Chapter 117                                                                                                                             

After hearing Yang Jisheng's words, Zhou Mengchen was silent.

If Zhou Mengchen had no complaints about Xia Yan at all, that would be a strange thing.

Xia Yan was both tugging and squeezing Zhou Mengchen. How could Zhou Mengchen be able to forget what happened because Xia Yan won a little bit of sweetness. But Zhou Mengchen knew very well that the strength gap between him and Xia Yan was. Even if there were some complaints, they would have to be pressed into his stomach.

This is how life is, how can it be as satisfactory as possible? Now I can only think about looking forward.

However, these personal grievances are not only mentioned before the overall situation of the world.

No matter how dissatisfied with Xia Yan, Zhou Mengchen must persist in the reconciliation.

There is nothing else, the cost of sunk is too much.

To be honest, it would be fine if the reconciliation was not mentioned at the beginning. In order to reconcile, how much strength and capital have been invested, Zeng Xian has gathered the elite troops in the northwest, with a total of 60,000 elite troops, tens of thousands of auxiliary troops, and the cooperation of Datong and Shanxi. It can be said that the main group of the Nine-Border Borders of the Ming Dynasty has completed the assembly.

They are in the castle in Maodong, and they are just waiting for the flowers to bloom next spring, and they are heading north in a big way.

The army's assembly and mobilization, the army's logistics supply, etc. are all money. Not to mention anything else, the military weapon supervisors under Zhou Mengchen built various artillery, chariots, and weapons day and night, and continued to supply the front line. Even though Zhou Mengchen tried his best to compress, he spent at least tens of thousands of taels of silver in.

Not to mention, a large amount of grain was transported from Beijing to Datong, northwest and other places, and the loss was even more serious.

The army mobilized thousands of miles to travel, which was also a burden for the army. The mobilization of troops in this day and age was not as easy as later generations, but required soldiers to come step by step.

So much manpower and material resources have been invested in, so many people have invested so much energy, and even put their lives on. Now, it’s all right? How to explain to the top and the bottom? Even in Zhou Mengchen’s opinion, he would rather be defeated than to have such a situation.

It hurts the morale of the army too much.

Victory and defeat are common in military affairs. If you lose, you will fight again. Sooner or later, you will be able to overcome the situation. However, if you get such a thing, I am afraid that no one in the court will dare to go out to fight in the frontier in the future. This impact is too bad.

Even in this situation, Zhou Mengchen felt that Xia Yan would not hesitate to die, and finally he could cultivate the morale of the people.

Yang Jisheng seemed to see Zhou Mengchen's thoughts and said, "Brother Zhou, this matter is related to the major issues. It not only involves the livelihoods of our military weapons and supervisors, but also involves the overall situation of the court. I heard that Brother Zhou has a lot of ways in the palace, can he solve my doubts?"

Indeed, the Ministry of Revenue allocations for the Military Equipment Supervision Department have disappeared. In other words, whether the Military Equipment Supervision can survive depends entirely on the procurement of the troops below.

It is just that Zhou Mengchen himself has done that the productivity of military weapon supervision has increased a lot. It can even be said that only by relocating such a war can we support the full power of military weapon supervision. Once the war is no longer fought, the situation will be very different. How to maintain the military weapon supervision stadium is a new problem that Zhou Mengchen has to face.

Zhou Mengchen smiled bitterly and said, "Although I often walk in the palace, how can I know such a military and national event?"

At this moment, Zhou Mengchen's heart was also hanging.

It seems that history is happening in front of him. He doesn't know whether what he has done or whether he has changed history. But the vague impression in history makes him feel a little unhappy.

Yang Jisheng said, "Please ask Brother Zhou to go to the palace to inquire about it."

After hearing this, Zhou Mengchen sighed and said, "This is Brother Yang's idea, right?" Then he saw that Yang Jisheng's face was a little uneasy. After all, Yang Jisheng was a square person. He actually had some complaints about Zhou Mengchen's intimate relationship with the palace. He was not talking about the relationship between Zhou Mengchen and the emperor, but he felt that Zhou Mengchen had a very close relationship with many eunuchs, which was a bit too much.

Not to mention, I asked Zhou Mengchen to inquire about the news through abnormal channels.

