Li Xianzhong occupied all the territories of the former Chahar Department, Tumut Department, and Ordos Department in Southern Mongolia.

After taking away the abundant water and grass land near Kaiyuan and Quang Ninh, he handed over the remaining Inner Khalkha territory to the Korqin Department.

In the whole of southern Mongolia, only the Horqin Department is not under his direct control.

Lin Dan Khan was afraid of being pursued by himself, so he ran all the way to Qinghai and took refuge in Oirat Mongolia there.

However, at present, Li Xianzhong only controls the area of Jiuyuan City in the west, and he is temporarily out of reach of Lin Dan Khan.

Faced with a vast territory spanning two or three thousand miles from east to west, for the time being, Li Xianzhong could only let the leaders of the various tribes and leagues manage it on his behalf, and they regularly paid a certain amount of taxes in kind to themselves.

Anyway, I can plunder the wealth in their hands in disguise through commerce, and there is no need to oppress them too hard for the time being.

He stationed troops in Chahanhot City, Guihua City, and Jiuyuan City, and moved 10,000 people who were good at herding in eastern Liaodong to these three cities, distributed pastures to them, and let them graze in the surrounding areas, forming a gathering place for Han people on the grassland.

And let the merchants enter these three cities to form a fixed bazaar, so as to radiate the surrounding tribes.

In time, these places will become the real political, economic and cultural centers of the Monan region.

The next step, of course, was to expand the cities, which were so small that they could be used as inner cities at most.

Thanks to cement, the Ming army was able to quickly build taller outer cities on the grassland.

A lot of investment will definitely be needed in the initial stage, so all the 800,000 taels that Lin Dan Khan got from him will be used to build Monan, and in addition, he will need to send some grain to Monan.

The eight Etoks of the Chahar subordinate tribes, namely Alakzhuot, Aohan, Naiman, Ulu, Haoqit, Uzhumuqin, Sunit, and Keshiketeng, were directly dismantled by Li Xianzhong into eight independent Mongolian tribes.

Then he asked the tribal leaders to send their eldest sons to Kaiyuan City, and the noble children of other tribes received free education in Chahanhot City, Guihua City, and Jiuyuan City.

In this way, it will not be long before the children of the nobility on the grassland will gradually be sinicized, and eventually succumb to Han culture.

At present, there are more than 300,000 tribes in the eight Chahar tribes, plus the Tumut tribe, the Ordos tribe, and the Inner Khalkha Mongols, and Li Xianzhong organized 30,000 cavalry from these tribes, which are under the jurisdiction of the three cities.

In the end, Li Xianzhong set up the command department of Mo Nan in Guihua City, the chief soldier Man Gui served as the commander of Mo Nandu, and Master Liu served as the political envoy of Mo Nanbu.

and left 10,000 Liaodong troops to garrison the Monan area.

Although this is a bit of a distraction of their own forces, it is still worth the effort for the long-term peace and stability of the Monan region.

The Yellow River has nine songs, and only one set of riches.

The fertile Hetao Plain was originally set up by Emperor Xiaowu as the Shuofang, and during the Han and Tang dynasties, it was an important base to curb the southward movement of northern nomads.

Shuofang in the Tang Dynasty was an extremely important military town, and Guo Ziyi's Shuofang Army was an important support for the Tang Dynasty to pacify the Anshi Rebellion.

The Ming Dynasty's abandonment of the Yinshan Tonghetao area can be said to be a major mistake.

Li Xianzhong personally went to the Hetao Plain and, together with Mao Yuanyi, selected the location of the new Shuofang City.

Because Jiuyuan City only controlled the "front set", only by building Shuofang City could the "back set" be controlled, so that the entire Hetao could be completely controlled.

Because the Central Plains Dynasty had abandoned the Hetao area for too long, there was no foundation for building a city here, and everything had to start from scratch.

Even Mao Yuanyi had to sigh: "From Liaodong to Shuofang 2,500 miles, even if we have cement, I am afraid it is not so easy to build a Shuofang City?" ”

Li Xianzhong understood what Mao Yuanyi meant, and at present, the Liaodong Army should make every effort to prepare for war in the future so as to seize Guannei. If Shuofang City is built, it will have to go hundreds of miles west to Jiuyuan, which will be a huge test for supplies.

