It's no wonder that Hong Chengchou was so angry. Although Sun Kewang was kind-hearted, it meant that he asked the Qing Dynasty to send troops to help him eliminate Li Dingguo, and then used the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan as his vassal states. Sun Kewang only needed to pay tribute every year. As Hong Chengchou said, this was simply a great dream of Spring and Autumn.

Sun Kewang was extremely surprised. The Qing Dynasty had been worried about the southwest for more than ten years, and today he provided assistance to him. How could Hong Chengchou be so arrogant and he had no intention of being courteous, which made Sun Kewang unable to believe it.

In fact, there is a reason for Hong Chengchou's temperament to be corrupt. He has been in charge of the five provinces and has planned to the southwest for many years. He has personally built a defense line of thousands of miles from Sichuan to Fujian. Although he blocked the attack of Xiying, he has never been able to invade Yunnan and Guizhou. In the past four years, he has been in trouble with tens of millions of troops under his command. Hong Chengchou actually felt helpless in the southwest. After the Battle of Guangdong and Guangxi, Guangdong and Guangxi were lost, and Jiangxi became the front line. Hong Chengchou's pressure increased greatly. He knew very well that the Manchu court's attitude towards Han officials like him. If he was careless, it would be a disaster for the whole family. In order to avoid a death, Hong Chengchou claimed that he was "incompetent in management and had not expanded his territory" and asked the court to dismiss the post and return to the capital.

In fact, Hong Chengchou was also very clear that the position of the five provinces was a hot potato. In the past, it was just a few days ago when facing the southwest. Now, he jumped into Guangdong in the east and west, and no matter how the ministers of Manchu and Han Dynasty dared not take over. So Hong Chengchou played a trick and claimed that he was blind and could not take the matter. He asked to return to Beijing to make a reservation. This was the reason why the Qing court could not refuse and could not even prove it.

But this bad idea was thought of by Hong Chengchou a month ago and he wrote a memorial. Now Sun Kewang surrenders, and the civil strife in Yunnan and Guizhou is a god-given opportunity for the Qing Dynasty. Hong Chengchou suddenly felt that things in the southwest were of great potential, but he just posted a memorial that was blind and directly asked Hong Chengchou to slap himself in the face. This is also Hong Chengchou scolded Sun Kewang for surrendering ten days and half a month earlier, so that he could send a quick horse to recover the memorial.

"The ruler has been worried about the southwest for many years. Now that he sees the palace descending, his blood is pouring up. Your Highness, don't blame him, please go to the back hall to rest first and wait for a while." Hong Chengchou's staff was careful to accompany him, and he made a fancy color. The servant took Sun Ke to the back hall.

"Oh, the old man is confused. Why did he treat Sun Kewang like this? This guy is now a strange guy, so he can't stop being punished." Seeing that Sun Kewang had left, the aide quickly persuaded him.

Hong Chengchou sat on the chair and said angrily: "Oh! I was also unhappy in my heart for a while."

"Now it seems that we should report this matter to the emperor and deal with it." The aide suggested. Hong Chengchou glanced at the aide and asked, "How can we justify the blindness the day before yesterday?"

The aide said: "The humble position has already left room for improvement in the memorials." As he said that, he had already taken out the part he had drafted by the aide. The aide said: "You are old and weak, your blood is stagnant, and you can't even see things. Sir, you see, your blindness is because of your old and weakness. Now I heard that Sun Kewang surrenders. My Qing Dynasty is just around the corner. With the qi and blood tumbling, how can you not restore your vision?"

"This." Hong Chengchou was quite hesitant.

The staff laughed: "My lord, this is just an excuse. Now in the court, there are still a few sect kings who can fight well, and there are several relatives who stand alone. The overall situation in the southwest depends on you."

As the staff said, the Manchu tribe had rapidly withered after entering the pass. By the 13th year of Yongli, the Aisin Gioro family, which had once shined with stars, had already withered. Among the Huang Taiji generation, Jiergalang, who had persisted until the end, died of illness due to his old age. In the third generation, Boluo died of worries and anger. Yue Le was still on the southeast front line, Mandahai was in Liaodong, and the Qing Dynasty could no longer produce any sect king who could stand alone.

Hong Chengchou made up his mind and went to the back hall in person. When he saw Sun Kewang, he said, "It was just that the officials were rude. Please don't ask the king to take a heart. He has ordered people to prepare a banquet to be shocked by the king."

Only then did Sun Kewang feel satisfied. In the next few days, Hong Chengchou was open-minded and kind to Sun Kewang and treated him with all his heart. Hong Chengchou treated him with the courtesy of the king, and Kewang was still called alone and widowed. The relationship between the two became increasingly intimate and finally colluded.

