"Lu Qing has been fighting for the Ming Dynasty for many years, and I have long wanted to transfer him back to take a good rest." Emperor Chongzhen looked at Sun Chuanting and said, "It just so happens that on the Korean side, a general battle has been fought with the Wa State. Thinking that this would be good, Qing transferred men and horses from the Qin and Jin dynasties, the Guanning army, and the Beijing camp to replace the current army in Korea and complete a change of guard. How is it? ”

Sun Chuanting was a little surprised when he heard it, but he didn't expect that the emperor's opening was not a war in Yunnan, but a matter far away in North Korea. And one thing he particularly noticed was that the emperor said that there had just been a general war with the Japanese state. If I go, will there be any battles to fight?

He was not outside Shenyang at that time, otherwise, Emperor Chongzhen told Hong Chengchou and Lu Xiangsheng at that time that the Wa Kingdom must be occupied. In this way, there is only a general battle in North Korea for the time being, and there is still a battle to fight in the future.

However, Sun Chuanting didn't know, and after hesitating a little, he replied to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, since a general battle has been fought, the Japanese State will inevitably be defeated, so can there still be a war on the Korean side?" ”

"Huh!" Emperor Chongzhen laughed when he heard this, this Sun Chuanting was worried that there would be no battle! If there is a chance, the Ming Dynasty will conquer the whole world in the future, and I am afraid that there will be no war to fight?

Thinking like this, although he stopped smiling, when the smile still stayed on his face, he said to Sun Chuanting: "The country has coveted me several times, and the wolf is ambitious, so I can't spare him." Even if the Japanese no longer dare to attack the Korean Province, as long as there is a chance, I, the Ming Dynasty, should take the initiative to attack and destroy the Japanese State! ”

"What Your Majesty said is very true!" When Sun Chuanting heard that he had the merit of destroying the country, he hurriedly replied with a hint of joy, "The Japanese have always been troubled by my Ming Dynasty, and the Japanese people are not removed, and when I doze off in the Ming Dynasty, they will come to cause trouble again!" ”

"That's it!" Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said, "Now in the situation over there, I, Daming, have taken the initiative. After that, after Qing went, he could make a decision immediately, understand? ”

"Wechen understands!" Sun Chuanting was very happy to hear this, this was to give him the right to make a decision on the spot, so he immediately played firmly and forcefully, "Weichen commands!" ”

So, the matter was settled. Emperor Chongzhen immediately drafted an edict and prepared to bring Lu Xiangsheng's side back to Daming with his troops to rest. There are five reasons to do so.

First, after Lu Xiangsheng served as the governor of Baoding in the twelfth year of Chongzhen, he had been fighting for the country on the Liaodong Peninsula for seven years, and he had not returned home once.

Second, the Dongjiang Army was composed of volunteer prisoners among the former thieves. Emperor Chongzhen remembered very clearly that only a small number of the thieves who were served in the battle of Nanyang were willing to atone for their past and go to Liaodong to fight with Jianlu, who was still in full swing at that time.

In the original battle of Pyongyang, there were many casualties, and those who are still alive are still fighting for the Ming Dynasty in Korea. Emperor Chongzhen also intended to let this part of the Ming soldiers, with their glory, give them a chance to return to their hometown.

Third, Lu Xiangsheng is now the most prestigious civilian official of the unified army among the officials of the Ming Dynasty. And his style, which is to love soldiers like children, in other words, can effectively unite the low-level soldiers. In this way, let him be in charge of the reform of the military system of the guard post in the south, I believe that he will not be overshadowed by those old officers, nor will he provoke any mutiny, which can effectively deter the local guard post.

Fourth, the army in Korea today can be regarded as an army that can fight well, and if it is transferred back and stationed in various places, it can also effectively deter various places. In addition, in the reform of the military system of the guards, these armies can be used as the backbone to expand the field corps. Not only can the old bring the new, but also allow these veterans to have a room for growth.

Fifth, Sun Chuanting went to replace Lu Xiangsheng, and with his style, he would not be very polite to the Japanese. And this is also Emperor Chongzhen's own meaning.

If you conquer the Wa Kingdom, then the people of the Wa Kingdom are also the people of the Ming Dynasty, and this kind of treatment is too good. Emperor Chongzhen felt that this would not work. If it is a colony, it is not what Emperor Chongzhen wants, and it is likely that it will not become a permanent territory of the Ming Dynasty in the future.

Therefore, for those who have opinions about the Ming Dynasty, Sun Chuanting should not be merciful. In the process of conquering the Japanese kingdom, it is nothing to kill some enemies. Only those who have made meritorious contributions to the Ming Dynasty in the process of conquering the Ming Dynasty, as well as those who obey the words of the Ming Dynasty and can be a good Ming people, are qualified to become the people of the Ming Dynasty!

There is a lot of experience to prove that if you just take a territory and accept it like a peaceful conquest, there will definitely be a lot of problems. In this case, it is better to break it and rebuild it directly.

On the Jiangnan side, although there is no ruthless Sun Chuanting in charge, there are not Yang Tinglin and Lu Jiude, and Zhang Pu has gone through so many years of experience, and he is already familiar with what he is continuing to rectify. Sun Chuanting's departure will not have much impact.

