"Reporting to Qian Suiye, I have fought with bandits and Tatars, but the bandits are far inferior to the Tatars..."
"The little old man has also fought against roving bandits and Lu Chou. The roving bandits have not been beaten before, but Lu Chou is really good at fighting. No matter dead soldiers or sharp soldiers, they can fight against our strongest servants. Ordinary soldiers will not be able to fight against them at all. There’s no way to fight in the field!”
"Yes, how can rogue bandits be compared with luchou? Before Governor Hong and Governor Lu were harmed by luchou, the rogue bandits were chased and beaten by the army. But when we met luchou, the situation was reversed..."
"Oh, if the elite officers and soldiers hadn't been beaten to death by Lu Chou, where would the rogue bandits be today?"
"Speaking of it, the rogue bandits really took advantage of the deadly battle between the army and the Tatars!"
"If I had known earlier, I shouldn't have left so many elite soldiers in Liaodong..."
"Oh, so many brothers died in vain!"
There were actually quite a few servants of the Wu family who had fought against both the pirates and the bandits, and they started talking about it. The opinions expressed have long been expected by Zhu Cixiang. They are all afraid of the Qing army, and at the same time they also look down on the rogue bandits.
Li Zicheng's record was indeed a bit disappointing. Before Hong Chengchou was transferred to Liaodong, he was basically wandering around, and there was no hope of replacing the Ming Dynasty. If Hong Chengchou had won the Battle of Songjin and led Guan Ning's army to encircle and suppress him and Zhang Xianzhong, these two leaders of the peasant uprising would have been killed long ago.
But having said that, no matter how good Li Zicheng's fighting power is, it is not something that the current Ming Dynasty can fight against.
In the eleventh year of Chongzhen, after the main forces of Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting were transferred to Liaodong, Li Zicheng ushered in a period of rapid development. After the three battles at Kaifeng in the 14th and 15th years of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng was at an advantage on the battlefield in the Central Plains. In the same year, more than 100,000 elite Ming troops commanded by Hong Chengchou were wiped out by the Qing army on the Songjin battlefield. The following year, Sun Chuanting's Qin troops were defeated by Li Zicheng in the Battle of Jiaxian, resulting in the entire army being annihilated. Since then, the Ming Dynasty's military strength has been greatly inferior to that of Li Zicheng, who was in the limelight.
If the Qing troops had not entered the pass, Li Zicheng would have been sure of seizing the world and establishing a dynasty. Even with Zhu Cixi's golden finger, it was impossible to reverse the decline of the Ming Dynasty. He could not even unite the group of people gathered in the lobby of the inner school today. But the problem is, the Qing army's entry into the customs is inevitable!
Even if Wu Sangui had not opened Shanhaiguan, Dorgon would still have led the Qing army to invade from Rehe. The tens of thousands of veteran soldiers brought to Beijing by Li Zicheng were simply unable to defeat the eighty-thousand-strong Eight Banners force.
Therefore, in today's "Market Analysis Meeting of the Ming Dynasty", the Qing Dynasty outside the Pass has become an important subject for Zhu Cixiang to confuse people's hearts.
When he heard that everyone said that the Qing army was much more powerful than the Shun army, Zhu Cihong coughed and continued to lie after the hall became quieter.
"Everyone says that Lu Chou is more powerful than rogue bandits. So if rogue bandits enter Beijing, the savings of thousands of officials and dignitaries in Beijing for more than 200 years will be taken for themselves... Will Lu Chou watch helplessly?"
"How is that possible?"
"Lu Chou will definitely come and rob him."
"Yes, there are so many rich and powerful people in Beijing, how much gold and silver should they have? How could Lu Chou let them go?"
"Not only gold and silver treasures? Maybe they will also enter the customs to fight for the world!"
Zhu Cixiang's questions were very instructive, and the answers he got were completely expected.
He nodded in agreement, and then said: "So once Lu Chou becomes a bandit, will Chuang Ni bring out his old camp to fight, or will he let the officers and soldiers who surrendered to him rebel and take the lead?"
"The defecting officers and soldiers will definitely take the lead in rebellion..."
"Yes! If you don't fight the bandits, you'll fight the ugly ones!"
"There is still a way to survive when fighting bandits, but being captured by bandits and beating up Chou is a dead end!"
"Even if you don't die, can you still expect the bandits to be rewarded with silver?"
The main comments were made by a bunch of old servants. What kind of good people could they be? Talk to them about national justice, loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, and they promise to turn a deaf ear. So we can only make the stakes clear to them... Actually, it's not really clear, but to make them believe what Zhu Cixiang wants them to believe.
As a senior financial dog, Zhu Cixiang was also a big liar in his previous life, claiming that pigs can fly to the sky! No matter how bad a listed company or a start-up company is, he can present facts and reason, and turn it into a future hot stock that is seriously undervalued.
