Zhu Yuanzhang pretended to be dissatisfied and looked at Jiang Dejing. Seeing that the other party showed no fear, his suspicion receded slightly.
After he signaled Jiang Dejing to stand up, he said confidently: "Jiang Qing, you are worrying too much!"
"You must know that the worst thing about this is that it can't be worse than when the Li thieves besieged the city. When Li thieves' 500,000 rebels suddenly arrived, all the troops of King Qin had their own plans. We can also repel them within ten days!"
"As for Zuo Liangyu, we have been on guard against him for a long time. The reason why we let him stationed in Shanxi and lured him into Shaanxi was to disperse his troops. If he raised an army now, the number would be no more than 60,000 to 70,000, far less. To Li Thief."
"Compared with before, now we have not only conquered Shandong, Henan and other places, but Liu Wenbing, Li Jing, Wang Fuzhi, Zhang Huangyan, Li Ruolian and others who commanded troops abroad were all promoted by me, so why should we fear... .”
Jiang Dejing, who had no military knowledge at all, saw Zhu Yuanzhang's confident face and eloquent words. In addition, he was also quite dissatisfied with Zuo Liangyu's actions, so he immediately wrote quickly, but he still polished it a lot.
Although Zhu Yuanzhang was still a little upset after seeing this, he also knew that he could not really force Zuo Liangyu to rebel at this moment, so he nodded and said: "Qing Jiang, please turn around and let the cabinet... that's all, it's still you. Come up with a decree for us!"
"First, inform officials in the capital and Shanxi Province that they must carry out comprehensive epidemic prevention work, and they must not take the opportunity to persecute the people. Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed on the spot!"
"The second order was to order Zhu Yujian and Li Chengdong from Shandong and He Zhen and Gao Jie from Henan to tighten control and not allow people to flee south."
"All the people who go south will be placed in a clearing pattern. If there are people who gather to cause trouble, they will be killed on the spot. If they neglect their duties, we will punish them severely!"
"Thirdly, notify Yuan Jixian in Jiangxi and Chen Zilong in Nanjing, asking them to settle the people who have fled to the south, and not to allow the plague to spread in Jiangnan..."
After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, Jiang Dejing had already finished writing and handed them to him for review one by one.
Zhu Yuanzhang saw that the three decrees were detailed and polite. After nodding with satisfaction, Zhu Yuanzhang asked the young eunuch to use the seal.
At this time, Jiang Dejing spoke again: "Your Majesty, although your arrangements are appropriate, it is just that with the ongoing war, some plans may be difficult to implement. We must have other plans."
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "You are right. Regarding other plans, you will take the lead. After discussing with the cabinet and the Ministry of Household Affairs, you can report them to us!"
"As for the war you mentioned, don't worry too much. We will personally fight against Liu Fangliang and pacify Hebei within a month."
"And even if Dorgon doesn't retreat at Shanhaiguan, Wang Fuzhi's ability can still keep him out of the pass."
"There is no need to worry about Shen Zhanran. You must know that Li Guo's advantage is to win by surprise. Now he has been unable to attack for a long time and has no reinforcements. Once Datong's Jurchen troops retreat, he will be attacked from both sides..."
When Jiang Dejing heard that Zhu Yuanzhang was leaving the capital, he looked worried and said: "Your Majesty, although the rebellion has been eliminated, the capital is still unstable. You must not leave the capital at this time. Please think twice!"
Zhu Yuanzhang also understood the meaning of Jiang Derjing's words, but the situation has changed now. If he does not seize the time to defeat Liu Fangliang, he will not be able to surrender to Zuo Liangyu. When the time comes, the north will not be at peace, and the war will break out in the south. It will be difficult for him to take care of both.
If Dorgon takes the opportunity to attack again, even if he has three heads and six arms, he will not be able to deal with it.
Of course, he cannot ignore the capital, otherwise he is likely to become a rootless water. .z.
Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a moment and then asked tentatively: "Qing Jiang, we want to entrust you with the affairs of the capital. Do you have the confidence?"
Jiang Dejing was stunned when he heard this, then shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, I have few talents and limited knowledge, and it is really difficult for me to shoulder this important responsibility!"
"Furthermore, I also feel that it is not appropriate for Your Majesty to leave this matter to others, because judging from the actions of the Emperor...Wang Dehua and others, if you are not in charge, trouble will happen again..."
Seeing him subconsciously say the word "emperor", Zhu Yuanzhang knew that he had seen through Zhou Hou's methods, and he recognized it even more in his heart. He smiled and said: "Jiang Qing, you don't need to worry, we will only be gone for ten days." "
"And you are not fighting alone, because according to our estimates, Li Jing will lead his army back to Beijing soon.
