After Li Qin issued the order to Li Xuanshang in Taiyuan to intensify efforts to persuade people to surrender, he...
He also thought of the various officials in the Jiangnan court and increased his efforts to secretly win them over and bribe them.
Li Qin allocated a special sum from his current national treasury, specifically for them to bribe and corrupt officials and generals in Jiangnan.
Take the initiative to contact them. If they can secretly surrender, they can surrender on their own when they head south.
In addition to the surrender conditions he had previously publicly announced, he would add more for them.
As long as they voluntarily surrender the city, everything will be fine.
At the same time, he also encouraged those people to further bribe the generals in the Fujian navy.
During wartime, if some of the commanders in this navy defected, it would cause chaos within the navy.
It might really change the course of the battle.
After finishing these tasks, Li Qin continued to look at the memorial in front of him.
After continuous battles, the wars in Huguang and Lianghuai came to an end.
Currently, within their own territory, there are still small-scale rebellions and encirclement campaigns.
However, there were no more large-scale battles.
What a rare moment of peace and quiet!
There is no war going on in the four directions for the time being.
However, he knew very well that this was the calm before the storm.
Everything now is in preparation for the upcoming trip south to Jiangnan.
However, there are no problems in the areas directly under its jurisdiction for the time being.
That doesn't mean there's been no activity in the territory they nominally control.
According to intelligence from the Embroidered Uniform Guard, preparations are increasing in Gansu Town in the Northwest.
A rebellion could break out at any moment.
Although he himself did not intend to get involved in military matters.
However, once Hong Chengchou and Gansu Town go to war, it will definitely be a good opportunity from a political perspective.
He led his army westward, and I can launch a political offensive against him.
Militarily, they adopted an offensive posture.
This further weakens his power.
The most crucial things he holds are political power, financial power, and military power.
Hong Chengchou firmly controlled the military power, which was beyond his control.
However, I can make him relinquish some of his political and financial power.
He took the opportunity to send some officials to Shaanxi, creating some gaps in his rule there.
At the same time, although Shaanxi also contributed some taxes to itself, it was all symbolic.
This time, I must find a way to extract more taxes from him.
We should do our best to extract half of Shaanxi's taxes from him, just like Jiang Xiangyang did.
Of course, the specifics can be discussed, but every additional ten percent taken away will weaken Hong Chengchou.
Even if Hong Chengchou knew that stockpiling his troops on the opposite side of Shaanxi would carry enormous political risks if he took action, he would still be hoarding his army.
But are you willing to take the gamble?
He assembled his army on the opposite side of Shaanxi.
Even if you bet I won't invade, my army is still amassed.
Can you guarantee that no general in those armies, eager to gain merit, would act on their own and attack Shaanxi, thus turning this into a reality?
To put it simply, it's a continued game between the two sides.
Of course, there should be a limit to this; we can't really force Hong Chengchou to rebel.
Then there's Huguang. We've taken Huguang now, but there's not a single one of our own people watching over it.
Currently, Liu Shengwu and Wanyan Gun are in charge of Huguang.
He wasn't entirely at ease with either of them.
He was most worried about Wanyan Gun, in particular.
Huguang must send one of their own people to keep an eye on it.
Otherwise, he wouldn't dare guarantee the loyalty of these two people with different surnames, especially since one of them was from a different ethnic group.
Even if they aren't bribed, what if they unite and become independent?
We must send one of our own people over.
Li Qin glanced at the list of the imperial clan members he was considering for his subordinates.
It was discovered that none of them possessed sufficient prestige.
The only people with sufficient prestige in the army were his nephew Li Xuanshang, who had always followed him, and his younger brother Li Wenqi.
Li Xuanshang must not be touched.
He was stationed in Taiyuan, with Jiang Xiangyang to the north, Hong Chengchou to the west, and Li Hongji to the south.
His position was crucial.
Do not move.
The only one who could move was his younger brother, Li Wenqi.
The only option was to transfer him out of his hometown in Liaodong.
At the same time, select a few members of the current imperial clan to jointly guard Liaodong and succeed him.
Let him take good care of Huguang.
However, his abilities are also questionable.
Li Qin then turned his gaze to the location of Xuanfu on the map.
He then ordered Wang Taihe to be Li Wenqi's deputy general and transferred the two to Huguang.
Keep an eye on Hubei and Hunan for me.
At the same time, just in case, he transferred a member of the imperial clan to Xiangyang to help him guard this gateway to Huguang.
If something really happens in Hubei and Hunan, he won't be blocked outside; he can be rescued in time.
After all these arrangements were completed.
Li Qin knew that all that was left was to wait until he had accumulated enough money and supplies for armaments.
Immediately send troops south.
Nanjing.
Unlike the outside world, which was still publicizing that Hu Zongxian had defeated Li Qin's army.
Inside the palace, Zhu Jianshen summoned several of his key ministers to the inner hall.
Zhu Jianshen, holding the memorial in his hand, said:
"Another place in the world has submitted to the traitor Li Qin."
Liu Sixiu, the governor of Bashu, also submitted a memorial to the emperor to submit to the traitor Li.
Furthermore, he sent his own child to the capital and handed him over to Li Zicheng as a hostage.
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