I, the Ming Dynasty, can still save me

Chapter 487: Seeking peace?What did you do earlier?
News about the Ming Dynasty Trading Company quickly spread in the capital.

The news of its high dividends and further fund-raising was quickly known to the people, and the distinguished people who had previously invested with the British public were laughing so hard that they couldn't close their mouths.

Last year, the emperor asked the British Duke Zhang Weixian to let them invest money, but hundreds of thousands of them were unwilling, fearing that the emperor would cheat them of their money.

But in the end, the British public subscribed for 40 shares first. They were "forced" to follow the investment because of the emperor and the British public's face.Daming Trading Company's quota of [-] taels, each of them had [-] or [-] taels, so they finally managed to get it together.

I originally wanted to play with the emperor, but it didn't matter if I lost.Unexpectedly, after just one year, the value of the shares in hand has increased six to seven times.

Taking advantage of others' short-handedness and taking advantage of others' short-mouthedness, now they finally "understood" the emperor's good intentions, and secretly sighed that the emperor had gone to great lengths to make them make money.

Xun Gui and the merchant who didn't get on the bus last year even broke up with each other. Now that they heard that Daming Trading Company was raising funds again, they started looking for connections, hoping to get a share of the pie.

It's just that as an emperor, Zhu Youxiao has no time for the excitement of the capital.He was currently sitting on the throne of Wenhua Hall, looking at the title book in his hand and thinking deeply.

In the main hall, all the cabinet ministers, Minister of Military and Aircraft Zhang Weixian, Minister of War Wang Zaijin and others were all present, but they all lowered their heads and remained silent, wanting to see the emperor's attitude.

"I never thought that this old slave would do such a thing. What do you think?"

Upon seeing the emperor's inquiry, Wang Zaijin, Minister of War, immediately stood up. He is now quite optimistic about the situation in Liaodong.

"Your Majesty, this is Nurhachi's plan to slow down the troops. This move shows that he is already besieged internally and externally, otherwise he would never have done this. Therefore, we in China cannot do this. Instead, we should intensify the encirclement and suppression and wait for it to break down without attacking internally. "

"What Wang Shangshu said is absolutely true. I remember that the old slave had repeatedly asked for peace before. For example, before the Battle of Sarhu, he proposed to withdraw the soldiers on the border, relieve their seven hatreds, and grant them the title of king. At the same time, they were given rewards. Three thousand pieces of satin, 300 taels of gold, 3000 taels of silver, etc.

Later, after Yang Hao's defeat in Sarhu, he once again petitioned for peace, asking for a king's title and rewards.However, these are all prevarications. After the Battle of Sarhu, not long after the battle of Sarhu, he led his troops to the west to capture Yilu and Puhesuo. This shows his ambition. It is false to seek peace, but it is true to take the opportunity to mobilize troops. . "

Liu Yishen also stood up and made his position clear at this time. He was a cabinet minister of the Wanli Dynasty, so he knew these things best.

"That is, our Ming Dynasty has never sought peace with such traitors. They successively attacked Kaiyuan, captured Tieling, and conquered Fushun. Every time they attacked a city of our Ming Dynasty, they slaughtered wantonly. Hundreds of thousands of our soldiers and civilians were killed. So many If you negotiate peace with Hou Jin without repaying the blood debt, you will not be able to face the people of Liaodong."

At this time, Sun Chengzong also stood up to object, but Zhu Youxiao was very surprised by his words.

He didn't expect that his teacher usually looked gentle and gentle.But he was a little angry when it came to treating the old slave.But thinking of the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians who were massacred by the Jianlu, other people would definitely be filled with rage.

"Liu Gelao and others are right. There are more Jianlu people now than food, and the food and grass may not last long. Besides, now that the Beijing army has set off and has left Shanhaiguan, the Jianlu people are about to be annihilated. The advantage lies with me. , how can we negotiate peace with them?"

The British Duke Zhang Weixian also stood up and spoke. In his opinion, Jianlu's previous victory was just a temporary act of evil. He would not be able to stay for long, and he should be killed now while he was sick.

Seeing that everyone below was speaking out against it, Zhu Youxiao also threw the inscription on the imperial case.

He naturally knew that peace talks were absolutely impossible, although in later generations he scorned the Ming Dynasty's so-called "no reconciliation, no compensation, no cession of land, no tribute, the emperor will guard the country, and the king will die".

But after traveling through time, he found out that the Ming Dynasty was really tough. Peace talks and other matters would never work, otherwise the impeachment memorials would pile up like a mountain. Besides, why did Nurha Akashi go there so long ago? Now that he is about to die, he will just run away. Come to peace talks, it's too late.

"Mr. Ye Ge, I haven't seen you express your stance. Please tell me what your attitude is."

Ye Xianggao had been silent just now, but now when the emperor asked, he could only lower his hands slowly and said:

"Your Majesty, I am naturally opposed to the peace talks, but I feel guilty. As Wang Huazhen's teacher, I failed to give him any advice. I did not expect to make such a big mistake. Therefore, I am ashamed and dare not express my opinion on this matter."

Zhu Youxiao laughed when he heard this, and then took a look at the inscription on the imperial case. The signature of Wang Huazhen, the governor of Guangning, was clearly written on it.

This inscription was written by Wang Huazhen. He stated in the inscription that he had received a messenger from Nurhachi, requesting the two countries to stop fighting.When he heard the news, he did not accept it, but he thought that the proposal would be useful to the court, so he submitted a petition to the cabinet for instructions.

But regardless of the outcome of this matter, Wang Huazhen committed a huge taboo.Ye Xianggao is now extremely angry with Wang Huazhen. He originally thought that as the governor of Guangning, his student would make a difference in his post and help him.But he never expected that Wang Huazhen not only had no help, but also repeatedly tricked him.

