Zu Dashou is also starting to be a little entangled and confused now, so when he heard Zhang Shenyan say that there was a way to save his son, he hurriedly asked Zhang Shenyan for advice.

Zhang Shenyan saw that Zu Dashou was willing to ask him for advice, and he was very proud in his heart, and hurriedly twisted his beard and said:

"Marshal Zu has deep roots in Liaoxi, and both the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty have to be jealous of you, so if the lower officials are right, the Guards will not execute your son immediately after they get your son, but will keep your son as a hostage to force you to rejoin the Ming Dynasty."

Hearing Zhang Shenyan say this, Zu Dashou couldn't help but feel funny:

"Master Zhang thinks he, Zhu Ming, will recruit the old man? How can it be! Lord Zhang doesn't know how the guards in the direction of Shandong dealt with us officials and gentry who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty on the way to the Northern Expedition, that is to cut down the grass and eradicate the roots, and wipe out the family! ”

Zu Dashou is not a fool, and naturally he can see that the current situation in the world is obviously that the Ming Dynasty has a greater chance of re-dominating the world, and he does not have the idea of returning to the Ming Dynasty and Hanchen in his heart, but the behavior of the guards towards the northern gentry makes him dare not have thoughts about the Ming Dynasty, and can only be more loyal to the Qing Dynasty.

"Xiaguan naturally knows, but what Xiaguan wants to say is that Zu Dashuai, you are different from other northern gentry, first of all, your territory and power are outside the Guan, although he Zhu Ming has an army from outside the Guan, in the end he is still trying to be a place inside the Guan; Secondly, you are not one of those northern gentry, you have your own military power in your hands, and he naturally can't treat you the same as other northern gentry, what do you say?

Moreover, the lower official did not dare to deceive the marshal, and the lower official had already learned that the governor of the Ming army in front of us was Zhang Huangyan, a student of the lower official, and the lower official had already written a letter to him, suggesting that he use Ling Gongzi as a hostage to persuade the ancestor to join the Ming Dynasty.

When the time comes, once their Ming army really sends someone to persuade the marshal to surrender, although the marshal sits on the ground and shouts the price, if he wants to continue to be the master of this western Liaoxi area, he is afraid that he will not have no lessons. ”

Zhang Shenyan did write a letter to Zhang Huangyan, the governor of the Second Corps of the Second Guards Army, and he knew that it would not be easy for him to belong to the Ming Dynasty, so he thought of seeking forgiveness from the Ming Emperor Zhu Youzhen through his student Zhang Huangyan's success in helping the Guards to appease Zu Dashou.

Now, after listening to Zhang Shenyan's words, Zu Dashou also understood the meaning of Zhang Shenyan's words, so he hurriedly slapped the table: "Why, it seems that Master Zhang is not my Liaodong governor of the Qing Dynasty, and he is here to be a lobbyist for your students." ”

"Dashuai misunderstood, Zhang didn't mean that, Zhang and Zu Dashuai are all the way, they all want to have a way to live in this troubled world, what do you say?"

Zhang Shenyan said this, but also made Zu Dashou deeply moved: "You are right, what monarchs and ministers have nothing to do with us, whether it is the Ming Dynasty or the Qing Dynasty, it is just a flag and a black gauze hat, in this case, the old man is waiting here, waiting for your student to come to the old man." ”

Zhang Shenyan smiled, he couldn't help but feel that he seemed to be already a Ming version of the Zongheng family, and he could influence the situation in the world with his three-inch incorruptible tongue.

However, what Zhang Shenyan didn't expect was that Zhang Huangyan only sneered after receiving Zhang Shenyan's letter: "This Zhang Shenyan still takes himself very seriously, and he also takes Zu Dashou very seriously, does my guard still need to appease him as a thief who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, it's really a big joke." ”

"Your Majesty has instructed before, the purpose of our Northern Expedition is not only to let my Ming Dynasty re-dominate the world, but also to take this opportunity to eradicate these Hulu warlords and powerful and inferior gentry who exploit Li Shu in the north, that is to say, this ancestor Dashou and other Han thieves can not be appeased, this Zhang Shenyan has not seen through our Majesty's mind until now, no wonder he will lose to His Majesty as the leader of the Donglin Party back then."

After Jiao Lian, deputy marshal of the Second Corps of the Second Army of the Guards Army, said this, Zhang Huangyan couldn't help but sneer:

"He Zhang Shenyan is worthy of His Majesty My Emperor's case, since he took refuge in Zuo Liangyu and then in Jianyu, I broke off the teacher-student relationship with him, and now he shamelessly came to recognize me as a student, but he also thought of a good idea."

Jiao Lian couldn't help but be curious: "What a good idea, let's hear it." ”

"The most important thing for us to easily conquer Shanhaiguan in the future is whether we can leave some of Zu Dashou's main forces and even Zu Dashou himself in Ningyuan Zhongyou to Guangning Qiantunwei to eliminate them, so that they can't have the opportunity to retreat into Shanhaiguan City, for this reason, we might as well come up with a plan, I wrote back to this Zhang Shenyan, saying that our guards intend to appease Zu Dashou and even immediately send a messenger to Ningyuan Zhongyou to contact, hoping that Zu Dashou and Zhang Shenyan will wait for news, so that they will think that they really intend to appease, When the time comes, our army will suddenly surround Ningyuan Zhongyou, and his ancestor will inevitably be in trouble! ”

As soon as Zhang Huangyan said this, Jiao Lian hurriedly said that it was a good way.

So, Zhang Huangyan hurriedly replied to Zhang Shenyan.

……

"The teacher is above, and the student Zhang Huangyan respectfully worships", Zhang Shenyan personally read Zhang Huangyan's letter in front of Zu Dashou.

And Zu Dashou was very happy to smile after hearing that Zhang Huangyan in the letter intended to appease him and said that he had served his son as a guest.

"Now Zu Dashuai only needs to be ready to accept the Ming Dynasty's appeasement." Zhang Shenyan said with a smile.

"This matter is really thanks to Lord Zhang's mediation, if it weren't for Lord Zhang's help, the old man would still be at a loss now, it's not a secret, the old man didn't know that Lord Zhang was so good at finding out the news, and if he got the help of adults as soon as possible, he wouldn't be where he is today."

As soon as Zu Dashou said this, Zhang Shenyan also smiled and said: "It's not too late, Zu Dashuai might as well think about how to negotiate conditions with Daming, you still have to be prepared in advance, do you want to be the king of Liaoxi or the king of Liao?" ”

"The Lord?" Zu Dashou was a little surprised.

"Didn't the marshal have the intention of being the king, so that his nephew has been the king of Pingxi, and it is not too much for you to attach the Ming Dynasty to Zhu Youzhen to ask for a prince, anyway, it is just for him Zhu Youzhen to guard Liaodi."

As soon as Zhang Shenyan said this, Zu Dashou was also a little moved: "Lord Zhang is right, the old man has to think about it, in this troubled world, since he Zhu Youzhen wants to revive the Ming Dynasty, he must be anxious to calm the world as soon as possible, doesn't it mean that he is now broad-minded, so that he can't even be reluctant to be a prince." ”

Zu Dashou said and asked Zhang Shenyan: "As for the salary and ordnance, you said that the old man wants how much is better, two million taels of silver should be about the same, ordnance may have to be 20,000 muskets and 300 artillery, I heard that their Ming army muskets and artillery are very good, if the old man's army has this equipment, why worry about the uneven land." ”

(End of chapter)