A smile appeared on Qin Sande's face again, and this time the smile seemed quite sincere.

"Hey, our family knows the truth, Lord Su is loyal, those adults in the court are really talking nonsense with their eyes open, and they also say that Lord Su has evil intentions, let's see, they have different intentions."

Qin Sande's words were a bit big, and in such a situation, Su Tiancheng was not easy to answer.

Seeing that Su Tiancheng didn't speak, Qin Sande finally said something very crucial.

"Master Su, our family looks, the emperor is also a little embarrassed, in the court, so many adults have stood up and said some unpleasant things, our family thinks that the emperor must be annoyed, and our family is also anxious when he thinks about it."

"Father-in-law, the lower officials have already thought of these things, and if you think of such a situation, it won't take long for it to disappear."

"Hehe, our family believes in Master Su."

In this matter, Su Tiancheng didn't want to make any promises, although he estimated that Qin Sande might be entrusted by others, thinking of hinting at himself, he still had to pay attention to doing things, and not to embarrass the emperor, but he wouldn't agree to such a thing, this is his bottom line, he wants the Donglin Party in the court to shut up, unless you give up all policies, safeguard the interests of the big bureaucrats and gentry, and breathe out with the Donglin Party and the Fushe, so that it doesn't make much sense for you to travel to the Ming Dynasty. To think about changing history is to dream, and in the end it will be swallowed up by the rolling torrent.

Qin Sande's topic quickly shifted, and he no longer talked about Jiangning County.

"Alas, Master Su doesn't know what to do, and recently, the rogue has started to run rampant again."

"Oh, is there something going on again?"

"yes, last year's winter moon. The emperor took into account that the Liukou still suffered a lot of blows, so he thought of a thorough purge, and the Zhulu officials and troops in Baodingfu, Henan, and Shanxi in the north encircled and suppressed the Liukou who were still in Shaanxi and Shanxi. Some of them have gone to Huguang, and some of them have stuck to Shaanxi and Shanxi, so far, the official army has not been able to make a major breakthrough, and the emperor has not had a good year. ”

"Yes, father-in-law, a few years ago, the lower officials went to Baoding Mansion to recruit sergeants."

"When Master Su went to Baoding Mansion that time, he met Tartar and saw him, so naturally he didn't pay attention to this matter. It's also strange to our family, when this rogue is harassed on a large scale, why did the Tartars also join in the fun. ”

Su Tiancheng blinked.

He has always been a little strange, last time in Dingxing County, Baoding Prefecture, he actually met the post-Jin Manchu Eight Banner sergeant, such a thing, no matter what, is a little inexplicable. It turned out that during that time, the imperial court was doing its best to exterminate the Liukou. This is a good opportunity. The army of the imperial court has been drawn to Shanxi and Henan, and the strength in the north is naturally weaker.

According to the development of history, the Ming Dynasty fought on two fronts. It lasted until the day it collapsed, and it was precisely because of the drag of this two-front battle that the imperial court was exhausted, and the wrong use of some people made the situation more and more out of control. During this period. It's not that there is no opportunity, negotiating peace with Houjin is a very good way, at least you can concentrate your energy, exterminate the Liukou, and then fight to the death with Houjin, but unfortunately this method does not work, those so-called scholars, regardless of the actual situation of the imperial court, blindly demand tough, death can not negotiate peace, according to their impassioned statement, the head is off, that is, such a big thing.

The irony is that after the fall of the Ming Dynasty, Qian Qianyi, the leader of the Donglin Party, opened the door and surrendered to the Manchus, many of the so-called Donglin Party people, turned into loyal to the Manchus, their lives were saved, and they continued to be officials or scholars, but the Ming Dynasty really perished.

When Su Tiancheng talked with Wen Tiren last time, he talked about the matter of peace, the Ming Dynasty fought on such a two-front front, it must not work, war means the consumption of silver, without silver, it is impossible to win the war, the crumbling Ming Dynasty cannot maintain a two-front war at all, if it is forced to persist like this, it will eventually make the imperial court unsustainable, and even come to the verge of collapse.

However, what Su Tiancheng thought was more practical was the Jiangning camp.

When Qin Sande said this, he must have thought of Jiangning Ying.

Qin Sande really took the initiative to mention the Jiangning camp.

"Master Su, the Jiangning battalion is indeed heroic, our family thinks, it is impossible for the Jiangning battalion to be in Jiangning County for a long time, there are two battalions in Nanjing, which is enough to escort it."

Speaking of the matter of Jiangning Camp, Su Tiancheng had to speak.

"Father-in-law, you know the way, the Jiangning battalion currently has 20,000 soldiers, of which 10,000 are all recruits, and they have not yet formed combat effectiveness, and the Jiangning battalion still lacks armor and weapons, thanks to the two battalions to give some assistance, that is, during the Spring Festival, the soldiers did not relax their training, and they are still insisting.

