The main hall of the Ganqing Palace.

Zhu Youzing looked at the civil servants and generals attending the meeting below and asked, "You guys think that how should the court dispatch local troops to quell the rebellion?"

Zhang Yanling suddenly spoke: "I said Grand Secretary Li, now Shen Xi has led his troops to northern Guangxi. There is no need to replace the troops at this time, right?"

Zhang Yanling spoke regardless of time or occasion, and had no respect for the second assistant of the cabinet, so that although his words were reasonable, no one was willing to pay attention to him. Only Li Dongyang refuted it seriously:

"Huguang soldiers should stay in Huguang territory. Why do you want to go to Guangxi? Besides, the official roads between Huguang and Guangxi are completely cut off, and Huguang's own rebellion has not yet subsided, so there is no time to take care of them. Besides, the local rebellion in Guangxi should be responsible for the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi!"

"this……"

Zhu Youzhang seemed hesitant whenever there were military and national affairs.

Because he is not an independent king, he likes to ask the ministers for their opinions when encountering things. To put it nicely, he is humble and accepting advice, but to put it badly, he is indecisive.

In Zhu Youling's mind, of course, he felt that Chen Xi led his troops southward and solved the local rebellion in Guangxi. He thought that Chen Xi had the ability.

However, the problem of cross-provincial troops is not so easy to solve. After all, Chenxi is just the governor of Huguang, Jiangxi and Ganzhou provinces, and it does not care about Guangxi's affairs.

Zhu Youzhang looked at Xie Qian habitually and asked, "Xie Qing family, what do you think?"

Xie Qian is best at scrutinizing other people's psychology. When the emperor asked, he immediately understood what it meant. It seemed that the emperor was planning to use Chen Xi to the end. Otherwise, he would ask about Liu Daxia or Ma Wensheng, who was better at military affairs, rather than asking him who was closest to Chen Xi, who was clearly looking forward to him giving a satisfactory answer.

But now Xie Qian learned to pretend to be confused, thought for a while, and said, "Your Majesty, the old minister does not know much about the military affairs in the southwest. Guilin Prefecture is the seat of the Guangxi governor, and there are more than 10,000 garrisons in the provincial capital? Even though all the surrounding counties are lost, I expected that Guilin Prefecture would not fall within a few days."

"Local rebellion was caused by the barbarians' failure to submit to the king's transformation. There was neither unified command nor systematic training, nor excellent military equipment. As long as the court attaches importance to it, mobilizes large troops to advance from all over the place to Guilin Prefecture, or win without fighting. There is no need to fight against Guilin with a large number of troops to avoid being miserable..."

Xie Qian was very scheming. The ministers present were talking about who went to rescue Guilin Mansion. It seemed that Guilin Mansion was about to fall, but in fact, Guilin Mansion gathered nearly half of Guangxi's army, so how could it be so easy to fall?

Of course, even though Guilin Prefecture is just in a hurry now, it is still dull for the court. After all, the provincial capital is in danger, which means that there is a problem with the local army, and this problem is not small.

But now Xie Qian has made a big deal, which means that even if the county town around Guilin Prefecture is lost, it is only a small deal. There are so many guards in Guilin Prefecture, and there is no need to take it seriously if the rebels want to attack Guilin City, which is guarded by tens of thousands of soldiers. Just by waiting for time to arrive, the rebels will not be able to bear the pressure and collapse on their own.

Li Dongyang looked at Xie Qian and asked, "When Xie Shangshu means, is it the danger of Guilin Prefecture, so I ignore it and allow the rebellion to become bigger?"

Xie Qian did not want to have a head-on conflict with Li Dongyang because he knew that his status in the court was not as good as that in Li Dongyang.

If he and Li Dongyang quarreled in public, especially when they were in the face of the saint, and when others talked about it, they would definitely say that Xie Qian was not aware of the current affairs. So he knew very well that even if he was dissatisfied with Liu Jian and Li Dongyang's monopoly of the government, he could only endure it. This was to maintain the surface harmony of the cabinet.

When Zhu Youzhi saw Li Dongyang questioning Xie Qian, the atmosphere in the hall suddenly became solemn. As the emperor, he naturally did not want the two confidant ministers to have a dispute, so he quickly spoke: "The Xie Qing family has no intention of not paying any attention. I think Xie Qing family wants to say that Guilin Mansion will never be at the end of the road, and safety is not at the moment!"

Li Dongyang saluted Zhu Youzhang: "Your Majesty, there is no trivial matter in the army. Now that a provincial capital is in danger, the court must not ignore it. Please give your majesty the order. The Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi will lead local troops to increase the Guilin Prefecture and eliminate the rebels in one fell swoop. Only in this way can the people of the Ming Dynasty be relieved!"

When Li Dongyang said this, no one here had any objections.

This is true. Since the rebels threatened the provincial capital, it is appropriate for the emperor to order the Guangdong and Guangxi to dispatch troops to combat the rebellion. Others have no direct conflict of interest with Li Dongyang in this matter, so there is no need to jump out and say anything. If they take the initiative to speak, they will be a problem. Not only will they offend Li Dongyang, but they will not be able to fall into it in several aspects.

Even though the emperor did not ask about his opinion, as Zhu Youzhang's most favored minister, Liu Daxia still stood up and made a suggestion: "Your Majesty, if Huguang, Jiangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangdong and Guangxi were sent at the same time, the situation would probably become more complicated. It is not a good deed to coordinate the war between the troops and horses. It is better to use one person to coordinate the troops and horses in various places and make a comprehensive arrangement!"

When Zhu Youting heard this, he looked at Liu Daxia with gratitude... This is what he had been waiting for.

And this is the sentence that Li Dongyang doesn't want to hear the least.

Because no matter how you look at it, Chen Xi has led his troops to the rebels' location and has won a great victory. If one person is to be arranged to come out to control the troops, it seems that Chen Xi is left without anyone else.

Chenxi was originally the governor of two provinces. If he gained the authority to coordinate the troops and horses in various places, it would be equivalent to saying that Huguang, Jiangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Guangxi and other places were all transferred to Chenxi, and Chenxi was at least a "governor of six provinces".

According to Li Dongyang's logic, no minister can obtain such great power. These provinces almost cover most provinces in the south of the Yangtze River, and there will be chaos if you are not careful.

What's more, the man who has such great power, especially the army, is Chen Xi, a young man who is naturally not optimistic about Li Dongyang.

Now Liu Daxia speaks with great importance. After all, he is the Minister of War and the first minister recognized by the civil service group in the Tatar War. He has enough say in military and national affairs.

As for Zhang Mao and others, they pretended to be mute at this time and no one spoke at all, because in their opinion, it would be fine, so why bother to get involved in the disputes within the civil servant group? If they were not able to make a fuss with the emperor, they would be hated by the emperor, or offend Li Dongyang, the leader of the civil servant group, which is really unwise.

Zhu Youzhang smiled and nodded: "Shangshu Liu's proposal is very consistent with my wish..."

Li Dongyang came out again to salute: "Your Majesty, this matter must not be done!"

At this moment, Li Dongyang could already feel the heavy pressure on his shoulders. He knew that the emperor was flirting with the civil servant group. In the past, the emperor had always supported the decisions of the civil servant group in such military and national affairs, even if this decision was biased.

But now even if the decision made by the civil servant group is very correct, the emperor will not agree because of his prejudice against the civil servant group, and will deliberately cause trouble for the civil servant group.
Chapter completed!