"Please be angry with the lord, the military general has no intention of committing a crime without authority, this temporary suspension of the envoy is our collegiate decision, if the lord wants to blame, please give the minister and General Zhou the same crime!!" The voice was extremely unfamiliar, Lin Feng looked at it in surprise, only to see an old civil official at the head of Li Guangdi on the left side of the hall kneeling a few steps on his knees, kneeling in the center of the hall, everyone was watching, but he was still not in a hurry, raised it with one hand, took off the official hat on his head, prostrated himself on the ground, and admonished loudly, "Some people think that this order is inappropriate, and it may damage the great cause of our lord's emperor, so they dare to petition the lord to discuss it again!" ”

After staring at him for a long time, Lin Feng recognized him as Zhang Ying, a Cao official of the Ministry of Rites under the Han Dynasty, this person was originally Kangxi's military squire, and he surrendered a few months after being captured by the Han army, in fact, there were many officials like him under Lin Feng, and the reason why Lin Feng remembered him was only because the process of his surrender to the Han army was very dramatic.

As an old Confucian who is deeply influenced by Confucianism, Zhang Ying can be described as quite stubborn in the position of loyalty, when the city of Beijing was broken in the past, he was captured by the Han army as Kangxi's waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and at that time he reported that "loyal ministers do not matter to the two masters" The idea of resisting death, and successively refused the persuasion of many senior officials of the Han army, including Li Guangdi, and the reason why this matter took a turn for the better was because his son Zhang Tingyu hid his father from participating in the imperial examination of the Han army, and the interesting thing is that if he just took the exam, But his son Zhang Tingyu is an examination wizard, with a fourteen-year-old weak crown to respond to the ceremony, actually high school jinshi, and then entered the Mazhuang martial arts training, until now he entered the Shaanxi Division of the General Staff of the Han Army as a second lieutenant staff officer, becoming the youngest official in the small court of the Han army. This matter because of its unique legend, after the exposure of the sensation of the Beijing Division, in the land of Zhili spread to the uproar, everyone saw Zhang Ying are all complimented and admired, Zhang Ying saw that the prestige is not guaranteed, the festival is no longer meaningful, helpless to surrender to the Han army, was appointed by Li Guangdi as the head of the Ministry of Rites, and later because of the excellent performance in the negotiations with the Russian envoy Ihonovsky, for the Han army to win a large amount of military expenses, promoted to the Han army of the small court of the Ministry of Rites.

As an important official in charge of foreign affairs, Lin Feng's dispatch of envoys to pass on the message was exactly where his function was, so he had to come out to deal with it.

"Zhang Aiqing's words are not right," Lin Feng shook his head, "The reason why the widow is angry is because you people are not authentic - it is not a big deal to detain the widow's envoy, and it is not a big deal not to agree with the widow to spread the word to the world, and I, Lin Feng, am not a fool who is stubborn and can't listen to direct advice!" He glanced coldly at the court, suddenly slapped the table, and shouted, "But you even detain the widow's envoy without even saying hello, is this the truth of being a courtier?!" ”

Listening to him one by one "detain the envoys", Zhang, Zhou and others couldn't help but sweat coldly, in fact, the envoys only arrived two days earlier than Lin Feng, when the ministers in Beijing saw the text and were startled, so that they could barely keep those "envoys", good wine and good meat, this "detain" is really scary, the foundation of the Han army was all founded by Lin Feng, and since the beginning of the army, the invincibility has been invincible, its prestige has long been deep-rooted, and they can't help but rebel and make trouble by borrowing their courage.

Zhou Peigong wiped a handful of cold sweat on his forehead, and kowtowed again and again, "The minister deserves to die - the day before yesterday, the envoy entered Beijing, and the ministers took a look at the lord's text, and felt deeply inappropriate, I am afraid that once this article is published, I will be the target of the world, so the society is in danger, so I petitioned Li Xiang, Zhang Gong and the lords overnight to discuss it, and the lowly and the princes all thought that the matter was important and could not be decided, so they jointly asked the envoy to stay in Beijing for the time being, and then discuss it after meeting the lord," he trembled and looked up to distinguish, "At that time, the lord's brigade had arrived at Shanhaiguan, And there are envoys such as Yang Qilong, Taiwan Zheng Jing and Wu Sangui of the Southern Zhou Dynasty in the Beijing Division to congratulate our army on the great victory, and there are a lot of spies on all sides, and the ministers are afraid of leaking the news, and they will have to meet the lord in one or two days, so they are determined not to send fast horses to ask for instructions, but to confess the guilt with the lord in person! ”

