"Message...... Is the message reliable?! ”

Wang Shirong made up his mind, and only then did he confess to Lin Feng and the two officials, "Lord Qi, the news is absolutely wrong!" Seeing Lin Feng's 'revealed' suspicion, he added, "The minister's ordnance and grain statistics 'gate' has been carefully made in the Southern Zhou Dynasty, and among them, Wu Sangui's Tai Hospital has someone who takes the silver of our Han!" ”

Lin Feng nodded, but Zhou Peigong asked, "Lord Wang, what is Wu Sangui...... This, calculated by the hour, when did he probably die?! ”

"Nine days ago, it was ...... Probably this hour," Wang Shirong silently calculated, "According to the detailed report, Wu Sangui is over the age of old, and he has already lost both qi and blood, and the cause of death of the Taiyi is cold and fever, as well as asthma, and the old injury is good from time to time, I ate half a bowl of honey porridge that night, and then it was not good in the early morning, I gasped for more than half an hour, and the eunuch hurriedly flew to report to the imperial doctor and the minister on duty, but when the imperial doctor arrived, it was already only out of breath and no intake, and he probed it with a needle, saying that it was phlegm blocking the throat, and he lost his breath without waiting for treatment, Not a word remained. ”

Li Guangdi and Zhou Peigong glanced at each other, and at the same time asked, "You really didn't specify the prince?!" ”

"No!!" Wang Shirong cut the nail on the head.

According to the traditional Chinese law of political succession, Wu Sangui's official heir should be Wu Yingxiong, the eldest son of Wu Yingxiong, but this Wu Yingxiong was unlucky, when Wu Sangui cut off Yungui, in order to make Qing Zheng fǔ believe that he had no dissent, sent him over as a hostage stationed in Beijing, and then Wu Jun suddenly rebelled, Kangxi was furious, and naturally cut off his head, after his death, Wu Sangui in order to suppress the ambition of his internal nephew, and in order to comfort Wu Yingxiong's widow of the old department, he has not set up another prince, so with his sudden death, the issue of inheritance rights of the Southern Zhou Dynasty immediately came to the fore.

In response to this problem, the Southern Zhou Dynasty and the opposition can be divided into two factions, each with effective loyalty, one faction headed by Prime Minister Xia Guoxiang, supporting Wu Yingxiong's son Wu Shiwan, while the other faction is headed by Ma Bao, the general of the Shangguo Pillar, and Gao Dajie, the general of the chariot and cavalry, since Wu Sangui's body is declining, the suspicion between the two factions has gradually shifted from the underground to the court, and has become more and more open and clear, until Wu Sangui is lying in the 'bed', and it has reached the level of immortality, attacking each other, hitting and even sending killers to launch assassinations, doing everything possible, But until now, they have been helpless with each other. On the side of Xia Guoxiang, there is a banner of "great righteousness", and most of the civil officials and family elders in the DPRK and China express their support; Ma Bao's side has the army as a backing, and in terms of strength, it is almost equal.

It is precisely because of such a terrible power struggle in the Southern Zhou Dynasty that the political situation in the Jiangnan region has been so calm in recent years, it can be said that except for Zheng Jing and occasionally launched a few small frictions against Shang Zhixin and the pseudo-Kang Prince Jieshu, there are almost no large-scale military actions, the main reason is that the largest princes, the Southern Zhou Dynasty is a 'chaos' and 'chaos', almost all the ministers and generals have put their 'fine' forces on the internal fighting, so in this situation, the small princes do not dare to act rashly, for fear of stabbing ' Provoked to the behemoth of the Southern Zhou Dynasty and became the object of transfer of internal contradictions in the Southern Zhou court. Just like Lin Feng thousands of miles away, the bigwigs from all parties were holding their breath, waiting for the moment when Wu Sangui took his breath.