It can be seen that this incident shocked Yang Jisheng so much that he had to follow the power.

Zhou Mengchen did not make things difficult for Yang Jisheng, saying, "Even if you don't say it, I will go to the palace. This is a bit too big. You have to find out clearly."

What is a national event? A real national event involves the interests of almost everyone and cannot be paid attention to.

Zhou Mengchen hurriedly changed into a dress and entered the West Garden.

But this time he did not see the emperor immediately, and was stopped by Teng Xiang. Teng Xiang said, "Your Majesty, you have already given instructions, but now you don't see anything. Brother Zhou, you are not the time to come."

This is the first time that Zhou Mengchen has been favored by Jiajing. It can be seen that Jiajing is also extremely difficult to deal with this matter. He has to concentrate on facing it.

But Zhou Mengchen had come and returned in vain. He was a little unwilling to accept it and said, "Brother Teng, is it for the reconciliation?"

Tengxiang said, "Yes, right? Your news is a bit late. Yesterday was a memorial from the Minister of War. But now there are countless impeachments from Zeng Xian and Xia Ge Lao. In short, it is such a big battle. Listen to my advice, no matter what the foreign court does, it has nothing to do with us. You are deeply favored by Your Majesty. Don't trek in the muddy waters at this time. Just go back quickly."

"I don't know what kind of constitution is there today?"

Zhou Mengchen said: "Brother Teng, it's not that I don't want to wade into muddy waters, but that I'm already in muddy waters. I can't hide, and I don't want to participate. I just ask for the news. Brother Teng won't reveal it."

Tengxiang looked around and leaned against Zhou Mengchen and said, "If there is any news, I can't tell you, but there is really no news now, and the emperor has not yet made a conclusion. However, if you are willing, you can wait. For such a big event, the emperor will definitely summon the ministers to discuss. But I will see if you can get a place in it?"

"But I'm still saying it. Just listen, don't get involved, this is not something we can get involved."

Zhou Mengchen's identity is actually very special. If he had been supervising his military weapon, a mere fifth-rank official would have been qualified to attend court in Beijing. And an emperor like Jiajing who was afraid of trouble would not hold a grand court meeting to decide the matter, that is to say.

Zhou Mengchen was not qualified to attend the core meeting that determined the direction of the court in this way.

At that time, Zhou Mengchen was Jiajing's favorite minister after all, and this identity also gave him a lot of power to break the rules.

Zhou Mengchen immediately said, "Thank you."

Not to mention, Zhou Mengchen was waiting in the palace. In fact, at this time, countless people were waiting.

Wait for Jiajing's decision.

Although Jiajing was tired of politics, his power had never been lost. Now, in this kind of military and national affairs, the two great masters officially turned against each other, only Jiajing made a decision, and no one could do it.

Now, in the cabinet, three Grand Secretary are sitting upright in their straight rooms. Xia Yan seems to be writing the memorials as usual, but he is very inefficient. He always hangs his pen on paper, but he has forgotten what he wants to write. He can only put the pen and read it again before he can start writing. He even repeats it over and over again.

As before, Xia Yan, who was so condemned, was so condemned.

As for Yan Song at this moment, there was only one tablet above the desktop.

It is made of ivory, which is what the ministers hold when they go to court, and use it to remember things and remind themselves.

Yan Song is now facing the blank tablet. He wants to write something, but finds that nothing is appropriate. I am afraid that he will have to adapt to the situation at that time. Nothing is useful now.

As for Zhang Zhi, he couldn't sit still.

He was walking back and forth in his own duty room. He wanted to calm himself down, but he really couldn't. His foundation was shallow, and neither Xia Yan nor Yan Song could afford to offend him. The storm of the big guys above might have blown him away. But he couldn't even hide.

For a moment, Zhang Zhi felt that he was not as good as going back.

The career is dangerous. It is better to return to the countryside. But soon this thought was covered up by other thoughts and he fell back into thinking about how to protect himself in this storm.

Those who were anxiously waiting were not only three cabinet members, ministers of various departments, censors, and censors. These things were directly participants, and the news had spread. Many officials below were waiting for unknown information, and the big and small officials were also waiting.

Wait for Jiajing's decision.
Chapter completed!