Next, the emperor knelt on the ground, wept silently and kowtowed: "The ancestors are above, this time the ancestors have not been thrown away from my hands, the yellow sky is above, and the thick soil is below." Thank God for the grace of protection, and thank Du for the great grace of saving the sky. ”

The crown prince and Princess Ning Xue were also completely stunned.

Du Bian really did it?

He, how the hell did he do it?

It's unimaginable, huh?

In this situation, it is almost impossible for the gods to save it.

Li Ruhai's nearly 400,000 troops, Xuancheng Hou and Yuan Tianzhao combined 120,000 troops.

Du Chang only has 90,000 troops, and there are 60,000 recruits.

How did this battle go?

This...... It's a miracle.

Seeing that the emperor was still kneeling on the ground, the crown prince and Princess Ning Xue also followed, kneeling on the ground.

Comfort the ancestors of the Daning Empire.

......

Yuan Tianzhao ran away again.

This time to attack Baise City, it was all Xuancheng Hou Lu Zhan singing a one-man show.

Yuan Tianzhao's army was just pressing on the sidelines.

If the Marquis of Xuancheng really defeated Baise City, what would be the result?

Of course, it was Lu Zhan's loss of troops, Yuan Tianzhao directly took away his military power, and in the end, the party used the name of a duke to hang Lu Zhan high, and he had no power at all.

In the eyes of the Fang system, Xuancheng Hou Lu Zhan was just a cannon fodder from beginning to end, and he threw away the cannon fodder when he finished using it.

The treacherous Yuan Tianzhao did not send troops to attack Baise City even at the last moment, but used Du Zheng's hand to constantly hand over his army to Xuancheng Marquis Lu Zhan.

There is only one purpose.

It was the Marquis of Xuancheng who captured Baise City and betrayed the emperor, and he was the nobleman of the imperial court, and he had nothing to do with the Fang family.

Therefore, Lu Zhan's plan in the Fang system is a typical role of sending you to death, and you are still going to carry the black pot.

But Lu Zhan was dazzled by nearly a million taels of silver and the position of the duke, and the real profit made him dizzy, and he completely ruined the foundation that the Lu family had accumulated for a hundred years.

Knowing that Lu Zhan was defeated, Du Bian led the army to fight back.

Yuan Tianzhao couldn't believe his eyes at all, even if the sun came out of the west, this kind of thing couldn't happen.

Is Du Chang facing a situation of certain death? Now he is not only alive, but also victorious?

But no matter how shocking and terrifying, Yuan Tianzhao led an army of more than 30,000 to retreat as soon as possible, retreating to Nanning City without stopping, staying in Nanning City for only one night, and accelerating the retreat the next day, until retreating to Lianzhou City.

Lianzhou City was backed by the sea, and under the protection of the fleet of the United Kingdom of the East, Yuan Tianzhao felt safe.

At this time, Du Jiang, the governor of Guangxi, was already waiting for him in Lianzhou Mansion, waiting for him at the highest place of the lighthouse in Lianzhou Port.

After Yuan Tianzhao went up, Du Jiang handed over a secret letter.

Yuan Tianzhao took it and took a look.

The Li clan surrendered, and nearly 150,000 troops pledged allegiance to Du Chang.

After Yuan Tianzhao finished reading, he stumbled under his feet and closed his eyes in some pain.

He ...... How did he do it?" Yuan Tianzhao said hoarsely: "In a ghost place like Dalong Fort, a large military camp that has been abandoned for ten years. Du Chang's more than 40,000 troops faced the 300,000 troops who were as powerful as the sea, and won a complete victory...... How?"

Du Jiang said: "A commander of the Holy Fire Sect, Abs, led an army of 50,000 to support Li Ruhai, and brought 200 cannons, of which 70 cannons fell into Du Chang's hands. ”

Yuan Tianzhao exclaimed: "The Holy Fire Sect has imported artillery into the Daning Empire? The secret agreement between our Eastern United Kingdom and the Holy Fire Sect is clearly written, the Holy Fire Sect can send troops to support Li Ruhai, but the number must not exceed 100,000. In particular, it cannot support any artillery, not even special oils. ”

That's right, the Great Yan Kingdom of the Li Clan, to a certain extent, was built on the secret agreement between the Eastern United Kingdom and the Holy Fire Sect.

Yuan Tianzhao said angrily: "At that time, the secret contract was clearly written, and it was absolutely and absolutely not allowed to bring artillery to the ground of the Daning Empire, and the people of the Daning World were absolutely not allowed to open their eyes to see the world. Otherwise, we in the United Kingdom of the East also have artillery, countless artillery. ”

Du Jiang said: "About half a year ago, there was a huge friction between our fleet and the fleet of the Holy Fire Sect World in the Indian Ocean, and finally it escalated into a naval battle, which is why Abs entered the Daning Kingdom with two hundred cannons. ”

Yuan Tianzhao said: "Even if Du Bian gets seventy artillery pieces, it ...... can't kill Li Ruhai's 300,000 troops cleanly, how did he do it?"

