At the beginning of October of the fourth year of Chongzhen.

With the full cooperation of Zheng Zhilong, the general of Guangdong, it took only one month to reorganize the 60,000 troops and thousands of warships under the command of Zheng Zhilong.

According to Liu Yunwei's previous strategy, Guo Yi and Zheng Zhilong reorganized 40,000 soldiers in the 60,000 army into sailor soldiers, and the remaining 20,000 soldiers and horses were stationed in key passes and cities in various parts of Guangdong.

As for the thousands of warships under Zheng Zhilong's original command, they were all converted into armed merchant ships, divided into more than a dozen merchant fleets to make money on the ocean.

After all the affairs were completed, Guo Yi led 3,000 Longxiang Iron Cavalry soldiers to leave the city of Guangzhou and go north to the capital to return to Liu Yunwei, the prince of Zhenguo. The Daming Naval Division's warship needs Zheng Zhilong's full effort to build, and the sailor soldiers also need to undergo strict training, and these complicated things are the affairs of Zheng Zhilong and Zheng Zhihu's brothers.

At the same time, Huang Degong also launched a large-scale military training in Nanjing, and the more than 30,000 soldiers under his command were refined into 20,000 elites, and began to train day and night.

This time against Zuo Liangyu, Liu Liangzuo, Liu Zeqing, and Gao Jie's army, Huang Degong felt that although his soldiers fought bravely, it was still difficult to resist the enemy's offensive, and their combat strength was still at a disadvantage. Not to mention the world-famous Dragon Horse Iron Cavalry, which is a myth of 10,000 soldiers inviting hundreds of thousands of enemy troops to fight without defeat!

It was precisely because he saw the majestic posture of the dragon horseman with his own eyes that Huang Degong realized the power of elite soldiers and truly understood the truth that there are not many soldiers but fine.

"I hope that one day, I can also train into a world-famous elite army, follow the Zhenguo Gong to fight in the south and the north, and make great achievements!"

Huang Degong stood on the martial arts arena, and he was already fascinated.

Like Huang Degong, there are also Jiangnan officialdom headed by Qian Qianyi, Shi Kefa, Gao Hongtu, and Ma Shiying.

Since Liu Yunwei, the prince of Zhenguo, cleared all the Donglin Party, there have been many vacancies in officials in the southern provinces, and those who had been suppressed and ostracized by the Donglin Party before, and finally abandoned their official positions and returned home or were dismissed. After Shi Kefa, Ma Shiying, Qian Qianyi, Gao Hongtu and others were strictly selected, these people were added to various gaps, so that the officialdom of the southern provinces carried out a complete change!

After that, Emperor Chongzhen wiped out more than 1,000 Donglin Party members in one fell swoop, and killed tens of thousands of people in Beijing for more than ten days.

When this astonishing news spread to the southern provinces, the entire southern officialdom was shocked, and many officials who had previously had unclean hands and feet were even frightened by the news and abandoned their official posts and fled, or fell ill on the spot, and the Nanjing officialdom was in chaos for a while.

Shi Kefa, Ma Shiying, Qian Qianyi, Gao Hongtu and others finally stabilized the Nanjing officialdom. Everyone first dealt with some corrupt officials with ghosts in their hearts, and then vigorously publicized the determination of the imperial court to rectify the rule of officials, and since then the officialdom in Nanjing has begun to reverse!

One day, Qian Qianyi and Shi Kefa came to drink, and after chatting for a while, Shi Kefa said with a smile: "I really don't know what means the Duke of Zhenguo has used for a long time, and he really let the imperial court pass the policy of integrating the agricultural industry and commerce and the imperial family to pay for grain, and the whole country has not reacted violently, it is really incredible!" ”

"Haha!"

Qian Qianyi laughed, pointed at Shi Kefa and said: "My Lord Shi, the old man estimates that the people in the court have already figured out the wrist of Zhenguo Gong, in fact, this is not profound, only you Shi Shangshu haven't figured it out yet!" ”

Shi Kefa frowned and thought for a while, but he still shook his head, and arched his hand and said, "I want to hear about it!" ”

Seeing this, Qian Qianyi also put away his smile and said: "Lord Shi, why don't the emperor's relatives and the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty and the local gentry get up to make trouble, in fact, the main thing is still with Your Majesty." Do you know why Zhen Guogong did not hesitate to give all the stolen money worth hundreds of millions of taels of silver to His Majesty? ”

"Why?"

"Proof!"

Qian Qianyi said: "Think about it, a few years ago, in order to deal with the war in Liaodong and raise military expenses and rations for the army, there was no way for His Majesty to ask for help from the emperor's relatives and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty. But what now? After killing in various places for a while, Zhenguo Gong actually killed hundreds of millions of taels of stolen money! How will Your Majesty feel? ”

Shi Kefa understood a little when he heard this, and sighed and said, "No wonder Your Majesty killed tens of thousands of people in a fit of anger!" ”

"That's right! Now not only is the Zhenguo Gong united with the red man around His Majesty, the eunuch Wang Chengen, to implement the policy of integrating food with an iron fist, but even His Majesty has moved the real fire, who will be stupid enough to be the first bird in the Manchu Dynasty and the gentry of the world! ”

Shi Kefa nodded, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was wrong, and said, "But what about those imperial relatives?" Why didn't they move at all? You must know that Your Majesty has always been generous to these royal relatives and will never be ruthless! ”

"That's right, I have to admire Zhen Guogong's wrist! Zhenguo Gong asked for a help, and it only took a short time to persuade the vassal kings of all places, this day the vassal kings of the world have lost their temper, will the rest of the shrimp soldiers and crabs go to make trouble again? ”

