Chapter XXVII

"Get up." Zhang Xuan said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Li Wen got up and said.

Zhang Xuan said: "What do you want to do when Dolgon sent you, you can say it now." ”

Li Wen said: "The meaning of the regent is very simple, this dynasty and your country, there was originally no grievances, and it was also the Northern Expedition of Emperor Zhuang of your country before, so there were many incidents. From the end of Chongzhen to the present, the world is eventful, and the people are not happy. The regent pities the suffering of the people in the world, and is willing to take over the good of Qin and Jin with His Majesty. ”

"There is no grudge." Cao Zongyu said: "But I don't know the death of the first emperor, how can your country explain it?" ”

Cao Zongyu did not insist on coming out, but was in this position and had to speak.

Cao Zongyu is the head of Zhang Xuan's generals, even Xu Du is not very convinced by Cao Zongyu. But he has no intention of challenging Cao Zongyu's position, because it is very simple, the appearance of a large number of foreign generals makes Zhang Xuan's generals stay united.

Li Wen said: "The first emperor of your country committed suicide, and it has nothing to do with my Qing Dynasty, but the regent of my family has great admiration for the first emperor of your country, and he has collected it with the gift of the emperor, and now he is in Yangzhou, once the two sides are reconciled, your country can send someone to transport the coffin across the Yangtze River." ”

Zhang Xuan immediately understood that this was one of the bargaining chips of the Qing court.

"Not necessarily." Cao Zongyu said: "I think the first emperor has a spirit in the sky, and he is not willing to return to the country in this way. ”

"The two countries are at war and people are displaced. Does your majesty not have a trace of benevolence? Li Wen knew what her goal was, so she wouldn't argue with the ministers below, because it was meaningless.

"Your Majesty, how can you discuss?" Zhang Zhi said sharply: "The world is peaceful, so I wish to be in the court, but if it is not the Tao, the world will be ashamed." ”

Zhang Xuan suddenly understood that there was no result today.

Zhang Zhen is certainly inclined to peace talks, but the peace talks he wants are definitely not an alliance under the city, Li Wen wants to convince the ministers with words, such as Zhuge Liang's tongue and the Confucianism, but it is absolutely impossible.

"Perhaps, that's what he wants?" Zhang Xuan thought silently in his heart.

This debate lasted from morning to afternoon, and there was still no reason to say it, but Li Wen's demeanor did make Zhang Xuan sigh secretly. He glanced at it, and the ministers around him, such as Li Wen, were rare between words.

Perhaps this is the style of the so-called scholar.

Zhang Xuan is short of such a person around him, Zhang Zhen was born in Henan, is simple, but has little literary talent, Yao Qisheng has the heart of a chivalrous man, and the culture is not prosperous. Wen Anzhi has some style, but he is old, as for Huang Zongxi and Gu Yanwu. Although he is a Hanlin scholar, he is not in this university

above the temple.

Even on the top of the main hall, it is uncertain how to act.

After all, Zhang Xuan's heavy attack on the Jiangnan gentry, the unforgivable attitude, and their enthusiasm for becoming a leader were very hitting, and even Zhang Xuan heard that the Jiangnan scholars represented by them once had a tendency to abandon their officials. After all, in the eyes of many people, Zhang Xuan's execution of more than 2,000 people at one time was not the behavior of a Shengming monarch.

At noon, Zhang Xuan took advantage of lunch to let everyone disperse, and then ordered Wen Anzhi to find someone to talk to Li Wen. I don't want to summon Li Wen above the court.

Thinking about it, Li Wen was above the court and refused to lose the face of the Qing Dynasty, but in private, she had specific issues to discuss.

Li Dingguo came to see Zhang Xuan. After Zhang Xuan met with Li Dingguo, Li Dingguo took the initiative to talk about the issue of salt and said: "The two lakes lack salt, and the minister may have a strategy." ”

When Zhang Xuan heard this, he immediately said, "King of Dian, please speak." ”

He also analyzed in private, the place with the most salt deficiency is the two lakes, the reason is simple, Jiangxi, Nanzhili area, from Zhejiang, Fujian is very close, you can mobilize salt nearby, and the two lakes are far away from the sea, and the road from Guangdong to Jiangxi is far smoother than the road from Guangdong to Hunan.

"Although Yunnan is remote, it also produces salt, and the Central Plains lacks salt.

Zhang Xuan listened and said, "It's so good. ”

He didn't care much about this news, for two reasons, that is, the transportation between Yunnan and Hunan was too inconvenient, which Zhang Xuan had personally experienced, and the second point was that Zhang Xuan was skeptical about Yunnan's salt production.

