After roughly determining the martial law in the Gyeonggi Province, there is not much to discuss in the remaining Northwest War.

The basic consensus is that the battle in the northwest should not be expanded, and it should be stopped in time. As for Chen Xi's life or death, no one cares about it.

From the emperor down, including Xie Qian, everyone felt that Chen Xi was afraid of fighting in Xuanfu, but they didn't know that what Chen Xi was facing now was the absolute superiority of the Tatars. If they were not dealing with it properly, they could even collapse the Ming Dynasty.

Li Dongyang wrote a "Some Suggestions on the Northwest Army" in advance, and told Zhu Youzhang in public. In summary, there are the following items.

The first is the army and horses from all directions in the northwest, cooperating with Liu Daxia to advance to Ningxia Town, and ordering Datong Town, Xuanfu Town, Taiyuan Town and other places to work together to prepare for the recovery of Yulin Fencheng and the fortresses around Yansui Town.

The second article is to reduce the military payroll in the Northwest, and carry out a series of measures to safeguard the people in the Jiubian area. At the same time, it is stipulated that merchants transport materials to stabilize prices and do not profit from them.

Article 3 is to ask for rewards for those who have made meritorious military service in the northwest, punish civil officials and military generals who have lost their territory, and officials who are inaction and have no efforts to do so will be punished as delaying military operations, from exile, dismissal to demotion, warning, etc., to form a complete reward and punishment system. No one person can be rewarded for one contribution, nor can one person can be held accountable for one mistake without being investigated.

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Li Dongyang was far-sighted and did not reveal his own way of formulating the charter. He took out such a Northwest military strategy after repeated consideration at home. It was difficult for others to find fault.

If you come from the perspective of the real end of the war, Li Dongyang's strategy is correct, it is nothing more than seeking stability, so that the court can achieve a smooth transition after the war is over, resettle northwest refugees as soon as possible, and restore people's livelihood in the Jiubian area.

Unfortunately, Li Dongyang made plans and suggestions without getting more war reports, relying solely on one-sided news, and ignored the key one, that is, the Northwest War has not ended at all, but has entered a critical node, and the key is the survival of Xuanfu Town.

Even the Tatars have an absolute advantage at present. Once the Great Wall outside Xuanfu Town and several of its own Dacha cities fall, the capital of the Ming Dynasty will be fatally threatened. However, because the Tatars tightly blocked the intelligence, the court did not know that Xuanfu Town was facing a life-and-death crisis.

Li Dongyang’s memorial was published with many entries, and Xie Qian was extremely unhappy when he heard this.

Because there was something involved in Shen Xi, he believed that the punishment clause proposed by Li Dongyang was aimed at Chen Xi... Chen Xi was timid after leading troops to fight. Li Dongyang believed that the deterioration of the situation in the northwest war was related to Chen Xi's poor rescue.

After reading Li Dongyang's memorial, Zhu Youting fell silent. It seemed that the emperor was thinking, but in fact, Zhu Youting was already very tired at this time and did not want to express any opinions on this memorial.

Xiao Jing, who was standing beside him, was the only one who could face the emperor among the people present. He opened the curtain and came forward and asked, "Your Majesty, Master Li has explained, is Your Majesty accurate or not?"

Zhu Youzhang reluctantly opened his eyes and waved his hand slightly, but he didn't say anything, but Xiao Jing saw that the emperor was so tired that he had no strength to speak. He nodded consciously, walked out of the curtain tent, and said respectfully:

"Your Majesty has approved the request of Grand Secretary Li. You guys, go back and rest first. Your Majesty is in peace. You don't have to bow and say goodbye to your back. Let Your Majesty rest more!"

Li Dongyang originally wanted to say something, but looking at Zhu Youting's physical condition, he bowed consciously and followed Xie Qian and others to leave the Ganqing Palace.

After leaving the palace gate, Ma Wensheng sighed: "Your Majesty is now in a state of trouble, but he is still working hard for state affairs. We should be more diligent in self-discipline!"

When he heard it was just a scene, Zhang Mao smiled and said "yes". Zhang Heling didn't want to pretend to be hypocritical in front of Ma Wensheng, and Li Dongyang had no intention of being in a match.

Now that the person who should leave the palace is going to go back to the yamen office, Xie Qian caught up with Li Dongyang a few steps and asked: "Sir Li, you are sincere in preventing Chen Xi from returning to the court, right?"

Li Dongyang's advice was not understood by others, but Xie Qian could understand it because Xie Qian felt that Li Dongyang's previous suggestions meant to target Chen Xi.

Li Dongyang looked at Xie Qian in a sideways and asked, "Is Yu Qiao's words arrogance? As a minister, how can you easily talk about the advice of outsiders?"

Li Dongyang and Xie Qian are both cabinet ministers, and their relationship is the best. It is difficult to see a quarrel in the Qing Dynasty. Liu Jian is not there, and others are not worthy of persuading others. Ma Wensheng and Zhang Mao are both self-protection people. As for Zhang Heling, they are happy to read jokes and will not actively get involved in this matter.

"Chen Xi did advance slowly after sending troops, but he had submitted a memorial before, saying that Xuanfu Town's defense is the top priority of the nine-sided defense. He would work together to guard Xuanfu. How could this be inaction as you said?" Xie Qian said angrily.

In a fit of anger, Xie Qian said the content of the private message Chen Xi wrote to him, and directly pointed out the precautions for Xuanfu Town.

Before Xie Qian came forward, the court had not taken the matter in front of it. Only Chen Xi wrote a reply, saying that he wanted to call the army around the capital to assist Xuanfu.

