Sun Kewang continued: "Chu people all say that Mr. Li is good at benevolent government. He has been kind to the people of Jingchu, set up camps, repaired water conservancy, and reduced the people's power, so that dozens of prefectures in Henan and Chu can recuperate. He is like the founder of a great dynasty.
meteorological."
Zhang Xianzhong chuckled and cursed: "Li Laiheng? He is the son of a tiger. In terms of seniority, he is called a generation below you. What kind of person is he?"
Ai Nengqi was the most average in ambition and strategy among the four princes, but he was the most valiant in martial arts. At this time, he was riding in the front and laughed and said:
"The Chuangxi family has always been very close to each other. How can we be afraid of him?"
Sun Kewang shook his head secretly, feeling that he could not underestimate and treat Li Laiheng so much.
Li Dingguo said: "We can't just leave Lin Yang Yang alone, right? It's been two days since he arrived in Chengdu, and his adoptive father hasn't had a good talk with him."
Zhang Xianzhong pointed a finger at Pan Duao, the current chief minister of the Western Ming Dynasty, and said confidently:
"This is what Lao Pan taught me. If you want to ask, just ask Lao Pan."
When Li Dingguo's eyes fell on Pan Duao, Mr. Pan pursed his lips and said confidently:
"Our government has initially established a foundation in Sichuan. Now that the civil strife has been eliminated, the next step is to send generals out in all directions. The key point is to send generals to attack everywhere, east, west, north, south, and which side to attack first."
Xu Yixian, another adviser to Zhang Xianzhong, added for Pan Duao:
"Since ancient times, the defense of Shu must occupy Hanzhong. The last time Hanzhong was defeated, it was because our dynasty did not attack it hastily with elite troops.
Now the Shun Army is facing Donglu's charge to the north, and the Canming Marine Division is to the south. If they continue to antagonize us in the west, they will be besieged from all directions.
What's more, Li Zicheng is dead. Although it is said that a tiger has proclaimed himself emperor in Kaifeng and inherited the throne, a tiger cannot be compared with King Chuang in terms of prestige and talent.
Therefore, it can be said that this is the best opportunity for our country to march into Hanzhong."
Liu Wenxiu asked suspiciously: "As the minister said, we are going to send Lin Chengcheng back to the north, right? Are we going to have another fight with Chuangying?"
Zhang Xianzhong, Pan Duao, and Xu Yixian all smiled at the same time. Zhang Xianzhong shook his beard and said:
"Bah, bah, bah, what? It's like this. Lin Chengcheng came to Chengdu, what do you think he came to talk about? He came to be Lu Su!"
"Lu Su?"
None of the four princes understood the meaning of this sentence. Only Sun Kewang was the first to react and said, "That's it." Then Li Dingguo was puzzled for a while and guessed, "Is Lin Chengcheng coming to lend us Jingzhou?"
Pan Duao explained to everyone: "Lin Chengcheng came to Chengdu here to deliver Li Laiheng's secret edict to the King of Heaven. In the secret edict, Li Laiheng expressed his willingness to lend Longxi and Hanzhong to our dynasty, and Jingzhou was lent to Liu Bei by Soochow during the Three Kingdoms period.
As usual, we will form an alliance with our country to fight against the Manchus."
Sun Kewang said disdainfully: "Li Laiheng has ulterior motives and great intentions. You must not be fooled by him."
But Li Dingguo, Ai Nengqi, Liu Wenxiu and others were as happy as Pan Duao and cheered. Everyone felt that if what Lin Chengcheng said was true, then Ximing would obtain two strategically valuable pieces of Hanzhong and Longxi without a fight.
Isn’t it a huge advantage to occupy a huge place?
Zhang Xianzhong also stroked his beard and smiled - in fact, with Zhang Xianzhong's many years of experience in fighting all over the world, he would not be fooled by Li Laiheng.
It's just that this time Li Laiheng directly asked Lin to come to Chengdu to "be Lu Su", which invisibly satisfied Zhang Xianzhong's mentality of thinking of himself as Liu Bei.
It is no secret that Zhang Xianzhong considers himself Liu Bei.
"The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" has become very popular in the late Ming Dynasty. Of course, Zhang Xianzhong is also a deep fan of "Three Kingdoms". After he captured Wuchang, he raised troops to capture Changsha, and then marched from Hunan to Sichuan. This route of march is consistent with history.
Liu Bei, who went south from Xiakou to the four counties of Jingnan, and then marched from Jingnan to Sichuan to establish the Shu Han foundation, was very different.
Fan Yiheng and Wang Guangen's previous Northern Expedition to Hanzhong was unfavorable, which somewhat dealt a heavy blow to Zhang Xianzhong's dream of claiming to be Liu Bei. Liu Bei fought against Cao Cao to capture Hanzhong, but the Great Western Army did not fight against Li Zicheng, and even Li Guo and Li Laiheng returned.
