Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 368 Hong Chengchou's Thoughts (Ninth Change)

In the original history of Nanming, because of the severe internal struggles in the Ming court, no one coordinated the forces of all parties, let alone reforming the money law and uniting with the common people to maintain the rule.

As a result, Hong Chengchou successfully recruited the southern provinces and made great contributions to the rule of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties.

But this life is different, no matter how much Zhu Youjian ruled the country with iron and blood, no matter how dissatisfied the gentry was with him, it was only some of the gentry who were dissatisfied with him, and Zhu Youjian did not cancel the privilege of the gentry not to pay food.

What's more, he still occupies the orthodox righteousness, and through the reform of the money law, he firmly controls the financial power, controls the army, and even uses the army to control the common people.

Even the internal fighting in the court is under his control, and it is not even as intense as in the original Nanming history, even to the point of fighting each other.

Therefore, the state machinery of Ming Dynasty can continue to operate efficiently.

Although Ruan Dayue was regarded as a treacherous official by the scholar-bureaucrats, as Minister of the Ministry of War, he dared not neglect the slightest in state affairs.

Because he knows that he can only hold the big tree of His Majesty tightly so that he will not be swallowed by the scholar-bureaucrats.

And this war, His Majesty wants to win very much, and he also really wants to win.

Only by winning this war, he can prove to the whole world that it is right that he is only loyal to His Majesty, that he is not a traitor but a virtuous minister who does not join forces with others.

Ruan Dayue declined the creation of his favorite drama and literary works, and also sent his concubine back to the countryside. He only laid a floor in the Ministry of War in order to do the logistics tasks for the 60 troops.

He is not Ma Shiying, and he doesn't have enough contacts, so he can only contact Ma Shiying's old friends in person.

Although Gao Hongtu and Liu Wanchun were very dissatisfied with Ruan Dayue, they did not dare to trip Ruan Dayue in state affairs.

They knew that they had dissatisfied His Majesty, and if they ignored the interests of their family and country, they would die miserably.

Therefore, all the money and food requirements of the Ministry of War were not refused, and Liu Wanchun, the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, notified the Ministry of Household Affairs directly, and the affairs of the Ministry of War were given priority.

Gao Hongtu, as the chief assistant of the cabinet, reprimanded his disciples for suspending the attack on Ruan Dayue's party more than once. Everything should be based on the overall situation. After all, although he was very worried that Ming Dynasty would lose, he still didn't want Daming to be defeated because of internal struggles.

Hong Chengchou didn't know this.

Historical experience and letters from friends in the south told him that Daming is now in decline.

Coupled with Chongzhen Zhu Youjian's consistent moodiness and cruelty, the courtiers may have already complained about this, so he still has the confidence to win the war.

"Reporting to Zhongtang, our spies wrote back saying that Zhu Ming had learned about the gathering of our army, and also ordered Qin Liangyu to be the general of Zhenguo, leading 60 guards to resist our army!"

At this time, a military officer in charge of intelligence collection of the Qing army reported to Hong Chengchou.

Luke Dehun on the side couldn't help laughing:
"Is there really no one in the Zhu Ming court? It actually sent a woman to be in command. What can a woman do? In my opinion, the Zhu Ming court is not dead. There is no general in the country, but a woman is in command. , funny, funny!"

"My master is right. There is a saying in the Han people that the rooster sits in the morning. Now it seems that Zhu Ming has to rely on women to fight. I'm afraid the men will be scared and hide under the covers, haha!"

Now Admiral Zhou of the Han Army Zhenghong Banner, who is now the admiral of Henan Province, stood behind Le Kede and echoed a few words, but secretly asked in his heart:
I once heard the old man mention this Qin Liangyu, but he didn't expect to become the head coach of the imperial court today, but why did Hong Chengchou's people know so quickly? Could it be that there were spies who built slaves in the imperial court?I have to think about whether I can find out the details of this spy.

Hong Chengchou rolled his eyes at Zhou Ze. Although they are all Han Chinese, he is a civil servant and a respected official, while Zhou is just a coated servant around Luke Dehun. The deputy capital.

