"Of course I meant it!"

Facing Gu Yanwu's rhetorical question, after saying this, Zhu Mingzhong leaned back and leaned on the back of the soft chair.

People will always do everything possible to improve their lives, so as to enjoy the joy of life, and at worst, this is the driving force for the progress of human civilization. To put it mildly - Zhu Mingzhong certainly hopes that he will be more comfortable. From soft chairs to new mattresses, in short, for Zhu Mingzhong in the 17th century, he did not let go of the idea of improving life, and has been trying to introduce some living utensils from later generations to improve the living environment.

And the invention that he is most proud of, I am afraid is that the toilet is currently only used in the government office, this seemingly simple invention, in later generations of the Internet was once called "the greatest invention", great or not great Zhu Mingzhong does not know, but at least some of the lifestyle belonging to the 21st century, after his efforts have reappeared in his life in this era, of course, although the use of inventions such as flush toilets is convenient, but it is very difficult to promote, the reason is very simple, Because most Chinese people in this era don't have running water at home, what do you use to flush it? Even the tap water in the government office is also experimental, after all, the copper water pipe is not something that ordinary people can afford. So the so-called "greatest invention" is the same as the tap water in the government office, but it is just a technical reserve. On the contrary, the soft chairs, sofas and spring mattresses wrapped in cloth are easier to promote and are easily accepted by the market.

Of course, now these "small inventions" are not widely spread, but one day they will be accepted by the market and people, and eventually change the lives of thousands of families, and eventually, these "small inventions" will become some industries in the industrial revolution, and will promote technological progress little by little. Before that, it was just to improve Zhu Mingzhong's personal life.

Just like Zhu Mingzhong, who was now leaning on the soft chair and completely relaxed, looked at Gu Yanwu, who seemed to be puzzled, and continued.

"That's why I hope that they can persuade Li Dingguo to go to Guangdong instead of staying in Myanmar!"

"Please ask Li Dingguo to go to Guangdong...... After a little knowledge, in this way, this Jiangnan will fall into the three-legged trend of Zheng, Zhang, and Li! ”

Gu Yanwu looked at Zhu Mingzhong, his eyes were full of incomprehension, didn't Jing Luo know that in this way, the already extremely delicate situation in Jiangnan would only become more complicated.

"The situation will indeed become more complicated, but, don't forget, Guangdong's current Qing army is empty, and half a year ago, after Geng Jimao moved to Fujian, Guangdong's troops suddenly decreased sharply."

Originally, Zhu Mingzhong only knew about the three feudatories, and he didn't know that Shang Kexi and Jing Jimao, who were among the three feudatories, had actually been in Guangzhou. And after Shang Kexi and Jing Jimao conquered and slaughtered Guangzhou, the two were ordered by the Manchu Qing Dynasty to be in Guangzhou, and the two built Jingnan and Pingnan two feudal mansions with Guangzhou, and the two feudal palaces faced each other in the city of Guangzhou, because most of the people of Guangzhou were slaughtered, but also provided enough vacant land for them to build the palace, after all, the people in the city were almost killed, so that the two palaces occupied half of the city of Guangzhou.

A few years ago, Yang Yongjian, a high-ranking county in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, moved to the country, and neglected the two vassal kings of Chen Jingnan and Pingnan who had suffered from indiscriminate labor and private taxation in Guangdong, and said, "One province is unbearable for two feudal domains, please move to other provinces." ”

In this way, after having an excuse, the Manchu Qing Dynasty ordered Geng Jimao to move to Guilin, and Geng Jimao naturally did not want to go to a remote place like Guangxi, so he naturally refused with various excuses. Last year, the Manchu Qing ordered him to move to Sichuan, but he still has the excuse to delay it to this day, after all, compared to Guangdong, almost the entire Sichuan has been slaughtered by the Manchus, and Geng Jimao naturally cannot go to that kind of place.

At this time, the fiasco of the Keelung naval battle directly led to the emptiness of Fujian's troops, coupled with Zheng Chenggong's threat to Fujian in Zhejiang, and he intended to conquer Fujian westward, in order to enhance the power of Fujian, the Manchu Qing Dynasty changed the order of Geng Jimao to move to Fujian, so that history once again turned back to the original point, Geng Jimao moved to Fujian. And now there is only one Shang Ke in Guangzhou, and its defense is naturally extremely empty compared to before.

