Volume VI Chapter 14 Convincing the British Princess

Hong Chengchou, Zhang Bin is also unfamiliar with this person, just like Yang He, Zhang Bin has not paid much attention to Hong Chengchou.

Of course, not paying attention to Hong Chengchou is not because Hong Chengchou is not famous, on the contrary, he is also quite a famous person in the history of the late Ming Dynasty.

Zhang Bin was too lazy to pay attention to him precisely because of his fame, this guy was a famous traitor in history, and he seemed to be twisting and pinching when he descended to the Qing Dynasty, but after the Qing Dynasty, he served as the secretary of the Qing court's military department, the right capital of the Imperial Palace, the prince and the Taibao, and the cabinet scholar, and became the first Han prime minister, and he was ruthless in suppressing the Ming army, the peasant army, and the rebel army who opposed the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty, and became the most famous eagle dog in the Qing court!

This guy is very good at pretending, and after being captured by the Qing army, he pretended to be unyielding, and his colleague Fan Wencheng saw through him and gave him a pertinent evaluation: Cheng Chou is not dead, Cheng Chou still cherishes the robe, but what about his body?

This guy is also very good at reversing black and white, when Mites Qing compiled the history of the Ming Dynasty, the eunuch party boss Feng Quan was the editor-in-chief, he was the deputy editor-in-chief, Feng Quan was busy beautifying his former eunuch colleagues, but he was busy beautifying himself!

This makes his performance as an official in the Ming Dynasty is simply rare in the sky, rare on the ground, heaven and earth, omnipotent, the other five provinces of the Ming Dynasty Governor Chen Qiyu, Xiong Wencan, Yang Sichang are all rice buckets, just he, the governor of the five provinces, is an immortal talent.

His subordinate commander-in-chief Cao Wenzhao, deputy commander-in-chief Ai Wannian and Liu Guozhen died in battle because of his command mistakes, not his fault, but because he couldn't take care of too many things; His subordinates Ma Ke, Zuo Guangxian, and Cao Bianjiao defeated Li Zicheng desperately, but he commanded well, and it was all his credit!

Zuo Liangyu defeated Zhang Xianzhong, Xiong Wencan appeased Liu Guoneng, Li Wanqing, Hui Dengxiang, Zhang Tianlin, Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai, etc., almost all the leaders of the peasant army, that is nothing, only he is the most powerful.

Well, Chongzhen also thought that he was the most powerful, all the elites of the border army of the Ming Dynasty, and the total number of troops in the eight towns were all handed over to him to command, and let him gather 130,000 troops to fight a decisive battle with Houjin, and Houjin also sent more than 100,000 troops to fight a decisive battle with him in Songjin.

As a result, the 130,000 army was almost wiped out, the elite of the Ming army was almost buried by him, and the Ming defense system in Liaodong was completely defeated, leaving only Wu Sangui to lead the remnants of the army to garrison at Shanhaiguan!

This is his ability, modify historical materials to beautify himself, write himself is simply a peerless handsome, as a result, Hou Jin with the same force to fight he can not find the north, according to post-war statistics, the Ming army killed more than 58,000 people in that war, the Qing army died less than 5,000, this is his ability!

Is it the general army under his command that can't do it? Not at all!

Wu Sangui won't say it, his performance after the Qing Dynasty proves that he still has a few brushes, and Zu Dashou doesn't say it, that is a famous fierce general in Liaodong, just talk about Cao Bianjiao, the chief soldier under him.

Cao Bianjiao saw that more than 100,000 elites were blindly commanded by him, suffered heavy casualties, and had no hope of victory, so he held the heart of death, and led 800 elites to sneak attack the Qing army's Zhenghuangqi camp at night and assassinate Huang Taiji!

He led 800 elites to rush into the Zhenghuang Banner camp garrisoned by 8,000 elites, killed the first to block the Qing Zuo Lingzhang Guli, and defeated the Eju Dorji, Gushan Ezhen Turge, who led the army to the rescue, as well as the Qing generals such as Yierden, Xihan, and Kubilong, and clashed in tens of thousands of Qing troops, such as entering a no-man's land, the Qing army mobilized 5,000 archers in a hurry, desperately released arrows, and wounded Cao Bianjiao, Cao Bianjiao saw that there was no hope of killing Huang Taiji, so he led the army to retreat.

His subordinates can be described as fierce generals, and with the same number of troops, as the defender of the city, he killed ten times as many as the enemy, and finally ended up almost completely annihilated, and he also boasted that he was amazing!

Zhang Bin naturally disdains this kind of shameless man, but this time, Wen Tiren actually nominated him as the governor of the three sides, so it doesn't matter, if such a shameless traitor is allowed to hold the military power, then it will be okay!

How can this guy not be the governor of the three sides?

The best way, of course, was to find someone to replace him as the governor of the trilateral provinces, which would stop him from thinking about it.

Zhang Bin thought about it for a while, and then thought of an excellent candidate, this person is Sun Chuanting, he is in Shaanxi to train the world-famous Qin army, it can be said that Sun Chuanting is the best candidate to serve as the governor of the three sides.

