Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1209 Why is the King of Chu in no hurry?

"Lord Zhongtang!" Lu Gong was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that Feng Quan, who was in charge of the negotiation, would suddenly come up with such a move, and he couldn't help but let out an exclamation.

On the way here, Feng Quan was so calm, he only thought that Mr. Zhongtang was rich in experience and had a way to deal with it in his mind, but he didn't think that the way was to surrender before the battle.

This made Lu Gong's face full of astonishment, and he couldn't turn the corner for a while.

His sound made Wang Yan, who was sitting in the hall, come back to his senses. Wang Yan watched the two of them think for a while, and immediately waved his hand: "Take Lu Gong down and keep him under surveillance, and don't allow him to contact anyone!"

The soldiers on both sides immediately stepped forward, one left and one right, and lifted Lu Gong out, and the letter of credence given to him by Fulin also fell on the hall.

When Lu Gong was dragged out of the hall, Wang Yan narrowed his eyes, looked at Feng Quan who was lying on the ground and bowed his head for a while, and sneered, "Is Bachelor Feng going to abandon the dark and turn to the bright? It's just this timing, don't you think it's a bit late?"

Feng Quan was the first member of the Ming Dynasty to surrender to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and his influence was second only to Hong Chengchou. He served as the chief assistant of the Eunuch Party, so he brought many Eunuch Party members to defect to the Manchu Dynasty. Huge help.

If he had surrendered earlier, he might have been able to atone for his crimes, but it would be too late if he wanted to surrender at this time.

Although his surrender now would be of some benefit and could delay Wang Yan's deployment, but if Feng Quan couldn't come up with any tricks, Wang Yan still wanted to kill this old thief.

Feng Quan hurriedly said, "What Your Highness taught me is that the time for the guilty minister's return is indeed a little late, but the guilty minister stayed in Beijing to help His Highness and Daming, and felt that his status as a criminal minister still had some value!"

As he spoke, he took out a letter from his chest and held it above his head.

Only ghosts would believe what he said, only because he felt that Man Qing was not good enough, so he wanted to submit to Daming.

Seeing him holding up the letter, Wang Yan was puzzled. Hearing the old thief's tone, he seemed to have thought about it for a long time.

Wang Yan waved for the guard to bring up the letter, he took it and tore off the wax seal, opened it, and found it was Wang Ji's letter.

At that moment, Wang Yan couldn't help frowning. It turned out that this Feng Quan, after the recovery of the Southern Capital, secretly provided some information to Zhan Ba ​​through his subordinates, and showed mercy to the secret disk of the Ming Dynasty.

After Zhan Ba ​​died of illness, Wang Ji wanted to instigate Feng Quan's rebellion in order to obtain information from the Qing court center, but he only provided some innocuous intelligence information for the Ming Dynasty.

This guy was very cautious, always letting the students show up, and didn't directly say that he wanted to do anything anyway, so the secret agents in Beijing didn't report to Wang Yan that they had instigated such an important person.

It wasn't until recently, when the results of the Great War in the Central Plains came out, that he became active, contacted Hanchen in the city, and the Green Camp, and was ready to sacrifice the city.

After reading the letter, Wang Yan couldn't help but stare at Feng Quan for a while. The old fox saw that the Ming Dynasty was up, and he thought of stepping on two boats, and had already thought of a way out for himself.

Wang Yan was silent for a while, then said in a deep voice: "Okay, since Xueshi Feng can abandon the dark and turn to the bright, the lonely king will keep your family safe, but don't be an official, do you have any objections?"

At this time, unlike Hong Chengchou, who was cast into an iron man and knelt in front of the Xiaoling Mausoleum, it would be good to have a bad smell for thousands of years, and he could still save his life. How could Feng Quan dare to have any objections, he quickly bowed his head, "The sinner thanked His Highness for not killing !"

Wang Yan nodded, then said, "Next, do you know what to do?"

"Sinners dare to speculate that His Highness's army stopped at the Daming Mansion, are they waiting for news from North Korea?" Feng Quan raised his head and smiled apologetically.

Wang Yan raised his brows. Feng Quan, an old fox, still had some eyesight. He nodded without saying anything.

Seeing this, Feng Quan immediately said, "The sinner knows what to do!"

After hearing this, Wang Yan said to the guard next to him, "Help Bachelor Feng rearrange the house to live in!"

After he finished speaking, he waved them to leave together. Not long after, Wang Yan called You Youlun and ordered him to manage Henan well, and then summoned Xingyuan officials to prepare for the former Daming Mansion to attack Beijing.

Daming Mansion used to be the "Beijing" of the Northern Song Dynasty. It has a long history, a large population, and rich products. It has been a place of prosperity since ancient times.

