Looking at the two memorials on the imperial edict, Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu smiled bitterly with a self-deprecating smile on his face: "All civil and military officials regard Chen Yichen as a traitor, but the royal family and vassal kings regard me as a traitor."

"Cheng Jing, do you think this is considered a consequence of my own gain?"

"I dare not speak nonsense, but I can understand that Your Majesty has to do this."

Cheng Jing bowed and replied, but he felt a little sigh in his heart. He couldn't help but feel in the court.

Chen Yichen is like this, and Zhu Qiyu is like this.

"What should I do when facing these royal family members?"

"I am a eunuch, but I don't know these major issues in the country. I think it is necessary that Master Chen is here and will give His Majesty an answer."

If there is still a conflict between "prime power" and imperial power between Chen Yichen and Zhu Qiyu, then there will be no conflict of interest between him and Cheng Jing, and the other party can look at it more fairly and objectively.

After the end of the Sect Transformation, Cheng Jingchen was the pillar of the country who could turn the tide. Instead of asking himself about this, it is better to find the answer from capable ministers.

"Xuan Chen Xun came to the imperial study to discuss matters."

Cheng Jing's words gave Zhu Qiyu a reminder that such matters really require the convening of the court to discuss. The first thing he thought of was Chen Xun, the chief minister of the cabinet.

The change in the gate had a profound impact on the court. Many ministers who had fought against the two emperors and had a mentality of observing the walls. After the power of the Supreme Emperor completely fell, they immediately made the choice to surrender to Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu, among which Chen Xun was the fastest.

In addition, Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu also needed to establish a foundation in the court. The two sides hit it off, and soon Chen Xun became the emperor's confidant.

"Yes, your Majesty."

Cheng Jing withdrew from the imperial study room and called a little eunuch to Wenyuan Pavilion to call Chen Xun. The distance between the two palaces was not far away, so Chen Xun soon appeared in the imperial study room.

"I have seen Your Majesty."

"There is no need to be too polite to Yuanfu."

After Zhu Qi Yuxu raised his hand, he pointed to the memorial on the Imperial Household and said, "These are the above statements of the royal family and vassal kings. I guess Chen Yuanfu has read it?"

Unless it is a secret report from the local government, even if the imperial court submitted a memorial to the cabinet, it must be submitted to the Tongzhengsi to copy it in the form of an unveiled post. After the cabinet ministers understand the content in advance, they will make a ticket and then send it to the emperor's imperial enquiry.

For example, the above statements such as Zhu Zhanji, who pointed at the emperor's nose and scolded, were deliberately letting all civil and military officials and relatives all over the world know about it. How could it be used as a secret report? Chen Xun, the chief minister of the cabinet, naturally knew about it.

"I know, I know."

"How should Yuanfu think I should respond?"

When Emperor Xuanzhao Imperial Study Room, Chen Xun knew that nothing good happened, but the problem was still sent to him.

"Taizong stipulated that all the vassals would be divided into feuds without tinting the land, the titles would be listed but the people would not be in charge, and the food would be paid without ruling the affairs. If the salary was deducted, life would be difficult for the royal family to survive, and it would damage Your Majesty's image of benevolence and friendship, and cause shock to the vassal states."

"I believe that the salary of the royal family should be paid as soon as possible, eliminate the complaints of the princes of the vassals, and stabilize the situation in the court and the opposition."

The Ming Dynasty did implement the policy of raising pigs against the royal family and vassal kings, but the whole process was gradual. At least during the orthodox and Jingtai periods, the Ming Dynasty's Yizi kings, such as King Xiang, King Qin, King Qing, and King Jin, still maintained a considerable number of royal guards.

Even during the Zhengde Dynasty of Emperor Wuzong of the Ming Dynasty, the "Ning King Rebellion" formed by Ning Wang Zhu Chenhao in the end, he could still pull out 40,000 to 50,000 troops, giving Wang Shouren, a civil servant who captured the thief and quelled the rebellion, the honor of being the title of military officials.

