Chapter 168 Controversy
"See my emperor, I wish my emperor a long life." The moment Emperor Qianyuan sat down, everyone below knelt down and prayed loudly.
"Let's just flat." Emperor Qianyuan stretched out his hand and waved it casually twice. His voice was very tired, as if he had no strength to speak.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." All the ministers stood up, and the entire hall fell into silence again.
"Why, don't you say anything?" Zhu Di looked around at everyone and said weakly: "Tianxing, Tianchen and Tianfeng jointly sent troops to Tianfeng. Everyone should discuss this matter. How should we deal with it?"
Zhu Di's question did not receive everyone's response. Everyone was silent when they looked at the nose and nose. Zhu Di was faintly angry, and blue veins rose on the back of his hand holding the armrest of the dragon chair.
"Wu Qing, tell me what should I do?" Zhu Di waited for a long time but no one answered. Finally, he could only point at Wu Chengyong and asked.
"Go back to Your Majesty, old minister... The old minister stood for a long time and felt dizzy. Please let Your Majesty think about it again." Wu Chengyong was old and became a spirit, of course he was unwilling to show off his head, so he bowed to Zhu Di and returned slowly.
"Then you, Military Advisor Zhao," Zhu Di turned his head and asked Zhao Tianya again.
"Your Majesty, the old minister has just recovered from a serious illness. He is ineffective and his mind is even more inflexible. I have been thinking about these three kingdoms for a long time. I dare not easily draw a conclusion about whether the empire should come forward. I hope your master will let the old minister think about it again." Zhao Tianya beat his arms and pinched his hands, looking weak.
"A bunch of bastards." Zhu Di was extremely angry, but he still covered up his anger well. He looked up at the old guys and chuckled, "Oh! I'm blaming me. I forgot to give seats to the Qing family." As he said, Zhu Di shouted outside the hall: "Come, I'll give seats to the Qing family."
Soon a guard moved the chair in, and a few old guys sat down after thanking Emperor Qianyuan.
"Father, my son has something to say." At this moment, the King of Yan Zhu Longsheng, who had been closing his eyes and silently stood up suddenly and bowed to Emperor Qianyuan.
"Oh, Longsheng, what do you think?" Zhu Di looked at Zhu Longsheng unexpectedly, but he did not expect that he would stand up and speak. He actually couldn't see through this son. These two sons were very capable, and had shown their talent in both military and political work. He had also had the idea of abolishing the current prince and helping him to power. However, now the struggle between him and the prince has reached a white heat, almost at the point of war. This is something Emperor Qianyuan would never want to see. Therefore, he was also wary of this ambitious and powerful son. Therefore, he has never revealed any intention of abolishing the prince again. Moreover, this time, Zhu Di was undecided to send troops to stop the melee of the three kingdoms.
The reason is also because the undercurrent fighting between the two sons has caused the entire imperial capital to surge. All forces have also jumped out to take advantage of the situation, so Zhu Di did not dare to send a large army easily, because he was afraid that his lair would be threatened by that time. After all, the power and prestige of his second son in the army was not a joke, and it was fought little by little by little. It can be said that if he waved his arms and rebelled, then one-third of the empire would respond to his call, and the situation in the entire empire would be really dangerous. Zhu Di had thought of a solution, but on the one hand, he could not make this decision because he had too many connections. Secondly, the King of Yan was outstanding after all, and the support of the people was also his second son. Although he had formed a situation where he could not lose his head, he really couldn't make a choice.
"Father, my son's minister's opinion is that we must send troops. These three kingdoms actually ignore the existence of our empire. We must give them a profound lesson to let them know who is the real master in this Ming Empire." King Zhu Longsheng of Yan replied directly and imposingly. His words immediately resonated with all the military generals in the hall. Many people looked at him and felt a little excited.
"Oh, do you mean to send troops?" Emperor Qianyuan was slightly surprised, and then said, "Then if you send troops, how many troops do you think do you think will be appropriate? Who will be the commander general?"
"Return to my father, Erchen's idea is to draw ten legions from the Southeast Military Region and the Northwest Military Region of the Empire, a total of two million people will enter the Tianxing Kingdom and the Tianchen Kingdom respectively. As for the candidates for commanding the troops, Erchen believes that it is enough to let Erchen go this time." Yan King Zhu Longsheng said with his head raised.
"Two million army? Longsheng, do you think that just two million army can force Tianxing and Tianchen to give up the fat meat that has given up their mouths and lead their troops out of the Tianfeng Kingdom?" Emperor Qianyuan showed a smile on his face, shook his head and said.
"Father, in fact, the most important thing for the two million troops in the past was not to fight. This was just a clear attitude of the empire. I believe that as long as the lords of Tianxing and Tianchen were not on the same path, they would definitely make the right choice." King Zhu Longsheng of Yan talked happily.
After hearing the words of King Yan, Emperor Qianyuan gently tapped the armrest of the dragon chaise with his fingers and did not speak immediately. He was waiting, waiting for others to take action. After all, his second son has now put his position on the right and expressed his opinions. The faction that opposes him will definitely stand up against him.
