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Volume 1 Dragon Trapped in the Shoals Chapter 82 The Unpredictable Prophet

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    "Long live my lord, this is the latest memorial sent by the Secretary of General Affairs to the clerk's office of the Secretary of Ceremonies. They are all here."

    Zhang Cheng, the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, bowed his fat body, pointed at the piles of memorials of different heights held by the six eunuchs in the clerk's room behind him, and said to Zhu Yijun with a charming smile on his face.

    "Yeah!" Zhu Yijun responded softly, raised his head, and asked casually: "How is the situation this time?"

    "Long live the Lord, this time there are thirty-three that need to be dealt with urgently, sixty-two that can be postponed, and eighty-nine that can be considered for retention. There are nine that the slaves and maids can't decide after discussing.  Which category?" Zhang Cheng replied seriously with a bowed smile and a nod.

    Zhu Yijun stood up from the dragon chair, walked to the six essay eunuchs holding memorials with one hand behind his back, first took a random copy from the memorial held by the closest essay eunuch, and started reading.  .

    The chubby Zhang Cheng who was following behind saw the memorials that Zhu Yijun took and quickly explained: "Long live my lord, this pile of memorials does not need to be dealt with urgently."

    Although it can be said that Zhu Yijun can trust the eunuchs who serve as the Superintendent of Ceremonies, and there are also confidants and secretly monitoring spies among them, but they have to check the memorials that need to be kept and sent to the cabinet for vote-making every time.  It became his habit, and he would randomly select a few copies from all the categorized memorials to read.

    This will allow the Chief of Ceremony to be more alert when classifying the latest memorials presented to the officials, and not dare to conceal anything or fool around.  Those memorials sent to the cabinet for drafting are better, but those that are left unpublished are subject to another inspection process, in order to prevent important memorials from being deliberately misplaced and classified into the wrong category due to some human reasons.  .

    If the wrong category is assigned, Zhu Yijun will usually be held accountable personally, and the punishment will be extremely severe.  For this reason, he also specifically warned the Supervisor of Ceremonies that those memorials that were uncertain about which category they should be classified into could be specifically classified into one category.

    It can be said that in the more than ten years since Zhu Yijun took office, even the previously powerful Eunuch Si Li and Eunuch Bingbi, on the surface, still look good, but everyone of them is conscientious and treading on thin ice.  Except for a very few eunuchs, Zhu Yijun's punishment methods were extremely severe.

    Zhu Yijun casually browsed two copies of the memorials from the pile of memorials that Zhang Cheng said did not need to be dealt with urgently, then walked to another eunuch who was writing essays, took out one of the memorials he was holding, and started reading.

    "Long live my lord, you can consider staying in China but not being awarded." Zhang Cheng explained in a low voice behind Zhu Yijun.

    Zhu Yijun looked at the memorials in his hands and asked casually: "Those memorials that you are not sure to classify, who was the last person to review them today?"

    Zhang Cheng bowed and replied: "Long live my lord, Mr. Chen Ju is on duty today."

    "Yeah." Zhu Yijun put down the memorials in his hand, walked back to the dragon chair with his hands behind his back, sat down, picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea, and then said: "Keep the memorials that are difficult to classify, and you can keep the communication without saying anything.  Give him a blessing and send the rest to the cabinet so that they can first draft the votes that need to be dealt with urgently."

    "Yes, long live the Lord." Zhang Cheng bowed, then waved to several eunuchs to follow him out.  The essayist eunuch who was holding a memorial that was difficult to classify hunched over and placed the memorial in his hand on the dragon table, and then followed the other essayist eunuchs and retreated.

    Zhu Yijun took another sip of tea, then put it down and picked up one of the nine memorials that the Supervisor of Ceremonies had difficulty classifying. These required him to classify them personally in order to decide whether they needed to be dealt with by the cabinet or whether they could be retained.  No hits.

    "Huh?" Zhu Yijun looked at the signature in confusion, and couldn't help but feel even more strange.  What is Shi Xing, the Minister of War, doing?  Isn¡¯t he the most determined person to demand peace talks with Japan?  Why did it suddenly change so quickly?

    Throughout the memorial, Shi Xing actually said that his previous support for peace talks with the Japanese was a delaying tactic. In order to accumulate strength, he could calmly recruit a large army into the dynasty.  He had long expected that the peace talks would most likely fail to satisfy the Japanese ambitions, and that the peace talks would also be difficult to succeed.  However, he just wanted to use his plan to lure the snake out of its hole. He wanted to lure all the power of the Japanese country to North Korea and annihilate it in one fell swoop, so that the Japanese country would lose its main combat power and ensure that North Korea and the Ming Dynasty would be free of Japanese troubles for hundreds of years!

