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Chapter 675
Look at the emergency report in your hand.

Captives from east to west.

Yang Reform has many indescribable feelings. If the war really starts, Yang Reform, who should be excited, excited, nervous, or afraid, feels more and more boring. To be "ahead" is no different from playing a game, and it is a game that is about to end.Donglu walked step by step according to the path he had imagined in advance. It is not difficult to win this war. There are no challenges. Unaccustomed to it, the days without passion are actually a kind of torment.

"Big companion, call the cabinet ministers, Jiuqing and other platforms to discuss matters." Yang Reform said dullly.Although the battle of thousands of miles has just begun, Yang Reform has no interest in him anymore. This matter has not aroused much enthusiasm for Yang Reform. The difficulty of this matter lies in the beginning and the layout. The general trend has been established, and what we need to do now is to complete the remaining work step by step, and doing things step by step is what Yang Reform doesn't like to do the most, it is really boring.

"Slave obeys the order!" Wang Chengen happily agreed.

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platform.Many people came.

All the ministers gathered together, filling up the platform.

After the simple salute, Yang Reform went straight to business.Now I have prestige, reputation, money, army, civil servants to enforce my will, new equipment, weapons, technology is much higher than the opponent, there is really nothing worth fighting for. Yang reform feels like one thing, tasteless.

"The latest urgent report from Liaodong, Lin Danhan retreated back to his old lair in Baicheng, and the eastern captives have entered the west. Now the alliance between our court and Lin Danhan in Jinning has failed, and the eastern captives have entered the grassland. You should discuss it." Yang Reform said boringly.

There was a "wow" from all the ministers, and heated discussions began.Some were delighted, some were indifferent, and some were fearful, everyone had different expressions.

Yang's reform is a bit boring. The countermeasures for this matter have already been fully planned in the staff department. There is no need to discuss this matter here. These people don't know anything about military affairs. They are all laymen. What can laymen say?But the rules of the Ming Dynasty are indeed like this. If the rules are not changed, this matter still has to be discussed with the ministers. Yang Reform feels a little boring, and even feels that he is a bit hypocritical. Now in the court, he can do a good job Yan Jiuding, what can these civil servants discuss?Isn't it just a matter of saying something?This matter, let's just go through the motions, go through the motions... What a boring thing this is.

Yang Reform felt that everyone was talking about it, so he lowered his hands.All the ministers immediately quieted down, and the emperor was about to speak.

"Gentlemen, since we have already discussed it, let's talk about it." Yang Reform said boringly.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I think..." Shi Fenglai was still the first to speak. As for what to say, you definitely can't expect a megaphone to express any profound insights.

The ministers expressed their opinions in turn.It is nothing more than the mainstream understanding that the Eastern Captives have entered the grassland from the west, how dangerous the Ming Dynasty is, and we must beware of the Eastern Captives knocking at the pass.

Yang Reform was bored, but he still had to pretend to listen carefully.

After all the ministers had said it, Yang Reform pressed his hand again, and the ministers calmed down again, looking at the emperor.

"What does Master Sun think about this matter?" Yang Reform had to follow the "established" routine, which was really boring.

As soon as the emperor opened his mouth, all the officials knew that this was the rightful lord, and this was the person who spoke the truth. They all looked at Sun Chengzong who was basically silent in the court.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I believe that the Nine Frontiers and Gyeonggi should immediately enter a state of combat readiness, gather troops, strengthen defenses, gather food and supplies, and prepare for the battle." Sun Chengzong said unhurriedly.

"That's right, Master Sun continued." Yang Reform said again.

"...All the ministries of the Imperial Association Army should gather and gather, and lean against my side wall to prevent them from being defeated by the Eastern Captives one by one... Prepare for a large-scale confrontation with the Eastern Captives..." Sun Chengzong said.

