Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 462

Shen Ying and Li Jing have been getting married for ten years since they met each other. For so many years, the two have always treated each other with respect, and Li Jing hardly ever said anything to Shen Ying to please her.

Seeing that they don't look like a young couple at all, they look like a middle-aged couple who are in love with each other. It can be said that the relationship between Shen Ying and Li Jing is far more sincere than the relationship between most couples.

In fact, it's not that Li Jing doesn't want to talk about love with Shen Ying, but both of them have very introverted personalities. Shen Ying's words and deeds are dignified, gentle and reserved, and Li Jing can't say some things at all when facing her.

In fact, Li Jing's words just now were not considered love words, they could only be regarded as promises, but in Shen Ying's ears, this promise was the most beautiful love words.

Because what Shen Ying wanted was for Li Jing not to change his mind after many years.

Shen Ying is 28 years old this year, which is not too young for women in this era, but in fact this age is the age with the best charm and the age that attracts men the most.

Shen Ying herself is one of the most beautiful women in the world. Although she has given birth to two children, her body shape has not changed, and her figure is still slender. In addition, she has paid so much for Li Jing. Within ten years, no matter how young and beautiful a woman is. Her position cannot be shaken.

But what about ten years later?Ten years later, Shen Ying will be 38 years old. When a woman is 40 years old, no matter how well she maintains herself, she will not be able to hide the vicissitudes on her face, and it will be difficult to maintain her slender figure like a girl.

At that time, if Li Jing fell in love with a young and beautiful girl, Shen Ying couldn't guarantee that Li Jing would not change his mind.

Now that Li Jing has made a promise to Shen Ying, Shen Ying is of course happy in her heart.

Generally speaking, most women would not believe a man's promise, but Shen Ying knew that Li Jing would not make a promise easily, as long as Li Jing made a promise, it must be a promise, and what he said would mean what he said.

Seeing Shen Ying happily nestled in his arms, Li Jing sighed. His wife may not know that what she is after is only her most basic rights and interests.

Kissing Shen Ying's cheek lightly, Li Jing hugged Shen Ying's delicate body tightly.

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Li Jing moved to a new residence, and the ministers in the court naturally came to congratulate him, but now Li Jing is considering using troops against Zheng Zhilong, how can he have the energy and time to do these meaningless things?
Seeing the constant stream of people coming to his home, Li Jing ordered all the officials not to give him gifts or congratulations. As for his direct subordinates, like Ma Wu, who are not sympathetic, they are only allowed to appoint their wives to congratulate Shen Ying.

The officials restrained themselves after receiving Li Jing's strict order. Without the harassment of the officials, Li Jing finally didn't have to spend time and energy on chatting with the officials.

At this time, King Fu's family wealth was also counted. After selling all the jewelry and silks, plus cash, the total was 570 million taels of silver. With this money, Li Jing finally had the confidence to use troops against Zheng Zhilong.

On this day, Li Jing summoned Sun Meng who had received a secret order to return to Beijing.

Greeting Sun Meng to sit down, Li Jing moved the left and right screens back, then poured Sun Meng a cup of tea and said, "Brother Sun has worked hard all the way, let's have a cup of tea first."

Sun Meng took the teacup and put it on the table casually, then said with a smile: "The commander-in-chief is in such a hurry to invite Lao Sun back to Beijing, is it because he wants Lao Sun to drink tea?"

Li Jing smiled and said: "Brother Sun is still so impatient, drinking tea and talking about things can't delay anything."

Sun Meng waved his hands and said with a smile: "Old Sun is impatient, he can't drink this slow stuff."

Li Jing smiled: "Since Big Brother Sun is in a hurry, then I won't repeat myself. This time I invite Big Brother Sun back to discuss with you the use of troops against Zheng Zhilong in Fujian."

"Use troops against Zheng Zhilong? Are you going to send me there?" Sun Meng asked in shock.

Li Jing looked at Sun Meng with a smile and said, "Why? Don't want to go?"

Sun Meng slapped his thigh: "Which bastard wouldn't want to go!"Let me tell you the truth, these years have almost suffocated me. Seeing that my brothers are fighting, and only Lao Sun is idle, I don't want to mention how uncomfortable I am.Sometimes I wonder, does the commander-in-chief think that the old grandson is incompetent and doesn't want to use me?But I thought about it again, if the commander-in-chief thought I was incompetent, why would he let me be the governor of the Eastern Army and let me guard Shandong? "

Li Jing said with a smile: "Brother Sun, there are only a few places where we use our troops. I can't send all of them out, can I? There must be someone staying at home."

"But I stayed too long, right? You arranged me in Lin County back then, and I stayed there for six years without doing anything. It was so easy to send me to Shandong, but there was nothing wrong with Shandong. , I'm almost suffocated." Sun Meng complained.

Li Jing smiled and said: "Brother Sun, you think you have done nothing, but I don't think so. If you didn't guard Lin County, I would dare to come out of Hongshanling easily? It is because of you guarding the gate of our Hongshanling, I have no worries.

Similarly, you think you are idle in Shandong, but don’t forget that Shandong is the gateway from the south to Gyeonggi. It wasn’t you who blocked the passage of the Qing army going south. I could wipe out tens of thousands of Qing troops in Gyeonggi?

