Two days after being summoned by Chongzhen, Yang Sichang set off for Shandong. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

A week later, Yang Sichang finally came to Dengzhou City.

From Beizhili to Shandong, along the way, Yang Sichang saw enough of the miserable situation of people's livelihood and misery, until he entered the realm of Chifengwei, and saw the prosperous and prosperous Chifeng City, which made Yang Sichang feel that he had come to two worlds.

Yang Sichang was suddenly amazed in his heart, he didn't expect that a military general like Li Xiao could build such a Chifengwei so prosperous and full of vitality.

Then Yang Sichang continued to travel east, to Dengzhou, when he saw from a distance, it was busy building and expanding, and it was already a lively and noisy construction site like Dengzhou City, his heart was full of emotion.

"This Li Xiao is good, and now it seems that this person is not only outstanding in martial arts, but also quite good in governing kung fu. If the generals of the Ming Dynasty are like Li Xiao, they are afraid that the world has been calm for a long time. Yang Sichang smiled happily and said secretly in his heart.

Not long after, Yang Sichang and his entourage came to Dengzhou City, and Li Xiao and others learned the news, and they all took a group of accompanying officials to wait at the city gate to greet them.

Because Li Xiao is an earl, he is a super product, but his identity is above Yang Sichang. But Yang Sichang is a first-class civil official, and his status is also very respected in the Ming Dynasty, an era of nobility and martial arts. So, Li Xiao and Yang Sichang both bowed to each other, which can be regarded as a salute.

"Uncle Chifeng, the headquarters never thought that you, as a military general, would govern this land of Dengzhou so prosperously, which is really much beyond the expectations of this constitution." Yang Sichang sighed.

Li Xiao smiled and said: "Yang Shangshu praised it falsely, Li Mou's governance of Dengzhou is still careless and inappropriate, and the wind outside the city is strong, and Yang Shangshu is invited to enter the official hall with his official to talk." ”

The two entered the official hall, and their own officials took Yang Sichang's subordinates to the side hall to rest, and in the living room, only Li Xiao and Yang Sichang each held a cup of tea and talked about each other.

After a few words of greeting between the two, Yang Sichang explained his intention to Li Xiao, and he sighed: "Uncle Chifeng, this Xian came to your place to deal with the matter of you killing the four Wei commanders without authorization. Forgive Benxian for telling the truth, Chi Fengbo's move is really inappropriate. ”

Li Xiao sighed, and a sneer flashed on his face.

In fact, for the purpose of Yang Sichang's coming to Dengzhou, Li Xiao has guessed eight or nine, and now seeing Yang Sichang mention this matter, Li Xiao put down the teacup and said: "Yang Shangshu, the matter of the day was in a hurry, such a small and sudden rebellion, in order to calm the turmoil in time, Fang was the first to start, so it was too late to report to the court." If the adults think that Li has misbehaved, Li has nothing to say, and accepts the punishment of the court. ”

Yang Sichang smiled, sighed lightly, and said to Li Xiao: "Uncle Chifeng, in fact, this matter can be big or small. Therefore, the headquarters originally planned to cover up the past for you, but unexpectedly, the emperor came to interrogate in person, so the headquarters proposed to personally investigate Shandong, so as to give an explanation to the emperor. ”

When Yang Sichang said this, as soon as the words changed, his voice lowered: "However, the headquarters thinks that this matter has passed, and Chi Fengbo will take it as a warning in the future, but there is no need to mention it again." The headquarters came to Shandong this time, and there were more important things to discuss, and they had to discuss with Chi Fengbo. ”

Li Xiao's heart moved, and he hurriedly said: "Yang Shangshu has something, but please speak bluntly." “

Yang Sichang looked directly at Li Xiaojiong's eyes: "Uncle Chifeng, now in the Ming Dynasty, the rogue is raging, the country is in danger, although the headquarters has set the strategy of opening the net on all sides, but it is suffering from the shortage of troops and food, so I want to transfer troops and horses from your army to Shanxi and Huguang to suppress bandits, I don't know what Chifengbo wants?" ”

Listening to Yang Sichang's words, Li Xiao fell into a deep groan.

Now the increasingly erosive situation in the Ming Dynasty, Li Xiao is of course well aware.

It's just that now he is thinking about a farther and deeper aspect.

He knew from later generations that Yang Sichang's plan had fundamental flaws, and finally ended in complete bankruptcy under the fourth attack of the Qing army, so is it really necessary for him to send troops out?

Li Xiao finally decided to send troops.

Li Xiao knew that although Yang Sichang asked himself in such an inquiring tone, he actually definitely wanted to get an agreed reply from himself.

After all, as soon as this person came, he used Li Xiao's killing of four guards to suppress him, and he was also vaguely telling Li Xiao that he actually had a handle in his hands and the imperial court, and if he didn't cooperate, I was afraid that there would be no good fruit to eat.

And the most fundamental point is that Li Xiao's strength is not strong enough now, far from being able to compete with the imperial court, so it is quite necessary to follow the will of the imperial court and show the loyalty of a general who is deeply trusted by Emperor Chongzhen.

