Zhu Zhanji glanced at the ministers and said calmly: "Who do you think is suitable to send?"
The ministers looked at each other, not knowing how to answer.
After a while, Jian Yi came out of the squad and said: "Your Majesty, the King of Han has a great influence in the army. To be on the safe side, a competent civilian official should be sent to supervise the battle to prevent anyone in the army from being half-hearted."
"I second the proposal." Yang Shiqi came out, "I am not talented, but I am willing to help the emperor solve his problems."
Lao Yangtou recommended himself, and Jian Yi was so angry that he blew his beard and stared.
Xia Yuanji left the mission, cupped his hands and said, "I recommend Li Qing, Minister of War."
"I second the proposal." Jian Yi followed closely and cursed secretly: This credit cannot be given to the cabinet even if it is given to a dog.
Zhu Zhanji glanced at Li Qing and said, "Li Qing, are you willing to go and quell the rebellion?"
Li Qing had no choice but to leave: "I am willing to go."
"Are you really willing to go?" Zhu Zhanji squinted at him.
"Uh...are you willing or unwilling?"
He has no eyesight at all... Zhu Zhanji was extremely angry, "Would you rather not know it yourself?"
Li Qing was speechless: "I am already old."
A smile appeared on Zhu Zhanji's face, "If that's the case, then I will conquer it myself!"
The Battle of Jingnan was only over 20 years ago, and Li Jinglong's example was there. Although the possibility was unlikely, Zhu Zhanji was still unwilling to take risks, and he did not want to insure anyone else.
And he could take advantage of this opportunity to consolidate his position. Zhu Zhanji was not willing to let it go. He did his part to conquer his second uncle this time.
"Your Majesty, think twice." The ministers shouted and prostrated, "How can your Majesty, who has a body of thousands of gold, step into danger lightly?"
"What a joke!" Zhu Zhanji exclaimed, "Emperor Taizu created great achievements in the Ming Dynasty. Emperor Taizong conquered Mobei five times and defeated the Yuan people and fled;
Am I not allowed to do that? "
"The emperor also has the talents of Taizu and Taizong, but this time is the same as that time." The left deputy censor of the Imperial Procuratorate said, "Taizong's Northern Expedition, the late emperor supervised the country, if the emperor personally went to the expedition, who should supervise the country? "
Zhu Zhanji has no son, which is his shortcoming.
The King of Yue, Zhu Zhanyong, had been staying in the capital and had never joined the vassal state. He also had some considerations.
Zhu Zhanji was in Nanjing before. When Xiaopang was critically ill, Zhu Zhanyong had been in charge of the country for a while. However, after Zhu Zhanji came back, he immediately marginalized him. In just six months, he had become a transparent person, and his intentions were unknown. It goes without saying.
The ministers were like a mirror in their hearts. They were sure that Zhu Zhanji would not let the King of Yue supervise the country.
If the king of Yue does not supervise the country, then no one is qualified to supervise the country. As the saying goes, a country cannot be without a king for a day. If there is no one to supervise the country, Zhu Zhanji will not be able to conquer it himself.
After all, Zhu Zhanji still lost because he had no son.
This is also his pain point.
The prince is the foundation of the country. For an emperor, having no heirs is definitely a serious flaw.
However, no one can interfere with the birth of children. He has several daughters, but no son.
Ordinary people would be disgraced and even ridiculed if they could not give birth to a son, let alone an emperor.
Zhu Zhanji felt that his personality had been trampled on, and became a little angry. He slapped the imperial case and said angrily: "What are your intentions of repeatedly obstructing my personal expedition?"
He sneered and said, "Could it be that he... took advantage of the King of Han, or that he wanted to serve the dragon?"
"I have been wronged."
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Seeing the stalemate, Li Qing had no choice but to help Zhu Zhanji and said: "Your Majesty, I think the current situation is different from Taizong's Northern Expedition.
Taizong went out to attack the Yuan people, but the emperor wanted to quell civil strife. Le'an was only a thousand miles away from the capital. The emperor had never gone abroad, so why did anyone need to supervise the country?
It's enough to only send one or two people to temporarily handle the affairs. It won't take long for the left and right. As soon as the imperial army arrives, the King of Han will surrender! "
Zhu Zhanji smiled: "What you said is very reasonable!"
"Your Majesty, think twice." The imperial censor of the Imperial Procuratorate came out of his duties. Before he could utter his words of advice, he was interrupted by Zhu Zhanji.
"Here comes this person! This person is suspected of having an affair with the King of Han. He should be thrown into prison for interrogation."
The expressions of the officials changed, and they were aggrieved: We are trying to reason with you, but you are trying to talk to us about 'fists'?
Zhu Zhanji sneered secretly: I am the emperor, I have the final say whether you are being unreasonable or not.
