Chen Qiyu, in fact, is the same kind of person as Hong Chengchou, both of whom started their brilliant officialdom careers from the suppression of thieves. Both of them are focused on reputation and maintain relationships with their colleagues. In short, it's not as corrugated as Sun Chuanting.

Therefore, when Chen Qiyu heard that Sun Chuanting had arrived, he actually adopted the strategy of clearing the tun to replenish his salary. Although he was under the banner of Taizu and had soldiers in his hands, Chen Qiyu concluded at that time that Sun Chuanting had offended too many people by doing this, and it would definitely be difficult to turn back, and there would be no good results.

However, what he didn't expect was that although Sun Chuanting did have something, he was protected by the emperor and gave him a lot of trust. not only rose to the official position of the governor of Jiliao, but even temporarily took the official position of the governor of Jingying.

You must know that the Beijing camp is the garrison of the Beijing Division, and it cannot be commanded by non-emperors. Generally speaking, it is the nobles who rest with the country to rule, or the emperor's cronies and eunuchs to lead. But Sun Chuanting can get this official position, even if it is temporary, it is enough to show Sun Chuanting's status in the emperor's heart.

At this moment, after listening to the emperor's words, he immediately understood what the emperor meant, and in this regard, he finally understood that the emperor was wise, so he had to hug the emperor's thigh, which was the real backer. Friendship with those officials and local tyrants will make the emperor of Shengming dissatisfied.

Thinking like this, he had the bottom in his heart, so he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly said: "Weichen understands, Weichen will not live up to His Majesty's grace again!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen stared into his eyes and saw the true heart. Imagine his experience, and feel like he won't be exiled again. He nodded and asked, "Now that there is a shortage of war horses in the Ming Dynasty, what can you do?" ”

Everyone knows that there are war horses on the grassland. However, the grassland people also know that the war horse cannot be given to the Central Plains Dynasty casually. Just like the reason why the Central Plains Dynasty was reluctant to give iron tools to the grassland peoples.

Chen Qiyu was slightly stunned when he heard Emperor Chongzhen's question, and then came back to his senses, knowing that this was a test for himself in front of the emperor, and an opportunity to save his image in front of the emperor.

So, after thinking seriously for a while, he bowed down and replied: "There are horses in the grassland, and in the opinion of Weichen, you can get them by two means!" ”

"Oh, let's hear it." When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he hurriedly nodded and asked.

Chen Qiyu's face was serious, and he said seriously: "First, you can exchange materials for the extremely short supply of grasslands. Iron tools must not be given, but grain, salt, tea and other things can be used. However, the steppe tartars are cunning, knowing that I am short of horses, and the asking price is very high, and it is absolutely impossible to give more in total. ”

Emperor Chongzhen nodded when he heard this, and did not say anything.

"Second, now the Mongolian Tatars on the steppe have taken refuge in Liaodong Jianlu, and for my Ming Dynasty, they are friends and foes. Therefore, if I can learn the specific news of the grassland, I can send troops to the grassland to grab it directly, so that I can get enough war horses! But the key to this method is that it is difficult for me to know the news on the grassland, and if the troops are limited and cannot attack in a targeted manner, if I send troops to the grassland, can I get enough trophies of war horses, not to mention, the danger of the army is also a lot. ”

After Chen Qiyu finished saying these two methods, his face showed a slight embarrassment, and he said to Emperor Chongzhen: "Therefore, Weichen suggests, first, you can try to trade with the Mongolian tribes in the west, far away from those Tartars in Liaodong, and in addition, also send people to spy on the news of the grassland, to see if you can get the precious news of the grassland, so that you can go out of the customs to discuss it!" ”

To be honest, although he said that there are two methods, in fact, neither of them is very good. Even if it is used together, it is not very good. The first is that I don't know that the Year of the Monkey can only trade war horses, and the number of war horses will not be large. Spying on grassland news, because of objective reasons, is even more unreliable.

Chen Qiyu actually knew this in his heart, so after he finished speaking, he looked at the emperor with a little uneasiness, and he didn't know how the emperor would react.

Emperor Chongzhen didn't have any unhappy looks, as if he was contemplating his two methods.

After a long while, suddenly, Emperor Chongzhen came back to his senses and asked: "In Qing's opinion, if I send troops to the grassland in the Ming Dynasty, what goal will be more certain?" ”

Chen Qiyu couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, it seems that the emperor is still inclined to fight? But I've made it clear enough that there is no reliable source, and if you want to send troops to the steppe to conquer the Tartars, it is also very dangerous!

