Wanli 1592

Chapter 494 Zhu Yijun Feels a Strong Sense of Crisis

The shattered teacup was placed in front of Zhao Zhigao and Shen Li, making them tremble with fear.

"The border guards can't even eat, so why fight! They can't even stand up, no wonder the army is defeated! You bastards are hiding in the capital and eating fish and meat, but you dare to make my soldiers starve! What are you guys? Intentions?! Do you think it's uncomfortable to stay with your head on your neck for too long!"

The emperor was really furious, and the two of them knelt down on the ground again in fright. Zhao Zhigao quickly explained: "Your Majesty, do you still remember the debate between the old minister and Zhang Wei in front of you? , but Zhang Wei blocked him, and the veteran was incompetent and could not suppress him."

Zhu Yijun suddenly remembered the incident that Zhang Wei and Zhao Zhigao had quarreled in front of him more than ten days ago, and he was taken aback.

At that time, Zhao Zhigao advocated transporting grain to the border, but Zhang Wei could not fight for it. He advocated transporting this batch of grain outside the capital to help the people in Gyeonggi. Keep it up and wait for the next batch.

At that time, I also considered that the people of Gyeonggi were closer to the capital, and if there was trouble, the capital would be unsafe and the emperor would lose face, so I didn't know how to deal with it for a while, but I forgot about it later.

but……

Looking back now, how can the threat of the common people compare with the Mongols?It is enough for the people to make troubles and adjust the control of the imperial army in the capital, and there is still room for redemption. At worst, they will all be sent to Burma, but the Mongols... that is terrible!
While Zhu Yijun secretly condemned himself for being confused, he also hated the position that misled him even more.

"Where is the Zhang seat?"

"Your Majesty, the old minister wants to participate in Zhang Wei's book!"

Zhao Zhigao said this suddenly, which stunned Zhu Yijun.

"In the face of national crisis, you still want to fight?!"

"Your Majesty, the old minister is old, and time is running out. I really don't fight for power and position, but for this state affairs! That position is because I see the old minister is old, and at the same time I am in the second assistant position. He covets the position of chief assistant, and he only wants to make political achievements, get the support of the ministers, and get the favor of His Majesty, so he will act recklessly!
This time, the old minister wanted the Ministry of Household Affairs to immediately allocate grain to Datong according to the old minister's request, and ignored Zhang Wei, but Zhang Wei made a hindrance and wanted to sing against the old minister.

I hate the officials below, seeing that the old minister is old and useless, thinking that Zhang Wei must be the next chief assistant, and it is too late to please Zhang Wei. I also ask Your Majesty to kill the old minister to vent this anger! "

Shen Li's eyes widened when he heard this, and he was even more surprised after thinking about it for a while—I really can't tell, Lao Zhao is so ruthless and tricky, this is to kill Zhang Yu!

It is very difficult for the emperor to kill people in normal seasons, but now it is different, the Mongols invaded the border, Datong was defeated, and all the officials were in danger.

The biggest sufferer, Zhu Yijun, wanted to kill someone, and no one dared to stop him, no one would stop him, so that he would not even be given a window to vent, for fear that the emperor would get mad and completely fall out with his officials, and it would be over.

At this time, whoever the emperor wants to kill, the officials will only use him as a scapegoat, expecting the emperor to kill him, and everyone's life will be easier, even if he is a cabinet minister.

It just so happens that one radish has one hole, and if one dies, we can get another one. Maybe even if the emperor doesn't kill them, they will have to move around, and they have to kill one or two cabinet ministers to make room for one or two positions.

This is called looking for opportunities in a crisis and turning an unfavorable situation into one that is beneficial to oneself. Mature politicians are very good at doing this. This is a very valuable personal awareness.

Now Zhao Zhigao is offering a card of bitterness, making Zhu Yijun, who originally only planned to drive Zhang Wei away, even more sure that Zhang Wei is mainly responsible for this matter, bullying the elderly chief assistant, acting as a domineering, wantonly instructing subordinates like his own slaves, everything is wrong Violate the big taboo of the emperor.

Not to mention that Zhang Wei had previously led a group of officials to force the emperor to establish a prince, and when he wanted to be the chief assistant, he was eager to please the emperor. His head was dizzy, and he actually punished several officials who tried to harass the emperor. Outsiders are not people.

If it hadn't been for the fact that he had no strong competitors, and the civil servants of the Central and Jiangxi departments all supported him, there might really be no hope of being the chief assistant.

But the bad thing was that Zhang Wei wanted to be the chief assistant too much and liked power too much. He even liked to form a party for personal gain, and seemed to be moving closer to Zhang Juzheng. How could a person as sensitive as the emperor not be aware of Zhang Wei's ambitions?

Just now, Zhao Zhigao was acting like a fool again, he pushed Zhang Wei who was already on the edge of the cliff, and completely drove him into the bottomless abyss.

Shen Li quietly looked at Zhu Yijun who looked extremely bad.

The emperor is still young, he has not been honed in the officialdom, his knowledge is shallow, and he will be fooled if he does it, but Zhao Zhigao is right, and Shen Li also feels that Zhang Wei really deserves to die for him. , he almost used the entire Shanxi people as sacrifices.

Which shoufu can only be made by relying on millions of people as sacrifices?If there was, the Ming Dynasty would have ended long ago.

It's just like this, somewhat saddened by the death of a rabbit.

"Let Dongchang Jinyiwei quickly take Zhang's position, dismiss him and put him in prison, ransack his home, confiscate his property, and put him, men, women, and children in the family together in prison. We will make a decision after finding out the facts in the future!"

Although Zhu Yijun, who was in a rage, said "find out the facts in the future", the facts are in Zhao Zhigao's mouth, in Zhu Yijun's own heart, and Zhang Wei will definitely die.

"Zhao Zhigao, I don't want to say anything else, Zhang Wei, I have already taken it, what are you going to do about the Mongols? Don't give me any more lies, I want to listen to a practical plan, otherwise, you You can go home and retire!"

Zhu Yijun stared at Zhao Zhigao as if staring at an enemy, and he felt uncomfortable seeing Zhao Zhigao.

"Your Majesty, the only plan for now is to protect the fundamentals first. We must not let the northern captives break through the Pingxing Pass. We must quickly send a large army to support Pingxing Pass. If the situation is not good and Pingxing Pass falls, we must do our best to protect the Zijing Pass. Lost! These northern captives have a lot of appetite, otherwise they should return north after looting Datong.

As a result, they did not stop attacking Yanmen Pass, but also attacked Pingxing Pass. Taking the old road I answered, it seemed that they were planning to do something wrong, and they were coming towards the more affluent Gyeonggi area.

These northern captives had obviously prepared in advance, and they were not going south to plunder hastily. The veteran suggested that they immediately select elite soldiers and strong generals to rush to Pingxing Pass, and at the same time divide troops to support Yanmen Pass. If the two passes are kept, the situation can still be controlled! "

"Strong soldiers and strong generals? How do I know what kind of soldiers and generals? Call Shi Xing here! I want to ask myself!"

The eunuch next to him immediately rushed out to call for someone, while Zhu Yijun sat on the dragon chair and was very anxious.

Now things are big, really big!
The [-] garrison in Datong was defeated at the first touch, and the army was defeated in just a few days, and the defense line was like paper. If Datong is like this, what about Shanxi?What about Xuanfu?What about thistle town?

Zhu Yijun felt a strong sense of crisis.

(End of this chapter)