Hong Chengchou and Sun Kewang acted together. Hong Chengchou wrote a memorial, and Sun Kewang surrendered. Hong Chengchou said in the memorial: "Yunxi is far away from the end of the sky, and the voice and education have not been understood. For more than ten years, I have never dared to resist the king's army. I really want to wait for the time to submit my life. I hope to be blinded by Wen Xiu and did not know the kindness of the Qing Dynasty. I recently heard that the emperor Wen Desui was famous and he admired him deeply, so I led the crowd to join him."

Sun Kewang said: "For several years, Hunan has taken the defense as a battle, and there is no way to take advantage of it. It has been attacked and plundered from many sides. The Eastern Front also has a strife, and all of them have been unable to make ends meet, which has led to the transformation of Yunnan and Guizhou and the disintegration of people's hearts."

It can be seen that Hong Chengchou and Sun Kewang are both commercially sing each other. Hong Chengchou defended Sun Kewang, and Sun Kewang spoke for Hong Chengchou. The two of them sang and reconciled, which defeated the Qin vassal in the waters. Kewang came to surrender, which was said to have always wanted to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. Hong Chengchou has not yet expanded his territory in recent years, but has taken the defense as a battle and gave huge damage to Xiying and Dongban.

The two of them delivered their memorials to Beijing. After seeing it, Fulin was very happy and sent a bachelor of Hongwen Academy, a minister of the Ministry of Rites and others to Changsha for missions. He not only signed Sun Kewang as the King of Righteousness, but also gave Hong Chengchou an explanation: Hong Chengchou should have returned to Beijing for treatment under the order, but recently he heard that the illness had been cured, but he still kept his original position and pacified Yunnan and Guizhou.

Guiyang.

A clanging sound kept coming from the main hall. The servants who came and went around the surrounding Yu Zhengtang all hurriedly with their heads shrank, and they did not dare to stop for a moment. People knew that the King of Jin was getting angry and smashing things, and no one dared to touch his bad head.

The ground was covered in the main hall, and Li Dingguo was furious: "Sun Kewang, this damn dog thief, his adopted father died at the hands of the Tartars. This guy was shameless and surrendered to the Tartars. When I caught him, I had to cut him alive!"

In the hall, Li Mingxun sat there, looking at the information, and was amazed: "After all, the manchus were a big deal. A good guy, a stray dog ​​who only brought hundreds of old, weak, women and children to join. Not only did he enthrone the king of Yi, he also asked Prince Heshuo to lead the civil and military officials and nobles out of the city to welcome him. Heshuo, it was really amazing. He gave tens of thousands of silver alone. Looking back at my brother-in-law, you and Sun Kewang led the army to compete with each other for 200,000, and took the initiative to support him. He had been arguing about the fact that he was a king of the first character or a king of the second character for more than a year. Zhu Ming only measured this and was not unfair to get to this point."

"Brother Yes, don't talk sarcastic here. Think about it. Sun Kewang ran away. How should the situation in Guizhou be dealt with. Sun Kewang has been in Guizhou for ten years. He is his own in the army and the government office. This guy has been to the Qing Dynasty. If he brings the Qing army to attack, he still doesn't know how many internal thieves will be produced." Li Dingguo was already a little furious.

Li Mingxun smiled: "The general comes to block the water and soil. I hope that if the Qing Dynasty will be surrendered, the southwest will not be able to avoid a war. You and I know this very clearly."

Sun Ke hopes that surrendering to the Qing Dynasty will intensify the Qing Dynasty's advantage over Yunnan and Guizhou. Even if it does not surrendering to the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty will not give up the opportunity for civil strife in the southwest. Li Ding Guodao: "That's why I am anxious and uneasy. I think the Qing Dynasty will go south in a big way in the autumn and winter. In this way, we only have three to four months to clean up the situation between Guizhou and Hunan. Brother Yi, time is too tight."

"Is time very tight?" Li Mingxun asked with a smile.

Li Dingguo whispered loudly: "Of course, in four months, we will take over the reorganization of Qin's troops, take over Huguang and Sichuan's defense, settle people's hearts, and hoard food, grass and weapons."

When Li Mingxun heard this, he said, "You are right. In four months, we have to do a lot of things, so many that we can't finish it. In fact, it's not that time is tight, but that we can't do it! It's better not to do anything than to do it even if we know it is impossible."

"Inaction?" Li Dingguo's eyes widened.

Li Mingxun said: "Yes, I don't do it. I ask you, this time the Allied forces took over Guizhou and Xiangxi. The Qin vassal army alone had 170,000. Exhausted all the four provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Guangxi. Can we raise the same level of military pay for these 170,000 troops as the Three Vastaries?"

