Regarding the matter of steam trains, the biggest reason why Emperor Chongzhen did not discuss it with Liu Weichao in advance, but made it himself first, and then talked to Liu Weichao later, was that he still wanted to make progress on his own and get Liu Weichao's approval!
In order to make up for the regrets of another dimension, he is an incompetent king who has subjugated his country!
He can prove that he can actually be a good emperor!
However, this time he came to Liu Weichao excitedly to report the results of the steam train. He originally thought it was a perfect solution, but in Liu Weichao's eyes, there was still something wrong, which made him a little frustrated.
At this time, seeing Emperor Chongzhen's silence, Liu Weichao smiled again and said: "Of course, generally speaking, this time you have learned to use retreat to advance, leverage your strength, and take advantage of the situation. You are already very powerful!
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After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen raised his head and said with a wry smile: "But there is still a problem, isn't it? I have figured it out. If I follow this idea, it will appear as you said, leaving my nose.
Things will become more and more difficult. Even if there is factory supervision, there will be no way to combine interests to make things more effective!"
"Haha!" Liu Weichao laughed when he heard it, and then said to Emperor Chongzhen: "Look, you already understand the problem. You will definitely pay attention to it in the future. Isn't this another step forward?"
Upon hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but smile: Yes, in this communication with Liu Weichao, he pointed out what he didn't do well enough. After he realized it, he would definitely improve. This is also a kind of progress!
Thinking like this, he sincerely said to Liu Weichao: "I am really lucky to have a good teacher and friend like you!"
When Liu Weichao heard this, he also smiled and said: "I have you as a partner, and I can make money while lying down. I am really lucky!"
Upon hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but laugh together with Liu Weichao.
Then, the two of them said almost at the same time: "Strengthen the country and start a business, both are correct!"
After saying that, the two of them were happily happy again.
After laughing, Emperor Chongzhen said to Liu Weichao sincerely: "You are younger than me, but you give me the impression that you are omniscient and omnipotent. You are really amazing!"
"..." Liu Weichao was a little speechless after hearing this. He praised him too much and blushed a little.
With a little embarrassment, he replied to Emperor Chongzhen: "It is better to benefit from the times. My era is the Internet era, the era of knowledge explosion. Most men like politics, military and other topics.
I’ve been shopping online a lot, just talking, many people can say it!”
This is not modesty, theoretical knowledge is one thing, and many people really know it. But when you really want to do things by yourself, you often like to eat alone. I am afraid this is human nature, and it requires acquired thinking to change!
In this way, during this video communication, Liu Weichao and Emperor Chongzhen ended their chat while complimenting each other. Afterwards, Emperor Chongzhen began to think about how to change the way he did things. Of course, this time, he would discuss it with Liu Weichao.
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Wuchang, Huguang, of course, had been changed to Tianshou Mansion by Zhang Xianzhong at this time. The original Chu Prince's Mansion has now become Daxi Prince's Mansion, the residence of Zhang Xianzhong.
No, in the main hall, Zhang Xianzhong was sitting on the main seat, listening to a man dressed as a civil servant speaking in front of him.
"Your Majesty, another new Jinshi has escaped, and two Linshan students have left with their crowns hanging. Since the news of the imperial court's victory in Jizhou came, this is the third time someone has escaped!"
Zhang Xianzhong claimed to be the King of the West, and established six ministries and five military governors' offices. He also opened courses to recruit scholars and recruited talents. A total of 30 Jinshi and 48 Linshan students were admitted, and they were all awarded state and county officials.
At this time, when Zhang Xianzhong heard this, he immediately said angrily: "There are no people in the imperial court, they are afraid of this, they are not weaklings!"
After a pause, he cursed angrily: "And that Li Hongji, he's not a fucking thing, he actually ran to Xiangyang, obviously asking the imperial officers and soldiers to come and beat us first, so he can watch us fight from the side.
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Others don't know Li Zicheng's real name, but he knows it, and he will scold him when he is anxious.
After scolding for a while, Zhang Xianzhong looked at the man dressed as a civilian in front of him and said to him: "Military advisor, do you have any good ideas?"
Yes, the scholar in front of him is his military adviser Xu Yixian. After he established the Daxi Kingdom, he made Xu Yixian the Prime Minister of the Left and the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment.
Xu Yixian was a capable man. He even compared himself to Zhuge Liang and wanted to assist Zhang Xianzhong in his quest to become the overlord. It was also like this that Zhang Xianzhong founded the Daxi Kingdom, established six ministers and the governor's office of the five armies, and even opened courses to recruit scholars.
Recruit talents!
If the original historical development is followed, in August of the 16th year of Chongzhen, Xu Yixian drowned and died during the battle of Zhang Xianzhong's troops conquering Yuezhou, an important town in Hunan Province. Otherwise, it is difficult to say what the subsequent history will be like.
