Zhu Cixi burst out laughing after reading the three memorials: "Haha, the situation is great, it's a great one, not a small one!"
He waved his hand to Huang Xiaobao, indicating that he would circulate the memorial to Zhu Chunjie, Cao Youyi and Wu Sanfu, and then said: "The Tatars were very arrogant before. They were enclosing land, occupying houses, investing money, and... They dug the grave of Saint Kong! They killed countless people, and now they are finally unjust and have no help!"
"This matter is a little unclear," Wu Sanfu shook his head while looking at Lu Daqi's memorial. "The ones who have been defeated now are just the two Han armies Jin Yuhe and Zukefa. They don't have much strength, and their subordinates are also weak. There are only one or two Han army Niulu, and together they can only fight thousands. Even if they are all beaten, it will not hurt the vitality of the Tatars.
Mr. Qiantai, I feel that Governor Shi, Gao Futai and Lu Futai are all too optimistic..."
Zhu Cixiang turned his attention to Cao Youyi, "Cao Weishuai, what do you think?"
Cao Youyi was reading the memorial jointly signed by Shi Kefa and Gao Hongtu in his hand. When he heard Zhu Cihong's words, he shook his head and said: "Xuan, Xuan... Qian Suiye, I also thought that the Tatars are not that easy to deal with. Don't look at it. The rogue bandits fought successfully in Huaiqing, Weihui, Zhangde, and Daming prefectures, but that was because they had not encountered the main force of the Tatars, and if they had, they would have been defeated."
Zhu Cixiang nodded and turned his gaze to Zhu Chunjie.
Although Zhu Chunjie hasn't seen the memorial yet, he knows many secrets that Wu Sanfu and Cao Youyi don't know.
For example, he knew clearly the location and specific strength of the Qing army's main force closest to Zhangde Mansion and Daming Mansion - Wu Sangui and Azige's troops ten days ago, as well as their general battle plan.
"Master Qiansui," Zhu Chunjie said, "the rogue bandits may have taken advantage of a loophole... maybe they can be proud for five to ten days. When the Qing army's Azige troops are transferred out from Shanxi, the situation may be reversed."
"What if we join in?" Zhu Cixiang asked with a smile.
Wu Sanfu was stunned when he heard this, "But our elite soldiers are all in Jiangnan...and these elite soldiers may not be able to fight against the powerful Tatar forces."
In order to divide the fields and take root and further expand the troops, Zhu Cixiang transferred all six divisions of the New Army to overcome difficulties, including the division previously stationed in Dengzhou and the first division stationed in Huai'an, to the surrounding areas of Nanjing for training. To the north of the Huaihe River, there are now only more than 10,000 people from Denglai Seven Guards, 2,000 people from Su Guansheng's Fubiao, Shen Tingyang's Beiyang Navy and part of the new army under the jurisdiction of the Zhongdu Remaining Division.
By the way, under the auspices of Zhu Chunchen, who stayed in Zhongdu, the military guards of Fengyang Mansion also carried out some reorganization. All the land of other military guards except the Eighth Guards Station under the direct jurisdiction of the Left-behind Department (the Eighth Guards and Oneth Post in Fengyang Prefecture is not directly under the jurisdiction of the Eighth Guards and First Guards Station) was taken back and placed under the jurisdiction of the Tuntian Commandery Division under the Zhongdu Left-behind Division - the so-called Tuntian Commandery Division In fact, it is a yamen that manages military villages and official fields. It is either under the jurisdiction of the Remaining Department, the General Military Department, the Governor-General's Department, or directly under the jurisdiction of the military garrison of the Generalissimo's Mansion.
However, Zhu Cixi's court did not put all the military, official, and hidden fields in southern Zhili, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi under the command of the garrison. It only deducted the land confiscated from Nanjing's honorable nobles and honorable ministers, deducting the liberated land. The more than 20 million acres remaining after the land was awarded to the heroes who overcame the difficulties, plus the ungranted military villages, official fields and discovered hidden fields in Fengyang Prefecture, Huai'an Prefecture, Yangzhou Prefecture and Runing Prefecture, all belong to After entering the field and commanding envoys to manage it, the total area was more than 30 million acres.
The land of the Eight Guards and One Institute under the direct jurisdiction of the Zhongdu Left-behind Division was awarded to 17,000 young men recruited from Fengyang Prefecture. With these 17,000 strong men who were granted land, the Zhongdu Left-behind Division also had a certain strength.
In addition, the Tang Palace in Zhongdu Remaining Division and Runing also recruited a total of 30,000 men for Zhu Cixiang, and they will gradually move to Nanjing to join the new army to overcome difficulties.
After these 30,000 people join the land division of the new army to overcome the difficulties, Zhu Cihong will be able to carry out a new round of expansion of the new army to overcome the difficulties. If Zheng Zhilong can still provide enough firecrackers, then Prince Zhu's rule in the southeast will basically be Stable.
