Zheng Zhilong's letter was naturally sent by Zheng Chenggong before he went to the palace to meet His Majesty. He naturally had this idea in his heart. In today's situation, his father's power is extremely important to Ming Dynasty. It can even be said that if his father is willing
, it is entirely possible to affect the outcome of a war.
Secondly, the Ming Dynasty would not always allow his father to possess tens of thousands of troops and thousands of warships so unscrupulously, just because the court currently has no spare power. If the rebellion is put down and the slaves are driven out, they will definitely attack his father.
Besides, the court's attitude towards my father was very good, even a bit condescending.
If my father still resists like this, he will definitely arouse the jealousy of the court.
Military power must be handed over, and people must come. No emperor will allow one of his ministers to have his own troops, not even his brothers. When military power is handed over, it first shows weakness; when people come, it shows loyalty
.This is the way out for my father. An unscrupulous person will definitely get into trouble.
When he learned that His Majesty had arrived at Yingtian Mansion without anyone noticing, and that the Crown Prince and others in the palace had also been secretly rescued, Zheng Chenggong knew that His Majesty in front of him was no longer the suspicious person he had been before.
Your Majesty. This is a Your Majesty who dares to venture, fight, and do anything. He is even a true Emperor of the People!
In fact, not only him, Zhu Ling also admired Zheng Chenggong very much. In history, Zheng Zhilong wanted to lead his army to surrender to the slaves, but Zheng Chenggong always opposed it. Even if Zheng Zhilong's life was threatened by the slaves, Zheng Chenggong still did not choose to surrender. This is the nation.
Dayi, he knew what his father did was wrong and would not let himself do something that hurt the sentiments of the nation.
Similarly, he is also a general. But mainly in the navy. If Li Dingguo is conquered again, the two of them will combine with each other, one to fight on land and the other to fight on water. To the Ming Dynasty, he will definitely be like a crouching dragon and a phoenix.
.Therefore, no matter what, these two people must be brought back to the Ming Dynasty!
At the moment, he naturally can't push too hard. At this time, they still have a deep love for each other as father and son, and it has not reached the stage where national justice is concerned. It would be a bit stupid to alienate Zheng Chenggong because he pushed too hard.
Of course, the two people's ideals of restoring the country were inconsistent in history, which led to the failure of the coalition plan many times. This time, he naturally had to adjust the contradiction between the two so that they could truly take advantage of the advantages of land and water warfare.
He really didn't believe it, so was Jiannu really that invincible? If he was really so invincible, why could Yan Yingyuan use tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the city to directly defeat Jiannu's 240,000 Qing cavalry and more than two hundred heavy artillery pieces?
Trapped in the isolated city for eighty-one days.
As a result, he lost 30,000 slaves and eighteen generals.
Seventy-five thousand people were killed or injured.
It is known in history that on the 81st day of Jiangyin, when the city was broken, no one in the army or civilians surrendered, and there were only fifty-three survivors, old and young.
With such a record, how dare you say that Jiannu is invincible? Even if there is a saying, the Jurchens are only ten thousand, but if they are more than ten thousand, they are invincible. Zhu Ling has always thought that this sentence is nonsense, but he is still invincible? Can Invincible be beaten so badly by Li Dingguo? It is really ridiculous.
If that was the case, why did we negotiate peace with Li Dingguo later?
Back to the present, Zheng Chenggong also made up his mind. This time he must persuade his father to surrender completely to His Majesty no matter what.
Although Zheng Chenggong thought so, Zhu Ling had already made up his mind. There had been a garrison report from the east mansion, saying that a large fleet had been discovered. It was approaching Yingtian Mansion, but it didn't take long before it left quickly.
Coast, I don’t know what the intention is.
The guards didn't know, but Zhu Ling knew very well! Isn't this Zheng Zhilong's fleet? They probably planned to come to put pressure on Zheng Chenggong before, but suddenly learned that Ma Shiying and other rebellious ministers had been killed, so they slowly left.
If this Zheng Zhilong continues to have such great strength, and if he really surrenders to Jiannu in the future, wouldn't it be like stabbing himself in the back?
Either hand over the military power and let the court command it; or give the military power to Zheng Chenggong, so that Zhu Ling can rest assured. As long as the military power is still with Zheng Zhilong, he will have trouble sleeping all night.
At this time, Zheng Chenggong no longer hesitated, and immediately raised his head slightly and said respectfully: "To be honest with you, Your Majesty, I have written a letter before and sent the carrier pigeon to my father. I believe that my father has seen it now. After seeing this letter,
I will definitely reply to you."
"good."
Seeing that Zheng Chenggong was so aware, Zhu Ling felt relieved.
"You have made a great contribution this time. If you are still willing to study, I will find some good teachers for you, and even let my former teachers teach you. If you want to serve the country, just be a fifth-grade general with martial virtue for the time being.
, there is no actual position at the moment. Which one do you think you will choose?"
After hearing this, Zheng Chenggong also responded respectfully: "I will never dare to refuse your Majesty's order. To me, both civil and military positions are rewards from Your Majesty. I am very excited to receive such a gift from Your Majesty. Which one should I choose?"
