Zhu Chun stepped forward to help Qu Neng, and the two looked at each other, both shaking their heads and smiling bitterly.

After Qu Neng got up, Zhu Chun said, "Gao Xu asked you to persuade this king again?" ”

Qu Neng thought for a while, and said slowly: "King Han said, yesterday the king was angry, not rational enough, to wait for the king to calm down, and then come to talk to the king in detail, the king is both civil and military, noble character, is one of the few people in the world who can be reasonable." ”

"Hahaha." Zhu Chun laughed: "The eldest nephew praised me like this, should I be angry or happy?" ”

But he has to admit that today is indeed much calmer than yesterday.

Especially when he knew that Zhu Gaoxu was planning these things before the Jing disaster, he was even more shocked in his heart.

"You say, you go on." Zhu Chun wanted to hear what Qu Neng could say to impress him.

Qu Neng immediately said: "The Han King took Sichuan, Guangxi, Guizhou, Guangdong, Fujian, plus Yunnan and Annan, half of the Ming Dynasty has already reached his hands, and the defeat of the imperial court is inevitable." ”

Zhu Chun sneered: "Not necessarily, there are still millions of troops in the imperial court, and his father is not a fuel-efficient lamp." However, when he said this, he felt in his heart that it seemed to be a little stronger on Zhu Gaoxu's side.

"The great king's family has a lot of money, and it has not been used up for several lifetimes, and once the king of Han ascends the throne as the emperor, he will inevitably vigorously reduce the feudal domain and collect taxes in an all-round way, which no one can resist."

"The so-called gun shoots the first bird, among the vassal kings of the world, if anyone is the first to rise up and oppose it, the king of Han will inevitably hit him hard."

Zhu Chun's face changed slightly, and he didn't speak.

"The king also saw it, the king of Han even dared to overturn his biological father, what else did he dare not do?"

Zhu Chun's face became even more ugly.

"The Mansion of the King of Shu will be passed down for thousands of generations, and the king will not be for himself, but also for the future."

"As long as the king fully supports the king of Han, the palace of the king of Shu will surely be prosperous from generation to generation and will be passed down through the ages."

Speaking of this, Zhu Chun still didn't say a word, but his eyebrows were frowned, and his face was full of iron.

Qu Neng paused, and said earnestly: "The last general said something ugly, the wealth of the Shu Wangfu has been exhausted, and the food is also inexhaustible, so why should the king bother himself." ”

There was still silence in the hall, and Zhu Chun seemed to be still thinking about something.

Qu Neng didn't know what to say, he said everything he could say, if he still couldn't persuade Zhu Chun, he didn't know what Zhu Gaoxu could do.

But he admired Zhu Gaoxu very much in his heart, under normal circumstances, ordinary people would win the world before they started to do this kind of thing.

But Zhu Gaoxu is fighting the world while doing it, and he is really not afraid that the clan will oppose him.

However, Qu Neng guessed that Zhu Gaoxu was afraid that he would do this on purpose, and then take the opportunity to attack the clan.

But these are his relatives, King Han is really ruthless.

I don't know how long the two sides were silent, the King of Shu finally let out a long sigh, and he said slowly: "What did Gao Xu say before? In the future, if the prince and the king of the county are separated, there will only be 1,000 acres of land? ”

Qu Neng nodded with a wry smile: "The court no longer appreciates the fields, and the fields are divided by the king." ”

“。。” Zhu Chun's face turned pale.

This is similar to the Han Dynasty's Tui En Order, for example, if the king of Shu has five sons, ten grandsons, and fifteen places, each person can only have a maximum of 1,000 acres of land, and the court does not give it, and gives it from the original field of the king of Shu.

"What if this king's field is finished?" Zhu Chun said angrily, this will take dozens or hundreds of years, won't my Zhu Chun's field be divided?

Qu Neng smiled bitterly and shook his head.

After giving, there will be no more.

So don't have too many offspring.

"A thousand acres of land is far more than hundreds of millions of people in the Ming Dynasty, plus the court's wealth, as long as you don't squander it, it's enough to live a good life." Qu Neng was also thinking in his heart at this time, what King Han said was right, these people are just lucky, they were born in the royal family, and a thousand acres of land is too little?

