In fact, Emperor Chongzhen already knew about Hong Chengchou's memorial before it was sent to the capital, and he knew more than Hong Chengchou.
At this time, Emperor Chongzhen was also worried! Another good opportunity appeared, but it was a pity that there was no food in Ming Dynasty. Otherwise, it would have been a harsh harvest. Of course, just like Jianlu, if you force yourself to do it, you can still make it happen. However, Emperor Chongzhen did not want to get involved.
After all, Jianlu is already a grasshopper after autumn, how many more days can he still jump around? Emperor Chongzhen was confident that he could deal with Jianlu. Another main reason is that Emperor Chongzhen is really not very familiar with the history of the late Ming Dynasty. He wonders if there will be another major disaster this year? If he scrapes together food and uses it to fight a war, and a big disaster suddenly occurs in the country, he would rather not fight against the enemy and do domestic construction first.
Generally speaking, the food problem is slowly getting better. But it still takes time, and it is impossible to solve the Ming Dynasty's food problem in just a few years. You know, after Emperor Chongzhen traveled through time, with his efforts, the bandits were put down, and it is unknown how many lives were saved. Moreover, the focus every year was disaster prevention, and it is unknown how many lives were saved.
Saving these lives is a merit, but they are also food-hungry. More food than originally needed in history is needed to support the people of the Ming Dynasty from starving.
For this reason, Emperor Chongzhen actually learned about Jianlu's conspiracy early on from the Class-A eavesdropping seeds on Daishan and Azig. However, he did not take action and was busy with internal affairs first.
The news from Nanyang fed back from the Zheng family said that due to the Ming Dynasty’s large-scale purchase of grain in the past few years, most Ming people in Nanyang began to plant grain on a large scale, and the Ming people who passed through Nanyang from the southeastern coast of the Ming Dynasty, There are also more and more. This situation seems to have attracted the attention of those in power in various Southeast Asian countries.
It is said that some countries in Nanyang have begun to spread rumors that the Ming Dynasty has a conspiracy. It is likely that it covets the land in Nanyang and wants to permanently occupy Nanyang, so that it no longer has to spend so much money to buy food every year. More and more Ming people went to Nanyang, which was the first step to occupy Nanyang.
In response to this, Emperor Chongzhen just smiled. Not to mention, if it weren't for the fact that he couldn't free his hands now, he really wanted to conquer Nanyang. It would be better than letting the Western Yi continue to colonize Nanyang!
In addition, there is another situation in Nanyang that is not friendly to Ming Dynasty. Countries in Southeast Asia, especially those areas ruled by Western barbarians, buy a large amount of silk, cotton, tea, etc. from the Ming Dynasty every year. They feel that their money is constantly flowing to the Ming Dynasty, which is a bit of a loss. Seeing that the Ming Dynasty seemed to have a huge demand for food, they thought of raising the price of food to make up for the cost of buying silk, cotton, tea, etc.
Regarding this, the Zheng family also reported this to Emperor Chongzhen, saying that the Zheng family was currently purchasing the grains, and all the countries in Southeast Asia were giving them face. Although they mentioned this, they did not dare to raise the price.
After Emperor Chongzhen learned about this, he was not in a good mood. For him, he hoped that the purchase of grain from Nanyang would go smoothly without any glitches. At least until the Ming Dynasty's domestic grain production increases and reaches self-sufficiency, it is best not to have any setbacks. Otherwise, we really have to send troops south to teach those who took advantage of the Ming Dynasty a lesson!
It was because of this incident that Emperor Chongzhen paid attention to the reform of the guard station. The war in the South is ultimately about using southern talents to minimize non-combat attrition in the army. For this reason, no additional troops were sent to the Shapu Rebellion in Yunnan. They only asked Qin Liangyu's Baigan Army to assist Mu Guogong in suppressing it.
To be honest, Emperor Chongzhen had a lot of things going on.
But now, since Hong Chengchou's memorial has been sent to the capital, it must be dealt with.
Huang Taiji was accidentally angered to death, so Jianlu stayed contented throughout the winter. Of course, excluding the Northern Conquest of Sauron, that has nothing to do with the Ming Dynasty. The mixed forces of Yongwei Camp and Panshi Camp who stayed in Jinzhou to defend had a peaceful winter.
Na Daishan wanted to use his tactics to his advantage, but Yin Daming would stop letting this army move. It's just food and fodder for more than 10,000 people, but this is still available.
