Chapter 416 Transaction

Everyone was wearing umbrellas, but the hem of their boots and robes were inevitably wet by the rain, and the brick floor at the entrance of Fengtian Gate was wet.

Many people came this morning, including civil officials and military generals.

The most strange thing is that the status of officials is very different, including Dukes of the State, the ministry, and there are seventh-rank officials like Geng Tong... However, as long as someone pays a little attention, you can find that many people with high positions have not arrived, and the number of people present has little to do with the level of official positions.

These people are the confidants selected by Hong Xi’s court.

Jin Zhong, the Minister of War, took a casual look and realized that there were about four types of people.

First, the old confidant advisers of the old Prince's Mansion, Jin Zhong, Yuan Gong, and Lu Zhen; including Yao Guangxiao, who had not arrived, firmly stood on Zhu Gaochi's side when Emperor Taizong appointed the crown prince.

The second is civil officials from the East Palace, Sanyang and others.

Third, the surrendered important civil officials of the Jianwen Dynasty were Jian Yi and Xia Yuanji.

Fourth, the Northern Army generals in the Battle of Jingnan.

Not all the Jingnan generals are here.There are too many generals in Jingnan, and it is impossible to be the same as one person if there are too many people!

Like Qiu Fu, who openly supported the King of Han, was not prepared to come, and Wang Cong, the Marquis of Wucheng, had a good relationship with Qiu Fu.

In addition, there were some people who did not come, including Hou Earl, who was suspected to have a good relationship with the King of Han, such as Wang Ning; several son-in-laws who had no achievements...

Those military generals who had stayed in Peiping and assisted Zhu Gaochi in defending the city, Longping Hou Zhang Xin and others were immediately valued, and most of them participated in today's imperial meeting.

More were the generals who had military achievements in the Jingnan Battle but did not receive special treatment from the late emperor. Zhu Gaochi was promoted and promoted to them after he became emperor.

For example, Tan Zhong (his father Tan Yuan died in battle), was immediately reinstated as a marquis because of a murder case, and was immediately reinstated as a marquis of Chong'an; Chen Xuan, a navy general who surrendered with a large ship, was only named a marquis and was immediately reinstated as a marquis; Chen Mao, son of Chen Heng, Duke of Jing, who had great military achievements, was surrendered as a marquis and inherited as a marquis and was soon promoted to Ningyang; and Liu Sheng, who was good at fighting but did not have a rank, also received the title of Anyuan Hou.

Because Gao Chi ascended the throne and became emperor, everyone has received real benefits and past achievements and is grateful to the current generation.

Therefore, most of the civil and military officials in Beijing did not believe what the Han king said about plotting against the king and killing his father.

Such a rebellious and crazy thing as a father-killing is completely unwilling to the world and is extremely rare in the Ming Dynasty.

Will Gao Chi, who has always been kind and famous, do this?

It's really hard to believe.

So many Eastern Palace clerks who read the books of sages seem to be even more unlikely to work together to do such a thing!

In addition, a large group of civil officials, students of the Imperial College, and literati in the capital presented evidence confessions, as well as public opinion on various articles; people basically believed that plotting to kill the king was just an excuse for the vassal king to rebel.

Perhaps the former officials of the Eastern Palace did do some shameful things, but it did not affect everyone's salary and promotion, so it was not important.

In the past few months since I ascended the throne, I have done many things that are beneficial to the throne...

However, there is only one exception. If you don’t belong to any of these four types of people, that is Xu Huizu.

This person is a military general, but he is not from the Yàn royal family at all.

Xu Huizu is very concerned about everyone. After all, he is the eldest son of the gods enshrined in the City God Temple!

Moreover, he is extremely tall and has a burly figure that surpasses everyone in Fengtianmen.

It is rumored that Xu Huizu is very good at fighting. Because of the suspicion of the weak Emperor Jianwen, he had no achievements in the battle of Jingnan.

The generals were a little disgusted when they saw Xu Huizu, but when they thought that if the King of Han came to Beijing, those who were valued by Emperor Hong Xi and had just been promoted to the title would definitely be defeated back to their original form and give way to the Han Dynasty's Mansion; so the old grievances seemed to have become thinner... After all, not many military generals who were truly guarding the Prince of Yàn's Mansion lived to this day; many of the so-called heroes of Jingnan were surrendered by the Jianwen Dynasty, which was sooner or later.

