When it comes to the strategy for the next few years, Deng Ming invited Gong Yan and Li Siye to attend the meeting. Although Gong Anzhi failed to ask for the governor of Sichuan from Wen Anzhi, the two quarreled a few times, but Wen Anzhi did not object to him to assist the old general who broke into the camp in Sichuan - Wen Anzhi understood that Gong Yan and Kuidong generals had a better relationship and were more trusted by them than himself, so Wen Anzhi thought that it was indeed more beneficial for Gong Yan to do this to fight against the Qing Dynasty, and Wen Anzhi just disagreed to let this person who burned the main card of the Son of Heaven in the Ming Dynasty become the official of the Ming Dynasty again.

And Li Siye came to Chengdu again this time for the sake of Jianchang. After hearing that Feng Shuangli retired and Di Sanxi and others went to Hanshui, Kunming felt that Deng Mingji was close to annexing the Xiying and Qin Shu lines, and Kunming's Xiying also felt threatened. However, Chengdu's support for Kunming is still very important, and Deng Ming also sent an envoy to Kunming to explain to Li Dingguo at the first time, saying that this was not his instruction, but because Feng Shuangli Group and He Daoning Group hit it off. In order to ease the tension caused by Chengdu's annexation of Jianchang, Li Dingguo asked his son to go to Chengdu again to reaffirm the harmonious relationship between the two families, and at the same time discussed with Deng Ming how to continue to guarantee Chengdu's assistance to Kunming after the Feng Shuangli group broke up.

In Deng Ming's previous life, Kangxi cut the feudal domain and forced Wu Sangui, who was waiting for death, and also helped Wu Sangui find a group of helpers, Kong Youde's son-in-law Sun Yanling, and the Geng family monks, who were loyal to the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Geng Jingzhong showed strong combat effectiveness, relying on a few thousand feudal soldiers to control Fujian and enter Zhejiang. Jieshu commanded the central army of the Qing court, and the southeast wealth was backed by, but Geng Jingzhong was blocked in Hangzhou and couldn't go out, if Zheng Jing didn't keep stabbing Geng Jingzhong in the back, Jieshu and the main force of the Qing court didn't know that the year of the monkey and Ma Yue could turn defense into offense. However, now Geng Fan is still in charge of Geng Jimao, and Sony and Ao Bai are still there, so I can't see the possibility of the Geng family betraying the Qing court.

The same is true of the Shang Fan in Guangdong, Kangxi is happy to bet on the two sides of the feudal domain, announcing that he was under house arrest by his son Shang Zhixin, and asked Shang Zhixin to take all the soldiers and horses to help Wu Sangui fight Kangxi. Later, seeing that the situation was unfavorable, Shang Kexi turned against him, saying that he relied on the emperor's Hongfu and took down the rebel son, and finally the punishment of the Qing court was that Shang Zhixin was given to death, and the rest of the Shang family did not even lose a single hair. Now that Kangxi is not in power, Shang Zhixin Zhennan Wang Shizi is doing a good job, and he can't see that he has the motive of "house arrest" his father.

As for Sun Yanling in Guangxi, his wife Kong Sizhen is a princess of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and Sun Eyu is now also dreaming of the Spring and Autumn Period, planning to let his son inherit the throne of his father-in-law Kong Youde, Yongzhen Guangxi.

"Geng, Shang, and Sun were all Dongjiang troops who were enveloped by Huang Taiji after Mao Wenlong's death, and they were still Houjin at that time. At that time, Houjin was cramped in a corner of Liaodong, and they didn't think about rebellion, let alone now. Even if the situation in the world becomes favorable to us again, it is easy to say that the other green camps are easy to say, but it is difficult for these guys to say, Geng Jimao is already the second generation, but Shang Kexi will definitely resist to the end. "Since Huang Taiji ceded Liaoyang City to Kong Youde, Shang Kexi, and Geng Zhongming to garrison the army, he recognized that they were the shareholders and partners of Houjin Robbery Co., Ltd., these guys are different from Wu Sangui, as long as Kangxi does not personally conquer and cut the domain, Deng Ming does not expect this group of feudal kings of the Dongjiang Army to be able to do it anyway: "If Wu Sangui gives Guizhou to the King of Jin, then the King of Jin will have to fight with Sun Yanling, Shang Kexi and Geng Jimao all the way if he wants to kill it, and Wu Sangui can hide in Hunan to recuperate - I would rather support Zhang Changgeng to divide Huguang, None of them could agree to Wu Sangui's acquisition of Hunan. ”

