Emperor Chongzhen was waiting, waiting for these ministers who jumped out to oppose to express their opposition, and then set up a trap to dismantle them one by one.

As the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, it is extremely embarrassing and self-defeating to quarrel with a group of ministers on such a grand occasion as the imperial meeting.

Before Banshi returned to the court, Emperor Chongzhen set a bottom line for himself. At any time, as long as it did not involve important plans, he should avoid such behavior as arguing with his ministers.

It would be too shameful for the emperor to end it himself.

Seeing the ministers who jumped out to object, they all stopped talking, and no ministers in the court stood up to second their opinions. Emperor Chongzhen, who was watching with cold eyes, said indifferently: "Have you finished talking?"

"Okay, now that you've finished talking, I'll call on a few ministers to answer your objections one by one. Sun Qing, you go first."

"I accept the decree!"

Faced with the gazes of many ministers, Sun Zushou slowly walked out of the court, faced the hostility of those ministers who opposed it, and walked to the front of the court.

Sun Zushou ignored those ministers who had objections and objected to Emperor Chongzhen, bowing his hands and saying: "Your Majesty, I have taken the post of admiral of the nine gates, and am in charge of the military affairs of the nine inner gates, the seven outer gates, and the loyal and brave army.

The army is stationed at Fengtai Camp.

According to the responsibilities of the leader, if you want to ensure that all gates of the capital and the city's defense preparations are stable, and in the face of unexpected war situations, you can ensure the stability of the order of the capital and prevent the capital from falling into chaos, you need to customize more than 45,000 soldiers.

There are currently more than 27,000 soldiers and horses under the control of the Zhongyong Army. Only relying on these soldiers to shoulder the defense of the capital, I cannot ensure that I fulfill my duties and responsibilities."

Regarding these ministers who jumped out to oppose, Emperor Chongzhen had expected that such a thing would happen before convening this great meeting, so he secretly sent someone to instruct Sun Zushou to act in this way.

In the political environment of "the noble and the military are humble", although there are scholars who encounter soldiers, there is no reason to explain, but whether it is in the court or in a grand occasion such as a court meeting, Sun Zushou is asked to directly talk to these

The civil officials argued that they were not their opponents at all.

Isn’t this what people with a stutter should do to debate questions with contestants?

"Did you hear everything clearly?"

After Sun Zushou finished speaking, Emperor Chongzhen looked indifferent, staring at the group of opposing ministers in front of him, and said: "Do you know about the defense of the capital? Or does Sun Zushou, the nine-door admiral, know?

In front of the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty, who can assure me that it will no longer be possible for our Ming Dynasty to encounter the crisis that the previous dynasty encountered, then I will no longer mention the expansion of the troops under the jurisdiction of the nine admirals.

Who can guarantee this?

And some of you, do you want to say that there are three major battalions in the capital, why do you need to ask the Zhongyong Army under the jurisdiction of the Jiumen Admiral to set up one?

Then I would like to ask you, when the Jianlu invaded the capital and caused shock to the country, could the various performances of the three battalions fulfill their duties of protecting the capital?"

When it comes to the issue of the Gyeonggi Military Region and the Gyeonggi Guard, Emperor Chongzhen will not make any retreat on this matter.

Because he knows better than anyone else that Jianlu did not invade the Ming Dynasty just once. There were several more attacks later. The most powerful attack penetrated the Gyeonggi defense line and even reached Shandong!

Although Emperor Chongzhen was secretly planning his plans in Liaodong, he could not make an absolute guarantee that what he planned would be effective, nor could he guarantee that the anxious Jianlu would invade the Ming Dynasty again.

Ease tensions in Liaodong.

Faced with Emperor Chongzhen's continuous questioning, all the ministers in the Huangji Palace, including those who jumped out to object, fell silent.

How can they guarantee such a thing?

Previously, Yuan Chonghuan shouted the political slogan of five years of pacification of the Liao Dynasty, served as the governor, and took charge of the affairs of the Liao Dynasty. It was said that he would be able to eliminate the following rebels and recover the lost land in Liaodong. For this reason, both the government and the public praised Yuan Chonghuan countless times and echoed what Yuan Chonghuan proposed.