First of all, he didn't seem to have heard of the problem of the Yunnan salt mine, what about the Yunnan salt mine, Zhang Xuan had to go back to find the archives.

However, the final problem is that Zhang Xuan is worried about Yunnan's salt production and various difficulties in transportation, and I am afraid that it may not be of any use, but now that one more salt field is a little more useful, Zhang Xuan will naturally not crack down.

"However, the minister's policy is not to help Chu with salt from Yunnan, but from Sichuan to Ji Chu." Li Dingguo said.

"I'm afraid it won't work." Zhang Xuan said.

Sichuan produces salt, Zhang Xuan naturally knows. The reputation of Sichuan salt in history is much better than that of Yunnan salt. Zhang Xuan couldn't even think about it. And if Sichuan salt wants to be shipped out, it is much simpler than Yunnan salt, and if Yunnan salt comes out of Yunnan, I am afraid that it will be more resistant to the husband with one shoulder. However, when the salt of Sichuan comes out of Sichuan, it can go straight down the river and directly to the two lakes.

But Sichuan salt is as good as it gets, but there is one bad thing, Sichuan is not under Zhang Xuan's control, but in the hands of Wu Sangui.

"The minister has a relationship with Wu Sangui, but he looks at what Wu does. The minister thought that Wu Sangui was probably not a pure minister. Li Dingguo said.

Of course Zhang Xuan knew who Wu Sangui was,

The pure ministers who also believed that he was not in the court, their hearts moved, and countless strategies came to their hearts, and said: "Thanks to the reminder of the King of Dian, I almost forgot this section." ”

Flies don't stare at seamless eggs, and now that Wu Sangui has a seam, he needs a way, what to counter may not work, if he smuggles privately, won't it be successful? The management cost of this era is very high, Luo Yulong can't control Li Chengdong's smuggling back to Yi, can Dolgon manage Wu Sangui to make money privately?

In particular, the special status of Sichuan today is beyond Beijing's reach.

Of course, Zhang Xuan does not only have a soft hand, but also a hard hand, although now Zhang Xuan's treasury is empty and cannot afford to fight a big battle, but if Wu Sangui does not give any face, Zhang Xuan does not mind fighting a salt war first. Four or five hundred taels of silver, I may not be able to figure it out if I think of a way.

Seeing that he reminded Zhang Xuan, Li Dingguo smiled and said, "The minister will return to the southwest in a few days." It is an honor for the minister to share the worries of His Majesty. ”

Zhang Xuan said: "This is going to the southwest, what does the king of Dian need, can he give me a mention?" ”

Li Dingguo said: "The imperial court is now difficult, and Yunnan can still insist, but there is only one thing, but I have to plan first. ”

Zhang Xuan said: "What's the matter? ”

Li Dingguo said: "Now Yunnan is connected with the imperial court, only the Guizhou post road, once Wu Sangui attacked Guizhou, under and not, the connection between Yunnan and the imperial court will be interrupted, please ask Your Majesty to order, from the small road between Guangxi and Yunnan, select one, build a post road, in case of extraordinary." ”

Zhang Xuan said: "It makes sense. ”

Yunnan and Guangxi are adjacent to each other, and they are not without the same roads, but they are all small roads with little traffic, and the people just walk, but the passage of the army is absolutely impossible. If Guangxi wants to enter Yunnan, it will either make a detour to Guizhou or Vietnam. Generally speaking, they don't take small paths.

Li Dingguo's remarks are not only a practical reason, but also a sign of loyalty. The practical reason is that Guangxi and Yunnan are connected, and Guangdong's materials can directly come in, which is very beneficial to the situation in Yunnan. In the same way, large armies can come in. If it is only a road in Guizhou, Li Dingguo still has the possibility of self-reliance. However, the road connection between Guangxi and Yunnan had a great impact on Li Dingguo's self-reliance.

Since ancient times, there has been no monarch who does not trust, and the general can make meritorious contributions outside.

The only thing Li Dingguo was worried about outside was Zhang Xuan's trust, and Zhang Xuan's only worry in Nanjing was that Li Dingguo had betrayed his trust.

Zhang Xuan wanted to understand this and said: "Even if I think of a way, I have to pull out a sum of money to open up the road between Guangxi and Yunnan, after the king of Dian returns, he only needs to find a reliable manpower, explore the road first, and start as soon as the money and food are in place." ”

Zhang Xuan handed over the project to Li Dingguo, which was also a feedback on Li Dingguo's loyalty. Li Dingguo saluted and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”