Next, the emperor knelt to the ground, crying, and kowtow: "The ancestors and the ancestors are up, this time the ancestors are not thrown away from my hands, the yellow sky is up, and the thick soil is down. Kudos to God for your protection Du Bian turned the sky and dumped great favor."

The prince and Princess Ning Xue were also completely stunned.

Du Bian actually did it?

He, how did he do it?

Can't imagine it at all?

This situation is almost impossible to save.

Li Ruhai's army of nearly 400,000, and Xuanchenghou and Yuan Tianzhao's combined army of 120,000.

Du Bian has only 90,000 troops and 60,000 new recruits.

How was this battle fought?

This... this is a miracle.

Seeing that the emperor was still kneeling on the ground, Princess Ning Xue followed along with the emperor, kneeling on the ground.

Congratulations to the ancestors of the Daning Empire.

...

Yuan Tianzhao ran away again.

This time the attack on Baise City was all Xuancheng Hou Luzhan singing a one-man show.

Yuan Tianzhao's army was just on the sidelines.

If Xuanchenghou really took down Baise City, what would be the result?

Of course it was Lu Zhan's loss of his army. Yuan Tianzhao directly took away his military power. In the end, Fang used the name of a duke to hang Lu Zhan high, and he had no power at all.

In Fang Xie's eyes, Xuancheng Hou Luzhan was nothing more than cannon fodder from beginning to end, and the cannon fodder was thrown away after the use of it.

The treacherous Yuan Tianzhao did not send troops to attack Baise City even at the last moment, but instead used Du Zheng's hand to continuously hand over his army to Xuancheng Hou Luzhan.

There is only one purpose.

The one who captured Baise City and betrayed the emperor was Xuancheng Hou, a nobleman of the imperial court, and had nothing to do with the Fang family.

Therefore, Lu Zhan's plan in Fang's system is a typical way to send you to death, and it is still your role to carry the scapegoat.

But Lu Zhan was dazzled by nearly a million taels of silver and the dukedom. The real profit made him stunned and completely defeated the Lu family's foundation accumulated for a hundred years.

Knowing that Lu Zhan was defeated, Du Bian led the army to fight back.

Yuan Tianzhao couldn't believe his eyes at all. Even if the sun came out from the west, this kind of thing couldn't happen.

Is Du Bian facing a certain death situation? Now not only is it alive, but also a big victory?

But no matter how shocking and horrified, Yuan Tianzhao led an army of more than 30,000 to retreat in the first time, and first retreated non-stop to Nanning City. After only staying in Nanning City for one night, he accelerated the retreat the next day and retreated to Lianzhou City.

The city of Lianzhou was backed by the sea, and Yuan Tianzhao felt safe under the protection of the fleet of the Eastern United Kingdom.

At this time, Guangxi governor Du Jiang was already waiting for him at Lianzhou Mansion, waiting for him at the highest point of the lighthouse in Lianzhou Port.

After Yuan Tianzhao went up, Du Jiang handed a secret letter.

Yuan Tianzhao took it over and took a look.

Li's surrender, nearly 150,000 army allegiance to Dubian.

After reading it, Yuan Tianzhao staggered and closed his eyes in pain.

"He... how did he do it?" Yuan Tianzhao said hoarsely: "In a ghost place like Dalongbao, a large barracks that had been abandoned for ten years. Du Bian's 40,000 army faced Li Ruhai's 300,000 army, A big victory, how... how did it do it?"

Du Jiang said: "Abs, a commander of the Holy Flame, led an army of 50,000 to support Li Ruhai, and brought 200 artillery pieces, of which 70 artillery pieces fell into Du Bian's hands."

Yuan Tianzhao said in shock: "The Holy Fire brought artillery into the Daning Empire? The secret agreement between our Eastern United Kingdom and the Holy Fire is clearly written. The Holy Fire can send troops to support Li Ruhai, but the number must not exceed 100,000. In particular, it cannot be supported. Any artillery, even special kerosene is not allowed."

Yes, to some extent, the Great Yan Kingdom of the Li family was founded on the secret covenant between the Eastern United Kingdom and the Holy Fire.

Yuan Tianzhao said angrily: "The secret agreement was clearly written at the time. It is absolutely forbidden to bring artillery onto the ground of the Daning Empire, and people from the Daning world are absolutely not allowed to open their eyes to see the world. Otherwise, we also have artillery in the Eastern United Kingdom. Countless artillery."

Du Jiangdao: "About half a year ago, our fleet had a huge friction with the fleet of the Holy Flame World in the Indian Ocean, and finally rose to a naval battle. This is how Abs entered the Daning Kingdom with two hundred artillery pieces. reason."

