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Chapter 1108 Court Discussion (End)

Liao Ji carefully reviewed Xu Jin's achievements over the years, and then said sarcastically: "How about you, can Duke Jingguo teach me your own official?"

Since Xu Jin dared to stand up and argue, he was naturally prepared, and how could he be refuted so easily? He said calmly: "As the saying goes, a leaf blocked his eyes and could not see Mount Tai. Master Liao only saw years of war, but he did not see that the people in the Ming Dynasty are living and working in peace and prosperity. It is important to know that stability is the cornerstone of everything. Without a stable environment, everything is just futile. The reason why our Ming Dynasty can have today's stability is the result of the soldiers' sacrifices over the years, and it is really hard to come by.

For nearly a hundred years, the southern Japanese and northern captives have been a confidant of our Ming Dynasty, and the problem of the northern captives is particularly serious. The Tatars almost every year invade our borders. They burned, killed, looted, and the people suffered for a long time. The year before yesterday, Altan even knocked down the pass, surrounded the capital, and almost cut off the country's destiny of our Ming Dynasty. Hundreds of thousands of people were raped and looted, their wives and children were separated, and their families were destroyed. This - not only was the cup of my Ming Dynasty, but also the shame of my Ming Dynasty. It was simply a great shame! Now, from the kings to the people, our Ming Dynasty, we all have no different hatred for the enemy, and we wished to siege the Tatars and avenge the shame. It may be true that the people are at peace, but it is an exception to the Tatars!

Besides, the disease of the Southern Japanese has been cured. It is time for our Ming Dynasty to free up our hands to completely resolve the Northern Captains. Taking advantage of Altan's foothold, it is a good opportunity to send troops to the Northern Expedition. The Jingkang shame is still not achievable, and when will the hatred of his ministers be destroyed? Only those short-sighted and confused insects, or those with ulterior motives, will oppose sending troops to the Northern Expedition of Altan."

"Good speech!" The officials of the war-leading officials couldn't help but cheer in unison. Jiajing also brushed his dragon robe with excitement and said loudly: "Jing Kang's shame is not yet achievable. Xu Qing speaks well!"

The heads and factions present all looked extremely ugly. Xu Jin's map cannon was a bit ruthless, calling the ministers who opposed sending troops a short-sighted and confused insect, or having ulterior motives, and having too big hats to crush people to death!

Liao Ji was shocked and angry, and his beard shouted tremblingly: "Xu Ziqian, don't be too rude and slander!"

Xu Jin said lightly: "I'm afraid that it's Mr. Liao who is out of the way. Otherwise, we might as well do a simple investigation and select 100 people on the street to ask whether they hate the Tatars and whether they support the Northern Expedition. If more than 70% of the people support it, it means that Mr. Liao's so-called peace of mind is nothing more than nonsense."

Liao Ji was speechless immediately. The people in the capital were poisoned by the Tartars two years ago. Not to mention 70%, no one was not afraid of the Tartars. So even though he knew that Xu Jin was trying to make a fuss, Liao Ji had no way to refute it, so he could only snort coldly and refused to respond.

Liao Ji's failure to refute means that the first reason he listed was denied. Xu Jin continued to work hard: "The second reason of Ge Lao Liao is that the Tatars live to chase water and plants, and go south just to rob property. They will leave after robbing, so they will not shake the foundation of my Ming Dynasty?"

Liao Jileng said: "Isn't it? The Tartars's attempt to go south is just property. They have no intention of replacing my Ming Dynasty, nor have this strength."

Xu Jin raised his eyebrows and said, "According to Master Liao's intention, the robber just ran to your house to rob, and also kidnapped Master Liao's wife and daughter and favored concubines. However, he did not have the intention to occupy the magpie's nest, so the government would not need to worry about it?"

The ministers present couldn't help but take a breath and finally learned the sharp lyrics of our Grand Prince Jing!

Liao Ji's old face was as red as purple, and he couldn't speak for a long time, so he was so angry!

Wu Wending, the Minister of War, couldn't see it, and stood up to defend himself: "Mr. Liao's intention is not to ignore the Tartars, but to strengthen border defense. Field battles are not the head of our Ming army. Sending a large army out of the frontier to fight the Tartar cavalry is not a move to promote shortcomings and avoid strengths, which is not worth taking advantage of."

Xu Jin raised his sword eyebrows and said, "Mr. Wu said this. Although the Tatar cavalry is strong, it is not invincible. Haven't you seen the two thousand Shenji camps that had a surprise attack on the past two thousand Shenji camps destroyed Banshengcheng and turned the Tatars upside down. It is true that our Ming soldiers are not as good as those of the Tatars, but we have the advantage of firearms, so why should we gain the ambition of others and destroy our own majesty? What's more, the offense is the most effective defense. Fighting and timid battles and compromise will only make Altan even more late. I think if Taizu Taizong hadn't had a great talent and perseverance in the Northern Expedition and finally eliminated the Northern Yuan regime, there would be no safe life for the next few decades."

Wu Wending, as the Minister of War, had his opinions on whether to send troops to the north to fight. In addition, the two of them had met old people, so Xu Jin was still quite polite to him and his words were not so intense. He just wanted to try his best to fight him over.

Wu Wending was not such a firm peace faction, but was just worried that the war would affect people's livelihood and had no intention of hindering Xu Jin from returning to power. So he could hear Xu Jin's words. At this time, he felt that Xu Jin was reasonable, so he nodded subconsciously and retreated to the team.

