On the first day of the sixth year of Jiajing, the court officials waited until their necks were long, and finally waited for the news of the emperor's court meeting in the dark and the time was set at about one o'clock tomorrow, that is, around one o'clock in the afternoon.

This is a bit strange, as the so-called "the plan of the year lies in the spring, and the plan of the day lies in the morning", the ancients liked to do things early, so Jiajing arranged the court meeting in the afternoon, which was really a bit abnormal, and also made the officials who were used to getting up at three o'clock in the morning to prepare for the court feel quite awkward, but no one went to investigate, after all, it is now during the annual vacation, coupled with the cold weather, it is understandable that the emperor is occasionally lazy.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, close to noon, the bigwigs of the DPRK and China, who had spent half a day at home patiently, set off to the imperial city one after another, and the court meeting would be held in the Wenhua Palace.

When Xu Jin calmly stepped into the Wenhua Palace, the officials who were eligible to participate in the court meeting were basically all there, and everyone was not surprised by the arrival of Xu Jin, a wealthy idler, the Duke of Yasukuni.

Because according to the unspoken rules of the Ming Dynasty, although the prince can no longer be in charge of the army and manage specific affairs under normal circumstances, it is still possible to participate in politics, in fact, before making major national decisions, the emperor usually summons the heavyweights in the civil and military officials to discuss, and this court meeting, Xu Jin was called to participate.

"I've seen Yasukuni Gong!"

"I've seen Yasukuni Gong!"

The officials in the Wenhua Hall greeted Xu Jin one after another, especially the hawkish officials, seeing Xu Jin's arrival, they all showed joy on their faces, and they were also very enthusiastic when they saluted, while the dove officials had different looks, and even showed vigilance, after all, this Yasukuni grandfather's nickname Xu Changsheng has basically not stopped over the years, from the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty to Nanyang, and from Nanyang to Dongyang, Dongyang also fought twice, it is the hawk among the hawks, this time it must support the Northern Expedition.

Xu Jin politely responded to the greetings of the officials, and walked to the front of the military attache team to stand still.

It is said that Xu Jin now only has the title of Duke of Yasukuni left, and he does not hold any real position in the court, and even the fictitious title of Taibao has resigned, so it is understandable to stand in the ranks of military attachés.

"I've met all of you, happy New Year, everyone." After Xu Jin stood still, he turned around and smiled and saluted to the four elders of the cabinet next door, as well as the bigwigs of the six ministries.

"I've seen Yasukuni Gong, happy New Year!" A group of civil officials and bigwigs have returned the salute, including the first assistant Jin Xianmin, there is no way, Xu Jin's status is there, he, the first assistant, has to sell three points of face whether he likes it or not.

It is said that since Fei Hong resigned, Jin Xianmin took over the post of first assistant to the cabinet, but he was more difficult to be the first assistant. First of all, his own prestige was not enough, but two consecutive attempts to suppress Xu Jin Liwei failed, especially the last time he impeached Xu Jin for interfering in the affairs of Honglu Temple, but he was beaten by the emperor by taking the opportunity, resulting in a further reduction in prestige in the court.

As we all know, if a leader's prestige is insufficient, and the people below him are all disobedient to him, or even directly disobey his orders, then the leader is basically abolished. Of course, it is indeed an exaggeration to say that Jin Xianmin, the first assistant, has been abolished, but it is certain that his power is restricted, for example, the fourth assistant Liao Ji is not very obedient to him, and the two often have disputes when dealing with government affairs, which eventually leads to the failure of the implementation of the policies to be implemented by Jin Xianmin.

However, in terms of the attitude towards the Northern Expedition, Jin Xianmin and Sifu Liao Ji are obviously the same, one is to recuperate and not toss, and the other is not to let Xu Jin take the opportunity to "come back" to power.

However, they all seem to ignore one point, that is, the current Jiajing is already a full-fledged and ambitious eagle, any stumbling block that tries to prevent him from showing his skills will be ruthlessly kicked away, Yang Tinghe is a lesson from the past, and Jin Xianmin is far behind Yang Tinghe!

Getting back to the point, and said that Jiajing was very punctual, almost pinching the point to enter the Wenhua Palace, he sat down in front of the ministers of the civil and military classes, his eyes swept over Xu Jin, and the two of them looked at each other tacitly, and their eyes immediately separated again.

