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Sun Chengzong and Hong Chengchou came to visit at the same time, and Su Tiancheng knew that there must be a big move in the imperial court.

The imperial court has not sent ministers to preside over the affairs of the northern confrontation against the Houjin, which is obviously abnormal, but in the war against the Houjin, there are many adults who have fallen in the imperial court, all of whom are famous, starting from Xiong Tingbi to Yuan Chonghuan and others later, including Sun Chengzong, are all planted in the battle against the Houjin, which shows that it is not a simple matter to deal with the Houjin.

After the three of them sat down in the study, Sun Chengzong spoke first.

"Lord Su, the old man and Lord Hong are here to tell you one thing, the emperor has decreed, Zhang Fengyi, the secretary of the Ministry of War, was appointed as the prince of Taibao, and served as the economic strategy of Liaodong, presided over the war between the imperial army and the Houjin, and Yang Sichang served as the secretary of the Ministry of War."

may have thought that Su Tiancheng was not very familiar with Yang Sichang, and Hong Chengchou added on the side.

"Lord Su, in the first year of Chongzhen, Lord Yang Sichang, he was the deputy envoy of Henan, the imperial envoy of the right capital, the governor of Yongping and Shanhaiguan, when Chongzhen was in the seventh year, he served as the right attendant of the military department and the imperial envoy of the right servant, the governor of Xuanfu, Datong and Shanxi military affairs, in the battle to resist the Houjin, it was a meritorious service, because his parents died one after another, and he went home to worry, this time the emperor enabled Lord Yang, but also took into account the ability of Lord Yang."

Yang Sichang, of course, Su Tiancheng is the son of Yang He, the governor of the three sides, and the evaluation of Yang Sichang by history is mixed, and there are more negative evaluations. The conclusion made to Yang Sichang was diligent in his work, deceived his superiors and subordinates, and buried the most promising hope for the survival of the Ming Dynasty.

After serving as the secretary of the Ministry of War, Yang Sichang's most famous thing was to formulate an encirclement and suppression plan of four positives, six corners and ten nets, and comprehensively exterminate the Liukou, Shaanxi, Henan, Huguang, and Jiangbei. The four governors are divided into special defense, Yansui, Shanxi, Shandong, Jiangnan, Jiangxi, and Sichuan are the six corners, and the six governors are divided into defense and auxiliary suppression, and the four positive and six corners are added up, which is called a ten-sided net.

This method was very good at the beginning, and it achieved a lot of results, and even Li Zicheng suffered a fiasco, and hid in the mountains with the remnants of seventeen people.

At that time. Yang Sichang was in power for a while, and the trust of Zhu Youzhen was deeply trusted, and the people called Yang Ge Lao and Yang Xiang.

It's a pity that Yang Sichang made a principled mistake in employing people, and he reused Xiong Wencan, the prime minister of the military affairs of the five provinces, and was responsible for exterminating the rogue. Xiong Wencan, a literati, is unable to recognize the nature of the rogue. When Luo Rucai, Li Zicheng and others were in a desperate situation, they actually believed in the deception of the rogues and easily let them go.

In addition, Lu Xiangsheng resisted Houjin, did not agree to negotiate peace, and disagreed with Yang Sichang's opinion. Yang Sichang actually took advantage of his convenience in controlling the military department to restrain Lu Xiangsheng everywhere, making Lu Xiangsheng lonely and unable to speak, losing many battles, and finally dying on the battlefield.

Yang Sichang's final ending was also tragic. Because of Xiong Wencan's failure, he had to personally lead the troops to exterminate the Liukou, but Li Zicheng captured Luoyang, killed the Fu King Zhu Changxun, captured Xiangyang on the second day, killed the Xiang King Zhu Yiming, Yang Sichang was so frightened that he was terminally ill, and then had no face to see the emperor and committed suicide.

History has changed radically.

At least Yang Sichang's encirclement and suppression plan of four positives, six corners and ten nets is useless, and the rogue turtle is shrinking in Shaanxi Province, and even Sun Chengzong, the prime minister's military secretary of the military affairs of the five provinces, does not need to pay attention to the military affairs of other provinces, and focuses on the military affairs of Shaanxi, which is completely fine.

Of course, judging from Zhu Youzhen's attitude, Sun Chengzong is very likely to preside over the war against Houjin next, as long as his body can withstand it, after all, Sun Chengzong has some achievements and experiences in dealing with Houjin.

At this time, Yang Sichang took office and served as the secretary of the Ministry of War, what can he do.

Su Tiancheng is still a little worried, the Jiangning battalion has been upgraded and directly belongs to the leadership of the military department, and Yang Sichang is the secretary of the military department, which is his direct leadership. Of course, the prestige and specialness of the Jiangning battalion, Yang Sichang should know the Tao, even the emperor Zhu Youzhen, rarely directly dispatched the Jiangning battalion, and let Su Tiancheng command the Jiangning battalion.

What is Yang Sichang, Su Tiancheng doesn't know what to do, anyway, he hasn't actually come into contact with it, as for bullying superiors and subordinates, using power to attack some people, it seems that the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty almost all have such problems, not just Yang Sichang.

After so many years, Su Tiancheng's heart has long changed, hearing is false and seeing is believing, and sometimes, what he sees in his eyes is not necessarily true.

The reward for the Jiangning battalion also came out, and the imperial court rewarded 500,000 taels of silver, because of the change in the structure of the Jiangning battalion, the commendation of the officers needed to be redrafted, so this time there was no involvement in the promotion of the officers.

