The next day, while no one was paying attention, Zu Dashou made a closed carriage and quietly entered Zhu Zilong's room to talk secretly.

Guarding the private meeting of the generals is a more serious crime than the princes of various places who have not been privately handed over by the holy decree.

However, Zu Dashou had to come.

This time in the battle of Panjin, he didn't come, and he secretly made some small moves, even if Yuan Chonghuan was mainly responsible, he was only an accomplice.

As for Zhu Zilong, not only did he not settle accounts afterwards, but suddenly he also brought 1,000 heads of Houjin soldiers over.

Said it was given to him as a gift!

With these heads, Zu Dashou will be able to speak in front of the emperor and hundreds of officials, proving that he is not working in vain here.

In addition, in the past year, there has been no one who has done business with Zhu Zilong's body without making a fortune.

came and went, owed a favor, how could he come out in person to meet him, express his heart, and sincerity.

After a round of politeness, we chatted for a while.

Zu Dashou really regretted it at this time, he misheard others, and he didn't participate in the battle of Panjin.

was afraid that Zhu Zilong would misunderstand, so after a round of hints, he explained his difficulties: "Guan Ningjun is not as good as Zhu Jiajun, and the court has so much silver every year, so I can't do without it." It's a pity that I'm too cautious this time. However, if the Tartars and Jiannu outside the gate are gone, they will be cunning and lackeys will cook. This kind of thing has to be guarded against! ”

Zu Dashou said the right words, the heart of the border soldiers.

The border army, there is no way to fight if you can't fight, and there is a small abacus in your heart if you can fight, so it's no wonder that Daming's situation will get worse and worse.

is like Li Chengliang in the Wanli period, if there was no private abacus when he was old, how could Houjin become strong?

During the Wanli period, the Houjin people at that time lived in the deep mountains and old forests, and they lacked nothing except bears.

It is said that Nurhachi lived in the woods since he was a child, hunting, gathering mushrooms, and exchanging things at the market, and lived a hard life, so he was determined. When you are thirsty, you drink spring water, and when you are hungry, you eat ginseng (good hanging), so you are strong, talented, and self-taught, so you are very good at fighting.

There are several preferential conditions above, so the thirteen pairs of armor are out of control.

However, if you really believe it, it is Dasha X.

When Nurhachi raised his army, his weapons were bows and arrows, not missiles, and he carried thirteen pairs of armor, not thirteen body armor. Among the many Jurchen tribes at that time, he was just a small person.

However, it only took more than 30 years for this little man to unify the Jurchens, establish political power, occupy Liaodong, which was originally heavily armed, and officially challenge the Ming Dynasty.

The root cause is that someone plays with fire and overplays and then misses.

And this person who has played with fire is Li Chengliang.

In countless Qing Dynasty historical books, the tragic death of his grandfather Jue Chang'an, Li Chengliang's indifference and cruelty, and Nurhachi's helplessness are described in detail, but they invariably ignore such a detail - Nurhachi's grandfather Jue Chang'an was Li Chengliang's friend and good friend.

There are all kinds of signs that Nurhachi, who was brave and sad back then, in addition to being able to fight and in good health, seems to be very good at coming to things. He often gave gifts to Li Chengliang, and things were pulled in a cart, and he patted his ass, which can be said to be doing everything (Ming history scholar Meng Sen).

Therefore, Nurhachi and Li Chengliang's family have some ulterior connection.

Li Chengliang thinks that he has a strong control ability and can dominate the side in an alternative. His habit is that the races outside the border will fight whoever shows their heads, and whoever is strong will be destroyed, and this is the case for the Mongols, the Yeh tribe, and the Hada tribe.

However, this habit did not work in Nurhachi's body.

For ten years, Nurhachi gradually grew stronger from a weak tribe and unified the Jianzhou Jurchens, but Li Chengliang turned a blind eye to such a behemoth, the Haixi Jurchens were torn apart, and the Yehehada Department was just bubbling up, and he was beaten and suppressed by him.

This kind of behavior can be described in one term - selective blindness. That is, the legendary self-respect of the thief!

Strike at potential opponents, give room to develop, and get a response to secretly obey his control. Everyone's happy!

Li Chengliang did something unfair, he supported Nurhachi and cultivated the enemies of the Ming Dynasty. But to be fair, he didn't do it on purpose, let alone a so-called traitor. Because in his opinion, the so-called Nurhachi is nothing more than a weak cat, give him food and clothing, let him grow, and finally become a docile and obedient cat.

It was only later that we finally learned that it was not a cat, but a tiger, and that it was not a pet, but a beast.

However, at this time, Comrade Li hung up ahead of schedule and died at the end of his life. So, after I died, no matter what he flooded, the crisis of Daming came!

