The side of the main hall was slightly dark, and the body of the eunuch Wang Gui blocked some of the bright sunlight outside the door. Zhu Gaoxu nodded sideways, and Wang Gui bent down and walked in, and bowed: "Lord, Chen Dazhui has returned to the palace and is asking to see the prince outside." ”

"Call him in." Zhu Gaoxu immediately said.

"The slave obeys."

At this time, Zhu Gaoxu asked again: "Chen Dazhui came back alone?" ”

Wang Gui turned around and hugged the dust with both hands, and replied with certainty: "Yes, he went back to the house alone, and he just arrived." ”

After a while, Chen Dazhui entered from the main gate of the front hall and strode towards this side.

He walked straight to the bottom of the steps of the throne, knelt down on one knee and said, "The last general will meet the prince." On the day the prince escorted the prisoner back to Beijing, I had something to do...... That place. When they returned, they had already left the old palace, and I asked the servants and felt that something was wrong, so I hurried out of the mansion. But then, I inquired about a few important things in Beijing. ”

Chen Dazhui was dressed in dust, just like the day Zhu Gaoxu first returned to Yunnan. When Chen Dazhui spoke, he turned his head to look at the back door of the front hall, and there were still some palace maids and eunuchs standing outside.

However, this front hall is very large, with eleven rooms wide, Zhu Gaoxu is sitting in the middle, as long as the voice is a little quieter, it is difficult to hear clearly outside the hall in the distance. He beckoned, "Mr. Chen came forward to speak." ”

Chen Dazhui walked up the steps, stood next to Zhu Gaoxu and said in a low voice: "Wang Zhenliang, the son of the master of the horse, and the inside and outside of his mansion may have been targeted by the Jinyi Guard. I didn't dare to go to him, and he never came to the jade shop.

I first lived in the jade shop for a few days, bought some oil, salt, firewood and rice, and opened the door to do business. Within ten days, Gao Xianning of the Hanlin Academy, as well as the fair-looking little man descendant, all came to the jade shop. These two told me some things about Jingshi, the first thing, Mu Bin, the only son of Xiping Hou, was killed! ”

Zhu Gaoxu was taken aback when he heard this, and his eyes widened.

Chen Da Hammer continued: "The thing is roughly that on the Mu family's mansion in Jingshi, a housekeeper named Chen Wu escaped with Mu Bin in the early hours of the morning. But Mu Bin was killed by the assassin with a crossbow and arrow as soon as he went out, and Chen Wu was also killed by his accomplices. Jin Yiwei is still investigating the assassin, and he still hasn't figured out what happened.

The second thing, Gao Xianning told me. King Min wrote to the Marquis of Xiping, saying that the Marquis of Xiping had colluded with the Han Dynasty for a long time, and the facts of the complaint were very detailed. Chen Dazhui roughly explained the content of King Min's complaint.

As soon as Chen Dazhu's words were finished, Zhu Gaoxu suddenly raised his head and laughed "hahaha......". Chen Dazhui couldn't help laughing, with a happy expression for the prince.

The laughter alarmed the slaves and maids outside the hall, and everyone quietly looked inside curiously. Zhu Gaoxu turned his head to take a look, and his eyes were stabbed by the bright sunlight.

…… There was an autumn rain a while ago, and the sun is indeed shining today. Zhu Gaoxu has never felt the clear scenery until now, so vivid. Maybe there will be new dark clouds in the sky after a while, but at least the current situation is really refreshing.

Thinking that Mu Sheng's loss of his son was very miserable, Zhu Gaoxu gradually held back his laughter. Suddenly I felt a little strange, because the content of King Min's complaint, in addition to the big movement of the jade business, there are many details that King Min is difficult to know.

But no matter what, these subsections will not affect Zhu Gaoxu's mood at the moment.

Zhu Gaoxu's laughter stopped completely, with a smile on his face, he raised his hand and pointed at Chen Da Hammer, exhaled a long breath, and put his hand down again. His hands slapped on the armrests, and the man stood up briskly and said, "Mr. Chen, you go back."

