He Zhen must ask his son to go to Chengdu to help Deng Ming, and Deng Ming has no good way to refuse, this behavior looks a bit similar to sending his son as a hostage, which is a way for warlords to show their allegiance. At first, Deng Ming thought that He Zhen wanted to get more supplies, so he claimed that he had no surplus food in his hands, but He Zhen denied that he was selling his son, and he had to let He Daoning go to Chengdu if he had no food - in essence, he was selling his son, but he was not in a hurry to collect money. Deng Ming then said that he didn't know what position to arrange for He Daoning, but He Zhen said again that his intention was just to let his son follow Deng Ming to increase his knowledge, and let He Daoning do him a favor when he had something, so that he could learn more and be more optimistic if he had nothing to do.

Speaking of which, Deng Ming had no choice but to nod in agreement. He thought about it carefully, his current status was that of a warlord who occupied the Chengdu area, and he could also act according to the practice of the warlord, so he was relieved and promised He Zhen to bring He Daoning back to Chengdu when they broke up.

On the way back to the barracks with his father, He Daoning muttered a little, He Zhen knew that his son was timid and not material for war, but he thought that Deng Ming would not take his baby son to the battlefield, Yuan Xiang and Liu Jinge were two good examples. Although both of them have brave reputations, Deng Ming also left them in the safe rear, and the sons and nephews of this kind of military leader must be the key objects of protection, in case there is a mistake on the battlefield, the cost of politics is too great.

Originally, He Daoning wanted his father to help him ask for a half-official position, but in the end, there was no guarantee, which made He Daoning feel uneasy, and he didn't know what would happen to him after he went to Chengdu, whether he really became a hostage and was kept in captivity; Moreover, Deng Ming clearly showed his distrust of himself just now, and made it clear that he had to examine his ability before he could be awarded a position, and if there was no suitable one, he could only stay idle.

"You just don't know!" After understanding her son's worries, He Zhen scolded: "Picking goods is the buyer, if Admiral Deng agrees, then what will be assigned to you will be really idle, and those who promise too quickly will generally not keep their promises; Admiral Deng's refusal to say it to death shows that he will seriously consider giving you something to do, and he can't help but give your Lao Tzu face. If you want to say that you brought this thing on your own, what a good opportunity last time, if you rushed into battle with Admiral Deng, how could you be in charge of an army in Chengdu, right? After a pause, He Zhen said again: "It can also save you a lot of armor for Lao Tzu." ”

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After He Zhen left, Deng Ming and the officers discussed how to arrange He Daoning.

"General Xiaohe can't do it," Zhou Kaihuang shook his head again and again: "Pampered, not as good as General Xiao Yuan and General Xiao Liu." ”

The relationship between Zhou Kaihuang and Yuan Xiang is very good, and when Yuan Zongdi sent two people to Deng Ming's army together, he also wanted them to take care of each other, which meant that he cultivated wings for Yuan Xiang. However, the direction of the shape shì was somewhat unexpected by Yuan Zongdi's initial expectations, he did not expect that after Deng Ming left Yudong, he would go to Dongchuan and Kunming to fight with the Qing army, and after the power was greater, Deng Ming still led the army, and often left the base area for a few months. Now although Yuan Xiang belongs to the high-level of Deng Ming's group, his cronie Cheng Dù is obviously inferior to Zhou Kaihuang, who was born and died with Deng Ming, and the status of the two is at least equal, and he can't be called who is who's wing.

"General Xiaohe is indeed not a brave general, I don't know how to govern it." Deng Ming said softly. He Daoning, like Yuan Xiang and Liu Jinge, as long as Deng Ming didn't want to offend the military leaders behind them, he couldn't help but entrust him with important tasks.

