He did not mention the matter of potatoes and sweet potatoes. He said that Zhu Youcheng would not deal with Xu Guangqi after dealing with lunch, and then went straight to the Ministry of War to deal with the gunners. The three major battalions in the capital were related to national defense. If he delayed and used these soldiers who still belonged to the three major battalions in an unknown way, he would be unfairly accused of being impeached.

When he entered the lobby of the Ministry of War, he couldn't help but feel happy when he saw the Minister of War. It turned out that the Minister of War was his old acquaintance - Li Chunye. Speaking of Li Chunye, he could be said to have known each other for two lives - this life and the previous life. In the previous life, he went to Taining, Fujian to visit his mansion - Taining Shangshudi. After more than three hundred years of ups and downs, the former owner Li Chunye had passed away for many years, but the Minister of War was still standing stubbornly after years of baptism and witnessing the wind and frost of the times. There is also his statue in the Secretary of War, of course, and this life

There is no similarity between the real person. On the streets of Taining, there is also a bronze statue where he was writing a letter of resignation, saying that he was in order to serve his mother who was in a declining state. He resolutely resigned from office and retired at the peak of his life. However, according to his companion during his last life, an amateur Ming history expert, Li Chunye's mother was probably an excuse for serving his mother, and the greatest possibility was to be scared away. Because the fate of the Minister of War in the late Ming Dynasty was not very good, his former Minister of War Gao Di was sent to Liaodong to guard the border. If he didn't leave, he might have to follow him to Liaodong.

Sure enough, Li Chunye could not see the pride of the spring breeze after the promotion, only deep worries.

Seeing Zhu Youcheng coming in, Li Chunye was so energetic that he stood up to greet him.

After hearing Zhu Youcheng's intention, Li Chunye patted his chest and said that other ministers of the Ministry of War might not be able to help him, but he would definitely help him properly. Because he, the Minister of War, is extraordinary. He also "assisted in the military affairs of the capital", that is, he had the final say in the three major camps of the capital.

After signing the document in the hall, Li Chunye asked with a smile: "Are you very good to you? You can't help me now if you are in trouble."

"Mr. Li has something to say. As long as you can do it, Xiaoke will do it."

Hearing Zhu Youcheng's reply, Li Chunye pulled him into the secret room and said with a sad face: "Mr. Zhu must save Xia Guan."

Zhu Youcheng was from the fourth rank. Li Chunye was from the second rank. Wherever he talked about it, he could not talk about the word "slow officials". Zhu Youcheng hurriedly said, "You are the Shangshu, how can you call yourself a lower official to me?"

"Hi. Lord Zhu, don't pretend to be confused when you understand. The emperor asked you to be in charge of the two courts. Now your students are everywhere in the court and the army. As the number of students increases, Lord Zhu's power will definitely skyrocket. Moreover, Lord Zhu is also a Grand Secretary of Longtu Pavilion, a definite cabinet master, and the subordinate just called him "Mr.

Zhu Youcheng knew that his future entry into the cabinet was basically an open secret, and he was not pretentious, and did not write articles on the word "senior official". He asked directly: "What trouble have you encountered?"

"It was not the bad minister of the unlucky minister. I was originally the Shaoqing of Taipu Temple, in charge of Ma Zheng and worked diligently. The Mongol-Wei Gong was promoted to the left assistant minister of the Ministry of War. Gaodi Gao was young and strong, and his subordinates had no day to make a comeback. However, a few days ago, Gaodi was ordered to move to Liaodong Zhengli. Of course, because all the land in Liaodong was lost, Gaodi's accurate official position of Liaodong Zhengli should be Jiliao Zhengli. Because there should be no Minister of War in the court for a day. As a result, this unlucky errand fell on me."

Zhu Youcheng said seriously: "The Minister of War is a second-rank official, in charge of military affairs in the world, with a high position and a powerful position. Even Xiaoke has to borrow important people from time to time. How can he be said to be an unlucky job?"