However, although Li Xiao decided to send troops in his heart, he knew the final outcome of Yang Sichang's plan, but he was unwilling to use all his strength as he had done before when he came to aid Henan.

Li Xiao planned that after agreeing to send troops to the imperial court, his own expatriate troops would be more to show his existence and obtain corresponding benefits.

Li Xiao is now going to develop Taiwan on a large scale, and there is no shortage of funds and food, but what is most lacking is manpower; if he can send troops from Shanxi, Shanxi, and Huguang to complete the task of cracking down on the outcasts, and at the same time accomplish the task of cracking down on the outcasts, Da Xiao will undoubtedly greatly promote Taiwan's development and progress as long as there is a sufficient supply of manpower.

However, Li Xiao will also control the number of these expatriate troops, Li Xiao does not want Yang Sichang to thoroughly understand his military strength, and at this stage of development, Taoguang obscurity is very necessary.

Thinking of this, Li Xiao smiled and said to Yang Sichang: "Yang Shangshu personally asked Ben Bo to send troops to Dengzhou, but if Ben Bo refused, it would be disrespectful. Well, Ben Bo should go. Benbo sent thousands of troops to Shanshan and Huguang, obeyed Yang Shangshu's deployment, and participated in the battle against bandits. ”

Hearing Li Xiao's promise so refreshing, Yang Sichang was overjoyed, and he exclaimed: "What a real hero is a young man, Chi Feng Bo Guo is a fast talker, bold and extraordinary, I believe that with these elite soldiers and horses of Chi Feng Bo, the bandit suppression plan of the headquarters will definitely have a bright future." ”

Li Xiao was so happy to see Yang Sichang, but for some reason, there was a trace of bitterness in his heart.

Alas, there is no beginning, there is an end, many things in life are good at the beginning, but they end up with a bleak ending.

Thinking that in real history, Yang Sichang started a smooth battle against bandits, but was finally destroyed in the invasion and plundering of the Qing army's Tartars, Li Xiao's heart was inexplicably sad.

In the case of not being able to stably resist the invasion of the Qing army, wanting to finally and completely eliminate the rogues is, in a sense, nothing more than a complete empty talk.

At present, if the Qing army is really not allowed to enter the customs for the time being, it is only necessary to negotiate peace with the Qing court, which is the only feasible strategy.

In real history, Yang Sichang actually tried to negotiate peace with the Qing court.

In real history, on March 10 of the 11th year of Chongzhen, Yang Sichang once again sent a message to the imperial court, reiterating the proposition that the outside must first be secured, and strongly advocated that peace should be made with the Qing court first, and concentrate all efforts to quell the Central Plains bandits.

On May 3 of the same year, Emperor Chongzhen tried the ministers with the theme of "it is difficult to withdraw the army, and the enemy country is alive", and Yang Sichang introduced the topic with celestial phenomena in the strategy, and then listed the stories of celestial warnings and interracial relations in history, such as the solar eclipse of Mars in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the peace between Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty and the Southern Xiongnu, the lunar eclipse of the Song Dynasty, and the defeat of the Song army in the invasion of Liao, etc., in fact, he used this to allude to his claim on Qing peace and so on.

Emperor Chongzhen, who also had the same intention to make peace, appreciated him very much, so he sent him to secretly negotiate peace with the Qing Dynasty.

Although in real history, despite the strong opposition of a group of Ming officials who only knew how to follow Yue Fei's anti-Jin and blindly confront the Qing Dynasty to the end, despite the fact that the Ming Dynasty was already weak and the country was raging, Yang Sichang's secret peace talks with the Qing court ended in failure.

But to tell the truth, when Yang Sichang carried out the plan to suppress bandits on all sides, and knew that at the same time he would appease the Qing court outside the country to ensure the tranquility of the border, such a far-sighted vision was still very wise and far-sighted.

Li Xiao pondered in his heart for a long time, and finally said this sentence tentatively: "Yang Shangshu, in Benbo's opinion, Yang Shangshu's plan of four positives, six corners and ten central nets is really quite good, but Ben Bo still wants to remind Yang Shangshu that when suppressing bandits, how to appease the Qing captives in the north is the most important thing." “

Hearing Li Xiao's words, Yang Sichang's eyes lit up, he subconsciously looked around, and saw that only Li Xiao was in the room, so he hurriedly said: "If the hero sees the same thing, the headquarters also feels the same way!" The headquarters had heard for a long time that in the middle of last year, Chi Fengbo suggested to the emperor that he negotiate peace with the Qing court, but the emperor hesitated for a while and did not accept it, which is a pity. Now, when the headquarters is implementing this plan to suppress bandits on all sides, it is also to vigorously promote peace talks with the Qing court, but I don't know what suggestions Chi Fengbo can have? “

Li Xiao looked at Yang Sichang's eyes full of expectation, and sighed lightly in his heart, but he asked first: "But I don't know Yang Shangshu, how do you plan to negotiate peace with the Qing court?" “

Yang Sichang saw that the two had talked so far, and he didn't hide much, so he told Li Xiao all about his plan to arrange for Fang Yizao, the governor of Liaodong, to send an envoy to the Qing court to negotiate peace.

