Zhu Xu looked at Badali, sitting upright, his eyes sharp.

Da Ming sent troops, it is not a simple matter!

Badali clearly knew that his proposal was an extremely important decision for the Ming Dynasty, and since the Yongle Emperor, the Ming Dynasty could have said that it had not conquered the remnants of the Yuan again. In particular, Yingzong's fiasco marked the offensive and defensive transition between the Ming Dynasty and Mongolia, and it was completely on the defensive, and it could only be beaten.

Although it is said that since His Majesty Jingzheng ascended the throne, he has invested in the energy, money and food, and the rectification of the guard system, so that the Ming army has been reborn, but it is still a very challenging thing to conquer the desert. Not only the matter itself, but the Ming Dynasty must make up its mind to send troops, and this level is equally difficult.

Badali looked up at Zhu Xu, and said nervously and cautiously: "Your Majesty, Chahar can no longer be connived at, otherwise sooner or later it will be a big trouble for the Ming Dynasty, please Your Majesty must make up your mind and strangle it as soon as possible!" ”

Zhu Xu listened to Badali's words, and his heart was like lightning.

For Chahar, he had already planned, but listening to Badali's words, perhaps Chahar's situation was even more serious than he expected, otherwise Badali would not have asked Daming to send troops so eagerly.

Although the cabinet, the six ministries will not agree, and even Sun Chengzong, Cao Wenzhao, Zhao Shujiao, Man Gui and others will have scruples, but this matter must be done, and action must be taken against Chahar this year! If it is allowed to develop, it will be even more difficult to clean up in the future.

Once this battle starts, the Ming Dynasty must win a complete victory and completely exterminate Chahar, leaving no trouble!

If it fails, the consequences for the Ming Dynasty will be unimaginable, not only the Great Wall will be threatened, but Liaodong will also fall into chaos, and the consequences will be unimaginable.

In this battle, we must be cautious and bold and fight to the end!

Zhu Xu wandered around in his heart for a long time, raised his eyes to Badali, and said, "How are you preparing?" ”

Badali was shocked in his heart, and immediately said respectfully: "Don't hide it from Your Majesty, before the minister entered Beijing, he had already signed an alliance with the seven khanates, agreeing to resist together and crusade against Chahar!" ”

"How many troops?" Zhu Xu looked straight at Badalidao.

"There are six thousand in all, all of them elite soldiers." Badali bowed again, and his voice was somewhat confident.

Because of the climate, the whole Asian region is getting weaker and weaker, and for decades, hundreds of years ago, the kind of legion battles with hundreds of thousands of troops at every turn are basically invisible.

Even Zhu Xu can't start a war with hundreds of thousands of troops at will, and he doesn't have such conditions in terms of military strength, mentality, money and food.

The various tribes of Mongolia are also very weak, they want to maintain, basically rely on plundering each other, close to the Ming Dynasty, in the past there were years of gifts, there are mutual markets, now except for Horqin, the others can only be self-reliant.

Plus Korqin split once, yes, 6,000 people, for them, is already a lot.

Zhu Xu, who was only 6,000 people, ignored it, knocked his fingers on the table, and said thoughtfully: "Do you think that Chahar has many troops now?" ”

Badali obviously had a draft, and said without hesitation: "The minister thinks that there are at least 20,000, and if you fight with all your strength, it should be increased to 40,000." ”

"Then do you think Huang Taiji will join forces with Chahar and attack Horqin from behind, or even the border town of Kou Daming?" Zhu Xu said.

Badali was speechless for a moment, and his face was calm.

This is also what he is worried about, Huang Taiji took away most of Horqin's elite, and now he has the support of Dzungaria, if he goes back to fight Horqin and the whole of Southern Mongolia, it will be terrible, Horqin can't stop it at all!

"Please also ask Your Majesty to send troops to protect Horqin!"

Bada knelt down violently, bowed, and said in a deep voice.

Horqin has reached the point of life and death, the obscure Huang Taiji in the west, and the ambitious Chahar in the east, Horqin's life is too difficult, and he is worried all day long, so he can only ask for help from Daming!

Zhu Xu tapped his fingers on the tabletop, his face thoughtful.

The army of the Ming Dynasty, especially the cavalry, has been trained for many years, but it has not experienced a major war, especially out of the Great Wall, in the desert and grassland, even if there are cannons and heavy cavalry, Zhu Xu is still not sure in his heart.

If you can't eliminate Chahar in one fell swoop, it will become a disaster, Daming can't keep fighting in the desert, it needs to be decided in a battle, a quick battle, no room for loss!

