Chongzhen's instructions were delivered by the fast horse the next day, which should be the first time since Chongzhen ascended the throne, but Sun Chengzong was still not happy.

Why? This time, the imperial court not only appointed the Jiliao Governor, but also appointed a Liaodong Governor, and this Liaodong Governor was at the same level as the Jiliao Governor, and was not restrained by each other and had the power of self-authoritarianism.

The Jiliao Governor wants to do things, and the governor of Liaodong naturally can't be idle, and the two of them do almost the same thing, and if they disagree, they have to restrain each other, often making things to be done delayed for a long time.

When Sun Chengzong was the Jiliao Governor before, he was deeply affected by it and called it a "trap" with disgust.

Qiu Hejia, the current governor of Liaodong, is more incorruptible than those who worked with Sun Chengzong before, but he is more stubborn. If it weren't for the lawsuit between the two of them in the capital, I am afraid that the project would not have started by now.

Sun Chengzong sighed secretly, and without hesitation, he raised his feet and entered the governor's yamen.

Qiu Hejia was in a hurry, and when he saw Sun Chengzong coming in, he rolled his eyelids and said, "I'm busy, if it's still those words, don't say it again." ”

Sun Chengzong was a little annoyed, but he still endured it, and said: "Since the imperial court has decided to build Dalinghe City first, Lingzu Dashou, He Kegang and others will lead 4,000 troops to guard Dalinghe, and then levy 14,000 troops to build the city, and then protect 10,000 stone pillar soldiers, why do you make your own assertion that you have to build Daling and Youtun at the same time to delay the progress of the project?"

This is not counting, recently, why did you order 14,000 troops to go to Jizhen, leaving only more than 10,000 guards, and only giving 10,000 stones of food? ”

When Qiu Hejia heard this, he looked at Sun Chengzong in a daze, and after a while, he laughed, laughed, and said seriously: "Inspector Sun is so interesting, aren't you asking knowingly?" Don't you know?

The previous decision of the so-called imperial court was just the meaning of Liang Tingdong of the Ministry of War. Isn't it because he was too arbitrary? I advise you to listen to the voice of the current court, and the great Ling is far from the city.

Okay, okay, let's not just talk about the decision of the court, don't hurt the friendship between us, after all, we are all people who do things for the court, when did the supervisor deprive Qiu of his power? ”

Sun Chengzong was speechless, and he didn't want to argue with him anymore, but he still had a chance, sat down by himself, and said, "Since you mentioned our friendship and that we are all people who work for the imperial court, I want to talk about my own views again." ”

Seeing that he sat down uninvited, Qiu Hejia felt that he was not too much, so he also sat down and said, "Okay, you can tell me, I hope you can convince me." ”

Sun Chengzong said: "My opinion is that we must concentrate manpower, financial and material resources to first repair the big and small Linghe cities, and then connect the fortresses of Songshan, Xingshan, and Jinzhou.

The reason is: Quang Ninh is 180 miles away from the sea and 160 miles away from the Liao River, so it is difficult to transport it by land. Yizhou is located in a remote area, far away from Quang Ninh, so it is necessary to defend Youtun first and gather troops to gather grain in order to gradually approach Quang Ninh.

In addition, the city has been destroyed, and it can only be defended after it is built. If this city is built, the Houjin soldiers will come to attack.

Jinzhou is close to the sea and lives in front of the enemy, and it is difficult to transport it by land. Youtun has its back to the sea and occupies this place, so that the soldiers can be concentrated, the food can be received, and it must be advanced. ”

Qiu Hejia said: "Don't you think that you have said this many times without any new meaning? In fact, the general direction of our two is the same, both of them are the fortress strategy you advocated before, and I insist on building the three cities of Quang Ninh, Yizhou, and Youtun, and the purpose is only to further advance the fortress front of our army.

Alas, you are also very old, and you have experienced the discord between the superintendents and the appeasers, to be honest, the two of them can be consistent in the general direction, which is already very good, why do you have to be stubborn?