Its status in Beizhi is second only to Baoding Mansion, but the Eight Banners of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties set off a wave of land enclosure in Hebei. The people's land was seized by the bannermen, and they were also forced to work. Most of the population fled. Daming Mansion has long since declined.

Now the Northern Expedition Army of the Ming Dynasty has been stationed in Daming Mansion for a month. More than [-] people have been stationed here. Be active.

The [-] Ming army was divided into three battalions, and they built large camps in the east, west, and north directions. The white tents surrounded Daming Mansion, making it seem like an important military town.

In the early morning, the breeze was blowing, and the banners in the camp were fluttering. On the school field in the camp, the soldiers participating in the morning drills were shouting and killing the sky, which was mixed with whistles and bursts of blunderbuss from time to time.

Holding the treasured sword in his hand, Wang Yan stood on the school field and watched the drills of the soldiers. In order to prevent the soldiers from slacking off, Wang Yan stipulated that drills should be performed twice a day, every morning and evening, regardless of the weather.

In addition to the two drills every day, the camp drills once a month and the autumn drills for each town's martial arts competition every year are indispensable, and the drills are only for soldiers. You must be present, and the cabinet and six ministers must be present during the autumn exercise.

It was the strict drill system that ensured that the combat power of the Ming army never declined.

At this moment, Wang Yan was watching the drills in the school field, but Dai Zhifan, who was standing behind him, approached Wang Fuzhi, and asked in a low voice, "Mr. Ge, Beijing is at your fingertips right now, and your colleagues in the army are all asking, what should you do next after taking Beijing?" Mile?"

Wang Fuzhi glanced at him, turned his eyes to the school grounds, and replied in a voice that only Dai Zhifan could hear, "Who is asking again, Gao Yigong, Li Guo or Liu Shun?"

"It's Gao Yigong. I just received his private letter a few days ago, and Liu Shun also told me about it privately!" After Dai Zhifan finished speaking, he asked again: "What does Mr. Ge think about this matter? What is His Highness thinking, did Ge Lao know it?"

The two of them were tacit, and they didn't mention what was going on, but everyone knew it in their hearts.

Hearing Gao Yigong's name, Wang Fuzhi was not surprised at all, other forces are not urgent about this matter, and many people even want to maintain the current state.

Right now, they and Wang Yan are coming together to govern Daming's country and divide up Daming's interests. Wang Yan can only be regarded as a great steward, but if they do that, Wang Yan will stand on the opposite side of them. Poaching Wang Yan's corner, destroying Wang Yan's country, and after Wang Yan becomes the supreme, they don't know how to deal with their threats, so why take the risk to ask a master to come up?
Over the years, the dissemination of mind-learning ideas has activated the minds of many people.

Two years ago, Huang Zongxi said, "The king is the only one who is the greatest harm in the world." Later, another scholar Tang Zhen said bluntly, "Since the Zhou and Qin Dynasties, all emperors have been thieves."

Officials and gentry are not unified in their thinking on whether to change the current situation. Some people may support it, but it is estimated that there are more people who oppose it and those who do not think clearly.

The Shun family completely offended the Zhu family, making them eager to change the world.

In particular, Gao Yigong made great efforts to suppress Tang and Lu, so when he saw that Wang Yan was about to recover Beijing, he became anxious for Wang Yan.What does King Chu think?There is no movement at all, what should I do?

Wang Fuzhi was silent for a while, and said after a while, "Your Highness probably doesn't have such thoughts!"

No matter what kind of excuses are used for this matter, they are committing chaos, cannot leave a good reputation, and cannot stand up to morality.

Previously in Henan, Wang Fuzhi promoted rewarding land property to meritorious soldiers, in fact, he was paving the way for Wang Yan, first of all, to give benefits to the soldiers, and further win over the army.

Allowing the rich and merchants to exchange grain for land is also buying the gentry and gaining their support. As long as the army and the gentry have no objections, then things will happen naturally and damage the interests of the people, especially the northern people who have just surrendered. Not too serious a thing.

Wang Fuzhi wanted to use benefits to dispel the worries of the army and officials towards the Wang family. He felt that after the Wang family came to power, they would get more benefits, so that they would support the Wang family and do that disgraceful thing.

It's just that Wang Fuzhi didn't expect that what he did would arouse Wang Yan's disgust. This also shows that Wang Yan hasn't thought that deeply yet.

However, Wang Fuzhi believes that with Wang Yan's mind, he will react soon.

Dai Zhifan frowned slightly after hearing Wang Fuzhi's words, "If Your Highness doesn't want to, what should I do?"

"Your Highness can't take the initiative to bring up this kind of matter!" Wang Fuzhi waved his hand lightly, and ended the topic in a low voice, "It's still early, so don't worry too much about Mingzhang. When Beijing is captured and His Highness's prestige is at its peak, we can't discuss it again." Late."

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