Although Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang did not treat literati very well, officials like Ru Taisu still dared to give direct advice.

Under the official culture established by the civil servants at the time of the founding of the country, the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty regarded it as a matter of great honor to be punished for advising the emperor.

In the past dynasties, there have been some famous ministers, such as Liu Qiu in the orthodox period, Shen Lian in the Jiajing period, and Yang Lian in the Apocalypse. When there was a major decision-making disagreement between the emperor and the civil official group, the ministers would often collectively advise.

When Hai Rui in the Jiajing era appeared on "Public Security", he even dared to say bluntly: "Jiajing said that every family is clean and has no money." ”

However, Hai Rui Shangshu still focused on state affairs, but the civil officials behind him began to be ridiculous. They did not dare to open fire on the ** bureaucracy and the local gentry forces, but they regarded scolding the emperor as a world-famous shortcut to the south.

For example, Wanli's "Four Proverbs of Wine and Wealth" is simply a personal attack on Wanli himself, and in addition to scolding the emperor in the sparseness, he has not put forward a useful suggestion for national affairs.

And Emperor Wanli had nothing to do with him, so he could only let him resign automatically. Under the influence of this somewhat perverted culture of counselors, the scholars of the Ming Dynasty really have no psychological burden at all to accuse the emperor of his faults.

A famous man like Mao Yuanyi, who was both civil and military, could not accommodate the emperor for no reason, and wantonly criticized the report written by him.

When Sun Chengzong was about to come forward for Mao Yuanyi's powerlessness in front of Chongzhen, Zhu Youzhen had already opened his mouth unceremoniously.

"I remember that a few days ago, I had asked Jin Yiwei to hand over the information on the current situation in Liaodong to Mr. Sun, didn't Professor Mao see it?"

Sun Chengzong is now the head of the martial arts school and the commander of the new army, and several of his subordinates are now professors of martial arts. The purpose of today's meeting was mainly to allow Chongzhen and his selected capable people to meet him, and to establish the general staff required by the emperor on the basis of these people.

Although Mao Yuanyi knew that today's performance in front of the emperor was related to whether he could enter this general staff and thus become a close minister of the emperor. But he still didn't let go of his arrogance, and always wanted to use his ability to convince this young man who didn't know the world.

"The minister naturally saw it, so the minister thought that he could make friends with the Mongolian Han Department and use the Han Department to fight against Jiannu. The so-called two tigers must be injured when they fight, and even if Jiannu defeats the Han Division, he is exhausted.

I, Daming, can accept its disadvantages and send troops to Liaodong to ask for capture. The army first took Guangning, and then restored the land west of the river to Tuntian to raise troops; and then Liao Shen, with the wealth of the slaves; Futieling and Fushun are the two places to establish the connection between the slaves and the Mongolian Horqin department.

Hudun Tuhan of the Han Department can take the opportunity to take the Mongolian Horqin Department, so that Jiannu will lose a foreign aid, and our army can go to the enemy on the back of the belly.

After that, step by step, Jiannu went out of the western border wall of Liaoning, so that Jiannu had no way to recover the wealth and generals, and the trouble in Liaodong could be calmed. ”

Mao Yuanyi was impassioned, as if there was a map of Liaodong in front of him, allowing him to scold Fang Xuan and point out the country.

Sun Chengzong, Lu Shanji, and Sun Yuanhua nodded slightly, even if they had already seen Mao Yuanyi's strategy, they still felt a little in the mood at this moment.

Yuan Chonghuan kept looking at Chongzhen's expression, and didn't care too much about what Mao Yuanyi said. In his opinion, no matter how good the strategy is, if it is not recognized by the emperor, it is still a piece of waste paper.

Regarding Mao Yuanyi's speech-like speech, Zhu Youzhen had no intention of being moved. As a person who has experienced the mountains and seas of literature in later generations, he has no interest in this kind of speech. To be honest, Mao Yuanyi's speech was not as encouraging as he had ever heard, and the company's boss's speech at the annual meeting was so inspiring.

After listening to Mao Yuanyi's speech, Zhu Youzhen asked with an unchanged expression: "Professor Mao, do you know the historical origin of the Chahar Department?" Do you know the personality of Lin Dan Khan of the Chahar Tribe? And what is the relationship between the Chahar tribe and the other Mongolian tribes? ”

Mao Yuanyi paused slightly, but still said: "The Chahar tribe is a tribe directly under the Mongol Great Khan, and it has always obeyed the rule of the Golden Family.

Dayan Khan rose up and unified Eastern Mongolia and divided Eastern Mongolia into 60,000 households. Chahar 10,000 households, Haraha 10,000 households, and Uliang Hawan households are 30,000 households on the left wing; 10,000 households in Ordos, 10,000 households in Tumut, and 10,000 households in Yongxiebuwan are 30,000 households on the right wing.

This Hudun Tuhan is the Lin Dan Khan mentioned by His Majesty, which is a descendant of Genghis Khan and the 7th grandson of Dayan Khan. His Chahar tribe was the head of the 60,000 households, and in theory all the 60,000 households in Eastern Mongolia should be under his rule.

When Lin Dan Khan was first established, he was only 13 years old, and the Mongol tribes did not care about his yin and yang violations. But after 10 years, he will be able to unite the five Inner Khalkha departments to invade the eastern border wall of our Ming Dynasty, which shows that he is undisciplined and will not be willing to be subject to the bullying of Jiannu. ”

Zhu Youzhen was a little surprised, although this martial arts professor was a little arrogant, he didn't write this enemy situation report with his eyes closed.