"At present, although there is still a large army led by Shang Kexi in Guangdong, but the number of troops under his command is still less than 50,000, and it is divided into various places, if our army can help Li Dingguo capture Guangzhou with a fleet, then the whole province of Guangdong will be greatly shaken, and once Guangzhou is lost, when the time comes, Shang Kexi will be a lost dog, this thief will only have two ways to escape, one is to flee to Changsha, and the other is to flee to Fujian......

When mentioning Shang Kexi, Zhu Mingzhong's eyebrows raised, the most shameless thing in the world is probably Shang Kexi, as one of the so-called "three feudatories", Shang Kexi himself was extremely loyal after surrendering, which is indeed not quite the same as Wu and Geng, after all, the two of them still have some helpless meaning, and even have a feeling of being in Cao Palace, at least for themselves, maybe they are slaughtering their compatriots on the one hand, asking for credit from the Manchus, but on the other hand, they are resentful, this contradiction has been reflected in Wu Sangui and others throughout their lives, Of course, in Zhu Mingzhong's view, whether it is Wu Sangui or Geng Jimao, as warlords, what they think and think is always for their personal glory and wealth, and they have no loyalty to the Manchu Qing Dynasty at all, they are just warlords, in the Ming Dynasty, and in the Qing Dynasty.

But Shang Kexi is different, he can be said to be a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty, and he can be said to be loyal to the Manchus, and even in the so-called "Three Feudatories Rebellion" of the Manchu Dynasty, because he refused to rebel, it has been difficult for the army in Guangxi to go north, and Geng Jingzhong and Zheng Jing also had to put a large number of troops on the confrontation in Chaozhou. It can be said that Shang Kexi's loyalty to the Manchus directly changed the fate of the Manchus.

And what is even more annoying is that it is such a traitor who is "loyal" to foreign invaders, in China hundreds of years later, he was actually deducted the title of "great hero", and even built a memorial hall in a grand manner, and what is the greatest achievement of this so-called "big hero" Shang Kexi's life? It's just that he slaughtered hundreds of thousands of men, women, and children in Guangzhou, committing this kind of crime against his compatriots, and some people turned black and white upside down for him, and built a memorial hall!

How much does a person have to contribute to have a memorial?

All this is simply an insult to the most basic common sense of mankind, and a traitor like Shang Kexi, who first committed treason, then repeatedly slaughtered cities, and killed millions of ordinary people, can actually build an elegant memorial hall in a grand manner, invite a group of so-called "experts and scholars" to study and commemorate, and create public opinion in an attempt to overturn the case, which is itself an aggressive and strange thing in modern civilized society.

Thinking of the so-called "big heroes" that later generations have seen, the "Shang Wang" whose hands are stained with the blood of Chinese compatriots, and the memorial hall owned by traitors such as Hong Chengchou, and how they are "pursued by the people" in the 21st century, Zhu Mingzhong, who suddenly sneered with anger in his heart.

"Wherever the thief flees, it is not a problem. The capture of Guangdong with the Jin domain can not only allow the Jin domain to recuperate, but also recuperate with the power of Guangdong to prepare for the Northern Expedition in the coming day. It can also cut off the connection between the flood thieves in Fujian Province, and then isolate the flood thieves, which will be beneficial to the great cause of Zhongxing! ”

While explaining his intentions, Zhu Mingzhong had a map in his mind, and although there was no detailed map of China in this era, he still had the impression of later maps in his mind. And in this map, once Guangdong is Li Dingguo, then Jiangnan is basically completely returned to the Ming Dynasty except for Hunan, which is occupied by Hong Chengchou, the traitor.

"Once Shao Sima captures Wuchang, Changsha can be isolated in the southwest for my Ming Dynasty, and after the Jin Dynasty captures Guangdong, Hong Chengchou, Wu Sangui, Shang Kexi, and even Geng Jimao, these Han thieves, can be isolated in the southwest, and thus fall into the siege of our Ming Dynasty!"

