Zheng Jiajun general Su Congjin returned to Nanjing with the sergeants of the artillery battalion and Hongyi cannons, the victory in the battle of Xiangyang, and he had nothing to do with it, Zheng Jiajun was not mentioned at all, Su Congjin did not care, but euphemistically refused Sun Chuanting's request to leave ten Zheng Jiajun Hongyi cannons.

When Su Congjin returned to the Zheng Jiajun barracks in Moling, Nanjing, the imperial court's official newspaper also arrived in Nanjing.

Su Congjin did not have time to rest and adjust, and immediately rushed to the Nanjing Military Headquarters to report in detail the situation of the battle of Xiangyang.

Xu Wanghua, Zheng Jinhong, Li Yan, and others were all in the military department, and Liu Zeqing, deputy chief soldier and commander of the Zheng Family Army of the First Army of the Zheng Family Army, and Hong Xingui, deputy chief soldier and general staff officer of the Zheng Family Army, who were stationed in Nanzhili, were also in the military department.

Zheng Xunrui held the imperial court's newspaper in his hand, this is the imperial court's newspaper Mingfa, it is known everywhere, everyone saw the content of the newspaper, and the first reaction was to envy Chen Xinjia, the left attendant of the military department, who entered the cabinet by virtue of the battle of Xiangyang, and Sun Chuanting is also very good, leading the military department with the title of Shangshu, of course, there is also the news of Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance and others.

Su Congjin reported the situation of the battle of Xiangyang, and everyone listened very carefully.

The situation in Nanzhili is unusually stable, the matter of the gentry and gentry paying grain has been fully pushed forward, the commercial and trade taxes directly collected by Hongmen have been recognized by the top and bottom, Hongmen Qianzhuang completely controlled the commercial lifeline of Nanzhili, and gradually began to control the gold and silver in Zhejiang and other places, and the ticket stubs issued by it are completely circulated in the market, and it has the basis for issuing currency, and the righteousness of Suzhou and other places has been established, all of which are basically contrary to the meaning of the emperor and the imperial court, all of which also shows that Zheng Xunrui completely controls Nanzhili, The emperor and the imperial court only had superficial leadership over Nanzhili.

In the meantime. Xu Wanghua once suggested a large-scale adjustment of the officials of Nanzhili, Zheng Xunrui did not agree for the time being, he took into account that the imperial court began to exterminate the Liukou on a large scale, such a critical moment, it is better not to fish in troubled waters, after all, this has been done. History will leave a bad reputation, and there is no need for large-scale adjustments.

Under such circumstances, the battle process of the imperial court to exterminate the rogues is the matter that everyone is most concerned about.

After Su Congjin finished reporting, Xu Wanghua looked at Zheng Xunrui and spoke first.

"My lord, my subordinates feel that the imperial court has spent a lot of effort to exterminate the Liukou this time, and has adopted various strategies to break it. Now it seems that the effect is good, they recovered the city of Xiangyang, captured Li Dingguo alive, exterminated Zhang Xianzhong more than 30,000 rogues, so that Zhang Xianzhong suffered a heavy blow, his subordinates think that as long as Lord Sun Chuanting continues to implement this tactic, it will be a matter of time before he exterminates the rogues. ”

Xu Wanghua said this. Everyone nodded their heads.

"Once the Liukou is exterminated, the attention of the emperor and the court will be focused on Nanzhili. Zheng Jiajun may encounter some restrictions, in order to effectively prevent the occurrence of unexpected situations, his subordinates still suggest that the adults can comprehensively adjust the officials of Nanzhili at this time, and invite those who are not at ease to go out of Nanzhili. Let them go to the capital, or go to places other than Nanzhili, Shandong, Shaanxi, and Zhejiang, so that even if the emperor and the court have any ideas, it will not help......"

Zheng Xunrui looked at Xu Wanghua and sighed softly. In fact, his opinion is completely opposite, on the surface, Chen Xinjia and Sun Chuanting have achieved a huge victory, but the court ignored the most critical point, that is, the absolute strength of the rogues has not suffered too much damage, Li Zicheng still has more than 100,000 rogues under his command, and Zhang Xianzhong also has nearly 100,000 rogues under his command, once a tacit understanding is formed between Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong, the battle situation may change in an instant.

Nanzhili has been stable enough, the current adjustment of officials, is purely redundant, since the officials' fortune has been greatly improved, officials at all levels have long understood the situation, those officials who were biased towards the imperial court before, their views and ideas have changed fundamentally, and their attitudes have slowly changed.

More importantly, Zheng Xunrui's vision is the world, not Nanzhili, Shandong and Shaanxi and other places, he needs to govern the world with a gentle attitude, showing the tolerance of all rivers, if you blindly exclude dissidents, install henchmen, it will be difficult to absorb talents in the future, let alone govern the world, this aspect of Huang Taiji's approach is worth learning from him, people can tolerate the surrender and rebellion of the Ming army generals, can he not tolerate those officials with orthodox thoughts.

Of course, it is understandable that henchmen are used in important posts, and what Xu Wanghua and others are worried about is nothing more than the main officials of the Sixth Department of Nanjing, as well as the positions of the governor of Caoyun, etc., the current influence of these positions cannot be underestimated.

can adjust these positions, it is not as simple as words, once Zheng Xunrui really does it in these positions, it means a complete break with the emperor and the court, and it has not yet reached that step.

