I have a cornucopia

Chapter 230 Six Roots Purifying Pestle

Yang Feng's naive persistence did not affect Zhang Xianzhong's alliance plan. After all, it took Liu Wenxiu almost half a month to send the message back.

As Yang Feng guessed, Zhang Xianzhong's alliance was indeed gathering towards Kuimen...

Their convergence is also troublesome.

After all, the relationships between the various forces that make up this alliance are very complicated.

The old civil servants and gentry group headed by Wang Yingxiong and Zhang Xianzhong could be said to be irreconcilable. You should know that Wang Yingxiong's hometown is Chongqing. When Zhang Xianzhong captured Chongqing before, he killed many of his clansmen. Wang Yingxiong's group was also in chaos. Ma Qian, the governor of Sichuan who controlled northeastern Sichuan, ignored him at all, and generals in various places such as Yang Zhan in southern Sichuan were also in a state of separatism. His own direct lineage was mainly composed of several thousand servants led by his servant Wang Xiang. In addition, there was Zeng Ying. In fact, he mainly relied on Zeng Ying because he was theoretically the highest military and political official of the court in the southwest, so the chieftains headed by Qin Nainai still obeyed his orders.

But Grandma Qin also has a grudge against Zhang Xianzhong!

Therefore, Wang Yingxiong is still stationed in Zunyi and dares not return to his hometown Chongqing.

He is not confident either.

As for the Yunnan system headed by the Mu family, it is estimated that they will just provide some sponsorship, send some troops, or even probably recruit chieftains, and then get some support from Wang Yingxiong.

In short, it was a great effort by Lao Wang that this alliance did not fight during the process of gathering.

However, with Li Zicheng as a common enemy, they will probably still consider the overall situation.

According to their idea, they would go to Nanjing with the public opinion and ask the regent to make a report, saying that the three southwestern provinces all wanted to be under the jurisdiction of the regent court. Then the regent court would continue to let Wang Yingxiong supervise the three provinces as a university scholar, but he would be stationed in Chongqing in the future. The King of Shu would guard Chengdu, and Zhang Xianzhong would be the King of Shu's tutor. Currently, Xichuan controlled by Zhang Xianzhong would be under the control of the King of Shu, including the appointment and dismissal of local officials, which would be appointed and dismissed by the King of Shu first and then reported.

Pay respect and follow the instructions.

It’s the order to confer the title!
All of Zhang Xianzhong's troops were reorganized into the guards of the King of Shu.

Never mind the number of troops.

In short, restore the three guards, and these are all inside the three guards.

Anyway, it was just a fake one. Zhang Xianzhong had his own system internally. At most, he would use an official title when reporting to the court in the future. In this way, Zhang Xianzhong actually gained the right to rule over Western Sichuan by borrowing the skin of the King of Shu.

Dongchuan was of course still under the imperial court, so Ma Qian continued to be the governor of Sichuan, and Yang Zhan and other local officials were still in the imperial court system, but in fact they were also separatist. At this time, Yang Zhan controlled southern Sichuan, Luzhou, and Leshan were all under his jurisdiction, and of course he was a general. But Wang Yingxiong couldn't control him, he was really good at fighting. Zhang Xianzhong had expanded to southern Sichuan before, and was defeated by him many times, including the territory in southern Sichuan that was previously controlled by Zhang Xianzhong, which was also taken back by him. In short, in the future, Zhang Xianzhong will dominate Xichuan alone, and Wang Yingxiong will lead the warlords of the imperial court system to control eastern Sichuan, southern Sichuan, and northeastern Sichuan. However, the good thing is that many of the messy forces in Sichuan in history no longer exist.

For example, Wu Dading surrendered to Li Zicheng and is currently the general under Li Zicheng.

Yuan Tao of the Shaking Yellow System was recruited by Li Zicheng when Li Zicheng attacked Sichuan last time, and tried to be the vanguard of the royal army in northern Sichuan. But Li Zicheng turned back and prepared to go south of the Yangtze River. Then he was in trouble and was killed by Zhang Xianzhong who had freed up his hands and Ma Qian who was originally against him.

The yellow shaking system has now been basically destroyed due to the tacit joint encirclement and suppression by Zhang Xianzhong and Ma Qian.

This is a good thing.

After all, this gang is pure bandits.

But it is good enough that all parties can reach peace in this way.

After all, Sichuan's natural disaster problems are relatively less serious. As long as there is no continued war, there will be no problem in feeding the current population relying solely on Sichuan's agriculture.

The population of Sichuan at the end of the Ming Dynasty should not have exceeded 10 million. After all, the Mongols killed so many people so cruelly that Sichuan only had a population of one million until the end of Zhu Yuanzhang's reign. This was including the immigrants sent there in various ways during the time of Zhu Yuanzhang. Even if more than two hundred years had passed by then, a tenfold increase would have been the limit, and not to mention the previous wars.

Ten million people is really not a lot considering Sichuan's agricultural conditions.