The fact that the children of such generals were given important tasks as soon as they came to Chengdu was undoubtedly not in line with Deng Ming's modern thinking. But since Chengdu is not a constitutional country, Deng Ming has to play according to the rules of the game of the ** regime. For example, the trouble that Pu Fu and Yu Youming made in Wuchang, Yu Youming needless to say, has connections in the Zhejiang army, and has a good relationship with Ren Tang, as long as he doesn't make people angry, Deng Ming can only make up for the loss of the sheep and can't punish him severely, so as not to make the Zhejiang people dissatisfied; And Pu Fu is Xiong Lan's confidant, although Deng Ming is a little suspicious that he may accept bribes, but Deng Ming also has to consider Xiong Lan's enthusiasm for work. Deng Ming often went out far from the base area, but he didn't want the backyard to catch fire - this Wuchang incident involved many people in Chengdu, and if there was really a bribery, Chengdu would probably have a share.

"Don't be deaf or dumb, don't be a family member." Deng Ming silently thought in his heart, he can monopolize power in the Sichuan army, relying on these minions, as long as he is loyal and knows how to do it in moderation, no dictator will be able to get along with his subordinates when the enemy is present. While his subordinates have not yet enjoyed their rights, Deng Ming can carry out some social reforms, but as long as he does not want to cause the people to rebel against his relatives, he must learn to pretend to be deaf and dumb, and the fact that these rules can be handed down shows their reasonableness.

"Admiral Gaoyou Lake is victorious, and it is normal for General He to send his son into the pledge, but General Xiaohe cannot be allowed to control the financial power." Deng Ming spoke well to Zhang Huang, and also trusted the Zhedong Army, and Ren Tang was still very happy to see that the Yu Dongjun began to develop from Deng Ming's ally to his subordinates.

"That's right, if General Xiaohe transports all the grain and grass to his Lao Tzu, it won't be bearable." Mu Tan immediately echoed, and glanced at Zhou Kaihuang as he spoke.

And Zhou Kaihuang immediately heard the other party's voice-over, and he couldn't criticize He Daoning's weakness anymore, and immediately defended Yuan Xiang and Liu Jinge: "Yuan Tixing and Liu Zhifu are both righteous and bright requests to the Admiral, and Yuan Guogong sticks to Wanxian County, and Liu Guogong guards the Three Gorges, which is meritorious to the Admiral!" ”

When Deng Ming was fighting in the south of the Yangtze River, he received a letter from the rear, Liu Jinge said that Yiling and Wanxian needed supplies, and asked Deng Ming to allocate some as appropriate, and Deng Ming would certainly not disagree with this request; When inspecting the account books of Yu Youming and Pu Fu this time, it was found that Liu Jinge had transported materials worth 100,000 taels of silver to Wanxian and Yiling; In addition, Deng Ming was able to detect Yu Youming and Pu Fu's methods, and Liu Jinge naturally knew it. However, Xiong Lan and Qin Xiucai actively helped Yu Youming speak, saying that the purchase of "parts" to assemble in Chengdu did not violate Deng Ming's regulations, and Liu Jinge was difficult to investigate to the end, so he had to reach a compromise with the bank and let them send Liu Tichun and Yuan Zongdi some urgently needed materials when they passed by Yiling and Wanxian.

It is Liu Jinge's filial piety to send things to Liu Tichun in Yiling, and the share given to Yuan Zongdi in Wanxian County must be Yuan Xiang at work. Compared with the huge wealth that Deng Ming obtained from Jiangnan, the materials that Liu Jinge applied for were only a small part, and Ren Tang and Mu Tan were not very distressed, but the two of them had no friendship with the Dong Army, and they always felt that these thieves were eating big money.

"I agreed to send supplies. Without General Yuan, how could the sailors in Chongqing be suppressed and the smooth flow of shipping ensured? Deng Ming hurried to play a round, strengthening the Dong Army was originally part of his strategy, and when he supported Zhang Huangyan, Ren Tang had no complaints. Mu Tan always complained to Deng Ming in private, saying that the Zhoushan Army and the Yuan Dongjun paid too little and gained too much, and Deng Ming also knew the meaning of this: Zheng Chenggong was rich, and Mu Tan was embarrassed to ask for benefits for the Min Army, but he felt that the king of Yanping County was loyal to the king of Shaotang and had a lot of credit, so did he deserve to suffer if he was rich? Therefore, Mu Tan always gave Deng Ming a briefing, saying that the princes should not only not ask Deng Ming for things, but should pay him taxes and provide soldiers.

