On September 19 of the 11th year of Yongli, the rebel army led by Li Dingguo, the king of Jin and Liu Wenxiu, the king of Shu, defeated the army of the Qin clan in Jiaoshui.

Subsequently, the two kings divided their troops into two routes, and Liu Wenxiu led the main force to take advantage of the situation to attack Guizhou, one is to chase and kill Sun Kewang, so that he will not have a chance to breathe, and the other is to regain control of this province for the Ming court.

At the same time, Li Dingguo led his army back to Kunming in a hurry, because Sun Kewang's other army was also on the way to attack the Ming court. As a result, the surprise army that had been pinned on by Sun Kewang failed because it could not get a response from the internal response, and then it was intercepted and killed by Li Dingguo and the plot of the Ming army fleeing along the way, and finally ended up with the destruction of the whole army.

Wang Shangli, who was stationed in Kunming, committed suicide, and Zhang Sheng and Wu Dading, who raided Kunming, were also broken by the Ming army, and the situation in Kunming improved rapidly, but Li Dingguo did not enter Kunming to stabilize people's hearts, but led the army again.

Sun Kewang is strong, and the few generals who stayed in Yunnan at the beginning, the Yongli Imperial Court has been trying their best to appease Sun Kewang for more than a year before the outbreak of the war, and they dare not move lightly. Although He Jiuyi had already returned to the imperial court, there were still generals such as Wang Ziqi, Guan Youcai, and Zhang Mingzhi who were entrenched in Chuxiong and Yongchang, and their positions were unclear.

Chuxiong and Yongchang are west of Kunming, of which Chuxiong is adjacent to Kunming, and Yongchang has penetrated deep into western Yunnan. After a short rest in Kunming, Li Dingguo led his army to the west. The army rushed out, and Lei Yuelong, a cabinet scholar sent by Emperor Yongli to see him off, sent the army away, returned to the palace to resume his life, and then went up to the duty as usual, and did not return home until the hour of the next duty, which was not at all different from weekdays.

"King Jin's move is really inappropriate!"

When only Lei Yuelong's father and son were left in the study, the cabinet scholar who had made a generous speech outside the city a few hours ago and wished Li Dingguo a great victory finally lost all his disguise.

Complaining was inevitable, because he was opposed to Li Dingguo's expedition in his heart. In the final analysis, the current Ming court is not the only enemy such as Sun Kewang, the bigger enemy, that is, the Manchu Qing Dynasty, is eyeing the side. At this time, especially Sun Kewang has now become a lost dog, and he must strive for internal unity in order to gather greater strength. But Li Dingguo's approach is the opposite!

"Sun Kewang has only dozens of horsemen left, and hundreds of thousands of troops are gone, is it possible to escape back to Guizhou and turn over? At this time, as long as a letter informs the results of the battle of Jiaoshui, Chu Xiong and Yongchang can be passed on, even if Wang Ziqi has been drunk and killed by mistake, the camp general of the Jin Wang's army can also be punished by the imperial court, what does this mean! ”

Compared with characters like Wu Zhenyu, who also entered the cabinet, Lei Yuelong never thought that he was an upright gentleman. When Sun Kewang was in power, he could be a scholar of Xingying, but in his heart he still positioned himself as a Ming courtier, so when the Yongli court was stationed in Kunming, he did not hesitate to vote over, and did his best to do everything.

It's just that in the current situation, the King of Jin and the King of Shu have just achieved a great victory, not to mention that they are in the limelight, and they have a great merit to save the driver, and the Son of Heaven also believes in Li Dingguo's judgment even more. In addition, there are still Ma Jixiang, Jin Weixin, Gong Ming and others in the DPRK, and the strength of the Jin Wangfu in the DPRK is no longer something that a small cabinet scholar can touch.

This time, Li Dingguo proposed to go on an expedition, and the party henchmen echoed it and the Son of Heaven agreed, even if he opposed it in his heart, he did not dare to put it into his mouth. Because he knew very well that even if he did, he would never change anything, but would put himself in an awkward, even dangerous, situation.

"Father, are you afraid that those villains will slander and break off the connection with Sun Rebellion?"

"There is this consideration, but after all, it is because it is in vain, otherwise the father will always have to advise one or two."

He used to be a scholar of the Qin Palace, and his identity was embarrassing, so it was really not appropriate for Wang Ziqi and his ilk to talk about it. Not to mention his personality, he was able to commit to Qin back then, and now he lives with a mask, it's not a big deal.

"Let's wait for the King of Shu to come back, although His Royal Highness the King of Shu is not as good as His Royal Highness the King of Jin, he can still understand the overall situation. If the two kings can complement each other and do their best for their father and other courtiers, there is still a lot to be done in the southwest. ”

Instead of saying this, Lei Yuelong didn't continue to speak, but a thought came to his mind: "Perhaps, it's time for Chen Kai to enter the cabinet, with this person's ability, the court will always have a greater chance."

