After hearing this, I don't need to understand it, I must have been either bought by the other party, or threatened, anyway, the role of eyeliner is completely gone. With this result, the ministers did not ask the eunuch Wang Chengen again, and the situation on the Dongchang side would not be better than that of Jinyiwei.

Zhang Guowei, the secretary of the Ministry of War, pondered a little there, and said:

"There are 230,000 soldiers and horses stationed around the Beijing Division this time, counting the more than 70,000 soldiers and horses of Wu Sangui, the chief soldier of the Ningyuan Regiment, if you count the soldiers and horses led by Lord Hou of the Yellow River, 400,000 soldiers and horses can always be gathered......"

Speaking of this, Zhang Guowei had a confused look on his face, rubbed his hands and said slowly:

"Over the years, the imperial court has not given a penny of silver to Shandong, and I really don't know how many soldiers and horses he has there, according to the news sent by Hejian Mansion in the past few days, it is said that it is the battle of Hejian Mansion, Shandong has sent a total of 50,000 troops, and the old man estimates that Shandong is at most 60,000 or 70,000 soldiers!"

After a confused look, Zhang Guowei said with confidence:

"400,000 is 70,000 for him, not to mention the order of the imperial court, the name is justified, and the justice of the world is on the side of the imperial court, which is bound to be devastating."

After saying this, Tobe Shangshu said coldly on the side:

"Master Zhang, except for Wu Sangui's side, there is no shortage of military supplies, how to raise the rest of these soldiers, horses, salaries, silver, grain, and straw, you give the old man the charter!"

The 400,000 army, the consumption of food and consumption is a heavenly amount, and now except for Jiangnan, the taxes in various places cannot be collected at all because of the corruption of the situation, and what is collected by Jiangnan will occupy a large part of it for its own use. If you think about this matter a little deeper, it will be even more frustrating.

Yang Guang built the canal on the same day, and was scolded by the people of the world, believing that the excessive use of people's power was one of the important reasons for the fall of the Sui Dynasty, and the north and south could be unified after the Sui Dynasty. It's all about the Grand Canal.

North Zhili and Shanxi are largely self-sufficient. But these two places. Especially the Northern Zhili and Jingshi. That's the center of the world. It cannot be ignored. What is the place to depend on. It's grain. Grain from the south was transported to the north by canal to supplement the needs.

The canal then passes through Shandong. Exactly where the middle section is. In whose hands is this Shandong. It's that everyone is boiling and wants to send troops to attack the Li thief.

The big guys who can be in the inner study are all amazing people. The domestic industry is also spread all over the north and south. As long as it is on the canal. Who hasn't paid the money. Who hasn't scolded Akari in private. Until the end. It's not like you're paying for a road in a proper way.

Now it seems that this Li thief still saves face for everyone. If it really starts. Pinch the road to this caoyun. The grain was cut off. Everybody's going to go hungry. At that time, it would be good if the soldiers below did not rebel and mutinied. What kind of battle are you fighting?

Zeng Chuqing, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, stroked his beard. Groaning and saying:

"This Li thief is just a general of the Shandong army. The rest of Shandong is a general, a guerrilla and the like. The local officials may not be of the same mind as him......"

After saying this, there was no one to talk to, looking at each other, on weekdays, these bigwigs of the DPRK and China are busy fighting for money from the party, and things in a remote place like Shandong are considered to be general affairs, and they don't bother to pay attention to it at all, and the secrecy work over there is done at home, and they don't end the situation in Shandong at all.

After being quiet for a long time, Liu Yuanbin, the eunuch of the Admiral Jingying over there, coughed and said in a low voice:

"Ladies and gentlemen, our family has stayed in Shandong for a period of time, and some things may not be able to be done accurately, but the generals in Shandong are all cronies of Li Thief when he started his family, and the entire Shandong soldiers and horses are afraid that they are his family

An official on the side interjected in surprise and asked:

"Gonggong Liu, I remember that Liu Zeqing, the chief soldier of Caozhou, and Qiu Lei, the general soldier of Shandong, had a lot of soldiers and horses, and there was no one left in the stump, all of them were swallowed up by Li thieves, even so, there should be a remnant left, these people are here, they can be calmly dispatched, controlled by the big and small, and encircle Li Meng's hands and feet!"