After pondering for a long time, Zhu Xu looked at Badali and said, "Although I still need to discuss this matter with my ministers, I can promise you, Chahar, not respecting the king, deliberately provoking my Ming Dynasty, wantonly destroying the peace in the north, I can't be compatible!" This year, we will definitely send troops to conscript, but the timing, I still have to consider, do you understand what I mean? ”

Listening to Zhu Xu's words, Badali was deeply excited, and immediately said: "Yes, the minister understands that His Majesty's Ming needs time to prepare, and the minister will wait patiently and deal with Chahar and others cautiously, and Huang Taiji's minister will also find a way to investigate and find out their every move!" ”

Zhu Xu squinted, nodded lightly, and said: "I will send someone to contact you, and the news about Chahar and Dzungar should be summarized, properly and comprehensively analyzed, and then arranged, this matter, don't leak out, and neither can those allies of yours, you know?" ”

Badali was already overjoyed to get Zhu Xu's affirmation, and said without hesitation: "Obey the order!" ”

After saying this, he quietly glanced at Hai Lanzhu's room, although there was no cry of a baby, but this child was the son of Hai Lanzhu, the prince of Daming, which was very important to Horqin!

Badali's eyes snapped, and he pondered what to do.

Hai Lanzhu gave birth to the second prince, even if it was a Mongolian princess, the outer court was overjoyed.

The emperor got married, there is a master in the middle palace, and now there are two imperial heirs, which is not only the emperor's stable position, but also the stability of the society.

Although the adults in the outer court were fighting fiercely, they were still just as happy in the face of this matter.

In the evening, Bi Ziyan's house, Bi Ziyan, Sun Chuanting, Fang Kongzhi, and Li Banghua were at the wine table, after a lively opening, Sun Chuanting looked at Fang Kongzhi, Li Banghua said with a calm smile: "The emperor is happy with the second prince, let's also get wet, break the vow once, have a good drink!" ”

Li Banghua and Fang Kongzhi both smiled a little forcefully and accompanied them in a restrained manner.

The cabinet is very strong this time, and many policies seem unrealistic to them, too manipulative, and even false, just for the sake of 'political achievements', 'fame', and 'catching up'!

But the account book that the cabinet took out made them lose their face and lost the confidence to continue to resist.

Bi Ziyan naturally knew that these adults were unconvinced, and said with a smile, "The birth of the second prince is gratifying, but the 'new deal' is the most important thing for me at the moment, even though the cabinet's plan this year is too large and trivial, but I hope that you can talk openly with the cabinet, don't hide it, everything is easy and difficult, and there is still time to ......"

Li Banghua and Fang Kongzhi glanced at each other, and Li Banghua said: "My lord, is there a detailed plan for reducing disaster relief money and grain, stopping 'work for relief', setting up strict checkpoints, increasing commercial taxes, and controlling the flow of traders and people?" How much to cut, when to stop, and where are the levels located? How much is the heavy tax? ”

Fang Kongzhi then said: "The State Administration of Taxation was first established in Yingtianfu, I don't know what level? What about domination? How much is the tax and how is it distributed? Cultural Affairs Bureau, whether there is any intention to suppress Shilin, who is in charge, what grade, and what affairs it has jurisdiction over......"

Bi Ziyan originally said casually, today is to contact feelings, but I didn't expect these two to be completely confused, so they asked directly.

Sun Chuanting knew what Bi Ziyan meant, and hurriedly said: "Two adults, let's only talk about Fengyue today, regardless of state affairs, and invite you to the cabinet tomorrow to discuss in detail, the cabinet's plan is not a death, you lords are shepherds, and the cabinet also wants to hear more of your opinions......

Fang Kongzhi was suspicious of the cabinet, worried that they would insist on going their own way, and seeing Sun Chuanting 'shirk' like this, his heart became more and more uneasy.

Li Banghua was in the west, An was taught by Zhu Xu once, his temperament was somewhat rounded, his eyes swept over the faces of Bi Ziyan and Sun Chuanting, the corners of his thin face moved, and Mu Ran did not speak.

"Come on, raise a glass."

Bi Ziyan looked a little embarrassed, raised his wine glass and said with a smile.

On weekdays, in the cabinet, I just approve and approve the manuscript and deal with government affairs, although there are a lot of troubles, but I didn't expect that things in reality are more difficult than expected.

Sun Chuanting has also been under a lot of pressure recently, and the things in the notebook are almost different from reality. According to the dictation of these feudal officials, the local situation has reached an extremely 'severe' and even 'dangerous' level.

This strengthened the cabinet's idea of controlling the localities and vigorously promoting the 'New Deal', without further delaying and waiting.