The four people in the study were silently turning their minds, silent for a long time, Li Guangdi broke the silence, arched his hand towards Lin Feng and said, "Lord Qiqi, the minister thinks that my Han and Southern Zhou have the share of Weng's son-in-law, so it is reasonable to be reasonable, and they have to send envoys from the Ministry of Rites to Changsha to mourn." ”

Lin Feng nodded, this is true, it stands to reason that Wu Sangui will return his father-in-law, this etiquette still has to be spoken, "Okay, then who does Jin Qing think we should send?!" ”

"Back to the lord, the Southern Zhou Dynasty is a big country in the world, and it is better to be cautious in the selection of envoys," he lowered his head and thought about it carefully, "Li Fu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, is young and strong, and he is knowledgeable, and Yu Shilin has great prestige, so he can send an envoy!" ”

Lin Feng shook his head, "The grade is big enough, but Li Fu is not very good at turning corners, and now Nanzhou must be very 'chaotic', we have to find a clever past." ”

Zhou Peigong smiled, turned his head and glanced at Wang Shirong, "Lord Qiqi, the minister thinks that if things change, no one in this dynasty can compare with Ji Yun, and besides, Lord Wang was born in Jiangnan, and he knows a lot about the Southern Zhou Dynasty and the opposition, so he should live up to the expectations of the lord!" ”

Wang Shirong is an envoy?! This candidate is very suitable, but given his relationship with Xia Guoxiang, I'm afraid there will be some trouble, Lin Feng shook his head again, "It's not good, everyone knows that Ji Yun and Xia Guoxiang are not right, don't we send him to clearly support Ma Bao's faction?!" He laughed and said, "Although the widow is Lao Wu's 'son-in-law', he is an outsider after all, isn't it?!" Therefore, this attitude should still be good, don't interfere in other people's housework casually! ”

Wang Shirong was originally nervous in his heart, but at this time he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and stepped forward and said, "Lord Mingjian, if you want to send someone, the minister wants to recommend someone!" ”

"Ji Yun, please speak!"

"Hanlin Bachelor, the 'servant' Lang Yang Mingshi has a 'chest' and a strategy, and his literary voice is far and wide, and many people in Jiangnan have heard of it, and the minister thinks that if he is sent there, he will definitely live up to his mission!"

"Okay!" Lin Feng nodded, "Actually, according to me, I'm going to let Ah Ke go to Jiangnan, and let our kid go to meet his uncle and uncle, and get some red envelopes or something by the way......" Seeing that Li Guangdi and Zhou Peigong were shocked, he waved his hand and said with a smile, "Of course, I'm joking!" ”

Li Guangdi sighed and said with a wry smile, "Lord Mingjian! ”

"Qi Yu lord, the minister thinks, and now Wu Sangui is dead, the world situation is bound to have a big upheaval," Zhou Pei said, "Today's Jiangnan, the Southern Zhou occupies the majority, and the rest of the provinces, Shang Zhixinming is the Zhou minister, and the real division is based on Guangdong, Zheng is in the former Ming Dynasty and according to Taiwan and Fujian, and the former Qing Dynasty Yu Jie Shu and Labu occupy Zhejiang and Jiangsu, in addition, Hubei and Jiangxi are owned by the puppet Qing 'chaos' army, local gentry and even bandits, and the situation is really chaotic, so at this time, Wu Sangui will change dramatically! ”

"What a big change?!"

"When taking the Southern Zhou Dynasty as a reference, if the Southern Zhou Dynasty is not fighting tightly, the ministers estimate that Ma Bao and Gao Dajie may send troops to crusade against the 'chaotic' army in Jiangxi and Hubei, and cheer up their own momentum; Seeing the three of them listening carefully, Zhou Peigong cheered up his 'spirit' and said, "If the Southern Zhou Dynasty is unable to expand, then Zheng Jing, Shang Zhixin, Jieshu, and Rabu will inevitably make a big move, and most of their targets are the borderless land of Jiangxi and Hubei provinces!" ”

"This makes sense, but even if Nanzhou fights infighting, he may not be idle, Wu Sangui's death is just a temporary balance, and the next step depends on how everyone makes a move!" Lin Feng said with a smile.

"What does the lord think, what should our big man do?!"

After a long while, Lin Feng said slowly, "We are too far away, even if it is a 'meat' bone, we can't eat it!" ——" He turned his head to look at Zhou Peigong, "We have to take Shandong and Henan, these two provinces are uneven, and the Central Plains will never be peaceful!" ”

Li Guangdi was happy, "What does the lord mean is that our big man is taking advantage of them to toss and recuperate on his own?!" ”

"It's still impossible to talk about recuperation," Lin Feng waved his hand, "Take advantage of this opportunity, quickly take Shandong and Henan, reorganize four to five armies, pinch together with the outnumbered guards army, form a southern expeditionary corps, and when the time is ripe, we will go south in a big way and unify the whole of China in one go!" ……”

