In a landlord's mansion near Pingdu Pass, Daning County, Pingyang Prefecture, in the hall, there is a unique medicinal fragrance of Mao Jian tea. Zhu Cijiong, the king of Daming Loan, was wearing a cloth coat and a square scarf, sitting on the top, with a confident smile on his face, at first glance he was a little Zhu Cihong.

Seeing Zu Kefa come in accompanied by Li Jiantai, the acting prime minister, and Luo Xiushen, the general of the palace, Zhu Cijiong greeted him with a smile, and asked the three of them to sit down without courtesy, looking easy-going. Zu Kefa couldn't refute the face of the acting king, and after bowing with a smile, he put it on a chair and sat down. Li Jiantai and Luo Xiushen accompanied them in the hall.

"The prince is overjoyed, Wu Sangui has made up his mind to do it anyway this time! He has three hundred and thirty soldiers and horses of a thousand households, and an army of 100,000 can be pulled out!

Now Wu Sangui occupies the territory of Xi'an Mansion and Tongguanwei, as long as he is correct, the prince's territory can be connected to the territory of the imperial court. Overcoming Shenjing and restoring the Central Plains seems to be just around the corner, and then the prince will be the hero of my number one Ming Dynasty......"

Listening to Zu Kefa depicting a good anti-Qing situation, Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but smile bitterly.

The number one hero plus a vassal king...... No matter how you listen to it, it's a bit of a high power!

Moreover, he, the vassal king, still owes a butt of loan sharks, and it is impossible to return to the feudal mansion to be a rich and virtuous king! Because he owes not only a "silver debt" but also a "blood debt". The silver debt is easy to repay, and his emperor brother is said to be good at collecting money, and can be regarded as the first greedy monarch in the history of the Ming Dynasty. You can't watch your own brother die poor for a debt of millions of taels, right?

But how can the "blood debt" owed by King Zhu Loan to others be repaid?

After merging Jiang Jiu's troops, the soldiers and horses under the command of King Loan had reached 45,600...... Many of them have ruined their families in order to defend the Ming Dynasty!

That's a blood debt! It is the blood debt owed by Zhu Cijiong, the acting king!

Can Zhu Cihong help pay off these blood debts?

These "creditors" who helped Zhu Cijiong fight against the Qing Dynasty in Luliang Mountain and Datong Mansion not only wanted a few military salaries, but also wanted land in Shanxi. The total number of acres of land in Shanxi in the peaceful years was more than 36 million mu, and the group of "blood creditors" who loaned the king took an average of two or three hundred mu per family, and then gave a little to the families of the soldiers who died in battle, and more than 10 million mu was gone......

In addition, there are also accounts to be paid back by the Shanxi gentry who lent money to the king of loans to fight!

If the silver debt and blood debt are repaid, Shanxi Province will almost return to Zhu Cijiong's old department! Can Zhu Cihong agree?

Zu Kefa looked at Zhu Cijiong with a sad face, and thought that he was worried about the Qing army east of Tongguanwei. So he pondered and said: "Lord Wang, Wu Sangui suffered heavy losses in the first battle of Monk Yuan, and now there are only more than 30,000 soldiers left who can fight, and the food and salary are small, I am afraid it will be difficult to resist the onslaught of the Qing army." So he wanted to borrow troops from you, the prince. ”

Zhu Cijiong frowned a little when he heard this, how could he lend it to Wu Sangui if he repaid his own debts? So he gave his Xiangguo, who is also his father-in-law, Li Jiantai a look, and wanted him to find an excuse to push it.

Li Jiantai nodded and said, "Zu Zhaofu, Wu Sangui wants to borrow soldiers and borrow salaries, but the question is what will he pay?" ”

What to take?

Zu Kefa said: His Royal Highness the Acting King and the Emperor are really brothers of the same father and mother......

Zu Kefa smiled: "Now that Wu Sangui's sister has become the queen, are you still afraid that he will repay the debt?" ”

That's even more scary...... Zhu Cijiong thought to himself, can he go to the queen to collect the debt? But don't have a account, but the poisonous wine is enough!

"This can't be done...... "Li Jiantai is from a Jin businessman, but he will plan to make a deal."

How could it be possible to add real money to the army and lend it to Wu Sangui like this?

"Xiangguo, saving soldiers is like fighting fire!" Zu Kefa was in a hurry, "And the prince and Wu Sangui are the lips and teeth, and the lips are cold." ”

"Then there has to be a mortgage, too." Li Jiantai, an old profiteer and an old traitor, just shook his head.

"Mortgage?" Zu Kefa was stunned, you contemporary kings, those of Pingxi, can you borrow money and use mortgages?

"I don't know what mortgage the prince wants?" Zukoffa asked.

