Chapter 341: Direct Request
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On December 18, the Korean envoy's plea for help and the emperor's dictation reached the Huai'an Caoyun Governor's Palace.
To fight or not to fight, this is no longer necessary to discuss.
Zheng Xunrui's vision and the height he is at determine that he must make decisions alone in important matters, and it is impossible to rely on anyone, what he needs in this regard is to be decisive.
Zheng Xunrui is already a leader, and he is making great strides on this road, stationing Zhengjiajun in Xi'an, Shaanxi, maintaining mutual markets with the grassland tribes, stabilizing the grassland tribes, and serving as the governor of Caoyun, vigorously rectifying the officialdom of Huaibei, purging the Cao Gang, and reformulating the order of Caoyun, which shows the temperament of the leader.
The difference between a leader and a subordinate is that the position where the leader stands is several steps higher, because he stands tall, he can see things and truths that others can't see, this is foresight, and the leader's subordinates can't see so far, even if they are comrades-in-arms who are extremely close to the leader. Many decisions must be made by the leader himself, because the subordinates do not understand the leader's intentions, and can only make an analysis after putting it forward, so to discuss the issue of heavy dà is to play the piano to the cow.
Zheng Xunrui's decision to attack Shuangdao and Lushun and take the opportunity to occupy Penglai City is actually a big move.
With the south of Zhili and Shandong as a base, towards the north and south, it is very smooth, over time, Zheng Xunrui's opponent is not only the Houjin Tartar and Liukou, but also the Ming court and the emperor, because he has already felt that if he wants to change the situation of the Ming Dynasty, he will not stand at the peak. Many things can't be done well at all, many tumors of the Ming Dynasty have penetrated deep into the body, and only by taking the courage of a strong man to break his wrist and start fundamentally can he change the situation. Let the Ming Dynasty move towards the glorious avenue.
The emperor's edict has caused a lot of discussion in the governor's palace, and most of the opinions are that it is impossible to send troops, including Ma Shiying, Shi Kefa, Su Jiancheng, Gu Menglin and others, all of whom think so.
On the 19th, the envoy of the DPRK arrived in Huai'an, and after seeing Zheng Xunrui, the envoy knelt on the ground and wept bitterly. I implore Zheng Xunrui to save Korea, and the envoy already knew that the Zheng Jiajun who defeated the Houjin Tatars was the army under the command of the young Caoyun Governor in front of him.
Mr. Chung did not directly agree to the North Korean envoy's request.
Donglin Book House.
Before Shi Kefa entered the house, he saw the plaque, and he was angry, he was originally a member of the Donglin Party, but after following Zheng Xunrui. Slowly abandoned the previous idea, although he had not completely broken with the Donglin party. But the distance has been maintained in action.
"My lord, my subordinates think that the plaque of this Donglin Book House must be removed, and my subordinates are uncomfortable seeing this plaque."
Zheng Xunrui had a smile on his face and motioned for Shi Kefa to sit down and speak.
"Your Excellency. The subordinates knew that in the imperial court, Lord Qian Shisheng, Lord Hou Xun and Lord Tang Shiji were all strongly in favor of sending troops to aid North Korea, and their plan was to let Zheng Jiajun send troops to help. This is ill-intentioned, the 120,000 Houjin Tartars led by Huang Taiji fought in Korea, Huai'an is far away from North Korea, and if he really sends troops to help, he can only make a detour to Liaodong, and at that time, not to mention rushing to aid North Korea, Zheng Jiajun's own supplies are a big problem......"
Shi Kefa's words are reasonable, as long as you pay a little attention, you will know that it is impossible for Zheng Jiajun to rush to the aid of North Korea, the sea route has been blocked by the Houjin Tartars, the land route is full of dangers, and galloping to help is equivalent to suicide.
"My subordinates really didn't expect that your lords would be able to put forward such a proposal, is it such a simple truth, will they not know, how can Zheng Jiajun rush to the aid of North Korea, they are borrowing a knife to kill people......"
When Shi Kefa said this, Zheng Xunrui's face gradually became stricter, and Shi Kefa didn't mention the deep-seated problems here, but Zheng Xunrui thought of it.
Shi Kefa said very well, such a simple truth, everyone can understand why the emperor did not make a decision directly, and sent the North Korean envoy's recital to Huai'an, and allowed the North Korean envoy to come to Huai'an, if the emperor has a decision, just refuse directly, there is no need to be so careful.
It's very simple, the emperor is also suspicious of the Zheng family's army, for so long, the emperor has always wanted to send the prison army into the Zheng family's army, but unfortunately such a plan has not been able to achieve his wish, after all, the imperial court has not borne the Zheng family's military salary, and now the Zheng family's army is strong, and the emperor is relieved.
Zheng Xunrui will not point out the meaning of this layer, but he believes that Qian Shisheng and others have seen through the emperor's thoughts, so they will justifiably put forward the absurd construction of the Zheng family, intending to put Zheng Jiajun to death.
This is cannibalism, self-destruction of the Great Wall.
The emperor can see through the facts, but he will not directly give an order, after all, the emperor is unwilling to make the contradiction public, let alone let people see his own worries, after all, the Zheng family army is still the army of the imperial court, if it is so strangled the most powerful army of the Ming Dynasty, anyone will be chilled when they see it, and the emperor will probably lose the hearts of the people in the world.
