Chapter 92: Stabilizing the Southwest
"Marquis Shen wants to drive us away from the Ming Dynasty, this is too whimsical, most of these small countries are wild places, ordinary people can't hide, but you want us to go, this ......" Yan Ximing shook his head and refused very much, Zhang Xianzhong also nodded in agreement.
"Fly meat is a little smaller, but no matter how small it is, it's still meat! Besides, my Shen family caravan is making every effort to develop these places, presumably the two prime ministers have also heard of it, as long as you fight it, how about the Shen family being responsible for the cooperative construction? In time, it will be prosperous, you have to take a long-term view, and if you dislike these small places, you can continue to expand to other places after fighting! For our Shen family's business planning, the more the merrier, how about India? The local boss is big, and the land is fertile, which is the former Shen poison! ”
Shen Xing took a sip and continued to point to the map, not to mention how greedy his exaggerated expression was. "In the future, the Shen family can also provide you with warship weapons, only you can exchange things for business!"
Wang Zhaolin stared at Shen Xing like an alien. "Master Hou, are you willing to sell all your artillery and muskets?" "Why not, as long as you don't fight Da Ming, huh! In fact, after you buy it, you can only hit others, shells and bullets ** or something, I will control the number, you should understand this, you can't be a little unguarded, after all, people's hearts are unpredictable! ”
Zhang Xianzhong, Wang Zhaolin and Yan Ximing were completely messed up in their brains, and Shen Xing's suggestion seemed to open a new door for them, and their different thinking subverted their worldview. So the three of them walked aside and muttered quietly.
After a while, Zhang Xianzhong walked back to the table and sat down with a happy expression, Wang Zhaolin & Yan Ximing followed, Yan Ximing picked up the brush and wrote, "Lord Shen, it's okay for my Great Western Army to withdraw from the Ming border!" But before you quit, you have to fulfill the promise to the guns, and all the subsequent conditions must be written down in black and white! ”
"No problem, but you can only take 100,000 people, and you can't supply more food and grass, as for the guns, I will give you a thousand muskets and ten artillery pieces when they arrive at the border of Yunnan, and Benhou will give you a big gift!" After Shen Xing finished speaking, he handed over a list to Wang Zhaolin.
Wang Zhaolin took it and took a look, and the paper was densely filled with corrupt officials, corrupt officials, local tyrants and shoddy gentry in Yungui and Guizhou provinces, as well as the details of their family property. "What does Marquis Shen mean?" "Take two and keep eight, and give you as military pay, and don't hurt the people in the slightest!" With such a blatant partnership to eat the big family of the Ming Dynasty, the three of them even doubted whether Shen Xing was the marquis rewarded by the imperial court, and he was more ruthless than himself and these rebels.
After the three of them discussed for a while, Zhang Xianzhong laughed. "Shen Xiaohou Ye, wisdom is outstanding, decisive and righteous, this king is willing to be the pioneer of this path, for the sake of the people of the Ming Dynasty, you Shen Zhenming have to borrow a knife to kill people, even if it is very worthwhile to leave a reputation for the ages."
Shen Xing hugged Zhang Xianzhong very affectionately and patted him on the back, but was pushed away roughly. "The king rest assured, this will only go thousands of miles, a hundred generations, and if you return to Daming in the future, it will be a feudal official, and the people of Daming will definitely welcome you!" The two looked at each other and smiled, and they reached an agreement.
Ten days later, Lao Zhang showed sincerity and distributed all the property looted in Sichuan to the local people, and the army only left 100,000 elite soldiers, most of whom were disbanded or partially received by Shen Xing's people.
Shen Xing reciprocated the favor by not only sending 50,000 stone of grain, but also giving away a large number of obsolete war swords, armor, and siege equipment for free. The happy Zhang Xianzhong praised Shen Xing again and again for being interesting, he went all the way through Guizhou and Yunnan, and also strictly followed the plan provided by Shen Xing to kill corrupt officials and rob bad local tyrants and bad gentry.
Dangping all the stumbling blocks to the reform of the two provinces, he happily retreated into Burma with millions of taels of military resources, and only attacked inland cities without touching the coast according to the instructions.
Shen Xing rectified 300,000 horses and drove into the two provinces to carry out large-scale aftermath matters, and the local people welcomed his arrival with colorful lanterns, and simply regarded Zhenminghou as a living woman who rescued the suffering, so that every day every day every household had to burn incense and pray, kneel and place a portrait of Shen Xing to pray for a healthy life in the coming year.