Seeing this, Xu Jin was excited and continued: "Last year, Altan's troops surrounded the capital and broke the outer city. The situation was extremely dangerous, which almost caused the Ming Dynasty to cut off the country's destiny. However, Master Liao even said that the Tartars would not shake the Ming Dynasty. If this is not considered shaking the fundamentals, is it really necessary to destroy the country? Altan is ambitious. Now that he has unified the Tatars, he will inevitably have a more serious threat to the Ming Dynasty in the future. If he does not seek it, when will he wait?"

"What Xu Qing said is very true. If Altan is not killed as soon as possible, he will definitely be a big concern!" Jiajing said in a deep voice.

Xia Yan was a representative figure of the war pro-sects and immediately agreed: "I agreed that Altan must be eliminated as soon as possible. I and Duke Jingguo were ordered to impose the land in Zhizhe. When the Japanese pirates attacked a large number of Japanese pirates, they realized that the greed and cruelty of the Japanese pirates were so cruel that the people on the coast were suffering. As the Grand Historian said: Barbarians are beasts, fearing power but not having virtue. Since Duke Jingguo wiped out the Japanese pirates with his iron blood and scattered the enemy's gall, no one dared to commit reoffend, which would harm us for a hundred years, and the Japanese tragedy that had been eradicated from the coast of Ming Dynasty, and the people were able to enjoy peace. As the saying goes, long-term pain is worse than short pain. If the hidden danger of Tatars can be eliminated with one battle, what if we can do it without doing it?"

Liao Ji snorted coldly and said, "It's simply whimsical. Japanese pirates are just scattered soldiers and brave men. How can they compare with the Tartars who come and go? What's more, the Northern Expedition was not fighting at their doorsteps, but going deep into the grasslands and into the desert. How many years did Taizu fight? How many years did Taizong (Zhu Di) fight? Taizong even personally fought several times, which prevented them from forcing them to destroy the Northern Yuan regime, but the Oirat and Tatars that were divided from this still exist. It's simply delusion to completely eliminate them. As my official said before, the Tartars came and went like the wind, and they fled to the depths of the desert if they couldn't defeat them. After a while, they made a comeback. It was just a futile thing to send troops to the north. It was better to defend the city."

Xu Jin said calmly: "It is just a matter of man's work. What predecessors can't do it does not mean that people today cannot do it."

Liao Ji sneered: "Duke Jingguo means you are better than Taizu and Taizong?"

Xu Jin hurriedly said: "Xu Jin did not dare to eliminate the hidden danger of Tatars, which does not mean that they should be completely eliminated. Although Xu was not talented, he was confident that he would eliminate the hidden danger of Tatars for the Ming Dynasty!"

"Ignorance and madman, sensational!" Jin Xianmin finally couldn't help but stand up and said calmly: "Your Majesty, Xu Jin is so happy to be successful. For his own selfishness, he cares about the lives and death of the people and soldiers, and bewitches the emperor and launches a large-scale army to fight the north. His intention is to be punished!"

The Prime Minister Jin finally went bare-chested, representing the final contest of the court. Unfortunately, although Jin Xianmin pointed his finger at Xu Jin, it was Jiajing who wanted to fight. Not to mention him, Jin Xianmin, even if Yang Tinghe was replaced, he would have to defeat Jiajing, who had already grown up.

Xu Jin lowered his eyes and said calmly: "The Master of Jin Pavilion wants to inflict crimes, so why bother? However, Xu Jin is not afraid of shadow slanting. This heart can be seen by the sun and the moon. However, the Master of Jin Pavilion dares to make it clear in front of you that he has no selfish intentions to stop the troops from sending troops to the north this time?"

Since he had already broken up, Xu Jin was too lazy to give Jin Xianmin a face. Today, all the pedantic old people who obstructed the Northern Expedition must be kicked away. Altan, the strong enemy of the Ming Dynasty, must not allow time to become a big enemy.

Jin Xianmin's expression changed. His obstruction of the Northern Expedition was naturally mixed with selfishness, but no matter what, he could not admit it. Not only could he not admit it, but he had to express his innocence in order to prove his innocence!

I saw Jin Xianmin suddenly kneeling in front of the imperial throne and said angrily: "Your Majesty, the old minister is devoted to his duties, but he was slandered by the treacherous villain. He resigned from his official position to prove his innocence. I hope the emperor will not be deceived by the treacherous villain. My Ming Dynasty has been warriors for many years, and the people are in peace, so I should rest assured. If I send troops to the north at this time, it will surely ruin the great situation that is hard to come by in the Ming Dynasty. I hope the emperor will think twice before he can do it!" After saying that, he bowed his head and bowed!

Liao Ji also hurriedly knelt down and shouted: "Your Majesty think twice!"

Luo Qinshun, the Minister of Rites, gritted his teeth, and then knelt down and shouted at the emperor's three corpses. Then more than a dozen people knelt down one after another!

Jin Xianmin couldn't help but raise his heart, because the kneeling officials were much less than he expected, and only thirteen counted. There are more than fifty people in the hall now, less than a quarter, which is really a bit shabby.

Before the court discussion, the peace faction was still the majority, but the tough attitude shown by Jiajing made some peace faction change their positions, such as Cai Peng, the censor who rebelled. In addition, Xu Jin's reasonable and well-founded rebuttal also awakened some confused officials, such as Wu Wending, the Minister of War, and Qin Jin, the Minister of Revenue, was a little shaken.

When Jiajing saw Jin Xianmin using his big move, he was shocked at first, but when he saw the number of officials kneeling down, he was shocked and said indifferently: "You are a peaceful family. I ask myself that you are not a foolish leader, and you can still distinguish between right and wrong, loyalty and treacherous. Today, the court meeting was held to listen to everyone's advice. The Jin Liao family is also a peaceful family. I will not allow you to resign!"
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