Chapter 418

Shanhaiguan is indeed a very good target, and it is a good target that there is no way to replace, in fact, after the demise of Jiannu, if Cheng Shijie wants to take Shanhaiguan, he does not need to fight at all, and this problem can be solved through negotiations.

However, the problem is that the next opponent is Li Zicheng and the Nanjing Small Court, as for the other grass kings, they are all used to make up the numbers, whether it is Li Zicheng or the Nanming Small Court, it is not so easy to deal with.

The Hongguang court, the first established court in the Southern Ming Dynasty in history, was destroyed by Duoduo after only eight months of existence, and the Yongli regime of King Gui, which lasted the longest, only lasted for 16 years, which was completely different from the Southern Song Dynasty, which enjoyed the country for 152 years.

Nan Ming's weakness is actually only relative, in fact, purely in terms of combat, it is definitely not weak, but the problem is that putting aside the opponent's strength and weakness, this itself is playing hooligan. For the Southern Ming Dynasty, to add insult to injury, the Jianghuai in the lower reaches, Jingxiang in the middle reaches, and the Sichuan-Shaanxi defense line in the upper reaches of the north-south boundary were in the hands of different forces, none of which could be commanded by the Southern Ming court. The Jianghuai front line is the four towns of Jiangbei and Zuo Liangyu, who supports the army and respects himself, Jingxiang is part of the hands of the remnants of Li Zicheng's Dashun army, and Sichuan is in the hands of Zhang Xianzhong's Daxi regime.

These forces are also hostile to each other and attack each other. Moreover, these forces themselves are full of internal contradictions, and often cause internal strife.

The current historical time and space have completely changed because of Cheng Shijie, an otherworldly butterfly, first of all, Zhang Xianzhong's group no longer exists, although Zhang Xianzhong no longer exists, but Li Zicheng's group is stronger than in history, and until now, Li Zicheng endured not to call himself emperor, but to coerce the king of Qin to order Guanzhong.

The real reason for the rapid fall of the Dashun Army in history is Li Zicheng, he floated, and a good card was played to a pulp, and in this time and space, neither the Nanjing Small Court nor Li Zicheng's Guanzhong were as quickly corrupt and degenerate as history, especially the Nanjing Small Court did not have time to form the four towns of Jiangbei, at least the warlords and generals everywhere did not have the intention of not bird the Nanjing Small Court, they were all waiting and seeing, waiting and seeing what kind of method Cheng Shijie would take to deal with them.

But Cheng Shijie really didn't want to make a wish to those warlords, and adopted the method of co-opting them to solve them, so the harm and sequelae caused were huge.

There is also a problem, if you deal with Wu Chongming, who killed Gao Di.

This matter is very difficult to deal with, the next day, Cheng Shijie attended the cabinet meeting, Cheng Shijie handed the information of the Shanhaiguan uprising to the Prime Minister Sun Zhili, Sun Zhili took a look, and directly handed Yang Yunniang, the deputy minister, Yang Yunniang pushed with both hands, saying that he didn't look at it.

Sun Zhili heard that Yang Yunniang was alone with Cheng Shijie last night, and in the palace where she stayed, she naturally followed Cheng Shijie to know this information in advance.

Among the cabinet members, Zhang Huaize, Chen Zilong, Song Yingxing, and Fang Yizhi are technical officials, of course, including Yang Qingyun and Mo Hua, these six people are all technical officials, it can be said that the current cabinet is a separation of military, government, and technology, whether it is Zhang Huaize or Song Yingxing, they are not interested in this matter.

Sun Zhili looked at everyone and didn't start to speak, he looked at Cheng Shijie and asked with a serious face: "Your Majesty, the current situation is as strong as the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu back then, if Guanzhong and Nanjing join forces, can we win?" ”

If you simply push the past from the military, the current Ming Royal Army can be said to be a god blocking and killing God, and the Buddha blocking and destroying Buddha, the most fundamental problem is not to unify the world, but to solve internal problems.

Although Cheng Shijie is not a peasant uprising, the current situation is like a group of heroes competing for the world at the end of the Sui Dynasty.

Cheng Shijie looked at Sun Zhili and said: "There is no opponent of our Royal Army in the world, and the whole world is the same, the difference is only how much time it takes, but now, the biggest enemy for us is no longer outside, but inside us." ”

Song Xiance said: "The king's words are right to the point, at this time, outsiders see that our army is extremely strong, and they dare not disobey it, but in fact, it is empty internally and cannot support the war." Beijing's big victory laid a strong foundation for the Ming Dynasty, and Yu Wei could even be blessed for decades, but it also produced great internal friction, and it took at least three years of recuperation. In today's situation, it is better to be quiet than to move. ”

Compared with the generals who are bent on making meritorious contributions, worshipping the generals, and promoting marshals, Song Xiance's pattern is actually larger, and he considers the problem more comprehensively, although this war was won in Cheng Shijie, but it left a huge mess, not only Beizhili was broken, but the problem is that the Dashun army accepted the adaptation of the Ning Navy, but left a huge hidden danger.

