"Old Sir, since His Majesty has appointed you Minister of War, you will be in charge of the capital's defenses. I presume you already have a plan to defend the capital?”
With Qi Jiguang's previous example, Li Banghua's attitude towards Yu Qian was a lot more polite, but the sharpness of the question was even more severe.
"This old man's method is very simple. It's nothing more than going out of the city to fight to the death and choosing elite death warriors to ambush the raiders along the way.”Yu Qian said.
What was that?
Going out of the city to fight to the death?
Ambush the raiders?
"Your Majesty, you must not! Now that the rebel army is strong, we still lack manpower to defend the city. How can we take the initiative to attack?”
"Long live, you must not appoint this person as Minister of War! Otherwise, my Great Ming will be consigned to eternal damnation!"
"Your Majesty, this person is spreading lies to confuse the public. I beg Your Majesty to expel this person from the capital and never hire him again!”
“……”
As soon as Yu Qian's words left his mouth, the civil and military officials in the court immediately exploded.
Compared to the raiders, the Ming army was not only smaller in number, but their equipment and training were also worse.
They might not even be able to defend the city, but they still had to go out and fight the raiders. Fight?
This was simply a statement that would bring disaster to the country and the people!
"Ting Yi, everyone is against you. What do you have to say?"
Zhu Ci was unmoved and gave Yu Qian a chance to explain.
He believed that since Yu Qian could hold the capital against the Wala Cavalry, he could also hold the capital against the raiders.
"Your Majesty, we don't have enough armed personnel, and the capital has nine gates. On average, each gate has very few guards. Not only were the rebel soldiers powerful, but they also had a large number of cavalry. That's why we should leave the city. Fight!"
"Nonsense! Since they already knew that the enemy was outnumbered, they still had to go out of the city to fight. You simply want to kill my Ming Dynasty soldiers!”
Hearing Yu Qian's words, Li Banghua was furious. He pointed at Yu Qian and cursed.
"Humph!"
"There are many raiders," Yu Qian said disdainfully."Once they break through a city gate, they can immediately break into the capital." But our Ming army is scattered everywhere, and even if we know that the raiders have entered the capital, we won't be able to gather. That was why he had to go out of the city to face the enemy and take the initiative in his own hands.”
Hiss…
Hearing Yu Qian's explanation, all the ministers came to a realization.
That's right!
If they were to defend the city, the initiative would be in the hands of the raiders. They could attack whichever gate they wanted.
The government troops guarding the other gates did not dare to support them at all.
However, it was different outside the city.
They didn't believe that the raiders would dare to attack the city without caring about the Ming army.
"But where can we find those brave warriors to ambush the raiders?”a minister asked.
"I see that most of the Brocade Guards are skilled in martial arts and can take on this important task!”Yu Qian said.
That's right!
Everyone was enlightened!
The Brocade Guard was not good at charging into battle, but they had always been good at ambushing and using weapons.
However, most of the Brocade Guards were of noble birth and cherished their lives. Would they listen to orders to ambush the raiders?
All of a sudden, everyone's eyes turned to the Embroidered Uniform Guards Commander, Qing Long.
"Our Embroidered Uniform Guards are originally soldiers of the Great Ming Dynasty. To be able to die on the battlefield wrapped in a horse's leather is the greatest honor of our generation!”Azure Dragon cupped his fists and replied loudly.
"Good! Good! The Embroidered Uniform Guards are all good men!"
Li Banghua praised and turned to Yu Qian with cupped fists."Minister Yu, I missed you just now. I'll apologize to you!"
"There's no need to be so polite. Everyone is doing this for the Imperial Court.”Yu Qian also cupped his hands at Li Banghua.
Li Banghua's actions meant that all the ministers had acknowledged Yu Qian's position as Minister of War.
Of the three ministers, only Zhang Juzheng was left.
The reason why Li Banghua put him in the last consideration was because the position of cabinet chief was too important!
A good chief assistant could bring the Ming Dynasty back to life. But a bad chief assistant could hasten Da Ming's death.
"Since His Majesty has appointed you as the chief of the cabinet, how will you deal with the raiders?”Li Banghua asked Zhang Juzheng.
After the raiders attacked the city, other than the soldiers fighting outside, the most difficult thing to deal with was the riots in the city.
"Simple! I have three ways to ensure the safety of the capital." Zhang Juzheng said calmly.
"Which three methods?"
"Baojia, Lianzuo, and Kao Cheng."
"I'd like to hear the details."
"The so-called Baojia Law is to separate and reorganize all the residents of the capital. Five families are one guarantee, five guarantees are one big guarantee, and ten guarantees are one capital guarantee. All the head guards, grand head guards, and capital head guards were all officials of the capital. Each family needed to send a strong man to participate in the defense of the city.
If during the period of defending the city, one of the families had misdeeds, or the able-bodied men who participated in the defense of the city did not contribute, but the other four families did not expose them. The five families bear the same crime. This is the law of association.
As for the test method, it was even simpler. Regardless of whether it was a minor guardian, a major guardian, or a capital guardian, if something happened, but the officials in charge did not report it in time, then the guardian, the major guardian, and the capital guardian would bear the same responsibility.
Those who failed to complete the tasks assigned by the court would be punished with caning, imprisonment, or beheading according to the situation. This is the test method."
Hiss…
What a powerful technique!
What a vicious method!
Everyone gasped when they heard Zhang Juzheng's method!
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