Shunzhi is still in the Hanlin Academy, but Hu Quancai, Liu Cheng and his entourage have already come out of the home of the crown prince, the minister of parliament, and the university of the National History Academy. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Ning Wan I am an important minister in the court, and I am now the leader of the old ministers of Liaodong, and the hearts of the Eight Banners of Manchuria in the inner city are fluctuating, and he got the news early. The powerful and the emperor competed, and he didn't dare to mix in, so he simply stayed home sick and hid from this wave of rumors.

After Liu Cheng and Hu Quancai discussed, they seized all the time and contacted some people. But the people they were able to contact were basically the surviving officials of the Nanchang shogunate, and the rest were relatively scattered relationships, which were not at all. Even if there is an opportunity, it is necessary to contact the important ministers of the court in advance to determine the profit sharing so as not to be boycotted, and Ning Wan, the head of the former ministers of Liaodong, is the most important one.

Through the Ma Guozhu family and the relationship between Cai Shiying's son Cai Yurong, who Hu Quancai contacted, they entered Ning Wan's house. Liu Cheng explained his plan to Ning Wan me, but Ning Wan and I did not give a direct answer of support or no.

Liu Cheng is still a little ignorant about this, but Hu Quancai is very clear. Hanchen in the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China, the Southern Party is already finished, and even the southern officials are running away. Today, the southern party, which used to have expanded its strength in the DPRK, no longer exists, and the northern party and the former ministers of Liaodong are allies, and if Liu Cheng wants to succeed, he must go through Ning Wan and me, these important ministers, and now they are firmly sitting in the position of Diaoyutai, so naturally there is no need to show an attitude, and if there is no opposition, it is telling them, you do it, if you can do it, I will share a piece of the cake.

Shameless, unearned, these words are not derogatory terms in politics, and now Ning Wan's status is qualified with his influence, but Liu Cheng and they are eager to achieve rapid promotion.

Out of the Ning family's house, Hu Quancai and Liu Cheng rushed to the observatory with Cai Yurong and others, there is another person who must meet in person, this person is a very crucial part of Liu Cheng's plan, if it weren't for the trouble in the Eight Banners in the inner city yesterday, they couldn't enter the residence of that person in the Xuanwu Gate, and they would have gone to discuss it a long time ago.

When the group was still busy with big things, they listened to Zhu Zhixi's introduction, but Shunzhi was not in a hurry to express his position. The turmoil had just passed, and he needed time to weigh the pros and cons of this situation, and it wasn't until a long time later that he made a decision to let Wu Liangfu send someone to follow the location Zhu Zhixi pointed out.

Wu Liangfu heard from Shunzhi's tone that the matter was very important, so the little eunuch sent out did not dare to delay in the slightest, and went straight to the destination. The place he was going to was not elsewhere, it was Hu Quancai's apartment in the capital, and Zhu Zhixi's recommendation to Shunzhi was none other than Liu Cheng.

The little eunuch arrived very early, but Liu Cheng and the others came back after a long time. The man at the observatory had already negotiated, and he seemed more sincere than Ning Wan. There is no way, Liu Cheng has a reason in his hand that he can hardly refuse, and he is invincible.

Seeing the little eunuch who was already anxious, Liu Cheng and Hu Quancai glanced at each other and left the Hu family, and the carriage galloped along the way, heading straight for the Forbidden City.

Liu Cheng got into the carriage, and it was indispensable to take care of it, and the little eunuch was already impatient to wait, but now that he saw the silver, he could be regarded as slightly calming down the dissatisfaction in his heart.

In the palace, observing words and emotions is the first priority, he can clearly understand from Wu Liangfu's tone that Shunzhi has expectations for this person, don't look at Liu Cheng is just a demoted person now, and his official position is also very low, but who knows if it will soar into the sky.

accepted the money, and the little eunuch also hinted at Liu Chengyi or two, and Liu Cheng also confirmed the person who recommended him. For this well-established relationship to be able to reap the benefits so quickly, he couldn't help but feel a little excited in his heart.

This is inevitable, he is eager to climb up all the time, if he hadn't tried to step on two boats in Cao Conglong's rebellion back then, he would have been in charge of a battalion of soldiers by now, even if he became the commander of a division. As for knighthoods, it's even less unusual.

