In fact, when the good news came, as the secretary general of Li Tianyang's secretariat, according to Hong Chengchou's own opinion, that is, the position of a staff member, he still had a sense of loss in his heart.

He has dealt with the Jurchens in Liaodong for most of his life, and he knows the strength of the Jurchens, but he is such a powerful opponent, but in the end he was defeated by a civil force with a base camp in the distant South China Sea.

This made Hong Chengchou, who was the governor of Xuliao at the beginning, ashamed, but at the same time, he was also inexplicably frightened by the powerful combat effectiveness of Hongmen, and his heart for Hongmen gradually became firm.

Hong Chengchou thinks that he is not a pedantic person, for the Ming Dynasty, he feels that he has done everything he can do as a human minister, and now he is treated favorably by Li Tianyang far better than the Ming royal family, with his own old age, it is time to think about himself and other future generations.

Hongmen's preferential treatment of Hong Chengchou is not only reflected in himself, but also in the days when he lives on Dayuan Island, his family members who are across the sea have also been sent to Dayuan Island one after another and quietly to reunite with Hong Chengchou.

At the same time, the children of Hong Chengchou's huge family have gradually begun to integrate into the life of Hongmen, young children enter the Bengang School to learn new knowledge, and young scholars are influenced by certain new ideas, through examinations, recruitment and other ways to integrate into various industries in Hongmen.

When the bodies of the two princes of the Qing Dynasty were transported back to Dayuan Island, it not only alarmed the people under the command of Hongmen, causing them to discuss and cheer enthusiastically, but also shocked the whole army and stepped up to recover the lost territory of Nanjing.

"What is Li Tianyang going to do? Can any of you tell me? ”

The stronger the Hongmen, the more nervous the officials of the Ming Dynasty became, and the most angry among them was the Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen, who was the king of a country.

Seeing that the war between the Ming Dynasty and Dashun Li Zicheng was developing in the direction of favoring the Ming Dynasty, suddenly the Ming Dynasty received the shocking news that Hongmen had defeated the Qing Dynasty and occupied Shengjing, the capital of the Qing Dynasty, so that the Ming monarchs and ministers who were originally complacent because of the soldiers coming to Luoyang City all felt frightened and angry.

"Your Majesty is angry!"

"The war between the king of the South China Sea and the Qing people, in fact, is not necessarily a bad thing for my Ming Dynasty, both forces are strong opponents, that is, the winner is divided, and I am afraid that it will also be a lose-lose situation."

"At least, the king of the South China Sea did not take advantage of the fact that my Ming raised troops to attack the rebels of Dashun and did something to threaten my Ming, but he can also see that they are afraid of my Ming heart."

In the Fengtian Palace, the first person to come out to appease Emperor Chongzhen's mood was the current Ming Dynasty Shoufu Shi Kefa, although his heart was also panicked, shocked and other emotions, but at least on the bright side, Shi Kefa had to try to pick out the benefits of Hongmen's trip to the Ming Dynasty.

"As long as the king of the South China Sea does not turn against my Ming Dynasty one day, then my Ming Dynasty will have more confidence and accumulate more strength to recover the lost ground."

"Humph!"

"Can you accomplish anything other than these nonsense?"

Emperor Chongzhen was also embarrassed, and in the face of this group of courtiers like wine bags and rice bags, his heart was full of deep powerlessness.

"The subordinates are incompetent!"

A group of courtiers did not say or do anything other than to bow their heads and confess their crimes.

In fact, if there is no strong opponent such as Hongmen to compare, the achievements of their Ming Dynasty in the past six months or so are really worthy of everyone's gratification.

Inspector Sun Chuanting and General Zuo Liangyu have completed the convergence under Luoyang City, and Li Zicheng, the culprit of cholera and Ming Dynasty for decades, fled west with most of the remnants of the army and fled west to the border of Shaanxi and entered Chang'an City to survive.

Tian Jianxiu, Liu Zongmin and other garrisons of the Dashun Dynasty in the border of Henan, under the front of the two armies of Sun Chuanting and Zuo Liangyu, were defeated step by step, and the losses were numerous.

Give Sun Chuanting a lot of Zuo Liangyu for two months, and Luoyang City, which is impossible to run away with his legs, and the nearly 100,000 Dashun officers and soldiers in the city, will become a meritorious service in Sun Chuanting's hands.

In addition, most of the lost land in Henan has been recovered, in addition to several prefectures and counties that intersect with the Shaanxi border are still in the hands of Dashun officers and soldiers, the Ming Dynasty has opened up the route between Beijing and Nanjing, and there is no need to detour to Shandong to supply back.

In addition to its profound military achievements, the Ming Dynasty was affected by the Hongmen economically, and after the Ming Dynasty received the dividends brought by the Age of Discovery, it significantly improved its policies such as closing the country to the outside world, at least not as firm as the previous emperors during their reigns.

Under the favorable influence of the loss of most of the burden of the displaced people, the increase of taxes and land in the north, the development of industry and commerce in the south of the Yangtze River, and the favorable influence of maritime trade, the household revenue increased year by year, so that they could support the war of reconquest in the north, but they did not fall to the point of having no money to pay.

"Can't you have some other tricks than to say this one in reply?"

Chongzhen is also older now, his body is not as good as day by day, and he has always liked to do things, causing him to always get sick from time to time, and he faintly feels that his time is running out.

Fortunately, the crown prince Zhu Cihong has become an adult, and he has been cultivated by his side over the years, and he can inherit his mantle without a successor.

"Send an envoy to Dayuan Island to ask the King of the South China Sea why he sent troops to the Qing Dynasty, and at the same time issue an order to reward the soldiers of the Penghu Naval Division, and reward you with specific rewards!"

"Wearing brocade clothes and Weibei Zhenfu Division, quickly find out the loss of Hongmen's troops in the first battle outside the pass!"

"Don't be too embarrassed about the Hongmen Qixintang and the business forces that have anything to do with it, lest you cause trouble in vain!"

The most helpless thing is that he is obviously unwilling to reward the children of Hongmen in every possible way, but in order to appease people's hearts, he has to go against his will and use fame and fortune as a bargaining chip to maintain the relationship with Hongmen now.

After moving the capital to Nanjing, Emperor Chongzhen's personality has changed a lot, he did not dare to say that he was an arbitrary tyrant, but he was also moody, and his behavior was more ruthless and selfish.

However, as he experienced more things, the emperor's skills also improved, and what he was unwilling to do as an emperor in the past can now be accepted by him with humiliation.

"Your Ministers obey!"

The ministers at the bottom are also relieved, at least today's Emperor Chongzhen has gradually become deeper, and his actions are no longer as strong as in the early years, and now the instructions are all kind, in fact, they coincide with everyone's thoughts.

(End of chapter)