Liu Yuanbin was a eunuch of the Shandong Prefecture Supervisor Army back then, but he felt quite embarrassed when he said this, which could have something to do with his poor handling, and he was a little ashamed, but he still opened his mouth to explain:

"Liu Zongbing and Qiu Zongbing's soldiers and horses were completely dismissed, not left at all, my lords, you have not been in Shandong, you can't think of the ferocity of Li Thief, now I think back, that day Caozhou was suddenly invaded by thieves, Liu Zongbing was martyred, Dengzhou Laizhou was in chaos, Qiu's soldiers and horses were completely defeated and scattered, and in the end, Qiu Zongbing committed suicide, things may not be so simple!"

In the hearts of these court bigwigs in the inner study, the martial artists are all vulgar people, and when they think that this Li Meng actually has some brains, they feel that things are getting more and more difficult to do.

When discussing such a major event, the Shangshu and the waiter of the Ministry of Industry often couldn't say anything, and when they heard this, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry hesitated and said:

"This official and the governor of Henan, Li Xianfeng, are fellow villagers, and there are many correspondences, and he mentioned one thing, saying that after defeating the thieves and horses that day, this Li Meng nailed more than 5,000 soldiers of the Zuoping thief to death on the wooden frame on both sides of the road from Lanyang County to the Yellow River, and the Zuoping thief didn't even dare to look at it, and directly led the troops to avoid it."

Zuo Liangyu is famous in the imperial court, and whenever he mentions military generals, he must mention Zuo Liangyu, saying that this person is brave and strong, which can be called the pillar of the imperial court, and can be regarded as a general available today, although this person has been defeated again and again under Li Zicheng, and he is embarrassed.

Hearing that Zuo Liangyu, the general of the flat thief, actually suffered such a big loss, and retreated quietly, this made the adults in the court much more jealous of Li Meng.

There is no need to even be reminded, everyone can think of the next thing, Li Chuang and Cao Cao's coalition army is invincible in Henan, and it seems that they have also suffered a big loss at the hands of Li Meng. If he was only cut a few hundred, how could he retreat so easily.

The more the ministers in the inner study thought about it, the more uneasy they became, this Shandong Li Meng was actually a tiger, although I don't know how he raised such a big strength, but one thing is clear, that is, this Li Meng is not easy to mess with, and he can't afford to offend, if the imperial court wants to come up with a means of sanctions, I am afraid that he will really have to lift a stone and shoot himself in the foot.

Some of the more daring minds have already come up with the eyebrows, the reason why Emperor Chongzhen asked his subordinates to come up with countermeasures. I am afraid that I am unwilling to take responsibility, and I regret it afterwards or be scolded.

But these ministers are not stupid, with the character and temper of Emperor Chongzhen. If you really came up with an idea for him, you would have carried the black cauldron. In the future, Emperor Chongzhen may not come forward to help, if he doesn't do it, he will be like Chen Xinjia, going to prison to be punished and beheaded, there are too many precedents, and later people are not willing to follow and make mistakes.

Cabinet assistant Chen Yan also knows everyone's thoughts. also knows the emperor's thoughts, but he is a new official, and he is a civil servant, so it is not good to be a stuffy gourd.

Chen Yan's gaze swept over the people in the inner study, no matter who he looked at, the other party lowered his head, Zhang Guowei, the secretary of the military department. The Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Officials and others are not afraid. Look at him, everyone's position is similar anyway. Command no one, look left and right. Chen Yan coughed and said solemnly:

"Gonggong Liu, the 20,000 Chu troops in your hands can be called the elite among the soldiers and horses of Beizhili, and Wu Sangui, the general soldier of the Ningyuan regiment, is also a Liao soldier who can fight in the field, plus the hundreds of thousands of soldiers around the Beijing Division, not to mention Gonggong Liu, you have worked with that Li thief, know yourself and know your opponent, don't you have a chance of winning?"

