Shu Guoping's strategy of "defending as an offensive" is different from the so-called "northward", "eastward" or "southward" propositions.

This is not only in line with his proposition of "locking the border to protect the country and waiting for great changes" on the tower of Jinping Gate in Baoning Mansion, but also in combination with the current situation in a timely manner.

But Shu Guoping's so-called "defense" is by no means a simple defense, but a contraction before the offense, and a strategy of retreating as advance. As long as the southern foothills of the Qinling Mountains and the mountainous areas of western Hubei are consolidated, the threat from the thieves is eliminated. As soon as the political conditions are ripe, this defensive position in the north and east will be transformed into an offensive.

As the saying goes: the speaker has no intention, but the listener has the intention.

Shu Guoping's words, for some people with ulterior motives, are only left with the words "the number of the Son of Heaven has been exhausted". They are ministers in the same hall and know that as the chief of the general staff in charge of troop transfer, and as the nephew of the prince Fu Shu Wenyi, Shu Guoping once put forward the slogan of "loyalty to the Son of Heaven" in Bifengxia, and also announced in the Jinping Gate Tower that he would not oppose the Ming Dynasty or the Son of Heaven.

What Shu Guoping has always done is almost the antithesis of some political opportunists who are trying to climb the dragon and the phoenix. For him today, the court has changed from a subject that can swear allegiance to the death to a surviving person who has run out of energy.

What does this mean?

It shows that the competition for the world in the Shu Wangfu is no longer a covert private hint, but a blatant public declaration!

As soon as Shu Guoping's words fell, someone clenched his fists and stared at Gu Jiang to see if he had any abnormal reactions. Fortunately, Gu Jiang is still so ugly and focused, and so ugly.

"When Emperor Gao set the capital of Jinling, Mr. Fenglin (Zhu Sheng) once offered advice: build a high wall, accumulate grain, and slow down the king. Emperor Gao Xu thought that he was the foundation of the country, and he won the world! ”

Cheng Xiangfeng, who couldn't bear it, finally jumped out. Since Shu Guoping took the lead, he took a step closer and nakedly proposed the emperor's strategy to Zhu Pingjian.

"Kuimen and Qinling are high walls;

Reclamation and requisition are said to be extensive grain;

Guarding the country and not going far away is the king of delay.

May the prince follow the example of Emperor Gao, and then follow Mr. Fenglin's policy, abandon Xiangyang and guard Yiling!

Once the world changed greatly, our national army would go north to Wan and Luo with a land division, and go east to Jinling with a water division.

Jinling, the tiger is in the dragon pan, and Emperor Gao is the capital of the world. When the son of the world gets Jinling, he can be the great treasure and command the world. Inherit the foundation of the ancestors and open the peace of eternity......

Zhongshan, purple clouds lingering, the emperor's house, how can you give it to a foreign surname? Zhongshan, where Emperor Gao's mausoleum is located, how can he be trapped in the thieves? The prince of the world is talented, and the people of Shenwu Shu are supportive, and there is Miss Luo to help him......"

Cheng Xiangfeng is the director of the World Prince's Office, and the role of the people around him can give him access to the core secrets of Zhu Pingjin and even Luo Yuhong. He even touted and praised, on the one hand, he openly praised Zhu Pingjin and his wife to the sky, and on the other hand, he and the most fundamental demands of the Shu clan such as King Neijiang, Shiquan Lao Wang and others were quietly embedded in the flesh and hemp touting:

Occupy Nanjing and achieve political legitimacy!

At that time, he was not called the emperor, and the initiative was completely in the hands of Zhu Pingjin;

Row the river and rule, and master the wealth of the world!

At that time, the Northern Expedition was not a Northern Expedition, and it all depended on Zhu Pingjin's mood!

In Cheng Xiangfeng's suggestion, the best interests of the Shu clan and the Shu gentry were perfectly combined:

As long as Zhu Pingjin succeeds in making the cut, they will be able to rise to the top, either as the lord of a country or as the founding honorary; As long as he occupies Nanjing, the legitimate capital, the nest of Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Pingjin can strongly get rid of the unfavorable status of "sparse domain" and obtain an unparalleled political advantage over other pretenders!

