Shen Youlong took a deep breath, he felt that Li Zhaoji was not lying, but he was afraid that it was true, so he really couldn't figure it out, so he said, "Everyone, be quiet." Xiao Er, the pot was removed, and the sound of the soup boiling made the old man upset. ”

Obviously, Shen Youlong is willing to give Li Zhaoji a chance and environment to explain.

After Xiao Er withdrew from the table, Shen Youlong said: "Tell me about your judgment and basis, we don't believe in the things of gods and ghosts." ”

Li Zhaoji said: "Next year's Jiashen Year will inevitably be the year of the Ming Dynasty's calamity, and I am afraid that there will be a catastrophe.

That's because, I got very accurate news, the Manchu Qing will enter the fortress again next year to loot, and it is a nest out, dare to ask you, this time, can Daming hold on? ”

"How do you know that the East Captives are going to enter the fortress again?" Zhao Wenji asked.

Lee Zhaoji said: "The source of the news comes from the DPRK and Xian, but you may not know that all of my Sado Islands are rich in gold and silver but lack grain and rice. However, our trading company was against the Japanese state, and we couldn't buy food.

And from the Ming Dynasty to transport grain, not expensive to buy, the cost is also high, so from the nearby court, fresh buying, is the most reasonable.

The merchants who bought grain from the trading company found that the price of fresh grain in the DPRK was high, which was no less than that in the south of the Yangtze River.

Another source came from the Haixi Jurchen land, where I sent people to trade, and encountered the Eastern captives to sweep the Jurchens and enrich the ........ of the strong men. ”

Li Zhaoji said a lot of truth and falsehood, which he thought about in advance.

If the Ming Dynasty died in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, these people will definitely not believe it, it is better to say that the Ming Dynasty's fierce rival Dongyu will enter the Kou, after all, the Qing army has entered the Kou five or six times before, especially the one in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, one stay is eight months, from the Great Wall all the way south, hit the Lianyungang area, laid down more than 100 large and small cities, but also broke through Yanzhou, killed the King of Lu.

"Wait a minute, wait a minute. Civil strife in the East, transfer contradictions, what civil strife? Chen Zizhuang asked.

Li Zhaoji couldn't help but have a smile on his face, which is the essence of the whole lie.

Li Zhaoji claimed that his sources were Chao, Xian and Haixi Jurchen, which was a field that everyone here could not cover at all, and they could not confirm it at all, so they could not puncture Li Zhaoji, but they could not believe it, and the final result was naturally to believe it or not.

Therefore, Li Zhaoji wanted to come up with a piece of information to prove his intelligence ability.

For example, if you tell a group of people that the sky is about to fall, everyone may not believe it, but at this time, you successfully predict the fall of a meteorite, and when everyone sees the meteorite, they will believe your judgment and recognize that the sky is about to fall.

"People may not know it yet, but I got the unmistakable news a month ago. Emperor Taiji, the captive chieftain, is dead. ”

As he spoke, he took out a letter that had been written a long time ago and told Li Zhaoji the news in the name of the Sado garrison.

Huang Taiji died more than two months ago, that is, on the ninth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, but the problem is that Guangdong does not know yet, at least Li Zhaoji inquired in many ways and did not get any news.

"As soon as the captive chieftain died, all parties in the east competed for the throne, and the eldest son of the captive chieftain, Hauge, represented the two yellow flags, the three Dolgon brothers, the two white flags, and the two red flags. In order to avoid civil war, Hauge did not take over the throne of the captive chieftain.

The parties compromised and the six-year-old Fulin ascended the throne, with Dorgon and Zilharan as auxiliary kings. The actual authority was held by Dorgon, and in order to control the army and establish authority, Dolgon wanted to enter the fortress again and plunder ........ Li Zhaoji said matter-of-factly.

In this way, everyone believed most of them, after all, Huang Taiji died This kind of thing, sooner or later will know, as for who the auxiliary king belongs to, it will definitely not be hidden.

"Do you think that if the East invades the city in the spring of next year, the imperial court may resist it? This time, it is impossible to say whether the capital can be preserved. After all, there are not many elite soldiers in the imperial court. Li Zhaoji said lightly.

