Chongzhen ten years, the fifteenth day of the first month, the Forbidden City Qianqing Palace.

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month was supposed to be the time for a holiday, but the cabinet ministers did not have such treatment, they came to the Qianqing Palace early in the morning, and then came to the Qianqing Palace was the newly appointed military secretary Yang Sichang.

All because of the Battle of Yongning.

Zheng Xunrui's two copies of the memora were sent to the capital, and after the escort of Wang Yuncheng, the deputy chief of the Zheng family's army, after the Jin Wuying county king Azig, Jialazhang Jingfu Chakun and other more than 1,000 prisoners of the Jin Tartars, as well as more than 8,000 of the Jin Tartars' heads, were already waiting outside the capital, Zheng Jiajun's victory was another huge victory, so that the emperor was excited, so that on the fifteenth day of the first month, many ministers were summoned to the Qianqing Palace to discuss how to commend the Zheng family army and deal with the Hou Jin Tartars.

Huang Taiji led a large army to invade North Korea, the North Korean envoy came to ask for help, the emperor's attitude was ambiguous, it is said that the strength of the Houjin Tartar is extraordinary, and the imperial court has no strength to rescue North Korea, so everything is left to Zheng Xunrui to make his own decision, unexpectedly, Zheng Xunrui led the Zheng family army, and there was such a big movement.

When the emperor appeared in the Qianqing Palace, he had a smile on his face.

"Ladies and gentlemen, today is the Lantern Festival, I asked you to come to the discussion, I think you know what the matter is, Yang Aiqing, you will explain in detail what Zheng Aiqing said in the compromise."

Yang Sichang took out Zheng Xunrui's fold and began to report what he said above.

On the first day of the first month, the Zheng army set out from Penglai City, arrived at Shuangdao two days later, adopted the tactics of surprise attack, quickly launched a fight, to the fifth day of the first month, occupied Shuangdao, Lushunkou, Jinzhou, Xinhui, Fuzhou, Yongning and Xuancheng and other places, a total of 3,000 Houjin Tartars, 3,000 Han soldiers, on the ninth day of the first month, stationed in Gaizhou, the prince of Houjin Yu Duoduo, Wuying County King Azig led 8,000 Houjin Tartars to attack, in a vain attempt to recover Fuzhou and other places, Zheng Jiajun and Houjin Tartars fought fiercely in Yongning. After this battle, more than 7,000 Jin Tartars were exterminated, and Azig, the king of Wuying County, was captured.

Zheng Xunrui decided to station 10,000 soldiers of the Zheng family army in Lushun to Fuzhou and other places, and at the same time stationed 5,000 soldiers of the Zheng family army in Penglai City.

Zheng Xunrui suggested. The imperial army stationed in Liaodong could attack in the direction of the Daling River, threatening Guangning, Xipingbao and other places, and pointing at Shenyang.

The reason for Zheng Xunrui's suggestion was that Huang Taiji led an army of 120,000 to attack Korea. The number of Houjin Tartars stationed in Shenyang was small, and the army of the Liaodong Imperial Court launched an attack, and the Zheng family army stationed in Fuzhou and other places cooperated, which made it difficult for Huang Taiji to take care of the first place, so Huang Taiji must evacuate North Korea and return to Shenyang.

Yang Sichang said in detail, and it took half an hour.

Although the cabinet ministers had known about this for a long time, they listened carefully.

After Yang Sichang finished speaking, Wen Tiren, the first assistant of the cabinet, spoke first.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Lord Zheng's suggestion is feasible. Houjin Tartar is known as 200,000 troops, Huang Taiji led 120,000 troops to Korea, Duoduo led 10,000 people to garrison Gaizhou, plus at least 50,000 people stationed in other places, that is to say, the Houjin Tartars stationed in Shenyang are about 20,000 people, Zheng Daren led the Zheng family army, recovered Shuangdao, Lushun, Jinzhou, Xinhui, Fuzhou, Yongning and Xuancheng and other places, which is to control the coast of Liaodong, the imperial court can attack Houjin Tartar from both sides, making it difficult to take care of the first place. In this way, Huang Taiji will definitely withdraw his troops from Korea. ”

It is rare for Wen Tiren to express his position so quickly, and as the first assistant of the cabinet, he usually makes a statement at the end.

After Wen Tiren's statement. Zhang Fengyi followed and spoke.

"The minister agrees with Lord Yang's suggestion that Zu Dashou, Wu Sangui and others stationed in Shanhaiguan and other places can launch an attack, and at the same time let the Zheng family's army attack Gaizhou, which will cause Huang Taiji to be at a loss."

Qian Shisheng and Hou Sui glanced at each other. didn't speak, they must have a lot of emotions in their hearts, Zheng Jiajun raided Lushun, occupied a large area from Lushun to Fuzhou in a few days, and defeated the Houjin Tartars who counterattacked, and won a huge victory, no matter how you look at it, this is an impossible task, but Zheng Xunrui completed it.

At this time, Qian Shisheng and Hou Sui had nothing to say, they just wanted to find fault with it, but they basically couldn't do it.

After Wen Tiren and Zhang Fengyi finished speaking, the emperor had an excited look on his face.

"Wen Aiqing and Zhang Aiqing said very well, I think it is feasible, but my idea, since we launched an attack from Liaodong and Fuzhou, we must achieve real results, and I can order the Zheng family army to take Gaizhou in one fell swoop, and Zu Dashou and Wu Sangui of Shanhaiguan will recover Dalinghe City......"

While the emperor was still talking, there was silence in the Qianqing Palace.

After the emperor finished speaking, Qian Shisheng quickly spoke.

