Li Dingguo and Racine entered the palace, but they did not expect that a eunuch was waiting for them here.
"Eunuch Fang?" Li Dingguo recognized him and quickly saluted with clasped fists.
Eunuch Fang, also known as Fang Zhenghua, has always been with Emperor Chongzhen whenever he leaves the capital or visits privately incognito because of his high military value. Of course Li Dingguo met him not once or twice.
"Our family has been waiting for a long time!" When Fang Zhenghua saw Li Dingguo and Rasin, he smiled and said, "Come, come with our family to see His Majesty!"
Generally speaking, the guy who leads the way usually has a royal guard or other internal servants. Even with the status of Li Dingguo and Raxin, they couldn't let Fang Zhenghua personally lead the way.
Therefore, Li Dingguo and Racine were both a little surprised. They quickly followed and began to wonder, could something be wrong?
Naturally, they immediately wondered whether it was related to the feudal king's complaint?
Don't tell me, they guessed it right.
They saw Fang Zhenghua leading the way and saying to them: "We are going to destroy Persia and Ottoman countries later. Food and grass are the most important. The emperor has to take care of it personally. He was busy. When I heard that you have arrived, our family asked for orders to come and collect them. There were some things that happened to you in the past, and although the Emperor doesn’t care about it, we think it’s best to give you a heads up!”
Upon hearing this, Li Dingguo and Racine quickly bowed and listened.
Fang Zhenghua stood still, looked at Li Dingguo and said, "The previous three vassal kings all suffered heavy losses, so when they saw the emperor, they all cried and complained, wanting to punish you..."
As soon as Racine heard that it was none of his business, he pretended to look elsewhere, but in fact his ears were perked and he was listening attentively. The truth is that although he is trying hard to learn Chinese, if he doesn't listen carefully, he will not have time to react.
If it were for other ordinary people, it wouldn't matter. At most, let him say it again. But at this time, he couldn't let Fang Zhenghua say it again. Not only is it a matter of status and identity, but it is also suspected of being nosy.
However, he was curious about this matter, so he tried his best to eavesdrop.
When Li Dingguo heard this, he immediately clasped his fists and said seriously: "It is indeed the fault of the general, and the general is willing to accept the punishment!"
In this era of family, state and world, the vassal kings were relatives of the emperor, and one of them was even the emperor's biological son. If they suffer a heavy price, the emperor will definitely be furious. And this, for people of this era, basically takes it for granted.
In the original history, when the first vassal king, King De, fell to Jianlu, Emperor Chongzhen killed a large number of feudal officials and general soldiers. Later, Yang Sichang led the army to hunt down the bandits. When he learned that Luoyang and Xiangyang had fallen one after another and that the two kings had been killed, he felt ashamed to face the emperor and committed suicide to apologize. It can be seen that in this era, the vassal king is far more important than the ministers.
Although Emperor Chongzhen did not do this in this dimension, he also dealt with a group of general soldiers who liked to escape, such as Wang Wei, Zu Kuan and others, which was very impressive in killing the Ming army.
Although Li Dingguo did not harm the vassal king, it was an indisputable fact that he caused heavy losses to the Tang state. Therefore, when he heard Fang Zhenghua mention it, he immediately confessed.
Unexpectedly, Fang Zhenghua heard this, raised the Buddha dust, clamped it on his arm, clasped his hands and gestured toward the depths of the palace, saying: "The Emperor knows that you are devoted to serving the emperor and serving the country, and also knows that the strength of the troops in this battle is too disparity, so he appeased Tang The king and others gave Lahore and other places to the Tang king as compensation."
Li Dingguo was stunned when he heard this. He didn't expect it to be like this. Before he could come back to his senses and speak, he heard Fang Zhenghua continue: "As for you, the emperor once said that if the Persian emperor hadn't been brutal and could bear it, the defenders of the Tang Dynasty would not have been able to bear it. You are vulnerable, and your plan will definitely succeed. You have tried your best, so there is no need to be harsh, so we don’t need to mention the impeachment of the feudal king, and the matter is over like this."
After hearing this, Racine thought for a while and then understood the meaning of these words. He felt that the Ming Emperor loved and protected his generals, and couldn't help but secretly praise him. He was glad in his heart. It seemed that he had indeed chosen the right emperor!
After hearing this, Li Dingguo could of course feel what even Racine could feel. Thinking that the emperor had always treated him with special eyes, and now he was even more willing to use the territory under the imperial court to compensate Tang Guo for him, his eyes suddenly turned red. .
I was born as a thief, so how could I be so virtuous and talented that the emperor valued me so much!
Of course he didn't know that the reason why Emperor Chongzhen always looked at him differently was because of his affairs in another plane.
Fang Zhenghua had expected to see Li Dingguo like this.
