Chapter 147 The door is wide open
Li Jinglong made up his mind under Mei Yin's persuasion.
Without saying a word or making any conditions with the Northern Army, Mei Yin's troops were welcomed into Yangping Pass. The Thirteenth Army thus entered the hinterland of Hanzhong.
Li Jinglong was also prepared and immediately sent someone to defraud Jianmen Pass.
One man was in charge of the pass, and the Jianmen Pass, which could not be opened by ten thousand men, fell into the hands of the Northern Army. Sichuan opened its doors to Beijing. Not only Sichuan, but also the Yangtze River Basin also opened its skirts to the Northern Army.
When such news came, the world was shocked.
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"Your Majesty can prepare for the southern tour in advance." He Xi said to Zhu Xiongying with a smile.
Sometimes, too much preparation is not good either. He Xi prepared a lot for this battle, and even prepared to fight fiercely for a year or two, but now he has made such progress without fighting at all. It can even be said that even if the war reaches this point, it will no longer advance.
Huang He was relieved that there was still no breakthrough, and He Xi was also satisfied.
After all, Sichuan was torn apart. It is equivalent to opening up the previous route of Mongolia to destroy the Song Dynasty, and even the route of Mongolia to destroy the Jin Dynasty. They can come out of Hanzhong and go straight to Henan. Under such circumstances, what else can they do to defend the so-called Yellow River defense line?
It can no longer be defended.
Victory is assured.
The difference is just a matter of time.
Zhu Xiongying said: "This is all my uncle's fault. It is my uncle's fault that he should be crowned king."
After He Xi heard Zhu Xiongying's words, he suddenly had several thoughts in his mind and said: "If you don't have the surname of the country, you will not be the king. I know this, and this battle is not the credit of me, it is the fault of Song Sheng and Li Jinglong." Your Majesty must reward them first."
Zhu Xiongying immediately said: "Not bad, especially Li Jinglong, really good."
He Xi didn't say much, and a small trial between the two passed like this.
In fact, the two of them didn't want to test, but it was really hard to talk about many things.
Zhu Xiongying actually wanted to say, would it be okay if I gave you a kingship after the war in exchange for your retirement? In other words, do you have the idea of going further with the help of force?
The reason why Zhu Xiongying asked without understanding was because once the answer was not what he wanted, there would be no room for maneuver between the two parties.
Although the clouds and mountains are shrouded in mist, it is likely to cause misjudgment, but at the same time, it also prevents the communication between the two parties from entering a dead end.
Zhu Xiongying said Li Jinglong was good. It was not Li Jinglong who dedicated Hanzhong. But in order to prove that he was right and to prove his righteousness, Li Jinglong wrote a letter of appeal and spread it all over the world. In this appeal, Li Jinglong used many techniques and said many specious words.
There is only one purpose, which shows that His Majesty originally intended to pass the throne to Zhu Xiongying, but Zhu Yunwen used illegal means to allow His Majesty to pass the throne to him.
In a word, Zhu Xiongying is the second most powerful foreign general, and Zhu Yunwen is the second most powerful general in the Qin Dynasty.
Many of the things in it are conversations between Zhu Yuanzhang and Li Jinglong, but in fact Zhu Yuanzhang is no longer there. These conversations are in the daily notes and there is no record. It can be said that there is no corroboration.
You can say whatever you want.
But no matter what, Li Jinglong proved his righteousness and dealt a severe blow to the crumbling Nanjing. The already crumbling Southern Dynasty was once again torn open with bloody wounds on the issue of legitimacy.
This is a great benefit to Zhu Xiongying, and it can even be said to directly scratch the itch.
Zhu Xiongying said: "Uncle, what are you planning to do in the southwest?"
He Xi said: "The Duke of Jinliang is the governor of the southwest, and the governor is Hanzhong, Sichuan, Chongqing, Guizhou and other places. Li Jinglong recalled the capital. After all, Mei Yin's ability to recruit troops has been proven in one sentence, but Li Jinglong's methods are really a bit... --』
He Xi didn't explain clearly, but Zhu Xiongying already knew.
He has read history books. He is very clear about the performance of Li Jinglong in history. He almost lost all the Southern Army. It can be said that he was the first king of Yan to ascend the throne.
A hero. If such a person is left to lead troops outside, let alone He Xi, he won't worry either.
