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Chapter 52 The Inevitability of History

The red lady said: "Although I can't imagine what the princess said, I think it's similar to an ordinary family being bullied by other families.

If the leader doesn't think about how to drive away outsiders and beat them up, but instead helps outsiders bully his own family, I will definitely not recognize him."

After saying that, the red lady also looked at Li Yan, as if she meant something.

Li Yan was slightly embarrassed.

After he and the Red Lady led their troops to invade, in order to make peace with the leaders of various ministries, he did persuade the Red Lady to be more tolerant and actually gave up a lot of benefits.

The red lady was obviously dissatisfied with this matter.

But Li Yan knew that this matter was actually different from the situation in the late Qing Dynasty mentioned by Zhu Yushuo.

The rebels from all walks of life gathered together to overthrow the Ming Dynasty, so peace was indeed the most important thing.

But it would be wrong if the Qing court treated the various overseas barbarian countries as one family and helped humiliate and exploit the Chinese people for the sake of so-called "harmony."

Thinking of this, Li Yan said: "If hundreds of years later, the Qing Dynasty really humiliates our country, we really cannot let them steal this land of China."

At this point, Li Yan and Lady Hong exchanged glances, then stood up and bowed to Zhu Aao, saying: "Xin is willing to follow the princess, conspire to fight against the Qing Dynasty, and reorganize the Ming Dynasty!"

Li Yan no longer uses his pseudonym "Yan" in these words, but his real name "Xin", which is obviously full of sincerity.

The red lady then clasped her fists and said: "I don't understand any big principles, but I can tell that the princess cares about the people. What's more, the princess has such great magical powers as being able to travel to the next life, which will definitely make the people live a good life. I am willing to follow her.

you!"

After listening to what the two people said, Zhu Aona couldn't hide her excitement.

Although Hao Guangming has said before that there is a high possibility of convincing Li Yan that the Red Lady is the right one.

But she was so convinced that she couldn't help but feel happy.

She immediately expressed her position: "Don't worry, you two, I will never let you down, nor will I let down the people of Ming Dynasty!"

Then, the three of them sat down, but Li Yan's expression changed and an idea came to his mind.

"Your Highness, since the Tartars are powerful and will invade the Central Plains in the future, why not use the power of King Chuang to resist them for a while?"

Li Yan said this because he knew that the slaves were currently being treated as outside Shanhaiguan, and Li Zicheng had already sent people to Shanhaiguan to win over Wu Sangui, the commander-in-chief of Guanning.

He felt that if he could successfully win over Wu Sangui and use Guan Ning's army to block Jian Nu from Shanhaiguan, and rely on Dashun's current military strength, he would not have Jian Nu repeatedly invaded and plundered like during the Chongzhen period.

Hao Guangming heard these words through mobile phone video and thought: Now is the time to get to the point of talking with Li Yan.

Zhu Aelao followed what she had discussed with Hao Guangming before.

"Although Li Zicheng is my enemy, if necessary to fight against the Qing Dynasty, I will join forces with the army.

But this matter is not as simple as Mr. Li thinks. The specific reason will be known to Mr. Li after I tell you what happened in history."

Li Yan showed a curious expression and said: "I would like to hear the details."

Zhu Yusao first asked: "I wonder if Li Zicheng can send someone to win over Wu Sangui, the general of Guan Ning?"

Li Yan said: "It was sent yesterday."

"Then Mr. Li, does he know what conditions Li Zicheng gave Wu Sangui?"

Li Yan said: "He was made a general and ordered to lead the Guan Ning army to guard Shanhaiguan. In addition, he also asked his father Wu Xiang to write a letter home to Wu Sangui to persuade him to surrender."

"What do Mr. Li think of this condition? Will Wu Sangui agree?" Zhu Aa asked with a smile.

Li Yan frowned slightly and said: "Based on Guan Ningjun's strength, this condition is not good enough.

But Wu Sangui did not surrender voluntarily, and the conditions for surrender were not bad.

Moreover, Wu Sangui’s family is still in the hands of the Chuang Army, so he should agree to join Dashun.”

Zhu Yurao and Hao Guangming studied this matter.

Historically, as Li Yan said, although Li Zicheng's conditions were very ordinary, Wu Sangui was still prepared to join Dashun due to various considerations.

However, the Qing court had already sent people to contact Wu Sangui, and the conditions offered were quite attractive.

Therefore, Wu Sangui's determination to seek refuge with Dashun was actually not firm.

If Dashun didn't have any weird operations here, he might have surrendered aggrievedly.

But the problem is that Dashun, who easily invaded the capital, is almost floating and swollen, and not many people can stay awake.

