Having said that, even if she has made up her mind, Feng Ziying knows that convincing or subduing her colleagues is not an easy task.
No one wants to fight again at this time. Whether it is from the perspective of suppressing the military forces, reducing the number of troops and reducing financial pressure, or from the perspective of stabilizing the internal situation, rectifying the government, and focusing on the development of workers and peasants, no one agrees with Feng Ziying's point of view. Even within himself, no one supports attacking Mongolia at this time.
And from the perspective of timing, if the Mongols are in internal strife, let them beat them to death. When the fighting is almost done, wouldn't it be good for Zhou to come and clean up the situation?
We must go all out to sweep Mongolia now. It sounds domineering and mighty, but has the cost been calculated? Will the result be as expected?
"Ziying, is it appropriate?" Lian Guoshi frowned, subconsciously not agreeing, "You have already said that the Chahar people still seem to have the strength to fight. It’s not that easy to defeat our people, why don’t you wait a little longer? Why don’t we wait until they are almost defeated and both sides will suffer, then we take action?”
"It just looks like he has the strength to fight. In fact, I'm not sure. And my intuition tells me that I'm afraid that the Chahar people's inner strength and inner strength have been seen through by Zai Sai, so they are so eager to take action. Zai Sai I'm afraid they are also worried about us interfering." Feng Ziying shook her head, "After all, in the past two years, the situation on the grassland has been somewhat ignored. It’s a little different,…”
“Ziying, are you worried that the Chahar people will be defeated by the Nekalkha people?” Lian Guoshi noticed Feng Ziying’s inner hesitation and uncertainty, which was rare.
"How should I put it? I have a bad premonition that the Chahar people may be worse than what we see on the surface. Naiman, Aohan and other tribes may even have quietly defected to the Inner Khalkha people..."
This is not a lie by Feng Ziying, but there is information pointing to it, but it cannot be confirmed.
Feng Ziying breathed a long sigh of relief. He could tell the other party that Lin Dan Khan was also like this in his previous life. His seemingly invincible Western Expedition defeated the right wing of Mongolia. He seemed to want to unify the entire Mongolia, but he was immediately beaten to death by Huang Taiji. In just a short time It was destroyed in two years, and he ended up dead in a foreign land?
Chahar and Feng Ziying now feel that they may be even weaker than in the previous history, but without the attacks of Da Zhou and Jianzhou Jurchen, it is difficult to expose the essence of their weakness.
Once the Inner Khalkhas, who are at their most powerful, defeat them, the situation in Mongolia will definitely change drastically. The Tumuts, who may even be divided, will succumb to the blades of the Inner Khalkhas, and by then they will be united. The Mongols are just like Dayan Khan back then, with great momentum, and the threat to the Zhou Dynasty will increase exponentially. It may not be that simple to defeat the Zhou Dynasty, and it may even take several times more time and cost.
Hearing this, Lian Guoshi was also surprised.
Although the Aohan and Naiman tribes of the Eighth Chahar Division are not valued by Lindan Batur, their strength is not weak. If these two divisions have a secret conspiracy with the Inner Kharkistan people, they may even defect to the Inner Kalkha people. People, but Lindan Batur didn't know it, this shows how weak Lindan Batur's control over the Chahar tribes is.
"Ziying, do you have any basis for this? If the Chahar people have colluded with the Nekarkha people, then the situation will be very different." Lian Guoshi said seriously: "There is a lot of opposition from the DPRK and China now. , if you submit it to the cabinet, I don’t think anyone will agree with your opinion, and it will be the same at the meeting of ministers. Don’t think that after the meeting, everyone will recognize your idea and support all your opinions, even if It's me, and I think it's too reckless and hasty for you to launch a conquest against Mongolia now..."
"There is some evidence, but if you want to tell me how accurate it is, I won't hide it from you. It's not entirely true." Feng Ziying considered the words. In the face of state affairs, he had nothing to hide, "Informants from Shanxi businessmen, Zai Sai gave Aohan and Naiman bought a lot of materials from the second department. The nobles of the second department should have been bribed. In addition, Lin Dan Batur was not so close to the second department and was a bit marginalized, so the second department turned to The possibility of Inner Khalkhas is very high,…”
“Isn’t there any news from Fang Si and Long Jinwei?” Lian Guoshi also frowned. This was not enough to convince others.
"Zifangsi has been slacking off in the past two years, and Long Jinwei may not be thinking about it anymore." Feng Ziying said calmly: "Once the threat of Jianzhou Jurchen is eliminated, Zifangsi seems to be unable to find its own direction. Well, in addition to the fact that the Khalkhas were allies with us in the early stage, they didn’t bother to do it, and the Japanese, Dongwu, Jiaozhi, and even Nanyang didn’t bother to do it. I mentioned it to Zhisheng, but Zhisheng probably didn’t either. I care too much, as for Captain Long,..."