Therefore, Hong Chengchou looked down on Zhou Ze from the bottom of his heart.

However, he could not give Zhou Ze face, but he had to give Leket face, so he twitched his beard and laughed:
"Lord Belle, don't underestimate this woman. This woman has been famous since the Wanli period. She has experienced countless tough battles and is not bad at commanding troops. Although she is a female, she was born as a general for generations. Zhu Ming has always been stingy with the title rewards. , but she is the only female marquis in Zhu Ming. Although she was conferred in recent years, no one in the court of Zhu Ming questioned her qualifications, which is enough to show her reputation;

This person's qualifications are far higher than Hong's, and even Lu Gong and Yuan Gong were not as good. Before I entered the Qing Dynasty, I was victorious in all battles, and the only time I suffered a serious injury was caused by this person's children;
So you can't underestimate this person. Zhu Youjian's employment is quite eclectic, but he doesn't know who reminded him of this person. It stands to reason that she has been deliberately kept in the cold by the civil servants, after all, she is a woman. "

As he said that, Hong Chengchou turned around and asked the military officer: "Is the news true? Zhu Ming's court will really let her command the three armies?"

"Returning to the middle hall is what Liu Canjun of the General Staff Headquarters of the Ming Court personally said, and there should be no falsehood."

When the military officer said this, Zhou Ze, the admiral of Henan, remembered it in his heart.

"Admiral Zhou, you have been in Henan for a month, do you know who the officials of the Ming court on the other side are stationed in Henan?" Hong Chengchou asked Zhou Ze.

Zhou Ze was stunned for a while, but soon came back to his senses. He was always good at singing and acting, and he was also good at disguising himself. He walked over calmly and took a look at Lucde, who nodded Only then replied:

"Returning to Master Zhongtang, the subordinate officials have already checked and found out that the governor and chief military officer of Henan on the other side of the river is Lu Zhenfei."

Hong Chengchou saw Zhou Ze's calmness, so he didn't say anything, just sneered:
"Lu Jianbai! Hmph, can a person in charge of water transportation hold Henan? I'll write you a letter later. You find a way to find someone to deliver this letter to this Lu Zhitai. I hope he can understand. Ming Dayi, surrender to my Qing Dynasty, so that the soldiers and people in Henan will not suffer from the sword."

Although Hong Chengchou said that he was speaking to Zhou Ze, in fact, the second half of the sentence was to Le Ke Dehun, the general who conquered the South.

Luck Dehun had already been urged by Zhou Ze to not let Hong Chengchou take the lead in this southern expedition, not to let the court underestimate the Manchurian nobles, and to be able to become a county king.

So Luck Dehun asked Hong Chengchou when he saw Zhou Ze winking at him:
"Hong Zhongtang, we now have an army of 80, and I have [-] Manchurian cavalry and [-] Han cavalry under my command. Don't be afraid of Lu Zhenfei, the governor of Henan. You just said that he is just engaged in water transportation, and he will fight directly. That’s why there’s no need to make such a fuss, maybe we’ll fight when the main force arrives, and we’ll lose even more!”

"Lord Baylor didn't know something. Before he set off on the expedition, the prince said that the main purpose of this Southern Expedition is to appease the people and win the hearts of the people. We have to wait for Gong Tan Tai and He Luohui to fight in Shandong and Huguang first, so that the Ming court will think that my main force is on these two routes, so as to induce the main force of the guards to go to Huguang and Shandong, and wait until the time comes. It will be twice the result with half the effort if we suddenly cross the river south, it would be better if we can appease Lu Zhenfei."

After Hong Chengchou spoke, Wu Sangui ordered:
"Your Majesty, please send an order. All the ministries will speed up shipbuilding and collect firewood. Although the south is not as cold as the north, it is winter after all. In order not to miss the farming season and to facilitate the crossing of the river, we choose to go south at this time, but it will also cause difficulties for the army. The problem of heating needs to be solved. Assure."

　Exploding more than [-] words, hahahaha
　　
　
(End of this chapter)