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Chapter 176 The only escape route for the aristocratic families

Aristocratic families and various interest groups.

I discovered that Mao Wenlong and his men were even more cruel than Huang Chao.

Not only do they not give them any chance to survive.

And blocked all their escape routes.

Mao Wenlong's men were everywhere in the north, east and west.

Those guys thought about it.

They had only one way to go.

That is to go through the primitive jungle and cross countless mountains.

Go to the wild land over there in Annan.

Then find a way to escape overseas.

But this road is not easy to walk on!

Many people might die on the road.

So after those guys communicated with each other, they quickly reached a consensus.

That is to let others pave the way for them.

——Find ways to trick the imperial court into sending troops to Annan.

As long as the imperial army really went to Annan.

They just need to follow behind.

This greatly ensures security.

And after going to Annan.

They also needed a large number of people to build ships and help them do various things.

To support them and continue to live a life of luxury.

Therefore, it is not enough to just send troops to Annan. It would be better to carry out large-scale immigration.

Carry out a major development of Annan.

Then the bunch of old bitches discussed it again.

Begin to exert their influence.

They all reported to Emperor Chongzhen who had just arrived in Nanjing.

Request the court to send troops to Annan...

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The influence of aristocratic families is great.

It was soon passed on to court ministers who had close relations with them.

The memorial requesting to send troops.

They were all sent to the desk of Emperor Chongzhen.

Of course, the strategies of the aristocratic families would not be so simple and crude.

First, the civil servants were mobilized to submit a wave of memorials.

They cried out to the heavens that Chongzhen was responsible for losing territory, surrendering sovereignty and humiliating the country.

Then he kept asking the court to send troops to the north.

During the court meetings, ministers also kept bringing up this issue.

Emperor Chongzhen was extremely annoyed.

Then someone handed in another memorial.

The Chongzhen Emperor was shocked: "The traitor Wenlong has committed atrocities and slaughtered scholars and monks at will. He treats the imperial court as nothing and the dawn of the world as livestock. His behavior is no different from that of a demon. The imperial court should mobilize a large army to punish him.

However, the rebels are now powerful and their troops are unstoppable. They have already occupied Beijing, Tianjin, Gansu and Shaanxi. Their momentum is strong and it will be difficult to do anything about them in the short term!

The devil descended from the sky, causing the court to lose soldiers and generals, lose the northern border, and sink into the mountains and rivers. This is the responsibility of losing the land! It is not the sin of war.

Today, in the land of Annan, the climate is hot and humid, and grain can be harvested three times a year. Moreover, the barbarians have no ambition to make progress, do not appreciate the emperor's grace, and are often disrespectful to the court.

I ask Your Majesty to send troops to the south. The first is to punish the disloyal, and the second is to expand the territory and restore the prestige of the court. The merit of expanding the territory will surely be passed down through the ages and immortal for all eternity..."

After seeing such a memorial.

Emperor Chongzhen felt conflicted and excited.

Emperor Chongzhen also wanted the credit for expanding territory!

However, Emperor Chongzhen no longer dared to believe the words of these civil servants.

I don’t know if there are other big pits buried there.

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen secretly pondered the pros and cons and weighed the gains and losses.

Finally it was the second day.

Many similar memorials were submitted.

Now Emperor Chongzhen clearly felt that there must be something fishy going on.

But what’s the trick?

Emperor Chongzhen was confused again.

Then Emperor Chongzhen summoned his trusted ministers to hold a small meeting in the Imperial Study.

"What do you think about this matter, my dear ministers?" Emperor Chongzhen asked calmly.

The few people who had already read the memorial looked at each other.

The Duke of England spoke first and asked, “Your Majesty, they were clamoring for a northern expedition a few days ago, and now they are shouting for a southern expedition.

Things have taken such an abrupt turn, this matter is probably not simple, I wonder if there is any news from the factory guards?"

Emperor Chongzhen: "The factory guards are stepping up their investigation, but they haven't figured out the reason behind it yet, so I want you to analyze this matter together and see what they want to do."

Duke of England: "Your Majesty has just arrived in Yingtian Prefecture, and they are either calling for a northern expedition or a southern expedition.

I think they want to consume the military strength of the Beijing camp, because military discipline has been abolished in various places, the garrisons are in name only and have no combat effectiveness at all!

Currently, only the reorganized Beijing Camp and the Guanning Iron Cavalry under Lord Yuan still maintain strong combat effectiveness. They want to use a large-scale war to weaken the military power in the hands of Your Majesty!"

Emperor Chongzhen at this time.

He is no longer the Xiaobai he used to be.

After going through a lot of things.

He understood that an emperor without military power would be a mascot in the palace.

So this is the British public’s analysis.

Emperor Chongzhen nodded repeatedly after hearing this.

Wang Huazhen: "What the Duke of Ying said makes sense. Large-scale warfare can indeed weaken the army and consume its manpower.

But on the other hand, Your Majesty can also take advantage of these wars to reorganize and expand the garrison troops, thereby further consolidating your military power.

Therefore, I think that the possibility mentioned by the Duke of England does exist, but it is not the only possibility. The greater possibility is that they are afraid that Your Majesty will take action against them, so they want to use other major events to distract Your Majesty's attention.

In this way, there will not be enough time, energy and manpower to investigate corruption, bribery and law-breaking by officials at all levels!"

There is nothing wrong with this analysis.

Emperor Chongzhen moved the capital to Yingtian Prefecture.

He himself wanted to take action against the powerful families in Jiangnan.

No one dared to let the emperor fall into the water.

How could Emperor Chongzhen let those aristocratic families go?

But is this really the case?

I'm afraid there is another conspiracy!

So Emperor Chongzhen looked at Yuan Chonghuan.

Yuan Chonghuan: "Your Majesty, what Duke Ying and Lord Wang said are both reasonable. These two possibilities are completely possible, and even these two are their goals.

However, based on my understanding of those aristocratic families, there should be another possibility, that is, they want to escape!"

The aristocratic family wants to escape?

This stunned everyone present!

Where else can they run to?

Yuan Chonghuan continued, "Your Majesty and the Duke of Ying should all know what happened in the north. Mao Wenlong and his people are not merciful to the aristocratic families and will exterminate them at any time.

And just a few days ago, Mao Wenlong's troops suddenly raised their butcher knives against temples, with the intention of exterminating Buddhism, and they will not allow temples and monks to exist in the future.

You should know that temples in various places often occupy a large amount of land and have a huge influence. Like the aristocratic families, they are all vested interests.

Mao Wenlong and his colleagues' actions show their determination to completely eradicate various interest groups, otherwise they would not easily take action against Buddhism.

In this case, those aristocratic families will definitely be scared. They will probably want to take advantage of the southern expedition to avoid the blockade of Mao Wenlong’s navy from Annan, and then flee overseas by boat..."

After listening to Yuan Chonghuan's analysis.

Wang Huazhen continued, "Master Yuan is right. If those aristocratic families and various wealthy business groups want to flee overseas, then Annan is their only way out.

If you want to know their real purpose, then you might as well do this and that, test them and see how they react..."

Emperor Chongzhen: "Okay, let's test it out and see how they react..."