Inside the Qianqing Palace in the Forbidden City.
A group of high-ranking officials from the Ming Dynasty gathered here.
"I have decided to dispatch half of the troops and horses from Shanhaiguan to Shandong." Chongzhen said this after looking at the courtiers of the Ming Dynasty in front of him for a long time.
Just as he finished speaking, Han Xu was the first to speak: "Your Majesty, Sun Chuanting has brought some of Guanning's troops and horses. If we send more troops and horses from Shanhaiguan to Shandong, I am afraid that the slave thieves will come again to invade our country. "
"I think what the chief assistant said is absolutely true." Wang Yongguang, the official secretary, said.
However, the other courtiers present were speechless.
However, after hearing what Han Xu and Wang Yongguang said, Chongzhen slammed his palms on the table and said angrily: "You have a chief minister and a minister of the Ministry of official affairs. Don't you know that once Shandong is occupied by tiger thieves, the capital will be destroyed?" I will be surrounded on three sides. Could it be that you want to make me sit back and wait for death."
"I am guilty."
All the ministers present hurriedly apologized.
"Guilty, guilty, you only say guilty, and you say guilty whenever something happens. I don't want to hear it anymore. What I want is a solution." Chongzhen looked gloomy.
He was very disappointed with these ministers in front of him.
He thought that after he ascended the throne, he would be able to change the situation during the Emperor's reign and restore the Ming Dynasty to new glory. However, he had only been on the throne for a few years, but he found that everything was not the case. Due to the situation, the capital is going to become a place of death.
At this time, Liang Tingdong, the new Minister of War, stepped forward and said: "I agree to mobilize troops from Liaodong into the pass to suppress the bandits."
Not long after the previous Minister of War, Shen Yongmao, took office, because the court had no food and pay for the Qin Wang's troops, Qin Wang's troops looted the people near the capital.
And Shen Yongmao, the Minister of War, also became the scapegoat for this incident, becoming the Minister of War with the shortest tenure since the Chongzhen Dynasty.
"So Liang Aiqing thinks that transferring Guan Ning's army to Shandong to suppress bandits will not affect the situation in Liaodong?" Chongzhen looked at the Minister of War who replaced Shen Yongmao in front of him, and felt quite satisfied.
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At least the other party can speak on his side as the emperor.
Liang Tingdong ignored Han Xu's glare and said to Chongzhen: "Your Majesty only needs to order Commander Sun to abandon the front line of Ningyuan and Jinzhou, and concentrate his troops and horses to return to Shanhaiguan. With the advantages of Shanhaiguan, it is enough to withstand the army of slave thieves."
"Your Majesty, this must never be possible." After Liang Tingdong finished speaking, Han Xu hurriedly stood up to object.
Hearing this, Chongzhen's face sank and he said, "So the chief minister has different opinions?"
"I believe that the Ningjin defense line cannot be moved. If the Ming Dynasty gives up this defense line, the slaves and thieves will definitely take advantage of the situation and take it back. I'm afraid it will take ten times and a hundred times the effort to take it back." Han Xu advised.
It's easy to simply let him go, but it's almost impossible to take him back.
Chongzhen said with an ugly face: "Since the first assistant thinks that the Ningjin defense line should not be abandoned, then you can come up with a way for me to deal with the tiger thieves. I don't ask for too much, as long as we can ensure that Shandong does not fall into the hands of the tiger thieves. Can."
"This!" Han Xu hesitated for a while.
It's not that he doesn't want to get rid of the Tiger Flag, but he doesn't know how to get rid of the Tiger Flag.
As early as the Tianqi Dynasty, Ye Xianggao was still the chief minister of the cabinet and could not solve the problem of the tiger-character flag. Now the tiger-character flag is extremely difficult to control and even more difficult to deal with.
Unless there is some hope of concentrating all Ming's power to deal with the Tiger Flag, he can't think of any better way to deal with the Tiger Flag.
When Chongzhen saw that Han Xu was silent, he immediately snorted coldly and said: "Since the chief minister can't think of a better way, then he will do what Liang Aiqing did, abandon the Ningjin defense line and retreat to Shanhaiguan. The remaining troops will enter the pass immediately and rush to Shandong wipes out the tiger thieves."
"No, your Majesty, no!" Han Xu stood up to dissuade him.
Chongzhen frowned and looked unhappy. He said: "Since the first assistant can't think of a way to deal with the tiger thieves, and he is not willing to let Guan Ning's army go to Shandong to destroy the thieves, it is possible that the first assistant hopes that I will fall into the hands of the tiger thieves. He also allowed Ming Dynasty Guozuo to fall into the hands of a group of thieves."
The more he spoke, the harsher his tone became, almost pointing at Han Xu's head and calling him a traitor.
At this time, he was very disappointed with Han Xu.
The chief minister of the cabinet, who originally had high hopes, has not done anything useful since he took office. Apart from this and not allowing that, every day, the important thing is to reuse some officials from Jiangnan, and he has made no achievements other than that.
This kind of first assistant is not the first assistant he needs.
He even began to wonder in his mind whether to replace Han Xu with a new chief assistant.
"I am guilty." Han Xu lowered his head and said.
Chongzhen was too lazy to see it again.
Now that he was thinking about changing the first assistant, he couldn't help but look at the second assistant Li Biao.
He said: "Mr. Li Ge has been silent, but he thought of a better way."
After hearing this, Li Biao stepped forward and said, "I thought I could mobilize Guan Ning's army to enter Shandong to suppress the bandits."
Chongzhen, who was sitting behind Yu Gu, his eyes lit up when he heard this.
Unexpectedly, there are still people supporting him, and he is also the second assistant in the cabinet.
"So Li Aiqing doesn't agree with the chief minister's idea?" Chongzhen did not give up and took this opportunity to suppress Han Xu, letting Li Biao and other ministers present understand his intentions.
Sure enough, when all the ministers present heard Chongzhen's words, their hearts moved.
They were all mature figures who had been in the officialdom for many years, and they immediately understood what Chongzhen was thinking.
And Li Biao secretly looked at Han Xu with his peripheral vision.
Reflecting on Han Xu, a wry smile appeared on his face. He knew that he had aroused Chongzhen's displeasure, and the position of chief minister below his buttocks might have to be replaced.
Li Biao became bolder at this time and said: "I thought that nothing could happen to Shandong. There are dangerous passes like Shanhaiguan in Liaodong to retreat to, but Shandong is different. Once Shandong falls into the hands of tiger thieves and cuts off the canal, not only Beizhili will be Under siege, the capital will not be able to get food transported from the canal, and it may not be able to hold on for long."
The canal is the lifeblood of the capital.
The grain coming from the south is sent to the capital through the canal. If the canal is blocked, the capital will be in trouble. Moreover, the longer the canal is blocked, there will be no need for others to attack, and the capital itself will be in chaos.
"That's right. I think so too. That's why I did not hesitate to mobilize Guan Ning's army to enter the pass and ensure that Shandong is safe." Chongzhen was very satisfied with Li Biao's answer.
However, Han Xu stood up and said: "Your Majesty is worried about Shandong. I can understand it, but once you retreat to Shanhaiguan, the slave thieves will no longer be a threat in Liaodong. They can invade our Ming Dynasty at any time through the grassland. The Ming Dynasty will not have any means of restraint." .”
"The chief minister has always said that Ning Jin cannot give up, but has the chief minister ever thought about the capital? Have he ever thought about His Majesty?" Before Chongzhen could speak, Li Biao stood up and questioned Han Xu.
