Tongzhou, the important meeting of water and land, the throat of the capital, the northern end of the Grand Canal of Beijing and Hangzhou, and the east gate of the capital.

After Wanyan Liang, the king of Jinhailing, ascended the throne, he issued an order to open up the canal transport, use the Jinkou River to divert the Yongding River water, and dig the grain transport river from the east to Tongzhou. For 800 years, the Tongzhou area has been a major pit transport and warehousing place in Yanshan area.

Nantongzhou, North Tongzhou, North Tongzhou connects north and south; East canal, West canal, East canal, East canal transports east and west.

Zheng Zhilong even forgot what age he was in his previous life when he was reading a short story, but he still remembered it freshly.

At the Zhangjiawan Wharf in Tongzhou, the terminal for grain transportation - the waterway to the northward to Tongzhou Wharf has a small water flow, and the canal ships cannot pass through, so they can only be transported by small boats. At this moment, one or two hundred canal ships, flower boats, cargo ships, and even a larger number of small ships, all the ships that can be collected are nervously loading with substances.

The emperor, the prince, the kings and the civil and military officials who accompanied him had already rested in Tongzhou City. Although the governor Zhou Wengui was not a capable minister, this matter still could not be difficult for him.

I have already made people clean up the houses and have food to put them all in place.

This man was a descendant of Zhou Dunyi, a great scholar in the Northern Song Dynasty. He was from Qinghe County, Huai'an Prefecture. His brother Zhou Wenwei was the governor of Shangzhou in Guanzhong. When Li Zicheng entered Guanzhong, Zhou Wenwei, who was the governor of Shangzhou at the time, and his army was guarded by Huang Gong. Yingcheng (Shangzhou) fought for several days. He fought hard and had no support. The city was trapped. Li Zicheng lured him with high officials and generous salaries. Zhou Wenwei refused to follow and cursed him. The civil army tied Wenwei's youngest son Zhou Yuansheng and threatened him with a knife to threaten Zhou Wenwei with a killing son. Wenwei became even more angry and refused to accept the scolding. The civil army then broke Wenwei's tongue, and (Zhou Wenwei) still opened his eyes and squirted blood in his throat to make a scolding. The civil army then killed him and killed his son.

Zhou Wengui was the least likely person among the local officials in the capital who was in power to serve Li Zicheng.

In the night, the entire Zhangjiawan was as bright as daytime, especially at the Linhe Wharf, a large number of laborers were carrying boxes of heavy wooden boxes, and the high-ranking officials and noble families were all responsible for the position of a ship being beaten to the bleeding.

There are not many ships, with a total of only one or two hundred ships. After deducting the royal royals, some people can get into the emperor's eyes. Can they have half of them left?

How many high-ranking officials and nobles are there with them? How many gold, silver, fine and antiques are there with you? And there are also men and women slaves? Such a small ship is not enough.

If there weren't military soldiers watching, I'm afraid these people would have been able to make a big splash.

"With these people here, don't even think about sleeping tonight." On the dock, Li Wu, the bald soldier general manager, said to the people around him.

"No. These idiots are anxious now, but they were more angry than the other before." I can't understand, and ordinary people really can't understand the thoughts of these high-ranking officials and nobles.

"So now one is more anxious than the other. Look at the cars and horses behind them, which one is lighter and simpler? Not to mention a ship, three or five are not enough for their family. Now whether to save their lives or their family, they feel distressed."

Li Wu and the others were watching melons and drinking tea, saying sarcastic words, and they didn't think that those high-ranking officials were pitiful at all, just like Wu Sangui now. Wu Dashuai, who was facing a life choice, was also in trouble, but no one thought he was pitiful.

This is a worry of happiness.

Today, not everyone is qualified to be won over by Emperor Chongzhen, Li Zicheng and Dorgon.

Zheng Zhilong had no intention of touching the Wu family. The old Wu family was no longer in Yanjing City. How could Liu Zongmin plunder Chen Yuanyuan and make Marshal Wu angry for being angry? There is no excuse to lead the Tartars into the pass.

But later he figured it out that the turn of Wu Sangui and Li Zicheng was a conflict of fundamental interests between each other and the difference in interests between the two - the Wu family's foundation is in Liao, and the latter is close to the capital. If Li Zicheng wants to firmly live in Yanjing, how could he really let Wu Sangui go?

And Wu Sangui is not a person who is willing to surrender and only seeks wealth and prosperity for the rest of his life. He cannot give up his power (army) in his hands, right? Otherwise, he would have led his troops to the capital long ago, right?

