Chongzhen Undergraduates

Zhu Youjian rushed back to Nanjing before everyone and all the news. Except for a few people such as Fang Jinnan, no one in Nanjing knew that Jiangbei had won.

The situation of Zhu Youjian who returned to Nanjing for the first time was not very optimistic. At least not many officials followed the imperial decree and returned to Nanjing from Hangzhou.On the contrary, the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River felt that the Ming army could not win the Jianghuai war at all, as if they wanted to see a joke.

Even Zheng Hongkui of the Zheng Family Army made it clear that he would welcome the prince to Fujian to form a new military force to resist the Jin soldiers.

In the eyes of Liu Zongzhou, Qian Qianyi and others, Zhu Youjian could not win this battle at all, and the imperial decree to let the officials return to Nanjing was just to kidnap these people to the battlefield in Jiangbei where there was no chance of winning.

Their reasons are very good. If Zhu Youjian can win, why even the students from Jiangjun Mountain are sent to the battlefield.It's been a few months. I heard that more than half of the entire Huaisi was flooded. The emperor even sent out his most precious polytechnic institute. What hope is there.

Regarding the fact that Jiangbei really didn't reach Jiangnan in five days, Zhu Youjian felt that it wasn't just Fang Jinnan who was doing it.

The news that Jiangnan can get is that Fang Yuegong is transporting more and more grain and grass to Jiangbei; Xing Hongyan's factory is working overtime on the front line of supply, and it seems that there will never be enough.

If even Zheng Hongkui has walked into the arms of the prince, what role Zheng Chenggong plays here is worth pondering.However, Zhu Youjian doesn't want to explore the internal affairs of Zheng's family now, he only sees the effect he wants.

But just yesterday, Emperor Zhu Youjian actually returned to Nanjing City within five days, and he brought the murderous personal guard battalion and the No.13 Army with tens of thousands of veterans at any time.

"Holy metaphor: Du Yinxi was appointed governor of Henan; Song Ying was promoted to governor of Anhui..."

"Wow..." Chaohui immediately began to make noise slowly.

The governor of Henan? The emperor actually appointed important officials as local officials in Henan, which shows that Ming has actually controlled Henan.

The imperial edict in Wang Chengen's hand could not be read anymore, because the discussion in the hall was too loud.

"Your Majesty, don't hold back the old minister, we can't hold our hearts anymore." Yuan Jixian stood up and said.

"What does Yuan Aiqing want to know?" Zhu Youjian couldn't help but really wanted to laugh.

"The minister wants to know how the Jiangbei war is going?" Fang Yuegong couldn't bear it, and he was almost unable to bear it because he was asking him for food and grass every day.He knew too well that the food and grass he supplied to Jiangbei every day was enough to supply millions of people.

"After several months of arduous struggle, my Ming soldiers finally..." Zhu Youjian took a sip of tea and stopped for a long time, everyone's hearts were already hanging in their throats.

"Wiped out a million gold soldiers in one fell swoop." Zhu Youjian finished speaking in one breath as fast as possible, then raised his head with his waist in front of him, disregarding his image, and looked forward proudly.

"Bless the ancestors!" Fang Yuegong immediately knelt on the ground, kneeling together tightly.The ministers did not shout long live, but were full of ugliness.

The whole hall exploded, and there were people crying and others shouting to the sky.Even Wang Chengen's body was crooked on the pillar, even though he had already heard the results of the battle once.

Won, big win.

I haven't heard such good news for a long time, how shocking it sounds at the moment.

A quarter of an hour after Zhu Youjian announced Jiangbei's great victory in the court hall, the bells of the entire imperial city rang loudly, all the officials greeted him, and the sound of Shan Huan live began to resound throughout the Wuying Hall.

Then all the yellow gates began to sing about the imperial city and the harem.Immediately afterwards, Xiong Lijing, who trusted the commander of the [-]th Army, wore armor and led a long line of soldiers in a heroic manner to announce the results of the battle in Nanjing.

Behind Xiong Lijing, in addition to a banner of imperial orders, there is also a big Xiong character flag, on which it is clearly written: The daughter of Xiong Tingbi, the governor of Liaodong, the female general in front of the Daming Palace.

Regarding this issue, Zhu Youjian and Xiong Lijing talked for most of the day.The request of the Xiong family is to restore Xiong Tingbi's reputation, and what Zhu Youjian wants is to use the influence of the Xiong family to stabilize some Jiangnan scholars.

Because not all scholars deny Xiong Tingbi's words, probably only some bigwigs at the top of the Donglin Party understand what happened back then.As an idol worshiped by scholars, Xiong Tingbi has considerable popularity.

Zhu Youjian gave this honor to the Xiong family, and at the same time gained a lot of hearts.But this is not the greatest honor, at most it is just a bearer of honor, so Xiong Lijing accepted it.

That night, there was no curfew in the entire city of Nanjing, and fireworks lit up the entire sky in countless places including the Qinhuai River.

