Now Daming, everyone is staring at Anqing Mansion.
If Zhang Xianzhong breaks Anqing Mansion, then entering Nanjing will be a prosperous place such as Pingchuan, Suzhou, and Yangzhou, and he will be ruined.
This kind of scene, as long as you think about it, makes people shudder.
The most nervous is the emperor Chongzhen, who continuously held imperial meetings and court meetings to question the progress and order Zhang Xianzhong to be wiped out as soon as possible. If Zhang Xianzhong had not been attacking Anqing, he might have to send Yang Sichang to direct the rescue himself.
Zhou Zheng and Yang Sichang hardly returned to their homes in the Ministry of War. The Ministry of War was the military intelligence center of the Ming Dynasty, which operated day and night.
In January, Zuo Liangyu, Shi Kefa and Ma Xu arrived to fight Zhang Xianzhong under the city of Anqing.
The two sides continue to fight each other, winning and losing each other.
With the continuous arrival of reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Xianzhong could not win Anqing and had to retreat.
Zuo Liangyu and Shi Kefa allied forces pursued and defeated Zhang Xianzhong at Fengxiangyi. Zhang Xianzhong fled north to Lujiang and wanted to continue north to Henan.
As a result, Lujiang General Soldier Liu Liangzuo had been waiting long ago, and Zhang Xianzhong had to retreat and hid in the buried hill.
The governor of Anqing, Zhang Guowei, was still upset. He ordered Zuo Liangyu to search the mountain and wipe out Zhang Xianzhong. Zuo Liangyu asked for the army's salary and Zhang Guowei could not pay. Zuo Liangyu was angry and indulged the soldiers to rob the state and counties and rob the women, just not attack Shan, finally let Zhang Xianzhong escape.
Zhang Xianzhong then broke the Ming Army in Taihu Lake in March, defeating Shi Kefa’s reinforcements, and slashed two generals in Lianke Sifu and 16 counties near Taihu Lake, making Nanzhili panic all day long.
The emperor Chongzhen was naturally furious and ordered troops everywhere to suppress bandits.
At this moment, Yang Sichang was in the Palace of Qianqing and formally presented the'Four Zheng Six Corners' to Emperor Chongzhen.
The so-called'four positive six corner policies' are based on Shaanxi, Henan, Huguang, and Jiangbei officials as the four positives, and the four governors divide and suppress them; Yansui, Shanxi, Shandong, Jiangnan, Jiangxi, and Sichuan are the six corners and the six governors. Separate defenses and assist in suppression. Four positive six corners are combined into a ten-sided net. The two ministers, the Governor and the Prime Minister, are dedicated to consultations.
That is, the verbal "ten-faced net" strategy to suppress bandits.
As the minister of war, Zhou Zheng stood beside Yang Sichang. As he and Yang Sichang said, the war department had no second voice and naturally supported Yang Sichang in front of Chongzhen.
Emperor Chongzhen and Yang Sichang answered questions and answers for a long while, and finally Chongzhen patted his legs and exclaimed: "Hate for being late!"
Later, Yang Sichang also said the way to raise money. Chongzhen was worried about Zhang Xianzhong's affairs in Nanzhili. How could it be inaccurate? Almost Yang Sichang's request was approved, so he made an order on the same day to encourage Yang Sichang's army to conquer the pirates.
With the support of Emperor Chongzhen, Yang Sichang began to make bold preparations. While dispatching troops at all levels, he began to formally implement his strategy of encirclement and suppression. At the same time, he also called Chen Xinjia, Lu Xiangsheng and other important supporting prime ministers, governors, and governors into Beijing, and carefully discussed countermeasures. .
Zhou Zheng, as the minister of war, naturally couldn't leave it alone. At the request of Yang Sichang, he joined in and planned various strategies and tactics.
The Ministry of War is busy here, but the court looks like a different one.
Before April, Fu Chaoyou, the supervisory official, suddenly wrote to impeach Wen Tiren's six major crimes: offending the emperor; offending the ancestor; offending the heaven and earth; offending the border; offending the sage; offending the character.
Regarding this kind of empty talk and no evidence, Emperor Chongzhen had sent Fu Chaoyou to jail even if he disliked Wen Tiren.
