After hearing this, King Qin finally showed a hint of joy. This is good news. Can he finally be an official, a businessman, or do other things?
To be honest, by this time in the late Ming Dynasty, the vassal kings and other high-ranking nobles were fine. Some of the lower-level clans were really starving to death, and those who were not starved to death were basically begging for food. I don’t know what Zhu Yuanzhang would think if his spirit in heaven knew about it!
King Qin's joy was not over yet. Emperor Chongzhen actually went on to say: "I have just defeated the Hetao again, and the Urad tribe dared to invade our Ming Dynasty. Sooner or later they will be destroyed. I dare not do what I have done." The Ming Dynasty will be killed even if it is far away. This sentence is not empty talk. I can tell you. In the future, if it is possible to conquer a place far away, it will definitely be inconvenient for me to manage. In this way, I intend to Among the many vassal kings, choose a wise and capable vassal king and entrust them to them..."
King Qin was a little stunned when he heard that the news that the emperor led the army to capture the Hetao was already known to everyone in Xi'an. But he didn't know that the emperor had such ambitions. If the military power of the founding of the Ming Dynasty and the prosperity of the Han and Tang Dynasties could be reproduced, then it would be possible to conquer far-reaching places! Can this vassal king still seal a place so far away?
While he was thinking about it, Emperor Chongzhen continued: "If this happens, I will consider it inconvenient for the vassal king to stay away from the country. When the time comes, I will consider the power granted by Taizu to the vassal king."
The vassal kings who were enfeoffed during the Hongwu period were not only well-paid, but also had great military power. Especially with military power, several vassal kings in the north, such as Ning Wang, Yan Wang, Gu Wang, Liao Wang and other princes, also controlled the elite armed forces of the Ming Dynasty, and each of them dominated the world.
At this time, if Emperor Chongzhen said it correctly, if King Qin understood it correctly, he should be referring to this.
After understanding this, instead of being happy, he looked at Emperor Chongzhen worriedly and said quickly: "Your Majesty, is this inappropriate?"
He was afraid that Emperor Chongzhen was trying to test him.
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he asked with some confusion: "What's wrong with this? Taizu's purpose back then was to protect the imperial family with a vassal. By doing this, I echo Taizu's wishes. It's better than sealing off those officials. , if the sky is high and the emperor is far away, then he becomes an emperor with another surname, right?"
King Qin was still a little scared and didn't know the emperor's true intentions, so he remained silent.
Who doesn’t like military and political power? Who likes being raised like pigs? However, King Qin was afraid. What if the emperor was insidious and just used words to test him, and then turned around and started to deal with him?
Seeing him like this, Emperor Chongzhen didn't care. Enfeoffing vassal kings and going overseas is just an idea and has not been finalized. If possible, he certainly hopes that all the land in the world will belong to the Ming Dynasty.
However, in this era, transportation is too inconvenient, and there are no chat groups in China that can govern regardless of distance. Therefore, if the territory is too far away, local management will be too difficult, and enfeoffing vassal kings is one possibility.
When I talked to the King of Qin today, Emperor Chongzhen actually had one purpose: if all the vassal kings in the country were obedient, then there would be jujubes to eat in the future, and sweet jujubes. As for no one believing it at the moment, that doesn’t matter, as long as you have such a thought in mind.
After saying this, Emperor Chongzhen's purpose of coming to Prince Qin's Mansion was basically achieved. Then, after he hinted to King Qin, he returned to the military camp.
Ever since leaving the capital, Emperor Chongzhen has lived in the military camp.
Then, a forced supporter appeared.
The King of Qin quickly went to the table and called on the vassal kings from all over the country to do more in this troubled year. Not only should they exchange the silver notes and money notes of the Royal Bank of the Ming Dynasty, but they could even donate extra military supplies or disaster relief money and food to the court. Partial force.
To be honest, King Qin would not have dared to write this memorial without the emperor's prior guidance. Therefore, in the past, the royal family was very taboo about this.
However, this time, the emperor took the initiative to ask the prince's palace to exchange silver notes and money notes, and then King Qin received the instruction. Therefore, after the memorial came out, the emperor immediately strongly affirmed it and immediately praised King Qin's loyalty and patriotism. He also allowed King Qin's younger sons to register on the spot. He also stated that the lineage of the King of Qin and the clans with the title of General of Zhenguo and below can be classified as civilians on a voluntary basis and participate in the imperial examination and other matters.
