Traveling through the Ming Dynasty, as soon as you open your eyes, you will die

Shi Kefa, who hurried to the capital to ask for help, saw that the northern court had strong troops and horses, and the emperor and ministers were full of vigor and vitality to reorganize the country, but he did not mention the use of troops against Li Chuang in the south. At that time, Shi Kefa was like an abandoned child. He knelt down pitifully and begged the court to send troops to Jiangnan.

Chongzhen offered help: "Ai Qing, please stand up and speak. You can introduce the situation in Jiangnan to the regent of Jian Guo and all my dear friends, and then the regent of Jian Guo will deal with it as appropriate."

It seems that Chongzhen really doesn't want to take care of things anymore.

Shi Kefa knew that if he asked for help, the regent would most likely not agree, so he could only ask the old emperor for his approval. But the old emperor kicked the ball back.

I had to sigh sadly in my heart, and introduced to the two brothers: "Back then, Li Chuang led 700,000 rogue bandits southward. They were like a scourge, sweeping across half of the south of the Yangtze River. Now they have occupied the entire Huguang and Guangxi; Jiangxi only has Nanchang and so on. Among the few isolated cities in South Zhili, Anqing and Nanjing were struggling to hold on. Zhejiang had mostly fallen, and only Yangzhou, where the ministers were in charge, was struggling to hold on thanks to Gao Jie. Jiangsu and Fujian were also plundered several times by rogue bandits and were also in a state of turmoil. They were in danger. Wherever the rogues went, they looted and massacred. Most of the wealthy gentry and wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River were massacred. Countless relatives, such as King Lu and King Lu of Zhejiang, and King Fu who fled to the south of the Yangtze River, were killed. If the imperial court did not send troops, half of the south of the Yangtze River would be in danger. ”

When Lu Mou heard the news, he was secretly happy. Well, even the future King Fu is dead. History has really changed in his own hands. Li Zicheng, you did a great job. If you were my subordinate, I would treat you fairly.

"Now that Li Chuangbing Peak is pointing at Yunnan and Guizhou, he will destroy everything he goes. If it is connected with Zhang Xianzhong's Sichuan, it will form a trend of ruling across the river from the Ming Dynasty. By then, the unification of the Ming Dynasty will be over. Please also ask the regent. Quickly send troops to encircle Li Chuang and rescue the dangerous situation."

Lu Mou sighed: You, Li Chuang, are so unhappy in doing things, and you have failed to live up to my high regard for you. I've given you two years, why haven't you raided the entire Jiangnan area yet? If you leave the prosperous land in the south of the Yangtze River without raiding it, why are you going to the poor mountains and rivers of Yunnan and Guizhou? Aren't you just wasting your time?

It's a good thing that you are not my subordinate. If you were my subordinate, I would have dismissed you from your post for delaying the opportunity to fight and not doing your job properly.

Shi Kefa turned to face Lu Mou and knelt down again: "Prince Regent, the soldiers in the south of the Yangtze River are weak and it is really difficult to resist Li Chuang's tigers and wolves in the northwest. Please ask the regent to send troops from the north to reinforce Jiangnan. Otherwise, half of the Ming Dynasty will be occupied by Li Chuang, and the wealth of the Ming Dynasty will be lost." The foundation is rotten."

The wealth of Jiangnan in the Ming Dynasty was not really obtained by the court at all. It is useless for you to tell me this.

"The Ministry of History and War, please stand up and speak." Jian Guo spoke kindly, but did not bring up the topic of not sending troops.

Shi Kefa kowtowed to Lu Mou and said, "Prince Regent, if you don't agree to send troops to the south of the Yangtze River, I will kneel down and die here."

Give me some advice, right? I'm afraid of you.

I'm really not afraid of you. I'm worried that those in Jiangnan will lose their key to counterattack Li Chuang in the future.

"The Ministry of History and War invites you. As long as I agree to it, that's all."

Upon hearing this, Shi Kefa was happy. Because in the Ming Dynasty, the regent's words were more effective than the emperor's supervision of the country. Only then did he kowtow gratefully again and stand up.

Lu Mou looked at Li Yan and said, "Li Bingbu, you think we don't have enough troops now, what should we do?"

Li Yan faced Shi Kefa, who was at the same level, but Shi Kefa, who was left behind as the Minister of War and the current Minister of War, said: "The Ministry of War also heard it just now. Now we in the north are struggling to support it, and our troops are still insufficient."

Shi Kefa seized the opportunity and remonstrated: "The lower officials also know about the predicament in the north. So, does the imperial court allow us southern gentry and wealthy families to provide their own wealth, organize volunteer militia, and resist first. Waiting for the north to solve the problem, Will Master Wang go south again?"

