Chapter 528: Stay calm

After the emperor of the Ming Dynasty knew that the territory of the Ming Dynasty was occupied, the reaction was the same, that was, to send troops to fight them out, and there was never any idea of ​​discussing peace and slowly drawing them.

In particular, Emperor Jiajing heard only a few thousand foreign soldiers who occupied a small Zhangzhou city and almost immediately issued an order to send troops to recover Zhangzhou. However, when he issued the decree now, Lu Bing and Eunuch Rui were by his side.

The small study room has begun to become the center of this empire. When the emperor was about to issue an order, Lu Bing shook his eyes desperately, indicating that Jiajing should not act rashly. There were already six officials from the study room on duty. Seeing Lu Bing's expression. Although Emperor Jiajing was not happy, he still waved his hand to repel the idle people in the room, leaving Lu Bing and Rui Xiaosan.

After all, when he was taking over power just now, Lu Bing always gave him various opinions. Jiajing was really not happy. Seeing that the irrelevant people retreated respectfully, Emperor Jiajing said in a little annoyed:

"Your family, is there any mystery in the small Zhangzhou City? I have not been in power for a few years and have been bullied by such a barbarian country. I am speechless to go to Taimiao to see the ancestors and ancestors."

Although Lu Bing has had various opinions these days, which made Emperor Jiajing feel that he could not stretch his fists and feet, the things Lu Bing proposed have his basis and made a lot of sense. Therefore, although Jiajing's words were complaining, there were no too intense words.

Lu Bing bowed slightly. He was so powerful and had a few ups and downs in the political arena. Naturally, he knew what the consequences would be if he had repeatedly been with the emperor. However, Lu Bing even knew that after this mutiny, his position in the court was actually the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet back then. Such a high position would have the same high responsibility. Now, the undercurrents in the world are surging.

The governors and generals from all over the country seemed to have expressed their attitude to support the emperor of the capital, but in fact, what they thought was very suspicious. After all, most of these people were forces supported by the Eastern Party. The current Eastern Party in the Capital, which is the high-ranking officials of the imperial court, was almost wiped out. While the court said that it would not implicate foreign officials, it was cleaned up and settled the capital. The people below were not allowed to be wary of it.

So at this time, the court can be said to be thrilling step by step, and we must respond carefully. If one mistake takes place, it may lead to a loss. However, although Emperor Jiajing's scheming was deep and tortuous in the investigation of the local case and this mutiny, he was much more impatient than before and was less calm in doing things. The more he did this, the more likely he made mistakes.

The central government of the court handles major national affairs. If there is a mistake, I don’t know how big the storm will be. Moreover, the court’s great power has not been returned to the emperor for a long time. Emperor Jiajing’s authority has to be slowly established and restored. There is really no room for mistakes. Lu Bing understands that if the emperor loses power this time, his fate will not be as simple as being imprisoned. It is possible to destroy the nine clans and crush them to pieces.

This is also when Lu Bing sees that whenever the emperor hears his opinions, even if his face changes color, he still has to continue to do such a move. Although he knows that everyone is willing to listen to Zhou Quanyue’s good words, he still has to state the dangers of various things in the world.

Regarding the military affairs in Zhangzhou, when he heard Emperor Jiajing ask questions, Lu Bing first looked around and saw that the eunuchs and low-level civil servants had retreated, then he spoke:

"Your Majesty, in Fujian's military use, you only need to report to the Nanjing Ministry of War, the eunuchs in the garrison, the garrison and the Minister of War, and you can come up with your own ideas. Why do you need the governor of Fujian to report to Your Majesty directly?"

Although the ruling system of the Ming Dynasty was radiating across the country with the capital as the center, due to the information transmission and other reasons of this era, a complete administrative team was retained in Nanjing City. This team was not a reserve team or a second-tier team, but was actually responsible for the rule of several southern provinces.

According to the rules, the three parties can directly complete the transfer of troops from several southern provinces, including the eunuchs in Nanjing, the nobles of Nanjing (the Duke of Wei, Xu family), and the Minister of War of Nanjing. These three parties can directly complete the transfer procedures without going through the capital. They only need to report to the capital after mobilizing the troops.

When foreign tribes capture Zhangzhou City, Nanjing City should be the first to send troops to reinforce and retake the city, rather than sending such memorials to ask the emperor how to do it.

"Your Majesty, the prefectures under the jurisdiction of the Fujian Governor have fallen, and 6,000 soldiers were defeated by those foreign devils. What should we do if the officialdom is a law?"

"It should be apology for the purpose of submitting a memorial, and then gathering troops as much as possible to regain the lost land before the disposal is brought down..."