Lin Feng's anger subsided slightly, and nodded, "The matter is justifiable, the situation is forgivable, and Pei Gong is still doing things steadily," the words changed, "But this crime must not go unpunished-Zhou Chang did not have to ask for orders and left the envoy without permission, and he was dismissed from the post of chief of staff of the Han Army, and he was retained in his original position for meritorious service...... "He glanced at Zhou Peigong and coughed dryly, "...... Cough...... Cough...... In order to avoid such misunderstandings in the future, from now on, the appointment, dismissal, and promotion of the officers of the King's Guards and the Military Police will be decided by the widow himself, and the General Staff shall not interfere - Pei Gong, what do you think?! ”

Zhou Peigong was stunned for a moment, secretly glanced at Lin Feng, and then bowed down again, and said loudly, "The lord is generous, and the ministers are admired!" ”

Lin Feng let out a long sigh, walked down the hall in person, helped Zhou Peigong, Li Guangdi, Zhang Ying and others up one by one, and said with a smile, "Gentlemen, please get up, please get up, hehe...... Ladies and gentlemen, get up," he took Zhou Peigong's hand and said cordially, "Peigong has always been wise, and he is the same as the lonely life and death, and the foundation laid by the widow can be said to have half of the credit, and you are actually the pillar of the country - I don't know what is wrong with spreading the world this time?!" ”

"The lord is ...... the master," Zhou Peigong clenched his fists and smiled bitterly, "This matter is clear, now although my Han has recovered Liaodong and expanded the land for thousands of miles, he has been tired of fighting for a long time and the treasury is empty, but the lord has provoked the princes of the world with a piece of paper, this matter is ...... Cough...... Cough...... This matter is really ......" He glanced at Lin Feng, lowered his head and carefully selected the words, "I think this matter is really too ...... That 'reckless' ......"

"Oh?!" Lin Feng smiled dumbly, turned his head and looked around, "The princes also think so?!" ”

Li Guangdi's expression was solemn, and he stepped forward to salute and said, "Lord Qiqi, this time the army invaded Liao, our dynasty used a total of more than 167,000 people, and more than 46,000 soldiers on foot, cavalry, and artillery to participate in the battle. He stared at Lin Feng with wide eyes, "Minister, Han Prime Minister Li Guangdi, who is entrusted by the lord and the government to govern the country's civil affairs, tasted the account books of the people in Zhili, Suiyuan, Ningjin, and Nuergan, and asked the people of the yamen in various places!! ”

Lin Feng pinched his chin awkwardly and said with a wry smile, "This...... This, I said it wouldn't be so miserable, right?! He suddenly remembered something, and smiled at Li Guangdi, "Jin Qing, don't worry, this time I defeated Liaodong, and the loot is still quite rich, I don't believe you do the math, we have seized a total of more than 10 million taels of silver, to be honest, don't you still have to earn?!" ”

Li Guangdi looked at him stunned for a long time, and stomped his feet again and again in disbelief, "How confused the lord is!" - Now that our dynasty is short of food and rice, the people have no food and clothing, and the transportation has been cut off for two years, even if there is silver, what is the use?! As soon as the words came out, he immediately regretted it and hurriedly pleaded guilty, "The land is bare and has no words, please give the Lord a sin!" ”

"It's okay, it's okay, others can't scold me, can't Jin Qing still scold?!" Lin Feng waved his hand, "It's really troublesome to hear you say this, so aren't the people very sad this year?!" ”

"Fortunately, thanks to the foresight of the lord, the 'golden potato' and 'artichoke' sown at the beginning of the year are indeed the wonderful things that conquer the heavens and the earth," Li Guangdi's expression eased slightly, "The minister thought that this southern thing may not be able to be planted in the north, but unexpectedly, its physical properties are stubborn, and the fields are not demanding that the fields be sunny and rainy, and the output is several times that of rice and wheat. ”

"Yes, I said that the matter is not so serious, although the people have worked hard, but the sweet potatoes and potatoes are still eaten, Jin Qing, don't talk first!" Lin Feng said with a smile, "These coarse grains can still fill the belly, of course, don't say anything about the 'creation of heaven and earth', it is like ginseng fruit, how mysterious can it be?" - I remember, I went back and summoned my subordinate officials, sent a message to the yamen in various places, and ordered the people to be more than one in the coming year, and I am still going to use this thing as war preparation materials! ”

