Seeing Wu Shifan's angry appearance, everyone was stunned, everyone had always thought that their emperor was a good talker, but they forgot that he was a person who had the power to cut off his head.

Xia Guoxiang was the first to react, and immediately stood up: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I'll find someone to go to Kunming, and I will drive the Ming army out of Yunnan no matter what." ”

Wu Shifan nodded: "In that case, Lord Xia, you will recommend a trustworthy courtier, I don't want to hear about defeats anymore, our Great Zhou has lost enough." ”

Xia Guoxiang is also embarrassed, since he became the auxiliary minister, the affairs in the army have been handed over to Hu Guozhu to take care of, and now those generals in the army can be regarded as Hu Guozhu's people, since the five generations, the status of the generals has plummeted, and it has not recovered until now, so he didn't care about the things in the army, and he didn't expect to turn his face with Hu Guozhu, but now he thinks that out of the garrison of Nanjing City, he has not met with those generals in the army for a long time.

Now if it is the person who recommends Hu Guozhu, he can grab the credit if he wins the battle, and even if he loses, he can put the blame on his unknown people, thinking of this, he gritted his teeth: "General Hu Guozhu has been leading troops outside all the year round, and the minister thinks it is better for him to recommend it." ”

Wu Shifan also nodded when he heard this: "Why did I forget General Hu, General Hu, quickly recommend a general who dares to fight." ”

Hu Guozhu thought for a while: "The minister recommends General Guo Zhuangtu." ”

This is the second time that someone has recommended Guo Zhuangtu in front of Wu Shifan, because this person's identity is very special, he is also Wu Sangui's son-in-law, but he has never been involved in these things between them, but is only responsible for logistics and supply.

Now in the middle of the dynasty Xia Guoxiang family dominant, some of them are not opponents, although they control the Great Zhou army, but want to raise their arms to let them attack Nanjing City to kill Xia Guoxiang and his forces is a bit excessive, but I am afraid that he will not escape death afterwards, in addition to these troops, his hole cards are very few, although there is a union of ministers in the court, but it is not easy to fight with Xia Guoxiang.

Now is not the time to watch the fire from the other side, once Guo Zhuangtu goes to fight this battle, no one will blame him for so many years of diligence and diligence, if he wins, it will be better, Hu Guozhu can promote him as an official, and then are you afraid that he will not be involved in the disputes of the court, when the time comes, Wu Sangui's three sons-in-law will be in the court, as long as he is not born with a soft bone, he will definitely unite with Hu Guozhu to deal with Xia Guoxiang.

Wu Shifan frowned, obviously very dissatisfied with this decision, Wu Sangui told him before he died, Ma Bao is his guarantee, but Ma Bao is an official in the court after all, and the soldiers and generals in this hand are all within the calculations of Xia Guoxiang, so this strange army that guarantees safety is in the hands of Guo Zhuangtu, and he must not be sent out to fight, but now that they have put it forward, if they can't say a reason, it will definitely arouse the suspicion of others, and then this trick will be discovered.

Wu Shifan thought for a while and sighed: "The first emperor Bintian once told me that Guo Zhuang is good at internal affairs and is not good at military affairs, so he must not be allowed to lead an army alone, otherwise the catastrophe is not far away, I must listen to the words of the first emperor, General Hu, you can change the candidate." ”

Although this is not a good reason, but it finally blocked these people back, Hu Guozhu saw that this road did not work, and immediately changed another way: "Since this is the case, the minister will not avoid relatives, but there is one thing that the minister also asked His Majesty to agree." ”

"General Hu said to listen to it."

"This battle is not easy to fight, everyone knows that the army is tired after a long journey, and our numbers are not superior, in order to avoid too much pressure on the generals below, the minister suggested that His Majesty can make a will, telling them that there are many rewards for victory, even if they are defeated, they will not be punished, and the minister also guarantees that they will fight to the death, if there are those who are timid and afraid of things and dare not fight, there is no need for Your Majesty to speak, and the minister personally cut off their heads."

Xia Guoxiang secretly scolded treacherously in his heart, his move made himself invincible, and his soldiers who won his battle would have merit, and if he lost, he would not be cut off his head.

Wu Shifan thought for a while and nodded: "In this way, according to what General Hu said, it's just that General Hu has to choose a competent general." ”

"The minister will never disappoint His Majesty's expectations."

After solving this matter, Wu Shifan's words changed: "I have one more thing to say, this is the trouble of the Ming Dynasty every time, and now they are too busy to take care of themselves, should we find trouble with them?" ”

Xia Guoxiang involuntarily showed a smile on his face, but if he was looking for trouble, he would definitely let Hu Guozhu send troops, as long as he was not in Beijing, he could take care of those courtiers who were allied with him at will, and when he came back, he would have to be a loner in the court.

Sure enough, Hu Guozhu suddenly remembered something, and coughed: "The minister thinks that this matter has to be completely measured, after all, we have just experienced the defeat of Shandong, if there is no complete strategy, we can't easily send troops." ”

Wu Shifan nodded: "Then give you five days to come up with a way, we must seize this opportunity, and I hope you can come up with a good way in the court meeting after five days." ”

Hu Guozhu suddenly spoke: "This good way can be thought of, but the minister still has a reluctant request." ”

"You say."

"The minister thinks that the army is fighting in the front, and the rear must be stabilized, if the court is turbulent, it will definitely make the army's morale unstable, and the battle will not be easy to fight at that time."

Wu Shifan nodded: "It makes sense, as long as the army is opened, I will issue an order, and those who impeach other above the court, regardless of whether the reason for impeachment is accurate or not, will be dismissed from the third rank!" ”

In fact, he also has a headache The ministers in the court attacked each other, and most of them were impeached by the Xia Guoxiang and Xia Guoxiang to signal a counterattack, at this time he could not deal with the Xia Guoxiang, the Great Zhou State was indispensable to this person, but he couldn't let his family dominate, so he was very annoyed, and he just took this opportunity to say this method that he had thought of a long time ago.

Hu Guozhu immediately knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty is wise! This kneeling is the idea of sitting on this policy, which makes Xia Guoxiang have no room for regret.

Xia Guoxiang is noncommittal, this method seems to avoid the threat of mutual impeachment, but as the first assistant of the cabinet, he is in control of all the twists and turns, won't he create something out of nothing and produce and sell it himself?

Of course, this method is destined to not last long, people will not waste food because of choking, and the court will never be exempted from the impeachment system because of the emperor's headache, but it is just to make Hu Guozhu happy for a while.

(End of chapter)