Southern Ming, my destiny is too abstract

Chapter 59: Yongli still hid one million taels?
"You mean He Jiuyi's family was still in Yunnan and Yunnan, and was captured by Wu Sangui?"

"Wu Sangui learned of the situation in Hongshawadi and sent a message to He Jiuyi, asking him to return to Kunming."

"When Li Dingguo learned the news, he surrounded his troops and detained the generals of He Jiuyi's army."

Zhu Cixuan was a little dazed.

One is that the Yongli regime was in such chaos when it fled that it couldn't even take care of the families of the military governors and vassal generals.

two is.

Li Dingguo, you see, even Wu Sangui knew how to use his family members to persuade others to surrender.

Why did you either kill or drive away Sun Kewang's former subordinates?

Deng Shilian nodded slightly. "Prince Jin is indeed worried that He Jiuyi will lead his troops to surrender to the Qing. He is even more afraid that he will let the Qing army pass through Hanlong Pass and march directly south to Ava City."

"So we took the initiative and captured He Jiuyi."

"After the King of Jin pacified He Jiuyi's forces, he ordered Wu Sanxing and Jin Tongwu to lead 3,000 troops back to defend Manmo, and the border was not seriously affected."

Zhu Cixuan frowned and said, "So He Jiuyi only received the letter written by Wu Sangui to his wife and children, and he didn't really intend to rebel?"

"How do you know this isn't Wu Sangui's spy scheme?"

"One is in Manmo and the other is in Mubang. How could Li Dingguo know this news?"

Deng Shilian shook his head and said, "Your Highness, He Jiuyi is an old subordinate of Sun Kewang, and he has a somewhat distant relationship with the imperial court. Who would dare to gamble on his authenticity?"

"Even if it's a spy plan, we can't let He Jiuyi lead the army alone and guard the fortress."

Once suspicion sets in, who would dare to reuse someone?

He didn't send Chennault's Studebaker.

Before I could revolt against the old Dashi army, Wu Sangui came to instigate the Ming army to rebel.

Seeing the prince lost in thought, Deng Shilian changed the subject:
"Your Highness, regardless of whether He Jiuyi intended to rebel or not, the Prince of Jin acted rashly, disregarding the court and you, Your Highness, and only delivering the message afterward, thus causing chaos in the court, is a grave crime."

"Yuan Chonghuan of the Chongzhen Emperor's reign unjustly killed Mao Wenlong, which was also one of the serious crimes for which he was sentenced to death by slicing."

Zhu Cixuan became increasingly silent.

This was the warlord style that Li Dingguo used to behave when he monopolized power.

At least we should tell the city of Ava first and then act according to the imperial edict.

We can't say that Li Dingguo had good intentions but made mistakes in execution.

After all, the Dashi Army is not the Ming Army.

The two sides united purely because of their anti-Qing sentiment.

At the moment, only Bai Wenxuan's troops truly belong to Zhu Cixuan.

Bai Wenxuan was the one who was truly loyal to Emperor Yongli and the Ming Dynasty court.

This is also the reason why Zhu Cixuan asked Bai Wenxuan to follow him to pacify Xia Hongsha.

Let Li Dingguo and He Jiuyi go to the northwestern counties of Hongsha to quell the rebellion.

Because it is impossible to snatch the military command from the two men.

Li Dingguo would most likely not agree with his strategy of ambush others.

Instead, it directly rushes through the flood sand, or separates from the white sand boundary.

Li Dingguo was not unfaithful.

He is the kind of powerful official who feels that he is the only one who can get things done and turn the tide.

Deng Shilian is right.

If it were in Kunming, Emperor Yongli Zhu Youlang would be a mere decoration. Everyone would want a powerful official who could win battles and be willing to support him.

But Zhu Cixuan has become the one in charge of the Ming Dynasty.

Li Dingguo should return to his position during the time of Sun Kewang and Zhang Xianzhong.

Judging from his behavior in Kunming, he cannot be a monarch.

