The councillors have been in a state of controversy recently, and the councillors have no opinion on sending troops, but the Shanxi people have covered their pockets and will not let go, and they are neither willing to issue more silver money nor agree to raise taxes, as if they do not spend money to fight a war. Wu Sacrifice ran to the council to explain, Liu Zongzhou and Sun Qifeng saw this guy stepping on them and climbed up, and they became angry, and denounced Wu Sacrifice for indiscriminately issuing silver money as a robbery, and he was simply a well-dressed beast, and simply blasted Wu Sacrifice out of the venue.

Thousands of Fengzhou people from Shaanxi rushed to Datong to demonstrate with the tricolor black eagle flag and insisted on returning to their hometowns. A large group of gentry from Huaiqing Mansion and Weihui Mansion in Henan Province also came to petition the Senate, asking for permission to join the two prefectures to join the Federation, and the most strange thing is that they also accused Sun Chuanting of being in Tang County and Baofeng Massacre on the grounds that Sun Chuanting was originally from Daizhou and that the Datong Federation had jurisdiction.

Li Yu rushed to Datong, took a detour to Beicheng and looked at the square from a distance for a while, and drove straight to the council without saying a word - his citizens were not subjects of the Ming Kingdom, and it was a good thing to have temper and blood, so why domesticate them to be as docile as lambs.

In the courtyard, Shaanxi people Tuoyangkun and Shanxi people Wang scuffled again, and the people around them were still cheering - Shanxi people and Shaanxi people quarreled again, Tuoyangkun went to the toilet halfway, and the door was actually tied by Wang with a wire again, Tuoyangkun even smashed and kicked before coming out, and when he entered the venue, he looked for Wang to fight again. The meeting hall was in chaos, and the speaker of the parliament, Xiaodai Wang, even patted the shocked wood to no avail, and when he saw Li Yu walking in, he was overjoyed and shouted "The president has arrived" before the councillors returned to their original seats.

"Keep fighting, it's better to fight openly than to play black, but I remind you that the Senate will be established next year, and those who make too much trouble will definitely not be eligible to be elected to the Senate, continue to discuss, I'll sit here and listen." Li Yu said a few words lightly and sat down at the bench.

The general qualifications of the councillors who made a lot of noise were also old, and Du Bawang became a senator, and his arrogance was greatly reduced when he was warned, and the meeting quickly became quiet. Sun Tingyao raised his hand to ask to speak, then strode to the front desk, and sneered in front of everyone: "Shaanxi is poor, the people are bitter, and almost half of the people have died in disasters and wars for many years, but we have backbone, countless villagers are still fighting thieves in Hexi, we will continue to fight, it doesn't matter if I wipe out my Baoketu Iron Works and Dongsheng Silver Bank, you don't want to contribute better, and Shanxi will not owe each other in the future." ”

"Who said that we are unwilling to contribute, and the Silver Money Bureau can mint copper coins to solve military expenses." Wang rubbed his face again and shouted, which immediately caused a boo - Kaiping, Xinghe and Liangwei produced copper, in addition to a small amount of minting auxiliary coins, a large number of them were used to cast guns, after Fengzhou's iron-smelting capacity was improved, the demand for copper was greatly reduced, Wang Chong held the two largest copper mines in his hands, and if the copper coins were used for military expenses, he would make a fortune.

"How much copper can you produce in a year? 20,000 catties or 30,000 catties, keep it for yourself, Shaanxi is very big, and you can't afford your copper. Tuoyangkun was sarcastic loudly, and the people of Shanxi immediately ridiculed each other, and everyone quarreled again.

Li Yu stood up and waved his hand to everyone, and said in a heavy tone: "It costs money to fight a war, and it costs money to solve the people's livelihood in the northwest, and it is also difficult in Shanxi, I have no right to force you, but don't forget, if you don't want to be abandoned, don't abandon others, creating a beautiful country has to pay a price, Wang Ziyong, Zhang Miaoshou, Du Hongfang, Zhang Yichuan, ......, you may not remember these names, but I dare not forget, I can't tolerate thieves ravaging their hometown, it doesn't matter if you don't have money and food, I will go to Shaanxi alone." ”

Li Yu turned around and left, Sun Tingyao followed closely, and when he went out, he said hatefully, "I will go to Shaanxi with the president, and it will be a big deal to fight a new country with my bare hands", and the councillors looked at each other and were at a loss for a while.

"You make me feel ashamed, isn't it worth serving this country for giving us dignity? If you abandon the president, I will go to naturalization and never enter the customs again. King Xiaodai got up and finished speaking, and strode out the door.

