Leaving this small courtyard, Qian Qianyi and Liu Ru returned to the study, and the latter asked, but the former had a worried face, which was difficult to relieve.

"This Chen Jingcheng, I'm afraid that he already knows what his husband has been doing in recent years, but he hasn't broken it yet. However, Kuang Lu and the Taoist monk were obviously kept in the dark. ”

Since the first year of Hongguang, Qian Qianyi worked as an idler in the Qing court for five months, but in the next two years, he was put in prison by the Qing court twice, if it weren't for Liu Ru up and down, it took 200,000 taels of silver to finally get Qian Qianyi out, and he was exempted from the pain of punishment and the misery of old death in prison.

got rid of his life from prison, and Qian Qianyi, who originally had an ambiguous attitude towards the Qing Dynasty, was greatly encouraged by Liu Ruye.

As early as the year before last, in the third year of Yongli, when Chen Kaishang assisted Zheng Chenggong to restore the whole territory of Chaozhou under the constraints of Shi Lang, and then entered southern Fujian, Qian Qianyi had already begun to contact the people who resisted the Qing Dynasty in the southeast, and through Guilin to stay in Qu Shiqi to Shu Yongli Emperor, with the "three bureaus of the catalpa scale" as a metaphor, painfully stated the situation in the world, listed the urgent, important, and complete work, and reported the dynamics of the generals of the Qing army in Jiangnan and the troops that might strive for the right thing.

When Chen Kai tried his best to save the people in Guangzhou and Zheng Chenggong reunified the Zheng group last year, Qian Qianyi began to use his old connections to try to persuade Jinhua General Soldier Ma Jinbao to go to Jinhua Mansion many times at the age of 68. Historically, Ma Jinbao did not return anyway during this period, but when Zheng Chenggong fought in Nanjing, Ma Jinbao's first rat still increased the chances of victory for the Ming army, and it was not useless.

Looking back on everything he has done in the past two or three years, Qian Qianyi always feels that these seem to be under Chen Kai's surveillance, and he feels that his hairs stand on end.

He longs for others to know that he is doing the anti-Qing cause, and wants to use this to wash away the shame caused by his weakness; On the other hand, he was afraid that others would know what he was doing, lest he fall into the ears of the Qing court and fall into the situation of being imprisoned again. Even if he already knew Chen Kai's identity, he still couldn't prevent this fear from generating in his heart.

Qian Qianyi is like this, Liu Ru knows his temperament best, pondered for a moment, and then said softly: "The concubine looks at Na Chen's participation in the army, and it seems that he is a person who acts decisively and is extremely confident in what he has done, so he will come to visit him from thousands of miles away. , and his self-confidence stems more from the analysis of the actual situation, not without reason. Whether he knows it or not, he is not afraid. The concubine thought about it, Mu Zhai, what are you worried about or did he learn about this from the relationship on the court's side? ”

Hearing this, Qian Qianyi nodded subconsciously, but then he was stunned for a moment, and turned to laugh self-deprecatingly. If Chen Kai learned about this from the relationship on the Qing court's side, then it is obvious that the Qing court has been alerted to this, and Chen Kai, a figure who is good at planning and then acting, would not rashly fall into the mouth of the tiger. Even if he didn't talk about this, the Qing court knew what he had done, and the disaster of imprisonment was estimated to have already fallen on his head, especially those officials, who were even more eager to come to blackmail, how could it stop until now.

"Who would he have learned about this from, Yunye or Lizhou?"

This is no longer important, after thinking about this, Qian Qianyi put down his courage, and after nightfall, he and Liu Ru came to the small courtyard where Chen Kai and the three lived again. This time, there is no need for Liu Ru to be outside, because there is a Taoist sect here, and it is a bit exaggerated to say that the wind and grass are all in the ears, but if someone really eavesdroppers, it is estimated that the nose of the eavesdropper can be dispensed with - being able to slap the face to this point is also the only thing Chen Kai has ever seen.

