The emperor said that Yang Jie was Yue Wumu, intending to say that Yang Jie's actions might cause slander in the court.
Wang Ao compared him to Lin Xiangru. On the one hand, he affirmed what Yang Jie had done, like Lin Xiangru, who went out alone to stir up trouble. On the other hand, he also cleverly avoided Yue Wumu's statement, which was regarded as a reward.
Both the monarch and his ministers walked down the same stairs.
It has to be said that after staying in the cabinet for a long time, the chief minister has become more and more skilled in calming down anger.
With Wang Ao taking the initiative, other ministers also followed suit. First, Yu Shiyue spoke.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty, what Yang Zhenfu did on the grassland this time was extremely courageous. Although he was a little adventurous, he was definitely a hero to our Ming Dynasty."
"What's more, although Tatar Wala paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty, he always had a disobedient heart. At the beginning, the three generations of emperors Taizong, Renzong, and Xuanzong all showed great kindness to various ministries, but this generation of thieves did not want to repay the favor.
On the contrary, they repeatedly harassed the border, raised troops to fight, plundered my people, and invaded my territory. It is really hateful."
"The Governor of Yangzhen is an official of the Ming Dynasty. He has been ordered to go to the north of Yibei to patrol hunting on behalf of the sky. Since the Mongolian tribes have surrendered to me in the Ming Dynasty, they should treat the Governor of Yangzhen as their honored guests. Now,
It is really offensive for Bodu to detain my envoy from the Ming Dynasty without permission."
"Your Majesty is kind and merciful. He has not raised troops to suppress his anger or attacked his subordinates. This is already merciful. Don't say that Yang Zhen's envoy did not provoke Bodu, but he behaved inappropriately. This is also a matter for our Ming Dynasty. How could Bodu do anything without authorization?
Reason?"
This was said beautifully, and it put all the blame on Bodu, and the atmosphere in the palace finally relaxed a little.
Immediately after, Shen Yi on the side also spoke.
"Your Majesty, please rest assured. Now that Mongolia is in civil strife, it is even more difficult to form an effective force to threaten our Ming Dynasty."
"What's more, the disintegration of various parts of Tatar is a great thing for our Ming Dynasty. In the past, during the mutual trade, the five major tribes collaborated with each other and deliberately lowered the price of the mutual market. Most of the cattle, sheep, horses, gold and silver delivered were cut corners.
A good move."
"Nowadays, the grassland is in chaos. If the various ministries want to maintain their daily needs, they can only come alone and trade with each other. In this way, the initiative naturally lies in the hands of Ming Dynasty. Taking this opportunity, Ming Dynasty can better balance the forces of all parties."
"Border affairs are a matter for the imperial court. Governor Yang Zhen has already done his best this time. With the great opportunity he has created, if we and the other princes in the court cannot make good use of it, we will really become a corpse.
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Regarding the policies for various grassland ministries, the Emperor had previously discussed with Yu Qian, Shen Yi and others. The main policy was, of course, still based on restraint.
Specifically, it is to use mutual markets to check and balance all parties in the grassland, causing them to fall into long-term civil strife.
From this perspective, the more chaotic the grassland, the more beneficial it will be to the Ming Dynasty.
Moreover, even though Shen Shangshu had been silent since he came in, that was because he still hadn't figured out what the emperor wanted to do when he came to see him.
Judging from the experience of this tall Situ, if you ask him to come over for such a small-scale discussion, there will be nothing more than paying.
Therefore, although it is of no use, Shen Shangshu still tries his best to reduce his sense of existence every time.
Anyway, no matter how the affairs of the court go, Shen Shangshu has taken care of the affairs of the Ministry of Revenue. As for other matters, he should not get involved if possible...
Of course, in a sense, this is also Shen Yi's political wisdom. He should be a money bag picker and ignore everything else.
At least for now, because the pressure on the Ministry of Finance has always been great, the emperor's tolerance for him is still very high.
However, just because you don't speak under normal circumstances doesn't mean you really don't need to speak.
Wang Ao and Yu Shiyue's words were gentle and slightly radical. Although they were both intended to appease the emperor's mood, they were more expressions of attitude.
But Chen Yi was different. He was the only one among these people who hit the nail on the head and pointed out the correct solution.
In many cases, it is difficult to distinguish right from wrong when it comes to matters in the court.
The emperor's anger just now may have been mixed with emotions, but more importantly, it set the nature of Yang Jie's actions on the grassland.
Comparing Yang Jie to Yue Wumu, the implication is that the emperor does not want to be Zhao Gou, so he will not tolerate the presence of Qin Hui among his courtiers.
