Ming Empire

Chapter 202 Cao Yue's Impatience
After some secret talks, Cao Yue was about to leave, but when he left, he thought of another thing.

"Mr. Qian, there is one more thing I need your help with." Cao Yue said solemnly: "Wu Sangui is now playing the banner of restoring Daming and avenging the late emperor, but Jiannu is only a foreign soldier he borrowed in name. Daming who doesn't know the truth The soldiers and civilians are likely to be deceived by it, and eventually be used by Jiannu. If these things spread to the south of the Yangtze River and become known to the soldiers and civilians in the Jiangnan area, there are not a few people who support Wu Sangui and welcome Jiannu to enter the pass. Someone proposed to join hands with Jiannu to fight against the bandits."

"what?!"

Cao Yue ignored Qian Qianyi's exclamation, and continued: "But I can tell you very clearly, Mr. Qian, that building slaves is a greater threat than bandits. They want to completely destroy China and exterminate our Han people. Bandits forced the death of the late emperor." , is our sworn enemy, Jiannu is also the same, if there is no threat of Jiannu, the rogue bandits would have been wiped out long ago. They have attacked the city of Beijing several times, and they only have a chance to break through Beijing. Not my race, His heart must be different, we must keep this in mind, so Mr. Qian must do some things immediately! If you succeed, I will ask His Majesty for your credit."

"How do we do it?" Qian Qianyi, who had made up his mind to join Cao Yue, couldn't help asking.

"Using Donglin's strong influence in the south of the Yangtze River to spread the news, it is said that Wu Sangui has secretly surrendered to slavery, was named Pingxi King by Dorgon, and became Jiannu's running dog. Jiannu entered the customs this time to seek the world, not only Just to wipe out the rogue bandits for my Ming Dynasty, I will let the people in the Fushe also spread such news, we must let the people of the world know the nature of the slaves, and we must not have the benevolence of women towards them!"

Cao Yue said with a look of horror in his eyes.This look startled Qian Qianyi who had been watching his words and expressions.

Qian Qianyi, who had never killed anyone, never expected that Cao Yue would have such a horrified look in his eyes, it was full of murderous intent!
In the end, Cao Yue left in Qian Qianyi's sincerity and fear, and went to Lu Daqi's mansion.

Not contrary to Cao Yue's expectations, Lu Daqi also could not resist Cao Yue's intimidation and temptation, and agreed to act as Cao Yue's pawn.

Afterwards, Cao Yue successively went to the mansions of Gao Zhuo, Huang Daozhou, Qu Shixu, and Wang Duo, and visited these new high-ranking court officials. The methods they used were still the same. These officials were not innocent or very innocent. They did some shameful things, and the blame fell into Cao Yue's hands. They couldn't tell what they were suffering, so they could only admit it.

Almost none of the officials in the Ming Dynasty were innocent. They were greedy for power and money, and lost their integrity. No one had no shortcomings and no excuses.Cao Yue, who was familiar with the history of the late Ming Dynasty, knew this well, and had no choice but to use the power of the Jinyiwei at his disposal to collect the stains of these officials and use them to blackmail them.

This time when Zhu Cijiong ascended the throne, Cao Yue also planned to let Chang Yanling take charge of the entire Jinyiwei system, and asked his brother Cao Chao to be Chang Yanling's deputy, intending to completely control the entire Jinyiwei system.Everything must be maintained until the chaos subsides and the world is stable. In troubled times, extraordinary measures must be used.

The policy of carrots and sticks is very effective, and Cao Yue has achieved better results than he thought.

The next day, the atmosphere in the court changed immediately. Except for Shi Kefa, no one stood up to oppose Cao Yue's appointment as the governor and control of the world's army.

Shi Kefa did not object very fiercely. Seeing that other people had no objections, he did not insist in the end, and Cao Yue's appointment was quickly approved.

But all the ministers know that Cao Yue is in charge of the soldiers and horses in the world, and he has saved the life of Queen Zhou and the current emperor, so his power in the court is unmatched by anyone.If Sun Chuanting is also controlled by him, Cao Yue will have the final say on the world's affairs that day.

It's just that although everyone understands it in their hearts, no one expresses such meaning.Cao Yue has grasped their fate through Jinyiwei. If they dare to jump out again, they are purely courting death. What they got now will be lost immediately.

But they are all extraordinary masters, and they definitely won't just accept their fate like this, it's just that they can't deal with Cao Yue for the time being.

Cao Yue is also aware of this, he knows that these people are not willing to obey him, but are controlled by him, and if they have the opportunity, they will find a way to escape his control, maybe one day everyone will unite to deal with him.What he can do is to cultivate his own forces that are loyal to him, and finally let his cronies replace these officials who like to intrigue the most, so that the Ming Dynasty Hall will be completely revitalized.

Subsequently, the imperial court also appointed some leading generals.

Because I know many things about the end of the Ming Dynasty, and I know that after the establishment of the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty, the major warlords Zuo Liangyu, Liu Zeqing, Gao Jie, Liu Liangzuo, and Huang Degong, who held heavy troops, opposed the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty. The generals either surrendered to Jiannu, or rebelled. It can be said that these generals and the soldiers they led were not only a force that the Ming court could rely on, but a threat.In order to regain its strength, some hidden dangers must be eliminated.

Cao Yue knew that with his current team, he was already able to contend with the bandits and slaves. Even if his offensive ability was insufficient, he could not completely wipe out the bandits and slaves. It should not be a problem to keep half of the country.Can the soldiers continue to be replenished? He also knows the nature of the army under these generals. He doesn't want to annex these troops completely. He just hopes that these warlords will disappear so as not to add chaos.

Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo, Gao Jie, and Huang Degong have hundreds of thousands of soldiers, plus Zuo Liangyu, who is entrenched in Wuchang and claims to have 80 soldiers, together they are a force that cannot be underestimated by anyone.Even if they are a group of mobs, if there is a disturbance, it will cause a great shock to the world, and countless people will suffer.Cao Yue wants to plan ahead and eliminate hidden dangers in the bud.

Under the instruction of Cao Yue, the imperial court issued an imperial edict appointing Zuo Liangyu as Ning Nan Bo and Zuo Dudu of the Central Army; Zuo Dudu, Liu Zeqing was Dongping Bo, the former army Zuo Dudu, Huang Degong was Jingnan Bo, the rear army Zuo Dudu.The appointment of these generals as the commanders-in-chief of the five armies is to ask them to come to Nanjing to serve.

Then the Ministry of War issued another military order, entrusting Jin Shengyuan, Lu Guangzu, Li Guoyong, Xu Yong, and Hao Xiaozhong as the commander-in-chief of Zuo Liangyu's department, Li Benshen, Gao Jinku, Li Chengdong, Wu Shengzhao, and Wu Maozhen of Gao Jie's department as the commander-in-chief, and Liu Liangzuo's department as the commander-in-chief. Ma Degong and Tian Xiong were the commander-in-chief, and Liu Konghe, Liu Hongji, and Li Huajing were the commander-in-chief of Liu Zeqing's troops.Weng Zhiqi and Tian Xiong were the generals of Huang Degong's Ministry.

While issuing these appointments, Cao Yue also prepared the Nanjing New Army to deal with the rebellion.He was already a little impatient to solve the mess and sort things out.

(End of this chapter)