"Your Majesty, since Your Majesty regained power, although all the rioters in the capital have been dealt with, the local officials and governors have not touched them in order to calm people's hearts. The governor of Fujian must have known that Long Live is not like letting the local turmoil, and will not deal with him, but will issue an order to appease him, so he boldly wrote a memorial."

With a loud "clang", Emperor Jiajing suddenly smashed the inkstone on the table to the ground. The guards guarding outside thought something had happened, and more than a dozen people rushed in. Eunuch Rui next to him quickly waved his hand to send these people out. After those people went out, Eunuch Rui went to clean up the fragments of the inkstones himself. He knew that Emperor Jiajing's current situation would definitely not be willing to let outsiders see it.

Jiajing was also a smart person. When Lu Bing said this, he understood that what the Fujian governor did was like a threat. Most of the dozen provinces in the north and south were the governors of the East Party, and they exchanged voices with the cabinet ministers in the court. This time the Eastern Party was swept away, and the people below were also worried. The Fujian governor lost his territory and the army was defeated. This was a serious crime. He did not submit a memorial to apologize, but instead asked the Central Committee for the strategy of dealing with foreign enemies. It must be that if the court cut off his official position, he could say that he was the foreign minister who was implicated in the East Party. The governors of other provinces would definitely follow him and make trouble. If the Central Committee had this concern, he would not do anything to him.

This memorial was handed to the emperor, and the threat was very strong. If it were ten years ago, no local officials would dare to confront the capital like this. However, in the past ten years, with the control of two groups of merchant troupes and civil servants of the capital, the authority of the court became increasingly declining.

In recent years, local governors, especially those in coastal provinces, have become increasingly rich in financial resources and human resources and are becoming increasingly independent.

Emperor Jiajing threw the inkstone, but instead calmed down. He sat on the chair behind the desk, gritted his teeth and sneered:

"Good minister, good minister, don't apologize, but I submitted a memorial to ask the court to make an idea. Do you really think that my hands and feet cannot be stretched out of the capital? Lu Bing, come to Xuan Zhoulin and arrange for Deng Hua to go to Fujian to serve as the general in charge of the battle!"

Now the emperor is talking less and less room. Lu Bing smiled bitterly in his heart, thinking, Emperor, you say this, I can't even think that I can't offend people, but I must say it clearly, otherwise there will be very bad consequences. Seeing that Eunuch Rui was about to go out and arrange for the little eunuch to announce the summons, he hurriedly stepped forward and said:

"Your Majesty, don't panic about sending soldiers. This memorial says that 6,000 soldiers were killed by the opponent in Zhangzhou City and returned home. This shows that the combat effectiveness of the Folangji army is quite strong. Deng Hua is a general from Shaanxi. He is afraid that he is not familiar with the place when he goes to Fujian. If he is the general, the people below may not listen to his general order. If he secretly restrains it, it will probably have the opposite effect. The fall of Zhangzhou City is not a big deal, and it will be just taken back. However, the local area always depends on the emperor's decision at this time. If the general sent out fails, the prestige that the court finally established finally disappeared again."

"This is not OK, that is not OK. Then let Deng Hua lead the northern and western soldiers to go south. I will send the guest soldiers to show them a look."

Lu Bing's body bent even lower here, but his words were still refuting, and he said loudly:

"Your Majesty, if the troops are mobilized for thousands of miles, the national treasury must be allocated silver. At this time, there is no silver in the national treasury, and the silver in the inner treasury must be in urgent need. Besides, is there any soldiers that can be transferred out to fight now? It is either to guard against the grasslands and the Mongolian Tartars in the west, or to be dilapidated and unbearable to fight. How can we take action?"

After these words, Emperor Jiajing's anger was gone, leaving only depressedness, and a feeling of fatigue arose. He habitually opened the brocade box on the desk, took out a pill of elixir and swallowed it. Lu Bing noticed that the emperor had relied more and more on the pill these days. After a while, Emperor Jiajing said stiffly:

"Lu Qing's family, what do you think should be done?"

"Your Majesty, this battle is not only a battle to regain lost territory, but also a battle that demonstrates the power of the emperor in front of the officials and people of the world. You can only win, and you must win beautifully. Since those ghosts only occupy Zhangzhou and have no subsequent troops in the past few months, we don't need to worry. The land by the sea is superficial. You just need to calm down and train a strong army. Then we will fight again."

"But this is a Fujian note?"

"Your Majesty, there is only a helpless way at this time. If you don't have to rush along the way, it will take dozens of days, just one flip-flop!"

Yang Shitou of Zhangzhou City naturally didn't know that the Ming Dynasty's capital had made such a decision. He went upstairs to look at the distance every day, and said to himself depressedly:

"Why haven't the Ming army come yet? Didn't you say you will come every day and fight every day?"
Chapter completed!