Under the city of Beijing, hundreds of Jurchens and Mongols slowly marched forward wearing iron chains, and in the middle of them were two prisoner carts, in which Dai Shan and Nurhachi, with dead faces, sat in them.

The soldiers of the Ming army all looked at them with complicated faces, and these once invincible Jurchens were now like lost dogs, all of them hanging their heads.

Especially Dai Shan and Nurhachi, who were sitting in a cage, were even more indispensable figures among the Jurchens, I don't know how many people would be scared when they heard their names, but they didn't expect to be captured alive.

It's a pity that it was not the Ming army who captured them alive, but the King of Wu, who was also an enemy and a friend.

The Jurchens are so powerful, so how powerful will King Wu's army be.

Thinking of this, many soldiers and generals were very jealous.

Lu Yan looked at the city of Beijing in the distance, and the city wall of Beijing in the distance looked particularly solemn in the morning mist.

Unfortunately, he did not know that something very important had happened.

After receiving the prisoners, Sun Chengzong came over with several generals.

Looking at Lu Yan, who was like a moon held by the generals, Sun Chengzong's face was complicated, and he finally saw this person.

Lu Yan also looked at Sun Chengzong with a curious face, and the evaluation of Sun Chengzong in history was still very good, thinking that this was a rare capable minister in the late Ming Dynasty.

"Wu Wangsheng captured the slave chieftains and Daishan and drove away the Jurchens, which really contributed to the society and the people of the world. On behalf of the people around Gyeonggi, I would like to thank King Oh. ”

Sun Chengzong bowed to Lu Yan and said.

"Don't dare to be. The Jurchen* harmed the people, and as a Han Chinese, he should stand up. ”

Lu Yan said with a smile, "But I hope that the imperial court can relieve these homeless people." lest they starve to death on the streets in the future. ”

Hearing this, Sun Chengzong couldn't help but hesitate.

It's not that he doesn't want to save it, it's that Da Ming doesn't have the ability to save it at all.

With the current financial situation of the Ming Dynasty, let alone helping the people, even the army's salary can't be paid, and it is definitely embarrassing for him to let him help the people.

Although the generals seized a large amount of wealth and food from the city abandoned by the Jurchens, they had already been privately divided.

Sun Chengzong is not easy to interfere with this. The imperial court has been owing them money for months, like Shaanxi's. It hasn't even been paid for a year.

Even King Qin's expenses along the way were raised by them, and if they still grabbed those treasures with them in this situation, these generals would have to be in a hurry with him.

"I have commanded a million taels of silver to be given to the people. I just hope that the imperial court will not interfere. In addition, I will also transfer some grain and silver taels from Jiangnan, and I will also distribute them to the people at that time, and I hope that Lord Sun will support me a lot. ”

Lu Yan said.

What he was most worried about was that the court thought that he had bought the hearts of the people and refused to save him, so he didn't know how many people would die.

Sun Chengzong and those generals all looked at Lu Yan in surprise, as if they knew him for the first time.

The fact that an anti-king can be so sympathetic to the people is simply a travesty in the world.

"The prince cares about the people of the world and is compassionate, and Sun admires it."

Sun Chengzong bowed deeply again and said.

Lu Yan waved his hand. At this time, he found a female general in the crowd, and his eyes couldn't help but brighten.

"This is General Qin Liangyu."

Lu Yan said with a smile.

"That's right, it's the last general."

Qin Liangyu stood up and said.

Originally, she didn't have a good impression of Lu Yan. After all, it's an anti-king.

But after seeing what Lu Yan did with her own eyes, she knew that Lu Yan was by no means the rumored traitor, which also made her feel much better about Lu Yan.

"General Qin can lead the army as a woman to serve the Ming Dynasty, which is really admired by this king. Among the most admired figures of this king, General Qin should be among the top four. ”

Lu Yan said with a smile.

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but be surprised.

They didn't expect Lu Yan's evaluation of Qin Liangyu to be so high.

"Oh. I didn't expect the prince to value General Qin so much, I don't know who the other three are? ”

Hear here. Sun Chengzong smiled with some curiosity.

"One is Lord Mao, he can personally lead 200 soldiers to fight Zhenjiang Fort thousands of miles away, and open the Dongjiang River, shouldn't he be admired?"

Lu Yan said with a smile.

Everyone nodded, thinking that he was right, in general, Mao Wenlong's record was still remarkable, but it was a pity that he was later affected by Lu Yan.

"The other two are Master Sun and Cao Wenzhao."

Lu Yan sighed and said.

Hearing this, Sun Chengzong couldn't help but be surprised, he thought that Lu Yan was saying kind words.

So he hurriedly said: "How can this official be virtuous, it is so important to the prince of Lao, the prince is really polite." ”

Lu Yan shook his head, but he didn't plan to explain.

Sun Chengzong single-handedly built Ningyuan and Jinzhou, blocked the Jurchens from the gate for many years, and in addition to creating the strongest Guanning Iron Horse in the Ming Dynasty, these can be said to be the credit of Sun Chengzong.

As for Cao Wenzhao, many people also thought that he was saying kind words, after all, Cao Wenzhao's talent has not yet been revealed, he is just an inconspicuous guard, and he has never had any famous achievements.

