Yang Zhen didn't dare to accept their flattery casually. Who knew whether these flatteries were digging a hole for himself?

In fact, Yang Zhen had already noticed that there were only a handful of carriages in the team behind Chu Xianzhang, Zhang Ruoqi, and Fang Yizao.

One of them is a horse-drawn carriage with a sedan, and the others are large trucks carrying ordinary goods.

Yang Zhen took a quick look and knew without asking that this time, the imperial court did not send him much food, military supplies and other supplies.

Of course, Yang Zhen was already prepared to be self-reliant. It actually didn't matter to him whether the imperial court would give him food, salary and supplies, or how much food, salary and supplies they could give him.

But his plan or idea could not be expressed publicly in front of the imperial envoys.

Now when he heard from Fang Yizao, Chu Xianzhang praised him for doing a good job in the reclamation, said that his reclamation had achieved great results, and also said that his place was like a paradise, so he quickly denied it.

The matter of immigration and reclamation has been carried out intensively throughout Jinhai Town recently, and will continue in the future until all the land he can occupy is filled.

He didn't want the imperial government's policy of opening the door for him to recruit people for farming to change before this happened.

The other one said that his place is a paradise, which also means that his place is relatively peaceful and stable now.

And once he admitted this fact, he would not be able to refuse the imperial court's request to mobilize the main force of Jinhai Town to encircle and suppress the rogue bandits.

Although Yang Zhen didn't know whether Fang Yizao, Chu Xianzhang and Zhang Ruoqi had communicated with each other on the way to Jinhai Town, or whether they had reached some kind of tacit understanding.

But Yang Zhen himself was quite cautious. He didn't want to leave any chance for the top people in front of him who had their own intentions to trick him.

"Haha, Governor Yang, you are too humble! In my opinion, your Jinhai Town is definitely the strongest among the nine towns in the Ming Dynasty!"

Faced with Yang Zhenhua's unrestrained low-key and somewhat deliberate show of weakness, Zhang Ruoqi, a doctor in the Ministry of War's official position, did not buy it at all.

"The amount of pay given to you by the imperial court is very limited, so in terms of military strength, you are certainly not the most advantageous; at the same time, Jinhai Town is behind enemy lines and isolated overseas, so in terms of the situation, you are not the most advantageous.

"However, I am a doctor in the Ministry of War, and I know the results of all the battles against the captives since Wanli. If we just talk about the victory or defeat of the battles against the captives, if your Jinhai Town is ranked second, dare I ask which of the towns in Jiubian dares to do so?

First place?!

"This time, I have invited you to come to Jinhai Town to meet the Governor in person. In addition to being ordered to deliver the decree, there is a major matter related to Pinglu. I am discussing with the Governor and want the Governor to continue his efforts and make new achievements!"

Zhang Ruoqi still has the same old attitude of always talking loudly and without making any surprises.

However, facing Zhang Ruoqi's high hat, Yang Zhen also denied it with a smile.

"Master Zhang, thank you, thank you! Since the opening of Jinhai Town, thanks to the great blessings of the emperor, the care of everyone, and the service of all the soldiers in the town, we have been able to achieve something by luck. But if we say that Jiubian is the strongest, it is absolutely undeserved.

of!"..

In particular, when Yang Zhen heard what Zhang Ruoqi said about an important matter related to Pinglu, he was suddenly startled. Not only did he not answer his words, but he immediately laughed and rushed forward, quickly fighting with a few of them.

Opened the distance.

In the original time and space, at this time of Chongzhen's fourteen years, although Yang Yichang's illness died, a very ominous shadow was covered with the Guanyei thief battlefield in the Daming Dynasty, but the Emperor Chongzhen still wanted to give priority to solving and solve the Qing prison as soon as possible.

The question.

In history, the decisive battle of Song Jin, which caused the nine sides of the Da Ming Dynasty, was launched in the early summer of the 14th year of Chongzhen.

Of course, in the original history, the direct inducement of this decisive battle was that Jinzhou City was surrounded, and then Zu Daeshou asked the court for help.

However, in this life, at this moment, Jinzhou City is safe and sound, and in a short period of time, there is no sign of the siege of Jinzhou City that Qinglang will be siege.

Therefore, in Yang Zhen's expectations, the main decisive battle between Daming and the Qinglai will not happen this year as historically, nor will it happen in the Songjin area in western Liaoning as historical.

