Jiang Wan listened quietly and watched Yuan Chonghuan's reaction. He had just arrived in the capital, so naturally he didn't know what rumors were circulating. However, if even a figure like Sun Chengzong knew that there were many rumors, then,
This rumor has apparently spread widely.
"Zu Dashou and I don't have this kind of friendship!"
Yuan Chonghuan pondered for a moment and replied calmly: "I don't know who concocted such rumors, but it is obvious that in addition to slandering me, they also want to slander Zu Dashou. No matter how unbearable this person is, he is also a general of the Ming Dynasty. He saved me from prison.
This kind of thing is so ridiculous that I don’t even want to argue with it!”
Sun Chengzong stared at Yuan Chonghuan: "What about peace negotiations?"
"As for the peace negotiation, I have to ask Mr. Sun, do you believe it?" Yuan Chonghuan smiled sarcastically: "Didn't His Majesty say that he also made peace with the Jin people? Do you believe it, Mr. Sun?"
Sun Chengzong nodded slowly and did not answer his words, but Yuan Chonghuan obviously already had the answer in his heart and did not expect Sun Chengzong to answer anything.
He cast his eyes on Jiang Wan and suddenly sighed: "Your Majesty, are you so worried now that Mr. Sun comes to see me?"
"No, His Majesty asked him to come to see you. I just stopped by to see you!" Sun Chengzong sighed: "You guys can chat, I won't overwhelm you, I already know what I want to know!"
Jiang Wan sighed slightly in his heart. He understood what Sun Chengzong wanted to know from Yuan Chonghuan. The peace talks between Zu Dashou and Hou Jin may be rumors, or there may be real signs. However, what Sun Chengzong wanted to know more was,
Did Yuan Chonghuan have such thoughts and signs at the beginning?
Yuan Chonghuan's answer seemed to say nothing, but when he thought about it carefully, it seemed that he said everything.
Jiang Wan didn't know whether it was because she was a bit of an eyesore here, making the two people's words so cryptic and obscure, or whether the communication between the two people had a tacit understanding that she didn't understand. Anyway, it now seemed that Sun Chengzong's purpose was
Achieved.
"I remember that you are an old friend of Prince Xin's Mansion. When we were in Ningyuan, I accepted a favor from you!"
Yuan Chonghuan looked at Jiang Wan's military attache uniform, with a hint of relief in his eyes: "Do you have any position in the army now?"
"Just a commander of the Guards!" Jiang Wan replied: "When the Jin invaded our country in the Ming Dynasty, I was in Shaanxi to quell the rebellion. Recently, I was summoned to Beijing in response to Your Majesty's invitation!"
"When did you return to Beijing?"
Yuan Chonghuan asked. Even if he spoke like this normally, Jiang Wan still felt a bit oppressive.
"The day before yesterday, Your Majesty whom I met with the day before yesterday!"
"The day before yesterday!" Yuan Chonghuan pondered for a moment, and then suddenly smiled bitterly: "I thought that His Majesty was thinking of the relationship between you and me, and sent you to ask me specially. Now it seems that it was me who wanted to
Too much, Your Majesty must have already made up his mind on how to deal with me, and you probably didn’t come to see me in this prison to ask me if I have any regrets!”
"Director Yuan, to be honest, I don't know what your Majesty wants me to ask Mr. Yuan about!"
Jiang Wan said calmly: "It's just that Master Yuan was imprisoned, the whole world was shocked, and the foolish men and women among the people even made many slanderous remarks. Don't Governor Yuan want to defend himself?"
Jiang Wan said: "At least, I can convey to Your Majesty what Governor Yuan said word for word. If His Majesty allows me, I can even let everyone in the world know Governor Yuan's thoughts!"
"Just you?" Yuan Chonghuan looked at Jiang Wan, shook his head, but looked at Sun Chengzong.
Obviously, Jiang Wan's weight in his heart was far inferior to that of Sun Chengzong, and the credibility of Jiang Wan's words was also somewhat doubtful.
"Your Majesty and I once said that if the Shaanxi civil unrest in Jiang can be quelled by Commander Jiang within the time limit expected by His Majesty, His Majesty is considering, at his discretion, letting Commander Jiang guard the Dongjiang River!"
Sun Chengzong said slowly, then looked at Jiang Wan and then at Yuan Chonghuan: "If you have something to say, maybe you can tell him. If you don't want to talk about your own affairs, you can also talk about the strategy for Liao." , I’m listening, and he’s listening too!”
"Dongjiang Town!"
As soon as these words came out, Yuan Chonghuan fell silent obviously. He looked at Jiang Wan and shook his head again: "You can't do it. You can't control Dongjiang Town!"