So, Fang Zhenghua stepped forward, held Li Dingguo's rough hand with one hand, and said emotionally: "Our family has never disobeyed orders. But this time, our family believes that you should know these things. If you feel guilty, In the next battle to destroy the country, be more attentive, capture more cities, make up for the territory given to the Tang Dynasty by the emperor, and repay the emperor for his kindness!"
Li Dingguo believed his words 100%. Because he knew that there was no need for the emperor to let Fang Zhenghua say this to show favor to him. When there is something going on, the emperor always speaks in person.
Moreover, he was completely loyal and had no other thoughts. The emperor also knew it. There is no need to use this method to control your own heart.
It can be seen from this that this matter was advocated by Fang Zhenghua himself. It is to let yourself know how much the emperor values and protects you.
Thinking of this, Li Dingguo's eyes became even redder, and he immediately nodded vigorously and said, "Don't worry, Eunuch Fang, this life of the last general has long been the emperor's."
Seeing him like this, Fang Zhenghua nodded happily and said, "In this case, our family is willing to be punished by the emperor!"
Racine on the side saw this and couldn't help but be very envious. At the same time, he also secretly made up his mind to completely integrate into the Ming Dynasty's circle!
He still knew this very well. He was a Cossack and had no direct connection before the Ming army's expedition to Mingwei Fort. Even though he is now a Marquis of the Ming Dynasty, for these native Ming people, they are still inferior. Although no one said this, Racine knew it.
Previously, it was by leading the clansmen to the Ming army. Although there are also several military achievements in winning battles. However, he also understood that the gold content of his military achievements was far from being compared with Uncle Gang Zhen, or with the Li Dingguo in front of him. Only in the following war can we truly achieve solid military exploits and gain the recognition of the Ming Emperor and other generals and officials!
With this decision in mind, Racine's steps became firmer when he followed Fang Zhenghua again.
When they met later, Li Dingguo and Raxin did not mention what Fang Zhenghua had just said. They only apologized for what should be done and reported what should be reported, and recounted their war experiences.
Although they didn't say it, Emperor Chongzhen actually knew clearly through the Class A eavesdropping seeds in the three of them. He didn't say anything, he just brushed off Li Dingguo's apology, he praised him for turning the tide in Persia, and he also praised Racine for completing the ambush mission. As for the specific military merits, of course it is impossible to explain it clearly in just a few words. It has its own set of procedures.
When Rasin and Li Dingguo resigned and went out to rest, Fang Zhenghua knelt on the ground and took the initiative to confess that he had just disobeyed the order and asked the emperor to punish him.
Because he knew that the most taboo thing for an emperor was for his ministers to hide things from the emperor. He was a eunuch, so he couldn't hide anything from the emperor.
Not to mention, even though he had good intentions, Emperor Chongzhen was still waiting for him to confess. Otherwise, I won’t take him with me in the future. In history, many things were done for the good reasons of others, but they often hurt others.
Although Emperor Chongzhen had the golden finger of the eavesdropping system and was not afraid of others doing things behind his back, he would not like it no matter what.
Seeing Fang Zhenghua confessing at this time, he let it go lightly. After all, Founder's loyalty has been tested experimentally.
The next thing is to gather enough food for the army to march westward to destroy the country.
In fact, even if he did not prepare so much food to conquer Persia, it would be nothing. Emperor Chongzhen was absolutely sure of this.
However, after conquering Persia, we still need to govern Persia to become a territory directly under the Ming Dynasty, so we must consider the aftermath of the war. Those people will eventually become the people of the Ming Dynasty, and they must be able to recognize the Ming Dynasty. In this way, the most important problem is food. If you can solve this problem, everything else will be easy to handle.
Therefore, in the next period of time, Emperor Chongzhen would not only dispatch troops and generals, but also focus on solving the problem of food and grass.
This preparation of food and fodder is of course not limited to Delhi. In fact, transporting grain and grass by land consumes too much and is very uneconomical. The focus of transporting grain is still on the southern sea, by sea.
Therefore, among the three major vassal states, those who could transport food to the seaside all transported grain to the seaside. In addition, Yan Yingyuan also collected grain from Ceylon.
In Ceylon, after several years of recuperation, the products have become richer. Therefore, a lot of grain and grass shipped to Bombay is produced here. At least in the short term, that's the case.
However, on this day, Yan Yingyuan was not patrolling the island, but was waiting eagerly in the original Colombo, which has now been renamed Zhenna City, and looked at the direction of the sea from time to time.
To be honest, he has been busy and can't leave. Otherwise, he would have gone back to take a look.
Not long ago, the royal court's official report finally reached Zhenna City. After Yan Yingyuan saw it, he was shocked. He didn't expect it to be so powerful!
This time, since I passed through Ceylon, I must witness it with my own eyes.
When Yan Yingyuan was thinking about it, a school captain suddenly came to report: "Your Excellency, the governor is here, here..."
There was also excitement and curiosity in his words.
