After Zhao Ming accepted Wu Sangui's title as a vassal, the situation in the world changed immediately.

On the surface, the Eastern Qing Dynasty was completely isolated and surrounded by the Ming Dynasty on three sides. The time for the Ming Dynasty to recover Beijing had already emerged.

Now, in the eastern Qing Dynasty, there is a Ming general Xie Qian, who is on the front line of Jinzhou.

To the east are the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea.

To the south, there were Ming troops stationed on the south bank of the Huai River.

To the west, the Zhou Kingdom had already resigned to the Ming Dynasty.

To the north, Mongolian tribes no longer obey the orders of the Eastern Qing Dynasty, and even went south to harass them from time to time.

From this point of view, Dongqing is already in a desperate situation in terms of strategy.

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In the second year of Yongli, the Ming Dynasty was internally stable and the economy was restored and developed.

At the end of the year, the Ministry of Revenue liquidated and the treasury still had 10 million silver dollars, which shocked the government and the public.

In addition, after the war ended, the harvest of Chu and Ganzhou was enough for the people of the Ming Dynasty to eat for a year.

In order to prevent the decline in grain prices, and also to prevent disaster prevention in the year.

The Ming Dynasty established granaries in various places, purchased grain, and carried out reserves. The warehouses were enough to deal with a war and famine.

Many vassal states within the Ming Dynasty, after a year and a half of rest, mostly saved a lot of their wealth. Zhu Linyuan, who was in the important town of Wuchang and Zhu Yue from Changsha, all became wealthy men.

Wuchang is located at the intersection of the Han River and the Yangtze River. Previously, due to the grain and salt trade in Huguang and Jiangnan, it was very rich.

Now that Guanzhong is peaceful, Qin merchants went to Jiangnan to purchase cotton cloth and tea. They set out from Longju Village, entered the Han River and arrived in Wuchang, and then went east to Jiangnan.

Wuchang became a transit station for Qin merchants' trade. Zhu Linyuan only collected rent from the docks and warehouses, and he also made a lot of money every year.

Changsha is an important town in southern Huguang, and Huguang is rich in resources and is a home of fish and rice.

Zhu Yuye developed agriculture and planted rice here, and also saved a lot of money.

Once the vassal states have money, they will inevitably be uneasy and like to make trouble.

Therefore, it was imperative for Zhao Ming to take advantage of Wu Sangui's troops to attack the Eastern Qing Dynasty.

The court had money, food, and soldiers. After the Zhou Kingdom surrendered, the people from the court and the country were very energetic. The army could indeed move, but it could not allow Jiannu to occupy Beijing all the time.

Secondly, after nearly two years of cultivation, domestic vassal states have become richer, and once the vassal states are richer, they are prone to cause trouble.

Therefore, the expedition to the Dongqing Dynasty not only regained Beijing and completed the great cause of Zhongxing, but also took the opportunity to consume the strength of domestic vassal states.

In the second year of Yongli, at the end of November.

The regent of the Ming Dynasty issued an edict to all the vassal states, and on the grounds that Ajige was unwilling to surrender to the Ming Dynasty and withdrew from Beijing, he summoned the nine vassal states and the court to march and launch a Northern Expedition as soon as they arrived.

The imperial edict was passed to various vassals, and Zhu Linyuan, Jin Shenghuan and other towns responded one after another, and even Li Dingguo expressed his intention to send troops.

Now the court has 500,000 elite troops, and the regent had just surrendered the Zhou Kingdom and made Wu Sangui obey. It was the moment when the power was soaring, and no one dared to refuse to obey the towns, Zhao Ming had reason to abolish the vassal.

In November, the imperial edict was issued, and in December, soldiers from various vassals rushed to Yangzhou.

When the Ming army gathered, Sun Kewang said goodbye to Zhao Ming, left Yangzhou, and returned to Guanzhong.

