The last step in preparation for this mutiny was for the Ming army to move closer to the border, threatening Xixia and forcing Ren Dejing to dispatch troops to respond.
Since the army is to be dispatched, of course there needs to be a sufficient reason. If the army is sent out to threaten others for no reason, everyone in the Southern Song Dynasty, Korea, and the grasslands will be frightened by this.
It is not conducive to Daming's next operation.
Therefore, there must be a good reason for dispatching the army.
Of course there are reasons.
The envoy Ren Dejing sent to Zhongdu to explain to Su Yonglin and admit his mistake was met with difficulties by Su Yonglin.
Su Yonglin not only asked Ren Dejing to admit his mistake and apologize, but also asked Li Renxiao to remove Ren Dejing from his position as Prime Minister and remove him from Xiazhou.
Su Yonglin believed that Ren Dejing's continued stay in the central government would not have good results and would only continue to threaten Li Renxiao's status as king. Therefore, Ren Dejing had to leave the Xixia Central Committee and go to the border to serve as an official, so as to ensure that everything was safe.
The envoy was shocked, and he never dared to agree to Su Yonglin's request, so he could only speak vaguely.
This attitude made Su Yonglin furious.
"If Ren Dejing does not resign and goes to Xiazhou to defend the border and atone for his sins, I will definitely send troops to punish him with troops! Let him think carefully! Make the right choice!"
Su Yonglin's attitude was very determined.
However, this request related to Ren Dejing's core interests, and he could not give in under any circumstances.
Once he gives in, it will be equivalent to exchanging important central power to Li Renxiao, and he will retreat to the border and will never be able to return to the central government to control the world's power.
Why have the rebellious ministers and traitors since ancient times tried every means to control the capital and the central court?
Of course there is a reason for this, but now that Ren Dejing has finally gained control of the central court, do you want him to go back?
How can it be that easy?
Ren Dejing was very angry after learning about this. He felt that Su Yonglin had gone too far in bullying others. He was forcing him to retreat step by step, forcing him to abandon his martial arts and give up the Ren family's exclusive power.
But if it really came to this point, it would be a disaster for the Ren family. Therefore, after learning the news, the leaders of the Ren family and the stooges trying to persuade Ren Dejing not to agree to Su Yonglin's request.
"The capital is the most important place of the country, the place of life and death, and the way of survival. You must not give it to others. Otherwise, you will suffer damage in as long as five years or as short as three years! Please think twice, sir."
A Han counselor whom Ren Dejing admired very much persuaded Ren Dejing not to give in.
Of course Ren Dejing didn't want to give in. It was impossible for him to leave Xingqing Mansion and go to Xiazhou. Otherwise, what would be the difference from self-exile?
But he was also worried.
"But if the Ming Dynasty really invades with troops, what should I do?"
The counselor did not agree with this.
"The Ming Kingdom's blatant interference in Daxia's internal affairs will definitely be ridiculed and resisted by knowledgeable people in the world. Let's see if Emperor Ming dares to risk the disapproval of the world to do such an unpopular thing. I think Emperor Ming is the most popular. What he cares about is the people's hearts, and he doesn't dare to really send troops."
Ren Dejing felt a little calmer.
But only for a while.
On December 19, the Jingsai Military Division and the Jianing Military Division simultaneously sent important military information, saying that a large number of Ming army soldiers were stationed in Huaizhou and Baoan Prefecture in the Xia-Ming border area. There were large-scale martial arts performances in the land, and there were strong signs of invading Xia's border.
Ren Dejing was dumbfounded by this transfer of military information, and it also made the previous counselor who had categorically confirmed that Su Yonglin would never invade Xixia lose face. He directly handed in his resignation and chose to run away, not to get involved in this matter.
This made the people in Ren Dejing Group very nervous, and they overturned their previous misjudgments one after another.
They believed that Emperor Ming was serious and really wanted Ren Dejing to leave Xingqing Mansion and go to Xiazhou, otherwise he would not give up easily.
They even resorted to using the military for this purpose.
Damn it, the Ming Dynasty was overhauling the Yellow River and had just finished the Battle of the Grasslands. Logically speaking, shouldn't the country be too exhausted to start another war?
Is this a bluff or a real attack?
After experiencing the misjudgment last time, no one dares to take a pledge this time.