So, just like that, after Emperor Chongzhen arranged this matter, he did not rest much and continued to lead the army north along the Yangtze River, marching to Yunnan through Sichuan.

Of course, he wasn't just on the road. In front of the army, he had already let rumors spread in various places, saying that he Emperor Chongzhen led 100,000 troops to conquer Yunnan in person.

At the same time, he also issued an order to the factory guards and began to publicize a series of achievements of the Ming Dynasty in the north. and ordered the governments of Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan to also begin to publicize these.

Before the army arrived, the plan to attack the heart came first.

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The current situation in Yunnan can be said to be full of flames. In addition to Shoufu Kunming and several nearby prefectures and counties, many other places, as long as they are under the jurisdiction of Tusi, have raised their banners to rebel. Even some of them were under the jurisdiction of the imperial court officials, and they were also captured by the neighboring Tusi. All of a sudden, the arrogance of Tusi is the most in the history of Yunnan.

For this situation, Mu Tianbo, the prince of Qianguo, was very dissatisfied. In other words, his dissatisfaction has actually accumulated for a long time.

First of all, it is that the current emperor violated the ancestral system and actually abolished the hereditary system of princes. Even the emperor's sons have to be demoted every generation, not to mention, their original hereditary titles, of course, cannot be kept, and they have to be demoted every generation.

In other words, after Emperor Chongzhen issued that will, Mu Tianbo was the last Duke of Qianguo. This is the same as in the original history. But for this, at least on the bright side, Mu Tianbo can't object at all. Because the emperor even wants to do this to his own son, can you, a foreign minister, still make irresponsible remarks about it?

At this time, Mu Tianbo was only twenty-eight years old, but he inherited the title of Duke of Qianguo when he was ten years old, and he could be regarded as the Duke of Qianguo for eighteen years. I've been in power for a long time, and I'm really reluctant to give up this power.

In the original history, at the beginning, he should have had such thoughts. The small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty came to ask for help, but he did not pull out a dime, and finally cheapened Shadingzhou.

Later, the rest of the Great Western Army was going to enter Yunnan, and Kunming was occupied by Shadingzhou, and in the end, Mu Tianbo, who was knighted by the Ming Dynasty, stood with the Ming Dynasty, and finally martyred for the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, on this plane, there can be no such thing. Mu Tianbo's dissatisfaction, in addition to the demotion of each generation of titles, is also the inaction of the White Pole Army.

For a long time, this place in Yunnan has been jointly managed by the princes of Qianguo and the governors of Yunnan. But it is also because of this that there have always been contradictions between the Duke of Qianguo and the governor of Yunnan.

On the side of the White Pole Army, it represents the imperial court. However, he has been in Yunnan for several years, but he has not been able to quell the Tusi rebellion. What made Mu Tianbo even more dissatisfied was that the White Pole Army finally returned to Kunming, resulting in chaos in Yunnan.

Although he knew that this was Emperor Chongzhen's will, this will was contrary to his interests, and he didn't dare to be dissatisfied with the emperor, because it was transferred to the white pole army.

No, in the lobby of the Qianguo Mansion, Mu Tianbo and Yunnan Governor Wu Zhaoyuan sat on the left and right main seats, and Qin Liangyu, the commander of the White Pole Army, sat on Wu Zhaoyuan's side. Her son, Ma Xianglin, stood behind her.

I heard Mu Tianbo say a little dissatisfied: "When did the imperial court start to suppress the Tusi Rebellion?" ”

"Doesn't Guogong know? The emperor has transferred the governor of Xuanda, Lord Chen, to serve as the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, and now he has prepared soldiers, horses, grain and grass in Guizhou. Wu Zhaoyuan turned his head to look at Mu Tianbo, who was younger than him, and said, "Lord Zheng, the governor of the three sides, has also led troops into Sichuan, and the emperor has personally led troops to Yunnan......

Speaking of this, he paused and then said: "As for Kunming, with the old general Qin watching, there will be no incident, and the prince will wait with peace of mind!" ”

Mu Tianbo knows all this news. However, he felt that the imperial court was thundering and not raining, and he had never heard of the Tusi Rebellion, although the imperial court also sent a white pole army, but it had no effect, which made him very annoyed.

At this time, he glanced at Qin Liangyu, who was full of white hair, turned back to Wu Zhaoyuan, and said with a little dissatisfaction: "I heard that those Tusi are meeting the alliance, don't be the imperial army has not arrived, this Kunming ......"

Speaking of this, Mu Tianbo turned his head to look at Qin Liangyu again and said, "General Qin is really old at this age, will it be inappropriate!" ”

At this time, Qin Liangyu was already seventy-two years old, and in the eyes of twenty-eight-year-old Mu Tianbo, he was indeed very old. Even Ma Xianglin is in his fifties.

Obviously, he was worried that the White Pole Army would not be able to keep Kunming. In his opinion, if the White Pole Army had really had the ability, they would have destroyed the rebellious Tusi a long time ago, instead of deliberately not destroying it by following the emperor's secret order.

When Ma Xianglin, who was behind Qin Liangyu, heard this, he was immediately furious, and wanted to go around the front to speak, but was stopped by Qin Liangyu. I heard her say lukewarmly to Mu Tianbo: "If Guogong is worried about the combat strength of my white pole army, how about the last general hand over the responsibility of defending the city to Guogong?" ”

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