Brother Sun, we can't just fight offensively. If we can't defend our foundation, even if we win a hundred battles, it will be of no use.You seem to have no outstanding military achievements, but I know how useful you are, so I appointed you as the commander of the Eastern Army. Do you think anyone can take this position? "

Sun Meng nodded: "Of course I understand the meaning of the commander-in-chief, but Lao Sun is not young. If I don't win a battle, I won't feel at ease in my life. I can't even compare with my son, right? The stinky boy has fought a lot with Cao Wenzhao, and the officials who watched him caught up with me, how can I have the face to scold him in the future."

Li Jing laughed loudly when he heard the words: "Why do you compete with the child? If you have a promising tiger head, it will show that you are capable. How do you say it? I am a hero. Without you as an example for me, he can have what he is today ?”

Sun Meng laughed and said, "I'm a hero, I'm not talking about me, you are his godfather, if you didn't specially cultivate him, what would he have done!"

Li Jing waved his hand: "No matter how close a godfather is, he can't be as close as a real father. In the end, he still takes your surname as Sun. Well, it's useless for me not to tell you these things, let's get down to business."

Sun Meng heard the words and said solemnly: "Please tell me, Commander."

Li Jingjing nodded, and said in a deep voice: "This time I plan to use troops against Zheng Zhilong in three steps. The first step is to give Zheng Zhilong an order to accept the dispatch of the court. This is a great righteousness.

If Zheng Zhilong obeys the order, we naturally don’t need to send troops to deal with him. Only when he doesn’t obey the order or violates the order, can we use troops against him in a high-sounding manner. "

Speaking of this, Li Jing smiled: "I can be sure that Zheng Zhilong will not accept the order of the court. We all know that Zheng Zhilong's fleet was established after countless hardships and countless battles. How could he easily hand it over to the court?"

Sun Meng frowned, and said doubtfully, "Even if he handed over the fleet to the imperial court, we don't have many people who understand naval warfare, so I'm afraid we have to appoint him as the admiral of the navy? In the end, it's not what it is now?"

Li Jing shook his head and said with a smile: "That's different, Zheng Zhilong doesn't obey the court's orders at all, or his orders to the court are just perfunctory.

As an official of the imperial court, he controlled the maritime trade, but he never paid a penny of taxes to the imperial court. He, the general of Fuzhou, was only in the name of a minister of the Ming Dynasty, but in fact he was an independent kingdom.

I asked him to hand over the fleet to the court, not to deprive him of his command, but to ask him to obey the orders of the court, and at the same time ask him for the right to trade at sea. "

Sun Meng nodded slightly upon hearing this.

Li Jing continued with a smile: "Actually, no one would hand over their hard-earned things, let alone a hero like Zheng Zhilong? Therefore, it is inevitable to use troops against Zheng Zhilong."

Hearing this, Sun Meng pondered for a while and said: "Zheng Zhilong is good at naval warfare, and his power is basically at sea. We don't have a navy, so it may not be easy for him to use troops."

Li Jingjing nodded: "Although our weapons are far stronger than Zheng Zhilong, sea battles are different from land battles. If we fight Zheng Zhilong at sea, I'm afraid we are not his opponents. We must use our advantages to try to catch Zheng Zhilong on land.

I am going to send a commando to infiltrate Fujian. If Zheng Zhilong confronts the imperial court, he will be beheaded. Most of Zheng Zhilong's subordinates are pirates.

At the same time, the army was dispatched to uproot Zheng Zhilong's foundation on land. I plan to let you be the commander of the army. "

Sun Meng was overjoyed when he heard the words, but then he frowned and said: "If your second step is successful, I guess there will be nothing to do when I lead the army to Fujian."

Li Jing shook his head and smiled: "It's not as simple as you imagined. Zheng Zhilong has experienced many risks in his life, and he has offended many enemies. He must be extremely careful about his own safety. Under normal circumstances, it is not easy to assassinate him. Only in Zheng Zhilong When panic, the commando has the possibility of success.

And Zheng Zhilong will panic only after your soldiers overwhelm the border. Therefore, your army is the key to deal with Zheng Zhilong. "

After hearing this, Sun Meng suddenly said: "I understand, just like Xiao Wu captured Huang Taiji some time ago, Cao Wenzhao forced Huang Taiji into a corner, only after fleeing from Shengjing, Xiao Wu and the others will have a chance."

Li Jing smiled and said: "That's the truth, but Zheng Zhilong's situation is different from Huang Taiji's. No matter how he escapes, Huang Taiji will always be on land. As long as he is on land, we will eventually catch up to him. Zheng Zhilong's retreat is at sea. , once he escapes into the sea, we will have nothing to do with him."

"So, isn't Zheng Zhilong more difficult to deal with than Huang Taiji?" Sun Meng frowned.

Li Jingjing nodded, and said seriously: "That's true, that's why I entrust you with the burden of dealing with Zheng Zhilong."

Sun Meng nodded emphatically when he heard the words: "The commander-in-chief trusts Lao Sun so much, Lao Sun can't embarrass the commander-in-chief, he has to find a way to catch Zheng Zhilong."

(End of this chapter)