In the eyes of this general, it is nothing at all.

"Well, now that the matter is over, this king must leave."

Lu Yan said.

The people here probably don't welcome him either, so it's better for him to leave early.

"Doesn't the prince plan to stay here for a few more days, the saint misses the prince very much."

Sun Chengzong said very politely.

"No, the army is on an expedition, and it consumes a lot of food and grass. This king has a lot to do, and he is not in the mood to stay here. ”

Lu Yan said.

It's true that you miss me, I guess I can't wait to die, Lu Yan muttered secretly.

"In that case, then we won't send it."

Sun Chengzong said.

Lu Yan nodded. And he left here with the army.

Of course, the Ming army was not careless, and sent an army to escort them to Tianjin, and they were relieved to see Lu Yan on the ship.

As for the cavalry, they still went all the way south along the canal. However, no one embarrassed them this time, so the trip went very smoothly.

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After a long journey, Lu Yan finally returned to Hangzhou.

Although his hometown is not in Hangzhou, he feels like home when he returns to Hangzhou, and the whole person is relaxed.

After a series of battles, not to mention those soldiers, even he was a little unbearable.

Just went back. Zhang Xiaoyi found him with a happy face.

Since Lu Yan came to Taiwan, he has been sent to take care of his sister.

After all, Taiwan is quite desolate there. It's still a little lonely to be accompanied by only Zeng Xiaoshuang.

After coming to the prosperous place of Hangzhou, Lu Yan thought about it for a while and promoted Zhang Xiaoyi to the head of the palace.

Zhang Xiaoyi has been following him for so long and has never given up. This should be regarded as a reward for him.

Of course, for this position, Zhang Xiaoyi likes it from the bottom of his heart.

If it had been before, let alone any governors, even the magistrate would not have taken a look at him.

But now, as long as he is out of the house, those who are gentry officials and ordinary people, none of them are very angry with him.

He felt that at least in Jiangnan, he was also a big man who could make Jiangnan shake three times by stomping his feet.

Therefore, for Lu Yan, he is especially grateful to Dade.

"It's Xiao Yi, what's the matter?"

I haven't seen Zhang Xiaoyi for a long time. Lu Yan was also very happy.

"Lord, Batavia has sent people again, and they want to ransom their soldiers."

Zhang Dao.

"Oh. They really plan to come up with a million taels. ”

Hearing this, Lu Yan couldn't help but lift his spirits.

He was about to throw 500,000 taels to Gyeonggi for disaster relief, but he didn't expect someone to send money so soon.

"No, they said that they planned to pay 300,000 taels first, and they would not pay the rest of the silver until you let some people go. And they insist. I'm going to see you anyway. ”

Zhang Dao.

Hearing this, Lu Yan couldn't help frowning.

"Okay then. Let's arrange for them to meet me. ”

Lu Yan said.

He estimated that it would not be so easy to want an empty glove white wolf, after all, one million taels was not a small amount, and those Dutchmen were not fools, and it was impossible to hand over one million taels of silver to him just by his words.

However, it was also a surprise to be able to get 300,000 silver.

After Zhang Xiaoyi left, he began to plan for the future again.

It is estimated that the Liaodong Jurchens are unable to invade because they have been fighting for the Khan position for a while.

Although he cut off more than 20,000 Jurchen heads this time, the Jurchens also had at least 100,000 troops in Liaodong.

And once it comes to life and death, if all the people are soldiers, it is not impossible for them to draw 150,000 troops.

Therefore, Lu Yan felt that things in Liaodong could only be done slowly, he was also a big family now, and so many territories in the south of the Yangtze River also needed soldiers to guard.

Therefore, before an additional army of 150,000 was dispatched, he had no intention of destroying the Jurchens.

As for the melee from whom? Of course, it's the Nanyang natives.

As for the combat effectiveness of the natives of the South Seas, it can only be described as scum.

Lü Yan estimated that he only needed to send 20,000 troops to sweep the whole of Luzon.

Then he took advantage of the situation to conquer the entire South Seas.

As for Liaodong, he felt that he could first send 30,000 troops to North Korea to contain the Jurchens.

When his soldiers are enough, he will destroy the Jurchen army in one fell swoop.

At present, the most important thing is to go to the South Seas, and if you want to pacify the South Seas, you need a strong enough navy.

His navy is enough to sweep across the South Seas, but he feels that it is not enough, and he needs a stronger navy to control the entire South China Sea.

He had to garrison not only in Luzon, but also in Malacca and Java.

Only in this way can we completely control the South China Sea and divide the South China Sea into China's inland sea.

Therefore, he planned to exchange all the more than 200,000 military exploits for the navy, so that his Western giant ships could easily break through hundreds of ships.

Of course, some treasure ships have to be on board, too.

When it comes to transporting supplies and personnel, those Western giants are far inferior to treasure ships.

Moreover, the treasure ship not only has a large transportation volume, but also has a very good resistance to wind and waves, which is definitely the best choice for transporting immigrants.

But before that, he felt that he should deal with the Portuguese in Macau first. (To be continued)