As soon as Chen Wen's incendiary words and actions came out, all the generals in Kui Dong were moved, but Wen Anzhi's face turned pale. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Sichuan has always been a big province, the area has always been not small, and the wealth is the world-famous country of abundance, with fertile land and abundant products, which are by no means comparable to the mountainous areas of eastern Sichuan and western Hubei.

Especially now, the Qing army withdrew from Chongqing, and only Baoning and some Qing troops remained on the defensive in the whole of Sichuan, in addition to the Kuidong area they occupied, only Chengdu Fucheng still had 10,000 Sichuan Ming troops stationed, but it was only limited to the city, and the other areas were the powerful Daxi Army, and at most occasionally in the area of Sichuan Xingdu Division in southern Sichuan, and the other areas were all the kind of borderless land in Chen Wen's mouth.

At this moment, Chen Wen threw Sichuan out, supported materials, and set up a warehouse, making it clear that he wanted Kui Dongzhong to develop Sichuan, and no longer continue to entangle with him in the Huguang area. In addition, I am afraid that there are some other intentions, some intentions that make it even more difficult for Wen Anzhi to accept.

"What His Royal Highness King Qi said is true, Sichuan is indeed easier to develop than Kuidong and Western Hubei." Wen Anzhi affirmed what Chen Wen said, and then said to the generals: "However, Sichuan has been in war for many years, and most of the prefectures and counties now have no individuals. His Royal Highness the King of Qi is generous, and he gives silver money and grain, and he also gives seeds and farm tools, but no one is afraid that no matter how many of these things are, it will be in vain. ”

Wen An's words hit the nail on the head, although people in troubled times are not as good as Taiping dogs, but talent is the most important resource in the world, especially in this agricultural society now, cultivated land requires a lot of manpower, even other industries are indispensable for manpower input, Chen Wen did what he did in Guizhou before, Wen Anzhi has already received news from the Yongli Imperial Court, and this time it is just the right time to make trouble.

Seeing that everyone's eyes turned from the map to him, in the face of this distrust, Chen Wen smiled and said to everyone present: "Inspector Wen is worthy of being appointed by the imperial court to supervise Sichuan and Hubei, and he really knows the current situation in Sichuan. ”

"However, the people in Sichuan, have they really been completely killed, with the experience of this king in the mountains of eastern Zhejiang, I am afraid that there are some people who hide in the mountains and forests. Even if these people are not easy to find, the people in the areas controlled by the monarchs move to various places, and it is more than enough for each person to be given ten times and a hundred times the number of acres, and how many will not be willing. What's more, in addition to Sichuan, there is not no other place to recruit people to Tuntian. ”

"Please also ask His Royal Highness the King of Qi to deign, I would like to hear the details."

Chen Wen remembered that the polite military general in front of him was a close subordinate general of Yuan Zongdi, the Duke of Yasukuni, who seemed to have the surname Zhou, but had the same surname as his wife, and this time he came here on behalf of Yuan Zongdi.

Seeing that everyone was once again in the future, Chen Wen pointed to the map and said to everyone present: "It is true that the population of Sichuan has plummeted, but it is not the case in all places. For example, the occupied areas of the Tartars, such as Duogandusi, such as those who treat the people extremely badly and cannot be tolerated by the benevolent, where is there no one. In this world, as long as you are willing to use your brain, there is nothing you can't do, right? ”

Chen Wen's direction of thinking has broken the box of the Sichuan Basin, and he has focused his gaze on other directions. the Manchu occupation area in Baoning, and even Shaanxi; In western Sichuan, not only did Duogandusi not experience any war, but many Sichuan people fled there; As for the Tusi, it is even more worthless opponents, especially the Shi Zhouwei controlled by Wang Guangxing, there are a lot of Tusi in Western Hubei, Chen Wen made it clear that he didn't like these Tu Emperors who were not in the military system of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming, and it was more in line with his mind to borrow their knives to harvest a round.

"This must not happen!"

Hearing Chen Wen's words, Wen Anzhi was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly spoke: "His Royal Highness the King of Qi, the Tusi around Sichuan are basically loyal to the Ming Dynasty, how can you attack each other, you are obviously causing evil." If you don't retract this statement, the old man will be impeached for this act of instigating internal provocation! ”

Wen An's anger was uncontrollable, the halberd pointed in front of him, and all the generals spoke to persuade him, lest he make the old inspector angry. Chen Wen also knew that this was a bit excessive, and immediately apologized to Wen Anzhi, but after his face eased slightly, Chen Wen explained the other two ways out.

