Zhu Gaoxu took the opportunity of the Ming army's conquest of Annam to rule Annam with all his might.

Jianchangwei, Sichuan, a team of people came from the southwest.

Jianchangwei is in the westernmost part of Sichuan, closely adjacent to Yunnan, and to the west is Heqing Mansion in Yunnan.

The Sichuan Xingdu Division Yamen is not in Chongqing, not in Chengdu, but in Jianchangwei.

The commander of the Sichuan capital is Qu Neng, who is working in the yamen of the Jianchang Weidu Division.

Qu Neng's ability is very strong, not to mention that he almost broke through Beiping and killed King Yan in Jingnan, his previous experience in Sichuan was also amazing.

History said: When the economy of Shu was in decline, all kinds of waste were waiting to be revived, after Qu Neng took office, he actively garrisoned the border, strengthened the military, calmed the turmoil, and stabilized the people's hearts. In response to Zhu Yuanzhang's strategy of "using tea to exchange horses", Qu Neng set up tea and horse divisions in Yongning (now Xuyong, Sichuan) and Diaomen (now Tianquan, Sichuan) to handle various matters of collecting tea and buying horses, and used the tea produced in Sichuan as official tea to ensure the resource guarantee of Yima, prosper the economy and trade, enrich the army's equipment, and enable the good horses from the snow areas such as Ganzi, Aba, and Qinghai to flow to the interior, effectively improving the combat effectiveness of the troops.

Qu Neng is a generalist, and he can also operate commerce and trade in Sichuan, trading war horses from Qinghai, Chenba and other places to the mainland.

Moreover, in the southwest of Jianchangwei, there is Yanjingwei that is closely adjacent to Yunnan.

As you can see from this name, Yanjingwei is in the west of the Dachong River, and the station is the largest salt well in Sichuan, where the Ming army is stationed to dig salt, take salt and tea and exchange horses with herdsmen in Ganzi, Qinghai and other places.

Therefore, when Qu Neng was in power, the Sichuan Dusi had tea, salt, horses, and other major commodities in his hands, and made great contributions to the imperial court.

When Qu Neng participated in the Battle of Jingjing, the trade here was temporarily suspended.

Finally, after the war was over, Qu Neng finally returned to Sichuan.

After returning to Sichuan, Qu Neng resumed these business affairs again.

Usually, after he got a thousand war horses here, he sent them to Chengdu at one time, and then sent them to other places from Chengdu.

Early this morning, he was at home and had not yet been on duty, when a soldier came in and said that an old man asked to see him.

Qu Neng has countless old people and friends in Sichuan, and he didn't think much when he heard it, so he asked people to come in.

After a while, three people came in from outside, all three wearing hats and veils underneath.

Many little ladies in Sichuan usually wear it like this, Qu Neng doesn't think so, at this time there is a maid in his room, and the other party doesn't speak after he comes in, and looks at the maid behind him.

Qu Neng hesitated and waved his hand: "You go out first." ”

Yes, sir, a few maids left the house one after another.

Qu Neng sat in the main seat with a big sword and a golden knife: "Lift up the veil, can't you really see people?" ”

The man in the middle threw away the hat directly, then took a step forward and knelt in front of him: "Unfilial son, please see my father." ”

"Hiss" Qu Neng first gasped, his face was incredible, and then almost old tears rushed out, staggered down, and helped Qu Tao: "My Tao'er." ”

The two fathers and sons hugged each other tightly and wept silently.

It was Qu Tao, who had not been seen for many years, who had returned.

Qu Neng has not slept well every day for more than two years, because he always has a knot in his heart.

The king of Han hid Qu Tao, and he didn't hand it over before Jingnan, so forget it, why didn't he hand it over when Jingnan succeeded.

What is King Han trying to do?

He has been thinking about this question for the past two years, what does King Han want to do?

Now I am overjoyed to see my son suddenly.

I haven't seen him for a few years, Qu Tao has matured a lot, and he is also a lot more heroic.

Qu was very happy to see his son so handsome.

After the father and son hugged for a while, Qu Neng reacted, and then he looked at the other two.

Qu Tao introduced to him, his expression was still a little embarrassed, this is my brother-in-law Chen Hong (Chen Wen's cousin's son), because he married Duan Lanxin, and Duan Lanxin's identity on the surface is Chen Wen's daughter.

Qu Neng stared at the time, thinking that Zhu Gaoxu had said that his son was married, he was skeptical at the time, but now it seems to be true.

This is Mao Xin, they are all henchmen of King Han.

Chen Hong and Mao Xin both stepped forward to meet Qu Neng.

Qu Neng responded, and after thinking about it: "Our father and son, I want to talk first." ”

"Governor Qu is free, let's wait outside." Mao Xin laughed.

"No, you wait here, Tao'er comes with me." Qu Neng brought Qu Tao to the back room.

"Are they threatening you? It's good to come back, do you want to arrest the people outside? Qu Neng said sharply.

"Never." Qu Tao hurriedly said: "Father, back then, the King of Han let us go. ”

Qu Neng's expression was embarrassed: "He also let our father and son, who haven't seen each other for many years." ”

"Isn't Tao'er back?" Qu Tao said with a smile.

Qu Neng felt a little unaware of his son, as if he had been brainwashed by King Han.

Qu Tao had no choice but to say, "I'll come back to see my father and mother, as well as my younger brother, and I'll leave in a few days." ”

"What?" Qu Neng said angrily: "I can't go." ”

"Your two grandchildren are still waiting for me at home." Qu Tao said in a low voice.

“。。” Qu Neng.