"Mr. Xu, I understand what you mean, and I also know what everyone thinks, but there are some things that don't need to be discussed for the time being, and the time is not yet ripe.

After Zheng Xunrui said these words, everyone's expressions changed slightly.

"Chen Xinjia just won the battle of Xiangyang, and his own losses were also heavy, compared with the battle of Chezhou Gorge that year, the victory in the battle of Xiangyang is not significant, but why did the emperor let Chen Xinjia enter the cabinet as the left squire of the military department, why was Sun Chuanting able to lead the title of secretary of the military department, what do you think about this matter."

Zheng Xunrui didn't care about the change in everyone's expressions, and directly threw out the question, he didn't particularly care about the outcome of the war, but focused on the matters behind the battle.

It was Xu Wanghua who opened his mouth to return.

"My lord, my subordinates have discussed this matter with Zheng Zongbing and Li Daren, everyone thinks that the emperor's move is aimed at your Excellency and Zheng Jiajun, the weakness of the imperial court army is known to both the government and the opposition, only Zheng Jiajun can shoulder the heavy responsibility, this time Lord Chen and Lord Sun can achieve such a major victory, which proves that the imperial army is still able to fight and kill, not only to exterminate the Liukou, but even to fight with the Houjin Tartars, there is such a situation, the emperor must be happy, let Lord Chen enter the cabinet, it is expected......"

Xu Wanghua thought about reminding Zheng Xunrui again that he must strengthen his power in Nanzhili and completely control everything in Nanzhili, but thinking of Zheng Xunrui's previous reminder, he didn't speak again.

Zheng Xunrui nodded with satisfaction.

"This analysis is very accurate, I also have this idea, the emperor wants to vigorously support the imperial army, get rid of the dependence on the Zheng army, so just right, we can concentrate on the development of their own strength, the situation of Nanzhili is already good, then we must consider the development of Shaanxi and Fuzhou, Jinzhou, Penglai and other places, the next focus is to quickly control Dengzhou and Laizhou and other places, and then let Nanzhili and Shandong connect, Shaanxi, Shandong, Nanzhili and Zhejiang and other places, All of them were included in the scope of Zheng Jiajun's control. ”

"As for the battle of the imperial court to exterminate the Liukou, whether it can achieve the final victory, I can't say, my opinion is pessimistic, Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng are incompatible, but they understand the truth of the cold lips and teeth, Zhang Xianzhong is exterminated, Li Zicheng will definitely become the next target, the court can concentrate all its strength to exterminate it, Li Zicheng is stupid and understands."

"Under such circumstances, the alliance between Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng is imperative, even if the two cannot be truly united, they will be in a tacit understanding of mutual coordination and joint resistance to the imperial army, from the imperial court's palace newspaper, I have smelled such information."

When Zheng Xunrui said this, everyone's eyes widened, including Xu Wanghua, who didn't feel the meaning of this layer at all.

"Chen Xinjia is a smart person, it is said that he and Sun Chuanting united, defeated Zhang Xianzhong in the battle of Xiangyang, and can take advantage of the victory to advance, pursue and destroy Zhang Xianzhong, but Chen Xinjia did not do this, the reason is that the army needs to rest, Chen Xinjia and Sun Chuanting's army has more than 120,000 people, even if it loses two people, there are still 100,000 troops, enough to encircle and pursue Zhang Xianzhong, why did Chen Xinjia ask the army to rest, wasting the opportunity that was too late, I am afraid that I saw that Zhang Xianzhong may unite with Li Zicheng, and arrivedAt that time, it was difficult for the 100,000 imperial army to deal with. ”

"Chen Xinjia chose to leave Xiangyang and rushed to the capital to take office, which can show that Chen Xinjia is weak-hearted, and he will accept it when he sees it, he has already obtained the honor and power he deserves, and he can't take risks."

"I am sure that once Zhang Xianzhong understands, he will definitely find a way to get in touch with Li Zicheng, and Gu Junen, the advisor under Li Zicheng, is not a simple person, and will definitely support the alliance between Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong."

"If you don't believe me, just watch the progress of the battle later."

"Jinhong, there is one thing you are responsible for implementing, Chen Xinjia and Sun Chuanting captured Li Dingguo, you want to find a way to get Li Dingguo to Nanjing, don't let Sun Chuanting send him to the capital, we helped Chen Xinjia and Sun Chuanting in the battle of Xiangyang, they did not mention the merits of our Zheng Jiajun in the twists and turns, this is nothing, we don't care, but we ask them to hand over Li Dingguo, this request is not too much."

Zheng Jinhong nodded and spoke.

"Young Master, what should I do if Master Sun doesn't do it?"

"I will write a letter to Sun Chuanting, if he insists on not agreeing, then forget it, but I think Sun Chuanting will not hesitate in this matter, and will definitely agree to send Li Dingguo here."

Xu Wanghua couldn't help it.

"My lord, Li Dingguo is a brave person among the rogues, but he is not a much-needed talent......

"Gathering sand into a tower, as long as it is talent, we have to absorb it, but I think the more talents, the better." (To be continued......)