Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 80

Li Yan is worthy of being a rare and wise counselor under Li Zicheng's command.

He is much more keenly aware of the changes in the world situation than Niu Jinxing and other short-sighted people who only covet the power of the dragon for a while.

"Your Majesty, Jiannu is a foreign race outside the pass, and now he is colluding with some scum of our Han family, colluding with traitors, in the name of suppressing thieves and flattening the world, but in fact, he first fights the stronger Dashun, and then destroys the weaker Southern Ming, with the intention of stealing our Han Home Jiangshan."

"Now, we should get rid of the previous suspicions and send people to reconcile with Daming. Even if we don't form an alliance, we can't fight each other again. We can go from Hanzhong to Bashu. Zhang Xianzhong has just established a foothold in Sichuan. If we take the opportunity to seize it , you can easily plan to occupy Sichuan and stand on your own! With the wealth of Chengdu, recharge your energy and store up your energy, and wait for the future to send troops out of the Qinling Mountains and plot the world, it is not impossible!"

Li Yan's plan was a wise move. After all, Sichuan was easy to defend and difficult to attack, with tens of thousands of high mountains as barriers, and Chengdu Mansion in the basin was an extremely rich land of abundance.

It is undoubtedly the most suitable place for self-reliance and recuperation.

Moreover, this can also transfer the pressure of fighting Jiannu to Daming.

In this way, Li Zicheng can learn from the Shu Han of the Three Kingdoms.

You can join forces with Daming to attack Jiannu, and you can also join forces with Jiannu to attack Daming.

But Li Zicheng waved his hand and smiled contemptuously:
"With Zhu Youjian's ability, is he worthy of forming an alliance with me and calling him a brother?

What's more, I have already destroyed his ancestral grave and killed countless officials of Ming Dynasty. If he, Zhu Youjian, and the rich men of Daming can accept us, how can we not know whether they will join hands with Jiannu to conspire to kill me? "

"From my point of view, it is better to go to Huguang first before Jiannu goes south, and then map to the south of the Yangtze River. With the strength of the remnants of the Ming Dynasty, we may be able to occupy Nanjing in March. At that time, we will occupy the south of the Yangtze River alone and rule the river with Jiannu. It's better than going to Sichuan to be a king of the mountain, not to mention Zhang Yaozi's adoptive sons are not easy to mess with, especially Li Dingguo!"

"Your Majesty, although Zhang Xianzhong should not be underestimated, the Ming Dynasty in the south should not be underestimated either. As far as I know, Zhu Youjian had a good government after resisting Nanjing. Even Zuo Liangyu's army has a million troops, and Huang Degong , Gao Jie and other ministries are all capable of fighting, please think again, Your Majesty!"

In a moment of desperation, Li Yan accidentally mentioned Gao Jie who made Li Zicheng wear a cuckold.

Li Zicheng became angry on the spot: "Don't give me a title! This bastard, I wish I could kill him! The army will gather food for three days on the spot, and then go to Huguang. I have made up my mind, so there is no need to persuade me!"

Li Yan had no choice but to back away sadly, feeling quite depressed.

In the middle of the night, when Li Yan was sleeping with his wife, Hong Niangzi, Hong Niangzi couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty has clearly agreed with what Prime Minister Niu said, why do you still fight so hard, and make Your Majesty unhappy!"

"Hey, how do you know what you want to be a husband? Your Majesty is all over now. If there is a glimmer of life in Sichuan, I'm afraid it will be difficult to survive this year if you go to Huguang!"

After hearing this, the red lady quickly covered Li Yan's mouth: "Your Majesty, don't say this again. Be careful that there are ears behind the walls. The concubine knows that your husband is a well-educated person, and she has the ambition to assist Ming Jun in achieving great achievements. But Your Majesty has the grace of knowing you and me. Although Hong Niangzi is a woman, she also knows the word loyalty, so it is best not to abandon Your Majesty, my husband."

"Of course I know this, let's go to sleep," Li Yan said, closing his eyes.

……

Li Zicheng was unwilling to compete with Zhang Xianzhong for Sichuan, but he vainly tried to go south to Huguang and win Jiangnan from Zhu Youjian as the southern overlord.

This is the same as Dorgon, who has not yet regarded Zhu Youjian who retreated south as a real enemy.

Perhaps in their eyes, Da Ming is just a dying person, so there is nothing to worry about.

In fact, Zhang Xianzhong played very well in Sichuan, which Li Zicheng didn't care about.

