627 Whoever wins the Central Plains wins the world

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Li Zixiao pursed his lips and said: "Our army also needs grain, we have to leave 200,000 stone of grain, and after the beginning of spring, I will hand over 50 stone of grain to the imperial court."

As for the armor in the Kaifeng warehouse, we don't need it, we can hand it all over to Sun Chuanting.

In addition, Earl Ben can also provide Sun Chuanting with 5,000 guns and 50 cannons free of charge to congratulate Sun on his reinstatement. ”

When Lu Xiangsheng heard this, Li Zixiao obviously understood what he meant, although he bargained and reduced 200,000 stone of grain, but this was also in his expectation.

In addition, Li Zixiao's willingness to provide a batch of firearms to Sun Chuanting in the end also made Lu Xiangsheng unable to find fault.

In this way, after Sun Chuanting took office in Shaanxi, his men and horses could have sufficient food, weapons, and armor to fight against Li Zicheng.

Of course, the 500,000 stone grain that Li Zixiao was willing to take out, of course, the imperial court would not hand it over to Sun Chuanting, and at this time, Chongzhen urgently needed a batch of grain to be transported to Shanhaiguan and Ningyuan.

Lu Xiangsheng estimated that the 500,000 stone grain that Li Zixiao took out, and finally Chongzhen could take out 100,000 stone and hand it over to Sun Chuanting, which was already very good.

"Very good, Count Li really understands the righteousness, so that after the official returns to the capital, he will also be able to give an account to the saint."

Lu Xiangsheng said with a smile.

"I definitely can't let Lord Lu run away in vain, come here, set up a banquet, tonight Earl Ben will have a good banquet for Lord Lu.

I don't know why, hearing the good news brought by Lord Lu, Earl Ben felt that his physical condition was much better, and he was more energetic than before. ”

At this time, Li Zixiao said with a smile.

The surrounding Luo Chao and other generals of the White Dragon Army all couldn't help laughing at this time.

At this time, in the hearts of the surrounding Luo Chao, Han Tong, Zhao Zilong and other generals of the White Dragon Army, a common thought emerged, that is: 'The general is getting darker and darker. ’

"Count Li, this time this official also brought an imperial doctor from the palace, with excellent medical skills, do you want me to let him give the earl a pulse?" Lu Xiangsheng said.

"No, my illness is actually a minor illness, that is, I was infected with a little cold some time ago, and I was a little tired after rushing for days before, so I got sick.

It's good to recuperate for a while, and I won't bother the imperial doctor brought by Lord Lu. ”

Li Zixiao refused, he didn't want the imperial doctor to check it, after all, he was really not sick.

Next, Lu Xiangsheng stayed in Kaifeng for two more days, and then left for Beijing, taking Ding Qirui with him at the same time, while Gao Mingheng continued to be left behind as the prefect of Kaifeng.

In this regard, Li Zixiao did not object, and Li Zixiao knew that Gao Mingheng was still very capable.

At least during his tenure as the prefect of Kaifeng, Kaifeng's civil affairs were still well organized, and Li Zixiao hoped in his heart that he could accept this person for his own use.

Moreover, Gao Mingheng has been the prefect of Kaifeng for several years, and he is most familiar with the local situation in Kaifeng, so he left him to assist Lin Yongnian, who had already rushed to Kaifeng, so that it was more convenient for Li Zixiao to control Kaifeng as soon as possible.

At the same time, Lu Xiangsheng took away with him, as well as 5,000 Ming generals and soldiers who were captured by the White Dragon Army, as well as tens of thousands of sets of Ming weapons and armor in the Kaifeng warehouse.

The more than 5,000 soldiers of the Ming Army are all veterans who have survived several major battles, which is very precious to the imperial court at this time.

Li Zixiao didn't want to keep these Ming soldiers, Li Zixiao was still thinking about whether to dismiss these Ming soldiers, Lu Xiangsheng asked for it now, just to give it to him.

"Hey, this time I only wanted to get the territory around Kaifeng, even if I was full.

As a result, I didn't expect Chongzhen to come to me such a play, and simply gave me the whole of Henan.

Now it's not that I'm full, but I'm holding on. After sending Lu Xiangsheng away, Li Zixiao sighed and said.

"Good boy, you're cheap and good! Now that the whole of Henan is yours, you can toss it as you like.

But my father has to remind you that with the officials brought by my father this time, I can barely do it by controlling the surrounding states and counties in Kaifeng.

But if you want to control the whole Kaifeng, it's impossible, you have to hurry up and find a way. ”

At this time, Li Zixiao's father-in-law, Lin Yongnian, stood next to him, touched his beard, and said with a smile.

"Uncle Yue reminded me that I originally planned to get involved in Shandong this year, but now it seems that the plan can only be postponed, and Henan will be digested first.

