From their perspective, this is the richest place in the world, and there is no need to spend money and effort to fight those poor places.
After taking those places, their wealth will be transferred to support them.
That Grand Canal was where boatloads of wealth from the south of the Yangtze River were supplied to the capital.
But faced with the current situation, he felt extremely unwilling to do nothing.
According to intelligence, the Tatars from the northern grasslands moved south, and Li Qin led his army north.
This is their perfect opportunity.
Even if we can't attack Li Qin in the north, wouldn't it be better to march west to support Huguang and see if we can take Huguang into our hands?
But these people have absolutely no intention of supporting Hubei and Hunan.
They planned to first overthrow the officials who opposed them, turning the court into their personal fiefdom, before considering anything else.
Just as they were discussing heatedly, a eunuch delivered an urgent report from 600 li away to Zhu Jianshen's desk, saying:
"Your Majesty, an urgent report from Lianghuai."
Upon hearing that it was an urgent report from Lianghuai, Zhu Jianshen immediately became anxious and opened the document to check.
Upon seeing the above content, his pupils immediately contracted.
He then immediately stopped the arguing among the courtiers and said:
"My beloved ministers, an urgent report from Lianghuai: Li Qin has defeated the Tatar army, killed the Tatar Khan, and accepted the surrender of more than 100,000 Tatar soldiers."
He forced the retired emperor to grant him the title of king.
Furthermore, Li Qin's troops in Hebei and Shandong have begun to move south.
Li Qin's manifesto is now appearing throughout the Huaihe River region.
It is said that Li Qin will bring the glory of his great victory over the Tatars and lead an army of 300,000 south.
They planned to cross the Yangtze River in one fell swoop and attack the south of the Yangtze.
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