Xu Hongji seemed to have regained his breath. He glanced at the Ming Dynasty nobles present and asked in a low voice: "Whose family is on the front line in Jiangxi to suppress bandits?"
Now Zhang Xianzhong's bandits have entered Jiangxi and are operating in the western region of Jiangxi. They may go eastward or southward.
Hearing what Duke Wei Guo said, many nobles present raised their hands and responded to his words, saying that some of their disciples were in Jiangxi.
For these nobles, nearly three hundred years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, their influence can be said to be spread throughout the military. Speaking of which, a large part of the hereditary officers of the Ming Dynasty can be related to them.
Especially here in the south, because there has been no war for many years, there will naturally be no elimination. At least the local garrison is more or less related to them.
A lot of people raised their hands, so it was not surprising at all.
When Xu Hongji saw him, he asked with a hint of expectation: "Let's see if we can work together to drive the bandits out of Jiangxi. This is the bottom line, is it possible?"
Having said this, he paused and explained: "Then Ma Shiying wants to lead troops here, and the excuse is that the bandits are threatening Nanjing. If this crisis is resolved, we can ask those censors to come forward to prevent Ma Shiying from coming. This is the case
The crisis will be alleviated!”
He didn't say anything about solving it, because everyone here knew that when Ma Shiying came to Nanjing, it was because he was drunk and not interested in drinking. In fact, he came to seek their wealth.
Without the excuse to rebel, Ma Shiying would not be able to directly lead the northern army into Nanjing as he does now. The two sides have the words to fight. When that time comes, they can try again, or they can keep dragging it out.
The nobles who raised their hands just now couldn't help but look at me and me when they heard his words. For a while, no one spoke.
The Crown Prince of Wei who was sitting next to him was a little annoyed when he saw it, and immediately shouted loudly: "My father is asking you a question!"
Who doesn’t know this? It’s just hard to answer, but it’s not like I haven’t heard anything!
When Xu Hongji met, he already knew the answer without them having to say anything.
However, he was a little unwilling to give up, so he spoke again: "It's now time, don't hide it, send those who can fight in each government, and all our other families will also come out."
Can a group of people gather an elite force to repel the bandits?"
The implication is to gather the elite servants from each government and send them to the front line to fight.
Hearing this, Zhao Zhilong, the uncle of Xincheng who had just been dismissed from the post of Nanjing garrison by Emperor Chongzhen, cried and laughed and said: "Wei Gong, it is no longer the past few years. The bandits have become more powerful. It is necessary to give out some servants."
We can win. At least we must concentrate on training and become a truly elite division! If these servants we have gathered together only obey the orders, they can only defend the city at most!"
After all, he had served as a garrison in Nanjing, so he had some understanding of the situation.
However, other nobles, as long as the flames of war do not burn their homes, they don't care about these things at all. When they heard that the bandits were so powerful, they were all surprised.
"When did the bandits become so powerful? Aren't they just a bunch of poor and starving ghosts? How can they beat the elite servants we have?"
"Didn't I hear before that the so-called troops that can fight are actually the generals leading their own servants to chase the bandits and fight them?"
"We have so many families. If we can gather three to five thousand people, it should be no problem, right? We can't beat the bandits, right?"
"..."
Of course, there are some nobles whose views are completely opposite to theirs.
"The capital of Huguang has been occupied by bandits. This shows how powerful the bandits are!"
"That's right, I heard that the elite among the bandits are all frontier troops from the nine-border town, and they are the result of years of fighting."
"No, I heard that in the past, their armor and weapons were poor, so they couldn't defeat the official army. But after so many years of fighting, I don't know how many they captured just by capturing the city. Don't be too powerful now if you attack the city!
"
"No, the current bandits are already very powerful!"
"..."
Regardless of whether their opinions are positive or negative, these nobles are actually virtuous. They don't care about the political situation or the world's major events. They just hear what they hear.
As for what they do on weekdays? Wen Tian plays martial arts and enjoys wealth and wealth!
At this time, as soon as we started talking, the lobby suddenly became lively again, arguing with each other, and suddenly it turned into a vegetable market.
Seeing this situation, Xu Hongji was really troubled and had a headache!
If this matter could be solved quietly by himself, even if it was just his own side, he would not unite so many people to discuss it.
But there is no way, it is just a problem that all Nanjing nobles have to face, and the stakes are so high that we can only come up with ideas and face it together.
As a last resort, Xu Hongji slammed the table again, making the lobby quiet again.