Lu Mou was shocked when he said this. What? You want those little lambs in my heart to turn into tigers and wolves. Isn't this the front door to drive away the tiger and the back door to let in the wolf? Then didn’t all my plans fail?

Before Lu Mou could speak, Liu Zongzhou suddenly stood up and loudly accused Shi Kefa: "Fu Ru, do you want to carry out the story of the Three Kingdoms at the end of Han Dynasty in Jiangnan? You should be punished for your policy of harming the country."

One sentence hits home. Shi Kefa bowed: "I have always misunderstood, isn't this because the imperial court cannot take care of Jiangnan for the time being. The soldiers in Jiangnan are weak and do not have enough money and food, so they can only use the resources of the wealthy families to train troops."

Qian Qianyi stood up and retorted loudly: "When the north was in trouble, our territory was only half of Zhili, and our soldiers were only a hundred thousand. Facing millions of Li Chuang, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty looking at us, we could all reborn the Ming Dynasty, stabilize the country's foundation, and There is a massive counterattack. You have a population of nearly 10 million in the south of the Yangtze River, and your wealth is more than ten times that of the north. We, Zhili, raised 5 million to start a business and turn things around. Why can't you."

As soon as he said this, everyone including Qian Qianyi felt painfully that his buttocks had been hurting. What a painful experience it was.

It was really miserable and miserable, and the body and mind were tortured. This feeling and scene are still vivid in my eyes.

He Fugui, who had been promoted to the left minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, stood up and criticized: "In the north, the New Deal reforms were implemented and the income was tens of millions in the second year. Can't you do it?"

He Hongkun, the left governor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, also stood up and accused loudly: "It's not that you can't do it, it's that you, the actual number one in Nanjing, don't want to do it because you are afraid of offending the gentry and wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River. You are lazy and cowardly. It’s irresponsible. You should take the blame and resign.”

Each hat was bigger than the other, but they hit the point deeply, leaving Shi Kefa speechless.

But it can also be seen from this point that the opposition between the north and the south has extended to the northern and southern courts.

It seems that in the future, when he pacifies Jiangnan, he will definitely destroy the two Nanjing courts.

Shi Kefa is a loyal minister, but he is also a good old man who has no responsibility. During the establishment of the Southern Dynasties, it was the compromise of the actual first person in Nanjing that completely killed the hope of preserving half of the country in the south of the Yangtze River.

Shi Kefa still has to defend himself. When the supervisor saw that this was about to turn into a meeting of criticism and struggle against Shi Kefa, he quickly stood up and smoothed things over: "My dear friends, please calm down. I think that the Ministry of Military Affairs made this move. It was a helpless move. It was indeed caused by Li Chuang's northwestern bandits being too strong. ”

Then he looked at Shi Kefa: "Shi Bingbu, even if things go wrong, it will only be in the hands of rogue bandits. In the future, we can still solve the problem in the north and go south to recover. But we must not follow the tactics of the warlords in the late Han Dynasty."

Shi Kefa paid a deep tribute to the supervisor: "I respectfully respect the teachings of the supervisor, but Jiangnan——"

Li Yan stretched out his hand to stop Shi Kefa who was still about to plead: "As the Ministry of History and War said, Jiangnan must be saved. At least Li Chuang must be restrained from wreaking havoc. But at present, we cannot send too many troops. We can only protect the future of Wang's division southward. Several bridgeheads across the river.”

Turning to face Lu Mou: "Wei Chen believes that the original plan to expand the three armies cannot be changed. But it is too late to wait for the new army to be successfully organized and trained. Let's see if we can send a big general first to lead the veteran army south in a hundred battles?" said When he said this, he looked at Zhang Huangyan.

Zhang Huangyan was originally from Jiangnan and was familiar with the local customs. He had performed brilliantly in several battles and showed his military talents. Li Yan meant that sending him there would be the most suitable one.

It is very crucial to first send an army south to help defend key points. But when Li Yan proposed that Zhang Huangyan lead his army south, Lu Mou would never dare to do so.

The reason is that everyone knows Zhang Huangyan's military talent, and Lu Mou knows that this man is very capable of fighting. Once he went south to the south of the Yangtze River with 3 tigers and wolves, this kid killed Li Chuang and killed him, and his plan was completely destroyed in his hands.

This tiger must not be let out.

At this time, we need a general who can fight but is not outstanding. He can lead an army to the south of the Yangtze River and protect several important bridgeheads in Magma. After he pacifies the north in the future, he can go to the south of the Yangtze River to clean up the mess.

Then he set his sights on Yang Songshan. (End of chapter)