The day before Fang La ascended the throne and became emperor, his third brother Fang Maung Fang Qifo rushed to Hangzhou from Shezhou. That night, Fang La discussed with Fang Maung, Fang Baihua, Lou Minzhong, and Zu Shiyuan for nearly a night, and set the distribution of the generals' positions and the strategic direction of the rebel army in the future.

The uprising had been planned for several years, and various circumstances had been deliberated. The reason why we are in a hurry to become emperor is nothing more than to establish power as soon as possible and digest the fruits of the uprising.

The rebels have now occupied the four prefectures of Muzhou, Hangzhou, Shezhou, and Yuezhou, and it is urgent to arrange local officials and generals to implement Fang La's policy propositions, so that people can have a sense of identity and belonging to the Yongle court, which is a long-term solution, so that more people can be infected and join the cause of the uprising.

However, it is meaningless to talk about political construction, and the most important task of the rebel army at present is to expand its power and resist the main force of the official army coming south to fight for it.

According to everyone's calculations, the imperial court officials and troops would not arrive for at least a month, so the final plan they formulated was that the righteous army should capture the prefectures and counties along the Yangtze River from Runzhou to Chizhou before the official army came, and use the Yangtze River moat to resist the official army. Only in this way can the righteous army, which is uneven, match the well-equipped officers and soldiers.

Under the consultation of Fang La, the strategic deployment of the righteous army after the rebellion will be roughly divided into six roads, with Fang La, Fang Baihua, Fang Maung, Wang Yin, Si Xing Fang, and Li Tianyan each leading one road, with Hangzhou as the core stronghold to radiate around.

The next day, when Fang La ascended the throne, he also announced the strategic deployment to the generals in court, so that everyone could prepare and start the operation within three days.

The place where he ascended the throne was in the government office, but it was just a reorganization. Although it was really shabby compared to the imperial palace, Fang La knew that at the beginning of the uprising, both manpower and materials were extremely lacking, and it was not appropriate to be extravagant and wasteful, so everything was simple, and with the support of a core general, he hastily proclaimed the emperor to ascend the throne in the palace council hall.

Fang La called himself the Holy Father, Jianyuan was "Yongle", his wife Shao Xianying was named the queen, and his eldest son Fang Tianding was appointed as the crown prince.

The civil and military officials also have their own seals. Lou Minzhong, Prime Minister Lou Minzhong, Prime Minister Zu Shiyuan, Prime Minister Zu Shiyuan, Shen Tao, Governor of the Governor, Bao Daoyi, National Teacher, Zheng Biao, Captain Zheng Biao, Wang Yin, Secretary of the Military Department, and Privy Envoy Lu Shinang...... Military attachés were mostly appointed with military positions, such as Shi Bao, Li Tianyan, Si Xingfang and others were named marshals, and Pang Wanchun, Gao Keli, Qian Zhenpeng and others were named generals, and so on......

Of course, there are many people who are both civil and military, such as Wang Yin, Pang Wanchun, etc. Even after a long discussion by Fang La, it is inevitable that some people are not on the right path, after all, the Fang La group has just revolted, and the arrangement of many things cannot be copied from the Song Court, and they need to explore it slowly.

Therefore, many positions are fictitious and have no real power, and Fang La is too lazy to delve into these for the time being, and just wants to expand his reputation first. The only thing he always had in mind was to defend against the officers and soldiers. As soon as he ascended the throne, he began to reorganize the rebel army.

Although the system of the rebel army was incomplete and the military and political officials at all levels were not fully equipped, under the enthusiasm of the people, they quickly entered the process of rectification in full swing.

And just when Hangzhou was bustling with activity, Xu Ziling and Mingxia had already arrived in Changxing County, Huzhou, and walked on the way to Jiangning.

