The eight hundred miles of Suzhou rushed to Beijing, and brought Jiangxia and the six ministers of the resolute resignation were news that they were unwilling to hear: "Yili sent troops to attack the Ming Dynasty, and the northwest border was in a hurry, and the imperial court urgently needed the support."

After receiving this news, no one of the six people dared to delay too much. They all immediately entered the palace and gathered in the Ganqing Palace to discuss the matter.

When it comes to Yilibali, I believe that people familiar with Ming history know this place more or less. In fact, it is the Eastern Chagatai Khanate of the Yuan Dynasty. Anyone outside mentioned that Yilibali is a whole country. But in fact, Yilibali is basically divided by four tribes for a long time. Yilibali's nominal Khan cannot completely control the four major tribes.

The four major tribes should be ranked according to their strength: Wusizang, Tumot, Yarkand and Turpan.

However, according to the 800-li expedition report sent by Suzhou, the main troops sent to attack the border of Daming this time was Turpan.

In the impression of the Ming Dynasty, Turpan's strength has always been the weakest among the four major tribes of Yilibali. In fact, in terms of strength, let alone Turpan. Even Wu Sizang or Tumote should not dare to use troops against the Ming Dynasty. After all, the strength gap between the two countries is not a small matter.

Now that Turpan dares to take action, there are only two possibilities. The first is that Turpan knows that the new young master of the Ming Dynasty has established, and has no time to launch a large-scale war, so he is ready to take advantage of this opportunity to take advantage of the situation. If this is true, Jiangxia and the others don’t have to worry too much.

After all, from the perspective of the entire national system, although some local losses are also very important, they cannot harm the fundamentals.

I am afraid of the second possibility, that is, the Oirat and Turpan unite.

Among the four major tribes, only Turpan and Oirat border. Now it is launching a bold attack on the Ming Dynasty with its weakest strength. If you guess that the Oirat is secretly supporting it, this is very likely.

If the Oirat really supported it, the situation would be worse, which could lead to a series of problems. For example, the other three tribes in Yili would also participate in it to get a share of the pie.

As the Minister of War, Wang Qiong was naturally recited by him.

After reading it, Wang Qiong put down the battle report and glanced at the other five people, especially Jiang Xia and Yang Ting and others. "My sirs, this is roughly the content in the expedited document. How to deal with it next? I hope you can give instructions as soon as possible."

"There are only two ways to deal with it now, one is war, and the other is harmony. If it is war, there may be many disadvantages. It is still a cliché. The emperor is young and if the war starts, it may cause many people to take advantage of the situation. If it is harmony, it is not impossible. After all, I will try to get along with me in the Ming Dynasty."

"It is absolutely impossible to fight, we must fight!"

Before Xia Yuanming could speak, Jiang Xia interrupted him. It was not difficult to hear from Xia Yuanming's words that he was in harmony. But Jiang Xia directly used the words "extreme" and "must" to block what Xia Yuanming wanted to say next.

Xia Yuanming glanced at Jiang Xia deeply, and then said, "I hope to hear that the Grand Tutor is very proud."

Jiang Xia shook her head and said without hesitation: "To be honest, I don't have any good things, but I know that the current situation can only fight and never be harmonious."

"Now it is indeed time when my new king of the Ming Dynasty is just established and his national body is unstable. But it is also this time that we should choose to fight rather than to reconcile.

The reason is very simple. The villains from all over the Ming Dynasty probably already knew about the northwest border at this moment. Even if there are still people who don’t know, I believe they will know it soon.

They are all watching us decide to deal with this matter so decisively. If we retreat, they will feel that we are afraid and will continue to test our bottom line step by step.

By then we will be exhausted to deal with it and the imperial court will be unable to survive.

If we choose to fight strongly, on the one hand, we can show our national prestige in the Ming Dynasty. On the other hand, we may also let those villains see the attitude of the court clearly, so that they will no longer dare to despise the court or be ill-treated.

So whether the country and country in the Ming Dynasty can be stable depends on how we deal with it this time. So this time, we can only fight, not be able to fight. What do you think?"

After Jiang Xia finished speaking, he looked at everyone and asked, but after he said this, who else could say anything else to the five people? After all, Jiang Xia had already said all the words, and he was so absolute.

Jiang Xia didn't know what he thought, but after he finished speaking, he looked at Xia Yuanming. Xia Yuanming's face was basically filled with the expression "What he said makes sense, but I was speechless."

Finally, Xia Yuanming nodded and said, "What the Taifu said is reasonable."

"I agree with what the Grand Tutor said." Yang Yiqing said.

"I feel very reasonable, too." Li Dongyang said.

Now, three of the six ministers who are in charge of life have expressed their support for Jiang Xia, plus Jiang Xia’s own vote. Therefore, there is basically no suspense when it comes to a war or a harmony.

So the question is now. Since it is a war, who should lead the troops to fight? How many troops should be led to fight?

There are too many issues involved.

You should know that the Ming Dynasty has about 700,000 troops, mainly divided into two parts: local and Beijing camps. Local troops and horses are guarding one side. If there is no special matter, they will generally not be easily mobilized, otherwise there will be suspicion of demolishing the east wall and repairing the west wall.

