"Mr. is filial, this palace admires!" Zhu Cihong said sincerely, "But Mr.'s hometown Henan has been plagued by wars and disasters now, where is there a pure land where Mr. can keep filial piety?" Mr. might as well stay in the imperial court, serve as a scholar of the East Pavilion University, assist the palace to suppress thieves and royalties, and wait for the world to be peaceful, and then go to guard filial piety for Ling Zun. ”

Hou Sui is really satisfied, and if he is not satisfied, he will toast and not eat and drink!

And he is different from Shi Kefa and Qian Qianyi, he was released by Zhu Cihong, and he also brought Dagukou all the way. This is tantamount to labeling the princeling party! Now refusing the prince's wooing, it is simply stubborn.

Hou Sui no longer shirked, and immediately stood up and bowed to Zhu Cihong, "What His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said is extremely good, and the ministers and marquis are willing to serve the work of dogs and horses!" ”

His remarks happened to be heard by Feng Yuanyang, who was rushing to ask Chongzhen when he could go south to Jinling.

Feng Yuanyang and his brother Feng Yuanbiao are also members of the Donglin Party, and their relationship with Hou Sui is also very good, so they heard Hou Sui's voice at once, and they were also shocked at the moment - is he defecting to the prince on behalf of the Donglin Party?

Will Shi Kefa and Qian Qianyi agree?

"Feng Futai, Master Chitose is invited."

When Feng Yuanyang was thinking about whether the Donglin Party wanted to collectively defect to the prince, Huang Xiaobao had already come out to announce his entry.

Feng Yuanyang hurriedly followed Huang Xiaobao into the lobby, oh, in fact, it was an ordinary hall, not big at all.

"Feng Yuanyang, the governor of Tianjin, see His Royal Highness the Prince......"

Seeing that Old Man Feng was trembling and about to kneel for himself, Zhu Cihong smiled and waved his hand: "No courtesy, no courtesy...... Feng Futai is a courtier with great achievements! If you hadn't arranged a retreat for the palace and His Majesty, I'm afraid that my Ming Dynasty would have been destroyed by rebellion! When the palace arrives in the capital, it is necessary to invite the saint to seal a count of Futai, so that the children and grandchildren of Futai can rest with the country! ”

"What the old minister does is within his part, why do you have to do it." Feng Yuanyang said kind words on his lips, but he was a little grateful to Zhu Cihong in his heart.

"Feng Futai came here today, why did he come here?" Zhu Cihong asked with a smile.

"Your Highness, it is the Holy Lord's old minister who came to ask, when can I leave for the south?"

Now in a hurry to go south? Zhu Cihong thought to himself: I must think that no one here in Dagukou listens to him, and I want to try my luck in Nanjing, right?

"Now is not the time," Zhu Cihong's brows furrowed, "Now there are tens of thousands of people gathered here at Dagukou, there are 500,000 stones of grain, as well as a lot of carriages, horses and luggage, and there are more than 4 million silver deposits in the Generalissimo Fujun's mansion, which need to be distributed and shipped."

And...... Liaodong General Wu Sangui is still stationed in Yongping, and there is also a general soldier Gao Di on Shanhaiguan, and the two have no less than 50,000 troops! If the army of King Qin also arrives in the south, it is permissible to restore the Beijing division! ”

......

What the? What did you say? That is ...... The prince said that he wanted to restore the Jingshi? ”

When Emperor Chongzhen heard the words of Zhu Cihong brought by Feng Yuanyang, he couldn't help but want to jump to his feet and scold the rebel.

Who was in a hurry to escape in Jingshi Castle at that time? In order to escape for his life, he even launched a palace rebellion at the Huangji Gate...... This is a great rebellion!

Now they have arrived at the mouth of Dagu, and the sea ships are also complete, and they can go to Denglai in the sea immediately, and they can reach Nanjing in a month at most...... actually said that he was going to restore the Beijing Division!

Now that you want to recover the Beijing Division, why did you flee from Beijing in the first place? This back and forth, you don't have to bother!

"Your Majesty," Feng Yuanyang said again, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also wants the old minister to take the sea route to Shanhaiguan to meet with Wu Sangui and discuss the matter of attacking Beijing." ”

"What is the prince's plan?" Chongzhen asked.

Feng Yuanyang said: "The prince thinks that the eastern captives outside the gate will definitely not give up the opportunity to take advantage of the fire to rob, and it is very likely that the army will make a detour from the Yanshan Pass of the Great Wall to attack Beijing.

