The so-called Qin Huai Bayan in history is to point out the eight Jiangnan celebrities in the late Qing Dynasty: Liu Rushi, Chen Yuanyuan, Gu Hengbo, Dong Xiaowan, Bian Yujing, Li Xiangjun, Kou Baimen, Zheng Ruying, they have excellent poetry and painting, can sing and dance, can be described as a double of color and art.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Qin Huai Bayan was already famous. In later generations, their stories were still talked about, although Cao Yue didn't completely know which ones Qin Huai Bayan was, but he still knew a few of them who were famous, such as Chen Yuanyuan, Liu Ruyi, and Dong Xiaowan.

Chen Yuanyuan, who made Wu Sangui angry and turned against the water and Qing for the sake of red face, Liu Ruyi, who has a strong personality, integrity and intelligence, and great courage, and Dong Xiaowan, who was mixed with the concubine of the Shunzhi Emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and Dong Xiaowan, who had many legendary stories with Mao Bijiang, these people Cao Yue had heard of in later generations.

He believed that in addition to the few he knew, the other women who were included in Qin Huai's Bayan were all beautiful women with both talents and colors.

Men are naturally interested in beautiful women, not to mention women who combine beauty and wisdom, listening to Chang Yanling talking endlessly about Qin Huai Bayan's erotic affairs, Cao Yue's interest was completely aroused, but unfortunately these people are all in Nanjing, and there is no way to see their demeanor now, otherwise Cao Yue really wants to meet them now, appreciate their talents, and see their beauty.

"Brother Yue," after familiarizing, Chang Yanling and others have already called Cao Yue "Brother Yue", in order to show their intimacy with Cao Yue, seeing that Cao Yue listened to Qin Huai Bayan's affair, he showed a curious look, and the youngest and handsome Guo Peimin whispered to Cao Yue: "Brother Chang will go to Nanjing in a few days and serve as the envoy of Nanjing Jinyi Wei Town." In the future, if you want to go to Nanjing and want to find Qin Huai Bayan, go find him. ”

"Oh, Brother Chang is going to Nanjing to take up a post?" Cao Yue was a little surprised.

"The appointment has come down a long time ago, but it has been delayed," Chang Yanling said with a wry smile: "Nanjing Jinyiwei Town Fu Envoy is not as good as a thousand households in Beijing, alas, no one wants to go!"

"Brother Chang is wrong!" Cao Yue drank wine and shook his head to deny Chang Yanling's opinion, "Little brother doesn't think so. The younger brother thinks that if you can go to Nanjing now, it is the best, this is a good opportunity that is difficult for ordinary people to get, and let you live in peace for more than ten years. ”

"Why did Brother Yue say that?" Chang Yanling was puzzled, and his other two friends were also surprised.

"This ......" Cao Yue looked at the women leaning beside each other, Chang Yanling understood, and immediately motioned for them to go down first.

After a group of warblers and Yanyan all went out, Cao Yue whispered: "Brother Chang, don't you know, Beijing is not a stable place now, Jiannu has hit the city several times, you stay here, don't you feel scared?" ”

"There used to be, but since Brother Yue broke through Shengjing, I don't feel this way anymore!" Chang Yanling took a sip of wine and said meaningfully: "After this battle, it is impossible for Jiannu to attack in a big way in a short time, and my Guanning defense line will be strengthened again." Jiannu wants to attack the city of Beijing, but it is not so easy. Brother Yue, you should know better than me about the affairs in the army, are you ...... Don't you think so? ”

Seeing that Chang Yanling's face changed a little when he said this, Guo Peimin and Zhang Shize also put down their wine glasses and looked at Cao Yue.

Seeing that the eyes of the three of them were staring at him, Cao Yue sighed slightly: "Brothers, I can't hide it, I think that if the current Ming army does not change, it will not be able to resist the attack of Jiannu." If Jiannu didn't go all out to attack Songshan and Jinzhou, or left some more troops in Shengjing when attacking Songshan and Jinzhou, then now Songshan and Jinzhou are still surrounded by them, and eventually Songshan and Jinzhou will fall under the long-term siege of Jiannu, and all the elites of the Ming Dynasty will no longer exist. ”

Hearing Cao Yue say this, Chang Yanling, Zhang Shize, and Guo Peimin all changed their faces, and they even forgot to drink wine.

Seeing that his words were touched, Cao Yue continued: "To tell the truth, although the younger brother led the army to break through Shengjing and annihilated more than 10,000 Jiannu, the strength of Jiannu did not suffer a big loss. The Jurchen Eight Banners only suffered a larger loss when the junior brother and Cao Zongbing led the army to counterattack, but this loss of troops did not have a great impact on their combat effectiveness. ”

"Jiannu will not give up on this failure, after they stabilize the rear, they will definitely lead the army to invade Liaodong again, and even attack Guannei. Although Huang Taiji is dead, Dolgon, the Duoduo brothers, and Zilharang, who preside over the internal affairs of Jiannu, are not good at stubble, especially Dolgon, whose talents are not inferior to Huang Taiji. It is believed that in a year or two at most, Jiannu will recover and have the ability to march south again. ”

Seeing Cao Yue's wry smile, Zhang Shize couldn't help but interject: "Brother Yue, do you think my Ming army still can't resist the attack of Jiannu?" Even if there are you, there are still fierce generals like Mr. Cao? ”

