The first person to enter the Wenhua Palace greenhouse was Cao Huachun.

After contacting each other for the past two months, Zhu Cixuan has a deep understanding of Cao Huachun. It should be said that historical books have almost negative evaluations of eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty. This inevitably affected Zhu Cixuan, who traveled through time, and led to his always being cautious in using eunuchs. Li Jizhou and Qiu Zhizhong who followed him were subject to many restrictions. The extraordinary care in doing things is a proof of this.

Zhu Cilang trusts Cao Huachun and values ​​Cao Huachun. Some key matters are handled by Cao Huachun, and some matters that may be blamed are handled by Cao Huachun. However, Zhu Cilang cannot trust Cao Huachun unconditionally. For example, Cao Huachun rarely intervenes in the military matters. Even if he punishes the Donglin Party members this time, Yang Wencong is still directly responsible for the military's dispatch. Cao Huachun is just coordinated in the center and cannot independently dispatch the army.

This is Zhu Cilang's bottom line, and the army needs to be absolutely controlled by itself.

"Mr. Cao, I have decided to make large-scale adjustments to the officials in the court starting tomorrow. Do you have any suggestions?"

After Cao Huachun thought about it slightly, he clasped his fists and bowed to Zhu Cilang.

"There is no objection to obey the emperor's orders. Adjusting the magistrates in the court is a major event for the court. The emperor should make arbitrary decisions, and the minister dare not speak out."

Zhu Cilang couldn't help but nodded slightly. This is Cao Huachun's old master. Whether it is handling things or answering questions, he shows no leakage, and he can do the things he undertakes perfectly. What's more important is that Cao Huachun can understand the mystery of every matter, and Zhu Cilang doesn't need to worry too much.

Zhu Cilang, who has sufficient confidence, highly recognizes Cao Huachun's ability.

"Okay, Lord Cao, I am going to let you serve as the eunuch of the Sili Supervisor and follow me at all times. If I have something wrong, I hope you will mention it directly. If I have something wrong, you should remind me more."

Zhu Cilang just finished speaking, Cao Huachun knelt down.

"I am grateful to the emperor for his respect. I will do my best to serve the emperor."

The eunuch of Silijian Bingbi is the first among the eunuchs, with a slightly higher status than the eunuch of the seal, which is the nominal eunuch of Silijian. Like Wei Zhongxian's status back then, Zhu Cilang made Cao Huachun the eunuch of Bingbi, which was enough to show his trust and respect.

Zhu Cilang would not give up this magic weapon when using eunuchs to fight against the civil servant group in the court. All he needed to do was to check and balance the eunuchs and civil servant group, take control of power, and promote everything to go smoothly. To achieve this goal, eunuchs with pens and eunuchs with seals are very important, and they must be absolutely loyal people.

Before deciding to write a eunuch, Zhu Cilang thought of Wang Chengen. No matter how historical books evaluate Wang Chengen, they followed Emperor Chongzhen. Such eunuchs are definitely trustworthy.

In Zhu Cilang's opinion, Cao Huachun is not worse than Wang Cheng'en, at least his ability is very good.

"Mr. Cao, let me be calm. I have decided to let Qiu Zhizhong be the eunuch in charge of the seal. You and Zhizhong must cooperate well in the future and do your best to revitalize the Ming Dynasty."

The second person to enter the Wenhua Palace greenhouse was Yang Wencong.

It is reasonable that Yang Wencong controls the army as a doctor in the Ministry of War, after all, it is a temporary measure, but it will definitely not work over time. Some are not justified. After this major adjustment, Zhu Cilang repeatedly considered it and decided to make arrangements for Yang Wencong.

When Zhu Cixuan went to Nanjing to supervise the country, the first official to follow him was called Yang Wencong. This was also influenced by historical books. After Li Zicheng captured the capital, Yang Wencong played a major role in stabilizing the general Zuo Liangyu, the general of Huguang, and successfully prevented Zuo Liangyu's mutiny. Zhu Cixuan went to Nanjing to supervise the country, and even the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, to face Zuo Liangyu, or to find a way to solve the problems of Zuo Liangyu and his troops. At that time, Yang Wencong could play an important role.

The plan is not as good as change. The reality has caused Zhu Cixuan to change his mind. It is not very useful to deal with generals like Zuo Liangyu who are self-respecting. It is necessary to use force to shock him. As long as the court shows enough power, Zuo Liangyu and others dare not act rashly.

This is the kingly way, and it is also what the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty lacks most in history.

After spending more than two months together, Zhu Cixuan affirmed Yang Wencong's ability and loyalty.

"Mr. Yang, I am preparing to establish the position of Shandong Governor General, so that you can serve as Shandong Governor General as the Left Minister of the Ministry of War, and also serve as Shandong General Officer, in charge of all the troops in Shandong. You can bring 5,000 soldiers to Shandong to take office."

"The key to protecting Shandong is that if the thief Li Zicheng or the Later Jin Tartars control Shandong, the situation facing the south will be extremely dangerous. Li Zicheng and the Later Jin Tartars will be able to directly threaten Nanzhili and shake the foundation of our Ming court, so Shandong must defend it."

