Wanli 1592

Chapter 217
Song Yingchang is Ye Mengxiong's friend, and he has always supported Xiao Ruxun vigorously. Xiao Ruxun has lived up to his expectations and has repeatedly brought him surprises. He feels that it is necessary for him to give this young general a little help.

"Well, leave this matter to the old man. The old man will make a memorial for you. Tell the court about the matter of Shi Jian Yinshan. There should be a change. There will be many people who support you to take down Shi Jian Yinshan. People, the Ministry of Households will definitely support it, the Ministry of War is similar, and the Ministry of Industry and other departments will also support it considering their own problems. Three out of the six ministries will support it, and with the support of the emperor, the matter will be sure."

Yuan Huang frowned and sighed: "I just don't know how much silver will go into the national treasury after the imperial court wins this mountain of silver, and those people who support the attack on Shi Jian are just to satisfy their own appetite. If you want to use this to fill the deficit of the national treasury and military supplies, it is not an easy thing to do, but it’s just that so many soldiers have suffered so much, and they have fought bloody battles, and they will not get any rewards.”

Song Yingchang shook his head: "Liaofan, don't say such things. In the current war, you need to stabilize the morale of the army and strengthen your beliefs. Don't let yourself be the first to waver. Do you understand?"

Song Yingchang looked at the expressionless Xiao Ruxun again, sighed slightly, and couldn't help saying: "Ji Xin, you don't need to worry too much, although the status of generals can't be compared with that of the founding period, there will be no civil servants It is a question of the bottom line of morality to attack you casually. Those who touch the bottom line will cause a collective resistance of the entire military commander group, which is absolutely unwilling to see the court.

A general, if he wants to survive in the imperial court, he must learn to use his strength to fight. Ji Xin, Li Chengliang is your predecessor in this regard. You have to find ways and means from his path. He is still controversial before you. He won the title of earl with his ten great achievements, that is, he walked well and rightly, his backers were one after another, and the old iron backers of the flowing water pavilion never fell down. There used to be Shen Shixing Xu Guo , and now there is another Wang Xijue who is about to return.

By the way, Ji Xin, you have to remember this point. The current chief minister of the cabinet, Zhao Zhigao, is only acting as the chief minister of the cabinet. The real chief minister of the cabinet is Wang Xijue. When he was sick and went home to serve the sick, no one could say anything, so he left.

As a result, in the second half of the year before last, when the cabinet and the ministers suffered heavy losses, he was the only one who sat firmly on the Diaoyutai and watched the tigers fight. Now there are only two cabinet elders left in the entire cabinet, and their qualifications are still lower than his. But what is the intention of this person, and more importantly, he is Li Chengliang's current backer. "

Song Yingchang's eyes shone brightly.

"What Song Gong means is that once Wang Xijue returns to the court, he will take over as the chief assistant of the cabinet, and Mr. Zhao Ge will retire as the second assistant. Wang Xijue is Li Chengliang's backer. I have a grudge with Li Chengliang. Will Wang Xijue help Li Chengliang deal with me?"

Xiao Ruxun understood what Song Yingchang meant.

"This is the worst guess. If a military general offends the head of the cabinet, what good will he get? Wang Xijue will return to the court in at most three months. Ji Xin, you only have less than three months left." It's time to think about countermeasures. Although Zhao Zhigao supports your war and has a slight affection for you, the second assistant cannot defy the first assistant. Back then, even Yan Song didn't dare to confront Xia Yan head-on."

Xiao Ruxun nodded.

"Of course you don't have to worry too much, Ji Xin, there is another situation you can take advantage of."

Xiao Ruxun hurriedly asked, "Song Gongming, please tell me."

"The dispute over the country." Song Yingchang suddenly laughed: "Wang Xijue withdrew when the dispute over the country was at its most intense. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Wang Xijue didn't want to confront the emperor head-on, and he didn't want to lose his power and his mind. This will have a certain blow to his reputation, so in order to restore his reputation, Wang Xijue must do something to express his position after returning to the court, and then he can gain the support of the officials."

Yuan Huang also understood, looked at Xiao Ruxun, and laughed: "Hahaha, Ji Xin, why don't you guess what Wang Xijue will do first when he returns to court?"

Xiao Ruxun also laughed, nodded and said: "Your Majesty Shangshu, please establish the crown prince."

"Then His Majesty Longyan was furious, angrily reprimanded Wang Xijue, and began to plan to drive Wang Xijue out of the court. At this time, you only need to stand with Your Majesty to keep yourself safe. Your Majesty is Your Majesty after all. Take care of some small fish." Small shrimps may be inconvenient, but big fish like the chief minister of the cabinet can be cleaned up as soon as they are said."

Song Yingchang said everything that should be said, and Xiao Ruxun understood it all.

"This battle in court is not at all easier than leading troops to fight like you. Ji Xin, you also said that when you are the chief general and lead soldiers from all over the world to fight, the most taboo thing is to be partisan, but you can't be equal. Otherwise, other soldiers and horses will be very dissatisfied, but if you really treat them equally, your direct descendants should blame you for turning your elbows outward.

The same is true for this court battle, it is about living and dying together, you abandon your comrades in arms at the most dangerous time, let them bear it, and go home by yourself, but the courtiers' years of hard work fell short. When someone loses his position, will the remaining courtiers have no idea about Wang Xijue? "

Yuan Huang is obviously also experienced in this way, and analyzed the situation of this famous political struggle to Xiao Ruxun in detail.

"If he doesn't take the lead in restarting the national dispute, he will not be able to appease people's hearts, and he will not be able to get the support of the ministers. The position of the chief minister of the cabinet will naturally be unstable. When the time comes, the emperor will be on guard and the ministers will hesitate. Well, it won't be long before Wang Xijue will lose his official position and go home for the elderly, and when that time really comes, Wang Xijue won't have the time to pay attention to you, the emperor's accountability alone is enough to make him burnt out."

"So as long as we open up the situation in Japan and win enough silver taels for Daming, even if Wang Xijue wants to stand up for Li Chengliang, he won't be able to do it!"

Xiao Ruxun clenched his fist.

The matter has come to this point, there is no other way to go, Song Yingchang promised to pay attention to supporting Xiao Ruxun, then he is doomed to go all the way to the dark, and block his future on Xiao Ruxun, Yuan Huang also made up his mind. Helping Xiao Ruxun complete the largest feat of splitting the enemy country that has never been seen in history, once successful, the benefits will be endless.

On the fourth day of February, Xiao Ruxun held a military meeting and decided to leave [-] soldiers and horses and [-] prisoners of the Korean army as guards and prisoners, and gradually transport them back to China. Destination, Iwami, strategic goal, capture the Iwami area, take down the Iwami Silver Mountain, and concentrate the main force to defeat Tokugawa Ieyasu's army, and secure the victory for the Ming Dynasty!

(End of this chapter)