The Reborn Duke of Ming Dynasty

"Yuande, come in quickly," Zhang Juzheng greeted Zhang Fan enthusiastically.

In the morning, Zhang Juzheng invited Zhang Fan to his home. Zhang Fan naturally understood that Zhang Juzheng had something to discuss with him, so Zhang Fan readily agreed. Zhang Fan came to Zhang Juzheng's home, and Zhang Juzheng had already been waiting for Zhang Fan's arrival.

Zhang Fan has been here many times, and he is no stranger to him for a long time. Whether it is for Zhang Juzheng or Zhang Juzheng's family, Zhang Fan can be regarded as their regular visitor, so Zhang Fan's arrival is not a big deal. They just said hello when they met, and Zhang Juzheng's family members also knew that since Zhang Juzheng asked Zhang Fan to come over, the two of them must be discussing something, so they didn't bother them too much.

The two just sat down, and the first thing they said was about Zhu Xuanqi. However, this matter is now considered a final conclusion. Even if it has not been settled yet, for them today, it is already There is nothing left to do, what will happen in the end, in the end, I can only resign myself to fate, and see what Zhu Xuanqi will do.

Both of them were a little depressed when they talked about this matter, but they didn't discuss anything further. After all, the matter has reached this point, even if the two of them talk about it here now, it will be futile.

But next, what Zhang Fan said was about the current situation in the Northeast, and Zhang Juzheng also had some understanding of the current situation in the Northeast, and this matter could also make Zhang Juzheng frown.

However, although Zhang Fan also felt that this matter was more troublesome, he saw that Zhang Juzheng would show such a very troubled look after hearing about the Northeast, which made Zhang Fan a little confused.

"Teacher, why are you so troubled?" Zhang Fan, who couldn't understand why Zhang Juzheng would be like this, couldn't help asking, "Things in the Northeast are indeed more troublesome now, but now, Li Chengliang has completed the construction of the six forts, even if Wang Gao comes , can also resist, and he, Wang Gao, lost so many generals last year, even if he can find someone to replace him now, it is not as good as before. Let’s see, but it might not be attacking right away.”

"It should be like this," Zhang Juzheng sighed again, and said, "If this is the case, even if the Northeast is inevitable, it shouldn't be now, but in the current situation, if one fails, it will soon be fought." I might not know when I wake up."

"Teacher, what's going on here?" Zhang Fan couldn't help being surprised when he heard what Zhang Juzheng said, and hurriedly asked, "This...students also know that a war is inevitable in the Northeast, but now it's like this. It is Li Chengliang who is fully prepared, but I looked at the files in the yamen today, and the people in the northeast don't know about it at all, let alone those who originally lived in the six castles, but in other villages and counties What should the common people do, if Wang Gao attacks now, these common people will have nowhere to hide, and when the time comes, their lives will be devastated, and I don’t know how many people will die, "

"Isn't it?" Zhang Juzheng answered Zhang Fan with such weak words, "I know all these things, but now, this matter is like this, and I have nothing to do about it."

"Teacher, what exactly happened," Zhang Fan asked again, "Why did the teacher say that a fight will start soon?"

"In that case, let me ask you," Zhang Juzheng said, "You also know the situation in the Northeast. Wang Gao has repeatedly violated our Ming Dynasty, killing countless people and officials, and our dynasty has also sent large armies there many times. The encirclement and suppression, although it is said that Wang Gao also took advantage of the geographical advantage, which made our court's several rounds of encirclement and suppression unsuccessful, but after all, his Jurchen is only a small part, and my court did not pay attention to it, and then no longer ask, you Do you know why?"

"Of course this student knows." Zhang Fan nodded, but his eyes revealed confusion. He didn't understand why Zhang Juzheng asked this. As the territory of our Ming Dynasty is constantly being invaded, if the imperial court has to intervene on both sides, it is obviously a little powerless. In this way, it can only control one side, and although Wang Gao has offended my Ming Dynasty for many years, he has killed countless people and officials of my Ming Dynasty. But after all, it is a decimal, compared to the north is the most important thing, so the court also ignores him for the time being, and stares at the north in a blink of an eye, "

"That's right, that's exactly what happened," Zhang Juzheng nodded, "You know, Yuande, since the imperial court decided to focus on the north first and ignore Wang Gao, and Wang Gao was cruel by nature and committed many crimes. I, Ming, burn, kill, loot and do all kinds of crimes, but why did Wang Gao never formally start a war with me? Even though he captured Fushun many times, at most he just burned, killed, looted and left, but he never wanted to occupy the mountains for the king,"

"It's not that Wang Gao doesn't want to, but that he can't," Zhang Fan said without even thinking about it this time, "Since then, Wang Gao has been a subject of my Daming in name, and even if he is Jie Looting Fushun, but he also found all kinds of reasons, even though some of them are nonsense, but it is still a reason, and at that time, the court not only had external troubles, but also had many internal troubles, so it would be all right not to ask. .

