There is also a general scene outside the Ministry of War. Hundreds of people stood outside the lobby, some were officials or officials in the Ministry of War to deal with their affairs, and more were foreign service personnel. Now our soldiers met with foreign military officers who came to report their duties in the back hall. They summoned dozens of military officials at one time, all of whom were over a thousand households. They either went to Beijing to report their duties or replenish their ancestral positions. Originally, the affairs of the Governor's Office of the Five Army were also robbed by the Ministry of War. Now, when the military officers in the garrison stations in various places had to run to the Ministry of War, raise their hands high and kneel down to salute, and then they could handle the attacks smoothly.

The Titang official was in the yamen. In front of everyone, the pond horse from Liaodong rushed over. When he arrived at the door, the pond horse tilted and fell off his head.

"I'm just tired of running." The Titang official who was on the rotation today came out, looked at the situation, frowned and said, "Everyone gets out of the way, ventilate him, pinch him, pat him, and then drink hot tea. It's perfect."

As the officials told, they immediately started to work hard, patted their bodies, poured hot water, and some were also ruthless and pinched the Renzhong desperately. After a short while of busyness, the Tangma, who had the general identity, woke up, opened her eyelids and immediately became bright, but there was an anxiety deep in her eyes that could not be concealed.

"What's wrong?" The official of Titang said in a mandarin saying: "Is it a good news from Liaodong?"

The Titang official himself knew it was not... It was not like reporting the law when reporting the victory. Teams of horses on the back of the pond were running on the streets of Beijing, so that the whole city would soon know about the victory of Liaodong. Yang Hao was a veteran of the officialdom for decades, so he would not have known about this.

"Well, no..." Tangma's face was extremely solemn. At this time, there were already surrounded by fears that there would be hundreds of people, but Tangma knew that it could not be hidden. He said in a very painful tone: "On the 27th, the Eastern Army troops were sent out on the 29th, the Western Army troops, the Southern Army, and the Northern Army troops were sent out respectively. The various troops sent out without joint attacks, and were defeated separately by Jianlu. The current news is that Du Song and Wang Xuan and other generals died in battle. General Malin was only spared, and both sons were killed in battle. Nearly 50,000 troops of the two armies were wiped out. Only a few people ran back, and almost all the war horses and weapons were lost. This time, it was one of the few defeats in the past few decades... "

Tangma's tone is not only heavy, but also embarrassing.

He is an old man from Liao Town. Although he is not old, he has been in the army for nearly thirty years. During the Japanese invasion in the Renchen period, he also went out with the army. Forty thousand Liao Town soldiers and more than 10,000 Japanese pirates were defeated step by step. In the end, the Ming army suffered many casualties, probably more than 10,000 people. The strategy at that time was Yang Hao, the current Liaodong governor. Unexpectedly, after more than 20 years, another defeat was added to Liao Town. The defeat of Fushun Pass and Qinghebao last year, this general knows that Liao Town has been considered to be broken!

"how so?"

"Didn't it mean that Yang Hao has sent more than 400,000 troops, and he has also experienced the battle formation. How could he lose like this?"

"There are not so many as 400,000 people, and there are not so many Canadians, with a total of more than 100,000 people. There are still 30,000 Sichuan and Shaanxi soldiers who have not arrived on the way!"

"It shouldn't be so defeated."

"No wonder people say that Jianlu cavalry shooting is invincible, just like the Jin Kingdom back then, it is invincible!"

"Who is talking nonsense? Wang Gao wasn't 10,000 yuan before? Wasn't he beaten by Li Chengliang all over the ground for teeth?"

After hearing Tangma's words, there was a "boom" around, and the people watching on the side suddenly started to clamor.

Everyone's face was particularly solemn. Jianlu was in trouble last year. The Ming Dynasty had been peaceful for many years. As a result, the war far away in Liaodong was unfavorable. The capital was also extremely frightened and the people's hearts were extremely floating. Some ministers from the south even planned to flee south, and even the people began to take refuge.

This is of course absurd thing. Later, the news gradually calmed down, and few people really left Beijing, but many people remembered the panic atmosphere. Now less than a year later, the heavy troops mobilized by the Ming Dynasty on the Nine Borders suffered such a crushing defeat again. This made many people feel extremely heavy in their hearts, and everyone has a sense of ominousness.

An old clerk originally squinted his eyes and basked in the sun at the yamen. He had seen many storms and rains. He had never seen anything here in the Ministry of War? What are the Japanese pirates, Altan, the Southwest Yi, and the king's heavenly soldiers arrived, they were all dispersed. Now he looked at everyone's expressions and couldn't help but panic. He couldn't help but think in his heart: "Oh my God, God, is the Emperor's Heaven really going to collapse?"

...

The urgent report from Liaodong was delivered to the place where it should be.

In the palace, the cabinet, and the Ministry of War, almost half an hour later, almost the entire imperial city knew that there was a change in Liaodong. The royal army was defeated, and the army of tens of thousands of people was almost destroyed. Several generals alone died.

This is not the news of the crushing defeat in Liaodong last year. Li Yongfang surrendered, and it was just a guerrilla on the border. Zhang Chengyin led only 10,000 troops to underestimate the enemy and advance rashly. He was just a not-famous deputy general.

This time, the soldiers and generals mobilized by Wanli were almost the most famous generals in the Ming Dynasty. When Du Song and Liu Ying were mentioned, who didn’t know who?

