The friendship between Feng Shuangli and the generals of Jianchang and Chengdu has gradually deepened through continuous exchanges over the past two years. Whether it was the previous population exchange or the later Di Sanxi reinforced Chengdu, Deng Ming had reasonable returns and left an impression of honesty on Jianchang. For example, Deng Ming frankly told Feng Shuangli how to benefit from population exchange and how much benefit he could get. This time Deng Ming also brought some gold to Jianchang, and precious metals were always popular and Jianchang could be used to trade with Tibetans.

Jianchang's militarization level is similar to Kunming, and even higher. Ten thousand males are all auxiliary soldiers of the army, raising 10,000 soldiers, and making every effort to build outposts to guard against Kunming's attack. Due to the inventory, tools and military camps left by Liu Wenxiu, Jianchang's life is better than Kunming, and the equipment of the soldiers is also good. Deng Ming suggested that Feng Shuangli and Li Dingguo ease the relationship, but Feng Shuangli did not object to this, because if the relationship was eased, Jianchang would not have to invest so much financial resources on the border post; Deng Ming also suggested that Jianchang send troops to assist Chengdu in the battle, and then distributed Jianchang's spoils in proportion. This suggestion made Feng Shuangli a little moved.

Feng Shuangli, on behalf of Jianchang's forces, made a request to Yunnan that Li Dingguo must first help them obtain legal power of Jianchang from the court. In addition to this name, Kunming must first withdraw all the guards on the border. Secondly, Jianchang asked Yunnan to ensure that it would not be tempted and accommodate Jianchang's fugitive population. If Jianchang had auxiliary troops fled to Yunnan, Li Dingguo should intercept and return it. On this basis, Jianchang agreed to provide food to Yunnan.

Feng Shuangli's conditions made the generals around Li Dingguo uproar, which simply required Li Dingguo to recognize the separatist facts of the Jianchang Xiying Army and completely give up the idea of ​​unifying the Xiying.

"In fact, Jianchang is no longer led by the king. Even if the king does not agree to the request of King Qingyang (Feng Shuangli), they will not return to Yunnan." Deng Ming argued with reason and tried to convince Li Dingguo to agree.

Deng Ming did not tell Li Dingguo that he promised to give Jianchang some subsidies - the grain provided by Jianchang to Kunming was all purchased from Chengdu, and Chengdu could use grain, gold, silver, cloth or other materials that Jianchang was willing to accept to settle compensation. Because of Jianchang's suspicion of Kunming, Deng Ming was very difficult to persuade Feng Shuangli to agree to provide help to Kunming. Di Sanxi also helped a lot and suppressed the voice of the opposition. The opposition suspected that giving Li Dingguo food was to help Kunming obtain military rations to attack Jianchang, which was an act of "investment and enemy".

"What if we withdraw troops on the border and Jianchang sends troops to plunder Yunnan's population?" Li Siye expressed his dissatisfaction loudly. The military confrontation between Kunming and Jianchang is gradually escalating. The gap and distrust of both sides have led to them alternately increasing the security forces on the border, for fear of being caught off guard by the other party.

"The King of Qingyang has promised not to fight with his family. He suggested that only the post stations along the way should be retained to ensure communication and transportation of food. Once the King of Jin retreated to the army on the border, the King of Qingyang would immediately send 100,000 stones of food to Kunming." Deng Ming said loudly.

The middle school Bai Wenxuan and suspicious school He Jiuyi was silent. Kunming's natural conditions were far inferior to Chengdu. If you save some food for 100,000 shi of food, it could provide 20,000 troops with a year's needs, which would be a timely help for Kunming.

Li Siye was also a little hesitant and stopped arguing but waited for his father's reply.

But Ma Bao was still unwilling to give up. He felt that the grain and grass that Liu Wenxiu saved in Jianchang was used for the Northern Expedition to Hanzhong, and it was also the only intact grain depot in Xiying during a catastrophe. Now Feng Shuangli wants to use this grain to bargain with Kunming, where life is difficult.

"If King Qingyang breaks his promise to rob Yunnan, then he is betraying the court, and the king will definitely fight back against the rebels." After hearing Deng Ming's words, Ma Bao realized that Deng Ming was not very binding on Jianchang, so he raised a multiple-choice question: "If the King and King Qingyang conflict, will Admiral Deng look at him on the wall?"

Li Dingguo originally wanted to stop Ma Bao's temptation, but the other party had already spoken, so he stopped saying a word, so he would not let his subordinates be embarrassed in front of outsiders, or to make Deng Ming think there were differences within Kunming - even if there were different opinions, he would have to close the door.

"I won't watch it on the wall." Deng Ming knew that he could not be vague on this issue, otherwise he would be regarded as weak and more likely to be misunderstood.

After saying this, Ma Bao looked like a move and asked in the intercept: "Admiral Deng is a loyal minister of the court, right?"

As soon as this problem arises, Li Dingguo and Chen Zuocai also looked at Deng Ming seriously. The Ming army in Sichuan and Yunnan are still fighting under Yongli's banner, including Zhang Huangyan and Zheng Chenggong, who also respected the truth of Yongli; even if Yongli abandoned the country, if Deng Ming publicly questioned the legitimacy of Yongli, it would be denied the authority of Li Dingguo, and the basis for cooperation between the two parties would no longer exist.

"Of course, the empress is the emperor's innocent child." Deng Ming clasped his fists to the southwest and paid tribute to the exiled court from afar. This is indeed a matter of big trouble. If Deng Ming or someone else raises another banner, then the world will know that the Southern Ming has split again - when the emperor abandons the country and only about two provinces of land left in Nanming, there is another split and internal strife. It would be too disappointing.