Sure enough, the prince, who had not been chewing, immediately jumped out and shouted, "Father, son minister objected."
"Oh, Longyun, tell me your reasons?" Emperor Qianyuan glanced at Zhu Longyun with an expressionless face and asked faintly.
"Father, my son is against sending troops. You should know that two million troops are not a small number. Once these two million troops move, food and logistics support are astronomical figures. Although our empire is rich, there is no need to do this plain consumption. Besides, the empire has suffered frequent natural disasters since the beginning of this year. First, the heavy snow in the south in January, and the food in most places is not too late to sow, resulting in a dead end. Then there is the eastern earthquake in May, which has more than 10 million people. Father, these are all the people of the empire, but they are still homeless and waiting for the empire's relief. I think it's better to take these military rations out to provide disaster relief than to send two million troops out, so that these people can be grateful to the empire, right?" Crown Prince Zhu Longyun glanced at Zhu Longsheng and said proudly.
As soon as Zhu Longyun finished speaking, almost all the civil officials nodded frequently and expressed their agreement with his words. The cabinet chief Wu Chengyong directly handed him an encouragement look and expressed his affirmation. The prince Zhu Longyun was becoming more and more proud.
"You fart!" King of Yan Zhu Longsheng was furious and pointed at Zhu Longyun and cursed: "If we don't send troops, the image of the empire will be greatly damaged. The three major vassal states are in chaos and the empire ignores it. What will other countries on the mainland view our empire? And if these three kingdoms continue to consume this, the other empires will definitely take the opportunity to enter and treat our Ming Empire as fat, and they all rushed to eat. So your idea is completely abusing the country and the people!"
"Hmph! Alert." Zhu Longyun snorted coldly, looked at Zhu Longsheng coldly and said, "Is it so easy to chew on my Ming Empire standing in the continent for ten thousand years? Besides, I didn't say that I couldn't send troops, but now I'm really a little too hasty to send troops, wasting manpower and material resources. Instead, I still didn't get good results."
"Then when are you going to send troops?" King Yan Zhu Longsheng asked.
"It's very simple. When these three kingdoms are exhausted and consumed a lot, we will send troops and horses to pacify the Three Kingdoms without any effort. By then, not only will the situation in our country be alleviated, but the troops sent will not be as big as two million, and the burden on the empire will not be so heavy. Wouldn't that be better?" Crown Prince Zhu Longyun replied confidently. His words caused several important officials to nod frequently, and they thought they were very acknowledging the opinions put forward by Zhu Longyun.
"Bad, nonsense." King Zhu Longsheng of Yan retorted: "If you say that, if you send troops at that time, the daylily will probably be cold. At that time, our Ming Empire will definitely become a joke among other countries among the mainland, and its overall strength will definitely be reduced to the minimum."
"Okay, don't argue." Perhaps seeing the two sons becoming more and more intense, Emperor Qianyuan Zhu Di finally spoke. He waved directly to the two men, then looked at the ministers below and said, "What is the absolute difference between the opinions of the two princes? Everyone should gather their minds and speak freely."
Now there were two attackers who played against the vanguards, and these officials came out to express their opinions. However, overall, the civil servant group mostly supported the opinions of Prince Zhu Longyun, while the military general group mostly supported the opinions of Prince Zhu Longsheng. Among the other five cabinet ministers, three Grand Secretary stood clearly on the side of the prince, while the Grand Marshal stood on the side of the King of Yan. Only the chief military advisor remained neutral and did not express his opinions.
The final situation was that the prince's side had a slight advantage and controlled the mainstream opinions, which made Emperor Qianyuan, who had been hesitant, agree to adopt Zhu Longyun's opinion. That is, the empire waited and watched the battle between the Three Kingdoms in the early stage and did not express any opinions. When the Three Kingdoms were trapped in the quagmire of war in the later stage, they would take action to quell the Battle of the Three Kingdoms in one fell swoop.
This court meeting can be said to be the civil servants headed by the Crown Prince Zhu Longyun, but it can still be seen how connected and prestige the Yan King Zhu Longsheng has in the Emperor's side.
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Tianchen Kingdom, Beichen Prefecture Qiufeng Mansion. It is located in the extreme north of Tianchen Kingdom. The mountains are warm and overlapping, the strange peaks are steep and sparsely populated. At the foot of the mountain, there are Beichen waters known as a place of thousands of miles. The waters are vast and the waters are sweeping in smoke all year round, and the scenery is extremely beautiful.
This Beichen Water Park consists of five major waters including Yueerwa, Amanoze, Jushuize, Beichenwa, and Pingshan Lake. It covers an area of more than a thousand miles. However, in this Beichen Water Park, there is a branch of the Ming Empire resounding throughout the entire Ming Empire, which is opposed to the Ming Empire everywhere. It is regarded by the Ming Empire as a giant bandit in the eyes and the famous blood-clothed thief. (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!