Putting aside his son Zhu Lang, the ministers began to concentrate their firepower to attack Sun Chengzong. The wasted more than 3 million taels of military expenditure a year, which made the Ming Dynasty short of difficulties. As a result, they only brought out a bunch of soft-legged shrimps. It was really the most ridiculous thing in the world.

Emperor Tianqi's face looked very bad. Sun Chengzong was his teacher and was highly respected by him. Although under Zhu Youcheng's open or secret reminder, he gradually realized that Sun Chengzong was not a god of war, but his respect for the teacher buried in his heart made him always adopt an ostrich mentality and was unwilling to face it. Now the minister pointed at his nose and scolded Sun Chengzong, but he was still scolded with reasonable evidence, which made him unable to defend his teacher. How could he be happy?

Seeing that Emperor Tianqi looked embarrassed, Zhu Youcheng quickly started a comment: "Emperor, Lord Sun Chengzong has been guarding Liaodong for nearly three years. The border has been peaceful and has built countless cities. There are no contributions and hard work. Now it is time to retire. I heard that Lord Sun has submitted many requests to resign. The emperor might as well agree to his request."

Emperor Tianqi understood the gods and without waiting for other ministers to interrupt, he said, "Junqing asked Sun Chengzong to return to his hometown to retire, give him a python robe and jade belt, and give him a title of Grand Tutor."

The ministers were shocked. It was not the first time that they attacked Sun Chengzong like this, but every time Emperor Tianqi was arbitrary and suppressed the opposition and continued to use Sun Chengzong. Why did the attitude make a 180-degree turn today and agreed to remove Sun Chengzong? The ministers had accumulated strength, but in order to impeach Sun Chengzong, they did not hesitate to make a big fuss. However, before taking advantage of the opportunity to play, the emperor satisfied their request, making the ministers feel that they hit the cotton with one punch. Although it was effective, they were quite uncomfortable.

"Let's discuss the candidates for the Liaodong Strategies. The Liaodong Strategies are responsible for the northeastern border, which is very important. If Mr. Sun leaves, he will find someone to fill the vacancy."

Shi Fenglai thought for a moment and said loudly: "Wang Zaijin is the most suitable candidate. Guangning was defeated and our army was defeated thousands of miles away. In such a crisis, Lord Wang could stabilize. Now the situation in Liaodong is much better than before, and Lord Wang will definitely be able to defend it."

The court officials agreed with each other. They all thought that this candidate was good. Although Wang Zaijin did not recover the land, he did not spend money in the quagmire of Liaodong. Now Liaodong is like a chicken rib to the Ming Dynasty, and it is a pity to abandon it. No matter who is replaced by Liaodong, he dared not risk the crime of losing his territory and withdrawing back to Shanhaiguan. He could only rely on the strong city to defend and wait for assistance. He spent all the last little national strength of the Ming Dynasty. Only Wang Zaijin, the young man dared to give up the strong city of Liaodong and retreat to Shanhaiguan. If he lost his territory, Wang Zaijin was a loyal minister. He suffered personal reputation and sought real benefits for the Ming Dynasty. The court officials were not stupid. After so many years, he knew who was the most suitable Liaodong strategic envoy.

Emperor Tianqi shook his head and said, "Mr. Wang is too cautious. He is not suitable to be a Liaodong General Secretary. This proposal cannot be done."

Huang Li, the old master of the cabinet, was extremely erotic and said, "It is better to invite the former Liaodong governor Xiong Tingbi to come out of the mountain. He is good at defending the city and will surely maintain peace in Liaodong."

The court officials did not discuss this time because they were the ones who clamored in the court that they demanded to punish Xiong Tingbi more severely. Now that Xiong Tingbi is re-activated, isn’t they slapping them in the face?

Emperor Tianqi shook his head again and said, "How can the defeated general be brave?"

When the court officials proposed a candidate, Emperor Tianqi denied a candidate. In the court, all the people who knew the soldiers were raised, but either the age was not suitable or the qualifications were not qualified. The Liaodong General Strategy kept this position unresolved.

Finally, the second assistant to the cabinet, Wen Donglai, said a little unhappy: "Or let the Minister of War Gao Digao go. Anyway, every official who serves as the Liaodong Strategic Envoy is either the title of Minister of War or the title of Minister of War. In terms of qualifications, it is most suitable for him to go."

