"What did you say? You also want to go south... to rob?"
Li Dingguo was speechless when he heard his son's "ambition." Although two generations of his family were bandits (Zhang Xianzhong and him), they have now changed their minds and become warlords. Why is this kid Runxing still robbing and robbing? Who did you learn it from?
"Yes!" Li Runxing nodded vigorously and said with a smile, "Ada, I have already agreed with the Crown Prince that we will send troops to Tianzhu next year, and I will go with him. Then I can grab more and bring it back to honor Ada. Ada, you I have been suffering for most of my life, and it’s time to enjoy peace and happiness... When we have the wealth of Tianzhu, it will be enough for everyone to live a good life. In the future, Ada will not fight with that evil thief Wu Sangui in Shaanxi again. If you die, you should go back to Yunnan as soon as possible to enjoy your happiness!"
Enjoy peace and happiness? Li Dingguo was speechless. Now the Dashun Dynasty is in the autumn of life and death! It’s too late to fight, how can you enjoy happiness?
"Who said all these nonsense?" Li Dingguo's face had darkened, and he looked at his son with burning eyes.
Li Runxing was startled by his father's expression, and he couldn't speak clearly, "Ah, Ada, you, what are you doing?"
"Tell me!" Li Dingguo roared, "Tell me, who wants to enjoy happiness?"
"Ah, Ada...everyone in Kunming says so!"
"Who is there?" Li Dingguo glared at his son.
Li Runxing was always afraid of his father, Li Dingguo, so he dared to hide nothing, so he could only say hesitantly: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, His Highness the King of Qin, His Highness the King of Han, His Highness the King of Sui, His Highness the King of Tang, His Highness the King of Song, they all said so, as well as a group of marquises and uncles. , Viscount and so on, all have the same meaning. Everyone in my son's generation is eager to follow the prince to Tianzhu to make a fortune..."
"What? Even King Qin meant this?" Li Dingguo didn't believe his ears.
Qin Wang Sun Kewang is the eldest brother of the "Laoxi lineage". Although his fighting ability is not great and he has not been on the battlefield in recent years, his ability to govern the country and manage finances is not bad. Since the Shunxi merger, he has been partnering with Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance, and Gu Junen to form the internal affairs team of the Dashun Dynasty.
He knew only too well how much wealth the Dashun Dynasty still had and how large a war it could maintain. Moreover, he was Li Laiheng's father-in-law, and his daughter had several sons with Li Laiheng. Obviously, she could not be on Li Jicheng's side.
If he doesn't even want to fight and just wants to enjoy peace and happiness, then the problem in Kunming is really a bit big... The court may have Li Adou!
"This won't work!" Li Dingguo stood up suddenly, walked a few steps, then turned around and said to Luo Hu, "Marquis Luo, I have to go to Kunming...for military affairs in Shaanxi, I’ll leave it to you for now.”
As one of the eight kings who discuss politics, Li Dingguo should have returned to Kunming to attend Li Guo's funeral. At the same time, he had to pay tribute to Li Laiheng and accept his invitation to discuss politics - just some formal etiquette. If the battle on the front line was urgent, it could also be done. Let someone represent you.
During this time, the Ming army in Shaanxi received the news of Li Guo's death and was already a little ready to make a move, so Li Dingguo originally wanted to sit in Dingjun Mountain and wait until the situation was stabilized before returning to Yunnan to attend Li Guo's funeral.
But he didn't expect that before Li Guo's body was cold, Li Adou came out of Dashun Dynasty... Now Li Dingguo had to go back to Yunnan to help the emperor.
"Prince Jin, it's not like this, is it?" Luo Hu shook his head and said, "The battle in Shaanxi lasted for seven years, and the day of victory was far away. The soldiers of the government were exhausted on the battlefield, and the people of Sichuan and Shaanxi were suffering from corvee service... .If this continues, the foundation of the country will be shaken."
Li Dingguo stamped his feet, "It's just that those people in Wenwen Township, Yunnan, don't know how important the battle in Shaanxi is. How can you say such a thing? Do you also think that whether Shaanxi will fight or not depends on us? We have withdrawn our troops. , can you enjoy peace and prosperity?"
Luo Hu shook his head. He had also stayed on the battlefield in Shaanxi for seven years and knew that there was a big gap in the national and military power between Ming and Shun. In order to maintain the current situation of attacking and defending, Li Dingguo really worked hard. Regardless of all his plans in the past few years, they were all defeated on the battlefield by the Ming army commanded by Wu Sangui. It seemed to be in vain. However, the hundreds of thousands of Ming troops under Wu Sangui were therefore firmly pinned down throughout the Shaanxi front line that stretched for more than 1,000 miles, unable to move.
