Seeing that Fan Xianchao was still so eager for quick success, Wang Jiayan was also angry with him for not living up to expectations. How could he be so stubborn? He immediately stood up and reprimanded him: "Your Majesty once gave Meng Zhaoxiang the sword Shangfang, and even gave him all the power to take charge of the capital after the capital was besieged.
The most important Beijing camp was handed over to him. In order to live up to Meng Zhaoxiang, His Majesty directly gave Meng Zhangming the title of hereditary colleague. With such importance, do you still want to compare with him? "
Hearing this, Fan Xianchao didn't care at all, but became even more disdainful, saying coldly: "His father has the sword Shang Fang given by the emperor, and my father is also the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty! He is a hereditary scholar, so can I! Why can't I be with him?
Comparison? Apart from me, who else in the imperial court has this ability to compare with him?"
Wang Jiayan sneered, shook his head, and said helplessly: "I'm just telling you not to be too competitive. Meng Zhangming is already giving in to your edge. You should also restrain yourself. If this continues, not only His Majesty will be against you."
What you are dissatisfied about is that something will happen to you because of your pride. By that time, even if you suddenly wake up, it will be too late."
Fan Xianchao seemed to be very confident in his abilities and didn't care what Wang Jiayan said. He felt in his heart that they thought he couldn't compare to Meng Zhangming, so he said sternly: "Let's see who has the greater credit this time! If I were
If he loses, I will never compete with him in the future, but if he loses, don't blame me for not giving him face."
As the two of them were talking, it seemed to be raining outside the tent. A pattering sound soon turned into a heavy rain. The rain became heavier and heavier, accompanied by bursts of thunder and the rapid shouting and running of the soldiers outside the tent.
Nei Ye was silent for a moment.
After a long time, Wang Jiayan said slowly: "Because of my friendship with Mr. Ge, I came here to advise you. No matter what you do, keeping a low profile is the way to go. Especially with His Majesty, you were very brave that time.
Directly leading the army to charge into the army formation, His Majesty praised you for your bravery. But if you keep doing this, you will only have to bear the reputation of bravery for the rest of your life."
After saying that, Wang Jiayan said no more, stood up and walked straight out of the tent. Someone immediately held an umbrella for him outside and slowly left. Fan Xianchao, who was sitting upright in the tent, watched Wang Jiayan leave.
Looking back, I couldn't help but feel more thoughtful, but my desire to win was even stronger.
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next day
In the lobby of the palace, Zhu Ling stared at the map of the Ming Dynasty hanging on the wall. He had stood there for a long time without moving. The current map was not as detailed as his own era, and even the same map had differences. This also made him come from
It was a headache to look at the future, so I compared several maps.
After looking at it for a long time, he couldn't help but have a headache, so he sat down and closed his eyes for a while. After drinking a cup of the best tea in the palace, he felt the same. He didn't study the tea, so he just drank it when he was thirsty.
At this time, Wang Guoxing strode in from outside. When he saw Zhu Ling, he immediately knelt down and said, "I have met your Majesty."
"What's the matter?" Zhu Ling specifically told him today not to disturb him unless anything happened.
"Reporting to your majesty, Wang Jiayan was seen heading south with a few servants late last night. Xiaoqi at Fan Xianchao's headquarters reported that Wang Jiayan entered Fan Xianchao's battle last night, and the two seemed to have had a fierce quarrel.
In the end, Wang Jiayan gave up and rode away despite the heavy rain." When he said this, Wang Guoxing did not have any speculation or emotional changes, and he answered impartially.
Zhu Ling did not ask directly, but asked elsewhere: "Guess why the two of them had this quarrel?"
Hearing this, Wang Guoxing was obviously stunned for a moment. He did not expect that His Majesty would ask him. But then he thought about it and replied: "I think Xu was the two people who had a dispute over the decision to exterminate the bandits. Wang Jiayan had a personal relationship with Mr. Fan Ge, so
I wanted to help him make suggestions, but unexpectedly Fan Xianchao was stubborn and refused to listen, so there was a dispute."
"As long as Fan Xianchao behaves normally, does not advance rashly, and is not greedy for merit, those bandits are nothing to the elite of the Four Thousand. What I am afraid of is that Fan Xianchao is bolder and even eager to advance rashly, which is why he and Wang Jiayan have a dispute."