Hearing this, Liu Yuanbin, the eunuch of the Admiral Jingying, his face became very bitter, knowing that Chen Yan meant to let him lead the army, but he was the most aware of the terrible Shandong among these people, looking at the relieved ministers around him, Liu Yuanbin scolded in his heart, have you finally found someone who shirks responsibility?

can be scolded and scolded, but Liu Yuanbin knows that this time is the most dangerous, if he doesn't shirk well, I'm afraid he will be put on the fire, he sighed, smiled bitterly and clenched his fists at the ministers in the inner study room, and said:

"Ladies and gentlemen, our family has indeed worked with that Li Meng for a while, but the longer we get along, the more bottomless our family's hearts will be! In the past, I didn't dare to tell you that after the small victory of our family in Qihe County that day, we had already been circled, if it wasn't for the imperial court to transfer our family to Huguang, I'm afraid we would still live the life of a prisoner! ”

Liu Yuanbin has always regarded this matter as a taboo and never dared to talk about it, but at this time, he was forced to this point, and he had to say it, and the ministers in the inner study were also shocked, thinking that this Li Meng was so bold a few years ago, Liu Yuanbin continued:

"Compared with the soldiers and horses around the Beijing Division, the land is indeed a little bit like this, but if it is compared to the hundreds of soldiers from General Qiu's army that our family saw back then, it is far inferior, but these hundreds of soldiers against Li Meng's soldiers and horses are like pigs and sheep, completely slaughtered by others."

Speaking of this, Liu Yuanbin closed his eyes, and every time he thought about it, he had palpitations, and said slowly:

"Hundreds of people, it was so easy to be cut melons and vegetables by Li Meng's subordinates, and now our family still has nightmares when I think about it at night, don't believe it, my family has inquired, and said that it is Li Meng's subordinates, the pro-soldiers and the family members have to be rotated frequently, not immutable, our family has an estimate, and the number of the pro-soldiers under him must be at least 8,000!"

Eight thousand family ding, the big guy in the inner study is a general gasp, eight thousand family ding, then there are eight thousand strong soldiers who can fight, from the Wanli year, no, to talk about a few more decades, there are only these numbers of family members, and only Li Chengliang, the chief soldier of Liaozhen, such a scale of elite soldiers, is enough to make the imperial court like a thorn in the back, panicked, fortunately Li Chengliang has no ambition, and he is satisfied to do a Taiping Festival outside the gate.

This force was then continuously consumed in the battles of the Korean conquest against the Japanese and the Mongol barbarians, and completely disappeared, which made people feel relieved.

God, when did Shandong have such strength, if the eight thousand families cooperated with ordinary soldiers, 100,000 or even hundreds of thousands of troops could be pulled up, this is terrible, after saying this, Liu Yuanbin exhaled a long breath, and he was deeply embarrassed, and his demeanor was extremely respectful.

After the eunuchs in the inner court hold heavy power, they are often domineering and proud, and Liu Yuanbin is also a nostril-facing character on weekdays. Today's style can be said to be completely shameless, and it is so humble.

Liu Yuanbin has always been self-conscious because of the 20,000 Chu troops in his hands, among the governors and ministers who led the troops in Beijing, but today it is like this, which shows what kind of strength Li Meng has in his hands.

But it was not easy to find such a responsible role, and everyone was unwilling to let it go so simply, and everyone was silent. Chen Yan even found a chair to sit there, brushing his beard, and muttered there. Liu Yuanbin straightened up and saw this scene. The heart is even more anxious.

The eunuch Wang Chengen, who was there, stood aside, ignoring Liu Yuanbin's look for help, Liu Yuanbin gritted his teeth angrily, thinking how much our family helped you when Cao Huachun was rectified. Today is going to be a disaster, but you don't care, if there is a future, we are not finished!

Since Liu Yuanbin gained power in the inner palace, and then was sent out to the local area as a eunuch of the prison army, he has always been proud of the spring breeze and soaring. It can be said that all the way down smoothly. But that experience in Shandong was a scene he didn't want to go back, and it was terrible to think about. Don't look at the 20,000 in his hand, it can be regarded as a battlefield Chu army, but no matter what, he doesn't dare to face Li Meng's soldiers and horses. That's a nightmare.

"Plop", Liu Yuanbin over there actually knelt down in the inner study, and the eunuch who led the troops cried and pleaded with a sad face:

"Ladies and gentlemen, our family really doesn't dare to go, this army is holding each other, relying on a momentum, right now these soldiers and horses are stationed around the Beijing Division, maybe the Li thief still has a scruple, if the battle, as long as the soldiers and horses of the Beijing Division are defeated, I am afraid that it will collapse completely, and then it will be an uncontrollable situation, my lords, my lords, go around our family!"