"Mr. Zhu said, if there is nothing in Liaodong, the Minister of War is indeed a bad person, but now Liaodong is unstable, and it is difficult to be the Minister of War. Liaodong is safe and the Minister of War is smooth. Liaodong is defeated, and the Minister of War will be in trouble. But Liaodong has suffered a lot of defeat, so why is this? Lord Zhu is not an outsider, so I will say it clearly. The fundamental reason for the defeat in Liaodong is to raise the bandits and respect himself. At that time, the two famous generals - Qi Jiguang and Li Chengliang - guard the border. Qi Jiguang was well guarding the city, so the Tatars did not dare to attack his defense line, and they made great contributions.

Little military achievements; Li Chengliang basically did not defend the city, and the Tartars repeatedly invaded his borders, and he was very good at fighting, and he would win every battle, but he had great achievements in defending the city. Later, Qi Jiguang was transferred from Jizhen, and Li Chengliang, Liaodong, had the dominant family. The reason was that Li Chengliang raised thieves. Li Chengliang was a very greedy person. He found that deducting military pay and swallowing spoils was more effective than accepting bribes from Jiannu, so he indulged Jiannu, leading to the rise of Jiannu. Later, Li Chengliang was transferred from Liaodong. Although the successor Liaodong ruling was not good at military affairs, his greed was not smaller than Li Chengliang.

The continued raising thieves eventually led to the Battle of Sarhu, and our army was defeated. Although the Liaodong ruling worked hard to govern, the subordinates had developed the habit of raising thieves. They were all determined to make money and had no intention of fighting with Jiannu. Don’t you find it strange? Some armies were as weak as rabbits in the Ming Dynasty sequence, but once they rebelled, they were as fierce as tigers and cunning as wolves. This is the reason. Do you think that if you lead such a team to fight, can you still win? But the court doesn’t care, as long as you suffer a defeat, it is the responsibility of me, the Minister of War.

Secondly, Master Sun Ge's commander Liaodong is loyal to the world, but his old man directly brought two evil consequences to Liaodong. The first is the well-known waste of money, and the second is the training of a large number of warlords who listened to Xuan and did not listen to the order. After Lord Gao left, I sorted out the information about Liaodong and came to a conclusion that except for a few generals such as Man Gui, Zhao Rujiao, He Kegang and others, the rest of the troops in Liaodong were unreliable. Raising them would waste people's wealth and ointment; if they were not raised, they would turn around and follow the thief. Can you still expect them to win such a Liaodong army?"

Zhu Youcheng stood up solemnly, bowed deeply to Li Chunye, and said, "Mr. Li is a visionary and knowledgeable person. Xiaoke is very impressed. Please give me a gift from me."

Li Chunye is an old man in the officialdom, so he dared not accept Zhu Youcheng's gift, so he quickly helped him. But Zhu Youcheng is the top martial arts scholar, and his strength is not comparable to that of Li Chunye, a scholar, so he still received a gift.

Li Chunye kept saying sorry, but he was still very beautiful in his heart. People always wanted to be recognized by others. What's more, those who affirm him were also recognized talents in the world.

He continued: "Gaodi succeeded to Jiliao and adopted a correct strategy. Since all the Liaodong generals were unreliable, they would not defend Liaodong. All the Liaodong generals were transferred to the pass, so that Liao generals and border generals would be mixed and supervised each other. Without a path to raise or follow the thief, Shanhaiguan would definitely be able to hold it firmly. However, Gaodi's military was correct, but his politics was wrong. I can predict that the next step would be to subdue Gao Da Ren. Gao Da Ren guarded Shanhaiguan. However, he stepped down because of his victory. The next Jiliao ruler's tenth position would fall on me."

"If Lord Li was appointed as the Ji Liao governor, how would he guard Liaodong?"

"What else can it be done? It must be that he followed Lord Gao's policy, and then waited for the censor's remarks to drown me, and rolled me home in shame. Lord Zhu, the officials are not greedy for money. They only seek names. Can't you tell Eunuch Wei and let me retire? I don't want to be included in the Record of the Criminal Ministers of the Deception of the Country in the Later "History of Ming Dynasty"."

