At the beginning of the new year, everything is renewed. After three years of rectification, the Ming Dynasty court finally got rid of internal friction, no longer fought for power and profit, no longer fought against differences. Now all officials only followed Emperor Chongzheng Zhu Cijiu, and the Ming Dynasty was revived at the time.

On the 16th day of the first lunar month, just after the Lantern Festival, Zhu Cijiu convened a court discussion to discuss how to deal with the peasant uprising army and the Later Jin Dynasty. The participants include:

Xu Guangqi, Grand Secretary of Jianji Hall, Minister of Rites, and the new chief assistant to the cabinet;

Grand Secretary of Wenyuan Pavilion and Minister of Revenue Lai Daozong;

Yang Sichang, Grand Secretary of Wuying Palace, Minister of Personnel;

Bi Maokang, Minister of Works;

Qiao Yunsheng, Minister of Justice;

The admiral of the Beijing camp, the loyal Hou Qin Liangyu;

The left governor of the Five Army Governor's Office and the commander of the Jinyiwei Guard Luo Yangxing;

The eunuch of the Sili Supervisor, and the admiral of the Dongchang, Cao Huachun;

In addition, since Sun Chengzong, the Minister of War, and Yuan Chonghuan, the Left Assistant of the Ministry of War, were both far away in Liaodong, Zhu Cijing specially asked Sun Yuanhua, the Right Assistant of the Ministry of War, to attend the meeting on behalf of the Ministry of War.

When everyone arrived, Zhu Cijiong coughed and motioned: "The bandits in the northwest have lasted for three years, and the Jiannu from Liaodong has bullied us for more than ten years. In the past, the imperial court was constantly flirting with the national treasury, and the national treasury was empty and unable to conquer. Now the problem of the imperial court has been solved. It is time to deal with these rebels. What should we do specifically? Let's discuss."

Everyone gave in with their eyes, and finally the new chief assistant Xu Guangqi could not resist the urgency of everyone. He was the first to come out and bowed: "Qi Zui, the emperor, I believe that Liaodong is now in good condition and sufficient food. Gongsun Chengzong of the Zhenguo has been through a long battle. Under his command, Yuan Keli, Yuan Chonghuan, Man Gui, Zu Dashou, Zhao Rujiao, He Kegang, Mao Wenlong, Cao Wenzhao and others are all rare generals. It is right for the time to counterattack Jiannu. As for the bandits in the northwest, it is just a group of mobs. As long as they deal with the Later Jin, they can easily deal with them."

When everyone heard this, they nodded and agreed, but only the new Minister of Personnel Yang Sichang lowered his head and said nothing.

Seeing this, Zhu Cijing encouraged: "Yang Aiqing, do you have any different suggestions? Just say anything. Don't worry, no one will hold a grudge against you. Now the party is no longer aggression."

Everyone smiled when they heard this, and the tense atmosphere was relaxed. Yang Sichang then mustered up the courage to step forward and bowed: "I call the emperor. I believe that Jiannu has become a powerful force and cannot be stopped for ten or eight years. Now the northwest rebels are on the rise. If the court vigorously encircled and suppressed them for one or two years, and then three or four years later, they will be able to be wiped out. If the northwest is abandoned and attacked Jiannu now, and the rebels become powerful, the Ming Dynasty will be attacked on both sides. Therefore, I suggest that the rebels be suppressed first and then attack Jiannu."

What Yang Sichang said seems to make sense. Zhu Cijiu is in a dilemma. Who should I listen to?

At this moment, Wang Chengen suddenly appeared at the entrance of the hall. He knelt on the ground and said carefully: "Come to the emperor, the secret spies of the Jinyiwei came from Liaodong for 800 miles of urgent documents."

Luo Yangxing's face was flushed and embarrassed when he heard this. What's going on with the people below? Just report it secretly. Can't I wait for me to come back before submitting it? He actually sent it to the palace. Didn't he see that he is discussing military and national affairs now?

Zhu Cijiu didn't care. Anyway, this discussion was not something that could be discussed in one go. He said lightly: "Since it is an emergency document, please submit it."

Then Wang Chengen took out a hot envelope from his arms, walked into the hall with his waist, and presented his hands to Luo Yangxing.

Luo Yangxing took the envelope and saw it, and was shocked. It actually read: "Immediately, urgently, please submit it to Lord Xiao Luo for personal reading."

The five urgent words "urgent" are already the most urgent information. No wonder they can't wait for a moment and are sent to the palace. The name of Lord Xiao Luo proves that he is the elite left by his father before. What made them so anxious?

