A.D. 1655, the first month of the fifth year of Wuding.

In the fifth year after Gao Yihuan became emperor, he basically realized the unification of the world.

On the occasion of the New Year, the surrounding vassals and tribes came to the court to meet the emperor of the suzerain.

The territory of the present-day Wei State nominally stretches from Korea and Sakhalin Island in the east, to Xiaohai (on the shore of Lake Baikal) in the north, to the Caspian Sea and the east bank of the Ural River in the west, and to Guangdong in the south.

Of course, the area actually controlled by the Wei army was much smaller, the Wei army in the northeast had not yet entered the Songhua River Valley, and the Mongol tribes in the north were only nominally subservient and still had considerable independence, and the Yuzi Khanate in the west and the Usizang in the southwest were also semi-independent.

However, although the Great Wei has not been directly controlled, there is no strong force in the surrounding areas, as long as the population of Wei grows, there is an internal power for expansion and the need for expansion, then these places are in the bag.

Gao Yihuan has been on the throne for five years, and if he can have such an achievement, it stands to reason that he is qualified to be called the emperor, but the remnants of the south do not give him face.

The Great Emperor is a great emperor who realizes the unification of the world and worships the four emperors, but Gao Yihuan unifies the mainland, but there are still two islands that have not been recovered, and some people are not convinced, and take the initiative to provoke, attack the southeast coast, plunder the population, and loot the wealth.

Even his own people can't protect him, Gao Yihuan naturally has no face to be called the emperor.

After Gao Yihuan left Korea, he passed through Liaodong, Liaoxi, Hebei, Hedong, and finally entered Guanzhong from Pujindu, inspected the situation of the people and military fields along the way, and then returned to Chang'an, participated in the New Year's court, and accepted the worship of various vassal states.

The Wei army defeated Tsarist Russia not long ago, and now it has swept away the remnants of the Qing Dynasty, which was originally a good opportunity to show off his martial arts and make all the countries clothed and crowned, but Nanming added to Gao Yihuan's blockage.

Because the southeast coast was attacked, it was tantamount to a blatant slap in the face, Gao Yi was happy and happy, and the worship ended hastily, and the atmosphere was not warm.

If the emperor is not happy, naturally someone will be unlucky.

In the Heavenly Pavilion, Gao Yihuan stood with his hands in his hands, and several scholars stood behind him.

Gao Yihuan said angrily: "The Ming army is less than 80,000, and the number of troops that can be mobilized will not exceed 40,000." The imperial court deployed more than 200,000 troops along the coast, and actually let the Ming army break through several mansions. Immediately issued an order, dismissed Ding Qirui, accepted the questioning, and asked him to come back and give me an explanation! ”

Li Yan took a step forward, "Your Majesty, the Ming army has the advantage of maneuvering warships, and Governor Ding cannot fortify everywhere, so it is inevitable that there will be mistakes." Although the Ming army has broken through several prefectures, it has not captured important places, and Guangzhou, Fuzhou, Quanzhou, naval ports, and shipyards have not suffered losses. ”

Gao Yihuan said angrily: "If you lose Guangzhou and Fuzhou." I'm going to have his head! ”

Chen Mingxia was furious when he saw Gao Yihuan, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Ding Qirui is a supervisor in Fujian, and he often has correspondence with Zheng Sen, and he also ignores Zheng Sen's use of Zheng's network to smuggle, and there is a possibility that he will be connected to Nanming." The minister is in favor of removing Ding Qirui from his post and escorting him back to Beijing for trial! ”

Li Yan frowned slightly, the words came out of Chen Mingxia's mouth, and the inquiry turned into a trial, he hesitated for a moment, but still saluted, "Your Majesty, the matter of recruiting Zheng Sen, Governor Ding has stated it to Your Majesty. Now that something is wrong, it can only be regarded as a mistake in decision-making, and cannot be defined as a collaborator. In addition, now that the Ming army is attacking and harassing the coast, I am afraid that the temporary change of commander will not be beneficial to the situation. ”

Gao Yihuan turned around and was silent in thought.