Du Jiang sighed and said: "This world is too ridiculous, we raise Gu in general, and raise the Li clan so strongly, but it turns out that Du Chang is cheaper." Now that he has become a dragon, he can't be suppressed with the strength of you and me. ”

Yuan Tianzhao said: "With the strength of my Eastern United Kingdom, it is still easy to destroy Du Bian at this time. We immediately sent a letter to His Highness the Young Monarch, and the main army of our Eastern United Kingdom immediately landed and completely wiped out Du Chang. ”

Du Jiang, the governor of Guangxi, said: "Old Yuan, this is no longer something we can decide. His Royal Highness's strategy spanned tens of thousands of miles across the ocean throughout East Asia. There is a sequence of strategic goals, and all the chess games have been planned in advance. ”

"Next, it's up to us to negotiate in the capital, and see how Zhuo Weng and Du Hui's brother talk with the emperor?" Du Jiang, the governor of Guangxi, gritted his teeth and said: "Du Chang, this little gelding, is bad for our overall situation, bad for you and my future, why didn't he die early? When he was exiled a few years ago, why didn't I think of sending someone to kill him directly on the road?"

Yuan Tianzhao said: "This situation in Guangxi will be a stain on you and me. In the future, when the young monarch unifies the whole of East Asia and establishes the largest empire, you want to enter the cabinet, I want to enter the high command, and this stain will become a lever for political enemies to attack us. ”

Du Jiang said: "Who said it wasn't? So why didn't he die of this little gelding?"

......

Inside a manor in Tianjin!

Fang Zhuo, the former cabinet chief assistant, read the secret letter in his hand, and suddenly trembled, and the whole person was almost several years old.

"Whew, Whew......"

Exhaled one breath after another.

On the other side, Du Hui's face was cloudy.

"Du Hui, you gave birth to a good son. Fang Zhuo said sarcastically.

Du Hui's handsome face twitched for a while, and he, who had been calm, finally couldn't help but say a word.

"Soon after he was born, I found out that he didn't have two eggs, and I thought it was ominous, but I didn't dare to say anything. Du Hui said hoarsely: "At that time, I thought about whether to drown him and strangle him." If he was killed at that time, no one would care except for the who raised him, and Ji Minzhi almost didn't hug him a few times. I was ...... Why don't you strangle him, a little brute......"

Du Hui would never be so out of shape.

But today he couldn't help it.

Fang Zhuo said: "The master has two groups of courtiers, one of whom is in the Eastern United Kingdom, opening up territory for the lord. The other group was in the Daning Empire, seeking the entire Daning for the Lord. This time Du Bian won a big victory, our group of courtiers in the Daning Empire will be unlucky, you wait, you will be unlucky. ”

Du Hui's face twitched again.

He was still young, and he had only one goal, and that was to become the prime minister of the entire great Eastern empire in the future.

He sought the Daning Empire for the lord, which can be described as painstaking. As a result, he planted such a big heel this time, and it was planted in the hands of his own son.

"What's going on with the Northern Underworld Sword Sect?" Fang Zhuo hissed: "There is such a large force that wants to kill Du Chang, why was it stopped by a few people in the Ni Shang District?

"How did he win?" "How did he win?" said the former assistant Fang Zhuo tremblingly: "We have done countless deductions, and it is completely impossible for him to win, how did he win?"

"Let's go to Beijing and talk to the emperor. Du Hui said: "What you can't get on the battlefield, maybe you can get it in the negotiation field." ”

......

The next day, Fang Zhuo and Du Hui entered Beijing, and in order to show their sincerity in the negotiations, they directly brought one million catties of grain into Beijing.

This batch of grain is only a day or two of life.

In the palace, after a few months, Du Hui and Fang Zhuo met the emperor again.

"Your Majesty, I haven't seen you for a few months, why are you so thin......" Fang Zhuo kowtowed and cried: "Your Majesty, you must take care of the dragon body." ”

The emperor sat lazily on the dragon chair, drinking porridge spoonful by spoonful, and quietly watched the performance of the former cabinet chief assistant Fang Zhuo.

Du Yan stepped forward and said: "I heard that Du Bian actually killed Lu Zhan, the Marquis of Xuancheng, without permission? I don't know if there is His Majesty's will? Although the Marquis of Xuancheng is guilty, after all, he is a noble of the court, and without the emperor's will, Du Bian will execute him Ling Chi privately, which is too arrogant and domineering. ”

The emperor looked at Princess Ning Xue on the side and said, "Does Du Chang have a will?"

