Chapter 140: Zheng Chenggong's Korean Strategy

Zheng Chenggong's holy decree to Beijing came quickly.

Zheng Chenggong also knew that he didn't stay in Tainan, but he came to Nanjing City in a few days.

Zhang Xuan immediately summoned Zheng Chenggong in the Wuying Palace.

Zhang Xuan is not a person who pays much attention to etiquette on weekdays. For example, according to the rules of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, summoning a minister in the dormitory is a very rude behavior. For ordinary people, you can be casual, but for generals like Zheng Chenggong and Li Dingguo, who are famous in history, the relationship is not too close, and there is no love for sharing hardships at the beginning.

Zhang Xuan paid great attention to etiquette.

After all, many times, some things are not done by yourself, but by others.

The Wuying Hall has just been repaired, and the repair is only in the hall, and there is only a corridor outside, and on both sides of the two corridors, there are barren weeds. This is an ordinary view in the Forbidden City of Nanjing, or it can be called the decaying grass of the Forbidden City.

In the palace city of Nanjing, although it was repaired intermittently, the financial crisis of the Great Xia court came wave after wave, and Zhang Xuan's palace eunuchs and palace maids were only more than 100 people. It is extremely frugal, but it maintains a huge palace city, with more than 100 people, and it is not even possible to clean it up.

Even though many of the grounds in Miyagi are paved with stones, weeds still struggle to grow out of the cracks in the stones, and from a distance, the red walls of decaying grass and the rise and fall of the world seem to be here.

"Minister Zheng Chenggong paid a visit to His Majesty. Long live my emperor, long live, long live. Zheng Chenggong entered the Wuying Palace, saluted like a ceremony, and knelt down in court. Zhang Xuan gave a flat seat, not daring to be a little frivolous. I won't let the Qianqing Palace wave his hand.

After Zheng Chenggong sat down.

Zhang Xuancai opened his mouth and said: "The King of Min is the general of our dynasty, and now that the situation in North Korea is in crisis, I have no choice but to ask the King of Min to preside over the Korean war, but I don't know the origin of the King of Min's family, what can I teach me?" ”

Zheng Chenggong said: "The minister doesn't dare to be a minister, only a fool can be offered." ”

Zhang Xuan leaned forward slightly, listened attentively, and said, "Please speak." ”

Zheng Chenggong said: "Now the situation in North Korea is the only one, first stabilize and then have a later plan." Ganghwa Island is very important and will be defended. ”

Zhang Xuan said: "What the King of Min saw was extremely true, and now the news is transmitted in Korea, and the Azig army has gathered and will Tujianghua Island. Maybe it's already a big soldier on the island at this moment. ”

When Zheng Chenggong heard this, he was not surprised and said, "This matter couldn't be better." Then he explained: "The reason why the Dongyu naval division defeated General Nguyen was just to take advantage of the surprise attack, and the Dongyu had already occupied the entire territory of Korea, and there were many ports, if they were hidden and hidden, even the ministers would not be able to find them for a while." ”

"And this Dongyu Sailor is in a big trouble for one day."

"The siege of Ganghwa Island will inevitably send a sailor, and the ministers will bring their subordinates, from Taiwan to Ryukyu, to Japan, to Jianghwa Island, and the battle will be decided, and the Dongyu Sailor Division will be disabled, and this situation will be solved."

"Okay." Zhang Xuan said.

He also carefully analyzed the situation on the Korean battlefield, and the most difficult one was the naval division of Dongyu.

The situation on the Korean Peninsula was originally very important to the naval division, and when the Japanese invaded Korea during the Wanli period, they gave up because of the defeat of the naval division.

It's just that in the war at sea, Zhang Xuan is really a layman, and he can't come up with any subtle ideas. After all, the idea of land warfare is placed on the sea, whether it will work or not, Zhang Xuan himself has no bottom. At this moment, listening to Zheng Chenggong's explanation, his heart was exhausted, and he said: "After the siege of Jianghua Island is lifted, what is the King of Min going to do?" ”

Zheng Chenggong thought for a moment and said: "Your Majesty's use of troops in North Korea is to use the land of North Korea to attack the land of Longxing in the east, and I want to come to the east and have to fight in Liaodong. Divide the forces of the Eastern Captives. The ministers should obey His Majesty's orders, and after breaking the Dongdong captivity to Ganghwa Island, they should first occupy Jeju Island and make an alliance with Japan. ”

"Thousands of miles from our country to transport baggage, the road is too far, the gains outweigh the losses, you can negotiate with Japan, with copper money in Japan to buy. Moreover, the Japanese ronin, there are many outlaws, fighting with the skill of fighting to eat, and now that Tokugawa is in power, Japan is generally peaceful, and countless ronins have no way out, and they can be recruited for the use of the imperial court. can be greatly reduced, and there will never be as much as eighteen taels. ”