Back to the General Soldier's Mansion, Li Yu sat down in the study and read the book very patiently - since Li Fugui's "Northward Journey" was an instant hit, Datong officials set off a book craze, among which Li Huai's "Federal Political Strategy", Yun Rong's "Citizen Overview", Liu Tianren's "Contract Evaluation", Han Lin's "Taixi Zhiluo" is the most popular, Wang Zheng, Li Tianjing and Deng Ruoshui have also continued to compile and launch Western books, new words, new ideas emerge in endlessly, such as this Deng Ruoshui's "Dutch Business Strategy" on the table is very interesting, Li Yu turned a few pages and smiled.

Just after dinner, the people who should have arrived - Li Jianji, Bao Zhen, Shen Shoulian and Sun Tingyao came together, glanced at the "Dutch Business Essentials" in Li Yu's hand, and blamed themselves for failing to convince the councillor, so that it was difficult to make decisions due to the disagreement between the people, and it was really a loss of trust from the country.

"Hermes-Epitek, let's think twice, Datong's burden is too heavy to let you suffer alone, we also share a little burden, you have to trust us!" Bao Zhen said very sincerely.

"I can only trust you!" Li Yu nodded, this is the truth, the common people have no ability to govern, the bureaucrats and scholars have already offended, except for these businessmen, who else can he trust?

The four guys became excited, and they talked about their plans: The Chamber of Commerce wants to set up a federal bond banknote bank, in the form of issuing stocks and bonds, specializing in big business to obtain federal commercial concessions, such as colonial reclamation, ocean trade, etc., not to compete with the people for profit, but also to make a lot of money for the federation, and the northwest does not have to worry about the cost of cracking down on thieves and the aftermath, in the next five years, they will buy 1 million taels of northwest bonds every year, in addition, they can also hand over the veto power of the banknote bureau on major affairs forever to the prime minister's office.

The copy of the Dutch Bond Bank, these guys are scheming, no wonder there is the book on the table, Li Yu asked quietly: "Let's talk about the conditions, what are you eyeing in my hand?" ”

"The commercial concession will be granted by the Presidential Office by resolution of the House of Representatives, and the trading companies that have obtained the concession will have the exclusive right and autonomy in business, and will also have the right to establish a government office, a judicial department, and a self-defense army in the new territory, and the federal army will also be obliged to protect our people and property, so the power of the Federation to declare war and make peace will be handed over to the House of Representatives in the future. Bao Zhen said - these guys are really thoughtful, and they have not forgotten to tie up the presidential palace, the House of Parliament and the federal army to the ship to earn money.

"Hermes-Epitek, uncle is also for your good, you have worked hard for so many years, you should also have a family business, aren't you short of money to fight, the silver in our hands is sent to the silver banknote bureau as a guarantee, and the major silver banknotes will issue additional silver banknotes at the same time, don't worry about the silver banknotes too many people scolding, the silver banknotes will be exported to Jianghuai, Fujian and Zhejiang and even overseas in large quantities, do this we are the best, keep it and let the people there accept the silver banknotes." Li Jianji is the richest man in Shanxi, he is willing to pay money, others will definitely follow suit, and Bao Zhen is the same in Jianghuai, but other people's wealth may be swept away by them.

The power of the businessmen is getting bigger and bigger, controlling the Prime Minister's Office and the House of Parliament, and it is only a matter of time before the Presidential Palace is emptied, but it doesn't matter, the less rights of the Li family, the safer it is, and it is better to give them commercial concessions to develop outward, and there may be infighting at home one day - Li Yu thought for a while, nodded and said: "I have no opinion, you go to the Prime Minister's Office and the Council to talk." ”

Sending the four guys away, Li Yu couldn't help but raise his head and laugh, the power-for-money transaction was successful again, I am a savage in the mountains, I have enough family and wealth, what is the use of authority? It's a pity that some people can't figure it out, and they are struggling with power, why is this so painful, the right restricts wisdom!

That night, Li Yu took Zhang Zhiyao and Li Yao to the headquarters of the People First Party, and talked with Liu Zongzhou and Sun Qifeng late at night, and no one knew the content of the conversation, Zhang Zhiyao and Li Yao then joined the People First Party, and then married two important figures of the Liberal Party, Zhang Zhiyao married Li Jianji's daughter, and Li Yao also married the granddaughter of the King of Chu.

At the next day's meeting of the House of Representatives, Li Jianji first announced that the Fengzhou Banknote Bank, the Naturalized Banknote Bank, the Dongsheng Banknote Bank, the Communications Banknote Bank, the Datong Banknote Bank, and the Minsheng Banknote Bank (run by the Chu King, the Daiwang and other clans) would hand over 15 million taels of silver to the Banknote Bureau as a guarantee for the joint issuance of silver banknotes, and at the same time, the six major banknotes would jointly fund the establishment of a federal bond banknote banknote to specialize in the risky business of obtaining commercial concessions. Sun Tingyao also proudly pointed to the jury seat and announced that those strangers were Qin businessmen who had just arrived from Nanjing and Yangzhou, and they would jointly establish the Northwest Development Agency with Qin businessmen in Datong, and Shaanxi's tomorrow was full of hope.