So what followed was Liu Zongmin’s bizarre operation of robbing the Ming Dynasty nobles, civil and military officials in the capital, and including the Wu family.

Thinking of this, Zhu Ainao said: "Master Li has seen this matter thoroughly, and what he said is indeed reasonable. But I want to ask another thing - is the military food and salary sufficient now?"

Li Yan sighed when he heard this and said: "Now the world is short of food, how can the army have enough food and pay?

King Chuang originally thought that if he broke into the capital, he would be able to seize a large amount of food and money. Unfortunately, after checking and making statistics in the past few days, he realized that all the public treasuries in the city were empty.

The seizures only amounted to more than a million taels of silver and tens of thousands of grains and grains, which were not enough to feed the huge number of soldiers and civilians.

Otherwise, King Chuang would not have stopped providing state relief to the victims the day before yesterday."

"Is there anyone in the army who can come up with a solution?" Zhu Aao asked again.

Li Yan said: "As for food and grass, I once proposed to King Chuang that all food in the city be collected under military control, and all the food in the city should be rationed according to needs, whether it is generals, soldiers, or the common people.

Unfortunately, this proposal was opposed by Niu Jinxing, and King Chuang seemed to have some concerns and did not accept it.

As for the military pay issue, Li can’t think of any good solution in the short term.”

Hao Guangming sighed secretly after hearing this.

As expected, Li Yan has his own talents, and he actually thought of military control.

However, in such a large capital city, with a population of about one million at this time, it is not easy to maintain military control, and breaking into the army may not be successful.

It is reasonable for Li Zicheng to have concerns.

He entered the city as a rebel popular with the people, shouting "No food will be paid when King Chuang comes", but now he is going to collect food from people's homes and distribute it according to needs. Isn't this a villain?

After listening to Li Yan's words, Zhu Yuyao thought of what was going to happen in history, smiled slightly and said: "Someone will come up with a solution."

"Who? What solution did you come up with?" Li Yan asked, even more curious.

At the same time, I thought to myself, wouldn’t it be a good thing if the food and salary issue could be solved?

Why did Zhu Yulao say that the Dashun Army would be defeated by the Qing Army in the future?

Zhu Aao couldn't help but hesitate after hearing Li Yan's question.

She was indeed ready to join forces with the rebels to resist the Qing Dynasty, but she didn't want Li Zicheng to succeed.

But if she told Li Yan everything that was going to happen in history, and Li Yan told Li Zicheng, wouldn't Li Zicheng really be able to secure his position?

That might help the Qing Dynasty, but it would probably be more difficult for her to revive the Ming Dynasty.

Just when Zhu Yurao was struggling, she heard Hao Guangming's voice coming from the Bluetooth headset.

"It doesn't matter, tell him. You have to know that some things are destined and difficult to change."

In Hao Guangming's view.

Dashun Yu Yi Yi Shi was defeated by the Qing army. At first glance, it seemed that it was because Wu Sangui defected to the Qing army and the Dashun army underestimated the enemy.

But in fact, whether Wu Sangui repeatedly surrendered to the Qing Dynasty or the Dashun army underestimated the enemy, it was because it was too easy for them to enter the capital, and the people in the entire system were almost swollen and floating.

In addition, the Dashun Army faced substantial problems such as insufficient food and wages and the raging plague.

Finally, its own strength may not be as strong as the Qing army plus the Guan Ning army.

Therefore, unless Li Zicheng had a fate-changing adventure like Zhu Yu'ao's, the defeat of the Chu army on a piece of stone would be a historical necessity.

Zhu Aelao trusted Hao Guangming.

After hearing Hao Guangming's words, he looked at Li Yan and said, "Liu Zongmin, he will propose a method of robbing the Ming Dynasty's civil and military officials and nobles in Beijing to raise military pay."

"What?!" Li Yan was shocked and couldn't help but stand up.

What Zhu Yuluo said is incredible at first.

But Li Yan thought about Liu Zongmin's personality and suddenly felt that Liu Zongmin might really make such a suggestion.

Because in the past, after conquering a city, Liu Zongmin always liked to torture and beat Ming officials and the wealthy gentry.

Even Liu Zongmin was vaguely hostile to him because he also came from a wealthy gentry family.

After coming back to his senses, Li Yan couldn't help but said: "No, I have to tell King Chuang that Liu Zongmin must not act according to this proposal, otherwise the capital will be in chaos and people's hearts will turn away from Dashun!"

Obviously, although Li Yan had just expressed his intention to follow Zhu Yurao to fight against the Qing Dynasty and Xingming Dynasty, his heart had not completely transferred from Dashun.

But the red lady understands in her heart.
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