Taking a deep breath, thinking of the situation in Jiangnan at that time, Zhu Mingzhong continued to explain his thoughts.

"Just like back then, the Hong thieves squeezed my Ming Dynasty, Shao Sima and Jin Fan can join forces to squeeze it to the southwest, and the barren southwest will only be defeated sooner or later, and at that time, Hong Chengchou, Wu Sangui, Shang Kexi, and Geng Jimao, these Han thieves, will inevitably die!"

When mentioning traitors such as Hong Chengchou, Wu Sangui, Shang Kexi, and even Geng Jimao, Zhu Mingzhong all looked like he couldn't wait to eat his bones, he could never accept their betrayal of the nation, and he couldn't accept those scum whose hands were stained with the blood of Chinese compatriots.

From the map, it can be seen that once Guangdong is captured, the situation in the entire southwest will undergo fundamental changes, and in the end, I am afraid that they can only retreat to Burma and other foreign vassals like the imperial court.

At this time, Gu Yanwu didn't know that now that the Burmese Xuanwei Division had been abolished, it had re-become the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and even used the local soldiers there to form an army of tens of thousands of people.

Not to mention Gu Yanwu, since it was Zhu Mingzhong, who planned all this, he also did not know the changes in the situation in Myanmar at this time, and even he instructed the formation of the "Nanyang Army" at the beginning, but it was just to lay a foundation in Nanyang and pave the way for future foreign trade and colonization of Southeast Asia. As for the place in Burma, what he wanted was nothing more than encroachment, like the British, first by appeasing the Tusi to encroach on the lower Burma, after all, Burma in history can be regarded as a "great military attack", in the so-called "Kangqian prosperous era" in the "Qing-Burma War", the Qing army was lost in four battles, and even lost a large amount of land, and ended up with a big defeat.

In contrast, the Ming-Burma War in the Wanli period ended with the victory of the Ming army, although the Ming army was prepared in a hurry, but under the counteroffensive of the Ming army, Burma surrendered to the Ming army, and the Tusi in the border areas also expressed their submission to the Ming Dynasty.

Although there is the confidence of the Ming-Burma War, it must be an expedition of laborers, and all the goals set by Zhu Mingzhong are limited - to gain a firm foothold in Lower Burma by appeasing the Tusi, and then when the time is ripe, completely solve the "Southeast Asian tyrants" of this era. But who would have thought that everything would be far smoother than he imagined. This country, which from the 16th century to the early 19th century, regarded itself as a "small tyrant", is so vulnerable.

Of course, Zhu Mingzhong ignored one point - in Burma in this era, the control of its domestic Tusi was far less tight than it was a hundred years later, and those Tusi were still deeply influenced by the Ming Dynasty and recognized that the Ming Dynasty was orthodox, and it was precisely because of this that the attack in Burma was smooth. Because those toasts will not resist the entry of the Ming Dynasty at all.

Zhu Mingzhong was not clear about this, and naturally did not know that Myanmar had re-become the territory of the Ming Dynasty. I don't know that now Li Dingguo has also agreed to go to Guangdong, after all, compared with Myanmar, Guangdong is undoubtedly a better choice for him.

"But, after all, this Jin clan is always from the West Thief......"

Gu Yanwu's "West Thief" made Zhu Mingzhong's brows wrinkle suddenly, this is exactly what many people think of Li Dingguo, if it weren't for knowing that Li Dingguo was the most optimus of the Ming Dynasty, maybe Zhu Mingzhong would really be affected by it, but he who knows history naturally knows that Li Dingguo's loyalty to the Ming Dynasty is far greater than that of many so-called Ming Dynasty generals who "received the emperor's favor".

Thinking of Li Dingguo, who was forgotten by history and suffered all kinds of injustices, compared with those traitors and scum who were "remembered" and "remembered" by future generations and built memorials, Zhu Mingzhong's tone suddenly became a little unhappy.

"Ningren, West Thief?"

Snorted dissatisfied, Zhu Mingzhong's tone was unhappy, but he said with some dissatisfaction.