Even the subordinate generals didn't know that they were having an affair with Jianlu. Now they stepped over Xiong Tingbi and privately accepted Jianlu's letter asking for peace and handed it to the court.

In this situation where the imperial court oppressed Jianqi and sent the main force of the Beijing camp to Liaodong, this kind of behavior was obviously to oppose the court, communicate with Jianqi and try to figure out the situation of the court.

He couldn't help but wonder if Wang Huazhen had been kicked in the head by a donkey. He didn't usually read newspapers and newspapers, and he didn't even have this political acumen.Fortunately, he expressed his attitude in time and cut off all contact with Wang Huazhen. This made the emperor very satisfied and had no objection to him.

"Ye Aiqing is worrying too much. Students are students and teachers are teachers. Not to mention whether Wang Huazhen is at fault now, even if he is at fault, it should be blamed on you. This dynasty may not be guilty of this kind of involvement, but I still want to listen to you. Opinion."

Seeing the emperor say this, he felt reassured, and then said calmly:

"Weichen also doesn't agree with the peace negotiation. According to Wei Chen's judgment of Lao Nu in the past few years, the purpose of every peace negotiation is to make the imperial court relax its vigilance so that it can send troops to sneak attacks. This time is probably no exception. Since this matter was suggested by Wang Huazhen, the governor of Guangning, and many of the generals below him had connections with Jianlu, Liao Zuo had to guard against it."

Ye Xianggao's analysis immediately made everyone wake up, thinking that maybe it was really possible.

Zhu Youxiao was also wondering whether Jianlu was really building a plank road to cross Chencang secretly. However, according to reports from Xiong Tingbi and Jin Yiwei, Jianlu had not made any big moves recently except changing defenses as usual.

Besides, Chen Liangbi will lead the [-] troops from the Beijing camp to Guangning in a while. Even if Jianlu unexpectedly attacks Liaozuo, with the Beijing camp there, the attack will be insufficient, but the defense will be more than enough.

Thinking of this, he calmed down and said to everyone:

"According to the report from Xiong Tingbi and Jin Yiwei, no suspicious signs were found in Jianlu. Besides, the Beijing camp has also left Shanhaiguan. As long as Chen Liangbi arrives in Guangning, the situation will be stabilized. Even if Jianlu makes any moves, it will be It can’t make any big waves.”

Everyone present naturally knew the purpose of Chen Liangbi's trip to Guangning, and knew that the greedy generals in Liaozuo were already like grasshoppers after the fall, and could not survive for a few days.

"But there is some truth in what Mr. Ye Ge said. In my opinion, the cabinet should still issue a document and send the peace talks to Liaodong. Let the Liaodong capital be more vigilant and not fall into Jianlu's trap by slacking off."

So when the emperor said this, everyone stopped saying anything and nodded in agreement.

Zhu Youxiao was tired after talking about this matter, and everyone bowed and left after seeing this.

Zhu Youxiao didn't rest, and then turned to Zhang Chang and said:

"Wait outside the hall, Luo Sigong is probably coming soon."

Zhang Chang went out to greet him after hearing the words, while Zhu Youxiao looked at the question book in his hand and was secretly thinking about Ye Xianggao's words. The more he thought about it, the more he felt it made sense.

Nurhachi is cunning and cunning, and he might actually be able to do something secretly.

It's just that even though Zhu Youxiao is worried, he knows very well that all he can do now is remind him, and he can't do anything else. He can only resign himself to fate.

"Your Majesty, Luo Sigong, commander of the Royal Guards, has arrived."

At this moment, a voice interrupted Zhu Youxiao's contemplation. Zhu Youxiao followed the sound and saw Zhang Chang walking in with Luo Sigong.

"His Majesty Saint Ann!"

Zhu Youxiao nodded silently and then asked Zhang Chang to take a seat.

"Are you ready?"

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty. It is the New Year now. Fan Yongdou and others have returned from Zhangjiakou to Jiexiu and other places in Shanxi Province to celebrate the New Year. Now each of their families is fully staffed, just in time to catch them all. I also sent people to keep an eye on them early, just waiting for His Majesty's order. If you do it, you can take action against it.”

Zhu Youxiao nodded with satisfaction. Now Chen Liangbi has passed Shanhaiguan and will arrive in Guangning soon.

According to Guangning's report, most of the Liaozuo generals and above are gathered in Guangning due to the New Year's holiday. This is an opportunity to catch them all.

"Shanxi can take action now. I will give you a handwriting later, and the Jinyiwei will investigate and deal with this matter. At the same time, the cabinet will also be asked to issue a document, ordering the corresponding prefectures and counties to cooperate fully and not to block it."

This was what Luo Sigong was waiting for. The net cast last year could finally be closed now.

But there was one more thing that worried him.

"Your Majesty, although Fan Yongdou and other Shanxi merchants are easy to deal with, they are also supported by border town generals, such as Zhangjiakou Fort General Wang Daoheng and others. If the local government or border town generals interfere with the Jinyiwei's actions during the arrest, then it will be What to do.”

Zhu Youxiao snorted coldly when he heard this, looked at Luo Sigong and said expressionlessly:
"Anyone who dares to disobey or cover up will be punished as treason. In addition, try to capture Fan Yongdou and others alive, and all their property will be confiscated. Then they will be interrogated and interrogated. I want to see how many people are behind them."

"I obey the order, your majesty, please rest assured that the royal guards will fulfill their mission!"

Hearing the emperor's determination, Luo Sigong immediately felt relieved and immediately bowed his head in agreement.

These merchants and generals have stepped on the red line of the imperial court. Even if the king of heaven comes, I can't save them.

(End of this chapter)