At this time, Wang Shirong on the side suddenly said, "Lord, Lord Zhou, let's forget an army!" ”

Lin Feng was surprised, turned his head to look, Wang Shirong was 'colored' and said, "There is still a large army in Southern Zhou, about 100,000 people, all of them are 'elite' soldiers, commanded by Ma Harrier and Wang Ping Clan, entrenched in Sichuan and Gansu, confronting the troops of Daniel Zhang, the general of Anxi of my great Han, and Zhao Liangdong, the general of Koubei. ”

Judging from the examples of the previous few years, the large army stationed in the northwest of the Southern Zhou Dynasty, whether it was Ma Harrier or Wang Pingfan, the combat effectiveness of the department was quite strong, and it repeatedly thwarted the Qing army's attack, and steadily kept the Yungui 'door' for Wu Sangui.

Lin Feng thought for a while, "It's best for this army to come over-I heard that the horse harrier is not a dead heart on Wu Sangui, it's a little bit of Jiujiu inside, we can also give him some sweetness......" He glanced at Zhou Peigong, "I think that although this army has good combat power, it is a little remote, and it is not enough to shake the overall situation for a while, as long as it is stable-what do you say?!" ”

"Lord Mingjian, that's exactly the case!" Zhou Peigong twisted his beard, "Sichuan and Gansu have been fighting 'chaos' again and again, barren, and the armies of Ma and Wang have more than enough self-preservation and lack of progress, and the minister thinks that if we can quickly take Shandong and Henan and connect with Anhui, then the overall situation of the Central Plains has been decided, and they can only bow down and belong to them after all, and it is not enough to be troubled!" ”

Speaking of which, the topic turned back to Shandong, and Zhou Peigong smiled bitterly, "Lord Qiqi, now Dezhou Wang Chengye is very stubborn, and our army is not good for attacking the city, you see, should we send reinforcements or go out of the division to make a detour to attack Lu?!" ”

"Ji Yun, is there any news from Zhao Shenqiao's housekeeper?!" Lin Feng pinched his chin, "This Zhao Shenqiao is always tepid, playing 'flowers' with us, now that Wu Sangui is dead, the general trend of the world has changed, and Lao Tzu has no patience to play with him!" ”

"Back to my lord, yesterday evening, there was news in Shandong!" Wang Shirong 'pulled' a document from his boots, presented it to Lin Feng, and bowed down, "The situation has not changed much, the old Zhao housekeeper said that Zhao Shenqiao is still willing to serve the Han, but most of the officials in Shandong do not obey, he is forced by the situation, and has to respond to the matter, but he still promised this time, if the Han Heavenly Soldiers break through Dezhou, the other officials should not abandon the official and leave, they will switch to the Han, and then he Zhao Shenqiao will be the first to go out of the city and surrender!" ”

"Ignore him, now that time is pressing, we don't have time to go around with him," Lin Feng waved his hand and sneered, "It's been a long time, I'm afraid he really thinks that Lao Tzu must be that little bit of altar and jar in Shandong, Ji Yun-" He stretched out a finger and pointed directly at Wang Shirong and said, "You immediately hand him a message and tell him to surrender quickly, otherwise when the army arrives, don't blame Lao Tzu for taking his head!" ”

"Yes, yes!" Wang Shirong was startled, bowed his head and said, "Obey the orders of the lord!" ”

"In addition—Pei Gong," Lin Feng turned his head and pointed at Zhou Pei Gong, "immediately send an order to Zhao Yingkui and Wang Zhongxiao to 'draw' four brigades respectively, together with the remaining artillery of the Fifth Guards Army, all of them will be allocated to Ma Jinliang's command, and explain to him that regardless of casualties and consequences, he must take Texas within three days......"

Zhou Peigong was stunned, glanced at Lin Feng, and cautiously reminded, "Lord Qiqi, as far as the minister knows, there are still more than 20,000 defenders in Dezhou, and there are nearly 300,000 people in the city, and its city is strong and the grain is sufficient, I'm afraid it will ......."

"Don't want it, we don't want it Texas!!" Lin Feng waved his hand and said with some annoyance, "Order Ma Jinliang, if Wang Chengye wants to fight, let's accompany him to fight to the end - the hundreds of thousands of ordinary people in Dezhou City, all of them will be buried with him!" ”