Let's say that Song Youliang was secretly brought to Beijing by Luo Yangxing, and the first person he saw was not Chongzhen, but Wang Chengen. Eunuchs seem to have always been gray reptiles in the shadows, full of bad water and full of musty smell from spirit to body. In fact, they all had their own lives, and the discrimination of the people, the psychological changes caused by physical disabilities, and the necessary defense to save their lives in a deceitful environment made the eunuchs seem more and more hateful. As far as the Ming Dynasty is concerned, it is also a great achievement of eunuch dictatorship, Wang Zhen during Yingzong, Wang Zhi during Xianzong, Liu Jin during Wuzong, and Wei Zhongxian during Xizong. Since ancient times, there are few virtuous eunuchs and many evil people. However, Wang Chengen is indeed an outlier. As an undercover spy on his master and helping his master ascend to the throne of God, it can be said that he is loyal and treacherous; He was so humble and powerful that he leaned towards the government and the opposition, which made the ministers of the interior and abroad both respectful and afraid; He was extremely loyal but also did bad things, which made Emperor Chongzhen love and hate.

Chongzhen is brought up by Wang Chengen, his love for Chongzhen is more like a kind father, he loves Chongzhen from the heart, loyal to Chongzhen, it can be said that he lives for Chongzhen, everything in Chongzhen is everything to him, so later Chongzhen committed suicide, and he has no meaning and purpose in life, because his life goals and sustenance are gone, and Chongzhen is inseparable from him Wang Chengen, it can be said that he is the backbone of Chongzhen, and the backbone of the Ming Dynasty at that time. Chongzhen is ruthless and loves him, ruthless is ruthless, he is too smart, he can't hide anything from him, love is also love that he is too smart, he can do anything, Chongzhen can't do without him. However, the meeting was informal, as it took place at Mr. Wang's residence.

Wang Chengen's head was full of white hair and black hair were staggered, and he was dressed in civilian clothes and sat in the middle of a Taishi chair made of rosewood. The expression on his face was very kind, but Song Youliang could clearly feel the unfathomable city and coldness from his squinting eyes.

So Song Youliang bowed down at the moment, hugged his fists and said: "Mark the commander of Haiyangwei, guerrilla Song Youliang, see Wang Gonggong!" I wish the prince and eternal health~! ”

The corners of Wang Chengen's eyes moved slightly, and then the corners of his mouth also moved, the corners of his eyes moved because of frowning, what kind of honorific is Song Youliang's "always healthy"? Thinking about it, how much ink can this kind of Eisho Takefu have in his stomach? However, since he can use honorifics to pat his ass, it means that this young man is still very acquainted. How did he know that "I wish you eternal health" was also used in later generations to exhort a prominent figure

Wang Chengen raised his hand slightly, "Song Guerrilla doesn't have to be polite!" "His voice is the same as that of all eunuchs, it is more sharp." Please be seated~" He gestured to a chair under his right.

"Don't dare~" Song Youliang excused himself

"If you want to sit down, you can sit, how can you be contaminated with the set of hypocrisy and grievances in the officialdom at a young age?" Wang Chengen put on a straight face

"Then it's disrespectful!" Song Youliang sat down on a chair

Wang Chengen looked at Song Youliang carefully, and said with a smile: "Sure enough, very young, Song Guerrilla Guigeng?" ”

"Don't dare, mark down this year's twenty two!"

Wang Chengen nodded with satisfaction, "This time, His Majesty secretly summoned you to Beijing, do you know what happened?" ”

"Under the mark, I only know how to lead soldiers and Tuntian, and it is very dull, and I ask my father-in-law to make it clear!" Song Youliang thought that before he entered the door, he asked Wang Chengen's servant to give Wang Chengen a generous gift worth 5,000 taels of silver, and he should reveal some news to himself

"Hmm!" Wang Chengen enslaved the slave's mouth, and a black-clothed man put a thick stack of notebooks in front of Song Youliang. "What is this?" Song Youliang was surprised

"Check it out! This is the previous Song Xue Zhu Shen your recital, as well as the recital of Shandong and Hebei prefectures! Wang Chengen still squinted his eyes, and his tone was very slow

Song Youliang opened Song Xuezhu's recital and saw that this Song Xuezhu really participated in his own book, but the merit is merit, and the excess, what the recital said is also objective. The next recital was a report from officials in Shandong and Hebei, saying that when the Qing army retreated and crossed the border, they left behind a lot of corpses and money. After the local people picked it up, they were all infected with smallpox, so that after the Qing army crossed the border, smallpox raged in the state capital along the way, and the dead were pillowed.

"These dead tartars!" Song Youliang scolded

"Song guerrilla, according to the report of the spy workers, the Eastern generals Yue Tuo and Ma Zhan both died of smallpox, this is a great contribution you have made!" Wang Chengen said with a smile

Song Youliang sighed and said: "This method of killing a thousand enemies and losing eight hundred is also forced to be helpless." At that time, there were only more than 1,000 soldiers and horses in Jinan, and ~~~" outside the city~~~"

"Alright, alright!" Wang Chengen interrupted Song Youliang's defense, "If it weren't for the smallpox raging in the Eastern Army, they wouldn't have withdrawn so quickly. Along the way, even if the people did not die of smallpox, they would have been captured as slaves by the Eastern captives. If you die like this, you will be loyal to the country! Wang Chengen's servants put away the notebooks and took them away

"Your Majesty has issued an order to exempt those states and counties from money and food for three years!" Wang Chengen said: "This time I am not here to hold you responsible, but to promote you, a little rabbit!" ”

"Really?" Song Youliang showed an innocent, harmless smile

"Really, but I'm going to ask you, once you're promoted, how do you plan ~~~ to be loyal to the country?" Wang Chengen dragged out the tone

If someone else asked this, Song Youliang would definitely say some clichés to deal with it, but Song Youliang and even Wang Chengen were loyal to Chongzhen, so they didn't decide to tell their plans and plans.

