All parts of Nanzhili have entered the atmosphere of the Spring Festival in advance, and all parts of the country have begun to be lively, and this time is a good time for businessmen to make money.

Because Zheng Xunrui, the secretary of the Nanjing Military Department, adopted a flexible policy, many businessmen have moved to various places in Nanzhili, and the businessmen who entered Nanjing are the most, and even many scholars and doctors have moved their families to Nanzhili, the picture is the stability of Nanzhili, coupled with the strong support of the government at all levels in Nanzhili, so that Nanzhili has a lot of business opportunities, and a large number of businessmen who have entered Nanzhili can quickly gain a foothold, which also promotes Nanzhili to be more prosperous.

Although Zheng Xunrui has a lot of things to do, he is also busy every day, but he is still very concerned about his family, after Bian Yujing gave birth to a daughter, Zheng Xunrui personally named Zheng Lingjie, and his wife Wen Manshan also gave birth to a daughter, named Zheng Lingdan, of which Zheng Lingdan was born in October of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, and Zheng Lingjie was born in December of the thirteenth year of Chongzhen.

When Wen Manshan and Zheng Xunrui chatted, they once smiled and said that Zheng Xunrui was a lover in his bones, except for the eldest son Zheng Hanyu who was a boy, the rest were all girls.

After entering the winter moon, Zheng Xunrui is even busier, Wen Manshan, Lotus Ye and Bian Yujing are busy with the affairs of Hongmen Qianzhuang, Xu Fojia and Yang Aizhen are busy with the affairs of the Investigation Department, only Dongmei is in charge of the affairs of the family, Zheng Lingdan and Zheng Lingjie are still young, according to reason, Wen Manshan and Bian Yujing should be taken care of at home, but there are too many things in Hongmen Qianzhuang, and the two of them cannot completely withdraw, so they can only let the maids in the house take care of them.

Wen Manshan and others can come out to do things, of course, Zheng Xunrui agrees, although when Zheng Xunrui first made this decision, he encountered a lot of private discussions, and some people even thought that it was a bad thing, but so many years have passed. Even Wen Manshan has discovered the benefits, the most important point is that the Zheng family is safe, think about the families of many scholars, there are groups of wives and concubines, and there are many infighting, but the Zheng family does not have such a situation.

Huang Taiji had just made the decision to send troops to Liaoxi. Duan Zongkui quickly passed the information to Zheng Xunrui, and when the Jin Tatar was still on the way to Liaoxi, the Investigation Bureau received the information transmitted by Duan Zongkui.

This information quickly attracted great attention, because this time it was Huang Taiji himself who led a large army to conquer Liaoxi.

The Houjin Tartars led by Dolgon, Duoduo, Azig and others successively were all defeated under the command of the Zheng family's army, and this time Huang Taiji personally led the troops to conquer Liaoxi, which shows that the Houjin attaches great importance to this matter.

There was a fierce debate in the General Staff, and Xu Wanghua's opinion was that he should sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and the Zheng Jiajun should not attack. Zheng Jinhong did not express a clear opinion, Wen Kun and Li Yan thought that Zheng Jiajun should attack, of course, not from the direction of western Liaoning, but from Jinzhou and Fuzhou in southern Liaoning, if they can take the opportunity to occupy Gaizhou, Yaozhou and Haizhou, then the territory that Zheng Jiajun can control will expand rapidly, and at the same time it will be a heavy blow to the strength of the Houjin Tartars.

Xu Wanghua once asked Zheng Xunrui whether to invite Mr. Sun Chengzong to participate in the discussion. Zheng Xunrui did not agree, and Sun Chengzong was old. Entering the General Staff is just a nominal name to influence those who are loyal to the Ming Dynasty, and the second is that Sun Chengzong's thoughts have long been fixed and will not change fundamentally, if he knows such a thing, he will definitely ask for troops. In the final analysis, Sun Chengzong's heart is still loyal to the Ming royal family.

The controversy between Xu Wanghua, Wen Kun and Li Yan did not reach a consensus in the end, of course, they all proceeded from Zheng Xunrui's perspective and interests, and Xu Wanghua did not approve of sending troops. The purpose was to let the Later Jin Tartars and Liukou weaken the strength of the Ming Dynasty, Wen Kun and Li Yan thought that they would send troops, hoping that Zheng Jiajun would seize this opportunity to expand their own strength in southern Liaoning and further attack the strength of the Later Jin.

In the end, the opinions of both sides came to Zheng Xunrui.

Zheng Xunrui's mansion, study.

Zheng Xunrui's expression was a little serious, looking at Zheng Jinhong who was standing on the side.

"Jin Hong, is Zheng Jiajun sending troops, why don't you have an attitude, that is the chief soldier of Zheng Jiajun, in fact, your attitude in this matter is the most important, do you have any ideas."

Zheng Jinhong opened his mouth with a slightly red face.

"Young Master, my subordinates actually agree with Mr. Xu's opinion, but after listening to what Master Wen and Master Li said, I feel that the Zheng family army will definitely benefit from launching an attack from southern Liaoning at this opportunity."

Zheng Xunrui smiled slightly, he knew that Zheng Jinhong did not fully say what he thought in his heart.