In the forty-third year of Wanli (1615), Li Chengliang died at the age of ninety. Meritorious service, thousands of disasters, ten thousand deaths are not enough to forgive their sins!

And at this moment, Zu Dashou in front of Zhu Zilong has to say that he has a similar little abacus in his heart.

Worried that as soon as Houjin was divided, he would be liquidated by the emperor. Therefore, over the years, he has been regarded as a loyal minister, but what he does is sometimes very tangled. Not everyone likes it, if the king wants to die, I will honestly wait for death.

Regarding Zu Dashou's thoughts, Zhu Zilong can understand it in his heart, and he can also attach it to his mouth, but he will not agree with it. Now, it's just a temporary effort to work together and wait for the right time.

"The Guanning army is holding the front line of Guanning, and my Zhu Jiajun will not plan to cross Panjin in the future for the time being. Even in the past, there was nothing to grab. ”

Zhu Zilong said, and Zu Dashou on the other side kept nodding.

He also asked Ye Bu to go to Panjin to inquire afterwards, and the intelligence that came back showed that Zhu Jiajun was playing there too ferociously.

According to Zu Dashou's estimate, within five years, Gaizhou, Yaozhou, and even Haizhou, as well as Panjin, will have nothing to grab. If you want to grab it, you have to go inside, after all, that piece is all gone. However, it is obvious that Zhu Zilong will not do this for the time being!

After reaching a private agreement, Zhu Zilong's body quietly left the next day.

Zhu Zilong, who returned to his battleship, disappeared with a smirk on his face. My heart is full of unhappiness for Guan Ningjun!

A copycat warlord who obviously doesn't have much combat effectiveness, but still wants to learn from others to raise thieves and self-respect, will clean up sooner or later. Don't worry!

When Zhu Zilong's body returned to Shandong, the news of the arrival of the holy decree soon came.

"The Dragon Marquis of the Four Seas welcomes the angels!" At the place of entry, Zhu Zilong came to welcome him with five hundred iron horsemen.

It was Cao Huachun who came to deliver the decree, Zhu Zilong's body did not kneel when he saw the decree, and the same was true when he saw the person who passed the decree, at most it was an arch salute.

Replaced by other generals, Cao Huachun was so angry that he didn't turn around and die. The Four Seas Dragon Marquis, well, I don't think I saw it.

"It's hard to fight behind enemy lines." Cao Huachun said with a smile: "I heard that Shandong has recently overhauled roads and bridges, and the cost is huge? ”

Because he had long known the content of the holy decree, coupled with the fact that he had soldiers in his hands and was still a strong army, and it seemed that the emperor was still very close to him, he had to let Cao Huachun have a heart to get close.

It's just that people intend to pull brotherhood, and Zhu Zilong is not polite, and leads the team all the way back. got into Cao Huachun's carriage, and directly sent a silver ticket of 1,000 taels, and then said like a homely person: "My father-in-law also knows that to build roads and bridges, I really count on the silver of the household, and Benhou should not fight Jiannu, even Kong Youde, I don't think I can beat it." ”

Cao Huachun could only laugh helplessly.

When he was young, Zhu Zilong himself said: "Please let your father-in-law know Your Majesty, whether it is a slave or a thief, as long as Your Majesty says a word, Ben Hou will definitely go to the soup and fight the fire." I can raise money and food by myself, but I don't worry about training elite soldiers by myself and handing them over to those pig-like officials to command. When I say that, my father-in-law understands, right? ”

Zhu Zilong's words, as long as a person can certainly understand the subtext in it, doesn't it mean that even if his soldiers are scattered, they can obey orders independently. The meaning of not being subject to local and civilian control!

In special times, it is even possible to ask for cheap action.

Cao Huachun thought to himself, it seems that the Dragon Marquis of the Four Seas also has someone in the palace, and he knows the content of this holy decree before he has read it.

At that moment, he nodded and said: "We can understand this, these civil officials of the Ming Dynasty are invincible in their mouths." Really let them do something, I'm afraid there will be many mistakes. In their eyes, there are no generals, let alone people like our family. The emperor must have arrangements for this matter! ”

In fact, both sides already knew the content of the holy decree in their hearts, but they pretended to just guess it.

When they were young, the two of them even saved the decree, and Cao Huachun directly handed over the decree to Zhu Zilong's body and asked him to read it.

After reading the holy decree, Zhu Zilong said: "To send troops to destroy thieves, you have to wait until after winter." Our department needs time to rest, and the autumn grain must also be harvested. The specific time is after the New Year. I will pay for the money and food myself, and if the military order of the commander can be accepted, then accept it. If you can't accept it, then don't accept it. ”

Cao Huachun felt that the root of his tooth hurt a little after hearing this, but you can't refute this.

People don't want your money and food, and the holy decree says that you can do things cheaply, so so be it-

(To be continued.) )