Chapter 45
"Mr. Tian, what do you think the court will do?"
When there were only two people there, Ye Xiaotian said to Tian Binfei. Now Tian Tianyou is no longer alert to Ye Xiaotian. He and Tian Binfei have more opportunities to have private contact, but he is used to Mr. Tian, so he doesn't have to deliberately change it to "uncle" or "big brother" at this time.
Tian Binfei frowned and said, "Bobai took the initiative, and the majority of Ningxia tribes fell into his hands. Even Lingwu and Huamachi are in his control. The soldiers encircled and suppressed by the imperial court had just entered Ningxia at this time. Even if the military goes well, it may not be able to calm down in three or two months."
Ye Xiaotian nodded slightly, Tian Binfei said: "Let's talk about Asahi side, according to the Di News, Japan's Taigao Toyotomi Hideyoshi ordered Kato Kiyoshi to capture Busan, Konishi and other thieves to capture Busan by Ma, cross the Linjin River, and advance to the King of Korea (Seoul). The King of Korea Li Gong first ran to Pyongyang and then to Yizhou. He was in a panic all day long, and the eight eight roads of North Korea fell seven roads, which was not something that could be recovered in a short time."
Ye Xiaotian nodded again, Tian Binfei said: "Our dynasty uses Li Rusong as the admiral of the Eastern Expedition and Song Yingchang as the governor. He led 40,000 troops to North Korea. The battle to expel Japanese aid Korea has just begun. In this case, what will happen if Yang Yinglong rebelled?"
Ye Xiaotian said: "The worst case: the court is unable to fight on three sides. Not only did Yang Yinglong take advantage of the situation, but Bobai and Japan will be greatly encouraged when they hear the news. They will definitely give their all their strength to fight to the death. The three sides echo each other. Even if our Ming Dynasty wins, it will be a tragic victory. The price you pay will be ten times the current."
"So..." The two looked at each other with gloomy eyes, and Tian Binfei said: "To Yang Yinglong, the court will appease him!"
Ye Xiaotian said: "What should we do? If those traitors stay in Woniuling for a long time, they will be eaten by them. At that time, Yang Yinglong will help him again, and I... will have no place to bury me!"
Tian Binfei's eyes flashed and she said deeply: "Let's see if the court is as you and I expected. If..., I have to give up the opportunity to attack Yang Yinglong better. It's better to take action first! Cleaning Woniuling and cutting off his strength can also have some deterrent effect on him, so he will not dare to act rashly!"
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"Weapons are major issues of the country. You should not be careful about the land of life and death, and the way of survival and death!" Zhao Zhigao, the chief assistant of the cabinet, looked solemn.
In the court, the cabinet ministers were replaced a little faster. Since Zhang Juzheng, Li Siwei, Shen Shixing, Xu Guo, Wang Jiaping and other cabinet ministers were like a rotation. At this time, Zhao Zhigao had just been recommended by Shen Shixing and entered the cabinet with Zhang Wei and became the chief minister of the cabinet, so he faced such a difficult test.
When using troops, it is not just a battle, it is not just a battle. There are too many parts involved inside and outside. It is not easy for him as a big housekeeper. Such a big possession has great power and great responsibility. When he thinks that the young and energetic emperor is likely to go to war on three sides, his eyelids keep jumping.
"Your Majesty, I think that Yang Yinglong should be pacified first. At this time, the southwest should not raise any more beacons!" Although Qiao Hanwen, the Minister of War, was the leader of the Eagle Party, he also knew that the danger of going to war on three sides was too great, so he had to come forward and express his opinions unwillingly. He was the Minister of War, and at this time he had to have a clear opinion and not be ambiguous.
"The emperor, He En, Song Shichen and others' rebellion are likely to be a factional dispute within Bozhou, and then they are slandered. Yang Yinglong has no sign of rebellion. You should not raise troops rashly, especially in the northwest and northeast, and it is not appropriate to launch wars in the southwest. The memorials of He En and others should be rejected and Yang Yinglong is good at appease!"
Emperor Wanli has long stopped attending court, but not attending court does not mean not handling state affairs. Although some dirty literati with pens are unwilling to preside over the morning court ceremony, he seems to have become a foolish monarch who only cares about hiding in the deep palace to have children.