"Gentlemen, the Tartars are in Baoning, but now it is clear that it is a strategic contraction, otherwise they will not give up the strategic location of Chongqing Prefecture. Even if you don't mention it, as far as this king knows, Duogandusi is no longer loyal to our Ming Dynasty, a few years ago, the Heshute Department of Moxi Mongolia was forced to go south by the Jungger Department, and quickly captured Duogandusi and Uszangdusi. ”

"Gentlemen, it's just a group of Tartars who bully the soft and are afraid of the hard, not to mention the big snow mountains west of western Sichuan, how many Sichuan people are afraid of war and forced to migrate, and it's time to welcome these Han people home. However, if we don't take action now, let the Tartars occupy Duogan and Usizang, and in the long run, the Tartars of the Heshuo Special Department will inevitably move the Qiang people who are enveloping Usizang and Duogan eastward, and I am afraid that places like Sichuan, which have been the homeland of the Han family since ancient times, will fall into the hands of Yidi. ”

Historically, the eastward advance did not take place, and the civil strife in Heshuot was frequent, while Zhungeer slaughtered all over Xinjiang and Central Asia, and even crossed the steppe to compete with the Manchus for the world a few decades later, but did not pose any threat to Sichuan. However, this did not prevent Chen Wen from elevating the redevelopment of Sichuan to a new level of Yixia defense.

The people's livelihood in Sichuan was restored, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty was to forcibly relocate the people of Huguang to fill Sichuan, and this method came twice before and after, once after the Ming army in the southwest was solved, and the other was after Kangxi put down the rebellion of the three feudatories. However, the background of Huguang's reclamation of Sichuan is that Sichuan's population is seriously insufficient, and it has even reached the point where "there are no complete villages in the county, no complete households in the villages, no perfect people, and no perfect women", so that the policy of Huguang and other provinces that have been in war for more than 10 years will still relocate their people to fill in Sichuan.

If the first time the population was sharply reduced, it was not only the handiwork of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but also the suppression of the landlord armed forces by the Great Western Army and the internal strife of the Ming Army in Sichuan, then the second time was completely done by the Manchus.

Chen Wen encouraged the generals of Kui Dong to restore Sichuan, in addition to eliminating their threat to Huguang, more importantly, to establish an economic colony, and to strengthen the strength of the Ming army other than Li Dingguo and Liu Wenxiu, so as to form the ultimate goal of containment.

The Northern Expedition is imminent, Chen Wen doesn't want any interference behind him, but he also doesn't want to kill all the heroes in his heart.

Blood, he has been stained too much in his life, and his hands have been completely cleaned, but almost all of them are traitors and barbarians, and he is not willing to touch a drop of heroes' blood.

In this case, the only way to do this was to tie up the hands and feet of the heroes who might pose a threat to him during the Northern Expedition, encourage Zheng Chenggong to attack Taiwan, and support the restoration of Sichuan by the Kuidong generals, and even to hollow out Guizhou, kill Sun Kewang, and release Ma Jinzhong and other captured Qin troops.

Wen Anzhi obviously saw Chen Wen's intentions, so he blocked it. However, they have been in a poor place like Kuidong for a long time, and these control areas are only one or two counties, and they are all military generals in the mountainous areas, and the temptation of the Sichuan basin to them is no longer something that can be resolved in a few words, not to mention the existence of subsidies from Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

What's more, if there were Qing troops in Chongqing who blocked their migration to western Sichuan, and Huguang, which was closer and more populous, as the first choice, now they are left with only the borderless land of Sichuan.

"His Royal Highness King Qi said to support us and other supplies, but is it true? We also have more than a dozen armies in the eastern part of the country, and there are not a few materials needed. ”

"Marquis Qi is reasonable, His Royal Highness King Qi is not good at deceiving me."

He Zhen and Hao Yongzhong sang and harmonized, and the generals also cast their ardent eyes on Chen Wen. The changes in the complexion of the generals of Kui Dong were all presented in Wen Anzhi's eyes, and the grief and indignation in his heart deepened. The Ming Dynasty has enjoyed the country for nearly 300 years, and now it is easy to drive Jiannu out of the south of the Yangtze River, and only wait for the northern expedition of the army to achieve the great cause of Zhongxing.

However, in the current situation, there is no Zhongxing atmosphere at all, even compared with the Southern Song Dynasty is very inferior - at least the Southern Song Dynasty controlled the local administration, and the Zhongxing generals were logistically restricted by the imperial court. At this moment, Wen Anzhi suddenly felt a wave of exhaustion coming over him, as if he was about to crush his body.

"His Royal Highness the King of Qi occupies several provinces in the southeast, and there are not a few treasures that can be mobilized. Not to mention anything else, this one lake alone is enough to feed the monarchs. ”

Wen Anzhi's cold tone immediately poured a basin of cold water on the heads of these Kuidong generals. What the old overseer said was the truth, but the tone was definitely not towards Chen Wen, but clearly told them that when Chen Wen gained a firm foothold in Huguang and the army marched westward, no matter how well Sichuan was built, it would only be Chen Wen's meal, and they might not get anything in the end.

