South Zhili military and political center, should be Tianfu Ministry of War.
When Yongle moved north to Shuntian, he left behind a complete military and political system in Yingtian Prefecture. The main purpose of the two prefectures was to maintain the stability of the entire Ming Dynasty.
The secondary purpose was that if the north was in turmoil one day, the Zhu royal family could still retreat to Yingtian to retain their orthodoxy.
There were many benefits to the two manors.
With the wealth and taxes of the southeast, he led the army of the northwest and was invincible in the world.
One had to say that Emperor Yong Le was very far-sighted. In the late Ming Dynasty when the northern vassals were divided, the south was still rich and stable, and it was also thanks to the blessing of the two prefectures.
However, it was also because of the two governments 'co-existence that the northern court did not supervise the military and political affairs of the south well, causing the entire south to be controlled by the Donglin Party.
Ying Tian and the other members of the Donglin Party, who held important positions, had all gathered together because of Yang Jing's attack on Hui Province.
Lu Daqi, who was the Minister of War at the time, slammed the military report in his hand on the table in the main hall of the Ministry of War.
"This is what you call a gecko breaking its tail and abandoning the car to protect the commander!”
"Now that Wang Tianhao has led the entire Hui Prefecture to surrender, I want to see how you will clean up this mess!”
Other than the Bureau of Military Personnel, the other five officials of Nan Zhi Li looked at each other in dismay. For a moment, no one spoke.
At this moment, a red-robed official rushed in.
He kneeled in front of Zhang Shenyan, the Minister of Revenue of the Yingtian Prefecture. He looked at Lu Daqi's extremely dark face and spoke carefully.
"Milord, that Yang Jing doesn't know what's good for him.”
"Not only did he not accept the amnesty, but he also tore up the appointment letter in public.”
"He even spoke arrogantly, saying that he would accept all the gold and silver and let all of you clean up Ying Tian Imperial Palace, waiting for him to forcefully enter in the future!”
What?
The Minister of Revenue, Zhang Shenyan's expression changed. Before he could speak, he felt the thunderous rage of the Minister of War, Lu Daqi.
"You actually sent people to send gold and silver to appease the bandits?!”
"Why is no one discussing such a big matter with me?”
The Minister of Revenue, Zhang Shenyan, rolled his eyes at the red-robed official and coughed lightly."How we use the gold and silver is the business of the Ministry of Revenue. When is it your turn to interfere?”
Lu Daqi, the Minister of War, snorted coldly." Aren't you involved in the matters of the Ministry of War?!”
"If it wasn't for your Ministry of Revenue trying to stop me from sending reinforcements, how could the huge Hui Prefecture fall into the hands of bandits?!”
Gao Hongtu, the minister of the Ministry of Personnel Affairs, looked at the two people who were at daggers drawn and could not help but come out to smooth things over.
When the Minister of Revenue informed him about sending gold and silver to appease Yang Jing, he agreed.
Now that the paper had not wrapped the fire, he had to stand up and defend her.
"Lord Zhang's actions are done with good intentions. If the amnesty is successful, wouldn't it be a good thing for the Imperial Court to get rid of a dissident?”
Lu Daqi snorted in disdain." What happened?”
"They directly accepted the gold and silver and rejected the amnesty. It's obvious that they're here for the Ying Tian Prefecture!”
The Minister of Revenue, Zhang Shenyan, said," I heard that Yang Jing had gathered 100,000 troops before he attacked the Xin 'an Guards of the Hui Prefecture. He is ambitious and is determined to take over the entire Hui Prefecture."”
"It's only a matter of time before the Hui Prefecture falls.”
"If that's the case, why should we send troops over to increase unnecessary casualties?”
"The current situation is turbulent, and the various prefectures of the Ming Dynasty are unable to take care of themselves.”
"To put it bluntly, the soldiers of the various prefectures only recognize the local generals and not the imperial court commanders.”
"If you ask them to send reinforcements, they might not agree.”
"Moreover, the capital's Shuntian Prefecture is about to be lost, and we don't even know if this vast land will still be surnamed Zhu tomorrow.”
"Why bother with that now?”
"Hold on tightly to the soldiers in our hands and guard the land under our feet.”
Lu Daqi slammed the table angrily and said,""Scholar, my humble opinion!"
"Do you know the principle of losing the lips and the teeth being cold?!”
"The Hui Prefecture is only two prefectures away from the Ying Tian Prefecture. If the Hui Prefecture falls, Yang Jing's next target will be the Ningguo Prefecture!”
"At this moment, if we don't do our best to strangle his ambitions on the spot, could it be that we have to wait for him to recruit troops and amass enough troops to attack Yingtian Imperial City?!”
Zhang Shenyan, the Minister of Revenue, did not expect Yang Jing to be so stubborn. He did not do anything after receiving the gold and silver. He felt that he was in the wrong and did not argue with Lu Daqi.
"It's just a mere Hui Prefecture. If he wants to give it to him, so be it.”
"We had no choice but to abandon the Hui Prefecture. Since the Hui Prefecture has already fallen, we will just guard the remaining prefectures in Nan Zhi Li.”
"Yang Jing alone has less than 200,000 soldiers. How can he contend against the entire Nan Zhi Li?”
"Lord Lu, you don't need to worry too much. So what if he doesn't accept the amnesty? Even if I give him ten times more guts, he wouldn't dare to rashly send troops to attack the Ningguo Manor.”
Lu Daqi walked around the hall with his hands behind his back. He thought for a moment and said,""I must report this matter to His Majesty.”
"Your Majesty, please make a decision!"
"The north is in a mess, and the south is in a mess now. Yang Jing will be a disaster sooner or later.”
"We must quickly send troops to deal with him.”
After saying that, he picked up the brush on the table and prepared to write a memorial.
Seeing this, Zhang Shenyan quickly went forward and snatched the brush from Lu Daqi's hand.
"No, you can't!"
"This matter must not be known to the emperor!”
"The current Emperor is temperamental. He has long disliked us Donglin Party members and has beheaded one cabinet chief after another.”
"If he finds out that our Donglin Party has made such a big mistake in Nan Zhili, even if you and I have ten heads, it won't be enough to chop them off!”
"Moreover, Yingtian and Shuntian are far apart. It will take at least a month for this letter to come and go. Instead of waiting for His Majesty to make a decision, we might as well quickly recruit soldiers and dispatch the troops of the Ningguo Manor to defend the Ningguo Manor.”
"If that Yang Jing knows to restrain himself and not act rashly, then it's fine. If he really doesn't know what's good for him and wants to make a move on me, then we have to teach him a lesson!”
"Let him know that my Nan Zhi Li is willing to offer a large sum of money to appease him.”
"Since he doesn't know how to appreciate favors, then don't blame us for not giving him any leeway!”
As soon as Zhang Shenyan said this, the other ministers nodded in agreement.
Lu Daqi saw that everyone's attitude towards the concealment was unprecedentedly consistent. He sighed slightly and could only shake his head.
He had to admit that what Zhang Shenyan said made sense. He had a high reputation among the Donglin Party members in the south, but it was also because of this reputation that it was very likely to attract the Emperor's dissatisfaction.
Once the fall of the Hui Prefecture was exposed, the Emperor would be the first to target him.
Although his old life was not worth regretting, but Da Ming, who had no generals to use, could not lose another old general!
After the six ministers of Yingtian Prefecture made their decision, the first thing they did was not send troops to kill Yang Jing. Instead, they informed the remaining five prefectures of South Zhili to recruit troops on a large scale in order to protect themselves.
Their move was a lucky hit, giving Yang Jing a lot of time to develop his minions.
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