Chen Zheng, the gate of Qinzheng Hall is wide open.

The eunuch Li Hong walked to the front door of the hall, shook the whisk, and shouted in a sharp voice: "The emperor has an order, and the civil and military officials who attended the imperial meeting will come to the palace to see you!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the civil servants were headed by Wu Bing, the chief assistant of the cabinet, and the military generals were headed by Mu Tianbo, the Duke of Qian, and they were divided into two columns and entered one after another.

Those participating in this special imperial conference were: six Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, four consultants from the Advisory Office, local officials Mu Tianbo, Li Chengdong, Chen Bowen, Shi Lang, Chen Zhongwu, Zhang Jiayu, He Wuzuo, Jin Shenghuan, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu, Ai Nengqi, Ma Bao, Li Guo, He Tengjiao, Wang Huacheng, Jiao Lian, Bai Gui, Wang Fuzhi, the Imperial College Supervisor Director Gui Zhuang, General Zhaoyong, General Zhaoyong, Commander of the Imperial Guard, Ma Jixiang, Commander of the Jinyiwei, Song Yingxing, Minister of the Ministry of Works, and a total of 32 ministers.

After entering the hall, the ministers stood up solemnly. Soon after, they heard a bunch of footsteps. Then Li Hong said loudly: "The emperor is here, and all the ministers and workers kneel down to welcome him!"

The ministers hurriedly fell to the ground.

"My dear friends, please be calm!"

When the ministers heard the emperor's clear voice, they hurriedly kowtowed: "Long live long!"

After the ceremony, they stood up one after another and stood on both sides.

"My dear friends, I believe everyone has already understood the theme of today's imperial meeting. Yes, it is to discuss how to deal with the strategic deployment of the Qing army's large-scale attack. In the former, the cabinet has informed you of the military information. I believe you have their own countermeasures. Gathering your life!"

"I'm here!" Chen Zizhuang hurriedly responded and left work.

"Tell me the latest situation to you all."

"Abide by the order!"

Chen Zizhuang walked to the east wall and pointed at the map with a wooden stick to introduce the situation.

"My dear lords, overall, the Qing army was divided into two groups. The west route was the leader of the Inlaid Red Banner, Prince Xi Luo Luohun was the Grand Marshal of Dingnan, and sent troops to the southwest. He joined Wu Sangui, who was stationed in Hanzhong, and led 100,000 troops out of Sichuan Gui; in the middle route, Jierhalang was appointed as the Grand Marshal of Jingnan, and the head of Zhenghong Banner attacked Prince Li Mandahai as the deputy marshal, the Minister of Government, and the Minister of War Hong Chengchou as the counselor, Shuncheng County Prince Luke Dehun, and Jingjin County Prince Nikan, the new term

The Zhenglan Banner Gushan Ezhen Aobai was the deputy general, leading the four banners of Zhenghong, Zhenglan, Inlaid Blue and Inlaid White out of the capital, and joined forces with Tan Tai and He Luohui stationed in Nanzhili. A total of about 200,000 soldiers under his command. The latest news was that the Qing Denglai Navy went south and joined forces with the surrendered general Zheng Zhibao stationed in Nanzhili to form the Beiyang Navy. There were more than 700 warships of all sizes and 80,000 soldiers. Liu Qingtai, the Han army's Zhenghong Banner Gushan Ezhen, served as the admiral, and Zheng Zhibao was the deputy.

At present, Luo Luohun's army has arrived in Hanzhong and joined Wu Sangui. The next move is unknown; Hong Chengchou has arrived in Nanzhili in advance to fight for Jiergalang, while Jiergalang and Mandahai have led the main force to Xuzhou and are expected to arrive in Nanzhili in early July.

Based on the above enemy situation, the emperor judged that after Jiergalang arrived in Nanzhili, he would definitely divide his troops to defend Quzhou and defend our Eastern Army. In the west, Luoluohun may have two movements. One is to seize Jingzhou and Xiangyang, and strangle the key roads of my northwards to the throat; the other may be to march Guizhou and restrain our army from the flanks. However, the emperor judged that this possibility is not great. Because Guizhou is barren, the army will not be easy to eat. Moreover, even if it occupys Guizhou, it will have little strategic significance.

Therefore, the strategy that the Qing army may adopt is to take the defensive situation on both sides of the east and west, and focus on breaking through from Jiangxi, that is, the defense zone of our central army."

After introducing the situation, Chen Zizhuang put down the wooden stick, bowed to Zhu Youlang, and returned to his original position.

"My dear friends, since I ascended the throne, I have always grasped both sides, the military struggle against the Qing soldiers on one hand, and the civil affairs reform on the other. These two are complementary and inseparable. Without military victory, the civil affairs reform would not be able to proceed smoothly, because without a peaceful environment, how can civil affairs reform be carried out? By the same token, if there is no civil affairs reform, our military struggle would lose its meaning. Why do you say so? Because our ultimate goal is to establish a new Ming Dynasty with clear and clear politics and people living and working in peace and contentment. These reforms must be done now, and we cannot wait until the world is liberated before doing it. That is more difficult and more obstacles will be implemented.

Therefore, after achieving the Hushishan Victory, I have focused on the implementation of the new policy. I believe that only three to five years will give me a qualitative leap, whether in terms of institutional innovation, talent reserves, financial resources accumulation, scientific and technological development, etc., and then we will definitely sweep the world with a destruction and destruction.

However, 'the tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop', the Qing soldiers could not see us rest and rest and develop. I thought that the demise of the Dorgon group and the rise of the Haoge group would cause the Qing court to have a long period of turmoil and would not be able to spare the energy to deal with us. Unexpectedly, the Qing court quickly completed the power transfer, united again, and began to gather heavy troops to invade the territory.

In this sense, the Qing court should not be underestimated.

Therefore, I would like to remind you three points.

First, we must be mentally prepared to fight a protracted war. The Qing army is still very powerful and it is not a tofu that can be broken when touched. My dear friends must eliminate the idea of ​​underestimating the enemy and not be blindly optimistic. Even if we have the latest firearms, we must be mentally prepared to fight a protracted war;

The second point is to strengthen our confidence in victory. Although the Qing soldiers are powerful, we should see that today's main contradiction is ethnic conflicts, and war is a struggle between two ethnic groups. Remind everyone to note that the two ethnic groups are not only Manchu and Han, but Manchu and the Chinese nation dominated by Han ethnic groups. Between the two ethnic groups, the number of people is not the number of people, but the absolute minority. The most powerful weapon of the Han people is not the advantage of numbers, but the culture that the Han people have inherited for thousands of years. As the war deepens, I believe that more Han people will wake up and join the ranks of opposing the Qing rule.

At the same time, I am a descendant of the Ming Dynasty and my "people-oriented" governance strategy pursued will definitely receive support from the vast number of people, including the enemy-occupied areas.

'Those who win the hearts of the people will win the world', I believe that the final victory must be ours.

Third, while grasping the main contradiction of military struggle, we should not forget to promote the new policy. Every time a region is liberated, a new policy must be implemented in that region. Only in this way can the new policy be promoted, so that more people can benefit and ultimately receive support from the people.

Okay, I will briefly mention these three points first.

Next, please express your opinions on the judgment of the enemy situation and our response measures.”
Chapter completed!