Zhu Youcheng laughed loudly and said, "If I hadn't had a deep conversation with Lord Li, I almost missed a talent. Lord Li, I guess if I didn't help, will you submit to the court and ask for retirement next? Is the reason? It's said that my mother is old and weak and has no one to take care of her. After returning home, you will cut off contact with Eunuch Wei. Pretend to be a member of the eunuch party, if the eunuch party falls a few years or more than ten years later, Lord Li is still a famous official in the clear stream. Maybe he has a chance to make a comeback. Of course, he has to wait until Liaodong is pacified. Or he can stay away from unlucky official positions such as the Minister of War."

Li Chunye's expression changed in horror and said in a vain: "Mr. Zhu... Master Zhu. How did you know? Are you really the stars coming down to earth, knowing five hundred years above and five hundred years later?"

"It's just speculation. There are only two excuses for officials to retire. One is that they are old and weak, and the other is that their family members are old and weak. With Lord Li so loving the feathers, it must be an excuse for his mother to need care. In this way, the Ming Dynasty, which respects filial piety and courtesy, can still win a lot of fortune. Lord Li has a long-term vision and knows that flowers will not be red for a hundred days, and people will not be happy for a thousand days. Eunuch Wei calls for the wind and rain now, and the court is in no way, but there will always be a day when the stage will be destroyed. Wouldn't it be bad if you don't cut it as early as possible and settle the accounts when the nest is destroyed?"

Li Chunye was screaming in his heart at this moment, forgetting that Zhu Youcheng was a talented person and saved Eunuch Wei from danger several times. Today, he revealed his true feelings to him. Isn’t it equivalent to telling Wei Zhongxian the truth? Although Eunuch Wei is good to him, he is also a vengeful person. It seems that he will not have a good life in the future. It’s really not eating mutton, but it’s a stinky thing.

Zhu Youcheng continued: "Mr. Li, please rest assured that Eunuch Wei is Eunuch Wei, and Mr. Zhu is Mr. Zhu. Eunuch Wei may not know what I know. However, I will definitely interrupt the matter of Mr. Li's request for retirement. The Ming Dynasty did not lack tactical talents, but strategic talents. The civil and military officials were bound by the gains and losses of a city and a place, and could not see the overall situation. Only Mr. Li, who jumped out of conventional thinking and observed Liaodong from a strategic height. It is really rare. You have such good insights and retired to the mountains. This is a crime against the country and the nation."

Li Chunye was moved and said, "Isn't there any way to do this? When I took the imperial examination, I also had the idea of ​​serving the country with loyalty. But the bloody facts told me that the prerequisite for serving the motherland is to care for yourself, otherwise the country will not succeed, but will instead put yourself in."

Zhu Youcheng pondered for a moment and decided to tell him the truth: "Since you told me the truth, then I will tell the truth. Gao Di's strategy of withdrawing troops was decided by the emperor, so the impeachment of civil officials and military generals can only make Gao Di beaten by the emperor. You don't have to worry about Gao Di leaving and you take the blame. This blame is an imperial decree, and you can't even take it. With me and Eunuch Wei and I, Gao Di has to stay in Shanhaiguan for four or five years. As for four years later, after the Ming Dynasty basically solved the problem of famine in the northwest, I will lead the troops to wipe out Jiannu. Just be your Minister of War."

"Really?" Li Chunye asked in a little confusion.

"Do you want to ask if the first half of my words are true or the second half? You don't have to doubt the first half, because the one who came up with the idea to let Gao Di take the blame. As for the second half, many people think that I will lose to Cangzhou City, but the result is that it is 2,000 or more than 50,000."

Li Chunye's heart was filled with sorrow and laughed. As the saying goes, a tall man holds it back when the sky falls. He always thought he was the tall man, but now he finds that someone is taller than him.

The host and the host are happy, talk about laughter, talk about the anecdotes of the capital, and talk about celebrities. To be honest, men gossip are far more important than women. There is a good name for men gossip, which is called pointing out the world and commenting on the world.

Just as the two were having a happy conversation, a personal soldier knocked on the door and said, "Immediately report. The senior high-ranking minister of Ji Liao had something to do to report to the Minister of War Li Chunye and Lord Li and the officials of the two courts Zhu Youcheng and Lord Zhu!" (To be continued)

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