From a certain point of view, Qian Shisheng and others are just tools of the emperor.
The emperor sent the Korean envoy's memorabilia to Huai'an, the meaning was actually clear, thinking that the Zheng family army would send troops.
Zheng Xunrui understands the truth, but he has already had a way to deal with it.
Facing Shi Kefa, who was still angry, Zheng Xunrui spoke.
"Lord Shi, North Korea is a vassal state of my Ming Dynasty, during the Wanli period, North Korea suffered the invasion of the Japanese Invaders, the imperial court sent a large army to help, and finally defeated the Japanese Invaders, and now the Golden Tartars invaded on a large scale, intending to completely conquer North Korea, in this case, the imperial court ignored it, and it was impossible to say it, not to mention that the envoy of North Korea had arrived in the capital and came to Huai'an."
Hearing these words, Shi Kefa became even more anxious.
"My lord, there are things that can be done and things that cannot be done, and the matter of rushing to aid North Korea is obviously impossible, and my lord must not agree."
"Master Shi is right, if you directly rush to the aid of North Korea, or even fight to Seoul, this is obviously not good, Huang Taiji is in command of an army of 120,000, this is the elite of Houjin, I will not do the thing of hitting a stone with an egg."
Shi Kefa was a little confused, but this confusion was only a matter of a moment, he opened his mouth and did not speak again, and looked at it again, Zheng Xunrui was probably going to fool the North Korean envoy, and promised to help, but in fact he would raise a lot of difficulties.
After Shi Kefa left, Ma Shiying, Su Jiancheng, Gu Menglin, Cao Chi and others came to the bookstore one after another, and directly put forward their views, believing that Zheng Jiajun should not rush to aid North Korea, and even Ma Zhukui, the prefect of Huai'an Prefecture, and Li Panlong, the prefect of Shanyin County, also made a special trip to the governor's palace to oppose Zheng Jiajun's rush to aid Korea.
Even the patrol imperial Shi Liang Xingli and the supervising imperial Shi Zhao Danyu, after coming to Huai'an, they don't like to worry, Zheng Xunrui will do whatever he says, and this time he also made a special trip to say that the matter of rushing to aid North Korea cannot be done.
Zheng Xunrui knew that he couldn't delay time, it was already Layue, and the time for this expedition was very inappropriate, and it was the time of the Chinese New Year, and the soldiers of the Zheng family army who went out on the expedition could not celebrate the New Year in Huai'an.
In Donglin Library, Xu Wanghua held a brush in his hand and looked at Zheng Xunrui, Zheng Jinhong stood aside, waiting for orders.
"Zheng Jiajun rushed to help, there are a few conditions, after the emperor agrees, we can send troops, otherwise there is no need to talk."
"The first condition, Penglai City, located in Dengzhou, is under the control of the Zheng family's army, whether it is the governor of Jiliao, the governor of Denglai or the governor of Shandong, they are not allowed to interfere, and this must be made clear in the emperor's will."
"The second condition, the sailors of Penglai City, are under the control of the Zheng family's army, and no one else is allowed to interfere."
"The third condition is that Zheng Jiajun gallops to aid North Korea, and all combat matters are decided by themselves, and no other parties are allowed to interfere, no matter what decision Zheng Jiajun makes, no one can raise objections." ……
Xu Wanghua, who was recording quickly, his hands trembled slightly, any of these requests made by Zheng Xunrui might make the emperor angry, but if he didn't make these requests, Zheng Jiajun would definitely not send troops.
Xu Wanghua knows that from now on, the Zheng family army will fight, I am afraid that it is not only for the emperor, but also for the court, the Zheng family army has already moved towards a faintly visible road, maybe when that day comes, many people will have to make a choice.
After Zheng Xunrui finished speaking, Xu Wanghua added a little.
"My lord, the subordinates built yì, Zheng Jiajun's tactical decision, no one is allowed to interfere, at the same time, the place occupied by Zheng Jiajun, others are not allowed to interfere, once Zheng Jiajun rushes to aid North Korea, it will definitely start a face-to-face fight with the Houjin Tartars, in this process, every place occupied by Zheng Jiajun will become an important logistics base, thinking about asking the court to take out a lot of silver, the possibility is not big."
Zheng Xunrui looked at Xu Wanghua and shook his head slightly.
He understood what Xu Wanghua meant, and he had already thought of this, for example, if the Zheng family army occupied Shuangdao and Lushun, it must be stationed there and slowly stabilize the force, and Penglai City must be under the control of the Zheng family's army, otherwise the sea route will be cut off, and the Zheng family army soldiers stationed in Shuangdao and Lushun will have the ability to reach the sky, and it will be difficult to maintain.
But at present, it is not possible to make such a request, if it is so proposed, the emperor will understand the meaning of a qiē.
This is not the time for a complete showdown.
"Mr. Xu, don't bring this up for the time being, I know what you mean, but I believe that no one wants to be stationed in places like Shuangdao and Lushun, once Lushun is lost, Huang Taiji will definitely order the army to take it back, such a tragic fight, no one wants to participate, then this is a fait accompli, and the emperor and the court have no way to refute it."
Xu Wanghua's face flushed slightly.
"The subordinates are clear, and the subordinates are a little abrupt to make this request."
"Mr. Xu, don't mind, I don't want you to tremble, every time before you speak, you have to think about what to say, what not to say, what to say, just say it." (To be continued......)