There are many requirements.

The imperial court allocated so much money and food, and even Yuan Chonghuan made a presumptuous act of making false edicts, but in the end it was ignored. But what did he get in exchange?

Jianlu invaded the pass and almost threatened the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

"There's no guarantee, right?"

Seeing that the ministers were silent, Emperor Chongzhen said: "Since we can't guarantee it, then we will act according to the decree. Zhou Qing, come out and tell them why I want to erect the monument to the heroes of the Ming Dynasty!"

"I accept the decree!"

Zhou Yanru hurriedly walked out of the courtroom and bowed his hands, while Wang Qia and Li Banghua, who were beside him, looked shocked. What was going on?

Isn't it their responsibility to handle this matter?

Why didn't the emperor call them, but called Zhou Yanru to come out?

Compared with Wang Qia and Li Banghua's astonished psychological changes, every other minister in the court looked at Zhou Yanru with solemn expressions.

They could not restrict the expansion of the loyal and brave army under the control of the Nine Gate Admirals, but they would definitely not be able to erect a heroic monument for Qiu Ba who died in the battle.

What virtues and abilities do they have, that they can call the country like this?!

"Your Majesty, please erect a monument to the heroes and martyrs of the Ming Dynasty at Chengtian Gate. This is a good strategy to stabilize the government."

Zhou Yanru bowed his hands and said eloquently: "Today, for our Ming Dynasty, there are raging rebels in Liaodong, and there are mob rebellions in Shanxi and Shaanxi. These have become the most serious troubles for our country.

The purpose of erecting the monument to the heroes of the Ming Dynasty is to tell those soldiers who fought on the front line that as long as they fought for the Ming Dynasty to quell the rebellion, even if they died on the battlefield, the court would not forget them, the country would not forget them, and the world would not forget them.

All those who are included in the Monument of Heroes and Martyrs of the Ming Dynasty are loyal to our Ming Dynasty. They have actually participated in countering the rebellion, and are not those who are greedy for life and afraid of death, and are defeated, captured by the rebels, and massacred by thieves and bandits!

To treat such loyal and good people, we should not only send them to the Monument of the Heroes and Martyrs of the Ming Dynasty and call the civil and military officials of the imperial court to see them every day, but also ask them to guard the altar of the Ming Dynasty and the Imperial Ancestral Temple!

The imperial court must provide pensions to their relatives and widows, and support these loyal and kind orphans to demonstrate the majesty of our dynasty!"

At the end of Zhou Yanru's speech, his emotions became high, as if this speech was really his idea. Emperor Chongzhen was very satisfied with Zhou Yanru's performance.

"Did you hear everything clearly?"

Emperor Chongzhen stood up, holding the Emperor's Sword in his hand, and walked forward slowly, "Not everyone can enter the Ming Dynasty Heroes Monument, only those athletes who died fighting for the country can enter.

Moreover, after listening to what Zhou Qing said, I felt that it was not enough. The people who fought the rebellion for our Ming Dynasty were not only the able men of our Ming Dynasty, but also good ministers and powerful generals.

Those who died in the battle to suppress the rebellion should be put into the temple and set up biographies for future generations to pay homage to. Therefore, I decided to choose a site outside the Ming Dynasty Gate to build the Ming Dynasty Heroes and Martyrs Temple.

The construction of monuments to the heroes and martyrs' temples does not require the allocation of money and food from the national treasury, but is directly allocated from internal funds. Who agrees with this good strategy for stabilizing the country and the dynasty? Who is opposed?"

Previously, Emperor Chongzhen only considered erecting monuments to the Ming Dynasty heroes who died in battle, so as to gradually reverse the Ming Dynasty's political ecology of "the nobles were noble and the military was low". However, after listening to Zhou Yanru impassionedly reciting what he had written, he suddenly thought of

, since I have already taken this step, why can't I take it one step further?

After all, those who fight on the front lines and battlefields are mostly generals commanding troops, while those civil servants who control them are mostly hiding behind the battlefield.
Chapter completed!