    If he didn¡¯t understand the cause and effect of the matter, Zhu Yijun would really applaud Shi Xing¡¯s memorial. What a good strategy, waiting for hard work, once and for all, to solve the Japanese invasion that had threatened North Korea and the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years!  But unfortunately, Zhu Yijun knew very well that the reason why Shi Xing advocated peace talks before was because of some reasons in the Ming Dynasty, which forced him, the Minister of War, to do so.

    But how long has it been?  The envoys who went to Japan haven't entered Japan yet, right?  This Shi Xing's attitude changed 180 degrees. What was originally a last resort was said to be just part of his huge plan!  Now we are even more determined to advocateActively prepare for the war that is likely to come next.

    After reading the memorial, Zhu Yijun squinted his eyes and thought deeply.  Why did Shi Xing's attitude change so quickly?  Did he misjudge Shi Xing before?  Isn't the reason why he actively advocated peace talks because of internal reasons in Ming Dynasty?  Is it really like what he said, to solve the Japanese country once and for all?

    Picking up the teacup and taking a sip of tea, Zhu Yijun did not put down the teacup in his hand, but stared at the green and clear tea in a daze.  Frowning fiercely, Zhu Yijun couldn't help but wonder. Could it be that Shi Xing saw some clues that he asked Li Rusong to wipe out surrounding tribes on a large scale in Liaodong in order to free up the main force of Liaodong to prepare for the upcoming Korean War?  But this is unlikely.  Those restless tribes "actively" attacked the Ming Dynasty, and Li Rusong just fought back.

    Or did he guess that he was going to take the blame on Shi Xing after the Japanese invaded North Korea for the second time?  But he acquiesced to peace talks with the Japanese in order to draw out their greatest strength to defeat the Japanese and paralyze them. He had not told anyone about his plan, so how could Shi Xing know about it?  Shangshu also said that this was his plan!  Could it be that he really thought about himself?  The purpose is to solve the Japanese problem that has existed for hundreds of years in the Ming Dynasty.

    Zhu Yijun thought about it over and over again, but still had no clue.  At this time, I accidentally picked up another memorial that could not be classified by the Director of Ceremonies. I couldn't help but frown even deeper. This one was actually a memorial by Shi Xing to impeach Zhao Zhigao, the first assistant, and the cabinet.

    After roughly browsing it, Shi Xing impeached Zhao Zhigao, the first assistant, for innocently interfering in the government affairs of the Ministry of War. The cabinet did not issue a document regarding the requirements for the Ministry of War to prepare for war.  Moreover, Zhao Zhigao, the chief assistant, denied the Ministry of War's requirements for troop training and recruitment, and also denied Shi Xing's request for the cabinet to draft a decree and send it to North Korea so that North Korea could organize young troops and train troops.

    Zhu Yijun curled his lips, Zhao Zhigao, like Shi Xing, firmly advocated peace talks.  The reason is simply that the money and food are consumed too fast. It is difficult for the Ming Dynasty to support it, and North Korea's food and grass are also somewhat insufficient. This is a headache for Zhao Zhigao, the chief minister.

    Now Shi Xing has suddenly changed his position, and also made a request to the cabinet for conscription and training. It would be surprising if the cabinet would agree!  What do they use to recruit and train troops?  This all requires money and food to support!  As for vetoing the suggestion of rejuvenating North Korea's organization, the reason is very simple. North Korea was almost destroyed, so what money and food could they have?

    ?? Could it be that the Ming Dynasty, as the sovereign state, issued a decree to North Korea to recruit young soldiers for training? North Korea immediately asked the Ming Dynasty to support some money and food. How could the Ming Dynasty refuse?  That makes Ming Dynasty, as the supreme state of China, lose face!  But if you don¡¯t refuse, what will you give them?  Could it be said to North Korea that our Ming Dynasty needs money and not enough food and grass?

    Putting this memorial aside casually, he picked up the third memorial and looked at it. Zhu Yijun couldn't help but feel angry.  Another memorial from Shi Xing, Minister of the Ministry of War!

    This is a memorial making a request.

    To sum up, there are only a few points. The first is to actively prepare for war and mobilize troops into the DPRK; the second is to ask North Korea to issue an order to let them organize a strong organization to cope with the crisis; the third is to ask Zhu Yijun's inner treasury to allocate a sum of money for manufacturing and  Buy artillery, build warships, recruit and train troops!

    In addition, there is another request, but this request somewhat destroys the solemn atmosphere of the entire memorial. Zhu Yijun was very angry about this.  Shi Xing finally proposed that the eldest son of the emperor was getting old, so he should be crowned, selected as a concubine, and established as a heir apparent as soon as possible for the sake of the country!
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