Wang Zaijin means that Xiong Tingbi is useless, and at the same time, it vaguely means that Guangning can not be defended, as long as he guards the Shanhai Pass, survives for decades, and waits for the Jurchens to be defeated, and then fights again.

Of course, Wang Zaijin did not have this view, and he also suggested that a large amount of Liao pay should be used in Jizhen and Baoding, enrich the strength of the military towns around Beijing, organize and train the army, and restore the strength of Jizhen in the early years of Wanli.

There are heavy passes outside, and there are strong troops in Jizhen inside, so as to ensure the safety of the north, even if Guangning is lost, the Jurchen and Mongolia converge, they still can't enter the border wall, and can only howl a few times outside the side wall.

Tianqi looked at Ye Xianggao, this assistant minister has always been wise and steady, and can be called a good assistant, but Ye Xianggao did not play, he didn't know much about side affairs, he didn't know how to decide, and he didn't want to speak casually about things he didn't know much about.

Speaking of which, Apocalypse actually feels very dazed!

The opinions of the ministers can not be unified, known as the edge talent, the apocalypse is also very optimistic Xiong Tingbi did not get strong support, the strategy and the ministers are not in harmony, the ministers have no way to come up, the household department has no way to the lack of expenses, Wang Huajiao is in charge of the core spirit of the household is to save the degree, reduce expenses, the supply of Liao salary Wang Huajiao has no opinion, try to supply, the expenditure of other military towns has been reduced, some people have proposed to recalculate the cost of the post, cut the expenditure of all military towns except Liao Town, of course, including Ji Town, Because Liaozhen is the most important battlefield to face the Dongyu, the rest of the places can only make sacrifices for Liaozhen.

Just become the emperor for a few months, and is the young emperor who sits firmly in the position with the support of these important ministers, all the feeling is that he is like in the clouds and fog, all the national affairs are so complicated, and the whole body is involved, the military and politics of various places, money and grain, culture and education, warehousing, criminal names, salt administration, tea politics, many things, hundreds of pieces a day, there are nearly 100 pieces of less, the wrong trace is complicated, it is difficult to straighten out the clue, in the past, the apocalypse was all entrusted to the cabinet ministers in charge, the ministry is responsible, and they are ruled by the arch, and the royal Wenhua Hall listens to the civil officials to tell the way of governing the country.

But now Tianqi faintly feels that most of the so-called righteous ways of governing the country in the books are not righteous, and they are not of much help to him in governing this huge empire, and the ministers in front of him have each other's interests entangled, except for a few people, Tianqi feels that he can no longer trust which courtier is really for the sake of national affairs, not for the interests of himself or the party.

The emperor's face was uncertain, which was almost seen by the ministers, but no one stepped forward to speak again, at this moment, it was wrong to say more, and besides, the ministers present did not have a more intelligent opinion on Liao affairs.

"In that case." Tianqi said helplessly: "All the ministers, go down, I want to reduce food and withdraw for the people of Zhenjiang City." ”

When the two cities of Kaiyuan and Tieling were slaughtered, the palace also reduced food and music, Tianqi always thought that in his own office, he could reduce the occurrence of this kind of thing, but Shenyang and Liaoyang lost first, so he had to go to the temple to ask for guilt, and then it was the slaughter of Zhenjiang, and he had to reduce his food and withdraw music, the young emperor felt very humiliated, but there was no way.

When the ministers dispersed, Tianqi changed into plain clothes, and was about to go to the palace to repair the province, a small chamberlain stepped forward lightly, bowed and played: "Your Majesty, there is an urgent report from the cabinet. ”

Tianqi's heart sank, feeling that it was unlikely to be good news, and he said, "Show it to me." ”

……

Sun Chengzong's identity is not enough to participate in such an important court meeting as before, the month before last, the courtiers elected him as the secretary of the military department, and later promoted him as the squire of the military department, the reason is to call Sun Chengzong to replace Xiong Tingbi as the supervisor, but Tianqi trusts this master very much, and even respects, and the other courtiers are not as good as Sun Chengzong in Tianqi's heart, so the courtiers' repeated requests were rejected by Tianqi, and the emperor has no intention of calling his master out at all.

Sun Chengzong himself is not in a hurry, he is already a fourth grade, the last threshold to enter the high-ranking officials, the rest is water grinding kung fu, with his status in the heart of the apocalypse, transfer to the waiter, enter the cabinet, this is a matter of course, with the age of the emperor and Sun Chengzong, Sun Chengzong is very likely to be a scholar for more than ten years, in fact, the court has regarded Sun Chengzong as a scholar.

The situation before and after today's court meeting, soon after the dispersal of the court, was transmitted by people to the ears of Sun Chengzong, who was sitting at home.

"Wang Yuyun's argument is really ridiculous." Although they are the same party, Sun Chengzong really disagrees with Wang Zaijin's so-called practice of only guarding the gates, enriching Jizhen, leaving only elite soldiers, and not enriching the battalion.

"Indeed." Mao Yuanyi said: "The land of western Liaoning is fertile, with more than one million soldiers and civilians, enough to train 400,000 soldiers. If people don't get it, they want to give it up first, can such a heart be a secretary of the military department? ”

"This person's ascendancy has been achieved." Sun Chengzong said: "It is difficult to hinder, the position of this soldier, the party is determined to win, and now only his qualifications are the most suitable." ”

"Unless......" Mao Yuanyi had something to say, but he didn't say it directly.

