readx; Although Yang Sichang's actions were very concealed, and he only notified the presidents of the royalist associations in various places, but there were so many royalist associations in the provinces of Daming, so many presidents. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Ministry of Intelligence has bribed more than a dozen presidents of the Royalist Society, although it is said that the old forces of the Ming Dynasty are generally resistant to Zhao Yan, but not all the old forces are willing to confront Zhao Yan.

Many people have seen that it is time for the Ming Dynasty to change the dynasty.

Zhao Yan's Shandong political axe has long been a big one, and it is still constantly encroaching on the Ming Dynasty, and is actively expanding and growing itself.

There is basically no chance of victory for the Ming Court.

One chaos and one rule, this is the common concept of the Chinese, the change of dynasty is just a normal phenomenon in the eyes of everyone, and many people are glad that it is the political axe of Shandong that has won the world.

Shandong's political axe administration is clean and honest, and Zhao Yan loves the people like a son. There is a bottom line in everything you do. For example, Zheng Zhilong, although he was defeated by Zhao Yan, but now Zheng Zhilong is still living the life of a rich man in Fujian.

The most popular goal of the upper class who turned to support Zhao Yan was Zhao Yan's means of governing the country, and the originally chaotic world had been pacified by him in less than ten years.

Jianyu, Mongolia has fallen, and Yueben has also fallen. The thieves were even more beaten and did not dare to come forward again, and they all surrendered to the officials and soldiers.

Many of the upper class of the Ming court had already had contact with Shandong, and even many families moved to Shandong for development.

Although the Shandong political axe has banned the traditional vested interests, it has cultivated a large number of new vested interests, and the new vested interests are mainly the military group and the industrial and commercial class.

At the same time, the literati cultivated in Shandong are also new vested interests.

Although Zhao Yan was already a thorn in the side of the old power class at this time, the situation was not so bad, and a large part of them still approved of Zhao Yan's approach.

Moreover, the regulation and control policies issued by Zhao Yan have never been unreasonable, and each policy is implemented on a basis.

On the occasion of the impending revolution, some old power classes chose to move closer to Zhao Yan, and whether their own interests were shaken is no longer a matter of consideration.

Under such circumstances, Zhao Yan watched Chongzhen's actions in Zhaojiabao.

"The emperor couldn't help it." Zhao Quan concluded, "There will definitely be some action in the near future, and the son must not be on guard." ”

"Although the 300,000 Beijing battalion in his hands seems to be strong, it is no longer our opponent. It is necessary to take precautions, and let the armed police forces of the provinces seize the Royalist Society. "Zhao Yan naturally won't let Chongzhen's intentions succeed, although even if all the royalists will pull up tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, they are not afraid, but the war will inevitably bring trauma and damage the national strength!

At the same time, Zhao Yan sent a telegram to Chongzhen, asking: "What does Your Majesty mean this time?" Attack me Shandong? It can be seen that the law has been breached. ”

The telegram came to the Forbidden City, Chongzhen's face turned pale after reading it, and Zhao Yan's meaning was obvious, you violated the covenant, I can attack you at any time.

Yang Sichang was hurriedly summoned into the Qianqing Palace, and when he saw the electricity, he exclaimed: "It's leaking!" ”

"How's that good?" Chongzhen asked with a dark face.

"I can only deny it this time." Yang Sichang said with a bitter face, he couldn't have imagined that as soon as the order was issued, Zhao Yan knew about it.

"What's the use of denial?" Chongzhen said angrily: "If he uses this as an excuse to attack the Jingshi, and then he becomes the king and loses the king, will I still have room to turn over?" It's not like what he says is what he says. ”

Yang Sichang listened to it in a cold sweat.

At this moment, the little eunuch hurriedly ran in and reported: "Your Majesty, General Jianwei has called." ”

Chongzhen hurriedly stretched out his hand to take the telegram presented by the little eunuch, spread it out and read it.

I saw that it was written:

"With 800,000 soldiers, does Your Majesty have a chance of winning? If a civil war breaks out, the people will be displaced, and rivers of blood will flow, which will be a misfortune for the country. However, His Majesty's 300,000 Beijing camp has been completed, and he said that there will be a battle between you and me. Now the situation is so decided, if you and I fight a battle, with 20,000 soldiers, and 300,000 soldiers against Your Majesty, if the minister is defeated, he will retire, and if His Majesty is defeated, he will abdicate. In this way, the people will not be displaced, nor will they hurt the peace of our kings and ministers. ”

Chongzhen was stunned after reading it, Yang Sichang asked cautiously, Chongzhen handed him the telegram, Yang Sichang exclaimed after reading it: "20,000 vs. 300,000?" Is he papier-mâché when he is in Jingying? It's so arrogant, so arrogant. ”

"My 300,000 camps against 20,000, do you have a chance of winning? Or is it something else? Chongzhen asked suspiciously, Zhao Yan dared to say such a wild word, maybe there was really some killer feature.

"Your Majesty, although the Beijing camp is not as good as the Shandong army in the war, but Sun Chuanting is good at training, the Beijing camp has never deducted military salaries, there is no greed for life and fear of death, 300,000 against 20,000, it should be seen how to fight, if the Shandong army is defended according to the danger, it will not be able to attack for a long time, if the two sides fight in a dignified manner, the Shandong army will be defeated."

"Your Majesty might as well ask for the details first, and then make a decision." Yang Sichang said.

"Okay, follow me to the cabinet to call back Zhao Yan, ask how to fight the decisive battle, and then send someone to summon Sun Chuanting to meet him." Chongzhen ordered.

Soon, Chongzhen took Yang Sichang and a group of eunuchs to the cabinet, and Sun Chuanting hurried after receiving the summons.