Li Dingguo came to an impossible conclusion in just one second. Not to mention the other side, the army in the Southern War Zone of the Three Vastaries and the United States did not exceed 170,000. In order to maintain such a large-scale army, it consumed most of the finances every year. Since last year, the finances of the Qiong and Jin vassals were not enough to make ends meet, so they had to borrow from the United Bank. This was the case where the Commander was responsible for all the supplies. Fortunately, from Guangzhou to Yunnan and Guizhou, there were vassals of the Two Vastaries along the way, and the labor recruitment was extremely low, which maintained the supply of the army under harsh traffic.

A 170,000 army, according to the level of the Three Feudals, can reach 400,000 taels of silver per month, and according to the level of the army, it will be even higher. Li Ding Guodao: "Since it is a soldier of the Qin vassal, it can be treated with the Qin vassal to supplement it with a streamlined quantity, which may be supported."

This is the attitude of Li Dingguo to treat his troops under his command after he controlled Yunnan and Guizhou. He divided the troops into two categories. One category was the troops under himself and Liu Wenxiu, called them Jin soldiers or old soldiers, and called them Qin soldiers or new soldiers. The new soldiers and horses of Qin vassal were called Qin soldiers or new soldiers. Treat them differently. Later generations regarded them as one of the defeated policies of Li Dingguo. In fact, Li Dingguo was helpless. Yunnan and Guizhou were incompatible and could not afford so many troops at all. In the absence of military expenditure, it was naturally impossible to improve the treatment of Qin soldiers. Reducing the treatment of Jin soldiers would also rebound, so they had to treat them differently.

Li Mingxun smiled: "If the Qing Dynasty invaded and recruited in the name of Sun Kewang, wouldn't it be a destruction of the Great Wall?"

The soldiers are very realistic groups. They don’t care about the national justice and orthodox people’s hearts at all, especially the army of the feudal dynasty. To put it bluntly, they are mothers. Qin Fan suffered a grievance in Li Dingguo. If Sun Kewang appears at the right time and is lured with high officials and generous salaries, the Qin Fan soldiers will be a time bomb in the allied army.

On the other hand, soldiers are also the best group to win over. They can only earn enough food and pay to work hard, but now difficulties are right in front of you. How can the Allied forces, which cannot even win over even soldiers, still have resources to win over generals and officials, not to mention the local gentry and chieftains in Guizhou.

"What do you think of the righteous brother?" Li Dingguo asked.

Li Mingxun said: "The affairs of Qin's vassal still have to fall on the gentry."

After hearing this, Li Dingguo complained: "My righteous brother must have had a grudge with the gentry in his previous life, and he would attack him whenever he had something to do."

Li Mingxun had no grudges with the gentry class in his life and his previous life. He attacked the gentry because the gentry had too many resources. It is not difficult to choose whether to cut his own flesh or the gentry's flesh.

"First, on the grounds of secretly communicating with Sun Ni, the gentry of Yunnan and Guizhou were liquidated." Li Mingxun said.

Li Dingguo quickly stopped him: "There must be a reason for this kind of thing."

"The reason is to secretly communicate with the Sun and help the evildoer to abuse him." Li Mingxun said.

"What about the evidence?" Li Dingguo asked.

Li Mingxun shook his head: "What's wrong with the crime? You can't find evidence and you won't make up. By the way, isn't the seal of the Qin King in your hands? There are also the staff of Qin Fan who asked them to write thank you letters to the gentry of Yunnan and Guizhou one by one, thank them for lending money and grain, creating some fake accounts, and finally stamping the seal of the Qin King, and then sending troops to arrest him. Do I still need to teach such a small matter?"

Li Dingguo's face turned dark and did not dare to say anything more. Li Mingxun said, "Then, it is to reorganize the army, select elite soldiers who dare to fight, and fill it with the Jin vassals, Qiong vassals and Shu vassals, and place all the families of these people in Yunnan, and divide the land of the gentry in Yunnan. The other soldiers are used as garrisons, divided the land of the gentry in Guizhou and Hunan, and place them separately to Guizhou and western Hunan. By the way, there must be differences in attitudes towards the gentry. All the gentry in Yunnan are sent to Hong Kong and exiled overseas, Guizhou and western Hunan, and the female servants are sent to Hong Kong, and the gentry are concentrated and handed over to the army."

"What does righteous brother mean?" Li Ding Guoshou stroked his neck.

Li Mingxun smiled: "Don't think too much about this group of people will be sent to Guangxi through Guizhou and Xiangxi, but there may be some accidents on the way. I guess if they are lucky, they will be rescued by the Qing Dynasty."

Li Dingguo instantly understood that this was to kick the problem to the Qing Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty is now supported by gentry. There are so many gentry in Guizhou and Xiangxi to seek help from the Qing Dynasty. If the Qing Dynasty protects their interests, it would steal food from the Qin Fan. If they do not protect their interests, the Qing Dynasty would not receive support in the southwest. However, Li Dingguo also understood a deeper meaning, that is, in Li Mingxun's strategic plan, Guizhou would become the land of the Qing Dynasty.
Chapter completed!