The strength of less than one million people, there were more than 300,000 people in Yunnan before, and after several defeats, another 100,000 were added, but they were still defeated. These people still need to guard many cities and state capitals, and they absolutely cannot be mobilized, otherwise, I am afraid that not only Yunnan, Guangxi, and Guangdong, but also other places will have riots because of the absence of the army.

If there is no available soldier, it is like a clever woman who is difficult to cook without rice, and it is difficult to solve the problem in a short time if anyone is afraid.

Of course, just because it can't be solved now doesn't mean it can't be solved in the future. For example, it is possible to re-enlist. After the rule of Renxuan, the population of the Ming Dynasty is still very large, and it is not difficult to recruit a million troops under the command. The hard thing is that there is no such time yet.

Conscription takes time, training also takes time, and if we really recruit millions of soldiers, I am afraid that it will not be possible to perfect it in two years. For such a long time, will the people of the Minwang family give it? What if they kill in this time? I'm afraid the situation will be even more chaotic.

Even if it is too late to conscript, there is another way that may work. It is to ask Beiming for help.

Today's Beiming Dynasty has no wars due to geographical reasons. And I heard that a lot of soldiers have just been recruited and are being trained, and I think there should be surplus soldiers available, if you can borrow a 500,000 army from them, the matter of King Min can be solved, but the problem comes out again, will they agree? If these 500,000 people really borrowed it, would they listen to Yingzong? Don't turn the gun and go to Nanjing, that will really lead to disaster.

Don't think that Beiming can't do such a thing. Why didn't King Xiping go all out for a long time, wasn't it because they were making trouble? It was their intervention that made the situation in Yunnan change greatly, and the strength of King Min became stronger and stronger, so that he now occupies three provinces in a row.

It's too late to recruit soldiers, and it's unreliable to ask for help, so it's no wonder that the five important ministers bowed their heads and kept silent, they really didn't have any better way.

This long silence saw Zhu Qizhen's eyes, making him disappointed for a while, "What's wrong?" Zhong Aiqing, could it be said that we Nanming really have no hope, and the country left to me by our ancestors will really be given up here? In this way, what kind of face do you let me go to my ancestors and ancestors? ”

As he spoke, Zhu Qizhen had tears in his eyes, and he looked extremely sad.

"The ministers are incompetent." Wang Zuo and the other four important ministers saw the emperor behaving like this, and they were so frightened that they got up and knelt on the ground.

People say that if the minister is incompetent, the king has no way. Even the king of a country was forced to leave tears, how can a courtier not be afraid.

Zhu Qi was moved by his true feelings, but there was still nothing he could do about the important ministers, which made him even more sad. As far as the eye could see, seeing the important ministers kneeling on the ground one by one, his heart seemed to be dripping blood, and he called a few important ministers, just looking for a chance to fight back at the end, could it be said that there was really no way at all?

Wang Zuo, the secretary of the household department, knelt on the ground, Chen Xun, the secretary of the ministry, knelt on the ground, Xiao Xuan, the secretary of the criminal department, and the imperial history of Shang fell to the ground... Kuang Ye, the secretary of the military department, did not fall to his knees on the ground.

"Huh?" I thought I was dazzled, but when I looked at it again, and found that Kuang Ye really didn't kneel on the ground, Zhu Qizhen's eyes lit up, he got up suddenly, and asked with an anxious face, "Kuang Aiqing, what is the best plan?" ”

"I don't dare to say that it is a good solution, but there is a way, and if it works, it can buy us some time." Kuang Ye said, with some uncertain evidence.

"Buying time?" Zhu Qizhen seemed to be a little puzzled.

"Yes, it's about buying time. Now we have not encountered a war in Nanming for a long time, and our people are thriving. All it takes is the emperor's decree to recruit a large number of soldiers, and it will not take long to be able to produce more than a million heroes. It's just that it will take some time. And the only thing that can buy us time now is probably only one person who can do it. ”

"Who is it?" Hearing that there were still available people and available soldiers, Zhu Qizhen looked extremely nervous, and asked with hope in his eyes, as if he was afraid that if he asked too late, Kuang Ye would not tell the result.

"Loyal and courageous Yang Chendong." didn't let Zhu Qizhen wait for a long time, Kuang Ye spit out a person's name in his mouth with a firm voice.

As soon as the name came out, several other important ministers who looked at Kuang Ye also raised their heads in shock, and then seemed to think of something, and slowly lowered their heads.

Yang Chendong, the person who once saved Yingzong on the battlefield, became a taboo existence in everyone's mouth at a certain stage.