"You brothers have not been in the army, I don't know the situation in the army, to be honest, today's Ming army, the combat effectiveness is so low that no one dares to believe it, military discipline is corrupt, officers deduct military salaries, corruption is common, most people want to preserve strength, collect money, everything they do is for their own selfish interests, no one wants to gnaw hard bones. Hehe, just like this war, after the destruction of the Bijia Mountain Grain Road, Inspector Hong made up his mind to fight to the death with Jiannu, but Wang Pu, Wu Sangui, Tang Tong and others led the army to escape without saying hello, and the Songjin defense line collapsed. If it weren't for the desperate fighting of our Eastern Alliance Army, today's Songshan and Jinzhou might have fallen into the hands of Jiannu. ”

As he spoke, Cao Yue showed indignation, "I believe that several brothers know that the achievements of my Ming army in fighting against Jiannu and rebelling over the years have rarely been victorious. Although the Ming army claims to be one million, no one knows how many real troops there are, and those with combat effectiveness are only a handful. If I continue like this and don't make changes, I will be in danger!"

Cao Yue, who had just won the battle and smashed the old nest of Jiannu, said such alarmist words, Chang Yanling and the others all changed their faces, but they still didn't believe what Cao Yue said, but they didn't know how to refute it.

After Cao Yue drank a glass of wine, he put the cup down heavily, and said rudely: "Brother Chang, during the banquet in the palace yesterday, the younger brother was attacked by the courtiers several times, and many people asked His Majesty to cure the sins of the younger brother, you have seen it." You said that the officials in the court are keen on infighting, afraid that others will affect their future, and they don't want to see any talented people come out, so who else will fight to the death and serve the country? ”

Chang Yanling listened to it and was silent, he knew that Cao Yue was impeached by some officials at the court and banquets, and he was upset about Cao Yue at that time, and then thought of the meritorious ministers who had been executed by the imperial court over the years, and couldn't help but be gloomy. He also drank a glass of wine and sighed heavily: "Brother Yue means that now that the country is in decline, why don't you leave Beijing and go to Nanjing, so that you can live happily for a few years, is that what you mean?" ”

Cao Yue shook his head, "Not really, but in Beijing, you always have to be careful, and it is easy to be affected by the battles in the court, maybe one day you will be unlucky." If you have the opportunity, you can make some living and prepare in Nanjing, and maybe it will be of great use when the time comes. If, hehe, brothers, I just said that if there is a far-sighted minister who goes to Nanjing to preside over military and political affairs and make use of the wealth of the south to do something, maybe I will be in the Ming Dynasty and will be prosperous!"

Cao Yue actually wanted to go to Nanjing to take up a post. He knows a little about the situation at the end of the Ming Dynasty, he knows that at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Jiangnan was still very prosperous, half of the taxes of the Ming Dynasty came from there, and Nanjing had the Yangtze River to defend.

It turns out that in history, Li Zicheng entered Beijing, Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself, and after Wu Sangui rebelled against the water and descended to the Qing Dynasty, didn't the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty exist in Nanjing for several years? If you take precautions, prepare in the south as early as possible, or abandon Beijing, move the capital to Nanjing, and take advantage of the advantages of the south, then the Ming Dynasty may be able to come back to life.

When Cao Yue planned to meet Emperor Chongzhen alone one day, he would talk about his thoughts and let Chongzhen make some preparations.

Although Cao Yue did not know what year Li Zicheng entered Beijing in the original history, he knew that it had been a few years since Chongzhen was fourteen years old and Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself on the coal mountain. If you don't arrange a back road, there may be no way out.

Maybe Emperor Chongzhen is not a Ming monarch, but now, the only one who can change the general trend of the world is this Ming emperor.

Cao Yue's words were quite shocking to Chang Yanling, Zhang Shize, and Guo Baomin.

Cao Yue, who had just returned from a victory, was naturally surprised by the fact that he was not optimistic about the war between the Ming Dynasty and Jiannu, and what surprised them even more was that Cao Yue actually thought of using the wealth of the south to plot, so it was no wonder that he suggested going to the south to develop and not stay in Beijing.

Chang Yanling is also a smart person, after thinking about it, he probably understood what Cao Yue meant, and finally showed a smile, raised his glass to Cao Yue and said: "Brother Yue, listen to your words, it is better to read for ten years, your words today have taught me, I will think about whether to go to Nanjing to take up a post." Come, let's not talk about these disappointments today, continue to drink, let the girls come back to accompany us, and we won't get drunk or go home!"

"If Brother Chang goes to Nanjing, maybe when the time comes, we will work together in Nanjing," Cao Yue raised his glass in return.

"Heh, it turns out that Brother Yue also has this intention, haha, then I have to think about it for my brother!" Chang Yanling laughed.

The other two people, Zhang Shize and Guo Peimin, also showed a meaningful look when they heard this, as if they were seriously considering.

However, Cao Yue didn't say anything, Chang Yanling had already beckoned the women who had just gone out to come back to accompany them, Yingying Yanyan floated into the house with a burst of fat powder, and the woman's laughter immediately eliminated the dullness just now, and several people began to laugh loudly, drink a big glass, and hug the women around them.

Although Cao Yue is not used to having fun with his tricks, he is no longer as repulsive as when he first came in.