After returning to Yunnan, Mu Tianbo broke into the palace of the king of Jin and asked Li Dingguo to send reinforcements to save the emperor.

According to Mu Tianbo's observation, the situation in Yunnan is good now, he still remembers that when Sun Kewang ruled Yunnan, the common people in Yunnan were all yellow and thin, and their eyes were full of fear and suspicion, if they were watched by a big man like Mu Tianbo for a while, they would bow their heads in fear and walk away in a hurry.

At that time, Mu Tianbo saw that in Yunnan, where his ancestors had lived for generations, the people had become like this, and he was also very sad. However, Mu Tianbo knew that Yunnan needed to bear heavy war expenses, and in order to defend the Ming Emperor, in order to block the Qing army's invasion and counterattack on the Central Plains, these seemed to be the price that had to be paid. Because of this, when he had to give up Yunnan, Mu Tianbo's chest was painful. He had secretly vowed more than once during the war that he would beg the emperor to compensate the people of Yunnan after the war. But this oath could not be fulfilled, and the suffering of the people of Yunnan for so many years seemed to have become meaningless.

However, on the way back to Kunming this time, Mu Tianbo saw that the pedestrians were ruddy and looked to be eating well, and the clothes were no longer tattered, and it was not yet the New Year, but many people had already put on new clothes; After entering Kunming City, when Mu Tianbo asked how to go to the Jin Palace, the people who were asked would enthusiastically show him the way, and finally there was a kind Kunming man who brought Mu Tianbo all the way to the door of the Jin Palace.

The guards standing at the gate had calm expressions, and did not show any hostility or wariness towards Mu Tianbo or the leader of the way. It was only at this time that Mu Tianbo hesitated to report his real name, and took out the seal letter of the Duke of Qianguo from his bosom - the reason why Mu Tianbo refused to say it along the way was because he knew that the soldiers had a very bad temper and might be unlucky. Originally, Mu Tianbo also prepared a holy decree, planning to disguise himself as a messenger and recognize Li Dingguo again, but when he saw the palace guard officer with a kind smile on his face, Mu Tianbo gave up his initial plan.

The officer was shocked, as a native of Yunnan, after seeing the Duke of Qianguo, who had been loved for generations, this officer did not dare to neglect Mu Tianbo to wait for a long time, so he personally accompanied him into the house to meet Li Dingguo - anyway, Li Dingguo would definitely know the genuine Duke of Qianguo, as long as no one was allowed to get close to the King of Jin, there would be no chance to assassinate.

After Mu Tianbo followed the officer into the hall, he saw a scene that he would never have thought of anyway. At that moment, Li Dingguo, the king of Jin, who was in armor and always frowned, never saw a smile, and could not hide his sadness even when he heard the good news by chance, is now wearing a loose satin dress, with two thick eyebrows stretched very wide, and a happy and peaceful appearance; Mu Tianbo still remembered that King Jin's cheeks were very thin because of the hard work, but now he looks much rounder; What shocked Mu Tianbo the most was that this person, whom he recognized at a glance as Li Dingguo, was carefully watering a pot of flowers.

Mu Tianbo was stunned, not knowing what to say. The officer who brought him in had already made a report to Li Dingguo, and the other person standing beside Li Dingguo suddenly turned his head when he heard this, and shouted even more quickly than Li Dingguo: "Duke Qianguo! ”

Seeing that the person who came was indeed the Duke of Qianguo, the officer on duty relieved himself, saluted Mu Tianbo respectfully, and hurriedly withdrew from the hall and returned to his post.

Mu Tianbo stared at the first person who recognized him a few times, and also recognized the other party, who is this person not Li Dingguo's right-hand man, who is Bai Wenxuan, a brave and good cavalry general in the western camp? In fact, Bai Wenxuan's eyebrows have not changed much, but his expression is also completely different from before, and the change is even greater than that of Li Dingguo - Mu Tianbo remembers very well that King Gongchang's eyebrows are always upside down, and a pair of big eyes that are bright and bright always shoot eagle-like gazes, which makes people feel afraid at first sight.

But today, Bai Wenxuan is also wearing a loose robe like Li Dingguo, and his eyes are a lot softer. And King Gongchang's eyebrows reminded Mu Tianbo of the kind of clock that has become popular in recent years - Bai Wenxuan's eyebrows look like two hands at 8:20 on the clock.

"Oh, it's really the Duke of Qianguo." Another person shouted, and almost when Li Dingguo turned around, he got up from his chair and ran towards Mu Tianbo. This person has already shown some richness - in Mu Tianbo's opinion, Li Dingguo and Bai Wenxuan's demeanor seems too relaxed, but their bodies are still well-proportioned and vigorous, and wearing robes can hardly hide the posture of martial artists. And the third person not only has a round face, but even the bulge of the belly seems to be visible.

After taking a closer look, Mu Tianbo found that this was also an old acquaintance - it was the Xiying hero who was as famous as Bai Wenxuan, and Li Dingguo followed the left and right when he was the two famous kings, and was considered by everyone to be the second person under Sun Kewang, the king of Qin, and Feng Shuangli, the king of Qingyang who had been in Guizhou for many years.

After Feng Shuangli retired, it was a little boring to stay alone in Jianchang, and all he could do every day was to reminisce about the past. And after he didn't have the military power in his hands, he didn't have to worry about Li Dingguo and Bai Wenxuan attacking him all day long, and as soon as the vigilance against these two people was gone, Feng Shuangli only had the comradeship of the past when he thought of them again. A few years ago, Feng Shuangli came to Kunming to visit King Jin and King Gongchang, and originally wanted to stay for a few days and leave, but the return date was delayed again and again, and in the end he simply did not leave, and moved Jianchang's family to Kunming.

