As soon as they heard this, whether it was Lu Xiangsheng, Hong Chengchou, or Sun Chuanting, the three of them all listened respectfully. They believed that the emperor would never treat them badly.

I saw Emperor Chongzhen say with a sincere face: "There are many people in the court who impeach Qing and others, but I have stayed in the middle." I also know a little bit about the thoughts behind them. After that, I will catch a few typical examples and punish them severely. ”

Hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng and the three of them secretly sighed in their hearts, "The emperor is sage!"

Then, they heard Emperor Chongzhen say: "Although Jianyu is out of the customs, the northern part of the Ming Dynasty is still in a mess, and I want to let the northern part of the Ming Dynasty settle down as soon as possible." After the chaos, there will be a great epidemic, and this must be prevented; Arrangements should be made for the victims to return to their hometowns so that they can rebuild their homes; Today's thieves, although they have been suppressed by the Qing and others, are no longer arrogant before; But if the root cause is not removed, the thief will not be able to be destroyed, and it must be prevented and eradicated; Once the prisoners enter the customs, they will be seriously injured in the customs once, which must also be prevented, and they must not be allowed to enter the customs again. ”

Saying these words, Emperor Chongzhen's face became serious, and he looked at the three of them and said, "On this side of the court, I have confidence that I will not be deceived again; Therefore, what I need most now is local political and military affairs. The three Aiqing, would you like to work harder to help me stabilize the place? ”

His words have been said here, so heart-to-heart talk, Lu Xiangsheng and the others felt his sincerity, and they didn't look at each other, they all directly echoed Emperor Chongzhen, saying that everything was subject to the emperor's arrangement.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he was very satisfied, nodded and said, "I know that the three Aiqing will not let me down. I will also remember the merits of the three Aiqing, and on the Ling Tian Pavilion, I believe there are portraits of the three. ”

Hearing the emperor mention Ling Tian Pavilion again, thinking that he would be like the twenty-four heroes of the Tang Lingyun Pavilion in the future, Lu Xiangsheng and the other three civil officials couldn't help but feel excited in their hearts. For the three of them, compared to other civil officials, they are more in pursuit of fame. And this is to scratch their itch.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at them and immediately continued: "My thoughts are like this, the main enemy of the Ming Dynasty at present is still Liaodong Jianyu. And the original governor of Jiliao, Wu Aheng, died in battle this time, and the position was vacant, so I thought that Sun Qing would take over. The Governor's Mansion moved to Shanhaiguan, is Qing willing? ”

Sun Chuanting was originally the governor of Shaanxi, and his promotion to the governor of Jiliao was naturally promoted, although it was very difficult, but for him, he didn't care how difficult things were. I think that at the beginning, when he recommended himself as the governor of Shaanxi, he asked for money but no money, he wanted soldiers without soldiers, and he was alone, so he relied on an appointment from the imperial court, and made money and food, pulled out a team of elite soldiers, and beat the raging thieves to flee all over the place, and even the biggest thief at that time, Gao Yingxiang, the king of Chuang, also fell into his hands and escorted the Beijing division to death.

Therefore, after he heard Emperor Chongzhen's words, he immediately bowed down and said: "Weichen will never live up to His Majesty's trust!" ”

"Well, although Sun Qing can do it with confidence, I will watch it, and there is no need to worry about it." Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said solemnly, "One of the difficulties that Qing may encounter is the two families of Zu Wu in the Guanning army, their power in the Guanning army is intertwined, and they must be handled carefully, neither can they be controlled by them, nor can they cause chaos. Of course, if they have bad intentions, they don't have to scruple, understand? ”

As soon as Sun Chuanting heard it, he knew that the emperor was a little dissatisfied with the Guanning army, especially the two ancestors and Wu families in the Guanning army.

Originally, at the end of the second year of Chongzhen, Zu Dashou entered the customs in Jianyu, and when he was haunted near Beijing, he was able to privately lead the troops to withdraw to Shanhaiguan. This kind of thing, for the emperor, is definitely a thorn in his heart. Although the emperor has pardoned and not pursued, in the following years, Zu Dashou and others have not entered the customs to do serious things, and have been nesting in Shanhaiguan, asking for soldiers and food, but they can't contain the captives, and almost nothing can be done, allowing the Jianyu army to enter the customs and plunder.

Although it is said that the Guan Ning Army has not entered the customs several times, there are indeed objective reasons. Has Kezu Dashou done his best? Or is it to preserve strength, support the army and respect itself, and entrench itself at the key checkpoint from Shanhaiguan to Ningjin? It's hard to say!

