Fang Yuan also told Wang Bingjian that he would copy a few more copies of this document, one to the puppet court in the capital, one to Li Zicheng in Huguang, and one to one in the southern provinces. ”

"That's right! I remember that when I sent a copy to Zuo Liangyu, I sent another letter of persuasion to Zuo Liangyu, telling Zuo Liangyu that December 15 was the day when the Nanjing Imperial Court was officially established and the prince and regent of the prison country were crowned. The governor asked Zuo Liangyu and Zuo Mengeng to come to Nanjing City in person to pay tribute and present a generous gift for the coronation ceremony of the governor. If the father and son of the Zuo family do not come to give the gift in person, the governor will send a large army to collect it. ”

Fang Yuan conquered the south, and the next target was Zuo Liangyu in Jiangxi.

He thought that there were still four months before the coronation ceremony, so it was better to take advantage of this time to subdue Zuo Liangyu who was entrenched in Jiangxi and completely remove the threat faced by Nanzhili, which was to celebrate this grand coronation ceremony, the best trophy.

The coronation ceremony is the final surrender deadline given by Fang Yuan to Zuo Liangyu and his son, if the Zuo family father and son do not surrender before the coronation ceremony, they will come to Nanjing City to surrender in person, and after the coronation ceremony, Fang Yuan will start a war with the left army on all fronts.

The cabinet members took the order, and Fang Yuan ordered everyone to retreat, leaving only the princess alone.

Fang Yuan looked straight into the princess's eyes, grabbed her hand and put it on the lips and kissed it, "Princess, we are husband and wife, if you have any ideas in the future, you can come to me without going through others." ”

The princess was a little stunned, and then thought that Hu Qi had gone to take the cane blame before, so she knew what Fang Yuan was referring to, and met his gaze and said, "Don Ma, anyway, if you want to practice the reality of a hypocritical monarch, why don't you reconcile with my mother, brother, or even my father?" ”

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice, "Can't! If you can reconcile, you will be reconciled a long time ago. There is no turning back from the bow, the chariot of unifying the world is about to start, and the war between me and the court of the capital is inevitable! ”

With tears in her eyes, the princess lowered her gaze and said, "It's really irreparable?!" ”

Fang Yuan stretched out his hand to wipe away her tears and said, "Princess, the only thing I can promise you is that if I really win, I will pardon your mother's death penalty and put her under house arrest in the palace." The prince of the prison country deceived his father and deceived the king, and he must be arrested for the law! ”

Empress Zhou was the first offender to carry out the coup d'état, and it stands to reason that she would definitely die, so Fang Yuan could promise to forgive her life, which was the biggest concession to the princess. But with the prince of the prison country, it is obvious that they can't work together.

The princess threw herself into his arms, crying aggrieved, Fang Yuan stroked her hair and said softly, "Since the prince of the prison country dares to come out to play this game of thrones, he should have prepared for the destruction of his family a long time ago." This path was chosen by himself, and once he started, he couldn't go back, and he had to bear the final outcome! ”

"I'm just like him, I'm either king or I'm defeated! Princesses should have no more illusions! ”

The princess whimpered and nodded, "Pony, I have no illusions, I just want to cry because I am so wronged." ”

Fang Yuan raised her forehead and kissed her lightly on her cherry lips, "Princess! The war-torn world is not only the heroic road of princes and generals, but also the road of blood and tears of ordinary people. Behind the success, millions of families have been ruined. These innocent people were involved in the war, and they were not wronged, but even more wronged! Compared with the grievances of the people of the world, this grievance of the princess is not a grievance at all! What I can do is to unify the world as soon as possible and end the troubled times! ”

"Princess, don't think about it anymore, the only thing you have to do is to give me a son as soon as possible, and rightfully inherit the power of the regent."

Princess Kunxing's heart was filled with sweetness, she instructed Hu Qi to target Zhu Cihuan this time, Fang Yuan punished Hu Qi, but she didn't scold her, and she didn't even say a word of reluctance, which shows that she is respectful and loving.

If her husband is like this, what is she not satisfied with?!

In the early morning of the next day, Fang Yuan personally led the Jinyi Guard to the Taihu Military Base, and sent people to spread the word. Gan Hui, who was stationed in Chizhou Mansion and was fully responsible for the affairs of attacking Jiangxi; Chigutai and Zhao Quanzhong, who were stationed in Yangzhou Prefecture; Shi Lang, who was stationed at the Zhoushan Naval Base, ordered them all to come to the military base to hold an emergency military meeting.