"But even so, Wang Gao can't really send troops to invade my Ming Dynasty. If so, we will fight with their Gongshi..."

Zhang Fan had stopped talking up to this point. This time the two of them said nothing more because Zhang Fan mentioned the Northeast matter, but Zhang Juzheng was extremely worried about it. I only asked when there was a war.

But now, Zhang Fan has already told the most critical point.

"It seems that you, Yuande, have already understood." Seeing Zhang Fan's expression, Zhang Juzheng knew that Zhang Fan wanted to understand the truth, and he just sighed helplessly.

As for Zhang Fan, he really wanted to understand why this happened, but what he wanted to understand was not what he thought was a good thing. On the contrary, what Zhang Fan thought of was an extremely bad thing. Good thing.

As Zhang Fan said just now, the reason why the court stopped asking Wang Gao was not because the court could not do so, but because it would be very tiring.

But in this way, there is also the possibility that Wang Gao will take advantage of this opportunity to invade aggressively. Therefore, in order to prevent this situation, the court recruited Wang Gao, and with Jurchen Gongshi, that is, He said that this Gongshi became a guarantee that Wang Gao would not attack Daming immediately.

But now, Zhang Juzheng is telling Zhang Fan that this war is likely to start soon, that is to say...

"The teacher said, we are going to close this Gongshi." Although Zhang Fan still feels a little uncertain, but now that he thinks about it, there is only one possibility, and although this possibility is the last thing Zhang Fan wants to see Yes, but he asked it anyway.

The answer to Zhang Fan was the answer he didn't want to know the most. Zhang Juzheng looked at Zhang Fan and nodded, agreeing with his words, "I think you don't know this news, but it was just a few days ago when someone mentioned it early. When it comes to things in the Northeast, that’s it. As a result, someone suggested that the Jurchen Gongshi be closed. In fact, it’s not bad to think so. After all, the imperial court opened the Gongshi. Not much, but in general, it is still the same as sending money from the imperial court. Even though the imperial court is very rich now, Wang Gao continues to kill the people and officials of Ming Dynasty. It is really unreasonable, so It's okay to close Gong City.

"It's just that everyone in the court knows that as long as the Gongshi is closed, Wang Gao's side will inevitably raise troops to attack. In this way, a big battle will inevitably start soon."

"This..." Zhang Fan didn't know what to say for a while. It is true that there is nothing wrong with the idea of ​​closing the Gong City. After all, they have to send money to them here. , Naturally it shouldn’t be, but what will happen if Gongshi is closed, but that is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that if the fighting starts immediately, the people in the Northeast will inevitably suffer, regardless of whether they are Han people or women. It is not good for real people, even other foreigners, to have too many casualties.

"The court has already made a decision," Zhang Fan couldn't help asking, "Has it been decided to close the Gong City?"

"Not yet," Zhang Juzheng said, "It's just that after someone mentioned it that day, most of the ministers in the court agreed, but because something just happened in Sichuan, it's not right now to look at it." When it was completely placed in the Northeast, this matter was not decided immediately.

"But I think that if this matter is brought up again, I am afraid that people in the court will agree. In addition, in the Northeast today, although there are no major issues, after all, small issues continue. What can go to the court, as long as the Northeast matter is brought up again, I am afraid they will not be able to control what they say at that time, this Gongshi will definitely be closed, and as long as this Gongshi is closed, there will be no one In a month's time, I think Wang Gao will definitely call over."

Zhang Juzheng's words made Zhang Fan's face darken. What Zhang Juzheng said was not wrong at all. Once the Gong City is closed, Wang Gao will definitely fight over. However, although a war is inevitable, a war will start immediately. Zhang Fan Still feel a little inappropriate.

But now, it seems that there is no way to avoid this matter.