Just thinking of this, he immediately shook his head again: "Forget about this matter, talented people will always have a sense of arrogance, he and Guo Zhiqi are not on good terms, and they may not be able to get along with other courtiers when they enter the court." At that time, nine times out of ten, it will be a party with Ma Jixiang and Jin Weixin, and there will indeed be something inappropriate in the current situation. ”

Lei Yuelong's mind was limited to the secret conversation between the father and son, but Li Dingguo's side, starting from Kunming, with the aftermath of the great victory, once he attacked Chuxiong Mansion, the end was a devastating and decaying, and the battle captured Guan Youcai, and Zhang Mingzhi was lowered, and then attacked the boundary of Yongchang Mansion, which directly scared Wang Ziqi into fleeing.

On this expedition, Li Dingguo adhered to a mind to eliminate evil and vowed to eradicate these unstable factors one by one. For Wang Ziqi, who had already committed the crime before, he was willing to let it go easily, and when he entered Yongchang Mansion City, he launched an intensive pursuit and suppression operation against Wang Ziqi's department.

In November, Li Dingguo's pursuit and suppression operation was still ongoing, and Wang Ziqi was becoming more and more desperate, and even his troops and horses began to flee and surrender.

In order to eliminate the evil, it is still these four words, Li Dingguo's principle remains unchanged, so he sat in Yongchang Mansion City and continued to supervise the army. It's just that he didn't wait for Wang Ziqi to give the head, but news came from Kunming, saying that Liu Wenxiu, the king of Shu, failed to catch Sun Kewang, but had stabilized the situation in Guizhou, so he wrote to the imperial court and asked the Son of Heaven to move the capital to Guiyang.

"Liu Wenxiu, what do you want to do!"

After reading the news word by word, Li Dingguo couldn't help but be furious, and slapped the case with a slap, only to be so frightened that all the people present hurriedly fell to the ground.

In the recital of the request to move the capital, Liu Wenxiu wrote clearly, pointing out that by moving the capital to Guiyang, the imperial court can not only show an enterprising spirit to show the world, but also command nearby and boost the morale of the soldiers in front. However, this is obviously not what Li Dingguo is referring to.

"Your Highness, but the Son of Heaven has agreed."

waved away a group of people and others, leaving only one of the most useful staff members on the side. Li Dingguo pushed the letter over, and after the latter read it, he directly pointed out the most critical content in it, that is, Emperor Yongli had approved Liu Wenxiu's proposal to move the capital, and had ordered the Ministry of Rites to choose an auspicious day.

The wood has been completed, but from the perspective of the staff, Li Dingguo is obviously very angry about this. Seeing this, he had no choice but to give advice to the proprietor and do his duty as a staff member.

In the same month, the auspicious day selected by the Ministry of Rites was approaching, and the people of Kunming had already made their own preparations - the court and the palace had set off for Guiyang, and the people of Kunming City had also been prepared to return to the original provincial city from the people of the capital at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and they were ready to be less proud of the roots of the imperial city in the days to come.

The so-called auspicious day is not the auspicious day for the promulgation of the edict, but the auspicious day for departure. During this time, the court and the outside tried their best to prepare, and now everything is ready, just waiting for the arrival of that day, you can set off step by step, from Kunming to Guiyang.

This is not as simple as a simple change of office for the Yongli court, compared to Yunnan, Guizhou is the ruling center of the Qin Palace, where you can better appease those who have received the favor of Sun Kewang's generals and civil officials, and at the same time close to the front line, you can also make a more rapid decision, which has a very good effect on the current deep-rooted foundation and the future reconquest of lost land. Because of this, when Liu Wenxiu went to the imperial court, Emperor Yongli expressed his agreement at the first time, and quickly chose an auspicious day to set off.

Everything is ready and everyone is ready for the day. But no one would have imagined that a mere letter of illness would completely disrupt all plans.

"King Jin is sick?"

The messenger kneeling below did not answer this question, to be exact, the volume that Yongli had just made could not reach the ears of the messenger, it was just his own words.

"I know, come here, send the imperial doctor to Yongchang Mansion with the best medicinal materials."

After being stunned for a moment, Yongli instructed the great eunuch beside him in front of the envoy, and asked the envoy to bring back his original words, and said to Li Dingguo: "The King of Jin has worked hard and is loyal, I am inseparable from Sumeru, don't take care of your body." Yongchang is located in a remote area, which is not conducive to recuperation, so it is better to return to Kunming for the time being, and hand over the affairs of the invasion to the generals.

After saying this, the envoy thanked the holy grace on behalf of Li Dingguo and withdrew. Soon, on the cabinet side, Lei Yuelong, Fu Gang and Ma Jixiang, the three cabinet ministers, were handling government affairs, but they received an edict, saying that Emperor Yongli had decided to postpone the decision to move the capital to Guiyang.

"This ...... Didn't the emperor say why? ”

The eunuch who delivered the decree would not say much, so Fu Gang would get up and go to the audience to ask him clearly. Who knows, he just got together, but his sleeve was lightly pulled by Lei Yuelong. Just a look, stunned for a moment, he turned to look at Ma Jixiang, who had already received the holy decree, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, so he had to sit down again.

"It's right to guess for my father, this is King Jin expressing dissatisfaction. The emperor still trusts King Jin more. ”

When he returned home, Lei Yuelong already knew what happened in the Jinluan Hall in the afternoon. Li Dingguo's complaint is one of them, but the most important thing is that Li Dingguo asked for the right to hand over the army, so it is not so simple.

"That's not a good thing."