In a large landlord's house near Pingduguan, Daning County, Pingyang Prefecture, the unique medicinal fragrance of Maojian tea floats in the hall. Zhu Cijiong, the loan king of the Ming Dynasty, wearing a commoner suit and a handkerchief, sat upright in the hall

First of all, he has a confident smile on his face. At first glance, he looks like a little Zhu Cixiang.

Seeing Zu Kefa coming in accompanied by Li Jiantai, Prime Minister of the Dai Dynasty, and Luo Xiu Shen, the general of the palace, Zhu Cijiong greeted him with a smile, and asked the three of them to sit down without courtesy, looking easy-going. Zu Kefa could not refute the reputation of the King Dai.

, after bowing with a smile, he put it on a chair and sat down. Li Jiantai and Luo Xiushen were accompanying him in the hall.

"Your Majesty is very happy. Wu Sangui is determined to do something right this time! He has 330 soldiers and horses from a thousand households, and he can pull out an army of 100,000!

Now Wu Sangui has occupied the territory of Xi'an Prefecture and Tongguan Guard. As long as he changes his mind, the prince's territory will be connected with the court's territory. It seems that it is just around the corner to defeat Shenjing and restore the Central Plains. By then, the prince will be my first Ming Dynasty leader.

The hero of the number..."

Listening to Zuk Kefa describing a great situation in the fight against the Qing Dynasty, Zhu Cijiong couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Adding a vassal king to the number one hero... no matter how it sounds, it sounds like he has achieved great success and shakes up the lord!

Moreover, as a vassal king, he still owes a lot of loan sharks. It is impossible to return to the vassal mansion and become a rich and virtuous king! Because he owes not only a "silver debt", but also a "blood debt". The silver debt is easy to repay, and his emperor

It is said that my brother is good at amassing money and can be regarded as the most greedy king in the history of the Ming Dynasty. He would not watch his own brother die in poverty for a debt of several million taels, right?

But how to repay the "blood debt" that King Zhu Lo owes others?

After merging Jiang Yu's troops, the number of troops under King Dai's command has reached 45,000 to 45,600...many of them have lost their lives in order to defend the Ming Dynasty!

This is a blood debt! It is a blood debt owed by the acting king Zhu Cijiong!

Can Zhu Cixi help pay these blood debts?

These "creditors" who helped Zhu Cijiong fight against the Qing Dynasty in Luliang Mountain and Datong Prefecture not only wanted a few military salaries, but also wanted land in Shanxi. The total number of acres of land in Shanxi during the Taiping Period was more than 36 million acres.

Wang's group of "blood creditors" would get an average of two to three hundred acres per family, and if they gave some to the families of the soldiers who died in battle, more than ten million acres would be gone...

In addition, there are still debts to be repaid by the Shanxi gentry who lent money to King Dai to fight the war!

If both the silver debt and the blood debt are repaid, Shanxi Province will almost return to Zhu Cijiong's old ministry! Can Zhu Cihong agree?

Zuk Kefa looked at Zhu Cijiong with a sad look on his face, and thought he was worried about the Qing army to the east of Tongguan Guard. So he thought carefully and said: "Your Majesty, Wu Sangui suffered heavy losses in the battle of Heshangyuan, and now he only has the only soldiers left who can fight.

With more than 30,000 people and little food and pay, it may be difficult to withstand the fierce attack of the Qing army. So he wants to borrow troops and pay from you, the prince."

Zhu Cijiong frowned a little when he heard this. He had paid off all the debts himself, so how could he lend it to Wu Sangui? So he gave his prime minister and father-in-law Li Jiantai a look, hoping that he would find an excuse to refuse.

Li Jiantai nodded and said: "It's easy for Wu Sangui to borrow troops and pay for Zu Zhaofu, but the question is, what will he give in return?"

What to give in return?

Zuke Faxin said: His Highness the King and the Emperor are indeed brothers from the same father and mother...

Zu Kefa smiled and said: "Now that Wu Sangui's sister has become the queen, are you still afraid that he will default on his debt?"

That would be even more scary... Zhu Cijiong thought to himself, as a vassal king, can he go to the queen to collect the debt? But there is no point in the debt, but the poisonous wine is enough!

"This is not possible..." Li Jiantai was a Shanxi merchant, so he knew how to make a plan.

How could it be possible to add real money and silver to the army and just lend it to Wu Sangui?

"Prime Minister, rescuing troops is like putting out fire!" Zu Kefa said anxiously, "Besides, the prince and Wu Sangui are close friends, and it would be shameful for them to die."

"There must be a mortgage." Li Jiantai, an old treacherous businessman and an old treacherous minister, just shook his head.

"Mortgage?" Zukefa was stunned. You who are contemporary kings and kings of Pingxi, do you still need to mortgage money to borrow money?

