The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 529
"Don't tell me I really forgot about that 'locust merchant'." Zhu Linmi frowned and told Shi Lin, "Just bring him here."

"Yes!"

After a while, Liang Xiuxing was taken to the King's study by two personal soldiers, but he was not bound.Shi Lin had checked it before, and this guy's arms and legs were as thin as chicken feet, and he definitely had no ability to stab.

Liang Xiuxing hurriedly knelt down and saluted, "Cao Min pays homage to His Royal Highness, the Assistant King, His Highness..."

Zhu Linming didn't bother to chatter with him, so she interrupted him, "But what's the guest Liang, why don't you let Liang Xiuyan come?" The door is clear.

Liang Xiuxing kowtowed sadly and said: "My father and brother were imprisoned by the Ministry of Criminal Justice, so we had to send the grassroots people here."

Speaking of which, Liang Xiuxing had never met Zhu Linming before, and he came from Jiangbei. He was afraid that he would be caught by the Ming army as a spy, and he would be terrified all the way.Fortunately, he was lucky, squatting outside the Tianxing government office for a long time, and he really waited for Zhu Linming.

"Oh? What did they do?"

"Here, for some reason, the Ministry of Criminal Affairs has collected a lot of criminal evidence that the Liang family transported prohibited items to Monan or owed tax and money. Seven days ago, they rushed into Liang's mansion and Xingshi to question the crime..."

Zhu Linmi almost laughed out loud when she heard the words. These locust merchants made their fortunes by smuggling steel, military weapons, food and other contraband for Jianlu. Now they are caught by Jianlu for smuggling. .

He then said, "Then why did you come to Nanjing instead of going to Beijing to find a solution?"

Liang Xiuxing sighed, "Back to Your Highness, the Liang family has run away. In the end, only the Minister of Rites, Mr. Jin Zhijun, said that he could help us save people, but he needed 160 million taels of silver to get through the joints, and even one tael less would not work." .”

160 million taels!Zhu Lin said in her heart that this Jianlu's appetite was really big enough, and said calmly, "Tell me, what's your purpose here?"

Liang Xiuxing raised his head, and said with a bitter face: "The Liang family distributed all their property and borrowed from relatives and friends, but they only got together 130 million taels. There are only [-] days left before the deadline set by Jin Shilang. Caomin had no choice but to come here. Please Your Highness..."

In fact, the Liang family's property is 80 million taels, and Jin Zhijun only offered this price after calculation.But the Liang family was in a hurry to make a move, so the buyers would naturally lower the price, and some properties could not be sold in a hurry, and this is the current situation.

"What a joke!" Before Zhu Linming could say anything, Shi Lin became angry, and waved to the guards on both sides, "Shoot this guy out!"

"Wait a minute!" Liang Xiuxing struggled hastily, "Cao Min won't take His Highness's money for nothing..."

Zhu Linmei raised her hand, "Wait, let him finish."

"Caomin here has something important to tell His Highness! These news are enough to affect the current battle situation, and the value of 30 taels is more than enough."

"Okay, let's talk about it. As for whether it is worth the price, I can judge for myself."

Liang Xiuxun shook off his own hand from the soldiers of the Dragon Guards, and approached Zhu Linming with a few steps: "According to the Liang family's reliable information, the regent...Dorgon has sent a large number of troops southward, intending to fight Daming on the Yangtze River.

"For this reason, he sent out many secret envoys, and carried out a strategy of maneuvering, mobilizing all forces to fight to determine the universe."

Zhu Linmei still nodded indifferently, "I already knew about this. If there is nothing else, you should go back to Beijing to raise money."

"Yes! Of course there are more!" Liang Xiuxing continued, "Dorgon sent a total of five groups of troops to Mobei, North Korea, Dongfan, Sichuan and Huguang."

"Go on."

Liang Xiuxing saw that there was something going on, and immediately cheered up, "First of all, the people who went to Mobei wanted to form a relationship with the Raksha Kingdom, and used their firearms and the advantages of the battle formation to go south to help in the war.

"Because Dodor and the Khalkha tribe previously negotiated peace, the Qing... no, Jianlu regarded the Khalkha tribe as the king of the golden family Zhengshuo and Mongolia, so Dorgon had no idea about Mobei, so he simply agreed to join forces with Luo Sha people carve up Mobei..."

"Wait a minute," Zhu Linmi frowned upon hearing the words, "Jianlu recognizes the Khalkha tribe as the rightful lord of the Mongols?"

"Your Highness, don't you know?" Liang Xiuxue hurriedly said, "Dorgon urgently ordered him to negotiate peace with the Khalkha tribe in order to mobilize Duoduo's army to go south to attack Ming. Only by meeting all the requirements of the Ministry can we retreat safely.

"By the way, Duduo also cut more than a hundred miles north of Tumed to the Khalkha tribe. In addition, he also promised to greatly reduce the taxes and tributes of the Chahar tribes. Now Sunite and other tribes have also ended their rebellion.

"However, for the sake of the court's face, Dorgon only said that Duoduo was victorious in Mobei, but most of the courtiers didn't know the inside story."

now it's right!Zhu Lin thought in her heart, it seems that it was not because her Mobei strategy failed, but that Jianlu reluctantly gave up Mongolia's interests in order to withdraw from Mobei.

In the long run, when the Khalkhas are strong, they will inevitably have a big battle with Jianlu, but right now Man Qing is relieved.

He immediately thought, no wonder Dai Xiuyuan hasn't sent any news back for quite a while, the Sunit people have returned to the prisoner, and they may have imprisoned him... We must send someone out of the customs as soon as possible to deal with this matter, only waiting for Teng Jisi It is good that Dai Xiuyuan's life is not harmed, otherwise Sunit will be wiped out in the future to avenge him!
Liang Xiuxing continued: "In addition to Mobei, Jianlu also sent envoys to Sichuan. He wanted to use Mobei as an example to discuss peace with Zhang Xianzhong. If successful, the tens of thousands of troops under Haoge could also be transferred to the Jiangbei battlefield.

"The people who went to Huguang wanted to hook up with He Tengjiao. It is said that Dorgon intends to allow Prince E to recruit him to surrender. At least, we should reach a tacit agreement with him not to use troops."

Zhu Linmei thought to herself when she heard the words, based on what the locust merchant said about Huguang's information, his information should be quite credible.

Fortunately, He Tengjiao has already rejected Dorgon's temptation. Based on this alone, He Tengjiao should try to save He Tengjiao's life in the future.

However, the situation in Sichuan is not easy to say.From the analysis of historical events, Zhang Xianzhong still hates the Jianlu, but the Daxi Army is currently being attacked by the Ming and Qing from the north and the south, and life is extremely sad. If he really compromises with the Jianlu under heavy pressure, the nearly 5 troops under Haoge He will join the Jiangbei war.Under the ebb and flow, the military pressure that Ming had to face immediately increased sharply.

Before he could continue to think about it, Liang Xiuxing couldn't wait to say: "As for the secret envoys to North Korea, they should still ask for money and food as before, but it seems that they have heard some rumors about the North Korean navy."

Since Wanli resisted the Japanese and aided Korea, North Korea paid more attention to the development of naval forces.As far as Zhu Linmei knows, they have always maintained a large-scale fleet mainly composed of wooden galleys, which they call "turtle ships".

It seems that Dorgon even has his eyes on these ships, which also shows that after Qiantang and Nanjing suffered successive losses, Jianlu has paid more and more attention to the navy.

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