This matter was also reported to the capital by fast horse, and to the vassal kings across the country.
After completing this matter, Emperor Chongzhen led his troops and left Xi'an.
The people of Xi'an Mansion spontaneously rushed out of the city to see the emperor off. Suddenly, the whole scene was very lively and sensational.
The reason for this is that the Ming Emperor had never been to Xi'an. Now that Emperor Chongzhen has come, if you don't take this opportunity to visit, you will be at a huge loss when you talk about it later, or when you talk to your children and grandchildren.
The second reason is that Emperor Chongzhen was not the kind of unknown emperor, but suddenly appeared with the power of victory.
Shaanxi has always been invaded by Mongolian tribes on the grasslands. Every autumn, when the Mongolian tribes on the grassland come to harvest autumn crops, in severe cases, the entire Shaanxi Province may be affected.
But now, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly appeared and without saying a word, he wiped out the Tumut tribe in Hetao, the tribe that had invaded Shaanxi the most. For this kind of thing, as long as it belongs to a man from Qin, who wouldn't be happy? And it was possible to destroy the entire Tumut tribe instead of just defeating it. How many people could do this?
The image of a wise and mighty emperor has been established in the hearts of the men of Qin just by one thing. Not to mention, during the course of this war, the emperor's various magical schemes were already miraculous, and they became even more miraculous after they were spread one after another.
Who wouldn’t want to take a look at such an emperor?
Another reason is the locust extermination in Jingyang.
Jingyang is not far from Xi'an, and the news spread very quickly. Not to mention, because of the locust feast, foodies spread the news even more actively.
As a result, the emperor was worried about the people, denounced the incompetent county magistrate, led a large army to quell the locust plague, and even went into battle himself. With just a finger, the locusts fell to the ground one after another and were captured without mercy. spread of these things. The image of an emperor who loved and loved the people was no longer lost. It also confirms the folklore that the emperor is good. The reason why everyone has a hard life is because there are traitorous ministers in the court and corrupt officials in the local area!
With such a good emperor, everyone will have hope and be full of confidence in the future. I believe that as long as the emperor is given time, everyone will be able to live a good life in the end. If those rebels dare to rebel against such a good emperor, everyone will be the first to refuse!
Based on all this, when Emperor Chongzhen left, when Li Ruolian, the commander of the Jinyiwei, reported the public sentiment in Xi'an, Emperor Chongzhen secretly smiled in his heart. This time out of Beijing, the public sentiment in Shaanxi alone was worth it.
Putting all this aside, Emperor Chongzhen learned through the Class A eavesdropping seeds on Chen Qiyu that Chen Qiyu had arrived in Xiangyang and Xiong Wencan had been escorted back to Beijing. However, things did not go well for Chen Qiyu. The first thing assigned to him was to rectify military discipline and bring Zuo Liangyu, the scum of the army, to justice as a warning to others.
However, Zuo Liangyu seemed to have noticed it himself. Even though Chen Qiyu did not show any intention to kill him, he refused to go because of his illness. Not only Emperor Chongzhen felt that Chen Qiyu was also sensitive to the fact that Zuo Liangyu was afraid that something might go wrong. At this time, Chen Qiyu had already begun to deploy his military power, preparing to capture Zuo Liangyu.
Regarding Zhang Xianzhong and many other thieves, judging from Chen Qiyu's military discussion, he was a little worried about Zhang Xianzhong and others fleeing: it is possible to go south to Hunan and Guizhou, or north to Henan, or west to Sichuan. No matter which direction it is, once the thieves start running around, it will cost more to surround and suppress them.
Therefore, before Chen Qiyu's peripheral troops were in place, he did not show a very strong attitude and stabilized Zhang Xianzhong and other bandits, so that they were still entrenched in northwest Hubei.
In this regard, as Emperor Chongzhen who traveled through time in later generations, he had at least heard of the relationship between Zhang Xianzhong and Sichuan. Although he didn't know when he jumped into Sichuan, no matter what, he didn't want Zhang Xianzhong and other bandits to enter Sichuan. Therefore, when he set off from Xi'an, he had already issued an order to the governor of Sichuan, asking him to mobilize people from all walks of life to prevent possible routes for Hubei thieves to break into Sichuan.
In the meantime, he also specifically ordered the Baigan Army. However, Qin Liangyu is already old, and her daughter-in-law has died in the war and died for her country. His son Ma Xianglin is still a man, and he is still a rare good general in the Ming Dynasty. With Ma Xianglin here, I believe the Baigan Army's combat effectiveness is still good.
