Chapter 569 Everything is as expected by the big partner [2 more]
Zhu Houzhao coughed lightly, and then the chamberlain standing next to Zhu Houzhao said sharply: "Quiet!"
Suddenly, the officials in the court who were talking about each other shut their mouths, and only heard Zhu Houzhao say: "Yang Qing's family, what should we do about this matter?"
Yang Yiqing is the newly appointed chief minister of the cabinet. Since he is in office, this matter will naturally be handled by Yang Yiqing.
Zhu Houzhao could have bypassed Yang Yiqing and issued orders directly, but Zhu Houzhao also knew that Yang Yiqing was a man of military knowledge, and professional matters should be left to professionals.
Chu Yi mentioned this concept to Zhu Houzhao countless times, and even took Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, as an example.
When it comes to dispatching troops and generals, Zhu Houzhao is naturally far behind Yang Yiqing. In addition, Zhu Houzhao also wants to help Yang Yiqing establish his authority as the chief minister of the cabinet, so he leaves this matter to Yang Yiqing.
If Yang Yiqing can properly and perfectly solve this problem, it is conceivable that Yang Yitang will be able to secure his position as the first minister of the cabinet based on this.
Yang Yiqing took a step forward, saluted first, and then said with a serious expression: "Your Majesty, the Tianjin Guard is the gateway to the capital. The Tianjin Guard and the guerrilla generals are all powerful generals in the army. I can guarantee that the Tianjin Guard will never make a mistake!"
Once Tianjin Guards fell, it was only a day's journey from Tianjin to the capital. Although the capital had been attacked by foreign tribes several times from the Tumu Fort Incident to the Tartar siege, none of the officials wanted to think about the siege of the capital.
See.
If one day, even the capital is surrounded by enemies, no matter what the result is, at least officials like them will be written down in the history books.
Others may be remembered in history, but they will be infamous in history for thousands of years.
Zhu Houzhao glanced at all the civil and military officials and said in a deep voice: "All the ministers in the cabinet, a few princes, and the generals will stay, while the others will leave!"
The officials who were killed by Zhu Houzhao stayed, while the other officials also left.
The dozen or twenty people in the royal study seemed a little crowded. These ten or twenty people almost represented the civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty and the Manchu Dynasty.
It is not an exaggeration to say that the decision-making power of many matters in the Ming Dynasty was in the hands of these dozen or twenty people. Civil servants, military generals, nobles, and representative figures from the three parties were all present.
Zhu Houzhao signaled several waves of messengers to deliver the latest news one by one.
The last wave of messengers arrived not long ago. According to what they said, the port had been breached by the enemy. As a guerrilla general, Cheng Yan voluntarily withdrew from the port after evacuating the merchants in the port and established the Qingtian Town.
Got defensive.
Chen Ding frowned and said, "Your Majesty, I think Cheng Yan should be executed!"
Everyone couldn't help but be stunned when they heard this. Chen Ding was so upright that he wanted to behead people with his words.
Yang Yiqing couldn't help but smile bitterly and saluted Chen Ding: "I don't know why Mr. Chen wants to kill General Cheng Yan!"
Chen Ding said coldly: "As a general of the Ming Dynasty, he will die on the battlefield and will never take a step back. Since he, Cheng Yan, is a general of the Ming Dynasty and has the responsibility of guarding the land and calming the people, he will face the invading enemy."
, Even if you fight to the last person, you must not take a step back. Cheng Yan must be killed. Failure to kill is not enough to shock people's hearts and it is not enough to correct the strict military law of the Ming Dynasty."
The several veteran nobles present had a natural hostility towards the newly promoted nobles, so when they heard Chen Ding targeting Cheng Yan, these veteran nobles not only did not speak up to defend Cheng Yan, but instead
It's a sign of approval.
As the marquis, Cheng Xiangwu and Han Kun couldn't help but look extremely ugly after hearing this, but they couldn't get angry directly at Chen Ding.
Everyone present knew that Chen Ding's words were not directed at Cheng Yan. Even if any of them were in Cheng Yan's position, Chen Ding would not hesitate to impeach him. Therefore, Chen Ding
Not to the person but to the matter.
It turns out that Cheng Yan was the general who went out under Cheng Xiangwu. Since he was the one who brought him out in the past, Cheng Xiangwu naturally wanted to defend Cheng Yan.
I heard Cheng Xiangwu say to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the general has something to say!"
As one of the big bosses in the army, Cheng Xiangwu was in charge of hundreds of thousands of naval troops and could be said to be one of the most powerful figures in the Ming army.
Zhu Houzhao glanced at Cheng Xiangwu, nodded slightly and said, "Marquis Dingwu, just speak out if you have anything to say!"
Cheng Xiangwu was originally named Dingwu Bo by imperial decree, but later he was promoted to Dingwuhou due to his meritorious service. Like Han Kun's Anyuanhou, they were all newly promoted princes.
In addition to the two princes, Wang Yangming, the Duke of An, and Yang Yiqing, the Duke of Jin, the most respected in the army were the Marquis of Dingwu, Cheng Xiangwu, and the Marquis of Anyuan, Han Kun.
I only heard Cheng Xiangwu say with a solemn face: "Your Majesty, I know very well that Cheng Yan is definitely not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death. His Highness King Wu once said that the art of war depends on single-mindedness. Doing something when you know it is not right is not right.
Brave, but stupid!"
Chen Ding snorted coldly: "Your Majesty, I impeach another person, King Chu Yi of Wu, for actually encouraging the army sergeants to flee from the battle..."
Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but cough slightly, and looked at Chen Ding helplessly. To say that Chen Ding was unreasonable, his impeachment was justified, but Chen Ding was obviously too rigid and did not know how to adapt.
At this moment, Yang Yiqing saluted Chen Ding and said, "Master Chen, you don't know something. It is true that the soldiers in the army are encouraged to charge and kill the enemy and never retreat to the death. However, as a general of an army, one must have the ability to judge the situation.
I would like to ask Mr. Chen, if Cheng Yan leads his army to defend the port and the entire army is eventually annihilated, what will be the consequences if the enemy marches straight in?"
Once the enemy marches straight in, the capital will be shaken, and the serious consequences can be imagined.
Chen Ding said slowly: "I only know that Cheng Yan is suspected of escaping from battle."
Zhu Houzhao waved his hands rather impatiently and said: "We will discuss Cheng Yan's merits and demerits after the incident. I just want to ask the nobles, do you have any countermeasures?"
Everyone looked at Yang Yiqing and heard Yang Yiqing say: "Your Majesty, I said that with Cheng Yan and Tianjin garrison Dong Ke here, the invading enemy will never be able to get past the Tianjin garrison."
An honorable nobleman couldn't help but sneered, glanced at Yang Yiqing and said: "What Mr. Yang Ge said is easy. To know the military, it is a major matter for the country. Can you guarantee it? If the enemy really arrives in the capital, where will you put your majesty?
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Zhu Houzhao looked at Yang Yiqing and said, "Yang Qing's family, do you have anything to say?"
Yang Yiqing said: "Even if your Majesty can't trust the humble ministers, can't you still trust King Wu?"
Zhu Houzhao was slightly startled, looked at Yang Yiqing with some confusion and said, "What's wrong with Daban at this time?"
Obviously Zhu Houzhao was very puzzled as to why Yang Yiqing suddenly mentioned Chu Yi. This seemed to have nothing to do with Chu Yi.
Yang Yiqing shook his head and said: "Has your Majesty forgotten the Portuguese naval generals that His Highness King Wu brought back from Japan more than half a year ago?"
At that time, when Chu Yi returned, the Portuguese naval general he brought back was deeply remembered by many people, but now many people have almost forgotten about it.
At this moment, after Yang Yiqing mentioned it, everyone suddenly recalled the overseas aliens they had met when they welcomed Chu Yi's triumphant return.
Seeing that everyone's attention was focused on him, Yang Yiqing said solemnly: "His Royal Highness King Wu once told me to be prepared. Sooner or later, the Ming Dynasty will face a strong enemy from the sea. For this reason, I asked for advice.
His Highness King Wu specially dispatched the talented general Cheng Yan to go there. Even General Cheng Yan failed in the first battle and voluntarily abandoned the port and blocked the invading enemy at Qingtian Town a few miles outside the port. This was His Highness King Wu's suggestion.
"
"What, you said that my companion has already made arrangements?"
Zhu Houzhao didn't expect Yang Yiqing to say such a thing, and at the same time his heart was secretly relieved. He could not believe anyone, but he would never disbelieve Chu Yi.
Since Chu Yi had intervened in the capital's defense, based on his understanding of Chu Yi, Chu Yi must have taken one step at a time and made arrangements for various possibilities. That's why Yang Yiqing said that he wanted Zhu Houzhao to trust Chu Yi.
Zhu Houzhao nodded and said with a bit of joy on his face: "I see, I never thought that Daban would make such arrangements."
When the honorable noble heard what Yang Yiqing said, and even related to Chu Yi, his expression changed slightly. Even though Chu Yi had already resigned, mentioning Chu Yi's name still made people fear him. If he had known that there was something wrong with it.
If Chu Yi still had something to do with it, he would never ridicule him.
However, everyone ignored this honorable man and heard Wang Hua stroking his beard and saying slowly: "Your Majesty, when it comes to dispatching troops and generals, I am afraid that no one here dares to say that he is stronger than the chief minister. They are just barbarians.
If not, just leave it to the chief assistant to deal with it."
Zhu Houzhao looked at the crowd and said, "What do you think?"
Although he is said to be upright, Chen Ding always says whatever he wants. He nods cleanly and says: "I have no objections. The Ministry of Revenue will fully cooperate with the Chief Assistant."
Everyone looked at each other and said to the emperor: "I have no objection!"
Prince Wu's Mansion
Chu Yi looked at the Emperor who had not changed out of his robes and couldn't help but smile: "Your Majesty came in such a hurry, could it be that something important happened in the court?"
Zhu Houzhao looked at Chu Yi and said: "The senior companion asked Yang Yiqing to arrange capable generals to lead the princes Tianjin Guards more than half a year ago. Could it be that he had expected that enemies would come from the sea?"
Chu Yi paused slightly while making tea, looked at Zhu Houzhao, and said with a slight curl of the corner of his mouth: "Oh, so the Portuguese are indeed here!"
Zhu Houzhao nodded and said to Chu Yi: "It seems that everything was as expected by the great companion, but I had a false alarm."
Zhu Houzhao explained: "Not long ago, Tianjin Wei rushed to report that hundreds of large ships came from the sea. As soon as they appeared, they attacked the Tianjin Wei port. Cheng Yan, the guerrilla general guarding Tianjin Wei, was defeated and evacuated.
The merchants and people in the port then took the initiative to lead their men to retreat to Qingtian Town to snipe the enemy, but there is no latest news yet."
