Li Hao was stunned when he heard this, "Aren't you often complaining that the prince doesn't accept advice?" Before, Huaiqing ...... Aren't you complaining that the prince is not doing good and misses a good opportunity to balance the Yongli Dynasty? ”

Mao Xiang looked at Li Hao strangely, and after a long time, he smiled and said: "Brother Zhongfu thinks that if the prince adopts Xiang's advice, he will ignore the Jin King's Daxi Army...... How do you feel? ”

"Although your remarks are unfair and generous, after careful consideration, it is indeed a good policy, which can not only prevent the Yongli Dynasty from advancing northward unscrupulously, but also avoid war between the two dynasties in the short term...... But Hao was thinking, if the prince really did this, how would it be different from Li Chuang and Zhang Wei? ”

Mao Xiang laughed and said, "Brother Zhongfu knows me...... The king's hegemony and promising monarch are indeed desirable, but if the prince of Huaiqing adopts Xiang's advice, then I will really ask to be released. Brother Zhongfu, a companion is like a tiger! ”

"You mean ......?"

"Yes." Mao Xiang said, "The prince may not be able to be a Ming monarch, but it may not be bad to be a benevolent and righteous monarch...... It's better than after the unification of the world, the birds are all hidden, and the rabbits are dead and the dogs are cooked. ”

In the distance, there was a shout, "Mao Xiang, Li Hao, what are you looking at?" ”

Although Mao Xiang is just a staff member, the prime minister's concierge is also a third-grade official, and Li Hao now knows the Xuzhou Mansion, and if he dares to call it so bluntly, there should be no one else in the entire Xuzhou City.

Mao Xiang and Li Hao looked at each other and smiled, and hurriedly turned around to salute, "The ministers have seen His Royal Highness King Wu." ”

"What are you looking at?" King Wu frowned and said, "The household registration register of the Xuzhou population that is lonely can be sorted out properly?" ”

Li Hao responded, "The minister has been sorted out and placed in the prince's study...... It's just that I saw that the prince was discussing military affairs with the generals, so I didn't go in to disturb it. ”

"The people of the city...... In particular, how is the pacification of the big families and wealthy families who have returned to the city? ”

"Back to the prince, basically appeased...... In fact, this thing is not difficult, after this war, the population of Xuzhou City plummeted by more than 20%, and without the invasion of the Manchus, those borderless lands and houses, vacant a lot, as long as these big clans, rich households back and give the corresponding fields. ”

"And what about them...... No complaints? ”

"Complaints?" Li Hao chuckled, "More than eighty percent of the people in the city have become vested interests under the decree of the prince, and the big families and rich families have been grateful for recovering some losses...... What's more, with our army and tigers stationed in the city, dare to complain? ”

Wu Zheng nodded and grinned, "That's very good...... But Xuzhou was recovered, whether rich or poor, they were all people, and they were able to convince people to be. ”

"Yes...... Follow the instructions of the prince and convince people with reason! Li Hao said.

Wu Zheng turned his face to look at Mao Xiang and said, "I haven't seen you all the way from Huaiqing, what's the ...... Do you hold a grudge against this king and hide from this king? ”

Mao Xiang had a calm face, a resentful look, and said: "I can't call it a grudge against the prince, and the minister doesn't dare, but the prince is well versed in military affairs, and Xiang feels that his talent is insufficient, and he is ashamed of himself...... Even if you do it for one term, you can make it. ”

Li Hao looked at Mao Xiang in surprise, thinking that he had seen a ghost.

Wu Zheng listened and pointed at Mao Xiang and said, "Don't give me this set...... You are presumptuous, but you are ...... Uh, by name. ”

Wu Zheng almost said the words "Grandpa Mao", but fortunately, he reacted quickly and stopped in time.

But Rao is like this, Mao Xiang has already heard it, and asked: "Dare to ask the prince, is it that someone has recommended Xiang to the prince?" ”

Wu Zheng hurriedly changed the topic, coughed dryly, and said, "What are you looking at here?" ”

As he spoke, Wu Zhengshang went to the window and stretched out his head.

