Although Su Yan and Zhang Huangyan belonged to two different imperial courts, they got along very well with the same enemy.

Su Yan is out of admiration for Zhang Huangyan, a national hero, and Zhang Huangyan is an appreciation for this young famous anti-Qing general, who was able to pull up such a powerful army in just half a year and repeatedly defeated the Qing army, which is enough to gain his appreciation.

Zhang Huangyan did not forget the purpose of his coming to Taizhou, entered the Taizhou Mansion, and after the two of them sat down, he tentatively asked Su Yan:

"Inspector, now that Wen and Taiwan have been decided, what are you going to do next?"

Su Yan didn't answer his question directly, but asked, "I don't know how His Royal Highness King Lu on the Zhoushan Islands is doing recently?" ”

When Zhang Huangyan saw him, he didn't intend to answer him directly, but he didn't care if he was still on guard against himself, and he followed his inquiry and replied: "His Royal Highness King Lu is still well, but he is worried about the ruin of the country and the death of the family, and he is worried about the invasion of the Qing army, so he is quite a little unthinking." ”

"But you're worried about Ningbo Tian Xiongbu?" Su Yan asked again.

Zhang Huangyan nodded and said, "Because of this, His Royal Highness the Supervisor ordered his ministers to come and discuss with the Governor about the joint attack on Ningbo. ”

After speaking, he changed his words and said: "After the Qing army was defeated by you in the first battle of Qiancang Mountain, only Ningbo Prefecture in Zhejiang Province still has a considerable number of Qing troops stationed in the province, if the Tianxiong Department is annihilated, then Zhejiang will have no Qing troops to fight,"

Su Yan didn't answer, but was thinking about the possibility of uniting with King Lu's army, not that he looked down on King Lu, but the Nanming army in this era was a group of pigs except for the remnants of the former Dashun Daxi, and he was afraid that he would be pitted by the latter when he united with King Lu.

Seeing that Su Yan didn't answer for a long time, Zhang Huangyan's heart gradually cooled, he opened his mouth, and just wanted to speak, he heard Su Yan say: "The matter of the joint attack on Ningbo will be put aside for the time being, and this governor hopes that Lord Zhang can send troops to Chongming to deter the Qing army in Jiangnan, so that it cannot go south to help with all his strength." ”

"Bingfa Chongming?" Zhang Huangyan was slightly stunned, and did not agree immediately, Su Yan saw this, and explained: "Chongming is the mouth of the Yangtze River, located in a critical position, and can threaten the state capitals on both sides of the Yangtze River at all times, which will inevitably contain a large number of Qing troops and make it impossible for them to rush south to help, and Chongming Island can become a springboard for the Ming army to recover Yingtianfu. ”

Su Yan's words are half-true, he really wants the Lu Wangjun to be able to contain the Qing army in Jiangnan, but there is another reason, that is, to do things for the Lu Wang's court, otherwise they are likely to run to get involved in Zhejiang.

In addition, let them send troops to Chongming Island, in order to be able to attack Yingtianfu first and become the official of the imperial court, King Lu will definitely not refuse, maybe he will also wait for the opportunity to attack Nanjing, and fantasize about taking the lead in attacking Nanjing and officially claiming the emperor.

With the strength of King Lu, it is definitely impossible to recover Nanjing City, if he is really so iron-headed, he can still explore the reality of the Qing army for Su Yan and wear down the strength of the Qing army.

After listening to Su Yan's explanation, Zhang Huangyan also thought that what he said made sense, nodded and agreed.

Zhang Huangyan is not a courtier loyal to King Lu, to be precise, he is loyal to the Ming court, as long as he can counterattack the Qing army and recover the lost territory and return to the old capital, he will abandon the camp estrangement between the two sides and join forces to resist the Qing.

Such a noble patriotic spirit naturally made Su Yan feel admired, but he also felt a little regretful, with Zhang Huangyan's character, most of them could not be included in his command, Su Yan must be called the emperor in the future, then it will inevitably run counter to Zhang Huangyan's philosophy.

After the two reached a preliminary consensus, Su Yan also wanted to keep Zhang Huangyan and let him stay in Taizhou Mansion for a few more days, but was politely rejected by the other party, Zhang Huangyan wanted to return to Zhoushan as soon as possible and report the matter to King Lu.

Although Su Yan felt a little sorry, he personally sent it to the port, and ordered Huang An to send several warships to escort Zhang Huangyan back to Zhoushan.

Before Zhang Huangyan boarded the boat, Su Yan took his hand, thought about it, and said: "Lord Zhang, now Emperor Yongli is my Ming Zhengshuo, His Royal Highness King Lu continues to supervise the country is already arrogant, after you go back, you still persuade His Royal Highness King Lu to go to the prison of the country, otherwise there is a high probability that there will be a civil war within my Ming Dynasty in the future, which is a matter of bitterness for relatives and enemies." ”

"Huang Yan wrote it down, and it will definitely be passed on to His Royal Highness the Prison State." Zhang Huangyan sighed and arched his hand and said, how did he not understand this matter, but he knew very well that unless he reached the end of the mountains and rivers and had to live under the fence, it was unlikely that King Lu would go to the prison country by himself.

Su Yan nodded, seeing that Zhang Huangyan was about to board the ship, he suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly stopped the latter, and then ordered Chen Ying to bring a flintlock handcuff and personally handed it over to Zhang Huangyan, in the latter's puzzled gaze, Su Yan said solemnly: "Lord Zhang, this handcuff is given to you, I hope you can take care of your own safety." ”

It was the first time that Zhang Huangyan was so valued, and his heart was naturally extremely moved, he accepted the flintlock handcuff given by Su Yan, then took a step back, bowed deeply, and said: "The superintendent treats me like this, Huangyan must be remembered in his heart." ”

After speaking, Zhang Huangyan said goodbye again, turned around and walked onto the warship.

Su Yan looked at his departing back, and watched the warship sail away from the port, and only after he couldn't see the figure on the ship did he turn around and return to the mansion.

Walking on the road, Chen Ying asked puzzledly, "My lord, why do you attach so much importance to that Zhang Huangyan?" Even the national surname is not treated like this. ”

"You don't understand." Su Yan said, "Zhang Huangyan has a good character, loyal and patriotic, I admire it very much, if everyone in the world is like this, how can there be a smile that the water is too cold, and how can the Manchurian barbarians sit firmly in the world." ”

Chen Ying had never heard of the water being too cold, so he naturally didn't understand what it meant, but it didn't prevent him from questioning it: "Even if the literati are the same as Zhang Huangyan, their armaments are declining, the soldiers are incompetent, and they can't confront the Manchus, and they are repeating the mistakes of the Song Dynasty a hundred years ago." ”

"You are right, so it is necessary for civil officials to be loyal and patriotic, honest and love the people, the officers and men of the three armed forces are not playful, stick to their posts, keep their duties in mind, and civil and military officials can work together to ensure peace in the country." Su Yan said.

Of course, there are still some things he didn't say, all of this is based on the fact that the monarch has full control, if the upper and lower officials twist into a rope to deceive the emperor, then unless it is a constitutional monarchy, it will be very harmful.

Chen Ying agreed with Su Yan's idea, so she didn't say anything more.

What Su Yan didn't know was that at the same time, thousands of miles away in BJ City, his name had spread all over the streets and alleys of BJ City, and the news that Pingnan Wang Shang Kexi was in Fuzhou City and the bad news of the fiasco in Qiancang Mountain came in successively, and Su Yan's name became a household name for a while.

And in the Forbidden City, a court discussion around Su Yan is underway.

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