Bright Spring

Hearing these words, Qiu Fu let out a long breath, and some dust on the ground was blown up by him.The emperor was furious just now, who knows whether he was angry at the Hulu or Qiu Fu?But after Zhu Gaoxu said that, it was obvious that what Qiu Fu did today was not a big problem.

Zhu Gaoxu got up straight and didn't discuss anything else. He left the dragon chair with a flick of his sleeves and said, "Retire!"

"Long live the Holy Spirit, long live, long live!"

Zhu Gaoxu walked out of the north gate of Fengtianmen, and the eunuch Wang Gui caught up, still holding the painting in his hand.Wang Gui bowed and said: "The emperor calm down, don't let the dragon's body be angered! The nine border troubles have never been safe in the past dynasties. How can we blame the Ming court alone? The slaves looked at it, what the Duke of Qi did was true. It's too much."

"Duke Qi is very courageous, but he has not lost his sense right now." Zhu Gaoxu said calmly.

Zhu Gaoxu knew exactly what Qiu Fu meant!It is true to say that Qiu Fu went too far, he advocated what Qiu Fu advocated; but today's incident is simply to force the imperial court's national policy.

Relying on his support for Zhu Gaoxu and his long-time friendship with Zhu Gaoxu, Qiu Fu acted a little bolder than other Wu, which is not surprising.Perhaps Qiu Fu also knew how arrogant he was today, so he wouldn't let the emperor move him?

But Zhu Gaoxu held back his breath, and just said a word for Qiu Fu; apart from Gu Nian's affection, it was also because Qiu Fu's idea did not conflict with his ideas.

Zhu Gaoxu walked up to the imperial chariot, and said to Wang Gui: "Qiu Fu's mood, I understand. But some things can't be done immediately, people have to face the reality."

Wang Gui hurriedly echoed: "The emperor is right."

When Zhu Gaoxu returned to the East Nuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace, the eunuch had already brought in the memorial.Zhu Gaoxu searched casually for a while, and saw that no important person played.Soon he picked out the memorials of Jin Wang Zhu Jixi and Zhao Wang Zhu Gaosui.

Jin Wang Zhu Jixi had already served the imperial edict before, and this was his second performance.It is really unfair to say that King Gu was escorted to Beijing by the "deposed prince", so please ask the emperor to grant King Gu to return to the vassal state.

Zhu Jixi and several vassal princes made an alliance to rebel during the "battle of crimes". Did he think the court didn't know about it?Maybe not, Zhu Jixi may be testing the attitude of the new emperor.

Zhu Gaoxu opened the third brother's memorial again.It was not the first time for the third brother to play a memorial. This time he put forward ten suggestions in the memorial, pretending to advise the court.

Facing the two opened memorials, Zhu Gaoxu stared at them for a long time without saying a word.

The national policy of reducing vassal vassals is not only what Emperor Jian wants to do, but Zhu Di is actually doing it after he ascended the throne.In contrast, Zhu Gaoxu still felt that his father was much wiser.

"Wang Gui, go and deliver the decree to summon the subordinates to Dongnuan Pavilion for discussion." Zhu Gaoxu suddenly said.

Wang Gui hurriedly held Fuchen in his arms and bowed: "Your servant obeys the order, please show me the emperor."

Chapter 643 Compromise

The people who were ordered to go to Dongnuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace to discuss matters were all high officials of the imperial court, the generals were several state princes, and the officials were various ministers.

Zhu Gaoxu mentioned that he wanted to conquer Mongolia by himself.

He immediately heard the unanimous "exhortation" of the military officials.First, Qiu Fuzuo, the Duke of Qi State, asked: "The body of the sage is ten thousand chariots, and it is not suitable to take risks in person. During the Hongwu period, the old minister followed Emperor Taizong's northern expedition many times, and he is familiar with the northern land; now he volunteers, as long as the horse army is ten Wan, you can take down the Mongolian tribes of the Northern Yuan Dynasty and go to the name of the Great Yuan Kingdom, referring to the Tatars!"

The next person who opposed the personal conquest was Xia Yuanji, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs. Xia Yuanji said: "The Holy Majesty will lead the personal conquest, and the entourage must be tens of thousands. Hundreds of thousands of people will go on a long journey to the north. The cost is huge, and the gain is not worth the loss! The treasury is empty and unsustainable." .”

Xia Yuanji cried poor all day long, it seems that during the Yongle period, he provoked Emperor Taizong to be angry several times.But Zhu Gaoxu never hit Xia Yuanji, he just let him talk, but just ignored it; so Xia Yuanji became more and more excessive, and he would object every time he spent money!

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at him, and said: "Xia Butang is the Minister of the Household Department, and he must find a way to enrich the treasury."

At this time, Ru Yu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, bowed and said: "I have served in the Ministry of War for many years, and I have a little opinion. Please tell me."

"Ru Butang, please tell me." Zhu Gaoxu turned his head and said.

Ru Yu said: "There are several difficulties in my march to the north, which I think are: I can't find it, I can't catch up; if the timing is not right, I may not be able to win.

In addition, the officers and soldiers were not familiar with the terrain in the north, so they could only march along the established roads, so as not to find water sources; this greatly restricted the scope of the army's activities.And because they are not familiar with the terrain, they dare not go deep with a small group of people, but go out with a large army, which consumes a lot of food and grass; therefore, they cannot last for a long time, but can only fight quickly. "

Ru Yu paused for a while and continued: "During the Hongwu period, the officers and soldiers were victorious in fishing. There were still a large number of concubines and officials in the Northern Yuan Dynasty, and they couldn't get away if they were too big; the Ming officials captured nearly 10 people in the Northern Yuan Dynasty! But The bureaucratic system of the Yuan Dynasty has been removed from the various ministries under the command of Ben Yali Shihan in the Northern Yuan Dynasty; it is even more difficult for the Ming government army to capture its main force."

