Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 529 Zu Dashou Wants to Be the King of Liao
Zu Dashou also started to get a little tangled and confused, so he heard Zhang Shenyan say that there was a way to save his son, so he hurriedly asked Zhang Shenyan for advice.

Seeing that Zu Dashou was willing to ask him for advice, Zhang Shenyan was very proud, so he quickly twisted his beard and said:

"Marshal Zu has a deep foundation in Liaoxi, and both the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty have to be afraid of you, so if the officials are right, the Guards will not execute your son immediately after they get your son. Instead, they will keep your son as a hostage to force you to return to Daming."

Hearing what Zhang Shenyan said, Zu Dashou couldn't help feeling amused:

"Master Zhang thought that Zhu Ming would recruit the old man? How could it be possible! Master Zhang would not know how the guards in the Shandong direction dealt with us officials and gentry who surrendered during the Northern Expedition?

Zu Dashou is not an idiot either, so he can see that the current situation in the world is obviously that the Ming Dynasty has a greater chance of reunifying the world, and it is not that he has no desire to return to being a Hanchen of the Ming Dynasty at all, but the way the guards treat the northern officials and gentry His behavior made him dare not have thoughts about Da Ming, only to be more loyal to Da Qing.

"Of course I know, but what I want to say is that you are different from other northern officials and gentry. First of all, your territory and power are outside the pass. Although Zhu Ming has troops from outside the pass, he still wants to Secondly, you are not those northern officials and gentry, you have your own military power in your hands, so naturally he can't treat you the same as other northern officials and gentry, what do you think?
What's more, what I dare not lie to the Marshal is that I have already learned that the governor of the Ming army in front of us was Zhang Huangyan, my student, and I have written a letter to him, suggesting that he take Young Master Ling as a hostage. To persuade Grand Marshal Zu to join Daming, my student has always been smart and I will definitely do as the official wants.

When the time comes, once the Ming army really sends someone to persuade the commander-in-chief to surrender, the commander-in-chief will just sit on the ground and bid, and if he wants to continue to be the master of the western Liaoning area, he may not be incapable. "

Zhang Shenyan did indeed write a letter to Zhang Huangyan, governor of the Second Corps of the Second Corps of the Guards Army. He knew that it would not be easy for him to join Daming, so he thought of making a success of helping the Guards recruit Zu Dashou through his student Zhang Huangyan. Come to seek the forgiveness of Ming Emperor Zhu Youjian.

Now, after hearing Zhang Shenyan's words, Zu Dashou also understood Zhang Shenyan's implication, and hurriedly patted the table: "Why, Mr. Zhang doesn't seem to be the governor of Liaodong from my Qing Dynasty, but he is here to serve as a lobbyist for your students. .”

"Marshal misunderstood. Zhang didn't mean that. Zhang and Zu are the same people. They just want to survive in this troubled world. What do you think?"

When Zhang Shenyan said this, Zu Dashou was deeply moved: "You are right, we have nothing to do with monarchs and ministers, whether it is the Ming Dynasty or the Qing Dynasty, it is just a flag and a black gauze hat. The old man is waiting here, waiting for your student to come to the old man."

Zhang Shenyan smiled, he couldn't help but feel that he was already the Ming Dynasty's version of a strategist, who could control the world situation with his three-inch tongue.

However, what Zhang Shenyan didn't expect was that after receiving Zhang Shenyan's letter, Zhang Huangyan only sneered: "This Zhang Shenyan still takes himself seriously, and he also takes Zu Dashou very seriously. My guards still need me now. It's a big joke to appease him, a traitor who surrendered to Qing Dynasty."

"Your Majesty has given instructions before that the purpose of our Northern Expedition is not only to allow Ming Dynasty to reunify the world, but the deeper purpose is to take this opportunity to eradicate these Hulu warlords and powerful evil gentry who exploited the northern people. Such traitors will not be appeased if they can, and this Zhang Shenyan has not seen through our majesty's mind until now, no wonder he was defeated by his majesty when he was the leader of the Donglin Party."

After Jiao Lian, deputy commander of the Second Corps of the Second Guards Army, said this, Zhang Huangyan couldn't help but sneered:

"His Zhang Shenyan is no match for His Majesty's case. Ever since he took refuge in Zuo Liangyu and then Jianlu, I have severed the teacher-student relationship with him. Now he has shamelessly come to recognize me as a student. But the fact that he knocked it down like this made me think of a good idea."

Jiao Lian couldn't help being curious: "What a good idea, let's talk about it."

"The most important thing for us to easily conquer Shanhaiguan in the future is whether we can keep some of Zu Dashou's main force and even Zu Dashou himself in Ningyuan Zhongyou and go to Guangning Qiantunwei area to eliminate them, so that they will not have the opportunity to retreat. In Shanhaiguan City, for this reason, we might as well come to the plan. I wrote back to Zhang Shenyan, expressing that our guards intend to recruit Zu Dashou and even send envoys to Ningyuan Zhongyou immediately to make contact. I hope Zu Dashou and Zhang Shenyan will wait for news later. This will make them think that they really intend to appease, and when our army suddenly surrounds Ningyuan Zhongyou, his ancestor Dashou will definitely be doomed!"

When Zhang Huangyan said this, Jiao Lian hurriedly stated that it was a good idea.

So, Zhang Huangyan hurriedly wrote back to Zhang Shenyan.

……

"Master, my student Zhang Huangyan sincerely pays respects." Zhang Shenyan personally read Zhang Huangyan's letter in front of Zu Dashou.

And Zu Dashou smiled happily when he heard that Zhang Huangyan in the letter intended to comfort him and said that he had honored his son as the guest of honor.

"Now Marshal Zu just needs to be ready to accept Da Ming's appeasement." Zhang Shenyan said with a smile.

"I really appreciate Mr. Zhang's mediation on this matter. If it weren't for Mr. Zhang's help, the old man is still at a loss. To be honest, this old man didn't know that Mr. Zhang is so good at inquiring about news. If Mr. Zhang helped him sooner, he wouldn't be here today." point."

When Zu Dashou said this, Zhang Shenyan also smiled and said: "It's not too late, Grand Marshal Zu might as well think about how to negotiate terms with Daming. We still have to make preparations in advance, whether to be the king of Liaoxi or the king of Liao?"

"Wang Jue?" Zu Dashou was a little surprised.

"Didn't the commander-in-chief ever have the intention of being king? Even if your nephew has been the king of Pingxi, it's not an exaggeration for you to submit to Daming and ask Zhu Youjian for a king. Anyway, it's just for Zhu Youjian to guard the Liao land. .”

When Zhang Shenyan said this, Zu Dashou also became a little moved: "Master Zhang is right, I have to think about it, in this troubled world, since Zhu Youjian wants to revive Daming, he must be eager to calm down the world as soon as possible, isn't he It is said that he is broad-minded now, so he is not even reluctant to be a prince."

Zu Dashou said and asked Zhang Shenyan: "As for the military salary and armaments, you can tell me how much I want. Two million taels of silver should be about the same. Ordnance may require 200 muskets and [-] cannons. I heard that they The muskets and cannons of the Ming army are very good, if the old man's army has this equipment, there will be no worries."

(End of this chapter)