Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 410 Reaching a Consensus
With the current strength of King Gui, naturally he can't compete with the Longwu court, so relying on the elite soldiers in Wang Yan's hands, if he goes all out to fight Guangxi, King Gui will definitely not be able to bear it.

When Qu Shixu said this, he just wanted to win some benefits. Seeing Wang Yan getting angry, he said leisurely, "There is no threat, just asking for fairness!" Singing red-faced, he said: "Grand Qu, I think there is some misunderstanding between us. The court has no intention of suppressing King Gui. Although King Gui is in Guangxi, it cannot be said that there is no credit for it! The rebellion in Shadingzhou, Yunnan has lasted for more than a year. Duke Mu has been unable to pacify Yunnan, and the imperial court is currently in short supply of copper mines, if King Gui can pacify Yunnan, it will be a great achievement."

What a great feat it is to pacify Yunnan, and how can it be compared with fighting against the Qing soldiers? Wealthy, with limited taxation, even if King Gui goes out of Guangxi to fight against the Qing soldiers now, how many troops Qu Gong can pull out, it is better to pacify Yunnan for the court first, manage the southwest, keep the achievements of the court's century-old development, and wait for the money to be enough to fight the Qing army. .”

After Longwu entered Guangzhou, King Gui immediately moved from Zhaoqing to Guilin. In fact, he was afraid that the Longwu court would send troops to attack him. It is not as good as Lu Fan, so if it can manage the three provinces in the Southwest, it may be a good choice.

Qu Shixu said: "The position of the crown prince is based on everyone's opinions. Let's not talk about it for the time being. How will the spheres of influence of the various parties be divided now?"

Feng Fan is actually a retrogression in history. During the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, there was chaos for more than 400 years, until Qin ruled the world and ended the era of enfeoffing feudal vassals. It was only after Emperor Wu's Tweeting Order that it was resolved again, and then in the Western Jin Dynasty, there was another rebellion of the Eight Kings.

Taking history as a mirror, it can be seen that since the Qin Dynasty, all the feudal vassals have been sealed off, which will bring disasters to the court and the people, and are basically a retrogression of history.

In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, the Taizu divided the kings, and the same was true. After Chengzu won the country as a vassal king, he began to cut down the vassals and control the power of the vassals.

Naturally, Wang Yan and Zuo Maodi knew that the confinement of the vassal would be a disaster for future generations, but now King Gui and King Lu have actually become powerful vassals. Since the imperial court is unable to change it now, they should recognize their status as vassal states in name and establish the relationship between the two vassals. The nominal relationship between the top and bottom of the Longwu court is better than letting the two feudal clans raise the banner to compete with the court for orthodoxy.

At this time, Wang Yan asked someone to take out a rolled map, spread it out on the table, and said: "This is a map of the situation in the world. I hope that the three families will use the red line on this map as a boundary to establish their sphere of influence! . "A few people gathered around and looked at it. It was basically within the scope of their respective control now. Wang Yan said to Qu Shixuan: "Most officials in Guizhou are loyal to the King of Gui, while Guizhou excludes Sizhou, Sinan, Tongren, and Zhenyuan near Huguang in the east. Besides the five mansions of Shiqian and Shiqian, it is also counted as the fiefdom of King Gui. Do you have any opinions, Master Qu?" Qu Shixu looked at the map for a long time, but couldn't say a word, they were all barren lands, but he had no choice but to do so. After all, this is the place that King Gui can control now. It is impossible for Wang Yan to assign the area controlled by the court to King Gui. After a while, he nodded and said: "Okay! I have no objections, but in the future, the state capitals that King Gui conquered must also be controlled by the king." It will be governed by King Gui."

Zuo Maodi said: "The taxation and the appointment of officials are all at the discretion of King Gui, but from now on, we will absolutely not appoint each other's officials, nor can we win over each other."

Qu Shixu nodded in response, and he let go of the stone in his heart. Just as Wang Yan was worried about conflicting with the Gui Fan and letting the Qing soldiers reap the benefits, Qu Shixu was also unwilling to meet with the Longwu court. Now a consensus has been reached. Can focus on operating Guidi.

