The officials present had nothing to say. They found that His Majesty's thinking was particularly clear, and they could not find anything to refute it.
"What your Majesty said is absolutely true! As long as Zhang Xianzhong is willing to accept your Majesty's reward, he will be a member of our Ming Dynasty. It's not a bad idea to go to Shanhaiguan to guard it!"
"It's just that I'm afraid that Zhang Xianzhong pretends to accept it, but suddenly attacks us when he passes through the capital!"
An official said.
"Your Majesty! We have to guard against this!"
There is humanity again.
Emperor Chongzhen said: "You can rest assured about this. Lin Fan is sitting in the city of Xi'an. As long as his tigers and leopards are riding around, Zhang Xianzhong will definitely not dare to attack the capital easily!"
"So, he can only choose to accept it, or not accept it!"
Emperor Chongzhen talked a lot more, and all the ministers present finally agreed to the matter. Emperor Chongzhen issued an order to confer Zhang Xianzhong as the general of Shanhaiguan Navy, and gave him one million taels of silver, asking him to quickly lead his troops to Shanhaiguan to garrison.
At this time, Zhang Xianzhong, who was far away in Chengdu, Sichuan, received this imperial edict and burst out laughing.
"Haha! Okay! This Chongzhen seems to be in a hurry. After Lin Fan occupied Xi'an City, he no longer obeyed Chongzhen's orders!"
"There is no one guarding Shanhaiguan, so Chongzhen thought of me. Good! The title of General of Shanhaiguan is very useful!"
Zhang Xianzhong couldn't help laughing when he saw this imperial edict.
Li Dingguo said in a deep voice: "Sir, do you really want to accept this imperial edict?"
Liu Wenxiu also said: "Your Majesty, if you take the title of General of Shanhaiguan, then our rebel army will become soldiers of the Ming Dynasty!"
"Yes, this matter must not be accepted. We are a rebel army, destined to overthrow the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, Li Zicheng is defeated, it is time for you to take the lead!"
Sun Kewang said in a deep voice.
Ai Nengqi also disagreed with this matter and said: "Your Majesty, this imperial edict must not be accepted. Even if we don't come forward now, it is not a good time to encounter that Jiannu!"
These four people were the four fierce generals under Zhang Xianzhong, and they also left a mark in later history.
Zhang Xianzhong said with a smile: "Haha! You are wrong. It is the most correct decision for us to go to Shanhaiguan at this time!"
"If Li Zicheng had established a foothold in Xi'an City, I would have no choice but to surrender to him. Now, he is forced to retreat to Sichuan. Now, this small Sichuan land has an army of no less than 700,000 men.
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"Let me ask you, do you think you can support so many soldiers in Sichuan?
Obviously impossible!"
"Moreover, our subordinates, which total only hundreds of thousands of people, are no match for Li Zicheng. Instead of doing this, we might as well take advantage of the situation and withdraw from Sichuan and go to Shanhaiguan!"
"Moreover, Emperor Chongzhen has not given us less. As long as we arrive at Shanhaiguan, we can get one million taels of military pay. This is what we need most right now!"
After Zhang Xianzhong said that, the four of them fell into deep thought. As generals, when they considered things, they did not think as comprehensively as Zhang Xianzhong!
Li Dingguo said: "The superior general is still not thinking carefully enough. At this time, it may be the best choice for us to go to Shanhaiguan!"
"Well! In fact, the combat power of Jiannu is only average. Our army of hundreds of thousands has been deployed in Shanhaiguan. Who is our opponent?"
"On the contrary, this Li Zicheng must be on pins and needles!"
Several people said in a deep voice.
Zhang Xianzhong nodded. After they left Sichuan, there were still more than 500,000 troops in Sichuan, and Liu Zongmin's forces could compete with him.
At this time, Dashun was only in name only. Maybe if they took the lead, Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin would fight each other.
The next day, Zhang Xianzhong spread the news, took the title of Shanhaiguan General, and took his subordinates to Shanhaiguan in the name of Shanhaiguan.
At this moment, both Li Zicheng and Liu Zongmin were stunned. How could they still be like this?
Did this Xianzhong go to Shanhaiguan so honestly?
In the capital, Emperor Chongzhen was so excited that he was speechless when he heard the news.
"Okay! Okay! There are hundreds of thousands of loyal men under this banner. With these soldiers in our Ming Dynasty, our strength will definitely increase a lot!"
Emperor Chongzhen said excitedly.
"Your Majesty, with Zhang Xianzhong guarding Shanhaiguan, Shanhaiguan is considered stable. One million taels of silver is not much. However, what if Zhang Xianzhong continues to ask for money later?"
Li Jiantai spoke up.
"If this Xianzhong continues to ask for money, as long as it is not too much, I can agree to it. Of course, during this period, you must quickly gather your troops!"
Emperor Chongzhen said.
"Your Majesty, you need money and food to recruit troops!"
Li Jiantai said.
"Now, Henan and Jiangnan are still under our control. As the Minister of War, can't you think of a way?"
"As for silver, doesn't the national treasury have tens of millions of taels of silver?
As long as it's used to recruit troops and buy food, I can give it to you, don't rely on Lin Fan for everything!"
Emperor Chongzhen said coldly.
Li Jiantai responded and quickly did this. His method of recruiting soldiers was very simple, which was to post notices everywhere and ask every household to send a male.
Those who don’t have men will naturally have to provide food. However, in this era of war and chaos, who wants to be a soldier?
Who has food that can be turned in?
Therefore, by doing this, it can be said that he achieved twice the result with half the effort. On the other hand, on Lin Fan's side, the number of people trapped in the camp reached 50,000 in the past few days.
"I now have 150,000 soldiers, and Zhang Xianzhong has also gone to Shanhaiguan. I can also consider having a try with that kid Li Zicheng."
Lin Fan said in a deep voice.
Recently, his soap was produced and sold to merchants in Xi'an city. After using it, these people all realized the commercial value of this soap.
Naturally, he tried every possible means to get the right to sell this soap. Lin Fan did not hesitate with them, and asked each of them to pay a deposit of one hundred thousand taels of silver, and then handed over the right to sell the soap to them.
Then, his factory was responsible for producing soap every day, and then sold it to them at the purchase price, and they sold it to various parts of the Ming Dynasty.
During this period of time, Lin Fan had more and more silver in his hands. Including what Sun Buer was looking at, it almost exceeded five million taels of silver.
"I heard that the Ministry of War is recruiting soldiers, how is the situation?