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Kaifeng!

Gu Yanwu muttered the name of this place, and after thinking for a while, he asked rhetorically.

"King, although there are less than 40,000 troops in Henan at present, nearly 30,000 of them are Kaifeng, after all, they are currently in the hands of our army."

As Gu Yanwu, who joined the army, he must consider the problem from a safe perspective.

"If our army sends troops to Kaifeng, it will certainly make the Qing army in Henan unable to rescue Luoyang, but my army may need to redeploy at least five to seven battalions, so that it is possible to ensure that Kaifeng is captured, and now, our army can only deploy eight battalions."

As soon as Gu Yanwu's words fell, Zhang Jinsheng said with some disdain.

"Isn't it 30,000? The king, give the minister five battalions, and the minister will knock down this Kaifeng within half a month! ”

The conceit brought about by the victory made Zhang Jinsheng look down on the Qing army in Henan at all. As the prime minister of the military affairs yamen, he can be said to have a clear understanding of the strength of the Qing army in Henan, five battalions are a safe word, and four battalions are enough.

"King, it's not difficult to take Kaifeng, even if you knock down Runing Mansion by the way, it's not a problem, the key is ......"

Wu Youcai's words paused for a moment, and he reminded him.

"The key is Li Ziyuan, we sent troops to Kaifeng and Runing, which is equivalent to taking half of Henan, will Li Ziyuan be willing to do so then? What if there is a misunderstanding with them because of this? ”

Wu Youcai's reminder made Qian Lei smile on the side.

"Wu joins the army, what Li Ziyuan values is not Henan, but the Beijing Division, we have some action, but it is more beneficial to him, when the time comes, how can he object, and then, let's move like this, when the time comes, Shandong's Fulin Xiaoer, will not dare to act easily, when he hesitates, I am afraid that Li Ziyuan has already entered Shanxi, east out of Taihang, and directly won the Beijing Division."

Then he sneered again.

"Once it directly takes the Beijing division, the main force of the Qing army in Jinan will definitely rush north to aid the Beijing division, after all, their wives and children are there, when the time comes, we can mobilize mobile troops and take Shandong directly, as long as Shandong is in hand, plus Jiangbei and eastern Henan, once Li Ziyuan has a change, he can directly take Luoyang, cut off its north-south connection, and then use troops at the same time with Shao Sima Huguang, so that the world can be decided!"

Qian Lei, who was born in the master's family, although he is now in the army, but his mind is far more gloomy than his others, although the idea of helping Li Beiqi was originally taken out by the king, but in the end it was Qian Lei who perfected, and in addition to perfecting, he naturally considered how to avoid Li Ziyuan's family becoming dominant.

And in his plan, the most important link is to take advantage of the Qing army to go north to aid the Beijing division, to seize Shandong, as long as Shandong is in hand, Li Ziyuan will not be a monopoly, and the king will have a check and balance on it. Of course, deep down in his heart, he hoped that the king could reach a compromise with the Nanjing side now, and then he would have the energy to implement another plan.

After formulating the preliminary plan, the battle plan for sending troops to Kaifeng was naturally formulated by the military affairs yamen, and the advisory army was responsible for coordinating the rear.

"The king, the minister thinks that with the current situation, he should ease relations with the Zheng family at any cost."

Once again, Qian Lei put forward his suggestion.

"Li Ziyuan's Northern Expedition, no matter what the result is, the world will definitely be shaken, the Qing captives lost to Henan, Shandong, Shanxi, even if they barely keep the Beijing division, I am afraid it will also be a heavy casualties, then it must only be a hasty withdrawal to the Guanwai way, although Liaodong is the land of our Han people, it must be restored, but in a short period of time, once the Qing captives withdraw to Liaodong, the change of the situation at that time is beyond our reach, so it is more beneficial to the king to reconcile with the Zheng family......"

For Qian Lei, he has never had any great wisdom in his heart, the one in front of him in the past was his lord, and now it is the same, and even Qian Lei secretly thought to himself, if one day, maybe this king has further possibilities, as a courtier, he naturally hopes to make it to the next level through his own efforts.

"What do you mean by handing over Yongli to Zheng Chenggong?"

Looking directly at Qian Lei, Zhu Mingzhong naturally knew what his words were.

"In this way, we will be able to free up our hands for the Northern Expedition?"

"King, although this Northern Expedition is said to be the first miracle in the world, but in Yu Chen's opinion, it is just a reputation, and he Li Ziyuan needs this reputation to make the world forget what an ungrateful and capricious person he is. But the king doesn't need it, and the king's reputation is already known to the whole world......"

This is not any sycophancy, in the past two years, Zhu Mingzhong has established his reputation, unlike Li Ziyuan's notoriety, his reputation is quite good, even if he is against his governance in Jiangbei, he can't be otherwise, his "pure heart" to Daming. In this way, there is naturally no need to make up for any reputation. But Li Ziyuan is different, his reputation is too bad.

"Jiashen changed the sky, the thieves entered Beijing, and then fought with Shanhaiguan and Wu Sangui, but in the end it was the Manchu Qing who won the world!"

