After Huang Sheng arrived in Liaodong to the Yuan Ri, he rushed to Seoul by sea ship, and he had already received news that Jiang Yueguang, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, had arrived in Seoul. This person is different from other high-level officials of the Three Guards, he is an old courtier of the Ming Dynasty for decades, and his prestige and qualifications are very high, and it is really rare to be able to wave the flag and shout for the Hou of Zhen. Three days later, Huang Sheng arrived in Seoul, and Cheng Mingjiu and Jiang Yueguang had been waiting for a long time.

As soon as they met, Jiang Yueguang greeted him for a while, "Manager Huang, the old man has admired his name for a long time, and he only got to see his true body today, fortunately, fortunately!" ”

Huang Sheng smiled slightly, and said straight to the point: "The ministry has come from afar, but there is a trust from the marquis?" ”

"There is naturally a lot of trust, but there are more important things to discuss with the two of you."

So, Jiang Yueguang smiled and conveyed the advice of the Marquis of Zhenyu one by one, "When the old man came, the Marquis of Zhenyu took the old man's hand and asked him to do so." The Korean state was the most important thing in suppressing the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and there should not be a single negligence. Now that the old man has arrived in Seoul, he knows that the generals under the command of the Marquis of Zhenyu are not only good at leading the troops, but also capable of governing the world! ”

These words are naturally a compliment to Cheng Mingjiu, and they are by no means the real explanation of the Marquis of Zhenyu.

Huang Sheng is used to only talking about important matters, and there are many things like Jiang Yueguang who are unscrupulous and unscrupulous. After holding it for a while, I couldn't help but interrupt Jiang Shangshu's ramblings.

"Ministry, may I ask, how much does Nanjing need to pay compensation and pay for goods?"

Jiang Yueguang finally put away his smile, and said word by word with a straight face: "Nanjing has no right to interfere in any operational matters of the Jiangnan Trading Company, and only collects taxes from the trading company!" ”

After hearing this, Huang Sheng's eyes narrowed into a line, at the beginning of the establishment of Jiangnan Trading Company, Sanweijun was his largest shareholder, and the right to speak was naturally in the hands of Sanweijun. Today, the Three Guards are not only an invincible army, but also have countless industries under it, including minerals, food, textiles, and almost all the industries that make money.

With such a huge volume, even if Nanjing wants to intervene, it can't get in. As for what Jiang Yueguang said, Nanjing only collects taxes and does not interfere in specific matters, which is very wise. On the surface, Nanjing's power structure has no subordinate relationship between the marquis and the political affairs hall, but various inextricable relationships bind the two sides to death.

And every time the political hall makes a choice of governance, it is often after several thoughts, and it is almost impossible to understand it without the personal command of the marquis of Zhenyu, and it is naturally inseparable from people like Jiang Yueguang who are extremely acquainted.

After a long time, Jiang Yueguang finally said again: "What the military gate and Mr. planned, the old man and Zheng Butang listened to the two respects. ”

In fact, Cheng Mingjiu has long had a lot of correspondence with Zheng Sanjun, and it was Zheng Sanjun who put forward the saying that there is no other day, and if this goes on like this, sooner or later Jiangnan will have a head-to-head confrontation with Beijing.

If you are worried about the world, there will never be a change of dynasty in this world!

Therefore, Cheng Mingjiu changed the original intention of his actions in Korea, and everything was aimed at the Manchus, but he wanted it to preserve enough strength. Raising troops with Kou is always the best way to deal with the central court. Although, these are very contrary to the original intention of the Marquis of Zhenlu to eliminate the Tartars.

However, in order to achieve certain goals, it is necessary to close your eyes, be ruthless, and give up certain things that you have been attached to.

Cheng Mingjiu recalled the past, when he was still an ordinary lowly soldier in the town guard, all he thought about every day was that one day he could eat a full meal, stay away from the war and swords, marry a virtuous wife, and raise a group of crazy dolls.

Almost every night, he had the same dream. But these can only stay in his dreams, because of the existence of Tartar, his old parents and daughter-in-law who have just passed the door have died in that cold and dark night, and the dream brings him even more hatred. It's just that the court is incompetent, the armament is lax, and revenge can only be a more distant dream.

Since he met the Marquis of Zhenlu and joined the Three Guards, his mind has changed abruptly. The Three Guards fought several battles with the Mongols and Manchus, but never one of them was defeated, which made the flame of revenge that had been stored in his heart for many years flourish again.