However, the question is, who will recommend it, Wen Tiren let Yu An, the secretary of the military department, and Wang Yingxiong, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, recommend it together, if he doesn't find a few weighty courtiers to nominate him, Chongzhen probably won't consider it at all.

Would you like to ask the head of the household department to be strict?

He would definitely agree to help with this, but he seems to be a bit nosy with a mouse when he elects the governor of the three sides!

The important ministers of the court who can be moved by themselves are Xu Guangqi, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Cao Yubian, the left capital of the Imperial Palace, but these two are similar in nature to Bi Ziyan, and they are both officials who have nothing to do with side affairs, so it seems a little too inexplicable for them to be promoted.

After thinking about it, among the important ministers of the court that he knows, only the British Duke Zhang Weixian is the most suitable, but I don't know if he is willing to go out, because he has never interfered in the government affairs, and the election of the governor of the three sides may be regarded as interfering in the government affairs.

If you ask the British public Zhang Weixian to nominate other people, Zhang Bin is really embarrassed to open this mouth, but it is nothing to ask him to recommend Sun Chuanting, even if he is unwilling, he will not be angry, because Sun Chuanting is also after the British government is old, Zhang Bin believes that even if he is unwilling to promote, he will not be unhappy because of this kind of thing.

Yu An, the secretary of the military department, and Wang Yingxiong, the secretary of the ministry, recommended Hong Chengchou's recitals, and Chongzhen's impatience, at most, tomorrow morning the court will go through the motions, and the opinions of the courtiers will be decided under false pretenses, without further ado, Zhang Bin hurriedly confessed, and asked Zhao Ru to go to Luo Yangxing to ask for Hong Chengchou and Yu Anxing's resume, and asked people to inform Cao Huayu, the treasurer of the Dongshengtang in the capital, to prepare 50,000 taels of silver to send to the British Mansion, and then rushed to the British Mansion in a carriage.

Is he going to use the fifty thousand taels of silver to buy the position of governor of the three sides?

Of course not, I don't know if the British Guild will "interfere in the government" for Sun Chuanting, he wants to pull the British Duke into the gang.

British Gong Zhang Weixian can be said to be in charge of the world's guards, although he can not move troops and horses at will, but he can decide to command the envoys, command envoys, and even thousands of households, hundreds of households, in addition to the general soldiers appointed by the imperial court, the following command of the soldiers is not these low-level generals, it can be said that as long as the British public is pulled into the gang, the Ming military basically becomes its own people.

Today, these two things seem to be a little difficult, and I don't know what the result is, Zhang Bin sat in the carriage and thought about it for a long time, and when he arrived outside the British Mansion, he didn't rush to get off, and waited until Dongshengtang sent a carriage to pull 50,000 taels of silver, and then he got off the car and led someone to deliver the silver taels, asking to see the British Prince.

Although the British Mansion occasionally has some old to pay homage, but once it is hundreds of thousands of taels, thousands of taels are not much, Zhang Bin is 50,000 taels this time, even the old housekeeper of Zhang's Mansion was startled, he hurriedly ran out and arched his hand: "Lord Zhang, who are you?" ”

Zhang Bin arched his hand and smiled: "The junior has come to ask to see the British duke. ”

The old housekeeper couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, the British Duke had specially explained, as long as Zhang Bin came, he would see him no matter how busy he was, even if Zhang Bin didn't give gifts, the British Duke would also meet him, looking at Zhang Bin's meaning, it seemed that he didn't want to say more to him, he immediately said: "Lord Zhang, please, Grandpa Guo said, as long as you come, he will see you no matter how busy he is, the villain has already sent someone to invite Grandpa Guo, please come with the villain." ”

Zhang Bin nodded, followed him, and walked slowly inside.

It was still in the same lobby, and the British Duke was still sitting there smiling kindly, but his spirit seemed to be a little sluggish, and his face seemed to have lost his former demeanor.

Seeing this, Zhang Bin immediately stepped forward and said with concern: "Grandpa Guo, what's wrong with you, is there something uncomfortable?" ”

The British Duke shook his head and said with a little weakness: "It's nothing, it's nothing, people are like this when they get older, and their spirit is not as good as one day at a time, or you young people are better." That's right, Shuangquan, sit down, sit down, you're welcome. ”

Zhang Bin sat down and said worriedly: "The junior heard that the wild ginseng in North Korea is good, I'll look for it later, and I'll send you some tomorrow." ”

The British public said with a smile: "Shuangquan, you have a heart, by the way, why did you suddenly send 50,000 taels of silver, did you encounter any difficulties?" ”

Zhang Bin hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, no, the junior didn't encounter any difficulties, the junior just wanted to ask Brother Boya for an errand." ”

The British Duke was slightly surprised: "Boya, didn't he go to Fuguang with you, I heard that you also arranged an errand for him to be sentenced to probation, Zheng Sanpin, it's already very good, does this kid still want to be a six-book book!" ”

Zhang Bin was embarrassed when he heard this: "No, no, Brother Bo Ya is not ambitious, it is the junior who wants him to take over as the governor of the three sides." ”

When the British public heard this, he frowned, the trilateral governor is not an ordinary errand, with tens of thousands of male soldiers, he can already be regarded as a feudal official, if he fights for him, it is already a bit of a interference in the government, which is against the training!