"The minister thinks that the emperor's plan is completely feasible, Lord Zheng took the opportunity to occupy Gaizhou, waiting for the opportunity to recover Yaozhou, Haizhou and other places, Liaodong, Zu Dashou and Wu Sangui recovered Dalinghe City, directly threatened Guangning, this battle can be fully commanded by the governor of Jiliao, Lord Hong Chengchou, if this step is achieved, the minister thinks that within five years, the Houjin Tartars can be completely wiped out, and the troubles in the north will be calmed down, and the north of my Ming Dynasty will be stable from then on."

After Qian Shisheng spoke, Zhang Fengyi's face changed, and Yang Sichang's face also changed.

The two have different minds.

Zhang Fengyi smelled an unusual meaning from Qian Shisheng's words, on the one hand, Qian Shisheng proposed that Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, command the overall battle of the Jin Tartars after the attack, which was tantamount to directly depriving Zheng Xunrui of his command, Zheng Xunrui wanted to launch any attack in the direction of Fuzhou, and he had to report to Hong Chengchou, on the other hand, he asked Zheng Jiajun to attack and take Gaizhou, which was tantamount to controlling the estuary of the Liao River, directly threatening Liaoyang and Shenyang and other places, Huang Taiji would never give up, will definitely do his best to recapture Gaizhou, in this case, the Zheng family army will encounter a huge threat.

This is a direct attack on Zheng Xunrui and Zheng Jiajun.

Yang Sichang is the secretary of the military department, he is very clear, under the current situation, looking forward to defeating the Houjin Tartars in a short period of time, this is not true, if it is rash to attack, I am afraid that the current good situation, may be lost overnight, the imperial court and the Houjin Tartars have been fighting for many years, almost no initiative to win, this time the Zheng army recovered Lushun to Fuzhou and other places, it can be described as the first initiative to attack the victory.

The military department bears the brunt of the loss of this favorable situation, and must bear all the responsibility.

After Qian Shisheng finished speaking, Zhang Fengyi spoke again.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that how to carry out the battle against the Houjin Tartars, it is still necessary to summon Lord Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, and Lord Zheng Xunrui, the governor of Caoyun, and they will personally report to the emperor and make suggestions."

Zhang Fengyi said very tactfully, and did not directly refute Qian Shisheng, but everyone can understand the meaning.

After Zhang Fengyi finished speaking, Yang Yipeng also spoke.

"The minister thinks that what Lord Zhang said is that the Zheng family army has achieved such a major victory, and the imperial court should reward it and summon Lord Zheng Xunrui to Beijing, which is a matter of course."

The emperor nodded slightly.

"I think it is feasible, send a decree, summon Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, and Zheng Xunrui, the governor of Caoyun, to Beijing to discuss the matter of the crusade against the Houjin Tartars, Zhang Aiqing, Yang Aiqing, on behalf of me, go to appease Wang Yuncheng, the deputy chief of the Zheng family's army, and others, and ask them to wait in the capital, and when Hong Aiqing and Zheng Aiqing come to the capital, they will come to meet together."

The next thing is how to deal with the matter of Azig, the king of Wuyingjun.

Last year's captured Abatai, as well as three thousand Houjin Tartars, let Huang Taiji spend tens of millions of taels of silver to redeem, this time the captured Abazig, identity and status are higher than Abatai, Abatai is the Baylor of Houjin, but Azig is the king of the county.

Qian Shisheng and Hou Sui suggested that Azig should be killed to boost the morale of the Ming soldiers, and their opinions were very clear, because the imperial court was about to start a full-scale battle with the Houjin Tartars, and there was no need to show weakness to the Houjin Tartars for the sake of money.

Zhang Fengyi did not agree to kill Azig, thinking that it should be exchanged, and at the same time, Zhang Fengyi believed that how to deal with Azig should listen to Zheng Xunrui's opinion.

The emperor finally adopted Zhang Fengyi's suggestion, after all, Azig was captured by the Zheng family's army, and the situation of the battle ahead, that is, Zheng Xunrui and others knew how to deal with Azig, and they should still follow Zheng Xunrui's advice.

The time for discussing political affairs was not long, and the emperor's interest was very good, after all, what was discussed was something pleasing to the people.

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Lantern Festival, and the emperor immediately decided to go to the temple fair with the cabinet ministers to admire the moon and enjoy with the people.

When Zhang Fengyi left the Qianqing Palace, his face was not very good, although it was said that the Zheng family army had achieved major victories in Lushun and Fuzhou and other places, killing and capturing more than 10,000 Houjin Tartars, this victory was more brilliant than last year's victory, but it was a pity that when the cabinet discussed, it did not take into account the current actual situation at all, strictly speaking, the combat effectiveness of the imperial court army was not comparable to that of the Houjin Tartars, but unfortunately the emperor's confidence was bursting, because of one or two victories, he wanted to completely defeat the Houjin Tartars, which was unrealistic.

The emperor has such thoughts, and the support of Qian Shisheng, Hou Sui and others will make the emperor's determination even stronger.

Zheng Xunrui has written a letter in which he expressed a clear meaning, in the current situation, the imperial court should be more prudent, maintain the status quo, and not launch an all-out attack on the Houjin Tartars, but should shift its attention to the interior, on the one hand, to completely eliminate the rogues, and on the other hand, to find ways to change the problem of lack of silver in the treasury.

Zhang Fengyi agreed with Zheng Xunrui's opinion.

The emperor's mind and the changes in the situation made Zhang Fengyi worry that when Zheng Xunrui came to the capital, I was afraid that there would be a dispute with the emperor.

After Zhang Fengyi returned to the mansion, he didn't think too much about it, and wrote a letter to Zheng Xunrui, he wanted to remind Zheng Xunrui that he must be ready for everything. (To be continued.) )