Tongzhou, the key meeting of water and land, the throat of Kifu, the north end of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and the east gate of Beijing.

After the king of Jinhailing finished Yan Liang ascended the throne, he ordered to open up Caoyun, use the Jinkou River to divert the water of the Yongding River, and dig the grain river in the Tongzhou area in the east to this day, for 800 years, the Tongzhou area has been the Yanshan area of the Caoyun and storage area.

Nantong Prefecture, North Tong Prefecture, North and South Tong Prefecture Tong North and South; The East Canal, the West Canal, and the East-West Canal transport things to the east.

Zheng Zhilong has forgotten how old he was in his previous life when he saw this couplet when he read a short story, but he still remembers it vividly.

On the Zhangjiawan Wharf in Tongzhou, the terminal of grain transportation - the waterway to the Tongzhou Wharf to the north has a small water flow, and the Cao boat cannot pass, so it can only be transported by small boat. At this moment, one or two hundred boats, flower ships, cargo ships, and even more barge boats, all the ships that could be collected were nervously loaded with materials.

The emperor, the crown prince, the kings and the civil and military officials who accompanied them had already rested in Tongzhou City. Although Zhizhou Zhou Wengui is not a capable minister, this matter still can't help him.

The people have already cleaned up the houses one after another, and there is food, and everything has been arranged properly.

This person is a descendant of Zhou Dunyi, a great Confucian of the Northern Song Dynasty, and a native of Qinghe County, Huai'an Prefecture. Brother Zhou Wenwei Gong is the governor of Shangzhou in Guanzhong, when Li Zicheng entered Guanzhong, Zhou Wenwei and Huang Gong, who was the governor of Shangzhou at the time, and Huang Gong, the infant city (Shangzhou) was defended, and the bloody battle was several days, and the city was destroyed. Li Zicheng lured him with high-ranking officials, Zhou Wenwei did not obey and scolded, and the people's army tied Wen Wei's youngest son Zhou Yuansheng to, coerced him with a knife, and threatened Zhou Wenwei with a murderous son. The people's army then cut off Wen Wei's tongue, (Zhou Wenwei) still opened his eyes and spurted blood in his throat to scold, and the people's army killed him and killed his son.

Zhou Wengui was the most unlikely person among the Gyeonggi officials to serve Li Zicheng.

At night, the whole Zhangjiawan is as bright as day, especially at the riverside wharf, a large number of laborers are carrying boxes of heavy wooden boxes, and all the dignitaries and dignitaries can beat their heads and blood for the position of a ship.

There are not many ships, there are only one or two hundred in total, after deducting the royal use, and some people can enter the emperor's eyes, can there be half left?

How many dignitaries are there in this car? How much gold and silver do you have with you, antiques? And a male and female slave? Such a small number of ships is simply not enough.

If it weren't for the soldiers watching, I'm afraid that these people would be able to beat their brains.

"With these people here, don't even think about sleeping tonight." On the dock, Li Wu, the head of the bald soldiers, said to the people around him.

"Not really. These idiots are in a hurry now, and they can be more angry than one before. "I can't understand it, ordinary people really can't understand the thoughts of these dignitaries.

"So now one is more anxious than the other. Looking at the carriages and horses behind them, which is light and simple? Not to mention one ship, three or five are not enough for their family. Now whether it is to save their lives or their belongings, but some of them are distressed. ”

Li Wu and the others watched melons and drank tea on the side, talking cool words, and they didn't feel pitiful at all that those dignitaries and dignitaries were pitiful, just like Wu Sangui now. Wu Dashuai, who was facing a life decision, was also in trouble, but no one thought he was pitiful.

This is the trouble of happiness.

Today, not everyone is qualified to be co-opted by Emperor Chongzhen, Li Zicheng and Dolgon.

Zheng Zhilong didn't plan to move the Wu family, the old Wu family is no longer in Yanjing City, how could Liu Zongmin kidnap Chen Yuanyuan and make Wu Dashuai angry and angry? There's no excuse for luring the Tartars into the customs.

But then he figured out that the turn of face between Wu Sangui and Li Zicheng was a conflict of fundamental interests between each other, and the difference between the interests of the two - the foundation of the Wu family is in Liaodi, and the latter is close to the capital, Li Zicheng wants to sit firmly in Yanjing, so how can he really let Wu Sangui go?

And Wu Sangui is not a person who is willing to surrender and only seek wealth and nobility for a lifetime, and it is impossible for him to give up the power (soldiers and horses) in his hands, right? Otherwise, he would have led the soldiers and horses to the Beijing Division a long time ago, wouldn't he?