Yuan Tianzhao said: "Even if Du has become 70 artillery, he still... can't completely kill Li Ruhai's 300,000 army. How did he do it?"

Du Jiang sighed and said: "This world is too absurd. We raise Gu like that, and raise the Li family so strong, but it turned out to be cheaper than Du Bian. Now he has become the power of the dragon, and can't be suppressed by our strength. Up."

Yuan Tianzhao said: "With the strength of my Eastern United Kingdom, it is still easy to destroy Du Bian at this time. We immediately wrote to His Royal Highness, Young Master, and the main force of our Eastern United Kingdom landed immediately and completely eliminated Du Bian."

Guangxi Governor Du Jiangdao: "Old Yuan, this is no longer something we can decide. His Royal Highness's strategy spans tens of thousands of miles across East Asia. The strategic goals are prioritized, and all chess games have been planned in advance. It will affect the whole body, and it will mess up the whole situation."

"Next, let's look at the negotiations in the capital. How are the talks between Zhuo Weng and Du Hui and the emperor?" Guangxi governor Du Jiang gritted his teeth and said: "Du Bian, this little steed dog, is bad for the overall situation of our side and you and me. Future, why didn't he die early? When he was in exile a few years ago, why didn't I think about sending someone to kill him directly on the road?"

Yuan Tianzhao said: "This game in Guangxi will be a stain on you and me. In the future, when the young king will unify the entire East Asia and build the largest empire, you want to enter the cabinet, and I want to enter the high command. This stain will become a political enemy. Attack our handle."

Du Jiang said, "Who said no? So why didn't he die for this little steer?"

...

Inside a manor in Tianjin!

After reading the secret letter in his hand, Fang Zhuo, the former chief minister of the cabinet, trembled all over, and his whole body was almost several years old.

"Huh, huh..."

Exhaled breath after breath.

Opposite, Du Hui's face was uncertain.

"Du Hui, you gave birth to a good son." Fang Zhuo said sarcastically.

Du Hui's handsome face twitched, and he had been calm, finally couldn't help but say a word.

"Not long after he was born, I found out that he had no two eggs. I didn't know it at the time, but I didn't dare to say it." Du Hui said hoarsely: "At that time, I thought about whether to drown him or strangle him. If he was killed at that time, no one would care about him except the lowly maid who raised him. Ji Minzhi almost never hugged him a few times. I...why didn't I choke him as a beast..."

Du Hui has never been so gloomy.

But today he can't help it anymore.

Fang Zhuo said: "The master has two groups of courtiers. One group is in the Eastern United Kingdom, where the master opens up territory. The other group is in the Daning Empire, where the master seeks the entire Daning. This time Du Bian won a complete victory. This group of courtiers in the Daning Empire will be unlucky. Wait, you will be unlucky."

Du Hui's face twitched again.

He is still young, and his only goal is to become the prime minister of the entire eastern empire in the future.

He worked hard to seek the Daning Empire for the lord. As a result, I was planted such a big somersault this time, and it was planted in the hands of my son.

"What's the matter with the North Ming Sword Sect?" Fang Zhuo hissed: "There is such a large force that wants to kill Du Bian, why was it stopped by a few people in the Nishang district? That little bit of Nishang, what are you out to make? What's up? Du changed life and death, what does it matter to her?"

"How did Du Bian win? How did he win?" Fang Zhuo, the former chief assistant, trembled: "We have done countless deductions. It is absolutely impossible for him to win. How did he win?"

"Go to Beijing and talk to the emperor." Du Hui said: "What you can't get on the battlefield, maybe you can get it on the negotiation field."

...

The next day, Fang Zhuo and Du Hui went to Beijing. In order to show their sincerity in the negotiation, they directly brought one million catties of grain into Beijing.

This batch of food will only kill one or two days.

In the palace, Du Hui and Fang Zhuo saw the emperor again after a few months.

"Your Majesty, I haven't seen you in a few months, why are you so thin..." Fang Zhuo cried, "Your Majesty, take care of the dragon body."

The emperor sat lazily on the dragon chair, drank the porridge spoon by spoon, quietly watching the former cabinet chief Fang Zhuo perform.

Du Hui stepped forward and said, "The minister heard that Du Bian had killed Xuancheng Hou Lu Zhan without authorization? I don’t know if he had his majesty’s will? Although Xuancheng Hou was guilty, he was a noble courtier after all. Without the emperor’s will, Du Bian would do it. It was too arrogant and domineering to put him to death privately."

The emperor turned to Princess Ning Xue and said, "Does Du Bian have any intentions?"