In this case, just thinking about showing loyalty can certainly solve the temporary difficulty, but it only treats the symptoms rather than the root cause.
The reason why the emperor was so angry was that he sensed certain thoughts in the courtiers' minds.
However, I also know that the emperor cannot be angry every day, nor can he shout and scream at all the civil and military officials in the dynasty.
If getting angry can solve the problem, then there won't be so many difficult things in the court.
As far as the current situation is concerned, it is not true that Shen Yi and others want to betray Yang Jie to seek peace like Qin Hui. However, they are still somewhat dissatisfied with Yang Jie's reckless behavior.
Of course, from a logical point of view, this kind of dissatisfaction is somewhat inhumane and has the effect of chilling the hearts of loyal ministers. This is also the reason why the emperor Lei Ting was so angry.
However, being unkind is not unreasonable.
It is almost inevitable that Oara will benefit from the Tatar civil strife. From this perspective, some people will inevitably wonder whether without Yang Jie’s actions, both Oara and Tatar would suffer. Would the situation be worse than the current situation? more beneficial.
This is the real reason for the dissatisfaction among the courtiers.
Shen Yi's words were not as clever as Wang Ao's, nor as radical as Yu Shiyue's, but he pointed out a crucial point.
That is, Daming and Yang Jie are our own people on the same front.
In fact, Yu Shiyue also mentioned this point just now, but he only used it to support his point of view that he would not blame Yang Jie, but did not use it.
Chen Yi further pointed out that Yang Jie was ordered to go out to stir up the grassland situation, but balancing the forces in the grassland was not a matter for Yang Jie alone, but for the entire court.
In other words, this is state affairs and requires the joint efforts of the entire court.
If this is the case, then what Yang Jie has done is not the end, but the beginning. The Tatar civil strife may indeed give Walak an opportunity to take advantage of it.
However, is this not a great opportunity for Ming Dynasty to intervene in the grassland?
Just like what Chen Yi said, the five major tribes used to trade with the Ming Dynasty through Tuotuo Buhua, but now Tuotuo Buhua died and the various parts fell apart, but the mutual trade will not stop.
After all, when there is a threat from Wala outside and various ministries are fighting with each other internally, what each ministry needs to do is to increase its strength as quickly as possible.
Therefore, in this case, each ministry needs to win the support of Ming Dynasty.
This is more beneficial to the Ming Dynasty than supporting a puppet Khan. After all, even a puppet is at least a co-owner on the surface.
As long as there is this co-owner, whether it is a puppet or not, the risk is greater and the flexibility is lower than a complete split.
The implication of Shen Yi's words is very clear, that is, at this time, the imperial court should try its best to cooperate with Yang Jie, and take the good situation he created in the grassland as an opportunity, and the imperial court should intervene to completely achieve the goal of plunging the grassland into long-term chaos. Purpose.
This is the fundamental solution!
In other words...this is what the emperor wants...
Shen Shangshu raised his head to look at the Emperor, and sure enough, he saw a hint of smile hidden in the Emperor's eyes.
At the same time, other ministers present were also inspired by Shen Yi. They frowned and pondered for a moment, Wang Ao said.
"What Shen Shangshu said is reasonable. The grassland is bitter and cold, but the Central Plains is rich in materials. For various grassland ministries, there is no more convenient and safer channel to obtain materials than mutual trade."
"After the split of the Tatar tribes, internal and external difficulties, they will only rely more on mutual trade. The Ming Dynasty can take this opportunity to re-formulate mutual trade regulations and carry out mutual trade with more tribes."
It should be said that mutual trading has been carried out for such a long time, although there have always been objections from North Korea and China.
However, as it was actually implemented, many ministers in the DPRK gradually let go of their worries.
The Ming Dynasty is different from the Song Dynasty. At least for now, there is no redundancy. The Mongolian tribes are also different from the Liao, Jin and Xixia. Especially after the split of the Tatars, the tribes are fighting against each other and are in chaos. There is no organized country at all. Appear.
Especially when Huangdian took over the border trade and still strictly guarded against smuggling among the people, the mutual trade did not appear to be a capital enemy situation as imagined.
On the contrary, as I said before, Ming Dynasty's rapid recovery in the past two years is inseparable from the development of the mutual market.
There was nothing else on the grassland, but the nobles had accumulated a lot of gold, silver and jewelry. Through the mutual trade, these gold and silver flowed into the Ming Dynasty in large quantities.
Although a considerable part of it was taken away by the emperor, a lot of it still flowed into the national treasury.
