"How can you encourage the arrogance of the thief...... He Kai turned his head angrily, and was about to continue to reprimand, but saw that the person who spoke was Lu Zhenfei, a cabinet scholar and one of the three ministers of Tuogu.

He frowned and put away his sorrow, and said, "Why did the Lu Pavilion Department say this? ”

Lu Zhenfei gestured to him, and then saluted Zhu Linmi: "Your Highness, the following officials know that now I have less than 20,000 elite soldiers in the field of the Taizheng Dynasty. Although there are 30,000 garrisons in Fujing and Jiangxi, and they have recently practiced a lot, their combat strength is still limited, and they need to defend the localities, so it is not suitable to be mobilized in large numbers.

"There are also 30,000 horses in Liangguang, but most of them are from the old guards or rebels, which is even more embarrassing. That is, to Yunnan and Guizhou, they are all suffering from captives and Kou, and it is still necessary for the imperial court to send troops to help, and it is difficult to divide troops into Zhejiang.

"Looking back at the Dongyu, Hong Chengchou mobilized more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in Henan, Shandong, and Nanzhili, and then there was Luck Dehun who led 30,000 Jianzhou soldiers to arrive. Nanjing has hundreds of thousands of stones of grain, neat armor, and looks at Zhejiang, which is the time when the edge is sharp.

"The intention of the official is to lead me to a decisive battle in Quzhou.

"Although there is a strong city here, there is a flat river around it. Moreover, now the captives have reaped the benefits of the boats. ”

It turned out that since Zhang Mingzhen accidentally buried the Zhejiang Water Division, the Qiantang River has become the world of the Qing Army's Water Division. In fact, even if the Zhejiang Navy Division did not burn the warship due to the headwind, when Zheng Zhilong brought the huge fleet that surrendered to Jianyu into Hangzhou Bay, King Lu's Navy Division would definitely not be his opponent.

Lu Zhenfei continued: "Under many disadvantages, if I use 30,000 or 40,000 troops to shake the 145,000 thief army, but I am in the arms of the captive, this is very unwise. ”

He Kai stared at his eyes and was about to refute, but when he heard Zhu Jizuo of the Ministry of Rites, he responded: "According to the intention of the Lu Pavilion Department, is it possible to watch the East and the South invaders?" ”

"Definitely." Lu Zhenfei obviously did his homework, not only was he very clear about the situation of the enemy and us, but he had already thought about the strategy, and then said, "When it is decided, it will be decided, rather than wasting troops in Quzhou, it is better to abandon it, and use heavy troops to Tunjiangxi Guangxin Mansion, and stick to the government of Shangrao."

"Shangrao City is surrounded by Yuxi, Chuxi, Shangrao River and Fengxi, and it is appropriate to fortify the river everywhere. At the same time, this waterway does not lead to Qiantang, and the work of the water division is wasted, and the Jiangxi garrison is also convenient to support. And the Xianxia Xiongguan on the north side of Fujing, only thousands of soldiers guarded it, and millions of thieves were not allowed to enter. ”

As soon as his words fell, he immediately attracted a lot of echoes.

"What the Cabinet Department said is extremely true."

"This is the safest policy of the Cabinet Department."

"Quzhou is the place of four attacks, and Shangrao should be fortified."

Of course, the opposition is also not small, and He Kai is one of the representatives. He glanced at everyone and said in a loud voice, "The Lu Pavilion Department is too careful.

"Quzhou is my key pass to the north, don't abandon it! The lower officials thought that they should transfer a large army into Quzhou, build a high fortress, and accumulate grain and grass. Fu Yi troops were stationed in the two cities of Suichang and Longyou on the east side of Quzhou, and took them as horns to defend Quzhou.

"In this way, even if the thieves are numerous, I can also stop them with the city. After a long time, the captives will run out of food, and they will go by themselves. The foundation of my western Zhejiang will not be lost.

"And when my cultivation in the southwest has been completed, I will gather heavy troops to recover eastern Zhejiang, and great things can be expected."

Again, many courtiers agreed.

"Yes, that's exactly how it should be!"

"The righteousness of the imperial captives must not be retreated!"