After waiting for a while, Zhu Gaochi came in from the entrance to the north of Fengtian Gate and walked up to the throne above.

I will bow to the Lord, long live the saint!The ministers knelt down and shouted.

Relieve gifts.Zhu Gaochi was a little breathing. Today, I want to understand your dear friends’ opinions on the strategy of suppressing rebellion.There are two strategies, you can listen to it first.After saying that, he turned to look at Jin Zhong, Minister of War.

Jin Zhong started a memorial and began to recite Zhang Fu's words, but of course he did not recite the content of the complaints.After reading it, Xu Huizu came out and talked about another strategy in public.

The noise gradually became louder inside the Imperial Gate, and people were talking about it, and there were whispering to each other.

It seems that today's two strategies cannot make everyone speak in unison; perhaps only simple and clear military and political views can be without disputes, and the war strategy obviously does not belong to this category.

...Jin Zhong was only responsible for reciting Zhang Fu's memorials, and after he finished reciting, he didn't say a word.

What he was thinking about now was not the strategy of war that people care about, but the deal that Xu Huizu mentioned before on the stone steps of the Imperial Gate.

The surface meaning of the transaction was that Xu Huizu said that if the conditions were not enough, he could add something else.

But Jin Zhong felt at that time that the transaction Xu Huizu mentioned not only refers to the court and the Han Palace!

If it is so simple, it would be too strange!

What’s wrong with Guo Zi’s life or death?

The two of them had no relationship at all. One civil servant and the other noble identities were very different, and Guo Zi was of no value to Xu Huizu.

Guo Zi was only useful to Jin Zhong, Yuan Gong and others. They not only got along well in Peking, but also an important alliance in a series of political views and strategies.

After losing Guo Zi, Jin Zhong felt that the strength of his limbs seemed to be much smaller...

Jin Zhong frowned and thought hard, and thought for a while again: This transaction not only includes Guo Zi, but also Qian Xun, the chief of the Han Palace.

Qian Xun was betrayed by Zhang Fu and sent to the capital mercilessly by Zhang Fu. He became a prisoner and was originally a dead person.

If Qian Xun could return to the Han Palace, Zhang Fu would have an enemy who would have a mortal enemy in the Han Palace!

If Zhang Fu was shaken in the slightest due to dissatisfaction and wanted to reconcile with the King of Han, Qian Xun might have helped Zhang Fu a lot...for example, immediately revealing the secret matter to the imperial court, etc.

This is to cut off Zhang Fu's retreat.

Jin Zhong thought repeatedly: Is this what Xu Huizu wants to trade?

...Inadvertently, Jin Zhong remembered what happened yesterday again. When the eunuch Haitao met in the court, he said: The Empress asked all ministers to plan for the priests and not have too many prejudices against the Duke of Wei because of personal grievances.

Of course, Jin Zhong and other officials who participated in the drastic changes in the East Palace were not the ones who surrendered to the queen!

Queen Zhang is also involved in that big event today. Everyone is worried about the emperor and has experienced hardships together. Of course, the relationship should be closer than others.

There is another not very important reason. The eldest son of the emperor was born to Empress Zhang.So the queen needs to consider some of it.

At this moment, the Lord's voice said: Say one by one, let me hear it clearly.

The inside of the Imperial Gate suddenly became much quieter, and everyone gradually stood neatly at the place where they should stand, and then came out to talk about their opinions one by one.

Sure enough, there are people who support both propositions. Many people don’t like Xu Huizu very much, but they will not immediately reject the strategy he proposed.

Xia Yuanji, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, directly opposed Zhang Fu's proposal: If the heavy troops are divided and besieged two provinces, how many troops are needed, one million?How long will it take to be surrounded by several years?Where did you collect so much money and food from?!

Liu Shengdao, the general of the Prince Yàn's mansion who was born in a hundred families and is now the Marquis of Anyuan: The British Duke was ordered to conquer Annan, and he had great achievements in his war, and his father's legacy; the British Duke also lived with the rebel king for a long time, and knew the benefits and interests of it.He proposed a strategy of dividing the siege, and the emperor must observe it.

