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After receiving the war report of the war in Liaodong, the Ming court immediately presided over a political meeting by Wang Yongguang, the secretary of the military department.

Gonggong Wei, who was listening to the discussion, was surprised to find that the Wenchen, who was usually able to speak well and talk endlessly, was rarely silent.

Occasionally, a few Wenchen who spoke were still entangled in directional issues such as war defense, but did not have a single suggestion on how to resist Nurhachi's specific measures.

Fortunately, the miscellaneous family still has a copy of Sun Chengzong's legacy!

Father-in-law Wei had to rejoice that he still had a complete plan in his hands.

Compared with Sun Chengzong's plan, Wei Zhongxian felt deeply disappointed in the discussion of the courtiers.

"How could the war start so early?"

Hearing the news of Nurhachi's attack on Youtun, Zhu Youzhen was a little puzzled.

Ning Yuan started a war, shouldn't it be when the weather is cold?

In this climate, even in Liaodong, it is impossible for the sea to freeze?

Even if the sea starts to freeze, it won't be able to withstand the trampling of people and horses.

Could it be that Ning Yuan's battle will take a long time?

Zhu Youzhen's mind was full of question marks.

This was the beginning of the war, but his junior team had only returned to Xifengkou, and they had not even finished repairing. There is no possibility of going to Liaodong at all.

Sun Yuanhua is still experimenting with the iron mold casting cannon, and he hasn't even made the test product yet, let alone made the finished product.

This doesn't seem to be catching up.

Of all the new equipment, only the tunnel gun can catch up. The firearms workshop in Shibei Hutong should have a reserve of several hundred tunnel guns, which can probably be used by Ning Yuan.

However, there are so many muskets, even if Zhu Youzhen has the final say, they can be transferred to Ning Yuan, but according to the current transportation conditions of the Ming Dynasty, if they want to be transported to Ning Yuan, they are afraid that it will be too late.

At this point in time for the war, Zhu Youzhen really couldn't find anything to support Ning Yuan.

After thinking about it, Zhu Youzhen suddenly thought that he could provide something for Ning Yuan.

With it, Yuan Chonghuan may really be able to kill Nurhachi with one shot.

On October 12 of the fifth year of the Apocalypse, Yuan Chonghuan was sent urgently by the Ming Dynasty for 600 miles, the only support from the capital.

A rectangular wooden brocade box.

Receiving the brocade box sent by the imperial court in an expedited manner of 600 li, Yuan Chonghuan felt very interesting.

What could be in this?

Will it be an edict of the imperial court's commendation and promotion?

According to the practice of the imperial court, officials who are about to die should be promoted to a higher level to be rewarded.

can be calculated according to the time, he collected the recital of Ning Yuan's oath meeting, and it should not have been sent to the capital yet!

Could it be that the imperial court sent out the award in advance, which is not in line with the previous rules of the imperial court.

As for support or something, Yuan Chonghuan really didn't think about it.

What can a small box hold, even if it's silver, how much can it hold!

Burn incense and wash your hands.

Although he couldn't think of what it would be, Yuan Chonghuan still opened the brocade box respectfully in accordance with the rules.

In the brocade box, there was no imperial decree of promotion and reward that Yuan Chonghuan most wanted to see, and there was only a slender copper tube made of brass. Looking at the pattern on the copper pipe, this thing should still be a royal thing.

Curious to pick up the copper pipe, Yuan Chonghuan found that there was a note pressed under the copper pipe. The note was written in a thin handwriting indicating the purpose of the copper tube.

The copper tube turned out to be a special observation device, and the name was telescope.

According to the note, Yuan Chonghuan picked up the copper pipe, put the small head in front of his eyes, and the big head pointed out the window.

As the note wrote, the scenery outside the window clearly appeared in front of Yuan Chonghuan's eyes through the copper pipe, as if within reach.

"It's a great feat." Yuan Chonghuan smiled faintly.

It's a novelty.

But a thing is a thing, even if it is a royal gift, Yuan Chonghuan will not pay too much attention to it. What's more, this is just a gift from a vassal king.

Yuan Chonghuan put the telescope back into the wooden box.

Now guarding Ning Yuan is the most important thing, Yuan Chonghuan doesn't have the heart to play with these strange tricks and tricks. He didn't even have the heart to make friends with the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty.