Li Xianzhong said: "Isn't it just to spend more money and food soldiers, if we don't build a city here, we can only control the Hetao remotely, and sooner or later this place will be occupied by the grassland tribes." ”

"My father is unwilling to guard the Great Wall every day, and I have already given Man Gui a death order to build this Shuofang City in half a year. Whether it's Nurgandusi or Shuofang, as long as it is the land that has been lost in history, my father must get it back! ”

Mao Yuanyi clenched his fists and said: "My subordinates are willing to follow the Duke of Liao to reproduce the prosperity of the Han and Tang dynasties!" ”

This expedition to Monan was a long way, and it had already taken several months, and after settling all this, it was time for him to return to Liaodong.

As for his eight concubines, Li Xianzhong specially opened a separate courtyard for them in the Liao State Mansion in Kaiyuan.

This is a purely political marriage, although these eight people are all good-looking, but Li Xianzhong is not interested in having a relationship with them, and if he accidentally has a child, it may not be his own.

To be honest, except for the eldest concubine Namu Zhong, he almost didn't pay attention to the appearance of the other concubines.

However, at this time, Mao Yuanyi brought Lin Dan Khan's third concubine Su Tai to meet him.

Li Xianzhong was also taken aback when he first saw Sutai, because she was almost 9 points similar to his wife Hazia.

The two are also of similar age.

After inquiring, I learned that Sutai was not a Mongol, he was the niece and granddaughter of Yehebel Jintaiji, and he was also related to Hazia.

Mao Yuanyi said: "The third concubine of Sutai is grateful that the Duke of Liao did not kill her son Ezhe, and he is willing to go to Beijing to replace the Duchess Hazia. ”

Sutai's son, Ezhe, is the only son of Lin Dan Khan and is only 6 years old this year.

Considering that the Chahar Ministry has just been annexed, Li Xianzhong did not kill his only son.

To be honest, Li Xianzhong even suspected that this child was not Lin Danhan's at all, because Lin Danhan is 34 years old this year, and he has so many beautiful wives, and he only has such a child, which is really unbelievable.

That can only show that Lin Dan Khan is very likely to be infertile at all.

It seems that Su Tai is still very smart, he knows that he doesn't kill Ezhe just to appease people's hearts, and sooner or later he will have to cut the grass and eradicate the roots.

That's why she didn't hesitate to risk her life in exchange for Li Xianzhong's promise never to kill his son.

Sure enough, mother's love is great!

Li Xianzhong said: "At present, Ezhe's age is still young, and when he grows up, this guild will let him lead some Chahar tribes!" ”

It's been the sixth year of the Apocalypse now, and Zhu Youxiao shouldn't have many days left.

After all, Jingshi is in danger, so if possible, it is better to rescue Hazia as soon as possible!

In addition to Hazia, there are also many children of the Li family who are also officials in Beijing or the imperial court.

The Li family in Liaodong is actually a big family, and due to Li Chengliang's relationship, many members of the Li family are serving in the imperial court.

However, Li Xianzhong did not reuse the Li family too much. Except for the eldest brother Li Huaizhong, who has been serving as the chief soldier in Liaodong, that is, the Nanzhen Fusi controlled by Li Xingzhong is more used by him.

The others don't have much to do with each other.

On the one hand, Li Xianzhong has crossed over, and he has no family affection with these people.

In addition, there are so many children of the Li family in Beijing, and they can also confuse Zhu Youxiao.

Mao Yuanyi said: "Although a suitable stand-in has been found, both inside and outside the Liaoguo Mansion are the secret agents of Dongchang Tongjin Yiwei, as well as the people of the Five Cities Terracotta Division. ”

"And Madame is almost in solitary confinement now, rarely going out, and even the Intelligence Department may not be able to change her out."

Li Xianzhong thought for a while and said: "My father has his own clever plan!" ”

Then he leaned over to Mao Yuanyi's side and whispered a few words.

After hearing this, Mao Yuanyi was shocked and said: "Blowing up the powder magazine of Wang Gong's factory, will this movement be too big?" ”

"There are a lot of people living around Wang Gongchang, so the number of casualties is estimated to be no less, and our crystal garden in the north of the city is estimated to be affected."

Li Xianzhong said: "The movement is not big, how can I take advantage of the chaos to rescue my wife?" ”

"I heard that the War Bureau has copied a lot of Dutch flintlock pistols, and if all these equipment are in the hands of the imperial court, it will be my soldiers from Liaodong who will die in the future."

"The power of the black powder in the imperial court is insufficient, so it is necessary to increase the power of the explosion."

