"Since Your Majesty said that you can take the test, then let's not think about it too much, just let the girls study their classes...... In fact, His Majesty's health is so good, and he is not very old, even if the crown princess passes the exam, she will have to wait many years before she can go further! According to the old man, let the girls deal with the dispute between the princesses and princesses by themselves! What our older generation wants to fight for is still the immediate benefits! ”

The old man Ma Shiyingma seemed to have his old eyes closed, leaning on a recliner and gently shaking the folding fan. The tea on the coffee table next to him has long been out of heat.

The place where he is is is still the old painting boat of Zheng's richest family. There are three people in the painting boat, one is Zheng Zhilong, and the other is Shen Tingyang. Among the three of them, Zheng Zhilong is already a retired minister, Shen Tingyang and Ma Shiying are in their seventies, and they are all waiting for "ranking three public and three orphans" - this is actually the treatment of the retirement of important ministers, hang a false name, receive a generous lu, and give guidance to the country, not to mention more leisure!

Of course, none of them are lonely ministers, they all have a huge family behind them, and there are protégés and former officials all over the world.

If it was left in the time of Emperor Taizu Gao, these three would have to worry about being blacklisted, but they didn't dare to connect in private like this, and they were still thinking about how to fight for profits.

However, Zhu Cihong is not Zhu Yuanzhang, his throne comes from blood inheritance rather than competition, and this year is the 300th anniversary of the founding of the Ming Dynasty. In the 300 years since the founding of the country, it has evolved from decline to prosperity not long ago, and the foundation of the semi-feudal and semi-capitalist dynasty that tried to replace the two enemies to death and crippled is of course more solid and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people than when Zhu Yuanzhang first founded the Ming Dynasty.

If the Ming Dynasty can completely beat the puppet dynasty of "Shun" on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, then the Ming Dynasty will be more solid, and it may be passed on for another 281 years...... And driving Dashun out of Sichuan is what Ma Shiying said about the immediate benefits.

And it's still a low-hanging fruit!

Because after the Battle of Lüyang, the Great Shun Kingdom could no longer gain a foothold in southern Shaanxi. When Li Dingguo led his army to retreat from Lüyang, and retreated into Yangping Pass, the Shun army that held on to Nanzheng and Dingjun Mountain was also ordered to abandon the castle and retreat to Sichuan by Micang Road and Lychee Road. The Shun army of Yunyang Prefecture abandoned Yunxian and Yunxi in the Hanshui Valley, withdrew to Yunyang, and retreated to the mountains to continue to hold on.

After losing large mountainous areas in Hanzhong and southern Gongchang Province, the fertile plains of Sichuan Province lost most of their barriers. Although there are still some mountainous areas lying north of the Sichuan Basin, they have lost their strategic depth.

Originally, there were seven or eight hundred miles of continuous mountain roads from Guanzhong Plain to Jianmen Pass, and the normal march had to take more than 20 days!

However, there are only 200 miles of mountain roads from Yangping Pass to Jianmen Pass, and the degree of steepness cannot be compared with the road between Yangping Pass and Sanguan.

Moreover, the battle of Luoyang, the battle of Chuxian, the battle of Baohe, the battle of Sanguan Road, the battle of Baochuan Road, the battle of Meridian Road, the battle of Fu Luo Road, the battle of Qishan Road, and the battle of Pingding Hanzhongfu and other nine intensively staged battles also greatly consumed the strength of Li Dingguo's department.

According to the report of the Governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi (the acting governor was Yan Yingyuan), not counting the defeat of the Ming army, the Battle of Chuxian and the Battle of Baohe, in the remaining seven battles, the Ming army captured and captured a total of more than 30,000 Liukou officers and soldiers!

Among them, more than 15,000 bodies of Shun officers and soldiers were buried, and more than 16,000 people were captured...... It's hard to fake! Therefore, the real losses of the Shun army must be much larger than 30,000, and may even be doubled.

In other words, 10% of Dashun's 600,000 government soldiers have been wiped out, and these 10% are still their elite!

Of course, the losses of the Ming army were not small. The armies of Shang Kexi and Wu Guogui lost 30,000 people! Wu Sangui lost more than 4,000 people in Lüyang. Liu Sheng also lost more than 3,000 people on the Qishan Road. Yan Yingyuan commanded three guards to engage in a series of fierce battles with Li Dingguo's more than 40,000 Dashun troops who stayed in Hanzhong Mansion and Bao Shudao, Meridian Road, and Fu Luo Road, and also caused more than 4,000 casualties on his own side. And Stilwell's attack on Qiu Chi Mountain even caused a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, and he lost 8,000 people...... There is a total of 50,000 yuan! And that's not even counting the righteous people who lost in Lüyang.

