Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 186 Du Yinxi who coordinates the interests and needs of all parties

When Li Yan saw that Du Yinxi, the governor of Huguang, looked down upon them for being reckless people who were born as thieves, he also hurriedly got off his horse and knelt down in front of Du Yinxi, the governor of Huguang: "Shaanxi filial piety Lian Li Yan failed the holy grace, although he was forced by corrupt officials and had to embark on the road of rebellion, but now the sinner Li Yan knows that his sins are serious, and his Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty is in danger in the land of Gyeonggi. Today, I specially ask the angel to punish him! "

Du Yinxi, governor of Huguang, naturally knew that Li Yan's pleading was just a gesture, and he would not really want to punish Li Yan. I understand, now seeing Li Yan pleading guilty, he naturally ran over in a panic and helped Li Yan up: "Mr. What a heinous crime, all are forgiven, even His Majesty is so kind, how can we, as the ministers who guard the land, bear the will of the king!"

As Du Yinxi said, he helped Li Yan to the front, patted Li Yan's hand, and even directly bowed to Li Yan: "Mr. Li's willingness to lead the rebel army to surrender to the court is really an act of righteousness. , allow a certain generation of kings and fathers to express a little respect to Mr.!"

"Blocking the platform is really a shame for Li. It must not be done. How can Li be able to accept such a heavy gift from His Majesty and the world?" Started blocking Yinxi.

Du Yinxi, on the other hand, intends to solidify the support of Li Yan and other Chuangjun among the common people in Huguang. He knows that the main force to fight against the Qing army in the Huguang area in the future will be the hundreds of thousands of Chuangjun who are about to belong to Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, Du Yinxi directly pulled Li Yan to the grain team, and said to Li Yan and the Chuangjun behind him: "This is the gentry and common people in Huguang provinces who heard that Mr. Li and the hundreds of thousands of Chuangjun brothers intend to join us. After the imperial court fought against the Qing army, the grain subsidized for the brothers in the army is only the first batch at present, and there will be other batches of money, food, and military equipment arriving later. I hope that Mr. Wang can experience the sincerity of His Majesty and the hope of the people from this! "

Li Yan saw that the countless refugees in front of him were dressed in rags but didn't move the food in front of him. Naturally, he was not very emotional, and tears welled up in his eyes: "I heard that Zuo Liangyu was a disaster for Chu, and the people of Chu couldn't eat enough. Now However, Li does not know that the people of Chu have such deep friendship, please rest assured, if our Dashunyi Army returns to the imperial court, we will surely live up to the high expectations of the people and the grace of Your Majesty!"

"Mr. Li, please come with Du Mou," Du Yinxi said, pulling Li Yan to the people, and shouted to the people in front of him: "Mr. Mr. Li is dead, because he can't bear to see the people of our Chu land suffer from war disasters again, and he no longer becomes an enemy of the people. He is willing to submit to the court, and together with the court and the people, he will fight against the Hulu who are about to go south. Whether we will no longer suffer from the military disaster, whether it is all up to Mr. Li and the hundreds of thousands of brothers who broke into the army behind him, whether they can resist the Qing army going south, let us salute to Mr. Li!"

"The safety of Chu land depends entirely on the sir!"

When Du Yinxi yelled, the common people also yelled. Many of them were low-level gentry who led the common people at the grassroots level. They naturally had a deep understanding of the fact that the corruption of the Chu land was closely related to the continuous military disasters. Seeing what Du Yinxi said now, they naturally follow Du Yinxi to ask Li Yan and the Chuangjun behind him from the bottom of their hearts.

Li Yan was originally a passionate person, and the generals behind him were all simple and honest people. Now that Du Yinxi is so respectful, it is natural that they all feel that they have a responsibility.

What Du Yinxi did was to build a basic bridge of communication between Chuangjun and the people of Chu, and immediately gave the lonely and helpless Chuangjun a basic support from the public.

And Li Yan's Chuangjun ministries also have a sense of belonging here.

Du Yinxi's magnanimity and high hopes for Chuangjun as soon as he arrived was a good start for the matter of recruiting Chuangjun. Liu Fangliang, Chen Zilong, Jin Yiwei and others all showed admiration for this.

As for the promise of the [-] shi grain distribution to the common people, because Du Yinxi established a relatively friendly relationship between the Chuang army and the Chu people from the very beginning, when Du Yinxi proposed to start from the first batch of [-] shi grain When the central government spent [-] shi to help the accompanying people and the poor in the city, the Chuangjun, who were originally poor, knew that the people in Chudi were struggling but were still willing to support them, so they had no objection to giving out some food to help the people.

In addition, Li Yanben is also a person who takes the overall situation into consideration, and can understand the difficulties of Du Yinxi being a political party, instead of blindly considering his own needs to enter the army.

Basically, a contradiction between the demands of appeasement of the Chuangjun and the comfort of the common people proceeded smoothly under the apology and careful handling of Huguang Governor Du Yinxi.

Of course, this is not over. It also depends on whether Du Yinxi can coordinate Huguang's current productivity well in the future to meet the military supplies of the Chuang army and the relief needs of the people to restore their vitality.

Fortunately, Du Yinxi still has enough grain reserves, as well as his familiarity with the local civil affairs in Huguang and his full understanding of the peasant army, making it entirely possible for him to make Huguang an important anti-Qing base in the future.

Liu Fangliang also came over at this time, still using the old address for Li Yan, and directly hugged Li Yan's shoulder: "Military Master, Liu thought that he would never meet you again in this life, but he didn't expect you and me to fight side by side again today." Please rest assured, your majesty, your majesty is not a faint king, and you can make some achievements by following the court now. Now you can see that not all the officials of Ming Dynasty are greedy and cruel, just like blocking Taiwan. The treacherous party and the chaos in the government only make the virtuous people lose their talents. Now Your Majesty is alone in the universe, determined to innovate, and selects talents. I, a vulgar warrior like Liu, can still lead the army, and I will not worry about being a military advisor. Among the top officials!"

Li Yan just smiled when he heard what Liu Fangliang said. He didn't expect Liu Fangliang to be able to chew on words now, as if he drank a lot of ink after joining the court camp, so he gave Liu Fangliang a big hug, and said with a smile Yinxi and others entered Wuchang City together.

Du Yinxi couldn't help but look carefully at the current Wuchang City, and saw that there were almost no complete houses in the entire Wuchang City, and even the officers and soldiers stationed in Wuchang lived in the open, and these officers and soldiers not only had no place to live , and even their clothes were very thin, many of them were bare-chested, and the weapons in their hands were nothing more than incomplete swords. , but the quality of equipment is still not as good as that of the official army.

"How did your Ministry rely on to fight the Tartars these days? Even if there is no military supplies to supply, they should have taken a lot from the officers and soldiers," Du Yinxi asked.

"From last year to the present, the ones robbed from the officers and soldiers are almost used up, and it's not Li's intentional offense. Most of the imperial military department made second-hand weapons, and the officers and soldiers themselves can't use practical weapons. What good is it for our army to seize it!"

Li Yan replied.

(End of this chapter)