The new eunuch of the palm seal of the master of ceremonies is named Chang Huaien, about forty years old, originally the eunuch of the palm print of the palace eunuch, because of the literacy and hyphenation, and the reputation is not bad, there is no bad record, Jiajing secretly inspected for a period of time and promoted him to the eunuch of the palm seal of the master of ceremonies.

At this time, I saw Chang Gonggong holding the dust, solemnly stepped forward and said loudly: "Xuanmentu and Yisana sisters and brothers are here." ”

Soon, the two siblings, Isana and Mentu, were brought in by the brocade guards, accompanied by a bearded man with a long beard, who was none other than the Tatar envoy who had been there last time.

I saw that these three people were dusty, with a tired face, obviously they had just entered the city, in fact, they did enter the city half an hour ago, and before their buttocks had time to sit hot, they were taken to the Wenhua Hall by the brocade guard.

Although Isana and Mentu are nobles with prominent status in Tatar, they still enter the capital of the Ming Dynasty like a townsman entering the city, and they have long been shocked by the magnificent and majestic palace in front of them.

"Knock on the Ming Emperor." Isana and Akari Buhua shouted loudly as they kowtowed, Xiao Mentu was only five years old and didn't know Chinese at all, so he just followed the kowtow, and then snuggled up to his sister like a frightened little quail.

Looking at the Mentu sisters and brothers in front of them, the officials in the palace finally understood why the emperor arranged the time for the court meeting in the afternoon, and they were obviously waiting for the Mentu sisters and brothers.

In this way, some of the doves who are not determined to be firm begin to waver, after all, it is not a pleasure to work against the emperor, and it will be unsafe if you don't do it.

Jiajing's kid is obviously quite useful at the moment, after all, in recent decades, the Ming Dynasty has been in a passive situation in the face of Tatar, the old enemy in the north, and the year before last, he was besieged by my soldiers in the capital, and almost broke the national ancestry, which is really a great shame. And at this moment, the two Tatar nobles Mentu and Isana knelt down in front of the throne and kowtowed, which finally made Jiajing breathe a little evil, of course, this is still far from enough, after all, Mentu and Isana are only the losers of the internal struggle of the Tatars, and only by completely defeating Alta and eliminating the Tatars can Jiajing be ashamed and dissolve the hatred in his heart.

Jiajing glanced at the Mentu sister and brother who knelt down in front of the throne tremblingly, and couldn't help but be slightly disappointed, Da Lai Xun's sister Isana is about seventeen or eighteen years old, although she has a good figure, but her appearance is very average, and her face is red, full of frost and frost, and Mentu, this little kid, is also not good-looking, and there is even a clear snot under her nose, which makes people have no desire to take a second look.

However, this runny little kid is a trump card, a trump card that can make Da Ming confidently send troops to the Tatars, so although Jiajing is a little disgusting, he still looks at Xiao Mentu with a pleasant face and asks: "You are Kuden Khan's brother Erjin Mentu?" ”

Xiao Mentu couldn't understand what Jiajing was saying, but when he saw that everyone was staring at him, he leaned closer to his sister even more fearfully.

Isana's mood at the moment was also very nervous, after all, she was only an eighteen-year-old girl, and before coming in, Jinyiwei had already revealed to her that I had written to Emperor Daming, requesting the repatriation of their two siblings, and once Daming agreed to my request, their two siblings had only a way to die.

Human life is only once, no one wants to die, and under the threat of death, it is human instinct to do everything possible to survive, and Isana is naturally no exception, she hugged her younger brother while crying loudly: "Respected Your Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the little woman is Isana, the sister of Kuden Khan Da Lai Sun, and this ...... It is indeed Kuden Khan's own brother Mentu, I Da killed Kuden Khan, occupied the Khan's court, and sent people to hunt down and kill our sister and brother, the little woman hereby implore His Majesty the Ming Emperor to uphold justice, send troops to crusade against Alta, and seek justice for my brother Da Lai Xun. If the little girl and Mentuta can return to the Khan's court one day and recover the Tatars, they will be willing to be a vassal of the Ming Dynasty, pay tribute year after year, and be a minister for generations! ”

Jiajing couldn't help but be secretly happy, what he was waiting for was this, and he immediately said solemnly: "I replied to kill my relatives, usurp the throne, and commit rebellion, which is contrary to human ethics and is not tolerated by heaven, how can I sit idly by!" ”

Chilu Buhua secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, he had long heard that Zhu Houxi, Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty, was ambitious and had the desire to expand his territory, which seemed to be true, so that he did not have to worry about being sent back to Tatar for the time being.