However, when Emperor Zhengde led a fierce battle with the Mongolian prince, when the battle was fierce, Emperor Zhengde, who was under heavy guard, had to draw his sword to fight in person because the enemy army came to his front, and killed an enemy chief. More than 30 years after this battle, Mongolia did not dare to provoke the Ming border again.
Such great military achievements were written by those literati who killed thousands of swords, but they wrote that the emperor led hundreds of thousands of troops to confront the enemy, and killed one person in the formation, and then returned! The killing of one person in this formation was not said to be the emperor. If it was pointed out that it was the emperor who killed one enemy general in the formation, how fierce the battle situation should be? How many people died in this battle, how many enemies were killed, and what the record was? Then I have to explain it clearly.
They didn't like the emperor to play the imperial commander and could not stop it, so they used this Spring and Autumn style to disgust Zhengde. With such a fake stroke, it seemed like Zhengde was absurd and led hundreds of thousands of troops to the border, but the result was that.
When he arrived at Wanli, the literati were still ordinary rogue methods. Wanli was in the deep palace and might not know about this. Even if he knew that he was in his identity, he would not care about it. Even if he cared, he could not do anything to these literati. The gun was in his hands and the pen was in the hands of literati, and these literati were not afraid of the gun.
All the ministers came forward one after another, almost the same thing, all of whom believed that it was not appropriate to use troops in the southwest at this time, and that comfort should be the best strategy. There was a young Hanlin holding a writing record next to him, looking thoughtful, and he wanted to speak from time to time but stopped.
This Hanlin named Ye Xianggao. When he was born, he was in trouble with Japanese pirates. Ye's mother fled to her parents' home. Her family was superstitious and thought that blood was unlucky, so she rushed her out. Ye's mother gave birth to Ye Xianggao in the pit on the side of the road, so Ye Xianggao's nickname was called Toilet. Just like Fan Ye of the Southern Dynasty, she was also born in the toilet, and her nickname was called Chaoer.
Fan’s mother was in the toilet at home, and Ye’s mother was in the toilet at the toilet at the road. They each gave birth to a son, but they were both outstanding good sons. The suffering of childhood made Ye Xianggao study hard, became a scholar at the age of 14, passed the imperial examination at the age of 21, and passed the imperial examination at the age of 25. At this time, he had been appointed as a Shujishi and promoted to editor.
Shu Jishi was a close minister of the emperor, responsible for drafting edicts and explaining scriptures to the emperor, which was one of the important sources of auxiliary ministers of the Ming cabinet. Therefore, in the court, they also had the right to advise, but after all, they were young and knowledgeable. Ye Xianggao dared not speak easily in front of so many big shots.
After thinking about it over and over again, Ye Xianggao finally plucked up the courage and bowed: "Your Majesty, I have a word, don't you know whether you should say it?"
At first, Zhu Yijun was just saddened by the fact that his civil and military officials who spoke of benevolence, righteousness and morality, but had their own plans in his heart shirking each other in the court, treating the grand and solemn temple land as a fame and fortune for them to fight. In addition, he finally had a woman who moved him, but because of his many concerns and many constraints, he was easily defeated by a minister like Ye Xiaotian. He was a little discouraged, so he stopped going to court and asked for discomfort.
Whenever ministers advised him, Zhu Yijun would make excuses on the grounds of "dizzy, short of breath, and bad luck". Anyway, the court meeting had long become a "face project". Except for some etiquette affairs, there would be no major affairs in the court meetings where all officials above the fifth rank gathered, which would not affect his Zhu Ming's fundamentals.
But whether it was a psychological effect or as he explained to the ministers with the same reason for sick leave, an effect similar to a hypnotic hint was formed, or just by chance, his body really started to get worse.
At this time, the ministers' discussions had lasted for more than an hour. Wanli sat there, feeling his waist and eyes were heavy, his chest was stuffy, and he felt very uncomfortable. After hearing Ye Xiang's first-year high school talk, Zhu Yijun said impatiently: "Tell me!"