Although he thought so, he still seriously thought about the emperor's question before replying: "The Hetao side was originally occupied by the Tumut tribe, but it was occupied by Lin Dan Khan in the first year of Chongzhen, and the Tumut tribe was defeated and fled west. However, Liaodong Jianyu did not let Lin Dan Khan go, and attacked Lin Dan Khan several times in the eighth year of Chongzhen, completely defeated the Chahar Department, and moved the Chahar Department back to Liaodong. The present-day Hetao area is again under the Tumut Department. In the ninth year of Chongzhen, Jianlu divided the surrendered Tumut Department into two, which was for the left and right wings, with Guluge as the left wing and Hanggao as the right wing......"

Some news is in the memory of the original Emperor Chongzhen. But there is some news that Emperor Chongzhen does not know. He listened carefully and immediately grasped the reason why Chen Qiyu said these things.

Sure enough, I heard Chen Qiyu say next: "...... After famine and war, the Tumut tribe was now divided into two by Jianqing, and its strength was far inferior to that of Altan Khan. With the military strength of my Ming Dynasty, against the current Tumut tribe, at least in terms of combat power, there is a chance of victory. ”

When he said this, his tone was very firm, but then he changed his words and then emphasized: "But the grassland is vast and boundless, and without accurate information as the premise, the Tumut Department is likely to be far away when it hears the news, and it is difficult for the fighters to grasp it!" ”

Emperor Chongzhen nodded when he heard this, agreeing with his statement, but he did not have regrets like Chen Qiyu's side, because he had a golden finger, which happened to be a news specialty. At this time, he was thinking, how to use his golden finger?

In fact, it is easy to say, that is, how to send the eavesdropping seeds to the grassland, to the leaders of the Tumut tribe. If this is possible, we will be able to get specific information about the Ministry of Tumut, and the most difficult problems will be solved.

Thinking about this question, after a long time, just when Chen Qiyu thought that the emperor was going to fall asleep, suddenly, he saw Emperor Chongzhen slam the imperial case, making a "pop" sound, which startled Chen Qiyu.

But Emperor Chongzhen was excited, only to see him staring at Chen Qiyu, and quickly asked: "If I send this Jian's prisoner to the Tumut Ministry to ask for an exchange of war horses, what does Chen Qing think?" ”

Afraid that Chen Qiyu would not know the results of this battle, Emperor Chongzhen added: "This time, the Jurchen Tartars of Jianzhou were captured, and there were nearly a hundred people. One of them was the son of the right-hand man of the deceased slave chieftain Eyidu, named Niu Hulu Turge, who was the Jurchen Gushan Ezhen with a white flag. ”

The situation of the capture of the Tartars is actually written in the war report. Emperor Chongzhen didn't say it, and Chen Qiyu also knew. But as soon as he emphasized this, Chen Qiyu's impression was a little deeper.

So, after Emperor Chongzhen finished speaking, Chen Qiyu was stunned at first. With such a high-level building, the emperor did not use it to sacrifice the Taimiao, but to exchange it for war horses?

After coming back to his senses, he suddenly grasped one of the emperor's principles, which seemed to be pragmatic. Or is it that the emperor still doesn't look down on a solid mountain Ezhen, and he wants a higher-level tartar to be qualified to sacrifice to the Taimiao?

No matter what, just follow Emperor Chongzhen's line of thought. Therefore, Chen Qiyu immediately nodded and replied: "Your Majesty, this method is very wonderful. For the Tumut Ministry, the Jianzhou Jurchen is its master, even if it is an ordinary Jianzhou Jurchen, the Tumut Ministry does not dare to ignore it. As long as we set a time limit and let the Tumut Ministry have no time to send people to Liaodong to report the news, I believe that the Tumut Ministry can only use war horses to redeem these Jianzhou Jurchen Tartars. ”

"Naqing thinks, how many war horses can these Tartars be exchanged for?" Emperor Chongzhen smiled and continued to ask.

Regarding this question, Chen Qiyu still thought about it seriously and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that he should be able to exchange for about a thousand war horses. ”

A war horse, on the side of the Ming Dynasty, in this troubled world, is almost about a hundred taels of silver. In other words, these nearly a hundred or so captives are equivalent to 100,000 taels of silver. What's more important is that 100,000 taels of silver is good, and a thousand war horses are rare.

Chen Qiyu naturally knows this. Therefore, he was a little excited: a thousand war horses!

However, Emperor Chongzhen still shook his head and said, "A thousand war horses are still too few!" ”

Daming's demand for war horses is a bottomless pit. Let's just say that it is urgently needed, at least the hussar camp needs about 5,000 horses, and Lu Xiangsheng's side, at least about 2,000 horses, which adds up to 7,000 horses, and then rounded off, that is 10,000 horses.