Sun Chuanting knew in his heart that Emperor Chongzhen's reminder was not necessarily unreasonable, and after he arrived, the first thing he should pay attention to was the behavior of Zu Dashou. Thinking so, he immediately replied: "Your Majesty, Weichen understands! ”

"Good!" Emperor Chongzhen listened, praised it and then asked, "If you go back to take up the post of Jiliao Governor, what are the requirements, although I think that if I can solve it, I will try to solve it!" ”

As soon as Sun Chuanting heard this, he opened his mouth and wanted money, but he suddenly thought about it again, the emperor's money was copied from his family, it belonged to rootless water, and there was not much to use, although the emperor said that there was a lot of money and a source of living water, but the emperor also said before that there are many places to use money, and a large amount of silver money must be invested just to rebuild the three camps under the jurisdiction of the imperial horse supervisor. The cost of armaments is simply a bottomless pit.

Thinking like this, he changed his mind in his heart, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, as long as Weichen makes up for the soldiers under his jurisdiction and brings two months' military salary, and then the quasi-minister promotes the Qingtun salary in the jurisdiction, there is no other requirement!" ”

The lion opened his mouth widely, and he asked for millions of taels of silver at once, so no matter who became the governor of Jiliao, he could always get something done if he threw enough money. In this way, it does not show the weight of his Sun Chuanting among the ministers of Zhongxing. In addition, he already has relevant experience, so he just made such a request. In his opinion, this is much better than when he went to Shaanxi alone to serve as governor.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he was also relieved in his heart, Sun Chuanting did not disappoint him, so he nodded and said: "I am accurate, if you encounter any difficulties in the future, you can always play to me, and if I can solve it, I will definitely help Qing solve it!" ”

Hearing this, Sun Chuanting remembered that in this battle of King Qin, didn't the emperor solve a lot of things for them? His promise will definitely not be casually said.

Thinking like this, Sun Chuanting couldn't help but feel more confident.

After arranging the affairs on his side, Emperor Chongzhen turned his head to look at Lu Xiangsheng and said: "Now that the matter of King Qin has ended, Lu Qing was originally the governor of Xuanda, I thought, Qing is a civil and military all-rounder, therefore, I want to put Qing in an important place, is Qing willing?" ”

Lu Xiangsheng's post of secretary of the military department was only an additional title, which was to facilitate his command of the Qin Wang army. In other words, his job is to lead the Qin Wang Army, and now that this job is gone, he has to find a new job to do.

"Your Majesty's will, Weichen should do his best!" Lu Xiangsheng replied with a serious and serious face.

In fact, he has always done it. Even if it was the position of the commander of the Qinwang Army, where the risks outweighed the benefits, Emperor Chongzhen asked him to do it, and he directly confronted Shang Jianyu without saying a word. In the original history, he defended his words with his life, and truly did his best to die. It can be said that he was the most responsible courtier in the late Ming Dynasty, which is by no means an exaggeration.

Emperor Chongzhen naturally knew this, so he expected him to reply like this, so he immediately said to him: "I am going to establish a new post of governor of Shandong to rule the whole of Shandong. The first thing Sun Qing wanted to do was to rebuild Dongjiang Town, and on the other hand, he could threaten North Korea and force it not to dare to help the abuse; The second is to threaten the western side of Liaodong Jianyu, so that it will not dare to divide its troops and detour through the Mongolian steppe to enter the customs. These two goals are Qing's main responsibilities, can you understand what I mean? ”

This has actually been said very clearly, and Lu Xiangsheng naturally nodded immediately.

However, these two purposes are not easy to achieve.

The original Dongjiang Town, since Mao Wenlong was beheaded by Yuan Chonghuan, has fallen apart. Then, after Kong Youde and others took refuge in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, they led the Manchu army and leveled Phi Island. As a result, there is no more Dongjiang Town. In the same way, the Manchus did not have to worry about flanking, and often sent troops to detour through the Mongolian steppe to enter the customs.

The other is also because Kong Youde and others led the old department of the Dongjiang River to join the Manchus, brought warships and boatmen to the Manchus, and let the Manchus also have sailors. They don't pay much attention to it, but it's better than it used to be. If Dongjiang Town is to be rebuilt now, the Manchu Qing Dynasty will definitely send water divisions to attack, which is much stronger than before!

In addition, if the rebuilding of Dongjiang Town and the need to contain the Manchu army again, first of all, the combat power of Dongjiang should be strong; Secondly, the main general must judge the situation and have enough sharpness of the warship. After all, Dongjiang Town at the beginning was actually similar to a base area behind enemy lines, and it was impossible to gain a firm foothold without any ability. Even if Emperor Chongzhen has enough support for Dongjiang Town, it is not easy to be separated by the sea.