Zhu Cixuan said, "Prince Jin finally understood that he couldn't kill Guangguogong He Jiuyi without permission. He should just issue an imperial edict to reprimand him and have him take over He Jiuyi's garrison at Mubang first."

"Wait for me to arrive, and I will make the decision."

……

"I won the game. Mother, give me the money quickly."

When Zhu Cixuan returned to Ava City and entered the Yongli Emperor's palace, he saw him playing mahjong.

It happened to be the Chinese New Year, so the event was quite grand.

Zhu Youlang, Queen Wang and Empress Dowager Ma sat at one table, and several concubines sat at another table.

Even Zhu Cixuan lived in the military camp and left the concubines of the Eastern Palace to be supervised by Queen Wang.

Li Haiyue, daughter of Li Dingguo, Mu Jianping, daughter of Mu Tianbo, Princess Hongsha, and Princess Siam.

At this time, we also gathered at the table.

The latter two could not even speak Chinese clearly and needed the maid behind them to translate for them.

An absurd idea popped up in Zhu Cixuan's mind. When the Mughal princess arrived, he might have no choice but to buy a horse.

Subiya, the king of Pegu in Lower Hongsha, also wanted a marriage alliance, but he didn't even have a niece.

As for the princesses of the Mon royal family, since Subiya could not become Zhu Cixuan's father-in-law, Zhu Cixuan did not marry a Mon princess.

Zhu Cixuan looked at the Siamese princess whom he met for the first time.

Prince Min had apparently picked out a really big car for him in Siam.

Maybe he knew the prince was coming back.

The Siamese princess even dressed up specially.

Mu Jianping is young and doesn't wear makeup, and Li Haiyue, the daughter of a military general, is even more accustomed to having no makeup on.

Compared with Teacher Bai Jie's light makeup, the heavily made-up Siamese princess immediately attracted Zhu Cixuan's attention.

Zhu Cixuan looked at Li Chonggui: "The Siamese princess is mixed-blood?"

Li Chonggui whispered, "The King of Siam favors foreigners, and his harem includes many Chinese, Japanese, and European women."

"The King of Siam originally wanted to choose one of the Han concubine's daughters and send her to the Eastern Palace."

"But at the request of His Highness, a princess of European descent was chosen." At this time, the members of the Ming royal family who were fighting fiercely also discovered that Zhu Cixuan had returned.

Queen Wang immediately put down her cards and ran to Zhu Cixuan, feeling him up and down:

"My son is not hurt, right?"

"Those ministers are so useless that they let my son fight the enemy himself."

Zhu Cixuan was a little uncomfortable with this loving mother and struggled to break free from her support:
"Mother, since ancient times, whoever reigned supreme would personally attend the battle?"

"If I am in danger, then Mother and the Queen Mother will be safer. Exiled to a foreign land, this is all I can do as a son."

Queen Wang was about to cry again.

Empress Dowager Ma, whose given name was Maria, pulled her away, freeing up space for Emperor Yongli and the Crown Prince to talk:

"With the blessings of God and Jesus, Xuan'er will definitely be fine. Queen, don't you pray for Xuan'er day and night in front of the holy image?"

Zhu Youlang approached and said, "My son has returned victorious, and we should celebrate with all our might."

Zhu Cixuan shook his head: "No need for a grand banquet. After I finish dealing with the accumulated political affairs in Ava City today, I will rush to Mubang tomorrow to deal with the matter of congratulating Jiuyi."

"Then build fortifications on the border to prepare for Wu Sangui."

Zhu Youlang rarely showed a trace of shame: "As a father, I am incompetent and can only make things difficult for the prince."

After that, he added sternly, "Li Dingguo will not rebel, he is just acting a little hastily. The Crown Prince regards him as an important official of the state, so please don't repeat the old practices of the Chongzhen Dynasty."

Zhu Cixuan nodded: "I know, how could Yue Wumu rebel?"

Emperor Chongzhen was too embarrassed to say that his court officials had misled him, so he dismissed the prime minister and killed ministers, enjoying himself immensely.

In the end, there were only a few capable officials left who could actually get things done.

