Li Qi is a businessman. He can accept failure, because it depends on people to plan things and God to succeed, but he will never do useless work. Since he has spent so much effort, he must see the results, whether they are good or bad.
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Annexing Dali is one of the main purposes of his expedition. He will never return empty-handed, and as of now, he is already sure of victory.
Because Duan Zhengyan has no other choice.
It is undeniable that Duan Zhengyan is a very outstanding diplomat. Since he came to the throne, Dali has rarely had conflicts with neighboring countries. You must know that this is still when he has no power.
But it is a pity that Li Qi is a shrewd diplomat than him, and once Li Qi gets the upper hand, it will be difficult for you to come back.
It can be said that Duan Zhengyan met Li Qi, which can be said to be his great luck, or it can also be said to be his great misfortune.
Without Li Qi, he might have been oppressed by the Gao family all his life, but it was precisely because of Li Qi that he changed from an emperor to a minister.
These two things are what every emperor least wants to see.
But Duan Zhengyan really has no choice. First of all, Dali's geographical location is very unfavorable. Unlike Xixia and Goryeo, they have two superpowers around them. They can put themselves in a position to balance the scales.
In the past, it has been constantly dealing with the two superpowers to increase its own bargaining chips. Unless there is an absolute gap in the strength of the two superpowers, it will be difficult to eliminate them.
In the past, there was Tubo and Jiaozhi, so Dali could still deal with it, but now, Tubo has already split. Even the Tibetan armed regime near Dali has surrendered to the Song Dynasty. As for Jiaozhi, even the country was destroyed, which is equivalent to Dali.
Surrounded by the Song Dynasty, but their strength was far apart, they simply did not have enough capital to fight against the Song Dynasty.
It is difficult to settle this matter through diplomatic means alone. However, due to the conflict between Duan and Gao in Dali, the situation has gotten out of control. In addition, the military power has continued to split, and many forces have leaned towards the Song Dynasty. This has undoubtedly made matters worse.
And Duan Zhengyan is not good at fighting. Gao Mingshun is several times better than him in this aspect. Otherwise, the Duan family’s imperial power would not be left behind. It is precisely because they have to rely on the Gao family’s military ability that they will
Being reduced to a puppet, it would be difficult for him to deal with those armed forces.
In fact, the current situation is not too bad for Duan Zhengyan. He is still the top leader in this area. He has most of the decision-making power, and military power is not what he is good at. He cannot suppress those generals. If it is done by
He will be the emperor. Sooner or later, the next Gao Mingshun will appear. Now that the military power is in the hands of the Song Dynasty, he does not need to worry about it. He can give full play to his talents.
Therefore, it was reasonable for Duan Zhengyan to accept that imperial edict.
Who is the winner and who is the loser in this battle? The Song Dynasty is naturally the biggest winner, the Li family and the Gao family are of course the biggest losers. As for the Duan family, there are gains and losses, it depends on which aspect you think about it.
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For the people of Jiaozhi and Dali, although they suffered numerous injuries in the war, as long as no major mistakes are made, they should be able to avoid the erosion of the war for at least the next fifty years, and a new era will greet them.
They are also winners.
At least that's what Li Qi thought.
After Duan Zhengyan accepted the imperial edict, all of Li Qi's plans would be put on the agenda immediately. Although he had many aspects to discuss with Duan Zhengyan, he knew that Duan Zhengyan would still need some time to digest this.
According to the imperial edict, he did not say much that night and sent Duan Zhengyan out.
After Duan Zhengyan returned, he summoned all his generals and told them about his surrender to the Song Dynasty.
Those generals were naturally unwilling. It was very simple. If Duan Zhengyan was the emperor, then they would enjoy endless glory and wealth. However, if Duan Zhengyan was the ruler of the Song Dynasty, their prospects would become very delicate.
Duan Zhengyan saw these people saying they were loyal to him, but in fact they were all for their own benefit. He felt very disgusted in his heart and thought to himself, if you were not all so selfish, how could I have fallen like this, and now you are taking me out?
Being used as a shield is really abominable.
I was disgusted, but Duan Zhengyan was not stupid enough to show it. He explained the specific situation to the generals in detail and told them that this was not what I wanted, but was the general trend.
Those generals didn't care about the life and death of the people. They refused to agree and insisted on supporting Duan Zhengyan as emperor.
Duan Zhengyan was annoyed by their quarrel and walked away, leaving only one sentence, if you want to quarrel, go to Li Qi to quarrel.
These people dare to bully Duan Zhengyan, and they dare not go to Li Qi to act wildly. The Song Army has a hundred thousand elites here, plus Wu Jie's people. If they dare to mess around, they are really looking for death.
If they hadn't only been eager for quick success and quick gains from the beginning, in order to protect their own rights and interests, regardless of the overall situation, how could they have gotten to where they are today. In the final analysis, they still have themselves to blame.
On the second day, Duan Zhengyan entered Shenglong Mansion, but he was no longer representing Dali, but the officials of the Song Dynasty.
His top priority when settling in was naturally to quickly clear up all civil unrest in Dali.
On that day, Duan Zhengyan wrote the last imperial edict as the king of Dali, and sent someone to Shanchan Mansion to announce his surrender to the Song Dynasty. At the same time, Li Qi also sent someone to deliver a letter to the Song Dynasty.
Zhe Meiyue and Zhe Yanzhi ordered them to lead the Western Army to march from Shicheng County and Jianchang Prefecture, first to suppress the rebellion, and then to take over the Dali army.
At the same time, Li Qi renamed Jiaozhi and Dali to Dali County and Jiaozhi County, divided them into Yunnan Road, and established Dali and Shenglong Prefectures. From this moment on, Jiaozhi and Dali were officially included in the territory of the Song Dynasty.
