The first thousand three hundred and two chapters of the court
The news of Prince Yi's death brought great blow to Yongzheng. Yongzheng showed unprecedented weakness at this moment. He was not even like a king, but more like an ordinary person who lost his best.
However, Yongzheng was Yongzheng after all. As a king, he had to admit that Yongzheng was qualified. The sorrow in his heart only made Yongzheng feel depressed for a day. Then Yongzheng returned to his usual appearance and even devoted himself to government affairs.
Yongzheng gave Prince Yi a very high honor, which was only what he could do now. At the same time, Yongzheng knew very well that with the defeat of Korqin and Prince Yi, the Ming Dynasty would have to free up its hands to deal with the northwest, and with the current power of the Qing court, he was not an opponent of the Ming Dynasty who was so angry that he was no match for the Ming Dynasty.
At present, Yongzheng had only one way to go, that is, to defeat Prince Guo, Prince Cheng and other troops in the west as soon as possible. As long as these two anti-kings were eliminated, and the damn dog slave Longkodo, then the Qing Dynasty might have a glimmer of hope.
If it cannot be done, then when the Ming army's strategy of attacking the northwest began, the Qing court would be unable to resist at all, and would be defeated in the battles on both sides, thus completely destruction.
As the nominal emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng absolutely did not allow such a thing to happen, so he endured the pain of Prince Yi's death in his heart and summoned the princes and ministers to convene the imperial meeting to discuss the matter.
"Master, Xi Baogang is stabilizing in the west. Although the battle situation is becoming more stable, it is not easy to defeat the traitor." Yong Zhenggang asked everyone what he thought, and one of them said this bluntly.
The person who spoke of this person was Fahai, of course, not Fahai in Jinshan Temple, but Fahai, an important official of the Qing Dynasty.
Fahai was born from an extraordinary background and was the second son of Tong Guogang. In other words, he was Kangxi's cousin and Yongzheng's uncle.
Fahai and Longkodo are cousins, but Longkodo is the son of Tong Guowei. Although they are the same ancestor, they are not the same.
Fahai was a lecturer and a good scholar, and was loyal to the Qing Dynasty. After Yongzheng came to power, he was considerate of his integrity and reputation, so he became the Minister of War.
Although he was the Minister of War, Fahai only had a little understanding of military affairs. However, Fahai was a man who knew it himself. In general, he did not evaluate military affairs and did not actively express his opinions. He was just arbitrary decision by Yongzheng, and he, the Minister of War, was at best a "rubber stamp".
Today, Fahai, this guy, didn't know what medicine he took, but he actually spoke out in front of Yongzheng, which surprised everyone.
"What do you mean..." Yongzheng narrowed his eyes and looked at Fahai and asked back.
"Your Majesty, I am foolish!" Fahai knelt down first and kowtowed, "I think the war in the west should not be delayed. Xibao is now self-protection but has not been defeated enough. I think it is best to continue to increase troops to the west and resolve the rebels as soon as possible!"
"What Master Fa said is reasonable, and the slaves agree."
"The slaves also agree..."
As soon as Fahai finished speaking, several people stood up to express their agreement. In their opinion, the current situation is indeed the case. Only by solving the Western issue as soon as possible can the Qing court have the strength to fight against the next attack of the Ming Dynasty. If the Western issue cannot be solved, then it is impossible to fight against the Ming Dynasty with the power of the Qing court.
"Emperor! Now six or seventeen thousand of the country's troops are in the west. What if the troops continue to be drawn to support the court? Once the Ming army attacks, what will the court resist? Emperor! Think twice!"
Ma Qi expressed his objection, and he expressed the biggest problem of the Qing court at the moment in one sentence, that is, the lack of troops.
Originally, when Longkodo was in the west, he occupied nearly half of the Qing court's troops, and then Fu Erdan went to the west and took away some of the troops. After Fu Erdan was defeated, Sibao took over and led troops to reinforce. After a few more troops in the Qing court's hands are now not much.
If the war in the west is increased, it would be useless to transfer a few thousand. Although Ma Qi had never fought a war, he had not eaten pork for so many years and had seen pigs running.
If you want to gain an absolute advantage in military strength in the west, you must at least draw most of the imperial court's troops, that is, at least 40,000 to 50,000 elite troops to support it. However, once you do this, the entire Qing court will be almost empty. Apart from thousands of elite troops, there are only about 10,000 old, weak and remnants.
If the Ming army suddenly attacked at this time, what would the Qing court do to fight? If the Qing court was defeated by the Ming army in one fell swoop, then what would be the use of even if the northwest won?
Ma Qi's words also received support from other ministers. In the eyes of these ministers, Fahai's suggestions were simply nonsense. If all the troops were transferred to the west, the Qing court would not have to defend it. And the most important thing is that no one knows whether the situation in the west would really change.
Although Sibao proved on the battlefield that he was not a wine bag like Fu Erdan, it was just that. You should know that the opponent in the west was Prince Guo, Prince Cheng, and a Longkodo who defected to the past.
Which of these three people is not a general who has experienced many battles? Which one is not better than Xibao? Once the troops in the west are not only unable to win the war as soon as possible, but even fail, then where can the Qing court have any military power?
Thinking of this, some people even accused Fahai. Although they did not say it clearly, they had distrust of Fahai's suggestion. Some even revealed that Fahai was clearly going to kill the Qing court. You must know that Fahai and Longkodo were a family. Maybe this old man came up with ideas on the surface to work hard for the Qing court, but in fact he was doing the opposite, intending to use this method to make Prince Guo and Prince Cheng and others fight and replace it.
When this remark came out, Fahai was furious and excited. He kowtowed to Yongzheng, his head broke and sweared to the sky to his loyalty to the Qing Dynasty and Yongzheng.
"Okay! What's the point of making noise!" Yongzheng couldn't stand it anymore. Before the solution was discussed, the people below started arguing themselves. If they let them go, they knew what the quarrel would be like.
"Your Majesty, I have something to say!"
At this moment, a sudden voice sounded, and everyone heard the sound and saw that it was Zhang Tingyu, the minister of the study room.
Although Zhang Tingyu is still the minister of Shangshu, he has rarely spoken because of his awkward status in the court. On weekdays, Zhang Tingyu's visit to the court is just a routine matter and basically doesn't speak. Even if Yongzheng directly asked for it, Zhang Tingyu just followed Yongzheng's ideas and said a few words.
But who would have thought that Zhang Tingyu would actually speak on his own initiative when he entered the court. For a moment, everyone's eyes were focused on Zhang Tingyu, even Yongzheng was the same.
Chapter completed!