Princess Ning Xue said: "Yes, the last time Erchen went to deliver a decree to Du Bian, he sent Shang Fang's sword, and the decree was clearly written. ”

The emperor said: "Du Hui, there is a will." Therefore, Du Chang's execution of Xuancheng Marquis Lu Zhan Lingchi is in line with national law. ”

Du Hui said: "After all, the Li clan is a rebel of the imperial court, and Li Zhan is the crown prince of the pseudo-Great Yan Kingdom. And Du Chang did not understand His Majesty's will, and even accepted his surrender and allegiance privately, which seems to be very inappropriate. This time, a full 150,000 troops pledged allegiance to Du Chang. According to the laws of the imperial court, Li Zhan was the head of the rebellion and should be executed by Ling Chi. ”

The emperor said, "Yes, there is something wrong. Yun Zhu drafted a decree, reprimanded Li Zhan, deprived him of all titles, and deprived him of the post of consolation envoy of Wenshan. Canonized Li Zhan as a general of Wenshan, served under the account of Du Chang, the general soldier of Baise, and ordered him to make meritorious contributions. ”

Then, the emperor said to Du Hui: "Now, it's all right." ”

Fang Zhuo and Du Hui glanced at each other.

The emperor is too tough, and this negotiation is not easy.

Du Hui said: "I heard that tens of thousands of millions of people in the capital have starved to death, if the transportation is not smooth, if a large amount of grain does not enter Beijing, it will starve to death of 100,000, hundreds of thousands." ”

The emperor did not speak.

Du Hui said: "And it's autumn again, the eunuch forces sent by His Majesty to all parts of the country, all the city shipping divisions, mining divisions, salt transportation bureaus, and the salt taxes of Lianghuai are crowded on the canal, waiting to be transported into Beijing, a total of ......."

"Sixteen,800,000 taels of silver. Fang Zhuo said: "This is the first payment, and the next taxes from Jiangnan have been minted in silver, waiting to be transported into Beijing." This year, the southwest of the empire is in turmoil, so it should be difficult to collect taxes there, and there is a drought in Hebei, Henan, and Shandong, so there should not be much tax. But taxes in other provinces should continue as usual, or even higher than in previous years. If nothing else, the imperial court's financial revenue this year should exceed 25 million taels of silver. ”

This fiscal revenue of the Daning Empire must have been higher than that of the late Ming Dynasty, because of the rise of the United Kingdom of the East, the early prosperity of maritime trade, and the influx of a large amount of silver earlier than that of another earth.

Du Hui said: "Soon it will be the end of the year, and the military salaries on the Shanxi side and the military salaries on the Liaodong side are about to be paid." The two and five million taels of silver are stuck on the canal but cannot be transported, and the empire will be in chaos at that time. ”

The situation is very obvious, Du Hui wants to use 25 million taels of silver, plus Caoyun's grain as a bargaining chip, to be precise, the lives of millions of people in the capital, to force the emperor to make some kind of compromise.

However, in fact, these taxes and these grains all belonged to the Daning Empire and were supposed to be handed over to the emperor.

Of course, after going through layers of deductions and countless corrupt officials in previous years, the real amount of money that really entered the treasury was barely more than 10 million taels. This year, in order to make the emperor compromise, it was directly increased to 25 million taels.

With these two and five million taels of silver, the emperor was completely rich and rich, and he had never been so rich.

The emperor said, "Tell me bluntly, what do you want?"

Du Hui said: "Please Your Majesty issue a decree to arrest the traitor Li Zhan and bring him to Beijing, and Ling Chi will be executed." Du Bian made immortal achievements and ordered him to enter Beijing and enter the ceremonial eunuch as a eunuch. ”

Killing Li Zhan is to slap Du Chang in the face, and to force the emperor to break with Du Chang.

Let Du change into Beijing and serve as a eunuch of Bingbi, which is to let him become a eunuch again, rise and fall brightly, and hang high.

Du Yan said with a smile: "As for Du Yan's army in the southwest, it can be divided into two parts, and one part will be handed over to Song Que, the Duke of Zhennan. Even sent Princess Ning Xue to guard the southwest, she will definitely be as stable as Mount Tai. ”

As soon as these words came out, the audience fell silent.

Du Hui said: "The minister's proposals are all the most beneficial to His Majesty. As long as Your Majesty agrees, millions of people in the capital can live, and 25 million taels of silver can also enter the treasury smoothly, and Your Majesty can personally control the military power in the southwest. If you like Du Chang, then summon him to your side, lest he swell further into a bigger warlord and have a big tail. ”

That's true.

At least on the surface, Du Hui's proposal was beneficial to the emperor.

After Du Bian's army of more than 200,000 was dismembered, part of it was given to Song Que and part to Princess Ning Xue, all of whom were the emperor's most trusted loyal ministers.

