imperial court is the target he will eradicate.
However, he did not rush to express his position.
Although he is the emperor, many matters still need to be decided by the chief minister of the cabinet. Otherwise, even if he supports Han Xu, as long as the chief minister of the cabinet holds the opposite opinion, things will not happen.
Wei Zhongxian's eyelids jumped when he heard this.
No matter what, he couldn't imagine that he had to rely on his tiger flag and it had become a behemoth, or that it had already become a behemoth, but he didn't know it.
Either way, it's not a good thing for him.
Even though he has severed ties with Tiger Character Flag now, his past dealings cannot be hidden from anyone. Even Tianqi knows that once the court takes action against Tiger Character Flag and investigates it further, he himself will not be able to absolve himself of the blame.
He believed that those in the Donglin Party would never let go of this opportunity to target him.
"Your Majesty." Ye Xianggao said to Tianqi, "The slaves in Liaodong rebelled, and all the food and salary of the imperial court were spent in Liaodong. If the imperial court sends troops to the north, the Ministry of Household Affairs will not be able to come up with such a huge expenditure."
In a word, the household department is out of money.
Han Xu looked at Tianqi and said: "Your Majesty, the harm caused by the Tiger Character Flag should be resolved early and not given the opportunity to grow stronger, otherwise the disaster in Liaodong will happen again."
He directly described the danger of the Tiger Flag as the next slave thief.
Tianqi frowned when he heard this.
Although he felt that Han Xu's words were exaggerated, the existence of the tiger-character flag actually threatened the stability of the northern Ming Dynasty.
"Your Majesty, the army must first go to war with food and grass. Now that the household department has no money, it cannot provide food and grass at all. The army cannot go to war hungry." Ye Xianggao said.
Tianqi rubbed his forehead with his hands, feeling his brain hurt.
Among the two cabinet ministers in front of him, one supported the use of troops against the Tiger-Character Banner, while the other did not agree to the use of troops on the pretext that the Ministry of Revenue had no money. This made him a little confused as to who to listen to.
Han Xu looked at Ye Xianggao and said: "I don't believe that the chief minister can't see the harm of the Tiger Flag, but he only sends imperial envoys to rectify the officialdom of Datong Xuanfu. This is no less than scratching an itch and it will not help."
"If Mr. Han Ge can find enough food and wages, I agree to send troops." Ye Xianggao replied to Han Xu.
Seeing that the two of them were about to quarrel, Tianqi had no choice but to say: "What the two dear friends said makes sense. I still have to think about how to do it."
Ye Xianggao and Han Xu both stopped talking and turned to look at Tianqi.
Apocalypse is getting more and more headaches. Fighting like this is useless, but the threat of the Tiger Flag is real.
"Your Majesty, why don't we allocate part of the food and salary sent to Liaodong and dispatch a troop of troops to Datong." Wei Zhongxian did not want to see Tianqi feel uncomfortable and took the initiative to make suggestions.
Tianqi's eyes lit up when he heard this.
After Wei Zhongxian's reminder, he thought that the situation in Liaodong had been stabilized under the control of his teacher Sun Chengzong, and it would not be a big problem to use some of Liaodong's silver grain.
