At noon the next day, Chang Yu and his party arrived at the Ningyuan River outside Ningyuan City. Commander Zu Dashou and his generals had been waiting by the river for a long time.
Prince Zhu Cixiang put away his carelessness on the way, and looked a little nervous. It was obvious that his inner emotions were fluctuating greatly. The mighty old man in his sixties in front of him spoke in front of Chang Yuma. He was a man who once defended Jinzhou and ran out of ammunition and food to kill the horse.
Is Zu Dashou, the warrior who conquered the Qing Dynasty twice by eating human flesh and then using it as military rations?
Zhu Cihong heard about such a ruthless man when he was still a child. As he grew older, he learned more about this person's deeds. He also knew that the relationship between Zu Dashou and the court or his father was very delicate. He was influenced by Yuan Chonghuan.
Because he was implicated in the case, he was wary of the imperial court and would neither enter the capital nor leave the military camp. Likewise, the imperial court was wary of his influence outside the country and did not even dare to say harsh words.
There is a tacit understanding between both parties. If you don't mention it, I won't object.
It can be said that Zu Dashou is a legend in Zhu Cixiang's heart. He can't say whether he likes or dislikes this legendary figure, but he is full of curiosity, so he stares at Zu Dashou and looks at him carefully. At this time, Zu Dashou also glanced this way, so casually.
There was no expression on his face, but Zhu Cixiang felt that his eyes were like knives piercing him. He had never seen a person with such strong cruelty in his eyes, not even Chang Yu.
There were not so many polite words between the two people who had once had their hearts broken. Zu Dashou didn't even have to pretend to be hypocritical in front of Chang Yu, he just said lightly: "The Governor is here."
"Well, let's take a look and give you a gift by the way."
After hearing these words, Zu Dashou showed a smile on his face: "Then it would be disrespectful for the general to do so." After saying this, he glanced behind Chang Yu a few times: "The Governor's actions are always so unexpected."
Chang Yu smiled. He knew that this old fox could see through the identity of the two people behind him at a glance. Zu Dashou's mature eyesight was by no means comparable to that of the top. The temperament and momentum of the two young men behind Chang Yu and some small details of his entourage
, he knew he had a good background, and look at that face again... Hey, what does this mean? Could it be that the emperor ordered it to resolve the rift with him?
But there was no need to send the princess here, as she wouldn't be here to marry his nephew. Thinking of the word "marriage", Zu Dashou couldn't help but laugh.
Seeing through it without telling it, Chang Yu had no intention of discussing the identity of the prince and princess with him, and Zu Dashou was actually not very curious about the purpose of these two people.
"What's the situation?" The entourage was busy crossing the water. Chang Yu and Zu Dashou stood under the shade of the trees by the river, looking at Ningyuan City in the distance and talking.
"Small conflicts continue, but the other party obviously does not want to expand the conflict. Everything is under control." Zu Dashou's face was calm. Chang Yu raised the corner of his mouth and raised his hand to point to the north: "Is that the conflict that the boss is talking about, or is it?
Over there?" He then pointed at Ningyuan City.
Zu Dashou also smiled: "What do you think, Governor?"
Chang Yu raised his thumb and said, "General Zu, good tactics."
"It's all housework, there's no need to resort to tricks," Zu Dashou said lightly. Chang Yu smiled bitterly and shook his head, unable to refute, completely in admiration!
What he was referring to just now was actually asking Zu Dashou whether he could hold Ningyuan's military power firmly. After all, it had been more than a few years since he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and Wu Sangui was also a capable commander. Zu Dashou suddenly parachuted into Jiu's Nest and occupied the Magpie Nest. If he were not careful, the morale of the army would be shattered.
, and even caused military riots.
That's why Chang Yu tried his best to lure Wu Sangui to the capital, and then sold him to the south to suppress bandits, just to allow Zu Dashou to safely transition to general power.
Although he knew the influence of the Zu family and believed in Zu Dashou's methods and abilities, in fact he still underestimated both of them.
What is a dove occupying a magpie's nest? Who is a dove?
Two hundred years ago, Zu Qing led his whole family to move to Ningyuan. Generation after generation, the ancestral family branched out and inherited the Ningyuan Guards' military positions and continued to advance. Nine out of ten descendants of the descendants are serving in the military, becoming the largest family in Ningyuan.
Prominent family.
The one with available information is Cong Zu Dashou’s grandfather Zu Ren. Both his father and grandfather Cheng Xun served as the commander-in-chief of Liaodong. Dozens of other sons and nephews in the family served as middle-level generals in the Ningyuan Army. It can be said that they are a family of iron-clad generals!
This is why Yuan Chonghuan was unjustly accused of collaborating with the enemy and was cut into pieces by Emperor Chongzhen. However, Zu Dashou really surrendered to Huang Taiji, but everyone in the court pretended to be deaf and blind, and did not dare to say a serious word, just because his family was powerful in Ningyuan.