Song Xiance's Dashun Army basically completed the land reform of eastern Henan, western Shandong, northern Nanzhili, and Beizhili in the first part of the country by adopting land reform.

This policy is in conflict with the established policy of the Ming Dynasty, and it is also in conflict with the development policy of Liaodong.

Moreover, although Song Xiance is the commander of the former Dashun Army and the leading brother of the 13th to 18th Brigades, the problem is that Song Xiance has never regarded himself as a general, and the rank of marshal has no interest in Song Xiance, and his biggest goal is to replace Sun Zhili and become the prime minister of the Ming Dynasty.

Sun Zhilan nodded and said, "Not bad." At this time, it is better to attack than to capture, and at this time, it is better to use it slowly than to use it urgently. ”

Zhou Ning raised his hand and said, "Your Majesty, according to the current general trend of the world, there are many things that we can actually accomplish through negotiations. ”

"What do you mean? Want to reward Wu Chongming, the villain who betrayed the commander? ”

Zhang Yu said with an indignant face: "He can betray Gao Di in the face of a strong enemy today, and he will betray the king in the face of a strong enemy one day, do you want to accept the rebellion and be indiscriminate?" ”

"It's not indiscriminate, it's just ...... It is only necessary to pay attention to the technique in terms of methods, first, to avoid internal turmoil, and second, to avoid dissent from forces that may surrender to the trend. ”

Chen Guodong read the resume of Wu Chongming, who had just been investigated, and shouted: "There are so many disloyal and unrighteous generals like Wu Chongming, if they all surrender to the same palace, let them be ministers in the same palace, and seek disdain for them!" ”

Chen Guodong can be said to really disdain Wu Chongming, he is even more disgusted than Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo, Li Dingguo and Sun Kewang just switched to Cheng Shijie because Zhang Xianzhong died, but the problem is that Wu Chongming can be regarded as a slave with three surnames, he was originally Li Ru's personal soldier, and later after Li Rusong's death, he followed Li Ruzhen.

From Li Rusong to Li Ruzhen, and then followed Wu Xiang, with Wu Xiang's promotion, he Wu Ruzhen became Wu Xiang's descendant, but he really made his career because of Gao Di, but the problem is that Gao Di obviously has the grace of knowing him, if Shanhaiguan can't hold it, Wu Chongming is defeated and surrendered, Chen Guodong can't say anything.

But the problem is that Wu Chongming's nature is too bad, he is just like Lu Bu during the Three Kingdoms period, if Wu Chongming is regarded as a horse bone that buys horse bones, then I don't know how many Wu Chongming will surrender to Cheng Shijie in the future, and at that time, he doesn't even dare to close his eyes when he sleeps.

"Guodong, you sit down first and let Zhou Ning finish!"

Don't look at Chen Guodong's position as inferior to Zhou Ning, the chief of the general staff, but the problem is that Chen Guodong's qualifications are much older than Zhou Ning, he is the same as Shen Mingyu, he is Cheng Shijie's disciple, and the prime minister's disciple is also a seven-rank official, not to mention Cheng Shijie's disciple.

Of course, now Chen Guodong has taken his own role, and he should be regarded as a nominal Jinyi Wei plus the commander of Dongchang.

In the bud of all threats.

However, Chen Guodong didn't dare to make a mistake in front of Cheng Shijie, Cheng Shijie asked him to sit down, and he sat down.

Cheng Shijie, as the regent of the Ming Dynasty, also included the promotion of the status of the minister, in fact, since the Qin and Han dynasties, the relationship between the minister and the emperor is like the relationship between the chairman and the shareholders and executives. At the upper and lower levels, the emperor sometimes rewarded the ministers with the privileges of seeing the king, calling the ministers nameless, and going to the palace with a sword.

In fact, during the Qin and Han dynasties, including the Tang Dynasty, officials sat when they saw the emperor, and it was only in the Northern Song Dynasty that the emperor became standing. The Song Dynasty made officials go from sitting to standing up, which is really a big change, which shows that the status of courtiers has been reduced a lot. But it's not the lowest yet. When it came to the Ming Dynasty, the ministers couldn't even stand in the court, and they had to kneel directly.

The kneeling of the Ming Dynasty is no longer considered low, and the Qing Dynasty is even more excessive, kneeling to the court, they are all discussing with the emperor, and the ministers still have the right to speak. After Yongzheng set up the Military Aircraft Department, when discussing major affairs, the ministers almost always knelt down to listen to the emperor directly, and then wrote it down, and the emperor said what to do, which is called kneeling and receiving records. This marked the complete peak of the imperial autocracy. The status of the ministers has fallen to the lowest.

Cheng Shijie's current policy is that it is more like a company in the future to hold a senior management meeting, everyone is sitting, the only difference is that Cheng Shijie is still sitting in the first place, but it is not a dragon chair, just an ordinary Taishi chair.

