"Your Majesty, the court signed an alliance with the Chahar tribe last year and started a trade with each other. This year, it has made great wars, which is not conducive to the country..."

The person who spoke was Li Banghua, the new right assistant censor of the Censorate, who was reinstated as an official last month.

Li Banghua, whose courtesy name was Meng An, was from Jishui, Jiangxi Province. He was a Jinshi in the 32nd year of Wanli. He was first appointed as the magistrate of Jingxian County. He was appointed as the censor and was appointed as the censor.

Speaking of which, Li Banghua is unlucky enough.

As early as the 35th year of Wanli, when he was the county magistrate's assessment and evaluation, he was drafted as one of the candidates for the Censorate's Censorate, but that was the time when the Zhejiang Party and Donglin were fighting each other.

Because Li Banghua said a few good words to Zou Yuanbiao, he was identified as a member of Donglin by the Zhejiang Party and removed him from the list of censors of the Censorate.

But Li Banghua has the same temperament as Xiong Tingbi, but he just can't hold his mouth.

At that time, the Zhejiang Party and the Chu Party thought that he was Donglin. As a result, a few days later, Li Banghua made another statement, criticizing Donglin's party for being a traitor, and Donglin also regarded him as an enemy.

Basically, Li Banghua, like Xiong Tingbi, belongs to his "her own party".

In the court, when you see this guy who is wrong, you will be dismissed. In addition, your popularity is not good, and no one speaks for him, and you will be dismissed from office soon.

Some things happened later, which were also a disaster caused by the party struggle. In the end, Li Banghua not only failed to make the censor, but he even lost his black hat and went home to farm.

Since then, Li Banghua began this kind of life.

He was called back to farm, dismissed from office due to party struggles, went back to farm for a few years, and was called back to restore the official...

This kind of life took more than ten years. It was not until the Imperial Examination Case in the third year of the Tianqi period that the court dismissed a large number of officials from the Censorate, including Liu Zongzhou, the Left Censor. Li Banghua was only remembered again.

Was it still the order to restore Li Banghua? He did not let him become the censor this time, but he jumped to the second-in-command of the Censorate? The right assistant censor.

Actually, it’s not considered a skip? Li Banghua, a man, has been ups and downs in the officialdom for decades. Although he has never been a high-ranking official? However, he has both reputation and ability, so he is still a talented person by only being a censor.

Zhu Youxiao planned to let him work in the Censorate for a while first? Then send him to another place.

It sounds like Li Banghua’s nagging? Although Zhu Youxiao was a little reluctant, he still felt warm, because this guy was really considering the Ming Dynasty.

Li Banghua’s objection is because he thinks that the emperor’s imperial edict is wrong? As a subject, he has to say that’s all.

But it was not the Donglin Party who opposed it for the sake of opposition.

"Have Your Majesty forgotten the so-called Guangning disaster that Wang Huazhen had taken the four-way army in the past!"

Li Banghua pulled his neck and spoke loudly:

"Since ancient times, the Central Plains dynasty has rarely won outside the Great Wall. The stability of the alliance with Chahar is a real blessing for the people on the frontier!"

"Does Your Majesty think he is Emperor Chengzu?"

What a good guy? This is indeed unpleasant. I speak to myself, the emperor in the court, directly? Not to mention other officials.

If this is another official, I am afraid that any unpleasant words will occur.

Zhu Youxiao looked at him? He asked, "Li Banghua, I ask you, Emperor Chengzu personally went to the frontier, did there ever be any opposition in the court?"

"If I remember correctly, someone compared Emperor Chengzu with Emperor Wu of Han. Later, Emperor Chengzu won a great victory in the five battles against Mongolia!"

"Since the three guards in the northern border of the border have joined the Ming Dynasty, I cannot sit idly!"

When Li Banghua heard this, he understood the emperor's intention to win. His eyes moved slightly, his lips opened, but he didn't continue talking.

Seeing him standing back, Zhu Youxiao seemed a little surprised and asked with a smile: "It seems that Li Qing agrees with my statement?"

"I dare not agree with Your Majesty's so-called statement." Li Banghua said directly, with no expression on his face and extremely cold.

Zhu Youxiao frowned and said, "Since you don't agree with my opinion, why don't you advise me again?"

