Wuying Hall.
The atmosphere was frozen and cold. Emperor Hongzhi's face was dark, and his face was filled with livid anger.
"Wei Wenli, you deserve to die!"
"You can't even deal with a small Wei slave, you've let down Zhen's heart!”
Emperor Hongzhi cursed.
"Your Majesty, I suggest that Wei Wenli be deposed and sentenced to death." Liu Daxia hurriedly said.”
"I suggest that the Left Doctor of the Ministry of War head to the southeast to prepare for the Japanese invasion.”
The Imperial Censor of the Left, Yuan Ting, also stepped forward and said,"Your Majesty! I had advised at the beginning that the Jinyiwei were unreliable. How could they know about military preparations? I suggest that Wei Wenli be immediately executed to boost the morale of the southeast.”
"This subject once again suggests that the Imperial Censorate be sent to the southeast to take charge of the overall situation. This subject promises Your Majesty that if the Imperial Censorate is defeated in the southeast, this subject will immediately resign and apologize!”
Both of them spoke righteously. While they recommended their yamen to go to the southeast, they also requested Wei Wenli to die.
They naturally had no personal grudges with Wei Wenli. They had ordered Wei Wenli to die to show the military officials and outsiders that they could not meddle in the affairs of the southeast. Otherwise, the consequences would be very serious!
Liu Jian glanced at Xie Qian and Li Dongyang, cupped his fists, and stepped forward."Emperor, this old master feels that this matter should be pursued by the Crown Prince.”
Everyone was shocked.
Has Grand Secretary Liu gone mad? He dared to impeach the Crown Prince? Impeaching the crown prince in front of the emperor?
However, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian seemed to understand Grand Secretary Liu's intentions, and they couldn't help but admire him.
The chief assistant was the chief assistant!
If he wanted to salvage the situation, he had to impeach the crown prince, because the crown prince was the emperor's weakness.
Initially, Wei Wenli of the Embroidered Uniform Guards was recommended by the Crown Prince to go to the Southeast. Now that the Embroidered Uniform Guards had suffered a defeat, the Crown Prince naturally had to take the blame.
However, Emperor Hongzhi would not let the Crown Prince take the blame.
Then, the more Liu Jian provoked the Emperor, the more he would be able to turn the situation around and ensure that Wei Wenli would not die in the Southeast.
Of course, the final conclusion still needed to be made by the Emperor himself.
At this moment, Zhu Houzhao walked over with a red face. He pointed at Yuan Ting and said,""How can there be a general who always wins in this world? Xue Rengui defeated Dafei Chuan, and Baiqi was defeated by Maling. Can you deny that they are not famous generals?”
Emperor Hongzhi was stunned for a moment, thinking that the Crown Prince actually knew how to use historical allusions to refute?
Zhu Houzhao snorted." We've never looked at the Wei slaves seriously. This is our first encounter, and we're not even familiar with their fighting style and weapons. Wei Wenli lost, but it wasn't a huge defeat. He only lost a hundred people. Why would he depose and kill them?"”
Yuan Ting was speechless. He thought to himself, Aren't you being unreasonable? A defeat was a defeat. Regardless of whether it was a big or small defeat, the imperial court would lose face.
"Your Highness! Stop fooling around!"
"The last time you strongly recommended the Embroidered Uniform Guards, this humble subject stepped forward to refute. The results now show that the Embroidered Uniform Guards do not know how to use troops to fight at all. They have not even read a few military books.”
"Now the results have shown that the Jinyiwei has done nothing in the southeast and should be dismissed. If we continue to use it, the southeast will be defeated again.”
"This matter concerns the country's constitution.”
"Your Majesty! I request that you kill Wei Wenli immediately."
"Father!" Zhu Houzhao said firmly. In this world, there were no ever-victorious generals. Our founding general, Xu Da, had once been fooled by Wang Baobao in Mobei, but the great ancestor still put Xu Da in an important position. In the end, he completely wiped out the remnants of Mobei and Northern Yuan.”
"If we change the commander-in-chief in the southeast now, the impact will be even greater.”
"Your Highness, how can a mere Wei Wenli be compared to the Prince of Zhongshan, Marshal Xu?" asked the Minister of War, Liu Daxia.”
"What if Wei Wenli loses again?”
Zhu Houzhao patted his chest.”
You make it sound so easy. At that time, the imperial court would have lost all face. How would you be responsible? You're not the emperor yet. Can you take responsibility?
Of course, Liu Daxia only dared to curse in his heart. How could he dare to say it out loud? Wasn't that courting death?
Emperor Hongzhi hesitated and looked at the three cabinet elders.
Liu Jian stepped forward and said,"Emperor, in this humble subject's opinion, we might as well continue to use Wei Wenli in the southeast. At the same time, we can also transfer people from the Bureau of Military Personnel and Imperial Censorate to the southeast to supervise the army.”
Liu Daxia and Yuan Ting objected at the same time.""No!"
"If we win at that time, we won't be able to tell whose credit it is!”
When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he frowned and said unhappily,""Are you guys thinking about doing meritorious deeds for the Department or fighting for Great Ming's face? Ah?"
The two of them were shocked. Only then did they realize that they had said the wrong thing and quickly cupped their fists to apologize.
"Grand Secretary Liu is just stating his opinion. Let's do as Grand Secretary Liu says. Let Wei Wenli stay in the southeast first. At the same time, send an imperial edict over and tell him to take care of himself.”
"Yes!"
After the court session ended, Zhu Youtang left Zhu Houzhao behind and said with a smile,""My son gave a good example today. You see, it's useful to read more books. In the past, you only knew how to be angry, but you didn't know how to refute. Now that you gave an example, they were immediately speechless by you.”
"Yeah, it's useful to read more books," Zhu Houzhao said with a smile.”
Of course, it was because Brother Ce was amazing. He had heard this from Su Ce.
Zhu Youtang's expression gradually became serious. He looked at Zhu Houzhao and said,""Son, tell me, why do you have to support Wei Wenli so much?”
He was afraid that the Embroidered Uniform Guards were using some kind of benefits to control Zhu Houzhao, which was why he made Zhu Houzhao speak up for the Embroidered Uniform Guards.
Zhu Houzhao said,"Father, I'm not speaking for the Jinyiwei. I'm thinking for our Ming Dynasty."”
"We don't understand the southeast, and the people below don't understand the Wei slaves either.”
"The biggest problem is the governance and overall planning of the southeast. If we give up Wei Wenli now, can we still find the Embroidered Uniform Guards? Would the Embroidered Uniform Guards still dare to go to the southeast?"
"If the Embroidered Uniform Guards don't dare to go to the southeast, it will end up like the beginning. The civil officials will be sent to govern the southeast, and the southeast will become a mess again.”
These words were also said by Su Ce to Zhu Houzhao. At that time, he didn't pay much attention to it. Now that he thought about it, he actually felt that Brother Ce's words were so incisive!
Pa, pa, pa!
Emperor Hongzhi's face was flushed red as he clapped excitedly."My son has grown up. Good, good!”
Zhu Youtang's eyes were slightly red. He was shocked when he heard the Crown Prince's words.
These words…were very insightful and profound!!!
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