As soon as this statement was made, it proved that Longqing had developed a sense of fear.

Longqing was not a brave king, but in essence he was an emperor who was greedy for pleasure. He not only cared about his own wealth and glory, but also had the country he passed down from his ancestors.

But Lin Shiran said something reasonable. He thought that he might become the king of the country. Even if he was originally on the side of Xu Jie, even if Mandariwa's slender waist was twisted when he danced, he would not be able to do so.

Don't re-weight the choice.

That's why Longqing did not yawn on the dragon throne, but rarely raised his back and cared about political affairs and attached importance to the magical flintlock rifle.

Seeing Long Qing's reaction, Xu Jie immediately stood up and said, "Gei Master Lin, you are obviously exaggerating! The battle between the two armies has always been about all aspects such as military strength, combat formation and tactics. How can we be unique in weapons?

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good!

Many officials in the hall have more or less been exposed to military books, including many officials with deep military skills, but they nodded and agreed with Xu Jie's statement.

No matter how powerful the flintlock rifle is, it is just a weapon, but it cannot control the situation of the war. What plays a decisive role is the use of the commander's military strategy, military morale and logistics support.

Longqing couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw Xu Jie stand up and oppose clearly. It turned out that Lin Xu Ran was exaggerating and couldn't help but look at Lin Xu Ran curiously.

"Gemaster Xu, since you understand military affairs so well, why have you never been in charge of border affairs?" Lin Junran asked indifferently when facing Xu Jie's command.

this……

Ma Sen and other officials were stunned at first, and then they couldn't help but smile and turned their heads to look at Xu Jie.

In terms of status and qualifications, Lin Qingran is naturally far inferior to Xu Jie. In terms of military capabilities, especially in the face of Lin Qingran's outstanding military achievements, a hundred Xu Jies were less than Lin Qingran's.

This is true. In the military field, Lin Weiran undoubtedly has more say, but it gives people the illusion of "bullying the small with the big".

Xu Jie was questioned by Lin Qiran in front of all the civil and military officials in the court, and he was angry and sarcastic: "As a minister of the Hanlin Academy, I naturally have to study how to assist the emperor in handling government affairs, but I am not like Lin Ge Lao.

Such an omnipotent person has such a strong obsession with military power!"

The word "military power" is very serious. He is undoubtedly a silly suggestion of Lin Shi's fact that he now holds military power, and is suspected of provoking Lin Shi's relationship with Longqing.

Long Qing could no longer hear the profound meaning of Xu Jie's words, but he looked at Lin Qingran curiously, wanting to know whether it was Lin Qingran's alarmist or whether the flintlock rifle was as concerned about the survival of the Ming Dynasty as Lin Qingran said.

Like the officials in the hall, he suddenly realized that Lin Xuran was a military genius that was rare in the Ming Dynasty in a century, and Lin Xuran's views were undoubtedly more authoritative.

Although Xu Jie has a higher status and older qualifications, he has never been involved in military affairs, which is suspected of relying on his seniority.

"The military views of the emperor, Yang Bo and others are actually above the ministers, but has the emperor ever thought: Why can the ministers lead their troops to win repeatedly? From the pacification of the Three Color Gang in western Guangdong to the annihilation of the Nanmen Victory in Guangzhou, from the establishment of maritime trade, to the presidency of the Guangzhou Nanmen Victory

More than 2,000 Japanese pirates have never been defeated since they fought against the Tartars. How is it different from them?" Lin Weiran ignored Xu Jie's sarcasm and asked seriously in front of Long Qing.

this……

When the officials in the hall heard the question raised by Lin Weiran, they had to think seriously.

If we really want to talk about the art of war, it is probably the kind of old man like Yang Bo who has been studying for decades more thoroughly. Even Xu Jie's theoretical level is above Lin Qingran.

But just as they were, officials such as Yang Bo could only passively defend and did not even dare to fight head-on with the Mongolian cavalry, but Lin Shiran defeated the Tartars.

From this we can see that no matter how high the theoretical level of this military strategy is, it is useless. The real decisive role is the personal unique insights and application of military strategy.

However, Long Qing couldn't turn around, and his face looked at Lin Qingran with a daze, looking very helpless.