These people in the inner study are already stunned, the reason why everyone dares to detain Liu Yuanbin to lead the troops, some of them are in high positions, and there is always a place where they can't get by on face, but this Liu Yuanbin is completely shameless, and the words are all to the point where the officialdom pays attention to leaving a little leeway, and it is really inappropriate to see each other in the future, and then force it like this.

And Liu Yuanbin's lamentation like this shows that the strength of Li Meng in Shandong is indeed extremely strong, and the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in the Beijing division are not going well, these days, the states and counties around Gyeonggi are sent up like snowflakes, but there are also a few ridiculous ones, for example, a certain village is a village to protect itself, hundreds of Zhuang Ding with weapons fought desperately, and as a result, thousands of local court officers and soldiers were defeated, how can this combat effectiveness make people confident.

I am afraid that if the front team is frustrated, the entire army will collapse completely, and these hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers who are not even as good as bandits will be a great disaster to Beizhili and Jingshi, and at that time, there will be no strength to rely on.

It's really the same as this Liu Yuanbin, leaving these soldiers in Jingshi and Beizhili, gathering momentum, no, how much is a deterrent, when the paper tiger can be scary, or when it doesn't move, at least this is enough to bluff people, in case it moves, everyone knows that this is a paper tiger, and it will be broken as soon as it is poked, so what is the deterrent.

Liu Yuanbin knelt there and exchanged tears, but he didn't want to lead the army to recruit Lu, Wang Chengen, who was on the side, saw that everyone's attitude was no longer so resolute to shirk responsibility, so he quickly changed his compassionate expression, walked up to Liu Yuanbin, stretched out his hand to help him up, and said with a smile:

"Lao Liu, our house is full of top people in the Ming Dynasty, and they are all reasonable, why do you make yourself so embarrassed, get up quickly!"

Wang Chengen's actions finally made Liu Yuanbin feel relieved, and the rest of the cabinet bachelors and the ministers of the six ministries and three divisions also followed suit:

"Why is Father-in-law Liu like this, this method doesn't work, let's think about other methods, it's so expensive, won't it make everyone hang up?"

The words were all said to be complete, Liu Yuanbin got off the donkey, wiped his tears and stood up, but he scolded in his heart, thinking that he had no grievances and no hatred on weekdays, and actually said that he would push our family out, and this matter was not over.

After standing up, Liu Yuanbin hesitated, and then spoke:

"Ladies and gentlemen, some of our Chu army stayed in Li Chuang back then, these soldiers said, that Li Meng led the army in the battle with the thieves in the vortex, and killed tens of thousands, but not the hundreds reported up, and now Henan is in such a situation, and I can't find out how it is!

Hearing this, although everyone was surprised, they were also a little numb. There are too many unexpected things about Shandong's soldiers and horses.

"With such soldiers and horses, why did Nanzhili fight like this, and why was the situation in Henan and Huguang still so erosive?"

An official interjected and asked, everyone was shocked in their hearts, everyone is a top smart person, of course, they think clearly, and four words can summarize "raising thieves and respecting themselves". Think about this Shandong's Li Meng's scheming is so deep, his strength is so huge, and he is so far-sighted.

The ministers in the inner study, a feeling of powerlessness and despair arose. Things are already like this, the current Da Ming seems to be an old man who is about to die, what to do. It's just a lingering breath.

"What's the point? He wanted a king of Qi, so he gave him the title of ......"

A waiter in the Ministry of Works muttered this. Chen Yan was stunned for a moment, and then he shot the case, and scolded loudly:

"Falsehood!! Raved!! We are the courtiers of the Ming Dynasty, the courtiers of the Holy Land, but not the courtiers of Li Meng, who is so rebellious and untrustworthy. How can you accept it!! ”

When the waiter saw Chen Yanhuo, he didn't make a sound, but he didn't have stage fright, because things were like this, the more he did it, the more awkward it became, what if he agreed, what if he didn't agree. Li Meng has already made a real profit. Now it's just a matter of asking for a name, and it's pointless to discuss it in the inner study.

Zhang Guowei, the secretary of the Ministry of War, has not spoken out all this time. But he thought of a question, and there he spoke:

"Ladies and gentlemen. Li Meng sent a note in a wooden box, but this note was not forwarded through the General Administration, but was privately passed to Luo Shilang, and it seems to have a meaning of leaving no evidence, Luo Shilang, what Li Thief's subordinates and you said that day were as you relayed? ”

Luo Shilang, who had been shrunk aside, nodded, Zhang Guowei had a little more certainty on his face, and said:

"The caliber of Li Thief's subordinates is different, and in the end, this note is said like this, there are two possibilities, one is that Shandong has different opinions, and the other is that the price is starting from the sky, and the meaning of paying back the money is sitting on the ground, according to the judgment of the old man, the starting price of the sky is likely to be greater, this kind of thing, Shandong may not want to do things absolutely, it may be to make a bid first, to test the court."

