"Zhen'er, you came back to Xuanfu this time, but you are determined to take action against those wealthy businessmen in Zhangjiakou who are cheating on others?"

Yang Guozhu, the commander-in-chief of Xuanzhen, led Yang Zhen and Zhang Chen into the warm pavilion in the second hall of the general military mansion. He immediately sent away all the soldiers and attendants. When only the three of them were left in the room, he spoke.

Go straight to Yang Zhen's purpose.

Although Yang Guozhu is somewhat upright, foolish and loyal, he has been in the army since he was a child, has been fighting on the battlefield for many years, and has also been involved in official circles for many years. How can he be a person without brains and scheming?

Once he made up his mind, he followed Yang Zhen's previous advice and decided to raise donations from wealthy businessmen, and after he tasted the benefits, he looked at many things, mostly from this perspective.

After Yang Zhen received the order, he did not leave the capital and go east and return to Liaodong along the original road. Instead, he turned west and came to Xuanfu. Yang Guozhu naturally had to think carefully about his intention.

Just last night, the news that Yang Zhen had arrived in Huailai from the capital was sent by one of his old subordinates, Tao Zongyi.

After thinking about it, Yang Guozhu concluded that bringing people to Xuanfu this time with his eldest nephew, whom he was not very close to before, was by no means as simple as visiting relatives.

His wife and daughter had already died in the war, and his father-in-law's family also died in the war when the Tatar army invaded the capital in the winter of the 11th year of Chongzhen. Xuanfu has lost his family. If he comes to Xuanfu to visit relatives, is it possible?

Are you really exploring yourself?

Besides, this eldest nephew has already married another family in Songshan City. If he wants to return to his hometown in glory after receiving the title of Jin Haibo, he should hurry back to Songshan.

In addition, Yang Guozhu combined Yang Zhen's previous attitude and thoughts towards the eight wealthy merchants of the Shanyou Chamber of Commerce in Zhangjiakou, and soon thought of Yang Zhen's true purpose.

"Haha, uncle was joking. Ever since he left Xuan Mansion, my nephew has always wanted to come back and meet his uncle and brother. They are the closest relatives in the world. Apart from parents, who else can compare to uncle and brother? When he comes back this time,

Visiting relatives is the main priority, and everything else is secondary. Visiting relatives is the most important thing for my nephew here!"

Yang Zhendao didn't lie. As the chief military officer of Xuanfu Town, Yang Guozhu's status was very important. If he used it well, it would definitely be his biggest help.

Although Yang Zhen now does not know exactly when Yang Guozhu left the town of Xuanfu, he is very clear that Yang Guozhu held the position of the general soldier of the town until his death near Songshan in the 14th year of Chongzhen.

until.

After Yang Guozhu's death, his position was taken over by Li Fuming, the former commander-in-chief of Shanxi Town who had resigned from office at that time. His remaining subordinates and troops were also placed under the command of Li Fuming.

In the end, almost all of the Xuanfu army that Yang Guozhu brought to Liaodong, including Li Fuming, who succeeded Yang Guozhu, died outside Shanhaiguan in the subsequent battles, and few surrendered.

This Xuanfu army experienced the Julu War with the Governor of Xuanda, Lu Xiangsheng, and indeed forged a character that was different from other armies.

At least compared to the Liaodong Army and Jizhen Army led by Gao Qiqian and Zu Dashou at that time, the Xuanfu Army under Yang Guozhu was much firmer in its loyalty and resistance to the captives.

This is what Yang Zhen appreciates and values ​​the most, so he must make good use of the resources of Yang Guozhu, a relative.

At that moment, Yang Guozhu asked straight to the point. Yang Zhen did not deny it, but he did not appear to be so utilitarian. He still put visiting relatives first, and then asked about Yang Guozhu's health, diet and daily life, as well as Yang Jie and others.

human condition.

Yang Guozhu's wife has passed away, and his children were also lost in the war. Although he has concubines, he has no children, so he adopted his brother's second son Yang Jie as his heir.

When Yang Guozhu saw his eldest nephew greeting him, he naturally had something to say. He answered his questions immediately and also asked about Yang Zhen's situation in Songshan.

Yang Zhen also took this opportunity to inform one by one that Qiu Bihan was pregnant and that Qiu Bihan was named Madame Bo.

After hearing this, Yang Guozhu was of course happy to know that the Yang family had a daughter. At the same time, he also understood what Yang Zhen said to him meant.

The Yang family originally held the post of commander of the Guangning Houtun Guards. After Yang Guozhu's brother Yang Guodong died in the battle, there was a dispute between Yang Guodong's generals who supported Yang Guozhu and those who supported Yang Zhen over who should inherit this post.

There were some disagreements and disputes.

Nowadays, this dispute has long since disappeared, and Yang Zhen is already the well-deserved head of the Yang family in the Guangning rear camp.

Although the Liaodong Dusi Guangning rear guard has existed in name only and basically no longer exists, from a patriarchal perspective, this point still cannot be underestimated.

Regardless of whether Yang Jie was adopted by Yang Guozhu or not, the existence of this younger brother whom he had never met has always made Yang Zhen feel a little uneasy.

He didn't want the business he had worked so hard to build to be ruined one day because of the issue of heirs.

Now that Qiu Bihan has followed Yang Zhen and been named the official uncle wife, the child she gave birth to will have the undisputed status of a direct descendant, and will be the future heir of the Yang family in Guangning.

When Yang Zhen said this and Yang Guozhu nodded, the status was finalized.

This was the first thing Yang Zhen did when he came to Xuanfu to visit relatives. Yang Guozhu understood this and had no objection.

