Chapter 44: Who leads the troops?

"The issue of food and grass, with Uncle Li's promise, is no longer a problem. Netizens will upload it. If you have any concerns about sending troops, you can raise them for discussion."

Yue Su looked around and said loudly again.

"Food and grass are really not a problem." At this time, someone stood up. Yue Su took a look and found that it was Zhang Xianzhong.

"Master Wu, what do you think is the problem?" Yue Su asked.

"The lower official believes that a war against R is by no means simple. The outcome of the war does not depend on a day or night. Although R is a small country, its troops and horses are always strong. If Ming wants to win, I am afraid that it will not be like Lord Yue thinks.

Easy. As we all know, when commanding troops to fight, what matters is the general's single-mindedness, and this is a national war, so we must be more cautious. I want to know who the imperial court will send to lead the troops to attack Japan?" The question raised in the parliament was naturally

You must have some level of proficiency and some achievements. After Zhang Xianzhong finished speaking, all the congressmen present nodded, thinking that this matter is very important. It is easy to get an army, but it is hard to find a general. Seeing Lord Yue's intention, we must fight.

There is no other way. What we are looking at right now is who to send to lead the troops. The Ming Dynasty always used civility to rule the military, and the commanders who commanded the troops were all civilian officials. Looking at the government and the public, there are really not many who can be used.

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"Who will lead the troops is not today's issue. I plan to decide who will be sent to lead the troops after the cabinet has decided on it," Yue Su said.

"Master Yue's words are wrong..." Cao Huachun stood up and said: "We believe that Master Zhang is right. He is not a villain in sending troops, and the person who leads the troops is even more important. The current issue is

, regardless of whether to send troops, who will lead the troops is also included. If there is no suitable candidate, then the defeat will bring disgrace to our Ming Dynasty. At present, there are no people in the government and the public who can command the troops and take on such an important task, except

Apart from Mr. Yue, our family really can’t think of anyone else. However, there are many affairs in the court, and Mr. Yue cannot be allowed to personally command the troops. Therefore, our family agrees with Mr. Zhang’s words and first takes out the person who is commanding the troops. If this person

If you have both ability and political integrity, can lead troops, can dispatch troops, and can win, we will naturally agree. And if Mr. Yue can't think of anyone who can lead troops, then let's not discuss sending troops for the time being until they are selected.

It’s not too late to discuss suitable candidates.”

Zhao Zhi stood up just now, and now Cao Huachun stands up. From this, it is not difficult to see that the Queen Mother attaches great importance to this matter. It seems that she will never start a war easily without being completely sure.

"I do have a candidate here. This man is both civil and military. When he was in office, he resisted the Tatars several times. The battle of Zhangjiakou made it difficult for the Tatars to cross the Great Wall. Some time ago, he led the troops and horses to resist at Laiyuan Fort.

The Tatars crushed the Tatar raid, which can be said to have outstanding achievements, courage and strategy." Yue Su said.

"Your Excellency is talking about Wu Sinan, the Governor of Xuanda," Cao Huachun said.

"Exactly this person." Yue Su nodded.

"There are not many officials in the court who can lead troops. Mr. Wu is a figure. It is indeed possible for him to command the troops. But if he leaves, who will the defense of Xuanda be entrusted to?" Cao Huachun said.

"This is easy to handle. Now that the Ming Dynasty has stopped trading with Menggu, the horse market has also been closed. It is extremely difficult for the Tatars to make a sneak attack. As long as the generals guarding the pass strictly guard the passes and do not open the city gates, it is expected that the Tatars will also fly

But the Great Wall." Yue Su said.

"That's what your Excellency said." Cao Huachun nodded and said: "Originally, who is sent to lead the army is a matter for the cabinet and the Ministry of War. We shouldn't have to ask about it, but when we mentioned this matter just now, we asked more. Mr. Wangyue

Don’t be offended.”

"What my father-in-law just said is right. Starting a war against r and who to send to lead the army can also be regarded as one thing. Now I propose to declare the Governor Wu Sinan as the commander-in-chief of the army. I wonder what you think?" Yue Su said with a smile.

If the troops are defeated this time and the Ming Dynasty gains benefits, no matter who leads the troops, it will all be attributed to Master Yue. However, if the battle is lost, the blame will definitely fall on the commander of the troops. Master Yue recommends Wu Sinan to lead the troops.

