Yang Sichang knew that Zhang Xianzhong had accepted the appeasement, and it was already April, and he held the military newspaper in his hand and was silent for a long time.

Originally looking forward to waiting to appease Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai, as long as Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai accept the recruitment, Huguang will be pacified, and a small number of rogues in the Dabie Mountain area will not be ignored for the time being, he can concentrate on exterminating the Heavenly Mandate Army entrenched in Sichuan, but now he received the message from Xiong Wencan, but he was not happy.

Just the afternoon before yesterday, the commander of the Jinyi Guard asked Luo Yangxing to see him and handed him a thick piece of materials, all about the Heavenly Mandate Army, and before he finished reading the message, he was already in a cold sweat.

What is the Mandate of Heaven for? Fight for the world?

He originally planned to use Huguang Xiong Wencan's soldiers to quietly exterminate the Heavenly Mandate Army entrenched in Sichuan and refused to leave, but now it seems that this idea may be difficult to realize.

Yang Sichang felt more and more that the Mandate of Heaven Army was not a rogue, it was a fatal sword, and it was a person who wanted to end the Ming Dynasty!

Zhang Xianzhong accepted the appeasement, only Luo Rucai was left in Huguang's rogues, and it was difficult to form a climate, and the army of the imperial court could free up his hands, but Xiong Wencan's army could beat the Mandate of Heaven army?

Yang Sichang thought about it, and decided to report to the emperor!

First of all, the responsibility for the past of the Mandate of Heaven does not lie with oneself, and one does not have to bear these responsibilities; Secondly, if the Mandate of Heaven Army is to be exterminated, if there are fewer troops, Sichuan will definitely not be able to take it, and if there are too many troops, there will be no food and salary.

It seems that the emperor has no choice, and the treasury has been exhausted......

Yang Sichang prepared a detailed battle plan overnight, and then asked to see Zhu Youzhen, but by the afternoon of the second day, there was still no final decision, his biggest headache was food, if he could not solve the problem of food, no matter how thoughtful the plan, the emperor would not agree.

There is no household department, there is no military department, and the emperor's internal funds will not come out!

Just when Yang Sichang was thinking hard to no avail, the mansion pushed the door in, "Master, Lord Fang, the governor of Liaodong, entrusted someone to bring a message to the master!" ”

"Fang Yizao?" Yang Sichang snatched the message, waved his hand and retreated, closed the door, opened it hurriedly, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, pressing his hands on his chest, his heart beating wildly.

In this message, Fang Yizao told him that Huang Taiji replied clearly: If there is a confirmation, withdraw the troops and return to the east!

The word "return to the east" has been haunting Yang Sichang's heart, and he understands that once the peace is successful, the Tartars will withdraw their troops and return to the east, not only will the Ningjin line be foolproof, but if the talks are good, the location of the mutual market can be placed in Guangning, which will be jointly managed by the Ming Dynasty and the Tartars.

If this goal can really be achieved, then the Ming Dynasty will be able to recover half of Quang Ninh without spending a single soldier......

The key is how to get the Tartars to agree and put the location of the mutual market in Guangning, Yang Sichang frowned: There is!

Quang Ninh is closer to Shenyang, the capital of the Tartars, which is more convenient for the Tartars; In addition, Quang Ninh is the meeting place of the Ming Dynasty, the Tatars and the Horqin Mongols, and it is geographically central, and the market will be more prosperous!

But Yang Sichang also noticed that Fang Yizao told him in the message that Huang Taiji was not a good match, and once the peace agreement failed, he would raise troops in the autumn, "still talk about money, if you don't allow it, there will be a move in summer and autumn"!

If Huang Taiji raised troops in the autumn, Yang Sichang really couldn't guess whether Huang Taiji would attack Jinzhou and Ningyuan in eastern Liaodong, or directly bypass Ningjin like Chongzhen did in the ninth year, and choose to break through from Jizhou and Datong.

However, since Huang Taiji agreed to negotiate peace, the imperial court should seize this opportunity, "the outside must first settle the inside", as long as all the rogues are solved, and they will be able to exert the strength of the whole country to destroy the Tartars in a war!

Yang Sichang thought about it properly and immediately asked to see Zhu Youzhen.