Li Hao hurriedly stepped forward and said, "The ministers just saw the prince discussing important matters with the generals, and just walked around the mansion casually." ”

didn't want to, but Mao Xiang said loudly: "The prince can't do anything to make the sword dust...... ”

Li Hao was in a hurry when he heard this, but he didn't have time to stop it, so he was so anxious that he stomped his feet.

Wu Zheng turned his head, looked at Mao Xiang for a while, and said, "Are you saying that loneliness has made you dusty?" ”

Mao Xiang snorted lightly, didn't answer, just looked at Wu Zheng directly.

Wu Zheng suddenly laughed and said, "Okay, okay...... A good sword is covered with dust, or then, then Lone will ask you, see if you are a real sword, or is it a golden jade? ”

"Please teach the prince!"

"Hmm...... Our army captured Xuzhou, pointed at Yanzhou, and is now attacking Ziyang, let me ask, if Ziyang can't be attacked for a long time, how should our army respond? ”

"Is the prince worried that our army will be outnumbered and it will be difficult to complete it?"

Wu Zheng sighed lightly: "Yanzhou is known as an army of 100,000, in addition to Shen Zhiyuan's 20,000 troops, Dol Boshang has an army of 80,000...... Moreover, the army led by Ao Baisu has already gone south to reinforce, and there is not much time left for Chen Sheng, in such a short time, he wants to capture Ziyang...... It's hard! ”

Mao Xiang said with a smile: "The prince asked Xiang, how should our army deal with the long-term attack on Ziyang...... But Xiang thought that Ziyang City was the real gold and jade, and it was ruined! ”

"What's the explanation?"

"The Yanzhou army is known as 100,000, but there are only less than 20,000 elite people who really belong to Dolbo, except for the 30,000 new troops of Shaoxing Bo Shen Zhi, most of the rest are Han Banner troops stationed in Beijing...... Let's ask, can the Qing Emperor tolerate an extra country within a country under his eyes and nose? The reason why the Qing court tolerated Dolbo's occupation of the three prefectures of Yanzhou was nothing more than that he was forced by the prince and had no energy to deal with the forces of Yanzhou Dolbo, but the prince had met with the Qing court uncle before, and had the intention of peace talks, and the Northern Expeditionary Army's attack on Yanzhou was also one of the deals secretly reached by the two sides, so how could the Qing court sit idly by? ”

"You mean to say that the Yanzhou army is not a cause for concern?" Wu Zheng asked abruptly.

Mao Xiang said: "An army of 100,000 people, once ordered out of several doors, it is a plate of scattered sand, although Dolbo is famous, but after all, he is young, and the heir is not long, the prestige is not enough to deter the proud soldiers left by the original Dolgon, and it is impossible to win the hearts of the people, as long as the Qing Emperor has a secret decree, Ziyang City must be in chaos, and at this time our army attack, it can be achieved overnight, with the momentum of plowing the court and sweeping the holes, leveling Yanzhou Xiaoxiao...... Therefore, the ministers dare not assert whether the Yanzhou army is not worried, but I can assert that our army will attack Ziyang, and it will definitely be done...... The prince asked the minister how to deal with the matter if he couldn't attack for a long time, and the minister didn't have to answer. ”

Wu Zheng smiled, this ability to take the risk of seeing things does have some, in fact, Wu Zheng dared to let Chen Sheng outnumber, it was precisely to judge that the Qing court would "help", otherwise, if the Northern Expeditionary Army really broke through Ziyang alone, then it would be easy to please God and difficult to send God, in case the Northern Expeditionary Army did not leave Yanzhou, wouldn't the Qing court knock out his teeth and swallow it in his stomach?

Therefore, once the Northern Expeditionary Army sent troops, the Qing court must launch it at the same time or even ahead of time, and only by controlling Ziyang City can the Northern Expeditionary Army return in vain.

In other words, the Qing court's calculation was to use the external forces of the Northern Expeditionary Army to cause a crisis and fear in the city, so that the civil and military officials who were originally oscillating between Yanzhou and the imperial court had to make a choice.