"Ningxia." Li Jiantai said, "Wu Sangui now has the foundation of Guanzhong's hegemony, and then holds the source of elite soldiers like Ningxia and Gansu...... Not quite right, right? It's better to give Ningxia Town to my lord. ”

Zukefa's eyes widened, completely stunned.

Can there still be such an operation? The land of the country, you people have received it privately? This is a rebel and a thief!

He took a breath, frowned and asked, "The prince is in Luliang, and there is still Yan'an Mansion between him and Ningxia, how can he get by?" ”

"How can you get by?" Li Jiantai smiled, "Wang Yongqiang has already agreed to return to the imperial court, and under the command of the king, there are many generals from Yan'an, Yulin, and Ningxia. ”

Li Jiantai's idea was to let Zhu Cijiong move to Yan'an, take Wang Yongqiang and Gao Difeng to Ningxia, use Jiang Huang to guard Yulin, and then let Zhang Xixian guard Luliang Mountain.

In this way, the acting king won half of the elite soldiers of Ganshan, and he also changed from a prince in the mountains to a genuine Ganshan strong domain!

Even if the emperor of Nanjing wants to cut the feudal domain, he has to think about it......

In addition, with the territory of Yan'an, Yulin, and Ningxia, the acting king Zhu Cijiong can pay off a little "blood debt" to some extent, and the group of soldiers who followed the acting king to fight in the mountains can also have a piece of land to recuperate.

Zu Kefa also calculated for Wu Sangui, this method can also be used. Now Wu Sangui is so poor that he can't even afford to be a traitor, and it's nothing to give up a Ningxia.

Besides, how can Ningxia be as good as Xi'an? After Wu Sangui ceded Ningxia, he could easily move the thousands of households that had been placed in Ningxia to Xi'an Mansion and Fengxiang Mansion to guard it, and first firmly control the Guanzhong Plain, and then talk about other things.

In addition, with the Acting King, a powerful feudal clan in the northwest, Wu Sangui's group is not so eye-catching...... If the Qing Dynasty cannot be extinguished for a while, the emperor of Nanjing may be able to allow Wu Sangui and Zhu Cijiong to be free in the northwest.

"Good!" Zu Kefa nodded, "I'll answer for Wu Sangui...... However, now the military situation in Xi'an is in full swing, and the matter of sending troops and borrowing salaries cannot be delayed for half a day! ”

Li Jiantai and Luo Xiushen turned their heads to look at the acting king at the same time, Zhu Cijiong had already calculated, he said: "The king's soldiers and horses have been assembled, and they can send troops at any time!" There are still hundreds of thousands of taels of silver stored here in Pingdu Pass, which can be lent to Wu Sangui for emergency purposes first. ”

It turned out that after Zhu Cijiong learned the news of Zhang Xianzhong's death, he also planned to send troops to Shaanxi to grab some territory - his life on Luliang Mountain was not easy, and he urgently needed a rich territory to recuperate.

Now that you can reach an agreement with Wu Sangui to carve up Ganxi, it's better than tearing up your face, right?

......

"Tell Nikan that you don't have to go into the army...... It is enough to occupy Shaanzhou with one part and block the road of Wu Sangui's eastward advance. The main force enters the Jin and is controlled by Azig! ”

Shandong, Qufu. The Qing Emperor Amadorgon, who was presiding over the archaeological excavation work, was giving an edict to Nikan in Shaanzhou at this time.

Contrary to Wu Sangui and Zhu Cijiong's expectations, Dolgon didn't want to enter the army at all. Because he didn't know that without Zhang Xianzhong, the Great Western Army actually beat Wu Sangui to heavy losses...... It's impossible to think about it, Zhang Xianzhong's dragon head is gone, and the group of younger brothers below is not a group of dragons without a leader, and they are slaughtered by others?

It's like the Great Qing Kingdom is now without Ta Duoama, so what hope is there? Just wait for perdition......

"Give Azig another order," Dolgon then instructed, "that he should enter the Luliang Mountains at once!" We must give a thunderous blow to the Southern Dynasty before Wu Sangui betrays my Qing Dynasty! ”

Fan Wencheng had already prepared a plan based on Dolgon's dictation and brought it to Dolgon to see. Dolgon waved his hand and asked Fan Wencheng to collect the holy decree, and then asked, "Have you settled the accounts of the green flag?" How much deficit did you pull last year? ”

It turned out that it was not only Wu Sangui who was a traitor, but also many people in Zhengluqi, and after the New Year, all Jiala and Niu Lu were settling accounts, and after calculating the accounts, they had to ask Doama to be kind and send some money and food subsidies...... There are a lot of expenses to spend in the future, and we can't let the minions under Zhenglu go bankrupt so quickly!