Wu Xiang or Chen Yuanyuan is just a fuse on the surface, without such a fuse, it can be used as a new one.

Zheng Zhilong has taken the Wu family away now, so maybe it will make Wu Sangui easier.

Now Wu Dashuai has three letters in front of him, one from his uncle Zu Dashou; a handwritten letter from Emperor Chongzhen; There is also a letter from Li Zicheng.

Zu Dashou's letter is very simple, that is, to persuade Wu Sangui to offer the pass to the Qing Dynasty, and I don't know if this is written by Zu Dashou on his own initiative or passively, but it doesn't matter. The Manchu Qing Dynasty's capital to Wu Sangui is not small - the king!

Hengzhi They have already sealed Kong Youde, Shang Kexi, and Geng Zhongming, and it is not uncommon to turn the King of Sanshun into the King of Sishun.

Dolgon even promised Wu Sangui permission not to participate in the war against the Ming.

The Manchus entered the customs to help suppress, not to seize the territory of the old Zhu family, so their target was Li Zicheng. If it really happened to the Ming army that something unbearable to talk about, Wu Sangui could also ignore it.

This promise is not insignificant.

Li Zicheng's promise is also very big, the marquis, the Mu family's example, the generation of Yongzhen Liaodi. At the same time, a reward of 200,000 taels of silver and 100,000 stones of grain and rice was also offered.

The same promised Wu Sangui not to add an arrow to the Ming army, only to stay in Liaodi, and to guard against the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

As for Emperor Chongzhen, there is no need to say more, it is all nonsense, and the biggest promise is that he will take care of Wu Xiang's father and son for Wu Sangui, as well as his family. No matter what happens! Wu Sangui's hard work for the Ming Dynasty over the years, he Chongzhen will remember it in his heart.

Wu Sangui didn't think about this at all now, because it was impossible for him to go south with Emperor Chongzhen, otherwise the Guanning army under his command would immediately fall apart. He can't leave Guan Ningjun. Wu Sangui's current choice is to choose one of the two, whether to submit to the Manchu Qing Dynasty or to Li Zicheng.

Returning to the Manchu Qing, with his understanding of the Qing court, the current Manchu Qing is not capable of swallowing him in one bite. In other words, after returning to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Wu Sangui could maintain a certain degree of independence, just as the previous Fifth Battalion of the Revolution did to Li Zicheng. But the Manchu Qing Dynasty didn't have such a good appetite as Li Zicheng. When they have cultivated their appetites, Wu Sangui believes that he will definitely make a wise choice at that time.

Because the general trend of the world at that time was also clear.

Returning to Li Zicheng seems to be more amiable logically. After all, the Guanning army and the Manchu Qing have been fighting for many years, and it is not impossible for the two sides to say that a feud is as deep as the sea. It's much better for Li Zicheng. At most, it was a debt from Zu Kuan back then.

Zu Kuan was Zu Dashou's domestic servant in his early years, with little courage, and was later promoted to Ning Yuan's general and deputy commander-in-chief. In the eighth year of Chongzhen, 3,000 Guanning troops entered the pass to suppress the people's army, Lu Xiangsheng said: "The soldiers who came to aid and suppressed, but the Liao Ding under the command of Zu Dale and Zu Kuan was the strongest, and the most thieves were killed. ”

But how can this little pain and itch compare to Guan Ningjun and the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

But things can't just start from this point, but also take a long-term view.

How close is Liaodi to Yanjing, Li Zicheng allowed Wu Sangui Shizhen Liaodi, this is a ghost, right?

In addition, the Mu family is far away in Dali, thousands of miles away from Yanjing City. What about Liaodi? Shanhaiguan to the capital is full of five or six locals, with cavalry raids, three or five days can be under the city.

Who will be reassured? Can you sit back and relax?

How can you allow others to snore on the side of the couch, Li Zicheng made such a promise, I'm afraid he has already saved his thoughts, right?

Wu Sangui beat a drum in his heart, feeling that Li Zicheng was at least malicious to him.

Just as Zheng Zhilong thought at the beginning, which powerful dynasty would allow powerful princes to be a country within a state?

Thinking about it this way, Wu Sangui felt that he had only one way to go. But he was unsettled. Ever since he received a letter from his father (Wu Xiang), he has been thinking about it.

The Ming Dynasty is about to fall, and the Guanning army in his hands must find a reliable home, otherwise, the supply of money and food will not be enough, and the iron-clad army will be finished at that time.

But if he is asked to lead the army to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, first, there is no excuse, the righteousness cannot be justified, and Emperor Chongzhen of this time and space is not dead; The second is a deep sense of shame in my heart......