Tianjin Sanwei originally had a weak status, and was an out-and-out "little brother" in front of many important towns near Gyeonggi. Until the Wanli period, because of Japan's invasion of Korea, the bad memory of the Ming Dynasty was awakened.

Zhao Zhigao, a scholar at that time, analyzed the situation very thoroughly, and said: "Those who cannot invade China in the north can only rely on the whole of Korea and Qingerdao to defend our ears." If Jeon Kyung dies, North Korea will die. As soon as Korea dies, the Japanese will not invade Liao from the land, and will divide their troops from the Eastern Han Dynasty, Imjin, Qingchuan, Dading, Datong, and Yalu Zhujiang. All the southeast coasts have close worries, and this is a big trouble today. Therefore, Quan, Qing must be garrisoned, and even the coastal border guards should be prevented. ”

"Tianjin North Gong Shenjing, Nantong Canal, the meeting of the boat, the field of the crown, the Yalu sail can be reached in three days", in this case, "Tianjin, Denglai Mo Ruotian equipment is a member of the Fuchen, the Central Plains in the south, the Shenjing in the north, and the island in the east. This is the most indispensable part of internal defense. ”

When Zhu Cihong read this file in the palace, he couldn't help but be impressed. When so many people questioned the significance of the Korean War in later generations, they did not expect that as early as the Wanli era, the princes of the court had already realized the significance of Korea as a Chinese vassal.

Tianjin was thus set up a governor and a general army, but not a local governor, but a special governor - the governor of Tianjin coastal defense. The political envoy of Shandong, Wan Shi Dejia Metropolitan Inspectorate, was the imperial envoy of Tianjin, and the coastal defense affairs of Tianjin Denglai. And because the national strength of Korea was weak and could not support the food and salary of the Ming army entering the DPRK, Wan Shide and the subsequent governor of Tianjin devoted themselves to the reclamation of tuntian and expanded their authority to civil affairs.

In the twenty-seventh year of Wanli, the Korean rebellion was quelled, and the governor of Tianjin moved to Baoding, until the first year of the Apocalypse, Jiannu occupied Liaoyang, and the four prefectures of Jin, Fu, Hai and Gai were all owned by Jiannu. These four states are really a short distance from Tianjin. Sail with the wind and sail in two days. Tianjin, as the throat of the north and south, is the hub of water and land freight transportation in western Liaoning, and is also the food and salary supply place for the Eastern Army.

"The minister is the second year of the Apocalypse, and he moved to the right as the imperial envoy of the Shaoqing of Guanglu Temple and the governor of Tianjin." Li Banghua's hometown is revisited. I can't help but sigh. He received Zhu Cihong's message in Beijing, regardless of the bumps in the carriage and horses, rushed to Tianjin, and saw that the crown prince was safe and sound, sitting in the palace, and Wu Fu, Sun Chuanting, Cai Maode and others were by his side, and his heart was finally much more settled.

Zhu Cihong said with a smile: "Jinmen is indeed a strategic place, but it is also a place that cannot be defended. We just took the sea route from here. ”

"Your Highness is going to Jiangnan?" Li Banghua asked curiously.

"Shandong." Zhu Cihong said: "Zhou Yingqi was originally a political envoy in Shandong, and now he has returned to Laizhou by boat to settle down. ”

"Your Highness is coming from Shanxi. Why not take the overland route to Shandong? Li Banghua was puzzled.

Zhu Cihong said: "The monarch's father and mother are still in the land of tired eggs, how can they go alone? ”

Li Banghua thought about it, looked around at the ministers in the East Palace, and saw that none of them spoke, and said leisurely: "Your Highness can hear: people are inherently dead, or heavier than Mount Tai, or lighter than Hongmao. ”

Sima Qian's "Book of Reporting to Ren'an" is simply an entry-level reading at the moment.