This is also the main reason why he is actively creating a large number of artillery boats, preparing to cross the sea to the east, and use the Dazhou Island as a springboard to attack the Kyushu of the Kyushu country, and the main reason why it is fiercely fishing.

After the immigration operation of this year, before the winter, Yang Zhen was ready to expand the army with the young man in the new immigrant.

Prior to this expansion of the army, Yang Zhen must complete the conquest of the Kyushu of Kyushu Kingdom, and must obtain a large amount of military materials such as gold, silver, copper, rice, sulfur, nitrate, etc.

If there is no sufficient gold and silver wealth and military supplies, then Yang Zhen's expansion plan will be limited by financial resources.

Correspondingly, before the completion of the large -scale expansion plan, Yang Zhen would never take the initiative to go north to launch a decisive battle with the main force of Qing Pu.

Of course, if the pseudo -emperor Huang Taiji still worried about the existence of Jinhai Town and still unbearable, he still had to launch an offensive against Zhenjiangbao City or Fuzhou City, then Yang Zhen could only continue to fight back.

However, considering the direction of the Qingjun army in the direction of Fuxing City, in the direction of Zhenjiang Castle, two games have failed, and the second game was still instructed by Huang Taeji in person.

The main party will launch a large -scale attack on Jinhai Town for the third time.

Because of this, Yang Zhen felt that in the next few months, it was an excellent opportunity to cross the sea to the east and go to the Kyushu of Kyushu Kyushu.

After he recruited the Kyushu family back and completed the expansion plan of Jinhai Town, it was the time to layout and launch the battle against the king of the prisoner.

In other words, in Yang Zhen's plan, at least the summer of Chongzhen's fifteen years is the right time to make a big northern expedition.

Of course, the best time for the Northern Expedition is actually when the prison pseudo -emperor Huang Taeji violently died, that is, the autumn of Chongzhen for 16 years.

But Yang Zhen was also very clear that Emperor Chongzhen and the ministers in the Beijing Division's court would not let him wait until that time.

Because in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, after the situation in the Guanyin worsening again, even if the blind man can understand the serious harm of the two -line operations.

At that time, Yang Zhen would start to start the Northern Expedition immediately and launch the battle for the Qinglai to destroy the country. Either he had to cross Hainan and go to the battlefield of the Central Plains to help Liu Kou.

However, before and after the afternoon of the day, Yang Zhen, the Jin Haibo personally led the team to lead the team, led the court's commissioning and the intention to accompany Fang Yizao and others who accompanied him to Jinhai Town, and finally arrived in the south city of Lushun.

The generals stationed in Jinhai Town at Lushunkou who did not follow Yang Zhen to greet him all came to greet him outside the city gate. For a time, the outside of Lushun South City was crowded with people, flags were fluttering, gongs and drums were loud, and it was very lively.

Zhang Ruoqi and Chu Xianzhang were naturally very satisfied when they saw this scene.

They also saw that in front of the waiting crowd, the incense table for receiving the order had been set up, so they discussed it and decided to convey the imperial order here.

"The Emperor, who has been entrusted by heaven, issued an edict: Since last year, there have been many troubles in the world. In the spring of this year, Luoxiang was killed, which caused the rebellion in Zhongzhou to become fierce again, and the government and the public were in panic.

"At this time, fortunately, Qing Han was sitting in Jinhai. He was loyal, dedicated to his duties, not afraid of hardships and dangers, and achieved many wonderful victories, so that the court did not have to worry about going east. This is all the result of Qing Han.

"I heard the strong wind and knew the strong grass, and the rough and sway knew the honest minister. On the day when people were afraid, you performed this miraculous feat and unleashed the spirit of attack. I am really relieved. Now I send a special imperial envoy to give you Shang Fangjian and Yinzi Jinyi to protect the world.

Thousand households, and the general Qing will take charge of the defense of Jinhai and Denglai towns.

"The defense within the jurisdiction of the two towns of Jinhai and Denglai can be temporarily decided by the Qing Dynasty. The promotion of the generals and assistants under the two towns will be promoted by the Qing Dynasty. This time, the Qing Dynasty will also select and appoint them based on their own merits, and then report to the Ministry."

"I accept the decree and express my gratitude! Long live my emperor! Long live my emperor!"

