The capital city.
After Zu Zhilong pledged his loyalty to Li Qin and explained everything else,
They parted ways with Zu Zhilong and returned to the banquet.
After the banquet ended, Li Qin returned to the hall where he handled his affairs.
He took out the map and wrote Zu Zhilong's name next to Hong Chengchou's name in the Northwest.
However, after thinking for a moment, he added a question mark after the name Zu Zhilong.
After all, although he had just won him over, once he returned to the Northwest, people's hearts would change over time.
The most prominent characteristic of human beings is their fickleness; truly loyal people are few and far between.
Speaking of this, he recalled when he was confronting the Tatar army in Liaodong, the Liaodong generals from other cities were all guarding their cities and watching to see if he would succeed or fail.
Of course, a big reason for this is that he himself didn't have many soldiers.
But not a single person went out of the city to harass the Tatars or risk their life to help them.
Of course, Li Qin understood them, since leaving the city meant risking their lives and there was a good chance they wouldn't be able to come back.
Therefore, Li Qin didn't even mention this matter.
Are they loyal to themselves?
It can't be said that they were disloyal, after all, when the Tatars came, they fought to the death to defend the city and did not surrender to the Tatars.
But there is no loyalty that risks one's life for.
While loyalty is not absolute, it is absolutely disloyal.
But if he really followed this standard, he would have very few loyal subjects left.
Even if he is absolutely loyal to you now, can you guarantee that he will be absolutely loyal in the future?
People's hearts can change.
Just like many people who feel that their partner is doing well, they think she is so good and are willing to do a lot for her, hoping that she will be well.
But as time goes by, people's hearts change, and in the end, many people become enemies, wishing the other would leave them and live a miserable life.
Even loyalty can change.
Zu Zhilong pledged his loyalty to him because of the promise he had just made after being enfeoffed as a king.
But will his loyalty never change?
So I added a question mark after his name.
After dealing with some other matters, Li Qin noticed that it was getting late.
He also went to the inner quarters and found a concubine who was not pregnant to rest with.
the next day.
Zu Zhilong then led the Shaanxi delegation back to Shaanxi.
After the negotiations ended, Hong Chengchou told them to go back quickly.
After all, he had very few trusted confidants under his command.
Then he remembered what Li Qin had told him yesterday.
After he returns to Shaanxi, he can continue working for Hong Chengchou as usual.
I will contact him when I need his help.
In fact, he still feels a little guilty towards Hong Chengchou, who has been very kind to him.
But Li Qin gave far too much.
That's a royal title.
He knew very well that the title of king that Li Qin had promised him was something he had to do in exchange for betraying Hong Chengchou, the benefactor who had promoted him.
If I do that, I will become someone who betrays their master for personal gain in the eyes of the world.
He betrayed his benefactor in exchange for a royal title.
He betrayed his superior to Li Qin.
He understood very well what Li Qin had said to him yesterday.
His role was to wait for the future, for him and Hong Chengchou to turn against each other, and for him to be stabbed at the most crucial moment.
He helped Li Qin pacify the Northwest in one fell swoop, bringing Shaanxi under his control and completely subjugating this powerful warlord with the most troops under his command.
In Li Qin's palace.
Li Qin, having just emerged from his concubine's room, immediately began his new day's work.
He began reviewing today's memorials, during which he discovered the imperial edict that he had shown to Zu Zhilong yesterday.
The imperial edict granting him the title of prince was clearly written on it.
After glancing at the imperial edict, Li Qin lit it with a candle next to him, burning it completely to ashes.
Anyway, there's plenty of this stuff.
If Zu Zhilong really does it, I'll just write another one for him.
Li Qin continued reading the memorials before him, which mainly contained intelligence on the war in the Northwest and the court in Jiangnan.
The war situation in the Northwest remained largely unchanged.
The army in Gansu Town is west of the Yellow River and has not yet crossed it.
After all, Hong Chengchou had made considerable preparations beforehand, deploying a large number of troops along the Yellow River.
However, there were quite a few rebellions in various parts of Shaanxi.
However, although these rebellions broke out over a wide area, none of them were very strong.
If the Gansu garrison's army fails to cross the Yellow River sooner or later, it's only a matter of time before they are pacified by Hong Chengchou.
Although Hong Chengchou did not have deep roots in Shaanxi, you cannot say that he was weak in ability.
Among all the governors and viceroys in the country, his abilities were said to be the best.
If the military and other aspects were the same, and I were to lead an army to fight Hong Chengchou, I might really lose.
Hong Chengchou has now compromised, and he has obtained what he was entitled to.
Once the function of Gansu Town was fulfilled, it became useless.
Letting him continue to cause trouble will not do him any good.
Should I step in and help Hong Chengchou myself?
Li Qin then abandoned the idea, after all, Hong Chengchou also had more than 100,000 troops under his command.
His abilities are far beyond those of He Tengjiao, Dong Zhonglou, and others.
The town in Gansu has a population of only tens of thousands.
With his own constraints removed, Hong Chengchou focused all his efforts on attacking Gansu Town.
It's only a matter of time before Gansu Town is pacified.
This is a good opportunity to let Gansu Town wear down Hong Chengchou a bit more.
After reviewing the intelligence from the Northwest, Li Qin then turned his attention to the intelligence from the Jiangnan court.
It must be said that after he ordered Zhang Hengshuo and others to lead the troops to withdraw from the Huai River region last time, the morale of the Jiangnan region did indeed rise considerably.
It hasn't diminished at all.
Many literati in Jiangnan are now shouting in the streets, urging the imperial court to take advantage of the victory and launch a northern expedition to conquer the Central Plains.
Take this opportunity to completely defeat yourself.
Li Qin couldn't help but laugh when he saw what those literati from Jiangnan said.
If the court in Jiangnan were to actually adopt their idea and send troops across the Yangtze River, abandoning the advantage of the navy...
He would be laughing his head off if the Northern Expedition came to the flat Central Plains and he were to fight them.
They're just asking for death.
As long as they dare to launch a northern expedition, I am confident that I can completely annihilate them on the northern plains.
Then they would march south and completely destroy the imperial court in Jiangnan.
As time went by, Li Qin processed the memorials for another day as usual.
When he was about to rest in the evening, his servant brought in a memorial and said:
"Your Majesty, this is a memorial from Jiang Xiangyang, the Governor-General of Datong. The officials in the Military Affairs Office have read it but have not given any comments, saying that you must make a decision yourself."
"Jiang Xiangyang's? A personal execution?"
Upon hearing this, Li Qin immediately took it and examined it, and then read what was written on it.
He also showed an unpleasant expression and said:
"Dugu Yu, what are you doing?"
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