Tai Tai's influence in the Guan Ning Army was too strong. At that time, he held the Guan Ning Iron Cavalry and was the strongest frontier army in the Ming Dynasty. Most of his family members in the frontier army outside Guan Ning were generals and deputy generals. How dare you say something ugly?
, I just led people to Xiancheng and left! If he really leaves, whoever dares to stop him will be able to stop him! Such a profound foundation is far beyond what Yuan Chonghuan, an empty-shell governor, can compare to.
Even the current Ningyuan coach Wu Sangui is his nephew, so Zu Dashou is the magpie! This Ningyuan General Military Mansion is his home!
Part of the Ningyuan Army in Wu Sangui's hands was the original Guan Ning Cavalry, and the old boss of the Guan Ning Cavalry was Zu Dashou, and there are still many members of the Zu family serving as middle and low-level officers in the Ningyuan Army. In addition, Wu Sangui is still his nephew.
In this relationship, Ningyuan Army not only has no feeling of rejection towards Zu Dashou, but also has a constant closeness to him. Therefore, the transition of military power was uneventful. Now Ningyuan and the Ningyuan Army follow Zu Dashou's lead.
But Chang Yu still finds it incredible. No matter how powerful your ancestral family is, no matter how influential you are in the army, after all, Ningyuan and the Ningyuan Army have been run by Wu Sangui for several years, and they will always cultivate close and direct soldiers.
Although his closest relative, Shen Jianghu, was also coaxed away by him, but the others didn't even put a p in there?
A bit unrealistic.
It wasn't until Zu Dashou took him to meet a person that he suddenly realized it.
This man's name is Fang Guangchen, the son of Fang Yizao, the former Minister of Rites, and a close friend of Wu Sangui. Historically, he was one of Wu Sangui's important think tanks.
That's right, he was the kid who was bumped into by Zhu Zhi'e during a secret meeting with Wu Mengming.
Fang Guangchen did not have an official position at this time, but why Wu Mengming wanted to meet him secretly is a bit convoluted, but it still has something to do with Zu Dashou.
Chang Yu unconditionally trusted Zu Dashou, but the court and Emperor Chongzhen did not. They had always been wary of him before. It had been almost two years since the surrender. It was really risky to just leave Ningyuan City to him.
Although he bit the bullet and agreed to Chang Yu's plan, secret precautionary measures were indispensable. On the one hand, he told Gao Di to be careful at all times, and on the other hand, he sent people to Ningyuan to tell Wu Sangui's subordinates not to scream stupidly.
Just do whatever you want, be a little wary, at least if you find something unusual about Zu Dashou, you can have troops to contain him for a while to buy Gao Di and the court some time.
Who is the most suitable person to send? Of course it is Fang Guangchen. Wu Sangui is his father's protégé, and the two of them are close friends. This is a well-known fact in Guan Ningjun.
Therefore, Fang Guangchen left the country and came to Ningyuan in the name of visiting friends.
However, in Zu Dashou's eyes, this little trick was just playing tricks, he could see through it at a glance, and he had no interest in it and was even a little bored. He was tired of Emperor Chongzhen saying something unclear and he liked this trick under the table.
He no longer wants to waste his energy on these intrigues and quarrels. He now wants to do something down-to-earth and take back Jinzhou in his lifetime. After all, he is already an old man in his sixties and does not have much time left.
So he directly showed off his cards to Fang Guangchen.
He stated that he had no intention of seizing power and Ningyuan, but only wanted to regain Jinzhou. Ningyuan still belonged to Wu Sangui, and the Ningyuan army still belonged to Wu Sangui.
Fang Guangchen believed it immediately. There was no need or need to fool this famous general who once killed all the people in the world. It could be seen from his eyes that he just wanted to fulfill a dream now and had no interest in fame, wealth or power.
interest.
"In fact, the imperial court, or the little eunuch, has no intention of letting me sit in Ningyuan." Zu Dashou knew this very well. The reason why Chang Yu brought him here was that he admired him and wanted to use him to regain Jinzhou.
It just so happened that the two had the same second idea. In a sense, Zu Dashou's gratitude to Chang Yu was not that he redeemed himself, but that he gave him the opportunity to regain Jinzhou.
So Chang Yu asked the court to restore his official position and he was still the commander-in-chief of Liaodong.
Of course, now only Ningyuan is left in Liaodong.
But as long as Ningyuan Commander-in-Chief is not involved, Ningyuan City will still belong to Wu Sangui!
In addition, Fang Guangchen also discovered that although Zu Dashou now controls the military power of Ningyuan and has assigned all his brothers, nephews and nephews to serve in the army, he is the only one staying in the General Military Mansion, and he only lives in a guest room. The rest are all in the army.
middle.
It is obvious that he has no intention of Ningyuan and seizing power.