The victory of Ningyuan's defense battle laid the foundation for Yuan Chonghuan's position in the army, and Emperor Tianqi even gave him an official position and a title. The governor of Liaodong was also the right assistant censor, and the title of Minister of War. On the surface, he was glorious, but in fact he was no longer free. Not only did he send a scholar who was almost not aware of military affairs, but he implemented the policy of giving up the Liaodong land, and he had a small quarrel every three days and a big quarrel every five days. Yuan Chonghuan was so angry that he never went to Shanhaiguan again. Fortunately, Wei Zhongxian dared not take away his commander who could defeat the Later Jin Dynasty and made some concessions to him. The minister of the ruler was in charge of the inner and outer pass, while he and the supervisor Liu Yingkun were responsible for the outside pass.

"Sir, it's already late at night, why haven't you been sleeping yet?" Xie Shangzheng, a dead soldier who had been following Yuan Chonghuan for many years, saw Yuan Chonghuan alone in the courtyard who was facing the cold moon in the late autumn.

"It's Shangzheng, why didn't you sleep?" Yuan Chonghuan heard who was behind him without even looking back.

Xie Shangzheng saw that Yuan Chonghuan was wearing a single dress in the middle of the night. It was late autumn now. Liaodong was no more than Jiangnan. It was biting cold at night. He hurriedly took off his outer cloak and put it over and said, "Sir, you'd better go back to the house. The yard is too cold."

Yuan Chonghuan knew that his subordinates were concerned about him, so he gathered his skills and asked, "Have you sent a secret letter?"

"I sent it, and it's urgently 600 miles."

"Eunuch Liu came just now and sent you Laoshan ginseng, saying that you have been having too hard these days and have to replenish your body. He was afraid that the people from the East Factory would notice it, so he secretly sent it." Xie Shangzheng suddenly remembered that he had forgotten about this and quickly reported it.

"Forget this Liu Yingkun, please help me put it away and find someone to take it home in a few days." Yuan Chonghuan was glad that the military eunuch sent by Wei Zhongxian to him Liu Yingkun was a man who knew the Ming Dynasty. Among the many military eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty, he was an exception.

Yuan Chonghuan was worried. Nurhaci's successor Huang Taiji was not inferior to his father at all. Now he is even more young and ambitious. It can be predicted that Liaodong will not be calm in the next 20 years. Prepare for the future. The most important food and salary issues for long-term combat are the most important food and salary issues. Zhongqiankou, Qiantunwei, Zhonghoukou, and Ningyuan. Although there are more than 200 miles on both sides, the strategic depth is there, but the north is the mountain and the south is the sea, and it is only 40 miles wide. Ningyuan area is fighting every year, and grain production is not guaranteed. The country is suffering from disasters every year. In addition to disaster relief, the only grain storage is also necessary to feed those worms that harm the country and the people. Therefore, he must follow Sun Cheng.

Zong Jing made a way to go to Jinzhou. He moved merchants to cultivate military farmland. If he wanted to open military farmland, he had to build a castle to ensure the protection. Therefore, he formulated the construction of Jinzhou, Zhongzuosuo and Dalinghe cities. In order to ensure that the castle could be successfully completed, and to prevent the attack of the Later Jin Dynasty, he thought of using peace talks to cover up. Therefore, he gave the Emperor of Heaven and Heaven to submit his negotiation plan to the Emperor of Heaven and Heaven for approval. This secret copy is related to the future of Liaodong. Yuan Chonghuan was not nervous. What should he do if the court did not approve it? Will he use the 500,000 taels of silver to build a city privately?

Not only did Yuan Chonghuan not use a penny, he didn't mention the person he trusted the most. The money had tortured him for more than half a year. The legendary dementia prince actually appeared in Ningyuan City, leaving a silver note of 500,000 taels for himself, and then disappeared magically. However, according to his investigation, he found that King Xin had been in Kaifeng. He also asked Liu Yingkun about the appearance of King Xin, and found that although he had seen him, he had asked Liu Yingkun.

Some of the differences, but generally, it was completely consistent. This mystery could not dissipate in his heart. He was vivid in his eyes, not afraid of favors and disgraces, and calmness that was as light as he could, and Brother Xiong, and all these made Yuan Chonghuan confused. It was not that he had thought about figuring out this mystery, but he didn't dare to do it. The secret was only a secret when it was not told. As long as someone said it, it would never be a secret again.

My father taught himself to be loyal to the emperor, the court, and the country since he was a child. He also said this when he became sworn brothers. But now, the elder brother not only forgot his oath when he was a charity and betrayed the emperor, but also the court. Is it true that loyalty and righteousness really cannot be achieved at the same time? These two words have tortured Yuan Chonghuan for half a year.

Yuan Chonghuan is worried about the court's attitude towards him, and the amount of military farming and building a city is a lot. He is afraid that the court will give up his ideas because he has no money, and is afraid that the court will agree to his plan, but will not give him money and let him solve it himself. He has money but cannot use it, because once he uses the 500,000 silver, he will no longer be the Yuan Chonghuan who is loyal to the court and the emperor!