"Jinhong, you have been following my side, for more than 20 years, everything is done in my interests, including whether to send troops this time, the same consideration, so you didn't express your position immediately, you probably think that after this time, the Jin Tartars threatened the Guanning Jin defense line, and even threatened the capital of the Ming Dynasty, which will definitely cause a huge turmoil, at this moment, if the Zheng family army does not move, I am afraid that it will be spurned by the world's scholars, scholars and even the common people, but if the Zheng family army sends troops, Let the pressure on the emperor and the court be reduced, but it is very unfavorable to yourself, and you are in a dilemma, and you are not good at expressing your position. ”

Zheng Jinhong looked at Zheng Xunrui, dumbfounded, his inner thoughts were basically guessed by Zheng Xunrui.

"Jinhong, in fact, I am also very difficult, whether to send troops or not, I believe that the emperor will not give an order to the Zheng family, the emperor is such a temper, even if the capital encounters great danger, even if the Ming Dynasty is about to be unable to be saved, he will not turn to the opponents and enemies he thinks he thinks."

"I can almost conclude that Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, is difficult to resist the Houjin Tartars led by Huang Taiji, and the battle in western Liaoxi must end in a fiasco for the imperial court, Huang Taiji, as the emperor of the Great Qing Dynasty, can make all decisions and make decisions on the spot, and Hong Chengchou, as the governor of Jiliao, is often involuntarily unable to help himself, and he may not be able to make his own decisions at the most critical time, which has allowed the Houjin Tartars to take the lead."

"What's even more terrifying is that Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, the two rogues, will also seize this opportunity to occupy as much territory as possible while expanding their own strength, according to the strength of the imperial court, it is impossible to take care of both sides at all, and the information sent by the Investigation Bureau to the capital shows that the emperor and the cabinet have focused on Liaoxi."

"Under such circumstances, the Zheng family army is stationed in Nanzhili, Shaanxi, Penglai, southern Liaoning and other places, and the delay in mobilizing is afraid that it will cause some criticism and controversy, once the imperial court is defeated in western Liaoning, the Guanningjin defense line basically collapses, and the imperial court only relies on the Shanhaiguan defense line to protect the capital, if Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong strengthen the offensive in Shanxi and Huguang and other places, then the north and south of the Ming Dynasty will not be peaceful, and the chaotic situation will be worsened."

Speaking of this, Zheng Xunrui paused and let out a long sigh.

"Jin Hong, my thoughts are the same as Mr. Xu's, Zheng Jiajun will not be dispatched for the time being, at least when the battle in western Liaoning has not been decided, Zheng Jiajun will not be dispatched."

After Zheng Xunrui finished speaking, Zheng Jinhong immediately spoke.

"The young master's subordinates understand what he means, and his subordinates fully support the young master's decision, in fact, the subordinates used to think that the young master attaches too much importance to the discussions of the people in the world, and takes too much into account the Ming Dynasty, if it is according to the ideas of the subordinates, what Zheng Jiajun needs to do at this moment is to continuously enhance his own strength."

"Well, what you said is right, the situation in Nanzhili and Zhejiang, Shandong and other places is good, this time the emperor decreed, agreed that Hong Chengchou transferred troops stationed in Dengzhou and Laizhou, this is an opportunity for the Zheng family's army, ordered Yang He and Wang Yuncheng, when the Denglai army galloped to Liaoxi, directly occupy these places, and control Dengzhou and Laizhou and other places, in addition, the Zheng family army should begin to expand towards Zhejiang, and gradually begin to control the entire Zhejiang Province, we don't care what the imperial court thinks, as long as it is what we want to do, we will write to the imperial courtIt's one thing whether the emperor decrees or not, we just do what we think. ”

"I am ready to recommend Wen Kun to serve as the governor of Shaanxi, Zhao Danyu to serve as the governor of Zhejiang, the third master has been in Shaanxi for so many years, it is very hard, and now he is not young, he will return to Nanjing to serve as the imperial history of the left capital, take a good rest, the next step Shaanxi may become the focus of the north, we defeated Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, the focus is still on the third army of the Zheng family army in Shaanxi, so Wen Kun served as the governor of Shaanxi this time, and the responsibility is heavy."

"The situation in Shandong is the most complicated, this may become a base camp to deal with the rogues, I am not very relieved that ordinary people go to Shandong, I am ready to do work for Mr. Xu, let him preside over all matters in Shandong, not as the governor of Shandong, but can decide all things in Shandong, during the period of presiding over all matters in Shandong, it can be seen that the decision is made on the spot, and the second army is mobilized."

"It's about to enter an eventful autumn, the situation is changing so fast, I'm afraid it will be beyond everyone's expectations, Zheng Jiajun has been training and resting for several years, and he must make all preparations, don't have time to react when the situation changes suddenly."

"The situation in Nanzhili and Zhejiang and other places will depend on you Jinhong to stabilize, and my main energy is still focused on how to deal with the upcoming big changes, and I won't think about so many specific things."

"The trade tax has increased substantially, it has exceeded 30 million taels of silver, plus the strong support of Hongmen Qianzhuang, I think we can consider further expanding the scale of the Zheng army, the third army in Shaanxi currently has 30,000 people, and it will be expanded by 20,000 people this year to reach the scale of 50,000 people, the first army of Nanzhili currently has 40,000 people, and it has been expanded by 10,000 to 50,000 people, and the second army in Shandong has temporarily maintained its current size, so the scale of the Zheng army has expanded to 150,000 people, even if it is directly facing the Houjin Tartars, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong's three-way opponents are enough to deal with. (To be continued......)