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Take a breath. ”

Chen Dazhui clenched his fists and said: "The last general will be ordered!" ”

Zhu Gaoxu walked out of the front hall quickly, took the eunuch Wang Gui and others, walked east along the wide brick and stone square, and came to the corridor where the study was located; There are a few small patios surrounded by houses. Zhu Gaoxu left Wang Gui alone to wait, and the other slaves and maids were dismissed.

Wang Gui was instructed to summon the four people in Wushan Taoyuan and the three escort commanders to come here.

There are some peach and plum trees planted in the courtyard, and the trees were still very small when Zhu Gaoxu first moved into this Han palace, but after a few years, before you know it, they are already lush and fully grown.

Maybe the world is like a tree. In what direction things will develop, just like the trunk of a tree, Zhu Gaoxu must decide for himself. However, the branches and leaves of all things will grow and flourish with the passage of time, and one person's time and energy cannot be controlled, and a group of people will affect its growth.

When the seven people came to the small courtyard one after another, Zhu Gaoxu told them the news of Jingshi. Zhu Gaoxu not only had to find people to discuss how to make decisions, but also let these people know and participate in decision-making, so that everyone could understand in which direction the trunk was going to grow, and thus be able to manage the lush branches and leaves.

Everyone listened to the discussion and speculated about how Mu Sheng would feel after learning about the news.

Zhu Gaoxu talked about another topic: "At present, in the Han Palace, Changshi Li Mo, Baihu Chen Gang, and Junyu Meiqing have been found to be traitors and spies in the imperial court. To be exact, it is the person who is a strategist in the old mansion of King Yan, but Yao Guangxiao and his party are all members of the East Palace Party, and now they must be Gao Chi's close ministers. ”

Veda frowned, a little angry.

Zhu Gaoxu continued: "Chen Gang and Mei Qing are of low rank, and they generally have no chance to participate in the major events of the Han Palace. Recently, if there is a long history when Li Mo is here, everyone must know in their hearts. Zuo Changshi Qian Xun, I have gotten along with him more over the years, pay attention to him, and send someone to secretly check, there should be no problem. ”

The crowd answered.

At this time, the iron mask said: "Since the King of Han has found out the identity of Li Mo, the court does not know. Why didn't the king of Han try and use Li Mo to mislead the news of the imperial court? ”

Zhu Gaoxu listened, looked at the man in the iron mask, and said in his heart that the bigger the civil official, the more bad water in his stomach. He immediately nodded and said, "Mr. Li is reasonable, then Li Mo can still be used by us once." ”

Everyone continued to discuss the big things.

First of all, there is a rebellion, and nothing has changed in this regard. Several civil and military officers in Wushan Taoyuan went out of the mountain just to rebel! Wang Bin did not hesitate to support the army, he had long seen that the gang in the East Palace was not pleasing to the eye. Wei Da and Liu Ying did not object.

Then everyone discussed the timing of the army, as well as the strategy of taking the lead in advancing the Sichuan political envoy.

Before Zhu Gaoxu arrived in Wushan Taoyuan, Qi Tai proposed this strategy. At that time, everyone said it very briefly, but after repeated deliberations, Zhu Gaoxu still felt that it was the best way.

There are only three places to go out from Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou, and Guangxi.

On the Guangxi side of Annan, it is too far away from Beijing, and if the progress is slow, the power of the Han Wangfu will become a border trouble; It is not conducive to fighting for the power of the imperial court as soon as possible.

The road in Guizhou is not easier than the road into Sichuan, and there are Guizhou guards operated by Gu Cheng. Moreover, Guizhou has not yet been established as a province, with a small population, barren territory and rugged roads. Even if Zhu Gaoxu captures Guizhou, it will be difficult to develop and grow; If you choose this road, the days before leaving Guizhou will be very sad, and it will begin

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In the end, there was a lack of a stable and rich supply area.