"Bixia is carrying nine tripods. Only insist on the righteousness of serving death. Li Banghua said calmly: "Today's national situation is in turmoil, and people's hearts are in danger. If the emperor is the lord of China, he should guard China; If you are Zhaomin's parents, you should take care of Zhaomin; For the main temple of the mausoleum, it should be the temple of the mausoleum. Zhou Ping and Zhao Gao's ugly plan should not be heard. ”

"Hehe," Wu Fu said with a carefree smile. "Xiantai's words are wrong. If it weren't for Zhou Ping's eastward migration, would the Zhou room have the last 400 years of national ancestry? If it wasn't Song Gao Nandu, how could there be a recovery of martial arts? Since it is a trillion democracy today, we should rest with the people, how can we lightly make the argument of Mount Tai Hongmao? ”

Zhu Cihong knows that Li Banghua's strength lies in fairness and morality. Although he has accurate vision, he is not a good argument. He interjected: "There must be people in the court who hold this opinion, I don't know why the emperor didn't take it?" ”

Li Banghua saw that Zhu Cihong diverted the topic, and he also knew the meaning of His Royal Highness the Prince's roundabout, so he still said slowly: "The emperor did not take the proposal of moving south, nor did he take the proposal of sticking to it. ”

"Huh? It's a puzzling statement. ”

Li Banghua said helplessly: "The emperor hopes that the ministers of the cabinet will make a decision. However, the old gentlemen of the Pavilion refused to do so. First, if he advocated moving south and was left to guard Beijing, wouldn't it be clear that the city would fall and die? Second, if you are lucky enough to drive Nan Xing, I am afraid it will be even worse. Coexist and die with Shenjing, and you can still get a gift. If you live in Jiangnan, you can only confess the sins of the dead, or be dismissed or imprisoned, and there is no benefit. There are so many harms and no benefits, which of the cabinet ministers is willing to do it? ”

Zhu Cihong shook his head slightly, and said secretly: Father, this is not kind. Obviously, Qiangang has been dictatorial for 17 years, and when he encounters such a major problem, he expects others to come out and carry the black pot, and he wants to benefit from his reputation, how can there be such a good person in the cabinet?

He suddenly thought of Tian Cunshan. This guy has been working hard to carry the black pot for himself since he was educated, and now he is really indispensable to see him.

In comparison, eunuchs are indeed much cuter.

"It's not just the move south." Li Banghua took a sip of tea and continued: "It is the same for the prince and the two kings of Ding and Yong to go south to supervise the country and become a vassal. Some people compared the matter of Li Heng of Tang Suzong to the emperor with His Royal Highness, which made it difficult for Bixia to make a decision, and the ministers refused to take responsibility. ”

In the Anshi Rebellion, Li Heng Lingwu ascended the throne and became the emperor, and Li Longji, the emperor of the Tang Ming Dynasty, was respected as the emperor. Li Longji didn't mind this very much, not only helped his son make up the formalities for the Zen throne, but also ordered the other princes to go to Lingwu to obey the new emperor's orders. However, his own father doesn't care, but the emperors of later generations are taboo, and they can't help but guard against their adult sons, so as not to suddenly become the emperor one day.

Zhu Cihong took a breath and spit out two words: "Ignorance." ”

Li Banghua said with a smile: "There is also the matter of transferring Liao Town to enter the customs!" His smile was inevitably bitter, and he said carefully for the crown prince: "The Sacred Heart originally wanted to transfer Wu Sangui to Beijing and defend the Beijing Division. However, this soldier Zhang Jinyan said: 'The tone of Sangui is not adjusted, and Ning Yuanzhi will not give up. 'Shoufu Chen Yan preached everywhere that 'every inch of mountains and rivers was an inch of gold', and Ningyuan's land of three hundred miles must not be abandoned! Therefore, to this day, the matter of transferring Sangui to Beijing has not been decided. ”

Zhu Cihong couldn't help but tap the table and frowned: "The imperial father is really ...... Ahem, even if a minister dares to say it, as long as he agrees, the history books still say that the saint will cut the abandoned land...... Will they still name and say that the minister is deceiving the holy will? ”

Abandoning the land is a black cauldron that can never be shaken off, what is the need for the ministers to carry this kind of major problem of right and wrong?