Zhang Guowei, the secretary of the Ministry of War, said while looking at the expressions of the people around him, and now these people were listening attentively, and he continued to speak:

"At the moment, all kinds of things, it's too early to say anything, we don't have to panic, the old man thinks, and then send envoys to negotiate and bargain, the name of King Qi is too shocking and vulgar, and the world can't accept it, but he is now dominating Shandong, and it is not impossible to give a few more state capitals, and at the same time reorganize the soldiers and horses in Beijing and Beizhili, and make plans in case of emergency, what do you think?"

Zhang Guowei said a few strategies to deal with it, but it was very flexible, with the status of the military department in the court, the status is higher than his status, that is, the cabinet assistant Chen Yan, everyone's eyes are focused on Chen Yan's side, Chen Yan pondered, Zhang Guowei did not put forward any eye-catching suggestions, but it was decent, the emperor has several situations to choose from, and it can be regarded as an explanation.

Today's discussion, in addition to being frightened, is that Liu Yuanbin, the eunuch of the Admiral Jingying, is rolling around, and if it goes on like this, it will not be a game, and it would be good to have a passable answer, and then he nodded and said:

"What Lord Zhang said is reasonable, just write it down and present it to Your Majesty tomorrow, what do you think?"

Finally, a result came out, and everyone was eager for the collegiate discussion in the study room to end soon, and the ministers would have any objections, and they all nodded in approval again and again.

Since there was a collegiate conclusion, a Wenchen came over, took a pen and paper and quickly wrote down today's events, and handed it to Wang Chengen to forward to Emperor Chongzhen.

The ministers in the inner study are relieved, although today's matter finally came to a mediocre result, but what is said is not after these decent disposals can be concluded, how to react next, how to treat Shandong that they represent or their subordinate forces, this is to make a new decision and judgment, however, everyone has a common understanding in their hearts, the world is going to change.

Cabinet assistant Chen Yan watched Wang Chengen walk out of the inner study with a fold, and he was also a little relaxed, the ministers in the inner study gradually dispersed, and he also softened his waist a little. Very uncomfortable.

The matter discussed today was very special, and none of the courtiers had a clear countermeasure, nor did they have the interest in discussing in the past, and they all walked out of the room silently.

Zhang Guowei, the secretary of the military department who had just said the conclusion, deliberately took a few steps behind, watched Chen Yan get up to leave, and hurriedly handed over a look, although the cabinet assistant Chen Yan wondered, he still slowed down and fell behind.

When Chen Yan and Zhang Guowei were left in the inner study, Zhang Guowei, the secretary of the Ministry of War, stepped forward. Said in a low voice:

"Master Chen, there are many people with mixed eyes, and some things are inconvenient to say. I ask you, with the current national strength of our Ming Dynasty. If Li Meng is in trouble, can he stop it? ”

Whitewashing Taiping is whitewashing Taiping, how is the details of the big Ming background, these bigwigs in high positions are not confused to that point, Chen Yan pondered for a while, and sighed. Sitting on the chair, he said helplessly:

"It can be blocked there, the Qingke in the interior of the house once told me that these Beijing camp men and horses inside and outside the city, don't say that they are Tartars, that is, Gao Di, the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, and Wu Sangui, the chief soldier of Ningyuan Regiment, led the troops to fight, and this Beijing division can't resist it. What's more, it is a tiger and wolf-like Shandong soldiers and horses. The Ming Dynasty is really full of disasters and difficulties, and I can't tell the emperor about these things. What a ......."

Zhang Guowei, the secretary of the Ministry of War, was relieved when he heard Chen Yan say this. I'm afraid that this Chen performance is not true, so there is no way to say what he wants to say, so he asked again:

"Master Chen thinks that there is still room for relaxation in the situation in the northern provinces?"