At this time, after Xu Yixian heard Zhang Xianzhong's question, he frowned and said: "If the Battle of Jizhou in the imperial newspaper is true, it is understandable that people will be panicked. But the key thing is that now
It’s hard to tell because we can’t grasp the real situation!”
When they first received the news about the Battle of Jizhou, everyone was very shocked.
The imperial army was able to defeat hundreds of thousands of Jianlu troops, and the army was almost completely wiped out, and the commander was captured alive!
This kind of thing sounds really unbelievable, absolutely impossible!
Naturally, they knew the combat power of the imperial officers and soldiers, but they couldn't believe it.
Therefore, when I first heard about the Battle of Jizhou, I mostly didn't believe it. However, later on, more and more news about the Battle of Jizhou became available. From all aspects, it seemed that the Battle of Jizhou was true.
As a result, everyone in the newly-established Daxi Kingdom was panicked.
Most of them are not so arrogant that they feel that they are stronger than the hundreds of thousands of Jianlu troops. The imperial army can destroy the Jianlu army, but it cannot pose a threat to them!
In other words, if the strength of the imperial officers and soldiers has suddenly become so strong, what good results can the rebels have? They will definitely be suppressed!
The future of the rebellion, which had seen the light of day before, suddenly became bleak and hopeless.
Against this background, the imperial decree came out to pardon the rebels except Zhang Xianzhong, which made some people feel that there was no prerequisite for following Zhang Xianzhong anymore.
So, people began to sneak away secretly.
If it was just a small soldier who had slipped away, Zhang Xianzhong and others would not have cared. However, with great fanfare, he opened courses to recruit talents, and the talents he recruited began to slip away, which was a heavy blow to Zhang Xianzhong.
This means that scholars do not think highly of him. Without scholars, they are just a group of hardworking people, and they can only be the same ordinary thieves as in the past. This is definitely unacceptable to Zhang Xianzhong today.
At this time, after hearing what military advisor Xu Yixian said, Zhang Xianzhong asked angrily: "How do you say that?"
After Xu Yixian heard this, he quickly replied: "From the news I heard from all sides, it seems that the Battle of Jizhou is true. In this case, the imperial court defeated the Jianlu, and the north was worry-free, and the tax-rich areas south of the Yangtze River fell into chaos. Regardless of whether it was
For tax reasons, those Jiangnan officials in the court will inevitably ask the court officers and soldiers to go south as soon as possible. However, it has been four or five months, and only Wu Sangui's Guan Ning Army has reached Fengyang.
Isn’t it strange that no northerners are going south anymore?”
After a pause, he saw that Zhang Xianzhong was listening attentively, and continued: "One of the reasons why this happens is that the Battle of Jizhou is not what the rumors say. Or if it is true, the imperial officers and soldiers will also suffer losses.
It was so disastrous that it was unable to move south in a short period of time. Only in this way can the current situation be reasonably explained."
"As for the army of hundreds of thousands of captives, even if the imperial army can really destroy the army of captives and suffer very little losses, it is definitely nonsense. It is possible that it will also suffer heavy losses!" After hearing this, Zhang Xianzhong agreed with this statement.
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No matter what the purpose is, when fighting a war, concealing or exaggerating casualties is the most common thing.
Xu Yixian listened, but said doubtfully: "If this is the case, there is also a problem. Why did King Chuang and Cao Cao's troops suddenly march westward, captured Xiangyang, and drove away Zuo Liangyu? They were not over there in Luzhou Prefecture.
, are they preparing for a big fight? If there are no special circumstances, they should not even celebrate the New Year and rush westward. "
Zhang Xianzhong frowned after hearing this, and then asked a little irritably: "Then just tell me, what should I do next?"
Xu Yixian himself was troubled, so he replied to Zhang Xianzhong: "If the imperial court really has a strong army, we can't stay in Huguang anymore. We can also go west and enter Shu to seize it to defend ourselves, recuperate, and sit back and watch the changes in the world.
Decide whether to advance or retreat!"
At this point, he changed his subject and continued: "But if the troops in the hands of the imperial court are strong from outside and capable from the inside, and if these news are deliberately released by the imperial court and are just scary, there is no need for us to leave Huguang, a land of plenty, and we can even return to Huguang.
Seize more surrounding territory, strengthen our momentum, attract heroes from all over the world to come and join the prince, and then aspire to conquer the Nine Provinces!"
After finishing speaking, Xu Yixian shook his head and said: "Unfortunately, the current situation is very confusing. What is the strength of the imperial court?"
Zhang Xianzhong also felt a headache after hearing this. Different situations have completely different ways of dealing with them. If you don't understand it clearly, the following things will indeed be difficult to do, and you can't just leave them alone.
While he was thinking about it, he heard Xu Yixian suddenly say to him: "For the current plan, I think this is the only way!"
"How is it?" Zhang Xianzhong asked immediately after hearing this.
He knew that military advisors always had plans, so he asked quickly.