On September 19th, the eleventh year of Yongli, the rebel army led by King Li Dingguo of Jin and King Liu Wenxiu of Shu defeated the Qin vassal army that invaded the Qin Dynasty at Jiaoshui. Generals such as Bai Wenxuan and others turned back one after another. King Sun Kewang of Qin abandoned his army and fled in embarrassment.

Subsequently, the two kings divided their forces into two groups, with Liu Wenxiu leading the main force to take advantage of the situation and attack Guizhou. First, they wanted to hunt down Sun Kewang and prevent him from having a chance to breathe. Second, they wanted to regain control of the province for the Ming court.

At the same time, Li Dingguo led his army in a hurry back to Kunming, because another army of Sun Kewang was on the way to attack the Ming court. As a result, the surprise army that Sun Kewang had placed high hopes on failed to get the response from the internal response.

After failing, they were intercepted and killed by Li Dingguo and plotted by the Ming army fleeing along the way, and finally the entire army was destroyed.

Wang Shangli, who was stationed in Kunming, committed suicide. Zhang Sheng raided Kunming. Wu Dading's headquarters was also defeated by the Ming army. The situation in Kunming quickly improved. However, Li Dingguo did not stationed in Kunming to stabilize people's hearts. Instead, he led his army to fight again.

Sun Kewang was very powerful, and the Yongli court had been trying its best to appease Sun Kewang for more than a year before the war broke out, and did not dare to touch them lightly. In this case, Wang Shangli failed to rebel, and He Jiuyi

Although he had surrendered to the imperial court, there were still generals such as Wang Ziqi, Guan Youcai, and Zhang Mingzhi who were entrenched in Chuxiong and Yongchang. Their positions were unknown. Li Dingguo was targeting them this time.

Chuxiong and Yongchang are to the west of Kunming. Chuxiong is adjacent to Kunming, while Yongchang has penetrated deep into western Yunnan. The army rested for a while in Kunming, and Li Dingguo led the army to the west. The army filed out, and the cabinet bachelor sent by Emperor Yongli to see him off

Lei Yuelong watched the army go away, returned to the palace to resume his duties, and then went on duty as usual. He did not return home until the next hour of duty, which was no different from usual times.

"This move by King Jin is really inappropriate!"

After returning home, the screen retreated, and when only Lei Yuelong and his son were left in the study, the cabinet bachelor who had made an impassioned speech outside the city a few hours ago and wished Li Dingguo a great victory finally finally

All pretense has been taken away.

Complaints were inevitable, because he was opposed to Li Dingguo's expedition from the bottom of his heart. After all, Sun Kewang was not the only enemy in the Ming Dynasty at the moment. The even greater enemy, that is, the Manchu Qing Dynasty, was watching from the side. At this time, especially

It is Sun Kewang who has now become a lost dog. He must strive for internal unity in order to gather greater strength. But Li Dingguo's approach is exactly the opposite!

"Sun Kewang only has a few dozen horses left, and hundreds of thousands of troops are gone. Is it possible that he can make a comeback by escaping back to Guizhou? At this time, all he needs is a piece of paper to inform Chuxiong and Yongchang of the outcome of the battle.

It depends on whether it can be passed on. Even if Wang Ziqi was guilty of drunkenly killing a general in the middle camp of King Jin's army before, he can still be ordered and punished by the imperial court. What does King Jin mean by this!"

Compared with people like Wu Zhenyu, who also served in the cabinet, Lei Yuelong never considered himself an upright and honest gentleman. When Sun Kewang became powerful, he could be a bachelor of the army, but in his heart he still positioned himself as a minister of the Ming Dynasty.

So when the Yongli imperial court came to Kunming, he came over without hesitation and tried his best to do everything well.

However, the current situation is that the King of Jin and the King of Shu have just achieved a great victory. Not only are they in the limelight, but they have also saved the country. The emperor also believes in Li Dingguo's judgment more. In addition, there are Ma Jixiang, Jin Weixin, Gong Ming and others in the court.

With a group of party members, the power of the Jin Palace in the court was beyond the reach of a small cabinet bachelor.

This time, Li Dingguo proposed an expedition. His party members agreed and the emperor agreed. Even if he objected in his heart, he did not dare to say it out loud. Because he knew very well that even if he said it, he would not be able to change anything. On the contrary, he would be destroyed.

He put himself into an embarrassing, even dangerous situation.

"Father, are you afraid that those villains will slander you and break your ties with Sun Niou?"

"I have this consideration, but after all, it is because it will be in vain. Otherwise, as a father, you will still have to give some advice."

He was once a bachelor of the Qin Dynasty, and his status was embarrassing. He was really not suitable to speak for Wang Ziqi and others. Not to mention his personality. He was able to devote himself to serving Qin back then, but now he wears a mask to live his life. It is not a big deal.

"Let's wait for the King of Shu to come back. Although His Highness the King of Shu's martial arts is not as good as His Highness the King of Jin, the overall situation can still be seen clearly. If the two kings can complement each other and do their best for their father and other courtiers, there is still a lot to be done in the southwest."

When his son reached this point, Lei Yuelong stopped talking, but a thought came to his mind: "Maybe it's time to let Chen Kai join the cabinet. With this person's ability, the court will always have more opportunities."

A big chance.

Just thinking about this, he immediately shook his head: "Let's forget about this matter. Talented people will always have a sense of arrogance. He is not on good terms with Guo Zhiqi, and he may not be able to get along with other courtiers after entering the court.