Let me tell you clearly, to be able to agree to build Daling and Youtun at the same time, I have already made concessions, and at this point, don't talk about you, no one wants me to change again. ”

"Aren't we playing the piano to the cow? Alas, what to do? Sun Chengzong thought secretly and said helplessly: "In this case, in order to prevent mistakes, I suggest: either increase the number of troops, the number is not less than 50,000, or scatter the stored grain to the soldiers, abandon this empty city, and all the officers and soldiers withdraw to the cities of Jin and Ning." ”

"There is some truth in what you say, hmph, it's a pity that we can't follow your wishes, otherwise, how will we get along with you in the future?"

Thinking about it, Qiu Hejia pretended to laugh and said, "Master Inspector is too allergic and cautious, right?" Although Tongnu has returned to Liaodong, it is dragging its feet and has no intention of attacking, and the opinion of this governor is that Zu Dashou, He Kegang and others continue to stay. ”

Sun Chengzong wanted to say more, Qiu Hejia had already gotten up to take care of himself, Sun Chengzong paused, and left in a bad mood.

Almost at the same time, Huang Taiji said: "The little emperor of the Ming Dynasty once again rejected our proposal for peace, and our reasons for attacking the Ming Dynasty are sufficient."

In addition, according to the secret report, the reason why the little emperor of the Ming Dynasty once again refused to negotiate peace with us was mainly because he accepted the proposal of the new Jiliao governor Sun Chengzong to repair Dalinghe City.

As you all know, the Daling River has always been an important hub for communicating with the Central Plains. Therefore, we have destroyed the Daling River three times. Such an important strategic hub, if the Ming army is allowed to repair it, it will inevitably prevent us from chasing the Central Plains.

Fortunately, the money of the Ming Dynasty court was invested, but the speed of the construction of the Daling River was not fast for some reason, and in order to further drag them down, the Great Khan decided to launch the Battle of the Daling River. ”

After speaking, Huang Taiji looked at the three Baylors and the ministers sitting next to him, and seeing that they had no objections, he stood up and said:

"I order: The warriors who have returned to Liaodong should immediately put away their laziness and slackness, and divide their troops into two routes, one route is led by 20,000 troops such as Dege Taiji, Yuetuo Taiji, and Azige Taiji, and march from Yizhou Road, between Jinzhou and Daling River.

We will enter from Baituchang Road, approach Guangning Avenue, and will meet at Daling River on the sixth day of the first month. ”

Besides, Chongzhen, after making instructions, he thought that everything was fine, but unexpectedly, a few days later, Sun and Qiu's lawsuit came to him. Because Concubine Tian had trouble with Queen Zhou, Chongzhen was upset, so he simply pushed it to Liang Tingdong, the secretary of the Ministry of War.

Liang Tingdong overrode public opinion and firmly supported Sun Chengzong. Soon, the levy of Liao salary aroused the anger of the whole country, and Liang Tingdong had to take the blame and resign.

After Liang Tingdong's resignation, the courtiers revisited the lawsuit against Sun and Qiu. Chongzhen knew that Liang Tingdong had carried the black pot for him, and he didn't want to change Liang Tingdong's decision. Helplessly, the courtiers followed as if they had fallen into the evil spirit, and Chongzhen had no choice but to adopt the opinion of the majority.

On this day, because of Zhou Hou's generosity and Chongzhen's good mood, Wang Chengen dared to report Houjin's proposal and book.

Chongzhen didn't know Huang Taiji's plan of "fake discussion and real embezzlement", and after reading it, he couldn't help but think: "These slaves are also strange, they keep asking me for peace, but they have repeatedly violated our land, which is really hateful." ”

Thinking about it, he threw away the peace book casually, and said angrily: "Is it really too much to deceive people, asking for peace? When they invade our land and plunder our people, why don't they seek peace? Well, when I am victorious, they want to make peace, and they don't think about it. ”