After returning to Sichuan this time, Deng Ming planned to go to Kunming, in addition to strengthening the ties between allies, but also to appease Zhao Tianba. Seeing that Yudong and Zhoushan had benefited from Deng Ming's victory, Li Dingguo, as the pillar of the southwest, if Deng Ming did not strengthen cooperation, it might make Zhao Tianba suspect that he was hostile to the King of Jin.

Seeing that the discussion could not continue, Deng Ming hastily announced the adjournment of the meeting.

Then he called Pu Fu and Yu Youming and told them that they could purchase some clothes and fabrics to go to Chengdu. Deng Ming had already announced that he would give a bonus of 5,000 yuan to each soldier who participated in Gaoyou Lake, and more than 4,000 soldiers of the Ming army had no need to marry because they already had families in Chengdu, and they would soon have a large sum of money. After a man has money, he will definitely think about buying some clothes, decorations and other things for his wife, and Deng Ming estimates that this business will be good. These goods can absorb a part of the bonus, so as not to increase the inflation of Chengdu; Moreover, a good life for military families also helps to improve the status of soldiers and create convenience for the army to recruit soldiers in the future; Finally, Deng Ming had already pondered about taking away the monopoly privileges of the tax bureau and letting them make some money before taking action to eliminate dissatisfaction - fortunately, it was discovered early, and if this monopoly management power was long-term and formalized, the privileged group would not be able to be appeased by such a small favor.

While Deng Ming lamented that he was becoming more and more like a traditional ruler, Hao Shaoqi and the king of Dong'an also came to the vicinity of Wuchang.

"I'll see the Admiral tomorrow." Hao Shaoqi said to Zhu Shenglang: "The admiral killed the chieftain, the world shook, it seems that the Ming Dynasty is not far away." ”

After the news of the Battle of Gaoyou Lake arrived, Hao Shaoqi and the officers first did not believe it, feeling that Shunzhi was guarded by elite Praetorian Guards, and that it was on the Qing court's own territory, surrounded by green battalions, and with the eyes and ears of the government, the possibility of the Ming army raiding Shunzhi was almost non-existent. Thanks to the vigorous propaganda of the southeastern governor, Hao Shaoqi soon found out that this was true, and Deng Ming not only successfully killed the emperor by going deep into the enemy territory alone, but also returned to his own sailor unscathed.

In the past, although many Ming army officers still insisted on resisting, they thought in their hearts that defeat was only a matter of time, and Deng Ming's victory in Hubei only delayed the time for defeat to come, and the future was still bleak - at that time, the world-famous Manchu Eight Banners had not yet gone south in large numbers, and it seemed that they did not come to Huguang only because the Imperial Court felt that it was not necessary, and the stronger the Ming army in Hubei, the more attention it would attract from Beijing, and the greater the momentum would only attract the Manchurian soldiers earlier.

Li Dingguo's defeat of Nikan also caused a national shock, but then the three kings infighting led to the collapse of the Southern Ming Dynasty, which made many people even more desperate. Even the King of Jin, who was able to defeat the Eight Banners head-on, could not escape defeat, and the Hubei Ming Army was naturally not the opponent of the Eight Banners. Last year, Zheng Chenggong also lost his persuasiveness because he won first and then lost, and like Li Dingguo, the defeat of Eight Banners looked like an accidental miss.

However, Shunzhi's death made the Ming army excited, and also made many people have unrealistic illusions, and many low-level soldiers discussed whether the Qing court would surrender and whether the local authorities would surrender; Although these hopes did not materialize, Hao Shaoqi's army was still full of excitement and confidence of victory. The imperial camp of Anru Taishan can be annihilated on the territory of the Imperial Court, which shows that the world-famous Eight Banners of Manchuria are by no means invincible. What's more, many people in Hao Shaoqi's army have seen Deng Ming, unlike the distant and unfamiliar Li Dingguo and Zheng Chenggong, Deng Ming is a living person in the hearts of Hao Shaoqi's officers and soldiers, not just a name; The soldiers of Yu Dongbing are also quite familiar with the troops who participated in the battle of Gaoyou Lake, aren't they the soldiers of western Sichuan, they were not as good as us before Deng Ming entered Sichuan.