In contrast, Zhu Gaoxu and others feel that Sichuan is the best choice without a choice!

The man in the iron mask said: "Once the king of Han decides to raise an army, there is only one goal, Jingshi!" We must not stop until we have succeeded. ”

Zhu Gaoxu looked at the wrought iron and eyeballs on his face and nodded......

In the land of Kyushu, since Qin Shi Huang unified the world and the Han Dynasty inherited the concept of Qin Dynasty's unification, all dynasties have reached a consensus, that is, there are no two days in the sky and no two monarchs in the country! Secession or hegemony, there is no room for compromise in the ultimate goal, and there can only be one king left.

Qi Tai reminded Zhu Gaoxu so, and it was obvious that he also recognized such a concept.

…… How did King Yan raise troops in the "Battle of Jingyan" back then, Zhu Gaoxu participated in almost the whole process, and the example was there.

However, before the "Battle of Jingyan", there were some steps that Zhu Gaoxu did not participate in, mainly in the planning stage. When King Yan began to publicly accuse the court of cruelty to the clan, he must have already consulted with his confidant Wenwu before, I don't know how many times.

This time it was also the vassal king's army, which was somewhat similar to Zhu Di back then, and there were also many differences. While summarizing his father's experience, Zhu Gaoxu also had to revise the steps.

Once Mu Sheng's matter was resolved, Zhu Gaoxu felt that it was easier for him to raise troops than it was for King Yan back then; The more difficult thing is how to fight out, Yunnan is really far away and remote.

Occupying Sichuan in this way is the first major problem in this big job.

Sheng Yong, Qu Neng and the others left here, and Zhu Gaoxu went to the study on the east side of the front hall, first summoned Shi Limo, the right chief, and asked him about the Shi Mansion of the Han Dynasty for more than a year. Li Mo thought that Zhu Gaochu attached great importance to his errand in the Changshi Mansion, and actually took the opportunity to persuade him, asking Zhu Gaochu to put brotherhood first.

Zhu Gaoxu sneered in his heart, but said that Li Mo was a virtuous person.

Then Zhu Gaoxu summoned Zuo Changshi Qian Xun again, saying that the East Palace had usurped the throne and the situation was becoming more and more critical. Zhang Fu of Annan, his father and son were both under the influence of the first emperor Longen. Now that Zhang Fu has an army of more than 100,000 troops, Zhu Gaoxu asked Qian Xun if he would like to go south to see Zhang Fu and persuade Zhang Fu to join the list of Xingshi to ask for guilt.

Qian Xun arched and said: "The lower official has a word, I don't know whether to say it or not." ”

Zhu Gaoxu nodded: "Say." ”

Qian Xun said: "If Wenchen wants to rely on his reputation to gain a foothold in Shilin officialdom, most of them have to talk about morality. The military generals only rely on their military merits, and Zhang is the assistant who is named the marquis of the new city, and he has made great contributions in Annan, I am afraid that he can't take into account morality. According to the opinion of the lower officials, he is definitely not willing to take a big risk with the prince, not to mention that Zhang Fu's whole family is in Beijing?

The prince was angry, and the lower officials were afraid that they would not be able to persuade Zhang Fu. If you can persuade him to leave some way back, communicate with the prince in private, and slack off in Annan, it will be the best result. ”

Unexpectedly, Zhu Gaoxu didn't laugh angrily, he smiled: "When I was sealed to Yunnan, the first emperor casually found a long history for me, but he was also a person with some knowledge. ”

Qian Xun hurriedly said: "The lower officials don't dare to be officials. ”

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Then you are willing to go to Annan?" ”

Qian Xun said: "The lower officials dare not show their loyalty, but now that the situation is like this, the lower officials have no choice, only to continue to assist the prince and hope that the prince will stabilize the overall situation, and the lower officials and others will have a glimmer of life." ”

Zhu Gaoxu raised his hand and said, "Ask Wang Yu of the Hundred Households to lead a team of people and horses to escort Qian Changshi to Annan." ”

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