"The enemy advances and I retreat, the enemy is stationed and I disturb, the enemy is tired and I fight, and the enemy retreats and I chase!"

"What's that called?" Wang Chengen shook his head hopefully, "What does this look like what the guerrilla officer of the Ming Dynasty said?" It wouldn't be strange if it came out of the mouth of a thief or a rebel like that~~~"

Song Youliang said unhurriedly: "Father-in-law, don't worry, please listen to me." Has my father-in-law ever heard of storytelling? ”

"Of course I've heard of it!" Wang Chengen frowned, "What does this have to do with storytelling?" ”

"Then my father-in-law must have heard of "Xue Rengui's Expedition to the East", right?" Song Youliang asked again

"I've heard it, it's the story of Xue Rengui's attack on Goguryeo!" Although Wang Chengen is a eunuch, he is definitely not an unlearned person

Song Youliang said: "That's it." At that time, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty made three expeditions to Goguryeo, and Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty also conquered Goguryeo many times, but one of them died because of this, and the other did not destroy Goguryeo until the time of his son Gaozong. ”

"Don't talk nonsense to me, pick a serious one, if the emperor hears this, do you still ~~ have a life?" Wang Chengen tapped the armrest of the Taishi chair with his fingers, as if he was knocking Song Youliang's head

Song Youliang said: "The strategy under the mark is to harass from all sides and focus on cracking down. The Tartars have risen since the Wanli years, and until now they have become a great disaster, and they are by no means able to win once and for all by winning one or two battles. ”

Wang Chengen nodded slightly, "But if you don't win the battle, you can't solve it!" ”

"The so-called decisive victory in the court, the game of victory and defeat between the two countries is not only military. And the key to military victory or defeat is not only the battlefield battles that we can see. Song Youliang said solemnly: "For example, the army, the Tartars are fierce by nature, although the number is small, but the Eight Banners system can maximize the combat effectiveness. What about me? Our Ming people are originally pure and good-natured, coupled with the abandonment of the guard system, the border army is generally in arrears. How can a million pure and virtuous people be able to defeat a hundred thousand tyrannical enemies? ”

Wang Chengen shook his head and said, "It's hard to return, who doesn't know what you're talking about?" Tell me how you can do it! ”

Song Youliang said with a smile: "However, in terms of national strength, the Tartars are indeed not as good as my Ming." Don't look at the Tatars now have Mongolia, subduing Korea, it seems that the territory is vast. In terms of manpower, it is only a few hundred thousand people, which is only equivalent to a state capital in my Ming Dynasty. As long as I'm not in a hurry, step by step, for the sake of steady, drag the tartar to death! ”

"Drag? How long will it drag on? Wang Chengen still shook his head, "The Tartars have taken hundreds of thousands of Han people captive and go to Guanwai, and these Han people are in the Tuntian area of Kuandian. How can it be dragged to death? ”

"Why can't you get rid of it?" Song Youliang smiled proudly: "Why is the content of the Emperor's peace discussion every time for the purpose of opening up side affairs?" If we can strictly inspect the merchants at the border gates, and not a single grain is released from the customs, and then harass from the side, we can starve him to death just by starving. ”

The corners of Wang Chengen's mouth curled slightly, revealing a trace of disdain, "It's good if the Tartars don't come to harass us, how can we harass them?" ”

"The harassment of the Tartars comes from the road, so our harassment comes from the water." Song Youliang replied

"Do you want to emulate Mao Wenlong?" Wang Chengen said: "Now that North Korea has been annexed to the Tartars, it is impossible to re-establish Dongjiang Town!" ”

"It is not Dongjiang Town, but a military town was set up in the Dengzhou area, and the water army rushed to Liaodong and even outside the Guanwai. The horses' hooves of the Tartars are fast, but they can neither get into the water, nor can they be compared to the seaboats, which can be kept day and night! If it can be helped by the Five Tiger guerrilla general Zheng Zhilong, then the guarantee will be small for three years, and it will be successful in five years! ”

"Another five years!" Wang Chengen sneered, "At the beginning, Yuan Chonghuan also patted his chest and said that he could level Liao in five years, and received 4.8 million liao salaries, including 1.8 million rice, 1.2 million internal money, 400,000 armor, 10 Hongyi cannons, and countless other bows and arrows, what was the result?" Now~~~" Wang Chengen looked at Song Youliang, "How much silver do you want~~~~~?" Wang Chengen dragged on the tone again

Song Youliang knew that Chongzhen's biggest headache now was silver, so he patted his chest and said loudly: "I don't want one or two silver, all the money and food will be solved by the standard, and there are only two things under the standard~~~"

Hearing that Song Youliang said that he didn't want a tael of silver, Wang Chengen's eyes widened suddenly, "Which two things?" ”

"Your Majesty's trust and father-in-law's support!" Song Youliang replied with a smile