Jiang Wan was still immersed in what Sun Chengzong said, which was related to his own future. He didn't know it before, but now that he suddenly learned about it, he couldn't catch his breath for a long time.
However, at this moment, Yuan Chonghuan glanced at him with a slight contempt, and he immediately woke up from his shock.
"That's right, Master Yuan's military strategy is unparalleled. The people of the world are still hearing the words of the Ping Liao Dynasty five years ago. Jiang Wan's military strategy and bravery are only average, so naturally he will not be able to attract the attention of Master Yuan!"
"Okay!" Yuan Chonghuan was stunned and pointed at Jiang Wan: "You are very good. If you had talked to me like this in the past, I would have killed ten Jiang Wans. There are so many mediocre people in the world. Killing one more person is nothing!"
"But Mr. Yuan is in jail now!" Jiang Wan said without showing any signs of weakness: "If Mr. Yuan's military strategy is really flawless, how could he be in this place, and how could he let the people of Ming Dynasty fall under the iron heel of the Jinren? Life is in ruins!"
"This time, the Jin people did not enter the Ming Dynasty through me, Guan Ning!" Yuan Chonghuan disdained to argue with Jiang Wan: "You are also a general, so you don't know anything about how this battle went!"
"Even the defense line in Guanning is the foundation laid by Master Sun. You are just Xiao Gui and Cao Sui. Is this Master Yuan's strategy for Ping Liao?" Jiang Wan said without politeness at all: "Yuan Your Excellency, Commander Ji Liao, strengthened the defense line so that the Jin people could not break through. This is a credit that no one can deny. However, if Lord Yuan feels that the Jin people went south to break through the barrier this time, so that their troops came to the capital city, and Lord Yuan If you returned to the army to rescue with no faults, then I have to say, Mr. Yuan, you are a little too conceited!"
Yuan Chonghuan glanced sideways at Jiang Wan: "Did your Majesty order you to humiliate me? Do I, Yuan Chonghuan, need to explain to you, a mere guard commander, how to use troops?"
"You don't need to explain to me. It's enough for you to explain to the people of Ming Dynasty who lost their homes and lives because of countless Jin people this time!" Jiang Wan said calmly: "Your Majesty didn't mean for me to accuse you, he just asked me to Let me ask you, why do you do this?"
"Before I came here, I had been wondering what your Majesty's words meant?" Jiang Wan raised his head and said loudly: "The most common crime against Mr. Yuan in the court today is that he kills the island commander without permission and fights with the enemy. No matter which one of these charges is brought out, such as making peace and cooperating with the enemy, you can ask Mr. Yuan why he did this?"
"Not enough, I understand now!" Jiang Wan shook his head slightly: "I'm afraid that's not what your Majesty wants to know. These charges are all charges listed by others. If your Majesty believes it, there is a mountain of evidence. If your Majesty doesn't believe it,
That’s just a bunch of slander!”
"Oh, what does Your Majesty want to know?" Yuan Chonghuan looked at Jiang Wan calmly, not moved by his words at all.
"Your Majesty wants to know that he thinks so highly of you, promises you a high official and a generous salary, promises you great power, promises you tens of thousands of military expenses, and countless soldiers and horses..." Jiang Wan said in a deep voice: "Why do you betray him so much?"
!”
The prison suddenly became extremely quiet.
In addition to Jiang Wan's rapid breathing, the sound of Sun Chengzong's breathing also became longer.
Even if he were ten years younger, Sun Chengzong would turn around and leave when Jiang Wan asked this question. However, if he were ten years younger, he would not shamelessly follow Jiang Wan to the prison of Nanzhen Fusi.
.
However, now he has no scruples. No matter how much he knows, it will not have any impact on him. He doesn't even need to carefully guess what kind of temperament the young emperor in the Jinluan Palace has.
In this life, he has experienced everything. He who originally spent his old age at home has been brought back to the court. He is just trying to give out his last light and heat. For him, this life is worthy of his heart and his family.
country is enough.
Yuan Chonghuan sat down slowly. He was also thinking about the question raised by Jiang Wan. What was a bit ridiculous was that before Jiang Wan raised this question, he had always felt that the emperor had failed him. Unexpectedly, the emperor actually and
He had the same idea.
"Am I wrong?"
He murmured to himself, trying hard to recall how excited the emperor looked after he said "Five years to Ping Liao" in front of the emperor. At that moment, he really felt that he had been in power for five years.
Liao can be leveled within.
He asked the emperor for money, food, and people, and the emperor agreed to everything. He even asked the six ministries of the imperial court to provide Liaodong with great convenience when it came to matters in Liaodong, and the emperor agreed without any hesitation, and even
Afraid that he would go to Liaodong, the arrogant and powerful generals tried to thwart his plan to pacify Liaodong, and even gave Shang Fang a sword so that he could kill him first and then show off.