Qian Lei stared at Zhu Mingzhong and said in a tone that seemed calm, but was actually a little excited.

"The minister thinks that if he can ease relations with Nanjing, the king can send the navy to the north by water, and take advantage of the decisive battle between Li Ziyuan and the Manchu Qing Dynasty to directly take the Beijing division, so that not only can he get the first merit of the Northern Expedition, but also make Li Ziyuan not sit on Zhili, and when the Qing Dynasty retreats north, he will take Beizhili, such a major event can be decided!"

Seeing that the king seemed to be a little hesitant, Qian Lei said with a heart.

"As for the Yongli Imperial Court, what's the harm in handing it over to the Zheng family, when it will sit in Shandong, Jiangbei, Henan, and Beizhili, the king will use his belief in foreign religion, abolish his throne, and set up a new monarch?"

Since the day he wanted to take back the Yongli, Qian Lei has been planning how to abolish the Yongli, if it is replaced by someone else, it may not be easy, if you want to abolish the Yongli, there is a good excuse, Yongli is the emperor, and his whole family has been baptized by Western missionaries, which is the best excuse to abolish his throne.

"Emperor Gao saved the Han people in the world in the Mengyuan, built my Ming Dynasty, and restored the rule of the Han family, what is the orthodoxy of the Ming Dynasty, this Ming orthodoxy is the orthodoxy of the Han family, but on the other hand, Yongli is the king of a country, even if he is not a barbarian foreign religion, but the Queen Mother Ma, Xiao, the Queen Wang, and the crown prince were all baptized by Yangyi, and several people also took their Christian names. The Empress Dowager Ma was named Mary, and Xiao was Lena; The Queen's Christian name is Anna; The crown prince named his religion Konstantin, so how can it be done by a human king, and how can it be called orthodoxy? Even if it is abolished, what does it matter? ”

Although Qian Lei said it righteously and strictly, Zhu Mingzhong knew very well in his heart that this was just an excuse. And even for this excuse, in his opinion...... is acceptable.

Of course, if necessary.

"Old money!"

Unlike facing others, Zhu Mingzhong did not call his cousin, but directly called him "old money", after all, among all the people who joined the army, Qian Lei can be said to be his earliest team, if he didn't have his help, how could he master Jiangyin.

"After so many years, don't you understand your thoughts?"

Seeing that Qian Lei was about to explain, Zhu Mingzhong waved his hand and signaled him not to speak.

"This king knows, Qian Lei, you are planning everything for me, this eternal calendar......"

Nodding, Zhu Mingzhong said in an affirmative tone.

"When necessary, it's not that it can't be scrapped!"

This sentence "It's not that it can't be abolished" undoubtedly shows Zhu Mingzhong's heart, which made Qian Lei's heart suddenly move, but just when he was excited, he heard him say it again.

"But right now, we still need him, after all, this flag is still needed, you say, if we give Yongli to Zheng Chenggong, in case Zheng Chenggong comes to "coerce the Son of Heaven to order not to be subordinate", what should we do then? ”

Zhu Mingzhong first asked rhetorically, and then said.

"He is in our hands, and if he wants to waste it, what can the world endure me? The key question is, if he is in the hands of Zheng Chenggong, Zheng Chenggong will use him as a banner, what should we do? Besides......"

Looking at Qian Lei, Zhu Mingzhong smiled helplessly.

"This flag is in our hands, for Zheng Chenggong, it is a constraint, instead of letting the flag in the hands of others, let others force us to rebel, why not let this flag in our hands, see how others rebel, "coerce the Son of Heaven to order not to be subordinate", what is "not subordinate?" ””

sneered and Zhu Mingzhong did not continue, the so-called "no minister", how can it be the real "no minister", this "no minister" is not a minister in the eyes of the person who coerces the Son of Heaven, as for who is the real person who is not a minister?

It doesn't matter.

The king's answer made Qian Lei slightly stunned and said in a deep voice.

"But, the king, as long as the relationship between us and Zheng Chenggong is so tense, naturally we can't go all out on the Northern Expedition, and when the time comes, this north will all belong to the Li family!"

For Li Ziyuan, Qian Lei can't look down on him anyway, not because of anything else, just because of his character, although Qian Lei himself has taken refuge in Zhu Mingzhong in order to survive, but he has never betrayed the master, on the other hand, Li Ziyuan has repeatedly betrayed people who are kind to him, such a person, his character is too inferior. It's a shame. Naturally, he did not want it to not only wash away the stigma but also occupy the north.

"Hey......"

With a long sigh, Zhu Mingzhong didn't say anything, but continued to think about Qian Lei's previous words in his heart, he naturally knew that Qian Lei wanted to stop talking before, and didn't say what he really thought, I'm afraid that for Qian Lei, what he hopes more is that he will go further, from the king to the emperor!

Throughout the ages, why have people repeatedly worn royal robes? I'm afraid it's the temptation of imperial power.

When thinking about this question in his heart, Zhu Mingzhong was silent, and after a while, he glanced into the distance and then said.

"Let's knock down the opening first! As for the rest...... We'll talk about that later! ”