At the same time, in Yanghe, Shanxi, where the Xuanda Governor's Mansion is located, it can be said that it is like a city, and I saw a number of sturdy and thick felt carriages parked at the gate of the mansion, and many of them were flatbed carriages, which were piled with boxes of things.

The people who came out of the caravan seemed to be very shrewd. When they saw each other, they all smiled and greeted each other.

"Brother Fan, I didn't expect us to arrive together!"

"Brother Wang Xian, it seems that you went out half a day earlier than Brother Wei, so we can arrive together, haha!"

“……”

Just as they were greeting, a convoy came over one after another, and the people who came out of it were obviously all knowing each other, and greeted each other at the gate of the governor's palace.

From their conversation, it was clear that they had made an appointment to visit the Governor's Palace today, so they arrived together.

These people are all Jin merchants, namely Fan Yongdou, Wang Dengku, Jin Liangyu, Wang Dayu, Liang Guest, Tian Shenglan, Zhai Tang, and Huang Yunfa, eight notorious Jin merchants in later generations.

Chen Xinjia, the governor of Xuanda, already knew that the benefactor was coming at the door, and personally greeted him, and said with a smile on his face: "Everyone, happy New Year!" ”

"Happy New Year, Lord Governor!" The eight major Jin merchants hugged their fists and bowed in return, not pretending to be benefactors at all.

"Come on, come on, it's too cold outside, please sit down." Chen Xinjia said with a smile, "The official has already scalded the wine, let's drink a few glasses to warm up our bodies!" ”

In this way, this group of people entered the governor's palace with each other and went to the back office. It can be seen that this is not the first time they have met.

It didn't take long for them to drink in the back living room. You toast me, I toast you, smile and Wishing you prosperity to each other, and they are happy. If people who don't know see it, they still think that the world is peaceful, and there is nothing to worry about.

"Fan Moujing Governor has a cup!" Fan Yongdou, who was the leader, stood up first, and said to Chen Xinjia with a smile, "With the Governor in charge of our Jindi, it will be more convenient to act in the future, and the scale will expand, and we will earn more!" ”

As soon as he heard this, the younger Wang Dengku immediately stood up with his wine glass and said, "Yes, yes, yes, the Governor is here, and we are all relieved a lot, and we finally don't have to toss." How nice it is for everyone to get rich together! ”

When the other Jin merchants saw it, they all followed suit, complimenting the governor of Xuanda, and holding wine glasses to toast together.

When Chen Xinjia saw it, he had a smile on his face, and he also stood up with a wine glass and said: "If it weren't for your efforts, I, Chen, would not have been able to get to this position. From now on, under the jurisdiction of this official, you can rest assured. ”

After he finished speaking, everyone looked at each other and smiled, and they all laughed heroically, and then they lit up the bottom of each other's cups and laughed together.

After sitting down, Liang Guest smiled and opened another topic: "Now that the Qing army is making a fortune in the Guannei, it is invincible, and it must have gained a lot." The Qing Emperor has always been generous, and this time, it is estimated that the demand is even greater. It seems that we will make a lot of money again in our business this year! ”

"That's right, after the first three times of entering the customs and plundering, the demand in Liaodong has surged." Huang Yunfa smiled and said, "The Qing Emperor used almost all the looted gold and silver treasures to buy goods from us, and the most important thing is that he doesn't bargain, he is really the best buyer!" ”

However, after Fan Yongdou, the leader of them, heard their words, he frowned slightly, without a smile on his face, looked at Chen Xinjia and asked: "Lord Governor, now that Lu Xiangsheng has been re-promoted to the secretary of the military department, and once again commands the soldiers and horses of the Qinwang of the world, I don't know how the situation will develop?" ”

Speaking of this, he had a hidden worry on his face, and continued to add: "That Lu Xiangsheng has also worked for a lot of time in the position of the governor of Xuanda, and we all know his ability, as far as the general soldiers he brought out, Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei, are all brave and good at fighting. I don't know why, Fan is a little worried! ”

What he said was worrying, obviously it was not the lives of the people in Guannai, but whether the Manchu army would not plunder as much as before. All of you can hear that.

As soon as they heard this, these Jin merchants remembered what Lu Xiangsheng had done in the Xuanda Governorship, and had seen his ability to lead troops, and suddenly, the atmosphere at the banquet was obviously much colder.

Wang Dayu looked at Chen Xinjia and asked with the same concern: "The Governor is familiar with the Qing army, and he is also familiar with the Ming officialdom, I don't know what you think, can Lu Xiangsheng be the opponent of the Qing army?" ”

As soon as he asked this, everyone stopped talking and looked at Chen Xinjia one after another, expecting his answer.

Chen Xinjia listened, pondered for a moment, and then replied without a smile on his face: "If Lu Xiangsheng wants to fight a decisive battle with the Qing army, this official is not worried, you can rest assured, it is definitely not the opponent of the Qing army." This official dares to guarantee this! ”

Speaking of this, he paused, and his face became a little ugly and said: "But if Lu Xiangsheng does not fight a decisive battle with the Qing army, but just lurks around the Qing army like a tiger, and puts on a posture of launching a decisive battle at any time, it will inevitably affect the operation of the Qing army, and the longer it drags on, the more unfavorable it will be to the Qing army." It is very likely that in the end, the Qing army will not have much to gain and will have to withdraw from the Guannai. ”

As soon as he heard this, Wang Dayu immediately became anxious, and hurriedly asked, "Your Excellency, how is this good?" ”

"Yes, Governor, if the Qing army has nothing to gain, then we will have nothing to gain! I've stocked up on supplies! Guest Liang immediately followed worriedly.

Seeing that the others also wanted to speak, Chen Xinjia stretched out his hand to stop them from talking, and then said himself: "Since I heard that Lu Xiangsheng was re-promoted to the head of the army to command the soldiers and horses of the world, I have already sent a letter to the Yang Pavilion, asking the Yang Pavilion to make a statement to the emperor, put pressure on Lu Xiangsheng, and force Lu Xiangsheng to fight a decisive battle with the Qing army as soon as possible. In this way, Lu Xiangsheng will be defeated, even if he does not die in battle, he will not be able to escape the impeachment of the Manchu Dynasty! ”

As soon as they heard this, everyone couldn't help but be overjoyed, and they all patted the far-sighted sycophants of the Governor.

In the original history, the last battle of the Ming Dynasty against the Manchu Qing Dynasty, that is, the Battle of Songjin in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, Shuai is a famous handsome, no matter what, at least on the battlefield in Guannei, he is also the master of the thieves, he is Hong Chengchou. The army under his command is to gather all the elite troops of the Ming Dynasty.

At that time, Jinzhou was besieged for many days, and the reinforcements from outside were cut off. If a soldier escapes from Jinzhou, if the ancestor has a great birthday, please force the large army to use the car battalion, but do not start the war easily. At the beginning, Hong Chengchou and Emperor Chongzhen both thought that they should hold on to the slow advance, but Hong Chengchou was weak in the division of troops, and he intended to preside over the heavy waiting.

However, Chen Xinjia, who was the secretary of the military department at the time, advocated a quick victory, insisted on a four-way attack, and sent Zhang Ruoqi to lobby, and said that Emperor Chongzhen changed his mind and issued a holy decree, and finally Hong Chengchou hurriedly fought a decisive battle, resulting in the grain road being cut off and defeated, thus ruining the Ming Dynasty.

Now, he thought of using this trick to deal with Lu Xiangsheng.