And the military affairs of Liaodong were completely entrusted to him, giving him the power to make decisive decisions when the situation arises.
At that time, Yuan Chonghuan was the most prosperous in his life. He also decided to serve his king well, rectify military affairs, and resist those damn Hou Jin Tatars. If possible, he wanted to march to Shengjing.
Next, let those who came from the Jin Dynasty know how Ming Dynasty felt.
Did you do something wrong?
He shook his head, his thoughts were a little confused. It seemed that he had done nothing wrong!
When Ningyuan rebelled, he acted decisively and took the initiative to suppress it; when Dongjiang was domineering, he fought against the opinions of others and decisively killed Mao Wenlong.
Only then did all the Ming armies in eastern Liaoning, western Liaoning, and northern Liaoning form one branch, and they were like an arm to command them. Is it wrong to do this on my own?
As for the accusations that those mediocre people in the court slandered themselves, such as making peace with the enemy, huh, no matter how courageous I, Yuan Chonghuan, was, if there was no intention from the emperor, how could I have contacted the people of the Later Jin Dynasty and done such a thing that was a loss of power and humiliation to the country? Even so.
, My own contact with them is also a strategy to confuse and slow them down. Don't these mediocre people know that fighting is not just about using swords and guns, but also requires using brains and strategies?
If he was not wrong in all of this, then the emperor felt that he had failed him because of the Jin soldiers' arrival at the capital.
In this matter, I am not wrong anymore.
The Jin people came from afar and had no supplies. The various armies he commanded slowed down the speed of these Jin people along the way, while consuming their fighting spirit and military rations. As long as he had enough time, even if he did not fight a decisive battle with the Jin people, the Jin people would still be able to win.
People will also be dragged down by their own troops. Is this strategy wrong?
No, His Majesty is too young to understand his own military strategy, and he is even less able to understand the mediocre people facing him.
The city of Beijing is far stronger and more powerful than Ningyuan, with abundant soldiers, horses and supplies. As long as the morale of the army is stable, these troops of the Later Jin Dynasty will not be able to capture Beijing even if they try their best. And outside the city, they have their own commanders.
Armies from all walks of life supported them. Once the Hou Jin people suffered a defeat and lost their vitality during the siege, Beijing City would be their burial place, and none of them would be able to return!
You are not wrong!
Yuan Chonghuan nodded fiercely and confirmed his thoughts. Since he was not wrong, then naturally there was no enemy who failed the emperor. And if the emperor hadn't summoned him into the city to arrest him and imprison him, after this battle,
His "Five Years of Ping Liao" is definitely not an empty talk.
The army of the Later Jin Dynasty was buried under the walls of Beijing, and the Liao Dynasty could be settled!
As for the people who died and lost their homes because of this war, has anyone cared about how many people starved to death in Shaanxi every day? Since the First World War brought peace to the world, isn't it normal for people to die?
His face became resolute, and he slowly raised his head and looked at Jiang Wan: "I, Yuan Chonghuan, have never let down my king! However, my king has wronged me!"
"I see!"
Jiang Wan took a deep breath, and then exhaled it for a long time: "I will report Master Yuan's answer to His Majesty!"
He looked at Sun Chengzong. If Sun Chengzong had nothing to say, he would leave here.
He didn't want to stay any longer.
As expected, Yuan Chonghuan was still the Yuan Chonghuan he knew, the Yuan Chonghuan mentioned in the history books, and the Yuan Chonghuan who did not know what he had done wrong until his death.
Of course he had no intention of explaining to the other party what he had done wrong, it was meaningless.
"Here are some of my experiences on the Liaodong economic strategy that I have written down these days!" Yuan Chonghuan took out a stack of paper on the table: "I had a lot of free time in prison, so I wrote some at random. I don't know if it is of any use. But, listen to Sun
The boss said that you might guard Dongjiang Town in the future, so I will give these things to you and take them back to see, they may be of some help to you!"
"Thank you Master Yuan for your kindness!" Jiang Wan shook his head slightly and declined Yuan Chonghuan's gift: "Not to mention whether Jiang Wan will go to Liaodong in the future and whether he will go to Dongjiang Town. Even if he goes, Jiang Wan will naturally have his own
Even if there is something you don’t understand about the method, Jiang Wan can still ask Master Sun for advice, but Jiang Wan dare not accept Master Yuan’s advice!”
"what ever!"
Yuan Chonghuan was silent for a moment: "To fight against Hou Jin, you need heavy firearms!"
Jiang Wan nodded silently. Seeing Sun Chengzong, he was speechless and slowly withdrew: "Jiang Wan bids farewell, Mr. Yuan, take care!"