"Don't forget, it's this western thief who supports half of the Jiangnan in the southwest of my Ming Dynasty, if there is no Li Dingguo, I'm afraid that I would have been killed by the Qing Dynasty today, as for the Ming court, I'm afraid it would have disappeared long ago. You must know that the Jin Dynasty was prosperous, and the Manchu Qing once wanted to withdraw and seek peace. Since ancient times, there is no more famous general than this, and the king of Jin has made a great contribution to my Ming. ”

For Li Dingguo, Zhu Mingzhong can be said to be unsparing in praise, the reason is simple, Li Dingguo has been loyal to the "great righteousness" all his life, even in despair, he has never given up. Even, once upon a time, like many people, Zhu Mingzhong, who was in the 21st century, believed that if Li Dingguo and Zheng Chenggong changed places, perhaps, the Ming Dynasty would really prosper, but he who guarded the Ming court has always been the main target of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

When Zhang Xianzhong died, Yu Jinfan and others once said, "When I die, I will return to the Ming in a hurry, and there is no injustice" ......"

Remembering the words that Zhang Xianzhong said to Li Dingguo and others when he died, Zhu Mingzhong said silently.

"If Zhang Thief still knows what today's righteousness is, Ning Ren, don't you know what today's righteousness is?"

Feeling the unhappiness in Jing Liu's tone, Gu Yanwu immediately realized his mistake, even if he was a thief, he knew that he would try his best to take care of the overall situation within his cognition, and he thought that it was indeed himself Meng Lang, so he hurriedly said apologetically.

"It's the negligence of the lower officials, although the Jin clan is out of the west camp, but its loyalty to my Ming Dynasty can be ......seen by the sun and the moon."

Gu Yanwu's words made Zhu Mingzhong just nod slightly, and then, he did not speak, according to the records in the history books, Li Dingguo is completely different from other rogues, maybe he was a "thief", but his "thief" was the pillar of optimus in the last ten years of the Ming Dynasty, and was named the king of Jin by Emperor Yongli. He used the remote corner of Yunnan and Guizhou to confront the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which unified most of the country, and the situation was a hundred times more sinister and arduous than the Northern Expedition of Zhuge Wuhou.

In this critical situation, he supported the Ming Dynasty and resisted the Qing Dynasty, and was unswerving; Take into account the overall situation and avoid internal strife in the same camp; On personal conduct, on the military discipline of the department, they are all impeccable; In the southwest of the people have a legacy, Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou more than the land to build "Li Jin Wang Temple", the legend of the British name spread to hundreds of years later.

Why did he lose?

Perhaps it was the defeat of his loving heart.

The defeat of Xinhui, if he could ruthlessly ignore the lives and deaths of the people in the city at that time, he only needed to concentrate the artillery onslaught, and it would have been easy to break the city. However, in order to save the lives of the local people as much as possible, he chose to besiege the city for a long time, and was finally defeated by the Qing army.

When he led his troops back to Guangxi, hundreds of thousands of people in various prefectures and counties in western Guangdong also preferred to abandon their homes and flee with the Ming army. He comforted the refugees with the army, but even "cried and lost his voice". As a result, the Qing army gathered 100,000 troops to pursue, so that its main force was greatly damaged, and it had no possibility of counterattacking Guangdong from then on.

History is always so absurd, with the fierce and vicious army of beasts, often able to defeat the army of the king who is benevolent and loves the people, and there are countless similar examples in history.

"Hu Fengnan crossed the grass, and donated the king out of Yunnan. One body has turned to fight thousands of miles, and one hand has been half of the sky. ”

Speaking of this poem of later generations, I thought that after receiving the news of the death of Yongli's father and son, he wore his hair in vain when he mourned for Emperor Yongli, chanting and grabbing the ground, and his eyes were full of blood and tears, but compared to those traitors and scum, lonely and loyal ministers like Li Dingguo, people have too few memorials for him, and what makes people feel even more absurd is that traitors and scum like Shang Kexi and Hong Chengchou are built memorials for them and constantly beautify them, while heroes like Li Dingguo are constantly scandalized. In some TV series in later generations, Li Dingguo, a famous anti-Qing general in the late Ming Dynasty, actually killed his wife and daughter with his own hands, shaved his hair and changed clothes, and kept a money rat tail, and the filmmaker even maliciously used the same actor to play a Qing palace eunuch who looked the same as him and was said to be his brother at the same time......

