The next morning, Yunxi could no longer let his cronies rest at home. He called the fourth auxiliary officer, Zhongshu Sheren, Tongshi Sheren, and several generals of the Ming Dynasty into the palace to discuss with them.
How to deal with the affairs of Sri Lanka.????
Of course, it is said to be a discussion, but the tone has been set and Yunxi must intervene. And because of what Shi Jinqing said yesterday, Yunxi has decided to send a prince to Nanyang, and he must prepare in advance to influence the king.
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So what the ministers can discuss is how to intervene, which prince should be the king, and who can influence the king's chancellor.
As for how to intervene, the ministers unanimously advocated courtesy first and then troops. They first sent envoys to the Majapahit Kingdom. If the Majapahit Kingdom refused the Ming Dynasty's order to stop troops, then they would send troops to fight to 'maintain peace and stability in the region.'
Then the prudent civil servants, such as Bao Zhao and Chen Xingshan, who had been prepared to dissuade them, were relieved when they heard that Yunxi did not plan to send the 6th Division to fight on Java Island. In fact, they were originally opposed to military intervention, so they only
However, what Yunxi said was righteous: "Maintaining peace and stability in the surrounding areas is the responsibility of the Ming Dynasty." They couldn't refute it, so they accepted it. But if they paid huge casualties for this, they would remonstrate.
In fact, there has been a lot of discussion among the civil servants about the affairs of Sri Lanka in the past few days. However, because it is during the Chinese New Year holiday, there is no Zhezi, but they have already made preparations to make a Zhezi and give advice after officially starting work on the 16th day of the first lunar month.
They were ready. They didn't expect Yunxi to deal with this matter in such a hurry. By the time they got there on the 16th day of the first lunar month, the matter would have been decided.
Fang Xiaoru supported Yunxi's crusade against the Majapahit Kingdom. Because for Fang Xiaoru, who upheld the Zhou rites, it was the emperor's right to crusade the disobedient princes, and if the Majapayi Kingdom did not obey the Ming Dynasty's order to stop the army,
, then it is a disobedient country and should be conquered.
This also made Yunxi firm in his intention to keep Fang Xiaoru in the cabinet, and Yunxi even wanted Fang Xiaoru to serve as the Minister of Rites or the Secretary of the Ministry of Rites to improve his status. So far, Confucian scholars of Fang Xiaoru's group have made many reforms to Yunxi
The most supportive person, Yunxi, also reciprocated the favor and promoted several officials recommended by Fang Xiaoru to the Ministry of Rites, Honglu Temple, Guanglu Temple and other yamen where virtual affairs were more important than practical affairs, such as Hu Zhao, Zheng Juzhen, Wang Jing, Wang Dayun and others.
Regarding the mobilization of the troops from the Nanyang vassal states if there was a war, Fang Xiaoru also received support, because this was a normal thing during the Western Zhou Dynasty.
After discussion, it was decided to send envoys to the four vassal states of Siam, Luzon, Suwendana (in the north of today's Sumatra Island), and Weni (near Brunei) to ask these four countries to send troops to assist in the war.
Of course, in order to make these four countries "willingly" assist in the war, Yunxi decided to divide the navy going south into two routes, one going southward along the Central South to the Strait of Malacca and then to Old Port, and the other way south from western Luzon.
Sara Prefecture also went to Old Port. At the same time, they also picked up their troops participating in the war and went with them.
As for the other three countries that pay tribute in Nanyang, Annan, Champa and Chenla, Yunxi considered the final solution to Annan in the future, so he did not plan to mobilize the armies of these three countries. And Annan has always been arrogant, even if it is to mobilize
He may not obey his army, so it is better not to provoke Annan in advance.
In addition, the Ming Dynasty will also dispatch the 6th Division. Even if they do not fight on Java Island, they will still wipe out the Majapahit army already in the territory of Srivijaya.
Yunxi originally wanted to mobilize Guangxi's wolf soldiers to fight based on the idea of valuing the population; but he was immediately refuted by Fang Xiaoru. Fang Xiaoru said: "Your Majesty, the purpose of sending troops this time is to defeat the enemy and restore order. We must let the vassal states in Nanyang Seeing the military power of the Ming Dynasty, as far as I know, the wolf soldiers in Guangxi were unruly and untamed not long after they surrendered. In the former Yuan Dynasty, when wolf soldiers went out to fight, they often looted huge areas wherever they went, so I still used the guards of the Ming Dynasty. good."
Yunxi thought for a while and felt that since he wanted to enthrone a prince, it would be better to let them have a good impression of the Ming Dynasty's army, so he followed the good advice and said: "What Fang Qing said is right, I understand."
Finally, after Yunxi discussed with Zhang Wen and others, they decided to mobilize the garrison of Guangdong Dusi to participate in the war. In addition, regarding the navy to be mobilized, it was decided to mobilize the navy from Jiangsu and Zhejiang to participate in the war.
Regarding the issue of commanders, if it were left to modern times, everyone would probably be competing for the position of a commander-in-chief who would go abroad to fight, and he would have to be a general. However, at this time, everyone is not interested in going to Nanyang to fight. I don't think this is a big deal.
Still at Yunxi's strong request, Cao Zhen recommended Dongguan Bo He Rong as the commander-in-chief, and named General Pingnan as the chief military officer to lead the army; Hua Ying, the younger brother of Hua Rong, the commander of the Guangdong Dusi Dusi, once worked with him Lan Zhen, Cao Zhen and others said that he had good abilities, so Yunxi decided to ask Huaying to come to Beijing to meet him, and he almost decided to be the commander-in-chief of the 6th Division, plus a deputy general. At the same time, Huaying was also the future Three Buddhas Qi Kingdom Preparatory candidate for left prime minister.
Regarding the commander of the navy, Yunxi thought for a moment and said: "Commander Zhang Xiaodong of Jinshan Guard made a great contribution to clearing the pirates in the East China Sea last year, and he was also the person who commanded the navy when the late emperor was alive, so he is the commander of the navy. , add a deputy general."
Since Yunxi had personally selected the candidates, and Cao Zhen and others felt that there was nothing wrong with it, they would not refute it, so they approved it.
Among the factions of these three people, He Rong was Fu Youde's old subordinate. After Fu Youde's death, he gradually moved closer to Cao Zhen; the Hua family was from Chang Yuchun, and is now Lan Zhen's family. However, because the Hua family has been in Guangdong and Guangxi, they are closely related to The relationship between the Chang family and the Lan family is not very close.
Zhang Xiaodong has been in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas and is regarded as an old subordinate of Geng Bingwen. The three of them are not very close to each other, but there is no hatred, and He Rong, as the earl, can also suppress the two of them, without worrying about trying to undermine each other. Complete the task successfully.
At the same time, in order to allow Zhang Xiaodong to command the navy at his fingertips, he mainly used the navy from Jiangsu and Zhejiang to fight; however, there were not enough naval forces in Jiangsu and Zhejiang to guard against pirates. Yunxi ordered that some of Fu Jian's navy be transferred after the war started. Heading north for now.
After that, it was time to discuss who the envoy to be sent out to the Majapahit Kingdom would be. This person would go out after the New Year and announce the imperial edict to the Majapahit Kingdom.
Yunxi didn't care much about this candidate. Anyway, he would definitely not succeed and he would definitely fight. However, the civil servants still attached great importance to it. After discussion, he appointed Yang Zai, the traveling minister, as an envoy to Manchu Boyi. Promote the prestige of the Ming Dynasty.