He Yuan Chonghuan still has big dreams waiting for him to realize, how can he have time to waste.

As a low-ranking top three jinshi, Yuan Chonghuan has no possibility of entering the cabinet in this life. But this does not mean that Yuan Chonghuan has no pursuit.

During his tenure in Shaowuzhi County, Yuan Chonghuan made a detailed plan for his life. Yuan Chonghuan wanted to emulate Hu Zongxian, a famous minister of the Jiajing Dynasty, to realize his lofty ideal of becoming a feudal official.

Hu Zongxian, a famous minister of the Jiajing Dynasty, also started his official career from the position of the magistrate.

Hu Zongxian and Yuan Chonghuan had the same low starting point, but Hu Zongxian finally achieved the high position of governor.

Governor, that is already the highest position in the place where the Ming Dynasty has been exiled.

Yuan Chonghuan carefully studied that Hu Zongxian's greatest help to become a famous minister in Jiajing was to enter the army as a civil minister.

In the twenty-eighth year of Jiajing, Hu Zongxian stepped down from the post of magistrate and patrolled Datong, Xuanfu and other border towns as the imperial historian. During this period, Hu Zongxian showed excellent military talent.

In the 30th year of Jiajing, during Hu Zongxian's patrol to Huguang, he made great contributions to quelling the Miao rebellion.

In the thirty-third year of Jiajing, because he was proficient in military affairs, Emperor Jiajing appointed Hu Zongxian as the governor of Zhejiang and entrusted him with the important task of pacifying the Japanese.

Hu Zongxian, who was appointed by Emperor Jiajing, shined in the war of Zhejiang Pingwei, and was promoted to the military department of the left servant and the left of the Imperial Court of the Imperial Palace, and the governor of Nanzhili, Zhejiang, Fujian and other places.

When Hu Zongxian's power was at its greatest, the entire Jiangnan half of the Ming Dynasty was under his control.

Like the famous Ming military god Qi Jiguang, it was also promoted and reused by Hu Zongxian, so that he could take charge of an army alone, and finally ascended to the position of the god of the Ming army.

Yuan Chonghuan hoped that he could copy Hu Zongxian's path of entering politics with the army.

During his tenure in Shao Wuzhi County, Yuan Chonghuan carefully studied military theories while paying close attention to the situation in eastern Liaodong.

There is no way, the south of the Ming Dynasty is still a song and dance, and it is difficult to find a place to use soldiers. Liaodong, where wars are frequent, has become the best place for promotion in Yuan Chonghuan's eyes.

For his life planning, Yuan Chonghuan paid great attention to the study of military affairs.

In Shaowu, Yuan Chonghuan tried every means to find every opportunity he could find: military books, veterans and even foreigners became the objects of Yuan Chonghuan's study.

Yuan Chonghuan was hungry for any military knowledge he could get his hands on.

Yuan Chonghuan's preparation was not in vain.

In the second year of the Apocalypse, after stepping down from Shaowuzhi County, Yuan Chonghuan returned to Beijing to report on his work.

In Beijing, Yuan Chonghuan's rich military theories made him appreciated by the Donglin Party and the imperial historian. Under the recommendation of Hou Sui, Yuan Chonghuan was exceptionally promoted to serve in the Ministry of War.

During his time in the Ministry of War, Yuan Chonghuan was very shocked by the fact that his colleagues in the Ministry of War did not even know the terrain of Liaodong.

Yuan Chonghuan sneered at the psychology of his colleagues in the military department who were afraid of Liaodong like a tiger.

In Yuan Chonghuan's view, Liaodong is the best place for him to show his skills and ambitions.

In the second year of the Apocalypse, after the war in Guangning, Yuan Chonghuan firmly grasped every opportunity that appeared in front of him, so that he could reach today's position in just a few years.

Now Yuan Chonghuan is already an envoy and Ning Qian's soldiers. Although the official is not too big, he also has the qualifications to lead the battle alone.

As long as Yuan Chonghuan can cross the hurdle of Nurhachi, he will become the feudal minister on the governor's side.

Yuan Chonghuan's goal is already close at hand, how can he have other thoughts at this moment, and how can he move other thoughts.

Just like what Yuan Chonghuan said to Zu Dashou, now all those who hinder him from guarding Ningyuan will be ruthlessly eliminated.

Yuan Chonghuan would never allow anyone, any element, to ruin his plans.