When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he ignored the envoy from the Ryukyu Kingdom for the time being and asked curiously: "How to rescue?"
After hearing this, Li Ruolian quickly replied: "The general knows that the Satsuma Domain of Japan, a province similar to our Ming Dynasty, has actually taken control of the Ryukyu Kingdom and regards it as a part of Japan. In this way, the Ryukyu people are in Japan Over there, Japan’s sea ban does not apply. If they send people to Nagasaki to secretly rescue Mrs. Zheng and their second son, I will eventually think it is possible.”
Having said this, he paused and then continued: "One of the reasons why the Ryukyu Kingdom has always wanted to be canonized by the Ming Dynasty is to tell the Japanese country that the Ryukyu Kingdom is a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty and does not want to be annexed by the Japanese country. "
In fact, at this time, the Ryukyu Kingdom was forced to recognize Japan as its suzerainty. In name, they were two suzerainties.
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he felt that it was a matter of convenience, so he nodded and said: "This method is okay. After a while, you will go to the Ryukyu envoys and tell them to do it!"
The matter of rescuing Zheng Zhilong's wife and second son finally came to light. Li Ruolian felt a little relieved that he had an explanation to Zheng Zhilong, so he quickly replied: "The last general has given orders!"
The matter of loyalty and virtue has come to an end, but there are still matters of treachery and treachery, but they must also be specifically prosecuted.
Therefore, Li Ruolian immediately went on to report to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, the general also learned the inside story of the alliance between Jianlu and the Japanese country, and knew the ins and outs!"
"Oh?" When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he was in a good mood and asked with great interest, "Tell me what the ins and outs are."
Hearing this, Li Ruolian became serious and said with a little indignation: "The general learned that after Jianlu suffered two consecutive defeats, he felt that his strength was insufficient. It was Hong Chengchou, the former governor of Jiliao, who surrendered to Jianlu. The traitor made a proposal to Jianlu to form an alliance with the Japanese country and lead the Japanese country to fight against the imperial court..."
Upon hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen's happy smile suddenly disappeared.
This Hong Chengchou was really a thorn in his heart.
Originally, he was very kind to Hong Chengchou. Although Hong Chengchou did make great contributions, his rise to prominence was also because Emperor Chongzhen had great expectations for him.
Unexpectedly, during the Battle of Songjin, he thought he would die in battle like the governor of Liaodong and others, so he actually surrendered to Jianlu. Fortunately, he was very sad at the time, and the court lost a capable minister!
Feeling that his trust had been betrayed, Emperor Chongzhen also learned that Hong Chengchou had contributed greatly to the establishment of the Han Dynasty in the original history, and he became even more angry. For this reason, he made a decree to kill Hong Chengchou.
However, in the later discussion with Liu Weichao, with the goal of ending the chaos as soon as possible, and thinking that the original historical events had not happened yet, he finally listened to the advice and agreed that if Hong Chengchou surrendered, he would not die, and at most he would settle the score afterwards.
Unexpectedly, this Hong Chengchou was really the same as in the original history, and he was so dedicated in advising the Jianlu!
If a miracle hadn't happened to him, even if the imperial court managed to defeat Jianlu twice, if his strategy helped Jianlu and introduced a powerful Japanese enemy, it would be a question of whether the imperial court could defeat their alliance. !
This Hong Chengchou must have been a slave of the third surname in his previous life!
Emperor Chongzhen was thinking angrily, while Li Ruolian continued to report: "... Among the captive team that went to the Japanese country this time, the traitor Hong Chengchou was the deputy. Originally, the Japanese country was afraid of the power of the imperial court and did not want to form an alliance. But in the end,
It was he who came up with the following overcoming strategy to force the Japanese generals, which ultimately led to this alliance."
When he said this, he was afraid that Emperor Chongzhen had misunderstood, so he quickly raised his voice, with a hint of anger, and loudly said: "Your Majesty, the traitor Hong Chengchou does not know the strength of the imperial court. In his mind, he must have thought that Jianlu and the Japanese were in an alliance.
, can defeat the Ming Dynasty, so he tried his best to promote the alliance, and his heart is to be punished!"
"Of course I know this!" When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, his face filled with anger, he immediately nodded and said, "Now the whole world knows the true strength of the imperial court, but I can count them on the palm of my hand. I still want to give this old thief Hong a chance.
Opportunity! Since he serves Jianlu so wholeheartedly, I will treat him as a slave chief and kill him without mercy as he wishes!"
"Your Majesty is wise!" Li Ruolian was overjoyed upon hearing this and responded loudly.
This time, Emperor Chongzhen was not happy about his flattery. Instead, his face looked shabby and rainy.
After a while, I heard him say in a cold voice: "This traitor does have some talent. To be fair, with him helping Jianlu make plans, I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with Jianlu. If there is any way, I can
Just get rid of him beforehand!"
Hearing this, Li Ruolian took it seriously and nodded.