Maybe the original history was wrong, or maybe it was the deliberate falsification of Qing and Ming history, or maybe Zhang Xianzhong in this life changed his temperament.

In short, since Zhang Xianzhong conquered Kuizhou in the first month of the 17th year of Chongzhen, and captured Chengdu on the ninth day of August, he did not carry out a large-scale massacre.

On the contrary, Zhang Xianzhong, who intended to stay in Sichuan for a long time, specially summoned the local gentry, and issued a notice to calm the people, and even changed his former image of a bandit, expressly ordering all armies to prohibit plundering the people of Shu.

The one he dealt with was only the king of Shu.

The vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty mostly harmed the localities, because they could not do good deeds, and if they did good deeds, they would be impeached by civil officials and win the hearts of the people.

This matter is not mentioned.

It is worth mentioning that Zhang Xianzhong also ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor ahead of schedule on the first day of November, with the title of Jianguo Daxi.

Zhang Xianzhong, who was enthroned in the Shu Palace, enjoyed the feeling of being independent in Sichuan.

His four foster sons Ke Wang, Li Dingguo, Ai Nengqi, and Liu Wenxiu were also conferred official ranks.

Zhang Xianzhong is not Li Zicheng, he has always been cunning, and he also knows that the situation in the world has not yet been settled.

Therefore, as soon as he ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, he sent his four adoptive sons to various prefectures and counties in Sichuan to recruit soldiers, and he also began to prepare to start a course to recruit scholars, which meant that he wanted to establish a small dynasty in Sichuan.

"Right now, the battle between Dashun and the Qing Dynasty is in full swing, and the Ming Dynasty in the south is still alive. How do you guys think we should deal with the current situation?"

Zhang Xianzhong is famous for being good at cultivating adopted sons.

His four adopted sons are all rare generals in the world today, and even Li Zicheng is deeply envious, so Zhang Xianzhong often asks his four adopted sons for advice.

The eldest son, Sun Kewang, stood up first and said: "Report to my father, Li Zicheng was defeated in Shanxi, and the Ming Dynasty in the south is just dying. According to my son, the one who will win the world at the moment should be the Man Qing. We may offer the Man Qing Mainly, to stand on our own in Sichuan, so that we can be safe, and it will not be too late when the Japanese army has enough food and supplies to plot the world."

At this time, Sun Kewang didn't know that Jiannu had not spared Li Zicheng after defeating him, so he, who always knew how to follow the trend, thought of relying on the strong.

The second son, Li Dingguo, was silent for a while, and then said: "Father, from the perspective of my son, no matter who sits in the world, he will not sit back and watch us separate Sichuan and stand on our own. Don't you hear that the other side of the couch allows others to sleep soundly, and there is a saying of looking forward to Shu. As long as the world is still in chaos, no one will care about my Daxi in Sichuan, so I think that it is better to form an alliance with the strong than with the weak such as Daming or Li Zicheng, so that no one will take over the world, and my Daxi will be safe and sound!"

The youngest, Liu Wenxiu, was good at managing civil affairs. Seeing Zhang Xianzhong asking for advice, he also said: "The most important thing right now is to farm for self-support and accumulate strength. Therefore, my son thinks that we might as well get married, but if we don't belong to each other, we can not offend each other. .”

Although the fourth son, Ai Nengqi, was the most valiant in battle, his strategy was a bit dull, so he just smirked: "I listen to my father, and I will do what my father wants my son to do."

Zhang Xianzhong couldn't help being overjoyed when he heard this: "They are all my good sons, much better than Li Zicheng's Niu Jinxing. I really don't know why he uses a group of sour literati, which one is as good as my four children, but in my opinion Come on, the second child is right, you can’t let the outside live in peace, it’s better to help the weak than to help the strong.”

Sun Kewang heard that his father finally adopted Li Dingguo's suggestion. In addition, Li Dingguo's military achievements have always been much higher than Sun Kewang's, so Sun Kewang's heart is full of jealousy.

Only Ai Nengqi foolishly echoed Zhang Xianzhong: "I also think that the second brother is right, the second brother has always been smarter than us."

Ai Nengqi's unintentional words made Sun Kewang feel even more unhappy after hearing this.

He is the eldest of Zhang Xianzhong's four adoptive sons, so in his opinion, he should inherit the throne after Daxi, but now Li Dingguo is overpowering himself everywhere, and even his fourth younger brother is of one mind with him, so Sun Kewang The more I think about it, the more unhappy I become.

(End of this chapter)