.At that time, there is a high probability that he will form a party with Ma Jixiang, Jin Weixin and others, which is indeed inappropriate for the current political situation."

Lei Yuelong's thoughts were limited to the secret conversation between father and son. On the other hand, Li Dingguo set out from Kunming, with the remaining power of a great victory. Once he broke into Chuxiong Mansion, it would be a devastating attack. He captured Guan Youcai and surrendered Zhang.

Mingzhi immediately attacked the boundary of Yongchang Mansion and frightened Wang Ziqi so much that he ran away.

During this expedition, Li Dingguo was determined to eliminate all evil and vowed to eradicate these unstable factors one by one. Wang Ziqi, who had already committed crimes before, would not be easily let go. When he entered Yongchang Fucheng, he attacked Wang Ziqi.

The headquarters launched an intensive pursuit and suppression operation.

Entering November, Li Dingguo's pursuit and suppression operation was still in progress. Wang Ziqi was increasingly desperate, and even his troops began to flee and surrender.

The mission of eradicating evil was still these four words. Li Dingguo's principles remained unchanged, so he took up residence in Yongchang Fucheng and continued to supervise the army's campaign. However, before Wang Ziqi could confer the head, news came from Kunming, saying that Liu Wenxiu, the king of Shu, failed to capture

Sun Kewang, however, had already stabilized the situation in Guizhou, so he wrote to the court asking the emperor to move the capital to Guiyang.

"What is Liu Wenxiu trying to do!"

After reading the news word for word, Li Dingguo couldn't help but became furious and slapped the case, frightening all the people present and quickly fell to the ground.

Liu Wenxiu wrote clearly in the memorial to request the capital be moved to Guiyang, pointing out that by moving the capital to Guiyang, the court could not only show its enterprising spirit to show the world, but also command nearby and boost the morale of the soldiers at the front. However, what Li Dingguo was obviously not referring to

this.

"Your Highness, the emperor has already agreed."

After driving away a group of people, only one of the most useful staff members was left behind. Li Dingguo pushed the letter over, and after reading it, the latter directly pointed out the most critical content in it, which was that Emperor Yongli had already

He approved Liu Wenxiu's proposal to move the capital and ordered the Ministry of Rites to choose an auspicious day.

The deal was done, but looking at the staff, Li Dingguo was obviously very unhappy about this. Seeing this, he had no choice but to make suggestions for the proprietor and fulfill his duties as a staff member.

In the same month, the auspicious day chosen by the Ministry of Rites was approaching. The court and the people in the palace, as well as the people in Kunming, had made their own preparations. The court and the palace set off for Guiyang, and the people in Kunming City were also ready.

The people of the capital city at the feet of the emperor were mentally prepared to return to the people of the original provincial capital. In the days to come, they were prepared to lose a lot of the pride after dinner and the roots of the imperial city.

The so-called auspicious day is not an auspicious day for issuing an edict, but an auspicious day for setting off. During this period, preparations were made both inside and outside the court, and now everything is ready. We are just waiting for that day to arrive and we can set off step by step from Kunming to Guiyang.

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For the Yongli court, this is not as simple as simply changing a place to work. Compared with Yunnan, Guizhou is the ruling center of the Qin Palace. Once there, it can better appease the generals, schools and civil servants who have received favors from Sun Kewang, and at the same time, it is close to the front line.

, and can make judgments more quickly, which will play a very good role in consolidating the current foundation and regaining lost territory in the future. Because of this, when Liu Wenxiu came to the court, Emperor Yongli was the first to

Time agreed, and we quickly chose an auspicious day to set off.

Everything was ready, and everyone was preparing for the arrival of this day. But no one would have thought that just a memorandum of illness would completely disrupt all plans.

"Prince Jin is sick?"

The envoy kneeling below did not answer the question. To be precise, the volume that Yongli just uttered would never reach the envoy's ears. It was just him talking to himself.

"I know, please come and send the imperial doctor to Yongchang Mansion with the best medicinal materials."

After being stunned for a moment, Yongli ordered the eunuch beside him in front of the envoy, and asked the envoy to take his original words back to Li Dingguo: "The King of Jin has worked hard and is loyal. I am inseparable from Sumeru."

, Don't take care of yourself. Yongchang is located in a remote place and is not conducive to recovery. It is better to return to Kunming temporarily and leave the suppression affairs to the generals. I can also ask the King of Jin for his opinions on military and government affairs nearby."

After saying this, the envoy thanked the Holy Grace on behalf of Li Dingguo and withdrew. Soon, the three cabinet ministers Lei Yuelong, Fu Gang and Ma Jixiang were handling government affairs, but they received an edict saying that it was

Emperor Yongli decided to postpone the decision to move the capital to Guiyang.

"This...didn't the Emperor say why?"

The eunuch who delivered the order was not very talkative, so Fu Gang got up and went to the audience to ask questions clearly about the day and night. Who knew that as soon as he got up, his sleeve was gently pulled by Lei Yuelong. With just a look,

He was stunned for a moment, then looked at Ma Jixiang, who had already received the imperial edict. The corner of his mouth twitched slightly, and he had to sit down again.

"My father guessed it right. This is Prince Jin expressing his dissatisfaction. Your Majesty, you still trust Prince Jin more."

When he returned home from duty, Lei Yuelong already knew what happened in the Jinluan Palace in the afternoon. Li Dingguo's complaint of illness was one of them, but the most important thing was Li Dingguo's request to hand over military power. It is not that simple to hand over the enemy like this.

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Chapter completed!