This was Zhou Kui's idea, wanting to take them away from Fang La's forces. As for why he went to Jiangning, it was because Zhou Kui wanted to find a place for him and Ming Xia to hold the wedding banquet, even though he and Ming Xia felt a little rushed, but they really couldn't resist Zhou Kui, so they had to follow his heart, but they didn't want to find a place to do it casually, so they finally decided to hold it in Jiangning, where the two reunited.

What made Xu Ziling helpless was that Yao Mengling, who had been away for many days, was also in the team and had to follow him to Jiangning.

In order to avoid the war, she was arranged by Xu Ziling to live temporarily in Ninghai County, and it was not until the city of Hangzhou was broken that she was escorted down to Hangzhou by the Manichaean congregation. Xu Ziling's idea was to let her follow Fang Baihua, but she was unwilling, she wanted to follow Xu Ziling alive or dead, even if he said that he would go to Jiangning to get married, she didn't mind.

What made Xu Ziling even more helpless was that she found that Zhou Kui was the most prestigious person among the people, and she surrounded him along the way to ask for warmth, rub her shoulders and beat her back, the old man was quite useful for this, and often boasted about her, so that she could follow everyone proudly, and also called "Just be my master's maid".

For Yao Mengling, who wants to follow with a dead face, the most disgusting thing is not Ming Xia, but Gu Yue'er, who is the same age as her and has a somewhat similar background.

It's not that Yao Mengling's dead face disgusts her, but every time they pass by, Yao Mengling will hold her head high and look at her with a playful gaze.

The two girls are fourteen years old and the other is thirteen years old, and the difference in age is only a few months, but there is a big difference in figure. Yue'er still looks like a delicate little girl, but Yao Mengling is already bumpy and has the appearance of a girl.

While Yue'er secretly blamed herself for not being angry, she also competed with Yao Mengling, and would use it to tease her if she thought of any pranks.

For example, when she was camping and sleeping last night, Yue'er found a few small insects in the grass and soil near the camp and quietly put them in Yao Mengling's tent, causing a scream to suddenly sound in the camp in the middle of the night when everyone was sleeping soundly......

And when she washed up this morning, Yue'er secretly put some salt in Yao Mengling's wooden basin, so that she felt uncomfortable on her face after washing her face, and then when she went to the stream to fetch water to wash, Yue'er waited for the rabbit, and tripped her up with the "stumbling method" that has been unpreventable since ancient times, and let her fall into the stream, and then shouted "I didn't mean to!" "Lift her up.

Where could the little Jiujiu in Yue'er's heart hide from Ming Xia, and after knowing what had happened, he called her aside and counted her down. Yue'er pretended to be aggrieved on the surface, but she didn't think so in her heart, because if her own young lady beat and scolded herself, she must be on her side.

Xu Ziling saw all this in his eyes, thinking of the insects in Yao Mengling's quilt last night, and felt that Yue'er, this girl, was too naughty, and she didn't know how to play tricks on people.

It's the cold winter season, and getting a girl into the icy stream is probably indispensable. But since Ming Xia had already counted her, Xu Ziling naturally didn't have anything to say.

After Ming Xia's warning, Yue'er calmed down a lot on the road after that, and didn't make any more pranks, at most she glared, stuck out her tongue, made grimaces and other harmless actions.

The group walked slowly on the road. After Huzhou, it didn't take long to walk before arriving in Jiangning. Because the news of Fangla's uprising had spread, I didn't see a single caravan heading south along the way, and most of them fled north. However, I heard some comments about the rebels from the mouths of people passing by, and on the whole it can be said to be mixed.

As long as the people who are oppressed by taxes and Huashigang can't survive, of course, they are looking forward to the rebel army to overthrow the dark rule of the government, but there are still many people who can endure such exploitation, most of these are people with small families and small businesses, running between the markets to make a living, afraid of being upset by the war.

Three days later, a group of people came to the city of Jiangning, and queued at the gate of the city for nearly an hour before they were able to pay taxes and enter the city.