If the common people have more than ten or twenty acres of land, they can live very well.

The hard work of being a soldier is how much land does he get?

The key is that they are not low, and they are really insatiable.

At this time, Zhu Chun said again: "This Gao Xu gives the world's officials, generals, soldiers, and even eunuchs all pay more, but does not add the salary of the vassal kings in various places?" ”

Qu Neng can only smile bitterly, the prince is 10,000 stone for rice, 25,000 yuan in banknotes, and countless other materials, so much do you want to add? Have you run out?

But he immediately said: "King Han said that in the future, he will greatly reduce the personnel of the palace and control the expenditure of the palace. ”

"Huh." Zhu Chun laughed angrily: "How many people can there be in the Prince's Mansion in the future?" ”

"There can be no more than ten eunuchs and palace maids, and the other personnel can't add up to more than thirty people, and the palace guards are responsible for the local capital."

That is, a prince's mansion, and in the future, there can only be thirty servants of various kinds.

Compared with now, there are nearly 1,000 people in the Shu Palace, which is really far away.

Of course, so many people have been cut, and the expenses of the King of Shu are naturally much less.

Zhu Chun got up at this time and walked back and forth in the hall a few times with a little annoyance.

Qu Neng also stood up and looked at him quietly.

Zhu Chun has been gone for a long time, and it is obvious that he is suffering and tortured in his heart.

Qu Neng decided to give him a strong medicine, stepped forward and said in a deep voice: "Stretching out your head is a knife, shrinking your head is also a knife, why should the king hesitate, even if he can't resist, why don't you choose a good path?" Take 10,000 steps back, in case the king of Han loses in the future, can the king return to the original? ”

"Besides, the king of Han said that as long as the king expressed his support, the king of Han would definitely compensate the king from other places."

Whether you want to or not, the king of Han has to collect taxes, so why do you bother to hit the head of the gun?

If you say such straightforwardly, a smart person like Zhu Chun will definitely be able to understand it.

"Hey" Zhu Chun finally sighed at this time: "This king is not reluctant to give up these taxes and grains, but -—— are all given by the emperor, and I am not filial." ”

After that, tears rained down and I was very excited.

The next day, Zhu Chun, the king of Shu, met Zhu Gaoxu alone, and the two didn't know what to say.

In the afternoon of the same day, Zhu Gaochu once again summoned some important officials and generals in Chengdu, and the king of Shu announced on the spot that he would give full support to Zhu Gaochu and take out one million mu of grain fields.

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At the junction of Sichuan and Shaanxi, there are Daba Mountain, Xiaoba Mountain, Micang Mountain and other mountains and Qinling Mountains respectively, and there are only a few roads to go in the mountains and gorges of the whole border of hundreds of miles from east to west, two of which are relatively gentle, and three are steep mountain roads.

The westernmost is Qishan Road, Zhuge Liang made two northern expeditions from here, and it is also the farthest way to enter Guanzhong (especially Xi'an), and then it is Chencang Road, which is also a relatively easy road.

The other three difficult roads are all in the Qinling Mountains.

In mid-October, Qu Neng came to Xingshi Mountain, his son Qu Yu stood on his left, and his other son, Qu Tao, followed the Han king.

Yu Tongyuan was behind Qu Neng, and he was also followed by his two sons, Yu Yi and Yu Jing.

In history, Yu Tongyuan's eldest son Yu Yi and his father Yu Tongyuan, Qu Neng's father and son died together in the battle of Baigou River, and now because of Zhu Gaoxu, they all survived, which is also a great blessing.

After the first battle of Sichuan, Qu Neng's soldiers and horses reached 150,000.

According to the intention of the king of Han, he reorganized the Sichuan Xingdu Division, and let the soldiers of each guard return to the guard, tuntian, training and garrisoning.

So the remaining 80,000 or so were mobile soldiers and horses.

The king of Han then increased the salaries of officials and sergeants, reorganized the three divisions, and levied heavy taxes to raise military grain and grass.