Although Li Dingguo's ambition is still there, according to Feng Shuangli's observation, the past few years may also be the happiest years for Li Dingguo. Thanks to Burma's compensation payments and import duties on the jewelry business, Yunnan's income far exceeded that of Sun's time. The king of Jin was finally able to reduce taxes on a large scale for the people of Yunnan, and make some compensation for the harassment of soldiers and bandits in the past years; Seeing that the people were able to wear new clothes and the number of days of eating meat was increasing, there seemed to be a knot in King Jin's heart that was quietly untied.

Although the King of Jin was also organizing the Northern Expedition and was also actively wooing Wu Sangui, many young people from Xiying went to join the emperor's ** team. In the past, in order to take care of these children, Li Dingguo tried his best, and one of the reasons why he valued Emperor Yongli so much was that he hoped to fight for his life in exchange for the imperial court's different views on the old department of Xiying. And now those Xiying children who went to the emperor's ** team are all taken care of by Deng Ming, and Zhao Tianba has also become Deng Ming's chief general - Deng Ming announced that if he has any accidents, Zhao Tianba will temporarily guard the emperor's ** team until the most suitable successor will be selected in the backyard in six months; Other Xiying children are also good, such as the sixth year of Kangxi, Di Sanxi followed Deng Ming to Beijing to make meritorious service and was awarded the rank of imperial colonel. After the class, this guy also found an opportunity to come to Kunming to show Feng Shuangli his shiny epaulettes and medals. The people who got promotions and medals with him were not only from the Xiying Qin and Shu departments, but also from the Jin family who went to Sichuan, and I heard that these people were also quite harmonious in the emperor's ** team.

Li Dingguo entered Zhang Xianzhong's boy camp at the age of ten to fight, and by the time he was eighteen years old, he had already led troops to fight, followed by a more difficult southern expedition and a northern war; Although he later became a prince, his life was still not comfortable, not only fighting with the Qing soldiers, but also intriguing with his righteous brother Sun Kewang; It is necessary to worry about the emperor's perception of himself, and even more so, to appease his subordinates, consider their future and future, raise grain and grass, produce weapons, and recruit soldiers...... Since he was a teenager, Li Dingguo often woke up suddenly at night, inexplicably nervous and flustered, making him unable to sleep again; This problem becomes more frequent in middle age, and nothing is going well, and there are always all kinds of worries...... However, in recent years, the military salary is not worried, and there is no need to worry about Wu Sangui calling, and the king of Jin can raise two pots of flowers in addition to handling official duties, as if he has not had a nightmare for a long time - every morning when he wakes up, he feels energetic, and he has an indescribable steadfastness in his heart.

When Li Dingguo was watering the flowers just now, he was joking with Feng Shuangli and Bai Wenxuan, and they exposed to each other the naughty and troublesome old people when they were young, which made several close young guards laugh.

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Four years after Kangxi, Deng Ming never concealed his plans for Yunnan, and said many times in public that he hoped to one day realize the unification of Sichuan and Yunnan, but he did not intend to solve this problem by force; As for Li Dingguo and Bai Wenxuan and others, Deng Ming also publicly stated that if they had not persisted in the torch of resistance against the Qing Dynasty until the twelfth year of Yongli, then Deng Ming would not have had the opportunity to take over the torch. But heroes should not be synonymous with suffering for a lifetime, and Deng Ming feels that the older generation has done enough, and the new generation must also do their part to give heroes a chance to live an easy life for two days while they are still alive.

According to Mu Tianbo's observations, people in Yunnan seem to have quite much trust in Deng Ming's promise of a peaceful settlement. As far as Mu Tianbo is concerned, he doesn't think that Li Dingguo, who has worked hard all his life, should continue to worry all day long - although Mu Tianbo firmly believes that Deng Ming uses a soft knife.

When the people in the Jin Palace's mansion heard Mu Tianbo keep asking them to go to King Qin, they all showed embarrassment. Everyone knows that the good days in Yunnan are inseparable from Yongli's stay in Myanmar, except for Li Dingguo, I am afraid that no one in Yunnan still wants to move Yongli back; is the king of Jin who is willing to come back from the emperor, and in his feelings for Yongli, I am afraid that the element of guilt is higher than loyalty.

King Jin and King Gongchang were okay, generals like He Jiuyi and Ma Bao, who had no feelings for Da Ming at all, even showed impatient expressions after hearing Mu Tianbo's request. They let the next generation infiltrate Sichuan, and the plan was very successful, relying on the connections and wealth of Xiying, Yunnan, and their children and nephews are very competitive. There were a few people who were among the best in military schools, and many of the first to go became officers of the empire. Now the topic that He Jiuyi, Ma Bao and others often discuss is not how to use the mountain of Xiying Jin to compete with the empire, but how to defeat the Zhejiang, Sichuan and Chuang systems within the empire, and make Xiying the largest mountain within the empire. Now that the Xiying has infiltrated into the empire, and the safety and status of the descendants have been guaranteed, these Xiying generals do not feel that the Yongli is still of any benefit to them, and the emperor had better continue to stay in Burma and not come back to be annoying, and stay forever.

When Pingxi Wangfu talked about these experiences, Mu Tianbo's mood was also very complicated. (To be continued)

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