Not only that, Cheng Xiangfeng's suggestions also have a profound economic purpose.

Like Hong Qihui, he is the spokesperson of the cadres in Yazhou and the spokesperson of the emerging industrial and commercial class in Shudi.

With the integration of Shudi's economic map and the dismantling of economic barriers, the new industrial and commercial class in Shudi demanded to expand production and expand the market. Where the Protectors go, that's where their business lies. Along the golden waterway of the Yangtze River, it is their dream to make business a rich place in the south of the Yangtze River.

For example, Yazhou Yucheng Agricultural Machinery Company, a private enterprise that bought second-hand creativity from the Machinery Bureau with a large amount of money for a crude threshing machine and hair dryer, expanded its production base from Yazhou to Xuzhou, Shunqing and Chongqing in less than half a year. Yucheng Agricultural Machinery also plans to build a fifth factory in Lizhou, and the total production capacity of "Yunong" threshing machines and hair dryers will be increased by an order of magnitude from the level of more than 1,000 sets.

According to Zhu Zhihan's report, Yucheng Agricultural Machinery even sent people to Nanjing to prepare to open a so-called "Four Geese Die" store!

It can be seen that although the power of the gradually growing Shudi capital is only beginning to emerge, it cannot be easily ignored. The era of political and military decision-making to entertain oneself without economic factors has irrevocably ended. Zhu Pingjin chooses the route out of Sichuan, and he must consider the flow of capital!

……

The monarch and the ministers appeared on the stage and conspired to ascend to the sky, and no one thought that this moment would come so quickly and so suddenly.

The ministers seized this once-in-a-lifetime historic opportunity that will forever be recorded in the annals of history, took turns to speak, and explained their big conspiracy and small calculations that had been brewing for an unknown period of time.

What maple forest Qingtian, what Wolong and phoenix chicks, all were left behind by them.

Their suggestions have been undertaken before and after, and deepened one by one; There is a left and right collision, correction and correction.

And the prince who sat upright, with a half-inch black beard under his young face, was like a bodhisattva and a statue, with a dignified look, wise eyes, and a bewildered mind, to greet the heartfelt loyalty of his courtiers.

At this moment, no one noticed Gu Jiang. It was as if he had been forgotten, and he had been successfully squeezed into a corner invisible to the superiors by his courtiers. Of course, he didn't evaporate, and there were still people who noticed his presence.

That man was himself.

Gu Jiang was already completely attracted by this big discussion.

He listened intently to the opinions of his courtiers, and at the same time watched the reaction of the young prince on the throne.

The embarrassment of his identity and the hostility of his ministers could not distract him for a moment.

His inquisitive brain is like a big sponge that sucks everything, and his intelligent and abnormal mind is like a supercomputer that is running wildly.

On the one hand, he receives the multi-channel information flow from the eyes, ears, mouth, nose, and nose, and on the other hand, he mobilizes the massive data stored in the database. All kinds of data broke into his brain computer at the same time, processing, summarizing, and performing complex and abnormal multi-threaded operations. I don't know how long it took, but the thinking machine that seemed to be crashing finally reacted on the display terminal.

Pregnant!

Gu Jiang, who had been silent for a long time, finally yelled: I understand!

With this shout, the hall suddenly fell silent. Everyone stared at the back of the dragon golden pillar, like a knife, like a sword, like a poisonous snake spitting letters.

"Mr. Gu understands something, say it, let's listen." The Bodhisattva on the throne spoke.

"Student understood!" Gu Jiang shouted and jumped out from behind the pillar, leaking a funny image: "That Jingxiang can't be guarded!" ”

Hahaha!

The ministers burst into laughter.

A caustic voice said: We can all say that Jing Xiang can't keep it, but Mr. Gu can't say it.

Why?

Because it was you, Mr. Gu, who advised the prince and said that Jingxiang is the land of the four wars and the voice of the world!

Now that Mr. Gu suddenly changed his hexagram and said that he couldn't keep it, wouldn't that treat the monarchs and ministers of Wushu as monkeys in Mount Emei?