After thinking about it for a while, Emperor Chongzhen had an idea in his mind. This time, if the Mongolian tribes in the east are disturbed, I believe that there will be no Mongolian tribes in the Hetao Plain who dare to make plans, so they can move some Ming people to open up wasteland and farm!
With this Hetao Plain, even if there is another famine in Qin and Jin, there is no need to worry!
It's time for the Ming Dynasty's military might to shock the grassland again!
Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen approved Hong Chengchou's memorial. At the same time, he gave Hong Chengchou a secret decree and sent it to Shanhaiguan together.
In Hong Chengchou's memorial, he first explained his previous strategy, and then explained that the results were good, and at least the Haraqin tribe was willing to surrender. Therefore, he suggested in the memorial that the leader of the Haraqin tribe, Gu Lusqibu, should be kept in the capital with a false title as a hostage, and then let the Haraqin tribe cooperate to defeat the Aohan tribe, and then cut off one of Jianlu's allies, and create a better future for the Jianlu tribe. The Ming Dynasty finally regained Liaodong and laid the foundation.
After receiving the reply from Emperor Chongzhen, Hong Chengchou immediately went to read the approval of his memorial. After all, this is about his merit.
If he is affirmed by the emperor, it means that Hong Chengchou is not inferior to Lu Xiangsheng, and in some respects, he is even stronger than Lu Xiangsheng. After all, Lu Xiangsheng went to the battlefield to risk his life, but he, Hong Chengchou, was strategizing, and his state of mind was different.
After opening the memorial, Hong Chengchou saw that Emperor Chongzhen agreed to his suggestion and even asked him to send Gulusi Qibu to the capital to make him an earl and retire in the capital. This made Hong Chengchou even more happy and felt that the emperor was wise. Shenwu, and he, Hong Chengchou, also made a great contribution.
However, what Hong Chengchou never expected was that when he opened Emperor Chongzhen's secret decree again, he would break out in a cold sweat.
In his opinion, everything was a natural thing, but he didn't expect it to be Jianlu's conspiracy.
For example, everyone thinks that the Karaqin tribe is weak and close to the Ming Dynasty, so it will definitely not be able to withstand the threat of the Ming Dynasty. Not only Hong Chengchou himself thought so, but the Aohan tribe also thought so, and even several princes of Jianlu thought so.
In addition, the current difficulties of Jianlu, such as lack of food and grass, low morale, etc., are also objective realities. At this time, the possibility of Jianlu sending troops to the grassland is very low. And Gulusi Qibu's complaint also proves this point.
With all this going on, Hong Chengchou never thought that there might be anything wrong with it. For this reason, he felt that with the capabilities of Guan Ning's army and the cooperation of the Kalaqin tribe who were familiar with the grasslands, they would definitely be able to severely defeat the Aohan tribe. In this way, the credit will all be yours.
However, I didn't expect Jianlu to be so cunning, and he used this mentality to pull off a trick. If there was no secret order from the emperor, it would really be possible to be fooled!
After Hong Chengchou read the secret decree, his hands holding the secret decree were already covered in sweat.
After a long time, he breathed a sigh of relief, put down the secret order respectfully, wiped his sweat, and said to himself: "Fortunately, the emperor is watching. If he had made his own decision and done it first and then reported it, the consequences would be unimaginable. Got it!"
After calming down and calming down, Hong Chengchou began to make arrangements according to his original plan, waiting for Jianlu to take advantage of his plan.
So, next, Guan Ning's army began to make moves, and Jianlu's side also estimated that it was about the same, and began to mobilize troops and generals under various pretexts, mainly to mobilize the cavalry, saying that it was to defend Shengjing. It is possible that reinforcements will continue to march north to conquer Sauron. Of course, the actual purpose is to have enough cavalry to quickly break into the grassland and intersect.
For the Aohan tribe, the leader of the Aohan tribe, Aohan Bandi, asked Princess Gu Lun after some affection, "What is in the kit that Sheng Jing gave me? Why don't you take a look first?"
Although Princess Gu Lun was very satisfied just now, when she heard this, she still shook her head and refused: "Shengjing has strict orders. You must not watch it until the time is right. If you had watched it in advance, I would be punished!"
"What does it matter if we take a look? How could Shengjing know?" Aohan Bandi couldn't help but suggest again.
After reporting the affairs of the Haraqin Tribe to Shengjing, Shengjing sent someone and mysteriously handed Princess Gu Lun two tips bags. One of them opened on the spot and said that she did not need to pay attention to the movements of the Haraqin Tribe and just maintain the status quo. ; There was also a tip bag, but it was kept by Princess Gu Lun instead of him. This made him very curious, wondering what Sheng Jing was going to do?