It can be seen that this governor of Shandong is not easy to be, and it is actually almost the same as the previous commander of the Qinwang Army.

In this regard, Lu Xiangsheng knew very well in his heart that he had been the prefect of the Daimyo Mansion in the past, and he knew more or less about Shandong. He even knows that the conditions in Shandong today are actually worse than before.

At the beginning, Kong Youde and others rebelled, poisoning many places in Shandong, and the ravages of this Jianyu led to the withering of Shandong's people's livelihood.

Of course, Emperor Chongzhen would not let Lu Xiangsheng do this alone, so he said to him: "The naval division under the command of Zheng Zhilong, the Fujian coastal defense guerrilla, is very large, and it is far beyond his official authority. Therefore, I am ready to transfer part of his naval division to the north, and belong to the Denglai naval division. ”

Speaking of this, he said solemnly: "But Zheng Zhilong, who was originally born as a pirate, has now grown up, and I am not sure whether my will will will be useful to him or not." Lu Qing should also be prepared, in case he disobeys my will, or does other things, there will be no Southern Water Master available. Therefore, Lu Qing still has to rebuild the Denglai Sailor by himself. I will allocate the money you need, and as for the manpower, Qing is the governor of Shandong, so he will collect it under the jurisdiction of Qing. ”

Hearing this, Lu Xiangsheng's brows furrowed slightly, and he said: "Your Majesty, if that Zheng Zhilong has two hearts, the minister is willing to lead the Denglai Navy Division south to quell the rebellion!" He is just a pirate, advancing by land and water, can he still resist the imperial army? ”

These people in the north have a far less profound understanding of Zheng Zhilong than later generations. Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen knew in later generations that Zheng Zhilong at this time had dominated the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty, and the annual protection fee collected at sea alone amounted to thousands of taels of silver.

And this guy is still very shrewd, and understands that his roots are still on land, so he doesn't use money to make friends with large and small umbrellas in the officialdom, and he also throws money to fellow villagers in Fujian, which makes his reputation very good in his hometown of Fujian. In the early years, the imperial court wanted to exterminate him, but he arrested the general soldier, because he had large and small eyeliner to report to him.

After Emperor Chongzhen crossed, after the results of the war against the captives, he began to pay attention to Zheng Zhilong's situation as soon as possible. He found that the average person didn't know about him. Because his position is very low, and he belongs to the general, he is not conspicuous at all. Moreover, his main force is in Fujian, which is very far away from Beijing.

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen spent a lot of effort to find some information about Zheng Zhilong, and after confirming what later generations knew about him, he probably knew what Zheng Zhilong's situation was at this time.

At this time, when he heard what Lu Xiangsheng said, he shook his head and said: "Zheng Zhilong, this person, can go from a merchant to the sea, and finally stand out from many pirates, and become a dominant hero, his ability is undoubted. His power is far greater than Qing imagined. Now I, the Great Ming Water Master, can't compete with it at all. Qing Ke knows that the imperial court's annual treasury income is only how much silver, and his income from collecting taxes at sea alone is as much as tens of millions of taels! ”

Hearing this, no matter how surprised Lu Xiangsheng and the three of them were, even Wang Chengen, who had been playing soy sauce on the side, suddenly woke up, what, ten million taels of silver? Did the emperor say something wrong or did he hear it wrong?

Lu Xiangsheng came back to his senses, but he understood that the emperor would never say empty words, so his expression immediately became serious. Because he knows that he can get tens of millions of taels of silver every year, this power and strength, even the rogue who is making a lot of noise now, is much inferior. 10 million 20 a year, how many soldiers can be raised?

Seeing his expression, Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said, "Qing doesn't have to worry about Zheng Zhilong's affairs now, but he can go to Shandong to do the basic things first." As for Zheng Zhilong's side, I will see how he reacts, and then decide how to deal with him! ”

"Wechen obeys!" When Lu Xiangsheng heard this, he immediately restrained his emotions and bowed down to lead the order.

Then, Emperor Chongzhen turned his head to look at the third person, that is, Hong Chengchou, the governor of the three sides, and said to him: "Qing has done a good job in serving as the governor of the three sides, but I have appointed another appointment to Qing. As for the post of governor of the three sides, who can take over? ”

The meaning of this is that the position of the governor of the three sides was recommended by Hong Chengchou, which can be regarded as a trust in him.

Hong Chengchou is a smart person, so he naturally understands this, and he can't help but feel grateful in his heart, so he thinks about it seriously.