Although the rebellion of a single vassal king is not enough, it is a group of mobs, and the local governments and guards may be able to quell the rebellion. However, Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu himself was in a wrong position, and with so many royal vassal kings collectively protesting, it is likely that they will cause chaos if they are not handled properly.

The example of Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen brought the deepest warning to the Ming Dynasty from emperors to officials, that no matter how great the advantage is, there is a risk of capsizing in the gutter. Emperor Yingzong of Ming Dynasty Zhu Qizhen even demonstrated it with a Tumu Fort, which must be prevented before it happens.

However, it was just a few hundred thousand taels of salary from the royal family. Chen Xun thought that there was no need for Emperor Jingtai to withhold it, so he tightened his waist and gave it to him.

Chen Xun's thinking belongs to a typical Ming Dynasty civil servant, who was arrogant for a long time and refused to look down on the common people. He did not realize why Chen Yichen was so careful that he had put his ideas on the royal family and vassal kings.

Compared with Chen Xun's "generousness", Zhu Qiyu was overwhelmed by the food crisis at the beginning. Now wars on the north and south sides have reopened. Jin Lian, the Minister of Revenue, once emphasized that the treasury currently maintains surplus grain for up to half a year.

If the war cannot be ended within half a year, either the tax revenue will be greatly increased in the year of a bumper year, or the tax increase will be increased again, which is likely to cause chaos in the public. There is no third option.

Hundreds of thousands of taels are converted into rice and grain, which is nearly two million stones, not a small amount.

"Chen Yuanfu, but now the national treasury is empty, and the payment of royal salaries may lead to the inability to sustain the front line, and it is difficult for a good wife to cook without rice."

Chen Xun had already made a preparatory plan for Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu's hesitation, and he bowed and said, "I have seen the budget of Chen Zhongtang in the cabinet. This time, the troops and horses of the three guards of Wurianha, including the Liaodong army, have almost achieved the previous double salary."

"I understand the principle of rewarding brave men with great rewards. However, even the officers and soldiers in Xuanda and other places have not participated in the war, Chen Zhongtang still applied for the payment of food and salary from the Ministry of Revenue. I think this is too much or too much!"

"The matter should be prioritized. The military pay for the Liaodong war cannot be cut off. The additional pay from Xuanda to Shanhaiguan and other places can be delayed for a while, and the salary of the royal family will be paid first to appease the princes of the vassal states, and through this troubled period."

"When the storm passes, the autumn grain collection in the south will be collected, and then the salary will be paid to Xuanda officers and soldiers."

The storm Chen Xun pointed out was naturally Bintian of the Supreme Emperor Zhu Qizhen. He is now at the forefront of the storm and must appease the relatives of the royal family as much as possible. After another year and a half, when the death has become a certain fact, then this matter cannot cause any more trouble.

Faced with Chen Xun's persuasion, Zhu Qiyu frowned, and after thinking for a while, under the pressure of the royal family and the vassal kings, he finally made a compromise and said: "That is to postpone the increase in the Xuanda Border Army's salary first. I ordered the Ministry of Revenue Jinlian to give priority to the salary of the royal family."

It was a customary practice for the Ming Dynasty to deduct border military food and salary. Even when the country was about to be destroyed in the late Ming Dynasty, one or two military salaries in the nominal way were displaced and converted, and after being corrupt, it could finally get three cents from the soldiers, which was considered honest and honest.

In the eyes of civil officials such as Chen Xun, Xuanda officers and soldiers did not participate in the main war and increased their wages just to stimulate morale. It would be normal to temporarily postpone the distribution in the face of a tight treasury, even the emperor did not think there was any problem.

To fight against foreign countries, we must first settle the country. The royal family and the vassal state are natural and noble. If you are not careful, the government and the country will be in turmoil and the emperor's reputation will be damaged. Many times, kings, princes, generals and ministers are indeed reincarnated, and they are naturally superior to others.

