However, these interested people openly demanded that the court adopt a tough attitude to strive to use the Yellow River as the boundary, but in fact they hoped that the later the Northern Expedition, the better. After all, the Northern Expedition did not have many real benefits for them, but it greatly increased their burden. Especially those gentry with a large amount of land and property shouted, "It is not advisable to send troops to the Northern Expedition before truly unifying the south."

As for the so-called "real unification of the south" concept, it is naturally controlled by them. However, these people are very energetic and echo each other in the field, and they can even ask such a big man like Qian Qianyi to speak out for them.

Liu Yongxi was also doing good deeds. He repeatedly stated in public that in terms of the current situation, it was acceptable for both sides to maintain the situation with the Yellow River as the boundary. As long as the Qing army could only give up the territory south of the Yellow River, then the inheritance of the Heavenly Kingdom could maintain a brotherly relationship with the Qing Kingdom.

However, since the Qing Dynasty failed in the southern expeditions, and although Liu Yongxi was young, he was still one round older than Emperor Shunzhi, so naturally the Ming Dynasty was the brother of the Qing Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty wanted to contribute annual tribute to the Ming Dynasty, the country of elders. However, as the saying goes, pay the money on the spot, Liu Yongxi's current thinking is still to maintain the status quo in the north and focus on integrating the south.

Moreover, the Ming Dynasty in Yue did encounter many problems in integrating the south. Although Lu Zhenfei peacefully accepted Guangzhou as soon as possible after receiving the edict, many local forces and powerful people in Guangdong were unwilling to obey the orders of Lu Zhenfei and the Ming Dynasty, announcing that they would continue to be loyal to Emperor Longwu or directly support a new emperor. They also received support from certain external forces, so Lu Zhenfei still could not control the entire province of Guangdong in a short period of time.

The situation in Guangxi was even more chaotic. Although many prefectures and counties and civil and military officials supported Chengtian, the King of Jingjiang in Guilin had no idea what medicine he took wrong and announced that he would continue to support King Tang. With the support of King Jingjiang, the King of Tang finally had a foothold.

The situation in Yunnan and Guizhou is even more complicated. Although Sun Kewang has made a smooth progress, he has taken Guiyang, but in the report, he said that Yunnan has fallen into turmoil. Chieftains from all over the country have raised troubles and resisted the imperial court and the Mu family. With his 10,000 troops and thousands of Ming troops in Guizhou Province, he may not be able to take the entire province of Yunnan. Therefore, he hopes that Liu Yongxi can send more than 10,000 former subordinates of Xiying to support him.

As for Sichuan, the situation is even more complicated. Although Sichuan Governor Yang Zhan has won most of Sichuan after receiving the full support of Liu Yongxi, the warlords in Sichuan are still in chaos. Not to mention the small warlords loyal to the Tang King, even powerful factions like Zeng Ying who have changed their banners and turned to Chengtian Dynasty feel that their contributions are not inferior to Yang Zhan, and they always want to cause trouble for Yang Zhan, so Yang Zhan still has many things to do.

Anyway, according to the clever opinions of these interested people, the Tian Dynasty would delay the Northern Expedition for three or five years. If the Qing army did not continue the Southern Expedition for ten years, it would be fine if eight years. Although the Northern Expedition would still be in the end, the Northern Expedition should be discussed for a long time.

However, even Qian Qianyi, who helped them write a letter, felt that these people were completely making trouble. He openly helped these interested people write letters to the court and Liu Yongxi, but privately conveyed his true words to Liu Yongxi through Liu Rushi: "When the Northern Expedition is related to the life and death of the country, it is naturally up to Your Majesty and the Court to decide in one word. Please do not take these nonsense from the outside court too seriously!"

Liu Yongxi laughed when he heard Liu Ru say this: "Qian Qianyi is indeed a smart person, but it's a pity that he is too smart!"

Liu Rushi was very helpless when she heard Liu Yongxi's comments. She could only say: "He understood many things in his heart, but when he really responded to the situation, he had no determination and courage. However, he was right. Now Jianlu and Caozhou Yishi have fallen into a hard battle, which is the best time for the Northern Expedition!"

Compared with the Battle of Caozhou in history, the "Caozhou Yishi" led by Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo and Zuo Menggeng is now stronger, and the troops that the Qing army can mobilize after two major defeats are limited. Therefore, Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo and Zuo Menggeng have swept over a dozen prefectures and counties with the cooperation of the Yuyuan army. Under this situation, many people feel that inheriting the Heavenly Dynasty is a god-given opportunity to lose the Northern Expedition.

However, Liu Yongxi said very happily: "There are so many Northern Expeditions in all dynasties, and each time is the time when they take up all the right time, place and people in their eyes, but how many times did they succeed in the end? The key is in people's hearts, and we must make the people in the world feel at ease!"

The so-called "people in the world" are a vague concept, but no matter whether it is the literati, powerful, gentry, merchant, farmer, refugee, or soldier of this era, there is actually no concept of a nation or country, so the Duoduo expedition will be so smooth. If it were not for the shaving order, the Qing Dynasty would easily conquer the world.

Now Liu Yongxi not only wants to win the trust of these people in the world, but also mobilize these "people in the world": "Since the government and the opposition have the idea of ​​having a good talk with the Qing Dynasty, then we will fight while talking to let everyone know how sincere the Qing Dynasty has. When the people in the world understand that Jianlu is not trustworthy, this dynasty has no other way except the Northern Expedition, and then it will naturally be natural to send troops!"

Although Liu Yongxi's statement seems to be ineffective, Liu Rushi is a smarter woman than Qian Qianyi. She already understands it: "No wonder Your Majesty asked Li Xiangjun to return to Beijing together. My sister Lizhen and I can help you with this!"

Although the court is now full of controversy over the timing of the Northern Expedition, people can strive for it and mobilize it. Now Li Xiangjun is busy with this matter. Moreover, she does not just shout a few slogans, but promotes and mobilizes it from all aspects.

Not only drama, storytelling, and edicts, under the arrangement of Liu Yongxi, Li Xiangjun also organized the first periodical published in the Ming Dynasty, analyzing the pros and cons of the Northern Expedition from all aspects, talking about historical lessons and practical interests, and even publishing several articles suggesting the suspension of the Northern Expedition or the neutral faction.

This regular magazine called "Theory of National Policy" has now reached the level of expensive paper in Luoyang, and the circulation of each issue has reached more than a thousand volumes for this time and space. You should know that the various printed materials in this time and space are generally only printed one or two hundred or even dozens of volumes. It is already an astronomical number to print three or five hundred volumes at a time, and a large number of copybooks and reprints have appeared in various places.

Although it is not a formal official newspaper or gentry record, whether it is recommended to suspend the Northern Expedition or support the immediate Northern Expedition, civil and military officials, gentry, merchants, and scholars attach great importance to this monthly and regular publication of the National Policy, and regard it as an authoritative channel to grasp the trends of the court.
Chapter completed!