"Arrogance." Sun Chuanting was furious after reading the telegram sent by Zhao Yan, this is simply a naked contempt for him, 20,000 people want to defeat him 300,000?

The 300,000 Beijing battalion was formed by him after more than a year of training, and at the same time, he also absorbed many methods of the Shandong army, such as ideological education, and so on.

In terms of equipment, the 300,000 Beijing battalion can be described as well-equipped, with muskets and artillery from the Shandong army, and pikemen and cavalry wearing plate armor.

Although the muskets used by the Shandong army have been replaced, Sun Chuanting has also made this clear, but the muskets alone are not enough to make up for the huge gap in strength.

Soon Chongzhen sent a telegram to Zhao Jiabao on the cabinet radio, asking him how to fight a decisive battle.

Zhao Yan quickly replied.

I saw that his reply was: "Choose a place with a wide view of the plain and evacuate the surrounding people." When the two sides agreed, they said that before the war, they would enter the battlefield and set up arrangements. The new 01st Division sent 20,000 troops into the battlefield. ”

After reading the telegram, Chongzhen said worriedly: "Has there ever been a fraud? ”

"Your Majesty can publicize this matter, and then everyone in the world will know it, and if it is really deceitful, it will be difficult to ride a tiger." Yang Sichang said that at this time, Chongzhen and they also realized the importance of public opinion, and if the power of public opinion is mobilized.

Chongzhen was discussing with everyone, but in a quarter of an hour, a telegram came from Shandong, Zhao Yan said: "If Your Majesty is afraid of the minister's fraud, you can invite the world's celebrities and squires to watch the battle together, so that the people of the world can decide whether to win or lose." ”

Zhao Yan and the staff department in Zhaojiabao are planning to set up a trap for Chongzhen, 20,000 against 300,000 people, the Shandong army will undoubtedly win.

Chongzhen used the cabinet's radio to send a telegram to Zhao Yan for a morning.

Chongzhen's side felt that this battle was unsuccessful, because Zhao Yan's conduct was relatively upright, and his actions had a bottom line, and he was not hungry for the throne.

Therefore, Chongzhen took over Zhao Yan's war letter.

The two sides agreed that after the autumn harvest, the decisive battle would be fought in mid-September on the east side of Fenglong Mountain, south of Zhending Mansion. The reason why it was chosen after the autumn harvest was because the equipment of Zhao Yan's new 01st Division was still in place, and it was also to allow the people to harvest the crops in the field. At the same time, the east side, north and south of Fenglong Mountain are plains, and Fenglong Mountain is about 600 meters high, which is just suitable for watching the battle.

To the south of Zhending Mansion and north of Fenglong Mountain is Shijiazhuang City, the capital of Hebei Province in the future, but Shijiazhuang has not been seen in this year! It's just a small village.

Chongzhen saw that there was no problem, so he agreed.

Sun Chuanting didn't say much on the side, and his intuition told him that this decisive battle was not so simple, but what was wrong made him puzzled.

He did not agree with Chongzhen and Zhao Yan working against each other, in his opinion, it was best for Chongzhen to remove the military power and obediently carry out the constitutional monarchy.

In this way, the Zhu family will always be the emperor, and the country can also prosper under the governance of the cabinet.

On the question of whether the Ming Dynasty can prosper, Sun Chuanting has never doubted that with Zhao Yan's means of governing the country, the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty is inevitable, and if Chongzhen fights with him, I am afraid that he will suffer.

However, this opportunity is too tempting, 300,000 to 20,000, it is simply a win. Therefore, Sun Chuanting neither agreed nor objected.

Then Chongzhen sent a telegram to Zhao Yan, saying: "If you win, then I will marry Princess Changping to you." ”

It took nearly half an hour for this telegram to be sent out, and it was only then that Zhaojiabao sent a reply telegram.

When Zhao Yan received this telegram in Zhaojiabao, he couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded, feeling that Chongzhen wanted to be the emperor, and there was a fierce debate among the high-level officials of Zhaojiabao about whether to accept Chongzhen's condition.

Chongzhen's condition is obvious, he wants Zhao Yan to be his son-in-law, and then he abdicates to let Zhao Yan sit on the throne, so as to preserve the Ming dynasty.

Zhao Quan was completely opposed, believing that Zhao Yan was qualified to stand on his own after the Song Dynasty royal family.

However, other high-level officials in Zhaojiabao still have a trace of affection for the Ming Court, especially those high-level scholars from the literati, if they accept Chongzhen's condition, then Zhao Yan can ascend to the throne, and the Ming Court royal family can also have a continuation, they are more inclined to this kind of happy result.

After they finished arguing, Zhao Yan weighed it for a moment and decided to agree to Chongzhen's intentions.

For Zhao Yan, he doesn't care if there is one more or less Princess Changping, and he doesn't care if he is on his own, and when he takes the throne, it is no different from a self-established portal.

Zhao Yan is still biased towards preserving the Ming Dynasty, the starting point of this dynasty is good, but it has gone astray because Zhu Yuanzhang's background is not enough.

Chongzhen finally breathed a sigh of relief after receiving Zhao Yan's telegram, now for him, it is best to win, and if he loses, the end is not too bad.

On how to fight a decisive battle, the two sides quickly reached a consensus.

After the autumn harvest, a 10-mile-wide and 100-mile-long battlefield was drawn out to the east of Fenglongshan, and the two sides were deployed at 45 miles at both ends, leaving a distance of 10 miles in the middle, and the side that was driven out of the demarcated battlefield first was defeated.

thought that it would take some grinding to make Chongzhen agree, but what Zhao Yan didn't expect was that just a quarter of an hour after the telegram was sent, Chongzhen agreed.

Chongzhen obediently got into the trap laid by Zhao Yan.

(To be continued)