It is far from reaching its population carrying capacity limit.

You have to know that even during the Southern Song Dynasty, the agricultural level was not as good as it is now, and Sichuan had a population of 20 million.

Now all parties there have actually reached a situation where they are unable to do anything to each other.

Although Zhang Xianzhong is stronger, he is Li Zicheng's primary target and it is impossible for him to fight Wang Yingxiong, Ma Qian, Yang Zhan and others. Although the latter hate him, they are more afraid of Li Zicheng. With him blocking Chengdu and attracting hatred, they can hide behind. Including the Mu family and the chieftains in the southwest, they basically have this mentality. The Qin family and Li Zicheng have also fought many times. Both sides have hatred. Zhang Xianzhong can maintain peace with them under the pressure of the situation, but it is difficult for Li Zicheng. After all, Li Zicheng is really capable of unifying the world. At least now he is still at the level of Cao Cao...

"You use the emperor to control the princes, but everyone likes you to use the emperor to control the princes!

I don’t even know how many people are called orphans and how many are called kings.”

Yang Feng sighed.

Who doesn’t like to be the king?
Li Zicheng placed Chongzhen under house arrest, which was equivalent to unlocking everyone.

We have to thank Li Zicheng for this.

"Dorgon is still asking the crown prince to send people to lobby the elders' associations in various places."

Yang Guanguang said in a low voice.

"If you can't win on the battlefield, everything is zero."

Yang Feng said.

It was inevitable for Dorgon to do so.

But he couldn't win on the battlefield, and ultimately he couldn't let the elders from all over the place take the risk of following him.

These are people who won't release the eagle until they see the rabbit.

Did he think he could use his face to make these guys risk the death of their nine clans? Even Chongzhen didn't have such a big face, not to mention that he had no face at all because of the Yangzhou massacre. Even if he explained that it was not his order, it would be useless...

He had already dismissed Baiyintu from his post on the charge of disobeying military orders and massacring the city.

This is to prove his innocence.

However, it did not cause any waves, mainly because of the internal situation of the Qing army, especially Ajige, who needed to find a scapegoat to be held responsible for the defeat of Yangzhou.

Baiyintu is the most suitable.

Of course, there is no point in doing this.

It just makes people laugh.

If you have the guts, why don’t you behead him in public?
You don't even dare to behead people. Doesn't that prove that you can't control your subordinates now? You have to appease them. If they disobey your orders and massacre the city, the unlucky ones will be the fools who believed you. If such a thing really happens, do you dare to risk the wrath of the people? The elders are not fools, they are just cowards. It's just because of their positions that they sometimes make some seemingly stupid decisions, but they are all old foxes. There are really no fools!

Now all Dorgon can do is wait in Jiangbei.

Wait for Li Zicheng to resume the war.

He solved the internal problems in the North very easily...

Solve it with food. Relying on the food looted from Huaixi, Dorgon easily disintegrated the Hauge Group. Jirgalang has returned to the capital. Hauge was dismissed from his post and reflected at home because of his failure to rescue the capital. Although Hauge actually wanted to fight, he finally endured it honestly. After all, no one in the Zhenglan Banner was willing. Although Yang Feng's Northern Expedition did not take the capital, it took away a large number of people, including livestock and food, and made local tyrants bigger. They have begun to dare to resist Jirgalang's grain collection, and with Wu Sangui and Jiang Ge as backing, Jirgalang really didn't dare to provoke them. So now the eight banners who have returned to the capital are all crying for food, and the Zhenglan Banner is also not full. , and the food that Dorgon transported back from the south is the key to their survival until the summer harvest. In this case, who will follow Hauge crazy?
Can he get food?
Even if you support him to become emperor, you will still starve in the end.

But following Dorgon, he could have enough food to eat.

Very good choice.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that Haoge was too useless. After all, it is difficult for a boss who is always timid at critical moments to get his subordinates to risk their lives. What if one side risked the nine clans, and he suddenly became weak, wouldn't he be trapped to death? It has to be said that his failure was inevitable in history, and Dorgon had him under control.

Half a month later, Nanchang.

"Is the King of the East Sea satisfied with this?"

Jiang Yueguang looked at the voters passing by...

These are called the elect.

Selected from the people!
These are the people who have arrived in Nanchang. They were directly selected from the household register by Li Zicheng's subordinates in the county where they arrived, and then called to the county town, and then followed the cavalry to Nanchang. After arriving, they were concentrated in the original Ning Wang Mansion. However, they were not prohibited from moving around freely, so they all went out in groups. Because most of them came from remote areas, they were often watched on the streets.

Li Zicheng actually wanted to ban it, after all, it would be easy to be bribed, but in the end he did not insist.

I guess they didn't take this meeting seriously.

Who would really take this seriously?
We all make our living by force, when will it be the turn of a group of peddlers and hawkers to make decisions?

public opinion?