As an emperor in charge of the army, whether he is reasonable or not depends on his own thoughts.
In particular, the improvement of the cabinet system has led to Zhu Zhanji's power becoming even greater. In terms of system alone, he even surpassed Taizu and Taizong. When the Supervisor of Ceremonies is introduced later, his real power will be even greater.
The power of the courtiers is from the bottom up, while the power of the emperor is from the top down. As long as all the upper-level officials are in his hands, the emperor will become the true Ninth Five-Year Plan.
Although Zhu Zhanji has not reached that step yet, he is close.
His power is much stronger than that of his father.
The fate of the censor of Qiandu caused the court to fall into silence for a while.
Zhu Zhanji was too lazy to argue further: "Dismiss the dynasty!"
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Nave.
"Your Majesty, are you looking for me?"
"Yes." Zhu Zhanji said, "This time to counter the rebellion, you will come with me."
"Is it useful?" Li Qing was speechless.
"You will feel at ease following me." Zhu Zhanji teased, "Why, you can be the supervisor of the Hongwu Dynasty, the Jianwen Dynasty, and the Yongle Dynasty, but you can't be the supervisor of my Xuande Dynasty?"
Li Qing:-_-||
He was allergic to the word "supervising army".
"I can go, but I have to take someone with me."
"Yu Qian?"
"Well, I want him to take advantage of such a good gold-plating opportunity." Li Qing said bluntly, "When I retire in the future, he is the only one who can take my place."
Zhu Zhanji scratched his head: "Is he as awesome as you say?"
"At least there is no one more suitable than him." Li Qing said.
"No problem!" Zhu Zhanji readily agreed.
Li Qing thought for a while and then said: "You should bring more people with you for this personal expedition."
"for example……?"
"Jian Yi, Xia Yuanji, Hu Hui, Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong, Jin Youzi, Huang Huai." Li Qing sighed:
“We don’t know who specifically had an affair with the King of Han, but their rejection of the inner study hall is clear, and we should be fully prepared;
To avoid having our home stolen while we are away on an expedition. "
Zhu Zhanyong is also the legitimate son, also born to Empress Zhang. It would be really tragic if the foreign officials united with the harem to establish a separate emperor.
Although this possibility is pitifully small, it cannot be completely ruled out.
The suspicious Zhu Zhanji was convinced: "Uncle Qing, you have been so considerate. Bringing these guys along will ensure everything is safe. Well... Li Youzhi will be left in the Sixth Ministry, and Yang Pu, a Hanlin scholar, will be appointed to the cabinet... The two of them are temporarily handling the affairs of the DPRK and China."
After thinking about it, I finally felt a little worried and said, "Why don't you let the Queen Mother watch?"
Li Qing did not express his opinion: "It's up to you."
Zhu Zhanji thought for a while, shook his head and said: "The harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, so forget it."
You are so paranoid... Li Qing nodded in amusement, "When will we send out the troops?"
"Leave tomorrow." Zhu Zhanji didn't want to delay for a moment, "Killing the King of Han as soon as possible will be beneficial to the country and the people. We don't need much food and grass supplies for internal troops. You go to the capital camp to order troops, and I will go to Li Youzhi." , Yang Pu and the others draw cakes... Ahem, give them instructions."
"..."
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It was already evening when Li Qing returned home.
The troops brought by this personal expedition were not many, only 35,000 elite soldiers. To attack a small Le'an was definitely to kill a chicken with a butcher's knife.
Zhu Gaoxu is not Zhu Di, and Zhu Zhanji is not Zhu Yunzhen.
The political situation of the Xuande Dynasty was completely different from that of the Jianwen Dynasty. First, the vassal king had been deposed. Second, Zhu Zhanji could control the army.
Even Li Qing felt that there was no need to fight. As soon as the imperial army arrived, Zhu Gaoxu had no other choice but to surrender.
~
"Sir, are you going out again?" Wan Ling asked.
Li Qing came back to his senses and said in surprise: "How do you know?"
Lianxiang answered with a smile: "Sir, you always have this expression every time you go out. In fact, it's nothing. You don't need to pay too much attention to us."
Li Qing smiled: "This time is different from the past. I can come back within a month at the latest and within twenty days at the earliest."
After a pause, he said, "At the latest, the year after next, I will take you back to Jinling. At that time, I will not go anywhere. I will stay at home with you all day long."
"real?"
"Of course. When has sir ever lied to you?"
The three girls are elated. They don't have much time. They are naturally happy to have their husband by their side in the last part of their lives.
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The next day.
After the morning court, Zhu Zhanji put on a suit of armor and came to the school grounds. Looking at the majestic tens of thousands of soldiers, he felt high-spirited.
Second uncle, second uncle, why are you fighting with me?
Do you really think Jing Nan’s drama can be replicated?
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