Shang Lovely came and went, and when he came, he was a mourner, wearing linen and filial piety, crying like a dead father. When he left, he didn't wear hemp, he couldn't wear filial piety, and he didn't dare to cry his nose, because Duoduo "died and came back to life", and he, the mourner, had nothing to mourn......

This thing seems ridiculous at first glance, but after Shang Kawaii calmed down, he quickly understood Emperor Zhu's intention - Zhu Cihong wanted to postpone the time to solve the problem outside the customs for a period of time!

Now there are a lot of enemies in the Ming Dynasty, and they have to fight on multiple fronts, and both the national strength and the strength of the troops are a little tight. Therefore, Emperor Zhu could only let the enemies line up to be beaten and eliminated one by one. And the remnants of the Qing Dynasty outside the gate are relatively difficult to deal with among the enemies, and they haven't torn their faces with Daming yet. Therefore, among the enemies that Emperor Zhu needed to destroy or defeat, the remnants of the Qing Dynasty were ranked low.

But just because you're at the bottom of the rankings doesn't mean you'll never be able to do it.

And the reason why Zhu Cihong used the excuse of "not admitting that Duoduo is dead" to postpone the war outside the border was because he wanted to maintain the golden signboard that he had always kept his word.

Because Zhu Cihong is trustworthy, once he canonizes Doni as the lord of the Guanwai, he can't just find an excuse to remove him from his post and send troops to crusade - if he wants to add to the crime, it is indeed not without words, but the eyes of the feudal lords and feudal bureaucrats are clear, right and wrong, and they are at ease in the hearts of the people.

If Zhu Cihong breaks his trust with Doni, then what will other people think? Even if they are still deferential on their faces, they will definitely have a pimple in their hearts. The relationship between Emperor Zhu and the bureaucrats and feudal warlords below him is difficult to be as harmonious as it is now - now Emperor Zhu's subordinate envoys, the Dadu Protectors, the Xuanshu Envoys, the Town Guard Envoys, etc., not only have no dissent, but also have great trust in the Ming court.

Except for Duoduo, everyone else will immediately enter the Hajj as soon as they are summoned by a holy decree, and no one will worry about going or returning......

This harmonious relationship between the central government and the separatist forces was very important for Emperor Zhu's vast empire - the country was too big to have all the officials in exile, so the rapprochement and trust between the emperor and the vassals determined how far the empire could go.

As for the issue of cutting the domain, Zhu Cihong also made arrangements, but he did not use conspiracy to cut the domain, but used the spirit of contract to cut the domain - he signed a contract with most of the following envoys, Dadu Protectors, and Xuanfu envoys, stipulating their term of office and hereditary generation.

Among them, Wu Sangui's Anxi Town is hereditary - that is, it is passed down from generation to generation, and most of them are surnamed Wu!

Hexi Town, which was also owned by Wu Sangui, was led for life - as soon as Wu Sangui arrived, the imperial court would appoint another envoy to the festival.

Shuofang Town, which was owned by Zhu Yujian, the king of the Tang Dynasty, also ended in one generation - Zhu Yujian had no sons at a great age, so there was no problem of hereditary envoys.

Acting King Zhu Cijiong's Anbei Town is hereditary, and the treatment is the same as that of Anxi Town! It was the third prince of Zhu who was the "king of loans" in Luliang Mountain and northern Shaanxi, and the third prince of Zhu had worked so hard that Zhu Cihong could not deny it.

Gao Jie's Beiping Army and Huang Degong's Daning Army are both hereditary for two generations - both of them are old, and if they want to die in one generation, I am afraid they will have little motivation. Moreover, the two armies of Beiping and Daning are now in the stage of starting a business, and all industries are difficult, and they need to work hard.

As for the Beiting Army, Emperor Zhu was seeking to split it. He hoped to take out the Ili steppe and the Jungar steppe that the Beiting Army had to form a new Beiting Army, and then let the Junggar Department establish a new khanate.

The Jing Navy south of Annan also has hereditary treatment - although Zhu Cizhao is not a thing, he can't stand his luck, he can run Annan back to the arms of the Celestial Empire if he runs, what else is there to say? Moreover, Emperor Zhu could not send troops to Siam now, so he could only rely on Daniel Zhang, the general of the Jing Navy, to send troops to support the city of Ayuthaya, the capital of Siam.

The envoy of the Jin Ou army is appointed every five years, and the governor and prefect of the Ming Dynasty - as long as Emperor Zhu approves it, he can be re-elected.