, this Wu Sinan himself has some abilities, not to mention, the important thing is that he is an official of Yue Su's party. In this way, in other words, if you win the battle, the credit will be yours, Yue Su's, and if you are defeated, the blame will also fall on you.

You, Yue Su, will carry it.

For a moment, there was a crow in the parliament hall, with only the congressmen sitting there nodding silently.

Seeing that everyone stopped talking, Yue Su said: "Since everyone has no objections, let's start voting now. Just like last time, burn incense first, and after burning the incense, officially vote. Come on, light the incense.

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After the words were settled, the imperial guards brought the incense burner and lit the incense in the burner. Yue Su did not continue to stand on the stage, and returned to his seat to sit down.

In the parliament hall, there was now chattering and whispering. Just like last time, everyone had a good relationship and gathered together to discuss.

The time for a stick of incense finally passed. Yue Su stood up and said loudly: "Everyone, the time is up. Let's start voting now. Those who agree with sending troops should write "Agree"; those who do not agree with sending troops should write "Disapprove".

"Sir Yue, I have a question and I would like to ask you first." At this time, Cheng Yunxiang from the Yiluo Party stood up.

"Do you have any questions?" Yue Su said.

"I want to know how many votes are needed to pass this vote?" Cheng Yunxiang said.

"Of course it's more than half. Since Hong Chengchou, the Minister of War, is in Liaodong and cannot attend this meeting, I have sent someone to say hello to him. He said that his vote will be counted as an abstention. There are a total of 142 people in the meeting.

As long as the number of seats exceeds 71 ​​votes, it will be considered passed." Yue Su said.

"Thank you, sir. I understand." After Cheng Yunxiang finished speaking, he sat back.

"If no one has any more questions, let's start now." Yue Su said, scanning around and seeing that all the members of the House of Representatives had picked up their pens and started writing, he nodded and sat down to write.

After a while, everyone had finished writing their ballots, and the cabinet office staff collected the ballots one by one. All 141 ballots were collected, and they began to read the votes just like last time.

"Agree to go to war, one vote. Voter, Yue Su." "Agree to go to war, two votes. Voter, Liu Ce." "Agree to go to war, three votes. Voter, Zhang Zhenggang."...

The first votes were all from Junyi Party officials, a total of twenty-nine votes, all in favor of war. According to the order, the person who read the votes continued to read, "Agree to war, thirty votes, voters, Qi Shijiao." "Agree."

War begins, thirty-one votes..."...

Officials from the Junyi Party and the Junzuo Party reached an agreement. The two factions together had fifty-two votes, not counting other supporters. The Yiluo Party abstained, Jiang Yueguang abstained, and farmers and workers' MPs also abstained.

A few abstained, but the remaining people all voted in favor, bringing the total number of votes to one hundred and five.

After the staff read out the votes, Yue Su returned to the podium and said loudly: "Today, r's parliament discussed starting a war against r, and it was approved by 105 votes. This session of parliament is over. I will enter now."

Palace, report the results of the council to the emperor. Discuss the expedition for period r. Okay, adjourn the meeting."

The parliament was over. Yue Su entered the palace and met him in the Imperial Study Room, where he reported the situation to Zhang Yan. In fact, the entire process of the parliament had already been reported to Zhang Yan by the young eunuch Liu Minguo sent as quickly as possible, and Zhang Yan was already familiar with it.

After Yue Su informed Zhang Yan, Zhang Yan asked him to make his own decision as to when to send out troops and how to arrange it. It is up to you, Mr. Yue, to decide. After receiving the edict, Yue Su left the imperial study and went to the cabinet first to ask someone to draft the edict.

Summoned Governor-General Wu Sinan to Beijing.

Master Wu is really not in a good mood right now. He originally wanted to do some business, but he lost everything. Although a major case was discovered as a blessing in disguise, the court was too stingy and gave him a verbal reward without saying anything.

A reward of some money or something. Ever since the Tatars withdrew their troops from the Far Fortress, he had been researching ways to earn some legal money over the past few days, but he never came up with it.

It happened that today, an imperial edict came and summoned him to Beijing. He also roughly knew the situation in Beijing, mainly about Japan, but what did this matter have to do with him? Although the content of the parliamentary conversation will be spread soon

When he went out, the imperial edict came too quickly, so he didn't know the key to it.

