please make me king

Chapter 1280
"Your Majesty, Zhu Xieyuan, Governor of Zuo, Zhang Fengyi, Governor of Xuanda, Ye Tinggui, Governor of Datong, Li Guoliang, Chief Soldier of Xuanzhen, and Wang Shiren, Chief Soldier of Datong, jointly signed a letter requesting the imperial court to send elite soldiers from Ji and Liao to attack the 'Shun Bandits' together!" Wen Tiren, Chief Assistant of the Cabinet Report to Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youjian.

"What?" Zhu Youjian felt his forehead congested when he heard the words, and almost passed out.

"Zhu Xieyuan misunderstood me. He previously claimed that he only needs to defend Shanxi to the death, and then use his time to gain great merit."

"Now that Shanxi has lost most of its cities and land, and Taiyuan is left alone, how can he have the face to ask for troops from me?"

When Wen Tiren heard it, my good fellow, the "Shun thief" is about to arrive at the door, so you don't plan to discuss the matter of reinforcements?
"Your Majesty...Your Majesty, this is a big matter. Why don't you transfer it to the Ministry of War for reconsideration before making a fuss?"

"Let Zhang Guowei come over, let's have a discussion together!" Zhu Youjian calmed down a little, and finally realized that the military and state affairs were not a trifling matter. He finally suppressed his unhappiness and nodded reluctantly.

Zhang Guowei is the new Shangshu of the Ministry of War, replacing Yang Sichang who went to Henan to supervise the daily affairs of the Ministry of War.

In the original history, the Ming Dynasty had to lose a number of "knowledgeable soldiers" before it was his turn to take office.

But on the current timeline, because of the appearance of Zhang Shun, the Ming court defeated Hong Chengchou, Chen Qiyu, Sun Chuanting, and Fu Zonglong in advance. Naturally, they can only pull out the generals from the inside and bring Zhang Guowei up for emergency.

Of course, although Zhang Guowei has no military experience, he is not a freelancer.

Before he became Minister of the Ministry of War, he was the governor of ten prefectures including Yingtian and Anqing. He not only presided over the construction of Fanchang and Taihu two cities successively.

Moreover, rivers in Songjiang, Jiading, Shanghai, Wuxi and other places were dredged, and bridges, ponds and canals in counties of Wujiang, Jiangyin and Suzhou were built.

But judging from his personal experience, this person should be good at organization and planning, but short at command and situation judgment. However, his ability depends on whether he has a feasible strategy.

"Your Majesty, Zhang Guowei, Minister of the Ministry of War, has arrived!" After the eunuch Xuanzhi left, it was unknown how long, when Zhu Youjian was restless, he suddenly heard Wang Chengen come forward to report.

Zhu Youjian couldn't help cheering up, raised his hand and said, "Xuan!"

Not long after, that Zhang Guowei rushed in in a hurry and kowtowed.

It was so easy for Zhang Guowei to finish his salute, and Zhu Youjian hurriedly asked about his strategy.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Guowei avoided talking about it, but hurried forward and said: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of War has just received an urgent report."

"East Prisoner Hongtai proclaimed himself emperor in Shenyang on April [-], changed his false name to Daqing, and changed his family name to Manchuria. Then he prepared to fight and swore to conquer the south!"

"What!" As soon as Zhang Guowei said this, the civil and military ministers present were shocked and stunned.

"This... this... this, is this... serious?" Wen Tiren, the chief assistant of the cabinet, couldn't help but grit his teeth.

"The news came from North Korea!" Zhang Guowei couldn't help but smiled wryly.

"Years ago, the Eastern captives invaded North Korea in a big way. We were unable to get through land and water, and we couldn't save them. Everyone in North Korea heard about it, and everyone was moved."

"This spring, the eastern captives collected troops, captured the son of the Joseon Dynasty and returned the courtiers, and then offered sacrifices to heaven and earth, arrogating himself as the Son of Heaven, and forcing North Korea to belong to it."

"North Korea is weak and dare not refuse, so there are loyal people who privately message me to tell the captives the truth."

"In front... there are wolves in front and tigers in back, what can I do?" Zhu Youjian asked with a terrified expression, his face turned pale when he heard the words.

how could I know?

Zhang Guowei, the new minister of the Ministry of War, secretly rolled his eyes, you don't think of me when you shit, but you think of me when you wipe your ass.

Now that I have just taken office, I am faced with this mess, what can I do?I'm also desperate, okay?

However, although Zhang Guowei doesn't know how to use soldiers, he also has a deep understanding of how to be an official.

