Chapter 312 Can I be alone?
"Your Majesty, this is today's briefing."
Chen Cao's life at home was really comfortable. His active plan to create a baby allowed him to have a grand party with many wives and concubines during these two comfortable months, so much so that Li Xiang had successfully become pregnant with his second child, including Li Waner and Su Manwen. Inside.
After briefly reading the briefing sent by the maid, Chen Cao threw it aside, then dressed up and headed to the Governor's Yamen.
At the round table meeting, Chen Cao pointed to the map and said: "In the Battle of Yangzhou, Zhang Gaoping defeated the Northern Army, beheading 30,000 people and capturing more than 10,000 prisoners. However, Li Wanchang suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Gaoyou, but he still failed to capture Gaoyou City. .”
"The decree sent by Emperor Chongde yesterday requires the prince to send troops to assist Li Wanchang in attacking Gaoyou."
"So do you think that our Songjiang Domain will send troops or not?"
Faced with Chen Cao's inquiry, Huang Chunyao, as the first counselor, naturally responded first: "The students thought that of course they could not send troops;
Now that the prince has been granted the title of King of Songjiang County, he has made a great contribution to the officials of the Chongde Dynasty. It is also the prince's contribution that Wei Guogong and others surrendered to the Southern Dynasty again. Furthermore, the Tianxiong army set out for Tianfang Kingdom. This battle can be said to be After spending half of the money of Songjiang Domain, apart from vigorously developing military training, we no longer have any extra force to fight the war, and we can still protect ourselves. "
"The battle report just sent back yesterday shows that Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting have captured the Gulf of Oman. Counting the time it takes for the news to come and go, the flag of our Ming Dynasty must have been raised in Oman by this time."
As he spoke, Chen Cao threw the official document on the table for everyone present to see, then stood up and said: "I also want to be alone, but Emperor Chongzhen doesn't think so. The secret report sent back by the Jinyiwei spies from Henan, the rebels in Shaanxi and Yang He reached an agreement, the two sides have stopped fighting, and the fact that I funded Wang Er's rebellion that year has been known to the Northern Dynasty."
The civil unrest in Shaanxi became more and more serious, and hundreds of thousands of troops were able to suppress it repeatedly. In addition to Ma Shilong's tiger breeding, what was more important was the large number of firearms flowing from Nanjing to Shaanxi.
Jin Yiwei, who pretended to be a Tianfang man, sold these firearms to Wang Er and others at a low price, but they were obtained by Chongzhen during the Battle of Xi'an Mansion at that time, and he began to speculate on the origin of these firearms.
And now that the successor Wang Ziyong has surrendered to the army and been reorganized by Yang He, these secrets will naturally not be concealed.
"Refugees are just refugees after all, and there is no way to change the situation."
Xu Fuyuan sighed.
Chen Cao also lamented that the entire situation in the late Ming Dynasty had changed since he traveled through time. The civil unrest in Shaanxi that was originally extremely chaotic has now been calmed down since Wang Ziyong.
"Wang Ziyong was granted the title of Commander-in-Chief of Shaanxi Province, and after eliminating the refugees from each camp under his command, he formed an elite force of 50,000 people. Following Yang He's Qin army, they marched eastward and reached the territory of Mianchi. The target of 100,000 soldiers and horses was Luoyang City.”
"How can Wang Ziyong accept the recruitment?"
Chen Cao shook his head: "It's not that Wang Ziyong is willing, but Emperor Chongzhen. Although he is headstrong, the current situation in the Ming Dynasty no longer allows him to have his own temper. Recruiting Wang Ziyong and attacking Nanjing is the top priority;
In addition, the Jian Nu in the north also successfully negotiated peace with the Northern Dynasty. Do you know the content? "
Under the attention of everyone, Chen Cao said word by word: "The Ming Dynasty gave up all territories outside the Shanhaiguan..."
Everyone took a breath of cold air. Is this still the Ming Dynasty that never ceded an inch of land?
Of course, no one knew that the person on the mission was named Chen Yan and the person in charge was named Zou Weilian.
These two people were Chen Cao's confidants, and all the peace negotiations in the Northern Dynasty were actually planned by Chen Cao.
None of the people present, including Huang Chunyao, knew about Chen Cao's shocking arrangement.
"In addition..." Chen Cao squinted his eyes: "Jiannu has agreed that if necessary, he will enter the pass to assist the Northern Army in fighting at the request of the Northern Dynasty."
hiss...
Could it be that this is a country of brothers? However, aren’t the Ming Dynasty and Jiannu inseparable?
"Abandoning Liaodong means giving up the entire Ming Dynasty..."
Huang Chunyao shook his fan with a look of contempt on his face: "I wonder which plague god in the Northern Dynasties came up with such a bad idea..."
Chen Cao's face immediately darkened, and then he coughed calmly to relieve his embarrassment, but Huang Chunyao continued: "Jian Nu is a tiger, leopard, and jackal. These ambitious barbarians gave away the entire Liaodong. Didn’t all the millions of Han people in Liaodong become their slaves?
But..." Huang Chunyao thought carefully: "Doing this will actually be of great benefit to our Songjiang clan. As soon as my Songjiang army arrives in the future..."
Before he finished speaking, the clever Huang Chunyao suddenly figured out something, and then turned to look at Chen Cao, who was listening to him attentively. His face turned red for a moment, then turned pale, and he quickly stood up and knelt down: "The student talks without hesitation. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."
Everyone was stunned, not knowing what happened. Chen Cao laughed and said calmly: "Yunsheng, don't forget, the ceremony of kneeling and worship was abolished two years ago."