However, in the system, once disloyalty, a hundred generations will not tolerate it, and his position in the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming military groups will not change, and it has been doomed since he colluded with Cao Conglong. However, after the Qing Dynasty, Hong Chengchou first defeated Guangxin Mansion, and then was used by Jierharang, Yue Le, Ma Guozhu and others as staff to prepare for consultation. This was not what he wanted, but with Chen Wen destroying the Manchu rule in Jiangnan, the Manchu court had been cornered, and he finally got the opportunity to show his skills, but what he didn't expect was that this opportunity came so quickly.

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Liu Cheng also knew that today's summons was very important and he had to play as well as possible. In the car, he calmed down by interacting with the little eunuch, and his mind was filled with the lines he had prepared for too long.

The car had already stopped outside the Forbidden City, and Liu Cheng stepped into it with the little eunuch. The red bricks, green tiles, and high walls are towering, and the Eight Banners Army guarding everywhere has not moved in the slightest. Stepping into it, the magnificent hall and the magnificent square, these are shaking Liu Cheng's nerves all the time - compared to this hall that was rebuilt by brazen tax increases in the name of rebuilding the Forbidden City, at least in Liu Cheng's eyes, the Xiuguo Mansion that he once envied was simply a slum and not worth mentioning at all.

"It's no wonder that Han Gaozu would sigh when he saw the First Emperor parade, it turned out that this is the real imperial power."

This story was only seen from the book after he had gone through literacy on Tiantai Mountain, but he didn't dare to put it into his mouth, and quickly put away the agitation in his heart and continued to follow the little eunuch.

The Forbidden City is very large, and Liu Cheng was shocked by such a magnificent complex several times, recovered several times, and did not put away these reveries until he arrived at his destination.

"The emperor is still taking a nap, stand here and wait first, don't move."

The big eunuch who came out of the hall, the little eunuch followed, and the male duck gave a cold instruction in his voice, Liu Cheng got the eyes of the little eunuch, and he didn't dare to come forward to bribe, so he had to stand outside the hall and wait.

An hour later, Liu Cheng's legs were also a little sore, and there seemed to be a busy voice in the hall, and with Zhu Zhixi's edict coming a moment later, Liu Cheng finally saw hope.

Not long after Zhu Zhixi entered the main hall, Liu Cheng was brought in by the big eunuch, and the rules of the face monarch had already been taught by the little eunuch on the road, Liu Cheng knew the importance of etiquette, and he had passed it many times in his mind along the way, and now there is no stubble in his time.

"Liu Qing, Zhu Aiqing recommended Yu Yu to me, there are many words of praise, today I recruited Liu Qing to come, that is, I want to see it with my own eyes and hear it with my own ears."

"Weichen Xie Your Majesty for the grace of knowing the encounter, and Xie Zhu for the recommendation of Master Zhu."

knelt down and saluted Shunzhi, got up to express his gratitude to Zhu Zhixi, thanked and returned, the four eyes met, and Zhu Zhixi's hint had also entered Liu Cheng's eyes.

Regarding Zhu Zhixi, the intersection between Liu Cheng and others is very simple, he is the old man of the Ming Army in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and he is the captain as early as Dalan Mountain, and his popularity is not bad, even if he is down, there are always a few who can speak. When he was in Zhejiang, he heard people mention that Zhou Jingting hated his friend Zhu Zhixi to the bone marrow, and even when Ma Jinbao and Zhang Guoxun were captured one after another, it was basically confirmed that Zhu Zhixi had nothing to do with the fire that year, and it could not be reversed at all, and Liu Chengcheng just told this story to Zhu Zhixi, and he easily gained this ally.

"I am very pleased that Liu Qing Muyi has returned, but the current situation is not favorable to the imperial court, I want to hear Liu Qing's opinion."

"Wechen should know everything, and he has no end to his words."

"Good."

Shunzhi nodded, and his attention was all focused on Liu Cheng. In the next second, I only heard him ask: "Liu Qing is from the command of the Zhejiang bandit Chen Yi, and he knows a lot about his internal affairs, so let's tell me about the inside story of this Zhejiang bandit." ”

"Wechen obeys."

After Liu Cheng saluted, the language had already been organized, and then he said to Shunzhi: "Zhejiang bandit Chen Wen, who claims to be Yu Ding, the right guard of Tianjin, is a hereditary hundred households. In the fourth year of Yongli, Chen Wenden Dalan Mountain asked to see Wang Yi, the pseudo-Zhizhejiang Jinglu......"

