On the fourth day after Hong Chengchou arrived in Beijing, after visiting several friends who were officials in Beijing, he finally received the emperor's decree, allowing him to meet him immediately.

Hong Chengchou was naturally very clear about the emperor's intention to replace Wu Aheng in charge of Ji Liao: to purify the Liaodong generals, divide and disintegrate the Guanning army, reduce Liao's expenses, and prepare for the future conquering Jianzhou.

Hong Chengchou was a civil servant for ten years and had dealt with countless Ming army generals. He had a lot of experience in how to control these crude men.

In his eyes, the generals of the Ming Dynasty could be roughly divided into several categories.

The first type is loyal generals who are loyal to the emperor and the court, never disobey orders, and do not regard their subordinates as private soldiers, such as Cao Wenzhao, Cao Bianjiao, Bai Guangen, Ai Wannian and others. These generals are also the ones he values ​​and appreciates the most, but the number is too small.

The second type is the one with the largest number of people. Most of them comply with the orders of the emperor, but they will take the opportunity to make corresponding demands to strive for personal gain, such as asking for official positions, money, grain, weapons, armor and other things to expand their strength; such generals are represented by He Renlong, Zuo Liangyu, Yang Guozhu and others, and Hong Chengchou is confident that he can restrain them.

The third type is generals like the Zu Dashou of Liaodong. They use the money and food of the court to raise their own private soldiers, treating the emperor and the court as if nothing is needed, and only focusing on their own interests. Although they will fight against Jiannu, such actions are more about maintaining the balance between the Ming Dynasty and Jianzhou so that they can gain more long-term benefits from it.

For warlords like Zu Dashou who disregarded the country's righteousness and disregard, Hong Chengchou, who was scheming and calculating, could not think of a good way to deal with them for a while. After arriving in Ji Liao, he could only come up with corresponding plans based on the actual situation.

In the Qianqing Palace, after the great gift was given to the seat, Zhu Youjian looked at Hong Hengjiu sitting on the brocade pun with a slightly complicated mood.

Zhu Youjian did not feel the intimacy of Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting when he was listed in the Biography of the Two Secrets in history, but he felt more indifferent between superiors and subordinates.

Although I know that Hong Chengchou's surrender in history was a helpless act of saving his life, I can understand it, but I am subconsciously unable to accept this behavior of betraying the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Youjian knew that he should not deny everything about a person with what had not happened. Over the past ten years, Hong Chengchou has made great contributions to the suppression of the bandits and Anmin. If he had not been in a position to put out fires everywhere, the Ming Dynasty would have been dead. Now he can only secretly convince himself to treat him as a hero.

"Hong Qing, I remember correctly. This is the first time I have met with you and your ministers in the ten years since I ascended the throne? Hong Qing is famous in the Ming Dynasty. Although I have never met you, I have been a god-like friend for a long time. I have always kept the great contributions Hong Qing has made to the Ming Dynasty for many years! You are about to go to Ji Liao to take office. I hope you will be brave enough to serve and make new contributions! I will definitely reward you with great rewards!"

Zhu Youjian said with slight words.

Hong Chengchou passed the pilot in the 44th year of the Wanli period, and left the capital in the second year of Tianqi to take up the post of Zhejiang to promote the school; in the first year of Chongzhen, Hong Chengchou was transferred to the Shaanxi Ground Supervisory Road, and since then he has held important positions in Shaanxi, Yansui and other places. Until today, the monarch and ministers have met.

"How dare I ask the emperor to worry about it! Although I have been traveling in the northwest for many years, I have made very little contributions, and I am really shameless to be praised by the emperor! Although the future is difficult when I go to Ji Liao, I will do my best to resolve the difficulties of national affairs and make my emperor feel at ease!"

Hong Chengchou stood up and bowed, and replied respectfully.

Although Hong Chengchou, who has faced countless difficulties and dangers over the past ten years, was his first time meeting the saint, he was not as timid and nervous as others because he saw the beauty of heaven. His words and deeds were always calm, showing his unique demeanor of a famous minister.