"Weichen obeys the orders of the lord!" Li Guangdi hurriedly bowed down and said happily, "Then the lord agrees to cultivate the people's livelihood and no longer spread the word to the world?!" ”

"Huh?! Did I say that?! Lin Feng was shocked, "I only said that we will have a variety of golden potatoes and artichokes next year, but I didn't say that we won't send a text, right?" Where does this come from? Hey...... Jin Qing, don't be kidding. ”

"The lord of Qiqi," Zhou Peigong interjected, "the lord can know, now my Han army is extremely urgent, the month before Horqin suddenly joined the war, our Han army in addition to the lord's Northern Expedition army, Xuanhua Zhao Mongolia, Ningcheng Wang Pingliao two important towns have also been involved in the war, although there are quite a few losses but not small, now more open thousands of miles, and set up Nuergan horses to break the army all the way to guard, and now the division of the veteran tired, the establishment of the broken has not been supplemented, if the lord's text comes out, the princes of the world rise up to attack it, how will our army deal with it?! ”

Lin Feng smiled without saying a word, turned his head to show Wang Shirong, Wang Shirong understood, stepped forward to salute Zhou Peigong, Li Guangdi and others, cleared his throat, and said loudly, "Peigong, don't worry, my lord has already prepared - this time our army returned from southeast Liao, it has recruited more than 10,000 recruits, and this war, according to a reference war report, Xuanhua Zhao Mongolia and Ningcheng Wang Pingliao two cities are defended, the loss of military strength is very small, at best the total is only more than a thousand, so just wait for the new soldiers to be trained, our army can not only replenish the military towns in various places, You can also form a separate Seventh Infantry Army! ”

Zhou Peigong was not surprised, in fact, after he received the news of Lin Feng's local conscription, he knew that Lin Feng had the intention of expanding the army, and said with a wry smile at the moment, "Although the training of musketeers is slightly easier than that of archers, it is impossible to become an army without five or six months!" ”

Lin Feng said with a smile, "In addition, I have also transferred a large number of officers from Ma Ying, plus the officers of various departments mobilized by Pei Gong, and I am ready to immediately levy 12,000 strong men who are good at cavalry and archery from Suiyuan, Ningjin, and Nuergan, and restore the structure of the Second Army of the Guards Cavalry, so that the total strength will exceed 30,000 with the original infantry units, artillery, and cavalry units!" He turned around, walked slowly to the top, sat down on the big chair, and said leisurely, "In this way, this king will be able to deal with the war on all sides!" ”

Seeing that the officials looked at each other, Wang Shirong hurriedly echoed, "There is no problem in this matter - our army previously seized 20 million yuan of silver from the Eight Banners of Liaodong, so the military budget is abundant; And there are horses taken from Mongolia and Eight Banners, so the war horses are worry-free; So far, the only thing to worry about is guns and artillery! ……”

Everyone turned their heads together and looked at Dai Zi, the head of the Han Dynasty, Dai Zi groaned slightly, and then bowed down and said, "Lord Qiqi, there are still more than 20,000 hairpistols in stock, but there are still some gaps in artillery, but the minister thinks that now Liaoyang and Anshan are in my hands, and the raw iron tools are unimpeded, and within three months, the minister's equipment workshop can cast enough large and small artillery!" ”

"How's gunpowder and bullets?!" Lin Feng nodded with a smile and asked casually.

"After two years of all-out manufacturing, the inventory is quite ......abundant," Dai Zi frowned, and arched, "It's just that the cost of saltpeter, graphite, and coke is higher, and it is difficult to transfer from Shanxi, so I hope the lord will make plans as soon as possible!" ”

"The cloud is open, Shanxi can't run!" Lin Feng looked left and right, "Zhu Aiqing, have you heard?" Now that there is no problem in expanding the new army, are you still afraid of that 'prince of the world'?! ”

Before the voice fell, Zhang Ying immediately stepped forward and retorted, "The main tolerance, don't say that the expansion of the new army will take several months, even if your new army is completed, this text will never be missed!" ”

Looking at Zhang Ying, who had a white beard, Lin Feng was really a little crying and laughing, and asked patiently, "Oh?!" What does Zhang Aiqing mean?! ……”

"Taste the lord's book, it says: 'All the pseudo-Qing provincial governors, must be braided, still Hanfu, if there is no disobedience, he will kill his whole family, destroy his ancestral hall, dig his ancestral grave, and cut off the blood of the whole clan', and in today's world, there are still Shanxi, Shaanxi, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and other provinces that are still under the orders of the pseudo-Qing Dynasty, thousands of miles, nearly one million soldiers, although its prestige goes, its momentum is still there, if the lord is persecuted, this generation of dogs jumped over the wall to attack me together, isn't it worrying?!"