The Anton Army, which is owned by the Duoduo Leader, is a relatively special existence, and the issue of tenure has always been vague and has never been clarified......

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"Your Majesty, is Duoduo really cheating?"

On the day that Shang Lovely left Nanjing, someone asked about Duoduo's life and death at the meeting of the two imperial governments?

And the person who raised this question was actually Zhu Chunjie, the commander of Jinyiwei.

"Zhu Weishuai," Zhu Cihong glanced at him, "Is Duoduo dead or not, Jinyiwei doesn't know?" ”

"Chen," Zhu Chunjie looked puzzled, "The minister knows, he is indeed dead...... On the fifth day of the first lunar month, he died of illness in Jianzhou City on the shore of Xingkai Lake, which should not be wrong. ”

Of course, it won't be wrong, Duoduo slept in Nanmu coffin or Jinyiwei helped buy it - Jabus is now the richest man in Manchuria, when Duoduo was sick, he donated medicinal materials and invited famous doctors, knowing that Duoduo was saved by no medicine, he also bought a high-quality Nanmu coffin from Daming and shipped it to the Northeast. It's really more like a filial son than Doni! Can the news of the death of Duoduo from him be fake?

Zhu Cihong nodded: "Isn't that okay?" He turned his gaze to Li Ruolian, the secretary of the Ministry of War, "The Ministry of War will send someone to negotiate with Doni...... As long as he agreed to divide the Anton army into three and surrender the Liaodong Prefecture, I would approve of Duoduo's death. ”

Do you still do it like this? Li Ruolian couldn't believe his ears anymore, Duoduo was obviously dead, but the emperor didn't admit it, so he had to force Duoduo to continue to "live", and he used this to blackmail Doni...... The emperor who can toss people the most in the history of the Ming Dynasty is none other than you!

"Your Majesty," said Wu Sanfu, the military advisor, "I'm afraid Doni won't agree to this condition, right?" ”

"I know he won't agree," Zhu Cihong shook his head, "but are we sure to take the land outside the border now?" If we admit that Duoduo died, then the matter of Anton's sub-town cannot be delayed...... If Doni takes a risk and claims to be the emperor outside the border, how can we ignore it? ”

Shoufu Lu Zhenfei couldn't understand, and asked Zhu Cihong: "Your Majesty, if you don't admit that Duoduo is dead, Doni won't rebel?" ”

"Of course!" Zhu Cihong smiled, "Doni has to prepare well to be able to turn back!" And...... How is he going to rebel? Shanhaiguan is in his hands, does he dare to come in? ”

"Don't dare, never dare." Wu Sanfu shook his head again and again, "How dare you send it yourself and let us fight?" ”

"And what else is he against?" Zhu Cihong smiled, "As long as I don't admit that Duoduo is dead, Anton will not have the problem of dividing the town and inheriting it. ”

Lu Zhenfei said: "But this won't drag on for a few years!" ”

Emperor Zhu sneered; "I don't want to put it off for a few years...... Just drag it out until the Satsuma Domain falls! ”

"Is the Satsuma Domain so important?" Qian Qianyi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, asked.

"It's important!" Zheng Zhilong, the head of the household, took over the topic, "In the past few months, we have lost fifty or sixty big bird boats...... Japan's trade has also been completely interrupted, and it is no longer safe to go to North Korea! Therefore, we must take down the Satsuma Domain as soon as possible and solve the Spanish fleet base in Kagoshima Bay. ”

The Spanish fleet is now obviously not able to come, and the dignified array cannot defeat the combined fleet of Ming, Britain, France, the Netherlands and Portugal, but it is still very powerful to break the diplomatic relationship.

The big bird ships of the Ming Dynasty sailed slowly and had few crews, so they were most afraid of being robbed by the armed Galen ships.

"How are the Navy and Army ready?" Emperor Zhu asked.

"Almost," said Wu Sanfu, "in the past few months, thirty-one armed Galen ships have joined the coalition fleet, and we have twenty-seven armed galen ships of our own, and thirteen British and French gift ships have also joined the coalition fleet...... There are seventy-one in total!

About half of them have already been sent out to escort the escort, and 36 of them are concentrated in the Wusong River, lining up to install the roundabout bombardment, and now almost all of them are installed. ”

The so-called whirling bombardment is actually a bombardment cannon (Hongxing seven-year 24-pounder short-barreled gun) on a circular rail, which can rotate 360 degrees - this design is not Zhu Cihong's golden finger, but has long existed, and several large-caliber guns will be placed on large armed Galen ships in this era, and a considerable part of them are mounted on the track.