Chen Yichen, who was brewing a war in Liaodong at this time, never expected that the scene of tight food in the front and tight food in the back would appear on him. If it weren't for the enough prestige accumulated in several battles, plus some foundations in the court and the reincarnation of Zhu Yong, Duke Cheng, was restored to his post as his backer.

I'm afraid the goal of the imperial center is not just to increase the salary, but even the wartime double salary of the main forces such as the Conquering Army and the Liaodong Army must be severely discounted.

Finally, the Ming Dynasty suffered from the vassal kings. Chen Yichen withheld the salary of the royal family, which was just a small bottom line test. At present, the response was somewhat beyond the previous expectations with the blessing of Zhu Qizhen's death, and Emperor Zhu Qiyu did not withstand the pressure.

"Slashing the vassal states" is an extremely cautious and troublesome thing, and it is also a matter that cannot be stopped after it is started. There is a long way to go.

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In July, the Chahar grassland was shining with the scorching sun. The cavalry of Chen Yichen's Conquest Army, the cavalry of the Beijing camp led by Wu Rui, and the Liaodong cavalry commanded by Li Da, only 40,000 cavalry were gathered in total.

There is a big gap between the 100,000 cavalrymen whom I mocked, not to mention the distance. Even compared with the 50,000 cavalrymen on the outside of Mongolia, the number of people is still 10,000 less.

The defeat of the Battle of Tumu Fort caused the Ming army to lose too many excellent war horses. Moreover, with the hostility of the Ola tribe and the three Guards of Urianha, the way to obtain war horses through trading tributes on the grassland was also blocked.

What is even more fatal is that the Renxuan dynasties shrank and defended, allowing the Ming Dynasty's seven guards such as Hami, Anding, Aduan, Guazhou and other areas to retreat eastwards, and the Hexi Corridor gradually became the hands of the Mongols, which was equivalent to cutting off the opportunity to obtain strong and tall horse breeds from Central Asia. They could only use Mongolian horses of dwarf horde blood, and their carrying capacity was greatly reduced.

If it weren't for the advent of the Firearm Age, the Ming cavalry might have developed to the future, and the horse breeds could not even maintain large-scale heavy cavalry. The scene of Japanese pirates "monkey riding a dog" might appear on the Ming cavalry team.

Of course, the blame cannot be fully taken over by the Ming Dynasty. The root cause of horse breed degeneration began in the Song Dynasty. After all, in the prosperous Han and Tang dynasties, for the "sweat-blooded horse horse" such as "sweat-blooded horse horse", the other party could go to Central Asia to destroy the country without giving it. The iron-blooded Song Dynasty could not even recover the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, and all the horse farms were trapped in the hands of Liao and Jin. It would be strange if the horse breeds did not degenerate for hundreds of years.

Forty thousand Ming cavalry were stationed near a spring. Summer water supply was the guarantee of combat effectiveness. The lessons of the Tumu Fort's change were still vivid in my mind. Chen Yichen could not make the same mistake.

Hundreds of scouts have been scattered and searched for traces of the main Mongolian cavalry within a radius of fifty miles. At present, Yizhou City is heavily blocked. In theory, the troops commanded by Yesen's eldest son Boronahale did not know that the Ming army had plans to surround the site to attack the aid. If the opponent's position could be found, they would be ready in advance to attack and catch them off guard.

The most powerful part of the cavalry lies in the thunderous impact force after the speed of the horse is increased. Whoever controls the charge first will have an absolute strategic advantage and may directly defeat the enemy!

Li Da wiped a handful of sweat on his forehead. The scorching hot temperature made him feel a little upset. He gathered at the Chahar Grassland for several days. It is logical that it is not difficult to find that the main troops in Mongolia were in the Mongolian state.

After all, so many people have good drinking water. As long as they search along the river and the spring, they will definitely find the traces of the other party. But after a few days, the distance sent by the scouts was getting farther and farther away, and they still couldn't find the Boronahale tribe.

