The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 723 Calculating Zheng Zhilong

Zheng Guochang despised Dong Nu's ridiculous divorce plan extremely. While comforting the emperor, he also had to speak up for his son-in-law, and said in a very high-key way:
"Your Majesty, there is no need to worry too much, the old minister dares to use his wealth and life as a guarantee, and the General Zhenglu will not rebel against Daming.

The Huang family and Jiannu are at odds with each other, and will not join forces with those beasts to attack Daming.

It's just that there are countless examples of rabbits and dogs cooking in history. General Zhenglu is a thoughtful person. Of course, he will and has to think about his future. "

These words were even worse, it was a blatant slap in the face, pointing out that the Tian family would turn their backs and be ruthless, if Huang Han didn't have foresight and foresight, his future end would be extremely miserable.

Emperor Chongzhen looked embarrassed. Even though he had no intention of killing Huang Han, he still had the idea of ​​depriving Huang Han of his military power and keeping him in the capital, so that Huang Han and his family could enjoy the glory and wealth, but he could not be allowed to leave the capital. .

He Ruchong said: "The matter has come to this, the old minister thinks that Your Majesty and the General Zhenglu should treat each other frankly. As long as we, the emperor and ministers of the Ming Dynasty, are of one heart and one mind, Dongnu's treacherous scheme will be self-defeating."

Chongzhen tentatively said: "I'm wondering if I want to summon General Zhenglu to Beijing, and then I will have a heart-to-heart talk with him..."

Seeing that the emperor was about to make a foolish move, Zheng Guochang interrupted in time: "No, no, at this sensitive moment, we must not make things worse.

Your Majesty can tell the old minister about the long conversation and heart-to-heart conversation with General Zhenglu, and the old minister will rush to Zhangjiakou to tell the story. At this time, it is best not to let General Zhenglu run back and forth in his busy schedule! "

Even Wen Tiren, who was good at figuring out the holy will, didn't know what Chongzhen was going to do, and he couldn't guarantee that this ruthless emperor would ignore him as he did back then.

If the emperor takes Wei Zhongxian and kills the old eunuch to deal with the general Zhenglu, and things develop like that, then the Ming Dynasty will perish overnight.

A lesson learned from the past, the unjust death of the island commander Mao Wenlong in Dongjiang Town was not the emperor's intention, but the criminal governor Yuan Chonghuan's own decision.

Dongjiang Town fell apart immediately, leading to the destruction of Denglai and even the Shandong Peninsula, causing direct economic losses of tens of millions of taels of silver, direct and indirect deaths of tens of millions of soldiers and civilians, and too many Dongjiang Town generals and soldiers defecting to Dongnu.

In case the emperor killed General Zhenglu directly, more than half of the soldiers of the "Red Banner Army" would openly rebel. It's really hard to say whether they will join hands with Dongnu to fight against Ming Dynasty!
In order to maintain the current balance, Wen Tiren replied, "Your Majesty, the great battle is about to begin, and there are so many things to think about, there is really no need for Your Majesty to summon General Zhenglu suddenly at this time.

Do you still remember that when the imperial court summoned the ancestor's birthday guy to Beijing to discuss the salary three times, it was like nothing?Never allow the past to repeat itself. "

Seeing that there was no support for calling the generals to the capital, Chongzhen had no choice but to give up. In fact, he didn't think about what he would do after Huang Han was ordered to enter the capital.
Detain him?The uproar of the officials can be imagined.The five-year Ping-Liao plan will definitely be shelved indefinitely.

How could the proud soldiers of the "Red Banner Army" be willing to guard the border for Daming with peace of mind?Will the army come to the city of Beijing to remonstrate, forcing the court to send back the general who conquered the captives?
At this time, Chongzhen had no intention of killing Huang Han at all, because Chongzhen was actually an honest man, not a conspirator, nor a mature politician, but an incompetent emperor at all.

