"You are quite smart, and you actually recognized my identity. Now, you guys are all sick people. Do you want to wipe your neck yourself, or should I take you back to the capital and let His Majesty deal with it?"
Lin Fan asked coldly.
"Haha! Lin Fan! You are powerful, but Chongzhen is narrow-minded. You single-handedly restored the defeat of the entire Ming Dynasty. Do you think Chongzhen can let you continue to live?"
"Hmph! All those officials in the Ming Dynasty are pedantic rubbish. When you die, the Ming Dynasty will inevitably continue to decline. What's the use of everything you have done?"
Liu Zongmin said with a sneer.
Lin Fan looked solemn and said: "Haha! If you can sincerely assist Li Zicheng, this Dashun Army will not be so vulnerable!"
"With you here, this Dashun is not as good as my Ming Dynasty. It's useless to say more at this time. Should I just let him go and be captured, or should I just kill him!"
What Liu Zongmin said was right. If he and Chongzhen had no father-son relationship, what Chongzhen was most afraid of at this time was himself, and he would poison himself if he could not go back.
However, this body of mine is Chongzhen's son. After returning, he only needs to force Chongzhen to announce his identity as soon as possible and canonize himself as the prince.
"Haha! I, Liu Zongmin, am not the kind of person who can be easily captured! Come on! Brothers, kill with me! We would rather die in battle than have our necks wiped clean!"
Liu Zongmin said with a smile.
Lin Fan smiled slightly and said: "Haha! Can these people still fight with you?"
"You guys, have you ever had a full meal in the past few days?
Have you ever had a good night's sleep?
Look at these people, they were originally Li Zicheng’s old subordinates!”
"Now that they have surrendered to me, they have abandoned the darkness and surrendered to the light. As long as you surrender together, you can become soldiers of the Ming Dynasty like them, and you will have food to eat and wine to drink in the future!"
Gudu!
After Lin Fan finished speaking, some of Liu Zongmin's subordinates couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva. Not to mention wine, they hadn't drunk hot water for several days.
Liu Zongmin looked at the people around him, all of them looked at Lin Fan eagerly. Knowing that he could not count on them, he turned around and ran away.
Lin Fan drew his bow and shot an arrow, killing him directly on the spot.
After Liu Zongmin died, no one present dared to resist anymore. He was easily subdued by Lin Fan, and an army of more than 200,000 people escorted more than 100,000 people back to Xi'an City.
After returning to Xi'an City, Lin Fan did not allow them to enter the city. Instead, he temporarily built a military camp outside Xi'an City for the soldiers trapped in the camp to guard it.
Then, he led the Xuanjia Army to roam among the cities previously captured by the Dashun Army, regaining all these cities and dividing the land among the people.
Because of the lessons learned from Henan, Shandong, and Nanjing, the landlords and gentry in these cities were extremely honest. As long as the land was not reported, they all handed it over as soon as they came.
The common people were allotted land, and crops were planted on it. They were naturally happy, dancing and shouting that Lin Fan was their great benefactor.
Within half a month, all the land previously captured by the Dashun Army in the Ming Dynasty was recovered, and the people were also given land.
In this way, the rebel army was completely disintegrated. Those small groups of rebels and those with families quietly returned to their homes to live with their wives and children.
Of course, there were still some who became bandits and hid in the mountains as bandits. However, these people only came out of the mountains once in a long time and were handed over to the government for encirclement and suppression. Lin Fan returned to Xi'an City with his troops.
After half a month of training, Zhang Liang had all trained the 150,000 soldiers that Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin had mixed up, and they were no longer as lax as before.
After Lin Fan thought about it, for the sake of the peace and stability of the Ming Dynasty, he decided to temporarily send the trapped camp to Suzhou Guard, which is adjacent to East Chagatai, Outer Khalkha, and Erut.
Among them, Eastern Chagatai and Outer Khalkha were still nominally vassal states of the Ming Dynasty. However, because the Qing Dynasty was established by slaves, these places were naturally ready to move.
It would be safe to guard the one hundred thousand trapped camp there. Of course, when the trapped camp went to guard there, Lin Fan had brought them enough money and food.
Half of the food in Xi'an City is enough for them to eat there for a year. As for what to do with the food next, they will naturally find a way to import it from abroad.
"Sir, all the trapped troops have been sent to Suzhou Guard, and so much food and money have been taken away. When you return to the capital, I am afraid someone will use this as an excuse to admonish His Majesty."
Zhang Liang said in a deep voice.
Such a large mobilization of troops and horses, and the fact that the entire Ming Dynasty was now short of food, Lin Fan distributed half of the food to the trapped camp. This was a taboo for a minister!
"Don't worry, with the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry and the Black Armor Army here, if Your Majesty dares to do anything against me, then don't blame me for changing the Ming Dynasty!"
Lin Fan said coldly.
Now, there is another Zhang Xianzhong, who is also from the rebel army. At this time, Shanhaiguan is very restless, and the officials in the court are waiting for him to subdue Zhang Xianzhong.
"Well, Your Majesty, I also think you should stand up and shout at this time. After all, we have so many soldiers and horses, are we still afraid of that dog emperor?"
Zhang Liang also followed suit.
Forehead……
Lin Fan was speechless for a while. Although Zhang Liang scolded Chongzhen as a dog emperor, he had no objection. However, Chongzhen was also his father, so it didn't mean he was scolded as well.
"Okay, I brought more than 30 million taels of silver from Nanjing last time, and the sales of soap have been very good recently. The money I earned is enough for us to buy more food!"
"Now go and send an order to call all the merchants in this city. I want to discuss with them the matter of transporting grain from overseas."
Lin Fan said.
“Shipping food from overseas?
Sir, our Ming Dynasty is all about overseas trade. You haven't changed the dynasty yet, so if you tell those merchants this, I'm afraid they won't dare to agree."
Zhang Liang said in a deep voice.
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"This is indeed a problem, but I don't believe those merchants have such clean hands. They say there is a maritime ban. To put it bluntly, it just makes it difficult for them to trade with overseas countries!"
"Go and call them all!"
Lin Fan said.
"Yes! Sir!"
Zhang Liang said in a deep voice.
At this point in time, Pineapple Island should be under the rule of the Tulip Kingdom, and the Tulip Kingdom is known as the Sea Coachman at this time. These merchants must be able to purchase food from elsewhere through the Tulip Kingdom.
You can also contact them for this kind of matter. However, if you do this, it will not recognize the legal relationship of Tulip Country on Pineapple Island. It will be difficult to start a war in the future. Therefore, it is better to let these merchants do the comparison.