The Ming Dynasty started with caution

Xiao Jing was carefully serving Emperor Hongzhi.

Yan Chengjin's report caused Liang Cifu to get into trouble, and His Majesty was reading his family files.

Liang Chu was really unlucky.

Emperor Hongzhi put the family files aside and frowned: "Liang Cifu was demoted to a hundred households of the Jinyiwei."

Liang Chu was an old minister with great prestige in the court, and he was capable of important tasks in official administration, foreign relations and teaching.

In the future, he will be a cabinet minister assisting the prince, and he must not let people down.

Xiao Jing responded in a low voice: "I obey your order."

At this time, outside the palace gate, Yan Chengjin was holding a note waiting to be summoned, and soon, he walked into the Fengtian Hall.

"Your Majesty, I have something important to report."

Emperor Hongzhi saw Yan Chengjin presenting something in his hand, looked at Xiao Jing, and then said: "You can tell me."

"The Tatars are organizing their troops and want to attack Liaodong."

Liaodong has a vast territory, and the territory occupied by Prince Rong is outside the nine borders.

There are no city walls or beacons, just endless grasslands.

If the Tatars attack the fiefdom of King Rong, they will be conquered within three days.

Liu Jin's note can allow the Ming army to quickly mobilize troops to the north.

Xiao Jing quickly presented the note.

Emperor Hongzhi was surprised: "Where did you get the information from?"

"It was sent back by Liu Jin, the eunuch of the East Palace. Considering Liu Jin's character, it should not be false."

Arsuborot is the fourth son of Dayan Khan.

Historical records show that Dayan Khan fought against various tribes in the grassland and seized the army of the tribe. He would not hand over the army he had fought hard to outsiders.

Every time he conquered a tribe, he would give it to his son to lead.

Arsuborot will lead the Duolun Tumed tribe, but the time has not come yet.

Arsu should have taken over his brother's tribe.

Not long after, the cabinet and the six ministries were also summoned to the hall.

"Winter is coming soon. Even if the Tatars want to fight, they have to wait for the snow to melt, right?"

"But there has been no heavy snow on the grassland this year."

Ma Wensheng and Qin Hong said one after another.

Li Dongyang and others looked at the sand table with worries.

The territory of Liaodong is too large. If troops are sent north to defend, they need to mobilize troops from other places, which will weaken the defense of the nine borders.

Abandoning the vast territory of Liaodong and retreating to the defense line of the nine borders may be the best strategy.

"The Tatars live on nomadic life. Even if they capture a city, they will not stay there for a long time. Why not let Prince Rong retreat to Liaoyang?" Liu Jian suggested.

Emperor Hongzhi and the six ministries were silent for a moment.

Li Dongyang shook his head: "It is not a long-term solution. If the Tatars invade again, will they retreat to Liaoyang again? And if the court does this, it is easy to lose the support of the people."

Yan Chengjin agreed with Li Dongyang's opinion.

Liaodong borders the Tatars and the Jurchens, and was plundered by the Tatars and the Jurchens, but the court did not send troops to rescue them.

Therefore, the people did not dare to farm.

The black soil in Liaodong is fertile. If it is cultivated and planted, as Zhu Di said, it would not cost the people a grain of rice to support a million soldiers.

At this time, the eunuch came in with a memorial: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of War sent an urgent memorial."

Emperor Hongzhi glanced at the urgent memorial sent back by Lu Yu, the general of Xuanfu, that the Tatars' troops were rushing towards Liaodong.

Liu Jin's memorial arrived in the capital earlier than Xuanfu, indicating that Liu Jin was not far from the Tatars' camp.

"As Yan Qingjia said, the Tatars have sent troops to Liaodong."

Qin Hong's face suddenly changed.

The ministers thought that it would take more than ten days for the Tatars to raise troops, but at this moment, they were actually a little nervous.

After weighing the pros and cons, Emperor Hongzhi looked at Qin Hong and said, "Ministry of War, who can be sent to lead the troops north?"

When it comes to going to war, Qin Hong's head feels like being scratched by a cat's claws, and it hurts badly.

There is a feeling of being in a period of transition, and he almost wants to recommend Wang Shouren.

"Liaodong has no defensive barriers such as city walls, gates, and drum towers. It is tantamount to fighting the Tatars on the grassland. In this battle, Wang Yue needs to go north."

Only Wang Yue can win against the Tatars without city walls.