If it were an ordinary person, when he encountered such ridicule, he would probably be ashamed and angry, and he would have to touch his head with blood and splash five steps.

It's a pity, who is Gu Jiang?

Ridicule and sarcasm were a fighting hors d'oeuvre in the course of his life. His face was as thick as a wall turned upside down, and all the ridicule and sarcasm were bounced off.

I saw most of Gu Jiang take a few steps forward and bow deeply towards Zhu Pingjin:

"Shizi, the student understands. The prince of the world put the policy of the students into the court and the group discussion, and it is precisely because of this policy that he has both insight and ignorance of current affairs, so he uses the discussion of the ministers as the policy of the students! ”

After speaking, Gu Jiang turned around and bowed to the ministers to show his gratitude.

"Chungcheong doesn't have to be polite!" When Gu Jiang bowed to his recommender Wu Jishan, Wu Jishan returned the salute and reminded him loudly: "The prince has every opportunity, and the Dragon Boat Festival also has to work on state affairs." Chungcheong has learned, but he doesn't play it quickly, let us learn! ”

Oh! Gu Jiang slapped his head and suddenly came to his senses. The prince has been sitting on it for a long time, and he must have been unable to hold it back!

So Gu Jiang quickly turned around and bowed deeply to Zhu Pingjian, who was sitting north and facing south:

"The student respectfully sends off the son!"

Hahaha!

Joyful laughter echoed through the wide hall again.

In addition to their contempt and hatred, the ministers finally discovered a benefit from Gu Jiang.

Soon, Gu Jiang got a new nickname in addition to eccentricity:

Joy beans.

……

The joyful episode finally passed, and Gu Jiang finally told Zhu Pingjin and the ministers what he understood.

Gu Jiang said that the thief had deceived Xiangyang before, but he did not defend it. After taking all the gold and silk goods, he destroyed the city and fled. At that time, he did not understand the intention of offering thieves, thinking that this was the usual style of thieves. Now he finally understood the intention of the thieves to destroy the city.

Why can't Xiangyang be kept?

Not only because Xiangyang is easy to get trapped without food, but also because Xiangyang is a place where you can burn yourself.

Xiangyang is located on the southern edge of the Nanyang Basin, controlling the upper and lower reaches of the Han River, and is the gateway connecting the Nanyang Basin and the Jianghan Plain. If the city is occupied by the enemy, it will pose a major threat to Nanyang and Luoyang in the north, Yunyang and Hanzhong in the west, De'an (now Anlu, Hubei) and Anhui in the east, Chengtian and Jingzhou in the south, and the whole of Sichuan and Huguang.

Therefore, any force in the vicinity of Xiangyang must capture Xiangyang in order to gain a foothold.

The thief is in Xiangyang, and Zuo Liangyu will inevitably lead the army to attack;

Zuo Liangyu is in Xiangyang, and the thieves will inevitably lead the army to attack;

The thieves are in Xiangyang, and the Protector Army will attack sooner or later.

In short, the so-called place of four wars in Xiangyang is not only a place to attack from all sides, but also a place to be attacked from all sides.

Occupy Xiangyang, that is, pick up a pot of hot oil soup, which is neither loose nor tight. When it is loose, the soup pot falls to the ground, and the soup is gone; It was tight, and his hands were hot and blistering. Therefore, when your own military strength is not (DAI), it is best not to touch Xiangyang.

In addition, Xiangyang is Zuo Liangyu's big rear, if the Protector Army occupies Xiangyang, just like Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang asked Zhou Yu to top the cylinder, and Zhou Yu asked Guan Yu to top the cylinder, and made wedding clothes for Zuo Liangyu or Huguang Mansion in vain.

By analogy, Chengtian Mansion and Hanyang Mansion are also undefendable places. To defend, Jiangbei can only stick to the two cities of Yiling and Jingzhou; Jiangnan can guard Yueyang and Wuchang.

All four points are occupied, and the plate is full of live.

Why?

Because it completely controls the Yangtze River, a large passage that runs through the east and west!