However, the loss on Dashun's side is that the real people are gone, and the Daming side is a casualty, and the injured can still be rescued, so the final loss should be less than 50,000. Moreover, the total strength of the Ming army was hundreds of thousands more than that of Dashun, and the same losses could be easily replenished.

In addition, the common people in southern Shaanxi don't know what's going on, especially love the Ming Dynasty, and they are crying and shouting that they want to join the army to fight the rogues, so it is easy to make up for the war damage.

If this is the case everywhere in Sichuan, then this fruit will really be ripe!

"This fruit can't fall into our hands, right?" Zheng Zhilong shook his head and said, "Wu Sangui has put his life on the line...... The next governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi will not be replaced by a southerner. It is estimated that either Wu Sanfu will come out, or choose one of Wu Guogui, Wu Guoyong, and Wu Guozheng. ”

Ma Shiying said: "Of course the governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi can't take our turn, isn't there still a governor of Yunnan, Guichuan and Sichuan?" ”

Shen Tingyang frowned and said, "Brother Yaocao said Qin Zhongzhou? Can he level the rogues in Sichuan? ”

Qin Zhongzhou refers to Qin Liangyu's nephew Qin Yiming, who followed Ma Shiying to fight against the Liukou in Sichuan, Guizhou and other places after Qin Liangyu's death, and had no merit and hard work, so after Ma Shiying's second term as governor expired, he was recommended to take over as governor.

"How not?" Ma Shiying smiled, "Although the Ming Dynasty is prosperous in the Northern Army, when did the Southern Army of this dynasty be worse than the Northern Army?" The southern army is known to be strong in the Zhejiang army and the Sichuan army. Although the Zhejiang army has been in decline for many years, the Sichuan army is becoming more and more courageous! And...... Do you remember the Huya Mountain Rebellion at the beginning of the month? ”

"The Huya Mountain Rebellion?" Zheng Zhilong nodded, "I know, what does this have to do with taking Sichuan?" ”

Ma Shiying smiled: "The chaotic people in Huya Mountain are actually the key for our Sichuan army to go to Sichuan!" Now that the southern Shaanxi side has lost its commander, the army is in urgent need of reorganization, and it will take three or two months before it can enter the army. If the Sichuan army can come by surprise, it doesn't have to take the whole of Sichuan, as long as it can take Chongqing Mansion, no, as long as it can take Kuizhou Mansion, the northerners rely on the army the most, and it will be greatly discolored! ”

"This ......"

"And this?"

Zheng Zhilong and Shen Tingyang looked at each other, and they were a little interested.

"Yaocao," Zheng Zhilong asked, "Do you want the old man and Mr. Mei to help you with Zheng and Mr. Wumei about such confidential matters?" ”

Ma Shiying nodded and said, "Although the Governor of Yunnan-Guichuan has the right to make decisions on the spot, the rebellious people in Huya Mountain are under the control of the factory guards. Without His Majesty's permission, this credit would not have reached the hands of the Sichuan army! ”

"Your Majesty can you nod?" Zheng Zhilong asked.

Ma Shiying said with a smile: "Then it depends on the strength of the money bag, or the strength of the knife!" ”

Zheng Zhilong nodded, "The old man understands!" He glanced at Shen Tingyang again: "Mei Weng, now is a good opportunity for surprise!" We...... Isn't it time to give it a push? ”

......

"What? No money? ”

Zhu Cihong has not heard the story of "the household has no money" for a long time! How could the household department be out of money? And Wu Sangui just died, and your household department has no money, is this a coincidence?

He looked at Shoufu Wei Zaode and asked, "Wei Qing, why don't you have any money?" ”

It was the first assistant Wei Zaode who reported the matter, and he did not officially attend the concert, but stayed in the hall after the afternoon court and said this in private.

"It's not that there is no money at all, it's just that the money is ......a little tight," Wei Zaode said, "The original budget of the household department will be almost the same after this year's fight in southern Shaanxi." I didn't expect the war to go so smoothly, I didn't expect the losses to be so big, and I didn't expect that southern Shaanxi would be so poor under the governance of the Liukou, and the most unexpected thing was that the people of southern Shaanxi supported Daming so much, so much support Your Majesty, and so many righteous people wanted to join the army......"

What words? Zhu Cihong said in his heart: Why are you, the first assistant, so forward-looking? I didn't expect such obvious things - now that the Ming Dynasty is rich and the people are safe, the Holy Son of Heaven is in the court, isn't it normal for the people in southern Shaanxi to support it?

"How much is missing?" Zhu Cihong asked.

Wei Zaode said: "It's hard to say...... If the Battle of Pyongchon can be completed quickly, the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Industry may be able to free up the silver. ”