Chapter 127 The Rebellion Conference

In the hall of the Governor's Office.

Zhou Mengchen, Yang Jisheng, Yin Zhengmao, Ling Yunyi, Li Ru, Ma Lu, Qi Jiguang, Zhou Yichang, and Xu Wei standing by.

Xu Wei closed all the windows and ordered the soldiers outside to clear the entire courtyard within a hundred steps.

The lighting in ancient times was not good. After closing all the windows, there was a hint of darkness in the room.

Xu Wei lit a lamp and placed it on the table. Then he bowed to Zhou Mengchen and said, "Everything is ready."

Zhou Mengchen looked at the people in front of him, all of whom were his confidant backbones. He said, "I don't talk nonsense today. I just want to do one thing, that is, reconcile. Mr. Xu, tell me about the situation of the Tartars."

Xu Wei immediately agreed, spread the map on the table, and told the map all the changes in the form on the grassland. He said: "In March this year, the Tumote tribe officially began to attack the Ordos tribe. Because Ordos Taiji was killed, the internal dragons were without leaders. Xin Ai started a quick move, and the soldiers were very fast. Within a few days, he crossed the Yellow River and defeated Ordos in three battles. However, this is a good thing and a bad thing."

"The good thing is that Xin Ai is directly under the jurisdiction of Hetao. The bad thing is that Xin Ai killed Ordos Taiji, which aroused public anger. The remaining troops of Ordos went west by Babaishi. He still had to fight this battle."

"However, the news I got from Qingcheng. Fengzhoutan has gathered 100,000 troops, and many temporary recruitment troops have been recruited. Even outside the city walls, there are traces of Tartar raids appearing. It can be seen that Xin Ai is guarding against us. I guess once we have any movement, he will come back immediately. This army with full vigilance is not so easy to deal with."

Zhou Mengchen spoke and said, "It is difficult to deal with it. What can be done easily in the world? Now is our best opportunity. Once we miss this opportunity, Xin Ai will really become the lord of Mongolia, and the problem will be even more difficult. Moreover, I have been in Datong for five years, and I will definitely leave Datong in the next two years. Although the court hopes that the border generals will be in a long term, there are very few local officials in the Ming Dynasty who can complete their duties for three years, let alone that I am about to fill two positions. I don't want to leave this problem to the next one, Brother Li, what do you think?"

Zhou Mengchen looked at Li Ru with bright eyes.

The reason why Zhou Mengchen asked Li Ru in particular was that others had either boarded the boat early, such as Yang Jisheng and Yin Zhengmao. As Zhou Mengchen's left shoulder and right arm, how could he not know Zhou Mengchen's thoughts? Ling Yunyi was not allowed to choose. He was a person from Zhou Mengchen's line. If he betrayed Zhou Mengchen, he would be terrible in the officialdom and it would be difficult to move up. Moreover, he was only responsible for logistics and did not undertake the main tasks. His best choice was to live with him.

As for Ma Lu, Zhou Yichang, as military generals, they did not have the independent say. They always did what the above said, what he did? Not to mention, they were also helpful to Zhou Mengchen. Not to mention Zhou Yichang, they only said Ma Lu, Ma Lu and Ma Lu’s two sons were arranged by Zhou Mengchen.

The Ma family can only follow Zhou Mengchen from the root.

As for Qi Jiguang, let alone the affection of master and disciple, and the grace of support. From that point of view, without Zhou Mengchen, there would be no Qi Jiguang now. He had no choice.

The only person who has a choice is Li Ru, the son of Fengcheng Hou, Li Ru.

Because although Zhou Mengchen had eunuchs in Datong, Zhou Mengchen knew that Li Ru was the one who was the real military supervisor in Datong.

The 50,000 Beijing camp was held in Li Ru's hands, and the appointment of Datong General Officer. Coupled with the background of Fengcheng Hou, it was absolutely impossible for Zhou Mengchen to bypass Li Ru's whatever he wanted to do.

Li Ru fell silent for a moment.

Li Ru also knew his mission. As a general from a noble family, Li Ru's political sensitivity was far above his ability to lead troops. How could he not know why Jiajing left him here? He trusted Li Ru and the Fengcheng Hou family behind Li Ru, who married the royal era. Let Li Ru supervise whether Zhou Mengchen had any abnormal movements.