Sometimes the brains of a literati can really withstand an army of a hundred thousand, and a single strategy can turn the situation around! It would indeed be the best if this Hong Chengchou could be eliminated before Liaodong was liberated.
Thinking like this, suddenly, a light flashed in his mind, and he had an idea.
So, he quickly reported to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, maybe the general will be able to think of a way to get rid of this traitor in advance!"
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"Oh?" Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help being a little surprised when he heard this, and asked quickly, "What can I do?"
This Hong Chengchou must be in the hinterland of Liaodong. It can't be that easy to kill him, right?
At least Emperor Chongzhen couldn't think of any solution if he thought about it himself!
After hearing this, Li Ruolian immediately replied: "Your Majesty, when Marshal Zheng and the envoy Jianlu, that is, Prince Heshuoli were entertaining Daishan, it was also proposed by the old thief Hong, and the two parties agreed to do business with each other in the future. For this reason,
That Daishan also gave his waist card to Dashuai Zheng, so that when Dashuai Zheng can do business later, he can use his waist card to find him."
At this point, after a pause, he immediately said: "The general thought that he might be able to take advantage of this matter and send elite soldiers and generals, pretending to be doing business with Jianlu, and go deep into the hinterland of Liaodong to look for opportunities to get rid of the old thief Hong.
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When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he thought for a moment and felt that it was possible. He immediately nodded and said to Li Ruolian: "Okay, I will leave this matter to you. Try to be as safe as possible and get rid of the traitor Hong!"
"The general will obey the order!" Li Ruolian heard this and responded loudly.
At this point, the matter was almost finished. Emperor Chongzhen asked Li Ruolian to go home for reunion and have a good rest before talking.
Wang Chengen, who was beside him, had been listening. Needless to say, Jin Yiwei had made a great contribution this time.
And Dongchang also contributed a lot to the important matter of rectifying the place!
Thinking of this, Wang Chengen was worried about his West Factory. While listening to Li Ruolian's report, his mind was spinning, thinking about how the West Factory should also make some contributions, so as not to be compared with Jinyiwei and Dongchang.
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Until Li Ruolian retreated, Wang Chengen finally thought of something in his mind, and he quickly said: "I was deeply moved by Long Live Lord's far-reaching plan for a rainy day, and suddenly I also had a little idea, I just don't know if I can join Long Live Lord."
The Dharma Eye?"
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he was a little surprised. He immediately said "Oh" and asked with great interest: "What's the little idea?"
Neither he nor Wang Chengen cared at all about the Ryukyu envoy's request for an audience. After all, at this time, the Celestial Empire was in power, and the Celestial Empire was the most powerful.
"Long live my lord, this is what I think." Wang Chengen heard this and quickly replied, "Since Marshal Zheng can pretend to be an internal agent of Jianlu and the Japanese country, can I go to the Mongolian grassland tribes and find some such tribes?
, to regain them secretly, do you think I’m an insider of the imperial court?”
The Mongolian tribe had actually considered it before and sent captive Turge to persuade them to surrender.
The original intention was to send Turge there so that the Mongolian tribes could see that even upper-class prisoners like Turge were captured by the imperial court and used by the imperial court. Then they would naturally have great power and be more easily used by the imperial court.
In order to achieve this goal, Turg was even asked to do things such as beheading Jianlu and Prince Shuoying Azig alive.
I just didn’t expect that people who were not from my tribe would have different minds. It was true that even though Turg chopped Azig alive, he still fled back to Liaodong in the end.
After that incident, the imperial court did not worry about the affairs of the Mongolian tribe. In addition to the fact that Emperor Chongzhen was very busy, another reason was that the Mongolian tribe's fighting power was too poor, and the strength of the imperial army was greatly improved.
It has been greatly improved, and the Jianlu can still be defeated without using the Mongolian tribes at all.
If Wang Chengen's proposal had been made before, Emperor Chongzhen would probably have agreed.
However, what happened to Hong Chengchou just now disgusted Emperor Chongzhen.
For the sake of the overall situation, he also thought about pardoning Hong Chengchou, but he didn't expect that the dog couldn't change its habit of eating shit, and he still worked hard for the prisoners of war as in history!
In this case, it’s for the sake of the overall situation!
Anyway, Daming is strong enough now and will only get stronger in the future. So why should those who have disgusted him or harmed him be able to take advantage of him without dealing with them?
Just like those Mongolian tribes, especially the eastern Mongolian tribes, who followed Jianlu and invaded the pass, how to deal with this matter?
Thinking like this, Emperor Chongzhen had some concerns in his mind, but when he saw Wang Chengen looking at him expectantly, he frowned and said, "Let's talk about this later!"
Wait a few days and think about it again. If you still have the same idea, then destroy those Mongolian tribes. If you go through this cooling-off period and change your mind, then change your mind and talk about it again.
When Wang Chengen heard this, he immediately guessed that Emperor Chongzhen probably disagreed, and he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.