A month later.

Wuguan.

"It's him!"

Yan Wu, the stationmaster of Jinyiwei Nanyang Station, looked at the portrait unfolded in his hand, and then looked at Ding Qixiang before the door closed, and made sure that the goal he had been waiting for for half a month had been reached.

At this time, Ding Qixiang had already passed.

A brocade guard beside him picked up the mirror as quickly as he could, and looked at the officers inside the gate.

The noon sun immediately reflected on his face, and the officer subconsciously blocked it, raised his head suspiciously, and just saw Yan Wuxiang making a gesture, and then he suddenly sobered up. He then straightened out his military uniform and stood up, walking towards Ding Qixiang, who had already finished checking and passed the gate......

"Stop!"

He shouted with a majestic face.

The face of the man accompanying Ding Qixiang changed.

"This official, what's the matter with the little one?"

Ding Qixiang said.

The officer ignored him, but walked straight up to the man, who gave him a humble smile, the officer stared at him, and then took the guide from Ding Qixiang's hand. This was bought from the local officials at Li Zicheng's expense, and this kind of thing can be done even here in Yang Qing, it is impossible to really expect all officials to be honest and honest, and if you want this, it is nothing more than walking in the jurisdictions of both sides, and the officials on Li Zicheng's side are too lazy to care whether there are Qing army spies using this thing. This guide explains their identity, they are members of the commercial commune that Guanzhong went to Yangzhou to contact business, which is also the main contact on this road.

"Why do you have a Henan accent?"

The officer asked.

"The little one is the Guide people, who followed General Gao to Chang'an."

Ding Qixiang said.

"You, say a few words!"

The officer said, looking at his companion next to him.

"General, don't scare the little ones!"

The latter said with a forced smile.

"This is also a Beizhili area, you have maintained this local accent so well, you have lived in Guanzhong for so many years, and a group of Shaanxi people have not changed at all every day, it is really rare! Take it aside and wait for a closer search! ”

The officer sneered.

A group of soldiers immediately stepped forward to arrest them.

"Captain Liu, I said that you are not purely troublesome? What's wrong with people's hometown pronunciation not changing? I've lived in Chang'an for six years, and I'm still a native accent! Do you think we Henan people are easy to bully? Don't forget that your brigade commander is also from Henan, is it true that your brigade commander has been in Huguang for three years, and at this time he has to speak with a Huguang accent? These two brothers are not without a guide, do you think they deliberately made things difficult for filial piety? The next time I see your brigade commander, I have to tell him that you are bullying us Henan people! ”

Yan Wu walked out and said dissatisfiedly.

"That is, we went to Wuguan in the past, and Jin Shenghuan's people are not like you, so you still have the face to blow you more honestly?"

A few brocade guards behind him followed.

The officer's face changed, and then he changed his smile and said: "Brother Yan, I am also dutiful, how can there be any extortion of money, since Brother Yan said so, of course the brother has to give Brother Yan face!" ”

He waved his hand.

The soldiers hurriedly retreated.

Yan Wu walked up to him as if no one was around, and took Ding Qixiang's guide from him.

"It's a brother in Puzhou, and General Liu and I are also old acquaintances, are you going to Yangzhou? That's just the same road, brother Yan Wu, a native of Kaifeng, is the commissioner of the Chang'an Grain Administration, and he also went to Yangzhou on business! ”

Yan Wu said.

Li Zicheng's General Grain Administration is the only grain trading organization in the area under his control, and all grain purchased from outside and surplus grain purchased from outside are incorporated into the General Grain Administration. At this time, the director of the bureau was Gao Yigong, who could be said to be the most powerful agency under Li Zicheng, after all, the distribution of grain was all decided by the General Food Administration. The commissioner is similar to an inspector or a bulk purchaser, responsible for supervising the food supply in various places, and the supervisor is in charge of procurement from outside.

And many of them and the generals of the Ming army are familiar with each other, after all, they were opponents of each other back then, and they dealt with each other the most, and the battle of Tongwaxiang was also fought by their Shun army.

"Commissioner Yan, this is too annoying, isn't it?"

Ding Qixiang said with a smiling face.

"What's the bothering or not, it's all your own brother, your sour breath is too heavy!"

Yan Wu said.

Ding Qixiang and his companion looked at each other.

