Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 320 Cut off the wings
Shaking his head, Li Jing sighed and said, "It's a pity that no one in Ming Dynasty can make this kind of absolutely transparent glass, otherwise there are as many telescopes as you want. Right now, you can only buy them from foreigners, and it doesn't matter how much you spend. The key is that this item is not easy to buy, and now only senior generals in our army can equip it."

After a pause, Li Jing continued: "However, I have sent people to Macau to find craftsmen who can make this kind of transparent glass. As long as you learn the glass-making skills, you can make it yourself, and you can also build factories across the country. At that time, the Ministry of Households will have one more entry.”

"Is it worth building a glass factory to make telescopes?" Zhu Youjian wondered.

Li Jing shook his head: "Telescopes are only used for military and astronomical research. The production of glass is mainly used for civilian purposes, such as making mirrors and windows."

Zhu Youjian nodded, and handed the telescope back to Cao Wenzhao: "Seeing that our army has such a sharp weapon, my confidence has greatly increased after this personal expedition."

Li Jing smiled and said: "The Eastern captives are all cavalry. If you want to wipe them out, I am afraid that the troops of the minister alone will not be able to catch them. You must cooperate with all the ministries. You don't need each department to kill or wound the Eastern captives. Stay on the escape route of Donglu, don't let Donglu escape at will, just buy time for our department."

Zhu Youjian nodded, looked at Sun Chuanting and the others and said, "Can you hear what Li Aiqing said clearly? Li Aiqing is fully in command of this campaign, and you must fully cooperate and strive to wipe out the Eastern captives."

"I will obey your orders." Hong Chengchou, Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chuanting and others hurriedly bowed to accept their orders.

Li Jing smiled and said: "Since that's the case, then I will not be polite."

After finishing speaking, Li Jing's face became solemn, and he shouted in a deep voice: "All generals listen to orders!"

"I will follow the order of the governor!" Hong Chengchou, Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chuanting and others responded in unison.

"Hong Chengchou, you lead your troops to Ansu (now Xushui, Hebei), Dingxing line, and cooperate with Cao Wenzhao's troops to fight, and don't let the eastern captives go south. If the eastern captives flee south, don't blame the ruthless military governor of the capital." Li Jingsen said
Hong Chengchou said awe-inspiringly, "Don't worry, the governor. With General Cao in charge, if the captives flee south from Hong's jurisdiction, they don't need to be dealt with by the governor. Hong will cut off his head."

Li Jingjing nodded, looked at Lu Xiangsheng and said, "Lu Xiangsheng, you led your troops into Xiongxian County, so you don't need to be ordered by me to do what you do?"

Lu Xiangsheng clasped his fists and said: "Don't worry, Commander, if Donglu escapes from Xiong County, Lu will come to see you."

Li Jing then looked at Sun Chuanting and said: "Sun Chuanting, you lead your troops to the front line of Dacheng to prevent the eastern captives from fleeing into Shandong. Governor Sun, your troops are the least. I will order General Cao to cooperate with your troops in the first battle. After defeating the enemies on the front line of Dacheng, You lead your troops to approach Xiong County and cooperate with Governor Lu to fight."

Upon hearing the order, Sun Chuanting hurriedly said: "Sun will obey the order of the commander in chief."

Li Jingjing nodded, turned to look at Cao Wenzhao and said, "Brother Wenzhao, this battle must be decided quickly, so I want you to divide your troops into two groups, one to attack the enemies of Ansu and Dingxing, and the other to attack Dacheng." The enemy launched an attack, defeated the enemy, and closed to Xiong County."

As he spoke, Li Jing made a gesture of closing his hands together: "I want you to wipe out all the enemies of the Qing army going south in Xiong County."

Cao Wenzhao clasped his fists and said, "Don't worry, Commander, this time the Commander equipped Lao Cao with such a sharp weapon, and sent so many troops to Lao Cao, if one escaped from the East, Lao Cao would be ashamed to see the Commander." .”

Li Jing waved his hands and said: "The annihilation of the enemies of the Qing army going south is only the first step. After that, the four armies marched northward in two directions. The west army was led by Li Dingguo and Hong Chengchou, strangling the line from the capital to Changping. The east army was led by Cao Wenzhao." , led by Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting, after defeating the Qing army in the Baodi area, attacked the enemy in the direction of Shunyi."

Glancing at the generals, Li Jing slowly continued: "At this time, the news that the front of the Qing army has been defeated presumably has spread, and the Qing army must retreat. The task of the East Route Army is to prevent the Qing army from retreating from the Xifeng Pass. , be sure to drive the Qing army to Dushikou. I have laid an ambush outside Dushikou, and I want you to keep all the Qing troops who invaded Ming Dynasty inside the pass!"

"The commander-in-chief's arrangements are so thorough, we just need to follow the orders of the commander-in-chief. If we can't complete the tasks assigned by the commander-in-chief, please let the emperor and the commander-in-chief dismiss our official positions." Hong Chengchou and others clasped their fists together.

Li Jing nodded slightly, cupped his fists at Zhu Youjian and said, "Please make an order from the emperor!"

Zhu Youjian was very excited, waved his hands vigorously, and shouted loudly: "I will pass on my will, the army will go out to fight, and the Eastern captives will not be destroyed, and I will not return the court!"

Amidst the cheers, Li Jing, Zhu Youjian and others got off the platform.

When Li Jing asked Zhu Youjian to get on the imperial chariot, Zhu Youjian hesitated for a moment, and suddenly stretched out his hand to pull Li Jing onto the imperial chariot.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's inappropriate for you to go on the imperial chariot." Li Jing laughed.

