Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 878 Urging Yangzhou
The attack on Yangzhou seemed to be a fuse, which seemed to have broken the balance among several forces in the world, thus causing rapid changes in the foreign policies of the Ming, Qing, and Jin parties.

This heralded the rise of the Ming regime and the decline of the Qing regime. At this turning point, the Jin Kingdom chose to stand on the side of the declining Manchu and Qing regimes to jointly contain the re-emergence of the Ming Dynasty.

When the policy of the Kingdom of Jin changed sharply, the Nanjing court received an urgent report from the Heaven and Earth Society half a month later, which immediately made the Nanjing court tense.

Over the years, although the Ming Dynasty has been going up and its soldiers are sharp, but the losses before were too bad. Many people actually have shadows in their hearts. They are not so confident and doubt whether the current Ming Dynasty is capable of dealing The two countries deal with the two battlefields of Jiangbei and Sichuan.

In Wang Yan's study in the King Chu's Mansion in Nanjing, Wang Yan summoned Wang Fuzhi, Yan Qiheng, Gu Yanwu, Qu Congzhi, Xia Wanchun and others for a discussion.

Wang Yan was wearing a dragon robe, a unicorn dragon on his chest, extremely fierce, wearing a winged crown, and black leather boots, standing in front of the sand table.

The transformation of a nation can actually be seen in many ways.

The dragon is a totem of China, representing the spirit of the nation. Before the Song Dynasty, the dragon was mostly a one-horned dragon with a beast body with teeth and claws, which was extremely ferocious. However, after the Song Dynasty, it gradually became a double-horned dragon with a snake body, losing its beast shape and ferocity. , became good-looking, and by the time of the Qing Dynasty, it could basically be described as old-fashioned.

From the change of the dragon, it can also be seen that the spirit of advocating martial arts has gradually passed away from the body of the Han people.

In the autumn of August, as expected, scholars from Huguang and Guangdong won a big victory, accounting for [-]% of the gold list, which caused a great shock in the government and the public, and some people even suspected fraud in the imperial examination.

Life is unequal, death is equal, and people cannot know what happens after death, so in life, the whole society still needs a certain amount of fairness.

Wang Yan knows that the class he represents is only a minority, and once the minority arouses the anger of the majority, it will be the time when the entire social system collapses.

For the people at the bottom, there are many injustices in the world. As the class in power, we must leave a little hope for the bottom, an upward channel, so that they have the opportunity to go up, instead of accumulating grievances and finally rebelling.

The imperial examination is this upward channel. It can absorb low-level outstanding people into the ruling class, preventing talents from being buried in the people and causing turmoil over time.

Relatively speaking, the imperial examination is still a fair channel, so Wang Yan was forced by the pressure of public opinion, and in order to clarify that the Chu party did not cheat, he arranged for officials and selected a few people from among the failed scholars to review together, and finally passed the examination. The storm calmed down.

For many of the scholars who failed the rankings, Wang Yan hoped that they could enter martial arts studies. After all, in the war of this era, the requirements for personal bravery are no longer high. Instead, the generals are required to have a lot of new knowledge. Entering martial arts, that will be the best thing, it will help his idea of ​​advocating literature and martial arts, and the integration of civil and martial arts, to be promoted in the court.

However, few of the scholars gave him this face. Most of them would rather wait three more years to fight before becoming a military officer.

This hit Wang Yan very hard, and he thought of many ways to change the situation, and even put on the official uniform of Cong Qipin Xiaoqi, but was scolded by Qian Qianyi and others for being inappropriate, and only then did he wear the dragon robe now .

At this time, Wang Yan stood in front of the sand table, looked at the situation, and first cheered everyone up, "Before, the imperial court only occupied a few provinces in the southwest, but fought against the enemy in Sichuan, Shu and Huguang at the same time. However, it withstood the attack of the Manchus, and now the East is divided into two parts, and we occupy half of the court, so we are afraid that Haoge will break the contract."

The current situation is indeed much better than when the aid of Shu and Chu-Jiang fought. At that time, there was no fear of enemy soldiers, and indeed there is no need to worry at this time. They should have enough confidence in themselves. Everyone listened to Wang Yan's words and looked at each other. After looking at it, they saluted Wang Yan together.