Li Banghua laughed, as if he had heard some idiot question, and asked back: "Even if I give you ten or a hundred words, will Your Majesty listen?"

"Since Your Majesty has decided to use this to punish the Chahar tribe, then the ministers should think about the strategy of conquest, rather than verbal arguments that are meaningless."

"I am willing to go to the border and inspect the soldiers, and then come and offer suggestions for the conquest."

Zhu Youxiao looked at Li Banghua and wanted him to stay in the capital steadily, but after thinking about it, he changed his mind temporarily and said:

"I will add the title of Minister of War, and it's okay to go down to the border to take a look."

......

In winter, at the hour of Mao, there is a hazy darkness between heaven and earth.

It was just sunset and it was still early before sunrise. Zhu Youjiao dispersed the court meeting and returned to the West Warehouse to sit down. The argument with Li Banghua during the day was particularly in his ears.

Just as he was thinking, Zhu Youxiao suddenly yawned.

Looking at the memorials piled up on the imperial desk, I suddenly felt a little bored. There were so many "homework" every day. After the review was finished, I was afraid it would be until the early morning.

After some ideological struggle, Zhu Youxiao sighed, picked up a brush and picked up a book to read, and criticize it, who made us the emperor?

Zhu Youxiao pointed the table slightly at his fingertips, and Wang Chaofu hurriedly approached.

He knew in his heart that the emperor was tired and wanted to read the memorial himself. He first picked up a memorial from the Ministry of War and read it in a loud voice.

Ministry of War.

At the end of December, the temperature in various places dropped significantly, and the nine border military camps, all parts of the capital and the Liao area entered Yandong. Military camps in various places slowed down and training was basically suspended.

In November and December, the Ministry of War asked the first batch of standard mandarin duck war jackets to the important towns and military camps in the Jiubian period in the order of Datong, Xuanfu, Yulin, Jizhou, Ningxia, etc. to send the first batch of standard mandarin duck war jackets underground to help soldiers keep warm.

The second batch of 500,000 mandarin duck war jackets is under intense planning, and it is expected that all the dispatch tasks will be completed by the end of January next year.

After listening to it, Zhu Youxiao nodded lightly and said:

"I understand."

After saying that, Wang Chaofu quickly picked up the second one. This was a Liaodong Tang newspaper, and the signature was written by the Liaodong General Xiong Tingbi.

Xiong Tingbi said that in the severe winter, the Liao River was frozen, the Sancha River flowed shallow and slowly, and the rivers in various parts of Liaodong had basically lost all their defense functions. He asked the court to allocate 300,000 taels to strengthen the city defense and armament of the border fort.

Zhu Youxiao thought about it and said:

"Accurately, the allocation of 400,000 taels of funds will be made available for Xiong Tingbi."

After saying that, the little eunuch on the side quickly wrote down without saying a word.

Wang Chaofu picked up the third copy, which was the Liaodong Tang newspaper, but the name of the person signed was replaced by the Liaodong Governor Hong Chengchou.

Hong Chengchou's statement is basically the same as Xiong Tingbi. After the severe winter, the cooling in the Liaodong area was too severe, and the temperature was the highest in history. Even several officials from the Governor's Office had frostbite.

At present, the entire Liaodong has just been recovered and is in full swing to restore the country. It is urgently needed to support supplies and winter clothing in the court.

Hong Chengchou requested the court to allocate 100,000 taels of funds to arrange the people of Liaodong. In addition, he also requested to issue 600,000 sets of cotton coats, and the more wood and stone, the better.

The cotton coat will be distributed to the people of Liaodong for cold protection by the Liaodong Governor's Office. The wood and stone will also be uniformly allocated by the Governor's Office to rebuild houses and repair the city walls.

Zhu Youxiao sighed, he would come a little bit if he should come.

Zhu Youxiao knew about this situation, but fortunately he prepared in advance and had a deposit. Although it was not rich, it was at least enough.

In history, this cold wave has killed many people, and I just hope that I can save some people as much as possible.

Zhu Youxiao leaned against the chair, closed his eyes and ordered:

"Didn't Zhu Xieyuan purchase a batch of wood in Shanxi? The wood is supported by Shanxi, and the stone..."

"Wang Chaofu, go find Wei Zhongxian and let him think of a solution."

"There are still 600,000 sets of cotton coats..." Zhu Youxiao murmured and said:
Chapter completed!