In the Forbidden City's Heart Cultivation Palace, Zhu Youzhen, the Son of Heaven, looked at the performance of Wu Zhiping, the governor of Fujian, and frowned silently. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Li Zhi killed Zheng Zhilong.

Although Zheng Zhilong is only a Fujian general soldier, he has influence far beyond his position. He bribed the bigwigs of the DPRK and China with the silver he earned on the sea, and then controlled a province of Fujian through the help of these bigwigs, and was the uncrowned king of Fujian.

Zheng Zhilong can be described as a close comrade-in-arms of the Korean Chinese official. Li Zhi slashed Zheng Zhilong, not only Wu Zhiping played, but all the civil officials in the court were fried. There are more than a dozen letters piled up on the imperial case in front of Zhu Youzhen, all of which were impeached against Li Zhi.

Zhu Youzhen threw the piece on the table and shook his head.

"This Li Zhi, as if no one can stop it..."

Wang Chengen also said curiously: "Yes, Holy Lord, this Zheng Zhilong's sailor is known to have thousands of warships, how did Li Zhi defeat the Zheng family?" This doesn't make sense! Li Zhi has been doing business for the sea for only three or four years. Defeated the Zheng family so quickly? ”

Zhu Youzhen pondered for a moment and took a breath.

Wang Chengen looked at Zhu Youzhen's face and asked, "The Holy Lord regrets the Fujian General Army?" ”

Zhu Youzhen shook his head and said: "This Zheng Zhilong is in Fujian, like a prince, and he doesn't even listen to my requisition, where can he still be regarded as my courtier?" Li Zhi killed him, and only then could normal order be restored in Fujian, and the people of Fujian knew that I had a court in the Ming Dynasty. ”

Zheng Zhilong is entrenched in Fujian, and he doesn't care about the life or death of the Ming Dynasty. He used his influence to influence the court, and Zhu Youzhen wanted to recruit Zheng Zhilong to the north to resist the Qing Dynasty several times, but as soon as the idea came out, it was opposed by hundreds of officials in the court. On the eve of the Jinzhou War, the Son of Heaven issued a decree to transfer Zheng Zhilong, but Zheng Zhilong remained motionless, and the Chinese officials of the DPRK defended Zheng Zhilong in every way.

Zheng Zhilong died, and Zhu Youzhen didn't feel a pity at all.

"What worries me is that this Li Zhi is the only one on the sea. With Li Zhi's strong soldiers and horses, if he monopolizes the sea again, he will really form a situation where the tail is too big to fall. ”

Shaking his head, Zhu Youzhen asked, "Wang Chengen, what is the news of the 100,000 recruits I trained?" ”

Wang Chengen arched his hand and replied: "Back to the saint, 100,000 recruits, it can be said that 30,000 have been trained. ”

"Since the beginning of this year, the Ministry of Industry has organized manpower and has built more than 30,000 Lumi guns, all of which are equipped with Jingying Huang Degong and Zhou Yujibu. The soldiers have been practicing Lu Mi Gong for a while, and it can be said that they have nine hits out of ten shots on a hundred steps. ”

"The Lumi gun is still being built, and it is estimated that it will be able to equip 100,000 people in less than two years."

"Although the progress of casting cannons is not satisfactory, the skills of domestic craftsmen are not perfect, and the small cannons made are okay, but the cannons are unusable. However, the 200 Hongyi cannons purchased from Macao were of high quality, but they were more expensive, and the 5,000-pound heavy artillery cost 4,000 taels and one artillery. ”

"The Francois of Macau is dedicated to making friends with my Ming Dynasty, and has promised to bring us more cannons from the West. In less than two years, the 100,000 new army of the Holy Lord will be able to equip 400 heavy artillery. ”

Zhu Youzhen asked: "What is the morale of the new army?" ”

Zhu Youzhen replied: "Back to the Holy Place, the morale of the new army is high, even compared to the Tiger Ben Division of the Duke of Jinguo. The 50,000 soldiers and horses in the Beijing camp have all been organized into the new army, with sufficient food and wages, and a meal of broth to drink every day. After the generals informed the soldiers of the bereavement system established by the Holy Lord himself, the soldiers were very generous, and their morale was very different from before. ”

"Holy Lord, when the 100,000 new army is trained in two years, the situation will be very different! Not to mention what the effect of using this new army to fight Jiannu and thieves will be, just being placed in the capital can also deter the Duke of Jinguo and make him dare not exceed the rules! ”

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In the Qingning Palace of the Shengjing Imperial Palace, Huang Taiji was lying on the bed weakly, his face pale.