"Between you and me, what else is there to say?" Sun Chengzong smiled heartily and said, "Unless I say that the emperor is moved, and I am the soldier or the governor Ji Liao." ”

"Exactly," Mao Yuanyi said: "Xiong Tingbi's words are inappropriate, Wang Yuyun only has the benefit of the pen and tongue, and his mind is shallow, Wang Xiaogan is in the governor's office, claiming to be able to pacify Mongolia, but in fact, the benefits are not seen by people, it is difficult to believe, and now there is only ......"

"Alas," Sun Chengzong stopped Mao Yuanyi and said calmly: "Liao affairs, I do have the idea of being close to it, but now the situation is very bad, and it is difficult to repeat between eagerness, I might as well stay in the court, watch calmly, and help in the center, which is better than going to Liao in person, and the effect is better." ”

Mao Yuanyi knows that this is Sun Chengzong's heart, Sun Chengzong understands side affairs, is not afraid of trouble, is not afraid of practice, does things in order, is not afraid of triviality, this is a rare advantage, if he passes through Liaodong, in the short term, the situation in western Liaoning will be significantly improved, but from the flat Liao, I am afraid there is still a long way to go, Sun Chengzong is unwilling to work in vain, this is a little selfish, if it is not for Mao Yuanyi has a very close relationship with him, he will not export these words.

Mao Yuanyi was grateful in his heart and said: "Recently, I have not paid attention to other things, and I only focus on studying Liao affairs. ”

Sun Chengzong said: "If I go to Liao, of course you must go with you......

He smiled again: "Your military garrison has been printed, and 10,000 sets have been released, and recently, even the Beijing officials in Fujian and Guangxi have said that there are people selling this book in their hometown, and although you have not made a name for yourself, you have become famous at home." ”

Mao Yuanyi's book does have its uniqueness, in fact, the degree of freedom of the Ming Dynasty to publish books is unimaginable, almost any category, as long as it is not openly said to rebel books can be printed, the late Ming Dynasty thought is extremely free, all kinds of doctrines can be printed and handed down, as long as you pay the silver for printing books.

In addition, all kinds of poems, literati notes, and legends, including storytelling novels, were all widely circulated at this time.

The so-called Tang poems, Song Ci, and Yuan Qu were novels in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and there were already several novels that could be passed down through the ages in the late Ming Dynasty.

However, it can be printed in 10,000 copies and published all over the world, which is a rare example.

Mao Yuanyi couldn't help but show a look of pride, but he still said humbly: "Although my book is impressive, it is also because the proprietor of He Yusheng is generous. ”

Sun Chengzong smiled and said: "Speaking of this proprietor, it is also an interesting matter. ”

Mao Yuanyi said: "Do you mean that Han Fujun is fighting with him?" ”

"Exactly." Sun Chengzong said with a smile: "Han Qi has no strengths, the last time Wen Fujun mentioned this person to me, he also criticized him a lot, but the imperial court involved too much energy in the eastern affairs, and he didn't want the northwest to do anything again for a while, so he didn't remove it." He fought with a businessman with the respect of the army, but he was on the same footing, and there were many mistakes, which made him very embarrassed, and he was laughed at when he mentioned this matter. ”

Han Qi has no foundation in Beijing, and his official reputation is not good, Sun Chengzong mentioned him, and it can only be regarded as an anecdote and joke, and this matter is indeed interesting, since the opening of the dynasty, Taizu set the rank of the sergeant, agricultural and industrial and commercial ranks, in addition to the untouchables who are not in the household registration, such as prostitutes and untouchables, is the lowest status of merchants, there were also rich businessmen in the past, since Shen Wansan, together with the emperor, the civil class often took the rich businessmen, and never heard of a businessman embarrassed by the respect of the governor, and he actually fought without winning or losing, Even the result is a big humiliation.

Mao Yuanyi said with a smile: "I have also heard about this matter, and the businessmen in the capital have a sense of raising their eyebrows. In addition, of course, Han Qi will not let go of the business name He Yusheng, I think he still has a backhand. ”

"It's none of our business." Sun Chengzong sighed and said: "The country is troublesome, and now it is still important to focus on the eastern, if it is a trivial matter, because of the previous favor, I might as well be happy to say a word or two for that Zhang Han, but this matter has already hurt Han Qi's face, unless he is taken down as the governor to end this matter, otherwise it will be useless after all......"

Mao Yuanyi was also a little dissatisfied with Han Qi in his heart, but he knew that it was impossible to mobilize the forces of the Donglin Party to attack South Korea, there was no benefit, it would only cause turmoil in the DPRK, and the bigwigs would not agree, and the cooperation with Zhang Han was only for both sides to take what they needed, Zhang Han asked him to help open the door of the Ministry of Industry, Mao Yuanyi wanted to print the book, although he and Yusheng increased the printing tenfold, even if he owed Zhang Han a lot of favors, but because of this favor, it didn't seem to be worth it, Mao Yuanyi said: " We are here to talk about it. ”

"Okay." Sun Chengzong breathed a sigh of relief, he was originally afraid that Mao Yuanyi would be dissatisfied, and the Donglin Party was now in full swing to sweep away the remnants of the three party elements, and it was inconvenient to renew the incident at this time.