Chapter 654: The One Who Knows the Times

The princess has been in the capital for a month, and the relocation of the palace has been successfully completed under the auspices of Xiao Yuan.

Fang Yuan's dormitory moved into the harem of the Fengyang Palace. It is said that it is a harem, because the cost of repairs is often diverted to military expenses, the scale of the palace is far less than Nanjing, let alone Beijing, and the luxury of decoration has been thrown out of a few streets.

The regent palace was moved to Fengyang Palace, and the officials of the cabinet and the six ministries were also moved to Fengyang. The only one who has not moved to Fengyang is the future Ming Emperor, Zhu Cihuan.

Fang Yuan did not urge Zhu Cihuan, but asked Wang Chengen of the Internal Affairs Department of the palace to send an official document to the Nanjing Imperial Palace, asking Zhu Cihuan to move to the Fengyang Imperial Palace as soon as possible and govern together with Fang Yuan. Today's Zhu Cihuan is 20 years old, and he has also reached the age of being able to pro-government.

Fang Yuan lived in the Canglang Pavilion in Suzhou Mansion for eight years, and it was almost expanded, and the scale also reached 200 acres. Such a huge mansion is so empty, it is really a bit of a waste, the rich people in Jiangnan are all looking forward to Fang Yuanneng agreeing to sell, and there are many rich people who are willing to snap up it. There are also many people who inquired about the selling price from Fang Yuan through the relationship of the backyard garden, and even the people of the Xu family also talked through Chen Yuanyuan's relationship, wanting to buy Canglang Pavilion and open a brothel bigger than Taoyuan.

Xiao Yuan and Chen Yuanyuan all reached similar ideas when they were serving Fang Yuan, but Fang Yuan had his own thoughts, the whole world was not the king's land, he was in charge of the world's land and commercial taxes, and what did he do by selling so much silver? !

Fang Yuan's thoughts returned to when he first entered Jiangnan, when in order to crack down on the Donglin Party, the Donglin Academy in Changzhou was forcibly changed into a Donglin brothel, which dealt a heavy blow to the arrogance of the Donglin Party.

Today's Donglin Party has long been wiped out and disappeared, but Fang Yuan occasionally regrets his decision to turn the academy into a brothel.

Now that the Canglang Pavilion is vacant, it is better to change it to another university hall with the same name as Jiangnan University Hall. The name Fang Yuan had already thought of, it was Soochow University Hall; The head of the school, Fang Yuan also has a candidate, that is, Tang Ruowang and Liu Ru are co-hosting.

This Soochow University Hall also adopts the same model as Jiangnan University Hall, that is, the combination of Chinese and Western, Chinese traditional culture, and Western applied science are indispensable.

After more than half a month, Zhu Cihuan and his party of officials from the palace finally left Nanjing and arrived in Fengyang. Most of the officials who came with Zhu Cihuan were new officials who had entered the palace, and the former ministers of Nanjing City, such as Jiang Yueguang and others, were worried about the uncertain future of coming to Fengyang, so they did not want to follow and chose to resign.

Fang originally didn't want these old fritters to come to Fengyang to continue to eat and drink, relying on the old and selling the old to occupy the pit and not shit, since they took the initiative to choose to get out, it was the best.

Fang Yuan followed the model of the Forbidden City in Beijing and divided the harem into the East Palace, the West Palace, and the West Palace was used as the courtyard of the regent's palace; The East Palace was handed over to Zhu Cihuan to be used as the sleeping palace of the Ming Emperor. Others, such as the back garden, are common areas for both sides.

The relocation of the palace came to an end, but Fang Yuan received a secret envoy from the Forbidden City in Beijing, not on behalf of Chongzhen, but from Zhou Kui, the abbot in charge of the Gyeonggi garrison.

At this time, Zhou Kui sent a secret envoy to do something, and Fang Yuan couldn't guess it for a while, so he ordered the secret envoy into the harem and asked what was going on.

The secret envoy Oki Fanghara respectfully knelt on the ground, imitating the three bows and nine bows of the emperor, and shouted Long live the regent.

Fang Yuan was very unaccustomed to this kind of etiquette of three bows and nine bows, and when this secret envoy knelt down, he also called out long live, and asked straight to the point, "What does Zhou Kui have to say about this trip, let's talk about something!" ”

The secret envoy said in a low voice, "The regent, the minister is the eldest son of Zhou Guozhang, Zhou Jian, and he came to visit the regent on behalf of his father. Queen Zhou, who had never known the current affairs before, didn't know where the regent Tianwei was, and had to oppose the regent, was the younger sister of the minister. She has been stubborn since she was a child, and her father tried to kick her out of the house several times. After marrying into the royal family, he had nothing to do with the Zhou family. Please ask the regent to raise his noble hand, and after capturing the capital, let the Zhou family have a way to live. ”

Only then did Fang Yuan understand that Zhou Kui sent Zhou Jian to the secret meeting, knowing that the capital would not be able to be saved sooner or later, so he pleaded with Fang Yuan on behalf of the Zhou family and found a way to survive. What makes Fang Yuan both angry and funny is that Zhou Kuiquan relied on his daughter to be the queen, so he had today's honor. Not only did he not know gratitude, but at the moment of crisis, he directly drew a line with Queen Zhou, and even denied this daughter.

