Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 956 Talking about the Southwest
Bai Wenxuan was led around the city by Liu Wenxiu. Along the way, many thoughts in his heart have gradually changed.

Back then when he joined Zhang Xianzhong's uprising army, apart from wanting to eat and fight for a way to survive, he was actually extremely dissatisfied with reality in his heart, full of hatred for the Ming Dynasty and the government, and he might not have broken this world in his heart. It is the ideal and ambition to seek a statement for the poor.

Although his actions in participating in the uprising army actually created more poor people and caused more people to suffer disasters, but they killed the local tyrants, slaughtered the gentry, brought the poor for breakfast, and broke the old order. The voice of the poor is to stand up for the poor, to overthrow the decadent Ming Dynasty and establish a new world for the poor.

Most of the generals of the Western Army such as Bai Wenxuan still have the idea of ​​​​saving the people, conquering the world, and establishing a new dynasty where the poor can live.

But all the way he came, the business in the south was prosperous, the people were rich, and the decayed Ming Dynasty showed great vitality. The Western Army is definitely not the opponent of the Ming Dynasty, so his desire to meet Wang Yan and establish a relationship as soon as possible is even more urgent.

In fact, Bai Wenxuan traveled by sea, and the places he passed were Guangzhou, Quanzhou, and Ningbo. Such cities with a developed commodity economy and frequent import and export trade did not go inland.If he goes inland, he may find another scene, that is, with the impact of the rising capital economy, the small peasant economy in the inland is gradually disintegrating, and many small people have lost their land and went bankrupt under the impact. There will be another emotion.

Although Bai Wenxuan was eager to see him and expressed his intention to see Wang Yan several times, but Liu Wenxiu took him around for a few days, but the Ministry of Rites never received him. Instead, he was arranged in the posthouse and asked him to wait patiently.

At this time, the officials of the Ministry of Rites were receiving the envoy from the Kingdom of Jin, Han Chaoxuan, the great scholar of Hauge, who set off from Sichuan. I arrived in Nanjing in a few months.

It has been more than a month since Han and North Korea announced to Nanjing. Their main intention was to seek peace and hope that the two sides could reconcile. Negotiate.

On this day, Gu Yuanjing from the Ministry of Rites and Zhang Huangyan, the minister of the Ministry of War who participated in the meeting, talked with Han Chaoxuan for a whole morning. In the afternoon, the two came to Chu Palace to report to Wang Yan.

Wang Yan got the report, and when they walked into the living room, the two were chatting. When they saw Wang Yan coming in, the two hurriedly got up, but Wang Yan waved his hands. He sat behind the middle hall and asked, "What conditions does Han Chaoxuan offer?"

The two sat down, and Gu Yuanjing sighed, "Reporting to Your Highness, there is no progress, it is still the old condition."

Wang Yan frowned, glanced at his mouth, a little unhappy, "Hao Ge is not even willing to return to the previous limit, Jin Guo has no sincerity at all." He looked at Zhang Huang and said: "The Ministry of War proposed to buy from Jin Guo Ma, does Han Chaoxuan agree?"

Zhang Huangyan shook his head, "No!" He put the hand close to Wang Yan on the armrest of the chair, and leaned towards Wang Yan, "Your Highness, the Kingdom of Jin is unwilling to return to the original border, because they are worried that they will retreat. Afterwards, our army crossed the river, and then broke the contract to sneak attack them, and the Kingdom of Jin lost the risk of the Yangtze River, and its defense was extremely passive." He paused, and then said: "I don't want to sell horses, because I am worried that we will train cavalry and make them Lost advantage."

Wang Yan's cheeks puffed up, "Jin Guo has no reputation, but he is worried about me, Daming. Hauge is a guilty conscience, so there is no need to talk about it. If Jin Guo broke the contract this time, if Sun Kewang wasn't there, making the situation complicated, The imperial court started a war with the Kingdom of Jin early on, and let Hauge know what will happen if he breaks the alliance."

"Yes! The situation in the Southwest is complicated now, and even the Ministry of War doesn't know who to fight first!"

Wang Yan raised his brows suddenly, "Sun Kewang's emissary has arrived in Nanjing, right?"

"Here we are!" Gu Yuanjing raised his head, "According to His Highness's instructions, I am taking him to visit various places in Nanjing. Today I should be watching the weapon workshop in Nancheng."

Wang Yan nodded slightly, "Although Sun Kewang and Hauge fought in southern Sichuan, it is not impossible for the two sides to reconcile. The Ministry of Rites must be careful not to let the envoys of the two parties collide."

Gu Yuanjing nodded to show his understanding, and Zhang Huangyan next to him asked suspiciously: "Your Highness let Bai Wenxuan see that I am rich and prosperous, and also let him take him to visit the Military Arms Supervision. Is it to show his strength and recruit Sun Kewang?"

Wang Yan smiled slightly, "Gu has this kind of thinking. Sun Kewang is the weakest. No matter how he struggles now, he will not escape the fate of perishing. The difference is that he perishes in our court or in Jin Guo. He wants to do it again Great powers are circling and looking for opportunities to become bigger, but Gu and Hauge are not stupid, so it will not make him happy. If he can be sober, he should be able to realize this point. Giving up land in exchange for a lifetime of glory is his only way out. "

Wang Yan still hopes to subdue Sun Kewang. If he can subdue the Western Army, the situation in the Southwest will become clearer. "Before, the Ministry of War proposed to break the northern blockade and get enough horses from Qinghai, so the imperial court must conquer Sichuan and Hanzhong. If Sun Kewang can surrender For me, now that Gu doesn't have to argue with the Kingdom of Jin, he can directly prepare for war."

Sun Kewang was not a small threat to the Ming Dynasty. If it hadn't been for the worry that the Ming army would attack Sichuan, and Sun Kewang joined forces with Hauge to stab him in the back at a critical moment, the Ming army would have started to recover Sichuan long ago.

Now Chen Bangyan is ordered to help Wang Yan lobby his subordinates, accept the decision of the imperial court to switch generals, and support the reform of the army. Zhang Huangyan will act as the agent for the Ministry of War. By recruiting the Western Army, the imperial court will be able to solve the hidden dangers behind it and deal with Jin Guo with all its strength, but Sun Kewang is very ambitious, although he is not strong enough, he has the heart to fight for the world, I am afraid he will not give up so easily!"

"If he can't recognize himself, and has always harbored ambitions that don't match his own strength, he will surely fail in the future!" Wang Yan also knows that Sun Kewang is ambitious. It is not so easy not to cry when he sees the coffin, and not to look back until he hits the south wall. The recruiter, he pondered for a moment, "Since we've already said this, I'll meet Bai Wenxuan today to see what conditions Sun Kewang has."

After hearing this, Gu Yuanjing stood up immediately, bowed and said, "Your Highness, I will ask someone to bring Bai Wenxuan here later, Your Highness!"

(End of this chapter)