"Don't worry! ——Shirong, please discuss the general trend of the world for the public! Wang Shirong smiled slightly, slowly stepped forward, raised his eyes and swept around, and all the ministers looked at each other, "Now the soldiers of the pseudo-Qing Dynasty, in addition to the miscellaneous troops recruited by the governors of various places, there are four of them with outstanding combat power, one is the department of Daniel Zhang and Wang Jinbao of the Ganxi Green Battalion, this army is far away in Sichuan and Shaanxi, and it is difficult to hold on to the Ma Harrier *** and Wang Ping's domain, and it is safe to protect itself, how can it have time to look north?!" ”

"The second, third, and fourth are the three surviving Tartar princes, of which the prince of Jiangsu, the puppet prince of Jiangsu, is about 50,000 or 60,000 horses; The Prince of Jiangxi, Yue Le, had about 17 or 80,000 horses; Zhejiang Prince Kang Jieshu Department of about 11 or 20,000 horses, a total of only 3 or 400,000 soldiers, especially the Green Camp Han Army as the main force, but at this time the Qing court building will fall, the officials and soldiers are exhausted, the morale of the army is completely gone, only with the Eight Banners to monitor and supervise the party will not disperse, so with the panic of the soldiers to control the fox suspicious pawn, can An be able to fight? ! ”

"Yes, yes, Ji Yun knows me too!" Lin Feng laughed.

"Lord Miaozan, I dare not be ashamed!" Wang Shirong smiled and thanked him, turned his head to the ministers and said, "The lords can look at the map, whether it is the Sichuan-Shaanxi Green Camp or Labu, Yue Le or Jieshu, the soldiers and horses are far away from me, if you want to raise troops for thousands of miles to the north, you must cross the Yellow River through the province and pass through the government, and now the governors of the provinces are all for self-protection, such a large army to go out, can there be food?" Is there a device? Can anyone have a heart? Is there a road?! ......" he laughed dumbly and said disdainfully, "Before the Yellow River is crossed, the army will inevitably mutiniate and scatter, and it will no longer exist!" ”

Zhou Peigong pondered for a long time, then suddenly frowned and said, "Although what Ji Yun said makes sense—but they say that they surrendered Wu Sangui, but what can they do?!" ”

"Hehe, the document issued by our army is only to force it to change customs, not to make it surrender, and if the governors of various places surrender to Wu Sangui, they must also grow their hair and braid, and ......" Wang Shirong smiled at Zhou Peigong, "Peigong knows that people in the world are greedy, and before the blade is on the neck, who will be willing to be rich?!" - What's more, the major provinces near the Southern Zhou Dynasty all have heavy troops of the puppet Qing Dynasty, could it be that these feudal officials have lost their minds and gone crazy, and they can't surrender far across the Yangtze River defense line?! ”

Hearing Wang Shirong's rebuttal, Zhou Peigong's face was uncertain, and he said solemnly, "Ji Yun misunderstood, what the Ministry of Courtyard means is that if these Tartar princes who confronted Southern Zhou surrendered to Wu Sangui, what should they do?!" ”

"In this way, Shi Rong will talk about the success or failure of my lord and the Southern Zhou!" Although the official rank is several levels lower than Zhou Peigong, Wang Shirong is not afraid, "If the pseudo-Qing Dynasty perishes, my Han and the Southern Zhou Dynasty will fight for this Huaxia Dingqi, and I think that my Han has seven victories and the Southern Zhou has seven defeats!" ”

"First, Sangui is filthy and despicable, the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty in the past, and then the pseudo-Qing vassal king, capricious and unfaithful, in fact, a few family slaves, all the people in the world spit on it; And although my lord suddenly rose from the people, he drove the bloody shame all over the place with his own strength, beheaded Xuanye, restored rivers and mountains, returned to Han customs, and helped the displaced people, and his might, benevolence and righteousness looked up to the world, if the battle was together, the hearts of the people were in me - this victory also. ”

"Second, Sangui is more than ancient and rare, and there are many diseases, and his life is in a hurry; And my lord is young and strong, if there is a war, how can the old thief last?! - These two wins also. ”