"Garrison Jeju and counterattack Jeolla Province. Join forces with Liang Huafeng's division in the Xiaobai Mountains, and if Dongyu moves southward, he will counterattack Seoul from Ganghwa Island and cut off his way back, if Dongyu doesn't care. It will be conquered in turn from south to north. Then with the power of the water division, attack Liaodong. ”

Zhang Xuan listened, and said secretly in his heart: "This is all my previous plan. ”

Despite this, Zhang Xuan is still very excited, a plan is a plan, if the plan cannot be implemented, it will always be on paper, and only the plan that can be implemented is a good plan. Zhou Fuchen's implementation of this plan finally collapsed, and Zheng Chenggong continued to implement this plan.

Zhang Xuan is very optimistic. After all, regardless of the reputation of the previous life, just talking about the current strength, the Zheng family sailor, the first name in East Asia, has no water.

"Okay." Zhang Xuan said: "But I don't know what King Min needs? ”

Zheng Chenggong said: "First, at least 20 battalions. ”

Zhang Xuan nodded and said, "However, the two armies sent to North Korea first are also being established, and the shortages will be drawn from each battalion and replenished." "Zhang Xuan is not afraid that Zheng Chenggong will use the army, after all, in the Xia army, Zhang Xuan's imprint cannot be erased. It's just that I'm a little worried about whether the sea freight can withstand so much material and baggage transportation, after all, maintaining the combat strength of 20 battalions in North Korea, that is, more than 60,000 people, is really too much of a lot of materials. So he asked, "Can such a large army be maintained in North Korea?" ”

Zheng Chenggong said: "The minister will naturally borrow merchant ships from all over the world. ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, and said secretly in his heart: "There are so many merchant ships in the world, who is better than the Zheng family, Zheng Chenggong is probably using his own fleet." ”

The Zheng family's deterrent power lies not only in the combat power of the sailors, but also in the trade network and merchant fleet throughout Asia, which is the foundation of the Zheng family. Even Zhang Xuan was a little greedy and said, "That's fine." ”

Zheng Chenggong said: "It's just that in this way, the cost is huge. ”

Zhang Xuan said: "Within a month, there are 10 million taels in the household department. Enough for the Korean war. ”

Zheng Chenggong also understood that it was the silver of the national debt, and continued: "The minister must rule the Ryukyus and have the right to negotiate with Japan. ”

Zhang Xuan said: "Let Chen Yonghua hang up a ceremonial squire and go out with the army." ”

Zheng Chenggong said: "Then recruit Japanese soldiers and Korean soldiers into an army? ”

Zhang Xuan thought for a moment, and said: "The general is outside, the king's order is not subject to it, the king of Min is outside, I am not far away, but if you want to be listed in the Great Xia army, you must be under the Privy Council roster, there is no Privy Council roster, it is just a volunteer soldier, and if it is prosperous, it will be set up, and if it is done, it will be abolished." ”

If you want people to do things, you have to let go of your hands and feet. Zhang Xuan had long expected the expansion of Zheng Chenggong's strength, and now that he had the idea of solving it by force in the future, he naturally did not allow anything. Anyway, he was confident that he could clean up the mess.

Zhang Xuan's volunteer system is just a fig leaf.

Zheng Chenggong didn't expect that Zhang Xuan would be so generous, and said: "The minister still has something to say. ”

"Speak." Zhang Xuan said.

"What should be done after the Korean War?" Zheng Chenggong said.

Zhang Xuan pondered for a while. After a while, he said: "After the end of the war, let's invite King Han to enter Beijing, and I will order someone to build King Han's mansion in Beijing." ”

Zheng Chenggong immediately understood and said, "The minister understands. ”

Since there is a deposit for King Han to enter Beijing, then there is naturally no Korean country, and Zheng Chenggong also knows that before the defeat of the Eastern Captives, this matter should not be said much, but he must prepare secretly.

Generally speaking, what Zhang Xuan and Zheng Chenggong talked about can be said to be a joy for the guests and hosts. Immediately, Zhang Xuan agreed to Zheng Chenggong's conditions, and they were implemented one by one, Zheng Chenggong was the king of Fujian, the privy deputy envoy, and the general of the expedition to the east, to control the affairs of Korea Liaodong and Ryukyu Japan, and gave the sword, first cut and then play.

However, Zheng Chenggong still has some time to send troops. It seems that because of the return of the peach, Zheng Chenggong also sent people to eat the national bonds of Zhejiang and Fujian provinces. It also makes it easier to prepare the country's financial resources. Even Zheng's actions seem to be a weather vane, and some maritime merchants are also involved.

A simple government bond market is gradually taking shape.