The First Gongsheng of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 150 I am anxious
On the tenth day, the court meeting.

All the ministers had basically arrived at the Meridian Gate early in the morning. Before the emperor arrived, the ministers were already exchanging opinions on the changes in the northwest situation.

"What about the negative image?"

Tu Yu searched around, but did not see Ma Wensheng, so it stands to reason that if there is any change in the situation at this time, it would be most appropriate to ask Ma Wensheng.

Not only was Ma Wensheng absent, but Liu Jian and Xie Qian were also absent.

Zhou Jing replied: "Ma Butang stayed in the cabinet last night on duty. I heard from Eunuch Chen, the supervisor of ceremonies, that when the morning approached, Liu Ge and Ma Butang were still summoned by His Majesty. It seems that last night's battle reports are still going on. "

As soon as Tu Yu heard it, he understood that many people had no sleep last night.

The emperor was concerned about the battle situation in the northwest, and Ma Wensheng and others were on duty at night, waiting for the emperor to hear from him at any time.

It wasn't until the sun was rising that Zhu Youtang dragged his exhausted body to arrive. Xie Qian and Ma Wensheng were with him, but Liu Jianjian was not seen.

After the court meeting began.

Only then did Zhu Youtang roughly explain the situation.

"Old Liu Ge had a busy night last night, and he went back to rest early in the morning. After noon, he has to take a shift in the cabinet department... It's very hard... Let me tell you about the situation in Liaodong."

Zhu Youtang couldn't keep his eyes open, so he gave orders to Dai Yi who was next to him.

Only then did Dai Yi come up with a battle report: "...Duoyan and other three guards invaded Yizhou in Liaodong, the officers and troops were defeated, chased them out of the fortress, beheaded a hundred and forty-nine horses, and won a hundred and two horses... Du Yushi Zhang Yu Yijie heard the report!"

The ministers present looked at each other after hearing the news.

This is...

won a round?

Why does it seem that the style is not right? Wasn't there still a heated discussion in the court yesterday about whether Wang Weining should send troops at the Piantouguan?

Why in one day, it turned out that Liaodong won the victory and beheaded the 140th level, which is much more powerful than Wang Weining's beheading of the 42nd level in the battle of Helan Mountain!
If the Battle of Helan Mountain can be called a great victory.

Then the battle of Yizhou this time reached the pinnacle of the Nine Sides War during the Hongzhi reign of the Ming Dynasty!
But why not Wang Yue?

"Tell me about the situation in Ningxia and Guyuan!"

Perhaps Zhu Youtang felt that there was something questionable about the success of the battle in Yizhou, Liaodong, or that the emperor's expectations were not in Yizhou, so there was no major reaction.

The king didn't even get excited, and the ministers didn't speak casually.

Dai Yidao: "There are also battle reports from Ningxia and other places. In Liangzhou and other places, there are soldiers and horses of the little Tatar princes. Liangzhou West Road has already intersected with them, and there has been no battle yet..."

Xu Guandao, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry: "Your Majesty, it seems that the Tatars invaded the frontiers, and there were changes in the towns on the borders. It was intentional, and the soldiers and horses from all walks of life should be coordinated to prepare for unexpected events."

All the ministers also have this idea.

Yesterday, the focus of attention was still on Huoshai's troops attacking Piantouguan. Today, we will focus on the Nine Frontiers, and even Liaodong Yizhou has already achieved results. The real main force of the Tatars is the Dayan tribe. It doesn't seem to appear at Biantou Pass, but in Liangzhou, doesn't that mean...the emperor's arrangement of Wang Yue at Biantou Pass is still wrong?

Zhu Youtang said: "I had a discussion with Mr. Liu Ge and Ma Shangshu last night, and I ordered Li Rui, the commander of the garrison of Guyuan, to guard Liangzhou, and then ordered the deputy commander of the garrison of Liangzhou to command the left. Serving as a general on the left, guarding Ningxia West Road. Ladies and gentlemen, do you have any objections?"

The orders have been issued, is there any point in dissenting here?
Of course, the ministers didn't feel that this was a wrong decision. They could only say that this was the emperor's remedial measure after he wrongly placed Wang Yue in a side pass.

Bai Ang, Minister of the Ministry of Justice, said: "Your Majesty, should Ping Jiang Bo Chen Rui be transferred to Ningxia to prevent the Tatars from moving east?"

Although Chen Rui suffered a lot from the battle with Huosai, it seems that Chen Rui did not lose the wind in the battle with Dayan Khan Batu Mengke.

Bai Ang's suggestion is actually the same as that of many people.

Since you are wrong, Your Majesty, you should make amends.

Let's relax our defenses at the first pass, and transfer those who can fight to the third side. After all, that is the area where the little Tatar prince frequents. After defeating the little Tatar prince, he will be screened with fire. Can't figure out what's wrong.

"No need for now!"

Zhu Youtang's attitude is still very clear, "In my opinion, the battle at Pianguan is the most important thing, but there was no news from Pianguan last night, or there was a battle. I think there will be results in these two days .”

Bai Ang said: "In the past two days, there have been successive battle reports from Biantouguan, why did the battle reports be interrupted?"

Ma Wensheng explained: "If Di Yi shows signs of knocking on the pass, it will be difficult to send sentry cavalry from inside the pass. The information in the city pass will be blocked, and it may be relieved after a day or two."

Xie Qian also said with a smile: "When the Tatars arrived at Pianguan, they destroyed many earth fortresses around them, even the city fortress. Could it be that they just walked around and left?"

This tone seems to be mocking those who don't know how to march and fight.