From Chen Wen's ascension to Dalan Mountain and his appointment, to the absence of the Battle of Siming Lake and the victory in the Battle of Siming Mountain, and then with the victory of the sneak attack on Jinhua, Chen Wen obtained the first base area, thus expanding little by little, and has become a great force with the right to decide the fate of the world.

Shunzhi had seen these things from Wang Shengshuo and Chen Jin's reports a long time ago, but the details were far less detailed than Liu Cheng knew. But the details, such as Chen Wenzhijun's emphasis on military law, such as Chen Wen's method of teaching military merits, such as Chen Wen's use of wisdom to improve the battle plan, so as to achieve what Sun Tzu said in the Art of War, more calculations are better than less calculations, these are very desirable, so that Shunzhi listened to it suddenly, and realized that there was indeed a gap between the Eight Banners Army and the Ming Army of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and these gaps were not at all as the magnates said, the Ming army had a high armor rate and advanced weapons and armor, and it was not so simple at all.

"In Liu Aiqing's opinion, what is the reason why Zhejiang bandits can become bigger?"

From Liu Qing to Liu Aiqing, Liu Cheng knew that he had already succeeded halfway, but the remaining half was more critical. Taking a deep breath, Liu Cheng told Shunzhi what he had already prepared.

"Returning to Your Majesty, in the humble opinion of Weichen, the reason why the Zhejiang bandits were able to repeatedly frustrate the Wang Shi in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is that according to Chen Wen's training methods, with the Mandarin Duck Formation and the Spear Formation, the combat effectiveness of the Zhejiang bandits' infantry is not much weaker than that of the Eight Banners, and the confrontation between the Green Battalion and them is completely to send them to death. But the real key lies in the fact that in the land of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the water network is vertical and horizontal, which is not conducive to the cavalry of the Wang Division, which has absolute superiority, to exert combat effectiveness, but is more beneficial to the Zhejiang bandits. Zhejiang bandits have always clashed with Wang Shi under the condition of having a favorable location, and it is not difficult to understand that Wang Shi is invincible. ”

The time, the place, the people, these things Shunzhi naturally understands, and even Zhu Zhixi knows it. Liu Cheng only said that the location was favorable, but Shunzhi knew very well that the Manchu Qing Dynasty shaved their hair and was easy to obey, and they wantonly slaughtered and plundered in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the government was tyrannical, and the people were not in the Qing Dynasty but in the Ming Dynasty. As for Tianshi, whether it is Liu Cheng's narration of Chen Wen's history, or the music he has seen over the years, Chen Wen seems to have an innate sense of smell and sensitivity to the changes in the situation in the world, not to mention anything else, during the Battle of Zhoushan, he led his troops to attack the empty Jinhua Mansion, so as to obtain the first pot of gold with the help of the descendants of the Qi family's army.

This kind of strategic vision is really incredible, coupled with the advantages of geographical advantages and the grievances of the people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, all three are on Chen Wen's side, and there is no reason to win.

"I see."

In addition, the Zhejiang bandits make good use of the West Law, the hydraulic workshop outside the city of Jinhua Mansion, operating day and night, its army this year in Prince An, Prince Zheng before and after two battles, the infantry wearing heavy armor and fighting, almost invulnerable, even the firecrackers and cavalry also have their own armor. There are no less than 30,000 or 40,000 pieces of armor in the whole army, from helmets to visors to iron gloves and iron boots. Previously, thousands of sets were sold to the Haikou, who marched into Nanjing, and the armor and weapons used by the Iron Man Army in Zhenjiang were all from the hands of Zhejiang bandits, and even many of the artillery and guns in the Haikou army were also the same. ”

Such a production capacity could not be compared with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which owned both the north and the south of the capital, not to mention that now Nanjing has fallen into the hands of Chen Wen, losing a large number of craftsmen and a large area of raw material production. This gap will only get bigger and bigger over time, to put it mildly, Chen Wen can bury the Eight Banners Army with armor alone, and it is not so easy for the Manchus to turn the tables around.

"Then the Zhejiang bandits don't have any weaknesses?"

