Chapter 381: Yangtze River Defense Line

By the time the Yangzhou military newspaper was delivered to Chen Cao's desk overnight, it was just the beginning of the hour.

"The 51st Division Kang led the headquarters to be besieged by ten times his own Tartars, the enemy was equipped with Hongyi cannons and flintlock guns, our army launched a desperate resistance, and by the time the reinforcements of the 53rd and 54th divisions arrived at Shaobo Town, the 51st Division had suffered more than half of the casualties, the division commander Kang was wounded, and the Tartars captured half of Shaobo Town;

Fortunately, the reinforcements arrived in time, and after a bloody battle, the Tartar troops were repulsed, and Shao Bozhen returned to our hands. ”

Chen Cao put down the military report sent by Huang Chunyao, then looked at Zhao Xin and said, "Is there any news from Wan Qing?" ”

"The minister was about to inform His Majesty that last night the minister had just received a secret letter from the north, and that Jiannu, headed by Mang Gurtai, led 50,000 Manchurian cavalry and 30,000 Mongolian cavalry to attack Shanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and other places; With Haoge as the main commander, he led 50,000 Manchurian cavalry, 20,000 Mongolian cavalry and 100,000 puppet troops of the Green Battalion to attack Shaanxi, Henan and other places;

The 20,000 Manchurian cavalry, 20,000 Mongolian cavalry and 200,000 green battalion puppet army troops led by Dai Shan set out from Tianjin all the way to attack Shandong and Nanzhili;

Finally, more than 30,000 people under Amin's department cleared all parts of Beizhili, and now the Tartars are enclosing land in Beizhili, and all the land of the Han people has been reduced to the private estates of Jiannu. ”

Chen Cao knocked on the desk, and then thought for a long time: "How is Hong Chengchou's marching speed?" ”

Zhao Xin shook his head: "The latest military report is that twelve days ago, several vassal kings of the Zhu family retreated to Xiangyang after suffering defeat in Nanchang, and the King of Xiang and his family and King Min and his family who were captured in the first battle of Nanchang are on the way to escort the capital, and they should be in these days. ”

"Hmm..."Chen Cao touched his chin that was not breathing: "Let the General Staff Headquarters set up a detailed battle plan to prevent Jiannu from changing his face, and on this basis, secretly tell Huang Chunyao and let him send capable men to negotiate peace with Jiannu first." ”

"Peace?"

Zhao Xin's face twitched a few times: "Emperor, are we going to negotiate peace with Jiannu?" ”

Chen Cao took a deep breath: "Before the vassal king surnamed Zhu in Huguang, Jiangxi Province is not completely suppressed, it is not appropriate to start with Jiannu in the north, and you also know that although Nanzhili has implemented the policy of exempting Juntian, you are clear about the undercurrent surging in private, and you should understand what the situation of those gentry who have lost their land is, so I have to choose between peace and suppression." ”

Chen Cao knew that these were all things that Zhao Xin told him after listening to them, and now except for the situation that Songjiang Mansion has achieved great wealth, the other prefectures of Nanzhili have just entered the first stage.

"Emperor, why don't we do it first?"

Chen Cao shook his head: "With the urine nature of Jiannu, once they enter the customs, they must be like beggars getting rich and crazy enclosing land in the north, and now those literati who have taken refuge in Jiannu are all wagging their tails and begging for mercy in front of their new masters, and even more so they have to deal with us while doing all the bad ideas of cutting off their children and grandchildren, so before our army can completely gain a foothold north of the Yangtze River, quelling the internal chaos is the first priority;

And in my judgment, as long as we reach a peace agreement with Jiannu, stabilize them, and provide some benefits appropriately, they will definitely agree to our request, and secondly, they have just entered the customs, and there are many things to do, and after learning of our strength, they will definitely recruit troops in the north;

Therefore, while stabilizing them, both sides take what they need, our strength should not be underestimated, and when we completely control the south of the Yangtze River and clear the internal rebellion, hehe, then I will have to drive the expedition in person..."

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"East and West Factories?"

Xu Fuyuan frowned: "Your Majesty, the reputation of the East and West Factories in the Zhu Dynasty was more infamous than that of Jinyiwei, and now the commander of Jinyiwei is still His Majesty's henchman, I have just established the Dynasty, if Your Majesty is now preparing to set up the East and West Factories, will it make Lord Zhao feel disgusted?" ”

Chen Cao handed the prepared things to the captain of the Jinyi Guard on the side: "Go, take it to Zhao Xin, let him prepare it immediately." ”

After the captain left, Chen Cao smiled faintly: "You think too much, the deserters of Jinyi Weibei Town Fusi have come back a lot, and when it comes to Jiannu's wanton use of the personnel of Dongchang and Beizhen Fusi, what are they going to do?" Isn't it just to deal with us?

The current Jinyiwei structure is all personnel of the Nanzhen Fusi, and it is far from enough to deal with the internal, so I decided to re-establish the east and west factories on this basis, but I have to tell you that the east and west factories and Jinyiwei will not have eunuchs to serve as factory officials in the future. ”

Xu Fuyuan's eyes lit up, the reason why he said that the main point was that he was worried that the Ming Dynasty would use eunuchs like Zhu Ming in a few decades, which would lead to a series of troubles.

