For a long time, Li Guo suddenly stopped, stopped fighting, killing, and causing trouble. Moreover, from time to time, he sent some tribute to Chongzhen or something, of course, in the name of Tu Shaoxuan, the political envoy of Guangxi, and added Li Guo's signature below.

For such a situation, Chongzhen and the ministers of the Ming Dynasty finally breathed a sigh of relief, could it be that this Li Guo's loyalty germinated and changed his sex? Chongzhen thought, maybe this Li Guo is a few years older, and he also understands the three outlines and five constants.

In fact, for Li Guo, Chongzhen had long wanted to get rid of him, but the time to get rid of Li Guo was long gone.

As early as Shanxi, after Li Guo's defeat, Chongzhen had such an idea. It's just that Li Guo's strength was very small at that time, and it was not enough to threaten the Ming Dynasty, and Li Guo defeated the Houjin Tartars, and his reputation was extremely high at that time, and Qin Tianjian also explained that Li Guo was not Chongzhen's enemy, so Chongzhen gave up.

But when Li Guo gained a firm foothold in Guangxi, Chongzhen thought about getting rid of Li Guo again. However, when the war broke out suddenly in Annan and Li Guo conquered Annan, Chongzhen felt that it was a good strategy to let Li Guo and the Annan people consume their strength. Moreover, the peasant rebel army in the Shanxi area has already shown a trend of burning the prairies, and the remote southwest wasteland is not the focus of Chongzhen's consideration.

In addition, although Li Guo had many violations, he never rebelled blatantly, which also caused Chongzhen's hesitation.

But hearing that Li Guo's wings were gradually plump, Chongzhen was a little worried. As a result, Chongzhen sent officials to Guangxi to replace Li Guo's position, but these officials either encountered accidents on the way or disappeared after arriving in Guangxi.

Chongzhen wanted to transfer Tu Shaoxuan, the political envoy of Guangxi, and send a capable minister to suppress Li Guo. But later, Tu Shaoxuan also refused to obey the edict. The official who replaced Tu Shaoxuan also ended up like the official who replaced Li Guo.

What can I do? You can't send troops to force Li Guo back, right? Again. The Central Plains is in turmoil, how can we have the strength to take care of the remote Guangxi? Chongzhen dispelled the idea of killing or punishing Li Guo. Even. After Li Guo made some small messes in Henan and Wuchang, Chongzhen not only did not punish him. Instead, he named Li Guo as the king of Annam.

heard that Li Guo often drove a boat to make trouble overseas, but Chongzhen was relieved.

At this time, it was Houjin who made Chongzhen hateful.

It turned out that in the ninth year of Chongzhen, Emperor Taizong asked Emperor Taiji to send Wuying County King Azig and other eight banner soldiers to attack Ming with 100,000 soldiers. On June 27, the Azig soldiers entered the Xifeng Pass in three ways and killed Zhaokun, the imperial historian of the Ming Patrol Pass. In July, Qing troops invaded Gyeonggi and captured many prefectures and counties such as Changping, Liangxiang, Shunyi, and Baodi. Killed and plundered countless officials and civilians.

And in October of the ninth year of Chongzhen. Huang Taiji called the emperor Yu Shengjing, and changed the country name to "Houjin" and "Daqing". The rebellion of Guanwai Jianzhou began in the eleventh year of Wanli, that is, in 1583, it has been fifty-four years ago, and it has become more and more chaotic for decades.

In the first month of Chongzhen's tenth year, the Qianqing Palace was in the early dynasty, although Chongzhen was depressed in his heart. But the spirit is still strong. Facing the courtiers' congratulations, Chongzhen was impatient in his heart, and what these people said was empty words.

Chongzhen scanned the surroundings with a stern gaze, and the ministers closed their mouths.

Chongzhen slowed down for a while. Fang Cai said in a calm tone, "What do you think of today?" ”

Seeing that no one answered, Wen Tiren said, "Since the emperor ascended the throne. Diligent government affairs have been effective today. Since the first month of last year, Premier Lu Xiangsheng has led the general army Zukuan and the guerrilla Luo Dai to sweep away the Shanxi giant Kou Li Zicheng's troops. It was defeated, and there has been no major chaos so far. Although the thief Zhang Xianzhong invaded Sichuan last year, the general soldier Zuo Liangyu also defeated him. Therefore, the situation in the Central Plains should be fine. ”

Chongzhen nodded, "But the Manchus of Jianzhou outside the border invaded Gyeonggi between May and July last year, and established their own country in October, which is really hateful!" Send troops and horses to suppress it. ”