The emperor said coldly, "What if I don't agree?"

Du Hui said: "After the millions of people in the capital are completely cut off from food, they will starve to death countless times. The two armies of Shanxi and Liaodong will be in arrears on a large scale, and by that time, the Jurchen Empire and the Northern Tartars will drive straight in, and my Daning will really have the power to lose the country. The minister's suggestion is also to protect Du Chang, he is young and ambitious, and it is easy to lose his way. If he had any ambitions, it would be a greater scourge than the sea. ”

The emperor narrowed his eyes, looked at Du Hui and said, "The 25 million taels of taxes, you have to figure it out, I am just a passing God of Wealth." When the silver arrives in my hands, it will be allocated to Liaodong, Shanxi, and the border armies in the blink of an eye. The rest will also provide disaster relief and distribute money to officials. The army of Liaodong, the army of Shanxi, and the border armies of all walks of life, you should explain it yourself, and see if the leaders of these armies of Yuan Teng will bite you? They are not as easy to bully as me. ”

That's true.

This amount of silver was to support the troops and officials of the Daning Empire, and it was not to go into the emperor's private pocket.

If you intercept this money, you will cut off the wealth of the officials and the army of the world.

Du Han said coldly: "What about the life and death of millions of people in the capital?"

The emperor said: "The prince obeys the order. ”

The prince immediately knelt down.

The emperor said: "Order Li Lianting to lead the masters of Dongchang to escort the prince into the southwest, if I die, the prince will directly ascend the throne in the southwest." ”

As soon as these words came out, Du Hui's face changed drastically.

It's an absolute killer feature.

If the Fang family took the lives of millions of people in the capital as hostages, then the crown prince would ascend the throne directly under the protection of Du Bian.

That is equivalent to directly giving Du Chang the power to coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes.

And when things develop to that situation, the other party is extremely unfavorable.

After being silent for a long time, Du Hui said: "Your Majesty, then we have only one condition, arrest Li Zhan and enter the capital and Lingchi to be executed." As long as you agree to this will, the sea will be unimpeded immediately. A steady stream of grain and silver from afar was immediately transported to Beijing. ”

I have to say that Du Hui is extremely old and vicious.

The emperor was resolutely unwilling to move, let alone dismember his army, so he would target Li Zhan.

After all, killing Li Zhan is justified.

However, once Li Zhan was really arrested, Ling Chi was executed.

Then the Li family, who surrendered to Du Bian, immediately felt cold and turned away from morality.

Nearly 100,000 troops centrifuged, several cities centrifuged, the Red River Chamber of Commerce centrifuged, countless mines and so on completely centrifuged.

The surrender of the Li clan made Du Bian's biggest gain not the 100,000 army, but the entire complete industry, the complete city, and the complete organizational strength.

These things made Du Chang instantly stronger, making his army no longer rootless.

If Li Zhan is killed, it is to dig the foundation of Du Chang in the southwest.

......

A few days later!

In Baise City, Du Bian received a secret letter.

The person who wrote the letter was the prince with whom Du Bian almost never interacted with him.

In the letter, the crown prince only described the conditions of the Fang system very objectively, as long as Li Zhan was arrested and entered Beijing, Ling Chi would be executed. The transportation of water and sea was immediately unimpeded, and millions of people in the capital were immediately saved, and the 25 million taels of taxes were immediately transported north and into the state treasury.

In other words, if Li Zhan does not die, the Fang family will not resume Cao Yun, and millions of people in the capital will starve to death.

Meanwhile!

A secret visitor came to Li Zhan's room.

The former senior brother of Li Zhan!

"Senior brother, you are in a big disaster, Du has become an official and a knight, and he wants to hand you over to the people of Dongchang, and you will soon be escorted to Jinglingchi to be executed. The secret visitor said, "Senior brother has come to tell my junior brother that I must not be tied to death. Du Bian is already about to betray you. ”

When Li Zhan heard this, his face changed.

But in the next moment, he drew his sword and slashed at the mysterious visitor.

"Come, take this man down, and send him to the lord for trial. Li Zhan said angrily: "I am loyal to the sovereign, and the sovereign is kind to me, how can I wait for the opportunity to sow discord among the clowns? ”

......

Meanwhile!

Yun Feng, the emperor's henchman eunuch, once again appeared in front of Du Bian, bringing three holy decrees.

The first will was recited!

"Fengtian carried the emperor's edict that Wenshan City was changed to the west of the town, and the west of the town was newly built. Canonized Du Cheng as the governor of Zhenxi, supervised the military affairs of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, and controlled the military affairs of Sichuan, Hunan, and Guangxi provinces.

Yun Feng said: "The second is a secret decree, which can only be watched by Lord Du Chang alone. ”

Du Bian took this second secret decree, and after reading it, he was completely stunned and surprised.

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