Chen Mingxia said: "Generally speaking, it is indeed inappropriate to change the commander on the spot, but it also depends on the specific situation!" If Ding Qirui has the ability to solve it, it naturally can't be changed, but the current situation is caused by him, and the minister thinks that Ding Qirui should be responsible. Moreover, Ding Qirui was no longer able to control the situation, and the situation in the southeast had not improved so far, so he thought that he had to be dismissed. ”

Gao Yihuan walked back and forth a few steps, and suddenly stopped, "Transfer Ding Qirui back to Beijing to be questioned, and the imperial court will send another minister as the governor." ”

Ding Qirui collaborated with the enemy, Gao Yihuan didn't believe it, Gao Yihuan thought that he might just be a simple ability and make a mistake in decision-making.

"That's it." After Gao Yihuan finished speaking, he looked at everyone and asked, "A few gentlemen, who do you think can take on this great responsibility and sweep away the hidden dangers in the southeast for me." ”

Chen Mingxia hurriedly said: "The minister recommends Gu Junen, the governor of Shandong. ”

Gu Junen was originally engaged in the Dashun Military Mansion, and was Li Zicheng's advisor, and after joining Wei, he became a political envoy in Hedong, and was recently transferred to Shandong as the governor.

Gao Yihuan went to North Korea, most of the military food was transported from Shandong, and the Korean refugees also crossed the sea to go ashore from Dengzhou, and Gu Junen was the governor of Shandong, and was responsible for the logistics of the army and the evacuation and resettlement of refugees, which was very good.

Gao Yihuan pondered, and was about to agree, but Li Yan saluted, "Your Majesty, the matter of the southeast involves the four provinces of Liangguang, Fujian and Zhejiang. The minister recommended the Liang Pavilion Department to go to the superintendent. ”

Liang Yizhang was slightly stunned, he didn't expect Li Yan to recommend him, and his face sank.

The situation in the southeast is not simple, it is a fire pit, although the Wei army is numerous, but it has strength, but there is no place to make it, it is difficult to exterminate the Southern Ming.

Gao Yihuan obviously liked Li Yan's proposal, Gu Junen's ability was good, but his prestige was insufficient, and he did not have the experience of the governor of several provinces, let alone the superintendent, but it was difficult to turn the situation around.

Gao Yihuan turned his head to look at Liang Yizhang and said, "Sir, are you willing to share your worries for me?" ”

Liang Yizhang hesitated for a moment, but still saluted: "Your Majesty, the minister is willing to accept the order, but the minister has a few requirements. ”

Gao Yihuan was overjoyed and said, "Sir, just say." ”

Liang Yizhang said: "First, the minister hopes to transfer Wang Deren, Wang Guangtai, and Bai Wenxuan to listen to it. Second, transfer one Sichuan army, and add a few infantry troops to Fujian. Third, the Beiyang Naval Division was transferred south to reinforce and Zheng Cai, Zheng Lian and other generals were activated. Fourth, please order Zheng Zhilong to submit a letter to Zheng Sen, as well as the generals of the Zheng army, to make clear the intention of appeasement! ”

Gao Yihuan groaned slightly, thinking about Liang Yizhang's request, the generals he wanted seemed to have no characteristics, but in fact, there were traces to be found, either they had obeyed his orders, or they had fought on the side in the past few years and had no chance to make meritorious contributions.

As for increasing the number of troops and dispatching sailors, it is also reasonable, and it is no problem to let Zheng Zhilong write a letter, the only thing that makes Gao Yihuan hesitate is to use Zheng Cai, Zheng Lian and others.

Gao Yihuan was reluctant to use the Zheng family, because he was worried that they would be in cahoots with Zheng Sen and raise Kou for self-respect, but to raise Kou for self-respect, there is also a condition, that is, you must have the ability to destroy Kou, so that the court can see that you can't do it without you, so that you can be qualified to raise Kou for self-respect, otherwise the court will definitely change to someone else.

Now that the Ming army's sailors are extremely passive, if the Zheng family is activated, it is also a good thing to be able to force Zheng Sen back.

At this time, Gao Yihuan was in the hall, pacing again, he took two steps, then looked at Liang Yizhang, and laughed: "I promise sir!" ”

Liang Yizhang solemnly said, "The minister will not disgrace his mission!" ”

At that moment, Gao Yihuan ordered that Liang Yizhang, a university scholar, go to Fujian to supervise the division, and the governor of Liangguang, Fujian and Zhejiang provinces, and at the same time transfer the infantry army and the naval division, select generals, reinforce the coast, and exterminate the Southern Ming.