He was a little embarrassed: "This trilateral governor is no longer an ordinary official, I can't interfere." ”

Zhang Bin hurriedly explained: "Grandpa Guo, the younger generation also knows that it will make you embarrassed, but the younger generation has to come to beg you, do you still remember the disaster of the eunuch party of the Apocalypse Dynasty, just that time the little vitality that the Ming Dynasty has accumulated since the Longqing Dynasty has almost been exhausted, and now the remnants of the eunuch party are still continuing to cause trouble, and the younger generation can't sit idly by." ”

The British Duke nodded and said: "You are a courtier, it is right to worry about the country and the people, but we are different, the good thing we say is that it is a high authority, and the bad thing is that it is the power that is hereditary by Fuyin, once you point fingers at the government, you will be attacked, which is really the way to take trouble!" ”

It turned out that this was the case, Zhang Bin heard this, not only was he not discouraged, but he came to the spirit, he originally thought that the British public family had not interfered in the government and politics What was the taboo, it turned out that he was afraid of being attacked and causing trouble.

Indeed, there are few of the Hongwu princes and Yongle princes who can stay, and many of them have been abolished because they are too arrogant and cause trouble.

However, this is not contradictory to what he wants to say, he pretended to sigh and said: "Grandpa Guo, please forgive the younger generation for being rude, it is indeed good to sit and watch the wind and clouds, but what if there is no wind and clouds to see?" ”

What he means, it's a good way for you to keep anything, but if the Ming Dynasty is dead, what will you keep!

The British Gongyan's face changed slightly: "It's not so serious, the Tumubao Incident is so dangerous, the Ming Dynasty has survived, is it more serious now than then?" ”

Zhang Bin really sighed this time, he sighed and said: "The change of Tumubao is really nothing compared to now, at that time, the Ming Dynasty went through the rule of Hongwu, the prosperity of Yongle, the rule of Renxuan, the country was rich and the people were strong, and the Mengyuan and Wa spurs were only tens of thousands of horses, can I get my Ming." Now the Ming Dynasty has experienced the scourge of party strife, the disaster of Jiannu, the disaster of the eunuch party, and the continuous natural disasters, the people have nothing to eat, how can it be compared with that time, and at this time, there are more than 200,000 horses in the hands of Jiannu alone, and the people in the northwest are even more because of the unsustainable life of the people, that is tens of millions of people, like this, how long can Daming hold on? ”

When the British public heard this, his face finally changed, and he asked eagerly: "Does this have anything to do with Boya becoming the governor of the three sides?" ”

Zhang Bin nodded solemnly and said: "Yes, the most terrible thing in the Ming Dynasty is not natural disasters, but **, natural disasters have been in all dynasties, and the people who have died because of natural disasters have not seen it, but those who have died because of ** abound, and now, the remnants of the eunuch party control the government, and they don't care about the safety of the Ming Dynasty and the life and death of the people, they only know how to fight for power and profit, and if it goes on like this, the Ming Dynasty is in danger!" ”

The British public was puzzled and said: "I have heard of this, but it is just a trilateral governor, does it have such a big impact?" ”

Zhang Bin nodded heavily and said: "Yes, in the disaster of the party struggle at the beginning, in order to support Yang Hao to grasp the military power, the Zhejiang Party completely ignored his escape in North Korea, resulting in the death of more than 20,000 Ming army soldiers, and also strongly promoted him to serve as the Liaodong Economic Strategy, which led to the defeat of Salhu. Grandpa Guo, think about it, Daming can still experience a few defeats like Salhu, and I am afraid that I can't withstand it once, and now it is the Zhejiang Party that is elected as the governor of the three sides, isn't it tens of thousands of horses on the three sides, they just want to take this opportunity to push Hong Chengchou up, and let him control more people in the future, how similar is this to Yang Hao at the beginning! ”

Zhang Bin is not alarmist, this Hong Chengchou is really similar to Yang Hao.

Yang Hao was in North Korea to escape and lead to the death of more than 20,000 Ming soldiers, the Zhejiang Party operation, he did nothing, and then he continued to serve as the Liaodong Economic Strategy, with more than 100,000 troops and the Houjin decisive battle, the result was a complete defeat.

Hong Chengchou made a command mistake in a series of battles in Fengxiang and Ningzhou in the back, and killed Cao Wenzhao, Ai Wannian, Liu Guozhen and other generals and more than 20,000 Ming troops.

The British Duke didn't know what Hong Chengchou had done in history, but he knew that Da Ming would never be able to withstand a big defeat like Salhu, he thought about it for a long time, and finally nodded: "Okay, I'll pull down this old face and recommend it in front of the emperor!" ”