Chen Yan looked at Zhang Guowei suspiciously, not knowing what this Shangshu was going to say, but he still replied:

"Don't mention Shandong, the rest of the provinces are ravaged by military disasters, or there are major disasters for many years, how can the situation be cleaned up, not to mention the thieves, Tartars and Li Meng of Shandong!"

If this Li Meng knew that he was now on a par with the thieves and the Tartars in the imperial court, and he didn't know what to think, the topic gradually took the track of Zhang Guowei, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Zhang Guowei raised his voice slightly and said:

"Lord Chen, now in the northern provinces, there are erosions everywhere, there are powerful thieves everywhere, the imperial court is already powerless, not to mention that the Beijing division is located in the north, the Tartars, the thieves, and Li Meng in Shandong are all close to each other, and the troops can be reached, and it is already out of control here, if there is really something, there will be a disaster of overturning!"

These words are serious, but Chen Yan's expression has not changed, because the situation has collapsed, this is the case, Zhang Guowei has nothing alarmist at all, Zhang Guowei cleared his throat and looked at the corners of the room, except for the little eunuch who was far away, there was no one else.

Zhang Guowei leaned closer again, and said in a low voice:

"Lord Chen can remember the story of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the three Liu went out of Beijing."

Hearing this, Chen Yan finally understood, and patted his forehead with his hand, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Yellow Turban was in turmoil, and people of insight could see that the world was about to overturn, and the declining Eastern Han Dynasty court successively divided the Chen royal family Shuzong as the state pastor on the Yangtze River, first Liu Yan as the Yizhou pastor, then Liu Biao as the Jingzhou pastor, and then Liu Yao as the Yangzhou pastor.

Although the final results of these three people are different, they ensure that the Liu family can master a certain amount of power for a certain period of time, and Liu Bei's final success is not unrelated to this arrangement.

Seeking survival in this troubled era has always been talked about later, and I think it is a stroke of genius, as soon as Zhang Guowei said this, Chen Yan immediately reacted, and said with a little hesitation:

"Lord Zhang refers to Jiangnan?"

Zhang Guowei, the secretary of the Ministry of War, nodded, and the lower his voice became, this was really a taboo remark, but in such a situation, he had to say it, and explained in a deep voice:

"Several places in the south of the Yangtze River, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian and Guangdong have not suffered from a catastrophe, the local rich in the world, the grain is sufficient, there is no chaos, and it is the place where my great Ming scholars are distributed, the heart is to the imperial court, and there is the Yangtze River moat to rely on, and the places in Yunnan, Guizhou, Gui, and Hunan can also be used as a supplement......"

Speaking of this, Zhang Guowei looked at Chen Yan's expression carefully, if there was something wrong with Fu's face, he wouldn't continue to say it, just based on Fang Cai's words, it was a word that wanted to lose his head, but Chen Yan rubbed his chin with his hand, thoughtfully, Zhang Guowei, the secretary of the military department, swallowed his saliva, calmed down his nervousness, and continued:

"Where there is Jiangnan, at least it can be restored by Xu Tu, so that it will not be so cramped in the north, and now this situation. But you should have planned for it in advance. ”

Fu Chen Yan stood up slowly, walked a few steps in front of the chair, and also looked at the little eunuch who was tidying up not far away, and whispered with some emotion:

"What Mr. Zhang said, for the country and the people, is completely out of public heart...... Your Majesty...... Can Your Majesty let His Royal Highness the Crown Prince go to Nanjing? After you go, who will be able to support you there......"

A few words of rhetorical hesitation, but they are all key points in Zhang Guowei's plan, hearing this, Zhang Guowei knew what he had just said. Fu Chen Yan was already in agreement, and couldn't help but feel refreshed by these policies. The military department Shangshu and Fu proposed it together, and the emperor must be cautious.

"Right now. In the land of Nanzhili Jiangbei, Lu Jiude led the soldiers and horses of Nanzhili and the thieves of Gezuo to entangle with each other, and Shandong soldiers and horses participated in it, according to Zhang's judgment, if they continue to entangle, Nanzhili soldiers and horses are afraid that they will be swallowed by Shandong soldiers and horses. If it is not for the edict to guard Nanjing, Lu Jiude will lead the army to defend the city of Nanjing, and there will be no obstruction in the north of the river, and there will be thieves raging, so that Li Meng and the thieves will be entangled with each other, let's sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight. ”

Chen Yan's expression was solemn, but he had already been persuaded by Zhang Guowei, the secretary of the Ministry of War, but Zhang Guowei had some embarrassment on his face. I couldn't help but ask:

"Lord Zhang. It's all said to this point, and it's okay to say everything. ”

Zhang thought for a long time. felt that although this matter was important, the emperor was in a dilemma. At the moment, everything is unclear, so I made such a move, the Holy One. ”

Zhang Guowei hesitated to say the difficulty, Emperor Chongzhen was so stubborn and self-serving, sending the prince to Jiangnan to sit in the town, it was like slapping him in the face, how could he be willing, mention it in person, it is not good that Jinyiwei will take it on the spot, and the edict will be tortured to what is the intention.