This is simply the worst time in the history of Chinese TV dramas that a national hero has been smeared! Thinking of all kinds of absurdities, especially the acts of film and television dramas that maliciously distort history and smear national heroes. Thinking of Li Dingguo, Zhang Huangyan and other national heroes trying to save the sky in this era, Zhu Mingzhong's heart only felt hot, and he sighed after being silent for a long time.

"The wind knows the grass, and the board knows the honest minister. The loyalty of the King of Jin, no need for outsiders, this Guangdong to the King of Jin, is in line with the overall situation......"

More in line with interests!

Zhu Mingzhong secretly thought to himself, although he admired Li Dingguo very much, but the reason why he wanted him to go to Guangdong was not just to avoid the end of his death in the wilderness, but more importantly, Zhu Mingzhong needed someone in Guangdong to balance the situation in the southeast.

People are always selfish, although they are now quite close to Zheng Chenggong and Zhang Huangyan, but the word is a knife, no one knows what will happen in the future, in case of a conflict in the future, when the time comes, the front is the Manchu Qing, and the back is the former ally, and then it will really be the enemy on the back. But if Li Dingguo were in Guangdong, it would be possible to change the situation.

"When Yongli returns to Keelung, it is estimated that by then, the honeymoon period between himself and Zheng Chenggong will almost be over,......"

Thinking of this, Zhu Mingzhong couldn't help but sigh in his heart, even if it is a close relationship, it will be split due to differences in interests, no matter how close the relationship with Zheng Chenggong is now, even if his wife is his sister, once the news of Yongli returning to the dynasty comes out, it must be the time to break with Zheng Chenggong. At that time, even if they don't fight each other, I am afraid that the relationship between the two sides will be difficult to return to the present.

And it's not just Zheng Chenggong, even Zhang Huangyan's side is the same. They may all be loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty, but as loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty, they all have their own thoughts and thoughts.

Yongli may represent the imperial court, but that's all, it's just a flag, and when the time comes, they may throw that flag down at any time.

It's even Zhu Mingzhong himself...... Thinking of Wang Shiyuan who stayed in Yangzhou, he secretly sighed in his heart, but all people are always selfish, if there is a break, whether Wang Shiyuan is Chongzhen or not, when the time comes, Zhu Mingzhong may set up another emperor.

In this case, in order to ensure their own strength, they need to introduce another force, and they need the other force to be able to make Zheng Chenggong and Zhang Huangyan fall into a situation where they are attacked on their backs.

Of course, only in this way can Zheng Chenggong and Zhang Huangyan throw themselves into the mouse trap and not finally break up. Therefore, whether it is private or public, Zhu Mingzhong will support Li Dingguo's entry into Guangdong.

Of course, Li Dingguo's entry into Guangdong does not mean that the problem has been solved, in fact, even if the Manchus are expelled from China in the future, China will inevitably fall into another situation - Zheng Chenggong, Zhang Huangyan, Li Dingguo, and Zhu Mingzhong himself will each support their own troops.

At that time, what choices will people make?

Is it attacking each other? Or put down your weapons? Return the world to peace?

For the future, Zhu Mingzhong is not willing to think too much now, after all, the future is too far away, the important thing is the present, he must find a way to maintain the current situation.

When Zhu Mingzhong fell into contemplation, Gu Yanwu looked at him, and saw that after reading the poem, he fell into silence, even if he didn't say a word, he could hear from the poem that this poem was a praise for the Jin Domain, and he had already understood Jingluo's attitude towards the Jin Domain, and when he saw that Jingluo didn't speak for a long time, he asked tentatively.

"If Yanping and Shao Sima are unhappy about this at that time, what will happen to Jinglu at that time?"

Gu Yanwu's reminder made Zhu Mingzhong slightly stunned, and then shook his head and said.

"Now, they can't take care of so much, Yanping is using all his troops in Fujian, as for Shao Sima, aren't they thinking about defeating Wuchang!"