Fang Yuan announced to everyone the decision to reorganize the cabinet and the six ministries, Jing Jie was promoted to the secretary of the military department, and then entered the cabinet, and hurriedly rushed to Fang Yuan to kneel and salute to thank him. Chigutai served as the left squire of the military department, second only to Jing Jie's military department secretary, and he was also promoted normally. He is a Mongolian horse bandit, and now he has finally achieved positive results, and the other party is also grateful.

A promotion that really surprised everyone was Zheng Zhibao, the right waiter. In terms of qualifications, he is just a general of the Zheng family, and he can't compare to those veterans of the Xuanjia Army; In terms of military exploits, he has never won a battle, and he is not comparable to Shi Lang, Li Zongze, Zhao Quanzhong, these fierce generals with outstanding military achievements; In terms of military ability, he does not have the ability to take charge alone, and he is not as good as Gan Hui and Zhao Quanzhong.

Mo said that the generals were quite stupid, and even Zheng Zhibao himself never expected that in the disdainful eyes of the generals, he stood there embarrassed, at a loss.

Fang Yuan looked around at the generals for a week, and said slowly, "To capture Fujian, our army was delayed in front of Xianxia Pass, and when we were not allowed to advance an inch, it was all thanks to Zheng Zhilong's persuasion that Zheng Zhilong surrendered, and our army was able to successfully capture Fujian." If it weren't for General Zheng's soldiers, the war between our army and the Zheng clan would have to be delayed for at least a few years before the winner could be determined. If it weren't for Zheng Zongbing to persuade the Fujian provinces to surrender, how could our army take over Fujian so smoothly? The conquest of Guangdong and Taiwan is even more far away. ”

"Sun Tzu's art of war is cloudy, the first army is to fight, the second is to fight, the second is to attack the army, and then the next is to attack the city. Although Zheng Zongbing did not make meritorious contributions on the battlefield, who can deny his great military exploits?! ”

Although the generals were still indignant when they heard this, they had nothing to say, so they couldn't confront Fang Yuan in public!

Fang Yuan deliberately greatly promoted Zheng Zhibao, not only to reward him for his great merit in persuading Zheng Zhilong to surrender, but also to set an example for the world that he was a talent, only military merit was lifted, and he was reused to reduce the general. This is not only for Zuo Liangyu in Jiangxi, but also for the imperial court and Li Zicheng in the capital.

Since no generals came out to openly oppose it, Fang Yuan turned a blind eye to the generals' indignation and asked, "Third brother, let's report on the military situation these days!" ”

Jing Zhuo said, "Jiangxi Zuo Liangyu, for the past year, Zuo Liangyu has been seriously ill in bed and unable to handle military affairs, and the military and political affairs of the Zuo Army are all in charge of Zuo Mengeng. ”

"Huguang Li Zicheng has started a war with Zhang Xianzhong. Li Zicheng sent the envoy Li Yan many times to ask our army to send sailors to help in the war, but because the boss was on an expedition to Guangdong, our army did not move. Li Zicheng couldn't wait for the boss to return to the division, and sent troops to attack Zhang Xianzhong's Kuizhou and Bijie lines first, and the two sides attacked and killed several times. ”

Fang Yuan asked again, "What about the trade between our army and the war horses of the Chuang army?!" ”

Jing Jie looked at Chigutai and Zhao Quanzhong, who were in charge of training the cavalry, and Chigutai came out and said, "Originally, Li Zicheng didn't think that rabbits would not scatter eagles, and if our army did not send sailors to support, they would not sell war horses." But Li Zicheng's nephew Li Guo was willing to do business with our army. They did not sell the war horses owned by the Chuang army, but contacted the Shanxi Jin merchants, who had long been in collusion, to buy cheap horses from the Mongolian tribes in the steppe, and then sold them to our army at a higher price. ”

Fang Yuan was slightly stunned, it turned out that it was the Jin merchants who were secretly selling such important strategic materials. These Jin merchants really can't change their, not only collusion with the Manchu Qing Dynasty in private, but also with the Chuang army. Whoever wants to give money will do business with whomever he wants, and there is no temperance at all.

Of course, this time Fang Yuan became the beneficiary of the Jin merchants' betrayal. The imperial court in the capital strictly forbade the sale of horses south of the Great Wall. The main horse-producing areas, Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Gyeonggi were all in the hands of the imperial court, and the Mongolian tribes were cut off from Henan and Huguang.