Wu Xiang or Chen Yuanyuan are just an open fuse. Without such a fuse, it is just like changing to a new one.

Zheng Zhilong has taken all the Wu family away now, so it might be easier for Wu Sangui to make him feel better.

Now, there are three letters in front of Marshal Wu, one from his uncle Zu Dashou; one from his handwritten letter from Emperor Chongzhen; and one from Li Zicheng.

Zu Dashou's letter was very simple, and he advised Wu Sangui to offer his respects to the Qing Dynasty. I don't know if it was written by Zu Dashou or passively, but it didn't matter. The Qing Dynasty's capital for Wu Sangui was very large - the title of king!

They had already conferred Kong Youde, Shang Kexi, and Geng Zhongming, it was not uncommon to turn Sanshun King into Sishun King.

Dorgon even promised Wu Sangui that he would not participate in the battle against the Ming Dynasty.

The Qing Dynasty went to pass the pass to assist in the suppression, not to seize the territory of the Zhu family, so their target was Li Zicheng. If something really happened to the Ming army that could not be said, Wu Sangui could also ignore it.

This promise is huge.

Li Zicheng also made a great promise, and was granted a title of marquis and Xu Zhishi, and made a case for the Mu family for generations to settle in Liao. At the same time, he also offered a reward of 200,000 taels of silver and 100,000 stones of grain and rice.

He also promised Wu Sangui not to add a single arrow to the Ming army, but to stay in Liao territory and be careful of the Qing Dynasty.

As for Emperor Chongzhen, there is no need to say much, it is all nonsense. The biggest promise is that he will take good care of Wu Xiang and his son for Wu Sangui, as well as his family members. No matter what happens! He Chongzhen will remember the great contributions Wu Sangui has made to the Ming Dynasty over the years.

Wu Sangui didn't consider this at all now because he could not follow Emperor Chongzhen to go south, otherwise his Guanning army might be divided immediately. He could not lose the Guanning army. Wu Sangui's current choice is to choose one of two, whether to surrender to the Qing Dynasty or Li Zicheng.

Submission to the Qing Dynasty, based on his understanding of the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty is not able to swallow him in one bite. In other words, after submission to the Qing Dynasty, Wu Sangui could maintain a certain degree of independence, just like the fifth camp of the Gate Zuo who had previously treated Li Zicheng. However, the Qing Dynasty did not have the same appetite as Li Zicheng. When they nourished their appetite, Wu Sangui believed that he would make a wise choice at that time.

Because the general trend of the world at that time was also clear.

It seems more reasonable to surrender to Li Zicheng. After all, the Guanning Army and the Qing Dynasty had fought for many years, and it was not impossible for both sides to say that a hatred was like a sea. But it was much better to Li Zicheng. At most, it was a debt of Zu Kuan back then.

Zu Kuan was Zu Dashou's servant in his early years, and he had little courage. Later, he was promoted to Ningyuan General and Deputy General. In the eighth year of Chongzhen, he used three thousand Guanning troops to suppress the civilian army. Lu Xiangsheng said: "Only Zu Dale, the troops who were aided and suppressed the enemy, were the most powerful soldiers. Zu Kuan ruled Liao Ding as the most powerful, and killed the most thieves."

But how can this little pain and itch be compared to Guanning Army and the Qing Dynasty?

But things cannot be just starting from this point of view, but also looking at them in the long run.

How close is Liao territory to Yanjing? Li Zicheng allowed Wu Sanguishi to conquer Liao territory. Is this a ghost?

It also happened to the Mu family. The Mu family was far away from Dali, thousands of miles away from Yanjing City. Where is the Liao area? Shanhaiguan and the capital city are all within five or six places. If you attack with cavalry, you will be able to reach the city in three or five days.

Who would be relieved if you were to rest assured? Can you rest assured?

How could I allow others to snore on the side of the bed? Li Zicheng's promise is probably already saved and he has lost his thoughts?

Wu Sangui felt nervous, feeling that Li Zicheng had at least malicious intentions towards him.

As Zheng Zhilong thought at the beginning, which powerful dynasty would allow powerful princes to be the country among the country?

Thinking of this, Wu Sangui felt that he had no choice but to go to the road of exchanging the Passage and Qing dynasty. But he was always uneasy. Since he received a letter from his father (Wu Xiang), he has been thinking about this.

The Ming Dynasty was about to collapse, and the Guanning army in his hands must find a reliable next-class family, otherwise, if a person's money and food supply are insufficient, the iron-torn army will be ruined by then.
Chapter completed!