The invasion of the Jin Kingdom by Zhungar can be said to have affected the whole world, making the tripartite forces that had just been calm for a year ready to move again.

Nanjing, Chu Wangfu, Wang Yan was listening to Yu Taichu's report on the situation in the Jin Kingdom in the study. The news obtained by the Ming Dynasty came from two aspects, one was the secret agent in the Jin State, from the Jin State when the Great Wall was repaired, there was information continued to come back, and the other channel, from the Manchu Qing Dynasty, after Dolgon received the letter of Hauge asking for help, was dispatching people and horses, preparing to respond to the Jin State attack on Jungar, completely eliminate the hidden danger of the Manchu Qing in the north.

After listening to Yu Taichu's report, Wang Yan was silent for a while, raised his head and said: "Both the Jin State and the Manchu Qing Dynasty must strengthen surveillance, and this time may be an opportunity for my Ming Dynasty!" ”

"I didn't expect the Jungar Department to be able to organize 200,000 people to go south, this time Jin Guo is afraid that it will suffer heavy losses!"

Wang Yan bowed slightly, "I didn't expect that the Tile Spur Tribes still had such strength, and I had always ignored them before. ”

Saying that, Wang Yan stood up, "This time for my dynasty, the opportunity is rare, Gu immediately go to the cabinet, you continue to investigate, as soon as there is new news, immediately report to Gu Yu!" ”

Yu Taichu hurriedly bowed and saluted, and then retired first, and Wang Yan also instructed the guards to prepare horses and go to the cabinet to consult with a few cabinet ministers.

The Nanjing Cabinet is now larger, covering an area of 50 acres, and Wang Yan galloped all the way to the cabinet.

On weekdays, several cabinet ministers work here, and Wang Yan's sudden arrival will not be empty.

At this time, several elders were discussing matters in the south, Zheng Chenggong and the Spaniards in Luzon had been at war for three months, and after the Zhejiang Navy Division went south to help in the war, the Spaniards were blocked in Manila Bay, and 10,000 Zheng troops landed in Limai near Manila Bay, and the Han people in Luzon responded and quickly approached Manila.

There were not many Spaniards in Luzon, and in the third year of Longqing in the Ming Dynasty, (1569) the pirate leader Lin Fengqin led 62 warships and more than 5,000 strong and strong men to defeat the Spaniards, smashed the Spanish colonists' strongholds, captured the Tortoiseshell Port on Luzon Island in one fell swoop, and established the capital on the Tortoiseshell Town.

Lin Feng was a pirate to the Ming Dynasty, so the Ming Dynasty not only did not support him, but instead helped the Spanish attack Lin Feng, making Lin Feng's attempt to expel the Spaniards from Luzon failed.

After Lin Feng's defeat, the Spaniards feared the strength of the Chinese in Luzon, and almost every ten years, they had to carry out a massacre, and in history Zheng Chenggong was preparing to attack Luzon because of this incident, but unfortunately he died young and failed to take action.

Zheng Chenggong's subordinate Lin Yi was Lin Feng's descendant, and the attack on Manila City was commanded by Gan Hui and Lin Yi.

With the experience of attacking the big soldiers, the Zheng army was also handy in attacking Luzon, and with the help of the local Hokkien and Cantonese, they quickly surrounded the city of Manila, but the Spaniards were not incompetent, and with their strong fortresses, they had been defending for more than two months.

Although the Ming Dynasty intended to drive Spain out of Luzon, the imperial court has not yet taken action, this time it was completely the two local forces of Tang and Lu Wang acted without authorization, which can be said to be the first cut and then the prelude, which made the Nanjing court very uncomfortable.

As the central government, it is absolutely forbidden for the localities to use troops to fight without going through the central government.

The cabinet was very angry about this, and the ministers with the background of Guangnan in the DPRK were also very dissatisfied, Luzon had been regarded as the meat of the plate by the Guangnan merchants and the gentry group, and they had already wanted to do it, if it were not for the main force of the Guangdong Navy Division being transferred by the imperial court to Japan, they might have appeared on the surface of the Luzon Sea.

The Cantonese sailors obeyed the orders of the imperial court and drove the main force to Japan, but they did not want Fujian and Zhejiang to suddenly take away Luzon, which they had coveted for a long time.

Luzon Island is thousands of miles in size and can reclaim countless grain fields, and the Guangdong side is naturally very angry about this.

This anger was transmitted to the Cabinet, which was also very dissatisfied with the Tang and Lu factions, and their actions showed that the central government had no binding force and control over them.

This made the cabinet and the council intolerable, but after all, Tang Lu was powerful and not a small warlord, and although the cabinet was angry, it could not impose severe sanctions on him.

Through this incident, a consensus was basically reached within the central government that it was necessary to cut the feudal domain, but the cabinet deliberated for more than a month on how to reduce the feudal domain, but did not come up with a concrete decision.