"In addition, don't make this incident an accidental explosion, but make it a punishment from heaven for Zhu Youxiao!"

"As for those glass conservatories, it's summer anyway, and all the tulips are transferred outdoors, and the other flowers don't matter, it's not worth a few dollars."

"By the way, the glass in the warehouse must be transferred in advance, such an explosion, it is estimated that the glass in Beijing will be damaged a lot, and there must be a lot of people who rematch the glass at that time, we have to stock up in advance!"

Mao Yuanyi had to admit that the idea of igniting Wang Gongchang's factory was poisonous, but it was really powerful.

not only blew up a large number of firearms and materials in the imperial court, but also took the opportunity to build momentum, saying that this was God's punishment for His Majesty.

Now that Jingshi's glass is basically saturated, the demand is not large, and another wave of glass can be sold after such an earthquake.

Rescuing Madame seems to have become a matter of course.

That's four birds with one stone!

His own national prince is really incomprehensible, and sometimes he worries about the country and the people; Now it seems that he has been possessed by Jia Xu and Li Ru.

This is really the first conspiracy in the world!

Wang Gong Factory is located in the southwest corner of the Beijing Division, which is the warehouse where the military bureau stores gunpowder, and there is also a production workshop for gunpowder nearby.

Now Han Gonggong of the Liaodong Arsenal is an old man of the War Bureau, and he is very familiar with Wang Gongchang, and under his guidance, the Intelligence Department quickly formulated a blasting plan.

In addition to the people who were originally lurking in the War Bureau of the Intelligence Department, they also directly bribed the stewards and eunuchs of the War Bureau through the relationship of Han Gonggong, which can be described as foolproof.

In order to increase the power of this explosion, not only a large amount of granulated black powder was used, but also a large amount of white sugar was added.

Almost all the sugar in Liaodong's inventory was used up.

In addition to the powder magazine and the same firearms workshop and warehouse at Wang Gong Factory, the Intelligence Department also added several more detonation points around the area to ensure that the scope of the explosion was greatly expanded.

Of course, the explosion itself is not difficult, but it takes a lot of thought to turn this incident into a kind of divine punishment.

It is expected that the explosion will spread to about 700 meters near Wang Gongchang, so the additional blasting points are far away from the nearby temple, so that the temple will not be affected in this explosion, and there is the effect of blessing the gods and Buddhas.

In addition, before the explosion, in the Fire God Temple in Jingshi, it was still easy to artificially create a fireball, and the vision of the Fire God Elephant shaking.

No one would have noticed beforehand, but once the explosion occurred, people would naturally associate it with the fire god getting angry and the heavens sending down punishment.

As for the punishment caused by the emperor, it will be easier, and then the intelligence department will buy some beggars to spread some nursery rhymes.

Of course, the cooperation of the Shenji Battalion is also needed, because the gunpowder from Wang Gong's factory is supplied to the three major battalions of the Beijing Division and the Yulin Battalion.

Now that the Yulin Battalion is still besieging the White Lotus Sect in Yanzhou, it is naturally mainly to supply the Shenji Battalion, so the Intelligence Department bribed the people of the Shenji Battalion and asked them to find an excuse not to receive gunpowder, so that Wang Gongchang would have more gunpowder.

On the sixth day of the fifth month of the sixth year of the Apocalypse, Zhu Youxiao, the Emperor of the Apocalypse, was having breakfast in the Qianqing Palace, only to hear a loud noise, and suddenly the hall shook.

Zhu Youxiao thought it was an earthquake, hurriedly threw down his rice bowl, got up and went straight to the Jiaotai Palace.

His reaction speed was so fast that the attendants had time to keep up for a while, with only one personal guard supporting him.

But when he walked to the side of the Jianji Palace, there were wooden sills and mandarin tiles falling from the sky, and the top of Zhu Youxiao's personal guard was smashed and cracked, and he was killed.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse gasped and ran into the Jiaotai Hall alone, hiding under a table in the main hall.

Soon after, Wei Zhongxian and others welcomed His Majesty out.

At this time, the main hall of the Qianqing Palace was seriously damaged, and it was a mess, and the throne and the imperial case were all overturned to the ground.

The eunuchs who served the emperor to breakfast were all martyred, and no one survived!

Just when Zhu Youxiao was congratulating himself for the rest of his life, suddenly the chamberlain came to report that the emperor's third son, Zhu Cijiong, was frightened to death due to the explosion.