Zhu Youlang added, "Emperor Gaozong of Song was still wary of Yue Fei, so the Crown Prince should also be more careful."

"Jin Weixin, do you still remember?"

Zhu Cixuan nodded slightly.

Li Dingguo's military advisor.

Hang out with Ma Jixiang.

It was Jin Weixin who advised Li Dingguo not to go to southern Sichuan to join the Thirteen Families to avoid being controlled by others.

Together with Ma Jixiang, Yongli Xingzai entered Hongsha.

"I heard that he also wanted to surrender to the Qing Dynasty, so the King of Jin captured him as well."

Zhu Cixuan was surprised and thought about it for a while.

"I will leave for Mubang tomorrow and see the actual situation there."

Zhu Youlang leaned in close and whispered, "My son should be the founder of Han and Tang. I am kind and incompetent. Even Emperor Gaozu of Tang could not lay the foundation for Emperor Taizong of Tang."

"I have nothing to offer you, Prince. If you ever recover Kunming, you can go to the Southern Palace, to my villa in Cuihu Liuying. I have a cellar of 150,000 gold."

Zhu Cixuan was shocked.

Aren’t you so poor that you almost smashed the golden seal to buy food for your ministers?

There is also a hidden slush fund.

He conquered Hongsha and robbed the Hongsha nobles of their accumulated savings, which amounted to only 200,000 taels of gold.

"We fled Kunming in such a hurry that we didn't have time to carry away much of the gold and silver, so I only took a few valuables with me."

Noticing Zhu Cixuan's strange gaze, Zhu Youlang smiled awkwardly:

“This is not my money.”

"I have been on the run for fifteen years, constantly at the mercy of others. How could I have the time to acquire wealth?"

"Before his death, King Liu Wenxiu of Shu said he had 200,000 gold jewels to entrust to me."

"Cuihu Liuying Villa was originally the residence of the Prince of Shu. He gave it to me for temporary residence."

Zhu Cixuan nodded, thoughtfully asking, "Maybe Li Dingguo and Mu Tianbo also didn't take a lot of money out of Kunming."

Liu Wenxiu's status was lower than Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo, but he could still earn 200,000 yuan in Kunming.

Li Dingguo definitely has more.

The Dashi Army plundered Bashu and operated in Yunnan and Guizhou for nearly ten years.

The wealth of Prince Mu's Palace, which has guarded Yunnan for nearly three hundred years, is unimaginable.

Zhu Youlang whispered, "About two million gold. You can ask your two concubines."

Zhu Cixuan became more and more shocked.

Two million gold, twenty million taels of silver.

You didn't do anything?

These 20 million taels of silver can be used to buy loyal soldiers to defend Kunming.

Before the garbage system was updated, 1 taels of silver and one point of destiny value were enough for him to draw two golden destinies.

Even if Uncle Chongzhen had 70 million taels of silver, he could still turn things around...

Well, even though the Ming Dynasty was full of righteous people and corrupt officials, it could not reverse the situation much.

Seventy million taels were spent on the army, but in the hands of the soldiers, perhaps only one tael of silver was received.

Under the seductive gazes of Princess Hongsha and Princess Siam, Zhu Cixuan hurriedly pulled Li Haiyue and Mu Jianping into the room for a secret talk.

Five minutes later, Zhu Cixuan was dressed neatly and went out.

The Mu Palace has hidden more than one million taels of gold in the Laojun Temple for generations.

Li Haiyue didn't know how much money his father and brother had hidden, but he remembered the general location.

Twenty million taels of silver, one soldier costs thirty taels a year, and for a comprehensive cavalry soldier, one Ming soldier costs forty taels.

It was enough for the Ming Dynasty to pay the salaries of 100,000 elite troops for five years and implement the Mingguang Plan.

……

The repair of the Jade Emperor Pavilion yielded over 500,000 taels of gold. The Laojun Temple collapsed, and donations were made to rebuild it and replace the deity's throne, yielding over 1 million taels of gold. The remaining funds, under 100,000 taels, were largely obtained from civil engineering projects. — "Tingwenlu"

(End of this chapter)