After Zhao Ming learned from Xia Wanchun's mouth about his intention and the incident in Nanjing, more detailed top-secret information from the Military Intelligence Department that night also crossed the ocean and sent it to Zhao Ming's desk.Zhao Ming learned that it was Yang Wencong who reminded Zhu Yihai, so Yang Wencong took the risk to contact Donghai Town's intelligence base in Nanjing, and Donghai Town hurriedly reminded Zhu Yihai.He Tengjiao made a lot of preparations before the action, in addition to the Jinyi guards who were ambushed in the palace, the guards of each gate also closed the city gate as soon as the incident happened.Zhu Yihai went out of the city from the Zhejiang Department and guarded the Zhengyang Gate, but was stopped by the forbidden army of Waiguo, failed to leave Nanjing, and was surrounded in Xiaoling.Donghai Town, in the city of Nanjing, was blocked in the city before he could send the news.Now, Zhao Ming has roughly learned the current situation through the news that has come one after another.At night, the lights in the tent of the Chinese army were bright, and Zhao Ming summoned several of his henchmen to discuss.Zhao Ming said in a deep voice: "Now the prince is trapped in Nanjing Xiaolingwei, if he is not rescued, the prince will be captured by the imperial court sooner or later."
At that time, the dragons of the Zhejiang system will be leaderless and will inevitably collapse!
”Judging from the information obtained, Zhu Yihai is now surrounded in Xiaolingwei, claiming that he was framed by traitors, and refused to go out to accept the trial of the Longwu court.Within the Zhejiang department, there are great differences, some of the young Zhuang faction, suppressed by the imperial court, are already angry, and now the imperial court actually did something to Zhu Yihai, they immediately shouted that they wanted to enter Nanjing, pull Zhu Yujian off the horse, and set up Zhu Yihai to ascend the throne.Several marshals of the Zhejiang Department know that now Fang Guoan has defected, and the troops of Donghai Town have been pinned, and only the soldiers and horses in Jiangbei will not be able to defeat Nanjing at all.Zhang Huangyan and other Zhejiang-based think tanks also held down the Jiangbei generals and told the generals not to act rashly.Now first, it can't be defeated, and second, once it is done, Zhu Yihai's charge of colluding with other towns and deliberately plotting rebellion will be confirmed, and the court will have more reasons to solve Zhu Yihai.Therefore, Li Chengdong and others gathered more than 100,000 people and stationed troops in Yangzhou, wanting to rescue Zhu Yihai, but their strength was not good and they did not dare to cross the river rashly.On the side of the Longwu Imperial Court, because he failed to put Zhu Yihai under house arrest, he ran to Xiaolingwei and spread the news that the traitors wanted to frame him, so that He Tengjiao did not dare to attack Zhu Yihai directly.Zhu Yihai has a very high prestige in the government and the opposition, and if He Tengjiao attacks Zhu Yihai without going through the trial, public opinion will be on the side of Zhejiang.Therefore, the two sides are now at a standstill, but Zhu Yihai is trapped in Xiaolingwei after all, although He Tengjiao can't attack directly, but there are a lot of yin tricks that can be used.The forbidden army trapped Zhu Yihai, cut off water and food, and then bought and lured with a lot of money, so that the Zhejiang army in Xiaolingwei kept coming out to surrender, and when there was no one around Zhu Yihai, he could enter Xiaolingwei and arrest Zhu Yihai for trial and conviction.Gu Yanwu said: "Prime Minister, we must rescue the prince before Xiaolingwei can hold on, otherwise the prince will fall into the hands of He Tengjiao, and the Zhejiang system will inevitably collapse." ”Zhao Ming also means this, if the Zhejiang system collapses, He Tengjiao will cut the head of Donghai Town when he cuts the domain, and then Donghai Town will be difficult to support alone, not to mention colonizing the South Seas and driving out the Manchu Qing, I am afraid it will be difficult for him to survive.Zhao Ming said in a deep voice: "To rescue the prince, it is necessary to exert pressure on the imperial court, and the pressure can only start from two aspects: public opinion and military. ”Gu Yanwu said in a deep voice: "Prime Minister, although public opinion can put some pressure on the imperial court, if you want the imperial court to release the prince, I am afraid that public opinion alone will not work, and military pressure is needed!"