It’s all the boy’s blessing.”
These words made Zhu Ling and everyone present couldn't help but admire him. A boy who was only twenty years old was not afraid of seeing His Majesty for the first time, and even what he said was very satisfactory. From this point of view, this
Zheng Chenggong is indeed outstanding, at least his personality and courage are not comparable to ordinary people.
"In that case, then you should be a general with military ethics. I think you are suitable for the path of a military general, not a civil servant." The smile on the corner of Zhu Ling's mouth was also very obvious. This Zheng Chenggong is indeed not a mortal. The answer to this sentence
It was really beyond his expectation. It seemed that he had underestimated these people in ancient times.
It doesn't matter that he traveled through time and became the emperor, but if he was only competing on how to behave and talk to others, he would be beaten by those ministers. In other words, he is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Even if what he said is wrong, the people below will
I don’t dare to say that His Majesty’s words are wrong, I just hint or make slight suggestions.
Just like Wu Linzheng and others, when faced with Zhu Ling's unrealistic words, they naturally smiled and corrected them slightly. After all, there are really not many people who are willing to be tough because of what His Majesty said was inappropriate, at least not now.
The minister who directly stepped forward to accuse Zhu Ling when he said something wrong.
After Zheng Chenggong and others went down, they talked with Wu Linzheng and others about the major events that had happened in the past few days.
It was nothing more than the Battle of Yanzhou, where a hundred thousand bandits were defeated, but their own side also suffered heavy losses; but this time Liu Zeqing also completely exposed his ambitions, and was finally defeated by Huang Degong; secondly, there was the issue of military pay, earned from alcohol
The amount of money currently exceeds five million taels, but due to the limited scope, if it can be expanded, it will definitely increase a lot of income.
Furthermore, Gao Jie surrendered and Huang Degong pleaded guilty; Jiannu entered the border and fought fiercely with the intruders, both sides suffered heavy losses; the most important thing was one thing before the Southern Expedition: the intruders negotiated a peace.
"This intruder must have encountered some kind of trouble, so he negotiated peace with the Ming Dynasty."
Wu Linzheng also saw the problem at a glance. Although the intruders were unstoppable along the way, they were not invincible after all. It was just that the Ming Dynasty's army could not pay wages, morale could not be raised, the soldiers were disengaged, and the armaments were disorganized. This led to the Ming Dynasty's army
They retreated steadily, but the intruder took the advantage.
"Yes, Wu Qing is right." Zhu Ling also breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "Jian Nu entered the pass again, and rejected the intruder's peace proposal and directly sent a large army to enter the pass. The last time they fought, Mo
It seems that both sides were harmed, but in reality it was a huge defeat for the intruders. Fifty thousand people fought against 30,000 people, but in the end they were defeated miserably. From this, it seems that the intruders were no match for the slaves."
After everyone heard this, they also knew what His Majesty was worried about.
If the intruders who had high morale all the way could not defeat Jiannu due to their numerical advantage, wouldn't it mean that with the same force, the intruders would be defeated! If Jiannu gathered more than 100,000 troops, I am afraid that all the intruders would be defeated.
Can't resist it? In this way, can Ming defeat Jiannu?
After thinking for a moment, there was a dark cloud between everyone's brows. Their brows were furrowed, and their faces looked worried. In just a few decades, Jiannu has become so powerful! Not only can an army of hundreds of thousands be unable to withstand it, but even
The intruder could only fight. Such a threat made Daming almost breathless.
After glancing at the crowd, Zhu Ling broke the solemnity and said in a solemn voice: "Everyone is frightened by this Jiannu? Is that so?"
When the ministers heard this, they couldn't help but lower their heads, with some hard-to-conceal embarrassment on their faces. A group of ministers of the Ming Dynasty, even if they couldn't defeat the army, did not dare to be so downcast. If they were all like this, then would everyone below have to do it?
Surrender?
"They were just slaves! Once they were just a group of uncivilized savages! And we Han people have a history and civilization for thousands of years. We know rituals, music, and poetry; they drank hair, drank blood, and ate raw meat. But they have only developed a few years ago.
It’s only been ten years since our comfortable life was shattered, are you so dejected?”
"The Mongols were so powerful in the past! Not only did they occupy the entire China, they even set foot on the West. No country was not afraid of them. But what was the result? Wasn't such a huge empire defeated by us Han people?
, beat them back to the grassland, subdued them, and forced them to divide into three families."
"Facts have proved! If the Ming Dynasty can drive out the arrogant Mongols, it can also drive out the Jian slaves! Do you have confidence?"
A majestic voice resounded through the hall, making everyone tremble.
Yes, they are just slaves and savages. It has been hundreds of years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. How can An be afraid of them?
Even when the Ming Dynasty was beaten to the capital, they never negotiated peace or even surrendered. The Jiannu were not as powerful as the Mongols in the past, and they will never be in the future.
"What is your Majesty's decision?" Wu Linzheng took a step forward and asked solemnly.
"First kill Zhang Xianzhong, then join forces with the intruders and destroy the Jian slaves!"