Flowers on the other side [Comprehensive Red House]

Wang Zuo, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, has already been ordered to retire because of his serious illness.He learned that the emperor wanted to drive his own conquest, and tried to dissuade the emperor with his sick body.However, Huang Kezuan and others used the "Weiyuan General Zhu Shou" mentioned by the emperor to be speechless.

Sun Ruyou advised him to go back and take care of himself.

Wang Zuo said: "I'd better arrange the affairs of the Ministry of Industry while I can, otherwise I don't know when the affairs of Qingling will be delayed when the Son of Heaven marches north."

Zhou Jiamo also advised him to go back and rest, "You all know that the emperor doesn't want to bury the father and son of the late emperor, so Qingling will come slowly. Otherwise, what reason will the emperor use to keep the clan in Beijing?"

Wang Zuo said: "The army is marching north, and the craftsman's workshop has to catch up with the ordnance day and night. After all, people can't rest assured. I don't dare to slack off until your Majesty approves me to take office."

Zhou Jiamo said: "Hey. Why did you come here? You also saw that all of us have been assigned some tasks to do, and you are not bad. Go back and take care of us, and come back to help us. Sincerely. If you are so tired that you can’t get up anymore, you are already in your seventies and eighties, so you still don’t understand this thing?”

Wang Zuo is also close to 70 years old, but he is not as qualified and older as Zhou Jiamo. Hearing this, he had no choice but to complain to his colleagues, and returned home silently without going to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to meet the emperor.Then the family asked Wang Yongguang and Xu Guangqi, ministers of the Ministry of Industry, to find them, and explained all the affairs of the Ministry of Industry in detail, before recuperating in peace behind closed doors.

Jin Yiwei reported Wang Zuo's affairs.Zhu Youxiao stroked the report about Wang Zuo, admiring the uncompromising loyalty of these old ministers to the country.Immediately asked Liu Shimin to send a message to the imperial hospital to send the imperial doctor to Wang Zuo's mansion for diagnosis and treatment, and the necessary medicinal materials would be delivered from the palace.

In the next day, Wang Zuo went to Zhezi and the emperor again, saying that he was seriously ill and could not recover in a short time, and recommended Wang Yongguang to succeed the Minister of Industry.Zhou Jiamo also received a recommendation letter from Wang Zuo, and he was so angry that he took the letter to the palace.But thinking that it was only two days later, Wang Zuo's spirit became much shorter.

Zhou Jiamo suppressed his astonishment, "Look at you, you shouldn't have gone to the sixth department that day. Are you tired again? I know what you said about Wang Yongguang is good, but don't think about putting down the burden. None of us are in their seventies or eighties If you don't have the idea that you can't do without me in this world, how can you work hard to live?!"

Wang Zuo's family knew about their own affairs. He knew from the imperial medicine medicine a month ago that he would not recover, so he submitted his resignation.Seeing that Zhou Jiamo didn't take his words seriously now, he excitedly grabbed the visiting Zhou Jiamo and said, "I don't want to live another two years, or ten or eight years. Oh, let's not talk about this. Brother Mingqing, are you here?" If the Ministry of Officials can help the emperor for one more year, there will be more capable officials in various parts of Ming Dynasty who will serve the country loyally. This way, we will live up to the entrustment of the late emperor. But I just think that the late emperor can enter the mausoleum before my eyes are closed."

Knowing that Wang Zuo and Guangzong had a deep friendship, Zhou Jiamo patted his hand and said, "If you have hope in your heart, live hard and wait hard. The emperor is a man of success, and Liaodong will be recovered soon. "

Wang Zuo nodded solemnly, watching Zhou Jiamo straighten his back and leave.

The Son of Heaven wants to conscript himself, and there are many things to be busy with.So this Spring Festival, none of the civil and military officials need to have a holiday.

But none of the courtiers complained that the emperor made the royal conquest on a whim.Everyone knew in their hearts that even if the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty had the best weapons, their morale would be low after the Battle of Sarhu, and only the emperor's own conquest could inspire their courage.

These unspoken military situations were tacitly understood by the monarchs and ministers.In private, Huang Kezuan sent Chen Suowen, the head of the criminal department, to go to Liaoyang to verify the case of Ning Wan, I and Ma Guozhu reported by Zhang Quan, but because of Jiannu's siege of Liaoyang, he was quietly among the six ministers. said.

Several Shangshu were more aware of the seriousness of the crisis in Liaodong.

Zhou Jiamo said to Huang Kezuan: "Shaofu, you are right to suppress this matter. Otherwise, Yushi will be furious and impeach the Ministry of War."

Zhang Wenda questioned Zhou Jiamo, "Mingqing, you are planning to do something in his position. Do you think the censor should not impeach the Ministry of War if he knows it? Shenyang and Liaoyang were besieged, and the Ministry of War did nothing. There is also Huang Shaofu, and you Cui Ziqiang, The two of you dare to conceal important military affairs and not report them, and I will personally impeach you both at the beginning of the new year."

Cui Jingrong was a junior, so he had no choice but to salute Zhang Wenda upon seeing this.

"Your Majesty has known about the siege of Liaoyang for a long time. But you can't talk about it in court. Sigh."

But Huang Kezuan said: "Ziqiang, don't be afraid of him. If you change him to become Minister of the Ministry of War later, he will know what it means to be a clever woman."