Ma Bao's reaction was exactly what Deng Ming was worried about. He was afraid that the other party would misunderstand that Chengdu would be willing to join forces with Kunming to eliminate internal unstable factors. Therefore, after he made a statement, he quickly added: "If Jianchang attacks Kunming, Chengdu will send troops to ask King Qingyang to withdraw his troops, otherwise he will not hesitate to fight with each other; but if Kunming attacks Jianchang, the king Mingjian, the last general has agreed to King Qingyang, and Chengdu will also send troops to help King Qingyang resist King Jin's army..."

Angry shouts sounded around, but Deng Ming still calmly finished speaking: "Before King Qingyang promised to provide 100,000 stones of grain to the king, he had asked the King of the United States to make such a guarantee, which was one of the conditions for King of the United States. However, the General of the United States also explained to King Qingyang that even if Jianchang was attacked and Chengdu sent troops to help, the Sichuan army would not step into Yunnan."

Deng Ming and Li Dingguo met for the first time, but he still had the confidence to say such things without worrying that Kunming would be unfavorable to him. This confidence came from the battle at Gaoyou Lake. If there was no achievements in killing the Qing emperor, Deng Ming would undoubtedly express his position in a more tactful tone. But now as long as Li Dingguo dares to kill him, it means the split of the Ming army and the reputation of Li Ding's Congress is ruined.

"The king is a hero who is a great man, and he is still respected by everyone hundreds of years later. The king and the prince of Yanping are the greatest figures of this era and the national heroes of China." After Deng Ming finished speaking, he looked at Li Dingguo quietly and recited in his heart: "You won't let me down, right? Although it is another world, your reputation will be sung throughout the ages, right?"

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Although it was his first meeting, Li Dingguo reached a preliminary agreement with Deng Ming. He wrote a warrant and ordered the troops monitoring Jianchang to return to Kunming quickly, and ordered the guards to set off in front of Deng Ming to send them to the front line.

"Duke Lin (Li Laiheng), Duke Wan (Liu Tichun) and I made a declaration in Yiling. I believe the king has heard of it, right?" After eased the tense atmosphere between Kunming and Jianchang, Deng Ming said another thing.

Li Dingguo nodded. He heard about this. Later, Hao Yaoqi and He Zhen also announced their joining the committee and sent permanent envoys to Fengjie. After these four people joined, Dang Shousu, who replaced Liu Tichun Badong territory, had no choice but to participate and sent representatives to Fengjie. The last force in Kuidong, Wang Guangxing from Enshi, began to react, but changed his mind after receiving a handwritten letter from the Prince of Dong'an.

"The King of Qingyang also vowed a few days ago to never use force between us. The envoy of the King of Qingyang was rushing to Fengjie with his affidavit." Deng Ming said sincerely to Li Dingguo: "The king pretends to be Huang Yue, and punishes thieves on behalf of the emperor and fights against unjust officials outside. We hope that the king will not regard our committee as an enemy. We dare not ask the king to write an affidavit, but we hope that the king can also send an envoy to Fengjie."

Li Dingguo's eyebrows frowned. Although this committee did not say it clearly, it obviously had the meaning of establishing a different court, implying hostility towards the Yongli court. Wen Anzhi actually took charge of the judicial power, which was quite inappropriate.

Ma Bao was already resentful, and at this time he couldn't help but say, "Is it not for the Emperor Deng to actively run for this committee of Fengjie to target the emperor and the court?"

"No." Deng Ming shook his head quickly: "We cannot fight each other, otherwise we will be defeated by the Tartars. This committee does not have the right to give orders to the generals, but is just for communication. If someone needs reinforcements, others can know through this committee; if someone lacks military rations, others can also know his difficulties; for example, the king, if the king has an envoy on Fengjie, telling us that the king needs military rations, or we need us to respond, we can understand the king's strategy."

"Isn't this just treating the court as nothing?" Chen Zuocai couldn't help but retort: ​​"Now the country is in crisis, you should let go of your prejudice and respond to the court's orders."

Deng Ming had already learned about Chen Zuocai's experience through others. He knew that he was a scholar similar to Ren Tang. He abandoned his pen and joined the army and became a general under Mu Tianbo. When Wu Sangui attacked Kunming, Chen Zuocai was going to Jianchang Inspection Library to store preparations and prepare for Yongli to move to Sichuan. But then he learned that Mu Tianbo followed the emperor to flee abroad, Chen Zuocai rushed to Myanmar and tried his best to persuade the emperor to return to Li Dingguo's army. He was disgusted by Ma Shoufu and other grand sages, so he wanted to send him back to Yunnan to contact the righteous men so that he could not cause any trouble in front of him. Just when he learned that the fire in Kunming was in trouble, Wu Sangui withdrew his troops, and Chen Zuocai was ordered to send Huang Yue, who had been sued for Li Dingguo's guilt and sued him back.

Chen Zuocai was very disgusted with Deng Ming, Kuidong Group, and the warlord style shown by Jianchang. He had reached a point of deep hatred. He didn't understand why at this moment, the warlords represented by Deng Ming were still making plans. At this time, he could no longer suppress: "You disregard the righteousness of the court and put the country on your own selfishness. If you ignore the clothes, aren't you afraid of becoming a sinner for the ages? What kind of face will you have to meet your ancestors underground in the future?"
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