Nanjing, Bauhinia City, inside the Imperial Study.

Zhu Cihong convened his confidants and ministers to discuss major matters.

At this time, he relayed Feng Quan's words to several ministers, and there was immediately a lot of discussion in the study.

After Zhu Cihong and the others talked for a while, they coughed lightly, the study was quiet, and Chen Zilong saluted: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks this matter is feasible!" ”

Zhu Cihong looked at him and waited for him, and Chen Zilong said: "If the Qing army is willing to cooperate, our army claims that the Northern Expedition, the army will take over Beijing, and become the occupation of Beijing, it will definitely be able to greatly increase the morale of the people." ”

Ruan Dacheng said: "Your Majesty, in fact, even if you don't use the banner of the Northern Expedition and talk about negotiations, the Tartars are afraid of the Ming Dynasty and decide to return Shandong and Beizhi, which is also a big victory." ”

Zhu Cihong bowed slightly, indeed, through negotiations, without using swords, to recover the north, this can actually be said to be a victory.

Of course, this needs to be erased, the fact that the Qing army is about to be completely annihilated.

If the Qing army still has a choice, the strength is still very strong, and the Ming Dynasty recovers the lost territory through negotiations, it will naturally be a diplomatic victory, but now the Qing army has no way out, and the Wei army not only has to recover the lost territory, but also destroy the Qing army, then this negotiation can not be said to be a victory if it lets go of the Qing army that should have been destroyed.

However, it doesn't matter, where do the people know so much, besides, before the war was fought, your Wei army said that it could recover the lost territory and annihilate the Qing army, it can be said that you are bragging and jealous that the Ming Dynasty recovered the lost territory at the smallest cost through negotiations.

Now it seems that most of the ministers in the study are in favor of this deal, because the temptation of Beizhishan is indeed too great.

If the Ming Dynasty recovers these two places, Zhu Cihong's orthodox position is unshakable, and Gao Yihuan will be embarrassed, the army continues to attack, it is a naked rebellion, if the army does not attack, the momentum will immediately weaken, and it will be difficult to unify the world.

Fame and righteousness are said to be useful, but sometimes they are not used, but with these two things, there will undoubtedly be more blessings.

Zhu Cihong looked at everyone and asked, "What are those Aiqing going to do?" ”

Lu Zhenfei said: "Your Majesty, the Manchu Qing have no intention of fighting now, so we must accept Shandong and Beizhi before the Wei army attacks. But now there is a problem, Liu Shunheng, the general of the high thief department, is between Nanzhi and Shandong, blocking the way for our army to go north, and according to the detailed report, the Wei thief is stationed on the front line of Hedong and Henan, and our army enters Shandong, and the Wei thief will inevitably seize Beijing immediately! ”

This is indeed a problem, several ministers in the study discussed a lot, the Ming army is on the Huai River line, too far away from Beijing, and the Wei army is in the east of the river, the Ming army has just been dispatched, and the Wei army may have arrived in Beijing.

For a while, in the study, everyone had a sad look on their faces, Chen Zilong thought for a while, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the only way to send sailors to seize Beijing is to follow Feng Quan's suggestion. ”

Zhu Cihong said: "A lone teacher, I'm afraid it will be difficult to support the situation!" ”

Chen Zilong continued: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that before this, if we do two things well, and the sailor will receive Beijing, we will be able to succeed. ”

Zhu Cihong asked, "What two things?" ”

Chen Zilong said: "The first thing is to recruit the green battalion in the Qing army through Feng Quan. If the Manchu Qing wanted to cross the sea and return to Liao, it was impossible to take away all the more than 100,000 Han troops, and the imperial court had to surrender those Han troops who remained. The second thing is that you can send troops to destroy Liu Shun first, open the passage to the north, and advance the army to the south of Shandong. ”

Chen Zilong paused and continued: "If these two things are done well, once the naval division occupies the Beijing division and Feng Quan is the internal response, the imperial court can quickly receive the Han army left behind in Beizhi and Shandong, and then the army stationed in Huaibei will quickly move north along the canal, which will be enough to control the situation and create a fait accompli before the Wei thief reacts." ”

"Liu Shun is a high thief general, I sent troops to fight him, will I give the high thief an excuse?" Zhu Cihong said worriedly.

Chen Zilong said: "Regardless of whether Liu Shun is a high-level thief general or not, as long as His Majesty does not admit it, he is a thief, and at this time, there is no need to consider any excuse." ”

Zhu Cihong nodded, "How can you give them the grain and boats that the Manchus wanted?" ”

Ruan Dacheng opened his mouth and said: "Your Majesty, this is simple, transfer a group of grain ships to Shandong by sea, choose a seaport to dock, and then notify the Manchus and let them take them for themselves, and say to the outside world that the grain and ships were robbed by the Manchus!" ”

Zhu Cihong stood up, walked back and forth in the study for a few steps, then stopped to scan everyone, and said solemnly: "In this matter, you Aiqing must keep it confidential, and remember not to leak the news." ”

At that moment, Zhu Cihong discussed some things in detail with several ministers, and asked them to implement them.

A few days later, in the yamen of the Nanjing City Military Department, several officials were handling official business, and Lang Zhong, a member of the Arsenal Clearance Division, picked up an order, and his brows immediately furrowed.

At this time, it was already evening, and a Lang Zhong next to him came over and said with a smile: "Brother Fang, will you have a drink today?" ”

The surname Fang Delangzhong shook his head, "Forget it today, there is something going on at home." ”

This Lang Zhong's name is Fang Chehou, in his thirties, he usually talks a lot, has an excellent relationship with his colleagues in the military department, and likes to socialize.

"Oh, what's the matter, do you need help?" Na Langzhong said with concern.

Fang Chehou hurriedly waved his hand, "It's just a little thing, let's drink it tomorrow!" ”

At this time, the sound of the board outside the room sounded, and Fang Chehou packed up his things and left the public house quickly.

Fang Chehou returned to the courtyard in the city, changed into his regular clothes, and came to the backyard, he waved his hand to let the people retreat, and then summoned a mediocre-looking coachman into the room.

The coachman nodded and came in, and kept saying at the door: "Hello master, what's the matter with the master looking for the little one?" ”

When he entered the door, after the coachman closed the door with his hand, the situation immediately reversed, and Fang Che greeted him with a smile, "Wang Duwei, please take a seat!" ”

The coachman didn't sit down, he looked around alertly, "I won't sit down, if there is anything wrong with the gentleman, just say it directly!" ”

When Fang Che heard this, he immediately lowered his voice and said: "Today, I was handling official business in the public house, and I found an order from the cabinet to let the Ministry of War clear the arsenal and check the country's reserves of weapons, ships and other materials. Generally speaking, the inventory is carried out at the end of the year, and unless the war is prepared, it will not be counted at the beginning of the year, so it is estimated that the imperial court may have some big moves, so it is reported to the captain. ”

The coachman nodded and thought, "Is there any other information?" ”

Fang Chehou shook his head, "The level of the lowly position is not enough, and I can only get access to this information for the time being, but tomorrow the lowly position can go to my colleagues to inquire!" ”

What actions did the Nanjing Imperial Court make, after the above decisions were made, the matter would always be handed over to the Sixth Ministry to implement, and a single piece of information might not be able to see anything, but as long as a few more were found, a rough inference could be made.

The coachman waved his hand with a calm face, "No need, it's easy to expose my identity if I ask too much, I'm looking for a chance to meet someone, I should be able to inquire clearly what's going on!" ”

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