None of Wu Xiang's old servants or young servants have ever seen all kinds of deception in the financial market and venture capital circles of later generations. So there was no need for a god-level figure like Fake Yaoting to take action, Zhu Cixiang's deception skills were enough to trap them.
"You are indeed knowledgeable! You are much smarter than those generals and generals who betrayed the imperial court." Zhu Cixiang sighed repeatedly, "They only had to defend Guancheng and fight against the enemy, but now they have to be taken to the battlefield to fight against the prisoners. Ugly is desperate."
"It's a dead end!"
"How can they survive?"
"We Guan Ningjun can't even do it..."
Zhu Cixi coughed a few more times, and the hall suddenly became quiet again. Zhu Cixiang raised his voice and said loudly: "But we don't need to fight Lu Chou, we just need to save my father and go to Nanjing... General Bing Wu's army has passed Shanhaiguan, and they will come to meet us. . When the time comes, everyone will save the emperor and fight out of Beijing, go to Tianjin, and go south by sea. Leave Northern Zhili to Chuang Ni and Lu Chou to fight. Chuang Ni will fight to the death in front of Lu Chou, how much strength can he have to go south? ? We in the Ming Dynasty also have Tianjin Navy, Fujian Navy, Guangdong Navy and a shipping fleet under the jurisdiction of the Governor of Water Transport. They are enough to establish the Huaihe River Navy and the Yangtze River Navy. Relying on the dangers of the rivers, we are very sure to stop the invasion southward! "
As he spoke, he said to Sun Fugui and Wang Guoyong who were standing in front of him: "Two heroes, are you willing to escort Nan Xing?"
"willing!"
"willing."
"Okay!" Zhu Cixiang nodded heavily and picked up the two edicts he had just written, "Sun Fugui and Wang Guoyong, this is the edict written by me personally. I conferred the title of Jinyiwei Xiaoban to you two, and granted them a farm of 300 acres in the south of the Yangtze River. He was also rewarded with 10 taels of silver and given the title of hero for overcoming difficulties.
Zhu Chunjie, get them money! Bi Shishu wrote down the names, official positions and the number of fields granted to the two warriors. "
Sun Fugui and Wang Guoyong were stunned on the spot.
Are they both going to be officials now? And there are 300 acres of paddy fields in Jiangnan... It is said that paddy fields in Jiangnan are very expensive! One mu of paddy field can yield one shi of rice per year. 300 acres is 300 shi. How can you earn more than 200 taels of silver!
Isn't this a dream?
Bi Zhongshu from Bijiu City on the side was also shocked by Zhu Cixiang's words. What on earth is going on with this prince? Is it true, as the people in Duanben Palace said, that the prince really received a dream from his ancestors and had a magic trick to save the Ming Dynasty?
It's just that he is now granting officials and fields to people. Does the emperor know about it?
Zhu Chunjie had already stuffed the white silver ingots over him. When he saw the two stupid teenagers, he coughed and said, "Why don't you thank Master Qiansui for your kindness!"
The two young men, Sun Fugui and Wang Guoyong, just woke up from a dream, and immediately knelt down in front of Zhu Cixiang, "Young Sun Fugui (Wang Guoyong), thank you for your great kindness! I am willing to die for the prince Qiansui!"
Zhu Cixiang coughed again, turned around and glared at Bi Zhongshu, who was still in a daze. Pang Zhongshu was so excited that he quickly went to a blank chapter and a brush, dipped in ink, and began to record Zhu Cixiang's people in small regular script. Awarded...
At the same time, in the lobby, countless eager eyes were cast on Zhu Cihong.
Zhu Cixi smiled and said: "You are all loyal ministers of our Ming Dynasty. Naturally, everyone has a reward... But I can't cash in the paddy fields in the south of the Yangtze River for you in the capital, so I have to keep my palace and go to the south of the Yangtze River." Give it later.
But you can absolutely rest assured that I am the Crown Prince and I always keep my word. After arriving in the capital, I will never let go of the land that should be given to you.
When we reach Jiangnan, not only will everyone of you have a farm, but everyone else who is escorting Nanxing will also be able to get a piece of land, at least 50 acres of farmland! With these farms, you can marry and have children in the south of the Yangtze River, and your children and grandchildren will all be loyal to me in the Ming Dynasty. Because this time when the country is in crisis, the heroes who can stand up and protect Nanxing are all national heroes. I want to make you heroes in overcoming difficulties, and you will live with the country for generations to come! "
Now everyone was excited. This is a job to reward the world! From generation to generation, living together with the country...it means that the Ming Dynasty has its own share!
This treatment is the same as that of the heroes who followed Taizu in founding the country and Chengzu in Jingnan, and almost the same as the Eight Banners Zhuangyong from Lu Chou!
From now on, we will not only fight for the emperor’s family, but also for our own family and our children and grandchildren!
Everyone, including a bunch of elderly servants, suddenly felt very motivated... There is really a future for following the prince!