He will help you then..."
Jiang Dejing had heard Zhu Yuanzhang's story before and knew that it was urgent to put down the rebellion. Now that he heard that Li Jing was coming back soon, his worries were relieved by two points.
He wanted to ask for some more details before agreeing, but suddenly he heard Zhu Yuanzhang say, "The prince has grown a lot now, and he has won a lot of popularity recently." He immediately said, "Your Majesty, I think you might as well let me The prince leads the troops..."
As soon as he spoke, he realized something was wrong and hurriedly knelt down to plead guilty: "I am not..."
"Jiang Qing, you don't need to explain, I understand what you mean!"
When Zhu Yuanzhang saw Jiang Derjing's panic, instead of being angry, he smiled and said, "You must remember that the prince will always be the prince of the Ming Dynasty and your future majesty!"
When Jiang Dejing heard this, he was stunned and kowtowed repeatedly: "Your Majesty is wise, Your Majesty is wise!"
Zhu Yuanzhang stepped forward to help him up, and said solemnly: "Jiang Qing, we won't force you, you go back and think about it!"
"But we have to leave tomorrow at the latest, so whether you are willing or not, you must give us an answer tonight!" "
After Jiang Dejing solemnly agreed, when he was about to leave, a young eunuch came in to report that Fan Jingwen and Zuo Maodi were outside asking for an audience.
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard the report, he frowned and looked at the young eunuch and said, "Brother Li Wu is not here?"
The little eunuch shook his head and said, "No!"
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but frowned when he heard this.
Because Brother Li Wu was ordered by him to reprimand Zuo Maodi, whether he succeeded or not, he should come and report to him.
But now Fan Jingwen and Zuo Maodi came, but Brother Li Wu was nowhere to be seen, which made him a little confused.
"Is there an urgent military report?"
When he was thinking, he saw Jiang Dejing leaving, and thought that Zuo Maodi had come here because he had been reprimanded, or he had realized his mistake after being persuaded by Fan Jingwen and came to apologize.
And Jiang Dejing may have to take charge of the affairs of the capital next. He should create an opportunity for the other party to win over people's hearts and show that he is his loyal minister. Otherwise, with his reputation, he may not be able to suppress Fan Jingwen and others.
It turned out that Fan Jingwen responded to the situation in front of the Meridian Gate and recruited Zhou Jing to escort him, which won Zhu Yuanzhang's trust and became one of his candidates to stay in Beijing.
Therefore, he had previously hinted that the other party should intercede with Zhu Cihong and release some fresh water to win popularity.
It's just that Zhu Yuanzhang felt that although Fan Jingwen was honest and reliable, he lacked the energy and responsibility compared to Jiang Dejing.
Therefore, after Zhu Yuanzhang took the opportunity to keep Jiang Dejing, he asked the young eunuch to bring Fan and Zuo in.
Zhu Yuanzhang saw the shameful look on Zuo Maodi's face and deliberately mocked: "Zuo Maodi, have you got an explanation?"
Zuo Maodi heard this and hurriedly knelt down to plead guilty and said: "I am confused, please punish me!"
Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly and said: "We should punish you. Now the capital is troubled by internal and external troubles. You don't want to share our worries, but you are being petty at this time."
"If Jiang Qing hadn't interceded for you and said that you worked hard during your tenure, we would have cut you into pieces..."
Jiang Dejing was a smart person. When Zhu Yuanzhang asked him to stay, he had already guessed something.
At this moment, seeing Zhu Yuanzhang win over Zuo Maodi for him, he was quite moved. He hurriedly came forward to plead for mercy, and told Zuo Maodi about raising wages and reassuring the people.
It turns out that after he came from Zuomaodi and served as the Minister of Household Affairs, he worried about money day and night.
Later, when he learned that Zhu Yuanzhang intended to impose a maritime ban and that a place was sold for a sky-high price of three million taels, he did not care about the reputation of scholars and personally interviewed wealthy people in Beijing and sold more than five million taels of silver.
Later, Li Jing and Gu Yanwu returned to Beijing and proposed a plan to try out a new currency system by taking the opportunity of reassuring the people.
However, not long after the plan was implemented, Li Jing left Beijing due to the Jurchen invasion of the south, and all the burden fell on Zuo Maodi...
Zhu Yuanzhang said it casually, but he didn't expect that Zuo Maodi actually did so many things, and his mind changed.
When he was thinking of a few words to praise Zuo Mao and lighten the atmosphere, he saw Brother Li Wu
He ran in with a happy face.
