When they entered the palace and saw two tables with maps on them in the middle of the palace, and Zhang Zhou and the emperor standing almost side by side, they had doubts about "doesn't this guy understand the rules?" But then they

After thinking about it, what happened to Zhang Zhou cannot be inferred using common sense.

"The Qing family members have arrived just in time. Bingkuan is about to analyze the current situation in Liaodong with me. You should come over and listen together! No need to salute."

As long as Zhang Zhou is here, the etiquette of the emperor and his ministers will be exempted.

Several people moved forward to gather together.

When they see that map, they will feel dizzy. Those who have never studied geography will feel that it is like a heavenly book when they see this kind of thing at first glance.

Then Zhang Zhou pointed out several areas on it and explained it a little by comparing distances. All six ministers present became "understood instantly".

"The terrain of Ningyuan is very special. If you chase us from here for only forty or fifty miles at most, you will encounter mountains and so on. You must retreat." Zhang Zhou said, "It seems that most of the results of the battle occurred under Ningyuan City. I want to do it again. Be aggressive, unless you are leading troops to attack the grassland."

Li Dongyang asked the previous question again: "In your opinion, should our Ming border troops be allowed to recover the grassland?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Zhouyi knew that he was testing himself. He smiled and said, "It's not impossible!"

Li Dongyang glared at him.

It seems to be saying, you kid, if I give you a pole, you can climb up, right?

Zhu Youtang asked seriously: "Bingkuan, what do you think the chances of winning are if we send troops into the grassland now?"

"Your Majesty..." Liu Jian wanted to cool down the emperor's mind again.

Zhang Zhou said: "Your Majesty, the so-called chance of victory should be limited to one time and one place, and should not be the overall battle situation. At present, marching into the grassland still does more harm than good, and our three armies are currently equipped with few new artillery. The next step is to take The new weapons that have come out are still under development and cannot be put to use yet."

"Yes, that's right."

Zhu Youtang seemed to be full of expectations about sending troops to the grassland before, but after hearing Zhang Zhou's words, he suddenly felt that not sending troops was the right thing to do.

Several ministers looked at each other.

They all seemed to see that the current emperor seemed to have no independent opinion and was completely led by Zhang Zhou.

But the problem is... they haven't been able to remind the emperor that doing this is wrong. Even they themselves feel... Zhang Bingkuan is really a bit evil. It's okay to have Wang Weining in the first battle. You can't win with famous generals. , but Ning Yuan used a group of shrimp soldiers and crab generals, and he could still achieve a great victory?

Zhu Youtang said: "My intention is to allocate money and food to supervise the construction of some powerful long-range cannons. What do you think?"

Liu Jiandao: "Your Majesty, should these matters be discussed in court?"

Zhang Maoze said with a smile: "Is it possible that there will be opposition in the court or in the inner court to things that benefit the country and the people?"

This moment left Liu Jian speechless.

Regardless of the cost of building the artillery, judging from the effectiveness of the artillery in the Battle of Ningyuan, it must be built. It depends on how much it is built. This depends not only on the Ming Dynasty's abundant financial resources, but also on Zhang Zhou's design. The division's capabilities and level, if technical support was not provided last week, there would be no way to build artillery.

Zhu Youtang did not intend to discuss this in detail with the ministers. He said that he wanted to create true creation.

As Zhang Mao said, do you ministers have to find reasons to object to this kind of thing?

"In my opinion, Bingkuan will be responsible for building new cannons. The imperial court will not interfere with how he builds them. According to the cost, the imperial court can purchase them from him." Zhu Youtang put forward his own opinion.

"His Majesty……"

Now even Zhang Mao felt that the emperor was giving Zhang Zhou both power and money.

The other civil servants would naturally oppose it together.

Dai Yize explained from the side: "The craftsmen used are all from the imperial court. How to make it is decided by Mr. Zhang, and the cost will naturally be calculated. Mr. Zhang has no intention of using the cannon for other purposes. The craftsmen are all Without leaving the capital, if the court does not use Mr. Zhang... no one in the court can complete the task of casting steel."

Xie Qian smiled and said: "You mean, in this world, except for Zhang Zhuangyuan, no one else can accomplish it? Even with his guidance?"

Zhu Youtang said: "Xie Qing's family, do you have any objection to this?"

"I...don't dare."

Xie Qian originally wanted to continue to question a few more words.

But the emperor's tone was wrong, and he would give up as soon as he got good.

"From the mighty sky gunpowder to the mighty long-range cannon, they were all made by the Zhang Qing family. His role in the two battles of Pianguan and Ningyuan is irreplaceable. I will give him the merits of the battle of Pianguan." He noted it down, if I want to grant him a title, will any of the ministers have any objections?"

Zhu Youtang was also unambiguous.

In the battle at Piantou Pass, you still think that Wang Weining's tactical use made more contributions, and Zhang Zhou only played a supporting role.

In addition, Zhang Zhou was just a civil servant at that time and did not participate much in the big discussion of that battle, so you still don't trust him.

Now that he is a Jinshi, with two consecutive meritorious achievements, it is not too much to give him a title, right?

"I second the proposal." Zhang Maoxian expressed his opinion.

But no matter how you listen to it, Zhang Mao's tone sounds sour.

Before he wanted to make an alliance with Zhang Zhou, he felt that there was no conflict of interest between him and Zhang Zhou. There would be no conflict if one was a civil servant and the other was a military officer, and each got what he needed. But if Zhang Zhou also got the title, the result might be It will be different.

But in this situation, Zhang Mao had to side with Zhang Zhou.

Ma Wensheng chose silence at the critical moment.

Because he had no reason to object.

Liu Jiandao: "Your Majesty, matters of meritorious service should have been discussed in the court. Regardless of Zhang Zhou's credit in this battle, he did not personally lead his troops to fight the enemy hard, nor did he perform any meritorious deeds in front of the battle. This is the first of its kind. Opened……"

"Do Liu Qing's family want to object?" Zhu Youtang looked unhappy.

Why do you target whoever I want to use?

Liu Jian said helplessly: "We still need to discuss it again."

"Haha." Zhu Youtang sneered, "I understand what you mean. Ningyuan's battle results will have to wait for further reports, and people will be sent to check to see if there are any false reports. As for those who kill good people and take merit. Zhu Zhijie shouldn't be able to do this."

This point was also recognized by several civil servants present.

Killing good people and taking credit for their merits is usually done by local veteran Youzi.

The local military generals have been in business for many years and are sure that no one will report them. They have high security and can find a scapegoat to do this kind of thing.

If Zhu Feng has accomplished great merits, and yet he goes to kill good people and take credit for them... unless Zhu Feng is tired of living.

It seems that Zhu Feng is too stupid to do such a thing.

Zhu Youtang said: "The pursuit of Ningyuan in the first battle is of little value. All the results of the battle should be reported before tomorrow morning. At that time, I will discuss the merits and reward them. I will first confer Zhu Zhijie as the Marquis of Anbian, and then for Bing Kuan discusses merits, you gentlemen should have no objections, right?"

Even Liu Jian and Li Dongyang were silent now.

Even if it is just for the current achievement of killing and capturing six to seven hundred Duoyan cavalry, it is enough to confer a marquis title on Zhu Feng, not to mention that there may be more in the future.

As for Zhang Zhou...it's not about whether there is a precedent for Zhang Zhou's reward for his merits, but that the emperor insists on setting this precedent.

The emperor insisted on awarding someone, but the ministers really couldn't stop him.
Chapter completed!