He hurriedly checked the seal, and couldn't wait to tear open the envelope, take out the letter paper inside, and the secret report said:

Report to the commander: Jiannu Shengjing suddenly installed eight red cannons. The villain pretended to be Jiannu and sneaked up to the city wall to check. He found that the cannon was made by Jiannu. The cannon was engraved with: Tianyou cheered for the general, and there were the names of the supervising officials, casting craftsmen and blacksmiths. In addition, the dates engraved on this batch of eight cannons were all in the first month of the fifth year of Tiancong, Jiannu.

The fifth year of Jiannu Tiancong was the fourth year of Chongzheng in the Ming Dynasty. It was this month that Jiannu actually made red barbarian cannons, and he created eight gates at the same time! After reading it, Luo Yangxing's face changed. He carefully submitted the secret report to Zhu Cijiu to see what the emperor said.

Zhu Cijiu took the secret report and saw it, "Damn, the Red Barbarian Cannon! I'm in trouble now, the Later Jin Dynasty will also build cannons, and the difficulty of siege has soared. It seems that Liaodong doesn't need to be counted on for the time being.

He returned the secret report to Luo Yangxing and signaled him to circulate it. After everyone finished reading it, Zhu Cijiu said helplessly: "It seems that Liaodong cannot attack for the time being. Let's make plans when our Ming Dynasty's new artillery is developed. Now we can only deal with the rebels in the northwest first. How to suppress these rebels? Let's discuss it."

Just kidding the cannon with human flesh, Nurhaci didn't believe this evil, but he died. The officials of the Ming Dynasty naturally would not take this stupidity. Everyone thinks that what Zhu Cijiu said makes sense. Jiannu should let go and pacify the northwest first.

Everyone offered suggestions, some advocated pleading, some advocated encirclement and suppression, some advocated releasing, some advocated killing and all the murders. Among them, Yang Sichang's suggestions were the most pertinent.

His suggestions can be summarized in eight words: "Four positives and six pairs, ten sides open the net."

The four principles refer to the four provinces where the peasant uprising army is now active, namely: Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, and Sichuan. The governors of these four provinces are in charge of the suppression and take the initiative to encircle and suppress the rebels within the territory and eliminate their vital forces.

Liusou refers to the six surrounding provinces, namely: North Zhili, Shandong, South Zhili, Huguang, Jiangxi, and Guizhou. The governors of these six provinces cooperated to suppress the attacks, strictly preventing and preventing the rebels from escaping everywhere.

Finally, a governor was appointed, leading the imperial army to pursue the main force of the rebel army, leaving them nowhere to escape.

He also used this move during the Chongzhen Dynasty. It did work miraculously at the beginning. Zhang Xianzhong had no choice but to surrender to the Ming Dynasty. Li Zicheng was defeated and only eighteen cavalry left to escape from the mountains and forests. But later, Zhang Xianzhong went back on his word, surrendered and sentenced him again, and played a hide-and-seek game against his tactics and the main force of the Ming army, which made Yang Sichang run tired.

In the end, Li Zicheng conquered Luoyang and executed the emperor's uncle Fu King Zhu Changxun; Zhang Xianzhong conquered Xiangyang and killed King Xiang Zhu Yiming, and Yang Sichang committed suicide and apologized in a state of shock and worry.

Zhu Cijing naturally would not make the mistakes of Emperor Chongzhen again. He combined the suggestions of everyone, and combined with the lessons of the failure of the Chongzhen Dynasty, he proposed a new strategy, that is, to wait for the rabbit to gradually encroach on it.

The overall meaning is to recruit and encircle and suppress, but there is no need to pursue and suppress. The rebel army always has to eat. Now there are basically cities in the places with food in the disaster area. As long as heavy troops are sent to guard the important prefectures and prefectures, it is enough. Once the rebel army attacks the city, the nearby imperial army immediately surrounds them. Those who are willing to surrender will take their weapons, and those who are unwilling to surrender will fight until they surrender.

In fact, these are not the key points. The most important point is the handling after surrender. The defeat of the Chongzhen Dynasty was at this point. The rebels including Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong have actually surrendered. As soon as they surrendered, they sent them back to their hometowns. As a result, they rebelled soon after they returned. Some of them had not even arrived home and turned against each other halfway!

This cycle repeats itself, which means that you are working in vain.

Zhu Cijiu came up with a wonderful idea to address this point. What is this idea?

Of course, you cannot kill, but you are all your own people.
Chapter completed!