If the Qing army really entered the fortress next year, it would be the same as the entry of the Abatai army into the fortress in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, that time, Abatai entered the fortress and looted until May this year, staying in the Central Plains for eight months. It can be said that the Ming Dynasty has already been tested to understand the reality of the Ming Dynasty, and this time it may directly attack the capital.

And the elite of the Ming Dynasty, after the battle of Songjin, the nine sides were mourned, and not long ago, Sun Chuanting had sent all the Qin soldiers and let Li Zicheng become bigger. The elite of the Ming Dynasty is only left in Liaoxi, where there are a group of people from Wu Sangui and Gao Di, but they have been nailed.

If you do the math, the court can be called a mobile force and has the ability to fight in the field, and only Tang Tong is left, but he only has a few thousand soldiers and horses.

Now the scholars and doctors in Guangdong are discussing the matter of moving the capital, and they are more or less aware of the danger.

When everyone was sad, Li Zhaoji said: "Ladies and gentlemen, Huang Taiji died two months ago, maybe I got the news in advance, so I may be able to deceive you." ”

"Why are you like that?" Zhao Wenji shook his head slightly, obviously believing Li Zhaoji's words.

Li Zhaoji said: "No, I just want to make what I said more clear, and what Quan Dang just said is all false." I got another piece of news, but I can't tell you the source, but whether it's true or not can be verified by yourself, but it's just a month to wait. ”

"What's the news?" Chen Zizhuang's face was like ashes, and he asked.

Li Zhaoji said: "The news that everyone got about the thieves was just that the thieves broke through Tongguan, and Sun Chuanting was nowhere to be found. Because the Son of Heaven made sacrifices for Hong Chengchou, but the Hong thief surrendered to the Tartars, he refused to mourn Sun Chuanting.

But everyone will get the news of Sun Chuanting's death soon, and in addition, this month, the city of Xi'an will be broken and the king of Qin will be captured, and the news will come soon.

More importantly, when the Qing army enters the fortress next year, it has already contacted the thieves in advance and sent troops together with them to divide the world equally. And the thief Li Zicheng is ready to ascend the throne and become the emperor, it is said that it will be set on the first day of next year, and the country name has been set, named Dashun.

Therefore, whether what I said is true or not, there will be a conclusion within a month, but if you wait for you to hear the news that the thief is called the emperor, it will be two months later, at that time, the thief will enter the east from Shaanxi, and the east will enter the emperor from Liaodong.

Therefore, the new formation of the Guangdong army cannot be delayed. Maybe soon, you will receive the edict of King Qin from the Son of Heaven, and when the time comes, if there is no strong army, it will depend on the fall of the Ming Dynasty and the bloody state of Kyushu. ”

After Li Zhaoji finished speaking, everyone's faces were like ashes, except for him, everyone present was either a gentry or a hereditary guard, all of them were resting with the country, at this time the Ming Dynasty was in a crisis, they naturally had a feeling of rabbit death and fox sadness, if it was just the fall of the Central Plains, if the entire Ming Dynasty was finished, then there would be no eggs under the nest?

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is all for today's feast. Whether what I said is true or not will take a month or even two months to confirm, but time waits for no one, and it is up to the Governor how to decide on military training. Tomorrow, let's discuss again, after all, you believe me, the new army is one thing, if you don't believe it, the new army is another way.

Half-year training and three-year training are completely different. Li Zhaoji hugged his fists and turned to leave.

After Li Zhaoji left, facing the full table of VIPs, Shen Youlong asked: "Do you think what Li Zhaoji said is true?" ”

"It's hard to say, but I'm afraid that what he says is true. But if you don't believe it at this time, if you delay it for two or three months, it's really too late. Chen Zizhuang said, he suddenly sighed: "Training, practice!" ”

Speaking of which, among the people present, he and Shen Youlong were the most loyal to the Ming Dynasty, and they originally promoted the training of the army, mainly for the imperial court.

It is not like other people, or assistants, or staff officers, or those who are purely selfish.

"Mr. Zhao, what do you see?" Shen Youlong asked Zhao Wenji.

Zhao Wenji thought for a while and said: "It's hard to say, it's not good to say, it's not good to say." ”

Shen Youlong nodded slightly, knowing his thoughts, and said, "In this way, let's disperse first, and then talk about it after the old man thinks about it." ”

Shen Youlong and his entourage walked out of Hongbin Building, and Shen Youlong said to Song Bao: "You take a few steps quickly, go to the intersection to block Chen Zizhuang, and let him go to our house." ”

Half an hour later, Shen Mansion.