Henan is much larger than the three prefectures in Jiangbei, and the reserve officials in our hands are also limited, so it is impossible to complete the exchange of blood for the entire Henan officials in a short period of time.

And Chongzhen can't let us do this, it seems that we still have to adopt the policy implemented in Jiangbei.

Stabilize the situation first, except for a few people with serious bad deeds, the rest of the Ming officials will remain unmoved, and then slowly change blood, which is the safest.

Now I am the highest official in Henan, and those officials must give my orders, I just need them to carry out my orders, and I don't need them to be loyal to me.

The situation in Henan is too chaotic, a large number of victims, wealthy gentry and wealthy businessmen everywhere, bandits can be seen everywhere, and there are all kinds of cows, ghosts, snakes and gods.

We want to digest Henan, which is far more difficult than digesting the three provinces of Jiangbei before!

I am going to transfer Han Lushan to Kaifeng as well, and you will partner with your father-in-law, and in the future, the land of Jiufu in Henan will be handed over to you and Han Lushan. ”

Li Zixiao nodded, and said to Lin Yongnian beside him with an extremely solemn face.

"Well, the idea of the virtuous son-in-law is very correct, so that the father is relieved.

Originally, I was worried about my father, but if you suddenly got the land of Jiufu in Henan, you would be complacent and swell, but it turned out that you were worried about your father, and the virtuous son-in-law had already considered it in his heart.

This is the best, and it is also excellent to let Han Lushan come over and partner with his father.

Han Lushan has outstanding ability, and this year, Yangzhou has become more and more prosperous, which is the best proof. ”

Lin Yongnian was also eager to try at this time, he knew that Li Zixiao would hand over all this Henan civil affairs to him and Han Lushan next.

And Lin Yongnian has never been in charge of a province before, which is already equivalent to the power of the political envoy of the Ming Dynasty, which makes Lin Yongnian also look forward to it.

"Next, Uncle Yue, your top priority in Kaifeng is to transport grain, and we want to transport the grain we stored in Jiangbei to Kaifeng.

The whole Henan looks like a bottomless pit, too much food is needed, fortunately, we have built more than a dozen large granaries in Jiangbei in recent years, and have stored a huge amount of grain.

Now is the time to use them, first give Yuezhang a small task.

Before the end of this winter, you must first empty the three granaries outside Xuzhou City and transport them to Kaifeng.

I will send 3,000 soldiers to protect you along the way, and as for the people who transport grain, they will be recruited by Yuezhang from Kaifeng City.

There are hundreds of thousands of people in the entire Kaifeng City, and you only need to open the right price to recruit enough people.

After the beginning of spring, there will be more things for you and Han Lushan.

It is not only necessary to build roads and sort out the waterway of the Yellow River, which is a relatively important matter, but also to shorten the transportation time from Jiangbei to Kaifeng.

As for the rest, such as relief for the victims of the disaster, spring ploughing, and so on, you should also be prepared.

Anyway, in the next year, father-in-law, you will have to be busy.

After Han Lushan comes, you discuss with him and preliminarily formulate a 'Henan's development plan for the next year' and hand it to me for approval. ”

Li Zixiao said a lot to Lin Yongnian, which shows that he attaches great importance to the future of Henan.

Li Zixiao knew that if he could revitalize Henan, it would be the confidence of his decisive battle with the Tartars outside the Guanwai in a few years, and it would also be the strongest foundation for him to dominate the world.

Since ancient times, there has been a saying that "those who win the Central Plains will win the world", which is not unreasonable.

For Li Zixiao at this time, if he wants to completely digest Henan, there is a very important advance, that is, he needs a large amount of grain as a backing.

Now in Henan, grain is the hardest currency, better than silver, and the people also recognize grain the most.

After all, in these days, even if you have money, you can't necessarily buy food.

The current Henan, in Chongzhen's view, is a mess and a bottomless pit, and no amount of food can be filled, but at this time Chongzhen is short of food.

In fact, Chongzhen, as the emperor of the Ming Dynasty at this time, has too many holes to fill in his subordinates.

Not to mention, Shanhaiguan is a gluttony every year, requiring a large amount of silver and food supplies.

And the imperial court also has to give relief to the victims everywhere and exterminate the bandits, which requires money and food.

As for the actual process, how much of the disaster relief funds or anti-bandit funds allocated by Chongzhen were implemented, and how much of them went into the hands of officials in power.

If Chongzhen knew these details, he would definitely be angry to death.

This is also why Chongzhen does not allocate less disaster relief funds every year, but finds that the disaster victims and hungry people in Manchu are just inexhaustible!

At this time, Henan was a hot potato in the eyes of the imperial court, but Li Zixiao dared to take over, because what he did not lack now was food.