Of course, this group of people didn't know how Su Yonglin begged Lin Jingchun after making this decision, nor did they know what Lin Jingchun's expression was at that time.
To be honest, Lin Jingchun felt like he was about to die on the spot.
For this reason, after Su Yonglin completely squeezed Lin Jingchun dry, he also ordered a batch of captured cattle and sheep to be sent directly to Su Haisheng for military use.
When the time comes to march and fight, just march with these herds of cattle and sheep, as long as the logistics can keep up. If there are difficulties, slaughter the cattle and sheep for military rations, so as to minimize the consumption of military expenses and local reserves, and reduce the number of civilians.
In this way, Lin Jingchun reported to Su Yonglin for many days in a row, telling him about the difficulty of national expenditure, telling him about the huge cost of the Yellow River maintenance project, and telling him how expensive his Dachi Road construction plan was.
All the money earned by the state was spent on infrastructure construction. Local projects and central projects were scheduled for the sixth year of Hongwu. The expenditure plan for central fiscal revenue was also scheduled for the sixth year of Hongwu. Ming Dynasty's finances were really tight.
You must never fight again.
That's what Lin Jingchun meant, which made Su Yonglin dumbfounded.
Although it is not appropriate to say that Lin Jingchun only cares about finance and does not care about other behaviors, Su Yonglin still likes Lin Jingchun's way of tightly guarding the treasury pockets to prevent anyone from having any ideas. It really takes such a miser to help him keep it. Only with money can you have money to use at critical times.
If some unclean people were to look at the treasury, something would really happen.
For example, from the middle of the Zhu Ming Dynasty onward, many officials would borrow money from the treasury when they were short of money. At first, they borrowed money and repaid it, but I don’t know when they started to stop borrowing money.
When I was short of money, I would write a note and withdraw it from the treasury, but no one would ever come to pay me back, as if such a thing had never happened.
A small amount of money is a small amount of money, but if hundreds or thousands of people are short of money and reach into the treasury, isn't it a life-threatening matter?
Although Lin Jingchun has some miser qualities, in this era when the Ming Dynasty was throwing out a lot of money, Lin Jingchun was the best financial leader. With him, the Ming Dynasty's finances would not collapse.
At least Su Yonglin could understand his rules of doing things.
As long as he doesn't cling to a sum of money and won't let go, it means that the money can still be spent, no matter how hard it is with him.
If he says that he won't give any money, even if he comes forward, it will be useless, and the dead pig is not afraid of boiling water, then it means that the money really cannot be touched.
Then Su Yonglin will consider using his own small treasury to subsidize the country's needs.
Just like today, although Lin Jingchun continued to object to the military operation against Xixia, he did not object to it in the end. He still held his nose and accepted it and gave him a sum of money.
Because this was really necessary, and it was not Su Yonglin who made the move, but Ren Dejing who acted like a monster himself, forcing Su Yonglin to take action against Xixia in advance to prevent Xixia from becoming a complete warlord.
That would be difficult to deal with.
After years of hard work, Ren Dejing gradually took control of the military and political power of Xixia. He used his cronies to control about 200,000 troops in the central, southeastern, and southern military divisions of Xixia.
As for the armies guarding the grasslands and tribes in the western regions in the west and north, they are not the main force. As long as they control the supply of military pay and materials, they can be easily controlled.
The armies in the southeast and south were used to deal with the Jin Kingdom in the past and the Ming Kingdom now. They were a matter of life and death and must be controlled. Therefore, Ren Dejing paid a high price in order to control these armies.
So when he learned that the Ming army had really launched a deterrent operation, Ren Dejing suddenly became nervous.
He immediately summoned his cronies to discuss, but no accurate conclusion could be reached after repeated arguments. He could only order the Border Army Division to strictly guard the border and prepare for war, and decided to mobilize troops from Xingqing Prefecture and Xiping Prefecture to go south to assist in defense.
In any case, the combat power of the Ming army is there, and it is unlikely that the border guards can withstand it simply by relying on them. If there is really a conflict with the guns, they still have to rely on the main force at hand.
Then, in order to ensure the stability of the border, Ren Dejing quickly sent his brother Ren Deren and nephew Ren Chunzhong to the Jingsai Military Division and Jianing Military Division to serve as supervisors respectively, to control the local military and political power and control the army to prevent unexpected events.