Could it be that there was a Mongolian whistle cavalry breaking out in Yizhou City and conveying the news?

With this conjecture in mind, Li Da found Chen Yichen, who was sitting in the shade, closed his eyes and resting, and said, "Looking north, do you think this Boronahal will not have rush to Yizhou City? Otherwise, how could he have been looking for it for several days without any sign?"

"Tell me why you think so, and I also call you Shangguan in the army."

Chen Yichen still didn't open his eyes. He knew that Li Da was an impatient person and must be a little unable to sit still.

"When I took Mengke to collect the remnants of the Tatars, I heard some Mongolians say that he first made his second son Ashi Timur the Grand Tutor, and his eldest son Boronahal was very dissatisfied. The Tartars did not learn Confucian classics and etiquette education from a young age, and whoever has the biggest fist can become the leader of the tribe."

"Maybe Boronahal made up his wishful thinking and simply asked the Ming army to take Yesen and Ashi Timur in Yizhou City. Then the position of the great khan falls on him, and he will go to help!"

After listening to Li Da’s statement, Chen Yichen opened his eyes and nodded and said, “What you said is some truth, but even Yesen is unable to sit steadily at the position of the Mongolian Khan at present. Where can Boronahal get the confidence that he can sit steadily at the position of the Khan?"

"Besides, the Ola tribe Weiyesen followed the leader. Even if Boronahal had this idea in his mind, the tribal generals in the army would not listen to him, and would inevitably rush to support Yizhou City!"

As if to confirm Chen Yichen's words, a scout galloped on his horse and knelt on one knee and reported: "The small flag of the Three Thousand Camps of Right Ye Army reported to Chen Ge Lao, and found the main force of the Tartars thirty miles southeast, and was moving towards Yizhou City."

Here comes!

A ray of cold light flashed in Chen Yichen's eyes. Although he did not show as impatient as Li Da, he was actually not as calm as he pretended.

You should know that the Northern Expedition has been a matter of luck since ancient times. Many famous generals from all dynasties have gone on expeditions, but they have not been able to find the main force of the nomadic people. They are even so lucky that they are so poor that their heroic reputation is exhausted after several times of getting lost. Chen Yichen is actually not sure about which route would the Mongolian army take to support Yizhou City?

In fact, the safest way is to wait outside Yizhou City for Mongolian cavalry to come to the door, but that is equivalent to the other party preparing for the pre-war preparations. Both sides are the hard power of Mingpai fighting.

Strategically, you can despise the enemy, and tactical attention must be paid to the enemy. No matter how inspiring the slogans of the Five Barbarians of the Han Dynasty are, in fact, 40,000 Ming cavalry against 50,000 Mongolian cavalry, there is no great advantage under the current situation, or it is not an exaggeration to say that the disadvantage is.

Soldiers are the devil, Chen Yichen must catch the other party off guard!

"Order Ye not to stop the entire army of scouts to attack, and not to let go of any road-exploring whistle cavalry sent by the Tartars."

"Yes, obey your order!"

After receiving the order, the scout Xiaoqi turned around and left immediately. Chen Yichen looked at his back and ordered Li Da beside him: "General Li Shen, inform the soldiers to line up with armor, and also inform those who kill the Tartars, in addition to the reward from the court, this official will give another 5 taels of reward for one head!"

The problem that can be solved with money has never been a problem. Even if you keep all the main force of the Tartars, it is only 250,000 taels. Chen Yichen didn't know how much reward the imperial court could implement, but he knew that if he said this, the soldiers below would be very motivated.

The reason is very simple. I will not be idle with these five liang, and I will give it to my hands in real terms!

While the Ming cavalry were holding their sharp edges, the Mongolian cavalry on the Chahar grassland did not notice the danger at all. Many people even talked about the spoils with the joy of the winner and proudly discussed the spoils with their companions.