In the first two years, Cheng Mingjiu's mind was filled with nothing but revenge, revenge, and killing all the Tartars was his life's wish. However, with the end of the First Liaoxi War, Cheng Mingjiu's heart began to change unconsciously. It wasn't until the Three Guards Army slaughtered all sides in the south of the Yangtze River, first broke the Huangmei thief, then broke Zheng Zhilong, and then drove away the red-haired ghosts in Taiwan, a faint idea began to take root in his heart.

Eventually, after a series of military victories in Korea, the seeds that had sprouted and took root finally grew and bore incredible fruits. At this time, he suddenly realized why Lu Jiu, Mi Yan and the others had whispered, and their eyes were always full of flickering and raging flames.

Cheng Mingjiu finally realized that almost everyone in the Three Guards Army was looking forward to the day when the yellow robe of the Marquis of Zhenyu was added. After all, the founding heroes and the merits of supporting the country are what everyone dreams of having.

Later, when Huang Sheng went to Korea to lobby the most stable general in the Three Guards, Cheng Mingjiu agreed almost without hesitation, so there was a good-neighborly and friendly treaty that later tormented Dolgon and made him want to stop.

Speaking of these strategies, Cheng Mingjiu sincerely admires this talented man from a businessman.

Cheng Mingjiu believes that for a person like Huang Sheng, it is simply a tyrannical thing to let him be a businessman, even if he is allowed to govern a country.

Speaking of those novel strategies, Huang Sheng rarely smiled unspeakably, "Where did I come up with this." When he was in Shanxi, the Marquis of Zhenyu had told a lot of stories, just like the real thing, at that time, he was shallow and didn't know the mystery, but now he suddenly woke up, and it was not too late. In fact, the real immortal talent, who is the one who gives up the town! ”

Cheng Mingjiu only thought that this was Huang Sheng's modesty at that time, so he didn't believe it.

"Two, the old man has worked tirelessly to come all the way to a foreign country, just to ask the two of them, if Beijing tears its face, can the new army have countermeasures?"

This is naturally Jiang Yueguang's intention to come to North Korea to touch the thoughts and views of this elite general who has mastered the Three Guards Army. Listening to Jiang Yueguang's question, Huang Sheng's heart trembled suddenly.

He suddenly realized from Jiang Yueguang's questioning that the contradictions between Beijing and Nanjing were deepening day by day, and perhaps in a month or two, an unavoidable conflict would probably break out.

Then, for the Three Guards, who were not well prepared, it was in the best interests of the present to delay the outbreak of the conflict as much as possible.

Before Cheng Mingjiu and Huang Sheng could respond, Jiang Yueguang said again: "The emperor has issued a holy decree to canonize the prince of Xinle, the king of Jin, as the princess, and ordered Tian Fuzhen, the governor of Shanxi, to send troops to protect the princess and rush to Beijing. ”

Cheng Mingjiu was also shocked, "How?" Go to Beijing, not Nanjing? ”

Three years ago, the emperor had decreed that the marquis of Zhenlu and the lord of Xinle were married in Nanjing, and now the lord of Xinle was brought to Beijing.

"Never!"

Huang Sheng almost blurted out that he must not let the Marquis of Zhenyu go to Beijing to marry Princess Xinle.

Isn't letting the marquis of Zhenyu into Beijing tantamount to sending sheep into the mouth of the tiger? After marrying the princess, the great emperor in the Forbidden City could justifiably leave the Marquis of Zhenyu in Beijing, and then take away his military power.

Then, Huang Sheng asked again: "What does the Marquis of Zhenyu mean?" Is he going or not? ”

Jiang Yueguang shook his head, "The holy decree has not yet arrived in Nanjing, this is the news passed on by the old man in Beijing." ”

Now, the situation in the Central Plains is under Yang Sichang's force, and the living space of Li Zicheng and Liu Guoneng has been greatly compressed. As if the chaos was already in sight, the emperor moved at this time to let the Marquis of Zhenlu and Princess Xinle marry him, and his intention was naturally self-evident.

Cheng Mingjiu and Huang Sheng thought carefully for a while, this matter involves the root of the Zhenyu Hou, and they must not be hastily engaged.

"This matter can only be decided by the Marquis of Zhenyu himself, I'm afraid that you and I can't interfere!"

Huang Shengji understands the character of the Marquis of Zhenyu, and once he decides something, no one wants him to change his mind!