This is like some kind of signal that Fu Chaoyou's imprisonment, instead of stopping the impeachment storm of Wen Tiren, has added fuel to the fire, and the impeachment storm has become more intense.
Yang Sichang didn't care about this, and met Lu Xiangsheng from Beijing at the Ministry of War.
Zhou Zheng naturally sat with him, and the three talked and laughed.
After the foreplay was skipped, Yang Sichang put down his tea cup and looked at Lu Xiangsheng and said with a grimace: "Jiandou, your army must take Suiyuan as soon as possible and control the Great Wall area from north to south!"
Jian Dou, the words of Lu Xiangsheng.
Lu Xiangsheng already knew Yang Sichang's plan, and said, "Don't worry, your sir, the lower officials have already mobilized preparations. Regardless of behind, they can take Suiyuan in half a month!"
Yang Sichang doesn't doubt Lu Xiangsheng's ability, but unfortunately, this is not his person, that is, it is helpless to use him.
These words, Yang Sichang did not say, he was talking about his plan in detail.
The "four positive six corners strategy", all soldiers and horses only care about their established goals, regardless of other things, naturally it is easy to do.
As Lu Xiangsheng listened, he nodded from time to time and asked a few sentences. In some places, he even argued with Yang Sichang.
Yang Sichang twisted his eyebrows with a bad expression. If he hadn't scrupulous about Zhou Zheng, he could not help but break out and use his force to overwhelm others.
Zhou Zheng can see clearly from the side. Every time this is the time, he will complete the battle and give them two steps. Finally, today's talks will be ended without a break.
When Lu Xiangsheng left, Yang Sichang still frowned, his eyebrows angered, and said, "This Lu Xiangsheng doesn't know the generality at all!"
Zhou Zheng smiled and poured him a cup of tea, and said: "He is the prime minister of the five provinces, and it is about the success or failure of the bandit suppression. Even if you are dissatisfied, you should pressure it and not express your emotions."
Yang Sichang glanced at Zhou Zheng, his nose sprayed out two white mists, and said: "You are right, I am a little gaffe."
Zhou Zheng knows that Yang Sichang is very nervous now. The'Sizheng and Six Corners Policy' was proposed by Yang Sichang. It is not only about the Northwest bandits, but also Yang Sichang's future. This is his'chief of thousands of years'!
If he wins, he will naturally be promoted to the ranks, and his name will remain in history; if he is defeated, he will be ruined, and death is not a pity.
Zhou Zheng thought for a while, and said, "I will ask Lu Xiangsheng to go to my house at night to relax. Besides, other people will come to Beijing one after another. You can't keep your temper like this."
Yang Sichang and Zhou Zheng have been partnering for a few months. Zhou Zheng never embarrassed him. He supported him in all aspects of money, food, government and opposition. Yang Sichang was very satisfied. Seeing Zhou Zheng said this, he felt relieved and said, "Then it will be troublesome. You, don't worry, it's a matter of the state agency's plan, and I will control it.
Zhou Zheng smiled, just about to persuade, suddenly a principal hurried over, whispered in Yang Sichang's ear, and handed a memo.
Yang Sichang's expression changed slightly, he quickly took it, and at a glance, he slammed the memo on the table, his face was blue, and his eyes were full of fierce expression.
The corners of his angry face stirred, picked up the teacup to drink tea, threw it out before reaching his mouth, and smashed it to the ground.
It was the first time that Zhou Zheng saw Yang Sichang's gloomy appearance. He glanced at the somewhat trembling principal behind him, took this memo, opened it, and glanced at it and his expression suddenly changed slightly.
This is an impeachment, or a memorandum of reporting. It is the prefect of Pingliang to report Lu Xiangsheng, kill Liang and do meritorious services, and massacre several villages in Pingliang Prefecture, three thousand people, in order to pretend to be bandits to claim credit!
Zhou Zheng had a solemn expression. He didn't know whether this memorial was true or false, but whether it was true or false, this matter was not trivial, especially at the critical moment when Yang Sichang's "Ten-faced Net" was implemented. (End of this chapter)