Ming politicians

Liu Jingting could see the change of Sun Tai's mood. Originally, he shouldn't have taken the initiative to bring up the issue of submission. Such a matter should not be rushed. It depends on Sun Tai's attitude, but when it comes to this, Liu Jingting thought that the opportunity was good, so he began to take the initiative to mention the matter of submission.

When the matter of surrender was mentioned, Sun Tai's expression immediately began to change, which was similar to his attitude when he first entered the private room, and he put down the wine glass in his hand.

"Brother Liu, it's better not to talk about this matter for the time being. I have received such a great favor from the imperial court. I am stationed in Nanzhili and Zhejiang. Zhejiang has been lost before. The imperial court did not blame me. I should do my best to make a good decision. As for the matters in the matter, as for Master Su's meaning, I understand it, and if we meet on the battlefield in the future, it will be a matter of life and death."

What Sun Tai said was very firm, but it is a pity that Liu Jingting would not believe these superficial words. This is the case with everyone. If he has no interest in a certain matter, he will not start at all. When you come to the restaurant, it means that you have thoughts in your heart.

"Your Majesty Sun doesn't need to be so resolute. I have some things to explain. Do you know why His Royal Highness De Wang suspended the attack? It is not very difficult to win Nanjing City. If His Highness leads an army to surround Once the city of Nanjing was captured, it would not take long to capture it. Later that year, the Golden Tatars occupied Dalinghe City, Xuanzhou, Fuzhou, and Gaizhou. Many adults in the court thought that these places It is indestructible, but His Highness led the army, and quickly took it down. Besides, the Jiangning camp has been conquered for so many years, which one has failed, let alone the far. Let’s talk about the attacks in Guangde Prefecture and Ningguo Mansion, Your Highness Meticulously deploying and destroying hundreds of thousands of Ming troops in one sentence, the results of this battle are clearly in front of us."

Sun Tai looked at Liu Jingting, but didn't speak.He has carefully considered these matters. According to the current situation, it is not very possible to rely on tens of thousands of sergeants to completely defend Nanjing City, especially after the incident of Zhu Yousong and Qin Sande. Both officials and sergeants have been greatly affected, and their spirits are far worse than before.

"The reason why His Highness didn't launch an attack immediately is because of three considerations. One is that Nanjing City is a prosperous place, where soldiers are attacked, people are devastated, conquests always suffer losses for the people, and the damage is always huge. Your Highness does not want to attack." I want the people to suffer too much loss, and I don’t want the prosperity of Nanjing City to be destroyed. Therefore, the attack is postponed, but the postponement of the attack does not mean that there is no attack.”

"The second is to consider the situation in Liaodong. Once the city of Nanjing is surrounded by heavy siege and the brutal fighting begins, the imperial court will definitely send a large number of reinforcements, hoping to defend Nanjing. The south has almost no troops to reinforce. Then the imperial court will They will focus on Liaodong, Datong, Ningxia and other places. These places are border gates, and the Houjin Tartars and Mongolian Tartars are eyeing them. Once the troops in these places are withdrawn, the troops at the border will be empty. Attacking with the Mongol Tartars will definitely cause even more heavy losses. Your Highness will not ignore the overall situation. Your Highness knows every move of the Houjin Tartars. Today's Houjin Tartars not only did not abide by the rules of submission. The agreement, but recruiting sergeants and hoarding food and grass on a large scale, its wolfish ambitions are clearly revealed."

"His Highness has conquered the Houjin Tartars many times, and he hates the ambition and cruelty of the Houjin Tartars. His Highness is committed to the stability of the border, and what he has done is well known to the world. Besides, His Highness is determined to completely wipe out the Houjin Tartars. Gold Tartars and Mongolian Tartars, restore my majesty as a great man."

"The third is to consider the situation of Lord Sun. His Highness King De is very clear about what happened to Zhu Yousong. In the capital, eunuchs are in power, and the upright ministers of civil and military affairs have almost no room to speak. In such a smoky atmosphere, it is the one who will be hurt in the end." Common people, let’s talk about Mr. Sun’s current situation. If Nanjing is lost, is there still a chance to return to the capital? Mr. Sun has not traveled from the capital to Nanzhili for a long time, and the affairs of the court are very clear. I don't want to waste too much time, but if Mr. Sun doesn't have the slightest understanding of the many things that happened in Nanjing City, I won't be able to understand them."

"Lord Qian and the eunuch Cao Huachun from the cabinet came to Nanjing. Their lives were in danger. They should work hard and rely on Lord Sun and many officials in Nanzhili to strengthen the defense of Nanjing city. But what Lord Qian did, even His Royal Highness King De felt it was unbelievable that he actually wanted to encourage scholars and students to resist our Jiangning battalion army, but those scholars and students had a good mouth, and when they actually went to the battlefield, they were probably no different than old and weak women and children."

"Lord Qian and Cao Huachun didn't think about relying on Lord Sun, but were keen on their own understanding. Using such ridiculous arrangements to deploy the defense of Nanjing City, how can they protect Nanjing City. When Nanjing City falls, the responsibility for this is, Who will bear the burden, I don't want to say more, I believe Master Sun understands."