Chen Mao, son of Chen Heng, also said: The strategy of the British Duke is very safe.The three southwestern provinces are both barren and rugged. If heavy troops guard the key points from all sides, it will be extremely difficult for the rebels to go east...

Xu Huizu said dissatisfiedly: The court has the soldiers and horses of the world, so it will lose its momentum!

Jin Shangshu.The emperor suddenly named Jin Zhong and said, "You are the Minister of War, what do you have any insights?"

Jin Zhong went out and bowed and said, "Master, I think Yunnan must be empty, and it would be a pity if I abandon the opportunity to fight easily."Guizhou City is solid and is an important military camp. Marquis of Zhenyuan has been operating for many years, and it is definitely not a mixture of fish and dragons in Chengdu. As long as troops are transferred from Huguang to reinforce in time, Guizhou will be difficult to be captured in ten days...

He changed his breath and said seriously. What Duke of Wei said was not without reason. If the fighter plane was too conservative and the official army was still patrolling with most of the troops, it would make the ignorant mistakenly think that we were really afraid of that traitor!The morale of the royal army was extremely unfavorable.

The emperor seemed to nod.

Jin Zhong also said: Therefore, I have made suggestions and mobilized the army to launch a heavy blow to the rebels in the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan, and the army will fight against the three sides!The rebels were weak and under the thunderous sweep of the royal army in the court, they must be the mantis blocking the chariot.Let those rioters who instigate the rebellion die without a place to die!

Although Jin Zhong made a generous speech, the emperor still did not speak out immediately.

The upper throne was silent for a long time, and the entire imperial gate became quiet.At this moment, the sound of rain once again hit the temple, which was particularly clear.

good!Zhu Gaochi's voice suddenly came out.

At this moment, Jin Zhong was stunned to remember the day of the sudden change in the palace. He pointed to the gate of Fengxian Hall of the Family Temple and decisively ordered the soldiers to break open!

Zhu Gaochi said: More than 200,000 Gu Cheng and Zhang Fu besieged Yunnan. The Huguang army first dispatched more than 100,000 to support Guizhou. After the Huguang army gathered properly, attack Sichuan immediately!He turned to look at Xu Huizu standing in the forefront. Duke of Wei, you have the strategy. Who do you think is appropriate to lead the army to aid Guizhou?

Xu Huizu went out and clasped his fists and said: Master, I recommend Wu Gao, the Marquis of Jiangyin, and the veteran is committed to using troops with rules.Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, is a general and a tiger son. He is too young to experience enough battle formations. He can first train the battlefield for the deputy general and will be the victorious general in the future. Liu Sheng, the Marquis of Anyuan, and Chen Mao, the Marquis of Ningyang, are the best at fighting and are at the edge of Wu Gao, and can ensure that the battlefield in Guizhou will be foolproof!

In addition to Wu Gao, who had rich war experience, Zhu Yong, Liu Sheng and Chen Mao were all heroes in the Jingnan period. However, they had no experience in leading the army and could not be the head coach of a large army of more than 100,000. It would be a good thing to be able to divide a military merit... Moreover, these people just supported Zhang Fu, and Xu Huizu immediately recommended them, fully demonstrating their attitude of putting the overall situation first and public spirit first!

Zhu Gaochi immediately said: Good!Then, the Minister of War Jin Zhong was transferred to Changde Prefecture, Huguang, and was in charge of the middle, dispatched food and grass, and contacted the troops to implement the court's strategy according to the orders to ensure that there was no danger in the front.

Everyone bowed: The wise and wise man!

...In this battle, the war will affect the territory of at least three provinces!

Although it is impossible for each battlefield to start war at the same time, both sides will gradually invest more than 900,000 troops!

An unprecedented battle was unavoidable and unchangeable under the will of Emperor Ming Dynasty.

The emperor was so determined that he no longer wanted to hide his feelings, which was his extreme hatred, disgust, and vague fear of the rebel king.

The rain outside the door was still falling, and Zhu Gaochi's face was flushed. He was looking forward to the arrival of a huge victory in the gloomy weather and in the crazy silence.