"Wu Sangui?" Zhu Cixiang smiled, "What's there to worry about? Isn't it just some loan sharks? If you have too much debt, don't worry. Besides, he is a hero, but no one can collect money from him."
Wu Sanmei smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, I have also been in charge of the regency seal. How can I know nothing about military and political affairs? My second brother is now a good man on the surface, but in fact he is being burned on the fire. I'm afraid he is. The days are like years!
Your Majesty, why not cut off his vassal vassal, recruit him to the capital, and make him a wealthy and honorable prince? "
Cutting off vassal vassals was the favorite thing for ordinary Central Plains emperors to do. But Zhu Cixiang was such an unusual emperor - if it were another vassal, he might consider it, but for Wu Sangui and Zhu Cijiong's vassal, he would not cut it off at all.
Because those two are not feudal lords at all, but two black holes with no lows. Aren’t the bandits who are now fleeing to Sichuan all from Gansu and Shaanxi?
Wasn't the Zhungeer tribe, which had troubled the Qing Dynasty for more than a hundred years in history, also from the northwest?
This is no longer the Sui and Tang Dynasties. There is no possibility of conquering the world based on Guanzhong! When Wu Sangui and Zhu Cijiong were thrown into Shaanxi and Gansu, they were actually blocking the black hole for the Ming Dynasty.
If their vassals were cut off, there would be two consequences. Either Emperor Zhu's Nanjing court would fill the black hole by itself, or the Qing Dynasty or rogue bandits would take over Shaanxi and Gansu...
Regardless of the consequences, it would be better to let Wu Sangui and Zhu Cijiong continue to block the black hole in Gansu and Shaanxi!
Thinking of this, Zhu Cixiang smiled and said to Wu Sanmei: "Sanmei... now Sangui and Daiwang are the governors during the Kaiyuan and Tianbao years!"
"They are not An Lushan or Shi Siming!" Wu Sanmei immediately defended Wu Sangui.
Why isn't your second brother An Lushan? Zhu Cihong thought to himself: How did the San Francisco Rebellion come about? But I am not Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty, nor Emperor Kangxi.
"Of course the eldest uncle is not An Lushan or Shi Siming...and today's Shaanxi and Gansu are too barren and surrounded by enemies. Without a strong town, it is not enough to guard it!" Zhu Cixiang assured Wu Sanmei, "As for the I will find a solution for their financial problems."
Wu Sanmei sighed softly, thinking of a way to do it would be a headache for her second brother instead of carrying it for them!
.......
On the same night, Emperor Chongzhen and Empress Zhou Shang, who spent the night at the Xipu Palace in Nanjing, were also unable to sleep peacefully.
Their son owes millions in loan sharks and cannot pay it back... As a parent, if you want to sleep soundly again, are you too worried?
At today's family banquet, Emperor Chongzhen tried several times to touch Zhu Cihong's bottom. But Zhu Cixiang didn't accept it at all, and it seemed that there was no such thing as becoming the loan king on his behalf...
"The traitor must know about Gao Yushun... This traitor has raised the guards to be everywhere and pervasive!"
"Your Majesty, you are rebellious all day long, aren't you afraid that Brother Chun will find out?"
"I, I'm not afraid. I'm already the emperor, so what else do I have to be afraid of?"
Queen Zhou Shang looked at her energetic husband in the candlelight and just smiled bitterly. Can't the emperor make progress? The emperor can also become the former emperor!
"No!" Emperor Chongzhen snorted, "I still have the acting king and the king of Yunnan... If Brother Chun dares to make a mistake, they will definitely raise an army!"
Queen Zhou Shang just shook her head: "The third brother and the fourth brother are not very good, they are all pointing to Brother Chun to give them money!"
It turned out that not only Zhu Cijiong, the acting king, was having a hard time, but Zhu Cizhao, who was tricked by Zhu Cixiang into Yunnan, also suffered a loss... Sha Dingzhou was defeated and survived, while Mu Tianbo had a deep foundation. Zhu Cizhao and Zuo Mengmei's couple It is unable to make ends meet and is about to be unable to maintain the situation.
And a more terrifying situation is yet to come - the four kings of Daxi's co-rulers have entered Sichuan, and they will drive Ma Shiying and others out of Chengdu at some point.
Will Yunnan become the next target of these bandits? What will Zhu Cizhao and the others do then?
So not long ago, Zhu Cizhao also wrote a letter to Chongzhen asking for help!