Princess Ning Xue said: "Yes, the last time my minister went to pass the decree to Du Bian, he sent Shangfang Baojian, and the decree was clearly written. Du Bian decided on the war in the Southwest with one word and acted cheaply."

The emperor said: "Du Hui, there is a will. Therefore, Du Bian's execution of Xuancheng Hou Lu Zhanling to death is in line with the law of the country."

Du Hui said: "After all, the Li family is a rebellious court, and Li Zhan is even the prince of the Puppet Great Yan Kingdom. However, Du Bian could not accept his surrender and allegiance in private, which seems very wrong. This time, A full 150,000 army was loyal to Du Bian. According to court law, Li Zhan was the leader of rebellion, and Ling Chi was put to death."

The emperor said: "Yes, there is something wrong. Yun Zhu made a decree and scolded Li Zhan, depriving him of all the titles and depriving him of the post of Wenshan Proclamation. He was named Wenshan ginseng general, and he was in charge of fighting in Baise. He served under the account and ordered him to commit crimes and perform meritorious service."

Then, the emperor said to Du Hui: "Now, it's done."

Fang Zhuo and Du Hui looked at each other.

The emperor is too tough, this negotiation is not easy.

Du Hui said: "It is said that millions of people in Beijing have starved to death by tens of thousands. If the transportation of water is not smooth, and if a large amount of food does not enter Beijing, it will starve to death by 100,000, hundreds of thousands."

The emperor did not speak.

Du Hui said: "And in the autumn, the **** forces sent by your Majesty to all parts of the country, all the municipal bureaus, the mining department, the salt transportation bureau, and the salt tax of Lianghuai are crowded on the canal, waiting for transportation. Entering Beijing, there are a total of..."

"One thousand six hundred and eight hundred thousand taels of silver." Fang Zhuo said: "This is the first, and then there will be taxes in Jiangnan, all of which have been cast silver, waiting for transportation to Beijing. This year, the southwest of the empire is in chaos, so that It should be difficult to collect taxes on the border, and Hebei, Henan, and Shandong are suffering from severe drought, so the taxes should not be much. However, taxes in other provinces should be as usual, or even higher than in previous years. If nothing happens. If so, the fiscal revenue of the imperial court this year should exceed 25 million taels of silver."

The financial income of the Daning Empire must be higher than that of the end of the Ming Dynasty, because the rise of the Eastern United Kingdom, the early prosperity of maritime trade, and the influx of a large amount of silver earlier than the other earth.

Du Hui said, "It will be the end of the year again soon. The military pay for Shanxi and the Liaodong are about to be paid. The two-five million taels of silver stuck on the canal but cannot be shipped. By then, the empire will It's messy."

The situation was very obvious. Du Hui wanted to use 25 million taels of silver and grain transported as a bargaining chip. To be precise, it was the lives of millions of people in the capital, forcing the emperor to make some kind of compromise.

However, in fact, these taxes and grains belonged to the Daning Empire, and were supposed to be handed over to the emperor.

Of course, in previous years, after layers of deductions, and after countless corrupt officials' captures, the only people who really entered the treasury were barely more than 10 million taels. In order to allow the emperor to compromise this year, it was directly added to 25 million taels.

With these twenty-five million taels of silver, the emperor is completely steep but rich, and has never been so rich.

The emperor said: "Speak bluntly, what do you want?"

Du Hui said: "Please descend the order, take the traitor Li Zhan into Beijing, and put him to death soon. Du Bian made a lifeless contribution and ordered him to enter Beijing and serve as the **** of Bingbi."

To kill Li Zhan was to slap Du Bian in the face, and to force the emperor to break with Du Bian.

To let Du Bian enter Beijing and serve as Bingbi **** is to make him return to the **** again, rising up and down, hanging up high.

Du Hui smiled and said: "As for Du Bian's army in the southwest, it can be divided into two parts. One part is given to Song Que, Duke of Zhennan. Even if Princess Ning Xue is sent to guard the southwest, it will definitely be as stable as Mount Tai."

As soon as the words came out, the audience was silent.

Du Hui said: "The minister's proposals are all the most beneficial to your majesty. As long as your majesty agrees, millions of people in the capital can live, 25 million taels of silver can also enter the treasury smoothly, and your majesty can personally control the military power in the southwest. You like Du Bian, then call him to your side, lest he swell and become a bigger warlord with a big tail."

This is really true.

At least on the surface, Du Hui's proposal was beneficial to the emperor without any harm.

After Du Bian's 200,000 troops were dismembered, part of it was given to Song Que and part to Princess Ning Xue, all of whom were the emperor's most trusted loyal ministers.

The emperor said coldly: "What if I don't agree?"