According to the way of the King of Han, Sichuan has already been solidified into Jintang, even if he takes these 80,000 people to go on the expedition, it is extremely difficult for the official army to attack Sichuan from Shaanxi, and the soldiers and horses left behind in Sichuan are enough to deal with it.

King Han had already made it clear to him that he was going to fight a decisive battle with the official army in Huguang next year, leaving Sichuan to command Si Chen Wen to defend Sichuan, and Qu Neng was going to lead troops into Shaanxi.

Although King Han asked him to re-enter the customs next year, Qu Neng came to the scene of Xingshi Mountain to check for the first time and consider the war next year.

It seems that the Guogong hinted by Zhu Gaoxu is very effective.

Now that the rebel army occupies Hanzhong, it is extremely difficult for the official army to attack from Guanzhong, but it is also extremely difficult for the rebel army to attack it.

At present, the situation between the two sides is no different from that of the Three Kingdoms Wei Shu.

Qu Neng wanted to enter the military pass, and first ruled out the direction of Qishan where Zhuge Liang went.

It is too far to go to Qishan, hundreds of miles more, and it is even farther from Xi'an.

Moreover, in the north of Qishan, the Ming army set up an important town of Qinzhou Wei to guard.

After going out from Qishan, even if you can capture Qinzhouwei, you still have to beat Xiao Pass, the west gate of the four major gateways of Guanzhong, before you can enter Guanzhong.

This has to go around the distance and attack the city, and Song Sheng in Shaanxi must have a lot of time to guard against him and stop him.

Chencang Road on the right side of Qishan Road is also not easy to walk, there is also Dasanguan blocking the front, and there is Baoji County behind Dasanguan, all of which are stationed with heavy officers and soldiers.

On the Qinling side, because the terrain is more dangerous, there is no guard set up by the Ming army.

Qu Neng plans to find a way to enter the customs here.

Sending troops from Xingshi here, it is very close to Xi'an, no, it should be said that it is the closest direction in the territory of the Han King at present.

At this time, he had just come to Xingshi Mountain, and was observing the distance, the Three Kingdoms, where the famous Battle of Xingshi took place, but it was Cao Wei who attacked at that time, and now, he wants to learn from the Northern Expedition of Zhuge Liang and Jiang Wei.

Fortunately, it is now the Ming Civil War, as long as he can take the advantage, the officers and soldiers will surrender quickly when they see the situation, which is one of his advantages.

"It's hard to get in, it's hard to get out, how did Cao Shuang think of attacking it back then?" Yu Tongyuan stood on the top of the mountain, laughing while watching, probably laughing at Cao Shuang's incompetence.

Qu Neng looked into the distance silently, as if he was thinking about something.

After a while, his son Qu Yu asked, "Does Father think of something?" ”

Qu Neng said: "I'm wondering, what Song Sheng will do." ”

As one of the rare famous generals of this era, Qu Neng first stood in Song Sheng's position and considered how Song Sheng would arrange the defense.

From Xingshi to Xi'an, there are three roads to go, all of which are canyons in the Qinling Mountains.

The easternmost is the famous Meridian Valley, which is the longest, more than 600 miles, and is also the most dangerous road, but the closest to Xi'an.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Gao Yingxiang, the king of Chuang, did not believe in evil, led people through a wave, and wanted to go directly to Xi'an, but Sun Chuanting expected it in advance, and caught a fat beating, but they were very strong, more than 600 miles only walked for less than 20 days, it is said that when Gao Yingxiang was caught by the official army, he also scolded "Wei Yan who killed a thousand knives", whether it is true or not, I don't know, it may be that someone ridiculed Gao Yingxiang.

Yu Tongyuan said at this time: "Meridian Valley can be ambushed everywhere, although Song Sheng's battle is mainly stable, but it is also quite yin, it is not good to make this bad old man, arrange soldiers and horses to wait for us inside, and-" And this road, no one has ever walked through it before. (Historically, Cao Wei walked through, but walked a little way and went back again.) ）

The west side of the Baoxie Road (Slope Valley) is 4560 miles long, the farthest from Xi'an, but the best road condition among the three roads.

Zhuge Liang's last Northern Expedition was also on this side.

(End of chapter)