When Wang Yan arrived at the cabinet, several cabinet elders were arguing about the two strategies, and when they heard that the king of Chu had arrived, they stopped and gathered in the cabinet.

A few stoves were lit in the pavilion, and the inside was very warm, Wang Yan took off the mink cloak, sat down on the main seat, and after a while, several pavilion elders came to sit down in turn.

After waiting for the seat to be seated, Su Guansheng asked, "Is Your Highness here today for the matter of Luzon?" The Cabinet also wants to ask His Highness for advice! ”

Wang Yan shook his head slightly, "The matter of Luzon has come to this point, and I think that I can only delay the picture, and I should not be too anxious!" I came here today for another big thing! ”

Several members of the cabinet exchanged glances, and Chen Bangyan said tentatively: "That big thing is a matter of the Jin State!" ”

Chen Bangyan was in charge of the military department, and he knew a lot about Jungar's southward march to attack the Jin State, and he has also been very concerned about it recently.

Wang Yan said: "It is precisely this matter that this action of Zhungeer will not affect the Jin country, but also affect the situation in the world. Lone got the latest news that Dolgon had gathered troops in Beijing, preparing to settle Jungar once and for all, annex Moxi Mongolia, and expand the strength of the Eight Banners of Mongolia. If he succeeds, the Manchu army's strength will be greatly increased, which is definitely not a good thing for our dynasty! ”

"Your Highness, don't you want to use soldiers again?" Listening to Wang Yan's words, Su Guansheng stretched his face and said.

At the pre-meeting of this year's New Year, the council drew up a plan to recuperate, open up sources and reduce expenditure, and make up for the deficit in the national treasury.

The Manchu dynasty thought that for at least five years, the imperial court would not launch a major war. It's only been just a year, and Wang Yan wants to use force again, and everyone is a little dissatisfied.

When Wang Yan heard this, he saw that the faces of several cabinet ministers sank, and Yan Qiheng, Chen Bangyan, and Wang Fu's three members of the Chu faction pavilion elder also became serious, so he hurriedly said: "Lone wants to support the army, but it is not a large-scale attack, but to appropriately seek some benefits, and lead the Manchu Qing and Jin State." ”

The negotiations between the Ming Dynasty and the Tokugawa shogunate continued, and if they wanted to increase trade, they would have to wait until at least next year, and the small workshops in the country were unable to recover the principal due to the lack of a market, and the principal could not be recovered, and they were unable to repay the loan borrowed from the Gotoku, which led to the loss of money from the Gotoku, and the economy of the entire Ming Dynasty had more serious problems, so the cabinet was a little reluctant to spend money at will.

The 200,000 troops of the Junggar Department went south, and the cabinet knew about it, and it was indeed an opportunity for the Ming Dynasty.

If the Manchu Qing really intervened in the war and killed Zhungar by surprise, and the Manchus and the Jin State divided Moxi Mongolia, the strength of the two countries, especially the strength of the Manchu Qing, would inevitably be greatly enhanced, and Dol Luo might not have the determination to invade the south again.

Hearing that Wang Yan would not start a big war, several pavilion elders relaxed a little, and Chen Bangyan opened his mouth and asked: "How does Your Highness want to contain the Manchu Qing and how to seek benefits?" ”

Wang Yan immediately stood up and walked to the sand table placed in the corner of the warm pavilion, and several pavilion elders saw this, so they had to get up and come over, and saw him pick up the wooden stick, and first pointed to Jin Guo and said: "According to the news, Jungar divided his troops to the south in three ways this time, and the attention of Jin Guo was attracted to the northern line. Many tribes in the Hexi Corridor migrated to the south of Qinghai Lake to escape the scourge of war. Now that the Jin Kingdom has no time to take care of this, our dynasty should take this opportunity to move westward to control Wusizang and the southeastern part of Qinghai, and obtain a large number of war horses. ”

Jin Guo is now difficult to protect itself, it is a great opportunity for the Ming Dynasty to fall into the ground, send 10,000 people into Qinghai, thousands of people into Wusizang, you can restore the influence of the imperial court on the west, the cost should not be much, you can consider it, several elders are silently bowed.

Wang Yan then pointed to the line of the Huai River with a wooden strip and said: "Moreover, for the actions of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, our dynasty must contain it to prevent the expansion of its strength at the end of the period. Lone suggested increasing the number of troops on the front line of the Huai River, and if he did not attack, he would pull it out for training and training, and Dolgon would definitely have trouble sleeping. ”

When the Ming Dynasty attacked the Jin Kingdom before, Dolgon did just that, and now Wang Yan is just giving back to him in his own way.

"In addition to the Huai River line, Shangyong also has to increase his troops to add a little trouble to the Jin country." As he spoke, Wang Yan finally pointed the wooden strip at North Korea, "Our cavalry is scarce, and it is difficult to gain an advantage on the Huai River line, I think that while Dolgon is dispatching people to conquer Zhunger, our North Korea can counterattack Korea!" ”

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