At this time, Sun Kewang already knew that the Ming Dynasty had seen through the purpose of Zhou's surrender, and at the same time, he also knew that the Ming army would take advantage of the decisive battle between Zhou's army and Mongolia in the west of the desert to carry out the Northern Expedition and wipe out the Eastern Qing Dynasty.

This made Sun Kewang very angry and anxious.

Ajige was extremely stupid, he was a stubborn and reckless man, and his wisdom could not be compared with Dorgon at all.

Zhou State had already sent envoys to inform Ajige that Zhou State is now facing the threat of desert and western Mongolia and cannot protect itself. He hoped that Ajige would preserve his strength and show weakness to the Ming Dynasty to delay time.

By the time Zhou State defeated Moxi and Mongolia, with the power of Zhou Qing, he could still stand with the Ming Dynasty.

But Ajige didn't know where the pride came from, but he refused to surrender to Zhao Ming, which made Zhao Ming want to launch a large army to attack.

If the Ming army now attacked Dongqing, the Zhou Kingdom would have no ability to support Dongqing.

At that time, the destruction of Ajige and Zhou State was called a vassal, I was afraid that I could only do the tricks and really follow Zhao Ming.

When Sun Kewang saw the Ming army gathering towards Yangzhou, he couldn't help but sigh.

"Prime Minister, is it okay?" The subordinate looked at Sun Kewang standing at the bow of the boat and couldn't help asking.

"It's okay!" Sun Kewang reluctantly calmed down and felt depressed about his future.

"Prime Minister, who is in Nanjing, still seeing him?" the subordinate reminded.

Sun Kewang's heart was filled with ripples, and he was depressed for a moment, but he said, "I must be secret when I meet you!"

Judging from the current situation, it seems that Zhao Ming will unify the world.

Although Sun Kewang knew this and had seen Zhao Ming's strong financial resources and the power of firearms, Sun Kewang was not essentially a person who likes peace.

At present, Zhao Ming's pursuit is to unify the world and end the war, while Sun Kewang hopes for fear that the world will not be in chaos.

For Sun Kewang, only when the world is in chaos can he have the opportunity to achieve great achievements.

Before it was dark, Sun Kewang's ship docked at Nanjing Pier.

At this time, Sun Kewang got off the boat, called a carriage, and entered Nanjing City, as if he was preparing to visit.

Although the Zhou State was in charge of the Ming Dynasty, Zhao Ming knew in his heart that Wu Sangui and Sun Kewang had not yet truly surrendered.

Sun Kewang is the prime minister of Zhou State, so Zhao Ming naturally would not allow him to make trouble in the Ming Dynasty. As soon as Sun Kewang's carriage left, two men followed immediately.

The two military intelligence departments' eyeliners and followers Sun Kewang's carriage walked through the downtown area, and did not dare to relax at all. They wrote down what Sun Kewang did one by one and then reported to the court.

Nanjing City is prosperous and there is no curfew. After dark, lanterns were lit on both sides of the restaurants and shops, and the streets were crowded with people, making it even more lively.

The two scouts separated the crowd in front of them and followed them from a distance. At this moment, a group of big men rushed out of the crowd and were colliding with them.

"Don't have eyes? You can't even walk!" The big man shouted loudly, and several people grabbed the two followers and started to argue.

The two of them had their eyes blocked and they couldn't see Sun Kewang's carriage, and they couldn't help but feel anxious.

Xiaozhao could only apologize quickly, but the men refused to forgive him.

"Start up!" Finally, Xiaozhu was furious and showed off a waist card. Several big men immediately dispersed.

The two were busy searching on the street. When they saw Sun Kewang's carriage in the distance, they breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly chased after him.

At this time, in the private room of a restaurant near the carriage, a man stood back with deep and melancholy eyes looking at the bustling Nanjing City outside the window.

Sun Kewang appeared behind him, with a smile on his face and bowed, "The Supreme Emperor!"

This man was Zhu Yihai, who was Zun as the Supreme Emperor. He heard the sound and turned around and showed a smile that made people feel like spring breeze. "Super Sun Guoguo!"
Chapter completed!