Chen Cao saw his thoughts: "The product of eunuchs can no longer keep up with the pace of the times, you look at so many disasters in the previous dynasties, there are no less than ten dynasties directly related to eunuchs, and the eunuchs of the Tang Dynasty can even affect the life and death of the emperor, so I decided to ban eunuchs from the beginning of me, only in this way can I reduce the occurrence of private castration." ”

Xu Fuyuan arched his hand: "Your Majesty Shengming, since ancient times, eunuchs have been narrow-minded, if they have power, they will do everything possible to achieve their own unsightly things, Your Majesty does this, I will only prosper in the future, and the ministers will congratulate the future of the Ming Dynasty..."

After discussing the matter of the East and West Factories for a while, Chen Cao asked Xu Fuyuan seriously: "I decided to make peace with Jiannu temporarily, delay their pace, and solve the affairs in the south as soon as possible, what do you think?" ”

Xu Fuyuan has been to the Middle East, and after he came back, Du Linzheng replaced him, and he has rich combat experience, otherwise Huang Chunyao would not recommend Xu Fuyuan to participate in military affairs: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this plan is feasible, if our army wins a big victory in the first battle of Xiangyang, Huguang can be determined from now on, and the Shence army can go south from Huguang into Guangxi and Yunnan, and the minister thinks that Mu Qilin can cooperate with the Shence army to deal with the affairs of Mufu." ”

Chen Cao touched his chin: "Mu Tianbo is available, but this kid is still young, and now the Mu family is still in charge of Mu Tianbo's mother, if the Mu family cooperates with Mu Qilin as the family, I can do a favor to change Mu Tianbo as the hereditary replacement of the Marquis of Nanning, if his mother does not cooperate, he has to let Mu Qilin choose, if he dares to release the water, hehe, I will reduce the burden of taxes for me after the Ming Dynasty." ”

"In addition, Your Majesty, as long as the southeast and south are completely cleared, now that Gonggong Wei is sitting in Hangzhou, he has his prestige, it is not difficult to suppress those gentry, the minister is just worried that Jiannu's side will not be fooled, if they react and deliberately make a false deal with us, those traitors and ministers will definitely come up with the idea to take advantage of my internal strife to send troops, then..."

Chen Cao naturally thought of this: "I'm also worried, but according to the current construction progress in Songjiang, I don't worry about being lower than Jiannu in terms of armament, and now our army is still relying on Songjiang to support the whole army, and now Lu Xiangsheng has no news from them in the Middle East, but the materials and equipment that should be there must be prepared for them, and the pressure in Songjiang is very great...

Therefore, I decided to open various factories in Nanjing, and the branch factories must be opened to reduce the pressure on the river. ”

"Your Majesty, how is the matter of peace decided?"

Chen Cao looked at Xu Fuyuan and said, "Chen Yan has experience, I intend to let him go." ”

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"Your Majesty intends to set up the Longjiang Arsenal on the original site of Longjiang, and to build branches of each factory in the surrounding areas."

Wang Shunding Zhishi stayed in Nanjing and did not leave, he was old, Chen Cao in order to win the hearts of the people, and for the sake of this old guy who did not give him a stumbling block, he specially invited him to go out of the mountain and preside over the affairs of the Ministry of Industry.

It's just that the actual people in the Ministry of Industry are the left waiter Bi Maokang and the right waiter Song Yingxing.

Wang Shunding didn't care at all, and said indifferently: "Your Majesty's meaning is that the old man knows, the old man's secretary is just a transitional official, and the two of you should become the secretary of the Ministry of Industry in the future, and do a good job for Your Majesty, and the two of you can discuss the affairs of the factory." ”

After the clay sculpture Wang Shangshu finished speaking, he closed his eyes and recuperated, Bi Maokang glanced at Wang Shangshu with a wry smile, and then turned his head to look at Song Yingxing: "Let's arrange it, Your Majesty also ordered to build a new school outside Chaoyang Gate and Zhengyang Gate respectively, and even the name has been prepared..."

Song Yingxing took a look, and the two names of 'Daming Imperial Army University' and 'Daming Imperial University of Technology' were written on the strip.

Bi Maokang continued: "Your Majesty also said that the 'Nanjing Military Academy' will be officially changed to 'Daming Imperial University', and the site will be located in Huating, and these three schools will be the three top schools in my Ming Dynasty;

As for the 'Whampoa Military Academy' in Shanghai, it will become a full-time training base for military cadres. ”

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"Chen Cao is scared? Aren't you southern barbarians going to rule with us? ”

Chen Yan felt that he had been endlessly ridiculed by Dai Shan, but he had the experience of talking with Jiannu several times over the years, and he knew their way of speaking and acting, so he didn't care: "Prince Li, my emperor has agreed to negotiate peace with you, and with the river as the boundary, Jiangbei and you, Jiangnan and us, if Prince Li can agree to this matter on behalf of your emperor, then let's sign a peace document on this as evidence." ”

Dai Shan looked at Li Yongfang, the concubine beside him, and then stared at a civil official dressed as a Han beside him, and suddenly said sharply: "It's okay to negotiate peace, I'm not the kind of person who doesn't know what to do, but this king has conditions." ”

"Please also ask Prince Li to make it clear."

Dai Shan said proudly: "Hand over Yangzhou, and this king can agree to your request for peace on behalf of His Majesty the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty." ”

The two brocade guards who followed behind Chen Yan were already furious, not because they were afraid of Jiannu, but because of the general trend, in order to calm the civil strife, Chen Cao ordered to make peace with Jiannu, and now they are so humiliated by this group of barbarians who don't understand etiquette.

Chen Yan heard the panting, so he turned his head to look at the two brocade guards behind him, so he nodded: "Since Prince Li is so refreshing, then this official will not kill time with Prince Li, give me ten days of time, and after ten days, you will enter the Yangzhou realm." ”