Jingren Palace, outside study room.
Unlike the passionate feelings during the morning court meeting, the study room was quite deserted at this time. Except for Emperor Guangde who was accused of reviewing memorials here, only the cabinet chief He Tiren and the Minister of War Lu Yanbin were present.
Minister of War Lu Yanbin stood in the middle, speaking with a sarcastic policy and many other details such as logistics supplies.
He Tiren was old after all and was an important minister of the chief minister, so he was given a square stool and placed it on the lower left side of the imperial case.
At this time, He Tiren was bent down and hunched on the square stool. His loose eyelids almost covered his eyes. The little eunuch inside stared at him for a long time, but he couldn’t tell whether he was awake or a dream.
After about two quarters of an hour, Lu Yanbin’s long speech came to an end.
He bowed slightly and asked the emperor for instructions: “Your Majesty, this is the response strategy of the Ministry of War adjusted according to the emergency report of the Southern Xinjiang. Should it be submitted to the cabinet immediately? The cabinet masters will further discuss it. Please ask Your Majesty to judge.”
Emperor Guangde pondered for a while, but turned his eyes to He Tiren: “What does He Pavilion Master think?”
He Tiren, who was originally like a clay-shaped wooden sculpture, immediately stood up from the square stool as if he was triggered by the mechanism, bowed and said: “The Ministry of War’s strategy is considered to be appropriate in detail. There is nothing wrong with it in general, but…”
“Just how?”
“The old minister thought that choosing the three-country coalition forces of Xixiang, Wu Ke and Mango as a breakthrough was wise, but the matter of pursuing victory afterwards is worth discussing.”
“Gei Master!”
When Lu Yanbin heard this, he couldn’t help but question: “The country of Qianxiang is not as steadfast as the other four countries. It has been under the jurisdiction of our Great Zhou for more than 30 years. The road is smooth and the language is unobstructed. There are also people who are close to our Great Zhou within.”
“Although the strategy of pursuing victory is not foolproof, but you only need to make steady progress and make a full contribution!”
“Once you take down the country of Qianxiang, it will not only shock the remaining four countries, but also attack on both sides, causing the Zhenla Kingdom to lose its leadership!”
“It seems like this, but I don’t know what is wrong?”
Although the chief minister of the cabinet is of high power, the Minister of War is not a response to the cabinet.
What’s more, this strategy was personally hosted by Lu Yanbin and was made with great effort based on the consultations summarized by all parties. How could He Tiren deny it in a few words?
He Tiren heard him defending repeatedly, and finally asked himself again. The old face that was like a terrace became more and more warm. He smiled and bowed, “Don’t worry, this strategy is nothing wrong with military affairs, but…”
Speaking of this, He Tiren suddenly stopped.
But it turned out to be the eunuch Qiu Shi’an, who walked in with a memorial.
He bent down and placed the memorial on the imperial desk. He made a move to retreat aside, but suddenly stopped and hesitated for a while before reporting in a low voice: “Your Majesty, this is a joint memorial from Jia Yucun, the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture, and Sun Shaozong, the young minister of Dali Temple – the war in the southern Xinjiang.”
Emperor Guangde had not seen the memorial at first. After all, there are at least fifty or sixty memorials accumulated on his imperial desk.
But when I heard that it was Jia Yucun and Sun Shaozong who were jointly commenting, and the war in the southern Xinjiang was also reported, I felt “interest” and took the memorial into my hand and swept it a little at first glance.
After reading it, the emperor showed a playful smile on his face, gently put the memorial back on the table, and looked up and asked, “Two dear friends, do you know what is written in this memorial?”
Lu Yanbin heard this and waited for He Tiren to speak. Unexpectedly, after waiting for a long time, he did not see the other party stand out. Instead, the emperor pointed out his own name.
Lu Yanbin had no choice but to frown and guess: “Although Sun Shaoqing is a civil servant, he is a martial artist in the end, and he has just quelled the Huguang rebellion – is it Jia Shilang, who wants to recommend him to serve before the army?”
Although Jia Yucun was given the title of Minister of War, Lu Yanbin really didn’t work with him much.
As for Sun Shaozong…
Although he has returned from a great victory now, his impression of Sun Shaozong is still not separated from the word “reckless”.
Therefore, there are the following speculations.
When Emperor Guangde smiled unanimously when he heard Lu Yanbin’s words, he turned to look at He Tiren: “What do you think?”