Chapter 29： Procrastination strategy

In the face of King Lu's wooing, Wu Changqing first showed a posture of allegiance to King Tang, which would inevitably make King Lu anxious and give better conditions for solicitation.

"The general's words are very bad. Now it is our King Lu who is resisting the Manchu Qing on the front line. How can King Tang have any virtue to convince the people? The general is also on the front line of fighting the Qing, and he wants to be a horn with King Lu. Fight against Qing together."

Sure enough, Qiu Zhaojin was anxious.

He couldn't help but be anxious. King Lu's current strength was much smaller than that of King Tang. If Wu Changqing were to be loyal to King Tang again, then they would be caught in the middle by King Tang.

This situation is very bad for King Lu, and it can even be said to be fatal.

Anxiously, Qiu Zhaojin was helpless with Wu Changqing's choice. In any case, the Longwu court is now occupying the righteous position, and it is reasonable for Wu Changqing to serve the Longwu court.

Qiu Zhaojin pondered it secretly, and found that if he wanted to compete with King Tang for Wu Changqing, he could only use a higher reward to seduce him.

The only solicitation condition that King Lu can offer right now is probably the nameless title.

Originally, King Lu originally wanted to make Wu Changqing a county prince and a fourth-class title.

However, Qiu Zhaojin felt that a county prince might be unattractive to Wu Changqing, and at least he would have the title of earl and viscount.

The titles of foreign ministers in the Ming Dynasty were divided into eight ranks, namely duke, marquis, earl, county duke, county marquis, county chief, county son, and county male.

These titles are all very valuable in the heyday, and those who do not have great merits will not be awarded. The throne is even more unqualified for non-Zhu clan.

But now, there are not many things that the Zhu family ruler can bring out to solicit people, so they can only award titles to others in the name of orthodoxy.

For the time being, I was still rewarding the titles that could be given to foreign ministers. After the situation became more difficult, the emperor of the Zhu family even started to reward the kings of different surnames.

For example, Li Chengdong, who made great military exploits for the Qing army and beheaded Emperor Hongguang and Emperor Longwu, only relying on the merits of anyway, Emperor Yongli finally rewarded him a king of Ningxia.

This kind of reward reveals a sense of sorrow and helplessness.

"If the general can support King Lu, he will definitely fight for the position of a marquis for the general. As long as the general continues to make contributions, King Lu will never be stingy with awards. If the general can retake Nanjing, a duke or even the throne will be possible."

In desperation, Qiu Zhaojin could only promise Wu Changqing a reward on his own terms.

He believed that as long as he explained Wu Changqing's strength to King Lu and the actual situation here, King Lu should accept his suggestion of awarding a reward.

"Mr. Qiu, don't worry, let me talk about the award. I personally hope that King Lu and Emperor Longwu can reach a consensus and clarify an orthodoxy. I don't want to be regarded as a traitor by Emperor Longwu because of my allegiance to King Lu, and I don't want to be called a traitor because of my allegiance to Longwu. King Lu is determined to be the enemy. Our current enemy is only Manchu Tatar."

Wu Changqing is not interested in the so-called title, he prefers to have real money or food and other materials. It is a pity that these King Lu himself are lacking, and it is impossible to reward him too much.

Therefore, Wu Changqing is now unreasonably interested in the messenger of King Lu or the messenger of Emperor Longwu. He just wanted to delay, while playing the two imperial courts perfunctorily, while developing and strengthening his own strength on the other.

He didn't expect Nan Ming's court to give him much support, as long as he didn't pull his hind legs.

"The general is too worried. No matter which side the general is loyal to, he is fighting against the Qing Dynasty. The court will see this credit. If the general is not satisfied with the reward, I can report it to King Lu and try my best to help the general win."

Qiu Zhaojin said helplessly, it is too difficult to follow King Lu.

He could even understand Wu Changqing's attitude. After all, Emperor Longwu of Tang Wang looked orthodox now. Their small local government, King Lu, was really unattractive.

"Let's do this first, then I will have to summon some wealthy businessmen to discuss food and grass matters, and go to the barracks to train recruits. I really don't have much time to accompany the envoys."

Wu Changqing said.

"Military matters are important, the general pleases."

Qiu Zhaojin also knew that Wu Changqing's current situation was not very good. Although he occupied Suzhou, except for the Taihu Lake in the west, the other three directions were Qing army's territory.

In this situation, whether it can sustain the counterattack of the Qing army is a question.

Without persuading Wu Changqing, Qiu Zhaojin was also ready to find an opportunity to lobby Wu Changqing's generals. If you can persuade a few generals in charge, it can be considered to have achieved some goals.

The back hall, when Wu Changqing arrived, was already full of wealthy businessmen and big landlords.

"I have seen the general."

As soon as Wu Changqing appeared, everyone stopped communicating.

"This is Master Tang Yutang from Tangjia Cloth Village, this is Master Chen Daolin from Shengyuan Rice, and this is Master Liu Shizao. The family is in the tea business..."

The butler introduced Wu Changqing to the businessmen present one by one. These were all well-known big businessmen in Suzhou City, and they all had wealth.

The biggest characteristic of the Ming Dynasty was that the court had no money, and the wealthy businessmen had money, because the Ming Dynasty had very low taxes on commerce.

Moreover, these wealthy businessmen are also gentry, and there is often an official in the family or clan who can enjoy some preferential tax treatment.

If the imperial court did not collect taxes on business, it could only increase agricultural taxes to the common people, and the common people could not survive the rebellion. Li Zicheng of the Dashun Army was a typical example.

Whenever the emperor wanted to change this status quo and wanted to increase taxes on merchants, he would be immediately protested by the civil official group, and even criticized the emperor for competing with the people for profit.

The wealthy businessmen in the Ming Dynasty often spent a lot of money to train children in their families, or subsidized talented people to study. After these people have obtained fame, they naturally want to protect the interests of businessmen.

It can be said that the court of the late Ming Dynasty was basically controlled by the class of wealthy businessmen and big landlords.

This is a bit like the later generations of the United States, where a consortium funded politicians’ campaigns, and then the politicians formulate policies in favor of the consortium. The entire country is actually controlled by the wealthy businessmen, a collective of interests.

Before hanging himself, Chongzhen said, "All the officials from the world can be killed", because the world has been controlled by the interest group of the rich merchants of civil servants.

And these people don't care about the life and death of the Zhu family at all, they only care about making money by themselves.

As a result, every time Daming wanted to fight, Chongzhen had to pay for his private house from his treasury.

When Li Zicheng arrived in Beijing, there was not even anyone willing to escape with Chongzhen. After the fall of the Zhu family, these wealthy businessmen immediately surrendered to Li Zicheng, and later quickly surrendered to the Qing Dynasty.

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