Chapter 87: The Sword of Damocles (Part II)
For Xu Jie, it was the first time he had heard someone tell him that the Wa Kingdom was about to decide the final victor and form a new regime, which was a very terrible signal, and the Ming Dynasty, who was worried about internal and external troubles, was afraid that there would be a terrible enemy watching him. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Seeing that Xu Jie was silent, Xu Wei continued: "According to Chen Keyuan, who went to the Wa Kingdom a few years ago, the new ruler of the Wa State is thirty years old, ambitious, and enterprising, and the generals under his command are all around thirty years old. Since Chen Keyuan returned to the Central Plains, he has avoided the countryside and ignored political affairs, Xu Wei and Chen Keyuan have worked together, and they have a very good personal relationship, so they naturally have some dealings with him.
Xu Wei emphasized age, for the ruler of a regime, the age determines the stability of the new regime, but also determines the aggressiveness of the new regime, and he uses two thirty years old to point out the threat of the Japanese state to neighboring countries.
If the ruler is already over the age of six, then he needs more than ten years to recuperate if he wants to stabilize the interior and help the heir stabilize the situation, and what the Ming lacks now is time. However, the upper echelons of the new Japanese regime were all in their thirties, an age of vigorous energy and a strong threat to neighboring countries.
Xu Wei once held an important position and served as the chief staff under Hu Zongxian, so he naturally had a correct grasp of the situation in the southeast. Later, the imperial court unjustly killed Hu Zongxian, Xu Wei risked out of danger and traveled around the southeast, and his understanding of the situation in the southeast was extraordinary. He was pessimistic about the future situation of the Ming Dynasty.
Now the Ming Dynasty is still intriguing, the southeast has been in flames, and a war between the north and the south is inevitable. If the Ming court can work with one heart and one mind, forge ahead, and train a strong army, there may be the possibility of the Northern and Southern Dynasties.
However, when the confrontation between the north and the south was formed, the situation of the Japanese state suddenly changed, which can be said to be an even worse thing for the Ming Dynasty, which was troubled by internal and external troubles. Xu Wei, who was originally idle and wild, couldn't sit still, he ran around tiredly, met Xu Ge Lao through Zhang Ju, peddled his theory to Xu Ge Lao, and preserved the foundation of the Ming Dynasty.
Xu Ge's old name is the second assistant, in fact, he is doing the work of the first assistant, and every Beijinger knows that Yan Song and Yan Ge are more of a mascot, and no one dares to touch him, nor does he let him take care of things.
Yan Song is getting older, old and frail, mentally exhausted, and the death of his old wife makes him even less experienced in dealing with government affairs. Originally, Yan Shifan was able to rely on this son to adjudicate affairs.
Now Yan Shifan sits in Lianghu, and his soldiers and horses have a total of 120,000, and nearly half of these 150,000 horses are private soldiers who he raises food and grass to raise, and only listens to Yan Shifan.
Yan Shifan built a city and fort on the border of the two lakes, which seemed to be a defense against invasion on the surface, but in fact he was storing weapons and grain to make a deployment to defend the two lakes.
However, now that the Ming Dynasty occupies the righteousness, and the southeast Jinling occupies the money and grain, Yan Shifan naturally will not do stupid things that make his relatives bitter and enemies happy, which is also the reason why Yan Song still does not do the right thing in front of the first assistant. The imperial court is also afraid, if Yan Song is allowed to serve again, who knows if Yan Song, Yan Shifan's father and son will do the evil thing of colluding with inside and outside to usurp Zhu Ming's country.
Of course, Xu Jie would not question Xu Wei's remarks, and when he listened carefully to Xu Wei's remarks, he already believed in the authenticity of Xu Wei's narrative, and the Ming court could no longer afford to gamble.
Zhang Juzheng suddenly asked: "Now that the situation is troubled internally and externally, the southeast has fallen, the northern Tatars have frequently crossed the border, the border army is decaying, and the leading troops have turned the leader into a lord, I don't know what you have to do?" ”
Xu Wei was silent for a moment, looked up at Xu Jie, and saw that Xu Jie's had no objections, obviously Xu Jie's also wanted to hear his opinion, and only then did he say: "Borrow troops, borrow troops from the Wa Kingdom!" ”
Without waiting for Xu Wei to finish speaking, Xu Jie and Zhang Juzheng were all taken aback, but they were both leaders who were rare in a century, and after thinking for a while, they immediately woke up. The Ming thieves are rampant, and the Ming court has no strong soldiers directly related, if you can give the court two or three years, maybe you can train a strong army, but the court time is running out.
At the moment of life and death, even if you know that borrowing troops from the Japanese State is to drink to quench your thirst, you have to drink it, only to survive the current crisis, only the court is there, and their glory is there.
Xu Wei has always been committed to the great cause of resisting the Japanese, and he never thought that he would put forward the idea of borrowing troops from the Japanese State today, which is enough to say that the Ming court has reached the point of doing everything.
Mentioning that the Wa State had already violated political correctness, and now they wanted to borrow troops from the Wa State, which had always been regarded as an enemy, Xu Jie and Zhang Juzheng both knew that once they brought it up, they would inevitably attract countless slanders. But can Xu Jie and Zhang Juzheng come up with a better way?
The answer is self-explanatory, but the crux of the matter is that Xu Jie and Zhang Juzheng are both cunning foxes, and they will not tell the world what they think, and they will secretly push out the people of the strict party to put forward this opinion, and then they can reluctantly agree. After the fact, the responsibility can be put on the head of the Yan Party, but how can the people of the Yan Party be brought forward?
Xu Jie glanced at Xu Wei, Zhang Juzheng shook his head slightly, and Xu Wei, who had escaped the catastrophe, was silent, as if he didn't know anything, but he was as smart as how he didn't know the danger of this suggestion.
Xu Wei made a suggestion, and then left through the back door, accompanied by Zhang Juzheng.
Zhang Juzheng hurried back, Xu Jie knocked on the table, and after a while, he said: "Uncle, you return to the Prince's Mansion first, and then introduce Xu Wenchang to the Prince, and listen to the Prince's thoughts?" ”
Zhang Juzheng kowtowed: "The prince has a gentle personality, I'm afraid he won't come out." "Gentle in character, in fact, it is cowardly and incompetent.
Xu Jie shook his head slightly, and said: "You are not the only one in the Prince's Mansion, as long as you appear in the Prince's Mansion, it will definitely be known to the world, I want to see what the world really thinks." ”
Zhang Juzheng paused for a moment, he didn't know that he was pushing the prince to the fire to roast.
Without waiting for Zhang Juzheng to refuse, Xu Jie continued: "Now that the court is worried about internal and external troubles, it is time for the prince to take charge of the government, tell the prince, just say that it is time for him to come out, and the old man will inform Your Majesty in due course." ”
Zhang Juzheng was shocked, staring at Xu Jie with wide eyes, he never thought that the teacher had already planned to force Jiajing to abdicate, and now the court is worried about internal and external troubles, after all, someone will come out to take the blame, he replied: "Yes, teacher!"
After more than half a month, the matter of borrowing troops was not approved after all, but a delegation headed by Zhang Juzheng was still sent to make a detour through Korea to send a mission to the Japanese state. It is reported that when dealing with it before the court, Yang Bo and the Prince's Mansion all played to invite Zhang Juzheng to be better, and Yan Song, who was old Longzhong, also opened his mouth, Emperor Jiajing agreed, and Xu Jie, Xu Ge, and the old man had to eat Coptis dumbly.