"The so-called one who understands the current affairs is a hero. His Royal Highness is diligent and caring for the people. He is wise and wise. He will surely restore the glory of our Ming Dynasty and make our Ming Dynasty rich and strong. Mr. Sun is also a scholar. The reason is clear, His Highness De Wang I love talents, I don't want to see Master Sun fall into the water and fire, I hope that Master Sun can consider the people of Nanjing City, the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers, so I sent my subordinates to come to see Master Sun, the painstaking efforts in it, I also hope that Master Sun can understand."

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In the process of Liu Jingting stating his reasons, Sun Tai felt like he was sitting on pins and needles, and a lot of anxiety emerged in his heart. Liu Jingting was able to say these words casually, and he needed a lot of information to support it. It seemed that Su Tiancheng was well aware of the situation in Nanjing. If he made up his mind Attacking Nanjing City, I am afraid that it can be taken in the shortest time. Sun Tai even estimated that Su Tiancheng might have already taken Nanjing City before the reinforcements from the imperial court arrived.

Su Tiancheng looked at the overall situation. While attacking Nanzhili, he saw the situation in the capital, saw the dangers of Liaodong and Datong, and even considered the suffering of the common people. This is the bearing of a wise king. , would never think of so many problems.

Ordinarily, the later Jin Tartars and Mongol Tartars launched an attack from the direction of Liaodong and Datong, which would be of great help to Su Tiancheng's unification of the world, but Su Tiancheng didn't think so. From Liu Jingting's words, Sun Tai felt strongly One emotion, that is, Su Tiancheng cared about the interests of the people and the country very much, and regarded opposition to the imperial court as an internal matter, just like family disputes, and outsiders should never be allowed to take the opportunity to intervene.

Sun Tai didn't know how to express his position. In fact, the discussion between him and Ma Shiying focused on the matter of submitting to Su Tiancheng. The two people's opinions were relatively unified, especially Ma Shiying's attitude was relatively firm, thinking that there was chaos in the court. , the new commander-in-chief and supervising army don't care about the defense of Nanjing and Fengyang mansions at all. The loss of Nanjing and Fengyang mansions is only a matter of time. s Choice.

But Sun Tai didn't want to express his position quickly, whether it was out of his own consideration or in the long-term interests, if he expressed his position prematurely, wouldn't it make scholars all over the world look down upon him.

Until he left the Four Seas Restaurant, Sun Tai didn't say anything, didn't reject Liu Jingting, and didn't agree.

After returning to the mansion, Sun Tai began to feel the pressure. He once analyzed with Ma Shiying, it is said that when Zhu Yousong and Qin Sande were escorted to the capital, it was the time when people's hearts were unstable. If Su Tiancheng launched an attack at this time, he could It played the role of getting twice the result with half the effort, and was able to take down Nanjing City and Fengyang Mansion in the shortest time. But why didn't Su Tiancheng do this? Could it be that there were some difficulties in himself, or there were other difficulties.

Seeing Liu Jingting today, I finally understood the reason. It turns out that Su Tiancheng gave him a chance for Sun Tai, and he didn't want Nanjing City to fall into artillery fire, cause huge losses, and Nanjing City to be controlled. He and Ma Shiying really did not expect such painstaking efforts to enter the hell on earth.

Sun Tai quickly thought of Ma Shiying. He didn't know how Su Tiancheng would treat Ma Shiying. It was much easier to attack Fengyang Mansion. Because Fengyang Mansion City is the land of Longxing, in order to avoid Wang Qi being blocked, so the mansion city is If there is no city wall, if the Jiangning Camp attacks Fengyang Mansion, it can be easily taken down. Therefore, the pressure on Ma Shiying is very high. Ma Shiying has only 5 soldiers under his command. Ten thousand sergeants, the total number is [-], but how long can these [-] sergeants last in front of the mighty Jiangning Battalion.

Sun Tai can be sure that if Ma Shiying encounters such a situation, if Su Tiancheng sends someone to persuade him to surrender, Ma Shiying will express his position without hesitation, and there will never be such hesitation.

Of course, Sun Tai also needs to pay attention to Qian Qianyi, Cao Huachun and others, as well as Huang Tingping, Yi Ligao and Zou Pingzhang, especially Huang Tingping and others. The vice-president looks like he is a censor from the capital, and he seems to be Qian Qianyi's student, so he can completely represent Qian Qianyi.

What Sun Tai needs to pay more attention to is Jinyiwei and Dongchangfanzi all over Nanjing. Because of Zhu Yousong, because of the surrender of the governors of Zhejiang and Fujian, and because of the surrender of Yang Sichang, Fan Jingwen and Lu Xiangsheng, the imperial court deliberately strengthened its support to the South. The supervision of Zhili officials prevents similar situations from happening.Sun Tai knew very well that if Jin Yiwei and Dongchang fanzi found out the clues, it would be a real catastrophe. (To be continued..)