All the six ministries and nine ministers have arrived, but the five commanders of the fifth military camp have not had time to arrive for a while because they are still far away from Jiankang.
However, His Majesty the Emperor had already arrived in advance to sit down in the side hall of Deqing Palace that was used to receive ministers, and waved to several ministers to sit down together.
Originally, the emperor was in the Ganlu Palace. On weekdays, he met with ministers, which were not particularly important. They were always met in the Ganlu Palace. Only on special formal occasions, such as court meetings, did the emperor return to Deqing Palace to meet people.
At this moment, the emperor called everyone to Deqing Palace, obviously taking this matter very seriously.
Coupled with the fact that these people here include almost all the senior civil servants in Da Chen, the importance of today's matter is self-evident.
After everyone was seated, the emperor looked up at everyone, and without any foreshadowing, he said straight to the point: "Everyone, there is news from Shen Yi on the front line that part of the Qi army in the Xuzhou area has withdrawn north, and the Huai'an army is already cleaning up the Xuzhou area. Shen Yi said..."
The emperor looked at everyone, the smile on his lips could no longer be concealed: "Shen Yi said that in another month, the imperial court will be able to send officials to the north to establish households in Xuzhou and the prefectures and counties near Xuzhou."
Upon hearing the news, everyone present, including several prime ministers, couldn't help but be a little surprised.
Officials were sent to manage the place and the people were registered. In other words, this place was completely occupied. And since Shen Yi dared to report this, it meant that he was sure that these places would not be taken back by the Qi people within a period of time. .
More importantly, it means that this place has been taken back by Da Chen!
Everyone looked up at the emperor in unison.
The young and proud Emperor Hongde.
If in the past, Da Chen and his subordinates were all thinking about the Northern Expedition and just looked north, then now, Da Chen is no longer looking north!
But it’s a real, solid step!
No longer looking north! But the Northern Expedition!
And the young emperor in front of him, who has been in power for nearly fourteen years, has become the only emperor in Dachen who has truly regained lost territory since Emperor Shizong's journey south!
You know, even Emperor Xianzong, who completed the "Xianzong Resurgence" that year, did not make a Northern Expedition in his lifetime, let alone regain the lost territory!
The five prime ministers and the six ministries and ministers, a total of fourteen people, all stood up, knelt in front of the emperor, lowered their heads and kowtowed: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, for regaining your homeland!"
"Your Majesty's divine, cultural, and martial arts will forever shine upon future generations!"
Since the eighth year of Hong De's reign, His Majesty the Emperor has developed the ability to keep his emotions and anger hidden, but at this time, this ability seems to be of no use. With a smile on his face, he said with a smile: "Everyone, love Qing Ping Shen."
"Sit down and talk."
Everyone then stood up and returned to their positions.
The emperor squinted his eyes and looked at everyone, and said quietly: "In the past, when I wanted to go to the Northern Expedition, most of you here disagreed. Some said that the national strength was not enough, and some said that the troops were not enough. Now Shen Yi only used 50,000 Huai'an troops. , and then captured Xuzhou. Up to now, the number of troops in Huaibei is less than 100,000, so we can achieve such a great victory."
With a smile on his face, the emperor said: "By now, no one should oppose the Northern Expedition, right?"
At this time, anyone who was not a fool would not jump out to spoil the emperor's mood. Even Prime Minister Cui Yu, who had already made up his mind to challenge Shen Yi, bowed his head and shut up, without saying a word.
Seeing that everyone was silent, the emperor continued: "Furthermore, I have received clear news from the internal guards that Hu Qi Yongping Emperor Zhao Zhen..."
"Deceased."
The emperor's tone was gloomy: "Not only did he die, but his position as the heir apparent has not yet been determined. Now the capital of Yan is in chaos."
"The Northern Qi court is reducing its military strength across the board."
The emperor said calmly: "I think this is a great opportunity for the Northern Expedition and a God-given opportunity."
"Taking back Xuzhou is only the first step."
The emperor finally finished his preparation. He looked around at everyone and said calmly: "I am going to go on the Northern Expedition."
After hearing this sentence, several prime ministers were not surprised.
Because the emperor had already asked the Ministry of War to make several regulations for the Northern Expedition before this.
That is, the "plan".
Although it has not been implemented before, everyone knows that the Hongde Dynasty will definitely launch a Northern Expedition. Unlike the late Emperor's Dynasty, which suffered a bloody blow, it will never give up today.