Qu Neng glared at Qu Tao, and saw Qu Tao's face full of love: "They are all cute and obedient, and my father will definitely like them when he sees them." ”

"Hey." Qu Neng stomped his feet, this Han King is really not a thing, even more hateful than Zhu Di.

Qu Neng said helplessly: "What did King Han tell you to say?" ”

"King Han said that he hopes his father still remembers the agreement of everyone back then."

I, what did I agree with him, I didn't agree on anything?

"What the hell is he trying to do?" Qu Neng said in a deep voice.

"The King of Han wants to raise troops again and overthrow Zhu Di." Qu Tao said.

The words "boom" are simply five thunderbolts, and Qu Nenglei's inner scorching is tender.

"He, isn't he still in Annam?"

"The 300,000 troops of the imperial court fell into Annam." Qu Tao said: "Guizhou, Guangxi, Huguang, Guangdong and other places have fewer soldiers and horses, and the Han King has a great chance of winning the army. ”

"Moreover, Li Yuan in Guangdong and Xu An in Fujian are all people of the King of Han."

"If my father raises his arms and shouts, Sichuan will respond, and half of the country will belong to the King of Han."

The soldiers and horses of the Ming court to fight Annam were basically requisitioned from Guizhou, Guangxi, Huguang, Guangdong and other people, and some came from the Central Plains.

Now that 300,000 soldiers and horses are trapped in Annam, the strength of the Ming court in the west has been greatly reduced, and it is impossible to concentrate more soldiers and horses to fight against the Han king in a short time.

"No way, he can't control this 300,000 army."

"King Han said he could do it."

"Even if these 300,000 troops don't participate, the Ming Dynasty still has a million troops."

"When King Yan raised his army, there were not as many soldiers and horses as there are now in King Han."

Qu Neng asked again: "Does Xipinghou support him?" Without the support of Xiping Hou, he is not even as good as King Yan. ”

"Xipinghou fully supports him."

"How is that possible? Don't let him deceive, King Han is more foolish than the emperor. Every time Qu Neng was defeated by Zhu Gaoxu, what Zhu Gaoxu said to him shocked him.

"There was no fooling, the King of Han found him, and the Marquis of Xiping compromised, and He Fu's son, He Kuiliu, was also by his side." Qu Tao saw that he was not convinced by his father, so he could only throw out the bomb.

"What? He? Qu Neng is such a smart person, he immediately heard it.

Qu Tao looked in the direction of Jingshi, and then nodded heavily.

He Fu is now the chief military officer in charge of the Shaanxi Metropolitan Division, if Zhu Gaochu has him in his hands, and He Fu can support him, plus Li Yuan in Guangdong, Xu An in Fujian, and Qu Neng in Sichuan, half of the Ming Dynasty is really in the hands of Zhu Gaoxu, and this situation is dozens of times stronger than that of King Yan back then.

But Qu Neng is a very cautious person, and if he only listens to his son's one-sided words, he will definitely not believe it easily.

Qu Tao was determined to convince his father, and said: "Father, is it no wonder that he forgot the defeat and shame of Beiping City, and doesn't want to prove his strength?" ”

"King Han said that no one in the world knows his father's ability, even if his father is in a high position now, but in the history books of King Yan, he will only record the humiliation of his father's surrender for glory and the fiasco under the city of Beiping."

"And the history books of His Royal Highness the King of Han will definitely make my father shine and go down in history."

Brush, Qu Neng's face was flushed, and he couldn't help but recall the scene when he attacked Changyi Gate in Beiping, Liu Jiang was at the head of the city, looking at him with a smile.

Qu Tao continued: "The matter between 'him' and He Fu's son is a matter of confidentiality, and even the henchmen of the King of Han outside don't know, and the King of Han asked me to tell my father because I want my father to know that the King of Han has been planning from the beginning of the Jing Dynasty to the present, and as long as he gets his father's support again, he will definitely succeed." ”

Qu Neng walked around the room with a flushed face, his mind frantically assessing the success of doing this.

From the bottom of his heart, Qu Neng is very satisfied now, and he really doesn't want to follow King Han.

But the two eldest grandsons are on the side of the King of Han, and the eldest son Qu Tao seems to be determined to follow the King of Han, if he forcibly keeps his son now, the son is estimated to have to turn against him, and if the emperor knows that the son is not dead, then Qu Neng will be finished.

Thinking about it this way, King Han is really too chicken thief, too bad, he forcibly detained Qu Tao at the beginning, just for today.

But thinking about it the other way, Zhu Di didn't raise troops at that time, and the King of Han began to plan for this, which is terrifying when you think about it.

After thinking about it, Qu Neng knew that he didn't have a choice.

Either go all out to help King Han, or don't want his son and grandson, and go all out to help Zhu Di.

"King Han is kind to our father and son, and he was merciful under Lugou Qiaosi at the beginning, how can my father forget this kindness." Qu Neng finally spoke after careful consideration.

Qu Neng quickly went out to interview Mao Xin and Chen Hong.

Mao Xin asked directly, Qu Dudu has been in Sichuan for many years, how many guards can he control?

Qu Neng was very proud at this time, he had been in Sichuan for more than ten years, and his subordinates were everywhere, but he also said that there was no problem with the guard, most of them were his old subordinates, only Du Sili, after Zhu Di came to power, all three of them were all commanded and all the same knowledge was changed, all of them were the generals of the Yan Army, and they all commanded and changed two.

But he also said that the guards below were the ones who were actually in charge.

There are more than 5,000 guards and one or two thousand people, and these guards and thousands of households are all real soldiers.

Mao Xin nodded, Zhu Di likes to change the level of commander, and Yunnan also knows a few of them, but the boss of the Weihe Institute below is the important head of the army.

(End of chapter)