Moreover, Cao Guogong already holds the top title. If there is no seal, letting him come to the capital to participate in government affairs is also a solution.
Moreover, Li Jinglong has a keen political response and is somewhat talented. At least much stronger than his military talent.
Zhu Xiongying said: "What my uncle said is absolutely true."
He Xi said: "I have one more thing to do when I come here this time. Please ask your Majesty to write a letter to the Mu family in Yunnan. Now it's time for them to make a decision."
Zhu Xiongying's heart moved, and he suddenly thought of what the situation would be like if the Yunnan Mu family also switched sides.
The southwest was all owned by Beijing, and the Nanjing court was attacked from two sides, leaving only the southeast. Needless to say, the number of winners and losers?
Zhu Xiongying said: "Okay, I will write it now."
Zhu Xiongying suddenly thought in his mind, what kind of face Zhu Yunwen was now, he really, really wanted to see it.
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Zhu Yunwen was going crazy.
Although Zhu Yunwen was angry and angry about Song Sheng's rebellion. But he hadn't lost his composure yet, but Li Jinglong's rebellion made him go crazy.
Without him, Song Sheng and Li Jinglong are completely different in weight and nature.
Although Song Sheng was a general, he was not awarded a title. In fact, such a person was not among the core generals of the Ming Dynasty, so just Geng Bingwen could seize the military power of the Song family. But Li Jinglong is different. He is the Duke of the country and also a relative. In the eyes of outsiders, he is an important minister of the country.
It can even be said that he has shares in Daming Company. .
More importantly, Zhu Yunwen had never met Song Sheng a few times, but he had dealt with Li Jinglong many times.
He even arranged for Li Jinglong to go to Hanzhong.
Even when weighing this position, there were many noises. It was Zhu Yunwen who overcame all opinions and arranged Li Jinglong there, just to balance the situation in the court and win over his former relatives.
Li Jinglong rebelled and slapped him hard in the face, proving one thing to the world that he was being played by Li Jinglong.
He is incompetent.
This is the reason why Zhu Yunwen is almost crazy.
Song Sheng's betrayal was when the situation in Guanzhong was reversed and almost irreversible. Zhu Yunwen was angry again, but he also knew that first the war failed, and then Song Sheng's actions later, but Li Jinglong was different.
Li Jinglong's Hanzhong encountered little threat of war. Mei Yin's troops did not need enough firepower to conquer the pass. Coupled with Sichuan's continuous manpower and material resources. It is not difficult to stick to Hanzhong.
After losing Hanzhong, they fell into complete passivity strategically, which is what Geng Bingwen and Fu Youde thought. The so-called Qinling, Tongguan, and Yellow River defense lines became a bubble. Under such circumstances, how could Zhu Yunwen not go crazy.
Zhu Yunwen scolded Ding Xian sharply and said, "Ding Xian, is this the general you chose for me?"
Li Jinglong was not chosen by Ding Xian.
The power to appoint and remove frontline generals is not in Ding Xian's hands at all. In fact, after the economic affairs were in a mess, Ding Xian's power was being replaced by Qi De. Ding Xian was helpless about this. He had already foreseen his future.
When will Zhu Yunwen take it out and give it to the scholar-bureaucrats all over the world to vent their anger?
Just don’t kill now.
After all, the war has just begun, and it has proved an ironclad fact, that is, what supports the fight in Nanjing is not benevolence, justice and morality. It is steel and gunpowder, and the technology that can produce steel and gunpowder comes from Xinxue.
Better ways to use these things also come from new learning.
If we want to keep fighting the war, we must not stop reform.
Because reform may lead to death, but failure to reform will definitely lead to death.
They are all dead ends, but there is still some hope of survival in reform.
But Ding Xian has been linked to this incident, especially since the court has been facing waves of turmoil against Ding Xian recently. But following the trend of impeaching Ding Xian,
It even abolished the articles of the new law and reaffirmed the old chapter. Many people even understood the old chapter as going back to the eighteenth year of Hongwu.
Because He Xi came to this era from the 14th year of Hongwu, but Zhu Yuanzhang really began to accept He Xi's opinions a few years later in the 18th year of Hongwu. In other words, they wanted to abolish some of Zhu Yuanzhang's reforms.
