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Chapter 74 Decision (2)

"Tell me, what do you mean when you want to see me?" In the history that Wang Fu learned in his previous life, King Chuang has always been an image of justice and a blessing star for the poor in the world. However, after the rise of the Internet, various arguments emerged. Some people raised it up, and some people demonized it. It is difficult to distinguish between true and false.

Now Wang Fu is the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, his views are naturally different. Whether Li Zicheng is the lucky star of the poor or the culprit of the world, the Tartars are now his mortal enemy. Because of this, Wang Fu is willing to see Gu Junen and understand his purpose.

Seeing that the Emperor of Ming Dynasty had no intention of getting up, Gu Junen moved his knee with a wry smile. The injuries on his body started to hurt slightly, and he finally understood the viciousness of the Jinyiwei.

"Reported to the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, the Tartars occupied the capital. In order to avenge Emperor Chongzhen of Ming Dynasty, the wolf was actually ambitious and wanted to occupy the Central Plains. Now the Tartars are strong and strong. The King of Chuang is unwilling to fall into the hands of the Tartars. He is willing to give up his past grudges, make good friends with the Ming Dynasty, and fight against the Tartars together."

There are no more days. Although Li Zicheng is now called emperor, the Ming court will never admit it. In order to avoid a dispute, Gu Junen still calls him the king.

Hearing that the bandits wanted to unite with the Ming Dynasty, Feng Kezong sneered and said, "Emperor, this matter is absolutely not feasible. The bandits captured the capital and killed the king and father, and were irreconcilable with the court. If these bandits regretted, they should tie their hands and wait for the court to fall. The court may be generous and spare their lives..."

Wang Fu raised his hand to stop Feng Kezong's words, and he had a headache. Although he was the only one by Feng Kezong, he was afraid that Feng Kezong's words represented the consensus of most people in the court.

The Hongguang Dynasty occupied half of the country. Although it was a consensus that the Tartars could fight well, many people did not suffer from the Tartars' skin pain, and there were precedents of the Southern Song Dynasty. Most people still wished to think that at least they could rule the Tartars and unite with Li Zicheng and others to deal with the Qing people. Even if Wang Fu was the emperor, it would not be possible to do it easily.

The reason why the Yongli Dynasty was able to accept Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong's remaining troops was that the court had been forced to be desperate by the Qing people. On the other hand, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong were dead, and their remaining troops joined the court in the form of pacification. Now Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are still there. Even if they are willing to surrender, it is obvious whether the Ming Dynasty accepts it or not, and they may not have the will to surrender.

"Oh, if you want to give up past grudges, it is also the court who gave up past grudges against you. Li Ni wants to make friends with the Ming Dynasty now, it is probably too late. The late emperor once said, "Kou is innocent, and I can't bear to send troops to suppress it. I have sent people to recruit people to pacify many times, but how did you repay the court, surrender and rebel again, and now you attack the capital, forcing the late emperor to death, and commit a heinous crime. How do I believe you?"

Although Wang Fu's words were harsh, Gu Junen heard the implication. If the court could believe it, there would be a chance for the joint Communist Party to fight against the Qing army. He had no confidence before he came, but at this time he had a little more confidence.

"Reporting to the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, King Chuang also knew that the two families were unsuccessful in their union. In order to clarify their minds, King Chuang was willing to be the forefront of the Ming Dynasty and fight against the Tartars, and never stop until death."

Gu Junen's words were suspected of being accused of being accused of being accused of the South. At present, the Qing Dynasty had no time to pay attention to the south, so she sent Wu Sangui, Ajige and others to pursue Li Zicheng relentlessly. Li Zicheng would not fight the Qing army, but the bandits were willing to be the forefront, which always sounded comfortable.

Even Feng Kezong nodded slightly when he heard this. Of course, it is a good thing for the bandits to be willing to fight against the Tartars. The more intense the fight between the two sides, the better.

"But..." Gu Junen wanted to speak but stopped, wanting to wait for the emperor to ask him, but Wang Fu looked calm and had no intention of asking Gu Junen at all. Gu Junen had to continue: "At the war, there are a lot of materials needed. The common people dare not ask the court for weapons and armor. They only hope that the court can support some food and grass so that the soldiers can have the strength to fight."

"How much food and grass do you need?"

Gu Junen hesitated for a moment before saying, "Three hundred thousand stones of grain and one million bunches of forage."

"It seems that Shaanxi is short of food." Wang Fu sighed halfway. Li Zi's success and failure in history may have a lot to do with the shortage of food.

Gu Junen's expression remained unchanged. The lack of food in Shaanxi could not be concealed at all. Moreover, the amount of food and grass needed by the Chuang army was only able to raise it: "Report to the Emperor, the Chuang king will not let the court produce food and grass in vain. He is willing to buy it at five times the price in Jiangnan."

Five times, Wang Fu was moved to hear it. He consumed at most 20% of the amount from Jiangnan to Shaanxi, which means there was a three-fold profit. However, Wang Fu now has more than 500,000 stones of grain in his hand, so he didn't have to mobilize them in Jiangnan. 300,000 stones of grain and a million bundles of fodder, which normally only costs more than 300,000 taels of silver, but now he can exchange it for nearly 2 million taels of silver. If other factors are not taken into account, the business is too profitable.

"I have to discuss this with the ministers in the court. You can go down first."

"Yes, the common people surrendered." The emperor did not refuse directly, which made Gu Junen overjoyed. The silver was dead in his hands. If he could buy food, no matter how much the cost was, it would be worth it.

After Gu Junen went down, Wang Fu was dazed and thought about whether to sell grain to Li Zicheng. The five times price was just the price offered by Gu Junen. Wang Fu believed that if he really wanted to sell grain to Li Zicheng, he might have to accept the price of ten times. However, although the money is important, the pros and cons are really difficult to measure.

Li Zicheng is undoubtedly the weakest moment now. If history is based on history, Li Zicheng will die in Jiugong Mountain in eight months. However, since he killed Liu Liangzuo, Liu Zeqing first, and defeated Zuo Liangyu in person, history has long been unrecognizable. If he sells grain to Li Zicheng and lets him overcome this difficulty, Li Zicheng will probably not die in Jiugong Mountain.

Among the many rebel troops in the late Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng was the most resilient, and fought repeatedly, and several times fell into desperate situations and miraculously survived. If Li Zicheng had let this breath, the surrender of hundreds of thousands of peasant soldiers to the court after Li Zicheng's death will naturally not happen. It is hard to say that it is a blessing or a disaster for him.

"Your Majesty, why not ask all the ministers to discuss together." Feng Kezong said, facing the high prices offered by the crusade army, he was also moved. During the Chongzhen period, the Ming Dynasty's grain transported from the south to the north every year to the north. Now that the north is in the hands of the Tatars, the grain naturally does not need to be transported. Now the food prices in the south are falling step by step. The decline in grain prices is of course beneficial to the poor, but it is not a good thing for the gentry who has a lot of food at home. Selling the grain to the crusade army will just raise the price of grain in the south.
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