Zhu Youzhen was not persuaded by this, but asked lightly, "Since you know that Lin Dan Khan is unruly, so it is impossible to surrender to Jiannu, will he be willing to be used by the Ming Dynasty and fight to the death with Jiannu?" ”

Mao Yuanyi was a little nervous, he became a little cautious and said: "Lin Dan Khan was successively captured by Jiannu Korqin and the five tribes of Inner Khalkha, he has always been proud of the descendants of Genghis Khan, and he will not endure the humiliation of the tribes under his rule being seized.

The minister thought that as long as the Ming Dynasty gave some material support, Lin Dan Khan would inevitably take revenge on Jiannu first in order to restore his prestige among the Mongol tribes. ”

Zhu Youzhen said with a smile: "Lin Dan Khan is not only proud of Genghis Khan's bloodline, he gave himself the honorific title: the god of gods all-wise Genghis Long Khan, this is to regard himself as Genghis Khan living in the world."

A Mongol Khan who thinks of himself as Genghis Khan, how could he go to fight with Jiannu for a little reward from the Ming Dynasty. If my guess is correct, the living Genghis Khan should be thinking about the same thing as you are.

Sitting and watching the two tigers of Daming and Jiannu fight, and then trying to profit from it, I think this smart Lin Dan Khan will not be unexpected. ”

Mao Yuanyi felt that the heating in the hall was a little too high, and he began to sweat on his forehead. However, he still didn't want to admit defeat, so he tried to retort.

"The Mongols have always revered Genghis Khan, Lin Dan Khan wants to become the living Genghis Khan, how can he be taken away by Jiannu after the tribe is taken away, he has no expression, is he not afraid of being ridiculed by the Mongols?"

"Professor Mao, do you really know what a Mongol is?" Zhu Youzhen suddenly interrupted Mao Yuanyi's words and asked.

Before Mao Yuanyi could react, Zhu Youzhen had already turned his head to You Shiwei and Wu Huai and asked: "You were all generals at the border before, and you have dealt with the Mongols and Jiannu, why don't you two tell me about the Mongols in your eyes." ”

You Shiwei and Wu Huai listened to the debate between the emperor and Mao Yuanyi, and felt that they had gained some insight, after all, they had no historical information about Mongolia and the Chahar Department to see.

Suddenly being pulled into this conversation by Chongzhen, the two of them suddenly felt the gaze of several civil officials opposite, which made them feel both nervous and a little excited. After all, it is also an honor for the two of them to be able to express their opinions in front of the emperor and civil officials.

After listening to You Shiwei and Wu Huai's fragmentary impressions of the Mongols, Zhu Youzhen took the opportunity to conclude: "It can be seen that the Mongols are a group of people who seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, only obey strength, and respect the strong.

This is simpler, after the loss of the five Inner Khalkha tribes and the Korqin tribe, Lin Dan Khan only has the power of the Chahar headquarters in his hands. If he wasted all this old money in the war with Jiannu, would anyone in the 30,000 households of the Mongolian right wing continue to regard him as the Great Khan of the 60,000 households of Mongolia? ”

Zhu Youzhen's questioning suddenly made Mao Yuanyi fall silent, and Sun Chengzong and several others couldn't think of words to explain for Mao Yuanyi.

However, apparently Zhu Youzhen did not realize that he had won, and he continued to speak according to his own train of thought.

"So, first of all, this plan to let Lin Dan Khan take the chestnut from the Great Ming Fire and die together with Jiannu has failed.

So next, let's talk about whether Jiannu and Chahar really fight, whether they will lose both.

Jiannu's Eight Banners system, presumably everyone here should have understood. Nurhachi created the Eight Banners system, dividing the Jiannu into eight divisions, with soldiers and people when they entered. This is a militarized management style that integrates military and political forces.

The smallest unit of the Eight Banners is Niu Lu, and each Niu Lu is 300 people, which refers to the Cheng Ding who can be a soldier. These people farmed and hunted together on weekdays, and fought together in wartime, so they were not only familiar with each other, but also able to cooperate with each other.

So who can tell me how this Chahar tribe Lin Dan Khan managed his tribe and army? ”

Mao Yuanyi's face was a little pale, since the civilian officials grasped the military power, they have always paid little attention to the intelligence gathering work of the enemy army.

Although the Ministry of War had a department to collect military intelligence, under the manipulation of civilian officials, this department was completely abandoned and became a position of seniority.

Most of the time, the officials of the Ministry of War were more willing to think of themselves as overseers of the army's actions than as intelligence gathering agencies for the army commander and the imperial court.

Regardless of whether it was Chahar or Jiannu, the officials of the Ministry of War did not dare to go to inquire about the news themselves, nor did they have the money to select personnel to collect intelligence in the two places. The disdainful attitude of the scholar class towards merchants also made them reluctant to collect information from outside the customs through merchants.

Seeing that his colleagues couldn't answer the aggressive Chongzhen's question, Yuan Chonghuan couldn't help but stand up and said: "I heard that the Mongolian tribes have always maintained a loose alliance system.

Although Lin Dan Khan was nominally able to administer 60,000 Mongol households, he was limited to 60,000 tribal leaders.

Except for a part of the Chahar tribe directly under his headquarters, he could not interfere in the internal affairs of other tribes at all.

Some tribes are unwilling to obey his orders, so they will choose to stay away from the Chahar headquarters, the grassland is so vast, once the fixed station is lost, this Lin Dan Khan can no longer give orders to this tribe.

Therefore, the minister thought that except for the Chahar headquarters, Lin Dan Khan really could not call on the armies of other tribes to fight for himself. Therefore, His Majesty is right, it is impossible for Lin Dan Khan to risk losing his foundation to fight with Jiannu. ”