"I am not good at commanding armies to fight on the battlefield. I just want to relieve my husband's worries. What's more, to deal with that side, we must not rely solely on force. We must make all the vassal countries think that they are to blame for themselves, and at the same time win the hearts and minds of the people as quickly as possible.
Otherwise we will repeat the mistakes of the prosperous Tang Dynasty!" After achieving her goal, Zhang Yan no longer persisted. She was not interested in being an official. Solving problems for her little husband was her only ideal.
"Sister Baozhu, please tell me what excuse you are looking for to use troops there?" Chongzhen became more and more energetic as he listened, and he secretly agreed with Tianqi's wise decision back then. If such a disaster was left in the palace, everything would be ruined.
One day, when she got anxious and came up with an idea, could there still be peace in the palace? Just leave it to the little fat man. Look at how well the young couple cooperated to become so close. I thought about it all day long.
He is trying to trick people, but the other one is even more understanding and can check for him at any time and correct any leaks!
"It's actually not difficult to deal with them. All it takes is an edict and a lobbyist!" Zhang Yan walked to the piano and strummed a song "House of Flying Daggers" with her fingers, and then the song started to play. As she played, she said: "I am my concubine.
Is there any whereabouts of the iron-clad critic whom the Emperor was looking for a few days ago?"
"That's Shi Daolin who came with me outside the door!" The person Zhang Yan is looking for is really special. He must be from the Donglin Party, he must have a certain reputation, he must be young and promising, and he must be upright.
"Shi Daolin? Brother Emperor, are you bringing Shi Kefa?" Both later generations and Zhu Youcong in this life admired this unyielding and loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty. Over the years since he came to the Ming Dynasty, he had deceived many talents from the East, Mongolia and West.
, but he did not go to the famous Shi Kefa in history. It was not because he had forgotten this person, but because the two of them still had a fundamental conflict of ideas. When facing internal and external troubles, Shi Kefa thought of uniting with the pirates and the invaders.
Even when he was expelling the Tartars and suppressing the rebellion, Zhu Youcong did not forget to leave a way for ordinary people to survive. In order to prevent the glorious image in his heart from being dusted, Zhu Youcong was willing to give him enough time to think about it slowly, and there was reason to believe that he would
Change for the sake of loyalty to Ming Dynasty.
"What? Brother Cong also knows this person?" Chongzhen was very surprised. This Shi Kefa doesn't seem to be well-known yet? If he hadn't come to seek refuge himself, I wouldn't have noticed the existence of this person. If I had known that this was the case, I would still have
Why bother? Why don't you just come to the little fat man and ask him who he should look for?
Since the emperor led the army to drive the Tatars back to Liaodong last year, Shi Kefa began to doubt whether his previous thinking was correct. When Zhu Youcong put down the rebellion and the northern provinces gradually stabilized, he seemed to have seen the dawn of returning the Ming Dynasty to its prosperous age. This prompted him
I finally made up my mind to leave the Donglin Party and join the emperor because of what happened to the Han family this time. Unexpectedly, the benevolence and morality that scholars talked about all day long were so worthless in the face of threats.
In order to distance themselves from each other, the good comrades did even more ruthless things than the Zhenguo general and the Zhejiang Party. Such a group of people who only know how to protect their own family interests are not worth following, and they are also incompatible with what their mentor Mr. Fuqiu taught them.
He was out of place, and if he continued to follow them, it would be the day when the Ming Dynasty was in danger. Unless he was willing to become a Han Dynasty prisoner, he would have no way out. After thinking about all this, Shi Kefa took the initiative to kneel at the gate of the palace for three days and three nights. After he was allowed to meet the king, he
He revealed all the dirty things he knew and completely betrayed the Donglin Party.
"Since my husband knows this person, in your opinion..." Zhang Yan has long been used to seeing Zhu Youcong's magic tricks. She just wants to know if this person meets the requirements.
"Shi Daolin's loyalty is unquestionable, but his ability..." Of course, Shi Kefa's loyalty and patriotism cannot be denied, but his talents are not very outstanding. Not to mention the governors of other provinces, only Du Yin, who has changed his destiny and guards Sichuan,
Both Xi and Zhang Huangyan, who grew up under surveillance, were much inferior. And his political and military sensitivity was even more lacking. Even when the Tatars came to the Yangtze River, he was still threatening the four towns for four months in order to please them.
The imperial court, which had already issued a year and a half of military pay, continued to add more.
Zhang Yan nodded with satisfaction and continued to play the piano quietly: "As long as he is loyal enough and a member of the Donglin Party, it will be fine. His ability is beyond what I can ask for! Please let the emperor let him in. Only if he knows our
Only by fully deploying him can he complete this mission better!"
"Madam, what are you going to do?" Zhu Youcong felt very embarrassed. Why was it that his thoughts were seen through so easily, but he still didn't understand her thoughts?
"Husband, please be patient!" Zhang Yan waited for the song to end before she stood up and said to Chongzhen: "I would like to ask the emperor to write an edict to the Lingyang Lord Li Zhu, ordering him to send 50,000 troops to help me in the Ming Dynasty to annihilate the Jianlu.
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"Let them send troops? Did I hear you correctly?" No matter how careless Chongzhen was, he still knew what the stick soldiers were. If they were capable of defeating the Tatars, would they still have to be bullied by the Japanese pirates every day? Just these five
What's the use of a guy with no fighting ability? He's not enough for the Tatars to stuff between their teeth.