By now, the mutual market has become one of the purse strings of the Ministry of Revenue. Therefore, even if there were voices opposing the mutual market, under the strong suppression of the Ministry of Revenue, these voices gradually disappeared without the emperor having to speak.
However, this is a general issue. On specific details, ministers in the DPRK and China have always had differences.
For example, due to the situation of the War of Oara, the emperor promised to start a trade with Tuotuo Buhua. Although it was nominally a tribute trade from the five major tribes, in fact, it still had to go through Tuotuo Buhua.
In fact, one of the reasons why Tuotuo Buhua dared to fight openly and launch an army first this time was that he firmly controlled the five major tribes through the share distribution rights in the mutual market.
This situation is obviously unfavorable to Ming Dynasty.
If things go on like this, it is entirely possible for Totuo Buhua to gradually take control of each tribe and become a de facto khan.
Therefore, there have always been two voices in the DPRK and China. One is to choose an opportunity to stop the mutual trade and not give Tuotuo Buhua a chance to grow. The other is to choose an opportunity to amend the mutual trade regulations so that Ming can trade directly with various tribes. If possible
, Ming Dynasty can even designate the tribe and specific candidates for the other party to trade.
From this perspective, Tuo Tuo Bu Hua's death made the latter's time riper.
Hearing this, Fan Guang's eyes also lit up and he said.
"Your Majesty, according to what I say, Ming Dynasty can completely re-select the target of the transaction. I know that there are several tribes on the grassland. Although the scale is not large, the horses they produce can travel long distances for days and nights without rest. They are the best.
A good horse."
"It's a pity that I haven't seen the Tatars bring out these fine horses after several mutual trades. If we introduce these fine horses, my Ming Dynasty's cavalry will definitely be brave and invincible!"
Therefore, above the court, the way of thinking of civil servants and military officers is still different.
Regarding mutual trading, Wang Ao’s first thought was the political role, while Fan Guang’s first thought was the military role.
Then, Yu Shiyue also spoke and said.
"What Shen Shangshu said is reasonable. The civil strife in Tatar is an opportunity for Oara, and it is also an opportunity for the Ming Dynasty. If Oara wants to take this opportunity to annex other tribes, then the Ming Dynasty can completely cut off the horse market with him and support it again.
The other tribes fought against him."
"First of all, if you want to take advantage of the Tatar civil strife and unify the grasslands, it depends on me, the Ming Dynasty, whether I will agree or not!"
After the War of Oara, in order to welcome back the Emperor, the Ming Dynasty and Oara also re-launched tribute trade.
However, the types and quantities of materials traded have been reduced a lot.
And, more importantly, they only trade tea and horses, which are most in short supply on both sides. However, with the presence of the five major tribes, in fact, this kind of trade puts Oua at a disadvantage.
It can be said that following Shen Yi's words, all the ministers present seemed to have pierced the window paper, and the atmosphere gradually became heated, with ideas emerging one after another.
Although the emperor's expression still contained a bit of anger, he was obviously no longer as angry as before.
This change made other ministers present secretly sigh in relief.
At this moment, Shen Yi's expression became a little strange, and he spoke with a hint of sigh.
"Speaking of it, it is a pity that Yu Shaobao is not in Beijing. Otherwise, Yu Shaobao must have more unique insights on grassland affairs and border defense arrangements."
This was said without any beginning or end, leaving everyone present stunned.
Before they could figure out why Chen Yi suddenly sighed like this, they heard an unnatural cough coming from above.
"Ahem..."
When the ministers raised their heads, they saw a flash of embarrassment on the emperor's face, and then heard the emperor's words.
"Everything you said makes sense. Let's do it this way. After I go back today, I will draft a detailed report on this matter and submit it to you. Later, I will call some other gentlemen here and discuss it further."
As soon as he said this, and thinking of the emperor's expression just now, all the ministers present immediately understood.
WC!
Scammed!
They were originally wondering why the emperor suddenly became so angry when they and others didn't say anything just now.
You know, although they do have a little idea, but again, they are not Qin Hui, and Yang Jie is not a general with no foundation. Even if they look at Yang Hong's weight, they can't really take advantage of Yang Hong. Excellent to calm the storm.
However, the emperor happened to be furious...
This is not in line with the emperor's always calm style!
It's just that just now, they were frightened by the emperor's sudden anger, and they were already a little guilty. In the panic, they naturally had no time to think carefully.
However, now that they have calmed down and thought about it, these bosses suddenly realized that ninety-nine percent of them were plotted by the emperor again this time!