Zhu Cijiong is the third son of Emperor Zhu Youxiao of the Apocalypse, and he also has high hopes and is preparing to be canonized as the crown prince.

His mother, Ren, was canonized as the imperial concubine by Zhu Youxiao.

It is precisely because of the concubine Ren Guifei who he dedicated gave birth to a dragon heir for His Majesty, that Wei Zhongxian was favored again.

For this crown prince Wei Zhongxian is even more caring, and sent his henchmen to take care of him carefully, but he didn't expect that people were not as good as heaven, and he actually died in this explosion.

Zhu Youxiao was even more sad, and posthumously crowned the crown prince Zhu Cijiong as the prince of dedication.

After that, he vomited out a mouthful of blood and fainted, so frightened that Wei Zhongxian hurriedly sent Wang Huazhen to come to His Majesty for treatment.

Originally, Wei Zhongxian knew that Zhu Youxiao's health was not good, and this third son of the emperor was his future dependence, if His Majesty really had an accident, he could still assist the young master and be his own "nine thousand years old"!

Now this accident has made Wei Zhongxian's entire plan fall through.

At this time, news came from the palace that due to the sudden huge earthquake, a large number of craftsmen who were under construction fell from the scaffolding or were smashed, and there were many dead and injured, more than 1,000 people.

And the imperial history He Qianshu and Pan Yunyi were shocked to death in the Qianqing Palace and became the highest officials martyred in the palace.

In fact, the palace is only on the periphery of the explosion, and the impact is not the greatest.

Outside the palace is a mess, which can almost be said to be purgatory on earth.

At the time of the explosion, "the sky was clear and cloudless".

A muffled thunderous roar came from the northeast, and the rumbling sound gradually moved southwest. Suddenly, there was a loud bang, and the dust in the sky suddenly surged up within a radius of more than ten miles from Wang Gong's factory, and then the sky darkened, and it was shrouded in darkness after a while.

People only felt that the earth shook violently, tens of thousands of houses collapsed, and many large trees were uprooted. The elephant house near Wang Gong's factory was collapsed, and the elephants fled in a hurry.

People were shocked, Wang Gongchang roared again, and the ground suddenly burst out, and two large pits more than ten zhang deep appeared.

The southwest corner of the capital, where Wang Gong's factory is located, is almost in ruins.

There was a big stone lion weighing 5,000 catties on Shifuma Street and was thrown out of the Shuncheng Gate.

In the area of Xi'an Gate, iron slag the size of a grain of rice flies and splashes in the air, and in the area of Chang'an Street, people fall from the air from time to time, and some only have eyebrows and noses left, especially outside Desheng Gate.

In the territory of Miyun, more than 20 big trees actually flew in. What is even more incredible is that many of the dead and wounded, men and women, young and old, were "naked".

Within the area of the center of the explosion, the sedan chairs of officials Xue Fengxiang, Fang Zhuangli, and Wu Zhongwei, who were walking on the street, were damaged, many people were injured, and Dong Kewei, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, had his arms broken.

When the news reached the palace, Wei Zhongxian was also confused.

According to the speculation of the Five Cities Terracotta Division, the explosion should have been caused by the powder magazine of Wang Gong's factory.

With Wang Gongchang as the center, the houses within a radius of about 220 zhang (750 meters) were almost completely destroyed, and the casualties in the Beijing division were as high as 20,000.

Tian Ergeng, the commander of Jinyiwei, said: "Now there are rumors in the capital, all saying that His Majesty is immoral, so the gods have sent down punishments, and the prince was scared to death is proof. ”

Wei Zhongxian scolded angrily: "Bastard, who is taking the opportunity to spread rumors and arrest them all for our family!" ”

Tian Ergeng was also helpless at this time, he said: "The humble post sent Jinyi Wei to arrest the people who spread the rumors as soon as possible, but there are too many people to spread them, and they can't be caught at all." ”

"Now the Five Cities Terracotta Division, the Beizhen Fusi prison, and even the edict prison in Dongchang are all overcrowded!"

Under the operation of the Intelligence Division, a lot of miraculous things have happened.

As soon as the explosion was over, they paid a large number of beggars to strip the clothes of the deceased, creating the spectacle of the deceased being unclothed.

In addition, the intelligence is that the people also took advantage of the darkness to move the stone lions and big trees to a far away place in advance.

Coupled with the abnormality of the Fire God Temple before the explosion, the people of Jingshi were convinced that this time it was due to the anger of the Fire God.