This is Dolgon's envoy, of course, Dolgon can't get a bannerman, after all, hair can't grow in a few days, and it's not safe to wear a wig, so you can only look for it in Hanchen. This is Liu Nan, a native of Dacheng in Beizhili, the first batch of Jinshi after Dolgon occupied Beijing, his father was a Jinshi in the second year of the Apocalypse, Liu Hanru, the governor of Sichuan in the Chongzhen Dynasty, and he was also listed in the second minister of the ten perfect old dogs.

"Then the little brother is welcome!"

Ding Qixiang said.

"That's right, don't worry, no one dares to make things difficult for you on the way with me, who are we, give them silver, they have to serve well, go, drink together.!"

Yan Wu put his arm around his shoulders and said with satisfaction.

Then they walked into the hotel next door.

Ding Qixiang didn't notice it, and then a soldier rode away and ran east out of Guancheng......

Nanking.

"Duke Chu, Ding Qixiang is back, he is taking Wuguan Road, Yan Wu, the stationmaster of Nanyang Station who is guarding there, has already succeeded, and one of them should be the Jiannu envoy who returned with him, with a Beizhili accent, and then specifically it should be from the Bazhou area."

Jinyi Weinan Zhen Fu envoy Xu Ping said.

Compared with the notorious Yang Yong, he is the real big spy leader, the former belongs to the thugs who are in the hands, what torture to extort confessions, fabricate charges, and target officials are all Yang Yong's Beiya is responsible, to be precise, it is more like an internal guard. However, the real intelligence agency was in charge of Xu Pinglai, and all the intelligence stations in various places belonged to Nanya, and the internal discipline that Nanya was originally responsible for had been separated from him and changed to a separate military justice department. However, he also has a number of special service teams in his hands, and these special service teams are proficient in assassination and poisoning, and from time to time the pillars of our Qing Dynasty have died in their hands over the years.

"Keep watching!"

Yang Qing said with satisfaction.

Instead of capturing Ding Qixiang, it is better to let him take Dolgon's envoy to meet the emperor.

Originally, he was afraid that just being a Japanese slave was not exciting enough, and the charges against his eldest brother were not eye-catching enough, but he didn't expect Zhu Cihong's pig teammates to solve the problem for him by themselves. Ding Qixiang must have been sent by Ding Kuichu, what else could Ding Kuichu send him to see Dolgon, it was nothing more than borrowing troops from Dolgon, and letting Dolgon go south to create opportunities for them!

Looks like Dorgon has taken the bait.

But it can't be said that they are stupid, this is nothing more than fighting, fighting, turning a bicycle into a motorcycle, and if you don't fight, you will be killed by him.

Originally, in his plan, he would attack Dolgon next year, and the empress always needed a little celebration when he ascended the throne, and the recovery of the northern capital was undoubtedly the best celebration, and even he was ready to go into battle in person, after all, he had not personally participated in the battle for many years. The empress ascended the throne, and he, as the empress's husband, personally led the army to trace the footsteps of the king of Zhongshan on the Northern Expedition, and recovered the northern capital to present gifts to the empress, which was undoubtedly perfect. Dolgon probably also has such an awareness, otherwise with his mind, he would not have taken the bait so quickly, so it seems that Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong, and King Gui should all be in the plan of the Son of Longxing......

"This is to play Shikoku Yang down!"

He sighed.

But who else will take the bait?

King Gui is out of play, the Guangdong gentry obviously want to survive, when they can survive, they are relying on the bloody accumulation of capitalism to dig the first pot of gold, the longer they live, the more wealth they save.

Then the land is not impossible to abandon.

After all, his principle of encouraging industry and commerce here was in line with the standards of the Cantonese gentry.

The latter succeeded in resisting him, but if he didn't succeed, he couldn't even keep his property, but if he didn't resist, he could keep his property, and even if he lost his land, he could still be promoted like Shen Tingyang and others, and completely completed the transformation from a feudal gentry to an industrial and commercial capitalist. These old foxes will not do stupid things, and they who have already started overseas colonization cannot be as blind as these old landlords in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, so although King Gui is the most important ally in Zhu Cihong's eyes......

But precisely the least likely.

As for Zhang Xianzhong......

He also doesn't have much drama.

Sichuan is a good place, but it is also a place to raise people, Chengdu is indeed rich in food and clothing, but this city can also make people lazy!

Zhang Xianzhong has been soaking there for five years.

Yang Qing doesn't believe in a person who has been in Chengdu for five years, and has the ambition to compete for the world, not only him, but even those under him, Sun Kewang, Liu Wenxiu, Li Dingguo, these are all in the leisurely life of the country of abundance, and they have gradually been consumed from the fierceness they once had, which can be seen from the changes in Li Dingguo's temperament over the years.