Zhu Youzhen still summoned Yang Sichang in the Xinuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, "Why did Yang Aiqing come?" ”

Yang Sichang stood in front of Zhu Youzhen, and slowly took out the military report from his sleeve, "Your Majesty, I'm so happy, Zhang Xianzhong has accepted the appeasement!" ”

"Zhang Xianzhong? Is it Huguang's most powerful rogue? Zhu Youzhen hurriedly put down the Zhu pen in his hand and said, "Come and take a look!" ”

Yang Sichang handed over the general report with both hands, Zhu Youzhen took it, read it twice in a row, and said with great joy: "I just said, I will bow down to people and treat people with sincerity, and the subjects of the world will live up to me, good, good, good, Zhang Xianzhong accepted the appeasement, and that ...... Yes, Luo Rucai, can you still hold on? ”

As long as Luo Rucai accepts the appeasement, Huguang will be peaceful, after more than ten years of disputes, the beacon fire burned all over the more than ten provinces, and finally come to an end, he, the king of Zhongxing, will be regarded as worthy of his name at this time, and will leave a heavy mark in the history books!

This Yang Sichang is my Zhongxing minister, fortunately, he has a discerning eye that day......

Zhu Youzhen Longyan Dayue, holding the military newspaper and refusing to let go, "Yang Aiqing, how much appeasement silver does Zhang Xianzhong need?" There is no need to bargain, give it all to him, as long as Zhang Xianzhong is stable, will Luo Rucai be far away? ”

"Obey the order!" Yang Sichang's face was not happy at all, "Your Majesty, Zhang Xianzhong accepted the appeasement, Luo Rucai will not last, the emperor can rest assured, but ......"

"But what? How did Wen Weak become a mother-in-law? Zhu Youzhen's heart moved, and said, "But there is no silver?" Well...... For the long-term peace and stability of the Ming Dynasty, I ......" secretly gritted his teeth and said: "This silver will come from my internal funds, you must do things well, if anyone makes a mistake, I will never spare it!" ”

"Don't dare!" Yang Sichang put out another message, which he had just sorted out, "Your Majesty, the rogue in Huguang is no longer a problem, but Sichuan ......"

"What's wrong with Sichuan?" Zhu Youzhen suddenly remembered that when Zhu Zhilu, the king of Taiping, and Zhu Zhiyi, the king of Neijiang, came to Beijing and cried to himself, saying that the Heavenly Mandate Army broke through Chengdu and Zhu Zhishu, the king of Shu, threw himself into the well. "Didn't Fu Zonglong, Shao Jiechun, and Luo Shangwen go to Sichuan?"

"Back to the emperor," Yang Sichang knew that the next thing must be the wrath of the thunder, but he couldn't take care of it, without the support of the emperor, it would be difficult to recapture Sichuan, maybe the emperor after the thunder was angry, the matter of peace, maybe it would be settled, he put the message out of his sleeve with both hands, "Fu Zonglong and them, they are still in Huguang, and they haven't even stepped into Sichuan with half a foot, this is the information about the Mandate of Heaven Army collected by the minister according to Jinyiwei's secret visit......

Zhu Youzhen glared at Yang Sichang, and took it carefully, the message was extremely brief, but he still couldn't stop the anger, "The Heavenly Mandate Army has been in Sichuan for more than half a year, what are you doing with this military secretary?" Luo Rucai has not yet accepted the appeasement, and another Li Zicheng ......"

"The emperor's ......" Yang Sichang knelt down on his knees and knocked his head on the ground, his mind at this moment was like a woman's first time, both nervous and scared, but also full of expectation......

If the emperor is angry and does not give him a chance to explain, he will be dismissed from his post and interrogated, and it is very likely that he will end up with the fate of his father in a foreign land; If the emperor is helpless, he will ask for advice from him, and the matter of peace with the Tartars will be resolved together......

Zhu Youzhen threw the message on the ground, stood up, pointed at Yang Sichang's buttocks, and said angrily: "Say, what's going on?" This Mandate of Heaven Army, from which crack in the stone did it pop out? ”

Yang Sichang lay on the ground and didn't dare to move, but he was overjoyed in his heart, since the emperor asked, his opportunity came, it seems that this time he made the right bet.

