Cabinet duty room.
Yu Qian and Li Xian had just entered. Before they could sit down, Li Xian could no longer suppress the doubts in his heart.
"Yu Taibao, what you said in court today really surprised me. Why has it changed so quickly?"
Yu Qian sighed softly and said: "I thought about it all night yesterday, and I think what Li Fuchen said is reasonable. I have always regarded your majesty as young, but I have never considered it carefully. I am in the position of chief assistant, assisting your majesty in sorting out national affairs, and also How can I act arbitrarily? I still have to consider your Majesty's ideas." After saying that, Yu Qian sat down, picked up the cold tea on the table and took a sip.
Li Xian looked at Yu Qian and knew in his heart that what Yu Qian said to him was just perfunctory.
Yu Qian is now the chief minister, trusted by the Empress Dowager, and is His Majesty's teacher. He is the head of the officials. Now that the Emperor is young, it is not surprising to say that Yu Qian is the prime minister of the world.
Yu Qian was upright and did not know how to adapt, and he made many enemies in the court. However, now that he was favored and had great prestige, even some officials who were dissatisfied with Yu Qian did not dare to attack him.
Li Xian knew that Yu Qian must have something that he didn't know, otherwise his attitude would not have changed so much.
Zhu Jianshen was right. The reason why Yu Qian had such a big change was that Zhang Bao tipped him off about the conversation between Zhu Jianshen and Xu Youzhen in the Palace of Qianqing. He unexpectedly found out that it was not His Majesty who was instigated by Xu Youzhen.
But it was Xu Youzhen who was ordered by His Majesty.
Regarding matters in Liaodong, Your Majesty has His Majesty's regulations, and I also have my own ideas.
He discussed with Zhu Shou and Chen Ying overnight and asked about the chances of winning the Liaodong battle.
Eighty percent of the time we can achieve a big victory, and ninety percent of the time we can achieve a small victory, but we need to make overall arrangements and not allow people who don't know military skills to interfere.
After that, Yu Qian began to convince himself.
Since His Majesty wants to fight and your nobles now support it, it is useless to stop him.
The most important thing is that Yu Qian does not want Zhu Jianshen and Xu Youzhen to get too close.
It’s not that I’m afraid of being disadvantageous to myself, I just feel that those who are close to red will be red and those who are close to ink will be dark. With Xu Youzhen and the two of them socializing a lot, their simple nature will inevitably be affected.
Yu Qian is a magnanimous person. If he were to do other things, he would definitely not hide anything from Li Xian.
However, communicating with Zhang Bao, the Superintendent of Ceremonies of the Inner Court, to monitor the young emperor was a serious matter. He did not dare to tell Li Xian that if the news spread, he would be fine, but it would harm Zhang Bao. Father-in-law.
But Yu Qian didn't know that at this time, Eunuch Zhang was standing in the Qianqing Palace with his head lowered, having just finished his training.
Zhu Jianshen opened his eyes and spoke again: "Zhang Bao, does Grandma Huang know everything about these matters in the Qing Palace?"
"No, the Empress Dowager doesn't know this. The Empress Dowager has not asked about state affairs for a long time. She only asked how your majesty's appetite is and how her studies are. She has never, never asked about military and state affairs." Zhang Bao quickly objected. .
Zhu Jianshen sighed softly, stood up and said, "I'm going to Grandma Huang's place..."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Zhang Bao was still a little frightened. His Majesty was not trying to trick the Empress Dowager to see if he could hide it from her.
At that moment, Zhu Jianshen followed Zhu Jianshen out of Qianqing Palace with butterflies in his heart.
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Liaodong, Guangning Prefecture, after waiting for several days, finally received the official documents, military orders, and imperial edicts from the capital.
He authorized all affairs in Liaodong to Shi Heng, the Marquis of Wuyang, and Sun Xiang, the governor of Liaodong.
The official cabinet document asked Sun Xiang to rectify government affairs and take measures to properly resettle the border residents, so that the tragedy of people being killed would never happen again.
After issuing military orders from the Fifth Army Governor's Office, Shi Heng organized military equipment, communicated properly with the Ministry of War, the Fifth Army Governor's Office, and the cabinet, and listed detailed regulations for mobilizing troops.
With the imperial edict and full authority, the governor of Liaodong and the general military officer are responsible for the military affairs of Liaodong and find the culprit as soon as possible. They have plowed their courts and swept away their houses, and they will be able to uphold their authority tomorrow.
The imperial edict is the general direction, this is your goal, and the other things will be left to you two.
The severity of the measures was unheard of. The cabinet, the Ministry of War, and the five military governors all came together. It can also be seen that the court attached great importance to the affairs of Liaodong.
Shi Heng licked his lips excitedly. In his opinion, military attachés can only demonstrate their value by fighting. If they don't fight, what are they going to do?
If it were other civil servants, they might have other ideas after seeing the severity of the imperial edict, but Sun Xiang was different.
