Although Li Tianyang himself has returned to the Ming Dynasty, his status as a general soldier of the Ming Dynasty is completely different from that of other Ming Dynasty.

The reason for the difference is very simple, that is, Li Tianyang has an army of unknown size, a naval division, and a vast territory of influence in his hands: even if he leaves the official government of the Ming Dynasty, Li Tianyang's army can be self-sufficient, and the dependence of armaments on the Ming Dynasty is almost equal to nothing.

Li Tianyang just needs a legal identity to walk and interact in the vast territory of the Ming Dynasty, just like those vassal countries around the Ming Dynasty.

The group of big people in the center of the Ming Dynasty who have become ordinary don't understand the reason, and even Emperor Chongzhen knows that if there is no Li Tianyang and others in the frontier of the Ming Dynasty, they really can't spare the strength to deal with the endless pirates on the long sea border.

Now in fact, everyone is not bad, the Ming Dynasty government has Hongmen to restrain the ambitious Westerners on the sea, and at the same time ensure the peace and tranquility around the Ming Dynasty's maritime frontiers, and from time to time can also send troops to help the turmoil in the Ming Dynasty's vassal countries, and promote the mighty power of the country in the center of China; And Hongmen has the official skin of the Ming Dynasty to wear, Qixintang can walk and do business openly in the Ming Dynasty, and the Hongtang army can also carry the banner of the Ming Dynasty army and wantonly strengthen its own prestige among the surrounding subject countries, which can be said to be a good thing for both sides.

However, it should be explained that the central center of the DPRK did not think of doing anything to Li Tianyang, a guy who listened to propaganda and did not listen to tunes, and cleaned up this unruly person, I am afraid that even Li Tianyang himself would not believe it.

Don't look at the current alliance between Li Tianyang and Nan Juyi, the alliance is stable, the tacit understanding is cooperative, and the communication is not there, but if the Ming Dynasty wants to use force against Hongmen, there will inevitably be a contribution from Nan Juyi.

But! Now the internal and external troubles of the Ming Dynasty are there, even if the center of the Ming Dynasty and Emperor Chongzhen have the heart to deal with Hongmen, but it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, and she has more than enough strength to eat, and even they are more worried that Li Tianyang will take the opportunity to break out and join the chessboard that divides the hundreds of years of foundation of the Ming Dynasty.

Xiong Wencan's request to mobilize the Hongtang army to the north may not be incorrect, but the members of the court are all afraid that this matter will be refuted by Li Tianyang, and they are not willing to leave the nest at all to sacrifice for the Ming Dynasty.

At that time, if Li Tianyang really ignores the orders of the imperial court, then how will it end?

Take back your life? Wouldn't that ignore the prestige of the imperial court as nothing, and trample on the little prestige left in the center of the Ming Dynasty? When the time comes, with the experience of Hongmen, then arrogant soldiers like Zuo Liangyu and others will also follow and disobey the order, so will the imperial court also take back Chen's order?

Ask the sin Hongmen Li Tianyang? Wouldn't that force Li Tianyang to rebel? With the current strength of the Ming Dynasty's naval divisions, as well as the strength of the garrisons in the south of the Yangtze River, who can threaten Hongmen, whose base camp is far away in the South Seas, and after Li Tianyang rebelled, what did the Ming Dynasty use to resist harassment and attacks from the sea?

The court had a long discussion about Xiong Wencan's suggestion, and in the end, the court members still kept it safe and did not agree to Xiong Wencan's suggestion.

But because of this, Emperor Chongzhen knew that this Conglong hero who was far away in Nanyang had such strength, and he had been Taoguang before, but he was pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, but Emperor Chongzhen has always been a self-centered person in his temperament, and he has always been taboo Li Tianyang had been very close to the eunuch Wei Zhongxian and his gang, and later although he had the skill of following the dragon, Chongzhen looked down on Li Tianyang in his heart, thinking that he was also the kind of opportunistic and bet around.

Over the years, Li Tianyang has been forgotten by Chongzhen, and he was allowed to serve as the famous Fujian Navy Commander in Fujian.

And now, seeing that the foundation of the Zhu family for hundreds of years is in danger, he suddenly found that with such a powerful help as Li Tianyang, Emperor Chongzhen didn't think much about it, so in his private name, he sent a father-in-law to Li Tianyang to issue a message, asking him to help him.

Li Tianyang had already obtained information from Nanjuyi's mouth when discussing Xiong Wencan's proposed movement in the court, and Li Tianyang had already expected Xiong Wencan's thoughts, and the Ming Dynasty's group of capable literati still had some achievements, whether it was out of wanting to go to the next level, or really having the idea of being loyal to the monarch and patriotic, as long as it was beneficial to the Ming Dynasty and harmless to their own interests, they were always willing to contribute to the Ming Dynasty. Otherwise, they really have no morality at all.

It's just that Li Tianyang didn't expect that he didn't wait for the imperial court to come to the central cabinet to write the holy order, but waited for a father-in-law who lacked a little physical structure, and Emperor Chongzhen didn't even dare to write words.

“…… The ceremony of you and my monarchs and ministers began in the letter of the king's mansion back then, and it has been more than ten years since then. And Qing lived up to my expectations and made great contributions to my Huaxia Yang Wei overseas! ”

"However, there are thieves in my Ming Dynasty, and there are strong enemies outside the Jurchen thieves who covet it, although I have the heart to promote and reward Yu Qing, but the treasury is empty, and I am the king of a country but there is no way to do anything, and Qing has a loss, and please understand Aiqing."

"Now that the northern Jurchens are barbarians, I have the intention to kill thieves in Beijing, but I have no important ministers and famous generals under my command, and it is still insufficient for a strong foreign minister to stick to the city, let alone recapture the lost territory and attack the thief in the land outside the gate!!"

"Therefore, today I want to appoint Aiqing as the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, command hundreds of thousands of troops, give full play to Aiqing's talents, and return the stability of my Chinese border passes!"

sprinkled hundreds of words, but also thanks to the father-in-law who passed on the oracle, he had a good memory, and he dictated it word for word in that sharp voice, and said it in Li Tianyang's ears.

This oracle came suddenly, and Li Tianyang felt mixed after hearing it, including his contempt for Chongzhen, his admiration for the thickness of his skin, and his heart to entrust him with a heavy responsibility.

Since he was still a king in Chongzhen, he has invested countless silver money, and has been running around a lot in the court, and even used Wei Zhongxian's eunuch channel to thread the needle for Chongzhen, but what did he get in the end?

Nothing, no promotion, no reward, in Chongzhen Emperor thought that not beating Li Tianyang as a eunuch faction was already considered imperial grace, but in Qian'an Li Tianyang looked at it, but he already understood the emperor's indifference and ruthlessness to kindness.

(End of chapter)