In terms of reputation, qualifications, and the power of servants, there were not many generals in the Ming Dynasty who were stronger than them. Moreover, there was also the power of generals in Liaozhen represented by Li Rubai.

Such a strength of conquest was considered to be so strong that it was against the will of heaven in the capital. To be honest, the Ming Dynasty did not mobilize such a great force to fight the three major conquests, but the result was shocking.

The most nervous ones are of course the palace and cabinet.

Fang Congzhe happened to be home before he got the time to go home, and after receiving the news, he was even more unconscious and very nervous.

His position as chief minister in the cabinet was originally very unstable, and this time the crushing defeat in Liaodong was even worse. Fang Congzhe knew that someone must have been secretly discussing outside the country. Now his top priority is to see the emperor's intentions. Next, he would have to fight between the parties and try to calm the trend. There must be a transfer of interests in this. Even if he overcomes the superficial barrier, it will be difficult for him to sit in the position of chief minister in the future.

Outside the cabinet, you can clearly see groups of small eunuchs running back and forth, with everyone's faces full of nervousness. The Liao incident has been reported to the palace, and these eunuchs have the most sensitive sense of smell. Everyone knows that something big is happening. No one dares to slack off at this moment. If they hit a gun and get lucky, it would be really unfair.

In the evening, a rank-level imperial sign rushed to the cabinet with a copper whisk.

Fang Congzhe was uneasy and actually stood up to greet him.

He said in a dry voice: "Does my father-in-law have an order?"

"The emperor just asked our family to bring a message to Fang Xiangye, which is not considered a decree." The imperial sign smiled and said, "The emperor said that it doesn't matter if you lose, you should clean up again and send troops. If you don't have enough money and food, you will think about it. The important thing is to choose a capable manager... Fang Xiangye, you should have some snacks on this matter. The emperor is also thinking about this matter, and today's dinner will be exempted from being passed on."

Fang Congzhe stood respectfully and listened to the eunuch's message. Even if he declared that it was not a decree, he still had to be like a great guest. In fact, it would be better to say that it was a decree than to listen to the decree like this.

After listening, Fang Congzhe's body became soft and almost collapsed in the chair.

Seeing the prime minister like this, the eunuch laughed from his nostrils. It was probably because Xiao Fang Congzhe was so impatient as the prime minister, which really made people look down upon him.

"New Strategy..." Fang Congzhe pondered, and he also understood in his heart that Yang Hao was finished.

In Fang Congzhe, there is no word in Yang Hao's memorial to apologize for himself. No matter how aggressive Du Song advances or how Marin loses his time, he is the real person who is responsible for the ultimate responsibility. Is it not his Yang Hao's responsibility to push all over his subordinates?

If Yang Hao truly confessed his guilt, Fang Congzhe could still try to make a fuss for him, and at least he could save his life. Now it seems that the emperor did not mention Yang Hao at all, and he was obviously very angry. Yang Hao was dead.

As for the candidate for the new strategy, Fang Congzhe was still in a mess, and he would not be able to get rid of it for a while.

"My father-in-law, please submit the memorial to the emperor. Rong Chen will take some time to think about it slowly and then submit it."

The eunuch laughed and said, "This is also what you should do, just be calm."

Fang Congzhe slowly calmed down at this time. Judging from the reaction of the imperial brand, this crushing defeat did not cause much trouble at least in Wanli. He felt a little ashamed. Xiang Zixu studied more than ten thousand books, understood the world and was well versed in the hearts of the people, and handled government affairs very easily. He was also like a fish in the struggles of various parties. Now it seems that he is just a scholar after all! When a big event comes, he lacks calmness. Compared to the emperor who was the 47th year of the country, this aspect is still far behind.

Fang Congzhe looked at the eunuch and said, "Is there anything else in the emperor?"

"This is gone."

Fang Congzhe was a little hesitant. He wanted to ask the emperor if he could send out the treasury to rescue the emergency... The court was really not rich. If the treasury was full, he would not have to send red flags with his soldiers to urge the army. However, at this time, as long as the emperor did not take the initiative to raise the offer, he, the chief minister, could not take the initiative to raise the offer... No matter how calm the emperor was, he would kill people, and Yang Hao's head would definitely not be able to keep it. Fang Congzhe did not want to take risks at this threshold.

"How is the emperor's body?"

In theory, it is said that spying on the inner palace situation, especially asking the emperor's body is a big taboo. However, Fang Congzhe has a special identity and the chief minister does not know how the emperor's body is. If any "big changes" happen, all officials will look at the chief minister, but the chief minister is blind. What if it is possible?

More than ten years ago, Wanli felt that he was going to "greatly" and summoned the then chief minister Ye Xianggao, who wanted to send treasury relief to the disaster and withdrew the tax and mining envoy. As a result, Ye Xianggao had not decided on the decree, so Wanli asked the eunuch to steal the decree back... Wanli survived and it was fine.

When he mentioned the emperor's body, the emperor's face looked a little sad. He looked at Fang Congzhe and said slowly: "The emperor has some coughs and asthma recently. After spring, it is more powerful than in winter, and his appetite is not as good as before. Compared to last year, Tianyan seems to have lost a lot."

People like Wanli who have been fat from childhood to old age have suffered from poor stomach qi in the elderly, and the symptoms of asthma and cough are not good news. Fang Congzhe felt quite uneasy and said calmly on his face: "It's all temporary symptoms, it's not a problem. Just be careful to serve."

"Of course, our family does this." Yuqian Paizi bowed and turned around and left.
Chapter completed!