However, Li Zicheng's foundation in Beijing is unstable, and he has wantonly tortured and forced wages, and he has lost the hearts of the people, and he will never dare to defend the city to the death. If they hear about it, they will either abandon the city or fight outside the city. No matter how the traitor chooses, the Jingshi will fall into the hands of the Dongyu. As long as our side strictly guards the Shanhaiguan, waits for the opportunity to recover Tianjin Wei and the strong wall Qingye, and then crosses the sea to the east to rebuild Dongjiang Town.

As a result, the route of strangulation to the south was formed, the path of east-west movement was controlled, and the coastal area of Liaodong was constantly disturbed. So that the captives are trapped in a situation where they cannot attack, they are inconvenient to move, and the road behind them is not secured. If it can be delayed for a long time, the captives will have to negotiate peace with me, and then we will be able to recover the capital for the year's coin. ”

"This, this, this ......" Emperor Chongzhen was stunned when he heard it.

It seems to work! How did I give birth to such a powerful son?

"Your Majesty," Song Quan, the governor of Shuntian on the side, whispered, "This plan is seven or eight percent certain!" If I can succeed, I can hope for Ming Zhongxing! ”

Yes, I'll be too good when the time comes! Chongzhen thought to himself: If Brother Chun returns to the Beijing Division, the ministers are only afraid of crying and shouting for him to be the emperor, right?

"Your Majesty," Feng Yuanyang was still a little hesitant and looked at Chongzhen, "Do you want to go on this trip?" ”

Chongzhen thought for a moment, "You can go...... If you don't go, he'll let someone else go. He suddenly lowered his voice, "But I want to give Wang Yongji a secret decree, and you can bring it to me...... Remember, don't let the prince know! ”

Will the prince not know? Feng Yuanyang said in his heart: Your son is a human spirit, will he not know that he is close to the emperor? Do you know that Wang Yongji still has 2,000 superintendents on hand, and there are 10,000 people who can also be instructed by Gao Di, the chief military officer of Shanhaiguan?

"Commandment."

The emperor's will, Feng Yuanyang naturally couldn't help but receive it, so Lao Feng still respectfully accepted the edict written by Emperor Chongzhen himself - now Emperor Chongzhen only has an edict to issue. There are no cabinet votes, and even the emperor's twenty treasure seals are controlled by Zhu Cihong's henchman Huang Dabao.

Without Zhu Cihong's order, it would have been impossible for Emperor Chongzhen to issue a formal edict!

......

"His Royal Highness the Prince, do you really want Feng Yuanyang to go to Shanhaiguan?"

"Your Highness, he is the emperor's man!"

"Your Highness, you can rest assured that Wu'er Sangui is there, but Wang Yongji and Gao Di still have more than 10,000 soldiers and horses......"

"There's no need to worry, the sea is in the hands of the ministers, and the land route is cut off by the rogues, so they can't get through."

In the Generalissimo Fujun's mansion, Wu Xiang, Cao Youyi, Li Ruolian and Shen Tingyang and other four guard commanders were giving advice to Prince Zhu.

Zhu Cihong listened to them while looking down at the income and expenditure accounts of Huang Jiang and Su Sheng in the camp office.

It's already mid-April, and his new army has just spent a sum of money. The level of military pay offered by Zhu Cihong to his army is not low!

The guards at the bottom of the Shuaifu also have a monthly salary of one or two or five dollars, the knights of the Shuaifu can get two taels, the captain has three taels, the small flag has four taels, the total flag has five taels, the test hundred households are six taels, the hundred households have seven taels, the deputy thousand households jump to ten taels, the thousand households have fifteen taels, the Zhenfu is twenty taels, the commander takes thirty taels, the commander Tongzhi takes forty taels, the commander takes fifty taels, the left and right governors are one hundred taels, and Zhu Cihong, the generalissimo, is two hundred taels of monthly salaries.

At present, the generalissimo of the Fujun army is taking money according to this standard, including Zhu Cihong's three lecturers, as well as Bi Jiucheng, Huang Xiaobao and others, all of whom have been awarded corresponding military ranks, and according to the level of military rank, they will be paid by the camp office. The only exception is the naval guard in charge of Shen Tingyang, which is outsourced to the Sand Boat Gang. All personnel, including the officers and soldiers of the former Tianjin Weishui Division, were paid for by Shen Tingyang. All the ships, including the sand boats that originally belonged to the Tianjin Weishui Division, were also handed over to the sand boat gang.