Zhu Ling said unhurriedly, and after taking a long breath, he walked to the map again.
He was studying the land of the Ming Dynasty occupied by the Chuang army and the part of Shandong that Gao Yigong quickly controlled at this time. This sight really made him take a breath of air. Li Zicheng was so fierce. Except for part of Shandong, almost the entire northern part of the Ming Dynasty was occupied.
He even had troops stationed in Hubei, but they were against Zuo Liangyu.
This situation is not very optimistic.
Except for Li Zicheng, the Jiannu outside will definitely lead their troops to leave before summer, either to attack Shanhaiguan, or to directly enter the pass through a detour. The route will be the same as the previous times, and they will enter through the Xifengkou entrance. But if they come in
, what they encountered must be Li Zicheng’s army.
They must have been shocked. Within a few years, all the lands in the Ming Dynasty had changed their banners. However, this also relieved some pressure on Zhu Ling. After all, there was Zhang Xianzhong in the southwest. The generals under this man had been coveted for a long time.
, almost all of them are famous generals or coaches. But they can't show their abilities in his case.
Especially Li Dingguo and Sun Kewang, he must conquer these two people. With these two people, the Ming army's combat effectiveness can be increased by at least 30%!
The subsequent strategic plan must be to stabilize the Shandong defense line and stabilize the hearts of the people in the north. In the early stage, the main recovery target was set in the southwest, first to completely defeat Zhang Xianzhong and subdue his generals. Then they would launch the Northern Expedition and defeat Li Zicheng. However, this idea is based on
On the basis of being able to hold Shandong and build slaves without leading the army to go south in a large scale.
If either one of the two changes, there will be a huge flaw in this plan.
Zhu Ling was fascinated by thinking, writing and drawing on the map with a pen, and unknowingly he could not see the entire map clearly. At this time, Wang Jiayan also came back, changing out of his soaked clothes on the carriage.
, someone prepared some hot water, quickly wiped his body and came quickly.
When he saw Wang Guoxing when he came in, he guessed the avoidance in his eyes. His Majesty must have known that he had gone to Fan Xianchao's camp last night, so he was mentally prepared.
"Wang Qing is back."
Wang Jiayan was about to answer, but was startled, and immediately held up his hands and said: "Yesterday, I discussed with General Fan the plan of how to wipe out the bandits, but failed to inform His Majesty in time. As soon as I arrived at Yanzhou Mansion today, I immediately came to see Your Majesty.
"
At this time, remember not to lie. Once you lie, Your Majesty knows that not only will your future be in danger, but your life will also be in danger.
But if Zhu Ling knew what he said, it would only mean that he took himself too seriously. He was not Taizu. He was so harsh and harsh in this regard. Ming Jun did not kill people just because he said he would.
"If nothing happens, go back and freshen up first. Otherwise, after the long journey last night and the heavy rain, you will get sick. I still need you, but you are not allowed to get sick." Zhu Lingde's words were extremely gentle, slowly.
Sit down and say to him.
"I have something to do."
Wang Jiayan thought that His Majesty was going to drive him back, so he hurriedly raised his hands.
"Wang Qing, please speak."
"Although I am the Minister of the Ministry of War, I am also responsible for managing money and food these days. On the way back last night, I calculated the recent expenditures and found that the money we received from the palace just a few days ago has almost been spent again.
.There were a total of 5.8 million taels of silver before, but now there are only 1.7 million taels left. Before the seven days are up, we have spent 4.1 million taels."
Speaking of this, Wang Jiayan couldn't help but feel worried again.
"The treasury in Nanjing doesn't have much money. I heard that when the Queen and the Crown Prince arrived, it cost another three million taels just to express condolences and prepare a banquet, as well as to rebuild the palace. But now the tax reform has begun to be gradually implemented, and the decree has just arrived.
We don’t have much money brought over from the fields in Zhejiang, so we still need to find a way on our own.”
Hearing this, Zhu Ling only felt that his head was getting bigger. Just now, he had to make strategic arrangements to calm down a little. He didn't expect that he would have to face such a problem again in the next moment.
It seems that this method must be used this time.
"King Zhao Lu, Huang Bodang, Zu Xiangyang Mian Sheng, I have something to discuss with them."