Although Isana knew that the Ming Emperor might not be well-intentioned, in order to protect herself, it was not possible to ask the Ming Dynasty to send troops to invade her country, so she hurriedly kowtowed: "Thank you very much to the Ming Emperor for upholding justice for my sister and brother." ”

Xiao Mentu looked confused, he couldn't understand Chinese, but after whispering to his sister Isana, the little guy was so excited that he kowtowed three times to Jiajing, and waved his little fist, gritting his teeth and saying it.

Jiajing couldn't help frowning, he couldn't understand Tatar.

Chilu Buhua immediately translated very doggedly: "Your Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Your Excellency Mentu said that I am very grateful to Your Majesty, as long as Your Majesty can kill me and avenge his brother, he is willing to recognize Your Majesty as his father and honor you for the rest of his life." ”

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the ministers instantly became wonderful.

Jiajing was stunned, and then laughed and said, "Mentu, it seems that you really hate me very much." ”

Itana's face was unnatural, obviously realizing that it was extremely inappropriate, and hurriedly remedied: "Your Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Mentu is still young and ignorant, let Your Majesty laugh, but if Your Majesty can help us restore the country, our brothers and sisters will be grateful, and since then Tatar will always be a subject country of the Ming Dynasty, paying tribute year after year, and being a minister for generations." ”

Jiajing smiled and said lightly: "Yisana, although I said that I would uphold justice for you, but the matter of sending troops to fight against me and help you restore the country is up for debate, after all, the matter is big, and as a great tomorrow, I have to be responsible for the people of the Ming Dynasty and the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty." ”

Isana's face changed slightly, and she gritted her teeth and said: "If the Ming Dynasty sends troops to help us restore the country, all the military expenses incurred by the Ming Dynasty will be borne by us Tatar, and we will also release all the Han slaves in Tatar." ”

Jiajing laughed, this woman doesn't look very good, but she is quite courageous, but what he wants is not just such a thing, not to mention, once Da Ming destroys me and occupies Tatar, then it will be your turn to bargain with this little woman?

Jiajing waved his hand and said: "The matter of sending troops needs to be discussed in the long run, come and take them down to rest!" ”

Shoufu Jin Xianmin secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, he was really worried that Jiajing would agree to send troops just now, and he couldn't help but scold Isana.

Soon, the nervous Isana sisters and brothers were taken out of the Wenhua Hall by the Jinyi Guard.

Jiajing glanced around at the ministers, cleared his throat and said: "I replied that this fang attacked my Ming capital the year before last and slaughtered my people, the crime is not punishable, and now he has killed his nephew to usurp the throne, the heavens are intolerable, I want to send troops to fight, what do you think?" ”

The ministers suddenly perked up, knowing that the real drama was coming, and the meeting between the Mentu sisters and brothers just now was just an introduction.

As soon as Jiajing's voice ended, a military general immediately stood up and said in a solemn manner: "The emperor is wise, I am a bad wolf, and now that he has unified Tatar, he will become a big trouble for my Ming Dynasty in the future. ”

"Ridiculous!"

As soon as the military general finished speaking, Qin Jin, the secretary of the household department, came out of the class and shouted: "Soldiers, murder weapons, saints have to use them as a last resort." As the saying goes, although the country is big, it will perish if it is warlike. Now although my Ming national strength is thriving, but over the years, the sword soldiers have continued, the people are at peace, and they urgently need to recuperate, how can they use the sword soldiers in vain? ”

Qin Jin is the head of the household, in charge of the Ming Dynasty's money bag, and finally saw that the treasury has some surplus money, naturally he doesn't want to fight, war is a very money-burning business, the treasury's savings can't withstand the toss, and no matter how you calculate, the Northern Expedition to Tatartan is a loss-making business!

In the eyes of Qin Caishen, outside the plug is a bitter cold land, except for cattle, sheep, horses and other livestock, there is nothing to get hold of, and the land of Guangbao cannot be moved, even if the Ming Dynasty is defeated, it is difficult to hold, thankless, why bother?

Take Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty as an example, although the Huns were beaten to the bottom of the blood, but the Huns were so poor that the Huns were so poor that every time the Han sent troops they lost money, and the materials obtained from winning the battle were not worth the cost.

After Qin Jingang finished speaking, Luo Qin, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites and the second assistant of the cabinet, immediately stood up and echoed: "What Lord Qin said is extremely true, although the country is big, it will die if it is warlike. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was so happy that he spared no effort of the people and conquered Goryeo three times, but Sui II died. ”

Jiajing's face quickly turned gloomy.