At this time, Wang Yan said to Zhang Huang again: "Minwang in the southeast is gradually belonging to King Lu, East China Sea and Zhejiang, even if the sphere of influence of King Lu, other conditions are the same as King Gui, does Zhang Yushi have any objections?"

"The refusal by the soldiers is exactly what His Royal Highness King Lu meant, and I have no objection." Zhang Huangyan saluted.

Seeing this, Wang Yan laughed, "Very well, since the three parties have reached a consensus, let's talk about cooperation again!"

"Could it be that the imperial court has a plan to capture Nanjing?" Zhang Huangyan frowned when Wang Yan wanted to cooperate with King Lu, instinctively thinking that the Longwu imperial court would launch a new military operation.

Upon hearing the words, Wang Yan saw the expressions of Qu Shixu and Zhang Huangyan, and immediately said: "The imperial court has no ability to actively attack the Qing army in the near future. What I'm talking about is business cooperation."

Hearing that it was for business, Qu Shiqi lost interest immediately, but Zhang Huangyan said, "I don't know how the Duke wants to cooperate?"

Wang Yan said with a smile: "Among the Zheng family, Zheng Cai, Zheng Lian and other ministries have defected to the King of Lu, plus Zhoushan Island, and the rebel army loyal to the King of Lu in Siming Mountain, there may be more than 4 troops. So many soldiers Ma, but the king of Lu only has Zhoushan, how can he support him? In my opinion, it must be smuggling~"

Zhang Huangyan was surprised for a while, he didn't expect Wang Yanneng to know the situation of Lu Jianguo so clearly, "The Duke expected that His Royal Highness Lu's military pay and food, except for a part of the support of the gentry in eastern Zhejiang and Jiangnan, most of them came through Cooperate with the Eastern Zhejiang Maritime Merchants, and smuggle the materials and resell them to North Korea, Japan, and Ryukyu.”

Qu Shiqi originally lost interest when he heard that it was a business cooperation, but now he heard that King Lu was able to raise [-] soldiers by smuggling supplies, so he sat up straight.

Wang Yan smiled slightly, "North Korea and Japan are basically self-sufficient in food, and the Qing government must also be short of food now. Presumably His Royal Highness King Lu is also anxious about food!"

"It's true, basically you can only buy at a high price."

Wang Yan tapped the seat twice with his finger, and then said: "In this case, Zhang Yushi can tell King Lu that the porcelain tea smuggled in the future should not be shipped to Japan, but directly brought to Guangzhou. Exchange with you."

Tea, porcelain, silk, these things are shipped to Japan and North Korea, and the profit is only about double, but when they are shipped to Guangnan, Wang Yan is selling them to Nanyang, then there will be five times the profit. Doubled, that's why Wang Yan came up with the idea of ​​cooperating with Lu Wang.

"This matter, the lower officials will report to His Royal Highness King Lu~" Zhang Huang said that he could not make the decision, so he could only salute and respond first.

At this moment, Wang Yan looked at Qu Shixu again. He didn't care much about business, but the benefits of King Lu's smuggling moved his heart. He said with some expectation, "Please tell me, Duke Chu."

"There are many mountains in Guizhou and Guizhou, but there are also many mines. At present, the imperial court is in urgent need of copper and iron, so I want to ask Mr. Qu to organize manual mining, and the imperial court will spend cash to buy them." Wang Yan said with a smile: The tax reform was carried out, and the trade between Guangdong and Guangxi was close. The imperial court hoped that the King of Gui could standardize the tax system and not exploit the merchants in Guangdong."

Qu Shiqi didn't understand these things very well. Seeing his expression, Wang Yan knew that he might be talking to ducks, so he got up and said, "Since you two have come to Guangzhou, you should stay a little longer. Let’s talk more about cooperation. Let’s stop here today. Tomorrow, the Japanese official will be the host, and invite the two to visit the government, and communicate with the two on the various reforms of the imperial court and the issue of the clan.”

(Thank you for coming to give me a smile, Mr. Qiudao, Yuedong Woxin, and Qin Songwang for your rewards)
(End of this chapter)