In Tongzhou, Zheng Xunrui was not idle, he and Xu Wanghua discussed many times, and also learned some news about the capital, Tongzhou is only sixty miles away from the capital, the distance is very close, it can be said that the scholar class on both sides is interconnected, what happened in the capital, Tongzhou will soon be able to know.

The signs that worried Zheng Xunrui still appeared, with the withdrawal of Azig's troops, with the spread of the news of the victory of the Zheng family's army over the Houjin Tartars, there was an exuberant feeling between the government and the opposition, thinking that the imperial court should follow this trend and teach the Houjin Tartars a hard lesson, and some people even proposed that they should take the initiative to attack the Houjin Tartars outside Shanhaiguan and gradually regain the lost territory.

The people who said these words did not consider the status quo at all, the 100,000 post-gold Tartars led by Azig and Abatai were rampant in the land of Gyeonggi, although they suffered a heavy defeat, but their main force still existed, if it were not for Azig to consider other factors, he could have launched another attack on the land of Gyeonggi.

It was in such an atmosphere that the emperor's holy decree arrived in Tongzhou, and Zhang Fengyi, Gao Qiqian, Zheng Xunrui and others were ordered to escort the golden Tatars to the capital.

On behalf of the emperor, the Hou Xun of the Ministry of Household Shangshu specially greeted Zhang Fengyi and others at Yongding Gate.

Hou Xun's eyes looked at Zheng Xunrui, which was a little meaningful.

On both sides of the road, there are a large number of people watching, the escort of the Jin Tartar and the head of the Hou Jin Tartar into Beijing, is 5,000 Zheng soldiers of the army, the rest of the soldiers are still in Tongzhou, the Hou Jin Tartar has been evacuated from the land of Gyeonggi, the people's feelings have calmed down, it should be said that the land of Gyeonggi as a whole has stabilized, of course, those places that have suffered heavy losses and even the destruction of the city, it is impossible to completely calm down in a short period of time.

Countless shoes and mud were thrown at the Houjin Tartars. These Houjin Tartars suffered humiliation in Tongzhou, and after entering the capital, they also did not have a good life.

The soldiers of the Zheng Jiajun did not particularly stop the actions of the people of the capital, and this kind of anger could not be contained.

Hou Xun took Zhang Fengyi and Zheng Xunrui and others. Came directly to the Qianqing Palace.

As for the more than 3,000 golden tartars, they have been received by Jinyiwei, because the number of prisoners is too large, and they are temporarily imprisoned in Jinyiwei's edict, waiting for the emperor's decree and the imperial court's edict.

Entering the Qianqing Palace, Zheng Xunrui saw Wen Tiren, Qian Shisheng, Wu Zongda and other cabinet ministers.

The emperor's love is obviously much better. The face was flushed.

After Zhang Fengyi and others visited, the emperor immediately spoke.

"This time, the army dealt a heavy blow to the Houjin Tartars, capturing Abatai and more than 3,000 Houjin Tartars, and killing more than 18,000 Houjin Tartars, and I am very pleased. Such a victory must be rewarded, Zheng Aiqing led the Zheng family army, rushed to Gyeonggi to fight against the Houjin Tartars, and made such a great contribution, I have already decided, the reward should really go to three million taels of silver. ”

The surroundings were very quiet, and three million taels of silver was by no means a small amount. Previously, Zheng Xunrui and Xu Wanghua calculated that according to the incentives of the imperial court, Zheng Jiajun could get a reward of more than two million taels of silver. Unexpectedly, the emperor opened his mouth to be three million, who doesn't love silver, not to mention that Zheng Jiajun needs silver.

However, Zheng Xunrui is still very calm, and he will not forget about Zhang Fengyi and Gao Qiqian.

"The minister thanked the emperor for the reward, this time the Zheng family army was able to defeat the Houjin Tartars, not only the credit of the minister. Lord Zhang and Gonggong Gao's timely dispatch and deployment, the emperor's strategy. In order to achieve victory, the minister should especially thank Lord Zhang and Gao Gonggong. Without their unified deployment, the Zheng family army would not have been able to defeat Houjin Tatar. ”

Zhang Fengyi lowered his head, unable to see the expression on his face, and smiled on Gao Qiqian's face.

"Your Majesty, the slaves and maids don't dare to be greedy for merit, and this victory over the Houjin Tartars is mainly due to Lord Zheng."

Gao Qiqian took the initiative to speak for Zheng Xunrui, which made everyone a little surprised, and the eyes that looked at Zheng Xunrui had other meanings, you must know that Zheng Xunrui is too young, young people are arrogant, I didn't expect Zheng Xunrui to be able to put it away, and he didn't see the slightest smugness, and his demeanor and actions were very low-key.

The emperor's main meaning is obviously not in this aspect.

"Azig has sent a letter, and he actually asked me to release Abatai, the cabinet has discussed this matter, and today you will discuss it carefully to see how to deal with Abatai."

As soon as the emperor's words fell, Qian Shisheng followed suit.

"The minister thinks that he must kill Abatai, let the Houjin Tartars know the consequences of invading my Ming Dynasty, and the minister will also build yì, and the Liaodong side must reorganize the army for war, and when the time is right, recover the lost territory......"

Zheng Xunrui couldn't help but glance up at Qian Shisheng, he originally thought that the kind of blind and arrogant feelings were just circulating among the people, and some low-level officials didn't know the reason, so they casually followed the coaxing, but he didn't expect Qian Shisheng, who was an auxiliary minister of the cabinet, to echo this point of view, and actually put it forward in the Qianqing Palace.

Looking at the emperor again, it seems that he is also very willing to hear such words.