The first paragraph of the imperial edict read by Zhang Ruoqi focused on the recent contributions of Yang Zhen and Jinhaizhen, while the second paragraph focused on the reward given to Yang Zhen.

As for the first part, although the imperial edict did not elaborate on it, he had already understood it clearly from Fang Yizao on the way to welcome Zhang Ruoqi, Chu Xianzhang and Fang Yizao.

Not only did they know the conclusive news of Yang Sichang's death, but they also learned that Ding Qirui, the governor of the three sides, was appointed to take over Yang Sichang's post.

At the same time, he also learned from Fang Yizao that Denglai Governor Xu Renlong and Denglai Commander-in-Chief Chen Hongfan died unexpectedly in the hands of rogue bandits.

The reason why Fang Yizao followed Chu Xianzhang and Zhang Ruoqi across the sea to Lushunkou this time was because Fang Yizao had been appointed as the new governor of Denglai.

Although the distance from Shanhaiguan to Denglai is not too far, the road is not smooth. There are plagues, bandits, and thieves raging everywhere. The land route is not as safe as the sea route.

Yang Zhen was of course very happy when he learned that Fang Yizao had been appointed as the governor of Denglai. However, when he learned the news, he was actually wondering who the candidate for Denglai Commander-in-Chief would be.

Chu Xianzhang was very tight-lipped and did not tell him in advance.

Although Zhang Ruoqi already knew that Yang Zhen would concurrently serve as governor of Denglai, but with Chu Xianzhang following him, he did not dare to publicly reveal the content of the imperial edict before it was announced.

In the same way, Fang Yizao also vaguely knew from Zhang Ruoqi that Yang Zhen was likely to take on the role, but in front of Chu Xianzhang and faced with Yang Zhen's inquiry, he could only smile and say nothing, thinking about him.

At that time, Yang Zhen was moved, but he still couldn't believe that this thing could be true, because he had never expressed such thoughts to Fang Yizao, Fang Guangchen, his son, or anyone else.

In fact, he had never had such an idea.

Because in his impression, it is very common for a civilian governor to oversee the military affairs of several provinces or to oversee the military affairs of two or more border towns, but it is extremely rare for a military general to take charge of the military affairs of two or more border towns.

Although the current Denglai Town basically has no strength, it needs soldiers but no soldiers, it needs ships but no ships, it needs food but no food, it needs wages but no wages, the people's livelihood is in decline, and all industries are depressed.

Moreover, with Jinhai Town standing across the sea and between it and Qinglu, the original important status of Denglai Town has been greatly reduced.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for Yang Wenyue, the governor of Baoding, Hebei and Shandong provinces, to petition Xu Renlong, the governor of Denglai, and Chen Hongfan, the general of Denglai, to go south with him to encircle and suppress the rogue bandits.

But no matter what, Denglai Town is a town after all, and Yang Zhen did not dare to expect that the always suspicious Emperor Chongzhen would entrust him with the defense of Denglai Town.

So when he heard that the imperial edict read by Zhang Ruoqi told him to be the commander-in-chief of the defense of Jinhai Denglai Second Town, Yang Zhen's head buzzed as if something was exploding inside. He was surprised and excited, and he quickly kowtowed to the edict to thank him.

"Hahaha, I would like to congratulate Governor Yang first! However, Governor Yang can wait a moment to receive the order and express his gratitude. The Holy Edict has not been read out yet. Please be patient and calm, Governor -"

Zhang Ruoqi saw that Yang Zhen was in a hurry to accept the edict and thank him, so he immediately stopped him with a smile and told him that there was more to the edict.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Ruoqi read it out loud.

"Your Majesty was besieged in Zhenjiang Fort for several months, and fought hard to break out of the siege. There were countless difficulties involved. Even though I am in the capital, I can deeply understand it. If you follow my true intentions, I really want to let you and others rest for half a day.

After that, we will send troops to the pass. However, since Sichang is dead, Zhongzhou is in danger, and rogue bandits are all over the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers. If you don't send troops, the traitor situation may be difficult.

"Therefore, I hereby give you an edict. If you are unable to come in person, you will be elected as a general and take half of the troops from Jinhai Town to cross the sea and go south to Denglai. Return to Denglai Governor Fang Yizao and raise your own supplies.
Chapter completed!