"...The various departments of the frontier army should also assemble and prepare. In addition to strengthening the defense of the side walls and cities, they must also gather and organize a group of horse troops to prepare to assist the new army in combat..."

"... The new army should immediately enter a state of combat readiness, ready to attack at any time, and intercept the Eastern captives who may come to knock on the pass... Your Majesty, a big battle has come..." Sun Chengzong said.

"Well, Master Sun is right..." Yang Reform said, this is actually just a formality. In fact, Yang Reform's own power is far more than that. The intelligence department has never stopped, food, military supplies, and consumables. Just gathering, troops, and leading generals have been deploying all the time, and they are all preparing for this big battle. It is far from what Sun Chengzong said. If you add some invisible things, such as boosting the morale and courage of the officers and soldiers , the desire to go out of the fortress, these invisible and intangible things, Yang Reform has prepared more things for this war, and if the economy attached to the military is added, this matter will become an even more complicated project. It is impossible to discuss these things in the court. If these things can be done well after discussing in the court, it can only be said that fighting is too unprofessional.

"...Since the war is coming, then I must be fully prepared, as it should be..." Master Sun continued..." Yang Reform said again.

"...Your Majesty, in addition to defending the Donglu from knocking at the pass, you should also squeeze the Donglu's lair, so that the Donglu will not dare to go west with all his strength, and let the Donglu have scruples..." Sun Chengzong said.

"Well, what Master Sun means is to attack the lair of Donglu?" Yang Reform said.

"Returning to Your Majesty, yes, but it is already the twelfth lunar month, and this year there must be no big war. In order to prevent the Donglu from recovering its vitality, I advise Your Majesty to attack the Donglu's nest in the next year. In this way, even if the Donglu has occupied the grassland now. There is no way to restore vitality..." Sun Chengzong said.

Yang Reform just said you and I told Sun Chengzong about Liaodong.

"Master Sun is right. It seems necessary. Is the Ministry of War here?" Yang Reform asked again.

"Report to Your Majesty, the minister is here." Yuan Chonghuan immediately stood up.

"How does the Ministry of War see this matter?" Yang Reform asked.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I believe that Liaodong must deal with the Eastern captives, Jixuan must prevent the Eastern captives from knocking at the pass, Datong and Shaanxi must guard against the troubles of the Mongolian right-wing tribes, and the imperial court should send a supervisor, the governor, to fight a war thousands of miles away from the nine sides, so, Only the soldiers and horses have a general dispatch, so that they can be commanded properly..." Yuan Chonghuan said.

The statement of the battle of thousands of miles made some ministers exclaim, if it does not move, it will be a battle of thousands of miles.It's really surprising, but more ministers seem to have heard of it, so I'm not too surprised.

Speaking of this matter, the ministers looked at Sun Chengzong enviously again. Who else could be the governor of this battle of thousands of miles besides Sun Chengzong?After this battle, success and fame will surely be left in history in the future.Thinking that Sun Chengzong was none other than Sun Chengzong, all the ministers had nothing to do except envy. In fact, everyone knew about this matter, and there was no need to argue about it. It would definitely be Sun Chengzong. It was impossible for others to be the governor. You can't pass the emperor's level.Looking at Sun Chengzong, who is silent on weekdays, everyone can only envy them except for envy. The old imperial party is also gratified. All the imperial parties are promising, and the new imperial party is even more envious, thinking How to make the emperor look good, and try to do some errands like the old emperors, so that they can be famous in history in the future.All the ministers looked at the emperor, full of hope.

"That's right, Donglu's move, in fact, I'm going to fight on the nine sides, thousands of miles away. This really needs a supervisor. Who does the Yuan Qing family think is suitable for the position?" Yang Reform asked.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I think Mr. Sun Ge is the most suitable." Yuan Chonghuan said immediately without the slightest hesitation. He knew the inside story about these things and knew that no one else could be the supervisor except Sun Chengzong. It must be an imperial party, it must understand military affairs, it must be able to subdue all the troops, it must be trusted by the emperor, who else but Sun Chengzong?
"What do you think?" Yang Reform asked.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I think that for this matter, Elder Sun Ge should take up the post. Elder Sun Ge is highly respected and has the ability to lead troops in battle. It is most suitable for Elder Sun Ge to take up the post..." Someone immediately came out to agree.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, minister Zanchen..."

