The big bandit in the Red Mansion robbed Lin Daiyu at the beginning

In order to help the Wang family, he also called Xue Pan to his house and gave him some cordial comfort.

The imperial court is about to defeat the rebels in Qingfeng Village.

However, the extent of the defeat could still be controlled artificially if the court responded in time.

If Nanjing could be preserved, even if the imperial court was defeated, at most it would lose Yangzhou, but it would still be under its name and there would be a chance to take it back in the future.

But if Jinling is also lost,

That would also mean that Daqian would lose half of the territory south of the Yangtze River.

The consequences are simply unimaginable!

Wang Ziteng sighed helplessly facing north.

"I hope the court can make a decision soon!"

……

On the second day, the red sun slowly rose from the east.

The atmosphere in Shenjing City seemed inexplicably depressed and a little tense.

A fierce dispute was going on in the court.

During the reign of Emperor Xinglong, the rebels in Yangzhou were thrown out and taken from the hands of the gentry and nobles in various parts of Yangzhou.

When nearly ten million taels of silver were paid out, the entire court was in an uproar.

Countless people have expressed the harshest condemnation for the gentry and nobles who died in Yangzhou!

All the officials in the court expressed their disdain for the wealthy merchants of the Yangzhou gentry.

They used almost all they had learned in their lives to attack those local gentry, nobles and salt merchants in Yangzhou who harmed the people, forced them to take risks, and caused the current Qingfeng disaster!

However, when Emperor Xinglong proposed to use this as a token to rectify the administration of officials,

All the officials remained silent and kept their mouths shut.

In the end, Emperor Xinglong had no choice but to bring up another issue of the dynasty.

That was the northern Tartar army's invasion of the border, and the southern rebels' rebellion between the north and the south.

But now the imperial court is already overwhelmed and must negotiate with one of the parties to stabilize its military strength.

Thereby concentrating strength and destroying the other side.

Only in this way can we protect the country and the people of Daqian.

As for which side to negotiate peace with,

Emperor Xinglong originally believed that the Tartars and the people of Daqian had a deep blood feud.

It is very likely that the court officials will choose to negotiate peace with Qingfeng Village.

However, unexpectedly.

Almost all officials demanded that Qingfeng Village be annihilated as soon as possible.

In this way, the court might be able to save the money it would have spent on defending the nine frontiers this year.

It is even possible to borrow the Tartars' iron hooves to march south and completely annihilate Qingfeng Village.

This proposal came out,

This disgusted Emperor Xinglong to death.

I was so angry that my eyes were blazing with anger and I almost cursed at my mother.

Fortunately, several cabinet ministers are still mature and prudent.

This unreasonable proposal was immediately refuted.

The reason is simple. Qingfeng Village is indeed a major threat to the imperial court and is difficult to eliminate immediately.

But the Tartars in the north are not vegetarians or Buddhists.

Not to mention how much material and political capital the court would have to pay to negotiate with them.

It would have been better if he had been defeated at Qingfengzhai instead of borrowing troops to march south to Yangzhou.

But if we really defeat Qingfeng Village,

Are you just patting your chest and saying that you can send those tigers and wolves safely out of the Great Wall?

However, no matter what,

The vast majority of officials still adhere to one principle.

That is, to resist foreign aggression, we must first stabilize the country.

Qingfeng Village is a major threat to the imperial court and threatens the country.

The Tatars are nothing but foreign barbarians, and the people have hated them for a long time!

On the other hand, Qingfeng Village, a group of peasants, actually dared to sit on their heads and claim to be the king.

Not only did they wantonly slaughter local gentry and nobles and extort money from the people, they also distributed land on a large scale and levied taxes on the people.

What is this? This is a real rebellion!

How could these officials, who had always taken the people of the country as their responsibility and the prosperity of the country as their life goal, tolerate negotiating with the rebels?

Even if we don’t make peace with the North, we must first eliminate the rebels in the South!

As for what might happen if the northern Tartars took advantage of this period to cause chaos, this was subconsciously and deliberately ignored.

What the officials said was very convincing and morally awe-inspiring!