Chapter 78 Cabinet Ministers

Everyone, I don’t need to ask for a monthly ticket, but you can’t give it away and let the wind of society blow in

Beijing City, Banzhong, the main hall of Qianqing Palace.

In the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Xianming was leaning on the dragon chair, squinting slightly and listening to the debate between the three people in the palace.

These three people are not simple. They are three bachelors in the cabinet and prime minister-level figures in the Ming Dynasty.

"The increase of troops in the northwest is a foregone conclusion. The most important thing now is to decide how many troops to increase. The rest is irrelevant." Zhao Yushan, a bachelor of Wuyingdian, spoke quickly.

Zhao Yushan is fifty-seven this year, but he is already the second assistant in the cabinet, two years younger than the third assistant Chen Jinyun.

So after hearing these words, Chen Jinyun said in a warm tone, "Mr. Zhao Ge, increasing the number of troops involves money and food. If the money and food are not enough, how to increase the number of troops must be discussed one by one. You can't be too hasty."

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Zhao Yushan immediately retorted, "Money and food can be raised, but the situation in the northwest is still unstable. If we don't increase troops in time and cause the Mongolian tribes to defect, I don't know how much food will be spent to quell the rebellion."

"Things haven't reached that stage yet, but it seems like the sky is about to fall when I hear what Mr. Zhao Ge said."

Speaking of this, Chen Jinyun did not give in at all, saying, "Since the resurgence of the ancestors, all Mongolian tribes have The alliance is very respectful to the imperial court."

"Not only do they provide cattle, sheep and war horses every year, but they also obey the imperial court's dispatch and send out troops. How can this destabilize the situation?"

"Even the most unruly Junggars The tribe also donated cattle and sheep on time this year. It is an exaggeration to say that they will rebel against Mr. Zhao Ge."

"The Junggar tribe colludes with the Rakshasa Kingdom. Don't you know this?" Zhao Yushan said in a stern tone.

We are both cabinet ministers, who can be afraid of whom?

"Humph, it's just doing business and sending envoys to each other."

Before Chen Jinyun could finish, Zhao Yushan interrupted, "Buying guns and cannons is just doing business." "

Seeing that the two people were arguing more and more fiercely, Zhu Xianming finally opened his eyes and said in a deep voice, "That's enough."

The elder Ge, who had been fighting like a cockfight just now, immediately bowed and stood in wait. Dare not say much.

"Mr. Xie Ge, what do you think?" Zhu Xianming looked at the old man who had been silent.

Chief Assistant to the Cabinet Hsieh Chang-en is sixty-five years old this year. A lifetime of hard work has turned his beard and hair white, and his whole body has become rickety.

From the early years of Zhengtong to the present, Xie Changen had exhausted all his efforts to stabilize the court, so he was trusted by Zhu Xianming, and he was given a seat in the discussion at this moment.

"Your Majesty, what the two people in Yushan said, I think each of them has a point."

You speak without offending both sides, which is in line with Xie Changen's consistent style.

After being the chief assistant for many years, he is now exhausted and has reached the age of retirement. He is still willing to get involved in party struggles.

“Several tribes in Junggar are flirting with the Rakshasa people. It doesn’t matter whether they have different intentions, but the necessary deterrence is inevitable.”

Xie Changen then changed the subject, “It’s just sending troops. How much should be done within one’s ability”

“IfToday, in the Ming Dynasty, we have deployed strong troops along the nine border towns, built canals, and suppressed the Annan rebels. We also have to guard against the Western barbarians. There are too many places to spend money."

A cliché. , Zhu Xianming was really annoyed when he heard it, so he asked, "Okay, okay, I know all this, how appropriate is it to send more troops to the northwest according to Mr. Ge's wishes?"

After thinking for a while, Xie Changen replied "With the current strength of the national treasury, at most one battalion of troops can be added to the northwest."

According to the establishment of the Jingying camp, one battalion has 15,000 people, which does not sound like a lot, but in fact they are all capable Soldiers fighting.

Zhu Xianming had the same idea, so he looked at the other two cabinet ministers, "What do you say?"

Chen Jinyun was the first to speak, "Your Majesty, I thought there was a battalion of soldiers. There are too many horses."

"Today in the northwest, Gansu Dusi alone has 30,000 soldiers, plus 13,000 additional soldiers from Sichuan, the number of available soldiers has exceeded 40,000."