Zhu Youjian waved his hand, pointed at Li Jing and said with a smile: "You are so bold that you even dare to hold me hostage, so are you afraid of getting on my imperial chariot?"

Hearing this, Li Jing smiled wryly and shook his head.

Sighing slightly, Zhu Youjian patted Li Jing's arm lightly and said: "Li Aiqing, I knew you were good at using soldiers before, but I didn't expect you to be so good at it. With such a layout, even a famous general in ancient times would not be able to pass. I should have I followed Wang Chengen's suggestion to use you, and I really regret it now."

Li Jing stared at Zhu Youjian for a while, then slowly shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, what I have done is incompatible with Daming. If the Emperor uses him as a minister early, I am afraid that I will not tolerate it. Forget it, let's talk about it today." It is useless, after this battle, the emperor will have to give up the imperial power, and I don't expect the emperor to understand my mind, I just hope that when people in future generations mention me, they will be satisfied by saying that I have done something for Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Youjian listened silently.

To be honest, when the palace was held hostage by Li Jing, Zhu Youjian was really disheartened and wanted to accept his fate.

For a long time, Zhu Youjian has not been tough in speaking. The main reason is that he has no money, and the other is that he does not have a strong army in his hands.

When Li Jing entered the main center, the first step was to pay off the military pay. As soon as he made his hand, he immediately captured the hearts of the soldiers, completely losing Zhu Youjian's most important reliance on maintaining imperial power, and then suppressed the army with a strong army. The field, so that the princes of all walks of life did not dare to move.

Compared with these two moves, it is not so important for Li Jing to put officials under house arrest after entering the palace, and then take advantage of officials' corruption and bribery to win a group of officials, so that his subordinates can be promoted smoothly.

Zhu Youjian knew very well what the emperor relied on to maintain his power, and that was the army.

Li Jingling's army was no longer loyal to the emperor, which can be said to have shattered Zhu Youjian's last hope.

Although Zhu Youjian was unwilling to be forced to seize power by Li Jing, Zhu Youjian really admired Li Jing's political skills.

But just now when he saw that Li Jing's army was so strong and the morale of the soldiers was so high, Zhu Youjian's thoughts came alive again.

After all, Zhu Youjian is young, and what flows on his body is the blood of young people after all. Zhu Youjian knows very well that no matter who has such an army in his hands, he can rule the world.If Li Jing can be persuaded, it is not a lie to revive Daming with the backing of this army.

Of course, Zhu Youjian didn't think about it indiscriminately.

Zhu Youjian is very clear that Li Jing's foundation is not completely stable, and many things still need the cooperation of the emperor, so that Li Jing's plan can be implemented smoothly.

In particular, Li Jing's army is still Ming's army in name, and on the surface they have to obey the emperor's orders, and Li Jing respects him very much these two days, Zhu Youjian felt that he could give it a try and see if he could impress Li Jing. Let yourself take some power.

But Li Jing saw through Zhu Youjian's thoughts at the first time, and directly dismissed Zhu Youjian's thoughts.

Li Jing is also very clear that this power struggle is actually a life-and-death struggle. If Zhu Youjian is allowed to regain power, Li Jing and his subordinates will all die without a burial.

Although Li Jing didn't kill Zhu Youjian, he had to cut off Zhu Youjian's wings, and he couldn't leave Zhu Youjian with any thoughts.

Cutting off the ministers in the court is only the first step. The next step is to let the generals he cultivated fully control the Ming army.It starts with the frontier army, then the localities, and finally the local army takes control of the local power and implements the new government orders in an all-round way.

And these things must be done as soon as possible, lest the local officials react and attack Li Jing in groups.

And Li Jing asked Zhu Youjian to conquest himself out of such considerations. Through Zhu Youjian's personal conquest, the most capable generals of Ming Dynasty and their troops will be transferred to the capital. Li Jing is not going to stew them all, but Ordering Cao Wenzhao and Li Dingguo to intervene in the command of these troops is actually seizing power in disguise.

As long as their military power is taken away, these people will become toothless tigers and will no longer pose a threat to Li Jing.

It seems that Zhu Youjian's prestige will reach its peak, but Li Jing's prestige will also be erected in the hearts of soldiers and officials from all over the world. After all, Li Jing is the real commander in this battle By.

After all, everyone is not a fool. If Zhu Youjian was really capable, would he still have to wait until after Jin Liguo and hit him at the door?
Li Jing's plans were not without flaws, and his true intentions were not unknown. Zhu Youjian guessed it, but he was already under Li Jing's control, and even if he knew, there was nothing he could do.

But the people below didn't react at all, because Li Jing's movements were too fast.

It took Li Jing only two days from entering the capital to getting Zhu Youjian to issue the edict of the imperial conquest. Under the urging of this edict, various Ming troops rushed to the capital day and night. How could he think that the imperial conquest was caused by Li Jing? Those who come out, let alone think about Li Jing's intentions in doing so.

When the march was free, they were all writing memorials, advising Zhu Youjian not to march in person!
It's a pity that Zhu Youjian didn't see their memorial at all, and Li Jing didn't even read such a memorial at all.

In Li Jing's view, the most disgusting thing for officials of the Ming Dynasty is not to scold the emperor, but to submit memorials.

Although officials scolded the emperor for fame and reputation, it also showed their defiance of power.Li Jing sometimes admires the character of these literati.

(End of this chapter)