Qi Tai, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, came forward and said: "In the last years of the Yuan Dynasty, there were rebellious armies in the country, and the Yuan court could not control them. Therefore, whoever in the rebel army became king, the Yuan army attacked whoever. Emperor Taizu of Ming Dynasty ruled martial arts, slowly became king, and finally unified The world, perhaps because the righteous armies of all roads cannot check and balance and coexist. The Holy One is a lesson!

The most favorable situation for the Ming court today is that the ministries of Mongolia cannot be unified; they can act independently and attack each other, so that the court can divide and rule.

The decline of the khans in the Northern Yuan Dynasty, the survival of the name of the khans could not unify Mongolia, but would help check and balance the tribes.The minister thought that if the Ming court simply used Beiyuan Khan as an opponent, it might not be the best policy; after defeating the Khan, the Mongolian tribes might conquer each other and swallow the weak with the strong, and gradually become one!That's even harder to deal with! "

"That makes sense." Zhu Gaoxu nodded, "However, from the end of last year to the beginning of this year, the Mongolian country has harassed the north of me, burning, killing and looting all kinds of crimes! Ben Yali Shihan refused to be a minister, and his attitude is arrogant. If I don't personally conquer, I will punish him for his crimes. , where is the prestige of the country?"

With a serious face, he said: "Therefore, I have decided to mobilize infantry chariots from the guards in the north, order the vassal kings to mobilize the guards to replenish their strength, and then mobilize cavalry from the Beijing camp. After gathering the army, our army will Set out this autumn, turn defense into offense, and march into Beiyuan. It can not only respond to the unjust actions of the Beiyuan tribes who harassed the border last year, but also stop the possible harm of harassing the border this year!"

After Zhu Gaoxu said these words, the officials did not object!

Several Shangshu experienced, they are all old fritters.In Zhu Gaoxu's words, they seem to have grasped the point immediately: order the kings to call in the guards!

During the Yongle period, Emperor Taizong first dispatched troops to conquer the southern kingdom, which greatly weakened the military power of the southern kings; Taizong originally wanted to conquer Mongolia in the north, and then transferred the troops of the northern kings, but he failed and was poisoned. died!

Now that Zhu Gaoxu continues what Emperor Taizong did, can the ministers not understand?

The cutting of the vassals is consistent with the interests of the imperial court and the military.Now the emperor is alone, slowly starting to do that tricky thing, how much risk the ministers have saved, of course they are willing to compromise!

The big event of "personal conquest of Mongolia" was fiercely debated just now; but suddenly, most people seemed to have reached an agreement.Even Xia Yuanji, Minister of the Household Department, did not object at this time.

Qi Tai took the lead in bowing and said, "Your Majesty is wise!" All the officials quickly agreed.

Zhu Gaoxu immediately patted Yu An: "That's it!"

After discussing the matter, everyone resigned one after another, and Zhu Gaoxu left Qi State Duke Qiu Fu alone.

Led by the eunuch Wang Gui, a group of people walked outside Dongnuan Pavilion.When Qi Tai walked to the side of the partition, he turned his head slightly and glanced at Qiu Fu who was still standing inside.

After everyone went out one after another, Zhu Gaoxu said: "There is a stool next to it, Duke Qi sits on it."

Qiu Fu hurriedly cupped his fists and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Zhu Gaoxu stretched out his hand to pat the memorial on the imperial case, and said directly: "I have seen the memorial of the Duke of Qi. I agree with the establishment of a slave to serve as the capital. I also remember the meritorious deeds. Let Zhang Xin be the commander of the Nuer Gandu, and I will follow Qi Guogong’s suggestion.”

Qiu Fu hurriedly said: "The Holy One is benevolent!"

Zhu Gaoxu said calmly: "I haven't finished my words. The year before last, the prince was abolished and proclaimed the emperor, and all the crimes were pushed on my head. All the soldiers in the Manchu Dynasty kept silent; only the Duke of Qi spoke uprightly.

I will never forget Duke Qi's loyalty; moreover, you are mature and prudent, and have great prestige among Jing Nan's heroes, so I must have you sit in the capital, so that the ministers who stay in the country will not cause trouble. "

He took a breath and continued: "I decided to march north this year. I have my own considerations. The main reason is not to make meritorious deeds. The Duke of Qi is old and expensive. Don't fight for that bit of military merit; being an official in the court is also important. Serving the country. How?"

Qiu Fu was silent for a moment, stood up and clasped his fists and said, "If the Holy Majesty speaks, the minister will take the order!"

Zhu Gaoxu smiled and said, "I'm discussing with you, it's not an imperial decree, but Duke Qi is sincere?"

Qiu Fu said: "My heart is the same as my heart to my sage!"

After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu nodded and said: "Okay, then we, the monarch and ministers, have made an agreement, and we will talk about it another day."

Qiu Fu kowtowed to thank him, and withdrew from Dongnang Pavilion.

Then Zhu Gaoxu sent eunuchs to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies and summoned Zhang Xin to have an audience alone.

The two talked for a while about the idea of ​​the slave Gan Dusi, and Zhu Gaoxu also made Zhang Xin understand: the person who exempted Zhang Xin from the death penalty was not Qiu Fu, but Zhu Gaoxu!And the future of Zhang Xin does not depend on who will speak for him, but on whether he is a good official in slaves.

"By the way, during the Hongwu period, the courtesan that Marquis Longping fought with Qi Shangshu, do you still remember her appearance?" Zhu Gaoxu asked suddenly.