Deng Ming wrote back to Kunming and suggested that Li Dingguo should unite with him on this issue, that is, to agree with Wu Sangui anyway, but Wu Sangui needed to prove that he was sincere by beating Sun Yanling in Guangxi first; After taking Guangxi, Wu Sangui needs to give up Guizhou to Li Dingguo, and then go to fight Shang Kexi in Guangdong; If Wu Sangui can further eliminate Geng Jimao, then Deng Ming will not object to him attacking Zhejiang.

"Wu Sangui wants to wipe out the green battalions and the Dongjiang army in the three provinces by himself, and he can't do it in seven or eight years; Moreover, if Wu Sangui wants to fight this battle, he needs us to help him with military rations, so that he will not dare to betray us; Even if Wu Sangui bravely took down all the three provinces, his elite soldiers and strong generals would be almost lost, and his territory was a long and narrow one, and he could face the threat of Yanping Domain everywhere. When the time comes, if Wu Sangui is not honest, it will be much easier for us to clean him up. ”

Deng Ming estimated that Wu Sangui was most likely unwilling to agree to such conditions, but it didn't matter, if he didn't agree, he could talk slowly, anyway, the longer the time dragged on, the older Wu Sangui would be, and the stronger Sichuan's strength would be: "Hunan must be left to the King of Jin, in case Wu Sangui concludes that the Qing court will be defeated and decides to gnaw the hard bones of the Dongjiang Army, we will plan for the King of Jin to attack Chenzhou Mansion from Guizhou." ”

Pointing to Changde Mansion on the map, Deng Ming said to Li Siye: "Changde Mansion and Changsha Mansion to the south of Changde Mansion, Baoqing Mansion and other Huguang territories are all defended by the King of Jin; Yuezhou Mansion north of Changde Mansion is garrisoned by the Kuidong Army, and if Wuchang is taken in the future, it will also be the defense area of the Kuidong Army, how about it? Does Shiko agree? ”

According to Deng Ming's plan, Hubei will return to Chuangying, Hunan will return to Xiying, and Sichuan will not interfere in Huguang's territory.

Gong Yan remained silent, but Li Siye looked a little puzzled: "Doesn't Zhang Changgeng have a secret agreement with Guogong now?" ”

"Yes, I promised not to help the Kui Dong army attack Wuchang and Yuezhou, but I never said that I would help the Kui Dong army attack Wuchang and Yuezhou, or when the King of Jin attacked Hunan. But Wu Sangui is different, if the king of Pingxi betrays the Qing court and attacks Hunan under the banner of the Ming army, I will definitely support Zhang Changgeng......" Deng Ming said that he would at least sell some armor and broadsword to Zhang Changgeng, and he could consider providing bird guns, and if necessary, the Ming army of Sichuan might even support the Huguang Green Battalion of the Qing Dynasty against the Wu Ming army that invaded Hunan: "But if it is the army of the King of Jin, then it is completely different, of course I will stand on the side of the King of Jin." I shouldn't tear up my agreement with Zhang Changgeng, and I won't send troops to help in the war, but it's certain to provide food and rifles to Hu Shuai, and if it's safe on the road, I will also provide it to King Jin. ”

"I didn't expect Guogong to be so wary of Wu Sangui." Li Siye felt a little strange: "Even if he is anyway, Guogong has to help Zhang Changgeng deal with him?" ”