This concern was vaguely said, how could Chen Yan not understand, but then said:

"This Lord Zhang doesn't have to worry too much, there is no anger in the saint today, but just let us come up with a charter, presumably he also knows the embarrassment of this situation, although Your Majesty is wise, but there are some things that cannot be let go, and we need our courtiers to mention it first, which is also our duty."

That is, the emperor has a better face, even if he admits defeat or shows weakness, he will not bring it up first, but ask the courtiers to speak, to put it bluntly, he wants to shirk his responsibility and is unwilling to bear the infamy, and he will say it more clearly, which is a manifestation of cowardice.

In the history of Li Mengdi, when the Shun army led by Li Zicheng was about to enter the capital, it was said that Emperor Chongzhen also wanted to go to Nanjing, but he had been hesitant, afraid that he would be ridiculed and scolded for doing this kind of behavior, but the courtiers were also silent, and in the end they ended up hanging in the coal mountain.

In this time and space, Li Meng's victory was too brilliant, his strength and actions were too domineering, and he shocked the Jingshi, not only civilians and officials, but even the emperor felt this threat around him, which made Emperor Chongzhen's actions slightly softer and more flexible than in the history without Li Meng.

On the tenth day of February in the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, Emperor Chongzhen issued an order to send Wei Lequan, a squire of the military department, to Shandong, bringing 10,000 taels of silver, 100 cattle and sheep each, and rewarding the victorious soldiers and horses.

This is Mingli's statement, secretly Wei Lequan brought the meaning of Jingshidi, the title of King of Qi, the court can never agree, but the title of the Duke of Qi, the court can give it, as for the scope of the defense area, this can be discussed, General Li has such a great credit, the court will definitely not treat the meritorious ministers.

In the imperial palace, the eunuchs and palace ladies who served the emperor discussed in private, saying that on the fifth day of the second lunar month, the emperor and several ministers of the six cabinets met in the inner study.

During the conversation, all the eunuchs and palace maids were pushed away from afar, and the two nobles and nephews were guarding outside the house, and they didn't know what was being said inside, but in the end, the eunuchs and palace maids who were far away could also hear someone crying in the inner study, and the sound of this crying was heard from a distance, and it was actually the emperor's own voice.

Although these subordinates in the palace like to spread gossip the most, they were all frightened, everyone was silent, and no one dared to say anything.

Because the news did not come out, it was not too surprising that the two guards of the Imperial Study and the male members of the family left Jingshi to go to Nanjing.

Anyway, these nobles are rich idlers, and the sound of the Jingshi is too far behind the Qinhuai Fengyue in Nanjing City, and now it is a little too peaceful, and it is a good time to have fun, of course, no one will notice that there is an extra child in this noble team who did not belong to the noble mansion.

In late February of the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, Lu Jiude, the eunuch of Nanjing Town, who was stationed in the Shouzhou area, led his soldiers and horses to go south despite the harassment of the fifth battalion of the left side of the revolution, and the target was Luzhou, the capital of Luzhou Prefecture.

To the surprise of the soldiers and horses of Nanzhili, whether it was the Huaiyang army in the west or the Qingzhou army in the east, they all retreated after making a pursuit posture, and the harassment of the fifth battalion of Gezuo only lasted for two days before stopping, and the officials of the Luzhou government also began to requisition and mobilize ships.

Clear-eyed people everywhere in Nanzhili can see that Lu Jiude, the eunuch of Nanjing, wants to lead the soldiers and horses along the waterway in Chaohu Lake, down the river, and turn back to Nanjing.

At this time, Li Meng was receiving the guests who surprised him, everyone voted for the guaranteed monthly ticket to Lao Bai, so that Lao Bai had a good start, come on, thank you.