In the first half of the year, Huang Taiji has lost dozens of pounds. The previously fat body became skinny. At that time, the sound of violent coughing sounded from time to time, announcing that the owner of this body was dying.

There was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and a eunuch sang melodiously: "Prince Rui Dolgon, the kings of Zhubeile, have arrived!" ”

The carved door was opened, and more than twenty people, including Dolgon, Zilharang, Daishan, and other princes, the prince of the county, and Baylor, entered the bedroom and knelt in front of Huang Taiji's hospital bed.

In the Jinzhou War, Huang Taiji lost his beloved son Haoge, and knew that he would not be able to let his heirs inherit the throne after his death. After returning to Shengjing, Huang Taiji restored Dolgon's title of prince. Now that Huang Taiji is lying in bed and unable to govern the country, Dolgon has shown the momentum of leading the kings of Baylor everywhere. As soon as Huang Taiji died, Dorgon would be embraced as the new king.

Huang Taiji looked at Dolgon on the bed, remembering that he had forced Dolgon's biological mother to be martyred in order to compete for the throne of Khan.

When Dorgon ascended the throne, would he take revenge on his heirs?

However, it is useless to worry about himself here and now, it is a foregone conclusion that Dolgon will ascend the throne and claim the emperor, this is the common will of all kings and beylers, and Huang Taiji can no longer stop this matter.

Huang Taiji sighed and coughed violently again.

Seeing this, Dolgon, who was kneeling on the ground, shouted loudly: "The emperor takes care of the dragon's body. Now that my Qing Dynasty is in danger, the hearts of the people are scattered, and if the emperor cannot recover as soon as possible, my Qing Dynasty may be in unpredictable danger. ”

The other kings all bowed their heads and shouted, "Your Majesty, take care of the dragon!" ”

Huang Taiji did not answer Dorgon's words, but waved his hand at the little eunuch by the window. With the assistance of the eunuchs, Huang Taiji stood up with difficulty and leaned on the bed.

Huang Taiji took a breath and said, "My time is running out, I know it myself. ”

The kings and Baylor looked at each other, but did not speak.

Huang Taiji looked at a sachet at the end of the bed, which was the relic of Hai Lanzhu, the concubine Chen whom Huang Taiji loved deeply. Concubine Chen is no longer there, and now Huang Taiji is also terminally ill. Huang Taiji didn't know if he could join hands with Concubine Chen on Huangquan Road after his death.

After thinking about it for a long time, Huang Taiji said: "After the defeat of Jinzhou, the country is full of mourning, the Mongolian tribes rebel, the Korean centrifugation, and my Qing Dynasty is in turmoil. And the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was still training the new army, and Li Zhi also expanded the army by 10,000. It seems that there is no hope for the situation. ”

"But what I want to say to you today is that there is a lot of hope. As long as the operation is good, it is not empty talk to become the owner of the Central Plains. ”

When the kings and the beylers heard this, they were astonished and looked at each other for a while. The emperor is really optimistic, and in such a bleak situation, he also said that he would become the ruler of the Central Plains.

Huang Taiji took a long breath and said, "Although Li Zhi is now subservient to the Ming Dynasty, it is obvious that he and the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty are not all the way. Even, he and the military attache of the Ming Dynasty are not all the way. The reason why the contradiction between Li Zhi and Daming has not broken out is because Li Zhi is not strong enough, and he has not completely challenged the bottom line of civil officials. ”

"Li Zhi made the civil officials and scholars hate him in Tianjin, but this is just the appearance. Li Zhi's biggest problem is that he advocates public morality, emphasizes fairness and equality, and suppresses Confucianism and private morality. It can be said that Li Zhi dreams of reshaping the entire Ming Dynasty's ideological system. It's doing what is impossible with human power. ”

"Li Zhi was born as a businessman, young and ambitious, and lacking in work. In time, after Li Zhi completely exposed his public morality and fairness ideas, not only the civil officials and gentry would oppose him, but also the military attaches of the Ming State would oppose him. Outside Tianjin, the people of the Ming Dynasty who don't know what to do will also oppose him. ”

"When the time comes, no matter how the Emperor of the Ming Kingdom protects Li Zhi, Li Zhi will really be besieged by the people of the world."

Huang Taiji looked at Dolgon and coughed violently.

Finally suppressing his breath, Huang Taiji said slowly:

"At that time, it was my chance to clear up. As long as I hold high the banner of respecting Confucianism and crusade against Li Zhi, the world will return to the heart. Those civilian, official and military will be under the banner of the Qing Dynasty like a tide, and it will be easy to enter the Central Plains. ”