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I believe that this must be Elder Sun Ge..."

To be honest, everyone knew about this incident, but it seemed to be a formality, but no one came out to challenge it.

"Well, since you all feel that there is no problem, then I will appoint Master Sun as the governor-general, and take full charge of the battle of nine borders and thousands of miles." Yang Reform said, basically confirming Sun Chengzong's position, as for the formal appointment, Many titles will definitely be added, such as Minister of the Ministry of War, Superintendent of a certain place, a certain place, a certain place and so on.

"The minister leads the decree!" Sun Chengzong did not hesitate too much, and immediately agreed. This battle of thousands of miles is definitely the highest peak in his life. This record can definitely be ranked first in the Ming Dynasty and even in the entire history. It's impossible to be indifferent if you become famous and leave your name in history.

When the matter fell, all the officials were envious, some were depressed, some were silent, and some hoped that they would become Sun Chengzong in the future.

"Is the Ministry of Households here?" Yang Reform asked again.

"The minister is here." Bi Ziyan immediately stood up and agreed.

"In this war of thousands of miles, the rise and fall of my great Ming's honor and disgrace depend on one stroke. In terms of food, grass, and salary, the Ministry of Households must be prepared. Is there a problem?" Yang Reform asked.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, there is no problem. I promise to supply enough food and grass, so that we will not miss the land of the Ming Dynasty. Don't worry, Your Majesty." Bi Ziyan said with some excitement. feel proud.When it comes to food, Bi Ziyan knew that the actual emperor had already been making arrangements. The food and grass had already been prepared a year or two ago. In fact, the Ministry of Households is just a striker. As for the salary, his Ministry of Finance is even more of a layman. There is a big battle here, and the expenditure is as high as tens of millions. Even if the Ministry of Households pays all the money collected this year, it is not enough to pay the army. Actually, it still has to be paid. Look at the emperor.

"Okay!... This matter is related to the rise and fall of my Ming Dynasty. Your families, ministries, and yamen should do their best to help, and you must not make things difficult and slack off on this matter.... In the future, the Eastern Captives will be destroyed and the country will be consolidated. You are all heroes of the Ming Dynasty... "Yang Reform concluded.

"The minister waits to obey the order!" All the ministers shouted.

This should actually be a scene full of passion, but in reality, Yang Reform is still somewhat dull.Step by step, no pressure, no motivation, where is the passion?This seems to be just playing a strategy game...

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The meeting broke up.

Yang Reform also called Sun Chengzong, Shi Fenglai, and Han Yu to the Nuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace to discuss on a smaller scale.

"Several Qing families are exempt from courtesy..." After a simple salute, Yang Reform said.

Several cabinet ministers looked at the emperor, not knowing what the emperor wanted them to do.It seems that they are all the emperor's confidantes, but there are differences in reality. Sun Chengzong is the real confidant, Shi Fenglai is the sounding board, and Han Yu is at most half of the imperial party. They glanced at each other and then at the emperor.

"I summoned the Qing family to discuss something with the Qing family.... The Qing family have a look at this..." Yang Reform took out a memorial and gave it to Shi Fenglai.

Shi Feng came to see it, and then showed it to Sun Chengzong, and Sun Chengzong saw it, and then showed it to Han Yu.

"How do the Qing family think about this?" Yang Reform asked after seeing that everyone had read the memorial.