Wang Yue's record is not much, but most of them are large-scale battles, and he rarely loses.

Emperor Hongzhi nodded and could only send Wang Yue north.

After waiting for a while, Wang Yue stepped into the hall. Seeing the sand table, he could guess roughly.

"The Tatars want to send troops to Liaodong. I want to send Wang Qingjia to lead the army north."

Li Dongyang and others turned their heads and their eyes fell on Wang Yue.

Wang Yue pondered for a moment: "I am old and I am afraid I am not competent for this job. I have long wanted to retire. Why not ask for your permission today?"

If he leads his troops north, he will probably not come back.

Liaodong is a vast area and needs to be stationed all year round.

If he wins, his majesty will use him more and send him to garrison here; if he loses, tens of thousands of people will be slaughtered, which is a serious dereliction of duty.

My good days as the dean have just begun, and you want me to do this?

The eyes of Emperor Hongzhi and Li Dongyang were as big as copper bells, and their Adam's apples slid slightly. They didn't expect Wang Yue to refuse.

Yan Chengjin was also a little surprised.

Wang Yue was very successful in the three dynasties, so he was naturally a sly guy.

He must have considered doing this, and he could roughly guess the general intention: whoever wants to go can go, and I don't want to eat dust in the border.

At Wang Yue's age, he has also reached the legal retirement age.

The hall was silent for a long time.

Wang Yue raised his head slightly: "Your Majesty?"

It was difficult to ask for retirement, and he was well-known in the court, so he was mentally prepared.

Emperor Hongzhi took a deep breath and his expression eased a little: "Your Majesty, your family is ill, so you should recuperate in the palace first, and then talk about retirement later."

Having expected this, Wang Yue bowed in disappointment: "I will take my leave."

After Wang Yue left, Ma Wensheng said, "Liu Jiang, the general officer of Liaodong Town, can go north to defend the enemy for the court."

Liu Jiang was from Junzhou, Henan. He was a Jinshi in the eighth year of Chenghua. Since he guarded Liaodong Town, he has never sent back a great victory report.

Yan Chengjin didn't know this person.

There was no such person among the famous generals in the middle of Ming Dynasty. He should be an ordinary general.

After the middle of Ming Dynasty, there has been no outstanding military generals, otherwise Zhu Houzhao would not have been famous in the Battle of Yingzhou.

There were only three famous generals in Jiajing Dynasty, Yang Bo, Hu Zongxian, Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou.

Yang Bo and Hu Zongxian were still civil officials, and Qi Jiguang was not as good at fighting Japanese pirates when guarding the northern border.

The lack of generals has always been a problem that the Ming Dynasty could not solve.

Emperor Hongzhi said, "There is no time to lose. Pass on my will."

Qin Hong bowed and left.

Yan Chengjin looked at Emperor Hongzhi eagerly.

Emperor Hongzhi frowned: "What else does Yan Qingjia want to say?"

"I asked to abolish the salt permit, which offended many ministers. I beg Your Majesty to send Captain Yang to monitor outside the palace."

He beat Liang Ci's just to change a powerful captain.

Han Wen chuckled, you know you offended the ministers in the court?

Emperor Hongzhi frowned: "When my Jinyiwei was set up specifically to monitor you?"

Yan Chengjin thought about it seriously, and said after a moment: "If Your Majesty allows, I can also send the Censorate to monitor myself."

...

Liang Mansion.

Liang Chu shamelessly went to Huimin Pharmacy in person and asked Wang Ji to come to the house for treatment.

After resting for five days, Liang Ci's body gradually improved, but his brain had problems, and he cried loudly: "Dad! I don't want to be a Jinyiwei."

At the beginning, he believed the old man's evil and entered the palace as a Jinyiwei. As a child of a wealthy family, he should visit brothels, not be a Jinyiwei.

Liu Chu shook his head and sighed. His Majesty issued an order to demote Ci Fu to a hundred households of the Jinyiwei.

It can be guessed that His Majesty is extremely disappointed with Ci Fu and he can't stay in the capital for long.

"Dad will find a way to transfer you to the local area. You should do more for the people and then be transferred back to the capital after you have made contributions."

Liang Ci Fu's crying stopped abruptly.

Although he was not interested in the political affairs of the court, he also knew that when officials from the capital went to the local area, they would attract officials and gentry to offer their tributes and flatter them.