With curiosity in mind, Wu Sinan embarked on the road to the capital. But this time, he did not go by himself. All three wives followed him. The reason is very simple. The capital is a huhu world, and we have to keep an eye on the spots to avoid getting lost.

Without discipline, he gets into trouble everywhere.

When the family came to the capital, Yue Su arranged for them to stay in his house, and then invited Mr. Wu to the study to talk.

In the study, the two of them were seated separately. The servant brought tea. After they left, Yue Su said: "Taixie, I have called you to Beijing this time because I have something to discuss with you."

"If anything happens, just ask me, sir." Wu Sinan said with a smile.

"This matter is of great importance and must be discussed face to face. The former r council discussed a matter, which was to start a war against r, and now it has been approved. I am interested in letting you lead the troops to r. What do you think?" Yue

Su said.

"Let me lead the troops..." Wu Sinan was shocked and said quickly: "Sir, you know how much the official is worth. If you lead the troops in a war, how can the official be the right one?" After saying this, he shook his head.

It's like playing a lng drum.

"Taixie, you are too humble. You sat in charge of Xuanda and almost crushed the Tatar attack, which shows your talent in commanding troops." Yue Su said.

"That means staying in the city to defend the city. Xiaguan has never left the city to fight a battle. This is completely different from attacking Japan. Besides,...it's not Xiaguan who directs the defense of the city, it's all local defense.

General, the lower-ranking officer has not received any credit at all..." Wu Sinan said again.

There is a saying that goes well, you don’t know whether it’s windy or rainy, and you don’t know how much you eat in one meal. Wu Sinan is self-aware and never talks big, especially in front of Yue Su.

Dare I say it? Now let me go to Japan to fight, and the Japanese are not so easy to mess with. If the command is wrong and the battle is defeated, it will be unlucky. Yang Yishan knows the lessons learned from the past. Furthermore, even if not

If you make a mistake in command, you may not be able to defeat the Japanese. It is better not to get involved in such uncertainties.

"Don't belittle yourself. No one knows how to fight right from birth, and no one is trained bit by bit. You did very well in Zhangjiakou. If you keep sharpening yourself, you will become a great person."

Yue Su said with a smile again.

"My lord, please don't put such a high hat on me. I don't know if my lord is this good. If I really have to lead an army on an expedition, I have to lose my army and generals, which will ruin the prestige of our Ming Dynasty. My lord,

I think you'd better choose Gaoming." Wu Sinan didn't want to follow Yue Su's trick, so he still resigned.

"Choose another Gao Ming, okay, tell me who you want me to choose?" Yue Su said.

Wu Sinan thought about it, and the whole court really couldn't choose a suitable person. Hong Chengchou, the Minister of War, was good at it, but he had already been sent to Liaodong. It seemed that now, except for himself, the Governor of Xuanda, there was really no one. After all, civilians were leading the troops.

, not only qualifications are important, but also having been on the battlefield. It just so happens that I agree with all of these two items.

However, Wu Sinan couldn't just take the job on himself like this. He rolled his eyes and said, "Sir, I think of two candidates, and these two are definitely more suitable than Xiaguan."

"Tell me who it is."

"One is Wu Rumeng, the governor of Shandong. He once went to Henan to suppress bandits, led the troops, and saw large battles. This is much better than the official. The other is the former governor of Shanxi, the current minister of the Ministry of Rites, Dongge University

Mr. Liu Ce Liu, a scholar, needless to mention his qualifications. He commanded local troops and suppressed the Dragon Slayer Gang and rogue bandits successively. He has been in battle for a long time and is much more suitable than a lower official." Wu Sinan said with a smile.

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"Bah, you let Liu Ce go. You can really think of someone and let him go. Why did you just say let me go in person!" Facing Wu Sinan's playful smile, it was really annoying, not angry.

No. But Yue Su understands that you must not be polite to this kind of people, otherwise, you will definitely get slapped in the face. Immediately, Yue Su lowered his face and said: "I have already nominated him in the parliament.

It's up to you to lead the troops to attack r. This is a job you can't even think about. If r enters the palace tomorrow to face the saint, you...should know what to say."
To be continued...