I don't know what the reason is? Maybe it's because he's too capable, or maybe he's too capable of fighting, and such a person is not completely subservient to the emperor's feet, so it's no wonder that everyone avoids talking about him.

So much so that a while ago, Yang Chendong took action to solve the Yellow Bandit Army of the Guangdong Rebellion, but no one in the court was willing to speak for him. It seems that everyone has a tacit understanding, and they ignore this person.

This is a bit of a sense of unloading the mill and killing the donkey. And now that he has encountered a big problem, someone even mentioned Yang Chendong again, so at this time, I don't know if the employer will accept it or agree to it?

These were naturally the thoughts of several important ministers. Things are in Zhu Qizhen's heart, but he has more considerations.

He knew about Su Man'er, although he didn't show up from beginning to end, he had already acquiesced in the Jinyi Guard's command of Menda's approach, which could not be denied, that is, he also had the intention of killing Yang Chendong.

There is no affection in the eyes of the royal family.

This is a well-known thing, but the actual situation is not only that there is no family affection, but even kindness is difficult to regenerate.

Since ancient times, how many courtiers have saved the emperor's life, but how many of them have a good death in the end? The so-called sharing of joys and sorrows is okay, and sharing happiness is difficult to say that it is royal.

Even if Yang Chendong saved Yingzong's life, even if he made great efforts and contributions to Nanming, but just because you can fight well, but you can't become a loyal minister, there is no negotiation to kill you.

Under various circumstances, Zhu Qizhen acquiesced to Menda's approach, and received a secret report from Jinyiwei a while ago, saying that it seemed that Su Man'er had succeeded, and Yang Chendong had been staying in the barracks and did not show up on the grounds of recuperation.

When he heard the news, Zhu Qizhen inevitably felt a trace of sympathy in his heart. But after a while, he forgot about it, maybe in his eyes, it doesn't matter what life-saving benefactor is, what matters is his own throne, and whether he can inherit the Jiangshan Sheji left by his ancestors.

It is precisely because Yang Chendong has been sentenced to death in his heart that he has long been without this person in his mind, and he has never thought of this person when the situation is critical. Now when I heard Kuang Ye's reminder, I also had doubts in my heart, could it be that Yang Chendong is not dead yet? If it's not dead? Now I can put it to good use.

"Kwong Aiqing, where is he now?" After Zhu Qizhen's thinking returned to normal, he asked with hope.

"Back to the emperor, the loyal duke is now outside the Gaozhou Mansion in Guangdong, I heard that he is sick and is recuperating from his injuries, where Guan Yinglangzhong of our military department, Wei Guang, the servant of Jinyiwei, and General Ma Wei, the commander of Guangdong Wei, are also there."

Kuang Ye replied in a deep voice, and made a brief recount of the situation over there. As for why those people are there, the emperor must be very clear in his heart.

"Oh. I remembered. Zhu Qizhen nodded suddenly with realization, he thought of Jinyiwei's secret report a while ago, saying that Wei Guang was trying to persuade the mercenaries to use them for his own use, and he also thought that this was a good idea at that time.

But I haven't received any secret reports for so long, so I guess things aren't going well. If it doesn't go well, it doesn't go well, so it is possible to order Yang Chendong to send troops to quell the rebellion. Otherwise, if you really accept other people's soldiers, it will be tantamount to turning your face.

Zhu Qizhen quickly made a decision in his heart, that is, after going to the court, he would notify Jinyiwei and ask them to stop everything they had done against the mercenaries, at least on the surface, to ease the relationship between them.

But this is just a trick to make up for the dead sheep after all, and the important thing is to talk to Yang Chendong. Thinking like this, he said to Kuang Ye: "I heard that Zhongqiao Gong is sick, I don't know if the condition is tight?" ”

"This... The minister didn't know, the minister had sent Guan Yinglang Zhong to visit, but he never saw anyone, that is, he couldn't even enter the barracks, presumably... Presumably, the official rank is not enough. After hesitating, Kuang Ye said with some hesitation.

"Hmm. In this case, an important minister should have been sent. Zhu Qizhen nodded and said this, and then his eyes fell on Kuang Ye's body again, "Kuang Aiqing, I'm afraid this matter will trouble you to go on a trip." If you can see the loyal man, please ask him to take action no matter what, not to defeat the rebels, at least to stabilize the current situation first, and buy time for our Nanming to develop. ”

"Minister... The minister is old. Kuang Ye did not agree immediately this time, but said in an ambiguous attitude.

When Kuang Ye said this, he was nothing more than complaining. complained about Yingzong's grounding of him at home a while ago. Now I need him, and I don't think that he is nearly seventy years old.