Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 52 The Inevitability of History

The red lady said: "Although I can't imagine what kind of scene the princess said, but I think it is similar to the common people's family being bullied by other families.

If the head of the family doesn't think about how to drive away outsiders and hurt them, but instead helps outsiders bully his own family, I definitely won't recognize the head of the family. "

As she said that, Hong Niangzi looked at Li Yan, as if she meant something.

Li Yan was slightly embarrassed.

After he and Hong Niangzi led the army, in order to make peace with the leaders of the various ministries, he did persuade Hong Niangzi to be more patient, and practically gave up a lot of benefits.

The red lady is obviously dissatisfied with this matter.

But Li Yan knew that this matter was actually different from the situation at the end of the Qing Dynasty that Aunt Zhu talked about.

The rebels from all walks of life gathered together to overthrow Daming, and peace was indeed the most important thing.

However, it would be wrong for the Qing court to treat the various overseas barbarians as a family and help to bully and exploit the people of China for the sake of so-called "peace".

Thinking of this, Li Yan said: "If the Qing court really humiliated our China so much hundreds of years later, we really can't let it steal the land of China."

Speaking of this, Li Yan and Hong Niangzi exchanged glances, then stood up and bowed to Auntie Zhu, saying, "Xin is willing to follow the princess, conspire against the Qing Dynasty, and restore Ming Dynasty!"

Li Yan no longer used his pseudonym "Yan" in his words, but his real name "Xin", which is obviously full of sincerity.

The red lady clasped her fists together and said: "I don't understand any major principles, but I can see that the princess has a heart for the people. Besides, the princess has such great supernatural powers as being able to go to future generations, which will definitely make the people live a better life. I would like to follow you!"

After hearing what the two said, Aimee Zhu couldn't hide her excitement.

Although Hao Guangming said before, the possibility of persuading Li Yan and Hong Niangzi is very high.

But she was really convinced like that, and she couldn't help but be overjoyed.

She also expressed her position immediately: "Don't worry, you two, I will not let you two, nor the people of Ming Dynasty!"

Then, the three of them sat down, but Li Yan's expression changed, and he had an idea.

"Your Highness, since the Tartars are strong and will steal the Central Plains in the future, why not use the power of King Chuang to resist them for a while?"

Li Yan said this because he knew that Jianu was currently regarded as outside Shanhaiguan, and Li Zicheng had already sent people to Shanhaiguan to win over Wu Sangui, the general soldier of Guanning.

He felt that if he could successfully win over Wu Sangui, use the Guanning Army to keep Jiannu out of Shanhaiguan, and rely on Dashun's current military strength, he should not be able to let Jiannu invade and plunder repeatedly like in Chongzhen.

Hao Guangming heard these words through the mobile phone video, and thought: Now is the time to enter the topic of the conversation with Li Yan.

Aimee Zhu spoke according to what she had discussed with Hao Guangming before.

"Although Li Zicheng is my enemy, if it is necessary to fight the Qing Dynasty, I will join forces to break into the army.

However, this matter is not as simple as Mr. Li thought. For the specific reasons, I will tell you what happened in the original history, and Mr. Li will know the reason. "

Li Yan revealed a curious look, and said, "I would like to hear the details."

Aimee Zhu asked first, "I don't know if Li Zicheng can send someone to win over Wu Sangui, the commander-in-chief of Guanning?"

Li Yan said: "Sent, just yesterday."

"Then Mr. Li knows what conditions Li Zicheng gave Wu Sangui?"

Li Yandao: "Profess him as a general, and order him to still lead the Guanning Army to guard Shanhaiguan. In addition, he also asked his father Wu Xiang to write a letter to Wu Sangui to persuade him to surrender."

"What does Mr. Li think of this condition? Will Wu Sangui agree?" Zhu Yu asked with a smile.

Li Yan frowned slightly and said: "In terms of the strength of Guan Ning's army, this condition is not good enough.

But Wu Sangui didn't take the initiative to surrender, and the conditions for recruiting surrender were not too bad.

Moreover, Wu Sangui's family is still in the hands of Chuangjun, so he should agree to join Dashun. "

Aimee Zhu and Hao Guangming have studied this matter.

In history, as Li Yan said, although Li Zicheng's conditions were very ordinary, Wu Sangui was still prepared to seek refuge with Dashun due to various considerations.

However, the Qing court had already sent people to contact Wu Sangui, and the terms they offered were still very attractive.

So Wu Sangui's heart to seek refuge with Dashun is actually not firm.

If Dashun didn't have any weird operations here, he might really have surrendered aggrievedly.

But the problem is that Dashun, who easily invaded the capital, almost floated and swelled, and not many people could stay awake.

So then there was Liu Zongmin's strange operation of torturing the nobles of the Ming Dynasty and hundreds of civil and military officials in the capital, including the Wu family.