"I wonder what kind of mortgage the prince wants?" Zukefa asked.

"Ningxia." Li Jiantai said, "Now that Wu Sangui has the foundation of being the king of Guanzhong, it is not appropriate to take Ningxia and Gansu, the source of elite soldiers, right? Why don't we give up Ningxia town to my prince?"

Zukfa's eyes widened and he was completely stunned.

How can such an operation be carried out? Are you people privately granting and receiving the country's land to each other? These are rebellious officials and traitors!

He took a breath, frowned and asked, "How can the prince get along in Luliang, with Yan'an Prefecture between him and Ningxia?"

"It's passable, why can't it be passed?" Li Jiantai smiled, "Wang Yongqiang has agreed to submit to the imperial court, and there are many generals from Yan'an, Yulin, and Ningxia under his command."

Li Jiantai's idea was to have Zhu Cijiong move to Yan'an, Wang Yongqiang and Gao Di to Ningxia, Jiang Yu to guard Yulin, and Zhang Xixian to guard Luliang Mountain.

In this way, King Dai captured half of the elite soldiers of Gansu and Shaanxi, and he also transformed from a mountain prince into a truly powerful vassal of Gansu and Shaanxi!

Even if the prince in Nanjing wants to reduce his vassal status, he has to make careful calculations...

In addition, with the territory of Yan'an, Yulin, and Ningxia, King Zhu Cijiong could repay some of his "blood debt" to some extent, and the soldiers who followed King Dai in the mountains could also have a piece of land where they could rest and recuperate.

Zu Kefa also took care of it for Wu Sangui, and this method was okay. Now that Wu Sangui was so poor that he couldn't even afford to be a traitor, it wouldn't matter if he gave up Ningxia.

Besides, how can Ningxia be as good as Xi'an? After Wu Sangui gave up Ningxia, he could easily move the thousands of households that were previously settled in Ningxia to Xi'an Prefecture, and Fengxiang Prefecture would guard it. He would first firmly control the Guanzhong Plain, and then talk about other things.

In addition, with Dai Wang, a powerful vassal in the northwest, as a companion, Wu Sangui's group will not be so conspicuous... If the Qing Dynasty cannot be destroyed for a while, the prince of Nanjing may be able to tolerate Wu Sangui and Zhu Cijiong in the northwest

Carefree.

"Okay!" Zukefa nodded, "I will agree on Wu Sangui's behalf... But the military situation in Xi'an is so fierce now that we can't delay sending troops to borrow money for a long time!"

Li Jiantai and Luo Xiushen turned to see the king at the same time. Zhu Cijiong had already made a plan. He said: "My king's troops have been assembled and can be sent out at any time! There are still hundreds of thousands of taels of silver stored in Pingdu Pass. You can borrow them first."

Give Wu Sangui an emergency."

It turned out that after Zhu Cijiong learned the news of Zhang Xianzhong's death, he also planned to send troops to Shaanxi to seize some territory - he was not living an easy life in the Luliang Mountains, and he urgently needed a rich territory to recuperate.

Now we can reach an agreement with Wu Sangui to divide Gansu and Shaanxi, which is better than the two families falling out, right?

...

"Tell Nikan that there is no need to march into Guanzhong... just occupy Shaanzhou with one force and block Wu Sangui's eastward advance. The main force enters Jin and is controlled by Azige!"

Shandong, Qufu. The Qing Emperor Amadorgun, who was presiding over the archaeological excavation work, was giving orders to Nikan who was far away in Shaanxi Province at this time.

Contrary to the expectations of Wu Sangui and Zhu Cijiong, Dorgon did not want to enter Bingguanzhong at all. Because he did not know that the Daxi Army without Zhang Xianzhong actually beat Wu Sangui to heavy losses... It is impossible to think about it. Zhang Xianzhong, the leader, was

No more, the following group of boys are still leaderless and at the mercy of others?

This is like the Qing Dynasty without his Duo Amma, so what hope does it have? It’s just waiting to perish...

"Give Azig another order," Dorgon continued, "tell him to immediately enter the Luliang Mountains and suppress them! We must give the Southern Dynasty King Dai's troops a thunderous blow before Wu Sangui betrays us, the Qing Dynasty!"

Fan Wencheng had already drafted the edict based on Dorgon's dictation and brought it over to Dorgon for review. Dorgon waved his hand and told Fan Wencheng to keep the edict, and then asked: "Have the accounts of Zhengluqi been settled?

How much loss did you make last year?”

It turns out that Wu Sangui was not the only one who suffered losses for being a traitor. Many people in Zhenglv Banner also suffered losses. After the New Year, all the Jia La and Niu Lu were settling accounts. After settling the accounts, they had to ask for mercy and give some money and food.
Chapter completed!