"Quzhou is not easy to get, and it should be adhered to."

Lin Zunbin, the head of the household, coughed lightly, and said: "It is a dangerous move to enter Quzhou, and if there is a loss, hundreds of thousands of thieves will immediately pour into Jiangxi ......."

Someone immediately retorted: "Quzhou Mansion has a large population, and if it is obtained by the thieves, it will be used as a basis to disturb Guangxin from time to time." ”

Therefore, it is necessary to strengthen the defense of Guangxin. Raozhou, Fuzhou, and Jianchang are all close to Shangrao, and troops and grain can be transferred at any time, which is easier to defend than Quzhou! ”

"Quzhou can also collect grain on the spot, but it is cheaper to supply from Xianxia Pass to the north......."

"I think a few adults have forgotten about the thief warship. If there is a battle in Quzhou, the Capture Water Division can rush to the aid day and night......"

"Defending Quzhou can keep the state capital, the rich land of Zhejiang, and only these two state capitals are worth the tax ...... Guangdong"

"Lord Li's words are wrong, where is there any tax in the land of the army? Even if you can hold it, it will be a thousand miles away when the thief retreats. ”

Soon, almost all the officials joined the argument, and the court immediately became noisy and louder. In fact, they had already begun to argue before the last dynasty, and at this time, it only continued from outside the noon gate to the front of the Wenhua Palace.

Zhu Linmiao understood after a while, he was angry and funny at the moment, and he was bent on the Northern Expedition to recover the two capitals, while the officials of the DPRK and China were struggling with whether to enter Quzhou or retreat to Shangrao.

He was a little puzzled in his heart, it wasn't that the officials at the end of the year were particularly radical, and militarily they had never advanced or retreated, only fought and not made peace, and whoever dared to retreat would be sprayed. The Chongzhen Dynasty was forced by them to bear Houjin in the face of the lack of national strength, and was finally dragged down by life.

But in front of the Wenhua Hall today, all the ministers unanimously demanded to stick to it very tacitly, and the battle was only a question of where to guard. Could it be that the sun is coming out of the west?

In fact, not all the officials in the late Ming Dynasty were "two forces", and they naturally knew that it was right to do what they could and to be rigid and to fold.

But Chongzhen's buddy is irresponsible and extremely suspicious, in the seventeenth year of his reign, he changed 50 cabinets, 14 military department secretaries, killed more than 20 governors because of big mistakes, and nearly 100 civil officials.

At that time, the officials were all loud and dared to say only the most "politically correct" words - that is, they impassionedly shouted for the killing of the prisoners - but they never came up with a feasible plan from a practical point of view.

However, the officials of the Taizheng Dynasty knew that His Royal Highness the Auxiliary Governor was a man who focused on practical things and was very decisive, so they put forward what they thought was the most reasonable proposal to deal with the current situation—to hold on to the enemy and wait for the newly recovered southwestern lands to recover.

After the ministers quarreled for a while, they suddenly realized that His Royal Highness the Auxiliary King had not said a word. The representatives of the two factions, Lu Zhenfei and He Kai, each motioned for everyone to be quiet, and then Qi Chao said on the steps: "Please also ask Your Highness to decide." ”

Zhu Linmiao looked around at the courtiers with a smile, cleared his throat, and said loudly: "Although King Lu has no ministers, Zhejiang cannot be lightly taken into the hands of thieves. I have made up my mind to start playing the Holy Lord on the same day, and wave my army north to aid Zhejiang, so as to retreat the thief army, and then ......"

As soon as he was halfway through speaking, Lu Zhenfei, He Kai and others "abandoned their previous suspicions" and hurriedly said: "Your Highness, don't ...... it"

Several people glanced at each other, and finally Lu Zhenfei was the representative, and said: "Your Highness, the Lu Fan is entrenched in Zhejiang, and he calls himself the prison country, which is no different from plotting rebellion. The first emperor has issued many edicts ordering him to abdicate and return to the vassal, but he has never been, and it will eventually be a great disaster for our dynasty.

"This time the thief army attacked, Lu Fan did not abdicate, and did not ask for help from our court, if I came to the aid of the army, it would be no different from the rebellion......"