The local guards in the northwest are much more powerful than the peaceful land in the southeast. These troops will participate in battles from time to time, and their combat effectiveness is not generally strong.

"The cavalry of the Junggar tribe is only 30,000 at best. , and the lack of muskets and artillery does not pose much of a threat at all."

"When the troops are insufficient, Qinghai Xingdu Division and Anxi Xingdu Division can recruit troops from various chieftain tribes and alliances. How difficult is it to suppress a Junggar? ”

As a cabinet minister, Chen Jinyun has an account of all matters inside and outside the court, so he can easily explain it at his fingertips.

Now that we are gradually entering the era of hot weapons, the advantage of cavalry has been greatly reduced. It is easy to weaken and rely on strong artillery to defend.

Even in field battles, if the infantry cooperates properly, no matter how many cavalry come, they will be killed.

"Zhao Qing, you will die. What do you think?"

After Zhao Yushan saluted, he replied, "Your Majesty, King Gedan of Junggar is so ambitious that he is now collaborating with other ministries. If there is no strong deterrent, I am afraid that chaos will break out."

"First Battalion You can only have more soldiers and horses, but not less."

It can be seen here that Xie Changen has a good sense of proportion, and the strength of a battalion is just sandwiched between Zhao and Chen Fanglue.

Qianqing Palace Outside, Prince Rui Zhu Jingyuan led two blue-robed officials into the palace gate and outside the main hall.

"Your Majesty, may I be here?"

"Replying to the prince, the Lord is with me. "Three cabinet ministers are discussing matters"

If it were other people, Zhu Jingyuan would come in as soon as he said so. He would not dare to disturb the cabinet ministers' discussion.

After waiting for almost ten minutes, the three red men came in The old man walked out of the hall and stopped to salute when he saw Zhu Jingyuan outside.

"I have met the prince"

"There is no need to be polite, what are we discussing today?"< /p>

Chen Jinyun then replied, "The prince is here to pay his respects regarding the reinforcement of troops in the northwest."

"The ceremony has a new batch of catalogs, and I will submit the originals to His Majesty for review."

"I alsoI acted in accordance with the order, and all the credit belongs to His Majesty."

After saying these words, Zhu Jingyuan said again, "I still want to see my father, so I won't talk to Mr. Ge anymore and take my leave."

After greeting, the three cabinet ministers walked down the steps of Danbi, and Zhu Jingyuan entered the main hall.

"My son, Zhu Jingyuan, comes to see my father."

That's right. While flipping through the memorial, Zhu Xianming didn't even look up and asked, "Lao Liu, what are you doing here?"

As he stood up from the ground, Zhu Jingyuan bent his waist and replied, "Father, Jixian Hall has prepared a few pages of catalogue." "Today, my son has brought the original, and I would like to ask you to take a look at it."

The imperial orthodox canon was compiled five years ago, involving nearly a thousand officials, scribes, craftsmen, and spending hundreds of thousands of taels every year. It is said to be a gold-swallowing beast.

To say how useful this book is, compared with the money it costs, it is really meaningless.

But as Chen Jinyun said, Revising books can strengthen the Ming Dynasty, especially this kind of unprecedented grand ceremony.

Zhu Xianming's throne is not correct, so he needs to use various methods to prove the legitimacy of his throne, and revising the grand ceremony is one of them. One item.

Taking the catalog from Zhu Jingyuan, Zhu Xianming said goodbye in a deep voice, "Well, that's good."

He rushed behind the official and made a gesture, and the latter would definitely hold it. The books were presented and forwarded to Zhu Xianming by the eunuch.

Zhu Jingyuan said, "These are the originals, and the contents listed in the catalog are all extracted from them."

Picking up the memorial again, Zhu Xianming said, "If there is nothing else, you can go back."

See you Zhu Jingyuan was hesitant to speak, and Zhu Xianming couldn't help but ask, "Is there anything else?"

"My father's thirteenth brother was punished with a cane, will he be fine?" Zhu Jingyuan looked worried.

Wang Qing returned to Beijing today. As an elder brother, Zhu Jingyuan must care about his biological brother who is from the same mother.

"Don't mention this bastard, I think thirty is still too little."

"This little bastard, in front of all the officials in Jinling, said that in order to quell the chaos, no matter how many injustices he suffered, he would not complain"

"What did he mean by this? Could it be that I was wronged?" "You got him"

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