In the Imperial Palace, where the six departments were located.
The officials who had stayed in the capital were immediately organized and busied themselves.
There were too many important officials of the court who had died in the Civil Wood Fort, so the assistant minister was the most important official in a government office.
For example, the Assistant Minister of the Ministry of War, Yu Qian, was now in charge of mobilizing troops and gathering rations and weapons.
In fact, some ministers and assistant ministers had all died.
A mere Rank-4 manager could control a government office!
In the main hall of the Bureau of Military Personnel.
"Ting Yi, how is the mobilization of the troops?"
The Minister of Official Personnel Affairs, Wang Zhi, sounded anxious.
After the lid was lifted, the corruption underneath could be seen.
Eating empty salaries, drinking the blood of soldiers, stealing and selling food and weapons.
In conclusion, even Wang Zhi, the Minister of Official Personnel Affairs, was stunned!
"If the Wala army hadn't attacked, these people would have been beheaded immediately!”
Yu Qian's words were filled with killing intent.
After sending people to check the granary and armory, he wanted to kill the people in charge on the spot!
The actual stock was only 50% or even 30% of what was recorded in the account book!
The missing provisions and weapons were all sold for silver and entered their pockets.
No matter how loud the guarantee from the side hall was, the current situation was no different!
"In that case, you and I will immediately go to King Hun and explain the situation.”
"Sigh."
Yu Qian sighed and followed the Minister of Official Personnel Affairs, Wang Zhi, in the direction of the Hall of Cultural Splendor.
What the two of them didn't realize was that they subconsciously thought King Hun was the real supervisor of the country.
When they encountered a problem, they would not discuss it in private. Instead, they would report it to the higher-ups and wait for orders.
After a while.
In the side hall, Li Shi Min couldn't believe his ears.
"The vast capital only has ten thousand soldiers?”
This piece of news that was like a bolt from the blue shocked him.
Even at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the imperial court would not have reached such a state!
"King Hun, we can gather at most 100,000 soldiers.
Those who had been on the battlefield should be able to gather 20,000.”
The 100,000 in Yu Qian's mouth included all the auxiliary soldiers such as grain transport officers.
What was their combat strength? How would they fare against the brave grassland tribes?
Everyone present knew that.
"The capital has one hundred thousand people, and they're divided among the nine gates.”
Li Shi Min knew that the situation was terrible, but he didn't expect Zhu Qi Zhen to leave him with such a mess.
The other party brought the only elites to the north and sent them off.
This caused the northern line of defense to be on the verge of collapse and the capital to be empty.
The Wala army was able to bypass the northern defense line and head straight for the capital!
Of course, the Great Ming still had many troops that could fight.
However, they had all fallen to the south to quell the rebellion. It was too late to rush back now.
"King Hun, it's not impossible to defend the capital.
Right now, the most important thing was not only to gather troops and rations, but also to clean up the hearts of the people!”
Yu Qian saw King Hun's silence and thought that he had the intention to retreat, so he quickly said.
"Clean up the hearts of the people?
Lord Yu, what do you mean?"
Li Shi Min wasn't thinking about retreating, he was just thinking about how to break out of this situation.
It wasn't like he hadn't won against many people before.
Back then, he had personally led eight hundred cavalry to break through an enemy army of more than a hundred thousand.
No matter how bad the situation in the capital was, Li Shiming was confident in dealing with it.
It was just how to deal with it.
"King Hun, the defeat of Tumu Fortress was caused by Wang Zhen and the other eunuchs.
Please also order the king of Yi to appease the three tribes as a warning to others!”
Yu Qian had always disliked the Chief Eunuch Wang Zhen, who did evil things.
Even if the other party died in the Earthwood Castle, how could he just die when he was filled with evil?
"Wang Zhen has committed a heinous crime.”
Li Shiming glanced at Yu Qian and said lightly.
He knew that he was throwing all the responsibility of the defeat to Wang Zhen.
The Emperor Zhu Qizhen who actually gave the order was picked out.
After reading the military reports for the past month, Li Shimin had a clear understanding of the situation.
Even with Wang Zhen's bewitchment, Zhu Qizhen's responsibility as the Emperor was unavoidable.
70% of the blame for the crushing defeat of the Earth Wood Fortress was on this trash Zhu Qizhen!
Wasn't the emperor's decision to personally lead the army on a whim?
Retreating and running, wasn't Zhu Qizhen acting tough on the surface but cowardly on the inside?
If Qin Hui of the Southern Song Dynasty killed Yue Fei, would Zhao Gou, the emperor, be clean?
However, for the sake of the hearts of the people, he did this temporarily.
An hour later, the officials arrived one after another.
Compared to the first meeting, there were many more fourth and fifth rank officials in the side hall.
The large number of young officials allowed Empress Dowager Sun to let out a sigh of relief.
After the Imperial Court suffered such a heavy blow, there were still many officials in the capital, enough to support the running of the Imperial Court.
"Wang Zhen has committed a heinous crime.”
Li Shi Min's words caused a commotion in the hall.
Especially the Rank-4 and 5 officials, their emotions were all high.
The main reason they had stayed in the capital was because they were clearly separated from the eunuchs!
"King Hun is wise!"
"Wang Zhen deserves to die!"
"Eunuch who brings disaster to the country and the people!"
His suppressed emotions erupted, and all kinds of vulgarities came out.
Wang Zhen had previously been tyrannical, and even Yu Qian, the assistant minister of the Ministry of War, had been imprisoned for groundless charges.
Not to mention them!
The Empress Dowager Sun, who had been made invisible, had nothing to say at this moment.
Hundreds of thousands of soldiers had been wiped out, and dozens of important officials had died. The capital was about to be besieged.
Even if Wang Zhen was still alive, he should be cut into pieces!
"Just as King Hun said, the Ministry of Justice will quickly send someone to execute him.”
At this moment, how could Empress Dowager Sun not know that she was being manipulated?
However, with the enemy in front of him, King Hun had such an idea, so he temporarily retreated a little.
"How can there be so much noise in the hall!"
An official in embroidered clothes "barged" in from outside the door, and the hall immediately fell silent.
The person who came was the Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guards, Ma Shun!
He was in charge of all the Embroidered Uniform Guards in the capital and Great Ming, and he held great power!
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