In addition, the best force to deal with the bandits is the light cavalry, which is fast and can catch up with the bandits before they have time to escape. Therefore, the fifteen thousand war horses obtained from the Hetao Grassland this time will also be sent to Tongguan by Hong Chengchou. There, Emperor Chongzhen's army would have 15,000 more mounted infantry. Together with the original cavalry, they can sweep away the bandits with thunderous force. Whether it is Li Zicheng's army or Zhang Xianzhong's army, Emperor Chongzhen believes that he will crush them all in the face of strength!
Of course, only Emperor Chongzhen has complete control over this chessboard now, and this is done with the help of eavesdropping seeds. As for other people, due to distance restrictions, they can only know part of the news from the news channels, even Chen Qiyu, who is the governor of the five provinces. At least he didn't know that the emperor had already led the elite Qin soldiers southward at this time, that there would be more than 15,000 more cavalry on the emperor's side, that Sichuan had been ordered to block the passage, etc. He is like this, let alone a thief.
For example, at this time, Zhang Xianzhong, Luo Rucai and others did not realize that a large net had been spread far away from them, and a huge danger was slowly surrounding them. However, at this time, they were all They were very happy. They gathered together and looked at the man in the middle of the lobby, talking in various directions in surprise.
"What, Zuo Liangyu wants to join forces with us?"
"Tell me again, is the Zuo thief trying to imitate our rebellion? Does he think his brain has been caught by the door, or does he think our brains have been caught by the door?"
"..."
Basically, the bandit leaders here didn't believe it and questioned Zuo Liangyu's sincerity.
The man in the middle of the lobby was naturally Liu Guoneng. He looked at the old faces and said a little impatiently: "Believe it or not, it's up to you. Anyway, that's what he meant. He said that the court wanted to take action on him, but he wouldn't do it." Maybe he can be captured without any help. You all know his strength. If you want to do it or not, just give him a word and I can go back and do the work!"
Hearing this, the lobby immediately started to quarrel again.
"What the hell, damn Zuo Liangyu, he killed so many of our brothers, and now he is afraid of the court and wants to be brothers with us? There is no way!"
"Okay, if Zuo Liangyu also rebels, it means that the court's strength has been exhausted. Let's all rebel together!"
"No, no, if Zuo Liangyu wants to be brothers with us, he should come to us first to make amends to us, and then talk about it later!"
"Could he be pretending? If he makes us believe it, he will stab us later. Where is the certificate? Let him hand over the certificate!"
"If the emperor is killed, who will sit in the world? Zuo Liangyu? There is no way I can obey him anyway!"
"..."
Looking at the chaotic scene, Liu Guoneng sneered in his heart. How could he still want to rebel and seize the world like this?
After listening to it for a while, there was still a lot of talk, and even the bandit leaders who had different opinions started to fight on the spot. Liu Guoneng frowned and shouted loudly: "Can you please stop making noise?"
Only he who was born as a bandit could roar like this. If Zuo Liangyu had sent Zhang Yong here, whoever dared to roar like this would immediately attract a lot of axes.
The lobby fell silent for a moment after he yelled like this. The bandit leader felt unhappy and wanted to fight him. But Liu Guoneng turned his head to look at Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai on the throne, and he still favored the prime minister. He naturally knows that among these thieves, these three families are the strongest, and it is they who have the final say: "Give me an explanation so that I can go back and give an explanation!"
Luo Ru just listened and saw Zhang Xianzhong wanting to speak from the corner of his eye, so he immediately jumped in and said, "It's okay to want to rebel together, but at least he has to prove his sincerity. Otherwise, why should we believe that he really wants to rebel?"
Upon hearing this, Liu Guoneng immediately called in his men who had been left outside without saying a word, opened a box he brought with him, revealed a human head and said, "This is the eunuch supervisor sent by the imperial court in his army!"
"We don't know each other. What should we do if Zuo Liangyu just finds someone to kill and fool us?" Luo Rucai saw it and said unmoved, "At least, where is the dog emperor now? He has to tell us. This will be very important to him." It shouldn’t be difficult, right?”
Upon hearing this, Zhang Xianzhong, who originally wanted to speak, immediately stopped talking.
They had previously decided on a strategy to kill the emperor. They don't even know where the emperor is, which is the most difficult part for them right now. In their opinion, since Zuo Liangyu was the commander-in-chief of the imperial army, he should at least know the emperor's news.