Moreover, the Sand Boat Gang also got the authority to manage the Beiyang maritime trade! Without the consent of the Sand Boat Gang, no merchant ship was allowed to trade in the waters of the Beiyang Seas.

Therefore, the Sand Boat Gang has the right to collect taxes and silver from merchant ships that come to the Beiyang!

In exchange, Shen Tingyang not only had to bear the burden of naval operations in Beiyang, but also transported personnel and materials for Zhu Cihong, and also provided a certain amount of artillery, guns, and gunpowder for free.

In addition, from the eighteenth year of Chongzhen, Shen Tingyang also needed to pay 300,000 taels of silver to the Generalissimo of Fujun every year - this silver was not a burden for Shen Tingyang, because the original expenses of paying tribute to all sides exceeded this amount!

Shen Tingyang is the kind of Ming Dynasty official and businessman who does not pay taxes in the legend, but not paying taxes does not mean that he can not pay tribute to various bigwigs.

Now the helmsman of Shen is the commander of the navy guard of the Generalissimo of the Fu Army, a dignified and upright military attaché, and a confidant of the prince!

Asking him for a bribe is almost the same as asking the commander of Jinyiwei to ask Luo Yangxing for money in the past...... Moreover, Zhu Cihong has repeatedly issued orders to strictly prohibit others from accepting bribes from Shen Tingyang, so Shen Tingyang only needs to pay money to Zhu Cihong, the prince of Fujun, 300,000 taels is really not much!

"Wumei," Zhu Cihong finished reading the account book and called Shen Tingyang's number directly, "Is the ship arranged?" Chen Yuanyuan also went together, but there could be no mistakes. ”

"Chitose Lord, please rest assured," Shen Tingyang said with a smile, "Xia Guan will pick the best ships and the best sailors." ”

Zhu Cihong nodded: "There are also 7,000 people who sent the governor of the Su and the left division of the new army, as well as 100,000 stone grains must be shipped as soon as possible, and they will arrive in Dengzhou one day earlier, and the palace will be at ease one day earlier!" ”

"The minister has already made arrangements," Shen Tingyang said, "within three days, as long as the wind direction is suitable, you can start shipping." ”

Due to the large number of people and materials gathered at Dagukou, it is a bit difficult to ship. Although Shen Tingyang now has more than 100 Dasha boats, he still can't transport all the personnel and materials at Dagukou at one time.

In addition, Zhu Cihong had to leave a batch of sand boats at Dagukou to stand by at any time - in case Li Zicheng took the wrong medicine and led the main force to attack Dagukou, Zhu Cihong and Chongzhen would have to escape by boat, so the personnel and materials were transported away in batches.

"Good!" Zhu Cihong nodded approvingly, "By the way, Wumei, I'll discuss something with you." ”

"What does Chitose have commanded?"

Zhu Cihong said: "Can you lend the navy's turtledove foot firearm and Franc machine gun to the palace?" ”

"How much does Chitose need?"

"1,000 turtledove-foot guns and 12 franc cannons...... Can you get it? ”

Shen Tingyang thought for a moment and nodded: "You can take it...... It's that the ship's defenses will be lacking, but it will take a month or two to make up for it. ”

Zhu Cihong thought for a while, and then said: "If the palace orders Zheng Zhilong to buy 1,000 bird guns or turtledove foot guns, and 12 Hongyi cannons, can he agree?" ”

Shen Tingyang said with a smile, "1,000 firecrackers will be less, ask the Zheng family for 5,000 firearms." A turtledove foot is four taels of silver up to the sky, 5,000 is only 20,000 taels, and 12 Hongyi cannons are up to 2,000 taels of silver, which is not much money for the southeast maritime merchants. It's just that the supply is difficult to get, and Jiangnan does not produce cannons.

However, the Zheng family has a supply of goods, and their Anping Town produces firecrackers and artillery, and the supply of firearms in Guangdong is also controlled by his family. There is also a supply of goods from Japan, which is rich in firecrackers, and tens of thousands of them can be bought...... It just takes some time. ”

"Then 10,000 sticks!" Zhu Cihong said to Shen Tingyang, "Wumei, your 1,000 turtledove feet and 12 Buddha Lang machines have to be lent to this palace."

Because the main palace has to train troops on Haisha Island...... Meet the legendary Eight Flags for a while! ”