"But there is nothing we can do about them." Lu'er advised: "Those barbarian armies are familiar with every plant and tree here, and they can appear and disappear without a trace at any time to harass the Ming army, especially their supply lines.
, couldn’t be more appropriate.”
"Yes." Prince Liang nodded and said, "That's true. But these guys are just helpless people. Before Qu Jing was defeated, it was easy to say, but now I'm afraid it will be difficult to move them."
"Under the heavy reward, there must be a brave man. As long as the prince offers enough chips, these barbarians who are greedy for money will definitely swarm here!" Lu'er said solemnly.
"What chips are so valuable?" King Liang asked.
"For example, in the Dongchuan copper mine, whoever has made the greatest contribution will be rewarded!" Lu Er said.
"Fart!" Prince Liang immediately stopped: "That is our lifeblood! If you ask us to give our lifeblood to others, there is no way!"
"If Dongchuan can be exchanged for the withdrawal of the Ming army, the prince can still control Yunnan. If Yunnan is lost, will Dongchuan still belong to the prince?" Lu'er said speechlessly.
"That's true..." Prince Liang nodded reluctantly.
"There are also things like tea and horse taxes. We will use as much as we can. The main goal is to repel the Ming army!" Lu'er said in a more serious tone: "This way we can unite as one and defend Ochichi! Hold on until next summer.
The initiative is back!"
"Okay, then you first bring out the charter, call Guanfu Bao and Dade later, and let's discuss it." After speaking, King Liang waved his hand and said, "You go down first, I want to be quiet."
"Yes." Although Lu'er felt that Prince Liang was perfunctory, he could only leave first.
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Unexpectedly, King Liang was so quiet that there was no movement for two whole days.
Until the three prime ministers couldn't wait any longer and went to the palace together to ask for an audience.
Who would have known otherwise, but when I went there I was shocked to see that the whole palace was in a mess with boxes and cages all over the floor. The palace maids and eunuchs were moving valuable antiques, calligraphy and paintings out and packing them into boxes. The princess and several highnesses were also there gesticulating and asking the palace people to
Be careful not to knock your own baby.
The three people quickly entered the palace to look for His Highness, and saw that the golden palace was empty, with only a dragon chair still placed in the center.
His Royal Highness Prince Liang was wearing a dragon robe and was sitting on a dragon chair, staring blankly at the busy crowd outside.
In just a few days, he has aged several years...
"Your Highness!" You Pingzhang Guanfu Bao said loudly: "What are you doing?!"
"Oh, I'm feeling depressed living in the palace. Let's go to the Yuxi Palace to get some fresh air. I have no other meaning. Just do what you are supposed to do." Prince Liang rested his head on his hands, leaned on the dragon chair, and spoke weakly.
"..." The three of them looked at each other, wondering, are they lying to fools?
"It's hard for the prince to go out to relax at this juncture, and it's hard for the officials and the people to think too much!" Dade also said loudly: "The people in the city are already panicked, and many noble families are fleeing with their families! I am here to ask the prince to issue an order to stop it.
, who knew that the prince would also want to..."
"I will give you the seal later. You can issue an edict as you wish." King Liang said indifferently, with a manner of breaking a jar. "My edict is to control the people below. How can I control it?"
Can’t you succeed with this king?”
"Your Majesty, at this time of crisis, if you don't lead by example, how can you defend the city?" Lu'er's nose was even crooked with anger. He didn't expect that Prince Liang had wasted two days in vain, and he had suppressed such a result.
"Yes, Prince, you can't leave. Once you leave, everything will stop..." The other two people also urged.
"Everything will be over if you stay here!" King Liang finally couldn't stand it any longer. He raised his voice and said, "I have tried my best! But you guys, you all say you are invincible, but you just show off when you do it! I, the king, have tried my best!
I don’t count on you anymore, do you understand?”
"If I still believe you, I will be a prisoner if I stay!" He slapped the dragon chair and roared: "It's not that I'm sorry for you, it's you who's sorry for me, do you understand?!"
"..." The three of them gave him a speech, and this cannot be said to be completely wrong. King Liang has indeed been very diligent in his administration these years, and he has been quite generous to his subordinates, otherwise they would not have done it before the arrival of the Ming army.
It was so comfortable.
It's just that they were too comfortable, and Wen Tian was too playful. Anyway, they believed whatever the prince said, and they were arrogant behind closed doors... But as soon as the Ming army arrived, their true colors were revealed.
The King of Liang is like Party A who was taken advantage of in later generations. He found that he had lost all his money and entrusted Party B to Party B. As a result, he made a big mess.
Now I just want to grab the bucket and run away without even looking at these idiots again.
But then he thought that he still couldn't leave them, so he let out a long breath and said: "That's all, if any of you wants to leave, just come with me."
As he spoke, he lowered his voice and said: "To tell you the truth, as soon as I heard that the Shengjing Pass was lost, I had predicted that today would happen, and had already contacted Hu Ji Ya from Annan in advance to exchange two thousand taels of gold for two large ships.
Let’s go south to Yuanyang, where I have prepared a boat. Let’s take the boat all the way down the river to Annan, and then take the boat back to the grassland from Annan!”
"..." The three of them were so shocked that they couldn't do anything without the prince, but they didn't expect that they would do such a big job quietly.
"Your Majesty, you don't want Yunnan anymore?" Guanfu Bao asked for a long time.
"I said many years ago that the general trend is irreversible. How can a province like Yunnan compete with the whole country? Moreover, it is a weak province with no important people, no food, and only money left for the poor." King Liang said.
Now he said with deep regret: "In the beginning, Zhu Yuanzhang sent envoys again and again to persuade me to surrender. If I had followed my wishes, I would still be the King of Yunnan now. But my ears are too soft, and I have been beaten by you people again and again.
Just stop it once!"
The more he spoke, the angrier he became: "You also killed the Ming envoy! Don't think that I don't know, isn't it just to cut off the possibility of my surrender to the Ming Dynasty?!"
"Now that your wish is fulfilled, I can't turn back!" The three people from the Liang Dynasty roared: "I want to return to the grassland, do you still want to stop me? Then I will have no choice but to throw myself into Dianchi Lake!"
"Your Majesty, calm down, I don't dare." The three of them quickly knelt down to apologize.
"I will ask you this one last time. If you want to leave, just leave. If you don't, you will be knocked down." King Liang seemed to have exhausted all his strength and sat down again.
After a long silence, Dade said first: "I swore an oath to follow the prince to the death."
"Me too." Lu'er followed.
"What about you?" King Liang looked at Guan Fubao.
"I am willing to live and die with Achicheng..." Guanfu Bao kowtowed and said, "I forgive you that I can no longer serve the prince."
"Everyone has his or her own ambitions, and I will not force you." Prince Liang said calmly, "Maybe you can even create miracles."
"I accept your prince's auspicious words." Guan Fubao kowtowed again.
"That's all. The road is facing the sky. Let's go to one side and go to whatever we have to do." King Liang waved his hand and the three of them left.
He was the only one left sitting in the main hall, and the old man's shadow was pulled...
