When Zhu Youxiao proposed to the six cabinet ministers the idea of sending troops to Liaodong after the beginning of spring to conquer the slave establishment, he met with opposition without any surprise.
Even Wang Zaijin, who has always supported Zhu Youxiao, raised objections to this matter.
"Your Majesty, can this matter be postponed for one year?"
Seeing this situation, Zhu Youxiao didn't know whether he wanted to make a dictatorial decision or not.
In fact, he also knew in his heart that it was indeed a bit urgent to send troops to conquer the slaves this year.
But there is no time to wait for others.
As long as Jiannu is not destroyed, there will be no peace in Liaodong.
The pressure on Daming was too heavy.浻
Moreover, he also has another worry, that is, he is afraid that Nuerhachi's wild boar skin will really make him jump over the wall.
They can barely get through this winter this year, but what about next year?
If Boarhide is really desperate, he runs the risk of being attacked from both sides and from the front and back.
Send troops south again, bypassing Liaoshen and attacking Haizhou, Gaizhou, and Guangning avant-garde places.
For the people of Liaodong, it was simply a catastrophe.
Although Zhu Youxiao has confidence in the current Liao army, he is not arrogant enough to think that he can directly kill the wild boar skin and annihilate it in a field battle.
After all, this generation of Jiannu slave soldiers is still quite effective in combat, and their war experience and bravery are also higher than that of the Liao army.
After all, they all started fighting with the boar skin.
After experiencing the battles of Fushun, Tieling, and Sarhu, they naturally had a psychological advantage over the Ming army. On the contrary, the Ming army was more or less afraid of the slave soldiers.
If you change Zhu Youxiao to the perspective of wild boar skin, then you want to survive the winter smoothly next year and preserve your vitality.
So this spring and summer, we must send out troops to find a place to plunder and accumulate supplies, grain and salt.
The best target for plundering must be the central area of Liaoning behind the Liaoshen defense line.
There are hundreds of thousands of people gathered there. As long as they can grab a wave, it will definitely not be a problem to survive the winter next year, and there will even be room to accumulate strength.
Ye Zhupi has always been a person who dares to gamble, especially against the Ming army. He can win every time with small gains and big gains, which indeed gives him enough confidence.
He is now at the end of his rope and will definitely fight to the death.
"Tell me the reasons for your objection."
Wang Zaijin took a deep breath, and then said unhurriedly:
"Your Majesty just executed a large number of rebellious ministers in the court not long ago. Although it is very satisfying, it is also a big turmoil for our court."
"Most of the newly replaced officials lack experience and are not familiar with various yamen and their own affairs."
"Although the rebels of the White Lotus Sect in Shandong have been beaten and fled by Shen Yourong and Cao Wenzhao, the whereabouts of Xu Hongru, the leader of the rebels, are still unknown at this time."
"If Your Majesty rushes to send troops to Liaodong, he may lose sight of one thing." Xun
"What a cult like the White Lotus is best at is deceiving the people, acting as a pawn for them, and driving them against the imperial court."
"There are also those officials who colluded with the White Lotus cult. They have not yet been arrested and brought to justice. Those wealthy gentry may still be secretly assisting."
"Once Your Majesty leaves the capital, the entire world's attention will be focused on Your Majesty, and other things will inevitably happen."
"If you are a little negligent, the White Lotus cult is likely to resurgence."
"The war in Yunnan is not over yet. Qin Liangyu and Duke Qian's tens of thousands of troops are still suppressing the chieftain rebels."
"Shaanxi was hit by disasters for two consecutive years this year and last year, and there were more than hundreds of thousands of refugees and hungry people?"
"The food needed for disaster relief is more than a million dan?"
"As for the money and food required for the treasury expenditure, I believe that Da Situ has a detailed account."
When Wang Zaijin mentioned himself, Cheng Guoxiang also stepped out and said:
"Your Majesty, in Taicang, the Ministry of Revenue, there really is no excess food to supply the army to conquer Liaodong."
"There is not much tax money left in the treasury. For the one hundred thousand taels of silver that King Rui sent to the feudal lord, I am still scraping it together and trying all kinds of ways, but there is still a shortfall of more than 25,000 taels."
"I have already calculated the taxes and money for the coming year. Most of the military pay required by Jiubian Military Town and His Majesty's Yulin Army will be eliminated."
"The military pay for the nearly 30,000 officers and soldiers in Denglai Town, as well as the extravagant expenses required to build ports and warships, are not a small sum."
"His Majesty issued an edict a few months ago that all tax grains from Northern Zhili and Shandong should be shipped to Liaodong for military rations."
"And many prefectures and counties in Shaanxi and Guizhou have also been exempted from taxes for three years by His Majesty. The tax revenue next year will definitely not be higher than this year."
"The Yunnan War will also end next year. By then, we will need a large amount of Xiangyin and reward silver. In addition, we will also have to reserve some reserves. It is really stretched."
"I also hope that your Majesty's plan to send troops to Liaodong to conquer the slaves can be put on hold for the time being. It will not be too late to send troops again after the country is stable."
"Otherwise, if troops are dispatched in a hurry, if something goes wrong in some link, the entire situation will be affected."
"I'm afraid my Ming Dynasty will become more chaotic by then."
At this time, Zhu Youxiao felt a headache after listening to it.
Now he can only make a choice.浻
That is to give up the hundreds of thousands of people in Liaodong and leave life and death to fate, hoping that Xiong Tingbi can block the wild boar-skin army in front of the Liaoshen defense line.
After all, compared to the stability and tens of millions of people in the country, the hundreds of thousands of people in Liaodong seem a bit insignificant.
But he was also very painful in his heart. Could it be that the people of Liaodong were still in danger of being massacred by the slaves?
So what is the significance of his efforts in the past two years?
Moreover, these ministers did not know the inside story about the White Lotus Sect in Shandong.
In fact, after this month of encirclement and suppression, some of the leaders and backbones of the White Lotus Sect have been basically eradicated, and Xu Hongru was also in Dongchang's hands at this time.
The rest are just small fish and shrimps. Even if Zhu Youxiao gives Cao Wenzhao and Shen Yourong an order to retreat, their fish that slipped through the net will not make any waves.
The local government and guards can easily suppress and eliminate them.
The reason why the victory has not been reported to the court is entirely because Zhu Youxiao wants to attack the Kong family in Qufu.
Therefore, he must be fully prepared, he must stand on moral principles, and make everyone in the world speechless.
After all, Confucius is a literary sage and the ancestor of all scholars in the world.
As a descendant of Confucius, the Qufu Kong family also had earth-shattering influence.
Therefore, he had to make the Qufu Kong family's crimes so heinous that they could not be forgiven.
Let Xu Hongru and all the key leaders of the White Lotus Sect agree to cooperate and falsely accuse the Kong family of being their backers, and the Kong family will rebel.
And in order to avoid being questioned, or that someone would use this to defend the Kong family, Xu Hongru could not be captured by the army or factory guards.
They must be captured by a person with a good reputation in the scholarly community in full view of the public, and then publicly interrogated by the three departments.
Only in this way can he have an excuse to eradicate Beikong and support and control Nankong.
And as long as the Qufu Kong family is copied, he can spend as much as he wants next year, and the Ming Dynasty's treasury and Taicang will definitely not be as tight as this year.