However, even with more than 100,000 troops, Zhu Cixiang did not have the strength to counterattack Yanyun in the short term. After all, these troops only have enough heads. It’s hard to say whether they can get the equipment. Organization and training are still far from enough! Tang Ruowang didn't even get the group of Western instructors that Tang Ruowang found for Zhu Cihong in Hao'ao!
Zhu Cixiang smiled: "Aren't there Huang Degong, Gao Jie, Liu Liangzuo, Liu Zeqing, and Xu Dingguo? These five have no less than 130,000 elite soldiers! I spend 200,000 taels of silver every month, shouldn't I? Put in some effort?"
"I'm afraid they won't, right?" Cao Youyi shook his head.
Zhu Cixi smiled: "I have my own way!"
While he was speaking, another announcement came from outside the door. It was Wu Xiang and Li Ruolian who had arrived together.
Li Ruolian was previously the Denglai Commander-in-Chief, and had just been transferred back to Nanjing to serve as the commander of the Tuntian Guards in the Generalissimo's Mansion.
As soon as Wu Xiang and Li Ruolian knelt down to salute Zhu Cixiang, Zhu Cixiang waved his hands and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, just think about it. Sit down."
Zhu Cixiang's style is very approachable, not because he has future generations' thinking, but because he is the prince with sixteen ancestors. If he ascends the throne, he will be the seventeenth emperor of the Ming Dynasty. When the ancestral emperor reaches this level, he no longer needs to rely on others to kneel to express his nobility.
After Wu Xiang and Li Ruolian took their seats, Zhu Cihong showed them the memorials of Lu Daqi, Shi Kefa and Gao Hongtu.
After the two of them finished reading, Zhu Cixiang said directly without asking them for their opinions: "In view of the current situation in the North, I have decided to launch a Northern Expedition! It will be led by five people including Huang Degong, Gao Jie, Liu Liangzuo, Liu Zeqing, and Xu Ding The commander-in-chief sends out troops, aiming directly at Yanyun!"
Wu Xiang and Li Ruolian were stunned when they heard this. What's wrong with Prince Zhu? Suddenly become naive? To actually believe that those five vassal towns with strong military support and self-respect would send troops to the Northern Expedition... No, how could the Crown Prince be naive? There must be some fraud! You must be having some bad ideas again!
Seeing that Wu Xiang and Li Ruolian did not persuade each other, Zhu Cixi smiled and said: "In order to encourage the five of them to send troops, I will also make an agreement with them that whoever enters Yan first will be king!"
"Master Qiansui, do you want to imitate King Huai of Chu?" Wu Xiang finally couldn't help it. The prince is really out of his mind!
Zhu Cixiang smiled: "I am not King Huai, and Huang Degong, Gao Jie, Liu Liangzuo, Liu Zeqing, and Xu Ding are not Liu Xiang."
Li Ruolian shook his head: "Then why are they willing to send troops? Those are Tatars!"
"They are willing!" Zhu Cixiang smiled, "I have a solution!"
Wu Xiang looked at his good son-in-law: I knew you had something to do? Tell me what you can do!
Zhu Cixiang smiled at him: I can't tell you and Wu Sanfu this method... Hahaha!
"Old Taishan," Zhu Cixiang smiled, "Zukefa will be escorted to Yangzhou soon. Can you always take the trouble to go to Yangzhou to pick him up with Jin Zhijun and Sun Zhixian?"
"Together?" Wu Xiangxin said: What kind of combination is this? A prisoner and two envoys came together...
"Yes, together!" Zhu Cihong said, "In addition, I will also bother Lao Taishan to be a lobbyist and have a good talk with Zukefa."
"Qiantui Master wants to persuade Zu Kefa to surrender?"
Zhu Cixi smiled and said: "Do you still need to persuade me? Does Zukefa want to die for the Tatars?"
"That's impossible." Wu Xiang said.
"That's it," Zhu Cihong said, "I want him to atone for his sins!" He paused and added, "Old Taishan must leave as soon as possible! Jin Yiwei will send someone to go with you. How should I say, Jin Yiwei Someone will tell you."
"Okay, I'll leave today." As he spoke, Wu Xiang stood up to leave.
"Okay," Zhu Cihong raised his hand to Wu Sanfu, "Sanfu, you can also go with Lao Taishan."
"I accept the decree."
The Wu family father and son left the Dagong Hall together without thinking too much. Zhu Cixiang watched the two of them go away, and then said to several people in the hall: "Now let's talk about the king of Yan first... You all have to work hard. Chunjie, you go Fengyang is looking for Duke Cheng. Marquis Gongshun, you go to Shandong to find Shi Kefa and Liu Zeqing. Marquis of Zhenhai (Li Ruolian), you go to Xuzhou and meet my god-sister first, and then my god-brother-in-law. He went to Dengzhou to take office as the admiral and general military officer of Shandong, commanding the troops of Deng, Lai and Qing prefectures!
Must be quick! Let's all set off tomorrow! "