Moreover, as long as the outcome of the Shaanxi front line remains in doubt, the Zhu Ming court will have to invest a lot of energy in Shaanxi and prepare reserve troops for the possible defeat of Shaanxi at any time.
In addition, the seven-year tug-of-war has also turned the Shaanxi war into a "political war" and a "war for people's hearts."
Once the Shun army withdraws from Guanzhong, it means that the Ming army has won the "Seven Years' War", which will greatly boost the morale of the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time, it will greatly damage the military and people's morale in Dashun.
Li Dingguo said: "Marquis Luo, although it's a little harder for us to stand on the Shaanxi side, we can protect the country's northern pass. Since ancient times, the troops to collect Sichuan have mostly come from north to south. They usually have to take the Qinling Mountains first, and then go to Hanzhong and Pojian Pavilion. , directly attack the two prefectures of Chengdu and Chongqing. But now our army has launched troops to the north of the Qinling Mountains, which is the land of the Qinling Mountains. It can calmly set up defenses everywhere in the mountains to make it a shield. Zhu Ming's soldiers do not know the reality of the Qinling Mountains, so how can they dare to take risks rashly? ? If he doesn’t dare to take risks, he can hold on securely, and the country will be safe and sound."
Luo Hu nodded slightly, Li Dingguo's military strategy was still very clever!
The reason why the regime that had always been established in Sichuan collapsed was not only because of its own corruption, but also because it was raided by enemies from the north.
Although Sichuan is surrounded by mountains, the Qinling Mountains, the most important of the mountains that shield Sichuan, can easily be completely or mostly controlled by the regime of the big country that owns Shaanxi. If the Sichuan regime wants to control the Qinling Mountains, it can only use Hanzhong as its base. The big country on the opposite side can use Guanzhong as its base.
The manpower and material resources in Guanzhong are dozens of times that of Hanzhong, so it is easy for Guanzhong to completely control Qinling through continuous infiltration.
Once the Qinling Mountains are controlled by the enemy, the Sichuan regime will wait for a sneak attack...
"Prince Jin, I understand your painstaking efforts!" Luo Hu said, "Don't worry, Wu Sangui can't even think about taking a step forward with the general guarding the plains in Guanzhong."
"With Marquis Luo in Guanzhong, of course I can rest assured..." Li Dingguo only said half of what he said. What he was really worried about was Adou in the court.
"By the way, King Jin," Luo Hu asked again, "How should we divide the 880,000 taels of silver and 480,000 copper coins sent by the court?"
Splitting the money... was originally a happy thing, but Li Dingguo was not happy at all.
He glanced at his son, "What did the emperor say?"
Li Runxing said: "Ada, the emperor said that all the silver should be divided among the officials, and the copper coins should be divided among the ordinary soldiers. Among them, 80,000 taels of silver are for you..."
"What? The amount is 80,000?" Li Dingguo was stunned, "Why so much?"
Li Runxing said: "Not much, not much. The kings who discuss politics all have this number. The marquis will give 50,000, the uncle will give 30,000, the viscount will give 20,000, the baron will give 10,000... Below the baron, the same will apply. There are rewards for each official position."
"The eight princes are 640,000, and there are so many lords, and so many officials..." Li Dingguo frowned, "The 8 million from Tianzhu is almost enough, right? The mansion below What to do with the soldiers?”
"The soldiers gave out copper coins as rewards," Li Runxing said. "In recent years, Yunnan has produced a lot of copper coins, which were prepared for the rewards. They are just in use now. In addition, the 8 million taels have not been used up, and there are still one hundred More than 400,000... Niu Xiang proposed to use it to buy back land coupons. One acre of land coupons are worth 2 taels of silver, so we will buy back 700,000 acres first."
"Buy back the land coupons?" Li Dingguo shook his head, "The land coupons are used to reward the Northern Expedition. Although it is difficult to cash out, it is still a thought. Once it is bought back, doesn't it mean that the imperial court is no longer considering the Northern Expedition?"
"This, this..." Li Runxing really didn't know what to say. The Dashun court had indeed given up the idea of the Northern Expedition and was preparing to focus on robbing India and take a comprehensive defensive against the Ming Dynasty.