He couldn't help laughing and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, and listen to the minister's explanation of the current situation."

"As the saying goes: there are no two suns in the sky, and there are no two masters in the people. Since the four princes of the captive chieftain are called false emperors, they will definitely reorganize their troops and enter the customs to plunder me."

"Now His Majesty only has Ji Liao's family property, and it must not be touched lightly. It is reasonable to tell the three armies to guard the gate and prevent captives from entering."

"To envoy captive chieftains is like 'the change of oneself', and you can calmly draw elites from the two towns to defend against the enemy."

"Then... what about Zhu Xieyuan?" Zhu Youjian couldn't help asking after hearing that his thoughts were not at ease.

"Young master Zhu is good at using soldiers. He has [-] elite soldiers from Xuanda Shanxi in his hands. The attack is insufficient and the discipline is more than enough. There is nothing to worry about."

"What they worry about is to destroy the thieves as soon as possible and restore peace to the world."

"However, today is different from that time. Now that the captive chieftain has assumed the title of false emperor, and a large-scale entry into the customs is just around the corner. How can the safety of the world be the work of one person?"

The words of Zhang Guowei, the new minister of the Ministry of War, seem to be justified, but in fact it is equivalent to pushing all the responsibility of resisting the rebels on Zhu Xieyuan, and he is only focused on the threat of Hou Jin.

"This... Can Zhu Xieyuan's Taiyuan side withstand it?" Although Zhu Youjian was ignorant, he still had some sense of threats, so he couldn't help asking.

Well, I can't be fooled now.

If Zhang Guowei said he could stand it, then if Zhu Xieyuan was defeated, he would naturally not be able to escape the guilt.

If he said that he couldn't stand it, as the Minister of the Ministry of War, he would naturally come up with a solution.

Zhang Guowei pondered for a moment when he heard the words, and could not help but remonstrate: "At the beginning, Zhu Xieyuan, the left governor, once said that he would stick to Shanxi and lead Sichuan, Huguang, and Nanzhi to train [-] troops each, and besiege the 'Shun bandits'."

"Shanxi has been guarded for a long time now, and Yang Sichang, the right governor, and Zhu Dadian, the governor of water transportation, are trapped in Daming Mansion, and Henan and Nanzhi have no soldiers to use."

"Sichuan suffered heavy losses in the past, and there was a fierce "sacrificing thieves", so they were unable to march north."

"The land of Duhuguang has never been damaged, and it is confronting the bandits in Nanyang and other places."

"Your Majesty, why don't you order Xiong Wencan, the governor of Huguang, to lead his troops north to contain the enemy soldiers."

"If he returns to the teacher, the siege of Taiyuan will be solved by himself; if he does not return, he can take the opportunity to break through Nanyang, enter the hinterland of Henan, and make him suffer from the enemy."

"Good!" Zhu Youjian thought for a while, then nodded in appreciation.

"However, Zhu Xieyuan, Zhang Fengyi, Ye Tinggui and others jointly wrote the letter, it must not...it must not be rejected."

"I intend to promote the eunuch Gao Qiqian as the director, to supervise Guan Ninghou Gongji and Zhang Jian and more than ten thousand people to go to Taiyuan to support Taiyuan. I wonder what you think?"

"This..." Zhang Guowei, Minister of the Ministry of War, didn't realize what was going on for a while.

As a result, Wen Tiren, the chief assistant of the cabinet, responded loudly: "Your Majesty is wise, and I have no objection!"

That Zhang Guowei is so shrewd, but when he heard this, he immediately felt that there must be something strange in it, so he quickly echoed it a few times.

When everything was settled and it was time to leave the palace, he couldn't help but take a deep look at Wen Tiren, only then did he realize what was going on.

It turned out that in order to ask for troops from the imperial court, Zhu Xieyuan deliberately joined forces with the governor of Xuanda Zhang Fengyi, the governor of Datong Ye Tinggui, the chief soldier of Xuanzhen Li Guoliang, and the chief soldier of Datong Wang Shiren to write a letter to the court to express the urgency of the situation.

Unexpectedly, it turned out to be the opposite, and this incident aroused the vigilance of Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian.

During Chongzhen's five-year encirclement and suppression of rebels, Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youjian assigned eunuchs to supervise the towns.

Although it was later opposed by the towns, it was finally given up.However, Gao Qiqian of the supervisor Guan Ning has not been withdrawn, instead he has been given the title of Zhibing.

Therefore, this time, under the banner of sending reinforcements, he dispatched this person as a supervisor, so as to prevent the governor and commander-in-chief from joining together and not being controlled by the court.

(End of this chapter)