Emperor Chongzhen was in the Forbidden City, hoping to meet with Yang Chengying.

When Yang Chengying said the news, everyone was shocked.

"Why did we meet?" Zu Dashou was surprised.

In his impression, Yang Chengying had never been to the capital once.

Moreover, it is very dangerous for the vassal king, who is actually the sole ruler, to go to the capital.

Yang Chengying said: "The secret edict said that Your Majesty wants to see me, and by the way, take a look at what I look like as a brother-in-law."

To put it mildly, it is obvious that Yang Chengying does not believe that it is just a simple meeting.

"The imperial court suffered a lot of losses in the south, Luoyang and Xiangyang fell successively, but at this time they asked to see the king, or a secret edict."

Ning Wan said, "Probably I want to create a false impression that the king 'took the initiative to enter Beijing, so as to restore the emperor's majesty."

This is a very simple and straightforward thing.

Yang Chengying first eliminated Houjin, and then occupied Liaodong, and his hands were stretched out to the south of the Yangtze River.

The subjects of the Ming Dynasty all saw it in their eyes, as long as the Ming court did not crusade against Yang Chengying for a day, the imperial power would be weakened.

Yang Chengying, as a courtier, took the initiative to meet the Son of Heaven, which was a very beneficial thing to save the face of the Heavenly Family.

But the object that Yang Cheng should see is Chongzhen, and things become complicated.

Because Emperor Chongzhen had a history of killing Yuan Chonghuan in the name of "summoning the right", many of the people under Yang Chengying opposed entering Beijing.

Among them, Fan Wencheng is the most active.

"Since ancient times, it has been a major event to kill the head. The king, the capital can't go, it's a small matter to be in prison, and the emperor is desperate."

Fan Wencheng said: "Even if the king gets off the line, it is inevitable that there will be a war, which will have a huge impact on the king's overall strategy."

After all, Yang Chengying was once under the wings of the Ming Court, and in the eyes of the subjects of the Ming Court, Yang Chengying was a Ming courtier.

Compared with Li Zicheng and other leaders of the peasant army, it is not inherently reasonable.

If you really want to tear your face and break through the capital with the strength of the Liaodong Army, it is not a big problem.

But that would lead to an embarrassing situation and become the target of public criticism.

"I don't want to do that, there's a lesson from the past." Yang Chengying nodded.

He was once summoned to Liaoyang by Wang Huazhen, and the two sides almost tore their faces.

"Go, actually, you can go."

Ning Wan said, "Our army has surrounded the capital from the east, north, and southwest, and we have brought some soldiers with us, and we have the power to do the internal response, so we are not afraid to go."

"It's just ......," Ning finished my words, "You can't enter the capital in the name of 'meeting the emperor!'"

"Why?" Zu Dashou asked.

"Today's Ming Dynasty is about to fall, smoke is everywhere, and hungry people are everywhere."

Ning Wan explained, "If we enter Beijing under the banner of meeting the imperial court, it will make many people who have been disappointed in the Ming court regard us as eagle dogs of the imperial court, which will be extremely detrimental to subjugation in the future."

In particular, Li Zicheng was a peasant army, and his will to destroy the Ming Dynasty was indestructible. ap.

When they heard this, they all nodded, thinking that his words made sense.

"It's easy to settle."

Yang Chengying said confidently, "Since Your Majesty is a secret edict, there are naturally very few people who know about it. I entered Beijing in the name of returning to Ning with the princess. Speaking of which, the princess has not been back to her mother's house once since she got married."

"The king's improvisability is admirable." Ning Wan's eyes lit up.

"Mr. Ning, you immediately organize officials at all levels of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to draw up a list of officials and gifts in Beijing.

Yang Chengying commanded.

"Yes." Ning finished me and got up and clenched my fists.

"Wu Sangui!"

"Yes." Wu Sangui got up.

"You select a thousand elites from the army and follow me into Beijing."

"Ordered."

"Dudu."

"The King!"

"You also select a thousand elites from the army and follow me into the capital to face the saint."

"Ordered."

Two thousand elites, plus six thousand auxiliaries, there are eight thousand armor soldiers.

The scale is already huge.

Yang Chengying felt that there should be a whole thing, so he said to Peng Haigu: "Most of the soldiers who came with you have retired, and they used to be soldiers in Beijing. You send someone to ask, if anyone is willing to follow him to Beijing to visit relatives and friends, he can come with me to Beijing."

"Thank you for your kindness, after the ministers go down, they will quickly send someone to inquire."

Peng Qigu said excitedly.

Returning home, for many people, is something they want to do.

Yang Chengying also wanted to take the opportunity to launch a political offensive against the low-level soldiers.

"In addition, order the navy to cruise on the sea surface around Shandong, preferably in a position where the local people can see it."

Yang Chengying said: "Send an order to Abatai, ordering him to send Darhan to Chengde with his army, and occasionally visit the edge of the Great Wall."

"Your Ministers obey." Zu Dashou said.

The Privy Council has the power to transfer troops, and as Zu Dashou, who actually manages the Privy Council, acts according to Yang Chengying's orders.

"However, I have to take a train to Port Arthur first, and then transfer to Liaoxi."

Yang Chengying said: "All the materials and personnel entering Beijing will go to Qiansuo Town and wait for me to join you from Port Arthur to Liaoxi."

In the past few months, Yang Chengying has not been idle.

After he returned from the Wa Kingdom, he began to purchase a small amount of tinplate and began experiments in making canned food.

Since he has operated the lathe by himself, it is still very convenient to make.

Soon, the first tinplate cans were successfully made.

With cans, ocean voyages are on the agenda.

However, Yang Chengying didn't plan to run far at the beginning, so he still had to come little by little.

The first is to be proficient in inshore navigation.

While he was holding a meeting with everyone, Shi Lang, the first commander of the ocean-going fleet, was also choosing the right people.

This time is different from the usual voyage, the place to go is far away, and you may not be able to come back for a year and a half.

Therefore, Yang Chengying did not forcibly appoint, but asked Shi Lang to find and volunteer to sign up with naval soldiers to form a long-distance fleet.

In the evening, Shi Lang finally found all the people after half a month of searching.

He rushed to Yang Chengying's study with the list.

Yang Chengying glanced at the list, there were all walks of life, and said, "You chose very carefully this time, which means that you followed Shang Kexi to Chicken Coop Island and gained a lot."

"The king sent his ministers to lead a fleet from Port Arthur to the south, and the destination was Batavia, and the ministers guessed that the king wanted his ministers to be envoys to establish and consolidate trade relations between the two sides."

Shi Lang said confidently.

"Your voyage this time is a lot of tasks and heavy tasks, and it will be very challenging for you and the crew, so I will personally see you off."

Yang Chengying put down the list, "This trip will take about a year, no matter what happens outside, you just have to follow the goal I set and achieve it step by step."

"I understand." Shi Lang clenched his fists.

"When you go back to accompany your mother and younger brother, they all say that good men have ambitions in all directions, and they still have to spend more time with their parents, and there will not be many opportunities like this in the future."

Yang Chengying said.