Is public opinion more powerful than fists?
"This move by the King of East Sea has never been heard of since ancient times. It is indeed in line with the way of saints. But has the King of East Sea ever thought about whether a group of peddlers and hawkers can understand the importance of things?"

Jiang Yueguang continued.

The voters walked by noisily, and some even cursed at the onlookers.

Don't know why.

Of course, it could also be that they are just onlookers watching a monkey show. After all, Nanchang is also a city of cities. Seeing these people, who are probably from poor mountain villages, deciding the ownership of Jiangxi, it is inevitable to feel a bit absurd, just like watching a group of monkeys in human form.
then……

"Pooh!"

One of them spat at the citizens who were swearing at each other.

It hit the target.

The latter rushed forward in anger.

"If you dare to provoke me, I will choose Li Zicheng to raid your house!"

The voter pointed at him and said.

The man's companions hurriedly pulled him back, and he pretended to struggle while roaring angrily and powerfully.

The citizens and voters around were all laughing happily, even the soldiers from the Beijing camp who were supervising them were laughing, and similar things had become the main entertainment in Nanchang city these days.

"Does Xihu Gong think that peddlers and hawkers are not enough, and that virtuous gentlemen should be considered? But how to evaluate virtuous gentlemen? Only those who have made achievements count? Or only the wealthy who repair bridges and roads count? Or should the local governments nominate them? Then wouldn't there be a meeting of local sages? Xihu Gong, in all conscience, do those in the meeting of local sages count as public opinion?"

Yang Feng said.

"It is better for local sages to govern than peddlers and hawkers. Most of them can't even read a few words, let alone the books of sages. They can't even read the notices of the government. Isn't it absurd to let them decide national affairs? Local sages at least know the local customs and people, and they may even have served as officials in other places and are familiar with how to govern. They know the situation of the Ming Dynasty and will not make random choices."

Jiang Yueguang said.

"But do you have a choice?"

Yang Feng said with a smile.

Jiang Yueguang...

"Just accept your fate. Your life and death is in the hands of these peddlers."

Yang Feng said.

"I have naturally accepted my fate, but I don't know if Li Zicheng will accept it. He has assembled more than a thousand warships in Jiujiang. Most of them are hastily built small boats. They are afraid that they will sink before they can reach Nanjing if they are carrying soldiers. However, it is enough to load them with firewood and oil and set them on fire at the mouth of the lake.

In addition, a large number of mines were built, which would be dropped together with these ships. The mines would be dropped first and the fuses would be lit to explode, followed by fireboats to burn them.

I wonder if the Zheng family’s warships can stop the thousands of fire ships drifting down from upstream?
In addition, Sun Shoufa and others had already arrived in Pingxiang, and together with Zhu Yiwu's troops, there were at least 50,000 troops waiting to attack Yuanzhou again. They also purchased dozens of red cannons from Huguang. It was estimated that if they attacked again, Yuanzhou would be difficult to defend. In addition, Li Zicheng took advantage of the truce during these days to transport dozens of siege cannons to De'an. Together with the reinforcements, there were already 200,000 troops on the opposite side of De'an.

The King of Donghai thought, if the Four People's Conference really rejected Li Zicheng, would he keep his promise? "

Jiang Yueguang said.

"Are you afraid that I won't be able to fulfill my promise?"

Yang Feng said.

"King of Donghai, even if you have 10,000 enemies, Li Zicheng has an army of 200,000. If you don't mobilize a large force, you may not be able to stop him. But you haven't sent a single soldier here yet. The Shandong troops are still following Zhu Dadian and Gao Jie. If something happens, can they still arrive in time?"

Jiang Yueguang said.

He was reminding Yang Feng that he had to quickly transfer the Shandong troops to Jiangxi to prepare.

"Two hundred thousand troops, in the eyes of Xihu Gong, it is a two hundred thousand troops, but in Yang's eyes, it is just Li Zicheng. Ten thousand enemies can't stop a two hundred thousand army, but it is still possible to kill one person in a two hundred thousand army. A two hundred thousand army, I regard it as a dirt chicken and a dog's ear!"

After Yang Feng finished speaking, he reached out his hand and his followers immediately opened the box on the camel's back and took out a special weapon from it. It was made of six thick-walled stainless steel tubes, all one and a half meters long, with a thicker one in the middle, so there were actually seven of them, tied with steel belts and welded between the steel tubes. There were three-sided spikes welded on the tube wall, and this one extended another one and a half meters backwards...

Yang Feng held this exaggerated weapon in both hands.

"Namo Gatling Bodhisattva, six roots purify depleted uranium bombs..."

He spoke as if reciting a scripture.

The next moment he suddenly pulled the steel wire extending from the pipe wall, and at the same time the pipe handle hit the ground.

Then flames suddenly spurted out from the front.

The six gun barrels fired at once in a short period of time. Before Jiang Yueguang could react, the nozzle in the middle, which was actually a cannon, also began to spray flames...

(End of this chapter)