"The situation that Master Su mentioned, our family also knows the Tao, our family is just talking, think about the emperor's bad year, our family's heart is not comfortable."

Su Tiancheng was a little cold, Qin Sande said such a thing, it was nothing, he had been in the palace for a long time, and he didn't know how numb the words of Lu Dao were, he could say it, but such words, if he said it at this moment, he listened to it, it was not a taste, it seemed to be a kind of persecution to himself.

"Father-in-law, the lower officials also know the way, the harassment of the rogues is a big trouble for my Ming Dynasty, the lower officials are in a hurry, so they stepped up the training of the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion, after the beginning of the year, the Jiangning battalion is ready to continue to recruit 10,000 soldiers, and strive to form a combat effectiveness within a year."

"Our family is a little worried, but I don't know if it's too late."

Su Tiancheng stopped talking.

Liukou's actions are almost the same as Houjin's actions, which also shows that Houjin has done a good job in intelligence work, of course, this intelligence work is not so complicated.

Su Tiancheng thought of Huang Zaisheng, the eyeliner that he had planted in Houjin, after such a long time, Huang Zaisheng has not sent information, it is said that there should be news.

"Hehe, Lord Su, it's the Spring Festival, our family has said so many frustrating words, Lord Su don't think about it, okay, the banquet is almost ready."

"What my father-in-law said is all for the good of the lower officials, and the lower officials keep it in mind, please rest assured that the Jiangning battalion will definitely strengthen training and will never stay in Jiangning County for a long time."

"Our family knows the way, we know the way."

Eunuchs rarely drank alcohol, they were physically handicapped, they were afraid of heat and cold, and generally speaking, scholars rarely ate at the same table with eunuchs, and they all considered it a shame.

Qin Sande was able to drink.

When drinking with Su Tiancheng, Qin Sande's interest was very high, and after toasting Zhu Xianxin in the back room, he asked the eunuch to remove the wine glass and bring the blue and white bowl.

But Qin Sande couldn't drink Su Tiancheng.

Qin Sande quickly became a little drunk.

I don't know if Lu Dao was intentional or unintentional, Qin Sande, who was a little drunk, once again said a major news.

The adjustment of the officials of Jiangning County is about to be carried out, that is, in the last few days, the edict of the Ministry of Officials is about to arrive, and it is estimated that the officials who have taken office in Jiangning County are already on the way. The emperor is so concerned about the adjustment of officials in a county, and it is almost a matter of time for the county to be adjusted and the lord of Bo, which shows that the status of Jiangning County is very important.

Qin Sande never said who came to Jiangning County, and Su Tiancheng didn't ask, the news he got from Qu Qingze may not be completely accurate, and there may be changes in the middle, but through this official adjustment, Su Tiancheng can smell some wind direction.

Qin Sande insisted on sending Su Tiancheng and Zhu Xianxin outside the imperial city, he was already unstable and was supported by the eunuchs.

When Su Tiancheng was leaving, Qin Sande, who was muttering, suddenly said a word.

"Master Su, time is running out, a year at most, a year ......"

After returning to the mansion, not long after, Su Pingyang invited Sun Chuanting.

Sun Chuanting went directly to the study, and when he saw Su Tiancheng's serious expression, he was a little surprised, everyone was happy for the New Year, and it was said that Su Tiancheng didn't have much to worry about.

"General Sun, the Jiangning battalion can't rest, all the soldiers will start training on the fifth day of the first month, especially the 10,000 recruits, they must adapt to everything as quickly as possible, I mean, at most half a year, all the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion must be able to go to the battlefield, I know that this is difficult, especially for the recruits, but the time cannot be postponed."

Before Sun Chuanting could speak, Su Tiancheng made a request again.

"After the fifteenth day of the first month, the Jiangning battalion recruited sergeants again, this time the target was Nanzhili and Zhejiang, the recruited sergeants were still 10,000 people, and the remaining silver taels of the county government were all allocated to the Jiangning battalion after leaving the necessary expenses, and three-quarters of the grain saved was allocated to the Jiangning battalion."

"General Sun, my request is that all the sergeants can be pulled out in half a year, and they are not afraid of any opponents, including the 10,000 sergeants who have not yet been recruited, this is a hard requirement, and there is no prevarication."

"As for the expenses needed by the Jiangning battalion, I will find a way, especially in terms of ordnance, after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, I went to find Lord Fan, Lord Fan is the commander of the Jiangning battalion, seeing that the soldiers have no weapons in their hands and no armor on their bodies, it is unreasonable, if they can be saved, the imperial court has not allocated a tael of silver, everything depends on us, so where we can save, we must save, and the time is really not enough." (To be continued.) )