Since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, both wars and political struggles have developed in a cruel direction, and once the moral bottom line is lowered and broken, it is more difficult to recover.

Zhu Cihong is not a child, he has been an emperor for many years, and he is the emperor who holds real power, and his influence is huge, if he falls into the hands of Gao Yihuan, Gao Yihuan can treat other clans well, and even his heirs, but Zhu Cihong must be killed with a cup of poisonous wine.

He chose this way of dealing with it in his heart, not because he was afraid of Zhu Cihong, but because of the cost, which was the easiest way to do it, and it could eliminate some people's thoughts as soon as possible.

Of course, he will not admit that there is such a thing, only that it is an accidental death.

Of course, this kind of thing will inevitably have a variety of voices in future generations, and it will definitely be questioned, but this is also something that cannot be avoided.

In this world, it is unrealistic for someone to praise you and someone to step on you, and it is unrealistic to expect to get a unified evaluation.

This is like Zhu Di is the Emperor of Yongle, and he is also a rebellious minister and thief.

In the palace and the council hall, the generals of the military governor's office, plus two university scholars, and several military officials, gathered together, a total of more than 20 people, sitting in the council hall in twos and threes, whispering, talking about the current situation.

At this time, one of the guards shouted: "The king has arrived!" ”

The hall suddenly fell silent, and I saw more than a dozen guards walking in happily around Gao Yi, and everyone got up one after another to welcome King Wei inside.

Gao Yi walked happily to the main seat and sat down, then waved his hand and said with a smile: "Everyone sit down." ”

When many ministers of civil and military affairs heard this, they took their seats one after another, and the maids immediately walked in, served them tea, and brought pastries.

Gao Yihuan waved his hand to let the maids retreat, and then coughed lightly, and the hall was quiet, and all the officials sat upright and looked at Gao Yihuan.

At this time, Gao Yihuan smiled and said, "I informed everyone a few days ago that I would discuss the matter of exterminating the captives recently. Today, we will meet first to discuss a roughly feasible strategy, and then the Governor's Office of the Five Armed Forces will formulate a detailed strategy. Today is not a formal discussion, you can be casual, don't be tied hands and feet, you can put forward any ideas, but the content of today's conversation, you still have to keep it secret, and you can't leak it out. ”

When all the ministers heard this, they all stood up and saluted, "Yes!" The ministers obeyed. ”

Gao Yihuan bowed slightly, and then introduced: "Previously, King Gu sent troops to capture Jinzhou, blockaded Liaoxi, and cut off the road for the Tartars to get out of the customs. King Lone originally thought that the Guannai Tartar had become a prisoner, but now it seems that a living person would not let urine suffocate to death, let alone a cunning enemy like Dorgon. According to the news that the Lone King had sailed back to Liao from Denglai, the Lone King gathered everyone to come up with a plan to start sweeping away the Manchus. ”

Prior to this, the Wei army had already had two plans to sweep away the Manchus, one was to take Shandong first, and then go north to attack Beijing, collect all the territory controlled by the Manchus, and gather the Qing army in Beijing, and the other was to take Beijing first, drive the Qing army south, and annihilate it in Shandong.

Both of these strategies were supported in the imperial court, and the army preferred to take Shandong first, then Beijing, and the northern land, but the civil officials and the cabinet had some opinions on this, and preferred the latter strategy.

After Gao Yihuan finished speaking, he glanced at everyone, and then said, "Which of you will say your opinion first?" ”

Zhao Daxian immediately stood up, "King, since Guisun wants to sail back to Liao, we will first attack Shandong, cut off the back road of the Tartars, and then go north and gather the Tartars in Beijing." ”

In the Ming Dynasty, the shipping was actually very developed, and before the rebellion of the old slaves, the capital of Liaodong belonged to Shandong, which shows that navigation between Liaodong and Shandong has been very common.

At that time, a large number of grain and grass equipment were directly transported from Shandong to Liaodong, and Geng Zhongming and others also sailed from Shandong and took refuge in the Manchu Dynasty.