Originally among the ministers, those who were not very proficient in military affairs, after listening to the reports from various places in the early court, still felt that the emperor had wrongly placed Wang Yue at Piantouguan, which caused the little Tatar prince to wait in Ningxia West Road. He started looting everywhere, feeling that the emperor's arrangement was inappropriate.

Unexpectedly, Ma Wensheng told the people present here with his senior experience that the first pass is still the most important thing in this battle.

The sudden absence of battle reports at Piantouguan is also likely to be the result of the Tatars beginning to besiege the city pass.

Tu Yu asked for instructions: "Your Majesty, should we send troops and horses from Datong Town to help?"

"No need."

Zhu Youtang said, "If there is such a need, Wang Weining will mobilize it by himself. He has already greeted him for this battle. He has long been aware of what is going to happen in front of him. I don't believe that based on his experience, , knowing this would require hasty arrangements.”

Although the emperor was very anxious about the battle at Piantouguan, he still had confidence in Wang Yue.

Was Wang Yue temporarily sent to Piantouguan?

Two months in advance, I will tell you what will happen at Biantou Pass, and I also know that the Tatars will come out in full force. If you have to wait until after the war starts, you will find that there are not enough troops stationed at Biantou Pass. You have to recruit from other places...then you, Wang Yue, just hit your head to death.

"Your Majesty, how to reward the meritorious service in Yizhou, Liaodong?" Xu Qiong, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, came out to ask for instructions.

Zhu Youtang didn't answer.

Dai Yi, who was at the side, said: "Your Majesty has finished discussing with Elder Liu Ge last night. The two who will be promoted to victors will each be given a suit and a thousand coins."

After hearing this, the ministers present felt a little dissatisfied.

Before that, Wang Yue killed 42 Tatars in Helan Mountain. Although it was a direct confrontation with the little Tatar Prince Dayan, the fighting intensity may be stronger than that of Liaodong, but they all killed 100 people in Liaodong. There are so many people, so give me such a thing?

By the way, Your Majesty, are you too partial?
Or, do you feel that the result of the battle did not appear in the right place, so you deliberately underestimated the credit of Liao Zhangyu and Li Gao?

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The meeting ended.

All the ministers were walking out of the palace, and many of them still had some doubts about the emperor's arrangement at Piantouguan.

"Old Xie Ge, you said that Di Yi attacked from the left, middle and right. Why did His Majesty insist on the battle of the side pass in the middle? If that's the case, why not send more troops from various places, but let Wang Weining take charge alone? The victory in Yizhou in Liaodong is enough to boost the morale of the army, why are the rewards for meritorious service so indifferent?"

For a while, Xie Qian became the representative of the imperial court.

It was also because Liu Jian and Li Dongyang were not there, and others who wanted to seek the opinions of leading civil servants could only start with Xie Qian.

Xie Qian smiled and said: "Everyone, you should ask Your Majesty these things in the court hall, what are you doing? It's better not to speculate casually about Your Majesty's thoughts. As for why Your Majesty insists on using troops in Pianguan... Are you serious? Don't you know?"

Between the words, Xie Qian felt that the matter was a little funny.

You guys seem to be shutting your eyes.

If you don’t know, go back and inquire carefully. Wang Yue’s trip to Piantouguan was calculated by Zhang Gongsheng, who claims to know everything about astronomy and geography. At least so far, everything is reasonable. within.

At a time like this, do you still want His Majesty to "change his mind"?
I'm afraid you don't know how much the emperor trusts the alchemists around him. Li Guangyi's old story of eunuchs messing up the court, has he forgotten it so quickly?
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the other end.

Zhu Youtang led the supervisor of ceremonies and several others on the way back to Qianqing Palace.

At this time, Zhu Youtang's footsteps were very steady, unlike in the past when he would be out of breath after walking a few more steps, now he can walk for a long time without changing his expression.

Go some way.

Zhu Youtang stopped suddenly.

Dai Yi and the others who followed behind were unable to react for a while, and almost bumped into Zhu Youtang.

"You said, why didn't Bingkuan make any predictions about Liaodong's affairs in advance?"

Only then did Zhu Youtang ask the question that he had been thinking about all the way.

Dai Yi and the others were confused by the question.

Could it be that in the future, whenever there is anything, you have to ask Zhang Zhou?

Zhang Zhou is not allowed to have something he doesn't know?
"Perhaps it's not worth it. After all, the Duoyan Department did not cause any real harm to our frontier."

Xiao Jing summed it up on the side.

"Too."

Zhu Youtang nodded.

The Duoyan Sanwei, the Wuliangha tribe that the Tatars call themselves, is simply a representative of the useless. They took the initiative to attack Yizhou in Liaodong, but they were killed by the defenders of Yizhou just like that, and they lost their troops...

Sending experience to this level, loses the old man.

Zhu Youtang thought about it again, and came up with an idea, "Then is there... the possibility of taking credit for it?"

"Ah! It should...not be so?"

This time Xiao Jing didn't know what to say, he hurriedly looked at Dai Yi as if asking for help.

Dai Yi glanced at him, as if blaming him for letting you talk nonsense, do you understand this?You can't answer the emperor's question now, can you?
"Hey! Bingkuan is not here. I feel like I'm at a loss for what to do. How many days does it take for him to finish the exam?"

Zhu Youtang became anxious.

He pretended to be calm in front of the minister, but he didn't know how flustered he was, but there was some excitement in the panic. After all, it was the first time Zhu Youtang presided over such a large military operation, and there might be a big victory... …

There was trepidation in the anticipation, and his fragile little heart couldn't bear it to some extent.

Dai Yi said: "It will take many days to finish the exam. But after noon tomorrow, the first session will end."

"Then go ask him when the time comes, and he will analyze it for me, so I don't have to be so anxious! Alas! It seems that I will have trouble sleeping and eating these few days."

(End of this chapter)