After disposing of the matter of Liuxian Residence, Zhu Jie and Fang Yuegong accompanied Chongzhen back to Qianqing Palace again.

"Zhu Aiqing, now that the matter of Liuxian Ju is over, it's time to talk about what you have gained from this trip outside the Guan......

Sitting in his seat, Chongzhen said with a smile.

Zhu Jie bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, the minister went to Manchuria this time, and a total of three achievements were achieved, and Rong Chen slowly talked to the emperor." ”

Chongzhen nodded and motioned for Zhu Jie to continue.

Zhu Jie untied a wooden box from behind him, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this is the first achievement of the minister, don't underestimate this wooden box, the things in it are not sold!" ”

Ten thousand taels of gold are not sold, not 10,000 taels of silver, but 10,000 taels of gold! If it is converted into silver, it will cost hundreds of thousands of taels!

Chongzhen and Fang Yuegong were shocked, so precious!

Chongzhen asked: "Zhu Aiqing, don't sell Guanzi, what is it?" ”

Zhu Jie gently opened the wooden box, revealing a stack of sketches.

"Your Majesty, please see, this time the minister went to Manchuria, along the way, sent guards, drew a topographic map from Shanhaiguan to the Songhua River, a total of thirty, these sketches have been repeatedly proofread by the minister, which also made a certain annotation, in the future, our Ming Dynasty and Manchuria Tartars will win a decisive victory and pass outside, and expel it to the far north, without these maps it is absolutely impossible!"

Military maps!

Although Chongzhen is not good at military affairs, he also knows how important maps are to people who fight, the two countries are fighting, intelligence is the key to the battlefield, one relies on scouts, and the other has to rely on military maps.

"Lord Zhu, aren't you, didn't you go out of the customs with fifty guards tightly? This drawing requires a special craftsman and even a lot of calculations to be able to complete it, right? With just these guards, will you be able to draw an accurate map? ”

Fang Yuegong's face was incredible, it was unbelievable!

Zhu Jie said with a smile: "Lord Fang, I don't know anything else, but, as far as the military is concerned, military maps are a must, and the best thing for the lower officials can be said to be the kung fu of drawing maps. ”

As the elite of special forces, they often carry out survival training and perform military tasks in the desert, Gobi and even jungles in the desert, if they don't know the map, how can they complete the special operations mission assigned by their superiors? It can be said that every special forces is almost a living map, even if it is not a field survey, let Zhu Jie draw a map of Jilin, Liaoning, there will be no problem, but the world changes, the vicissitudes of the sea, rivers, mountains, forests, grasslands and other terrain will not be very accurate, with these sketches as a supplement, compared with the military map in his heart, to make a set of accurate military maps, for Zhu Jie, it really does not take much effort.

"No need!"

Fang Yuegong said in a trembling voice: "Although this official has never been to Liaodong, the dozens of maps of the military department are often watched, and there will be no mistake in the calculation, which is more accurate than those maps!" ”

More than ten years ago, the Ming Dynasty still had a certain degree of control over Ningjin and even Shengjing, and Yuan Chonghuan and Sun Chengzong still left a part of the map, but one of the more than ten years has passed, and there must have been certain changes, and second, most of the maps are also incomplete, where can I catch up with Zhu Jie's thirty maps combined together and connected into a whole piece?

"Your Majesty, with these maps, we no longer have to worry about the terrain in the future war, we will suffer a big loss in the terrain!"

Fang Yuegong said hurriedly, "Your Majesty, don't say 10,000 taels of gold, it's 100,000 taels of gold, we won't change it, no amount of gold can be exchanged for these things!" ”

"Good! Good! ”

Chongzhen was overjoyed, Zhu Jie really did not disappoint himself, and as soon as he made a move, he got the topographic map of Manchuria.

"Your Majesty, the minister left all the other twenty guards in Manchuria and continued to go north, whether it is the Songhua River basin or then to the north, the minister knows that there are still the Heilongjiang River basin and the Ussuri River basin, and the land is not less than 10,000 miles.

Chongzhen nodded and shouted: "Cao Huachun, pass on the decree, order the court painter of the Hanlin Academy to draw a map of the land of Manchuria according to the sketch, five pairs of each size, one copy in the Tongzhou Town Army, two copies in the military department, and two copies in the palace, three days, three days, it must be completed!" ”

Zhu Jie continued: "Your Majesty, the first achievement has been clarified, and the next is the second achievement!" ”

"What's the second one?"

Chongzhen asked urgently.

"Your Majesty, the main purpose of the ministers in going north to Manchuria this time is to take advantage of the fact that the Manchurian Emperor Taiji died of a violent illness and the power of the princes and ministers of the banners to provoke contradictions between various forces in Manchuria. This time, the minister did not fail in his mission, and he had already stabbed two of the most powerful factions in Manchuria, the regent Dolgon and the prince of Su, Hauge, and now, the two of them are already in flames......"

"Lord Zhu, this official has heard that this Dolgon is talented and martial, and he is a step above Emperor Taiji, and he wants to plant thorns between him and others, but it's not that simple, right?"

Fang Yuegong asked.

Zhu Jie said with a smile: "Of course it's not that simple, originally the lower officials just used their words to provoke Hauge and Zilharang with words when they were in the audience, so that the two of them had some hatred for the enemy, and didn't let Dolgon do whatever he wanted in Manchuria, although it was effective, but it didn't have much effect, but, God opened his eyes, and asked the emperor Hongfu, Dolgon, this guy wanted to put me to death, but he didn't want to bear the infamy of killing the envoy, so he sent someone to move Haoge, and led two thousand cavalry to intercept me on the way, but it's a pity, This matter has already been seen through by me, caught Hauge on the spot, and poked out Dolgon's conspiracy, hehe, Hauge was furious at that time, leading his two thousand cavalry all the way back to Shengjing, at this moment, the two of them have no room to maneuver at all, it must be a life-and-death battle......"

"What?"

Chongzhen was taken aback and asked, "Zhu Jie, you said that Haoge led two thousand elite horsemen to intercept you halfway!" ”