Su Tiancheng's task has been completed, and he needs to return to Henan Mansion immediately.

He has a lot of tasks, the structure of the Jiangning battalion has changed, the internal organizational setup, and the arrangement of officers are completely different, and these specific things must be worried about by him.

Xu Eryi has been appointed as the right attendant of the Ministry of War, this is all stained with Su Tiancheng's light, Su Tiancheng accompanied Xu Eryi, drank a lot, Chen Yutai and Wu Weiye have come to visit, the two are still in the Hanlin Academy, and they have not moved, probably because Wen Tiren's subordinates showed mercy, and did not calculate the two, but they would not promote the two.

Su Tiancheng also thought about whether it was at the right time to let Chen Yutai and Wu Weiye go to Henan Mansion, but this idea was finally abandoned, their ideas are not necessarily the same, not to mention that Chen Yutai and Wu Weiye, in general, are still arrogant people, and they have not encountered many twists and turns, far inferior to Zhang Pu.

I'm afraid that this matter will not be possible until Zhang Pu takes charge of Henan Mansion.

The butler hurriedly came to report.

"Master, Lord Yang from the Ministry of War has come to visit."

"Which Lord Yang from the military department?"

Su Tiancheng didn't react for a while, and in his mind, the secretary of the military department was still Zhang Fengyi.

"It's Lord Yang Sichang, the secretary of the military department."

Su Tiancheng was very surprised, and couldn't help but stand up, Yang Sichang, as the secretary of the military department, came to visit him, the prefect of Henan Prefecture, although he also served as the commander of the Jiangning battalion, and he was also the rank of the second grade, but the chief officer was still the prefect of Henan Prefecture, and the superiors came to visit the subordinates, which was rare.

"Butler, you go and accompany Lord Yang, I'll come right away."

After cleaning up, and before he had time to think, Su Tiancheng quickly came to the reception room.

A middle-aged man with a clear appearance met Su Tiancheng's eyelids.

Yang Sichang put his hands behind his back and was carefully looking at the map hanging on the wall.

There was a map hanging in the reception room, which was Su Tiancheng's request, and he was not interested in calligraphy and painting.

"I don't know if Lord Yang is visiting, and the officials are lazy."

"Lord Su is polite, this official has just taken office, and he admires the demeanor of Lord Su, so he came to visit."

"Don't say that, my lord, the officials are afraid."

Yang Sichang had a smile on his face, however, in his eyes, he revealed surprise, in his impression, Su Tiancheng, who had outstanding achievements, should be a Xuanyu Xuan, the palace test list, took the initiative to ask for release, to Jiangning County, in less than three years, Jiangning County became the money bag of the imperial court, to Henan Mansion for just over a year, Henan Mansion has become the most concentrated and rich place in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, faintly more than Kaifeng Mansion.

Such a wizard, such a young wizard, has such a low-key attitude.

In an instant, Yang Sichang felt that this Su Tiancheng was really not simple.

"Master Su, I am really here to visit, I ask you for advice, in my opinion, the Jiangning camp can be called invincible in the world, capture Zijin Liang and Zhang Xianzhong alive, force Lao Huihui to commit suicide, and exterminate more than 100,000 Liukou before and after, the battle of Zhongdu, Lord Su was far-sighted, saw through the tricks of the Liukou, set up an ambush in advance, defeated the Liukou, annihilated its elite, and even resisted 50,000 Liukou with 4,000 soldiers, the battle of Qiyue Mountain, with the smallest loss, defeated 50,000 Liukou, captured Zhang Xianzhong alive, this is a classic battle."

Su Tiancheng looked at Yang Sichang and didn't speak, he didn't know what Yang Sichang's purpose was, as the secretary of the military department, Yang Sichang must have his own ideas, especially in today's good situation, strive to exterminate the rogue in the shortest possible time, and turn to deal with Houjin with all his might, if he has made such a feat, Yang Sichang is likely to become an auxiliary minister of the cabinet, or even become the first assistant of the cabinet, Sun Chengzong is old, it is impossible to take power and take profit.

"Master Su, I'm here today to hear your opinion on whether we can launch a full-scale attack on the Liukou within the year."

Su Tiancheng paused for a moment, and couldn't help but think of Yang Sichang in history, who once boasted about Haikou in front of Zhu Youzhen, and in three months, he exterminated the Liukou, which turned out to be a joke.

"My lord, the lower officials think that it is possible to exterminate the rogues within the year, but it is not the best choice to do so."

"Oh, I'd like to hear why."

"The reason why the Liukou have been able to ravage for so many years is mainly because the people live in poverty, desperate, join the Liukou team, at the beginning of the Liukou rebellion, some of the soldiers of my Ming Dynasty mutinied, and also invested in the middle of the Liukou team, these years, the situation in the local guards is better, there are basically no mutinous sergeants, but the people's lives are still unsatisfactory, especially for many years of famine, if you can't solve the people's livelihood problems well, that is, or exterminate Gao Yingxiang, there may be Gao Yingxiang, Ma Yingxiang, Outcasts can be a constant source of outcasts. ”

"Now that the Liukou is trapped in Shaanxi, they must not be able to do much, Zhang Xianzhong's ending, they must know, this period, relatively calm, if you take advantage of this opportunity to improve people's livelihood, so that the people can have enough food and clothing, at least be able to eat enough, and slowly disintegrate the team and fighting spirit of the Liukou, when the time is ripe, the court can use the minimum price to exterminate the Liukou." (To be continued......)