Zhang Yan nodded and said: "What I said is indeed what the emperor heard! But what I want is not that they actually send troops. On the contrary, I want to send lobbyists to make them resist and disobey the decree!"
"Sister Baozhu, I'm afraid this won't be easy to handle!" Chongzhen is kind and benevolent, and he is easily fooled. Except for a period of panic when the Tatars came over last year, his little life has been quite smooth. Zhu
You Cong did not give the scholars another chance to fool him. Since he had not experienced enough setbacks and there were no lessons to be learned, he did not think that this contradictory plan could succeed.
"I think it will not be difficult for Mr. Shi, as a scholar and elite, to use his knowledge to persuade their ministers to check and balance each other. For his own benefit, he will turn a deaf ear to our and Lord Ayang's orders, thus delaying the dispatch of troops!" Zhang Yan!
But she was not as pessimistic as Chongzhen. After seeing so many battles between courtiers, she believed in Shi Kefa's ability.
"It is true as Madam said, this matter is not difficult!" Isn't it just to teach their ministers to be right with the king? It might be troublesome for someone else, but for Shi Kefa, who has been with the Donglin Party for so long, it is really difficult.
It's not a big deal. After all, Bangzi still admires the Ming Dynasty. Not only did he copy all the institutional settings, but he also learned thoroughly how the scholars controlled the government and evaded the emperor. He even had the tendency to outperform the emperor. No matter how much Emperor Tianqi suffered back then.
Restraint can also secretly support Zhu Youcong and Chongzhen, but these two scourges have been eliminated long ago, and they will easily replace themselves with obedient ones and sit in the highest position.
"Isn't it difficult?" Chongzhen had obviously forgotten that he could be so free now because there was a terrifying army behind him with force, and there was also a shameless general who would only cause trouble for the scholars. In his opinion, even if
If this matter can really be accomplished, it cannot be dismissed by sending an envoy with just a few words.
"Brother Emperor, you'd better listen to Xianzhi's plans for this trip!" Zhu Youcong was very clear about the methods commonly used by scholars. He also had to admire Zhang Yan's uniqueness in selecting people and using Dong Dong.
It is perfect for the elites trained by the Lin Party to deal with those who are trying to manipulate cats and tigers.
Shi Kefa, who had said one thing since entering the house and was still questioned by the emperor, finally saw that it was his turn, gathered his thoughts and said: "Two years ago, the Tatar Emperor and Amin, one of the four Baylors, led the army into the dynasty.
After Ayang Jun Li Zhu and his ministers fled to Ganghwa Island, they were forced to negotiate peace and became brothers with the Tatars. However, they still wanted to surrender to our court and did not sincerely surrender, so it was not difficult to persuade them to send troops..."
"My dear, continue!" For Chongzhen, this answer was normal. He wanted to know how to make people accept the order but still violate it, so as to prevent his own courtiers from using this trick to deceive him in the future.
Shi Kefa knew that this mission would be an opportunity for him to fully integrate into the imperial party. Now that the emperor had given the order, of course he had to perform well. "If you want to delay their dispatch time, you can start from the conflict between the Xunxi faction and the Qingxi faction.
Start. The two factions originally belonged to the Western Party. They were able to control the government because of their merits in supporting Lord Ayang. However, they had different stances in quelling the rebellion of General Li Shi who was only named the governor of Seoul due to dissatisfaction and parted ways. However, generally speaking, they parted ways.
There is not much difference in strength between them. In my opinion, their cautious attitude of fear of Tatar revenge can be used to delay the attack at the beginning, but with the smooth advance of our army, this method is no longer feasible!"
"Then I'm afraid there won't be enough time?" Even Chongzhen, who didn't know much about military affairs, knew that if he mobilized 300,000 troops to get out of the customs this time, would it still not go smoothly? In a month at most, even an idiot would be able to see that this
The final winner of the battle can only be Ming Dynasty.
"Brother Emperor, can't you just let Xianzhi finish what he's saying?" The Emperor said, "I don't have the willpower. You're as anxious as a monkey. I despise you from the bottom of my heart!"
Shi Kefa was embarrassed to say that it was the traditional virtue of the Donglin Party to take advantage of the benefits and hide when encountering difficulties, so he had to bite the bullet and said: "If the news of our army's victory comes, both of them will take advantage of the opportunity to claim credit."
The losing side will not let its opponents have the opportunity to please the Ming Dynasty and consolidate their position so easily. They will definitely make secret efforts in raising food and grass, mobilizing soldiers and dispatching troops. In this way,
Zechen is sure to hold them back for another three months!"
"Brother, the emperor knows now that they learned these tricks from our important ministers of the Ming Dynasty! If Xian is sent as an envoy, you can rest assured and wait for me to defeat the Tatars and join them to delay the war opportunity with evil intentions!" Zhu You
Cong said this to tell Chongzhen that he should not only think about how to deceive his younger brother, but also to keep an eye on the guys in the court after the army set off.
"Donglin Party? Westerner Party?" After chanting for a long time, Chongzhen's eyes flashed coldly, and he said sternly: "Brother Cong, don't worry, if they dare to do this in front of my brother, I will mobilize the guards and destroy their house again.
Take it apart twice!"
Demolish it twice? General Zhenguo’s men only did it once and already the Han family was gone. This emperor is even more ruthless and won’t even let him live in his nest? Shi Kefa, who just breathed a sigh of relief, heard this
I broke out in a cold sweat after saying this, and felt very lucky that I had made a smart choice.