This all shows that if the Manchus want to sail back to Liao, it is not an impossible thing.

After Zhao Daxian finished speaking, Jin Xiangang and others also said: "King, the minister agrees with the opinion of Zhao Dudu. Since the Tartars want to sail, let's hit Shandong first. ”

Gao Yihuan waved his hand, asked them to sit down, looked at the cabinet and the officials of the Ministry of War, and asked, "What about the opinions of the two gentlemen and the Ministry of War?" ”

The squire of the military department got up and said: "The military department is mainly responsible for the deployment of soldiers and horses, the preparation of materials, from the logistics supply, theoretically from the south to the north, the supply is easier, but at present, Henan's production has not recovered, and food relief is still needed, but Shanxi has been recuperating for two years, plus the military department has allocated some military food before, so the troops from Hedong to Hebei are dispatched to Shandong in a short period of time, and there is not much difference in logistics. ”

When he said this, he just said "slippery", Gao Yihuan ignored it directly, and looked at Chen Mingxia and Li Yan, "What about the opinions of the two gentlemen?" ”

Li Yan stood up first and said: "The minister does not approve of sending troops to Shandong, if Shandong is attacked first, Dolgon will definitely fight the trapped beasts in Beijing." At that time, not only the army will suffer heavy losses, but the city of Beijing will also be destroyed in the war, and the losses will be incalculable. The minister thought that he should attack Beijing first, and Dolgon saw that there was still a way out of Shandong, so he would not dare to burn the city to anger our army. At that time, our army will be able to recover Beijing at a relatively small cost, and the Qing army will definitely not be killed because there is a way to retreat, and the army will even be able to drive the Qing army all the way into the sea. ”

Luoyang was burned badly, which made Li Yan very worried that Beijing would suffer the same blow, and as a literati, he knew far more than the military generals, Beijing's preciousness.

Zhao Daxian opened his mouth and said, "What if the Tartars run away by boat?" What if Nanming took advantage of the situation to go north and rob Shandong? ”

If Dolgon returned Shandong to the Ming army and escaped by himself, it would indeed be a trouble.

At this time, Chen Mingxia stood up and said: "Zhao Dudu don't have to worry about this, a few years ago, the Qing army invaded Shandong and burned all the sea ships and shipbuilding workshops in Denglai and other places, and Nanjing did not provide them with sea ships, and the Qing army wanted to build ships and return to the sea, which is not a thing that can be completed in a short time." Therefore, the army only needs to attack Shandong before the Qing army ships are built. Secondly, there is no need to worry about the Ming army taking advantage of the situation to go north, now General Liu is just between Shandong and Nanjing, and if the Ming army wants to go north to collect Shandong, it must attack General Liu first, so that we have an excuse to go to war. ”

The first and second assistants of the cabinet did not approve of it, and the proposal of the Governor's Office of the Five Armed Forces could not be implemented unless it was supported by Gao Yihuan.

Zhao Daxian and the others looked at Gao Yihuan, and after pondering for a while, Gao Yihuan said: "King Gu agrees with the opinion of the two scholars, attack Beijing first, but Henan, we must also be prepared, we have enough troops now, and when the Qing army withdraws from Beijing and retreats into Shandong, Henan's soldiers and horses can immediately march eastward, and attack Shandong with the soldiers and horses going north, and sweep away the Qing army with lightning speed!" ”

Once the Qing army withdrew from Beijing, it would be difficult to stabilize its position.

The retreat had inertia, and if the Wei army continued to attack, the Qing army would most likely retreat and flee, and be driven directly into the sea.

Gao Yihuan stood up after speaking, and said to Zhao Daxian and the others: "According to the meaning of the lonely king, formulate a combat strategy, and submit it within a month!" ”

When Zhao Daxian and the others heard this, they got up one after another, stood up and saluted, "The ministers obey the order!" ”

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