In the past two or three years, Li Zixiao has hoarded grain in Jiangbei, which now produces grain every year.

Except for the people's own food, basically all of them were purchased by the local government and then stored in the granary.

Li Zixiao listened to Li Yan's words at the beginning, and the strategy of 'building a high wall, accumulating grain, and slowly becoming king' is now beginning to show its power.

And Li Zixiao is not like Chongzhen now, as the emperor is high, but he doesn't know anything about the actual situation below, he is blind and deaf.

Li Zixiao will not let his subordinates appear greedy for disaster relief silver and bandit gold, if anyone dares to stretch out his hand to this, he will make him regret it for the rest of his life.

"What? Son-in-law, are you going to be a shopkeeper again? ”

After hearing Li Zixiao's words, Lin Yongnian looked at him, and a meaningful smile appeared on a face that was not very old.

"Haha, father-in-law, the son-in-law doesn't want to be the shopkeeper, but in the future, the son-in-law still has a lot to do, not to mention that I want to redeploy Henan's defense.

Jinzhou, Dengzhou, the son-in-law must always be vigilant against the Tartars, and after the beginning of spring, the son-in-law will also suppress bandits, which is what the son-in-law promised Lu Xiangsheng, and he cannot go back.

Otherwise, Lord Yuezhang thought that the imperial court would be so vain and hand over Henan to me! ”

Li Zixiao shook his head with a wry smile and complained.

"Haha, that's what my father said, how you should arrange it in your heart, how to do it well, and your father will definitely take care of your backyard for you, so that you can fight at ease on the front line.

However, don't patronize the world's major affairs, you should also go back to Xuzhou and meet Wan'er and Jie'er.

This time I came from Xuzhou, you didn't see it, the ugly babies are now growing baby teeth, more and more cute, you have to find time to go back and see their mother and son. ”

Lin Yongnian finally did not forget to remind Li Zixiao that he should take care of his family.

"Yes, Lord Yue's reminder, when I am busy with things here, I will go back to Xuzhou, and I really want to Wan'er and their mother and son."

Li Zixiao immediately responded honestly, and only then did Lin Yongnian nod with satisfaction.

And just when Li Zixiao was knighted and justifiably became the governor of Henan, Li Zixiao's army, which retreated from Kaifeng, went all the way south.

On February 6, the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, Li Zicheng laid down Xiangcheng, stayed for nearly half a month, continued to go south, passed through Ye County, went down to Yuzhou, and re-entered the territory of Nanyang Prefecture.

In a short period of time, it is impossible for Li Zicheng to completely withdraw from Henan, but the sudden cold snap this month made the last month of this winter particularly cold.

Li Zicheng also knew that in this kind of weather, it was not suitable for marching, let alone fighting, so he completely stopped in Nanyang Mansion and prepared to spend this cold winter.

After Li Zicheng's army retreated from Kaifeng, Li Zixiao asked Han Tong to send a team of scouts to follow Li Zicheng's army, and he was still very clear about the traces of Li Zicheng's army.

When Li Zixiao knew that Li Zicheng's army of more than 100,000 finally stayed in Nanyang, he also frowned.

At the beginning, Li Zixiao only planned to get Kaifeng, and he had no idea about several other state capitals in Henan, so he aimed to drive Li Zicheng out of Kaifeng.

But now, the whole of Henan belongs to him Li Zixiao, and Nanyang Mansion is naturally among them, at this time, of course, Li Zixiao hopes that Li Zicheng's army can completely leave Henan.

However, Li Zixiao also understands that this is unlikely, and in the future, Henan Mansion to the west of Nanyang Mansion will be the two state capitals that Li Zicheng's army is most likely to suffer.

After all, the two state capitals are bordering Huguang and Shaanxi, and are the traditional areas of Li Zicheng.

Moreover, these two mansions have been ruined too badly by Li Zicheng in the past two years, even if Li Zixiao controls it now, it will not be able to resume production in a short period of time.

In addition, the loss of people there is serious, although the area is vast, but for Li Zixiao at this time, it is also very chicken.

As a result, in the 'Henan Development Plan' formulated by Li Zixiao, these two prefectures were abandoned by Li Zixiao.

As long as Li Zixiao is in the Luoyang area, as well as the Nanyang Provincial Capital of Nanyang Prefecture, Li Zixiao will use Luoyang and Nanyang as the line and send the White Dragon Army to garrison.

As for the vast area of Henan Province west of Luoyang, as well as the large area of Nanyang Province south of Nanyang, it was divided into a buffer area by Li Zixiao.

What Li Zixiao will do in the next two or three years is to block Li Zicheng's army from these two lines of defense, and no longer allow Li Zicheng to get involved in the core area of Henan.

(End of chapter)