Of course, it was still very difficult for this punishment to be brought to the weather emperor Zhu Youxiao.

However, the news actually came from Ouchi: Zhu Cijiong, the third son of the emperor, died of fright due to the explosion.

This Emperor of the Apocalypse lost his morality, so the story of the punishment sent down by heaven is solid.

The three sons of the emperor were all scared to death, and it was obvious that God was to punish His Majesty, and the common people who were killed in Jingshi were just unlucky.

Of course, there are also positive examples, due to the accurate calculation of the explosion point, the damage to temples such as Zhenru Temple and Cheng'en Temple near Wang Gongchang is relatively small.

The common people believe that this is the blessing of God, otherwise why the nearby buildings have been greatly damaged, but these temples are fine.

With so many coincidences together, it is certainly not a coincidence, although the arrest of the government makes the common people dare not discuss it openly on the street, but they are indeed convinced in private.

The news of "Your Majesty's immorality, the heavens sent down punishments, the Jingshi was bombed, and the prince was killed" quickly spread to all parts of the country at a rapid speed.

But after arriving in Liaodong, it was a different version.

Previously, the Duke of Liao went on an expedition to Monan, and the news of getting the jade seal of the Great Yuan Dynasty spread in Liaodong.

Although the governor of Liaodong, the yamen and the Liaoguo Mansion, both refuted the rumors in time, saying that there was no such thing.

But the common people don't believe it!

With the impetus of the Intelligence Department, the people of Liaodong soon combined these two things.

Your Majesty is immoral, and the heavens will punish him; The Duke of Liao is the chosen one and has obtained the jade seal of the country.

Obviously, Li Xianzhong, the Duke of Liao, is going to replace him!

Although the government denied it, the relationship between the imperial court and Liaodong is still somewhat known to the common people.

Anyway, in Liaodong, they have long been accustomed to "only the Duke of Liao, but not His Majesty!" ”

Liaodong's laws and regulations and tax system are different from those of the Ming Dynasty, and in the eyes of the common people, Li Xianzhong has allowed them to live a good life.

At this time, Hazia was looking at the distant land, since he married Li Xianzhong in the 47th year of Wanli, he has been staying in Beijing as a hostage, and 7 years have passed in a blink of an eye.

Although this day is not frightening, it is also less gathering and more separation.

She was also extremely entangled in her heart, on the one hand, she wanted Li Xianzhong to accompany her, and on the other hand, she was afraid that he would be imprisoned by the emperor in Beijing.

They hadn't seen each other in years, and she felt even more lonely after sending her child away.

Now that she can return to Liaodong and reunite with her husband and children, she is naturally very happy.

Soon after, the warship docked at the pier at Yingkou.

The once busy dock has now been emptied.

Soldiers armed with muskets stood guard in the distance, and there was only a lone figure on the long trestle.

The moment she saw Li Xianzhong, Hazia couldn't hold back any longer.

She quickly got off the boat and rushed towards Li Xianzhong.

The two who cried with joy finally hugged each other, and the moment their lips touched, Li Xianzhong felt like he had been electrocuted.

In the end, it was Hazia who pushed Li Xianzhong away, and she said: "This is a wharf, what kind of system can the dignified Liao Guogong let people see?" ”

Li Xianzhong said with a wicked smile: "I have already cleared the field, didn't you see that the soldiers were all facing away from us?" ”

Then he stroked Hazia's face and said gently: "You have suffered all these years!" ”

Hazia grabbed Li Xianzhong's waist, twisted it hard and said: "You have been merry and happy all these years, and the women around you have changed one stubble after another, I heard that Ling went to Mo Nan a few days ago but married 8 concubines in one go, can you still hold up your bones?" ”

After saying that, Hazia added a little more strength to her hand.

Li Xianzhong, who was in pain, hurriedly begged for mercy and said: "Lady, this public knows that I am wrong, I swear to God, I haven't even looked at those eight concubines, let alone touched them!" ”

Hazia snuggled up in Li Xianzhong's arms at this time, and said coquettishly: "Xianggong, is it too much for so many people in Beijing to die because of me?" ”

It can be seen that Hazia has indeed been much calmer over the years, and she can say that she already has a kind of motherly bearing.

Li Xianzhong said: "Relying on the king's words to seal the marquis, it will be a success!" ”

"This time the main purpose is to destroy the firearms of the Jingshi, so that the people of the world feel that God is punishing Your Majesty, and saving you is only incidental, you don't have to blame yourself!"

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