"Back to Your Majesty, the strength of Zhejiang bandits is rare. However, its weaknesses are also not small. ”

If he wants to catch up with Chen Wen, he doesn't think about it for Shunzhi for the time being, but now he can only hope for Chen Wen's weakness. Liu Cheng's positive answer gave Shunzhi hope, no matter how big the gap between the two sides is, as long as there are weaknesses, it is easy to take advantage of them, otherwise it is impossible for the Manchu Qing Dynasty to become strong step by step in the case of strong enemies in Liaodong.

"In the humble opinion of Weichen, first of all, in the military, the Zhejiang bandits started in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, there was no horse-producing land, and the cavalry was a weakness, and the 100,000 iron cavalry in the north faced by the Qing Dynasty, the result can be imagined; Secondly, the Zhejiang bandits measured the acres of land in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and vigorously attacked the gentry who privately occupied the military tun and salt fields of the guards, and did not get along with the scholars, and the internal changes would occur sooner or later; Again, the Zhejiang bandits are now powerful, and it is unfavorable to the Qing Dynasty, but they are even more thorns in the eye and flesh for other thieves, especially the western thief Sun Kewang, the two have deep contradictions, and sooner or later there will be a war; In the end, Chen Wen was afraid of guilt, he only had a daughter under his knees but he didn't dare to take a concubine, once he died, the Zhejiang bandits would definitely collapse! ”

As Liu Cheng came out one by one, the hope in Shunzhi's eyes became bigger and bigger, but at this moment, Liu Cheng changed his words and poured a basin of cold water on Shunzhi again.

"These problems are not impossible to solve for the Zhejiang bandits. Over the years, just captured, there are no less than twenty or thirty thousand war horses in the Zhejiang bandit army, if it completes the integration of the south of the Yangtze River, although the number of war horses can not catch up with the Qing Dynasty, but the scale of the cavalry during the Northern Expedition of Ming Taizu can emerge today, with its stronger infantry and the sailor division second only to Haikou, in the face of superior cavalry is not without the power of a battle. ”

"Although the gentry are dissatisfied, most of them are more rigid and have died, and the rest will cause trouble to the Zhejiang bandits, but they may not really dare to raise troops to confront them, and the defeat of Yuyao Huang Zongxi is an example."

Huang Zongxi restarted Dalan Mountain and copied Chen Wen's tactics, but the Qing army was hung up and beaten, but when the Qing army that beat Huang Zongxi ran into Chen Wen again, it was not an opponent at all. Such a comparison is a judgment. What's more, the relationship between the Jiangnan gentry and Chen Wen is now unprecedentedly good, Liu Cheng knows very well that this is thanks to Jierharang and Ma Guozhu, and the Ma family is now his ally, so there is no need to say it.

"Although other thieves from all walks of life are wary of the great power of Zhejiang bandits, in the final analysis, they are still scattered. The puppet emperor Yongli is now in the hands of the Western thief Sun Kewang, and has become a puppet, and there are also contradictions between the various families, and it is not easy to unite against the Zhejiang bandits. As for the heir, Weichen heard that Chen Rei's wife is a son who gave birth to a son, but he doesn't know if this is true. ”

As time passed, Chen Wen's strengths would become bigger and bigger, but his weaknesses would be broken one by one, which was not the biggest bad thing for the Manchus, but it was not much worse. However, it is precisely these that are exactly where the Manchus need Liu Cheng, and he can be said to be an absolute treasure for today's Manchus.

"Aiqing's words, I really opened my mouth, so in Aiqing's opinion, how to solve it?"

From Liu Aiqing to Aiqing, Liu Cheng knew that his weight in Shunzhi's heart was getting bigger and bigger, and now that he had finished talking about the advantages and disadvantages of the Ming Army in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Zhejiang, the next thing was the real key.

"In Weichen's humble opinion, if you want to defeat the Zhejiang bandits, you must first have infantry that is not inferior, whether it is quantity or quality, train in accordance with Chen Wen's method, and cooperate with the cavalry advantage of the Qing Dynasty; secondly, the weapons and armor need to keep up, even if they can't catch up with the overall number for a while, but they must ensure the strength of the core; In the end, the Zhejiang bandits used the defense of Yixia and the military merits to motivate morale, and the latter could also be done in the Qing Dynasty, but the former, the former ......"

"Aiqing said quickly, and he was not guilty."

"The impact of Yixia's defense is very great, and the minister thinks that when religion can be believed, it will be invincible."