At first, he had a hidden murderous aura on his body, and then this murderous aura became less and less, and he was already very elegant when they met him last time.

He is certainly not the only one who will make this change.

According to Jin Yiwei's intelligence, Zhang Xianzhong has been obsessed with listening to dramas all these years, and he likes those talented and beautiful people, saying that Yang Qingzhen doesn't believe that a guy who likes to listen to the West Chamber still has any blood-stained energy. It's normal for Zhang Xianzhong to sneak around and make some small moves, anyway, it's harmless, it's all a kind of entertainment, but let him put his head on the waistband of his pants like he did back then, and get up from the stage for a goal with a pitiful success rate......

That's a lot of choking.

So at least 80% of the way is likely to be a no-brainer.

The rest is Li Zicheng.

But for Li Zicheng......

Yang Qing was a little bottomless.

He was already sick, and although he was actually less than fifty years old, his life of fighting all year round, as well as his dedication to his ideal country in Guanzhong, destroyed his body early. After all, he is not Zhang Xianzhong can listen to the West Chamber in Chengdu leisurely, his arid and barren control area, millions of subjects have to do his best to ensure that they can eat, Zhang Xianzhong can listen to the opera, but he can only personally take people to repair the channel. Of course, it is also possible that Gu Hengbo has squeezed it dry, this woman is now almost inseparable from King Chuang, I have to say that Gong Dingyu used one woman to solve a generation of heroes who even Yang Qing didn't solve.

See, that's wisdom.

Li Zicheng has little time, his heir is Li Guo, but Li Guo's body is not better than him, although the two are uncles and nephews, but in fact, the nephew and uncle are about the same age.

Li Guo has a son.

But Li Guo's prestige itself is already a grade worse than Li Zicheng, and it is difficult to say whether he can suppress the military leaders of the Shun army, whether it is Yuan Zongdi in Luoyang, Liu Zongmin in the Western Regions, Liu Fangliang in Taiyuan, Tian Jianxiu in Pingyang, and even Gao Yigong in Guanzhong, these are themselves on an equal footing with him. Fortunately, he has an adopted son of the young generation of fierce generals who ranks first, and Li Laiheng's elite cavalry can help him barely control the situation, but if he dies after Li Zicheng, his young son will definitely not have this ability.

If you don't get it right, the Shun army will collapse, and even internal scuffles will break out.

It's quite possible.

Li Zicheng played the 12 guards system of the Tang Dynasty, each of which was subordinate to several cities and communes distributed in the countryside, and the town guards of these cities were similar to the militia brigades of the Ming army, the communes were similar to Huangzhuang, and the Wei generals were similar to the commanders.

But this is the militia system.

In Taiyuan, Pingyang, Luoyang and other places, there are still standing army commanders, and his standing army is the same as that of the Ming army, and these commanders are those army leaders.

In addition, there is a marshal of the Western Expeditionary Army in the Western Regions.

Even these commanders at the level of Tian Jianxiu also have General Wei, that is to say, they command the standing army, the militia, and the military and government in one, and if they want to rebel, as long as they take the standing army as the backbone, they can summon the guard and the partner Wei with an order, and they can pull out more than 50,000 troops at once. If Zhongyang didn't have a suppression like Li Zicheng, or even Li Guo like that, an heir without any prestige would not be able to suppress these old guys at all. Not to mention those who are essentially small warlords, these jiedu envoys are all over the small areas from Hanzhong to Longyou to the Hexi Corridor, and even Ningxia.

It was impossible for Li Zicheng to transport grain to them from Guanzhong, so he simply divided the territory to them, and then solved it on the spot by themselves.

If you can farm, you can farm.

If you can, you can graze.

Even just go out to loot, these places are chaotic, Li Zichengcai doesn't care how they kill people and set fires, as long as they don't fight internally. He will adjudicate some contradictions within these people, and he will help these people when they encounter enemies that they cannot deal with, and good things like plundering the Western Regions will also take them with him.

But food did not.

It is impossible for him to transport the grain transported from the Yellow River over the Liupan Mountain over the Liupan Mountain and out of Xiaoguan to these people, so that the transportation consumption can drag him to death.

It can only be controlled in this way.

However, this control is ensured by his prestige, he is the core of the system that can be maintained, and without his suppression, the whole system will collapse and tear down the first domino.