The people in Nanjing City made a fuss all night, leaving all the streets empty.On this night, drinks are free, even going to the Qinhuai River to see girls is free.

Only Li Xiangjun, who stayed in Nanjing, hid at home dejectedly. There was no candle lit in the house, and it was pitch black.

"Miss, why don't you light the lamp?" Li Xiangjun's maid just came back from watching the excitement outside. She blew on the fire, and before she could find the candle and turn around, she was slapped to the ground by Li Xiangjun.

"Who asked you to light the lamp?" Li Xiangjun's voice was harsh and vicious.The maid was very wronged, she and Li Xiangjun had never received such a harsh tone for many years.

Li Xiangjun cried on the table, silently and with tears streaming down his face.She really didn't understand why things always turned in the opposite direction, and God just wanted to be right with her.

No, you must contact Mr. Hou and ask him if he is safe.Li Xiangjun has forgotten herself. Now her mind is full of Hou Fangyu's smile. She feels that the more the opponent fails, the more she should support the opponent.

In the harem, Chen Yuanyuan's hanging heart finally settled down, and the infinite guilt before seemed to be slowly dissipating.As a woman, how she wished the previous gossip would go away with this victory, because that kind of hurt really hurts.

"Ma'am, I heard that the female general who came back with the emperor is the daughter of Xiong Tingbi, the former governor of Liaodong." Xiaoyu's ears were sharp, and she had already brought the news from outside the palace to Chen Yuanyuan's place.

"Oh, really?" Chen Yuanyuan's heart skipped a beat, and she felt a real uneasiness coming.Chen Yuanyuan is not the kind of jealous person, but she just feels very uneasy and flustered.

"What is the emperor doing?" Chen Yuanyuan asked.

"The emperor is discussing post-war matters with the ministers. I heard that the emperor is going to Hangzhou with the female general, saying that he wants to take the crown prince back to Nanjing." After Xiaoyu finished speaking, Chen Yuanyuan's eyes froze.

Chapter 4 Fifteen: Wang Chengen wants to let the prince go

"I will send millions of troops to the Northern Expedition, is it feasible?" Zhu Youjian faced Fang Yuegong directly, and at the same time asked himself.

If you only consider the coolness of the plot, Zhu Youjian can "it is better to chase the poor with the remaining bravery, not to be famous and learn to be the king."

"No." Fang Yuegong's answer like a ladle of cold water directly shattered Zhu Youjian's dream of going north.

What kind of era is this? This is an era when the yield per mu is one or two hundred catties. This is an era when the main grain producing areas have already been devastated.

"Your Majesty, the entire Jianghuai River will have no crops this year. Central Sichuan has only stabilized for one season, and the fields in the Jianghan Plain have only resumed development for one year. The northern plains have been forcibly confiscated by Hou Jingang.

If we make the Northern Expedition at this time, we will not only face war, but also the food rations of millions of people..."

There was no need for Fang Yuegong to say anything, Zhu Youjian understood in an instant that what Fang Yuegong actually wanted to talk about was the internal division of Ming Dynasty.If the division in the south of the Yangtze River is not resolved, what will happen after the Northern Expedition?Waiting for people like Liu Zongzhou to grow stronger?

Don't say naive things like sending troops to arrest them and shoot them all.They are not traitors, they are just runaways after facing Jin Bing.

If Zhu Youjian ignored the issue of the split in the south of the Yangtze River at this time, even if he succeeded in the Northern Expedition, he would just return to the state of the early years of Chongzhen.

Let's see how many Jiangnan people took the initiative to support this war. Except for Zhu Youjian's own direct lineage, the others are almost indifferent. They only care about their own one-acre three-point land.What's more, there is still a group of people who openly engage in two courts.

These people will only continue to hide deeper when Zhu Youjian is strong enough, and eventually they will influence the people around Zhu Youjian as they did before, and there will be another incident of the prince fleeing south.

"Your Majesty, this is General Li Guo's military report, and this is General Li Yan's military report..."

Before the conversation between Zhu Youjian and Fang Yuegong was over, Fang Jinnan's emergency military information was sent over. The Jiangbei war was over, and the military information channel was smooth, and various situations were reported to Nanjing in time.

After receiving the memorial and reading it hastily, Zhu Youjian frowned, and sure enough a new problem arose.

"Fang Aiqing, you should step back first. Regarding the Northern Expedition, I will consider it first." Zhu Youjian felt very tired, even more tired than when he was fighting in Jiangbei.

"Wang Chengen, look at this." Zhu Youjian handed the memorial to Wang Chengen and said.

"Don't look, this is something to worry about." Wang Chengen waved his hand directly.

"Aren't you curious about what is written here?" Zhu Youjian asked.

"Can it be worse than three years ago?" Wang Chengen raised his eyebrows and said dismissively: "Now I feel how correct the decision to leave things to you young people is, and I live very happily."