Unconsciously, Shen Xing had actually controlled half of the Ming Dynasty, so some people began to spread rumors, especially the Donglin Party members led by Qian Qianyi in Jiangnan, who used splendid articles to depict and write Shen Xing's wolf ambitions in the Daming Newspaper they founded, which for a time gave people the illusion that Shen Xing was going to take advantage of the situation to replace the Ming Dynasty.
Some civilian generals loyal to the Ming Dynasty have spoken out against Shen Xing's transgression, asking him to return to the government and the royal family, hand over military power, and automatically go to Beijing to bear the guilt, but several elders who really have the strength and military power to contain Shen Xing are collectively silent, such as Sun Chuanting, Zuo Liangyu, Lu Xiangsheng, and of course Qin Liangyu, who has rushed to Hubei.
They can see clearly and thoroughly, at this moment, Daming is full of holes and embattled, only Shen Xing alone can save the building, as for whether Shen Xing has the heart to replace Daming, they really can't take care of it so much, Chongzhen was attacked by Li Zicheng Huang Taiji on both sides, and the day is not safe, all they can do is send a message to Shen Xing to let him go north to King Qin as soon as possible.
Seeing that their husbands were splashed with sewage, they used pen instead of knife to publish wonderful rebuttal articles in the Jiangnan Evening News, especially the big-bellied Liu Ru and Qian Qianyi, who came and went for tat, and won the respect and worship of countless people, and the reputation of talented women resounded in the Jiangnan literary world for a while.
In the backyard of the Shen Mansion, Chen Yuanyuan was carefully reading Shen Xing's family letters, whenever he read the thrilling place, these women silently shed tears, Shen Xing has been gone for more than a year, the three children have already fallen to the ground, and the eldest son Shen Sicong is already able to babble and chase butterflies with faltering steps.
The red lady picked up Sicong, wiped away her tears, and came to Liu Ruye's side to comfort, "Don't cry, you are also pregnant now, if you cry well, then you won't make a fuss when you come back!" You're the talented girl he values the most! When Liu Ru heard this, she burst into tears and laughed, and touched Sicong who was drilling around in the arms of the red lady with both hands.
"Sister, you know how to make fun of people, which of our sisters doesn't know that your husband loves you the most, every time you talk to us, it's my lady what's going on, I envy the dead! Now Xiao Sicong is so cute and strong, and he doesn't know what he wants to be happy about when he comes back! ”
"Okay, let's stop praising each other sisters, do the three vixens still go to your library often recently?" Chen Yuanyuan nodded innocently when asked by the red lady, and Dong Xiaowan immediately came to the ground when she heard the red lady mention this matter again.
"Sister Bijun, since the last time my husband met them by the river, these three people have been asking about their husbands shamelessly, you see that they have also complained about their husbands in the evening newspaper recently, and they have nothing to do, when we don't know what they are thinking?"
Li Xiangjun was originally reading the article in the evening newspaper, but was snatched by Xiao Wan and sent to the red lady, although she didn't like any more women to enter the Shen Mansion, but with her heart, she still spoke fairly for Gu Hengbo, Bian Yujing, and Kou Baimen.
"Xiao Wan, we also knew the three of them before, it's not good to talk nonsense like this, not to mention that they are just helping their husbands, not necessarily ......"
"You are as easy to coax as Sister Yuanyuan, what just like to sing and perform Dream of Red Mansions, and just want to get a nominated errand in the Red Mansion Library. You also believe such nonsense, it's not that you want to take the opportunity to get close to your husband, what Sister Bijun said to them is a fox spirit! Don't worry about any of you in the future! The husband is very bad, and he will definitely be hooked up! ”
The more Xiao Wan spoke, the more incomprehensible she became, and the red lady picked up the newspaper and knocked her a few times. "You dead girl, be careful that your husband comes back and spanks you, dare to say that" The red lady's words caused everyone to blush, because they seemed to have been beaten, Xiao Wan bit her lip and finally couldn't help laughing. "Sister Bijun, it turns out that you have also been beaten......"
After speaking, without waiting for the red lady to react, she ran away early, and the angry red lady stomped her feet on the spot, threatening to turn around and punish this little prodigal hoof who didn't know whether to live or die and joked with the housemother.