Qian Qianyi paused, and then said to Shi Kefa: "Do you know who the Zhenguo Duke found to help persuade the vassal kings of various places? King of Shu! With the help of the King of Shu, the Duke of Zhenguo quickly persuaded the rest of the vassal kings to agree to implement the policy of paying grain in one piece, and those vassal kings even fought to pay back the taxes! ”

Shi Kefa was already shocked when he heard this, and asked in a daze, "But how did Zhenguo Gong persuade the King of Shu?" I haven't heard that the Duke of Zhenguo and the King of Shu still have a relationship! ”

Qian Qianyi smiled mysteriously when he heard this, and then deliberately lowered his voice and said: "The old man heard that the King of Shu loves money, and the Duke of Zhenguo specially gave a big gift in order to persuade the King of Shu. ”

"A big gift? What gift is comparable to the taxes paid to the imperial court? ”

"There is a huge fleet under the command of the Guangdong General Army, which can earn a huge amount of silver every year, and the Duke of Zhenguo persuaded the King of Shu to pay money to buy shares, and he can get a huge amount of dividends every year, but there is a premise!"

Hearing this, Shi Kefa understood, and said loudly: "Agree to the policy of one food!" ”

Qian Qianyi said with the old god: "That's right! Moreover, the old man heard that the method of the king of Shu to persuade the rest of the vassal kings was exactly the same as that of the prince of Zhenguo! ”

Shi Kefa shook his head and sighed: "Those vassal kings have all entered the good set of the Zhenguo Gong, and the righteous brother of the Zhenguo Gong not only got a lot of money to expand the fleet, but also the implementation of the integrated grain policy has no resistance, it is really killing two birds with one stone!" ”

"Those vassal kings don't lose money, they can still get a lot of dividends every year, and after deducting the taxes handed over to the court, they will make a lot of money!"

Shi Kefa said with a smile: "Zhenguo Gong is really a masterpiece! I was able to come up with such a solution. ”

At this time, Qian Qianyi suddenly remembered something and said: "I heard that now Zhenguo is just transferring troops and horses in Tongzhou City, and the imperial court is also raising and allocating money, grain, and military equipment, and it is estimated that the imperial court will send troops to Mongolia and North Korea in the spring of next year." Are we going north in advance and traveling for the town and country! ”

Hearing this, Shi Kefa drank all the wine in the cup, his eyes suddenly turned red, and he said, "You must go!" Zhenguo Gong is full of loyalty, and this time he made a heavy oath to lead the Ming soldiers to fight the Tartars in blood, and raise my heavenly might, how can we not go to shout and cheer, and strengthen the momentum! ”

Sichuan, a suburb of Chengdu.

Yuan Mingxuan paid tribute to the tombs of Liu Zhao and his wife and Xu Wanxin, and burned incense to worship, telling the news that Liu Yunwei had destroyed the Manchu Qing Dynasty and was about to lead the army to conquer the Mongolian tribes and Korea again, hoping that everyone in the spirit of heaven could bless Liu Yunwei with victory and triumphant return.

After that, Yuan Mingxuan stood in front of Liu Ting's tomb and was silent for a long time, and suddenly two lines of tears flowed down, and he choked up and said: "Old general! The Manchu Qing Dynasty has fallen, the Tartars are dead, and you and the soldiers have taken revenge! The little general, in the future, will guard the frontier for the Ming Dynasty forever, and can no longer come in person to fulfill his filial piety, and his subordinates will often come in place of the little general in the future! ”

After speaking, Yuan Mingxuan kowtowed three times in front of Liu Ting's tomb, and his forehead instantly turned bright red.

Cheng Shiyong, who was waiting on the side, also had tears flashing, and hurriedly stepped forward to help Yuan Mingxuan up. After Cheng Shiyong comforted him, he left with Yuan Mingxuan, rode into the city with more than a dozen of his subordinates, and came to the old house of the Liu family in Chengdu.

More than a dozen veterans in their fifties and sixties were already waiting outside the door, and after seeing Yuan Mingxuan and Cheng Shiyong, everyone hurriedly stepped forward. Seeing this, Yuan Mingxuan and Cheng Shiyong and his entourage also hurriedly dismounted to greet them, you must know that these dozen or so old soldiers were soldiers under the command of the old general Liu Ting back then, and they had made great achievements!

"My lord! Take us with you, the little general is out on the expedition, and we will also go into battle to kill the enemy! ”

"My lord! We have followed the old generals since we were teenagers, and now that the old generals are gone, let us die on the battlefield too! ”

"Yes, where the little general is in the future, where are our old things!"

Yuan Mingxuan couldn't control his emotions anymore at this time, tears gushed out like a broken embankment, and Cheng Shiyong was also in tears, unable to help himself.

Yuan Mingxuan took the hand of the first old pawn, this old pawn only had his right arm left, but he was still powerful.

"Veterans! You can't leave, if you leave, what will happen to this old mansion? What to do with the tombs of the old and major generals? This is the little general's home, you are here, the little general's home is here! ”

The old men were silent when they heard this.

Yes, as long as the family is there, as long as everyone is optimistic about the little general's home, let the little general conquer the world without distractions, and lay a big territory for the Ming Dynasty and China, it will be a great achievement!

Everyone talked for a while, and Yuan Mingxuan and Cheng Shiyong, accompanied by more than a dozen old soldiers, took a look at the old mansion. After that, the two said goodbye to the old soldiers, and rode their horses to prepare to leave Chengdu City.

When everyone rode their horses and walked down the street, they suddenly heard the war song sung by the dozen or so old soldiers behind them: "Wear iron armor and carry long knives." The battle with the son is long. Fight with the enemy, die and live together. Fight with your son, and your heart will not be slack. Step on the swallow and chase the beard. Fight with the son, sing fearlessly! ”