On the morning of February 28, the sixth year of Jiajing, almost all the important officials in the court arrived in Wenhua Hall in the capital. Emperor Jiajing Zhu Houcong sat upright on the imperial throne with a gloomy face. The ministers held their breath and calmly, and the atmosphere was extremely heavy.

It turned out that just in the evening of yesterday, Jiajing received secret accusations from the Dongchang and the Jinyiwei. Qiu Luan was suddenly attacked by 20,000 cavalrymen from the Tatars in Duolun, and almost wiped out the entire army. The more than ten stone of military rations escorted with the army were lost.

This news was like a bolt from the blue, which made Jiajing stunned and could not come back for a long time. When he realized that the military rations were lost, the food route and the retreat were cut off, which had an adverse impact on Xu Jin's 50,000 main army, he was even more shocked as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, and he was heartbroken.

Jiajing knew Xu Jin's entire Northern Expedition plan well, and naturally knew that in order to carry as much ammunition as possible, Xu Jin sacrificed some of the transportation capacity. The army did not carry much food and grass, which was enough to last for about half a month. Once the food and grass supply was not supplied, the Tatars would not take action. The 50,000 main force of the Northern Expedition would collapse and eventually the entire army was wiped out.

After realizing the seriousness of the problem, Jiajing immediately summoned a group of civil and military ministers to discuss countermeasures early this morning.

At this time, Hanlin scholar Xia Yan stood up first and said, "Your Majesty, the most urgent task is to immediately summon troops and send a general to reinforce Duke Jingguo, defeat the Tartars in Doron, and restore the food route."

Jiajing was excited when he heard this and nodded, "The idea of ​​Xia Qing's family coincides with me, but who is the right person to send?"

Xia Yan immediately replied: "Soldiers are very fast, and it is too troublesome to mobilize troops temporarily. It just so happened that Jing Dachu, the general of Xuanfu, was leading 20,000 troops to attack Yongxiebu on the right wing. It was only seven or eight hundred miles apart. It would be better to order him to change his way eastward to help Duke Jingguo."

Jiajing couldn't help but frown when he heard this. If the troops from Jing Dachu were mobilized, it would be like disrupting Xu Qing's combat plan. However, now the situation has changed. Xu Qing's 50,000 main forces were in danger and could not care about so many. So he nodded and said, "Then according to what the Xia Qing family said, but relying solely on Jing Dachu's troops alone will the strength be too thin? I want to send more troops, can the Xia Qing family have a suitable candidate?"

At this time, Liao Ji, the second assistant to the cabinet, stood up and said, "Your Majesty, you don't have to be so troublesome at all. I have a plan to solve the problem easily."

Jiajing looked at Liao Ji suspiciously after hearing this, and said in a deep voice: "Liao Qing's family plan is coming out?"

Liao Ji held the scepter and bowed to Jiajing, "Emperor, what Altan wants is nothing more than the siblings of Mentu. As long as the emperor prepares a letter to Altan, he expresses his willingness to truce the battle and return the siblings of Mentu to Tatars. I think that Altan is also a person who knows affairs and will definitely not be able to gain a better position."

A trace of anger flashed in Jiajing's eyes, and his face suddenly sank. However, Liao Ji seemed to have not seen it, and continued to politely say: "I used to strongly oppose the Northern Expedition at the time, but the emperor was blinded by Xu Ziqian, who was very fond of merit, and insisted on sending troops to the Northern Expedition. Now Xu Jin's army is not good, and the 50,000 troops are in desperate situation, and they are in danger.

I wrote a letter to Altan for peace. Although this move would harm the emperor's face, it is said that people are under the roof and they have to bow their heads. Once the 50,000 main forces are overturned, all the elite troops in my capital camp will be lost. If Altan takes advantage of the situation and knock on the gates, the capital will be in danger and my great wisdom will be in danger. I hope the emperor will take into account the overall situation and think twice!”

Liao Ji's words were very striking, but they were a bit gloating when they heard them. Translated it means: Look, you didn't listen to the Emperor against the Northern Expedition, but you just wanted to listen to that boy Xu Jin. Now it's a tragic situation? The 50,000 army is almost over. You should write a letter to Altan to pretend to be a peace. Although it is a bit embarrassing, you can save the 50,000 elite troops in the Beijing camp.

So how harsh and harsh Liao Ji's words were in Jiajing's ears, which made him tremble. However, the Northern Expedition Army was indeed defeated. No matter how annoyed Jiajing was, he would have to hold back his anger.

In fact, veterans like Liao Ji should never be so irrational. Is the emperor's face so easy to beat? To describe it in a fashionable Internet term, that is, the (emperor) face is awesome, and the whole family's crematorium!

However, our Master Liao was too frustrated before. Because he strongly opposed Altan of the Northern Expedition, he almost returned to his hometown to farm with the chief assistant Jin Xianmin. After suffering such a great "wrongedness" and having been holding back for so long, he was in a desperate situation. If Master Liao did not seize the opportunity to make a frustration, he would probably suffocate himself to death.

After slapping Jiajing in the face, Mr. Liao felt as if he had eaten ginseng fruit. All the pores on his body were taking deep breaths. One word: It’s great!

"Absurd, Master Liao's words are extremely absurd. It is normal for the two armies to fight each other and win or lose. If you just encounter a slight setback, you will compromise with the enemy. What kind of national power can you say?" Xia Yan scolded coldly with anger.

Fang Xianfu, the Minister of Personnel, immediately came out to the ranks and said, "What Lord Xia said is so true. My Ming Dynasty is a great country. How can I bow to the barbarians easily? Master Liao really reads the books of sages in vain and has no integrity as a scholar. I am ashamed to join him."

As soon as this statement was made, the audience was in an uproar. Liao Ji was so angry that his beard was trembling. He pointed at Fang Xianfu and cursed: "Fang Shuxian, you are a sinister villain with two faces and three swords. I am ashamed to join you and others. You also had the position to incite the emperor to send troops to the north. Now Qiu Luan's 20,000 troops were wiped out, and the food was lost, and the food route was cut off. Xu Ziqian's main force was in danger. The crime was that you would be punished if you sent troops to the north. All those who would not be punished!"

Most of the ministers in the hall couldn't help but change their faces. According to Liao Ji's logic, wouldn't the officials who supported the Northern Expedition be punished and killed? At this moment, most of the people present were guilty, and the one sitting on the imperial throne was even more guilty. After all, the Northern Expedition was the emperor's intention!

Jiajing finally couldn't bear it anymore, and slapped the imperial case suddenly and shouted loudly: "Rareless, sending troops to the Northern Expedition is the result of the discussion of all ministers and courts. It was approved by my decree. Is it not allowed to be punished? Do I deserve to die?"

Liao Ji shivered for a moment, then realized that he had lost his words. When his legs were weak, he knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, the old minister doesn't mean that. The old minister just said that the emperor was blinded by the Nichen like Fang Xianfu. The old minister is loyal. Please be aware of it!"
Chapter completed!