Chen Qiyu listened, a little dumbfounded, a thousand war horses, I haven't traded so many from Mongolia at one time before, and the emperor is still not satisfied?

Sure enough, I heard Emperor Chongzhen continue: "Then change it first, and then grab it after the change." ”

By this time, he already had a clear idea. After throwing the eavesdropping seeds on the high-status Turg and exchanging them to the grassland, they will definitely communicate with the leader of the Tumut tribe, so that they can know the situation in the grassland. No matter how targeted and sudden the dispatch of troops, according to Chen Qiyu, there should be a harvest.

However, the specific way to do this still needs to be carefully discussed. And Chen Qiyu is an important person in planning the Hetao area, so Emperor Chongzhen said to Chen Qiyu: "When the specific grassland situation is concerned, you don't have to worry, I have my own way." Qing thought about it, what should we do, so that we can first exchange the captives for war horses, and then let the captives stay in the Tumut Department for the time being, and then we can successfully conquer the Tumut Ministry? ”

Hearing this, Chen Qiyu thought about it carefully, and suddenly felt very surprised. Because he sensed a key to keep the captives in the Tumut Department for the time being, and then there would be news? If that's the case, are these captives, these Jianzhou Jurchen Tartars, able to be used by the emperor?

It's kind of incredible when you think about it!

However, since the emperor said so, he must be sure. Therefore, Chen Qiyu immediately agreed and was ready to think about this matter.

The next day, Chen Qiyu was still thinking about this matter, so he received the emperor's order and immediately rushed to the Forbidden City.

At this time, he was actually a little bottomless in his heart. After all, he has not yet gone to Shaanxi to take office. There is still a lack of a comprehensive understanding of Shaanxi's current military strength. The emperor was in such a hurry to summon him, which made him a little worried.

However, what Chen Qiyu didn't expect was that Emperor Chongzhen didn't ask him what he thought, but took him to the Imperial Horse Prison.

As soon as he entered the Yumajian military camp, Chen Qiyu was attracted by the sound of training. As soon as he heard his voice, one word flashed in his mind: hot!

Emperor Chongzhen came in civilian clothes this time and did not notify this side. Therefore, the soldiers here are all training. Therefore, Chen Qiyu saw the training status of the three battalions under the command of the Imperial Horse Supervisor.

This army can be said to be the foundation of Emperor Chongzhen. Therefore, even if the food of the Beijing division is still under strict control, the food supply of this army can still ensure that the soldiers can train well. It can even be said that, at least from Chen Qiyu's point of view, this army is really worthy of being a forbidden army in the palace, and the logistics supply is a bit extravagant.

Half of the veterans and half of the new soldiers in the army are led by the old and the new, and they are trained by Qi Jiguang's military training method, and young people can be seen everywhere. Although it's almost May, it's still a bit cold in the north. But these soldiers practiced one by one and sweated profusely.

Emperor Chongzhen took Chen Qiyu with him, mainly to watch the training of the hussar battalion. Look at the mental outlook of the soldiers of the hussar battalion, look at the ordnance and armor attached to the hussar battalion, and look at the current situation of the war horses in the hussar battalion.

Chen Qiyu is not stupid, he immediately understood that Emperor Chongzhen did this purpose, and he couldn't help but be happy in his heart.

After reading it quietly, I arrived at the Yamen of the Imperial Horse Supervisor. Emperor Chongzhen really said to Chen Qiyu: "In the grassland war, the cavalry should still be the mainstay. I'll send out all the hussar battalions that I can dispatch, okay? ”

Hearing this, Chen Qiyu immediately replied happily: "Your Majesty, in this way, the left and right wings of Tumut must not be my opponent of the Ming Dynasty. ”

"Okay, then eat this Tumut Department!" When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he couldn't help but be equally happy. Subsequently, he summoned the two commanders of the hussar battalion, namely Hu Dawei and He Renlong, and together with Chen Qiyu, began a secret discussion on the plot against the Tumut department.

Among them, Hu Dawei was from Mongolia, and He Renlong was from Mizhi County, Shaanxi, and they were already familiar with the Tumut tribe, so they provided a lot of advice.

Two days later, Turge and others, who were smashed with sandbags every day, were finally brought out after making a lot of money for the Criminal Department, and were escorted by Han Leyu, a thousand households in the hussar camp, with 500 cavalry troops, and followed Chen Qiyu to Shaanxi.

In this regard, the people of the Criminal Department are very sorry. However, they had no choice but to watch Turg and the others being taken away.

Emperor Chongzhen's side also began to prepare. However, he didn't expect that in the past few days, the seeds he had planted before would be harvested continuously.