So in this way, the ones to be mobilized must be the soldiers in the Beijing camp.

How many soldiers and horses are there in the Beijing camp? Apart from the Jinyiwei, there are only about 200,000 soldiers and horses at the top. This time, you have to bring at least 100,000 soldiers and horses to the northwest border.

Whoever chooses to be the chief general basically means that this person will control half of the military power of the Beijing camp.

Compared to the fact that the commander sent troops to this time, Yang Tinghe was appointed by Yang Tinghe, so Yang Tinghe's control over military power will go further. If it was from Jiangxia, it means that Jiangxia officially acquired the military power of the Ming Dynasty.

So when Yang Tinghe nodded and admitted that "it is indeed time to fight". None of the six people mentioned the matter of leading the army first, the atmosphere of the entire Qianqing Palace seemed a bit strange.

Jiang Xia had two candidates in his mind, one was Gaojia. After all, he was once the commander of the third-rank official and had a very good ability to lead troops to fight. But this is basically just a thought. After all, Gaojia is only a sixth-rank official position and cannot serve as the head coach.

Another person Jiang Xia currently thinks is the most likely candidate to succeed, that is Wang Shouren, who has a good relationship with him. After all, he is promoted by Wang Qiong, and Jiang Xia has experienced and witnessed the ability to lead troops personally. Jiang Xia can trust these characters.

Therefore, Jiang Xia temporarily decided this person in his heart, but in order to avoid suspicion, he remained silent and waited for Wang Qiong to mention it first.

After everyone was silent for about a few minutes, Yang Tinghe finally spoke first. He said lightly: "Since you have decided to fight, who will lead the troops? Let's discuss it together. I threw the bricks and led Yu to mention one person first, Yan Song, the Minister of the Ministry of War of Nanjing."

"Yan Song?" Jiang Xia frowned when she heard this.

I believe that even those who are not very familiar with the history of the Ming Dynasty should have some memory. The Ming Dynasty and even the entire history of China were one of the famous treacherous officials.

If this person really allowed to lead the army, let alone the war could go smoothly. Even if he won, Jiang Xia would never allow this person to take charge of the military power of the Beijing camp.

Jiang Xia didn't think about it and directly opposed it: "No! Yan Song absolutely cannot."

Yang Tinghe was the Minister of War in Nanjing before, and Yan Song is now the Minister of War in Nanjing. It is obvious that Yan Song is Yang Tinghe's person. No wonder Yang Tinghe seized this opportunity and pushed Yan Song to the throne.

Yang Tinghe glanced at Jiang Xia with some confusion and asked, "Does the Grand Tutor have some understanding of Yan Song? Otherwise, why would he object so fiercely?"

Jiang Xia nodded and said, "This person is good at calligraphy and Qingci. I have heard people mention it. However, as far as I know, this person has no talent, but can flatter and play with power. It is probably too much to rush to help the Northwest with such a big event, letting a person who has never led a soldier as the chief general, right?"

"Master Taifu, don't take it seriously because of hearing." Yang Tinghe said with some displeasure.

Jiang Xia refers to Yan Song's "flattery and flattery", and Yan Song is also the subordinate of Yang Tinghe, the Minister of War in Nanjing. It is obvious that Jiang Xia's "flattery and flattery" "flattery and flattery" "straight" implies Yang Tinghe.

Jiang Xia still shook her head and said, "Anyway, if it is Yan Song, I will definitely not agree. If it is Wang Shouren, I think I can consider it."

After Jiang Xia finished speaking, he looked at Wang Qiong meaningfully. Wang Qiong was both surprised and confused, and was a little nervous.

This Wang Shouren is obviously his person, why did Jiang Xia suddenly mention it?

Wang Qiong was suddenly nervous. He was afraid that Yang Tinghe would misunderstand him because of this, and thought he was swaying towards Jiangxia, so Jiangxia deliberately gave him such benefits.

But Wang Qiong had to admit that Wang Shouren was indeed a good candidate, so after a little weighing, Wang Qiong still said: "Yangming is indeed suitable."

After saying that, Wang Qiong looked at Yang Tinghe and asked for his opinion with his eyes. But Yang Tinghe was silent, without saying anything, and without giving Wang Qiong any hints.

Jiang Xia smiled and asked Yang Tinghe: "Mr. Yang, what do you think of the candidate for Jiangxi Governor Wang Shouren?"

Yang Tinghe was silent for a while and then held his forehead with his hands, saying, "I feel a little uncomfortable in my body. It is not appropriate to decide on such a major matter for the time being. Let's just do this for the time being today, let's discuss it tomorrow."

Jiang Xia frowned. Yang Tinghe was obviously using the word "drag". Could it be that this old guy has any other tricks?

Jiang Xia thought for a while and said, "Okay, since Lord Yang is not feeling well, so let's do it for the time being today. We will discuss it tomorrow. However, the war in the northwest border is urgent, so I think it's better to make a decision on the matter of the general as soon as possible."

After saying that, everyone left.

As soon as Yang Tinghe left the palace, he immediately took a carriage to "Yazhu"
Chapter completed!