The councillors were stunned at first, and then they were angry, these giant businessmen operated in a black box, and they wanted to do domineering business behind everyone's back, which was unbearable, and the calls for shares were louder and louder. Li Jianji was frightened, and after consulting with several giants, he announced that the shares of the Federal Bond Bank, the Northwest Development Society, and the future concession company would all be listed on the stock market and could be freely traded on the bond exchange.

There was a round of applause in the venue, and then people shouted in unison "send troops to Shaanxi", "send troops to Shaanxi", the conference immediately voted, the proposal to send troops to Shaanxi was unanimously passed, the news reached the Statue of Liberty Square, people hugged each other to celebrate, holding hands and singing war songs, "Conquer the war, Datong, Datong conquer the world, Datong citizens will never, never, never be slaves." ”

The Presidential Office then issued a military order, the troops marched into the northwest in two ways, the North Route Army with Zhao Ji as the main commander, Ai Shan as the deputy commander, the troops including the Zhang Ding Department of the three towns of the cavalry, the Chaolu Department of the four towns of the cavalry, the Hou Shijie Department of the Buyi Town, the Qinhu Department of the Seven Towns of the Bu Town, and the Ma Jinzhong Department of the Eight Towns, entered Yulin from the direction of the river meander, and the goal was to defeat the armies of the Shun army going north and occupy the three towns of Yulin, Ningxia and Gansu; The Southern Route Army, with Li Yu as the main commander and Ma Guangyuan as the deputy commander, included the Hadari Department of the Second Cavalry Town, the Ding Qiming Department of the First Town of the Gun Gun, the Zhang Chuanjie Department of the Third Town, the Zhou Yuji Department of the Fourth Town, the Yuan Lie Department of the Fifth Town, and the Ding Qiming Department of the First Town of the Gun Artillery Town. In addition, the Presidential Office also ordered the Huguang Governor's Office and the Tibetan Governor's Office to send troops to cooperate with the main force of the Datong Army.

Hejin, the east bank of the Yellow River has been martial law, a large number of troops are coming, three cavalry towns, six infantry towns and one artillery town, more than 100,000 troops, plus Sun Tingyao's Shaanxi thief army, the scale of the army is unprecedented. The territory is large, and it is no longer realistic to be able to send troops in three or five days as before, and it will take a lot of time just to assemble troops and deliver supplies. However, the war situation in Shaanxi deteriorated rapidly, and Du Hongtai sent an urgent report from Shenshuitan, Liu Zongmin, He Jin, and Yuan Zongdi on the West Road occupied Guyuan and Lanzhou, and the troops pointed directly at Ganzhou, and Li Guo, Liu Fangliang, and Gao Yigong on the North Road occupied Yan'an and Suide, and were rushing towards Yulin.

Li Yu stood on the river embankment and looked at the opposite bank, and praised the military affairs Li Guoying reported in a low voice: "Wang Ding, the general soldier of Yansui, led part of the Yulin defenders to Shenshui Beach, claiming to ask for help from our army, and Commander Du has detained him, asking you what to do?" ”

"What kind of request for help, it is obviously to abandon the city and escape, send this waste and get out immediately," Li Yu said contemptuously, turning back and pointing to the other side of the bank and ordering, "Send a letter to You Shiwei, Hou Shilu, and Wang Shiqin, the three old marshals, asking them to drag the thieves under Yulin City and wait for the reinforcements to arrive and be annihilated in one fell swoop." ”

Cai Maode, the governor of Shanxi, hurriedly went up the embankment, pointed to a thin old man beside him and introduced: "Hanmin, this is Lord Yu Yinggui, the new trilateral governor sent by the imperial court to Hexi, and he will also cross the river with the army to take office. ”

"Guihua Hou, you did a good job, the old man misunderstood you a lot before, and today I know that you are truly loyal to the emperor, and the old man will go with you." Yu Yinggui Qingliu was born, he became famous for impeaching Zhou Yanru in one fell swoop, Ren Hu Guangxun fell out with Xiong Wencan on time because of the "thief" issue, was impeached and imprisoned by Yang Sichang, Xi'an fell and no one was available, he was released from prison to replace Sun Chuanting, he thought he would die, and ran to take office with enthusiasm, but he didn't expect the peak to turn around, and he was really excited.

Li Yu said a few polite words, turned his face and continued to observe the other side, Ma Guangyuan smiled proudly on the side: "The thieves are so stupid, they dare to divide their troops in our eyes, and these more than 100,000 people who have crossed the river are enough to crush them into powder." ”

"The thief is not stupid, he is competing with us for time, his strength is too weak and his ambition is too big, and he has no choice but to come to this point." Li Yu shook his head and replied.