This was not something Li Qi made without authorization, but something he had already discussed with Zhao Kai. Of course, the premise was that they wanted to regain Jiaozhi and annex Dali.
After arranging all these matters, the next step is to arrange personnel. Li Qi has not started arranging personnel in the initial stage because he is waiting for Duan Zhengyan. If the leader is not determined, then there is no way to start the follow-up matters.
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In fact, the officials in Jiaozhi have always been very critical of Li Qi on this point, because they are eager to know their future. This is human nature, but Li Qi kept pushing and pushing without even making an appointment.
, when any problem arises, personnel are assigned to handle it, so this has caused Jiaozhi officials to be in a constant state of uneasiness.
It's fine now. They finally broke through the dark clouds and saw the sun.
Duan Zhengyan was granted the title of King of Zhennan, commanding Dali, Shenglong and the Second Prefecture, and knowing the Yunnan Road.
With this order, Niu Gao made a net profit of half a year's salary in one day. It turned out that this guy was secretly betting on the final ownership of the title of King of the South. The generals naturally bet on Yue Fei and Wu Jie. Where?
Knowing that Duan Zhengyan, a dark horse, suddenly appeared, Niu Gao, the banker, naturally had a great harvest and was so happy that he couldn't sleep all night.
Zhang Boyu was named the prefect of Shenglong Prefecture. Liu Qingtan was named the prefect of Guangyuan Prefecture, and Yang Ying'er was named the judge of Shenglong Prefecture.
Based on the previous assessment, Li Qi promoted more than a hundred officials and distributed them to various places to fill the manpower and eliminate Li's influence in Jiaozhi.
In addition, Li Qi also established a new state capital at the junction of Fuliang River and Nanhai, named Nanhai Prefecture. An important purpose of Li Qi's campaign in Jiaozhi was to expand overseas trade, so the development of coastal areas will be the future of Jiaozhi County.
Development is the top priority, and the establishment of Nanhai Prefecture also conveys this very important message to the people of Jiaozhi County.
As for the governor of Dali Prefecture, Duan Shiwen was appointed. As for the remaining officials, Li Qi let Duan Zhengyan choose his own officials. If he arranged everything by himself, Duan Zhengyan's sense of existence would be greatly weakened.
Li Qi also promoted Ning Wu to be the prefect of Qinzhou. Although Ning Wu was a chief, he also came from a family of officials. His ancestors were high officials in the Tang Dynasty, and Ning Wu himself was also a very far-sighted and ambitious talent. In fact,
He had always wanted to serve the court, but it was a pity that the Song Dynasty had always neglected the management of Qinzhou and looked down upon the big chieftains. Although the chieftains had the final say in Qinzhou's government affairs, there was still a prefect in name. Now Li
Qi just asked Ning Wu to govern Qinzhou legitimately.
After arranging these important positions, Li Qi established a Commerce Bureau in Guangyuan Prefecture to supervise Yunnan Road's finances. He also established branches in various places and subdivided them into agriculture and industry bureaus.
As for the officials of the Bureau of Commerce, some of the lower-level officials will be promoted from local officials, while the upper-level officials will all be transferred from Hangzhou and Bianliang and will be personally arranged by Economic Envoy Bai Qiannuo.
This is a rule. Li Qi has resigned from the post of Economic Envoy, so he cannot interfere in the internal affairs of the Economic Envoy. He must leave it to Bai Qiannuo. It was only a temporary measure to let Yu Junjie serve as the head of the Guangyuan Prefecture Commerce Bureau.
In the end, the imperial court's wishes were the main priority.
This arrangement is nothing more than further decentralization of power in order to achieve the effect of the emperor's centralization of power and enhance the court's control over this place.
Although this has further weakened the power in Duan Zhengyan's hands, Duan Zhengyan also understands that this is a necessary process. If the financial power is also held by him, then he will directly affect the military and political affairs, which is equivalent to three
He holds all the power in his hands, so the imperial court will definitely not hand over the financial power to him, but he also has some of the power. After all, the development of the region is still dominated by him.
After the civilian officials have made arrangements, the next step is the military attache.
This arrangement by the military attache is the Privy Council's own business, and not even Duan Zhengyan has the right to interfere.
The first thing Li Qi had to do was to appease his men, because all the previous rewards seemed to have nothing to do with them, but they had the greatest credit, especially Yue Fei and Wu Jie, who deserved the most credit, but King Zhennan
But they had no chance to meet them. Of course they knew it, but their generals didn't understand the problem, and they must have felt a little unhappy.
Li Qi first promoted Wu Jie to Bu Bu Shuai, the bodyguard. The original positions in the Sanyamen, Palace Commander and Horse Commander were taken away by Yue Fei and Niu Gao, but Bu Bu Shuai, the bodyguard, was not promoted. The reason was Li Qi.
Originally, he was Bu Bushuai, the bodyguard, and Zhao Kai hoped that Li Qi could take back the power of the Sanyamen from Gao Qiu, so the arrangement for Bu Bushuai, the bodyguard, was very vague, although Li Qi would definitely step down from Bu Bushuai after taking office as Privy Councilor.
The position of Bu Shuai was a taboo for the emperor, but neither Zhao Kai nor Li Qi mentioned this matter, and Bu Shuai Shuai was always replaced by Bu Shuai Shuai Yue Gai.
Now that Gao Qiu's influence in the three yamen has been eliminated, Li Qi can finally step down from this position and appoint Wu Jie as the bodyguard Bu Bu Shuai.
The oldest of the three, Yue Fei, Niu Gao, and Wu Jie, was only in their thirties, and these three were in charge of the military command of the Song Dynasty. Among them, Yue Fei was only in his twenties. This also indicates that the new force has become the Song Dynasty.