The thick palace gate was slowly opened, and the faint candlelight illuminated the black hole-like doorways.

Lu Xiangsheng, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of War, wearing a red robe, a imperial jade belt tied with his waist, and a cloud-patterned boots, walked into the palace.

Before he was thirty years old, Lu Xiangsheng, an official who was promoted to the Sixth Ministry of the Prefect, now he has become Zhu Youxiao's most trusted minister and at the same time, he has also become the minister with the most military power in the capital.

Because he had never served as a Beijing official in Beijing, Lu Xiangsheng had no chance of forming a party in Beijing. At this time, he was more like a lonely minister.

As an important official who only the emperor regarded him as a thousand-mile horse, Lu Xiangsheng knew very well that he could only follow the emperor wholeheartedly in his life. The emperor had the kindness of knowing him and was also the king he respected the most.

Lu Xiangsheng took off the buckle and patted the snowflakes that fell on his body.

Although it has already entered spring, the snow still has no intention of stopping. This year, the north is afraid it will be more and more difficult.

Seeing His Majesty the Emperor was busy on the map with the lamp in this matter, although Lu Xiangsheng was a seven-foot man, he couldn't help feeling sad when he saw it.

If Lu Xiangsheng remembers correctly, the Your Majesty in front of him is as old as his younger brothers at this time. Although most noble men of this age do not play music and singing every night, they write poetry and painting, and traveling around the mountains and rivers is the norm in life.

And because of the burden of the country, this emperor who is in his twenties but is getting older looks as big as himself.

The bright and simple military map on the carpet was also made by His Majesty, the Royal Academy of Sciences. Lu Xiangsheng still remembers himself, His Majesty, and Xu Guangqi, drawing in the cold courtyard, and corrects the map scene at any time based on the geographical information brought back by the Jinyiwei.

The group of rioters who were making a big fuss outside the imperial city may not know that the resentful king had not yet rested at this time.

"Your Majesty!" Lu Xiangsheng bowed and bowed.

"You are here, just sit there. They are all asleep. It's okay. There are two bowls of freshly hot Tremella soup on the table. Drink one bowl to warm your body."

Zhu Youxiao saw Lu Xiangsheng coming and exchanged greetings, and asked, "The Tartars broke into the pass and robbed the three million stone of grain transported to Qin. You know."

"I understand. I am the left minister of the Ministry of War. It is my arrangement to transfer troops to escort food. Now I am robbed is my mistake. Please punish me!"

Lu Xiangsheng put down the tremite soup in his hand and knelt down. He knew how important the three million stones of food was to the Ming Dynasty, so he had to bear this responsibility for His Majesty.

"You don't blame you for this matter. There are also my criticisms in the order. I don't blame me for this matter. If you want to blame, blame those traitors who sell their national strategic resources for the sake of the whole party's own interests!"

Zhu Youxiao said, "Now, food is robbed, and chaos in Qin is inevitable. The only thing I hope is that Sun Chengzong can prevent it from spreading, and we have to make plans early. In addition, what do you think is the most likely to collude with the Tartars in the town?"

"Your Majesty, over the years, Mr. Sun has fought against powerful people in Qin, destroyed corrupt officials, repaired water conservancy, and reclaimed wasteland and recruited refugees. He has done all the actions that won the hearts of the people. Although due to the abnormal climate, the grain production has been reduced year by year and year by year, and famine still exists, the people are afraid that they will still be facing the court. Now what I am worried about is not the people's rebellion, but someone takes the opportunity to cause trouble. Your Majesty still touched a lot of forces when he copied the Shanxi merchants. Although the military and civilians in the world still care about the court and your Majesty, you have the right to be righteous, these people have temporarily endured it, but if they can tolerate it for a moment, it is difficult to guarantee that they can tolerate it for a lifetime."

After Lu Xiangsheng expressed his concerns, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but nodded and said, the Ming Dynasty is not during the Chongzhen period, without Liao Xiang, Lian Xiang and the additional sects of the Suppression of Yin. Although the climate of small glaciers is increasing the reduction of agricultural production in the north, the people are not completely unable to survive. However, once someone raises up at this time, it is inevitable that a large number of refugees will rebel.

Whether forced or for survival, these refugees will follow the uprising members to drop their hoes and pick up the butcher's knife to kill people and seize food from others.

And at that time, the world of Ming Dynasty would be in chaos.

"You are right. The most important thing now is to figure out who has the greatest motivation to take the opportunity to make trouble. These are the latest news sent back by the Jinyiwei one after another. Now we can clearly see that there are more than ten generals below and above. These people are secretly recruiting refugees, but now we still cannot tell who will become the first invaders. Second, what we need to do now is to develop a strategy for how to deal with the worst situation."

As Zhu Youxiao said that, he handed Lu Xiangsheng a stack of top-secret messages translated in Moss code, which was the method Zhu Youxiao personally taught to Xu Xianchun.

Even though Lu Xiangsheng was the left minister of the Ministry of War, he was not qualified to master the translation method of this code. Only the Jinyiwei system and Zhu Youxiao could master it.

Lu Xiangsheng is also a well-known and knowledgeable person. After reading it roughly, he basically learned about the news about civil and military ministers in various border towns, and then told Zhu Youxiao:

"Your Majesty, I think that the possibility of several guards in Dingbian Camp and Brickjing Fort is the greatest. Even if there are other border towns, they will not be the generals or above. Even if there are some rebellions, it is difficult to achieve great things. Don't forget that there is another Sun Chuanting in Datong. The majestic reputation of killing three generals who looted the people last year is not a casual talk. Now, Zhou Yuji from Guyuan and Zhao from Yansui should be transferred to Baiwan and Huangwan areas to be strictly guarded!"

As Lu Xiangsheng said, Zhu Youxiao also said: "Mangui should also return to guard Shanhaiguan, and Huang Degong should return to defend the capital, so as not to suddenly raise troops to come south during the civil strife."

"What Your Majesty said is very true. Now the leader of Sun Cheng and the leader of the Qin land are on both sides of the Jin land. Your Majesty, your emperor, is personally in charge of Yanzhao. It is simply a delusional idea for the villain to mess with my Daming!"

After Lu Xiangsheng said this, Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and said, "Now is not the time to flatter, the situation is changing at all times, and our layout is changing at any time. In short, there is only one goal. Even if you want to fight, you cannot fall into two fronts. You can only rob the Tartars or traitors in our Ming Dynasty. There is also the training of the Imperial Guards that must be expanded quickly. The bureaucratized and merchant-oriented border troops have now almost become accomplices of the Tartars. The Great Wall of our Ming Dynasty is simply useless! You must be ready to ban them at any time."

"There are also the administration and internal affairs. Your Majesty's resignation alone is not a long-term solution. Now that three million stones of grain are robbed is an example, it feels bad to be pinched to death at once."

"Looking at the troubled scholars outside the palace wall, you will know that the internal struggle in the court is still fierce. A few people have come to the heart to do practical things according to the will of the court, develop production, and only care about fighting for their own political interests. I wish I could kill them all directly!"

Zhu Youxiao said again: "You must have your own army. As long as you have your own army, you can do things. Lu Aiqing, you must train me to create the most elite imperial guards. I want them to become my sharpest sword!"
Chapter completed!