In this kind of extraordinary period, entering and exiting the city gate will be very strictly checked, even if many inquiries are meaningless, such as "where are you from, where are you going, what are you doing at home, and what are you doing in Jiangning", these questions are easy to be deceived in the past, but the higher-level officials in the city still ask the officers and soldiers guarding the city gate to ask clearly before they can be released, probably just to ask for peace of mind.

The courtyard sent by the Manichaean sect in the north of the city had been left unattended for more than two months, and after entering the courtyard, they caught a glimpse of the dusty houses, and the women began to divide their labor and clean up.

This courtyard was once the mansion of Ming Xia's father-in-law, Ming Xia lived here for several years, and it was here that he met Liu Jingsheng, who lived in the neighboring courtyard, and now he came back, but he had some different feelings of things and people. But in general, she is happy to marry Xu Ziling here.

However, as soon as everyone cleaned the yard, an uninvited guest came to the courtyard gate. There was a knock on the knocker.

Xu Ziling went out and saw that it was Wang Jun, the prefect of Jiangning.

Before asking, Wang Jun first smiled and said: "I just heard the report from the sergeant at the city gate that it was Xu Gongzi who came to Jiangning, and the old man specially rushed over to say hello to Gongzi. ”

Xu Ziling said indifferently: "The last time I rescued Lord Wang, I did it casually, and I didn't want anything in return, Lord Wang doesn't have to be so enthusiastic." ”

"The old man didn't come here to repay his kindness," Wang Jun smiled slightly, "It's what the king of Guangping County meant, once Gongzi Xu comes to Jiangning, let the old man personally send a letter." ”

Xu Ziling was puzzled: "How did Zhao Gou know that I would come to Jiangning?" ”

Wang Jun shook his head lightly: "This old man doesn't know. However, what His Highness said was not that Gongzi would definitely come to Jiangning, but that the old man got the news of Gongzi and delivered the letter. With that, he took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Xu Ziling.

Xu Ziling took the envelope and frowned, "When did Zhao Gou come to Jiangning?" ”

Wang Jun thought for a while and said, "It was probably a month ago. ”

A month ago, Xu Ziling was still in Taizhou to cooperate with Lu Shinang in the uprising, how did Zhao Gou know that he would come to Jiangning?

Seeing that Xu Ziling fell into deep thought, Wang Jun asked softly: "If Xu Gongzi has nothing to ask, the old man will leave first." ”

When Xu Ziling heard this, he bowed his head slightly and said, "Lord Wang, go slowly." ”

After Wang Jun left, Xu Ziling was even more puzzled, this Wang Jun didn't have any doubts about him coming from the south, just to send a letter?

With doubts, Xu Ziling opened the envelope and slowly read the letter. Reading and reading, his brow slowly relaxed.

It turned out that the top boss of the Secret Investigation Division, the right minister Wang Huang was familiar with Zhao Gou, and Zhao Gou learned from the Secret Investigation Division that one of the Manichaean sects in Taizhou City could sword volleys, and the sword color was red, and then Gongsun Yu reported the news, and then went to Gongsun Yu's news, on the whole, Zhao Gou concluded that Xu Ziling had a lot to do with Manichaeism, but did not report the matter, but concealed it.

This letter is not only to tell Xu Ziling that he knows about him, but also to provide him with a way back, that is, the identity of the Secret Investigation Division, Zhao Gou has sent Xu Ziling's identity card to be entered into the personnel file of the Secret Investigation Division, once the righteous army is defeated by the official army, Xu Ziling has an accident, and he can use the Secret Investigation Department to wash away his identity as a thief.

Although Xu Ziling understood the whole story and was also moved by Zhao Gou's sincerity to him, he was still shocked by Zhao Gou's foresight.

The reason why he left the letter in Jiangning is also explained at the end of the letter:

I believe that with you, the rebel army will definitely be able to hit Jiangning.

Although things were a little wrong, Xu Ziling was still a little overwhelmed by his almost crazy trust in himself.

Could he ...... too?