Emperor Chongzhen felt a little depressed when he thought that Zhu Cijiong and Zhu Cizhao were all at a loss. Originally, he pointed at these two filial sons to support him, but why are their financial management skills so much worse than those of the unfaithful sons?
Now they are all pointing at the traitor's money... The traitor will not let go, what will happen if this continues?
...
Shaanxi, Yulin, there is a drought and no rain.
It was late at night, and Ming Dynasty Loan King Zhu Cijiong couldn't sleep. He stood in the courtyard of his palace and looked at the moon with his hands behind his back.
The moon is bright in the sky and the stars are dotted... It's another beautiful sunny day!
It seems that the drought situation in Yulin, Yan'an, and Ningxia will not improve much.
The loan sharks owed on the Luliang Mountains have not been repaid, and now there is drought in northern Shaanxi and Ningxia.
Although droughts have long been commonplace in Shaanxi and Gansu, can't God reward us with food? What if there is another drought next year?
The military system currently implemented by Zhu Cijiong is similar to that of Wu Sangui and Li Guo. They are all land military service systems! However, it is not called the Thousand Household System or the Fubing System, but the military household passed down from the ancestors of the old Zhu family. However, the military households were no longer allocated fields to guard posts, but were allocated directly to households.
The soldiers who followed him to Luliang were all allocated land in Yulin and Yan'an Prefecture, while Wang Yongqiang (born in Yulin Town) and other troops who took refuge with him were allocated land in Ningxia.
When you are assigned land, of course you have to cultivate it well! This year coincided with the truce between the Ming and Qing Dynasties, so Zhu Cijiong retained a small number of troops and let most of them manage his own Zhuangzi. Unexpectedly, a drought would come as planned.
After a severe drought, it is natural to lose money from farming... Losing money from farming will greatly weaken the combat effectiveness of King Loi's army!
In order to make up for the shortfall of his subordinates, Zhu Cijiong may have to borrow more debt... This debt cannot be supported by the credit of the loan king alone, and Zhu Cihong must be guaranteed. At this moment, Gao Yushun's letter arrived again.
The soft sound of footsteps reached Zhu Cijiong's ears.
"Tian Banban?" Zhu Cijiong asked in a low voice.
"Your Majesty, I am an old slave."
It was Tian Cunzhi who had followed Zhu Cijiong for many years.
"Have you seen it?" Zhu Cijiong asked.
"I've seen it...it's indeed Gao Yushun's handwriting."
"What do you think?" Zhu Cijiong asked.
"My lord, Gao Yushun is indeed loyal..." Tian Cunzhi said.
"I just asked the Emperor..."
"Your Majesty," Tian Cunzhi smiled bitterly, "Your Majesty is indeed a man unwilling to be lonely..."
"Then you can't be wrong! But what should we do?" Zhu Cijiong was so anxious that he had no idea.
"Your Highness," Tian Cunzhi frowned, "We must bring the fifth prince and Concubine Yuan..."
It turns out that Song Xiance played a big card... Before the battle in Chengdu was about to begin, he was preparing to release Zhu Cihuan and Gao Yushun. But he would not let them go to Nanjing, but let them go to Dai Wang.
Here in Shaanxi and Gansu, there are two major forces, Dai Wang and Wu Sangui. If they are harmonious, they may work together to enter Sichuan. For Dashun, who has just formed the "Eight Kings and One Lord Co-governance Alliance", this is a fatal crisis.
So Li Guo ordered Song Xiance to try to drive a wedge between the two families...but Zhu Cijiong had obviously been fooled.
He sighed: "The fifth brother is always Gu's biological brother, how can he be allowed to wander outside? My father is the same, he has reached such a point, how can he still think about restoration... and take such an important thing? Entrusting this child to Fifth Brother? What on earth is he thinking?"
"Your Highness..." Tian Cunzhi lowered his voice, "This is also an opportunity to express your feelings!"
Zhu Cijiong turned his head and looked at Tian Dajue under the hazy moonlight. Eunuch Tian's facial features were hidden in the night. He couldn't see clearly, but he could imagine how distorted he looked now.
"Your Majesty, you don't have a chance. Don't be in the wrong team..." Tian Cunzhi said, "The fifth prince came just in time. You just sent someone to send them to Nanjing! With this credit, what can the emperor do?" I should shoulder millions of dollars in debt for you. Maybe you can even show us a way out!"
"Can this... fifth brother survive?" Zhu Cijiong was a little hesitant.
"He should be able to live," Tian Cunzhi said, "Exile to the island? Prince, please don't worry about him."
"Oh, that's all we have to do..." The acting king Zhu Cijiong sighed.