Wang Yan called them over, got down to business, and asked, pointing to the sand table, "Where are Wang Deren's 3 people now?"

Judging from the news sent back by Jin Bao's spies, Jin Guo is determined to unite with the Qing Dynasty and then send troops to take Shu.Wang Yan originally thought that the foreign policy of the Kingdom of Jin would not change until he captured Yangzhou at least, so he sent Jin Bao to the Kingdom of Jin with the intention of stabilizing Hauge, but now it seems that he miscalculated.

"Your Highness, after Wang Deren entered Hunan, he entered Guangxi through Lingqu, and then took the newly built official road to Guizhou. He should be able to reach Guiyang in a month." Qu Cong saluted straightly, picked up the wooden stick, and pointed .

Qu Congzhi is also an old man from Yangzhou. He originally served as the inspector of Guangdong, but was transferred to the Ministry of War by his peers not long ago to serve as the right servant.

On the sand table, the geography of mountains and rivers is clear at a glance. The mountains in western Hunan are unsuitable for marching, and Guizhou is also difficult to travel. When Wang Yan entered Sichuan, he walked through it once.

Fortunately, the imperial court cooperated with companies to develop Guizhou's minerals, cut down giant trees in the mountains, and built a road that almost reached Guiyang, so Wang Deren's speed of entering Sichuan this time will be much faster.

Wang Yan followed the bamboo pole, moved his eyes, raised his head after a while, "It seems that the imperial court's development of Guizhou's mineral resources will not only increase taxes, but also greatly speed up the marching speed, enabling the imperial court to control the southwest."

Qu Congzhi smiled, "The imperial court has more than 6 people in Sichuan, of which more than 4 are paid. If 3 people from Jiangxi enter Sichuan again, even if Haoge sends 10 people to attack, Qin Taifu And Yuan Duzhen should also be able to handle it."

Wang Yan nodded, and tapped twice on the edge of the sand table, "Yuan Zongdi has been in Sichuan for more than two years and has built many strongholds. It should be no problem to resist the Jin army's attack."

As he said that, Wang Yan asked Gu Yanwu again, "Teacher Qin is the stone pillar of the imperial court in the southwest, there must be no mistakes, let the Ministry of Rites prepare the rewards for Taifu Qin, and the imperial physician, have you set off yet?"

Qin Liangyu has gone through Wanli, Tianqi, Chongzhen, Hongguang, Longwu, and ruled the six dynasties. She has a very high prestige in the world. It can be said that she is the only veteran of the Ming Dynasty. Her existence has great political significance for the Ming Dynasty. Especially her position in the southwest, it can be said that with Qin Liangyu, the chieftains in the southwest will not be in chaos, and it will greatly help the court to stabilize Sichuan, Guizhou and other places. Therefore, Wang Yan always cares about this old lady, and hopes that she can do more for Daming. Live some time.

"Your Highness, don't worry, the imperial court has sent three waves of imperial physicians, Qin Taifu's condition has improved."

Wang Yan nodded, "That's great!"

With Qin Liangyu around, Yuan Zongdi at least occupies a favorable location in Sichuan, which reassures him a lot.

"Your Highness, although the Sichuan side should have received the news and made preparations to meet the Jin army, our dynasty should still have spare power to deal with sudden changes." Wang Fuzhi is in charge of the household department. The supplies are in short supply, so I am a little worried, "The lower officials think that His Highness should put some pressure on Yangzhou, or His Highness should come in person to resolve the war in Yangzhou as soon as possible."

Wang Yan listened for a while and pondered. Although he had confidence in Sichuan, what Wang Fuzhi said was correct. Fighting on two fronts, facing the Kingdom of Jin and the Manchus at the same time, maybe Sun Kewang from the southwest would also come to join in the fun. The court really needs to spare some energy , otherwise it will not be able to respond when the time comes.

Wang Yan nodded, "Yangzhou really needs to be urged, but since Gu has asked the Chen Ge Department to supervise Jiangbei, he must trust the Chen Ge Department, Yangzhou Gu will not go."

As he said that, Wang Yan looked at Qu Congzhi, "Have the new guns and armors of the Ministry of Industry been put into storage? Go to Yangzhou, Chen Gebu will understand what Gu means."

(End of this chapter)