Three days later, the princess set off to the capital with a mission of peace, accompanied by Mama Liang, and Wang Chengen stayed in Jiangnan.

After the princess went, Fang Yuan ordered Xiao Yuan to temporarily preside over the affairs of the backyard, and the first task he gave Xiao Yuan was to cooperate with Wang Chengen to move the palace to Fengyang.

There are more than 100 people up and down the palace, and most of the male servants and maids in the palace are natives of Suzhou, together with the 500 brocade guards and 500 special combat troops who guard the palace, there are a total of thousands of people.

Most of these male servants and maidservants, Jinyi guards, and sergeants had already settled in Suzhou Mansion, and Xiao Yuan announced the policy of moving the mansion with Fang Yuan's approval. Those who are willing to move to Fengyang together can move there with their families, and the palace will arrange accommodation. If they are unwilling to move, they will be given five taels of silver per person and dismissed.

After a short screening, there were 1,000 special operations army sergeants, brocade guards, male servants and maids who were willing to move to Fengyang, and at least 3,000 or 4,000 people with their families, who needed to be resettled in Fengyang.

Xiao Yuan ordered Wang Chengen to go to Fengyang City to arrange the residence of these subordinates first, while she herself stayed in the Suzhou Palace, commanding the palace maids, eunuchs, male servants and maids to pack their bags and prepare to move to the palace.

Under Xiao Yuan's command, the relocation work was proceeding in an orderly manner, and Fang Yuan went to Fengyang City in advance. He was in such a hurry to go to Fengyang because he wanted to convene a military and political conference that the military and the cabinet would attend together, which was the first major military and political meeting after Li Zicheng went to the west.

The main theme of this military-political conference was the issue of the Northern Expedition.

Li Zicheng was defeated and collapsed, and Li Zicheng's territory in Huguang and Henan was all recovered, and almost all the displaced people who were unwilling to surrender and wanted to resist were driven to Sichuan.

Fang Yuan also ordered Shi Lang to arrange a hundred warships to be stationed in Wuchang Mansion, blocking the waterways of Yiling and Zigui, and cutting off the way for the displaced people to leave Sichuan. Although Zhang Xianzhong, Liu Zongmin and others in Sichuan did not have time to pacify for a while, they did not pose any threat on the Western Front.

The war situation on the Western Front has flattened, and the Northern Expedition has been put on the current agenda.

In the Fengtian Palace, which has just been renovated, according to the design of Fang Yuan's plan, the seat of the throne is a royal chair in front of it. Behind the royal chair, there is a curtain, and behind the curtain is the dragon chair of the Ming Emperor. On weekdays, when sitting in the government, Fang Yuan and Zhu Cihuan attended the military and political meetings together.

Fang Yuan sat on the regent chair in the middle of the throne, looking at the military and political officials of the civil and military classes below, and after nine years, he finally sat on the throne of this extremely human minister. Scenes that can only happen in film and television dramas can usually be seen, but they happened in person, and I was full of pride in my heart, full of emotion, and said slowly, "Everyone, now the southern front has long been pacified, and there is no longer a threat to the western front." The general trend of the world, divided for a long time must be combined for a long time, the issue this time is whether to start the Northern Expedition and dominate the world, let's discuss it together! ”

Jing Zhuo said, "Regent, the art of war, one blow and then three declines and exhaustion, our army should take advantage of the defeat of Li Zicheng's Yusheng Yuwei to pacify the capital in one fell swoop and unify the world!" ”

Although the deputy marshal Chigutai disagrees with Jing Jie on weekdays, he is surprisingly unanimous on the issue of the Northern Expedition, "Regent, in Shandong for most of the past six months, I have trained 10,000 Xuanjia iron cavalry, and the warrior's sword has already been sharpened, and the strength of the soft-footed crab in the imperial court will be decided in a battle!" ”

Another deputy marshal, Shi Lang, also came out and said, "Regent, Weihaiwei's naval fleet is ready to go, as long as the regent gives an order, the naval division will immediately capture Tianjin Wei, and the two armies by water will march towards Beijing City." ”

One of the commanders of the military and the two deputy commanders all unanimously agreed with the Northern Expedition, although the commanders of the other battalions did not express their position in the army. But the attitude of the three commanders represents the attitude of the commanders of the battalions.

