After Xu Jin left the noon gate, he went to pay New Year's greetings to his father-in-law, first went to Mingshifang Xie's house, met Xiaowan's parents Xie Qing and his wife, and then rushed to Fei's house in Yongfang, respectively, to Fei Shi and his wife, Ruyi's stepmother Zhao, and auspicious parents Fei Cai and his wife.

Originally, on the first day of the new year, they were all about watching the flowers, drinking a cup of tea, greeting each other and hurried to the next house, but Xu Jin stayed at Fei's house for a long time and left at almost noon.

After coming out of the Fei family, Xu Jin, who has always been calm, seemed to have a little more solemnity on his face, he silently boarded the carriage, instructed the coachman to go home, and then leaned on the seat and closed his eyes to recuperate.

Xu Jin opened his eyes and smiled at the pretty maid, the early spring was docile and loved to blush, but at this time his face was red again, and he gave the master a sweet smile back, and he pinched harder.

Xu Jin stretched comfortably and asked casually: "In the early spring, if the imperial court wants to send troops to the Northern Expedition to Tatar, will you agree?" ”

"Huh?" Chu Chun was stunned, and said authentically: "Master, Chu Chun is just an ignorant slave, how dare you discuss such a national event." ”

"It's okay, just tell me what you're thinking!" Xu Jin smiled. Chu Chun sighed softly, shook his head and said, "The maid doesn't want the imperial court to send troops to the Northern Expedition." ”

Xu Jin frowned and said, "Why?" ”

Chu Chun replied with a blushing face: "Because sending troops to the Northern Expedition means that the master is leaving Beijing again, the maid will worry about the master's safety every day, and he will think about the master every day, and he can't even sleep at night." ”

Sure enough, it was the woman's opinion, but Xu Jin still felt warm in his heart, reached out and gently scraped the tip of the pretty maid's nose, closed his eyes and continued to close his eyes to recuperate.

As the saying goes, a war is never a child's play, it is a matter of death, and many people will die, so to launch a war, especially a foreign war, pre-war mobilization is extremely important, and only when the people want to do so, can we win the war.

Tatar is a big trouble in the north of the Ming Dynasty, burning and looting every year, the people of the Ming Dynasty, especially the people on the border, can be said to hate the Tartars, plus the Tartars only besieged the Ming capital at the end of the year, wantonly burned and plundered, I don't know how many families were shattered because of this. It is the old hatred that adds to the new hatred, at this time, if the Ming Dynasty sends troops to the northern expedition to Tatar, I believe that both the people and the soldiers will support it unconditionally.

In addition, the Ming Dynasty now controls Mentu, the brother of the Tatar Great Khan, in his hands, and Mentu is the authentic heir of the Tatar Khan, and the Ming can send troops to attack Alta in the name of Mentu. In this way, the Ming Dynasty occupies the commanding heights both nominally and in the hearts of the people.

In addition, I have just unified Tatar and the foundation is not stable, so now is the perfect time for the Ming Dynasty to send troops to the Northern Expedition and solve this great problem in the north in one fell swoop.

However, there are obviously many fools in the court, or officials who pretend to be confused, and he opposes the Northern Expedition for various reasons, and what makes Xu Jin feel helpless is that even his father-in-law Fei Cai and his brother-in-law Fei Maoxian oppose the Northern Expedition.

It is said that the reason why Xu Jin stayed in Fei's house for so long was to discuss the Northern Expedition with Fei Shi, Fei Cai, Fei Maoxian, and Fei Maozhong, but the atmosphere was not very harmonious, Fei Hong's attitude has always been Buddhist, while Fei Cai and Fei Maoxian have a clear attitude against sending troops to the Northern Expedition, Fei Maozhong is a hawk and strongly supports the Northern Expedition, so everyone argued for a long time, and finally broke up unhappily.

Therefore, when Xu Jin left the Fei family, his mood was inevitably a little heavy, you must know that the marriage of the Fei and Xu families, one is prosperous and the other is lost, and he has not been able to reach a unity of opinion internally, so it can be imagined that it will be magnified to the whole court.

Moreover, the old father-in-law Fei Cai is now serving in the Department of General Administration, and according to the information he received, some bigwigs in the DPRK and China, including the first assistant Jin Xianmin, are opposed to sending troops to the Northern Expedition, so it can be seen that this time the troops will not go smoothly. However, Xu Jin knew that this kid Jiajing was determined to send troops to the Northern Expedition, so if Jin Xianmin didn't know how to be tough in affairs, he would only ask for trouble in the end.

On the first day of the sixth year of Jiajing, time passed minute by minute, whether it was a hawk or a dove, they were silently waiting for the news of the emperor's court meeting, but it was almost dark, and there was still no edict in the palace, and it was obvious that Jiajing did not plan to hold a court meeting today.

When it was just dark, in the Yangxin Hall of Qianqing Palace, Jiajing was reading an eight-hundred-mile expedited copy from Gubeikou, this expedited recital had just been delivered, and the person who played it was Qiu Luan, the chief soldier of Jizhou Town.

Qiu Luan reported in the recital that after receiving the order from the Ministry of War, he had personally led 10,000 troops to reinforce Gubeikou, but I sent 50,000 troops to the outside of Gubeikou Pass, and the situation was very grim. At the same time, Qiu Luan also attached a letter to the recital of the Tartar shooting at the head of the city.

This letter was written in the tone of my answer, which probably means that Daming should immediately return the Mentu sisters and brothers, and since then the two countries have been reconciled, and everyone will not invade each other.

After reading my answer to this letter, Jiajing couldn't help but be furious, tore the letter to shreds, and shouted: "Call Lai Yi to see me!" ”

Soon, Lai Yi, the new governor of Dongchang, hurriedly entered the Yangxin Hall and knelt down in front of the throne: "The slave sees the emperor." ”

The anger on Jiajing's face had not subsided, and he waved his hand and said coldly: "What is the current reaction of the court officials?" ”

Since the reopening of the East Factory, it has become Jiajing's most relied on eyes and ears, Jinyiwei has become the second, and Lai Yi, the factory governor, has naturally risen with the tide. However, Lai Yi, like Bi Yun, is a good old man with no ambitions, and he is not arrogant because of this, and it is estimated that Jiajing also took a fancy to him, so he was appointed as the governor of Dongchang.

Lai Yi knelt on the ground and replied cautiously: "Back to the emperor, the first assistant Jin Xianmin, the second assistant Luo Qinshun, the fourth assistant Liao Ji, the military department secretary Wu Wending, and the household department secretary Qin Jin all oppose the Northern Expedition, and only three or four percent ......of the officials in the DPRK and China support the troops."

Jiajing's face suddenly became gloomy, the reason why he didn't hold a court meeting today was to secretly observe the reactions of the courtiers, and the result naturally made him very annoyed.

"A group of old guys who can't eat the ancients, don't send troops to the Northern Expedition at this time, do you want to watch me sit down!" Jiajing said with an angry face.

Lai Yi lowered his head and didn't dare to squeak!

Jiajing pondered for a moment, his face slowly regained his calmness, and said lightly: "Decree the cabinet, tomorrow morning in the Wenhua Palace, a court meeting will be held!" ”

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