Therefore, Luo Xin needs a victory, and only a big victory can completely dispel the last trace of fear in the hearts of the soldiers.

And a big victory is not far away, and according to the scouts, there is still one day left before they will reach the first cottage. As long as the first cottage is destroyed, the last trace of fear in the hearts of the soldiers will be dispelled.

Capital.

Emperor Jiajing looked at the letter in his hand, which was given to him by Luo Xin. Emperor Jiajing's heart was full of anger, and the mountain people actually killed the messenger of the Ming Dynasty and sent their heads back.

This is simply a naked humiliation of Daming and a naked humiliation of Emperor Jiajing.

"Look at it." Emperor Jiajing put the letter on the imperial book case. Huang Jin walked over, picked up the letter, and handed it to Xu Jie.

Xu Jie and Gao Gong got together and began to read Luo Xin's letter.

At this time, Zhang Xun was also reading Luo Xin's letter, and when he finished reading the letter, he put the letter away, then got up and left the office room, and walked towards the door.

"Master Zhang, where are you going?" An official sitting across from him asked with a smile, and Zhang Xun said with a normal expression: "Go and relieve yourself." ”

The person opposite, Zhang Xun knew very well that he was Xu Jie's person, so he just dealt with it for a while, then turned around and walked out. The man sitting opposite Zhang Xun thought about it, stood up, walked outside the door, stretched out his hand and beckoned a scribe and asked:

"What letter did you send to Zhang Xun just now?"

"I don't know." The scribe shook his head and said, "It was sent by Master Zhang's family." ”

"Well, there you go."

The officer stood outside the door and thought for a moment, then shook his head and returned to the room. Since it was a letter from Zhang Xun's family, he had no way to know the source of the letter, and it was likely to be a letter from Zhang Xun's hometown, so he put the matter aside and didn't take it to heart.

And Zhang Xun of this matter is instructing his scholar: "You go back to the house now, go to the study and take my greeting post to see Liu Wenxiu of the military department, and tell him that I will have a treat in Taibai Building tonight, and ask him to inform others, and he knows who to notify." ”

And this matter is in a family in the lush alley, Wang Cuiqiao is also reading the letter sent by Luo Xin. After putting down the letter, he lowered his eyes slightly and thought for a moment:

"Someone!"

"Miss!" A woman walked in.

"Let Wu Kui come to see me."

"Yes!"

Palace.

After reading the letter, Xu Jie suddenly raised his head and said, "Your Majesty, no." ”

"Why not?" Emperor Jiajing's voice was faint, without the slightest emotion.

"Luo Xin wants to slaughter the Eighteen Villages, which is not done by Renjun."

"Could it be that I just watched those mountain people and thieves kill my Ming soldiers and humiliate me, the Ming Emperor?"

"Your Majesty, those mountain people are just being bewitched by the thieves, they are also Your Majesty's people, as long as they are educated and educated, they will also become good citizens."

"Are you going to educate?" Emperor Jiajing said coldly.

Xu Jie gritted his teeth and said: "If Your Majesty needs the ministers to educate, the ministers will do their best." ”

Emperor Jiajing closed his eyes, Gao Gong's expression changed on the side, and he couldn't accept the result that Luo Xin wanted to slaughter the eighteen villages, so he said:

"Your Majesty, the letter said that Luo Xin has led troops into the old forest, and Your Majesty should quickly issue an order to let him withdraw."

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The two of you, you and I said a word, and they continued to speak to Emperor Jiajing. At this point, including Xu Jie, there is really no selfishness. Although Xu Jie also has in his heart that after stopping Luo Xin, Jiangxi and Guangdong will become a quagmire, dragging Luo Xin and Hu Zongxian there, and then he can put countless charges on the two of them, and clean up Luo Xin and Hu Zongxian together.

However, it is more of his philosophy from childhood to the present, that is, education!

Not to mention that the mountain people only killed 120,000 Ming soldiers, why didn't the northern grasslands kill 120,000 Ming soldiers at the beginning? Over the years, there are millions.

Not to mention......

The people of the Ming Dynasty killed in the northern grasslands!

That's nearly 10 million people.

Isn't Confucianism still clamoring for edification?

Therefore, in this matter, most of them are their ideas, and they have nothing to do with selfishness.

Emperor Jiajing listened to Gao Gong and Xu Jie's chatter, and his expression did not change in the slightest. It's just that the gaze is a little gloomy.

Emperor Jiajing was not a follower of Confucianism, and it can be seen from his cultivation that he was a Taoist believer, and he was not close to Confucianism. It was only because he felt that Confucianism was good for the emperor to control the country, so he supported Confucianism.

In fact, no matter what kind of family, as long as it threatens the country of the old Zhu family, the people of the old Zhu family will not believe anything, and if it is good for the country of the old Zhu family, they will believe it. It is not good for the old Zhu family, so he abandoned it.

He was very touched in his heart at this time, and the content of Luo Xin's letter, as the Ming Emperor, fully understood it just by reading it once.

First of all, Luo Xin's idea is very firm.

If we want to ensure the stability of Jiangxi and Guangdong, it is far from enough to rely on appeasement and education. It is necessary to show the majesty of the court in front of these mountain people, that is, to beat them painfully, to impress them, and to make them afraid of the court.

However, just by fighting, it will not be able to maintain long-term stability, but will fight more and more, leaving the Ming army in a deep quagmire. Therefore, after beating the mountain people, it is to pacify and educate.

That is, both grace and power!

There was nothing in this plan. Emperor Jiajing would agree, and the cabinet's Xu Jie, Gao Gong, would not object.

However, this time Luo Xin's plan is very special, he wants to slaughter the eighteen villages, nearly 300,000 mountain people. In the eyes of Xu Jie, Gao Gong of the cabinet, this is simply a demon.

You can, but you can't slaughter.

No matter what the reason, it can't be slaughtered, as soon as this head is opened, if it is like this in the future, the government and the opposition will accept this point of view in the future, where will there be a foothold for Confucianism?

This is the fundamental controversy of Taoism!

However, Emperor Jiajing's position is different from that of the cabinet, and the so-called butt decides the head. For the sake of the old Zhu family, not to mention the mountain people, even Confucians can be killed, and the old Zhu family has also killed a lot of Confucians.

The mountain people killed 120,000 Ming soldiers in Jiangxi and Guangdong, and if they were not slaughtered vigorously, they would not be able to realize the majesty of the imperial court at all, and they would not be able to be afraid of the imperial court, so they could only rely on education......

Educate a fart!

Emperor Jiajing felt that he had already seen from the letter that Luo Xin was going to take the charge of slaughter by himself and completely remove him, the emperor. In this way, the rebellion between Jiangxi and Guangdong has subsided, and the name of Luo Xin's military god may become a military demon. And he, the emperor, will not have a trace of loss of fame.

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