"Hong Qing does not have to be too humble, I know your contributions. When you go to Ji Liao, you should know my intention. Now that the country is at peace, the dangers of Jianzhou have become a must-solve problem. Liaodong has raised a tiger for a long time, and if you let it be big, it will inevitably be counterattacked! If you want to get rid of this disease, you must first settle Liaodong. The former Liao governor was a position of a corpse and a place to sit and watch the decay of the border affairs. It is really a mediocre talent! You are very wise and talented, and have extraordinary talents, and are widely praised by the court officials, so I sent you to take over. I want to know what you think about the affairs of Liaodong?"

"I dare not be praised by the emperor! From the day I received the order, I always think about it in my spare time: if I want to pacify Jianzhou and Juliang, Liaodong will be the key to victory, and the Liaodong official army ignores the imperial orders and must be changed! Ning Jin's soldiers eat the imperial court's salary, and they should be soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, not private soldiers of the same family! I look at Ning Jin's army, only knowing the ancestors, Wu but not the emperor, which is unbearable! But the ancestors and Wu families have been operating in Liaodong for a long time, and the forces in their army are mixed. How difficult is it to solve this disease! I have been thinking hard for a long time, and I feel that only by dividing their hearts first, tempting them with profits, and forcing them with heavy troops, and then taking several measures can we achieve results!"

Hong Chengchou talked calmly, but on the surface he seemed to be holding the wise bead, but in fact he was not sure at all.

According to the number of officials and soldiers reported in Liaodong, there were 200,000 officials on the Ningjin line; but Hong Chengchou speculated that it was actually around 150,000, and among these tens of thousands of officials, the most capable of fighting was only about 10,000, and the more than 10,000 people were scattered under the names of dozens of generals and became servants of these generals.

The ones who are better at fighting in Ningjin's official army are Zu Kuan, Wu Sangui, Li Chongjin and others. The three men have their own subordinates ranging from 1,000 to 2,000. When they were dispatched to suppress the bandits in the mainland, the horse teams under these men performed well. The rest of the generals only had hundreds of fully equipped servants who were good at fighting.

The millions of food and wages allocated by the imperial court every year were mostly detained by these generals. While satisfying their own selfish desires, they were used to support their servants. The remaining hundreds of thousands of soldiers could get very little food and wages.

"Does Hong Qing have specific plans? Such major events are not something that can be discussed. You must have a succession of strategies, otherwise it will be difficult to do!"

Zhu Youjian asked.

Hong Chengchou's words sound simple, but there must be a complete plan to implement them. The Guanning Army is as solid as a whole, so it is not that easy to differentiate.

"When I was suppressing the bandits in northern Shaanxi, Wu, the deputy general of Guangning, had been ordered under my tent for nearly two years. He was handsome and often rushed to the front when he encountered the enemy's war. He was extremely brave. I have once explored his intentions and looked at his words and deeds. He was quite loyal to the emperor and was very fond of fame. Now that the emperor has a stroke of a god, he moved his father and son of the Wu family to Jizhou to isolate his ancestors and Wu, which made it inconvenient for transportation. I wanted to start with the Wu family, which caused the two families to be in conflict. This policy still requires the emperor to tempt him with fame and fortune. How to choose and ask the emperor to stop him respectfully!"

In history, Wu Sangui had no intention of surrendering to the Qing Dynasty even when the Ming Dynasty was about to fall.

In the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, Zu Dashou was trapped in Jinzhou for a year and surrendered. Wu Sangui was the general of Guangning at the time and was in charge of the Ming army outside the pass. Huang Taiji asked Zu Dashou to write a letter to surrender his nephew Wu Sangui, but Wu Sangui directly refused. In the end, he committed suicide by the emperor and surrendered to the Qing Dynasty under internal and external urgency. In fact, it was a helpless move, but due to many reasons, it was infamous for thousands of years in history.

Zhu Youjian's attitude towards Wu Sangui was like Hong Chengchou. Although he felt uncomfortable psychologically, his reason told him that both of them were famous talents in the Ming Dynasty, but they were all infamous under the wheels of fate.

Hong Chengchou's strategy cannot be said to be unfeasible, but it is quite difficult and the hope of success is very slim; but Zhu Youjian also knew that if even a great man like Hong Chengchou had no good idea, then the others would be like that.

"Hong Qing can do whatever he wants, and let his best be withheld his destiny. Let's see what the ending is! Fame and wealth are loved by everyone. As long as you make contributions to the country, I will not be stingy with the rewards. It is a great minister, and even the position of Marquis! Hong Qing remembers it!"
Chapter completed!