Huang Chunyao stood up again with an embarrassed look on his face: "Students are stupid and didn't think of the key points before."
"I don't blame you. Sit down and continue talking."
Seeing that Chen Cao didn't look angry at all, Huang Chunyao pondered for a while before continuing: "In this way, the prince can truly realize his grand plan of expelling the Tartars and restoring China."
Chen Cao turned to look at Song Che and said, "Shi Xiu, how is the training of the new troops in each army now?"
"Except for the Tianxiong Army, all newly formed divisions are undergoing rotation training at the Huating Camp. The remaining seven new divisions of the Dingwu Army have completed the military training subjects for new recruits last month and have settled in the Qingpu training ground for the first time. The second phase of training subjects.”
Chen Cao nodded, and then looked at the map: "Yangzhou is now completely under the control of the Southern Dynasty, but Gaoyou cannot be captured for a long time. The princes from the north seem to have made up their mind to live or die with Gaoyou. Li Wanchang's attacks have failed several times. If there is a stalemate there, I'm worried about Luoyang."
Luoyang is the fiefdom of King Fu. Although he is dead, Luoyang still has a great symbolic significance. Moreover, the remaining troops in Luoyang are only 30,000. If Yang He and Wang Ziyong capture Luoyang, Fengyang's gate will be closed. Then he opened it in front of Yang He.
Even though the Southern Dynasty had passed through the border and killed generals, its troops were already stretched thin. The front line in the north was too long and the defense in the west was weak. The defenders mobilized in Zhongdu were only more than 20,000 people. The rest of the army focused on defense along the Jiangbei coast. We must also be on guard against troops heading north from Jiangxi, Huguang and other places.
This is also an important reason why Zhu Yousong sent several orders to Chen Cao to send troops. His focus was not on Gaoyou, but on Zhongdu.
"How about supporting some firearms."
Xia Yunyi said: "There are still many firearms that have been eliminated by the armies in the early stage, and some of the defective Shenwu cannons that were installed have reached the age of retirement after use. These things can be given to Emperor Chongde and transported to Zhongdu for defense. .”
Chen Cao nodded thoughtfully. What Xia Yunyi said was indeed a good plan. This would also break the excuses in Nanjing and give them the illusion that at least they would not think that Chen Cao would start his own business now.
"This plan is feasible. I will do as you say and make arrangements immediately to send all this batch of firearms."
Zhao Xin walked into the lobby in a hurry, handed an official document to Chen Cao, and then whispered for a long time. After listening, Chen Cao opened the official document, frowning, and put the official document on the table for a long time.
"Everyone, Liu Aita, also called Liu Xingzuo, a Jurchen Han who was stationed in Liaodong a few years ago and Nurhachi's consort, raised troops in Gaizhou Guard seven days ago and returned to the Ming Dynasty anyway;
In order to come back this time, he left his old mother, wife and children behind and returned alone. He heard that his old mother had also died in the fire, and there were four thousand people who followed him back.
However, after they arrived in Denglai, they were detained in Dengzhou because of the peace negotiations between the Northern Dynasty and Jiannu. "
After Huang Taiji seized the throne of the Jurchen Khan, he carried out brutal attacks on the Ming generals who had defected anyway, and Liu Xingzuo also had a great influence within the Jiannu. If they were not dealt with seriously, they would definitely destroy the Eight Banners of the Han Army, the Eight Banners of Korea, and the newly formed Eight Banners of the Korean Army. The Eight Banners of Mongolia have had a negative impact.
Therefore, Huang Taiji personally sent people to Beijing to add to the peace talks and asked the Beijing court to hand over Liu Xingzuo anyway.
Liu Xingzuo, who had fled with 4,000 people, had just arrived at Dengzhou Port when he was detained under house arrest at a banquet by Wang Tingxian, who had already received the order.
However, Chen Cao had already learned of Liu Xingzuo's specific movements. Jinyiwei's spies in Dengzhou and Tiqi had already arranged for as many as 500 people.
The reason why Chen Cao was able to tell Liu Xingzuo's story so calmly at the meeting was because as early as seven days ago, Jin Yiwei's spies had already rescued Liu Xingzuo from the governor's Yamen of Wang Tingzhao at night.
Wang Tingshi originally planned to escort Liu Xingzuo to Beijing the next day, and this was the hinterland of Shandong. Who knew that such an important person could be rescued from under his nose.
Although Dengzhou City was sealed off, with the help of the Cao Gang, Jin Yiwei calmly rescued Liu Xingzuo and arrived in Qingpu yesterday.
"After the four thousand people who stayed in Dengzhou Port heard that Liu Xingzuo had been rescued, and under the guidance of our people, they had already led them south overnight and arrived in Shanghai one day ahead of Liu Xingzuo by sea. The fleet is now within the Pudong Military Port .”
Chen Cao sighed, and then said: "It has been ten years since the end of the forty-eighth year of Wanli, counting from the first year of Taichang. I was seventeen years old at that time, and I am twenty-seven now;"
Chen Cao stood up: "There are only a few decades in life that can be squandered at will. To end this dispute, I decided to complete it within five years."
Huang Chunyao could hear Chen Cao's intention, which was to proclaim himself emperor.
"Liu Xingzuo has been in Liaodong for a long time, and his 4,000 men are also Han people from Liaodong. Therefore, I plan to use Liu Xingzuo as a fixed target and send men to land in Gaizhou to force the slaves to go south and enter the customs..."