Sure enough, the court agreed to his plan for secret payment, but he had to solve the cost of building a city by himself, and the court had no money.

In October of the sixth year of Tianqi, Yuan Chonghuan sent Fu Youjue, Tian Cheng and the Lama of Wutai Mountain to ask Nanmuzu to go to the Later Jin Dynasty to test the truth and reality in the name of mourning, and roughly expressed the meaning of "repair". As expected, Huang Taiji also sent someone to ask Nanmuzu to ask Nanmuzu to express his willingness to "make peace". In this way, the secret peace talks between the two sides began.

"Prince, news came from the palace, and the Later Jin Dynasty secretly asked for peace." Shortly after leaving, Shi Kefa suddenly hurried in, panting and put a wrinkled letter in front of Zhu Yinglong.

"Oh!" Zhu Yinglong put away the thoughts in front of him, picked up the letter and browsed them in a hurry. As time went by, Zhu Yinglong no longer remembered the historical information he had collected. Writing was a very boring thing. Knowing where to find information or where the information came from, for a person who is not a history major, he needs only a very rough understanding. Two years is enough for him to forget many things, so he just has a rough impression of many things. Now he is considering problems, most of them cannot take directional thinking with history, so he was very stunned when he saw the news that the Later Jin Dynasty took the initiative to make peace.

"How could the Later Jin Dynasty take the initiative to seek peace at this time?" Zhu Yinglong murmured to himself.

"Prince, this is a good thing. In the battle of Ningyuan, Jianqi was defeated and died of illness in August. Huang Taiji first ascended the throne of Khan. His foundation was not stable and there were many internal conflicts. Naturally, he had to take the initiative to seek peace." Shi Kefa showed a faint joy on his face and analyzed.

"Li Niang, what do you think?" Zhu Yinglong raised his head and asked Xiong Hu on the side.

"What Shi Dianbo said is naturally good, but Li Niang believes that the Later Jin Dynasty will never take the initiative to seek peace at this time." Xiong Hu said with brilliance in his phoenix eyes.

"Miss Li Niang, please speak!"

"First, Huang Taiji's first ascension to the throne, his foundation is unstable, but the word "Suiting for Peace must not be said from his mouth. No one in the Later Jin Dynasty dared to raise it, because Nurhaci could be said to have died at the hands of my Ming Dynasty. It was too late to take revenge, so how could he take the initiative to seek peace? Even if he asked for peace, he would not take the initiative to propose it. Li Niang saw that the Later Jin Dynasty's initiative to seek peace was probably due to Uncle Yuan's mediation. Second, the Later Jin Dynasty agreed to make peace because of his situation. There was Mongolia to the west, Korea to the east, and the Ming Dynasty to the south. The Chahar tribe of Mongolia has always been incompatible with the Later Jin Dynasty and often fights with war.

In addition, North Korea in the east has always been the leader of our Ming horse. Huang Taiji is now surrounded by three sides and is surrounded by three sides. What consequences will be if we all form an alliance to attack him? If he does not bow his head at this time, when will he bow his head? Third, Ningyuan's battle exposed the shortcomings of the Tartar soldiers being good at field battles and not good at siege. If he blindly uses field fighting against our Ming soldiers who are good at defending the city, there is only a dead end. If he does not find a practical siege tactic, it is impossible to fight lightly with Huang Taiji's wisdom." Xiong Hu analyzed in detail.

Zhu Yinglong and Shi Kefa both fell into deep thought. Xiong Hu's analysis was very insightful and showed a very mature strategic vision. The situation of the Later Jin Dynasty suddenly appeared in front of Zhu Yinglong. The Later Jin Dynasty wanted to strengthen its strength. At this stage, it was definitely not the best time to attack the Ming Dynasty, nor was it the time. The Later Jin Dynasty entered the Central Plains more than ten years later, and basically had almost done everything in Korea and Mongolia. Only then did Wu Sangui's turn against him, he entered Shanhaiguan and then unify the world.

From this incident, Shadow exposed two major problems. First, the intelligence work in Liaodong is not ideal. Whether it is the Ming Dynasty, the Later Jin Dynasty, North Korea, Mongolia, and Zhu Yinglong's expected vision, the peace talks were actually transmitted from the palace, and only then did I know that such a thing happened. Second, the accuracy of intelligence must be strengthened, and intelligence work cannot be just about collection. More importantly, it is to join the analysis, even if it is wrong!

It is easy to find a thousand troops, but it is hard to find a general. Huai'an did a very good job in intelligence collection last week, but his intelligence analysis was slightly insufficient, so it must be strengthened. Zhu Yinglong had a strong ability to see Xiong Hu in this aspect, but when he thought of her ideal, he gave up this idea. Anyway, she is by her side now, and wait until she finds a suitable person. Maybe Shadow's intelligence analysis ability will gradually improve?
Chapter completed!