"Third, the Southern Zhou Dynasty has rebelled against the Qing Dynasty for several years, and the land of the soldiers and conquests is all over the south of the Yangtze River, the army is sluggish and the soldiers are tired of war, and the soldiers all hate it, and the fundamental land may have Yunnan, Guizhou and other miasma places, and its newly acquired people have not been educated for decades and are difficult to herd, so the foundation is unstable; And my Han should be the mandate of heaven, bow down to the people's feelings, get rid of the chaos of the Eight Banners Enclosure, and lead new varieties such as golden potatoes and potatoes to the north, and the people who have benefited from it are only tens of millions. - This three wins also. ”

"Fourth, although Sangui has been in business for a long time, the military attache under the ministry is not single-minded, and his Wu family is originally a big family outside the Guan, and his children are arrogant and arrogant, all over the government and the opposition, and they do not accept meritorious soldiers, and they have the heart to seize power; Although there are ten major generals in the court, but the people who can really rely on their strength are none other than Ma Bao, Wang Pingfan and other three or two people, and they are also the dictatorship of the foreign relatives Xia Guoxiang, this generation is jealous and jealous of the overall situation but is believed by Sangui, if it is not expected by the humble position, Sangui is dead, and there will be a dispute between the government and the opposition in the Southern Zhou Dynasty. Therefore, I thought that if the three kings surrendered, the Southern Zhou court would be more erosive, the internal friction would be more aggravated, and the strength would not increase but decrease; And all over my Han Dynasty, all for my lord Jian Appoint, although there are political disputes with each other, but most of them are righteous, my lord is loyal, benevolent and righteous, and treats his subordinates like flesh and blood, meritorious service will be rewarded, there will be punishment, fairness and strictness, there will be gratitude, and the heart of the soldier will die, so the two comparisons, the superior judgment, the scholar is not talented, and I also know that "Mencius" has clouds, saying: "Victory in the court"! - This four wins also. ”

"Fifth, although the Southern Zhou Dynasty has a fertile land in the south of the Yangtze River, it has raised nearly one million soldiers, and has been fighting for several years, and its treasury can be hungry rats. And my Han Dynasty everything to the people first, the beginning of the business, the foothold is not stable and ordered tax exemption and wide people, to the present territory thousands of miles, more than 10 million people, but the number of soldiers is less than 100,000, so although the national currency is still abundant, although the grain is long and there is no famine, the people's hearts are stable, production is endless, if the Zhou and Han have a war, the enemy will be overstretched, and I am heavy and broad, endless! - This five wins also!! ”

"Sixth, the military strength of the Southern Zhou Dynasty is not as good as mine, although the enemy has many soldiers and horses, but most of them are weak pawns, and many of them do not know the bow and horse, and the ordnance and equipment of the department are only bows and arrows, bird guns, guns, small cannons, etc., and the cavalry is especially lacking; At the beginning of the creation of our army's independent public grass, it strictly innovated, all the equipment was sharp and fierce, the guns were sharp, the guns were heavy, and the training was neat, in addition, there were tens of thousands of iron cavalry, and Mongolia, the Eight Banners confronted head-on and could win the battle, and the steps of the Southern Zhou Dynasty were lost? If the soldiers are strong, how can Nanzhou defeat me?! - This six wins also. ”

"Seventh, the Southern Zhou region is not as good as me, since ancient times, the north has taken advantage of the bow and horse, the people are brave and good at fighting, and there are many winners in the north and south, and the south is mostly partial to the Yangtze River moat. Shi Rong is not talented, he served in the past, according to a certain investigation, Sangui's generation has no long-term vision, not a certain nonsense, even if our army lined up to welcome the Zhou army to fight, did they have the courage to wave the army in the Central Plains? ! My lord is brave and fierce, in order to unify the rivers and mountains, regardless of the body of ten thousand gold, lying in the snow and tasting the ice expedition is not hairy, but to destroy the remnants of Liaodong, its mind and ambition, looking at the heroes of the world, who can stand shoulder to shoulder? ! In this way, Sangui is obscene and partial, my lord has great ambitions, how can he not win?! - This seven wins also! ”

Impassioned, all the ministers were excited, Wang Shirong slowly turned his head, stared at the people in the hall, and said proudly, "Such seven wins and seven defeats, the pseudo-Qing is not to be worried, the Southern Zhou cannot be feared, and now there is no owner in the Central Plains, can I sit and watch it?!" ”

Lin Feng applauded again and again, and laughed, "Ji Yun has won my heart!" Seeing that everyone in the hall was still hesitant, he slammed the table and shouted, "What 'princes of the world', just chickens and dogs, you don't need to say much, the people have made up their minds: expand the army, prepare for war, and spread the word to the world!! ”