This is a small discussion in the inner court, not the court, so you don’t have to go out of the shift at any time, bow and talk with your mouth. Ye Xianggao just stood up on the spot and bowed slightly and said, “Emperor, I think that the court is indeed not suitable to start a war on three sides at this time…”
Boss Wanli was impatient and raised his eyebrows slightly. This was a cliché. You stood up just to echo again. Unexpectedly, Ye Xianggao changed his mind and said, "However, there is a way to caress. I think Yang Yinglong's various actions have always been unwilling to rebel.
If he had ambitions for the world, he would not be able to hide the Ningxia Rebellion and the Battle of Japan for too long. Previously, He En, Song Shichen and others sued him for rebellion, and there was also Governor Ye of Guiyang. Chen Xun impeached him twenty-four major crimes. Yang Yinglong was in panic all day long and hurriedly wrote a letter to himself to judge him, and then sent someone to Chengdu to argue.
If the court ignored all these things at this time and kept pacifying them with kind words, what would Yang Yinglong think? Did he think that the court really believed him, or did he think that the court was afraid of going to war on three sides, so he used a slow-down strategy on him?"
What a smart person in Wanli, he realized this and couldn't help but sit up a little, and he didn't feel as tired as before. He said in a deep voice: "Speak!"
Ye Xianggao said: "Yes! Of course, what I said is based on the assumption that Yang Yinglong has indeed had a rebellious intention. However, if you are not afraid of ten thousand, you are afraid that if you make every move of the court, you will involve thousands of common people. This is necessary. Therefore, I think that when the court starts war on both sides, it is appropriate to pacify Yang Yinglong rather than suppress him. But how to pacify the law should be discussed. This is one of them!"
At this time, the chief assistant Zhao Zhigao also heard this and hurriedly said, "What about the second one?"
Ye Xianggao smiled slightly, a little sinister: "Second, is Yang Yinglong really against his will? It is still to be investigated. He En, Song Shichen and others are secretly going to Beijing. What if they really have evidence of Yang Yinglong's rebellion? The emperor's words and words are so polite that the court cannot go back on his word. Today, he will appease him and pardon him for no sin. How can he attack him again in the future?"
The Minister of War Qiao Hanwen praised, "Wonderful! This kind of comfort should be shown to be strong and powerful, so that he could not touch the illusion of the court, and dare not act rashly, and must not show it to be weak and strengthen his ambitions. At the same time, this kind of comfort should reserve clues, just wait for Ningxia Bo to surrender and the Japanese pirates in Japan to retreat, and the court will take action, and there must be sufficient reason to deal with him!"
Ye Xianggao bowed to Qiao Hanwen and said, "What Master Shangshu said is very good! The more he showed favor and weakness at this time, the more Yang Yinglong was braver. He didn't dare to rebel, and he might have to rebel. This comfort must be mastered well."
Emperor Wanli smiled, looked at Ye Xianggao with admiration, and said, "What Ye Qing said is reasonable. I decided..."
All the ministers stood up one after another and listened to the order. Zhu Yijun said: "The Ministry of War sent people to take charge of Guizhou as an imperial envoy. He asked Ye Mengxiong to dispatch troops and generals to attack. He also ordered Li Hualong, the governor of Sichuan, to write a letter to Yang Yinglong. I will issue another edict to order Yang Yinglong to go to Guiyang to defend himself and investigate!"
The cabinet minister Zhang Wei said: "Emperor, no matter whether Yang Yinglong has a rebellious intention or not, under such circumstances, he dared not obey the order and went to Guiyang to inspect the investigation."
Zhu Yijun said: "If you don't go to Guiyang, let him go to Chengdu!"
Zhang Wei smiled bitterly and said, "I'm afraid he won't dare to go to Chengdu either."
Zhu Yijun said lazily: "He doesn't dare to go to Chengdu, so I will send Chongqing prefect to Bozhou to investigate and ask his followers to listen to the investigation!"
All the ministers' eyes were lit. If the court did this, they would be full of attitude and look confident. Yang Yinglong must have thought about it again and again when he saw it, he might not dare to easily raise the flag and rebel. If he sent local ministers to investigate, he could not make a conclusion for a long time. If he had a conclusion, it could be said that the local officials had made a mistake in the investigation. As long as it was not the tone set by the court, once he had freed up his hands, he could attack again at any time!
This emperor was really serious. But... why did he just refuse to go to court and arbitrate the fight between the ministers, which made everyone unable to argue even if they want to. No one is perfect!
Chapter completed!