"Uncle Chifeng, after I send an envoy to the Ming Dynasty, I can test the attitude and tone of the Qing court, if the Qing court is indeed sincere in negotiating peace, when I can ask the emperor to allow it, this matter will be settled." Yang Sichang said with an expectant expression.

"Yang Shangshu, if this matter of peace cannot be negotiated under the opposition of the ministers, what should I do?" Li Xiao, who listened to the proposal and plan, unceremoniously poured cold water on Yang Sichang's head.

"This, this, the emperor also knows that my Ming country is in danger, how can I fight on both sides, if the Qing court allows peace talks, is it reasonable to be safe?" Yang Sichang's words stammered.

Hearing Yang Sichang's self-comforting words, Li Xiao was also very bitter in his heart.

It's a pity that Emperor Chongzhen attaches too much importance to his personal reputation, and he can't be like Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, to negotiate peace with the Xiongnu in a peaceful manner, so that the nascent Han Dynasty has a chance to recuperate. Nor can they be like a generation of heroes such as Gao Huan of the Eastern Wei Dynasty and Yuwentai of the Western Wei Dynasty, marrying the daughter of the Rouran Khan as a concubine to strengthen the country's power and the border of Ningning.

Knowing that the country's situation was so difficult that it was almost irreparable, just for fear of infamy and responsibility, he gave up this last opportunity to save the situation, and let the Qing army enter the customs again and again to plunder, destroy the prefectures and counties, slaughter the people, and consume a large number of long-term elite soldiers who should have been used to suppress bandits under the swords, guns and horses' hooves of the Qing army. In the end, the Ming Dynasty perished under the internal and external attacks of the Qing army and the Liukou.

From this point of view, Li Xiao even felt that Chongzhen was not even as good as Song Gaozong Zhao Gou, at least, although the latter was a soft egg straw bag, at least he could see the situation clearly, and knew that he should bow his head and bow his head, and finally lasted for more than a hundred years of Han dynasty.

In the case of the emperor who is so incompetent and mediocre and cherishes empty names, what useful suggestions can he put forward?

Li Xiao fell silent.

It's just that since he has traveled to this time and space, even if he can't do anything, he has to fight hard.

What if, the history that should have been destined will become different with our own efforts?

Thinking of this, Li Xiao said to Yang Sichang: "Yang Shangshu, it is really difficult for Ben Bo to give any advice to Lord Yang for a while, but Ben Bo is thinking that if Yang Shangshu sends personnel to Shenyang to negotiate peace with the Qing court in the future, Ben Bo can also send personnel to participate, which may be more conducive to the promotion of peace talks." “

Yang Sichang saw that Li Xiao was also willing to help him in this matter, and he was very happy in his heart at the moment, and hurriedly said: "Very good, very good." Then before the headquarters sends an envoy, he will prophetically meet Chi Fengbo and let Chi Fengbo send someone to Shenyang with him. “

Subsequently, Li Xiaofu chatted with Yang Sichang for a while, and Li Xiao arranged a feast to entertain Yang Sichang and his party.

At the banquet, the two of them laughed and laughed, and their feelings for each other deepened.

Yang Sichang and others then took their leave, went to Jinan, and then went to discuss the suppression of bandits in Shandong with Yan Jizu, the governor of Shandong.

Before leaving, Yang Sichang told Li Xiao again that he should arrange soldiers and horses as soon as possible and go to Shanxi and Huguang to suppress them, and Li Xiao laughed and promised.

After Yang Sichang and the others left, Li Xiao arranged for Monk An of the Tielong Battalion in Shanxian County to lead the Tielong Battalion A to Huguang, and Mo Changrong, the deputy commander of the Tielong Battalion, to Shaanxi with the Tielong Battalion B to participate in Yang Sichang's ten-sided network suppression plan. In the Iron Dragon City, only Feng Shuangli, the chief of C, was left to guard the city.

At the same time, Li Xiao instructed them that they should go because it was not easy for soldiers and food supplies, but they did not have to really fight to the death of the rogues, but on the basis of moderately participating in the suppression of bandits, they should strive to recruit the displaced people, recruit as many displaced people as possible, and then let Li Xiao arrange for Dengju, Jeju, and Taiwan Island, which is the most important thing.

Of course, if there is a good opportunity to fight, Li Xiao also hopes that they can make meritorious contributions, eliminate the thieves, and make new contributions to the Tiger Army.

After receiving Li Xiao's order, Mo Changrong and others prepared for three days, and then led the total forces of the Tielong Battalion A and B to Shanshan and Huguang.

After sending soldiers and horses to suppress the bandits, only five days later, Chen Zilong, who went to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to recruit talents, finally returned to Dengzhou City.

Chen Zilong's trip has gained a lot, in addition to successfully recruiting Hua Yuncheng, who was a member of the former military department, in addition, he also recruited the last Confucian master of the Ming Dynasty, the founder of the Qishan School, Liu Zongzhou.

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