At the end of the solemn army building ceremony, the officers and men of the whole army returned to their respective camps, slaughtered pigs and sheep, and warmly celebrated their own festivals.

In the compound of the Navy Headquarters, located in the center of the Baoshan Acropolis, cups and lamps are staggered.

Hundreds of admirals and colonels wearing new-style military uniforms gathered together with the staff and chief managers in long robes and big sleeves, toasting each other and laughing constantly, and the strong contrast made the drunken Zhu Daolin feel a sense of time and space.

Halfway through the celebration banquet, an urgent report marked with 5 black five-pointed stars instantly woke Zhu Daolin up.

Zhu Daolin quietly opened the wax seal, read it quickly, put away the urgent item with the anger and disappointment in his heart, picked up the wine glass again, and toasted Ye Liangchen, Li Changlong, Shi Qingyang and other generals at the same table in turn, drank seven glasses in a row in the sound of applause, and then put down the wine glass with a smile on his face, apologized and called Ye Liangchen to return to his small courtyard together.

Zhu Daolin instructed the guards on duty to refuse to visit and be on strict guard, took out the urgent item and handed it to Ye Liangchen, who looked solemn, and hurriedly entered the bathroom inside to wash his face and brush his teeth, sobering his head.

Ye Liangchen sighed after reading the two-page emergency report, he didn't need to think much to know that Emperor Chongzhen's suspicious suspicion and treachery had angered Zhu Daolin.

Zhu Daolin, who took off the big cap, came to Ye Liangchen and sat down, put away the urgent items placed on the table, shook his head and said with a wry smile:

"I have always thought that Chongzhen is a good emperor who is persevering and diligent, and it is not his fault that the Ming Dynasty has fallen to this point today......"

"Therefore, I have been trying to help him by all means, giving him batches of copper materials and weapons and equipment worth 10,000 gold, and not hesitating to invest huge manpower and material resources to go north to quell the rebellion. racked his brains to formulate a military plan to attack Liaodong and contain the Manchu army, and scraped together millions of taels of silver to build Baoshan Port and Qingdao Port. ”

"But now...... Alas, maybe I was wrong at the beginning, the emperor didn't need me, he just needed my money. ”

Ye Liangchen sighed faintly: "The emperor is still too young. I can imagine his embarrassment and helplessness in the face of the run on the Manchu courtiers, and I can even be sure that someone has slandered him, so that the emperor can beware of the general's tail......"

"All this caused the emperor to break his previous promise, did not appoint the general as the governor of coastal defense, nor did he put Jinzhouwei, Weihaiwei and Qingdao Wei under the jurisdiction of the general, but he still appointed the general as the commander-in-chief of Dongjiang Town, and gave the general 6 generals under the command of the guerrilla general, and ordered the general to lead 16,000 new army officers and soldiers to take over the defense of Phi Island and Guanglu Island within two months!"

"It can be seen from this. The emperor still has to reuse the generals. ”

"Reuse? You know very well what Dongjiang Town is like now, if I leave it alone, I'm afraid there will never be another Dongjiang Town. ”

Zhu Daolin gradually calmed down, and the anger in his heart was gradually replaced by pain and disappointment.

Ye Liangchen nodded understandingly: "That's true, except for the general, the emperor has no one to use, if it continues to delay for two months, even if the Manchu army can't see it." Thousands of stragglers on Phi Island and Hiroka Island also rebelled. ”

"If the desperate Dongjiang abandoned generals on the island follow in the footsteps of Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming and others, maybe they will really surrender to the Manchus."

Zhu Daolin understood the meaning of Ye Liangchen's words. couldn't help but sigh again: "It is estimated that the emperor also knows that I dare not disobey his edict, so I have no fear!" ”

Ye Liangchen said with a smile: "No matter what the emperor thinks or does, the general will grit his teeth and endure the humiliation, and lead the new army to enter Phi Island and Guanglu Island before the Yalu River thaws, and completely solve the huge hidden dangers left over the years." And then to achieve the goal of containing the Manchu Qing forces. ”

"It is estimated that the emperor saw this clearly, so he dared to break his promise and turn to suppress the general."

"If my guess is correct, it is likely that the Donglin party in the court and some ministers who were hostile to the general reached a tacit agreement on this matter. Join hands to put pressure on the young emperor......"

"In the eyes of the ministers, even if the general does not need them to pay a penny, no matter how great the meritorious service is, and no matter how much money is given to the emperor and the emperor, they will suppress the general, if the general leads the new army under his command and the Manchu army to fight for both defeats, they will be happier, in their eyes, it is natural for scholars to rule the world, and the Ming Dynasty should be governed by them."

Zhu Daolin's heart was shocked for a while, and he was stunned for a moment and muttered: "Scholars rule the world...... The thousand-year-old inheritance of Confucianism is deeply rooted! ”

Ye Liangchen was very helpless: "The Donglin Party in the West Mountains is actually very easy to deal with, but the difficulty lies in the family lords and big landlords behind the Donglin Party. ”

"More than ninety percent of the Ming officials come from the family and the big landlord family, the Donglin Party is just the Jiangnan family and the pawn of the big landlord, those famous Donglin Party celebrities, all of them are the children of the family and the big landlord family, even if the country is about to change color, they first think of their own and the interests of the family, and finally the emperor and the country."

"If you want to protect the interests of yourself and your family, you must control the government, suppress the imperial power, and suppress the warriors and nobles, this is the Confucian self-cultivation, Qi family, and ruling the world!"

"In addition to the Donglin Party, there are also the Zhejiang Party representing the major forces in Zhejiang and Huainan in the court, the Chu Party representing the gate lords of the Lianghu family, etc., this party has fallen, that party has stood up, no matter how they fight with each other, it is essentially a raccoon dog, and it is still the scholars who control the government."

"Behind these scholars, there are family lords and big landlords all over the world, and for thousands of years, all dynasties and dynasties have been like this, and the cycle is endless!"

Zhu Daolin, who was deeply touched, nodded frequently, and it was only at this moment that he really understood the greatness of the communists and the founding leaders, and only then did he understand the hard-won achievements of the People's Republic: "Yes! And so on, and so on...... I think I get it! ”

Ye Liangchen couldn't help but be stunned: "Does the general want to make a change?" ”

Zhu Daolin was clear at the moment, his heart was as calm as water, he looked at Ye Liangchen who was full of doubts, and said his decision:

"It's time for a change!"

"Before, I planned to send 15,000 soldiers to quell the civil strife after completing the layout of Liaodong, and strive to kill fewer people and save more people, but now it seems that there is no need to do this, and Dongjiang Town does not need to leave so many troops."

"Next, it is only necessary to transfer the 6,000 officers and men originally planned to go to Jinzhouwei to fight against the Qing army to Phi Dao and Guanglu Island in the name of the Dongjiang Army, and the newly formed 5,600 soldiers of Weihaiwei and the Beihai Fleet will be stationed on Liugong Island, and they will train in the name of the Dongjiang Army to respond to Phi Dao and Guanglu Island at any time."

"Finally, the Longtan Army was transferred to Hsinchu, 60 kilometers south of Yingzhou Tamsui Port, to set up a camp to prepare for large-scale migration after the holiday!" (To be continued.) )