It is no wonder that in history, this Zhou Kui directly sold his only grandson, Zhu Cihong, twice, once to Li Zicheng and once to the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Zhu Cihong escaped Li Zicheng, but in the end he did not escape the butcher's knife of the Manchu Dynasty.

There is no more ruthlessness than this!

Of course, Fang Yuan didn't want to pursue this of the Zhou family, Zhou Kui came to Toucheng at this time because Zhou Kui had the capital to surrender to Cheng, that is, the 80,000 Ming troops who defended the capital. If these 80,000 Ming troops can surrender without a fight, and Wu Sangui's Guanning iron cavalry does not move at Shanhaiguan, the capital will be bloodless and can be obtained at your fingertips.

Fang Yuan asked rhetorically, "What capital does the Zhou family have to surrender to me?" ”

Zhou Jian said respectfully, "The 80,000 Ming troops of the Gyeonggi garrison are willing to abandon the darkness and surrender to the regent together." ”

Fang Yuan pretended to be annoyed, pointed at Zhou Jian and scolded, "Zhou Kui's Zhongdu Governor is just relying on the name of the emperor's relatives, and the 80,000 Ming troops guarding will obey Zhou Kui's military orders?!" Zhou Jian, you are deceiving me! ”

Zhou Jian's face turned pale with fright, and he kowtowed again and again, "Regent Tianwei, Tianwei, where does the Zhou family dare to deceive the regent?!" Most of the Ming troops guarding the garrison are from Gyeonggi, and they also have wives and children, and they are just looking for food to eat, so where do they dare to go against the regent's heavenly soldiers and generals? My father had already had a tacit understanding with many middle and high-level officers in the army, and as soon as the regent Tianbing arrived, he would surrender immediately. ”

Zhou Jian's words are also seven points true, in history, Li Zicheng entered the capital, and the capital surrendered without a fight. These officers and men really know the current affairs, and they know the current affairs too well.

Fang Yuan's face was slightly gentle, and he said in a deep voice, "What if there are still loyal officers who are unwilling to surrender?" ”

Zhou Jian hurriedly said, "As long as the regent gives us half a year to a year, my father can sweep away all those stubborn diehards from the garrison." ”

Fang Yuan sighed secretly when he heard this, Zhou Jian's statement was indeed quite credible. If the Zhou family came to set a trap, it would not be a trap for half a year or a year later. It is indeed a relatively long process to purge the loyal generals in the army.

Chongzhen is now a strong soldier on the outside, and a traitor on the inside, and it is strange that the country will not die!

Fang Yuan nodded and agreed, "Okay, okay, the Zhou family will do it!" When I capture the capital, I will consider pardoning the Zhou family as appropriate. ”

Zhou Jian was overjoyed when he got Fang Yuan's promise, and was about to retire, but he heard Fang Yuan say slowly, "There is one more thing that needs the Zhou family's help, and I can also take a look at the sincerity of the Zhou family." ”

Zhou Jian hurriedly bowed down and said, "The regent said that it doesn't matter, as long as the Zhou family can do it, it will do the work of dogs and horses!" ”

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice, "Hejian Mansion and Zhou Yuji's 70,000 Jin troops are my roadblocks to the capital, Zhou Kui thinks of a way to transfer the 70,000 Jin troops out of Hejian Mansion and go back to Shanxi!" ”

Zhou Jian was embarrassed and said, "This, this, Zhou Yuji is a stubborn and loyal to the imperial court. And he is the governor of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies with his father, so we can't move! ”

A smile rose at the corner of Fang Yuan's mouth, and he said lightly, "Our army will go north from Nanyang Mansion in Henan to Kaifeng and Henan Erfu to recover all the state capitals of Henan Buzheng Division south of the Yellow River. As long as our army is dispatched and the war situation is urgent, what will Zhou Kui say in front of His Majesty and Zhou Yuji? ! ”

Zhou Jian suddenly realized when he heard this, as long as the Xuanjia army went north from Henan and put on a posture of crossing the river into Shanxi, coupled with Zhou Kui's maneuvering in the court, Zhou Yuji's 70,000 Jin troops would not be able to stay in Hejian Mansion and would inevitably withdraw to Shanxi. In this way, the defense line from Shandong to Gyeonggi was completely empty, and the Xuanjia army could approach the city of Beijing.

Zhou Jian nodded again and again, "The regent is simply clever, and in the midst of strategizing, he will win a decisive victory thousands of miles away, although the ancient Ming Jun ......."

Fang Yuan didn't bother to listen to him continue to pat his ass, and waved his hand to interrupt his later words, "Go ahead!" I'm waiting for the good news from the Zhou family! ”

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