If Chen Xi made achievements on three sides, and the command of the troops and horses everywhere was so prosperous, which made the court look very popular. He wanted to invite reinforcements, and the court would allow him to ask for help without thinking. However, the court felt that Chen Xi did not dare to go west because of his cowardice. As for asking for reinforcements, many people thought that Chen Xi was just making excuses for his cowardice and incompetence.

Chen Xi's memorial was suppressed for a day in the Tongzheng and Envoy Department. Because the emperor was seriously ill and had no intention of reviewing the memorial, Chen Xi's memorial was not presented to the emperor in accordance with the specifications of the expedited documents that night.

The next day, the cabinet chief Liu Jian personally drafted the bill and sent it to the Sili Supervisor. Xiao Jing did not pay attention to this matter, so he kept the memorial and refused to post it.

Xie Qian tried his best to finally know this matter, and tried his best to finally read Chen Xi's memorial and understood the reasons, but for the sake of stability in the court, he never told him about it.

"Yu Qiao, what are you talking about... what's going on with Xuanfu Town?" Li Dongyang didn't agree, but Ma Wensheng asked.

Only then did Xie Qian realize that he had made a mistake. He thought that Chen Xi was making excuses for him before, so after seeing Chen Xi's memorial and private messages, he thought that Liu Jian's point of view should be adopted, just not to make the matter public, so as not to laugh at Chen Xi, and he, the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, could not be spared.

But now Li Dongyang is going to pursue Chen Xi's serious crime of "inaction". Xie Qian raised this matter in a hurry, mainly to prove that Chen Xi clearly "has done" after leaving the frontier.

Although in Xie Qian's own opinion, this defense seemed far-fetched.

Xie Qian said: "Chin Xi'an had previously reported to the court, saying that the Tatars might invade Xuanfu and threaten the stability of the capital. Even though his prediction was not accurate, it just means that the border war was not over. Is it too early to care about Chen Xi'an's charge?"

Li Dongyang still said nothing, but he didn't seem to let it go, judging by his attitude.

Ma Wensheng said cautiously: "Speaking of this, it seems that there has been no news from Xuanfu Town for many days. Could it be that there is really an emergency?"

Zhang Mao said with a smile: "Shu Ma is too worried. If war breaks out, how can he arrive in the capital without a war report? There is no news, it is just the good news. After this trouble, the border will be quelled soon. Don't worry about sending troops to the grassland again, otherwise the people will suffer!"

Li Dongyang seemed extremely impatient, but Zhang Heling said inadvertently: "If Xuanfu is in danger, martial law will probably be required around the capital!"

Zhang Mao was originally laughing, but his face froze when he heard this. Zhang Mao had a good temper among the ministers. As a hereditary Duke, he had been in charge of military power for many years and had always adhered to the principle that no offenses were offended by each side. However, he was very disgusted with the Zhang brothers and dispatched the people in the Beijing camp. He actually took advantage of the opportunity of garrisoning the city gate to release goods into the city without authorization. While hoarding goods, it also added unstable factors in the city.

Xie Qian said: "The martial law in the capital is the hardship, and the people suffer. If the border soldiers continue to stop for a day, the people will suffer for a day. The child in Chenxi is young and energetic and quite conceited. If he really thinks that Xuanfu is in trouble, he might be stationed in the Xuanfu. Xuanfu is related to the safety of the capital, and it is not a bad thing to station the Xuanfu. What does Grand Secretary Li think?"

Li Dongyang curled his lips: "If what Yu Qiao said is true, you can understand Chen Xi's painstaking efforts to ensure the safety of the capital. But if the Northern invaders did not invade the Xuanfu, what should I do?"

Xie Qian retorted: "There has not been news for many days. Doesn't it just prove that the Northern Invaders' soldiers have taken action?"

The two were quarreling and quarreling, and Ma Wensheng persuaded: "It's too early to talk about it now. You might as well wait for a few days, or send a letter to inquire about the movements in Chen Xi's army before making a conclusion!"

While the few people were talking, they arrived at the gate of Wenyuan Pavilion. Originally, Ma Wensheng and others should not have gone in, but they expected that there might be war reports coming to the border, so they had to go in and check first before leaving.

Before entering the country, officials from the Tongzheng Envoy Department sent more than a dozen memorials. Li Dongyang carefully selected the memorials in front of Ma Wensheng and others, and found out the war reports sent by military towns such as Juyong Pass, Zijing Pass, Taiyuan Town, and Datong Town.

Li Dongyang submitted the battle report to Xie Qian. The meaning was very obvious. This is the battle report about Xuanfu, you can take it to read it yourself.

Xie Qian took the war report and just glanced at it and found that it was a guard report sent by Xuanfu around him. Although it was not from Xuanfu Town itself, there was no war around him. Could it be that Xuanfu was the only one in trouble? This means that the news report of Chenxi is not true!

"There should be no Tatar invasion in Xuanfu!"

After reading it, Ma Wensheng said something, which was equivalent to making a judgment.

Xie Qian's face became extremely ugly. Originally, the Xuanfu was stable, which was a good thing for the court, but there was no war report, which meant that Chen Xi could not excuse him.

Now Xie Qian hopes that a large number of Tatar cavalry will invade around Xuanfu. Chen Xi’s judgment is accurate, not only does Chen Xi not make any mistakes, but has made contributions.

"I will ignore the declaration of merit rewards and punishments!"

Xie Qian did what he said. Since what Chen Xi said was not true, he no longer interfered in Li Dongyang's investigation.
Chapter completed!