He didn't meet, but suffered a loss in front of a mere He Zhen, which of course greatly damaged Zhang Xianzhong's confidence.
Unexpectedly, it didn't take long for Li Laiheng to send Lin Chengyang to Sichuan as a lobbyist, claiming that he would lend Hanzhong to Ximing to form an alliance between Xishun and Xishun to fight against the Eastern invaders.
This is in line with Zhang Xianzhong's special psychological state of thinking about Liu Bei, and from a strategic point of view, it is indeed a great deal.
The Dashun Army was simply because Longxi and Hanzhong were sandwiched between the Western Ming and Qing armies, and they thought it would be very difficult to defend them. So instead of wasting their troops here, they might as well lend them to Zhang Xianzhong, who had no fatal conflicts, so as to save some troops.
Go up the Yellow River.
Zhang Xianzhong smiled happily and said:
"This kid Li Laiheng does look a bit like Sun Quan, don't you think? You can praise him like this: Give birth to a son just like Li Laiheng!"
Zhang Xianzhong finally said with some regret: "It's a pity that Li Laiheng didn't have a beautiful sister to send to Chengdu."
Li Dingguo hurriedly advised him: "My foster father has obtained the concubines in the harem of the King of Shu. Do we need more concubines? This is not what the founder of the country should do."
Zhang Xianzhong sighed and said: "Heavenly Father did not allow us to marry so many wives, so I didn't take in all the harem of Prince Shu. It's a pity, it's a pity. Catholicism is good everywhere, but here it is very bad. I have already let An Wensi
Write a letter to Tianzhu and ask them to get a scripture and change this."
Sun Kewang was the person who was most happy to see Zhang Xianzhong indulge in the harem, which would make it easier for him to take charge of power and implement policies he believed were correct.
After everyone sent King Zhang Tian back to the palace of the King of Heaven, Sun Kewang left Pan Duao, Xu Yixian and the other three princes behind, and showed them the list of Teke and the rewards and titles:
"My foster father has gone to rest. We still need to do this murderous job."
Both Pan Duao and Xu Yixian had gone through all kinds of ups and downs, and could be regarded as experienced in hundreds of battles. When they thought about the tragedy that would happen in Qingyang Palace, their expressions remained unchanged. Xu Yixian said directly and coldly:
"Yang Zhan's rebellion has not been revealed, so he doesn't need to kill him. The rest of them are involved in serious rebellion and must be eradicated."
Li Dingguo was the one who was least willing to raise a butcher's knife against the officials and gentry, but at this time he spoke softly and knew that he could not stop Sun Kewang's actions, so he had to persuade them:
"If you don't want to harm your wife and children, just kill Zeng Ying alone."
Sun Kewang thought in his heart that Li Dingguo's woman's kindness was really undesirable, but he still agreed.
Tomorrow Qingyang Palace will hold the Special Science and Technology Examination, and according to what Sun Kewang told Zeng Ying, Yang Zhan and other princes in central Sichuan, after the Special Science and Technology Examination is over, the ceremony for the title of Duke will be held.
It seems that these people are completely defenseless now, just waiting for Sun Kewang to take action.
Sun Kewang ordered:
"Let Wang Shangli lead the troops to block the city gate, and Dou Minggang lead the troops to surround the Qingyang Palace. When the time comes, I will issue an order, and the three armies will advance together to eradicate the roots. Don't let anyone escape.
Except for Zeng Ying, Jiang Dinghong, Gong Wanjing, Zou Jianchen, Wu Daxia and others, the rest of the scholars transferred to Chengdu from Shunqing and Chongqing are also bastards who have connections with Nanming as far as I know.
This time, we will transfer all these people to Chengdu and catch them all in one fell swoop. Birds cannot fly without heads, and people cannot leave without heads. If all the people who instigated the rebellion are killed, then although there are many traitors, they all have their own selfish motives and want to protect their families.
It’s too much trouble to cause trouble.”
Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu both had a compassionate heart and finally persuaded:
"No harm to my wife and children. Since we have killed those who instigated the rebellion, it is estimated that others will not cause trouble again. In the future, if we do frivolous corvee and low taxes and rest with the people, sooner or later the Shu people will understand our intentions and will not harmonize with us again."
Confrontation in Xiying.
Even if our army cannot conquer the world through the Northern Expedition, it can at least retreat to one side and form its own country in Shu. In the future, our achievements will be no less than those of Uncle Liu Huang."
Sun Kewang hummed and said: "Good brothers, I know, I listen to you. We are all good brothers, I will never act arbitrarily by myself, you can rest assured."