"Defending the foundation of Shandong is to completely defeat any army that attacks Shandong, whether it is the treacher Li Zicheng or the Later Jin Tartars, no matter how many soldiers they send to attack Shandong, they will make their heads bleed in front of the army."

"Although you are the governor of Shandong and are in charge of military affairs in Shandong's people's livelihood, your main focus is on military affairs. I will allocate you enough money and food to maintain the military expenditure needs and let you lead 5,000 well-trained sergeants to Shandong, which is to ask them to bring general military disciplines to all the troops to strengthen the strength of the army. I do not need a army with broken military discipline, nor domineering officers and soldiers. What should I do when encountering these situations? I do not need to remind you."

"The situation in Shandong is already a little turbulent. After the news of the fall of the capital spread, most local governments are waiting and watching. After you arrive in Shandong, you must act quickly and control the situation with thunder. I have given you Shangfang Sword, so that officials under the fifth rank can be appointed and dealt with, without asking for an order."

Yang Wencong knelt down and his body trembled slightly.

"I received the order and thank the emperor for his kindness. I have a suggestion that there are only 10,000 soldiers stationed in Nanjing. If I take away five thousand people, it will definitely affect the Nanjing garrison force. It is enough for me to take two thousand soldiers to Shandong."

Zhu Cilang shook his head.

"Mr. Yang, you don't fully understand what I said just now, nor do you understand the importance of Shandong's status. It can be said that Shandong is the foundation of the imperial court and must be defended. The treacher Li Zicheng and Dorgon of the Later Jin Dynasty also understand the importance of Shandong's status. Even if Li Zicheng fights against the Later Jin Tartars, once the victory or defeat is decided, their main attack is Shandong. I expect that there will be about two to three months left, and Li Zicheng or Dorgon may be involved in Shandong."

"You don't have much time. You must integrate all the troops in Shandong within two months, and make sure that they can form combat effectiveness, at least resist fierce attacks, completely protect Shandong. At the same time, it is necessary to stabilize the local situation in Shandong and make those who are swaying and watching make up their minds to follow the court."

"Your responsibilities are very heavy. I'm afraid there is no time to relax. I'll tell you that once the situation becomes clear, I may go to Shandong in person. I'll watch the soldiers defeat Li Zicheng or Dorgon with my own eyes."

Yang Wencong, who was kneeling, suddenly turned pale, and he stabilized his body.

"Your Majesty, I will do my best. If the thief Li Zicheng and the Later Jin Tartars dare to invade Shandong, I will definitely defeat them."

After Yang Wencong left the greenhouse, Zhu Cilang closed his eyes and pondered.

There is a map of the Ming Dynasty on the imperial desk, and there are many dense marks on the map. Only Zhu Ciying himself can understand some marks. Among them, the places with the most marked marks are Shandong and Huguang.

After Dorgon defeated Li Zicheng, his spearhead was first pointed at Shandong. It was because he controlled Shandong that Dorgon was able to march straight into Nanzhili and gradually destroy the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty.

The location of Huguang is equally important and is a very important barrier in the south.

Zhu Cixuan really wanted to integrate Huguang's troops, but the biggest problem before him was Zuo Liangyu, the general of Huguang.

Historical books have almost all negative comments on Zuo Liangyu, arrogant, self-respecting, and disobeying the orders of the court. Moreover, Zuo Liangyu in history had personal ambitions. In 1645, he led his army to Nanjing in the name of "clearing the monarch", threatening the small court of the Southern Ming Dynasty. Unfortunately, before he arrived in Nanjing, he died of illness in Jiujiang.

Zhu Cixuan believes that the evaluation of Zuo Liangyu by history books is to show sufficient strength so that they dare not act rashly.

From this perspective, Zhu Cilang is not able to move Zuo Liangyu for the time being. Although he must first settle the internal situation when he fights against foreign countries, Zuo Liangyu has certain strength. If he is too hasty, it is very likely to cause internal strife, which leads to a mutiny of hundreds of thousands of soldiers under Zuo Liangyu, which is not worth the loss.

The best way now is to stabilize Zuo Liangyu and let him stay in Huguang honestly.

Strength is the factor that determines everything. As long as Zhu Cilang can seize every opportunity, quickly integrate the army of Nanzhili and Shandong, and find opportunities to defeat the attacking Later Jin Tartars, he will be able to establish the image of the court. At that time, Zuo Liangyu and others will naturally be honest.

Only after completely stabilizing the situation in the south and at least forming a confrontation between the north and south with the Later Jin Tartars was able to free up his hands to deal with Zuo Liangyu.

Zhang Xianzhong of Sichuan cannot be ignored. Zhu Cixuan also needs to find a way to make Sichuan general Qin Liangyu and Guangyuan garrison Yang Zhan move, so that they can attack Zhang Xianzhong and temporarily stabilize the situation in Sichuan.

Only by stabilizing the situation in Huguang and Sichuan could Zhu Cilang let go of the game with the Later Jin Tartars.
Chapter completed!