Du Hui said: "After the millions of people in the capital are completely out of food, countless people will starve to death. The two armies of Shanxi and Liaodong are going to owe large-scale payments. By that time, the Jurchen Empire and the North Tartar will drive straight in, and our country will really be subjugated. Zhiwei. The advice of the minister is also to preserve Dubian. He is young and ambitious, and it is easy to lose his way. If he has any ambitions, it will be a greater disaster than Li Ruhai."

The emperor squinted his eyes and looked at Du Hui and said, "You have to figure out that 25 million taels of taxes are paid. I am only the **** of wealth. When these silvers are in my hands, they will be allocated to Liaodong in a blink of an eye. Shanxi, it will be allocated to the roadside army. The rest will be provided for disaster relief and paid to the officials. So you have to pay this amount of money, whatever! The army of Liaodong, the army of Shanxi, and the roadside army, you It's up to you to explain it yourself, and see if Yuan Teng's army heads will bite you? They are not as good as me to bully."

This is true.

This money is to raise the army and officials of the Daning Empire, not to enter the emperor's personal pockets.

If you stop this money, you will cut off the wealth of officials and the army in the world.

Du Huihan said: "What about the lives and deaths of millions of people in the capital?"

The emperor said: "The prince listens to the decree."

The prince knelt down immediately.

The emperor said: "Order Li Lianting to lead the master of the East Factory and **** the prince into the southwest. If I die, the prince will directly ascend the throne in the southwest."

Du Hui's face changed drastically when he said this.

This is an absolute killer.

If Fang Clan takes the lives of millions of people in the capital as hostages, the prince will directly take the throne under the protection of Du Bian.

That is tantamount to directly giving Du Bian the power to hold the emperor to order the princes.

And when things develop into that situation, the opponent's department is extremely disadvantaged.

After a long silence, Du Hui said: "Your Majesty, then we have only one condition to capture Li Zhan and be put to death later. As long as you agree to this will, the transportation of water and the sea will flow smoothly. A steady flow of food, a steady flow of money, immediately Shipped into Beijing."

I have to say that Du Hui is extremely old and vicious.

The emperor was resolutely unwilling to change, let alone dismembering his army, so he set the target on Li Zhan.

After all, killing Li Zhan is justified.

However, once Li Zhan was really captured, and Ling Chi executed.

Then Li, who surrendered to Dubian, immediately felt cold and renounced.

Nearly one hundred thousand troops were renunciated, several cities were renunciated, Honghe Chamber of Commerce was renunciated, countless mines were completely renunciated.

The surrender of Li's surrender gave Dubian the biggest gain not the 100,000 army, but the entire industry, the city, and the organization.

All these things made Du Bian stronger in an instant, making his army no longer rootless.

If Li Zhan is killed, it is to dig the foundation of the change in the southwest.

...

A few days later!

In Baise City, Du Bian received a secret letter.

The person who wrote the letter was the prince Du Bian had almost never dealt with~lightnovelpub.net~ In the letter, the prince only described Fang's conditions very objectively, as long as Li Zhan was arrested and put to death in Beijing. Water and sea transportation were immediately unblocked, millions of people in the capital were immediately saved, and 25 million taels of taxes were immediately sent northward and transported into the treasury.

In other words, if Li Zhan does not die, Fang Faction will not resume the transportation of water, and will starve millions of people in the capital.

at the same time!

A secret visitor came to Li Zhan's room.

Brother who was once Li Zhan!

"Senior brother, you have a catastrophe. Du has become an official and enters the jue. You will be handed over to the people in the East Factory. You will soon be escorted to Jingling and be put to death." The secret visitor said in a guest: "Senior brother takes you. With the risk of a lifetime of nine deaths, I have come to tell Junior Brother, Junior Brother must not wait to die. Du Bian is already going to betray you."

Li Zhan's expression changed when he heard it.

However, in the next instant, he drew his sword abruptly and slashed towards the mysterious visitor.

"Come here, take this person and send it to the lord for interrogation." Li Zhan said angrily: "I am loyal to the lord, and the lord is kind to me and recreated. Is there a chance to wait for the clown to instigate discord? It's ridiculous. To the end."

...

at the same time!

The emperor's confidant **** Yunfeng once again appeared in front of Du Bian and brought three imperial edicts.

Read the first will!

"Feng Tian carried out the emperor's edict, Wenshan City was changed to Zhenxi City, and a new town west of the town. The canonization Du became the admiral of Zhenxi, supervising the military affairs of the two provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou, and controlling the military affairs of the three provinces of Sichuan, Hunan, and Guangxi!"

Yunfeng said: "The second one is a secret decree, which can only be viewed by Master Du Bian alone."

Du Bian took this second secret decree, and after reading it, he was completely surprised.

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