Seeing Chen Guodong sit down, Zhou Ning said: "After the news of our army's victory in Beijing came out, people continued to secretly submit letters to me, but most of them were just showing goodwill. Now that Wu Chongming has fallen to the top, generals and officials from all over the country are watching, if the king crowns Wu Chongming as a high-ranking official, it will definitely go down without a fight! ”

Sun Zhilan nodded and said: "This is indeed the case, I have received letters from all over the world, no less than three hundred, and there are many things!" ”

Zhou Ning continued: "Not to mention Shanxi, which has not yet been included in the territory of our dynasty, even Huaibei and Xianghan, which are far away from us, have more than half of the generals who have secretly surrendered to us. And that's not all! Even Liu Zeqing, the governor of Caoyun, You Shiwei of Luonan, Deng Xi, You Zhaiwen, Zhang Yingchang, Xu Chengming, Ma Yi, Liu Liangzuo, etc., also submitted letters to prepare to surrender. ”

Song Xiance and Sun Zhili both sighed when they heard this, and their tones were full of joy.

Sun Zhilan said: "If Henan and Jianghuai are united, the north will be unified, and Guanzhong will be isolated. There are as many scholars and doctors in Nanjing who secretly corresponded with me as if they were carp crossing the river, and we can imagine their intentions......"

"Ling means...... Do you want me to reward Wu Chongming again?? ”

Zhou Ning continued: "Your Majesty, although Wu Chongming is disloyal, unfilial, unkind and unjust, he can prioritize things, and the ministers think that for the sake of the overall situation of the world, they should be dealt with slowly, softly, and not in a hurry. Don't be too tough, either. ”

As the so-called butt determines the head, the head determines the thinking, although this matter is also considered military, but Zhou Ning did not give a single piece to deal with, in fact, judging from Chen Guodong and Zhang Yu's attitude, they do not agree with heavy rewards, but want to use military means to solve this problem.

Cheng Shijie is also thinking, but the problem is a little difficult.

If Sun Zhixi's strategy is used, there is not only one Wu Chongming who surrenders, but a huge group of Ming bureaucrats and gentry. The aftermath of this is enormous.

However, Cheng Shijie did not decide, but ordered Wu Chongming and a cadre to come to Beijing, it takes fourteen hours to walk from Beijing to Shanhaiguan post system, but if it is an ordinary trip, it will take at least three days, and it is fast enough to travel a hundred miles a day, and you can walk slowly in a carriage.

Just when Cheng Shijie was thinking about how to deal with Wu Chongming's problem, he said with some puzzlement: "Why Wu Chongming, not Lu Jiandou?" I have already appointed Lu Jiandou as the governor of Anbei, alongside Zhang Yu and Shen Mingyu, is it not enough to become an example in the world? ”

Sun Zhili said: "The king, Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty." After breaking Chu, more than 20 ministers were divided, and the generals were still unstable, and even had the intention to rebel. Later, Zhang Liang, the marquis, suggested that Yongya should be sealed first, and the generals would be safe. Know, O king. ”

Cheng Shijie suddenly realized that because Liu Bang had sealed them before, they were all his cronies, so those who were estranged from Liu Bang among the generals couldn't help but worry that they would have no share, and even rabbits and dogs. But Yongya is Liu Bang's enemy, and Liu Bang hates him the most, and there is nothing the generals don't know about this. The teeth are all sealed, and others are worried about something.

Lu Xiangsheng and Emperor Chongzhen had a discordant relationship, which is known to the world, and later Lu Xiangsheng directly escorted Emperor Chongzhen to Liaodong and put Emperor Chongzhen under house arrest.

But Wu Chongming is different, he is the general of the Guanning Army faction, the first to take refuge in Jiannu, and blocked Cheng Shijie for nearly three months, even if he is no longer clear about the war, he also knows that Wu Chongming's Shanhaiguan makes Cheng Shijie very faceless, if Cheng Shijie rewards Wu Chongming, it is equivalent to Liu Bang's sealing of Yongya.

What's more, Cheng Shijie reused Lu Xiangsheng, that is, Lu Xiangsheng has the ability and ability, when the prefect is famous all over the world, and the rebellion also makes the peasant army tremble, and in the future, Lu Xiangsheng is also a good knife to deal with Li Zicheng.

Cheng Shijie sighed and said: "I know, this king has never asked about his background, only about his ability, once the slaves were destroyed, the difficult battle was almost over, and most of the generals and ministers in the world were just busy people, so don't think about catching up with Lu Jiandou." ”

"The king is wise!"

Cheng Shijie sighed, in the past, he didn't understand why he could tolerate some officials who made mistakes, however, sitting in his position, he finally understood. To train an official, from emerging and standing out to being in charge of the government on his own, it is necessary to temper his will and temper his quality in a difficult and complex environment, and the cost is too high, and it is relatively easy to transform an official and general.

Cheng Shijie said: "Give Wu Chongming another chance, whether he can grasp it or not, it's up to him!" ”

(End of chapter)