After hearing this, Princess Gu Lun became a little unhappy and said to Aohan Bandi: "Do you want me to be punished by Shengjing? What benefits will this do to the Aohan tribe?"
It was related to her own vital interests, and she obviously didn't want to open it. On the other hand, she is from the Aixinjueluo family, although she married into the Aohan tribe. But Shengjing had repeatedly warned her and even threatened her to let her know that the matter must be very important. She would never agree to open it in advance just out of curiosity.
When Aohan Ban first heard this, he also sensed her displeasure, so he didn't dare to persist, but he still couldn't help but asked another question: "Then when can I open the bag? That can always be said. ?”
Unexpectedly, Princess Gu Lun shook her head after hearing this and said, "I can't tell you this, otherwise it will have an impact on things in Shengjing."
Ao Hanban was a little unhappy when he heard it for the first time. What the hell was Sheng Jing doing? They were hiding everything from him. Is it possible that you thought that by marrying a princess, you could really have the final say in the Aohan tribe?
Seemingly seeing his unhappiness, Princess Gu Lun explained: "You are not too angry. Shengjing said that the Aohan tribe will not suffer a loss. After the matter is successful, the Aohan tribe's pasture will be able to A huge increase.”
Upon hearing this, Aohan Bandi finally felt happy. Although he was still curious about the contents of the kit, he did not continue to ask further questions.
At the same time, in Jinzhou City, Baoding Governor Lu Xiangsheng came from Guanglu Island and brought Emperor Chongzhen's decree.
When the guards Cao Bianjiao and Huang Degong heard the content of the imperial edict, they couldn't help but be overjoyed and couldn't help but said: "I have been doing nothing in Liaodong, and I am almost sick from holding it in."
"That's right. The last time we attacked Jinzhou, Jianlu surrendered before we could fight seriously. It was no fun at all. This time it's better. We can finally fight him for real."
Lu Xiangsheng listened and nodded with a smile. Although the war was commanded by the emperor himself, although it was very relaxing, it always felt boring. For these capable civil servants and generals, they would like their opponents to be stronger so that they can fight with more vigor. However, if their opponents are too weak, they are really uninterested.
Originally, Jianlu was the most powerful opponent of the Ming Dynasty. In the past, when the Ming army fought against Jianlu, they would lose consecutive battles and lose again and again. If you can defeat such an opponent, it will be your lifelong glory.
However, once the emperor led the army, under the emperor's clever calculation, as long as they fought according to the emperor's instructions, they did not have to use their brains at all. They were able to defeat Jianlu by surprise every time, which did not allow them to reflect at all. Give it its due value!
Although this time, there was also a secret decree from the emperor and things were explained. However, after all, the emperor did not come in person, which made Cao Bianjiao and Huang Degong particularly excited. Even Lu Xiangsheng has some expectations.
Next, there was nothing more to say. In accordance with the emperor's order, they started to move. Of course, if Jianlu from Xinjin's side should be blocked at night, he should still be blocked. Jianlu should not be allowed to know that there is any movement in Jinzhou.
The situation in Liaodong seems to be calm, but in fact it is the calm before the storm again. However, Jianlu didn't know, but the Ming army knew it.
On this day, after many communications, Jin Guofeng, the commander-in-chief of Jinzhou, led three thousand cavalry troops drawn from the Ningjin front line and quietly entered the grassland.
On the Haraqin tribe's side, Gulusi Qibu's son cooperated and led Jin Guofeng to appear in their camp.
Many clan members were very surprised by the arrival of the Ming Army and how harmonious the Ming Army and the clan leader were.
In this regard, Gulu Siqibu's son naturally disclosed the situation to the tribe. First, he talked about the pressure faced by the tribe, including the Chahar horse thieves and the oppression of the Aohan tribe. As for the threat from the Ming army, he did not mention it. Then he asked for help from Shengjing, but no one could see him. On the contrary, the Ming Dynasty, regardless of the past grievances, was willing to accept the Kalaqin tribe, and the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty also granted the title of Gulu Siqibu. With all these factors in mind, the only way for the Haraqin tribe to survive is to seek refuge in the benevolent Ming Dynasty...
After explaining everything, without giving the herdsmen below a chance to choose, they mobilized troops, about two thousand people, to act with the Ming army and left the camp.