I heard that Chongzhen wanted to fight Houjin, that is, today's Qing Dynasty, and Ma Mingyao said in the military department, "Although Jiannu is hateful, it should be put down first now." Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong and other bandits, large and small, were defeated, but they did not eradicate the roots, and they were afraid of leaving trouble! ”

Tian Huancheng, the head of the household, also said, "Last year, due to the emptiness of the treasury, it has been inspected, and the state capitals have been ordered to send a total of more than 2,993,000 taels of silver, which is still very insufficient. ”

Shoufu Wen Tiren won Chongzhen's trust, and also said, "If you are outside the country, you must first settle down, and when the bandits are completely calmed down, and then you can use the power of the country to conquer Jiannu, and the big thing can be done." ”

Chongzhen sighed, this is exactly the situation today.

At this time, a royal historian named Meng Yuan suddenly said, "Shengshang, I have long heard that Li Guoying, who is currently the envoy of Guangxi, is warlike, so it is better to transfer his men and horses to Jiliao and use the soldiers of Guangxi to crusade against Jiannu, I don't know if it is possible?" In addition, Zheng Zhilong, a guerrilla general of the Fujian Navy Division, was said to be powerful, with 200,000 men and horses under his jurisdiction and 3,000 or 4,000 ships of various colors. ”

After Chongzhen heard this, he was silent.

And above the court, the courtiers quarreled because of this discussion.

A faction of courtiers said that Li Guo had been unrestrained and disrespectful to his orders, so he must have harbored evil intentions. Although Zheng Zhilong is only a guerrilla general of the naval division, the southeast coast is actually under his control, and it is rumored that it is the governor of Fujian and the political envoy who is also at the mercy of Zheng Zhilong, which is not a good thing. It's really not a good thing to bring these two people here.

The latter faction retorted that in the current chaotic situation, when prejudices should be put aside, the main thing should be to eliminate the Jiannu Manchu Dynasty, so although Li Guo and Zheng Zhilong are strong, they have left the nest, and they must not obediently wait for the dispatch?

Chongzhen thought for a long time, and the advantages of transferring Li Guo and Zheng Zhilong to the north far outweighed the disadvantages, if these two could obey the transfer, they might destroy Jiannu!

So, after retiring from the court, Chongzhen thought about it for several days, and finally issued two edicts in a row.

First, Li Guo was appointed as the governor of Jiliao, and he was given the title of the crown prince, and led his troops to the north to lead the affairs inside and outside Shanhaiguan to conquer Jiannu!

Second, Zheng Zhilong was appointed as the commander of the Southeast Naval Division, and led the sailors to sail north, cooperate with Li Guo, and conquer Jiannu!

Chongzhen still had illusions at this time, he thought that Li Guo did not rebel, he was subordinate to the Ming Dynasty, and now he was given an official and a knight, and Li Guo should be able to go north. And Zheng Zhilong has always been obedient to the government, and it is much easier to dispatch him.

When Houjin is really destroyed, looking at the respective expressions of the two of them, aren't the rewards and punishments in their own hands?

Chongzhen had a wishful thinking and specially ordered two Qin messengers to go to Fujian and Guangxi, but he never thought that none of these two people came.

Zheng Zhilong was a hero at that time, although he did not have the ambition to compete for the world, but he was a very capable person, so Zheng Zhilong was very well-informed. So, before Qin Cha arrived in Fujian, Zheng Zhilong fell ill.

Hearing that the governor of Fujian and the envoy said that Zheng Zhilong was sick, Qin Cha was the first to disbelieve it, so he went to visit Zheng Zhilong's illness.

Entering Zheng Zhilong's house and walking to Zheng Zhilong's bed, Qin Cha saw that Zheng Zhilong was indeed sick. I saw Zheng Zhilong's face flushed, his forehead sweating, and he couldn't speak.

Qin almost sighed, turned around and walked out. When he got outside, Qin Cha asked the governor of Fujian, "What kind of disease is this Zheng Yiguan had?" "Yiguan is Zheng Zhilong's nickname.

The governor said, "This is a local fever, Yan zhòng is very good, looking at Zheng Yiguan's situation, it doesn't seem to be very good!" ”

Therefore, the Qincha who went to Fujian returned in a huff. How did he know that Zheng Zhilong's quilt was filled with several hot water injections, which made Zheng Zhilong blush and sweat.

However, the Qin Cha who went to Fujian finally saw Zheng Zhilong, and the Qin Cha who went to Guangxi didn't even see Li Guo's shadow. (To be continued......)