Regarding this sudden incident, Shi Fenglai was a little undecided, did he agree to it?Still negative?How do you agree?How to deny it?It still depends on whether this matter is right or wrong, but how to judge whether this matter is good or bad?Shi Fenglai was confused, but after thinking about it again, this Hong Chengchou is also a member of the imperial party after all. He was born in Shanxi to grow sweet potatoes. It's the emperor's intention that it's not good. Thinking of this, Shi Fenglai has a bottom line in his heart.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I think it is necessary to strengthen the management of household registration outside the customs, and it is also necessary for the people outside the customs to hold guns..." Shi Fenglai said.The matter in this memorial is Hong Chengchou's memorial about strengthening Liaodong household registration and gun management. The self-defense ability, that is, the long-term and strengthened military control.Of course, the management of guns must involve the issue of household registration, so the discussion is about household registration and guns.The actual household registration also involves the issue of taxation. Strengthening household registration management is actually secretly talking about strengthening tax management so that everyone has to pay taxes.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I believe that it is necessary for the people outside the pass to hold guns based on the current situation, and the effect is not bad. Hiding soldiers among the people is also beneficial for our dynasty to control Liaodong..." Sun Chengzong also held positive attitude.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I think that in order to deal with the Eastern captives and guard against the Mongols, it is natural for the people to carry guns, but if the Eastern captives are wiped out in the future, if the people are still allowed to hold guns, I am afraid that it will be difficult to discipline the people. !" Han Yu expressed some different opinions.

"Isn't there any threat if the Eastern Captives are wiped out? Even if we are fighting the battle of thousands of miles, at most it is just to wipe out the Eastern Captives, Lin Danhan and the Mongolian right-wing tribes. Between the white mountains and the black waters of Liaodong, I heard that, There are still quite a few birthed Jurchens, and even the eastern captives may not be able to control them. In the desert and the north of Liaodong, there are even the tribes of Mongolia with the Mobei grassland, and the tribes of the Nurgan Dusi before our dynasty. In the future, Liaodong will become If the common people don’t retain their blood, have no weapons to defend themselves, and don’t maintain an overwhelming posture against those barbarians, wouldn’t they raise another Donghu?” Yang Reform asked rhetorically.

"Your Majesty is right..." Han Yu was taught a lesson by the emperor, and quickly begged for mercy.

"...And the current Imperial Association Army, do the Qing family think that they are safe now, and they will be safe in the future? I'm afraid not necessarily. If I, Da Ming, don't hold an overwhelming stance against them, they will cause trouble sooner or later. I want to Those Mongols who suppressed the imperial association army cannot always rely on the new army. If one day the new army can no longer be suppressed, isn’t there a slaughterhouse outside the customs that will become a slaughterhouse for our people? The only way is for the people to hold their own. Weapons, self-defense capabilities, and the suppression of the Mongols have been maintained, so I can rest assured that people who are not of my race must have a different heart, and I have to guard against them," Yang Reform continued.

"Your Majesty taught me a lesson..." Han Yu began to sweat, and continued to beg for forgiveness, but he didn't expect that the emperor would teach him a lesson for so long.

"...I would rather the people be more difficult to control; I would rather let foreigners die a thousand times or ten thousand times, and I don't want my people to be bullied, and I don't want to watch them die..." Yang Reform continued.Just kidding, the colonists are not allowed to hold weapons, and they are not allowed to hold muskets, so how to colonize?By lip service?By patience?Colonization is naked cannibalism, land grabbing, no weapons, no blood, how can we do it?Today's Liaodong at most belongs to Jilin in the future, a part of Liaoning, Heilongjiang to the north, and Siberia to the north of Heilongjiang. If these sites are not taken back, Yang Reform will scold himself to death. If he wants to take back these places, the country It must be thankless to do this with all the power, and the power invested must be quite weak. To occupy and maintain these places more depends on the common people, so it is even more impossible to close the gun.

"Your Majesty taught me a lesson..." Han Yu secretly sighed that it was unlucky, but he was taught to this extent after saying a wrong sentence.