"Emperor, what Mr. Xu just said was just a copy, just like Zhao Kuo, who talked about military affairs on paper. The reason why the minister was able to win repeatedly was that he was not limited to the military book, but weighed every variable. Not to mention that he decided the outcome.

The flintlock rifle, even a rain in the valley above, can directly influence the battle situation!" Lin Weiran looked at Long Qing with a blank eyes and explained earnestly.

Longqing liked some allusions, but he knew that Zhao Tian and Zhuge Liang, who were talking about war on paper, almost burned Sima Yi to death in Shangfanggu, nodded as if they were enlightened.

Xu Jie has never led troops to fight a war. He is indeed like Zhao Tian who talks about war on paper. As for Lin Qinran, he is like Zhuge Liang, who can control all aspects of the war, and thus becomes the ever-winning general of the Ming Dynasty.

As soon as he thought of this, he knew that Lin Weiran's words were more worthy of belief, and the craftsmanship of the flintlock rifle could not fall into Altan's hands.

asshole!

Xu Jie was so angry that his face turned blue, but he couldn't continue to defend Lin Xuran, but he cursed in disgust.

His military attainments were indeed far inferior to Lin Fengran, and he had no capital to compare with this jade-faced fox with outstanding military achievements in military theory, not to mention that he was the first eloquent Ming Dynasty who did not talk about martial ethics.

That's right, he knew that even if Lin Weiran was exaggerating and deliberately exaggerating the role of the flintlock rifle in war, he could only pinch his nose and admit it.

However, many officials in the hall thought about Lin Shiran's views seriously and found that Lin Shiran's views were very reasonable. They couldn't help but stand silently on the other end of Lin Shiran.

"Your Majesty, I am not an exaggeration. The flintlock rifle is the weapon of our Ming Dynasty to defeat the enemy! If the flintlock rifle is stolen and successfully imitated by the Tartars, our army's advantage will no longer exist, and it is likely to repeat the mistakes that were repeatedly suppressed back then.

, Please pay attention to this matter." Lin Qingran saw that Xu Jie was speechless, and he also once again stated the important role of the flintlock rifle to Longqing.

Longqing couldn't help but nodded solemnly, realizing the importance of the flintlock rifle, and also made up his mind not to let the flintlock rifle fall into Altan's hands.

Zou Yinglong saw Lin Junran getting out of trouble, but stood up and protested: "Gei Master Lin, I think you are obviously exaggerating! Don't say whether the flintlock rifle has such a miraculous effect as you said, even if one or two samples really fall into me

It is impossible for them to easily imitate the answer!”

Huh?

When many officials in the hall heard Zou Yinglong's remarks, they were stunned at first, and then looked at the Dali Temple Minister who was born in the Tao with complicated eyes.

Kedao's origin is easy, but it is also a bad thing. For example, this time, Zou Yinglong dared to challenge Lin Qinran directly, but he lacked the caution of ordinary officials' words and actions.

"Zou Siqing, as far as I know, Altan has now imitated our Ming Dynasty musket! You have protected the Tartars repeatedly and repeatedly, and even covered the Tartars' intention to buy flintlock rifles.

Do you want to be the eternal sinner of the Ming Dynasty?" Guo Pu grabbed Zou Yinglong's misconduct and immediately stood up and scolded him directly.

"Zou Siqing, don't you understand the principle of preventing problems before they happen?"

"Zou Siqing, if they really get the flintlock rifle this time, you can't escape the blame!"

"Mr. Zou, according to your statement, can our Ming Dynasty give them a few flintlock guns so that you can be a traitor?"

...

When Ma Sen and other officials saw Zou Yinglong revealing flaws, they also grabbed Zou Yinglong and questioned them.

"I...I don't mean that!" Zou Yinglong faced the attacks of Guo Pu and others, and didn't know what to do for a moment, so he immediately cleared up.

Guo Pu looked at Zou Yinglong coldly, but did not intend to continue attacking, so he bowed to Longqing and said, "Emperor, the envoy of Altan actually planned Khan Naji's flintlock rifle in the Ming Dynasty, and now he is lucky to have the crown scarfing master.