After Qian Shisheng finished speaking, everyone did not speak, and it seemed that those who agreed with Qian Shisheng's opinion basically did not, after all, these adults knew the details, and the combat effectiveness of the imperial army was not as good as that of Houjin Tartar as a whole.

Others don't speak, Zheng Xunrui has to speak, he has already seen the trap from this, once Qian Shisheng's construction yì gets the emperor's permission, then he Zheng Xunrui will definitely have to bear such a heavy responsibility, under the current situation, thinking about launching an attack on the Houjin Tartars is tantamount to pushing the Zheng family army to the point of suicide.

The emperor's eyes also looked at Zheng Xunrui.

After tidying up the situation a little, Zheng Xunrui spoke.

"Your Majesty, the minister does not agree with Lord Qian's construction."

The emperor nodded slightly, did not speak, and waited for Zheng Xunrui's next words.

"There are two reasons for the minister, the first reason, the outside must first be settled, the rogue has not been completely exterminated, there may be chaos at any time, the minister thinks, only by catching Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong and other leaders of the rogue can we ensure the complete eradication of the rogue bandit, at the same time, all parts of the north, have suffered from famine year after year, the people's life is not stable, in this case, the most important task is to exterminate the rogue and stabilize the life of the people."

"The second reason, the Houjin Tartars did not suffer a heavy blow, the Houjin Manchu Eight Banners, as well as the Mongolian left and right two battalions, including the Han barracks, the total strength is still about 300,000, of which the combat ability is particularly brave Manchu Eight Banners, and the Mongolian left and right two battalions, the strength is more than 150,000 people, if the attack is in full swing, it is not guaranteed to give the Houjin Tartars a heavy blow, and at the same time, it also needs to consume a huge amount of food, once the imperial court invests a huge amount of food, it can not hit the Houjin Tartars hard, and cannot recover the lost territory, In addition, if the north is not able to completely stabilize itself, the situation may get out of control. ”

"The minister's construction is to stabilize the defense of Liaodong and the border towns of Xuanfu Datong and Yulin, completely exterminate the Liukou, solve the disaster and famine in the north, so that the people can stabilize it, and then consider the matter of exterminating the Houjin Tartar." ……

Zheng Xunrui had just finished speaking, and Qian Shisheng spoke again.

"Lord Zheng, you are growing up with other people's ambition and destroying your own prestige, the Houjin Tartars have been rampant in Liaodong for many years, and Huang Taiji has even ascended the throne and called the emperor, in this case, if you don't give the Houjin Tartars a blow to destroy their sexuality, do you still have to wait for the Houjin Tartars to grow stronger and constantly threaten the capital, the Zheng family army has a good combat effectiveness, is it true that Lord Zheng wants to protect himself and is unwilling to exterminate the Houjin Tartars......"

Hearing Qian Shisheng say this, Zhang Fengyi's face turned pale, and even Gao Qiqian's face was very ugly, according to Qian Shisheng's statement, they also suffered a loss.

Just as Zhang Fengyi was about to speak, Zheng Xunrui spoke again.

"Lord Qian said this, but it is a little interesting, yes, the Zheng family army killed more than 18,000 Liukou, captured more than 3,000 people, and captured Abatai, but the casualties of the Zheng family's army, can Lord Qian know, after this battle, the soldiers killed by the Zheng family army are close to 15,000 people, in this case, Lord Qian said that the lower officials want to protect themselves, I don't know where to get the analysis, is it not that Lord Qian has a clever plan to exterminate the Liukou, and dares to make a military order in front of the emperor, if it is really so, The lower officials wanted to recommend Lord Qian to preside over many things in Liaodong, and dealt a severe blow to Houjin Tartar. ”

Qian Shisheng's face quickly turned pale, what kind of joke, if he really let him go to Liaodong, he doesn't know if he can return to the capital, just say that he can't command the army to fight.

However, Zheng Xunrui's words made him unable to refute.

After Zheng Xunrui finished speaking, Zhang Fengyi followed and spoke.

"Your Majesty, the minister also disagrees with Lord Qian's Jian, all parts of Gyeonggi have been slaughtered by the Houjin Tatars, and it will take time to recover, as for how to deal with Abatai, the minister's Jianyi is, asking the Houjin Tatars to be redeemed with heavy money, and the court can make a request, if the Houjin Tatars can take out the silver, they will exchange it, and if they can't take out the silver, then don't blame the court for killing Abatai."

The emperor nodded.

"Zhang Aiqing, then how much silver do you think Houjin Tatar should take out to redeem Abatai."

"The minister's building yì is five million taels of silver."

After Zhang Fengyi finished speaking, Wen Tiren finally spoke.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Lord Zhang's construction is feasible, not only Abatai, but even those prisoners of the Houjin Tartars, you can also ask Huang Taiji to take out the silver to redeem it, Abatai is worth five million taels of silver, and the rest of the captives are worth five million taels of silver, and Azig also wants to return the Han people of my Ming Dynasty who plundered this time, so that Huang Taiji is forced to take out 10 million taels of silver, and its strength must be damaged, and the imperial court can use this time to reorganize the army for war, and he will start a decisive battle with the Houjin Tartars."

Wen Tiren's Jian yì is indeed good, these more than 3,000 Houjin Tartars, it is not possible to kill them all, this is ungraceful, but it is not good to raise them, Houjin Tartars are barbarians, it is impossible to surrender, let Huang Taiji take out the silver to redeem it, it is indeed a good Jianyi.

"I see that this construction is feasible, so I will ask Zhang Aiqing and Zheng Aiqing to be responsible for this matter." (To be continued)