Li Zicheng really didn't want to come to this point, the annihilation of Sun Chuanting and the occupation of Xi'an City were amazingly smooth, the results were too great to support his stomach, and he also provoked the tiger on the east bank of the Yellow River, and it was the best policy to digest the results first and then try to develop. However, Shaanxi is too poor, there are very few property seized in the official treasury, and there are local tyrants and inferior gentry who gather force to resist torture, and the food and salary obtained by the Shun army are very limited. Gu Junen came up with another idea, taking advantage of the weakness of the Ming army to take the five towns in the northwest first, and at the same time collecting food and salary to feed the war, if Datong sent troops, he would rely on the large territory and many troops to confront it, and persist until the heavy snow came, and the food and salary of the Datong army could not be sustained, so he could only withdraw across the Yellow River, and the northwest was the world of Dashun at that time.

The literati of Dashun specialize in imperial studies, and are good at fighting for the world, counting on them to govern the place, it is better to wait for the common people to die and then come to the next world to rule, Li Zicheng has no choice, trapped in the same place to sit and eat the mountains and empty mountains, the military heart is floating, and the king of Xinshun in Henan is greatly damaged, and he still lacks food and clothing, so he can only fight hard, so he led the army north to drive directly to Yansui. This bet is right, the Ming army is really vulnerable, the army is like a bamboo, easily take Yan'an Mansion, and the other side has not moved, Li Zicheng is overjoyed, the northern captives are really like Zhang Shicheng, immediately ordered to divide the troops to the west, and he ran back to his hometown to worship his ancestors, and by the way, he renovated the ancestral tomb destroyed by the dog official Wang Qiaonian - Niu Jinxing studied the "Book of Changes", thinking that there is a king in the northwest, and there will be a king in five hundred years, and a group of literati in Xi'an are ready to ascend the throne, and Li Zicheng must worship his ancestors according to the imperial etiquette, This is a prerequisite for enthronement.

At the beginning of November, Li Zicheng returned to his hometown of Mizhi County Li Jiqian Village, to the people self-proclaimed as the Emperor of Dashun, Taizu is the Western Xia lord Li Jiqian, Yan'an Mansion from now on changed its name to Tianbao Mansion, Mizhi also changed its name to Tianbao County, and the Li family is related to the emperor's relatives, poor fellow villagers ascend to heaven in one step Everyone is happy, in front of the Li family's ancestral grave for more than ten days. Li Zicheng is too addicted to the emperor, and sent a letter to Yulin with great interest, the Great Shun Dynasty ruled the world with benevolence and filial piety, and could not bear to punish the township, and waited for the rapid descent, and I couldn't treat the villagers - Li Jiqian staged a farce, but the most precious time kept passing, Yulin never responded, and the Shun army that marched into Hanzhong suffered a defeat, Li Zicheng didn't dare to play anymore, patted his ass and rushed to Xi'an, and ordered Li Guo to lead the army to attack Yulin when he left.

Yulin, the chief soldier Wang Ding led the elite to abandon the city and fled, and the new governor was delayed, Yulin civil and military officials were gone, the people in the city were panicked, and the soldiers were all willing to come forward, and invited the deputy chief soldier Hui Xian, the general Liu Tingjie and the generals who retired from home to discuss major matters, You Shiwei, You Shilu brothers, Wang Shiqin, Wang Shiguo brothers, Hou Shilu, Hou Gongji father and son, the former Yulin chief soldier Li Changling and other dozens of people soon arrived - Yulin is very poor, but never blood-ischemic men.

Duren read out Li Zicheng's letter of persuasion in public, causing a burst of laughter, Liu Tingjie waved his fist and shouted: "Although Chang'an is lost, the three sides are still there, the thieves are all children of Henan, and the battle of killing his father and brother will not be what he wants, there are strong soldiers in the world in Yulin, and there are strong reinforcements from Datong outside, desperately fighting to win the enemy's spirit, and when the reinforcements arrive, the thieves can be peaceful!" ”

"The thief is a pawn, how can we descend him," You Shiwei took the case, glanced at everyone, and said in a firm tone, "Tingjie is right, Yulin has never fallen for more than two hundred years, and the thieves don't want to break it, Yuzi's letter told us to be sure to hold off the thieves, and this battle is a big victory if it is well planned." ”

"Why hasn't Datong sent troops yet, has Yuzi forgotten that Yulin is also his hometown?" Liu Tingjie was a little dissatisfied.

"People help themselves, God will help them, fight this battle well, drag the thieves under the city, and Yuzi will not let them go."

Everyone was full of passion, and elected You Shiwei as the chief commander and Li Changling as the deputy commander, and swore to defend Yulin for the sake of blood.