Unexpectedly, Emperor Tianqi nodded and said, "Aiqing Wen really deserves my wish. He is worthy of being the loyal minister left to me by the late emperor. I have approved your opinion."

Wen Donglai was anxious. He knew Gao Di too well. To put it nicely, he was cautious, and to put it badly, he was timid as a mouse. When he was placed in a financial position, he could make certain contributions to the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty. When he was placed in a position of Liaodong's strategy, a major event would definitely happen. However, Emperor Tianqi agreed with his words, and he could not confess to the emperor. What I said was an angry word, so you can't take it seriously.

Gao Di was more anxious than Wen Donglai. He knew how much he had. Although he was familiar with the books of sages and wrote good articles, he did not know about military affairs. Since he was the Minister of War, he was only responsible for administrative management. The real military affairs were all handed over to suitable subordinate officials. He was just a leader. Now that he was good, he threw him into the position of Liaodong's strategic position, which is very professional, and he was immediately confused. However, he dared not tell the emperor that I don't understand military affairs, so you should change people. After saying this, his head probably had to change his position - since he didn't know about military affairs, why dare to take over the position of Minister of War? Oh, if you have benefits, you should go, and if you have difficulties, let him go. What's the use of the emperor to support you? It's better to just cut it off.

Both of them became as ugly as bitter gourd. But the other ministers put a big stone in their hearts.

The Liaodong General Inspector was in charge of the military and civil affairs of a large area of ​​territory north of Shanhaiguan, and was one of the top officials of the Ming Dynasty. Liaodong originally had a population of more than 2 million, and it was rich and prosperous. Unfortunately, Jiannu was rampant and Liaodong was ruined. The Liaodong General Inspector turned this official into an unlucky man, whoever got involved was unlucky.

What's more, Liaodong is now in a dead end. It seems to be peaceful, but in fact it is full of dangers. If you can't defend it, you can't retreat. Sun Chengzong took advantage of the opportunity when Jiannu had no time to look south and established several cities west of the Liaohe River, claiming to be the Guanning Jin defense line, but the defenders only dare to hold on to the city and dare not go out of the city to fight. The Guanning Jin defense line became an isolated city. If Jiannu was determined to attack the city, he would be destroyed after a year or two, and the city would be broken. If the walls were cleared and the fields were retreated to Shanhaiguan, and to waste Jiannu to death, they would be regarded as abandoning their territory by the court. No matter who it was, they would not be able to bear this guilt.

So whoever cares about him going to Liaodong to die? Anyway, it's not just for him.

The two were thinking about how to speak, and a "wow" cry broke the tranquility of the Golden Palace, but the little girl Zhu Shuyuan found that everyone ignored her and felt annoyed, so she protested with crying.

Emperor Tianqi cared about his daughter and did not let Wei Zhongxian announce the severance of the court. Then he took Zhu Youcheng and his daughter back to the palace. Zhu Shuyuan didn't like the indoor room very much, although there were carved beams and painted buildings and the golden walls were brilliant, so everyone chatted in the imperial garden. Xiao Yuanyuan picked flowers and caught butterflies for a while, and had a great time. After lunch, Yuanyuan fell asleep, and Zhu Youcheng was finally able to escape.

Zhu Youcheng didn't sleep all night and yawned all the way; while Wei Zhongxian was worried that the emperor would not sleep well, so he looked tired.

When Emperor Tianqi saw the two of them tired and couldn't bear to disturb them anymore, he asked them to go back and rest.

The two left the palace, and a luxury carriage rushed over and stopped in front of him. This was Wei Zhongxian's special car. It was popular to ride a sedan in the Ming Dynasty, but not a carriage. There were 2 people carrying a sedan, 4 people carrying a medium-sized sedan, 8 people carrying a large sedan, and even a super sedan carried by 32 people. For example, the first Shoujiao of the Ming Dynasty returned to his hometown to attend the funeral, and he sat in a super sedan that was carried by 32 people. But no matter which sedan is, it was not as comfortable as Emperor Tianqi invented a four-wheeled carriage. Zhu Youcheng was rich and would not treat himself badly. He specially installed an easy chair in the carriage and installed a beautiful dream. It was very comfortable to sit and lie down, and it was not as eye-catching as the 32 people carrying a sedan. According to Zhu Youcheng, this was called low-key luxury. Under Zhu Youcheng's guidance, Wei Zhongxian also fell in love with the carriage. No matter where he went, there were cars coming and going. (To be continued, please search Piaotianwen, the novel is better and faster!

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