Zhang Wenda saw that the Minister of the Ministry of War was intimidated, and he let go of his aggressive arrogance, and sighed: "I understand, isn't it because I am afraid that the imperial court will not be able to send troops to rescue, and I am afraid that the people will be uneasy. The old man said to impeach you , just to scare you two."

Then Zhang Wenda glared at Huang Kezuan again, "I still want to impeach you for not doing your job properly, leaving aside the affairs of the Ministry of War and going to make trouble in the craftsman's workshop."

Huang Kezuan is not afraid of him, he just said to let him impeach.

Several ministers bickered, but no one was vague about who got the assignment.The preparations that the army should make for the expedition were carried out in an orderly manner.Li Ruhua from the household department was too busy to argue with these colleagues, food, horses, artillery, shells, etc., he was too busy to wait for a few more capable masters.

The eighth day of the Lunar New Year has begun, and most of the preparations for the army's trip have been made.

Liu Yixiu's eyes were flushed from the heat, and only after finishing all the things he was responsible for did he have the opportunity to chat.

"Although the Son of Heaven acts a bit of a rogue, he still thinks of the court. If there is no such new artillery, we can only open our eyes and watch Shenyang and Liaoyang be enslaved."

Han Yu said, "There is still silver. That cannonball is ten taels of silver. If the imperial court does not have an emperor to punish Shanxi merchants in the past six months, it will be a decoration to have new artillery."

Fang Congzhe checked the things that were assigned to the various ministries and things to be prepared, and said with a deep sigh: "This war is burning money. It would be fine if thousands of cannonballs were fired to wipe out Jiannu at once. Otherwise, the 100 million, 100 million shells Smash it out, alas."

Fang Congzhe's face was so distressed that his face turned ugly.

Ye Xianggao patted Fang Congzhe on the shoulder, "This money is not something that Da Ming can save without spending it if he wants to. If the emperor doesn't take back the large area of ​​Nuer Gandusi and Liaodong, it will definitely be the biggest threat to Daming in the future.

There are already independent tribes.Nu/Erhaci has already unified the various ministries of Jurchen and established the "Great Jin" country, and some Mongolian tribes have also been conquered by him, and now North Korea is also attached to the past.While we old guys can still do some trivial things for the emperor, it is better to fight Jiannu earlier, and ten or eight years later, the 'Dajin' has a firm foothold in Nuer Gandusi and Liaodong, let alone It will definitely go south to seize customs or something, and it will be even more difficult for us to regain the lost land. "

Fang Congzhe explained: "I'm not reluctant to part with the shells, I'm afraid—"

Everyone understands what was not said later, but no matter how afraid they are, there is no way to retreat, so they can only follow the emperor.

But no one thought that the Son of Heaven only ordered the princes of England, Duke Ding, Marquis of Taining, and the leading generals in the army.

At the Xiaochao meeting, Zhu Youxiao said to the ministers and servants of the ministries: "I will not say those illusory words of victory. Wulang supervises the country, and I ask all the important ministers to guide him. I will not take any of you. One is that I don’t want the affairs of the imperial court to be affected, and the other is that I go to confront Jiannu here, and I don’t want civil servants to slow down the speed of the army. Duke Ying and Duke Ding, the capital will be handed over to you two.”

The youngest of the civil servants who can participate in the Xiaochaohui is [-]** years old. Hearing that the emperor clearly dislikes that the civil servants will drag down the army, how can he be ashamed to ask for orders to follow the emperor to go out under the guilt.It is estimated that Duke Ying and Duke Dingguo were eliminated by the emperor for this reason.

Zhou Jiamo felt that his mouth was full of bitterness. None of the people who followed the emperor could dissuade the emperor.He can only say silently in his heart - Wu Zong is blessed by the spirit of heaven!

Zhu Youxiao didn’t wait until he had collected 100 cannons before he set off. He told the British public that if there were more than [-] cannons missing, he could send someone to deliver them on horseback the next day. .When we approach Liaoyang, it will be enough for six hundred.

The British public knew the speed at which the craftsmen could make artillery, as well as the speed at which the army marched, so on the second day of the Shangyuan Festival, Zhu Youxiao led an army of [-] troops to the expedition as he wished.

Out of the sight of the civil and military officials who were seeing him off, Zhu Youxiao ordered to put away the emperor's guard of honor.In addition to resting for the mules and horses and the war horses in the middle, everyone basically didn't stop much.After the camp was set up at night, Duke Ding and Duke Ying gathered together in Marquis Taining's camp.

"Uncle Chen, the emperor's marching speed is too fast. If you go on like this, you will be out of customs in a few days."

Marquis Taining had more contact with Zhu Youxiao, and knew more about him, so he hurriedly said to the two princes who were not much younger than him: "Let's go out with the emperor, and it's a little faster today. If we can bear it, if the Son of Heaven can bear it, we won’t be able to talk. Do you think this is the reason?”

The two sons were left speechless by Taininghou's words, so they had to rest early after inspecting the camp. Tomorrow, it seemed that they still had to walk like this for a day.

Sure enough, as the two of them guessed, the army moved extremely fast and approached Liaoyang City within a day.If the British public knew that they were moving so fast, they would definitely have to wait for the six hundred artillery pieces to be deployed before letting Zhu Youxiao leave Beijing.

Zhu Youxiao ordered the army to set up camp in advance to rest, while sending out cavalry to investigate the situation of the siege of Liaoyang City, and at the same time ordered the soldiers to prepare for the war with Jiannu tomorrow.