He still has a conscience, thinking that he is not Song Gaozong Zhao Gou who killed Yue Fei unjustly.

Huang Han's outstanding meritorious service and strong troops under his command made Chongzhen restless. As long as he could control Huang Han Chongzhen, he would feel satisfied.

There was no result in the discussion on the platform, and the ministers objected to calling Huang Han into Beijing. Chongzhen wanted to take a risk and detain Huang Han to bet that the "Red Banner Army" could not do it without rebelling.

Emperor Chongzhen was extremely depressed. It was a foregone conclusion that the ministers were strong and the ruler was weak. Now the court had to look at the face of the general who conquered the prisoners. Chongzhen, who had always been proud and conceited, was full of disappointment.

A few days later, Yang Sichang, Zhang Fengyi, and Liang Tingdong arrived in the capital, and dozens of important ministers played against each other on the platform.

Yang Sichang and Zhang Fengyi introduced the preparations for the spring offensive to the emperor, and they also talked about the achievements of Shanxi and Xuanda Anmin in repairing cities and passes.

Immediately afterwards, he proposed to call up the Zheng Zhilong Department of the Fujian Navy immediately, and stated that the Fujian Navy must dispatch more than [-] large warships to participate in the delivery of troops to North Korea to transfer military supplies.

The emperor didn't comment, because Zheng Zhilong was just a coastal defense guerrilla of the Fujian navy, and his official position was so small that Chongzhen almost forgot that there was such a person in Daming.

But many ministers hummed angrily.

Daming's salary is ridiculous, directly leading to the fact that if he is not corrupt, he may be so poor that buying two catties of meat is a luxury like Hai Rui's.

Therefore, there are not many corrupt officials in the Ming Dynasty, and many high-ranking officials in the imperial court are quite beneficial in Fujian. Everyone knows where these filial pieties come from.

The hateful Huang Han has just cut off the wealth of many adults in Shanxi and Xuanda, and now he directly intends to cut off the benefits of Fujian, which is tolerable or unbearable!
Just when someone was about to object, Zhang Fengyi said: "Your Majesty, when I was serving as Minister of the Ministry of War, I knew that Zheng Zhilong would pay a lot of respect to many ministers every year, including veterans.

But today, I would like to advise all my colleagues to put state affairs first. The five-year flattening of Liao Dynasty is a national plan, and Zheng Zhilong will be transferred to aid the Liao Dynasty to benefit the country and the people. Those adults who hope to get Zheng Zhilong some small profits should not put the cart before the horse! "

Liang Tingdong endorsed Zhang Fengyi at this time, he said: "Zheng Zhilong has been in Fujian for too long, he should have been transferred to Liaohai to play against Dongnu long ago.

The reason why the imperial court has such an intention but has not been implemented is because some adults use other people's money to eliminate disasters for others and deliberately hinder them.

Your Majesty can check to see if the minister who came out to oppose the matter at this time has any close ties with Fujian.

The veteran suggested that His Majesty must listen more to the opinions of those ministers who have no relationship with Zheng Zhilong, because the opinions given without interest disputes are pertinent. "

Chongzhen did not expect that the two important ministers who were abandoned by him are now so responsible, and their performances are so targeted. Why did they not do things so simply when they were ministers of the Ministry of War?

At this time, Wen Tiren of course wanted to show that he was a lone minister, an upright and honest chief assistant, he said:
"Your Majesty, the old minister has never been right about things and people, and because of his poor popularity, he has not received filial piety.

General Zhenglu asked the court to recruit Zheng Zhilong, a guerrilla for coastal defense, to aid Liao Dynasty, which is reasonable and should be supported. Moreover, the court recruited Zheng Zhilong for eight years, and should also provide him with a chance to make contributions to the court.

Remembering that he plundered Fujian and Guangdong back then and caused tens of thousands of casualties among the army, civilians and officials of the Ming Dynasty, the court did not blame the past, and now he should do his best to serve the court. "

(End of this chapter)