And if you want to carry out military pressure, you can only return to Jiangdong!
”Zhao Ming bowed slightly, He Tengjiao finally seized such an opportunity, relying on public opinion would definitely not make him change his attention, and the Lord and faction also had a large number of literati, and they would definitely carry out public opinion counterattacks, so only Chen Bing Yaowu would use force to deter the imperial court, so that He Tengjiao would not dare to act rashly.Zhao Ming was silent for a moment, "If this is the case, the southern expedition plan will be blocked." ”"Please also ask the Prime Minister to decide!"
Gu Yanwu and the others stood up and bowed.The reason is there, and the situation has been analyzed clearly.Zhao Ming closed his eyes and thought about it for a while, opened his eyes and said, "The southern expedition can be stopped, but Luzon must be taken down."
Where is Tang Tong?
”Tang Tongwen immediately clenched his fists, "The end will be!"
”Zhao Ming said in a deep voice: "The trench has been dug under Manila City, and the mortar cannons have also been transported into the camp. ”"The last will obey!
If you don't get down to the deadline, please cut the head of the general!
”Tang Tong clenched his fists proudly."
Good!"
Zhao Ming exclaimed, "There is no joke in the army!"
”At this time, Gu Yanwu said: "Prime Minister, the islands of Luzon are not smaller than Taiwan, and after the feudal government occupies this place, it will take time to digest and develop the population."
In fact, if the Dutch were driven out, it would be difficult for the feudal government to control and develop Java for a while.Therefore, after taking Luzon, the suspension of the southern expedition was actually not much harm to the feudal government.Of course, before the army suspended the southern expedition and returned to Jiangdong, in order to ensure the tranquility of the southern front, it was finally able to sign an armistice with the Dutch with the help of a great victory in Luzon!
”Now within the Ming Dynasty, it is very likely that a civil war will break out.At that time, it is impossible for Tokai Town to stay out of the matter, and it will definitely be involved in a civil war, and Tokai Town will not be able to pay attention to Nanyang at that time.Although the Dutch lost their large numbers and were unable to pose a threat to the colony of Tokai Town in a short period of time after the defeat of Luzon, the presence of Dutch harassment at sea would always contain part of Tohae Town's energy.Zhao Ming bowed his head and said: "The Dutch fleet in Java has been basically wiped out, and if this domain continues to go south, it is not impossible to take Java."
The vassal government could use this threat to force the Dutch to sign an armistice. ”Zhao Ming thought for a while, "For the treaty, this domain has three conditions, first, the Dutch allow the merchant ships of Huaxing Company to pass through Malacca, and second, let the Dutch surrender and recognize the defeat of the Dutch authorities in the war.Third, recognize Xinming as a colony of the domain, and allow the Han Chinese of Java to go to Xinming and Borneo!
As long as the Dutch agreed to these three points, the other conditions could be appropriately conceded. ”Zhao Ming's basis has always been in Daming, so he can't help but pay attention to this internal struggle in Nanming, and be ready to deal with it with all his might.For this reason, he can only temporarily negotiate peace with the Netherlands, but there are actually two reasons why Zhao agreed to negotiate peace.The first is that the Netherlands has been hit hard and there is no threat to the town of Tokai for the time being.The second is that if the Dutch fail quickly, it will prompt Britain and France to rise rapidly into a new generation of maritime powers, and Zhao Ming needs the Netherlands to contain Britain and France to delay time for Donghai Town.Gu Yanwu saluted and said, "Humble duty, then send someone to Batavia!"
”Zhao Ming bowed slightly, "I hope the Dutch can get acquainted and reach a treaty as soon as possible!"
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