The military absolutely supported the dispatch of troops to the city of Beijing, and the country was settled in the first war.

The cabinet headed by Wang Bingjian, the six ministries, and other civil officials looked at each other, neither agreeing nor approving. Their attitude is obvious, that is, they do not support the Northern Expedition, but they do not want to come out and oppose the military.

The Northern Expedition was a systematic project, which required not only the Xuanjia Army to attack the city and pull out the fortress in the front, but also the material and logistical support in the rear. The military is hot, but the civilian officials in the rear are cold and have nothing to do with themselves.

Fang Yuan's gaze fell on Wang Bingjian, the first assistant of the cabinet, and asked slowly, "Elder Wang Ge, what do you think of the cabinet and the six departments, tell me about it!" ”

Wang Bingjian hesitated for a moment, but reluctantly came out and said, "Regent, I have three doubts about the Northern Expedition. ”

Fang Yuan summoned all the senior military and political officials to discuss, not to listen to the fierce invitation to fight, but to hear the difficulties of the Northern Expedition. Wang Bingjian is willing to put forward opinions and difficulties, which is the best, just brainstorming and complementing each other.

Fang Yuan's face was impassive and said, "Elder Wang Ge doesn't need to scruple, let's talk quickly." ”

Wang Bingjian said, "First, the prince of the prison country was under house arrest before, and our army was the shadow of the world in the name of the Qing monarch. But now that His Majesty has reascended the throne, and our Northern Expedition to the imperial court, has the regent thought of the name of the teacher? ”

Crusading against the monarch with a minister is the following offense, where did the name of the teacher come from?!

The question he raised is really a question, the name of the division is not important, whether there is such a name or not, the military strength of the two sides is obvious, and the outcome of the war is not suspenseful. But, if it doesn't matter, it's actually important, if you don't learn from the Manchu Qing Dynasty to engage in literary prison, can you block the mouth of the world with a war knife alone? Qing Shi will not bypass this stroke, Fang Yuan is a rebellious minister and thief who committed rebellion.

Not to mention how to write the history, at least at this military and political meeting, Fang Yuan couldn't admit that he was going to go on the Northern Expedition to destroy the imperial court in the capital, or to be this chaotic minister and thief.

Justice is in the hearts of the people, so the so-called dispensable name of the teacher is actually necessary.

Fang Yuan's tone also softened, and he muttered, "Elder Wangge, in fact, I don't want to start a war with the capital, so I have sent the princess to visit relatives in the capital and persuade Your Majesty to negotiate peace again." The princess's side is to dress people, and our side is to force peace with war. A two-pronged approach, both soft and hard, to persuade His Majesty to stop making unnecessary resistance. ”

Since surrendering to Fang Yuan, Song Xiance, who had never offered a strategy, suddenly stood up from the ranks of officials at the end and said, "What the regent said is extremely true, I offer a plan to destroy the false way, which is the name of the ready-made teacher." We only need to write to the imperial court, we are not enemies of the imperial court, we want to go out of the customs to crusade against the Manchu Qing, hoping that the imperial court can make a way out, we can go out of the Shanhaiguan customs, and see how the imperial court responds. ”

Fang Yuan was overjoyed when he heard this, and when the imperial court received this news, it must have been a mistake. If the original entry of the party is allowed, it is to lure the wolf into the house and open the door to arrest the thief; If he refuses to do so, Fang Yuan can stand on the commanding heights of the country, the country, and the nation. Between loyalty to the imperial court, loyalty to Jiangshan Sheji, and national righteousness, Fang Yuan chose to be loyal to Jiangshan Sheji, and the national righteousness forcibly entered Gyeonggi, which is the name of the teacher.

Fang Yuan applauded again and again, and applauded repeatedly, "Okay, this plan is simply a stroke of genius, Elder Wangge, this time it should have the name of a teacher." ”

Wang Bingjian was silent for a while, and then said, "Okay, the name of the teacher is there!" Second, if the expedition is set out in the name of crusading against the Manchus, will it pull the Manchus outside the customs into this war? If the Manchu Eight Banners really entered the customs, how should we deal with it? ”

Wang Bingjian was blessed by Fang Yuan's acquaintance, but he didn't have any deep feelings with the imperial court in the capital. came out to persuade out of helplessness, and he couldn't help but express his position, he didn't want to carry the name of this chaotic minister and thief!