It was discovered that although Guanqinbao hit the messenger Khannaji with his hand, Guanqinbao was guarding the country's guns. He also asked not to listen to the villain's words, so he punished Guanqinbao for this matter!"

At this point, Lin Pingchang was already completely wiped out, and at the same time, he naturally washed away the accusation that Lin Qingran had protected his sister.

"I'm going to discuss it!"

This time, not only were people from the Lin Party, but also the nobles such as Xu Yande, the Duke of Dingguo, also stood up immediately, and the voices rang out throughout the Golden Palace.

Xu Jie's brows frowned slightly, and he looked at Lin Liangran thoughtfully.

Regardless of whether it was this kid's layout, starting from walking Khan Naji into the alley because of the flintlock rifle, all the accusations of Zou Yinglong are no longer lethal.

In the face of the safety of the country, Lin usually teaches a lesson for a ill-intentioned Khan Naji. Although it is a rude thing, it is even more of a meritorious thing.

That's why Zou Yinglong's attack did not cause the expected harm to Lin Qingran, but instead made Lin Pingchang get a small contribution for no reason.

Longqing had a good impression of Lin Pingchang, but he glanced at Zou Yinglong, who was causing trouble, and immediately agreed happily: "Authentication!"

As soon as these words were said, Zou Yinglong's attack disappeared invisible, not only did not have any impact on Lin Pingchang, but he could not even touch a single hair of Lin Qingran.

Zhang Juzheng looked at all this silently, and his eyes finally fell on Lin Qinran. Combined with his son's report last night, he found that everything was already under Lin Qinran's control.

In a vaguely, he had a feeling: although his teacher defeated Yan Song and others through forbearance and other methods, he was not the opponent who was as sharp as Hailin Wenkui.

"The emperor is wise!" Guo Pu and others immediately said complimentingly.

The matter has come to an end, and everyone's eyes can't help but fall to the six doctors and the censors of the Kedao behind. However, the Right Tongzheng Envoy was about to stand up and retreated.

Surprisingly, there was a sudden movement ahead.

Lin Weiran, who was standing in the forefront, had a solemn expression, but stood up and said loudly: "Emperor, war is the weapon of the country, and the flintlock spear is even more so! Altan is a wolf-like ambitious person. Now my Ming Dynasty discusses with him, and I dare not

Oppose the resolution of the emperor and the chief minister! It is just that one must be guarded against others. I beg the Ministry of War to check the things he brought away, strictly investigate the smuggling of Shanxi and Mongolia, and order the Ministry of Justice to increase the punishment for smuggling in case Altan beats him

The craftsmanship of the flintlock rifle was stolen by the tribute banners!”

The officials in the hall turned their heads and looked at Lin Xuran in front of them. When they heard Lin Xuran suddenly throw out the proposal, they couldn't help but nodded gently.

After all, flintlock rifles are so important. Now, it is reasonable to strengthen inspections of the things carried by the tribute missions or crack down on the smuggling activities of Shanxi merchants.

this……

However, Zhang Juzheng heard the profound meaning of this proposal and looked at Lin Weiran with complicated eyes.

When they tried to fix their relationship with Altan before, Lin Weiran used the flintlock rifle as the initiator to strengthen contacts with Altan.

Based on this kind of strict defense atmosphere, it is almost impossible for them to trade with Altan, even if they want to open a horse market.

Obviously, when he realized that the peace talks were unstoppable, Lin Weiran was not obsessed with stopping the peace talks, but focused on sniping their next goal of trading.

I have to admit that Lin Qingran has been in this position for more than ten years in the officialdom, and is able to compete with his old fox-like teacher, but his wisdom is indeed unparalleled in the world.

"Damn it!"

When Xu Jie heard Lin Weiran throwing out this proposal, he immediately became so angry that his face turned pale and cursed inwardly.

I thought I was sure to win this time, so I first made a tribute peace with Altan, and then slowly planned to start a trade with Altan.

But they never expected that when they had just made a small step forward, Lin Qingran had moved two mountains to directly block their way forward.

Now, he is in an unfavorable situation, but he is facing a new pressure.
To be continued...