As early as when Zhu Yi received the news of Chen Yichen's dispatch of troops, he asked 10,000 infantrymen under his command to go to Shanhaiguan for reinforcements. In addition, he also sent official documents to Shi Heng, the Duke of Zhongguo stationed in Xuanfu, hoping that the other party could dispatch troops from the nine sides to cooperate with the offensive against the three guards of Urianha.

In theory, this deployment has no problem, which coincides with Chen Yichen's strategic deployment, but the problem is that man's calculation is worse than heaven's calculation. In order to prove that he is worthy of the title of Duke of Ming Dynasty, Duke Shi Heng hurriedly recruited tens of thousands of elite soldiers nearby.

In order to seize the offensive, he even intercepted the 10,000 infans who transferred Zhu Yi from Juyong Pass to Shanhai Pass, led his troops out of the frontier to attack the lairs of the three guards of Wurianha without taking the enemy seriously at all!

According to normal circumstances, even if Duke Zhongguo Shi Heng was careless and underestimated the enemy, the 30,000 to 40,000 border troops on the Xuanda Defense Line would be difficult to fight the three Guryanha guards. At most, the opponent would flee to the grassland further north and return as if Zhu Yong went out of the frontier in the ninth year of Zhengtong.

But this time, the three guards of Urianha surrendered to Yesen. In order to cooperate with the other party's strategic plan, they prepared for war in advance and recruited 80,000 armored warriors, intending to capture Ningyuan City where Chen Yichen had stationed before.

In addition, in order to cooperate with the three Guards of Uryanha and also demonstrate force and pressure, the 50,000 Mongolian iron hooves led by Boronahale happened to be transferred from the Chahar grassland to the territory of Mongolia in the southern desert. The 30,000 to 40,000 Ming border troops led by Duke Shi Heng of Zhongguo collided with a total of 130,000 Mongolian warriors!

Even if Shi Heng had a bad fortune, he encountered the worst situation when he went out of the frontier, and he still had a chance to recover. Because Mongolia in the south of the desert is not far from Xuanda’s defense line, as long as he is not surrounded and cut off the retreat, and he is in a fight and retreat to Datong General Guo Deng and Xuanfu General Yang Hong to provide assistance, he has a high probability of withdrawing back to the pass.

What was unexpected was that on the eve of Shi Heng's army hitting the Mongolian cavalry, the imperial court suspended the order to increase the salary of Xuanda Border Army to the army, which directly caused a devastating blow to morale.

For the Xuanda border army, the morale is low at most if the amount is not increased. Anyway, the war that should be fought still has to be fought. However, the court made a move and agreed to increase the amount, but did not pay after the amount is not increased. The impact caused by a hundred times worse than the direct failure!

The disadvantages caused by ancient timeliness were fully revealed at this moment. When the court issued an edict, it did not receive a memorial from Shi Heng to the frontier. Correspondingly, Shi Heng did not receive the imperial decree before he went out of the frontier. Otherwise, no matter how he wanted to make a contribution, he would not take the initiative to attack at the risk of morale collapse.

More than 30,000 people from the Ming Dynasty border army staged the darkness of the nine borders in the late Ming Dynasty in advance, and their destiny was determined by the court officials. The only difference is that at this time, the Ming soldiers still maintained the bravery of warriors, and Shi Heng, the commander-in-chief, had many shortcomings, but they had the courage of ten thousand men to be inappropriate!

In addition, the two most important military garrisons in the Xuanda Defense Line, Guo Deng and Yang Hong are both famous generals in the world. The situation that should have collapsed was joined forces by the three of them, and they forced themselves to hold them back to the bottom and brought half of the Ming army that went on the expedition back to the pass.

But even so, nearly 20,000 casualties were still paid, and the speed of Borona Halle's aid to Yizhou City was delayed. This is the process of history. Many times, one link after another, just like the flapping of a butterfly's wings, the scope of influence became larger and larger.
Chapter completed!