"Master, the little one didn't block Master Chen's sedan chair, he didn't go back the same way." Songbao ran panting.

"Where did he go, to see Lin Weiyuan or Li Zhaoji?" Shen Yulong muttered.

At this time, the servant outside came in and said, "Master, Master Nanyuan Chen is here." ”

Zhao Wenji said: "Oh, it looks like Dong Weng and Mr. Chen want to go together." ”

Not long after, Chen Zizhuang entered the hall, he arched his hand to Zhao Wenji, and said: "Mr. Zhao, just in front of other people, you seem to have something bad to say, it shouldn't be hiding it from the old man." ”

"Mr. Chen, it is to tell you, as soon as you get out of Hongbin Building, Dong Weng will let Songbao go to the intersection to block you." Zhao Wenji said.

Songbao nodded: "Old man, the villain waited for you for a while, and then went back to look for you, but he didn't find you, so he came back, and sent someone to South Park, I don't believe you will send someone to South Park to ask now." ”

Chen Zizhuang smiled: "The old man was also afraid that people would see it, so he ordered the sedan chair man to turn around a long circle before turning back, and he also changed the sedan chair." ”

Shen Youlong ordered someone to serve tea, and then said to Zhao Wenji: "Sir, there is no one else, please speak directly if you have something to say." ”

Zhao Wenji said: "In front of Lin and Huang, there are really some things that can't be said. Now that the students know everything, let's assume that Li Zhaoji is talking nonsense completely, just to scare us so that he can do what he wants.

Isn't his mind just to let the imperial court use customs taxes as collateral to borrow money from the bank that has not been established? Let's train a new training army according to the standard of his Eastern Brigade, and the military salary and equipment need 250,000 taels, plus the storage of ammunition for next year's war, the pension for the soldiers who died in the war, and so on, even if it is 500,000 taels.

In this way, as soon as the imperial court borrowed, the Guangdong gentry would inevitably be willing to establish a bank, and he, Li Zhaoji, would also borrow money. Let's assume that this is a scam, in order to facilitate his own borrowing, he organized the Oriental Brigade, and all kinds of borrowing are for his own expansion, but didn't Guangdong Province also get 500,000 taels of silver because of this?

Let's take his request, quickly organize and train the new army, and prepare to fight in the north in March next year, and start handling it now, his lie will be broken in two months, even if it is not broken, when the troops are dispatched next year, the truth will be known.

Even if we are completely deceived, have we lost anything? Don't you also have nearly 10,000 elite soldiers and more than 200,000 models in your hands?

Even if there are no eastern captives in the north, and no thieves are called emperors, so what, this army of soldiers and horses and those money and grain are in the hands of the governor, can't they serve the imperial court? How about going to Sichuan and pacifying the western thieves? What about going north to Huguang and expelling the rebellion?

After all, it is used for the court, loyal to the court, so, what if you are deceived, that is, let you and me be loyal to the people, fear for a few months, exhaust for a few months, but in the end, it is the court and the Son of Heaven who benefit. ”

Shen Youlong and Chen Zizhuang nodded slightly, while Zhao Wenji said: "Then who did Li Zhaoji deceive, it was those gentry who deceived, anyway, the money is theirs." The gentry annoyed Li Zhaoji, which is also a good thing for the imperial court. Those people are selfish, selfish, and humiliated, which is retribution.

But on the other hand, if what Li Zhaoji said is true, let's borrow money to train the troops now, then what is it, it is a rainy day. If there is really a captives entering the fortress next year, the thieves are called emperors, and the turmoil in the capital, the great responsibility of the second prince and Kuang Fu Sheji will really fall on us.

It is true that 10,000 soldiers can't save the world, but even if you go north to the capital, rescue the Son of Heaven, and move the capital to the south of the Yangtze River, you can save half of the wall for my Ming Dynasty and lay the foundation for Zhongxing in the future. ”

"That's right, for the sake of the court, the old man is willing to be deceived!" Shen Youlong said.

"Yes, for the sake of Daming, what if the old man is deceived by him!" Chen Zizhuang's words also brought out an impassioned tone.

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