Chapter 416: The Minister's Checkmate
Of course, Li Wanjiang didn't want Xiao Chen to go back to Yanyun County, but if he didn't go, he really couldn't.
In Chen Wenqi's words, this kid is already fledgling and can't be killed easily.
It's better to stabilize this person first, and then we'll find a way to slowly pluck his hair......
They had also talked secretly many times before, and there was really no one who could replace Xiao Chen at present.
Not a single one.
The fundamental reason is not that there is no one to choose, but that the chosen person went to Yanyun County, and he couldn't control the situation at all.
Now there are at least 10,000 soldiers under Xiao Chen's command, these soldiers have followed him from birth to death, and Xiao Chen's kid is famous for being good to his subordinates, so these soldiers only recognize him Xiao Chen, and others are afraid that they will not be able to command.
The soldiers can't be commanded, let alone the few generals under Xiao Chen's command, who are Xiao Chen's proper henchmen and brothers.
Not to mention finding someone to take them over, I'm afraid that as soon as Xiao Chen's side dies, they will immediately rise up and rebel directly!
Then the situation is serious.
Yanyun County is currently a mess, but it is basically stable, Xiao Chen, this kid has this ability!
He was able to go toe-to-toe with the Xian Mo Karma and make peace with them, which alone was not easy.
And I don't know what trick this kid used, but he even persuaded Governor Peter to rent the port of Shunfeng, which is said to cost only a few hundred thousand taels of silver a year......
Not to mention these, just the tens of thousands of war horses sent by this kid have also solved Li Wanjiang's urgent need!
If there were no these war horses, I am afraid that the battle situation of King Fengyang in Minzhou would not be so smooth.
Li Wanjiang didn't ask Xiao Chen to provide war horses at all, this was all sent by Xiao Chen on his own initiative, not to mention anything else, this overall view alone is really amazing!
even made Li Wanjiang quite ashamed.
Thinking that at the beginning, Xiao Chen only needed 5,000 war horses, and he also asked Zhu Xiaochuan to get back 2,000 horses, and now Xiao Chen has returned them tenfold......
"Your Majesty, when the minister was fighting in Yanyun County, he got a strange disease, which was called the wind of removing his armor and removing his helmet! These days, I haven't been old, and I won't get sick when I'm idle, but I can't get nervous and cold when I'm windy, and I passed out last time because of this strange disease......" Xiao Chen complained with a sad face.
"Huh? Are you kid trying to resist the will? Li Wanjiang said.
"Of course I don't dare, but I'm afraid that the minister's body will be wasted, the emperor knows that the imperial doctor is good, right? He personally said that the minister's life is only afraid that he will die soon, five years at the latest, three years at the earliest, and he will ...... it soon" Xiao Chen sighed, "I still comfort me when I hear the words of the imperial doctor, but I am afraid that the minister will not survive for a year or two!" ”
"Oh? So serious? Li Wanjiang was really taken aback.
"The reason why the minister didn't tell the emperor was that he was afraid that the emperor would worry about the minister, but in fact, what is the minister's life? It's just that in the future, I will no longer be able to run errands for the emperor and repay the emperor's great kindness to the ministers, which really makes the ministers feel ashamed and uneasy. Xiao Chen said sadly, his eyes were slightly red, and even he believed this nonsense......
I can't help but Li Wanjiang doesn't believe it.
The main thing is that he witnessed Xiao Chen's state when he was sick, and it was definitely not pretended!
"The doctors in the hospital are all rubbish! I will make a list of the world, and summon the world's divine doctors to come to you for diagnosis and treatment, and I will definitely cure you of this disease! "He doesn't want Xiao Chen to die now.
"Your Majesty, the reason why the minister told the emperor about the minister's illness was not because he wanted to shirk the errand assigned by the emperor, and the minister was still ordered to go back to Yanyun County!" Xiao Chen said in a deep voice, "It's just that the minister's time is short, and he must do something drastically here, and before he dies, he must repay the emperor for his kindness to the minister!" ”
Li Wanjiang is really touched, Aiqing, you are really ......
"Your Majesty, the minister's sick minister himself knows that it can't be cured no matter what, just ask the emperor for his protection, God will have mercy, and he will survive for two or three years, and he will completely stabilize the situation in Yanyun County to the emperor, and he will die without regrets." Xiao Chen's words became more and more moving.
Li Wanjiang, who was moved, was speechless.
"Since the minister is gone, there are a few things that must be reported to the emperor to decide!" Xiao Chen frowned and thought deeply, "First, Shunfeng Harbor must be recovered!" The sooner the better; Second, the emperor must give his ministers the right to change, otherwise they will be tied up, and many opportunities will not be seized. ”
"Third, please ask the emperor to delegate all the military, political and financial powers of Yanyun County to his ministers, including the power to appoint and dismiss all officials, big and small! Fourth, the minister asked the emperor to add titles to the princes and princes of all parts of northern Xinjiang, and give them a certain reward. ”
"Fifth, please allow the emperor to allow the people in our south to move to Yanyun County, as long as the population is large, Yanyun County will naturally be revitalized, and there will be more barren land to be cultivated, and the grain will be guaranteed, if the emperor wants to use troops in the future, the military food can also be used on the spot! This is a hundred-year plan, the emperor pondered. ”
Li Wanjiang nodded again and again when he heard this, what Aiqing said was reasonable, and I basically agreed, but I still needed the ministers of the court to make a decision.
These are no problems, but you also know my situation, and the support for your Yanyun County is also very limited......
It means that I will give you everything I can give you, but there is no silver for you, and you should not open your mouth.
Not only will I not give you money, but you will have to find a way to get me more war horses, the more the better, and the more the merrier.
So Xiao Chen put forward the sixth condition, "Since the emperor is kind to the ministers to act cheaply, then the mutual market must continue to open, first, to ensure the sufficiency of our Great Zhou war horses, and secondly, to stabilize the southern invasion of the northern Xinjiang tribes, so the minister asked the emperor to open up all the water and land passages to Yanyun County to the ministers." ”
In other words, as long as it is goods to and from Yanyun County, no place is allowed to interfere!
I can't buy a little food from Myanmar with great difficulty like last time, but I was intercepted and robbed of more than half by those shameless guys in various places!
Of course, things like salt, ironware, and tea must also be allowed to be transported and bought and sold, of course, the emperor does not have to issue an edict, as long as our monarchs and ministers know it.
If the emperor grants these requests from the minister, the minister guarantees three years...... Or within two years, or even a year, the situation in the entire Yanyun County will be stabilized.
"Xiao Chen, how do you plan to recover Shunfeng Harbor?" Li Wanjiang asked.
"The minister has no specific plan yet, but there are two undoubted points, first, it must be recovered, and second, it must be recovered by force!" Xiao Chen said.
"Well, but you also know the situation of our Great Zhou Sailors, even if I send the entire Sailors over, I'm afraid it won't be the opponent of the Ross fleet." Li Wanjiang sighed, "If it is recovered from the land, I will not be able to send so many soldiers for a while. ”
There is also one of the most critical questions, that is, after recovering the Shunfeng Harbor, how to defend it?