The emperor's concern for the war was soon known by the court officials. Not only did he come to the palace with Wang An, he also had piles of letters and war reports in his hands, but also Zhang Juzheng.

"Seven days ago, General Qi had entered Taining Guard; the Ministry of War also sent Li Chengliang to attack in Liaodong to stabilize the northeast."

This was the first time Zhang Juzheng entered the military room of Emperor Wanli. He looked around the strange furnishings and placed the battle report on the deck of the Wanli ship model. After sitting down, he said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, don't be upset about this. They are all capable generals of the national dynasty - they will definitely achieve their full achievements."

"Li Chengliang is a general." I don't know whether it was caused by rebellious thoughts or the stubborn illness left by Chen Mu's early education, Emperor Wanli only recognized the part about Qi Jiguang when his teacher gave the two generals, but he was very reserved for Li Chengliang. He shook his head and said, "If he is a capable person, why should he support the enemy and respect himself?"

Zhang Juzheng was not angry. He chuckled softly and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty said that Li's family is not good to raise the bandits, but the court needs him to raise the bandits... The four core interests you often talk about, where is the core interests of the state dynasty?"

The imperial chief appraiser raised his finger and pointed to the middle of the map hanging on the wall. He found that the emperor's secret military room was too suitable for his heart. Almost everything he needed when talking about military affairs was at hand.

He refers to the Ming Dynasty's land in the middle of the map: "The two capitals and 13 provinces, compared with this, the Western Ocean, the South Ocean, the Eastern Ocean, the Northeast, and the Southwest, are not worth mentioning."

Wanli nodded slowly, and the feeling of annoying came again, and the teacher said it right again... The core interests of the Ming Dynasty were the two capitals and 13 provinces, which was the consensus of everyone in the world.

There is no need to say much.

"What the teacher said is that it is precisely why the court wants to fight this war."

In five or ten years, only Tumot Mongolia had the ability to threaten the Ming Dynasty's homeland, and Qi Jiguang, the most powerful city wall in the capital, proposed several years ago that he believed that the Ming Dynasty could not defend against the Tumot tribe because of the loss of the three Gurs of Urianha, which could be regarded as the cause of this battle.

"When it comes to Li Chengliang, Your Majesty may not understand the situation in the Northeast. I can explain it to Your Majesty for a while."

Zhang Juzheng's face still had that look that seemed to be omniscient. Although he had not finished the two capitals and 13 provinces of the imperial court, his early Hanlin experience gave him a deep understanding of the world.

There is nothing difficult in the world, I am afraid of those who are determined.

This confidence comes from when Zhang Juzheng was a Hanlin student, he liked to entertain civil and military officials from all over the world to Beijing.

Although he was very young and had no money at that time, whenever officials came to Beijing to report their duties, he would take out wine and food to entertain them and inquire about the important news from them. Therefore, he knew a little about the situation in various places.

"Since the founding of this dynasty, the Jurchens have always been obedient to the court. The name of Uryanha comes from the Jurchen language, meaning people in the forest, savages, and even the Tumu Fort change. Everyone knows that the Tumu Fort battle was in the young man to defend Beijing and defend the capital to stabilize the dynasty, but few people know that there was also a Mongolian army invading the Northeast."

"In the northeast, I used to be called the Nurgandusi. I heard that the tribute leaders of various tribes gathered here in the past. Later, the Nurgandusi was abandoned and gathered at 30,000 guards."

"The court had no spare energy to rush to Liaodong. The situation in the northeast was broken at that time. It was easy to repair the cities and villages and communities, but people's hearts were the most difficult to make up for. After that, the court seemed to be unable to do anything in the northeast."

Zhang Juzheng said, simply stood up, pointed to the northeastern area on the map and said slowly to Emperor Wanli: "Shi Shuai Qi once said that the reason why the court could not curb Tumot was the loss of control of the three guards of Wurianha. I also agreed with it. Mongolia is gradually growing bigger, and this is why."

"There is a group of the Haixi Jurchens named Yehe. I wonder if your Majesty knows that this tribe did not have in the past. Their leader's surname is Tumote, which is the result of Mongolia's subtle expansion in the Northeast."

"I have not summarized the changes in the map before, but if there is indeed a situation, Your Majesty will definitely see that the Northern Lu and Dongyi are getting closer and closer to each other on the map, and they are connected together. Combined with the war reports over the years, it is not difficult to find that they often join forces to fight against the court. In the past, the court was short of money and pay, and could only defend and difficult to curb."

"My ministers know that Li Chengliang did what he did. He lends to poor soldiers internally, and the soldiers fought bravely to repay the money; externally, he used the power of the court to control the tribes and supported Wang Zhong and Wang Tai of Hada's tribes to make peace on the border."

Wanli frowned the more he heard it. Zhang Juzheng's statement to the Northeast was very different from the "Is there any king's land under the world" instilled by Chen Mu in his mind. It sounded like... the Ming Dynasty could not control the Northeast at all.

I can even control Asia 20,000 miles away, but Northeast China. What is the reason?

"But Li Chengliang's way of doing this has not been good for the court for a long time. He always pulls this and beats that, and then pulls another one to hit this." The little emperor said that Li Chengliang's actions were confused, and finally curled his lips and said, "It's far less than Shuai Qi's time and for all."

Zhang Juzheng sighed and repeated the emperor's words: "Once and for all."

"The thief is coming. Your Majesty needs two swords to defend against the enemy. One is often used to defend against the enemy, and the other is only occasionally defending yourself. There is only one tael of silver on your hand. A good steel knife on the sword market costs eight coins, and a bad knife costs two coins. Will Your Majesty use a bad knife to defend against the enemy, and the steel knife defends yourself?"

Zhang Juzheng spread his hands and said, "Your Majesty knew that Qi Shuai spent 150,000 taels of Great Wall built by Ji Town. You should also know that the money from the imperial court to raise the elite soldiers trained by Qi Shuai can build four or more Great Walls like that in Ji Town every year."

"Every general has his expertise, just like eating the most expensive forage and running the longest way is a top-notch good horse. Those who eat ordinary forage and run slowly but are good at long-distance raids are also top-notch good horses. Regarding famous generals of the court, Chen Shuai is the best spending, second to naval and land battles, and can also transport silver back to the court. This is a famous general at sea; Qi Shuai can also spend money, second to defending cities in the field, and best to protect the capital, and this is a famous general in the capital. Compared with them, Li Shuai is like not spending money. The military discipline is not weaker in field battles, and only by spending some military merits and rewards, he can stabilize the Northeast defense line."

Compared with Chen Mu and Qi Jiguang, who spent money first and then fought and then continued to spend money, Li Chengliang fought first and then spent money, and he spent much less than the first two.

"This is also a famous general."

Zhang Juzheng said, shook his head: "After all, the imperial court had no money in the past. After this battle, Urianha made a big move and free up his hands... Liaodong should do something wrong."

He knew that the Northeast was always an uneasy factor for the court, but there was no way in the past. The court lost its prestige there, and only Li Chengliang could stabilize the situation there and slowly planned it.

If it were someone else, it would be difficult to do better than Li Chengliang.

Speaking of this, Zhang Juzheng suddenly felt a little worried about his body. He had hemorrhoids for ten years. This disease has always troubled him. However, this worry only remained in his heart for a moment. He turned to laugh and said, "Your Majesty, you must know that Li Shuai from Liaodong cannot be replaced easily. He has been operating in the Northeast for several years, and only he can intimidate the tribes; if he wants to change, he should not change quickly. The candidate should be chosen properly."
Chapter completed!