"Wait, transfer Wu Sangui to Beijing? Will he do it? Zhu Cihong was a little surprised: "I heard that from Shanhaiguan to Guangning, it is all the private property of the Wu family, how can he give up his private property and join the Baojing Division?" ”

Li Banghua said: "This minister doesn't know. I think Wu Sangui also had the name of 'bravely crowning the three armies and filial piety to the nine sides' in his early years, and he should know that the overall situation is the most important. ”

Although Wu Sangui has a history of escaping from the battlefield and causing Hong Chengchou to be captured, he also has a heroic moment when 28 horsemen went straight to the camp of 3,000 Jiannu and rescued his father Wu Xiang. Zhu Cihong's impression of Wu Sangui was still influenced by later generations, and he preconceived that he was not a loyal and brave general.

"Well, Your Highness, Wu Xiang has recently arrived in Beijing and has been ordered to supervise the Beijing camp, and the resolution will be issued in these two days." Li Banghua said.

After Zhu Cihong arrived in Tianjin, he lamented the pain of inconvenient transportation in this era. Over there, Bai Guangen had already become Li Zicheng's Taoyuan uncle, and the silver seal appointing Bai Guangen as the "Dangkou General" was sent out in Beijing; Shandong reported the Tang newspaper that the "thief" had entered the Kou, and then received an edict summoning Liu Zeqingqin, the chief soldier of Shandong.

I'm afraid that Emperor Chongzhen will make a decision here, and it will be too late for Wu Sangui to fly back to Beijing.

……

Chongzhen sat in the Wuying Hall and asked the white-haired general in front of him, "How many soldiers are there of Qing and his son?" ”

The white-haired general was Wu Xiang, who returned to Beijing from Shanhaiguan, the father of Wu Sangui. He knew that he couldn't brag at this time, so he hurriedly kowtowed and replied: "The sin is ten thousand deaths!" The soldiers were registered with 80,000 soldiers, and 30,000 were verified. Because it takes the food of several soldiers to support one soldier, this is a common disadvantage on all sides, and it does not start with the closure of the door. ”

Chongzhen still has a glimmer of hope: "Are these 30,000 people brave and good at fighting?" ”

Wu Xiang's heart trembled, and he used his ability to do business, and then retreated: "If 30,000 people are all soldiers, why should you succeed today?" There are only 3,000 soldiers available. ”

Chongzhen only felt that his back molars were itchy, and he couldn't help but ask, "How can three thousand people resist a million people?" ”

Wu Xiang flickered his words and said: "These three thousand soldiers are not ordinary soldiers, but the son of Chenxiang and the brother of Sangui!" Since receiving the favor of the state, the ministers have only eaten coarse grains, and the three thousand people have eaten fine wine and fat sheep; The ministers only wore coarse cloth, and the three thousand people wore silk and satin! Therefore, it can be killed! ”

Chongzhen swallowed hard: "How much money do you need?" ”

"Million!"

"Million!" Chongzhen took a breath of cold air: "Millions of silver, even if you raise 30,000 soldiers, you can't use it!" ”

"One million taels of silver is still less." Wu Xiang hurriedly settled accounts for the emperor and said: "These 3,000 people have a grange worth hundreds of taels of silver outside the pass, and now they give up entering the pass, what kind of land compensation will they be given?" The salary has been reduced for 14 months, how can I make up for it? There are still 6 million people outside the customs, and they will enter the customs with them, where will they be placed? According to this calculation, one million is not enough to help, and Chen An dares to speak falsely? ”

If it is calculated according to Wu Xiang, it may not be enough.

But whether it's tens of millions or millions, it's the same for Chongzhen.

"The silver in the inventory is only 70,000 taels, and I am afraid that I can only make up 200,000 taels of gold and silver utensils." Chongzhen said helplessly.

Wu Xiang had to sigh, as if he was lamenting the difficulty of the country's fortunes, and as if he was lamenting that a good deal could not be done.

Chongzhen Muran returned to the inner palace and soon received the news that the crown prince had arrived in Tianjin. However, his mind was all on Guan Ningbing, and he was really physically and mentally exhausted from this son who had disappointed him, and after a long time, he waved his hand and said weakly: "Let him do it himself." (To be continued......)

PS: Keep the festival! Where's everyone's ticket?