Thinking of this, Auntie Zhu said: "Young Master Li has a thorough understanding of this matter, and what he said is indeed reasonable. But I want to ask another question - is there still enough food and salary for invading the army?"

Hearing this, Li Yan sighed, and said, "How can there be sufficient food and pay for the Chuangjun army because there is a shortage of food today?

King Chuang thought that he would be able to seize a large amount of food and money when he entered the capital, but unfortunately after checking and counting these few days, he realized that the public treasury in the city was empty.

The seizures before and after were only more than one million taels of silver, and tens of thousands of stones, grain and grass, which were not enough for the huge number of soldiers and civilians.

Otherwise, Chuang Wang would not have stopped giving state relief to the victims of the disaster the day before yesterday. "

"Then, does anyone in Chuangjun come up with a solution?" Aimee Zhu asked again.

Li Yan said: "As for the grain and grass, I once suggested to King Chuang that all the grain in the city should be confiscated by the military, whether it is generals, soldiers, or common people, they should be rationed according to their needs.

It's a pity that this proposal was opposed by Niu Jinxing, and Chuang Wang seemed to have many concerns and did not accept it.

As for the issue of military pay, Li can't think of any good solution in the short term. "

Hao Guangming sighed secretly.

As expected, Li Yan has his own talents, and he actually thought of military control.

However, such a large capital city should have a population of about one million at this time. It is not easy to be controlled by the military, and it may not be possible to do a good job in the army.

Li Zicheng has reason to have concerns.

He entered the city in the image of a rebel army popular with the people, shouting "the King Chuang has come and will not pay the food", but now he is going to collect food from the people's homes and distribute it according to needs. Isn't this a repeated villain?

After listening to Li Yan's words, Auntie Zhu smiled slightly when she thought about what would happen in history, "Someone will come up with a solution."

"Who? What solution did you come up with?" Li Yan asked even more curiously.

At the same time, he thought to himself, wouldn't it be a good thing if the issue of food and payment could be resolved?
Why did you hear what Auntie Zhu said, that the Dashun Army will lose to the Qing Army in the future?

Aimee Zhu couldn't help hesitating when she heard Li Yan's question.

She was indeed ready to join forces to fight against the Qing Dynasty, but she didn't want Li Zicheng to make things happen.

But if she told Li Yan everything that was going to happen in history, and Li Yan told Li Zicheng again, wouldn't Li Zicheng really be able to stand firm?
That might not be a problem for the Qing Dynasty, but it might be even more difficult for her to revive the Ming Dynasty.

Just when Auntie Zhu was struggling, she heard Hao Guangming's voice coming from the bluetooth headset.

"It's okay, tell him. You have to know that some things are destined and it is difficult to change."

In Hao Guangming's opinion.

Dashun was defeated by the Qing army in a piece of stone. At first glance, it was because Wu Sangui defected to the Qing army, and the Dashun army underestimated the enemy too much.

But in fact, whether it was Wu Sangui's repeated surrenders or the Dashun army's underestimation of the enemy, it was because it was too easy for them to enter the capital, and almost all the people in the entire system swelled and drifted away.

In addition, the Dashun Army faced substantive problems such as insufficient food and wages and raging plagues.

Finally, its own strength may not be as strong as the Qing army plus Guanning army.

Therefore, unless Li Zicheng had such an adventure as Zhu Yuxie who could change his life against the sky, it would be a historical necessity for the Chuang army to be defeated in a single stone.

Aimee Zhu trusted Hao Guangming.

Hearing Hao Guangming's words, he looked at Li Yan and said, "Liu Zongmin, he will propose a method of torturing the civil and military officials and nobles of the Ming Dynasty in Beijing to raise military pay."

"What?!" Li Yan was startled and couldn't help standing up.

What Aimee Zhu said was unbelievable at first glance.

But Li Yan thought about Liu Zongmin's personality, and suddenly felt that Liu Zongmin might make such a suggestion.

Because in the past, after breaking through the city, Liu Zongmin always liked to torture and beat Ming officials and those rich gentry.

Even Liu Zongmin harbored a faint hostility toward him—because he also came from a rich family of gentry.

When he came back to his senses, Li Yan couldn't help saying: "No, I have to tell King Chuang that I must not act according to Liu Zongmin's proposal, otherwise the capital will be in chaos, and people will turn their backs on Dashun!"

Apparently, even though Li Yan expressed his intention to follow Aunt Zhu to resist Qing Xingming, his heart has not completely shifted from Dashun's side.

Hong Niangzi knew it in her heart.

Immediately said: "Master, just now we agreed to follow the princess. Now you have found out such a confidential matter from the princess, but you are going to tell King Chuang, how can you be worthy of the princess' trust?"

(End of this chapter)