Seeing all this happening, Chen Wen also smiled bitterly in his heart, and then pretended not to hear the meaning of Wen Anzhi's words, and continued to explain to the generals: "What Inspector Wen said is very true, the materials that this king can mobilize are enough to support the monarchs. ”

"However, the amount of support still has to be discussed, after all, my Jiangsu and Zhejiang Wang Shi is now in Huainan and the Tartars, and now the Huguang Province has been recovered, and the Tartars in Henan and Shaanxi are also within reach, and the army rations and army expansions require a lot of material support in many aspects, so the monarchs agreed to the king's plan, and the number of materials will not be endless, and the king will always consider it according to your actual situation to determine."

Chen Wen's repeated deliberations, and his strong emphasis on his pressure, directly shattered Wen Anzhi's hint - Chen Wen's momentum is good now, but it will be a few years before the Manchus are completely wiped out. In the final analysis, Chen Wen rose too fast, and in terms of substance, it was still much worse than the high walls and extensive grain accumulation of the last Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, who successfully drove out the Tartars.

However, it is a well-established fact that Chen Wen is strong. This time he supported them to develop Sichuan, and Chen Wen once again declared his dominance, and whether each family eats meat or drinks soup has to listen to Chen Wen's arrangement. At this moment, even Wen Anzhi, the governor of Sichuan and Hubei, was directly hollowed out.

Kui Dongzhong is not monolithic, there are many contradictions between the various departments, even if they are a little hesitant, seeing that the opponent has the opportunity to expand their strength, they will inevitably ignore those factors that cause hesitation.

The battle for the influence of the generals in Kuidong has reached the stage of trying to see the poor dagger, Wen Anzhi is very helpless, this time the generals also have to discuss with Chen Wen for an explanation, he knows that Chen Wen is not easy to get along with, and he has already expected this, so he has to come, but who knows that Chen Wen will have such a means. This kind of hurtful method, don't say that he can't compete with Chen Wen, even the Yongli Imperial Court, and even the Manchu Qing Dynasty may not be able to do Chen Wen.

However, at this stage, Wen Anzhi also had to show the final killer move, even if this trick was made, he could not avoid the fate of his authority being hollowed out, and he had to make this desperate fight.

"His Royal Highness the King of Qi should not be in a hurry to discuss what things, the old man has received the will of the imperial court, and he will send the king of Dong'an back to the fiefdom, so it is better to implement the will of the imperial court first, and then discuss the things you are waiting for."

Wen Anzhi has outstanding prestige in the Kuidong Army, and the generals are also ashamed when they hear this, but since Chen Wen has brought it up, who is not willing to take this opportunity to get the essence of strength, and even if they don't think about what they can do, if those guys who have contradictions on weekdays or in the past hug Chen Wen's thigh, it will cause great anxiety to them.

However, when Wen Anzhi mentioned the holy decree, all the generals were bright-eyed, especially Hao Yongzhong, the king of Dong'an is now serving in his army, and at this moment, he almost praised Wen Anzhi in front of Chen Wen for the sake of the generals.

Suddenly, there was an extra bargaining hole card, and all the generals set their eyes on Chen Wen's face, trying to find even the slightest hint of a different look from it. However, at this moment, Chen Wen still looks like he is sure of victory, and there is no sign of wavering.

"What Inspector Wen said, this king has already gone to the court, and I believe that the Son of Heaven will soon issue a holy decree to take back his fate."

Speaking of this, Chen Wen took a sip of tea, and then said with a smile: "If you don't believe in this king's reason enough to convince the court, then this king can send someone to lead you to take a look at it, I believe that after you have seen it, you will understand why this king has such confidence." ”

Chen Wen looked like he was winning, and Wen An's hatred was incomprehensible, because this holy decree was a secret decree, and the angel had also conveyed the meaning of the Son of Heaven, and he was ready to attack at the same time as the holy decree directly issued to Chen Wen, in order to try to restore some of the authority of the imperial court and exchange some practical benefits from Chen Wen. As for returning to the fiefdom, he didn't think about success at all, because Chen Wen would never let go of this opening.

"Okay, good, good, since His Royal Highness King Qi said so, the old man will take the lead and personally go to see what His Royal Highness King Qi is going to use to persuade the court!"

With that, Wen Anzhi got up and walked towards the side hall with his own soldiers. The seventy-six-year-old man walked with his head held high, as if he were a revolutionary martyr on his way to the execution ground in this sunset.