Yang Reform taught Han Yu a lesson for a while, and he couldn't help but think of Hong Chengchou. The memorabilia on Hong Chengchou was not "instigated" by Yang Reform. Hong Chengchou could think of these things in advance, which coincided with his own intentions. The feeling is: Sure enough, he is a historical celebrity, and he still has a few brushes.

"Don't blame Han Qing's family, I'm a bit harsh." After Yang Reform taught Han Yu a lesson, he calmed down the atmosphere a little.

"Your Majesty taught me the lesson. It's my negligence." Han Yu replied quickly, and Han Yu was very depressed.

"... Hong Chengchou said this matter, I believe you can also see that it is about household registration management and guns. In fact, it still involves the purchase of land in Liaodong in the future. What I mean is that the land in Liaodong will no longer be allowed. The common people cultivated it by themselves, but sold it by the imperial court. Only the purchased land can be considered as your own if you have the land deed. The most important thing is that people with my household registration in Ming Dynasty can buy and hold guns and other rights to ensure the tranquility of Liaodong. It is impossible to invest such a huge amount of military expenditures outside the customs with such a high intensity every year..." Yang Reform began to implement his own policy, and the reason for finding these three cabinet ministers was that these cabinet ministers each represented a part of the power, and Sun Chengzong would not Having said that, the hard-core imperial party and the military planner, Shi Fenglai took the power of the chief assistant, and was actually an imperial party, while Han Yu represented his group of people. In fact, there was another important group of people in the court. That is Chen Yuting's gang, but Chen Yuting's weight is not enough. Yang Reform thinks that he has to use a secret box to communicate with Cao Yubian about this matter. Although Cao Yubian has retired, he still has considerable influence and persuaded Cao Yubian Bian is better than convincing Chen Yuting.This matter has been explained to these three factions, and there is no resistance.

Sun Chengzong already knew it, so naturally he would not be surprised.

Shi Fenglai was a little surprised, but not very surprised. He naturally supported the emperor.

Han Yu was a little surprised, only a little surprised, and soon returned to normal.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I think that this should be all right..." Han Yu was a little weak. He was scolded by the emperor just now, and he didn't dare to say anything to make the emperor unhappy. The sale of land in Liaodong is not a secret. This should be the emperor's complete ban on the fantasies of those who want to occupy land in Liaodong by regaining Liaodong. Otherwise, the emperor spent so much energy to get the matter of buying land in Liaodong, wouldn't it be bragging ?Seeing that Sun and Shi were silent, Han Yu knew that it was the emperor forcing him to make a statement, so he agreed without much hesitation.

"Well, Han Qing's family still has an overall view. This matter is for the good of my Ming Dynasty and for the common people..." Seeing that Han Yu was settled, Yang Reform felt relieved.

"...Speaking of which, I actually wanted Yuan Chonghuan to serve as Master Sun's deputy in this battle of thousands of miles, but think about it, Yuan Qing's family is too young, and suddenly mentioned such a high position, I am afraid that it will not be good for future growth, and it will take more work It's good to practice, and you will naturally have achievements that belong to Yuan Qing's family in the future..." Seeing that Han Yu has been dealt with, Yang Reform might as well take out some benefits and feed Han Yu some sweet dates.

"Your Majesty is wise." Han Yu had no choice but to reply.

It was rare for Shi Fenglai to be distracted, and it was rare for his mind to not be with the emperor.Sun Chengzong seems to have a special affection for Lu Xiangsheng, and he almost regards him as his successor; looking at today, it seems that Yuan Chonghuan is the successor of Han Yu. They are the relationship between a teacher and a disciple, so what about his successor? ?Who is it again?He is also going to retire and return to his hometown. Thinking of the notebook he read today, he remembered that the man also started his career by growing sweet potatoes, and he seemed to be involved in the affairs he was in charge of. Did he use that man as the successor?

(End of this chapter)