At this time, the emperor would naturally not give up such a good opportunity.
The emperor sat on his chair and said calmly: "There are almost 70,000 Wang's troops in Huaibei now. I am going to dispatch another 30,000 from the Huaihe Navy to make up 100,000 to form the Northern Expedition Eastern Route Army, which will be assigned to Shen Yi. command."
"At that time, there will be about 60,000 people left in the Huaihe Navy. Another 40,000 people will be transferred from the Forbidden Army to supplement the Huaihe Navy's 100,000 troops to form the Western Route Northern Expedition Army. They will advance east to west with Shen Yi's command and form the horns of each other. Let’s march north together and take back our homeland.”
The so-called East and West Routes actually attacked the two provinces in the north respectively. The East Route Army mainly attacked Shandong, while the West Route Army attacked Henan.
Not only that after recovering these two provinces, the Central Plains is under control. As long as there are no big problems with the future strategy, it is only a matter of time before we can capture Yanzhao and return the old capital!
As for why the Huaihe Navy should be broken up instead of integrating the Forbidden Army into the Huai'an Army, it is because if you want to completely control a solid army, the first thing is to break up the original organization.
Now, although there are some generals of the Forbidden Army in the Huaihe Navy, it is obvious that the emperor has not yet completely controlled the Huaihe Navy. He can take this opportunity to completely break up the Huaihe Navy and completely control the Huaihe River. Navy.
After the emperor finished speaking about his plan, he looked at everyone and asked slowly: "You guys, don't you have any opinions?"
Several prime ministers looked at each other.
At this moment, they were a little surprised.
Because in their opinion, the emperor's favor for Shen Yi could not be increased. This time, the young man Shen Yi would probably be appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Northern Expedition. Unexpectedly, the emperor actually proposed to divide the troops into two groups, and only let Shen Yi be the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Route Army.
It was somewhat surprising to them.
Several prime ministers discussed it for a while, then Prime Minister Chen Jing stood up, lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, I have no objections."
The emperor looked at Jiang Jian and asked, "Does the Ministry of War have any objections?"
Jiang Shangshu stood up quickly, lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, the Ministry of War has no objection."
The emperor nodded slightly and said with a smile: "Then this matter is settled for now."
"The head coach of the East Route Army will be Shen Yi. I believe you all have nothing to say about this. As for the head coach of the West Route Army, I am going to choose one from among the commanders-in-chief of the five military camps."
"We will discuss this later after all five commanders from the fifth military camp have arrived."
After the emperor finished speaking, everyone present was thoughtful.
The fifth military camp is the Forbidden Army.
In Hongde's seventh year, His Majesty the Emperor, who was only seventeen years old, had already begun to take control of the Forbidden Army. Now it has been Hongde's thirteenth year. All the commanders in the Forbidden Army are the emperor's confidants.
And based on the emperor's trust in Shen Yi, if the Commander-in-Chief of the Forbidden Army is appointed as the head coach of the Western Route Army, I am afraid that the young man named Shen will still make the decision for the Northern Expedition...
After the emperor finished saying this, he stood up from the dragon throne.
He stood up, and the ministers present naturally did not dare to continue sitting and stood up one after another.
The emperor waved his hand and said with a smile: "Everyone, please sit down."
When everyone sat down again, the emperor looked at the Minister of Civil Affairs.
"The first magistrate of Xuzhou Prefecture in the Hong De Dynasty also needs to be carefully screened."
"Do you have any candidates?"
Before the Minister of Personnel could speak, Zhao Changping, the Minister of Hubu, stood up silently, cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, I recommend Zhang Jian, the prefect of Huai'an, to be the first prefect of Xuzhou."
The emperor thought for a while, then nodded in agreement and said with a smile: "It's accurate."
He looked at the staff and said: "The staff will discuss the candidate for the governor of Huai'an as soon as possible and find someone to fill the vacancy."
The official minister bowed his head and responded respectfully.
Afterwards, the emperor discussed many details about the Northern Expedition with these elders.
After discussing for more than an hour, the issues on the Northern Expedition were discussed. The emperor once again stood up from his seat. He looked at everyone and said: "You know, Shen Yi is playing What do you want to say to me in the newspaper?"
"He said…"
"In five years at most, we can reach the edge of the Yellow River!"
The emperor's heart was racing and his voice became louder.
"For Da Chen, recover the entire Huanghuai and almost all of the Central Plains!"
Fourteen people, including six ministers and nine ministers, knelt on the ground and kowtowed in support.