"Yes." Deng Ming nodded: "Wu Sangui has attacked the King of Jin, will the King of Jin trust him?" ”

"In the twelfth year of Yongli, the imperial court was almost wiped out, and every time my father mentioned this matter, he said that he himself also had a great responsibility, so he must unite sincerely with everyone who fought against the Qing court, and he must put the overall situation first." It can be seen that Li Siye's bad feelings towards Wu Sangui are not particularly strong, in this world where Wu Sangui did not strangle Yongli to death, it seems that as long as he is willing to do it anyway, many people are still willing to forgive him. As for the enmity between Wu Sangui and Li Zicheng, it was also inherited by Kui Dongjun, and it had little to do with Xiying, and Li Siye even thought that Deng Ming was so wary of Wu Sangui because he was influenced by Gong Yan, Li Laiheng, and Liu Tichun.

However, Deng Ming's attitude still made Li Siye feel very happy, because now it seems that Huguang has belonged to Chengdu's sphere of influence. Before leaving Kunming, Li Dingguo also said to Li Siye that there should be no contradictions with Chengdu because of these things, and that Xiying could set the direction of development on the road of Liangguang, Fujian, and Zhejiang—that is, the one designed by Deng Ming for Wu Sangui. But now that Deng Ming has made it clear that he is willing to cede Hunan to Li Dingguo, Li Siye also thinks that his father should revise his strategy. As long as Xiying gets the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Hunan, then the territory and population will surpass Sichuan, and Hunan, a large rice-producing province with two crops a year, can make Xiying self-sufficient, and rebuilding the army is not an unattainable dream.

"So we're going to adopt a unified strategy, right?" Deng Ming confirmed to Li Siye.

"Yes." Li Siye replied happily. He planned to return to Kunming as soon as possible to discuss the matter with his father. Originally, Wu Sangui was a great benefit to Li Dingguo anyway, if Wu Sangui could be persuaded to fight Liangguang and hand over Guizhou and Hunan to Xiying, then of course it was more worth fighting for Wu Sangui to achieve it as soon as possible: "But before meeting Huguang with Guogong and Hushuai, we still need Guogong to continue to help." ”

"This is natural." Deng Ming knew exactly what Li Siye was referring to, and Kunming handed over almost all of the compensation money received from Burma to Chengdu in exchange for grain from Sichuan. Relying on the continuous supply of grain from Jianchang, Li Dingguo successfully achieved a two-year tax exemption for war-torn Yunnan, and was able to provide relief to the people while maintaining military supplies: "Jin Shizi can rest assured that the grain we will ship to Kunming this year will only be more than in previous years." ”

In the past two years, Li Dingguo's vitality has recovered a lot, in the past, if Wu Sangui was out of the nest, Li Dingguo estimated that half of Yunnan would fall, but now Li Dingguo feels confident that he can block Wu Sangui in the border areas of Yunnan and Guizhou. Although Feng Shuangli has retired now, Li Dingguo hopes that Jianchang's grain can continue to be imported into Yunnan, so that he can continue to reorganize the army and practice martial arts - of course, he still has to convince Wu Sangui as much as possible anyway, otherwise I don't know how many years it will take for Li Dingguo to gain an advantage in troops and push Wu Sangui out of Guizhou.

And Deng Ming's method was to let the big landlords Feng Shuangli and He Daoning open a big farm in Jianchang. The tuntian fields were all ready-made, and the people of Jianchang, who had just obtained the status of free people, were hired to farm. Jianchang no longer had to maintain an army, and the output of the farm could be sold to Kunming, and Chengdu only needed to pay the gold paid by Li Dingguo to Feng Shuangli and He Daoning, the two big farmers, as well as the merchants who transported the grain. With the disbandment of the Jianchang army and its integration into the imperial system, Deng Ming's support for Kunming was only a matter of attitude, and there was no need to pay too much economic cost.