The two sides were open and honest, and Qian Qianyi took the lead in expressing his position, saying that he had indeed been doing some things about resisting the Qing Dynasty in the past two or three years, with plans and conspiracies, and even tried to persuade some military generals with heavy troops anyway. These things are what he is already doing and is doing, and he also has a big plan, originally planned to send someone to Fujian to discuss with Zheng Chenggong, and now that Chen Kai is here, then first discuss with Chen Kai, a resourceful and decisive person who has always been on the front line, and think it can also be beneficial to the plan.

“…… First move heavy troops to restore Jing and Xiang, strangle Han on the top, and shake Wuchang on the bottom...... The army went down the river, and the south of the river was between my fingers...... When Jiangnan is established, the wealth is gradually filled, and the foundation has been consolidated, and then the front of Jing Bian is moved to sweep away the river, and the big thing can be done! ”

In Qian Qianyi's opinion, it is to rely on the main force of the Ming army in the southwest to go north to seize the northern part of Huguang, and then go down the river to cut off the Yangtze River. Relying on the natural danger of the Yangtze River and the advantages of the Ming army's naval division, they blocked the southward road of the Qing army and slowly digested the Qing army-controlled area south of the Yangtze River. Wait until everything is ready and take root, and then go on the Northern Expedition.

In addition, Qian Qianyi believes that with the overall consideration, when taking advantage of Wu Sangui's retirement in Hanzhong, entering Sichuan from Guizhou, and arriving in Sichuan, "the upper can control Guanlong, and the lower can pick up Jingxiang", and forced by the urgency of the situation in the two Guangzhou, first try to instigate the green battalion generals in the south of Huguang anyway, and then use the army to "go north to Dongting first", then "there will be more loud gatherings", then "restore Chu and restore the river, and restore Jingque" is just around the corner.

This is Qian Qianyi's planning for many years, and even the strategic layout that once ran through the Yongli Dynasty - "Catalpa Three Bureaus". Among them, "all" is the overall plan, and "wanting" and "urgent" are the supplements to "all". To put it bluntly, it is nothing more than to use the wealth of the southeast to raise the southwest iron armor, in the southeast Ming army and the righteous army, due to the "weak strength", Qian Qianyi only regarded it as a partial division to respond and cooperate.

Qian Qianyi spoke eloquently, and when it came to excitement, his face was even more red, as if his youth had reappeared. Liu Ru on the side didn't mention it, he already knew about it, and he was the same as Qian Qianyi, and even Kuang Lu and Daozong were quite excited. The difference is nothing more than that Kuang Lu is still a little worried, while Dao Sect is already immersed in this magnificent grand strategy.

Most of the people in the room were so excited that they couldn't help themselves, but unfortunately, Chen Kai secretly said in his heart, "It's really the third game", but he couldn't afford to be interested at all. Gradually, the other four people present also noticed this one after another. Qian Qianyi was a little dissatisfied, stemming from his years of painstaking planning, including Qu Shiyun and other high-ranking officials. But in any case, Chen Kai is also famous, and his operations in Chaozhou and Guangzhou are rare in the Ming Court for so many years, and he has to be patient at this moment.

"Actually?"

After reorganizing the wording, Chen Kai asked Liu for a pen and paper, and drew a map south of the Yangtze River on it. Then he pointed to the location of the provinces indicated on the map, and said to everyone: "The shepherd's plan is magnificent, and if it can be done, great things can be accomplished." ”

foreshadowed a sentence first, and then Chen Kai pointed to the direction of Liangguang and continued: "However, now that the battle situation is now, the two vast areas have fallen; Yunnan has fallen into the hands of the Great Western Army for several years; Guizhou Province, Tusi is everywhere, Pi Xiong and Wang Xiang are just self-defending; As for the province of Sichuan, it is dilapidated and landless, whether it is the loyal battalions or the generals of Kuidong, there are many factions, there are deep contradictions with each other, and the blocking army has died of illness, and there is no one to control it and fight with strength. The affairs of the southwest are nothing more than a situation to be killed. ”