Then, after taking a breath for a while, he continued: "Since it is impossible to expel the bandits, then it is impossible to stop Ma Shiying from leading his troops into the city!"
In the end, he still believed what Uncle Xin Cheng said and made this judgment.
After finishing speaking, Xu Hongji paused and asked again: "Since we can't drive away the bandits, is it possible to put the bandits in Nanjing? In this case, Ma Shiying must solve the matter of bandits.
Can’t take care of us!”
The implication is that if you can't win the battle, you can always lose the battle, right?
This point is similar to football in later generations.
After hearing this, the nobles in the hall looked at each other and then began to speak again.
"Isn't this bad? If you abandon the city and flee, the court will behead you. That commander-in-chief just now, what's his name is yellow? Wasn't he beheaded just because he abandoned the city and fled!"
"That's for facing Jianlu, outside the pass. It shouldn't be the same for dealing with rogues, right?"
"Is there anything impossible? Your family is not on the front line, so your back hurts when you stand and talk?"
"Haha, do you think I don't know that you are worried about your disciple? You are worried about the property there!"
"Even if we lure the thieves to Nanjing, it may not be a solution! This Ma Shiying came with the elite troops of the imperial court. How about Huang De's ability to fight? And Liu Liangzuo and the others, by the way, I heard that even that one just participated in the Ningyuan victory
, all the thieves with any title are here!"
"Yes, yes, if the bandit comes, he might be able to help Ma Shiying and give him a chance to make great achievements!"
"That's not necessarily true. This is our territory. As long as we use some tricks secretly, it's possible to give him a big defeat!"
"I heard that there are many factory guards accompanying the army. Isn't it difficult to do this? Once they find out, they will take people directly!"
"Are you that stupid? Do you want to do it yourself? Also, can't you be more secretive?"
"You are so damn stupid. I call this caution, do you understand?"
"..."
In the lobby, the noise turned into a vegetable market again!
Xu Hongji was shocked when he heard this. They were really a bunch of pigs and you shouldn’t keep company with them!
At this time, he finally understood. If he continued to talk like this, basically he would not be able to come up with anything for three days and three nights.
Think about the ancestors of these people here, how majestic and powerful they were, but now...
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
But he didn't think about it himself. Fortunately, he had such an idea. Could it be that he was flattering Xu Da?
At this time, Xu Hongji, according to the original historical development, would die of illness next year, in fact, within a few months.
It can be said that at this time, his health was already very poor.
Because the interests of the family were involved, he had to hold on to his illness to host this meeting. However, he could not reach a result through the negotiation, so he became a little angry and felt that his body was a little overwhelmed.
The group of people in the lobby, such as the majestic princes, marquises, uncles, etc., quarreled like shrews for a long time before Xu Hongji waved his hand to signal them to stop.
The reason why he didn't slap the table was that he felt a little powerless to even slap the table.
However, not everyone was watching his movements. Although some people stopped talking, there were still many people arguing. There was no silence in the lobby.
The prince of Wei Guogong was anxious and shouted for his father again, which finally silenced the hall.
"Let's do this!" Xu Hongji said weakly, "You go back first and think about whether there is any good way. We will talk about it later!"
After hearing this, these Ming Dynasty nobles were obviously unwilling to accept it, so they started talking one after another.
"Mr. Wei, it's up to you to make the decision!"
"Yes, you make the decision, we will listen to you!"
"When I think about what that damn Ma Shiying is going to do, it feels like cutting flesh with a knife. I won't be happy when I go back!"
"No, this is what our families have accumulated over the years. How can we spit it out again?"
"Why are you vomiting? Vomiting blood like this will make our ancestors angry to death!"
"..."
Xu Hongji was tired after hearing this. There were too many people here. Every word you said to me turned into a quarrel!
At this time, he suddenly realized that Ming Dynasty really had a lot of nobles in Nanjing!
Put it this way, this is not an option at all!
So, Xu Hongji had no choice but to make them quiet down again, and then said to them: "Then I will ask a few people to stay for discussion, and the others will go back and think for themselves first, and we will make a total later!"
Upon hearing this, these nobles immediately turned to look at their respective circles. In other words, those who had a good relationship with them.
In the end, people in several circles selected people they felt they could trust to stay, and then the others finally said goodbye and left.
As a result, there were finally only three or four people left in the lobby of Duke Wei's mansion, and it suddenly became much cleaner.
When Xu Hongji saw it, he looked at his son and said, "Come and tell your uncles!"
Having said this, he explained to the people present: "I am really tired and need to take a rest!"