He carefully sorted out his thoughts, not in case, don't implicate Hong Chengchou, so as not to cause extraneous branches, "Your Majesty, the Mandate of Heaven Army has always been active in Longyou and Lanzhou, and has never been out of Longshan...... So the court ignored this place...... The minister already has a way to deal with the Mandate of Heaven army, and according to the minister's proposal, he will definitely be able to go down with one blow......"

"Why don't you say that quickly?"

Zhu Youzhen knew that the incident in Sichuan had already happened, Yang Sichang only took office last year, and the matter of the Mandate of Heaven had nothing to do with him, but the rest of the criminals ...... When the Mandate of Heaven Army is exterminated, no one will be spared, but it is against the yang and the yin......

Yang Sichang hurriedly took out the third piece of information he had prepared, put it on his body, and said, "Your Majesty, this is the battle plan drawn up by the minister......

Zhu Youzhen looked at it carefully, threw it on the imperial case, pondered for a while, and said: "You made such a big move, where did the food come from?" ”

Yang Sichang scolded in his heart, he said just now that he came out of the inside, and it was only a blink of an eye...... But Zhu Youzhen was angry, so he naturally didn't dare to mention it again, so he hurriedly took out the last message from his body, "Your Majesty, the matter of food and salary is only on this message!" ”

What the hell is this Yang Sichang doing? How is there so much information today? Zhu Youzhen was unhappy in his heart, but he still took it and glanced at it, but it was like being burned by fire, and he hurriedly threw it aside, and then pressed it with a concerto, pondered for a while, and said: "This is not appropriate, right?" ”

Know you can't hold on! Yang Sichang said secretly: Didn't you agree to the peace talks at the beginning? Why did you regret it today?

He knelt on the ground and didn't dare to get up, but just arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, Huang Taiji is willing to negotiate peace, which will benefit Daming Baili and do no harm, as long as the peace negotiation is successful, Huang Taiji will withdraw his troops to the east, if we put the location of the mutual market in Guangning......"

"Quang Ninh?" Zhu Youzhen's heart moved, "Wen is weak, you mean that the location of the mutual market can be placed in Guangning?" "In this way, Quang Ninh, which was once lost, can now be restored? And it doesn't cost a single soldier......

"This issue can be discussed with Huang Taiji," Yang Sichang didn't dare to say it full, "Your Majesty, judging from the information, Huang Taiji is also eager to negotiate peace, and it is very likely that he will agree to put the location of the mutual market in Guangning, in case it doesn't work, even if he gives up some interests, he must fight for a ...... in this regard."

"Likely?" Zhu Youzhen seemed to be muttering to himself, and after a while, Fang said: "Wen Qiao got up and spoke first!" ”

"Thank you to the emperor!" After Yang Sichang sat down, he said: "Your Majesty, once the peace negotiation is successful, the grain and salary in Liaodong can be reduced by at least 30%, and it can be gradually reduced according to the situation in the future, and the treasury will not be stretched......

"Wen Qiao's intention is to save Liaodong's food and salary and use it to exterminate the Liukou in Sichuan?"

"The minister has this intention," Yang Sichang said: "Your Majesty, the silver in Liaodong Province can not only be used to expropriate the Liukou in Sichuan, but also have a surplus for disaster relief ......and so on."

He had already calculated in his heart that as long as the peace negotiation was successful and Huang Taiji was stabilized, he could free up his hands and completely exterminate all the rogues, including Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai and others, so he didn't believe that Zhang Xianzhong was sincerely accepting the appeasement.

As long as he eliminates the rogue, he can go down in history and be glorious, and as for the Tartar, he will leave it to the next secretary of the military department......

Zhu Youzhen silently calculated that once the peace negotiation was successful, not only could he easily exterminate the Liukou in Sichuan, but also take the opportunity to recover a large area of land north of Jinzhou and up to Guangning......

He looked at Yang Sichang, and finally nodded silently, and said: "The weak master is arresting the thieves in Sichuan, and the matter of negotiating peace will be handed over to Gao Qiqian and Fang Yizao first, and before reaching a contract, don't leak the news for the time being!" ”

"Obey the order!" Yang Sichang

The two had different thoughts, but they reached an agreement in the Qianqing Palace!