Six years ago, Sun Xiang had fought with the Mongolian soldiers on the Zijingguan battlefield with real swords and spears, so he was not afraid.
And Chen Ying's private messages and Yu Qian's private messages also arrived in Liaodong.
All were sent to the Guangning Governor's Yamen.
When he received the private messages from the two of them, Sun Xiang felt bad. Could it be that neither the Taibao nor the Marquis of Taining had agreed to Liaodong's measures.
Immediately, they sent someone to call Shi Heng who was in the military camp.
After Shi Heng arrived, Sun Xiang solemnly opened the letter.
"Governor Sun, Hou Qi of Wuyang, His Majesty is furious about the Liaodong incident, and the Jurchen cholera border is really despising the power of heaven. However, military formations and major national affairs should not be rushed. They need to be carefully considered and prepared in detail... "
After reading Yu Qian's letter, Sun Xiang sighed and handed the letter to Shi Heng.
After Shi Heng got the letter, he read it and asked, "Yushi Sundu, what does this mean to the Taibao?"
"Written meaning."
"No, I can't understand these words at the end." Shi Heng said and handed the letter to Sun Xiang.
After Sun Xiang received the letter, he smiled bitterly and said: "Yu Taibao said that we should promote the power of heaven, but we still need to consider everything and don't fight an uncertain battle."
Shi Heng nodded and said: "You can rest assured, I, Shi Heng, will live up to your majesty's high expectations and the cultivation of the Taibao."
Sun Xiang glanced at Shi Heng, I am not Yu Taibao, why are you showing me your determination?
Thinking about it, Sun Xiang took out a letter from Taining Hou Chen Ying.
"Marquis Wuyang should be able to understand Marquis Taining's letter."
"Here, I should be able to understand this. Marquis Taining's handwriting is not as good as mine. It is not sloppy, and the strokes are very neat." Shi Heng took the letter with a teasing smile, opened it, and read it for a while. , his face changed drastically.
Sun Xiang was shocked after reading it.
"what happened?"
"This guy Tai Ninghou, actually, actually..."
"What happened?" Sun Xiang asked urgently
"I actually found someone to write it for me. I'm really not honest enough." With that said, Shi Heng returned the letter to Sun Xiang.
Sun Xiang sighed, then took the letter and read it for Shi Heng: "Sundu Yushi, Wuyang Hou personally entrusted him. It is cold in Liaodong at this time. It is difficult to find bandits in the ice and snow, and the place where the Jurchens hover is deep in the mountains. Tens of thousands of forests, the trees are high in the sky, when you mobilize the army, you must be fully prepared to conquer the barbarians. The king's army will come with the power of heaven to wipe out Xiaoxiao..."
After listening to Chen Ying's letter, Shi Heng looked unhappy.
"This Tai Ning waiter looks down on me, Shi Heng. Although I, Shi Heng, are reckless, I have also been on the battlefield for a long time, and I still give warnings about such small details as a military officer."
"Marquis Wuyang, don't be angry, Marquis Taining also has good intentions." Sun Xiang said quickly.
"Of course I know this, but Marquis Taining actually hired someone to write for him. Why, I, Shi Heng, don't know how good he is. When it comes to Wen Zou Zou, when he was studying military science, he sent me Shi Heng. Heng is a big man, but his martial arts skills with bow and horse are not as good as mine, Shi Heng." biquge.biz
After hearing what Shi Heng said, Sun Xiang smiled bitterly and gave no more advice.
After Shi Heng snorted twice, he said: "Now that the imperial court approves and all the officials agree, we can also plan Dong Shan's founding Jurchen."
"Marquis Wuyang, how many troops and horses are needed?"
"Twenty thousand is enough."
Sun Xiang nodded and said, "We need to divide the equipment from the military department."
Shi Heng smiled lightly and said: "Who can have too much of a good thing? Sundu Yushi will ask for all of it from the Ministry of War."
Sun Xiang smiled lightly and understood what Shi Heng meant.
In the military camp.
Thousands of soldiers held up their spears and practiced.
On the general platform, Shi Heng stood in the middle, Guangning's commander-in-chief Kou was on the left, Shi Biao was on the right, and behind him were four or five lieutenants.
Shi Heng looked at the soldiers in training and couldn't help but nod. This is Shi Heng's home field...
A grown man should be among the soldiers, killing countless prisoners while talking and laughing...
After the sergeant finished the drill, Shi Heng took two steps forward and shouted: "In recent days, unknown Jurchens have harassed the border bunker and killed our border residents. By your Majesty's order, we will set off to patrol the border from now on. If you encounter aliens wandering in our territory, you know what to delete."
"Kill, kill, kill." The soldiers raised their spears rhythmically, and a uniform voice came.
This is an army that has seen blood.
Shi Heng nodded with satisfaction.
When Shi Biao saw his uncle, he had nothing to say, so he stepped forward, raised his ax, and shouted: "The Ming army is mighty."
"Wu, Wu, Wu."
Deafening and terrifying to the enemy...
"The whole army sets off."
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