In his opinion, as the commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu of General Zhenshuo, although he does not have a Spyge now, he will definitely have a grant in the future, and this grant will be enough for his heir Yang Jie to inherit.

Furthermore, personal fame, wealth and honor must be earned and fought for by individuals. How can we rest on our fathers’ merits?

Yang Guozhu's current fame and wealth are all achieved through hard work, so he now has a very open mind on this issue.

The two of them talked about some family matters. In the end, when the family matters were finished, Yang Guozhu said: "Zhen'er is not what he used to be. He set off to Xuanfu the next day after being ordered to make a special trip to visit my uncle. Naturally, my uncle was very pleased. But -

-Now that the world is in chaos and the national affairs are difficult, I, the Yang family, have been blessed by the country. At this time, I should put national affairs above family affairs. My nephew, you have just opened up the situation in Songshan City, and now you have been ordered to open a town on the other side of the Liaohai Sea. Do you have any thoughts in your heart?

calculate?"

After saying this, Yang Guozhu looked at Yang Zhen worriedly, paused for a moment, and saw that Yang Zhen was thoughtful but had no intention of answering, so he continued:

"It should be noted that Lushun Jinzhou is not as good as Guanning Songjin. Although Guanning Songjin is dangerous, it still has a rear area. Food and grass supplies can still be brought to the court. When I went to Lushun Jinzhou, I faced a powerful enemy and was surrounded by sea on three sides.

Once trapped, there will be no supplies of food and reinforcements, and the dangers can be imagined. Back then, Dongjiang Town was famous for a while, but was ultimately defeated. The lessons learned from this must not be ignored by you, Zhen'er!"

Seeing that his uncle Yang Guozhu had turned the topic to this topic, Yang Zhen thought about it and decided to take this opportunity to communicate some of his thoughts about the future to his uncle in person, and then said:

"What my uncle said is true. My nephew understands the dangers involved. It's just that after Guangning stationed to guard the Yang family, he has been favored by the country for three hundred years. When the world is in chaos, how can he be wise enough to protect himself and do nothing?"

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"If I were content in Songshan and the Manchu Tatars had no worries about their future, they would still be attacking Liaoxi year after year. And if the imperial court's vision of preparing and defending against prisoners was limited to Liaoxi, then things would be impossible.

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Although what Yang Zhen said had his own purpose and wanted to induce Yang Guozhu to think about the problem in his own way, everything he said was true.

Why is it that Yang Zhen has been operating in Songshan for some time and has established a foothold, but he still wants to cross the sea and move to the Liaodong Peninsula for development?

To put it bluntly, he always believed that no matter how good his development was in western Liaoning, he could not circumvent the decision-making of the imperial court, which meant that he could not get rid of those pig teammates. It also meant that he would inevitably have to fight the Manchus in the Songjin area.

If he could completely replace Zu Dashou, or prevent Hong Chengchou from leading his army out of the border, then the decisive battle with the Mantars at Songjin might still be postponed.

But looking at it now, the historical destiny is too strong. Although he has made a lot of efforts and both the enemy and ourselves have made some changes, as long as he is still in Songshan, the decisive battle between Songshan and Jin will definitely happen, even very soon.

It may happen earlier.

On the one hand, Yang Zhen's victory certainly dampened the arrogance of the Manchu Tatars, but at the same time it also encouraged the luck of Emperor Chongzhen and the ministers in the DPRK.

On the other hand, the increasingly difficult financial problems of the imperial court will sooner or later force Emperor Chongzhen and his courtiers to speed up the deployment of the decisive battle of Songjin.

It can be said that this was basically doomed from the moment Emperor Chongzhen appointed Hong Chengchou as the governor of Jiliao.

It is impossible for Emperor Chongzhen himself or the courtiers in the capital to let Hong Chengchou, Zu Dashou and others sit on a large army and occupy huge amounts of food and salary day after day and year after year when the imperial court's finances collapsed.

Do nothing.

Without Yang Zhen, this thing would have happened. With Yang Zhen, would this thing not have happened?

Yang Zhen was originally lucky about this, but now it seems that with him in Liaoxi, this matter is not only unavoidable, but will probably happen in advance.

Only if he moved the town to the Liaodong Peninsula and asked Emperor Chongzhen to adopt the strategy of attacking in the east and defending in the west based on the strategy of Ping Liao, could this matter be contained.

However, although Yang Zhen's strategy of attacking in the east and defending in the west outside the Pass was adopted by Emperor Chongzhen, Hong Chengchou still had to move the town to Ningyuan City, and the consequences were still unpredictable.

The best way to use Hong Chengchou is to let him take the fierce generals under his command to the Central Plains and the northwest to continue chasing Li Zicheng, instead of letting them waste time in the Guanning area.

Yang Zhen had no chance to say these words. He wanted to take the opportunity of his final speech to speak to Emperor Chongzhen again, but he did not get this opportunity.

Once the Songjin decisive battle between Hong Chengchou and Huang Taiji is staged as usual, or in advance, the result will not change much.

Even if Yang Zhen is in Songshan, the results will not change significantly.

Maybe he could hold Matsuyama, but by then holding Matsuyama would no longer be the most important thing.

The most important thing is that if the 130,000 elite troops from the Nine Sides led by Hong Chengchou and countless money, food and supplies are all lost in one day, what will it mean even if Yang Zhen defends the city of Songshan?

It's just that he couldn't tell others what he was thinking, and it was also inconvenient to tell his uncle Yang Guozhu directly, so in the end, he said with some sadness:

"For now, my nephew's attempt to establish a town behind enemy lines is extremely dangerous, but it is the last way to avoid the destruction of the world at the hands of Mantar. If my nephew succeeds, the world will still be saved. If my nephew is as handsome as Mao,
Chapter completed!