Li Ru actually knew in his heart that Zhou Mengchen's thoughts on reconciling were not a day or two, nor a year or two. As a friend, he couldn't bear to become a stumbling block for Zhou Mengchen at this time, but he was not alone at this moment. He was possessed by the Fengcheng Hou family for all generations. He could not damage the reputation of the Fengcheng Hou family.

Li Ru said: "Even if there is no order from the Ministry of War, the Cabinet's will must at least have a holy metaphor. Otherwise, I cannot obey my orders."

After hearing this, Zhou Mengchen secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "There is a holy metaphor. If you don't believe me, go and ask Tengxiang. It's an oral order. Your Majesty told me to do things carefully and properly about Xin Ai."

Li Ru frowned slightly. He looked at Zhou Mengchen's eyes and said, "Are you serious about this?"

Zhou Mengchen looked at Li Ru without any hesitation and said, "Take it seriously."

Li Ru was silent for a while like a sculpture and said, "The lower official follows the sage metaphor."

Did Li Ru really believe Zhou Mengchen's words? Not necessarily? It's just that Zhou Mengchen has already said this. Li Ru has already had a way out. If Zhou Mengchen falsely spread the holy metaphor, it would have nothing to do with the Fengcheng Hou family. If it was not falsely spread the holy metaphor, it would be better.

Zhou Mengchen looked around and said, "Do you have any opinions?"

"Abide by the holy parables." Ma Lu was the first to shout.

As a local general in Datong, Ma Lu hated the Tartars deep into his bones. Especially after learning that Zhou Mengchen was about to be transferred, he couldn't help but feel a little fear in his heart, fearing what would it look like if Zhou Mengchen was not in charge of Datong in the future?

After all, Ma Lu clearly remembers how different the Datong in the past is from the Datong in the present.

Ma Lu never dreamed that Datong would have the prosperity that it has today. It is in sharp contrast to the decline of Datong before.

He was afraid that Zhou Mengchen would die and his politics would end when he left. Datong would fall into his original appearance. People who have experienced the good days of the present will definitely not want to live the previous days.

Ma Lu knew that Zhou Mengchen was powerless to do anything about leaving this matter. He was full of enthusiasm for reconciliation. There was nothing else. A considerable amount of the problems of Datong were caused by the Tartars. As long as the Tartars were destroyed, even if Datong was bad, it would be much better than before.

And if Lord Zhou can't do this, no one can do it.

After Ma Lu, everyone respectfully shouted: "Abide by the holy parables and follow the orders of the Lord."

Zhou Mengchen said, "Okay. Then let's discuss how to deal with it now. Brother Yang is ready for supplies?"

Yang Jisheng smiled bitterly and said, "Sir, the silver dollar weapons and even cotton coats and war horses are all ready now, but the only thing that is not ready is food."

Zhou Mengchen frowned and said, "What's going on?"

Yang Jisheng said: "Sir, this year, there are too many migrants from Datong, beyond my imagination. Many migrate here, but more of them are short-term workers. Especially in Datong, Huairen and Shuozhou, they are already overcrowded, and almost all the houses are filled between Huairen County and Caomizhuang. With so many people, the food prices must be controlled, and too much food consumed. Moreover, in the 32nd and 33rd years of Jiajing, although a lot of water conservancy was built, they were generally poor harvests."

"The Datong grain inventory is not large. There is no one million stones. I can only wait for the autumn. Today's rare weather and weather are good. I guess it will be a good harvest. After August, I may not have one million stones of grain or two million stones of grain."

It was pitiful that Zhou Mengchen had been in Datong for five years and finally met a good harvest.

But this is a bit abnormal.

"Sir, can't you compress the food?" Ma Lu said: "I remember that in the information a few days ago, there was a lot of food in Qingcheng, and we could put it in the ground."

"Impossible." Yang Jisheng said: "Not to mention that the enemy is lenient. Just talking about the resumption of this war is not to destroy the Tumote tribe, and to capture Qingcheng is not the goal. Let the Mongolian and Han people in Qingcheng live and work in peace and contentment, the goal is to make food available. This is indispensable. If you want to deal with the aftermath, one million stones of food will be less calculated."

"Sir." Yang Jisheng said: "Can you postpone the main attack time by August?"
Chapter completed!