Due to her close relationship with Sun Chengzong, Feng Ziying could not directly interfere too much in the affairs of the Ministry of War. Moreover, Xiong Tingbi was in charge of the Zifang Division and had a somewhat stubborn personality. He did not like others to interfere in his affairs, so Feng Ziying had only dealt with the affairs of the Twelve in the past two years. The town army strengthened its control and let go of the internal affairs of the Ministry of War, so the official department was somewhat relaxed.
As for the Long Jinwei, external spying itself is not his main responsibility. Controlling the palace ban and internal instability is his main responsibility.
But Feng Ziying also realized that no matter what, she was still a little careless about Mongolia, and focused more on Nanyang.
Lian Guoshi's assertion made Feng Ziying hesitate for a moment, but she quickly became determined again, "Even if everyone objects, I will still stick to my opinion." Lian Guoshi was surprised and looked at Feng Ziying in confusion: "Ziying, why are you doing this? ?The cabinet has just been formed. If you insist on going your own way, once you are frustrated, it will endanger the stability of the cabinet..."
"Jun Yu, if you endanger the stability of the cabinet, why don't you just say that my position as chief minister is unstable?" Feng Ziying shook her head, "I know that this question is difficult to solve, but if you don't do it, once the situation develops out of control, We still have to do it, and the price will be higher and the consequences will be greater..."
"But there is no evidence to prove what you said. What you do can easily arouse some people's doubts and even firm opposition!" Lian Guoshi raised his voice: "Neither Mr. Ziqiang nor Brother Zishu will agree. Even Mr. Zi Xian will not agree. You won’t agree, and 90% of the important ministers won’t agree either. What’s the point of doing this?”
Feng Ziying remained silent.
"Also, Ziying, you should know the current situation. Duke Ziqiang and Duke Youfu are trying their best to help you, but don't you know what the situation is like? Yu Chen and Bo Fu have already made arrangements with Duke Ziqiang and Youfu. The boundaries have been cleared. Li Banghua and Zhu Guozhen are now spreading rumors and incitement in Jiangnan. The public is furious and the world is furious! If you still do this at this time, aren't you really going to..."
Lian Guo Shi also couldn’t figure out why Feng Ziying was so stubborn on this issue.
After finally forming a new cabinet, it seems to have achieved a complete victory, but in fact many people are observing and have even begun to gather to find loopholes, especially in many cases where they are willing to cooperate with us on the surface, but they feel resentment and hostility in their hearts. It is hidden in the heart.
The reform of the examination law proposed by the Ministry of Civil Affairs has touched the interests of many people. The squires have lost their supervisory power and influence over officials. This is unbearable for them, even if it can be achieved in terms of economic benefits. There is some differentiation, but many people value their influence on local officials more, and they may even give up some money.
They can barely tolerate the implementation of the imperial examination law, but the solicitation plan for the imperial examination reform issued by the Ministry of Rites will directly end it.
No orthodox gentry can tolerate such a provocation, or challenge.
Controlling the official career path has always been the patent of scholars, and no one can share it.
Originally, in the Yuanxi Dynasty, the change from pure classics and righteousness to classics and righteousness as the mainstay and current affairs as a supplement caused a lot of controversy. Many people wrote in tears to oppose it, but in this case, current affairs can be regarded as the line of government. Officials must also understand current affairs, which does not account for a large proportion. After several battles, they reluctantly accepted it.
But how many years is it now?
It will be reforming again, and what kind of shit, financial plan, and law are changed!
They are all despicable things, what craftsmen, merchants and litigants are chasing, but they actually want to go to the hall and sit on an equal footing with the scholars. How can this be done?
In the long run, the country will no longer be a country!
Feng Ziying doesn’t believe in state affairs and can’t feel the changes in the outside world.
Han Sun and others were silent and gathering strength. Li Banghua and Zhu Guozhen had even entangled Gao Panlong, Gu Tianjuan and others. If it weren't for Tang Binyin and Huang Ruliang because of Han Jing and Xu Xie, they would have He was dragged in by this group of people.
The Jiangnan gentry are becoming polarized. One group is the gentry who built their clan based on industry and commerce, and the other group is the country gentry whose foundation is land. Although the former's financial resources are increasingly expanding, their influence is still slightly inferior to those of the latter. There are still a large number of people, especially among Jiangnan officials, who support these squires.
The same is true for the scholars in the North, and the power of the gentry in the North is far greater than that of the merchants. Even though the Shanshan and Shaanxi merchants have strong financial resources, their influence at the central and local levels is still far less than that of these gentry.
It can be said that from the Ministry of Personnel’s examination method to the Ministry of Rites’ reform of the imperial examination, these two measures have hit the key points of the scholars, or in other words, the key point of conservative scholars.
The anti-Feng forces are quickly gathering together, but the meeting has just passed, and Feng Ziying has also won the support of the military people. Everyone is still a little wary and dare not easily launch a counterattack. (End of chapter)